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Am I a "bad" Aikidoka?
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You are not a bad Aikidoka Frederick-san. To me a bad Aikido-gakusha is when one pick fights or be in unnecessary fights or even worse, competing in prize fights.
My sensei use the analogy of military training to explain Aikido training: "It is like a soldier training. Everyday the soldier practices tirelessly for skills that the soldier might not be able to use directly after. But when a war or just a battle breaks out, the soldier will use everything that the soldier had learned. The soldier might die in battle, but the soldier has accepted that fact, because the soldier fought for the soldier's beliefs. During the countless training days, the soldier has prepared for death."
What you were saying is not wrong Frederick-san. When one need to defends life, oneself's or another, or one needs to uphold justice and honor, it is justifiable to use one's necessary skills. Just remember one thing, when one is executing techniques during a physical conflict, one must accept that the outcome for oneself is death.
The statement does not mean that one should just give up or be reckless. It means that when one do defend oneself or others, one must do it 100%. Thinking "Could I die or not?", "Could I succeed or not doing this?, or "I don't want to die", will have serious consequences, one might as well walk away or run away.
One's intention must be pure, whatever that intention is. But, if one has doubts, might as well turn the other way. One quote that I modified a bit from my sensei that I like to use from time to time is, "If I have to die by the sword today, then I will do so with honor."
When I have to die by the sword, I will do so with honor.
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Choice of Catering:
We give you the option to hire a caterer, have your favorite restaurant drop off food, or cater your event yourself. Our kitchen and prep room are yours to use.
Customized Set up and Tear Down:
We will set up all the tables and chairs according to your customized layout and also provide white tablecloths, if you desire.
Both DJ's and bands are allowed.
Smoking, including cigars, is allowed outside where ashtrays are provided.
We give you the flexibility to bring your own alcohol for your event, but we do ask that you provide security if you do so. One security guard per 100 people will be required.
Walk-through meeting:
To finalize the details, we would like to meet at least 2 weeks prior to your event. At that time , we will decide and "draw" your table and chair configuration, discuss your timeline and address any other questions about your event at Julie's.

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Standing Taller with Renaissance
Published on May 3, 2013
Floyd Goodloe is a rancher in Capitan, New Mexico and he suffered from back pain for nearly 15 years due to a condition called spondylolisthesis. After a referral from his chiropractor, Floyd met Dr. George Martin at Southwest NeuroSpine Institute in El Paso and decided to have spine surgery with Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System. This is his story of how he got his life back.
Spine Surgery with Mazor Robotics Renaissance
Published on Jun 21, 2013
Did you know that back pain will affect 80 percent of Americans at some point in their lives? Watch this short animation video to find out more about Mazor Robotics Renaissance Spine Surgery.
Renaissance spine surgery - how it works
Published on Nov 24, 2014
With Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System, spine surgeons can perform accurate, state-of-the-art procedures. There are four basic steps:
Step 1- Planning: Surgeon creates a pre-operative blueprint of the ideal surgery in a virtual 3D environment.
Step 2 - Mounting: Surgeon places a rigid attachment to the patient, which assures maximum surgical accuracy throughout the procedure.
Step 3 - 3D Sync: Two fluoroscopic images automatically synchronize the mounting system with the surgical blueprint.
Step 4 - Operate: Renaissance guides the surgeon's tools and implants to the planned location with 1.5mm accuracy.
Introducing Mazor X™: a surgical assurance platform
Published on Aug 11, 2017
The Mazor X™ system by Mazor Robotics enhances spine surgery technology from trajectory guidance to an expanded spine surgery
solution. It forms the core of Mazor's new vision of a Surgical Assurance platform to maximize surgical predictability for the good of patients and those who treat them.
How Mazor X™ works
Published on Aug 23, 2017
The Mazor X system consists of sophisticated 3D planning tools and an intra-op guidance system with a precision Surgical Arm indicated for implant and instrument positioning in spine surgery – the core of the Surgical Assurance Platform.


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ASCII Art From Photos
I remember the days when newsgroups where one of the best sources for info and nobody had heard of a forum (how things have changed). As newsgroups were text only (forget the attachements in warez and shall will say adult ones) the geeky way to sign off a message was with an image made up of asking characters, like:
What's this?
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That's a big breasted girl running without a bra. (thanks Hodgedup)
Anyway onto the post about generating ASCII art (if you can call it that) from photos.
The site in question is t.y.p.o.r.g.a.n.i.s.m. (not sure what the full stops are all about), you need to upload a jpeg with the exact dimensions of 60×50 pixels, here's one I prepared earlier (said in a Blue Peter presenter voice).
and let it generate the picture.
I think having art in the title of this post may have been a bit generous, however if you look at it with your eyes half shut and try not to focus properly you can see the connection, it will probably look even better after a night out.
You can play with your own pics here.


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The Bachelor star Sean Lowe has described his proposal to Catherine Giudici as one of the "happiest moments" of his life.
Lowe popped the question to Giudici in Thailand during the Bachelor season finale, which aired Monday (March 11).
> The Bachelor: Sean Lowe & Catherine Giudici interview
Writing in his blog for People, Lowe admitted that the moment was "such a blur" because he was "nervous, excited and anxious".
"This would be the biggest moment in my life so far, and I was overwhelmed with emotion," he revealed.
Lowe explained that his decision to propose to Giudici was "solidified" when he read her letter - in which she was open about her feelings for him - and continued: "Asking Catherine to marry me was one of the most special moments of my life. My heart was overcome with joy, and everything that I had been through that led me to that moment suddenly made perfect sense."
He continued: "I'll never forget Catherine's reaction to the proposal. She was so excited that I thought she might pass out. She didn't even notice the ring until I pointed it out. I'll always look back at that moment as being one of the happiest moments of my life."
Lowe, who said that he's "excited to spend the rest of [his] life loving" Giudici, added: "We even got to ride off into the sunset on an elephant. It was a perfect way to start our new life together.
"My journey as the Bachelor is now over. I found the love of my life and I'm a bachelor no more."
Lowe will next be seen taking part in the new season of Dancing with the Stars, which premieres Monday (March 18) on ABC.
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Hi All,
I'm going away next weekend to visit family for Christmas, well it's actually my partner's family and it'll be the first time staying at their home. Thing is they have dogs and cats, and this obviously raises concerns for us both as I'm allergic to them, especially cats.
I've been to my GP as i've also been struck down with a cold which has resulted in a chest infection, so not feeling the best at the moment, but also asked my GP for advice for next weekend, to see if there was anything that could be done to make my stay easier. He wasn't very helpful at all, and didn't suggest anything to be quite frank and looked at me for answers, I asked him to supply a short course of pred which he was happy to do prescribe, but I was just wondering if anyone had any similar experiences or advice in a situation like this?
Have had really bad experiences with cats in the past and have avoided them like the plague for as long as possible, but because it's been so long since I've been around them for any length of time I'm going into it somewhat blind as well.
Sorry for the long post, would love to hear from anyone.
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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Officer in charge of the Francophonie summit, Ousmane Paye, is expected on 20 March in Kinshasa, DR Congo, at the head of a delegation of the International Francophonie Organization to assess preparations for the XIV Francophonie summit, official sources in the DR Congolese capital said Monday.
The delegation will also listen to the anthem of the meeting.
It will visit the venues for the activities of the summit, namely the Martyrs Stadium which will play host to the Francophonie Village and the open-air theatre.
The summit will be held from 12 to 14 October in Kinshasa.
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Stampede staple has been entertainers headed to the stratosphere
The dynamic exuberance dating back to when Country Stampede was a still-flourishing music festival came in large measure from rising stars destined for the road to stardom. Rising the charts, destined for stardom but not quite ascending that launchpad to full-fledged fame and widely-hailed celebrity.
One indubitable instance reaches back to the festival's roots. LeAnn Rimes was a precocious 14-year-old when she performed at Stampede No. 2 with another mega-powered group known as Alabama, long entrenched by then (1997). No doubt, Stampede fans make the Manhattan pilgrimage to see superstars like Alabama, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban.
That much hasn't changed. The "semi-unknowns" give fans a giddy gumption about these multi-performer concerts like Stampede.
Brett Young's rising star heads to Stampede for 2018 music festival
Stampede presents those equally thrilling opportunities to catch newcomers like Dierks Bentley (2005) or Old Dominion (2015) on their rise to stardom. Still driving to the top. This year, Brett Young is one blossoming star. ACM's New Male Vocalist of the Year has been hitting all the right notes with "Like I Loved You" and "In Case You Didn't Know" – both rose to No. 1 -- and rising top-15 single "Mercy".
During Kicker Country Stampede 2018, Young makes an opening-night (June 21) appearance and hands the mic to growing industry sensation Cole Swindell. The SoCal native was a one-time MLB-aspiring pitcher at Ole Miss before Young exchanged spikes for spurs of the country-western stage following elbow surgery.
Young's Pacific Coast-meets-Music City off-speed delivery has been labeled Caliville, ever-present in his powerful self-titled debut album released 15 months ago.
Brett Young first impression debut album
"The glamourous side of it that everybody thinks is there and that you expect," Young told an interviewer at the Billboard Music Awards … "this is like a quick little run down the red carpet but for the most part it's a lot of hard work and it's a lot of long hours. That's my favorite part about it, the athlete in me loves that.
"You think you're going to sing songs for a living -- and it's kind of sleep in, show up and sing -- and it (ends up being) a lot of work. And I love that, but I never knew."
There's more: Florida Georgia Line and Kane Brown
The same Billboard chart lists a couple of Florida Georgia Line collaborations, including a six-month run to the top with Bebe Rexha and "Meant To Be," edging out Kane Brown's "Heaven" for the No. 1 spot. Swindell's "Break Up in the End" spent three months charging near the top 10. Aussie Morgan Evans holds similar chart territory to Swindell, a native Georgian.
They'll all find their way to the main Stampede stage June 21-23 at Tuttle Creek State Park. Three nights of glorious performances. Or, as Brown sings in his No. 2 single, "I swear this is perfect." Join the festive summer crowd and catch Young, Swindell and Brown on the road to stardom. Not long now to Stampede 23.


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Hello there!
Lawn Fawn is releasing a brand new, mini stamp set with coordinating dies today. I made this cute little tag, and attached it to this fun pillow box as a project to share.
I love it when there is a die to match a stamp, it makes it so easy to cut out, and saves me so much time!
Head on over to the Lawn Fawn Blog, to see what the other designers have created today using this fun set!


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Physiological Approach (4)
A problem with the physiological approach is that by using such a scientific approach and testing behaviour in laboratory conditions the measurement of behaviour often lacks validity. For example, Dement and Kleitman measured sleep in laboratory conditions which is not typical of how people normally sleep. Therefore asking people to sleep with electrodes attached to their scalp and face is low in ecological validity. Similarly Sperry's participants were asked to complete unusual tasks which again are not typical of everyday behaviours. However the use of this laboratory approach does mean that the researchers have more control of their procedures ensuring that extraneous variables can be controlled
A further problem with the physiological approach is that because such studies can be costly and time consuming because of the use of sophisticated equipment and lengthy procedures. This often leads to such studies having small samples such as the Dement and Kleitman study which only studied 5 participants in depth. It is possible to argue that such a sample is not representative and therefore we should be careful generalising the results. Furthermore, Sperry was only able to 11 participants because he had a very limited number of participants to choose from, that is participants who had undergone disconnection of the cerebral hemispheres. However the increasing availability of MRI scanners is enabling researchers such as Maguire to increase their sample sizes and in subsequent studies Maguire et al. have been able to scan the brains of many more participants enabling the researchers to have a large database of many more brain scans to choose from.
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The main buildings of the UN Headquarters were constructed in 1952; they are the Secretariat, the Conference building and the General Assembly building. These buildings are in dire need of renovations; they do not meet the current standards for safety or accessibility. The buildings contain asbestos and the mechanical systems are largely original, very inefficient, and are far beyond their intended service life.
Renovations began in May 2008 with the groundbreaking for a temporary building on the North Lawn. The project is managed by a small office called the Office of the Capital Master Plan, headed by Mr. Michael Adlerstein, Assistant Secretary-General. Once construction of the temporary building was completed in the Summer of 2009, renovation of The Secretariat Building, offices for the Secretary-General and his immediate staffis now underway. The temporary building also houses the functions of the Conference and General Assembly buildings while those buildings are renovated. All renovations are expected to be completed by 2013.
The Board believes that the United Nations is an important member of our community and is generally supportive of their plans, particularly of a plan to provide a continuous waterfront esplanade from 41st Street to 51st Street. Through various committees, we are monitoring development plans and working to ensure that our community's needs are addressed.
UNDC DEIS Presentation for CB6, Sept. 24, 2013
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In an interview with Germany's Tagesspiegel, Giesel said the plan would be "a strong political signal to all those who think 'who wants to expel refugees from the country should attack them'.
Giesel added the plans to drop deportation charges are aimed to raise awareness of the plight of refugees in Germany, and to make clear to the perpetrators that their attacks would "achieve the opposite" effect.
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Officials claim around 860 of the attacks – almost 80 per cent – had a far-right background.
The figure includes 371 cases of property damage, 211 hate speech incidents and 66 arson attacks, according to German newspaper Die Welt.
Meanwhile, the national government has warned it could stop offering aid to countries which refuse to take back unwanted migrants.


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Me: "Beauty."
Noah: "What does beauty mean?"
Me: "It means someone or something who is really pretty. Like, when you say something is beautiful, you're saying they look pretty, or they look like a beauty."
Noah: "Oh... I think you look like a beauty."
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I was looking after my Daughters two cats last week and took these photos of them, that I used to make this digital scrapbook layout.
The ginger cat is Andrew and the grey is William
I then got a plain wood A4 frame that cost 90p, added some scrap book papers, sticking them down with Mod Podge.
I then lightly brushed some more over the top and sprinkled lightly with glamour dust.
The hearts were cut using a Martha Stewart punch, Some of the flowers were cut on my Cricuit the others are Prima and from wild orchid
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My Christmas Binder came out of the closet during the final weeks of August. Inside it I have some of the best ideas from the web to get a person on track for the fall and Christmas/New Year holidays. I have the room-by-room plan and chore lists from the Holiday Grand Plan, the Christmas Countdown with its six-week checklists, reading recommendations, recipes and CEO's entertaining and helpful articles that I come back to year after year. It also contains two newer additions that I added two years ago, FLYLady's Holiday Control Journal that has some wonderful meal and gift planning forms and CEO's Houseworks Holiday Plan that uses her book to help catapult the Christmas preparation plan.
Although I had brought the binder out two months ago, I have come to the conclusion this year that I do not want to hyper-focus on Christmas from August to October. In August and early September I like to squeeze every last drop of summer out of each day, so when working on the Holiday Housework Plan I am only focusing on the things that are only indirectly related to Christmas. This past week was the focus on the family areas areas. I still need to get my amaryllis bulbs started for here and one for my grandma. We have also decorated for Halloween and tonight the boys are carving jack-o-lanterns. When October hits, I do like to have the idea in my head that I will be prepared for Christmas, but I do not want to miss out on what autumn has to offer. I appreciate Christmas Countdown's emphasis on fall holidays and preparing the home so that when December arrives, the final touches of execution are all that are required.
So now I am going through the Christmas Planner web pages to see what needs an update before the first week begins tomorrow. I am going to use my binder for all of the lists and reading materials and the planner pages for the things that would be nice to be portable like shopping lists for gifts and holiday meals.


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From Scientific American:
If you need to send a secret message to a friend, how could you prevent other people from reading it? One way is to encrypt the message—that is, use a secret code that only you and your friend know. Try this activity to learn how to create your own "Caesar cipher," a popular type of code that is easy to learn.
Cryptography is the study of writing or solving secret codes that are used for secure communication. Historically, codes have been used by politicians, spies and countries at war to prevent their enemies from knowing what they're up to. Many of the earliest codes, or "ciphers," such as the one you will create in this project were easy to create by hand. Now cryptography is essential in computer science for keeping everything from e-mails to bank account information secure.
The Caesar cipher, named after Roman Emperor Julius Caesar is one of the earliest and most widely known ciphers. It is a simple form of a "substitution cipher" where you replace each letter of the alphabet with another letter by shifting the whole alphabet a certain number of letters (wrapping around to the beginning once you reach the end). For example, this would be your key and code if you shift each letter by three spaces:
Plain: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Cipher: XYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW
So, when you write your message, the letter A gets replaced with X, B gets replaced with Y and so on. For example, the word "HELLO" reads:
Plain: HELLO
Cipher: EBIIL
In order to decode your message, you need to share the "key" (the number 3) with your friend. After that you can send messages that are written in cipher so other people can't read them!
Observations and results
Once you and your friend both understand how to use a Caesar cipher it should be relatively …


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Why do purines and pyrimidines have the same amount of usable energy?
The storage of energy in the nucleotides is NOT in the nitrogenous purine or pyrimidine base. Instead the energy is in the repelling force of the negatively charged phosphate groups present in both pyrimidines and purines. That is why breaking a purine like ATP-->ADP + Pi releases energy because you're simply breaking off a phosphate group from two other phosphate groups attached to a ribose sugar and adenine base. A cell typically doesn't use this as an energy source, but you could say the same for breaking down a pyrimidine like CTP.
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Welcome by Bernhard Young Plants
Young plants grow up
Plants are often at their most beautiful when they are in full bloom. It takes a long time before a plant is that far. Bernhard Young Plants B.V. therefore cultivates bedding, container and half-grown orchids in Luttelgeest, Flevoland for wholesale, exporters and colleague nurseries. Bernhard Young Plants B.V. gives colour and atmosphere to any interior or garden with its plants.
Big in bedding and container plants
Our specialization is bedding and container plants. We cultivate annual types, like the French geranium and Senetti and the container plants Sundaville, Passiflora and Fuchsia. Bernhard Young Plants B.V. has multiple sizes and colours in the assortment. The plants are easy to care for and have a long blooming period.
Half-grown is not half the work
As a service to colleague nurseries that have too little space or expertise for the cultivation of the orchid Phalaenopsis, we cultivate these. The plant is grown for the first six months in a laboratory, after which Bernhard Young Plants B.V. takes over the care. We cultivate the half-grown Phalaenopsis for six months at a temperature of 28 ᴼC. After this vulnerable phase, the plant is strong enough to be brought into bloom by our colleague nurseries. A temperature of 19 ᴼC is desired for this. This period lasts one year.


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Now isn't that the cutest face on Juju?!
They say a picture is worth a thousand words
I, like many others, am just a mom who loves taking pictures of her little ones. So have a seat and take a peek at what life actually LOOKS like inside the boys' locker room!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Mama's sweet boy!
I had a dream last night about the morning Juju was born...but in my dream, I had him naturally. WOW! I had a c-section with Juju because my doc was afraid of some scar tissue tearing...ultrasounds showed he had a huge head.
My perfect little angel...And sure enough, in true Ju-zilla fashion, about 5 seconds after this picture was taken, he was having a fit about having to share his cereal with tank and emptied a bowl of cheerios onto the dining room floor. (Ju-zilla is what we used to call him as a baby anytime he had a fit--he would screech and it sounded just like godzilla)
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Cheerios anyone?
So it was the cutest thing...let me set the scene...I put a bowl of cheerios on our coffee table for juju whenever he wanted more. I was picking up some cheerios that had fallen on the ground and moved the coffee table towards our couch so I could just pick them up with out having to dig under the table. Anyways, tank was reaching on top of the table for the bowl for some. I told juju to give him one, so he did. I turned around and juju was standing on the couch, leaning clear across the table to put cheerios in tank's mouth. I ran to get my camera and this is what I found...
*yes I did say that juju was on the couch, but obviously not anymore...*
so we know what he was doing on the couch...greedy little boy! So I of course get him off the couch so he doesn't fall off the arm rest. And now am back to having to pick up cheerios off the floor. Then I hear, "No Xa, no!" I turn around to see...
*WTF?! So now I'm beginning to think my son has transporting powers. I mean how in the hell does he keep getting up there so fast?*
*well DUH! So I decided to leave him up there once he made it...I mean he damn worked hard for it obviously. And I do feed my children on a regular basis...they do not have to go through leaps and bounds for food. *
*as you can see, he ate everything! and look at that sleepy face! I'd be tired too doing all that work for some cheerios!
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Quick intro pic
So picking a first pic was kinda mind boggling (is that even a word) for me...
So here are my guys (minus big daddy)...
In the red polo shirt is my oldest, skinny -aka- cheerio.
To the right of skinny is chubs -aka- milkshake.
To the right of milkshake is my mocking bird juju -aka- bubba stinks.
And sitting on skinny's lap is tank.
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Principal Investigator:
Christian Allen
Simon McIntosh-Smith (for Mont Blanc)
Other application users/developers:
University of Bristol – Faculty of Engineering
Scientific area:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
The ROTORSIM CFD code is a multi-grid and multi-block CFD code written in C, MPI and OpenCL, the first GPU port that supports these features that we are aware of. We have measured the performance of ROTORSIM across a diverse range of hardware platforms, and observed a very good level of performance portability. ROTORSIM is a structured grid code, and as with other structured grid codes it is memory bandwidth limited, and so we have measured ROTORSIM's performance portability by recording the fraction of peak memory bandwidth that the code sustains across the different target hardware platforms. A paper detailing these experimental results for ROTORSIM was published at ISC 2014. The absolute performance of the memory bandwidth-bound ROTORSIM code on a range of many-core devices as well as its performance relative to peak memory bandwidth and peak double precision floating point, has been carefully benchmarked. These results shown that ROTORSIM is also exhibiting a good degree of performance portability, sustaining a similar fraction of peak memory bandwidth across most devices, even when those devices have very low double precision floating point performance thus making it ideal as testbed of the upcoming architectures in Mont-Blanc 2 project.
Good scaling up to thousands of GPU cores on SMP clusters or similar hybrid computing architectures.
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Sun, 22 July 2007 at 8:30 am
Johnny of the Mediterranean: At Yacht's End
A shirtless Johnny Depp and his bride-to-be, Vanessa Paradis, cruise the Mediterranean in their boat on their private yacht on Friday in Elba Island, Italy.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star may be ready to marry Paradis having been linked since 1998. The pair may wed as early as the end of this month.
Depp, 44, and Paradis, 34, currently live in France with their two children Lily-Rose, 8, and Jack, 5.
15+ pictures inside of shirtless Depp hitting the high seas…
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PM Report: Economists Cut Jobs Estimates
Economists are lowering expectations for employment in tomorrow's closely watched jobs report just as new data points to slowing growth throughout the economy. Bob O'Brien, Paul Vigna and Kelly Evans discuss. Also, Stefanie Ilgenfritz discusses the discovery of a new genetic signature for human longevity which could lead to a test that reveals who is likely to live to a ripe old age.
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... all I wanted jobs report for the month of June our economy is turning ... increasingly bearish about labor conditions ... welcome to the bond Bob O'Brien sitting in today for Simon Constable we got an action packed show for you ... we're delighted to have joining us today ... Kelly Evans from the Wall Street Journal to talk about those labor numbers ... and a good man itself ... on being a from Dow Jones Newswires so ... I've Kelley ... let's talk about this from the John ... exactly what's going on with the out with the labor trends because ... as of last week there are many feel the tension is double what we wanted to know is that after Sunday the day we got this week the economic data to carry on the labor market became a model that weaker than expected you had the big ADP report on Wednesday which of course is that a little bit of a bout ... of ... asthma new grievance read of of the jobs for its core morning but it sure don't really have thirteen thousand private sector jobs last month that was down from us and it's about sixty thousand set your head that ... you had this morning's report on jobless claims showing against of a worrisome high-level so ... all told combined with non labor market data it's also been a little bit softly on the cutting centers have been backing away from what they expect to see it in for MORNING'S report ... just entering his room for some disappointments and now we called around this morning got ... the latest figures from some firms it looks like a new look about a dozen or thirteen of the of the major once here ... they looking for total drop about a hundred and thirty one thousand jobs in June and again a lot of that reflects ... a job about a quarter million census jobs who are hired to twenty consensus ... now being laid off the private sector hiring still again about a hundred of fourteen thousand you could argue there's still room for disappointment ... well and ... it isn't just sentiment is forcing these economists agreed to revisit their expectations or ... is it really based on the fundamental ... some fundamentals if you go back and look at the survey week so the survey week for the employer parties includes the top of the month ... leading miles exactly is it to go back and look into claims levels from a couple weeks ago they were higher than they were at last month so it's ... it's not just the market sentiment and not just Bariyo ... EDP and other issues about how well that winds up with the dealers were but ... they are really close last month or they were taking an increase of ... sixteen fifty five thousand eighteen and forty one thousand private sell me on the ADP report had to have some way and that definite why economists are saying NY in every time Mr. whisper number and as the big day approaches people start to raise or lower investment again last month ... because you're all the census hiring that was never gotten quite high so when it came in we there's huge disappointment I guess all I'm saying here is that look ... ever was expecting a weak number everyone at this point seems to have this view that the economy doesn't look that great fundamentally so I just think that again you get server rebound ... it's been a decline overstated the weakness that perhaps in that may be why the market held some ground late into the day-to-day as people sort of ... started to think of fuel going in the week and perhaps there's there's luster at this point ... let's talk about the market reaction will ... be on the jobs picture has been a fault line for the market ... for the last several months is that trend likely to change ... well now I mean tomorrow's report is not going to be good even if it comes in that ... Kelly ... even in private sector payrolls Cummings a couple hundred fourteen hundred thirty thousand but still weak number that comes in ... the Alwis and ... forbidding CPI's rate right and comes in up state under a market of the Kenneth Starr well you a look at it I mean they're not to produce three hundred thousand ... private sector payroll growth number tomorrow ... so the long-term trend is still weak in the jobs market and in the market continuing on the downtrend a sixth consecutive day of declines today wind out ... of the lived and data this morning to the weekly jobs numbers are bad I a cement factory report which the leveling off the manufacturing sector ... that's not a good sign is not what you wanna see ... pending home sales were disaster ... area construction spending which was down seems as though incorrectly among the key question again is as this as the recovery starts to slow it is adjustable to see GDP during a ten percent pace the band of the year or two you start it enough of a pullback to ... use the ax The real question I think what what kept the losses today is tomorrow's jobs report ... we want to confirm that it turned out to be either a train wreck or no light at the end of time ... and you'll also get these you know you get this sorted ... continuing spiral to the downside is the numbers look worse ... consumer sentiment consumer spending seems to be worse we saw that today ... with the auto sales which were disappointing due relative ... to some weak numbers so ... are we seeing one of the sort of biofeedback loops will amount to reject the Government's a record that I've ever and talkin about the ... timing of the technical picture is as awful even talk about a couple sessions of The Technical ... is very bad ... and it's ... the numbers are the high number that he'll just walk away from ... any change to our colleague Tom killed Kilgore McCollam saying ... the the way you look at the market is it's already past tomorrow's jobs report whether it's good or bad it's already looking at ... odds of the worst into a half percent broken a possible double dip a really long dreary summer ... and stick to my to my insistence that ... double dips in the U S economy ... are very difficult to come by one to judge the unique touches our ... bodies and your financial crisis ... yes I was ten years ... no returns on year ... what exactly happened to me on toast house with the numbers to climb the Dow was down about thirty was down about a hundred fifty in the morning and again you will put you on the verge or really hard sell off ... but throughout the day of the pink eye making that any gang ended up down just slightly the ten year inching the ten year Treasury yield ... is about to die in a row to councilors remember ... two point nine ... two point nine three one percent ... still wonder that three percent level that's a sign that people are just be looking for the safe haven they don't believe in the recovery and ninety seven thirty three on the Dow has ... risen to euro region's fine one of the euro is broken out it's down around one twenty puts off around one twenty four ... gun and stocks were moving totally in tandem and that is broken stocks are going down in the euro is going up ... well we thought we'd disappointed enough us right now what's up ... let's move on we want to talk about this remarkable Test ... ITT scientists at Boston University ... having deducting tax trying to determine whether or not there are genetic patterns ... they didn't influence whether or not people are likely to lead ... to the age of a hundred ... as the field Ilgenfritz with Wall Street Journal Stephanie ... tells about this test exactly where scientists try to climb with this ... Um well above the researchers at Boston University took a look at some ... moment of thousands of Centenary and people who ... live ... beyond a hundred years old and that their genetic makeup and found that ... that the actual able to identify a cluster of genetic markers ... that I if you have the Easy bake a potato with about seventy five percent seventy seven percent likelihood ... and ability to live beyond a hundred years old and and and not just live that long to live ... on with it and most of the few ... ravages of aging on on the up part of what is known as the well daily ... elderly people who have lived well ... so ... you and what what's the next step in this in this process so they actually getting close to the point ... where they're going to be able ... to ... continually test is when some human Suntech's yes they have they have a test of one to make available for an open source Linux tight approach to it that one of the online I think ... and get on everyone will be able to access it for research purposes or further personally isn't and if you have your genetic information you can plug it into this test ... and find out whether you have this ... this cluster of genetic markers ... and get it the trick is that you had already had your genome map to mass that ... it is ... very few people so far have had that done the cost to the order of twenty thousand dollars or so so sweet deal ... well I ... I'm not sure Law not too much about the day ... that I'm not sure I wanna know how long I have to hang on to my for a one K Yet well that is the that is the overhang here with the kids to market conditions we can see ... it's a question of whether or not if you do it to be one hundred ... still to be in the part of the workforce ... well that suffered today on Bob O'Brien I'm glad you tuned in ... thanks very much for joining us ... come back again tomorrow with ... Kelly Evans will be hosting tomorrow morning look for that ...


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If you want to know the parts, read the WIP article. The only change is I took off the 2nd wreath and moved the grenades to the other side so I could attach a Death Mask to his hip. Seemed a fitting helmet for an Emperor's Champion if he ever need to don head gear (e.g. in a Vacuum). Anyway, pretty picture time.
The Banner is based off an image in the 3rd Ed BA Codex Supplement. The slogan on it is "Ave Imperator" with several letters hidden.
NOW onto the Genswick. I painted this guy really quickly (for my standards. Took 30 min, and this was with me figuring out what colours to actually do!) and I have a feeling my future guard will go even faster now that I have a scheme selected and basic technique established. Much faster than Marines at least. For more Genswick WIP click here.


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Andrew Abouchar
Andrew Abouchar is a founder and Partner of Tech Capital Partners where he focuses on investment opportunities in the enterprise software and systems, and semiconductor sectors.
With over 20 years of experience as an investor in emerging technologies, Andrew is actively involved with a number of companies. He currently serves as a director on the boards of Sidense and Ecobee. Andrew has also been a Director of Sirific Wireless (acquired by Icera Inc.) and VideoLocus, a developer of next generation video compression technologies and solutions (acquired by LSI)
As an advisor to both the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, Andrew currently serves on the board of Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE).
Andrew holds Bachelor of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering) and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Waterloo. He is a Certified Corporate Director, a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Chartered Accountant.
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Tim Jackson is a founder and Partner of Tech Capital Partners where he focuses on investment opportunities in the wireless, communications, new media, and internet sectors. In March 2010, Tim also assumed the roles of CEO of the Accelerator Centre and Associate Vice President Commercialization at the University of Waterloo.
Prior to co-founding Tech Capital, Tim was CFO and CEO at PixStream, a technology company focused on distributing and managing digital video across broadband networks. At PixStream, Tim successfully raised over $60 million in equity capital and negotiated the $550 million sale of the company to Cisco Systems, one of the largest technology company acquisitions in Canadian history.
Experienced in executive leadership roles, Tim has acted as CFO, CEO or board member for numerous technology companies including: Bering Media, ecobee, FibreTech Telecommunications, LiveHive Systems, Metranome, PostRank, Q9 Networks, Sandvine, and VideoLocus.
Actively involved in the not-for-profit sector, Tim was awarded the inaugural Annual Barnraiser Award for "inspirational, collaborative achievement" in Waterloo Region in 2009. In 2007, Tim was honoured with the Legacy of Leaders Award from the City of Waterloo and the Leadership Award from the Volunteer Action Center. Tim currently chairs the Board of Centre In The Square, and the Steering Committee for Capacity Waterloo Region. He was formerly the President of the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, Chair of the Waterloo Regional Children's Museum Board and Chair of the Waterloo Public Library Board.
In 2009, Tim was named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (FCA), the highest designation the Institute confers, awarded for outstanding career achievements as well as outstanding service to the community and the profession. Tim also received an Award of Distinction from the Institute in 2006. In 2007, Tim received the 50th Anniversary Alumni Award from the University of Waterloo and a School of Accountancy Fellowship was named after him in 2005.
Tim has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of Waterloo and is a Chartered Accountant.
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As the Office Manager and Executive Assistant at Tech Capital Partners Inc. Judy is responsible for coordinating and facilitating all administrative activities, planning corporate meetings and events, assisting with marketing initiatives and providing support for Tech Capital's portfolio companies. Judy is also the company's primary point of contact for enquiries, visitors and vendors.
Judy brings an extensive background in business and project management to her role at Tech Capital. She studied at both the Schulich School of Business and Wilfrid Laurier University and spent six years as Office and Event Manager at Communitech, Waterloo Region's high-profile technology association.


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|Garmin GSC10 Sensor
Just landed back in London and got the best welcoming anyone could get. Both my daughters came out to the backyard running into my hugs. Nothing beats that!
After all the unpacking and playing with my girls Sonia tells me my wiggle order had arrived. This was my Garmin CSC10 cadence sensor and my Quick Release Mounting Kit. I spent about two hours on both of them, mostly on the cadence sensor. I spent some time online looking for some forums on issues I was having as the lights on the sensor were not flashing nor was the watch showing any info on cadence details.
Apparently you need to pay close attention to the sensors and the magnets. My issue was that the magnets were a bit further apart and that was causing the lights to not flash. Also, I needed to synch the forerunner 310xt and change exercise mode to Bike1. Cadence sensor working and quick release kit hooked on the handle bar, I was ready to give it a go. I tried both the Bike1 and Multisport function and the cadence readings were on the spot. Now I obviously have try on the road with a proper ride, but thats for another blog post.


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July 2, 2012
FLO Cycling - Pre-Order 2 Update
Posted by FLO Cycling at Monday, July 02, 2012 Labels: en , FLO News
We are getting close to completing the shipping of Pre-Order 1, which means it is time to start planning for Pre-Order 2! We learned a lot from the first time around. To make things as smooth as possible, we are going to start Pre-Order 2 while the wheels are on the boat headed for the USA. This reduces lead times for you and allows us to deliver better customer service. Here are the preliminary details as of today:
Number of Wheels Available
Pre-Order 2 will consist of 400-500 wheels. The shopping cart will be set up with the known inventory on the day of the pre-order. When the wheels are gone they are gone. If you are not able to get the wheels you wanted, we are sorry. We are doing our best to keep up with demand and we are sorry for any frustration you may have experienced while waiting for our supply to catch up! We are doing the best we can to produce as many wheels as possible. If you aren't able to get a set of wheels in Pre-Order 2 don't worry, we plan on offering Pre-Order 3 (with another 400-500 wheels) approximately one month after Pre-Order 2.
Current Size of Pre-Order 2 List
The waiting list for Pre-Order 2 consists of 1,314 people. We are telling you this is to give you a better idea of our demand and to help you understand any potential restrictions on sales day. During Pre-Order 1, we sold out of most wheels in under 20 minutes. If you are serious about wheels, we recommend being online early. As we get closer, there will be a launch process that will explain everything you need to know about Pre-Order 2.
Estimated Pre-Order Date and Shipping Date
Our goal is to offer Pre-Order 2 by late July or early August. If all stays on schedule, the launch will start in roughly 3 to 4 weeks and wheels should start shipping to customers before the end of August. We hope this works out for those who have been waiting.
We would like to say thank you for everyone's patience. We know you that waiting for a product isn't easy, but trust that we will continue to do all we can to deliver wheels as fast as humanly possible.
Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.
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Room 1308 is the attending call room. There is no sign on the door. There is a code to unlock the door. The attending who is on overnight uses the room to sleep. You don't wake the attending unless something terrible is happening. That's just the way it is.
Room 1310 is the staff bathroom. There is a sign on the door that says STAFF BATHROOM. There is a code to unlock the door. It is the same code as the attending call room.
This usually wouldn't be a problem, because one door clearly says BATHROOM and the other door does not.
You would have to be very, very sleepy to accidentally open the attending call room door when you intend to go to the BATHROOM.
You would have to be very, very sleepy to not even realize the mistake until you walked into the attending call room, turned on the light, and saw the attending, sleeping, on a cot.
You would have to be very, very sleepy to not even realize you had entered the wrong room when you saw the attending, startled, waking up, and seeing you there, hand on the light switch.
You would have to be very, very sleepy to ask, "Dr. Attending? Why are you sleeping in the bathroom?" before looking around and realizing this wasn't the bathroom and quickly exiting, hoping he would fall back asleep and in the morning think this had all been a dream.
You would have to be very, very sleepy to then return to your call room and tell your intern, "I don't think the bathroom is there anymore. They seem to have turned it into a second attending call room."
I am very, very sleepy.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Oops, wrong door!
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good job!!!lolReplyDelete
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very very sleepy indeed. so, did the attending remember it in the morning, or was he equally very very sleepy?ReplyDelete
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One strange tick I sometimes hear from conservatives is the habit of citing the results of successful government interventions in the economy as an argument against the need for public policy interventions. This often habits in the case of environmental quality, but Casey Mulligan brings it to economic policy today by mocking the Justice Department's late-1990s antitrust case against Microsoft. His argument is basically that it looks silly to have been worrying about Microsoft crushing rivals when just 15 years later Microsoft is now struggling to get a toehold in the Apple-and-Google dominated mobile marketplace.
But as Dean Baker points out, it's unlikely that Apple would exist at all today absent the antitrust concerns around Microsoft. At a time when Apple was teetering on the brink of liquidation, Bill Gates teamed up with Steve Jobs to announce both a strategic capital investment in Apple and Microsoft's commitment to releasing a new version of Microsoft Office for the Mac. The overwhelming conventional wisdom at the time was that Gates was acting in large part to try to assuage antitrust concerns that were very live at the time. If Gates had, instead, loudly announced that Microsoft was killing Mac Office, then Apple might well have gone under. Similarly, absent antitrust issues Microsoft would have been free to more or less guarantee overwhelming browser market share for Internet Explorer and through that for MSN Search. The march of technological progress would still have continued, and our Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones would seem pretty snazzy but we'd very likely have lost out on a lot of beneficial effects of competition.
Long story short, it's very true that the high-tech industry is full of competition and vulnerable incumbents. But that's in part because we do antitrust enforcement, it's not a reason to stop doing it.


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Designer Genes(2004)
Tales of the Biotech Revolution
(A book in the Biotech Revolution series)
A collection of stories by Brian Stableford
The eleven stories in Designer Genes showcase the latest volume in this intriguing science fiction that explores intriguing future possibilities in biotechnology, ranging from stories of imminent technology reflecting issues that are already controversial, to stories that feature drastically altered worlds. Most of the stories are domestic dramas in which ordinary people are trying to get on with their everyday lives in circumstances that are altering in confusing ways by the year or by the day. Most of them have an element of comedy, because the human predicament is essentially comic, and most of them sound a powerful note of optimism, or at least of hope, because, the world being what it is, biotechnology is the one realistic source of optimism and hope that we have, if we are to come through the present ecocatastrophe relatively unscathed. Great, thought-provoking entertainment by a major SF writer!
Genre: Science Fiction
Genre: Science Fiction
Used availability for Brian M Stableford's Designer Genes
Hardback Editions
March 2004 : USA Hardback
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January 2013 : USA Paperback
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2009 just so happens to be the year of the Beatle. The Beatles mono releases took albums that couldn't be better and made them better. It took familiar tracks and added layers that went unheard/unfelt. Moreover, exploding auditory experiences wasn't enough; Apple also released Beatles Rock Band. And hands down this is video game of the year. The beautiful visuals, simple, fun, and clean story mode, and the instrument handling do justice to The Beatles' catalogue. While I love my video games that provide revolutionary gaming graphics, insane tales, running through hell-fire and brimstone, evolving a character, realistic burps, etc.- eventually I will stop playing those games, waiting for a new version to come out. Not so for Beatles Rock Band.
Music 2009 also leaves much to be desired. As of late, I haven't been on the pulse of music. And there have been tons of 09 releases, to name a few: Tortoise, Kings of Convenience, Wolfgang Phoenix, Flaming Lips, Japandroids, Grizzly Bear, Coconut Records, Harlem Shakes, and Owen put out albums. So who stands on top? The cop out answer is The Beatles mono-masters. The real answer though is no one. Not one album stands out as the most amazing piece of 2009. Perhaps I'm missing something and a friend can point me in a better direction. I was digging Kings of Convenience a few weeks back but it isn't the best of 2009. This year remains largely uninspired and I would show gaping bias to mark Owen as the best of 2009 (although it is). As it stands, I'd rather listen to "The Ricky Gervais Guide To…" series.
Now for a quick and dirty list:
Best Movie: Zombieland
Runner-up: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Best TV program: Dexter
Runner-up: Community
Best let down on film: Watchmen
Runner-up: Wolverine
Best Restaurant: Zelda's Pizza (you can find Cristina and myself there once a week)
Best Comic book: Walking Dead
2009 was sort of a lackluster year more transitory than staple inducing. Sure it had its highlights but I think like most Americans, I believe 2010 will be better. At least I'll be riding my bike a whole lot more.


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Burton 3 - Altrincham 3: Zo hard on Alty
CALVIN ZOLA broke Altrincham's hearts as he headed Burton level three minutes into added time in this pulsating tie.
I told them to play without fear – they did and they gave their all
It was rough justice on the Blue Square Bet North side, who had taken the game to the Brewers and looked set to earn themselves a second round tie away to near neighbours Crewe.
But right at the death Zola rose high to power Jordan Chappell's cross from the right past the helpless Alty keeper Stuart Coburn.
Burton boss Gary Rowett knows that his side can expect a tough time in the replay at Moss Lane but said: "At least we are there.
"We got that late chance to be there. Now it is about us being professional but it will be hard – they've got to play like this again after we got away with it.
"I think that Altrincham did a tremendous job here. I take my hat off to them but we had the character to keep going all of the way to the end.
"They were terrific from the start and gave us problems but we came back in the second half, moved the ball around, changed our formation and got back into it."
Altrincham took the game by storm, not giving the side 52 places above them in the football pyramid the chance to settle.
They had a golden opportunity to take the lead after only three minutes when Burton keeper Mark Oxley felled the lively Simon Richman who had run clear from Jake Moult's through ball.
But the keeper went from zero to hero as he blocked Damian Reeves' fiercely hit spot-kick.
Altrincham took the lead on 29 minutes after a free-kick on the right tore open the Brewers defence with Nick Clee beating two men to put in the cross for Carl Rodgers to stab home.
Five minutes later, as Oxley failed to get his hands to a high cross, Rodgers headed the ball on and Nathan Stanton, under pressure from James Lawrie, turned the ball into his own net to make it 2-0.
Burton's best spell came in added time in the first half with Jacques Maghoma and Zander Diamond going close.
Eight minutes into the second half Diamond reduced the arrears – bundling in Lee Bell's free-kick.
The home side squandered a 62nd-minute penalty with Robbie Weir blasting high over the bar after a handball by Moult.
But they were on level terms on 77 minutes through Maghoma.
The visitors hit back with relish with Moult hitting the underside of the bar before Rodgers drove the ball for Duncan Watmore to hammer into the area, with the luckless Damien McCrory putting through his own goal.
It looked like the end for Burton but then came Zola's late header.
Altrincham boss Lee Sinnott said: "I told them to play without fear – they did and they gave their all."


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2012 has been such an amazing year for me. My first novel was released and I got to have all the exciting experiences that come with being an author. The Shapeshifter's Secret was launched in June, and since then I have met hundreds of incredible readers who have blown me away with their kindness and support.
Some of my favorite memories were at signings meeting fellow readers and writers, during my blog tour when so many awesome bloggers connected with me, and anytime I saw my novel sitting on a shelf at a bookstore, library, or home. Thank you for all your support! I hope that 2013 brings you happiness and success!
Here is a quick list of some of my favorite discoveries of 2012.
Dystopian Novel:
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Middle Grade Novel:
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Fantasy Novel:
The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Contemporary TV Series:
Drama TV Series:
Downton Abbey


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"There's a few things I've learned in life: always throw salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for good luck, and fall in love whenever you can"William Shakespeare
Do chips over shoulder count?
Na. That would be a waste.
Happy Wednesday.
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More appealing gun shops are more expensive
It seems, judging from both the posts here and from my own experiences, that the more appealing gun shops charge higher prices for the same guns that you could get at the more plain gun shops. For instance, there have both been posts here about how Cabela's and Bass Pro are too expensive with their guns. Both shops are very appealing, they've got lots of character and you see all these animal displays other decorations such as airplanes and you've got indoor ponds and waterfalls and aquariums with fish swimming around and you've got restaurants in the stores, you name it. And, although you can sometimes get good deals at those stores usually they were not with guns. From my experience with Cabela's they are overpriced with guns but you can get good prices for ammo and other such supplies. Anybody familiar with NJ gun shops there used to be a shop called Ray's Sport Shop. They closed down years ago but it was a very appealing store to go to and the place definitely had character. They had lots of decorations and they had an indoor shooting range and lots of other fun stuff. Needless to say, Ray's was not the place to buy a gun unless you wanted to pay extra. If you saw a gun for sale at Ray's you could find that same gun for sale at other gun shops for less. One of the gun shops with the lowest prices I've seen was a gun shop called Meltzers which was also located in NJ which like Ray's is now shut down but they had among the best prices for guns that I've seen. They were a nice shop but they didn't have all the decorations and pizzazz and character of Ray's or Bass Pro or Cabela's. Even The Heritage Guild in Easton usually has better gun prices. The Heritage Guild is also a nice gun shop but doesn't have the appeal of the other shops I mentioned and at The Heritage Guild you will often find better gun prices than at Cabela's. Needless to say, in this day and age I rarely ever buy guns at gun shops I usually buy over the internet or from the company directly since that's usually how you will get the best price and for that I must say Cabela's is good. Cabala's only charges a $25 transfer fee as opposed to The Heritage Guild which charges around $60 but I will say this much, the more plain a gun shop usually the better prices they will have for guns.
January 12th, 2018, 05:21 PM #2
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The most appealing gun shop for me is the one with knowledgable staff that sells the gun I want at a fair price.
In my area there are several, I'm not at all impressed by adult entertainment centers like Bass.Gun control isn't about guns...it's about control
January 12th, 2018, 05:24 PM #3
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I 'get' how one could say Cabela's or BassPro are more "appealing"... But they're not to me.
First and foremost that it takes FOREVER to buy a gun there (I believe on purpose - they WANT to make you wait an hour or two to 'shop').
Secondly, counter staff varies WILDLY in their knowledge level, tending toward the "not so much". If I pay a bit more for anything, it'll be that.
I'll take a grubby hole in the wall that knows their shit and gives good service over "Hey, cool aquarium" any day."Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Ben Franklin.
January 12th, 2018, 05:28 PM #4
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I have never been to Bass Pro,do they have a similar firearms purchase process to Cabelas?There are no pacts between lions and men.
January 12th, 2018, 05:30 PM #5
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Bars that look like dives are usually cheaper to drink at too.If it ain't broke it ain't mine.
January 12th, 2018, 05:32 PM #6
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Look up "Overhead and Administration costs."
Higher overhead = higher prices.
NoahI dream of an America where a chicken can cross the road without having its motives questioned.
January 12th, 2018, 05:48 PM #7
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January 12th, 2018, 06:00 PM #8
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All that fake character puts me off. It's like the sections of amusement parks that try to emulate foreign countries.
Just don't dare walk in without a real tree jacket or cap, they will spot you as an amateur at the door.
January 12th, 2018, 06:06 PM #9
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Personally launched by King Alfonso XIII, the first parador opened in Ávila with thirty beds in 1928.
Since paradors were opened in sites as far north as Galicia and as far south as Andalusia, the landscape and views were very different in each location. The first Ávila parador was in the Gredos Mountains, surrounded by impressive scenery. Others would be on cliff tops looking out to sea or in medieval streetscapes in the centre of a town.
Things were going very well, and in the early 1930s four new National Parador Hotels were opened. But with the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), tourists from other countries stopped travelling to Spain and internal travel was restricted to necessary business only. Also many of the hotels were converted into hospitals for wounded soldiers or suffered severe damage from battle.
Santiago's parador, courtyard
Alhambra's parador was a huge success, and a new and equally popular site was found in the Gibralfaro fortress of Malaga. In the 1960s, everyone wanted to travel inside Spain (including me). Old historical sites were renovated and new paradors opened for business in places like Córdoba (1960), Guadalupe (1965), Ávila (1966) and Toledo (1968), then Salamanca somewhat later.
At present there are 93 parador hotels operating across the nation. So the National Parador Hotel chain has created four special routes for tourists to discover Spanish history and to live in historic buildings while they explore. These routes have been arranged in several different categories:
Cultural routes: castles, monasteries, Mozarabic, through the heart of Al-Ándalus/Moorish Iberia.
Did the financial crisis in Spain have an impact on the paradors? Inevitably yes. The New York Times said the chain suffered a loss of 28 million euros in 2011 alone. The government wanted to close 7 paradors permanently and to close at least 25 paradors during the off-season. The Spanish population was outraged. Fortunately at least the top paradors still seem to be doing well. Guadalajara's parador is in a former castle perched on a hill that was once fortified by the Moors (712 AD) and was for centuries the residence of bishops and cardinals. It is near Madrid.


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What is an Intelligent Building?
Understanding how intelligent buildings work The concept of an "intelligent building" has been around for more than 30 years, and we still do not have a single agreed-upon definition. While the meaning of what constitutes an intelligent building is continually evolving, the following is a good working definition: An intelligent building uses the latest technology and […]Read more »


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Porting a Drupal 7 module
- Porting a Drupal 7 module to Drupal 8 (a real life example) #1- kicking off
- Porting a Drupal 7 module to Drupal 8 (a real life example) #2- basic routing
- Porting a Drupal 7 module to Drupal 8 (a real life example) #3- configuration form
- Porting a Drupal 7 module to Drupal 8 (a real life example) #4- making it work (almost)
- Porting a Drupal 7 module to Drupal 8 (a real life example) #5- css and js modifications
Drupal 8's beta version was released a few month ago and now it is time to start porting modules. To demonstrate how to do it, we're going to use a real module called scroll_to_top, which allow us to scroll to top when we are reading an article and we want to go to the menu for example.
If you prefer watching videos, here is the screencast version of this series.
In Drupal 7, hook_menu() was probably the most implemented hook because it was used to define paths to Drupal and connect these paths with callback functions. It was also responsible for creating menu links and a bunch of other stuff, but they were replaced and in this second chapter we're going to see how to port it.
hook_menu() conversion
For the Scroll To Top module the menu entry for configuring the module looked as such:
chunk of scroll_to_top.module
/** * Implements hook_menu(). */ function scroll_to_top_menu() { $items = array(); $items['admin/config/user-interface/scrolltotop'] = array( 'title' => 'Scroll to top', 'description' => 'Scroll To Top settings', 'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form', 'page arguments' => array('scroll_to_top_settings'), 'access arguments' => array('administer scroll to top'), 'file' => 'scroll_to_top.admin.inc', 'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM, ); return $items; }
Drupal 8 requires to update the routing in a dedicated routing file. So, the first thing we're going to do is to create that file and specify the routing, this file takes the format of <module_name>.routing.yml, in our case it will be scroll_to_top.routing.yml.
scroll_to_top.form: path: '/admin/config/user-interface/scrolltotop' defaults: _title: 'Scroll to top' _form: '\Drupal\scroll_to_top\Form\ScrollToTopForm' requirements: _permission: 'access administration pages'
The first line marks the beginning of a new route called form for the module scroll_to_top (the first is the module name and the second the route name). Under path, we specify the path we want this route to register. Under defaults, we have two things: the default page title (_title) and the _form which references a Configuration Form class. Under requirements, we specify the permission the accessing user needs to have to be able to view the page. You can consult this documentation page for more options you can have for this routing file.
Please, remember that whenever you edit or create an .yml file you have to clean all caches in order to see the changes working.
At this instance we created the routing, so if you go to http://drupalinstallation/admin/config/user-interface/scrolltotop, you will get a Drupal Error page instead a Page not found, don't worry about the error we're going to solve later. While you don't get the error below everything is ok 🙂
So, to finish this chapter we need to create the menu link for our module.
scroll_to_top.menu: title: 'Scroll to top' description: 'Scroll To Top settings' parent: system.admin_config_ui route_name: scroll_to_top.form
We add a link with a title and a description in the user interface section in the Drupal configuration page (note the parent: system.admin_config_ui). When the user click on this link, it will carry it to the routing name scrolll_to_top.form (declared in scroll_to_top.routing.yml) that has configured the path admin/config/user-interface/scrolltotop. That means that when the user click on the link, it will go to the path admin/config/user-interface/scrolltotop, that is going to content our configuration form, but again, for now you are going to get an error page so don't worry 🙂


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Last week was banner chapel at my son's school. Each fourth-grade boy created a felt banner that celebrated his faith or values. The boys carried their banners into the school chapel to be displayed during a special service. As the boys held their creations high, the school chaplain talked about how symbols communicated our beliefs and ideas.
Looking around the room, I saw faith-specific signs as well as ones that conveyed universal messages shared by all religions. True to his interfaith heritage, our son chose Peace on Earth as his theme and included the signs of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism on his banner. My husband and I thought our son represented much of what we teach at home–a focus on shared values, acceptance and coexistence of different faiths, and our responsibility to make the world a better place.
Banner chapel, with its discussion of emblems, comes at an appropriate time of year given that symbols surround us. Christians share their Christmas spirit inside and outside their homes. Holiday lights brighten neighborhoods. Wreaths hang on front doors. Santa and his reindeers and elves greet visitors on front lawns and in malls. Creches and Jesus-is-the-reason-for-the-season displays remind passers-by of the holiday's religious purpose. The signs of the season are virtually impossible to escape.
While those who celebrate Christmas rejoice in the public celebration of their faith, Jews often choose to celebrate their heritage privately. What is interesting about this choice is that Jews are encouraged to observe Hanukkah openly by placing menorahs in a window or lighting the candles in a doorway facing the street. Doing this publicizes the miracle of Hanukkah, sends a message of strength to enemies and shows Jewish pride.
But many Jews prefer to hang holiday decorations and light the Hanukkah lights inside their homes where they are visible only to themselves and their guests. This private celebration is a holdover from times of religious persecution. Yet, recent acts of anti-Semitism and religious intolerance in Europe and the United States make some Jewish and Jewish-interfaith families feel that boldly communicating their faith to their neighbors is still not a good idea.
But the latest incidences have had the opposite effect on me. This year, for the first time ever, I am communicating my family's Jewishness outwardly. I have an electric menorah in a window facing the street so it is visible to all who drive into the cul-de-sac or down the main road in the neighborhood. A dreidel is hanging on the front door.
I am proud of these symbols and what they say about my family's beliefs, heritage, and values. I am able to display them proudly because of the Maccabees victory. This Hanukkah, I'm going to let my Jewishness shine.


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Category: Cleaning
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By Nikki Willhite
When I was in the hospital having my 3rd
son, my mother-in-law came to help out. She was a war bride and came to this
country from Germany. As much as I hate to stereotype- the German people are a
very cleanly people.
She had also lived through WWII, and knew
how to do without. I couldn't believe it when I came home from the hospital. My
house was literally sparkling. When I asked her what she had done, she
replied she had "cleaned it". "
"Yes, but, what did you use?", was what I
wanted to know.
Her answer- "Ammonia"- She had used
nothing but a bottle of ammonia- for Everything!
When I think of how many cleaning products
there are on our supermarket shelves, and how much they cost......it is clear
that we could save a lot of money on our cleaning supplies by not being "lured"
into buying all the cleaning products advertised over and over to us .
Here are some ideas
First, it is important to remember
NEVER to mix ammonia with bleach. This will result in toxic fumes.
For fresh, clean drains - put 1/2 Cup Baking soda, and 1/2 Cup Vinegar down your drain.
Wait 5 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
To Remove Stains - On Upholstery try shaving cream; with ink, hairspray; and if
your kids have been very bad with their crayons, try toothpaste!
Freshen up your house - with a nice blend of spices, wrapped up in a loosely woven
fabric, and tied up at the ends with ribbon or another decorative tie.
Remember to vacuum those draperies and
keep the dust on your mini-blinds under control. Also, hose down those screens. If you let things go- it will
take more time and money to make them attractive again...and you may never get
them looking good.
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Winning social security disability income benefits for military veterans, whether in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio or in states across the United States takes special care. A skilled attorney advocate should bring knowledge of the rules and regualtions the social security administration has put forth to establish a veteran's disability claim. Although the 5 step sequential evaluation the SSA goes through is the same for all, there are certain authoritative stipulations and precedent that apply to military veterans, that not only can help win there claim, but also move it to a decision without years of waiting.
Getting An Expedited Decision for Wounded Warrior Veterans
If you are a veteran that was disabled while on actice duty you are entitled to have your claim expedited. (1) In addition if you have a 100% permanent and total disability rating from the veteran's administration you may also have you social security claim for disability income benefits expedited. You or your social security lawyer must tell social security that either one of these circumstances apply to you so you can move through the social security system sooner.
Using the Veterans' Administration Decision To Bolster Your SSDI Application
The decision made in your veteran's administration claim can be used to bolster your social security claim. It is important to remember that veteran's benefits and social security benefits are determined by different agencies. (The veterans administration and the social security administration). So even if you get total disability from one agency you may not get it from the other. Even a partial disability decision by the veterans administration can help your social security claim. It can be evidence that you have a disability which is severe. One that impacts basic work activities .
It is important to get before the social security administration all the critical evidence from acceptable medical sources and non medical sources. Most SSI judges will give great weight to a decision from the veterans administration. By law they are required to consider the decision and comment on the weight they gave it. But it is not binding. (2)
Pile on Every Bit of Evidence
There can be too little evidence of disability ( inability to work) and that will cause you to lose. You can never have too much evidence. There is a hierarchy of the evidence that you must put forth. Evidence from a longstanding, highly qualified, treating specialist in the field of your injury is at the top of the list.
An experienced social security disability income benefits law firm knows what is critical. With rules and regulations and case law spanning thousands of pages you would be foolish to gamble your future going unrepresented. Failure at any stage can cause you financial ruin.
1. http://www.ssa.gov/people/veterans/
2. http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OP_Home/rulings/di/01/SSR2006-03-di-01.html SSR – 2006-03
Anthony Castelli has 32 years of representing clients for social security disability benefits SSI and/or SSDI. Call today for a free claim evaluation. 513-621-2345 in Cincinnati or throughout Ohio 800-447-6549


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The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) announced their squad at the beginning of July and included the Barca forward. However, the Games clash with the dates of the Champions League preliminary round and Barca insist they will do everything in their power to hold onto their star player.
"We are right and we will fight for Messi to play the preliminary round because he has to be with us," said Begiristain. "We have to play two games of official nature and so we have made that known to FIFA. We will continue insisting but we want to come to a solution that is agreed by all the parties."
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The McPherson College volleyball team didn't have any four game winning streaks last season. Partly because the Bulldogs only won seven games out of a 32 game schedule.
Wednesday night in front of a rowdy McPherson College crowd, the Bulldogs saw their four game winning streak snapped at the hands of Kansas Wesleyan, 18-25, 24-26, 25-20, 20-25.
The Bulldogs are now 13-7, 6-5 in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, and dropped to fifth place in the KCAC.
All four sets would be a battle, which was evident early on. The Bulldogs and Coyotes found themselves tied at six in the first set, before three straight points went the visiting team's way to create some separation.
The Bulldogs battled back, getting within, before KWU scored the next five points to increase their advantage to 19-14. McPherson never got closer than five, eventually dropping the first set.
Credit to the Bulldogs as they never lost intensity the entire match. Playing from a set behind, McPherson raced out to an 11-5 lead, before KWU was forced to use a timeout. Freshman Kaitlyn Heinis had two of her team high five aces during that span.
Kansas Wesleyan cleaned up their mistakes during the timeout, and quickly began to cut into the McPherson lead.
The Bulldogs called timeout, while leading 16-13 to try and calm the Kansas Wesleyan momentum. It didn't work, however, as the Coyotes took their first lead of the set at 22-21. It was tied at 23 all with Heinis serving, but Kansas Wesleyan closed out the set from there; something the Bulldogs struggled to do.
Facing elimination, the Bulldogs once again took an early lead. The third set got off to a similar start as the previous set, but this time with a different result.
Tied at 17, the Bulldogs won eight of the next 10 points to force a fourth set. McPherson saw a 6-1 early lead erased, and played the Coyotes neck-and-neck the rest of the way.
But Kansas Wesleyan, who is now 9-2 in KCAC play, took an early lead in the fourth set, and never let up the rest of the match. The Bulldogs hung around, never trailing by more than five points, but failed to ignite any momentum in the final set.
"Kansas Wesleyan is a strong, scrappy and balanced team," Head Coach Jessica Cleveland said. "We stepped up to the challenge, but just got out played. The girls never gave up, and they worked for every point."
Sophomore Lexi Kite had a team high 13 kills, while senior Jessica Sanders had 12. Sanders also led the team with two blocks.
Heinis and junior Morgan Little had a combined 41 assists, and senior Emily Warner had a team high 17 digs.
The Bulldogs will look to start a new winning streak on Saturday, when they travel to winless Bethel.
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Finished Wand Hand Modeled
- Date Taken: 01-Jan-1970 00:00:00
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Turning a Realistic Harry Potter Wand on a Wood Lathe
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Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.
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Belgian Imec creates first self-learning chip
Written by Kenny Bruwier :: [Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:18]
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Researchers at the Leuven-based research centre imec have developed a new type of chip that can learn from its experiences and compose its own music.
Traditional chips repeat tasks that the programmers installed on them. Inspired by the way the human brain works, the new chip can recognise patterns in data, and, like a child, learn to perform additional tasks by taking into account earlier experiences. According to imec, the chip is the first in the world that is capable of learning so much on its own.
The chip can, for example, compose its own music. After the researchers inputted a series of minuets into the chip, the chip learned to recognise patterns and rhythms and created its own musical notes. The music, which still strongly resembles the original minuets, can be heard on imec's website
The new chip is based on advanced memory chip technology, known as OxRAM, capable of processing a lot of information at low energy and low cost. According to imec, self-learning chips could be used in the management of large data flows, like road traffic analysis, and healthcare.
"When used in heart sensors, self-learning chips can identify subtle changes in heart rate that may pose potential health risks," said imec in a statement. "This would enable health monitoring that is tailored to individual patients."
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Amanda offers Clicker Training Clinics at various venues throughout the UK and many places in the EU. The calendar is regularly updated with new dates and new venues.
Teaching clicker training horses since 2005 Amanda has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience working with all breeds, ages, sizes and types of horses. She also specialises in training horses with problem behaviours. If you have a horse that no training seems to work for, is dangerous, has problem behaviours or you just want to start clicker training for fun Amanda is able to help you.
Amanda will do more than teach you how to clicker train….she will teach you the principals and science of clicker training, empower you to work on your own with confidence and, as a trained Equine Behavioural Scientist, she will even be able to talk to you about horse behaviour, environment enrichment and more.
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Watch a video on 'Falun Gong Misconceptions' here and here and find out why hundreds of thousands peaceful people who live by the universal principle of Truth, Compassion and Tolerance are persecuted in China without mercy.
What I'd like to know is why this secret war--waged by the Chinese regime's communist party onto defenseless law-abiding citizens--allowed to go on like this for 12 years? Why are the world's governments and media mum on this issue? Why is Hu Jintao still talking about 'harmony and respect' to Western politicians while the Chinese Communist Party's killing of innocent people has escalated tenfold because of the systematic, state-sponsored persecution of Falun Gong? Isn't it the right of all human beings to be free from persecution if we are to preserve and harmonize humanity not only for the next generation but for this epoch? If so, there's a lot of work to be done.
Falun Gong is practiced by over 100 million people in over 100 countries.


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Soft acoustic music with acoustic guitars, soft bass and drum (kick) and shaker.
The first part is more quiet, there are only guitars. The second part is more rhythmic by adding the bass and shaker. A little reverb and delay was used.
In the package:
Main – 1:57
ending track with fade out
Loop1 – 1:05 (from 1:57 in preview)
Loop2 – 0:45 (from 3:04 in preview)
Loops are ready to combine together.
The files and ID3 tags are named: author-file name.
Thank You for listening!


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FC: August 1, 2009
1: Guestbook of Courtney and Tom Rash August 1st 2009 | Thank you for joining us on one of the happiest days of our lives. It would not be a celebration without you. Please take a moment to write in our guestbook, and leave us with a lasting memory for us to cherish always.
2: 8/1/09 | L O V E | "Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart." --Robert Sexton
3: ~ Your special wishes for us ~
4: ~ Words of Wisdom ~
5: ~ Favorite Memories ~
6: How do you know the Bride & Groom?
7: August 1st, 2009 "You're my density"
8: Advice for the Newlyweds
12: I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. ~ Roy Croft
13: ~ Three things you have learned from the celebrated couple ~
14: ~ Share your favorite moment from our wedding day ~
16: How do you know the Bride & Groom?
19: ~ Your special wishes for us ~ | I get the best feeling in the world when you say hi or even smile at me because I know, even if its just for a second, that I've crossed your mind.
22: ~ Words of Wisdom ~
24: Advice for the Newlyweds
25: Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you' re just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have YOU... The one who turns to his friends and says, thats her... | I Love You!
27: ~ Ideas for a happy marriage ~
28: How do you know the Bride & Groom?
29: Everlasting Love...
30: ~ Words of Wisdom ~
32: "I will keep on falling in love with you for the rest of my life because of who you are and the indescribable beauty and love within you" ~Chatman
33: Advice for the Newlyweds
34: Share your memories of today
36: ~ Special wishes you have for Courtney and Tom ~
40: Your friendship, love and well wishes will be remembered always.


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Wow it's been an exciting few weeks on the ancestral trail.
My most exciting non-living connection I've found recently is I've discovered that one of my 10th great grandfathers was the Reverend Edward Wightman 1566-1612 and he was the last person to be burned at the stake on 11 April 1612 (for heresy). I found that a little disconcerting… here are 2 links to read more about him and the horrendous times he lived in although I don't think he really helped himself.
I spent another evening surfing the records back on a different line and ended up in 1599 deep in the Kingswinford area of the West Midlands. I hit on the name Skidmore and before I knew it a mini explosion had happened of Skidmore's on my family tree. The family was extensive and fired-off in all manner of directions; it'll take me an age to sort it out. It was interesting for me because I've already a maternal connection to the geographical area but to go back so many hundreds of years and find a paternal connection to the area as well, filled me with wonder. Even more interesting was that where the Skidmore connection appears in my tree at my 3rd great-grandfather Ephraim Skidmore level, I learned he had four wives! That will add a new dimension and challenge to my research.
The most exciting LIVING connection I've found recently is a female second cousin. Well in honesty she found me. Her mum and my dad were first cousins but never met each other to their knowledge. I find that incredibly sad. Our respective grandfathers were brothers and such was the respect of the eldest brother for his youngest, he named a son after him.
I've grown up without first cousins and just 3 second cousins (brother and sisters in the same family unit) on my maternal side. I always felt a little lopsided not knowing relatives on my paternal side plus losing my grandfather in his sixties in the 1970s. This new cousin has sprung into my life full of excitement for the research, for the photographs I've shared and for the appreciation she knows her information is bringing to me. She still lives in the area and whereas I've gone broad and wide in my research, she's added a real depth to hers. This is fabulous for me where our ancestry overlaps. We've talked of meeting up and she's offered to show me some of the area where we know they lived and worked. You can keep your foreign and exotic holidays, I couldn't be more excited than spending my time travelling into the past with someone I'm related to who 'gets it'. An ancestral soul-mate.
These are the great-grandparents we share and this lady died a few weeks after I was born. It was taken just over 100 years ago circa 1910-1912. To put that into context – it was around the time of the Titanic disaster.
Of course at the end of the day where people aren't still with us and we have no DNA from them to confirm the connections, we can only rely on records and the perhaps vain hope that everyone along the line has been faithful!
Finally, I'm just about to post my father's DNA. This should strengthen up some of my connections with living cousins as well as bringing new people into the mix. I am aware I can link this DNA into my own tree although don't yet know how to do that… then let's bring the party on.