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Six Ways to Better Exposure
Most exposure problems are caused by poor lighting. There are things you can do as a photographer to help capture crisper, well lit pictures than you were previously able to get. Whether you are using a simple point and shoot camera or an expensive dSLR you will benefit by learning these lighting and exposure tips which will improve your pictures. Each of these tips can apply to any type of camera, but they are most helpful for those with smaller point and shoot cameras.
Don't Use a Flash Indoors
If at all possible, you need to have enough light in the room to take a picture without the flash. Many of the problems with indoor photography can be solved by eliminating a harsh flash. They produce extreme shadows, red eye and look completely unnatural.
Obviously it is not always possible to eliminate your flash. When you can't, then there are some things you can do to soften the light. Some cameras have a full and partial flash setting. If available, try shooting with the lower flash strength. Diffusing the light by placing tissue paper in front of the flash can help. If you have a flash that can tilt upwards and bounce the light off the ceiling, then use that feature. Otherwise, you can place a small white card at approximately 45 degrees in front of your flash to reflect the light to the ceiling. Just be aware that this will probably alter the exposure settings on your camera and the pictures may turn out too dark.
Use a Flash Outside
While we often think of the flash as something that should be used inside in the dark, there is no reason you can't use the flash outside in the sun. Using the flash outside can help break up harsh shadows from your subject's faces. This is called fill flash.
You can use a fill flash for just about any subject, but it is most helpful on photographs of people. The fill flash will brighten your subject's eyes because the shadow of the overhead sun tends to darken the face under the bridge of the forehead. If you have strong sunlight from the side you may end up with half of the face covered in a shadow from the nose. A fill flash will soften the shadow and give you a more pleasing exposure.
Reduce the Red-Eye Effect
Red-eye effect comes from light shining directly into the the eyes of the subjects and reflecting back into the camera lens. If the light source (the flash) is close to the lens of the camera, then there is a greater risk of red eye. This is a problem on virtually all compact cameras. Cameras with an off-set flash don't suffer from this problem.
There are different ways that cameras try to reduce red eye. They are essentially trying to get the subjects' pupils to close which will lessen the chance of a large amount of light reflecting back into the camera lens. To do this, the camera will either shoot a short burst of flashes before the main picture is taken, or it will shoot two normal bursts with the second one exposing the sensor. Neither of these work very well since your subjects see the first flash or flashes and think the picture is over. In the half second between the flashes they lose their smiles.
Having your subjects look slightly to one side of the camera can help eliminate the red-eye effect. Bouncing the flash off the ceiling completely eliminates the problem. Increasing the light in the room so you don't need a flash takes care of the issue. If you can't eliminate the flash, then have at least enough light that the subject's pupils are already constricted which lessens the risk of red eye.
Lock in Exposure
When taking a picture of a landscape scene it is sometimes hard to get the exposure on the mountain to be proper without the brightness of the sky causing the camera to shorten the exposure time. If your camera has the ability to manually select an over/under exposure setting, then you want to adjust for a slightly overexposed picture so that the mountain has more details in the final photo. However, most compact cameras either don't have that feature or the feature is hard to access.
Here is a way to trick the camera into over or under exposing a picture for you. Point your camera to the mountain with as little sky in the frame as possible. Press the shutter-release button half way down. Most of the time this will lock in the focus and exposure. Now move your camera so that you have the right composition for your photograph. Press the shutter release button the rest of the way to take the picture.
You can do the same thing when you are interested in the clouds in the sky and not the details of the mountain by locking in your exposure on the sky first and then composing the shot by bringing in the mountain. This causes the camera to underexpose the image.
Use this trick any time your subject is either too dark or too light. This does not always work and it won't always compensate enough. But it is worth trying to get a more properly exposed photograph. This usually works better on point and shoot cameras than on full dSLR cameras.
Play With Shadows
When shooting outdoors, use shadows to your advantage. You may be shooting late in the morning, or early in the afternoon. These are two times that the light from the sun is harsh. You can use shadows to help soften the light of the sun.
Use shadows to cast an interesting pattern over the subject. By letting the shadows of tree leaves partially cover someone's face, you create atmosphere. This does not work well with groups. Having part of the group under a shadow and part of the group in full sunlight makes it impossible to get a good exposure to show off the faces of your subjects.
Don't Fight the Sun
You can't move the sun, but you can move your subjects or your camera. Have the sun behind you (as the photographer) as much as possible. If the sun is behind your subjects your exposures will be very underexposed and you will only get silhouettes. You will lose all details in their faces.
With the sun behind you, you will fill the subjects faces with plenty of light and the camera will expose the image in a much more pleasurable way. This can, of course, cause your subjects to squint. Find an angle that keeps the sun out of their eyes, but does not cast harsh shadows.
Sunrise and sunset provide the two most pleasing natural light opportunities. When possible, take advantage of the early morning or late afternoon sun.
Getting proper exposure on your pictures can be difficult at times, but not impossible. Leaning these simple tips can help you get better results. If you are using a dSLR camera, then placing your camera in aperture priority mode gives you more ability to control the final outcome of the exposure on an image.


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When I first arrived in Liberia, Google Maps was in its infancy planet-wide, and West Africa was lagging behind the West Coast. Over the years, the platform has filled in rapidly, so that now there are decent representations of every city in West Africa, Monrovia included, even if the maps are riddled with a variety of errors, and the bandwidth-heavy platform is not that easy to access in the region.
And then there are some unique issues. Specifically, there is no Google Maps symbol for "abandoned hotel." Following a certain logic, someone has gone and labelled the Ducor with the regular, normal, active hotel icon of a sleeping person in a bed, and called it the Ducor Intercontinental. Which is, basically, what it is, after all.
Except that it's not: what the API's logic then leads to is a full rate-and-review follow-on crowd-sourcing extension, which leads, absurdly, to the ability of people to review their stay at the Ducor, which some wise-cracking jack-ass crassly did about a year ago.


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Driftwood, Sunshine + a Terrarium
• 07 February 2012
I went about my morning steadily, trying to deal with all the little things that often go wrong in the morning as one readies 4 children for the day; all the while thinking about Mara's advice on choosing happiness in this poignant essay, which is technically about infertility, but it encompasses so much more. A few hours later, the sun was still shining gloriously in the sky, continuing to lift my spirits. I finished preparing the lunch that I would later share with a couple of new friends, and then slid it into the fridge before donning my walking shoes.
Sunglasses in hand, we left to explore a little more of Discovery Park. In the back of my mind I thought about the terrarium on my dining room table that was in need of one more "ingredient" to look complete. During these typically dreary months, it is so vital to a space's overall energy to bring a little of the outdoors inside and I find that terrariums do the trick! (see more here, here and here).
Well, it turned out that this particular beach was full of driftwood--all shapes and sizes (we've even seen people snag large pieces for furniture here before); and finding exactly what I needed took only a few minutes. And now my terrarium is complete...and the day is over. If there is one thing I've learned this past year, it is to appreciate beautiful, sunshine-filled moments when you have them!
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
I came across this remarkable collection of Hemingway journalistic pieces. The lucid writing and the political perceptions are still second to none. The original book cover had some tacky illustrations which annoyed me so I tried to improve on them. Back cover from a Gap advertisement - front photograph is mine, shot in Laguna Beach CA 1990
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Coaching equipment has become more advanced over the years, giving coaches better opportunities to prepare players for matches. Being prepared as a coach is vital, making sure the right equipment is on board for training and prior to matches. This equipment has various uses, giving players what they need to succeed on the field. Here is some of the equipment thats a necessity for coaches, and can develop players in different areas of the game.
Practicing the basics without a rugby ball can be extremely difficult, making it important you carry an adequate amount of balls to distribute between players.
- Work with balls for basic training, such as handling, passing, kicking and attacking moves etc
- Use different sizes of rugby balls to develop players handling skills. There are different types and sizes on the market used by various age groups. Keep a good mix of balls to boost skills.
- As an alternative, use tennis balls or footballs to vary handling and kicking activities. Varying the shape of balls in practice can also help skill levels.
Different types of clothing can be used for a number of drills and games.
- Use coloured bibs to identify teams during practice games.
- Arm bands can also be used to identify key players or leaders during skills and games.
- Make sure players carry adequate clothing for various weather conditions.
Cones can be used for an array of drills, making them a valuable prop during training.
- Use to mark out different distances for players to run and pass to etc. Measure areas and place cones accordingly.
- Use cones as markers for accuracy during passing. Vary the angles and distances between cones to develop passing and catching skills.
- Use as markings for practice games, placing cones along the sideline and for the try scoring area.
Whistles can be a coaches best friend to get players attention when needed.
- Use during running drills alongside your stop watch or timing device.
- A well needed tool for practice games to referee.
Scrum Machines
Scrum machines are a must for forwards, developing the scummaging area of the game and increasing strength. It's important to identify weakness in the scrum during a game and work on during practice on the machine.
Tackle Bags
Tackle bags can be used for many defensive drills and activities. Teaching players to tackle at different heights can improve defensive skills, along with the use of tacking bags in attacking moves.
With new technology developing every day, there are many other coaching products on offer to develop players in training sessions, benefiting basic skills. Along with defensive products, there is also equipment that can develop speed and agility, such as speed ladders and hurdles.
With the amount of equipment available, the future of training players is rapidly improving, making coach's work easier and increasing players skill levels along the way.


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The 2015 Buick Encore SUV typically receives positive reviews. It earns a Kelley Blue Book expert rating of 6.5 out of 10, and consumers on KBB.com rate it 9.1, as of August 2015. The SUV earns praise for its stylish design and noise-cancelling engineering from the Kelley Blue Book experts.
The 2015 Buick Encore also earns three out of five stars on CarAndDriver.com, 4.8 out of five stars on Edmunds.com, a score of eight out of 10 on RankingsAndReviews.com, and 7.4 out of 10 on TheCarConnection.com. Edmunds.com praises the SUV for its fuel economy and safety features. RankingsAndReviews.com gives the Encore a safety rating of 9.7 out of 10, and commends the vehicle's fuel economy. The 2015 Buick Encore typically receives low scores for its overall performance and cargo space. KBB.com also notes that the vehicle doesn't have off-road capabilities.


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Parents, welcome to Jiu Jitsu. You will soon find out how wonderful it is for your child on so many different levels. Following is information that Professor Mike and parents of our Jiu Jitsu students have put together for new parents. If you have something to add please email it to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
To stay connected join the email list and follow Park City Jiu Jitsu on Facebook.
At the Park City Jiu Jitsu academy Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or BJJ is taught by Professor Mike and practiced by students.
Jiu Jitsu is not a seasonal sport, it is year round. A great aspect about Park City Jiu Jitsu is that when schools are on break the classes at the academy are usually still in session!
Jiu Jitsu is not intended to be a drop off activity. You will be amazed at what your child is learning on so many different levels if you stay and watch. Other than self-defense fighting some of the learnings are: self-esteem, humility, confidence, following directions, listening, awareness, kindness, being a good teammate, balance, hand-eye coordination, critical thinking, strategy, and BJJ compliments other competitive sports.
The first few classes and month of Jiu Jitsu can be overwhelming for your child and you as a parent. The key is to keep on coming, and ask other parents about their early Jiu Jitsu experience. This will help you understand that Jiu Jitsu better and it is much more than grappling. Here is blog post on this topic by a Park City Jiu Jitsu parent.
Does my child have to compete? No, your child does not have to compete in competitions or tournaments. Park City Jiu Jitsu does have a competitive team for children that desire to compete. Professor Mike will approach you and your child when he feels your child is ready to compete. Then you can decide if it is something that interests your child. See the Jiu Jitsu Competition Info page for information.
Entering the Mat – Students should enter (and exit) the mat from the red carpet. They should have their shoes off, wipe their feet and bow in the direction of picture of Helio Gracie (see who and why under "Bowing" below). No shoes are ever worn on the mat.
Lining Up – Children line up at the start of class based on experience: belt color and number of stripes.
Belt Colors – Children belt colors at Park City Jiu Jitsu are from lowest to highest: white, yellow, orange, and green.
Belt Stripes – White belts may have a chance to earn a stripe after 10 hours (classes) by testing for it. Unlike other martial art stripes are not given for just showing up and attending class. Professor Mike decides if a child is ready to test for their stripe.
Tying The Belt – How to tie a Jiu Jistu belt entertaining and informative video.
Bowing – When class starts the children "bow-in" by lining up and bowing to the picture of Helio Gracie. Helio is pronounced Eh'leeo. Helio is one of the founding fathers of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and we bow out of respect for what he has done to create, evolve and promote Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. After bowing to Helio Gracie, then they bow to Professor Mike because he is a black belt. If another coach or instructor is leading the class they do not bow to them. Only Black Belt Professors of academies receive bows.
"Professor Mike" is the way your child should respectfully address Mike.
Gi Care – Wash your child's Gi often. Never wash their belt. Gi's are not to be worn outside the academy, used for dress up or as a costume. Respect the Gi.
Belt Care – NEVER wash the belt. The belt shows all the hard work they have done and is never washed.
Personal Hygiene: please make sure your child bathes before class and after. Maintain short finger and toenails.
Children should not come off the mat without asking Professor Mike first. This includes getting a drink, going to the bathroom or being hurt.
If your child is having a hard time let Professor Mike handle it. If it is before class catch Professor Mike's attention and let him address your child. If it is during class do not go on the mat or have your child come off the mat to you. Every child has a hard time at some point, Jiu Jitsu is not a simple activity. Many parents of the most experienced children at the academy can share stories of their children having hard times.
Video & Pictures – It is global Jiu Jitsu etiquette to not video record, broadcast or take pictures during class or when students are grappling/rolling/fighting without the Professor of the academy's permission. This is global Jiu Jitsu etiquette and ensures something is not shared out of context. Please ask before recording, broadcasting or taking pictures. Note: At Park City Jiu Jitsu it is acceptable to take video or picture of your child when they are receiving a stripe at the end of class.
During grappling/rolling/fighting please DO NOT root for your child out loud, coach or give instructions/tips. You may cheer for other children, but please no coaching or instruction.
Siblings – Please keep siblings of students quiet during class, so they do not interrupt the instruction or distract the children that are on the mat.
Make sure your child goes to the bathroom before class.
It is a good idea to drink water and have a snack before class. Also, having water available during class is alright.
Many parents have found their child excels at Jitsu Jitsu, even though they are not good at other sports.
Many professional world class athletes practice Jiu Jitsu to enhance their performance in their sport.
This information has been put together by Professor Mike and parents of our Jiu Jitsu students for new parents. If you have something to add please email it to: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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WWE NXT Spoilers For 12/07/2016: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe
WWE NXT airs tonight on the WWE Network with an all-new episode. But if you're anxious to know what's on tap for tonight, we've got spoilers for the show.
Tonight, we'll see highlights from Samoa Joe's NXT title defense against Shinsuke Nakamura from a recent live event in Osaka, Japan. Also, No Way Jose and WWE Cruiserweight champion Rich Swann will take on SAnitY members Alexander Wolfe and Eric Young in tag team action. Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovic will be in action, and Ember Moon will go one-on-one with Kimber Lee. In addition, the tag team division heats up with an in-ring segment featuring current NXT tag team champions DIY, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, former NXT tag team champions The Revival, and the winners of the 2016 Dusty Classic, The Authors of Pain. All in all, it looks like a pretty solid show from top to bottom. You can get the full spoilers for the show below via WrestlingInc:
-NXT Tag Team Champions Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa opened the show to a big reaction. However, The Authors of Pain and manager Paul Ellering interrupted before they could address the crowd. Ellering argued that The Authors of Pain should be champs, at which point, The Revival interrupted to demand their tag team title rematch. The Authors of Pain get into a shoving match with The Revival, as Ellering declares that The Authors of Pain will be the next NXT Tag Team Champions.
-SAnitY members Alexander Wolfe and Eric Young defeated No Way Jose and WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rich Swann after Young hit Jose with a neckbreaker for the three-count. There was a tease early on that Sawyer Fulton is no longer with the group, as Eric Young threw Fulton's SAnitY jacket to the ground, stomped it, and kicked it out of the ring. During the match, Big Damo came to ringside to interfere, but left the ringside area alone, leaving it up in the air as to whether or not he's taking Fulton's place in the group.
-Ember Moon defeated Kimber Lee with her finisher in a short match.
-Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovic defeated Johnny Knockout and Braeden Knight in another short match.
-Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Samoa Joe to regain the NXT Title.
What do you think of the spoilers for tonight's show? Sound off in the comments!
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Happy Mother's Day! I hope all the planning and preparation has paid off, and you're not too disappointed. I'm slightly less hormonal this year, which my husband must be pleased about.
My list of requirements for Mother's Day was a short one: gym session (tick), coffee (tick), cake (tick), cuddles (tick). I did fly the idea of an undisturbed bath up the flagpole but to be honest, I don't really like baths. Sorry, Lush. The idea of a lay in went out the window too, as the clocks changed and I got even less sleep than usual. But you know, summer.
I'm up to Day 77 of this #100HappyDays project now, and I'm still enjoying it, even if I do skip the odd day because I'm in a shit mood. Some days I actually have about five contenders for a favourite photo and I know I must be nicely dosed on coffee! Anyway, on Friday this week, we went to our regular Lingotot class and the craft activity was to make Mother's Day cards. How cute is this?
{Crafts} #100happydays Day 75 The last part of our @lingotot class always has a craft segment, and today the girls* made me this fantastique carte for Mother's Day. Very cute ???? *The lovely teacher did the legwork. One child tried to glue everything in sight and the other child ate crackers and backwashed crumbs into a cup of squash, because she was so excited to be drinking squash instead of water. I just sat and drank coffee ☕???????? #instahappy #photoproject #mousemoometoo #mothersday2017 #lingotot #southampton #french #carte #card #crafts #bilingual #froggies #jetaime #luckymummy #sitbackanddrinkcoffee #friday #friyay #weekend #toddlergroup #activity
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To say I'm a makeup product collector would be an understatement these days. I'd much prefer a gatherer of beautiful things. I love having tons of products at my fingertips to mix things up on a regular basis, but there just isn't enough room in one suitcase for all those beauty products. So, I force myself to pair down. The conversation usually goes something like this in my head, "you didn't unpack three pairs of shoes just so you could add three eyeshadow palettes, two bronzers and three mascaras. At this rate you'll need two makeup bags".
Packing makeup for travel comes down to the absolute necessities. Do I need my absolute best concealer to hide the fact that I'm only getting two hours of sleep before my flight? Uh, yeah! Do I need to pack a warm nude eyeshadow palette and a cool nudes eyeshadow palette? Uh, no.
Here's what I've got with me this week for our mountain getaway.
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Combines popular Head-Up Display technology with your favorite phone apps, projecting your maps, calls, messages, and music directly in front of you, so you can keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road.
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Purchased and received my Navdy about a month ago and love it. The display UX is pretty slick and the dial is reasonably easy to interact with. Can't wait to see new features as they roll out.
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The Navdy HUD is an excellent example. I have developed, used and certified aircraft HUDs. The Navdy doesn't suffer by comparison.
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My only regret is that there's no multi lingual version Iit.is my second device. Navdy as replaced a lot of gadgets on mi dashboard
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Loneliness lyrics song by Rkl
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Look straight in my eyes,
I'm not quite ready yet to try,
No self respect to try and hide.
You burnt the candle from both ends,
By tryin' to kill yourself again,
Why is it so you wish to pretend.
In my thoughts I would remember you.
In my soul still remains the truth.
There's not much left now to lose,
I think it's time you better choose,
Your passion lies inside a spoon.
You'll burn the bridge between your friends,
Creating wounds you cannot mend,
Why is it so you wish to be dead.
In my thoughts I would remember you.
In my soul still remains the truth.
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From Hal,
Take the 4 target setup in tipoc's post for example.
If I took one shot at each target and hit each red bull dead center - that would be what, a 12" group?
Uh, no. That would be 4 separate shots at 4 separate targets. Had you shot 4 rounds at one of those targets the result would be a group.
Can you seriously say that's "bad shooting", based only on the "group size"?
You did not shoot a group. You shot one shot at four different targets and hit each, in your example.
Your second example is as silly.
Again I don't understand what point you are trying to make other than to brag that you can shoot better than some others. Or that shooting at a thing more than once is no good or that you have a prejudice against it. Or that folks should not practice.
It also seems, maybe, that you don't quite understand that the group is the result of shooting multiple shots at the same thing. The aim is for all to hit in the same space, more or less and the group is the result. A person does this to test their skills, their gun, their ammo or just for the fun of it. It how you sight in handguns or rifles.
That all depends on the range. @ 25 to 30 feet, a can is far too large a target. @ that range, I prefer something more realistic - a spent 9mm Luger case is more like it or a spent .22lr case.
A can would be more appropriate for 200 yards. Maybe 300.
Sorry Hal but at 200-300 yards I can't see a Campbell's soup can over the iron sights of a handgun.
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On Saturday, August 29, 2009, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) hosted a Lake Festival at TNC's Emiquon Preserve located off Routes 78/97 north of Dickson Mounds Road. A wide variety of family activities were held. Visitors had the opportunity to learn about water quality, macro invertebrates, bird identification, invasive species and Emiquon through displays and hands-on activities. During the morning, The Nature Conservancy allowed bank fishing for those 15 years old and younger who are accompanied by an adult, a one-day only event. Fishing poles and tackle were provided.
Visitors were invited to experience the lake in a Voyageur Canoe. The short tour included stops on the lake to view two different science demonstrations.
Satellite activities included a hayrack ride to the UIS Field Station for facility tours and science demonstrations at the UIS Emiquon Field Station, bird identification with Maurie Brucker using his spotting scope, and an exhibit at Dickson Mounds Museum on bird migration.
Partners for this event included: Dickson Mounds Museum, Emiquon Audubon Society, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Natural History Survey, The Nature Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife Service, the University of Illinois at Emiquon Field Station, and the University of Illinois at Springfield. The Emiquon Corps of Discovery, which works with the partners to document the transformation at Emiquon, also had a display.
[More photos to come]
After the event, Ed and I drove to Havana for lunch at the Chuck Wagon. Then we went back to Emiquon to look for particular habitats: mudflats (not much of that this year!), bottom-land forest (on the edges, but replanted in other places for the future), wet prairies, and wetlands. No problem with the last two categories, but the first two were challenging.
I found these mudflats off Forgotten Road, on private property bordering the Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge. No birds at either site, and vegetation encroaching rapidly.
Butterflies were hanging out on the mud. Here's a Comma Butterfly hiding behind some grass:
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I found bottom-land forests off of the Frank C. Bellrose Nature Trail at the Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge.
Wetland photos were easy to find. I pulled off at the first pull off north of the levee for these photos.
Much of the area where wet-prairie plants were planted last year are under water this year. Unplanted areas remain and are very wet!


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WOW! 1 : Tom Uglow Creative Lead Google & YouTube Europe from Three Drunk Monkeys on Vimeo.
WOW! (words of wisdom) is a monthly inspirational talk at Three Drunk Monkeys. An informal presentation within the agency where we invite people that inspire us both locally and internationally.
This first episode features Tom Uglow, Creative Lead for Google and YouTube Europe, amongst other things he shares the endless opportunities that digital provides for new ideas. Enjoy.


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Monday, 30 December 2013 02:47 PM
Commodity hedge fund Higgs Capital Management, founded by two former bank commodity executives, will wind down and return money to investors as it faces headwinds raising money, joining other commodity funds that closed this year.
The fund will return investor money and will wind down in an "orderly fashion," its founders, Neal Shear and Jean Bourlot said in a note to investors on Monday. Higgs managed some $250 million and invested in energy, metals and agriculture markets, Shear told Reuters.
"Over the life of the fund we made money," he said. "Our closing is largely a factor of redemptions that are happening in the commodity market and lack of stability of our capital."
The fund could have continued to manage money into next year but would have had to cut expenses and restructure the fund, the pair said in the note. This would result in having to change the product it had initially marketed to its clients as well as its "strong risk management culture."
"These changes would have handicapped our performance going forward which would have been detrimental to existing investors and employees."
Shear and Bourlot are long-time commodity traders. Shear spent 25 years at Morgan Stanley where he helped build the firm's commodity trading business until his departure in 2008. He joined UBS in 2010 for a short time after working for more than a year at private equity fund Apollo Global Management.
Bourlot headed agriculture trading at Morgan Stanley before he moved to UBS as global head of commodities. He departed at the end of 2011 after about 18 months.
The pair left UBS to start Higgs, which was based in London.
It has been a tough year for the commodity investment community as a whole.
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Hedge Fund Research Inc., which tracks funds' performance, said losses in commodities have forced its HFRI Macro Index down 2 percent through the third quarter.
London-based commodity fund Clive Capital, which primarily traded oil, announced it was closing in September, citing a lack of investment opportunities. That same month, commodity fund Arbalet Capital, run by 30-year-old Jennifer Fan, announced it was shutting, citing investor redemptions after slack returns.
Large banks, once active and profitable in the sector, announced this year they would sell off physical commodity businesses, pressured by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Two weeks ago, Morgan Stanley announced it would sell its global physical oil trading business to Russian oil giant Rosneft, after much conjecture throughout the year of what the bank might do with the business in the face of declining returns.
In July, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it would exit its physical commodities business, due to regulatory pressure.
Earlier this month, Deutsche Bank said it would close its global commodities trading business and cut some 200 jobs as it faced increased regulatory scrutiny and pressure to hold onto capital.
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List of S60 5th edition changes: All About Symbian
Hands on preview: Engadget, SlashGear
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OneDrive Files on Demand – update!
November 21, 2017 6 Comments
After our initial post getting the new Windows 10 1709 OneDrive client up and running with Files on Demand we had one or two little snags left to fix. Both of which are now resolved so thought I'd make a quick ICYMI post to cover the final pieces of the puzzle to getting everything up and running perfectly 🙂
Outdated client on the image
In true MS fashion the 1709 ISO ships with the old OneDrive client (epic fail) which means users have an annoying wait while it updates. There's also the possibility to start off with the wrong client and therefore syncing files down by mistake.
I was trying out an updater script that would copy over the new client but didn't have much success in MDT. After looking more closely at the logs with CMTrace I could see it failing on the copy operation so I added a Suspend action and tried each step manually. That flagged up an access denied error.
I then realised that MDT runs its scripts as the local Administrator user rather than SYSTEM as SCCM would, therefore the script's permissions need tweaking for MDT use:
%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\takeown /f %SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe >> %SYSTEMROOT%\logs\Onedrive.log %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\icacls %SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /Grant Administrator:(F) >> %SYSTEMROOT%\logs\Onedrive.log Copy OneDriveSetup.exe %SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe >> %SYSTEMROOT%\logs\Onedrive.log /Y %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\icacls %SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /Remove Administrator:(F) >> %SYSTEMROOT%\logs\Onedrive.log
This works like a charm! The updated client is installed during the Task Sequence and the first run as a user now begins with the 2017 client.
I'm also thinking of setting up a scheduled task on the MDT server to pull down the latest OneDrive client at regular intervals so the Task Sequence always deploys the latest version. That should do the trick until Microsoft see sense and push it out properly via WSUS.
Silently configure OneDrive using the primary Windows account
The final piece of the puzzle is to make the client log in via SSO so users have a fully configured OneDrive without any additional login prompts. I was puzzled by this not working initially as the GPO looks straightforward but it didn't seem to do anything.
I'd read that the SSO relies on ADAL (aka modern authentication) so I initially wondered if our SSO provider hadn't implemented that yet. That didn't seem to make much sense as ADAL has been out for a while now so I hit Google a bit more deeply to try and find some further detail.
Soon came to this page, which I'm sure I've seen before:
Ref: https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Use-Group-Policy-to-control-OneDrive-sync-client-settings-0ecb2cf5-8882-42b3-a6e9-be6bda30899c#silentconfig
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
So I promised you a story....
11 comments:
- Daisy said...
I love the Leyburn pattern - hopefully that's the next pair I'll make!
- March 19, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- kadezmom said...
Oh honey, what a story!!! I'm so glad you only lost money and not your passport. I love the socks and glad you did lots of math!
- March 19, 2009 at 3:59 PM
- Aunt Kathy said...
I love those socks too, and so glad you got the money replaced. What an adventure.
- March 19, 2009 at 8:26 PM
- Robin said...
You were being watched over, that's for sure!
That is one lovely sock pattern!
- March 19, 2009 at 9:36 PM
- Alison Boon said...
So sorry that you had an awful experience but really glad you're able to see the positive side of it all. The sock looks great.
- March 20, 2009 at 6:11 AM
- Wool Winder said...
How awful that your money was stolen. I'm really impressed and a little surprised to hear that the hotel reimbursed you. What a blessing!
- March 20, 2009 at 10:31 AM
- Bea said...
OH no! Its good you got the money back from the hotel and you stayed somewhere better after that.
- March 21, 2009 at 9:31 AM
- Marti said...
Wow you were on quite an adventure weren't you? Glad everything worked out for you!
- March 21, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- KSee said...
I'm so glad you had good news to follow the bad. Bum rap that. So glad you had the advisor around.
- March 22, 2009 at 5:36 PM
- Davene McBride said...
I love the way you blog your stories!
Those socks are lovely- love, love the yarn. Great colors on you!
Love you! Mom
- March 22, 2009 at 8:21 PM
- Trudy said...
Sweetpea--I'm just glad you're okay and were reimbursed for the stolen money! I just hate that you had that bad experience during such a wonderful trip! Be safe!
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Ollabelle bringing its unique rootsy mix to The Ark
"Yeah, I guess most of us weren't finished starting families," says Byron Isaacs, the group's bassist who, like the other four members, also adds his stellar vocals to Ollabelle's shimmery vocal harmonies.
And, in mid-August, about the same time the disc was released, one member, Amy Helm, had her second child—after having given birth to her first baby back in '08, after the group had already started work on the album. Helm is the daughter of Levon Helm, the iconic drummer / singer for The Band, one of the greatest, most venerated groups in rock history. (Given the recent birth, Amy Helm is not on this leg of the tour.)
Speaking of family affairs: Most of the members of Ollabelle—who come to the Ark on Saturday—have played with The Levon Helm Band in recent years. Also, Isaacs wrote a song for each of Levon's recent Grammy-winning albums—"Calvary" on "Dirt Farmer" (2008) and "Heaven's Pearls" on "Electric Dirt" (2009).
- Who: Roots-music quintet from New York.
- What: The group's foundation is gospelized harmony vocals, but their hybridized sound also draws liberally on blues, jazz, soul, Appalachian tunes and New Orleans R&B.
- Where: The Ark, 316 South Main Street.
- When: 8 p.m. Saturday.
- How much: $20. Tickets available from The Ark box office (with no service charge); Michigan Union Ticket Office, 530 South State Street; Herb David Guitar Studio, 302 East Liberty Street; or Ticketmaster. Students free with ID.
"We never went more than a month without doing a show," mostly around New York City, but also in other East Coast locales, says Isaacs during a phone interview from his home in Brooklyn.
On the new disc, says Isaacs, the group's goal was to "capture the energy of the first impressions of a new song. In the past, we'd go to a rented house upstate, and demo the songs as we wrote them, and there was always some sort of magic in those demos that we felt never really got captured on the final studio tracks."
So, this time, they took a different tack. When they began work on the new disc in '08, they didn't have a record deal: Ollabelle was one of many groups that was dropped by their label, Verve Forecast, when parent company Universal overhauled the label in '06.
"So, since we didn't have anyone looking over our shoulders, we decided to produce it ourselves, and we wrote and recorded the songs as we went along. So, after we made the basic demos, we just re-recorded them and mixed them—so the final versions sounded a lot like the original demos, in terms of retaining that magic and energy."
The new disc includes five strong, new original songs; two traditional tunes re-arranged by the group; re-worked cover versions of Paul Kelly's "You're Gonna Miss Me," Taj Mahal's "Lovin' in My Baby's Arms" and Chris Whitley's "Dirt Floor"—and a modernized take on Stephen Foster's chestnut, "Swanee River."
As usual, the group's gospelized vocal harmonies provide the foundation, and they continue to weave gospel, blues, soul, jazz, New Orleans and Appalachian styles into their unique musical mix. And on some tracks, they retain the swampy atmospherics that made their previous albums sound so distinctive.
"The sound on this record is purely our own vision, without the input of an outside producer," says Isaacs. "That doesn't mean we don't want to work with a producer again, but we thought it was best to go it on our own this time. I think this one really captured the energy of our live shows. On our previous records, the songs were usually live takes, but the final versions, to our ears, sounded too smoothed-out and more 'produced' than they really were."
One challenge was taking a song like "Swanee River"—which has been heard so many times, and has often been delivered in almost cartoonish fashion—and making it sound fresh and relevant.
"That song has a great melody, and the lyrics are about a yearning for home, which is something we can all relate to—missing a place that is special to you - but we created a simpler musical bed for it, and left out the verses about the plantation, obviously, to make it a more universal song," says Isaacs.
Given the current state of the record business, and since they weren't signed to a label, the group also had to get creative when it came to finding funds to pay for the recording, distribution and promotion of the new album.
First, they took out a bank loan, and then turned to Kickstarter, a website that lets artists solicit funds from their fans for various projects. That helped them raise $14,000, by offering incentives like pre-release copies of the disc for $25 each, and holding a private acoustic performance at the Greenwich Village apartment of a friend—where fans donated up to $700 each.
"That was an awesome, amazing experience, and we were so filled with gratitude," says Isaacs. "It's a very big deal when people put out that much for you. And along with that, I think, comes a feeling of responsibility, to continue to keep making the most honest music we can possibly make."
Kevin Ransom, a free-lance writer who covers music for AnnArbor.com, can be reached at email@example.com.
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It's so strange that an interactive medium (internet newspaper) doesn't provide links to a video/audio clip. Yeah, yeah, everybody's "unique." Tells me nothing. I'll go do the work of digging up a video or something ... but it should be part of the publicity.


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Friday, 22 March 2013
Real life is not that neat and tidy.
I could have told you about the wonderful time we had at a big old gathering of home educators, and the joy of seeing so many lovely friends in one place, with lots of lovely moments for all the family.
Or the fact that I received an incredible bit of news from a friend that made me cry with joy.
But somehow by evening my thoughts had turned back to dark things and sad things, secrets I am not allowed to tell and sadnesses that I could not heal. Some days we tread a path that sees somehow sees us laughing and crying, in which we feel glad to be alive one minute and wonder how the world can be so twisted the next.
And the other day was one such day.
Things are looking brighter again, with new perspectives, revelations and understandings.
After feeling I had no time for myself, for my own life, for my own worries, I have reclaimed a lot of it just by being clear with people around me, by organising myself better, and by shifting my focus away from thinking about them and focusing on my own family life again.
And you know what?
Things are pretty peachy really.
There's not much wrong in my own world so I should be thankful.
And tommorow we are having some VIP visitors for fun and shennanigans so yippee for us!
Life is pretty sweet all in all and balance is back in the room :-)
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I surfed over to your blog in one of those hop, skip, jump maneuvers.ReplyDelete
I liked your intro - much in common so I settled in to read a few posts.
May I start with thank you for being honest.
Real people want to hear that life isn't all cotton candy and ponies- sometimes it's hard, dirty and complicated. All lives are like that, and it feels good to know that we don't journey in isolation.
I have volunteered and worked as a "helper"( Nurse, Doula, La Leche League ), most of my adult life- you also seem to carry this drive. Temper it with the realization that sometimes the shit is theirs to sort out, and that you will be not only overburdening yourself by taking too much of it on but get in the way of them learning a life lesson. I've learned a few things the hard way- this is just one.
I look forward to reading more !
You have no idea how much that made my morning waking up to your sweet comment. Thank you! I hope you continue to find something that speaks to you here at feet on the ground... thanks for reading!ReplyDelete
Yeah, also wanted to thank you for writing honestly - there is so much fluff out there (perhaps, I too am guilty?) It takes courage to tell it like it is sometimes, because sometimes it is ugly for all of us. Glad things are generally peachy though xxReplyDelete
you know what - I want to read about life warts and all. I do not want to always read happy shiny things because life ain't like that honey, not really, not all the time. I try to remain upbeat but when life is dealing out crap the best I can do is to look at the dark stuff and say 'ok this absolutely sucks but this is how I hope I can turn it into something more positive'. I think writing about the crap is authentic and anyone who pretends their life is all lollipops and rainbows is superficial. Celebrate those sweet peachy times raise your hands to the sky and grin like a cheshire cat but be real, never be afraid to be real mama, we wouldn't have you any other way.ReplyDelete
So glad you are feeling more positive love, store that goodness like a camel does water in its hump for a day when goodness is a little scarce again.
Much much love X X X X
Sending you sunbeams xReplyDelete
Yep, warts and all is fine :) (as long as it doesn't make you feel uncomfortable to share that much).ReplyDelete
We all like to promote how wonderful parenting is, how wonderful home ed is and there's quite a lot of pressure to paint a rosy picture. I like inspirational blogs, and aspirational blogs, but there's only so much of the glossy side of life that I can stomach.
When I'm finding my hum drum life dragging me down, what I find most reassuring is reading about other people who are just as ordinary (and as special ;) ) as me:)
Thanks lovely women. All is well here :-) Appreciate you all chipping in, how nice to know its ok to express myself here in the multicoloured ways that I need to! Sending rainbow love to all xxxReplyDelete


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Detection of Concealed Stored Memories with Psychophysiological and Neuroimaging Methods
Detection of Concealed Stored Memories with Psychophysiological and Neuroimaging Methods
This chapter describes the use of three types of physiological measures used to detect concealed memories. These measures may be utilized by legal authorities to detect involvement in criminal and terror activities and malingered cognitive deficits. The first set of measures records activities of the autonomic nervous system such as heart rate, skin conductance, and blood pressure as indexes of autonomic arousal accompanying confrontation with crime-related items. The second and third sets of measures record brain activity associated with recognition of intentionally concealed information. The second utilizes the P300 event-related brain potential derived from EEG and the third utilizes functional magnetic resonance imaging responses accompanying the viewing (or hearing) of crime scene details. All these measures use the guilty knowledge test (also called the concealed information test) protocol to discover concealed memories. The research literature and current status of the guilty knowledge test with the various measures are reviewed.
Keywords: Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT), Concealed Information Test (CIT), autonomic measures, electrodermal measures, cardiovascular measures, respiration changes, Orienting Response (OR), Event-Related Potential (ERP), P300, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI), Complex Trial Protocol
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Perfect Surprise
The eve of Safdar's noolukettu ceremony, I had taken Nandu out to the caterer's and had a plan to surprise him with a new dress for the function. This is the conversation that happened while coming out of the caterer's place.
ഞാന് : എടാ, നിനക്കു surprise എന്ന വാക്കിന്റെ അര്ത്ഥം അറിയുവോ?
നന്ദു : അറിയാം.
ഞാന് : എന്താ?
നന്ദു : പെട്ടെന്നു കിട്ടുന്ന prize!
Today he was showing me some of his homework. This is something which happens once in a blue moon. So I took some interest and tried to bring some improvement to his English writing. After a long discourse on the difference between being correct and being perfect, I wrote a question for him from his text book and asked him to write a perfect answer for the same. He took the book to next room and came back after a minute or two.
അച്ഛാ, ക്വെസ്റ്റ്യനില് perfect എന്ന വാക്കും കൂടി എഴുതി തരുവോ? അല്ലെങ്ങില് എന്നിക്കു ആന്സര് perfect ആക്കാന് പറ്റില്ല.


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Hello and Happy Autumn.
It's Bridget here for another Design Team project. This time I am using papers from a new line from Ultimate Crafts called Gapchinska, Supplier of Happiness as well as a few bits and pieces from La Aquarelle and a stamp set I cannot live without from the Ooh La La range.
I have made a quick card just to show you how quickly you can make a card for a friend or loved one. There are 2 gorgeous A4 paper pads in the range which work so well with cards and most paper craft projects. The 3D decoupage sheets makes putting a card together so quick and easy as they are pre-cut.
So let's get started.
I am using a 5x7 card base for my card.
To start the layers I cut one piece of light blue cardstock at 6 7/8" x 4 7/8" & adhered a piece of patterned paper to the top.
The patterned paper measures 4 ¾" x 6 ¾".
I stuck a piece of cream organza ribbon vertically down the card, about 1" from the left hand side, followed by a bow from the same ribbon.
In the new La Aquarelle range there is a set of brass ornaments called the Filigree Ornament set which is the most amazing set of petals perfect for layering. I layered 2 pieces together and added a pearl to the center and placed that in the middle of the bow.
For the smaller layer I have cut the blue at 5 1/8" x 3" and the patterned paper measures 2 7/8" x 5". I have stuck them together and placed them on the card.
I chose one of the 3D decoupage little girls, layered it using 3D foam tape and stuck her down on the card.
Next up I stamped a sentiment from the Ooh La La Thoughtful Wishes stamp set & embossed it onto a strip of vellum. I used the amazing Silver Dollar embossing powder from Couture Creations.
I then glued it onto a piece of the pale blue cardstock and stuck it to the bottom of the card.
Quick and easy, the card is done. There are so many ways one can embellish these cute 3D decoupage characters. Ask your stores to get them in and have a play.
Hope to see you all again soon.
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The mineral sector experienced a 21 per cent increase in the value of Canadian mineral production in 2011
OTTAWA—Mining industry payments to Canadian provincial and federal governments in 2011 reached an estimated $9 billion, according to The Mining Association of Canada (MAC)
That figure includes not only aggregate mining taxes, royalties and corporate income taxes, but also personal income taxes. The report was prepared by ENTRANS Policy Research Group, an Ottawa-based consulting firm.
"The increase in payments made to federal and provincial governments last year is directly related to the mining industry's economic strength during this period," said Pierre Gratton, MAC's President and CEO.
"Despite fiscal policy changes—notably the reduction in the federal corporate tax rate in 2011—payment levels were buoyed by generally higher metal prices and increased production," he said.
According to Natural Resources Canada, the mineral sector experienced a 21 per cent increase in the value of Canadian mineral production in 2011 to a record $50 billion stemming from a combination of higher prices and expanding output.
Key findings of the report include:
Regionally, Alberta and Saskatchewan accounted for the largest portion of royalties and mining taxes at 64 per cent.
Newfoundland and Labrador saw royalty and mining tax revenues rise by almost 70 per cent on the strength of higher iron ore and nickel prices, and increased volumes from the Voisey's Bay operation.
Ontario's annual revenues more than doubled to $180 million mostly on higher gold and copper prices.
Read the full report at The Mining Association of Canada website.


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Analysis Seminar
Various Dynamics for Several Vortex Filaments
Speaker: Valeria Banica, Université d'Évry Val d'Essonne
Location: Warren Weaver Hall 1302
Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014, 11 a.m.
We consider the Schrödinger system with point vortex-type interactions that was derived by R. Klein, A. Majda and K. Damodaran and by V. Zakharov to modelize the dynamics of N nearly parallel vortex filaments in a 3-dimensional homogeneous incompressible fluid. The known large time existence results are due to C. Kenig, G. Ponce and L. Vega and concern the case of same circulations for two filaments and for a class of configurations of three filaments. We prove large time existence results for particular configurations of four nearly parallel filaments and for a class of configurations of N filaments for any N larger or equal to 2. We also show the existence of travelling wave type dynamics, and we describe configurations leading to collision for N larger or equal to 3. Finally we consider the problem of collisions for perturbations of antiparallel translating pairs of filaments. This are joint works with Erwan Faou and Evelyne Miot.


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FINAL: Blue Jays 6 Red Sox 4
Im getting so friggin sick of writing depressing headlines. So in lieu of a headline, here is Clay Buchholz taking a ball to the face last night.
Yea, it's been that kind of season for Clay. Oh yea, this happened in the first inning and he stayed in the game...and allowed five runs in six innings.
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West Yorkshire Police is hoping to encourage victims of rape and sexual assault to come forward and have the necessary confidence that they will be listened to and that they will be taken seriously.
They say that for too long rape has been under-reported crime and that the force wants to make it clear it will do everything it can to investigate the crimes reported to them and bring to justice those that are responsible.
"There are many reasons why victims of rape haven't come forward and reported what has happened to them," said Assistant Chief Constable Ingrid Lee.
"Some feel that they are in some way responsible for what has happened this is absolutely not the case. And it is undoubtedly the case that some victims have not had the confidence in the police or the criminal justice system to report what happened to them.
"I see the significant rise in reported rape that West Yorkshire police has seen as really positive, it does not mean that more people are being raped but that more people are confident to come forward because of the work we and our partners have done to encourage victims to come forward, I hope that this continues to provide other victims with confidence that allegations of rape are treated extremely seriously by West Yorkshire Police.
"We are keen in West Yorkshire to continue to improve our work to encourage victims to come forward.
"Sadly society at times has negative perceptions about sexual offending and these perceptions allow sexual crime to go unreported and offenders to go unpunished, we need to change those perceptions by providing people with information that enables them to understand better the nature of the problem and what it is that constitutes rape or other sexual violence.
"And that is why my commitment is to the victims of this dreadful crime that, if they come forward and tell us what has happened, we will not only do all we can to bring the offender to justice but also with our partners provide support and counsel to help them through what is a very difficult and distressing time.
"Times have changed in the police service and allegations of rape are handled very differently to how they used to be.
"Our staff work with a great number of statutory and non statutory agencies to really focus on the best possible outcome for the survivors of abuse and harm."
West Yorkshire police has five multi skilled safeguarding units based within districts which house specially trained staff including police officers and partner organisations who all work together to provide the best possible service to our communities in helping to keep them safe.


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SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A Rapid City magistrate judge pleaded guilty Friday to driving drunk at Sioux Falls and will spend two days in jail.
Mark Marshall was sentenced to 120 days in jail, with 90 days suspended for his second DUI in 10 years. He was given credit for a 28-day inpatient treatment program, leaving two days to serve in jail. He asked to begin serving it Friday afternoon.
He apologized in court for what he called the "disgrace'" he brought to his office and the judiciary.
Marshall was arrested on Oct. 23 when Highway Patrol troopers stopped him for going the wrong way on Interstate 229. Friday's court hearing disclosed that his blood alcohol content was 0.17, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.


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- Connection Options: The projector features a host of connection I/O options, including HDMI, RJ-45 Lan Ethernet, USB, S-Video and 3x Mini D-Sub 15-pin connectors
The Sony VPLEX275 3700 Lumens XGA Portable Projector is suitable for the classroom or boardroom. It features a high contrast ratio of 3000:1, three inorganic BrightEra LCD panels and a flexible 1.6x manual zoom/manual focus lens. It can project to screens from 30″ to 300″. It also features three mini D-sub 15 pin connectors, USB and HDMI inputs, LAN Ethernet capability and a 16W speaker. The numerous ECO modes for energy conscious consumers include an auto power saving mode, lamp dimming and 4 lamp modes (high, standard, low and auto). The Auto Mode is controlled by picture brightness.The projector displays a native 1024 x 768 resolution, but the video signal is capable of displaying up to 1080/60p and 1080/60i resolutions. And the maximum display resolution for a computer signal input is UXGA 1600 x 1200. It also utilizes NTSC and SECAM color systems.Another feature of the VPLEX275 is a synchronized lamp and filter maintenance cycle. The lamp is rated for 7000 hours in low mode and the filter cleaning cycle is also rated at 7000 hours, so you can replace both at the same time.


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text: The Tradition III Rules and Settings..... 1) The league will advance at a minimum every 72 hours, unless an exception has been made and the entire league isn't held up more than a day. 2) The league will never wait on a player to just do their recruiting unless that person is out of town and will be back within the 72 hours and he asked that we wait. Be aware, if you have a bye, spend 5-10 minutes and get your recruiting in, because if everyone else has had time to play their games and their is only one player with recruiting left, we will advance. 3) If all 11 of the 12 league players have finished their games within 24 hours, and their is one guy who has a game against a CPU left, he has 24 hours to get his game in, or 24 hours to post that he needs the full 72 hours. If he does that he will be given the full 72 hours, once again this will be posted on the league message board that he has 24 hours to play his game, and as long as the member posts that he needs the time it won't be a problem. 4) I will keep track of who is last each week in getting their CPU games in and I will post results at the end of the year. If it becomes a habit, I'll give you a warning and see what is going and see if this is something you have time to do. 5) USER vs USER games, these are league killers, we all enjoy them but they can halt a dynasty in its tracks. We will have a game scheduling thread on the message board, and I want Users obviously scheduling those games on the message board. Also, I want the next week User's trying to schedule as well. I like playing USER vs. USER games unless Ohio State is involved, but they can slow down a dynasty, and I would like to avoid those if possible. 6) Finally, exceptions will be made. Rules can be bent, all it takes is a little communication. Big game for the ACC title, but the Users haven't been able to get together, I'll give a 4th maybe even a 5th day considering the Users. Just communicate and everything will be good. 7)Offseason advancing - We will try and schedule a night once bowl season begins to do offseason stuff, with 12 people it can be very difficult, but we will try, we did it in the TTII and it was great. If that can't be done, we will work out a hard and fast schedule that will not be altered. 8) Once you line up for a kick, you have to kick if using the ice the kick feature. You don't have to kick it obviously, but if you do lets stay with the kick so that feature has some effect on the game. Basically dont try to avoid the feature, deal with it.. learn from it.. No NFL team has ever said let's kick oh wait, they are icing our kicker, we are going to go for it now... ( I am not bashing anyone he has done this in the past, It just cant happen again, the past is the past)


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Deep Midnight by Shannon Drake
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
While at carnevale Jordan witnesses a massacre at a party and no one believes it really happened. Throughout her trip she strives to uncover the truth while meeting an interesting group of people along the way.
I wanted a more detailed description of the costumes nut overall I think the magic of Venice was portrayed. I could guess the outcome but drake still did a great job in the storytelling and characterization.
I would absolutely LOVE to go to carnevale in Venice one day and OF COURSE dress up in one of the elaborate costumes from the past!
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Wow a week has gone by since I last blogged. Where oh where have the days gone.
Here is a little recap of the past week. (without pics as my camera will still not upload on the computer)
Wednesday afternoon HB and I took off to get 2 new piglets. There were so many piglets there to chose from and we were only suppose to buy one but we decided since they were so good looking and healthy we would take 2. The girls have named them Babe and Bailey.
Thursday afternoon Mom had a terrible afternoon, with her heart stopping and they were able to bring her back. I only got home very late Thursday night. But she is doing much better and nothing else has happened since.
Friday the weather got really nice and HB and the weeones worked on the garden. We had take out for supper after I got home from the hospital around 6. We decided since everything was still good we would head over to our friends who have a large sheep from for a evening in the barns enjoying over a 100 lambs and helping them out a bit. We had coffee and cookies and enjoyed our visit and got home around 11.
Saturday was another beautiful day. We all got up early and after the barn work was done and we had breakfast out on the front porch decided to go to a few yard sales before I had to head into town to the hospital. We did not buy anything but was just nice to get out.
Sunday was spent cleaning up the yard and doing a bit more gardening.
Monday was a holiday and it was a real hot one. It got to 33 degrees. We again had yet another BBQ as we had done all weekend.
Tuesday was HB 's last day off and he got the fence put up around the garden to keep the dogs,and geese out. We planted a few more veggies and moved out a few plants from the green house. It went up to 26 degrees and we are so much enjoying the sun.
Today it rained all night and into most of the morning here. It is still 20 degrees and the sun is now back out and after getting back around lunch time I decided to stay indoors and clean the house. I did up the laundry and dishes,washed the floors and everything smells so fresh in here. I opened the windows and my Mom in law called and told to drop the weeones off at her house when I go back to the hospital and she will make a big cassorole of shipwreked for supper as they all love it and HB can pick them up on his way home from work.
Mom is out of isolation now and because of this I can start and bring in some projects to work as I sit with her. This will help me as well.
Thank you for all who is praying for her and my family. Please continue to do so. So far it is working. We will know more within the next 48 hours as we are suppose to meet with the Doctors and she is suppose to have a CT scan done of her stomach to see if the meds worked.
Take care and I wish you all a great rest of the week.


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PetSafe Healthy Pet Water Dispenser Review
The PetSafe Healthy Pet Water and Food Station is a gravity water dispensing system with a unique removable stainless steel bowl that is easy to clean and dishwasher safe. This stainless steel bowl is suitable for cats with chin acne to plastic and skin irritations.
With high temperatures, you can sanitize the stainless steel bowl to prevent it from forming micro-organisms and bacteria.
Petsafe Healthy Pet Water features a with a flow-control valve inside the unit that fills the bowl as your cat drinks the water. You can use the optional filter that is sold separately. The filter removes chlorine, sediments, and odor from the water your pet's drinking.
- Removable, stainless steel bowl.
- Easy to clean, dishwasher safe.
- With water Flow-Control Valve system that prevents water from spilling during refilling and carrying.
- Automatically dispenses water from the reservoir when attached to the base.
- BPA free plastic.
- With optional purifying filter (sold separately)
- Durable plastic lock-in reservoir.
- It comes in small, medium and large size for different pet's needs.
- For indoor use only.
The PetSafe Healthy Pet Water Station works with gravity system and a flow-control valve inside that fills the bowls as your cat drinks the water and also prevents from spilling when filling or carrying the unit. The valve system works when the reservoir is attached to the base of the unit.
To fill this unit you have to do it from the bottom as the top does not have an opening to fill the reservoir.
Once you fill the unit with water and put it upside down its control-valve system stop the water from falling out the reservoir. As soon as you lock the reservoir to the base the spring mechanism starts working. This means that even if your cat tip the unit over (this would be highly unlikely as the waterer is very sturdy) the water won't come out.
|Station Size
|Dimensions (inches)
|Water Capacity
|Calculate Refill Time: Pet Weight
|10-pound cat/dog
|50-pound dog
|100-pound dog
|9.8 x 6.5 x 10.5
|0.5 gallon (2 L)
|Refill every 6 days
|Refill every day
|Refill every day
|11.7 x 7.7 x 13.8
|1 gallon (4 L)
|Refill every 12 days
|Refill every 2 days
|Refill every day
|15.8 x 10.3 x 19
|2.5 gallons (9.5 L)
|Refill every 31 days
|Refill every 5 days
|Refill every 2 days
- It is a good idea to wash the bowl every time you fill the reservoir as well as the water bottle. To do it, you disassemble the unit with 5 parts that are dishwasher safe.
- The unit is durable, with high quality and stable.
- Made with BPA free plastic.
- With stainless steel removable bowl, good for pets with allergies.
- With spring-loaded fill feature that allows you fill it from the bottom and to upside down the unit and no spill.
- Very easy to clean and setup
- Parts have no rough edges and they fit together smoothly.
- It can be used with or without the filter.
- With handles at the top to carry the reservoir.
- Easy to fill and place in the base.
- Not electric or batteries needed
- The system does not dispense properly when water is about 15-20% left.
- You can't fill the unit from the top.
- Big sizes filled with water are heavy to carry and upside down.
- Big sizes might be hard to fill them in regular sinks.
- The filter has to be purchased separately.
- Cats cannot see water level when drinking due to the stainless steel bowl.
PetSafe Healthy Pet Water Station works as described, although in pictures the unit can be mislead because of the lip on the top. This lid is only decor and you cannot fill the water feeder from the top. However, this cat water dispenser works providing water to your pet. If you use the filter you can get rid of plastic smell in the water your pet drinks.
√ I recommend this water dispenser especially:
- Large size, for multiple pets that consume water fast
- Using the small size for one cat.
- For cats with chin allergy to plastic.
- Good if going on a trip for some days.
X I don't recommend this unit:
- For cats that drink water only from sources with water in movement
- Not recommended for disabled people or elderly that has to carry the unit filled with water and upside down.


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Project Description
Aspire Magazine is a weekly, free, lifestyle magazine which is distributed throughout the Midlands.
I was asked to design a new CMS website which their design department would be able to edit and update on a regular basis. I chose to use WordPress and the Divi Page Builder to create a bespoke user-friendly website.
Project Details
Client: Aspire Magazine Group
Skills: Web Design and Development, WordPress, Photoshop Image Manipulation
View: www.aspiremagazinegroup.co.uk
Website Design
The client wished to showcase the publication and the most important requirements were integration with social media and online 'flipbook' editions of the magazine (including an archive of previous issues).
After some basic training, the magazine's designer is now able to maintain and update the website.