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Well, I must say I love her products and have long admired her work but, Claudine, the person is even cooler (is that possible?) This interview is so informative, I got Claudine to break down each of her fabulous Ranger products for us giving loads of tips, tricks, and suggestions. Her products are my go to paints, brushes, gels, and gessos and I am so excited to have her share them with you!
Where you can find Claudine on the web:
WEBsite: http://www.collageartist.com
BLOG: http://claudinehellmuth.blogspot.com
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/collageartist
FACEBOOK: http://tinyurl.com/claudinefacebook
Links to things we chatted about:
color chart + video
recent techniques on blog:
How to glue with Gel medium:
Sticky Back Canvas transfer:
video about custom artworks:
purse that we talked about + some CHA video
Claudine's latest book:
Some of the many products Claudine has available:


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Starting a blog is almost an easy task, at least compared to the challenges of maintaining the blog i.e. making good and attractive contents on your blog. Within a little time, most bloggers begin to lose interest. This is not only due to the challenges of writing good contents but also ensuring that the readers continue to trust their content.
The prayer on every blogger's lips is "plenty traffic". The question is: How then can a blogger attract good and considerable traffic? There are many ways. However, the most difficult and important aspect is GOOD WRITING. A blog with good contents will always, with time, enjoy a "high traffic".
Below are the tips for producing good and attractive write-ups for your blog.
"Passion is the driver of any idea"- Oduneye Azeez
Having an idea is not the only factor that brings success to any initiative; it must also be back up with the zeal and desire to explore such area. Before venturing into any topic for your blog, ensure that such area that you have great idea and passion. This will help drive the desire to learn more and become an expert in that field. The subject or area must be that which you care about, and your heart feels others should care about.
Before deciding to write on any area, you must have done adequate research on such area. This will make your writings authoritative, as well as increase reader's trust and respect. If you want to be a better write, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.
It is not advisable, and will of course be a suicide mission to write on any subject that you are yet to form an opinion on. Nobody will care about anything you do not have any opinion on. One of my own approaches is to write on an issue that gets me very angry and pondering.
More so, you should be VERY BOLD in expressing your opinion on issues. Do not be scared of what people will think about how you feel. Every single person you worry about led to deductions in the quality and originality of your write-ups. Clients, customers, friends and family will like you more if you are honest with them.
It's important, not only to write good contents but to also have an attractive title to generate and drive people's interest towards reading your write-up. Little wonder most newspapers will prefer to carry "the bad news" on the front page of their newspaper. However, "the bad news method" is not the only method available to a blogger. A title like "HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL BLOGGER" will automatically raise the interest of a reader.
A blogger should be pre-occupied with satisfying his readers. Every morning, a blogger should always ask, "what can I give my readers today that will blow their mind? What can I say that they couldn't help but share?
Apart from using nice themes that will make your blog beautiful and attractive, it's also important to decorate each of your posts with beautiful images that will also help your readers in understanding what you have posted.
For instance, if the title of your post is on "beauty of Nigeria, it will be helpful to make use of images of some beautiful places in Nigeria.
"Follow excellence and success will chase your pants down"- 3 IDIOTS MOVIE
The above is a quote from one of my favorite movies. Most bloggers are always driven by the desire to make money, and not the desire to build perfection. They end up losing sight of the whole essence of blogging. Before deciding to write on any topic, do not only consider filling your blog with posts. The most important thing is filling your blog with qualitative and incisive posts that will make your readers willing and looking forward to read more from your blog.
"You can have everything you want in life, if you help other people get what they want"– Zig Zigler
Just like every other fields and professions, interaction is very important. A blogger should have constant interaction with other bloggers, whether they write on the similar niche or not. It is a pure fallacy, and gateway to failure to think that you know it all, and can therefore handle whatever problems that comes your way. Talk to other well-known bloggers if you have any difficulty.
You must also be willing and ready to assist other bloggers whenever they need your help. You can learn from the contents of other bloggers as well as offering useful tips to other bloggers. By doing this, you are also perfecting your own skills.
My personal philosophy of life is that, I do not engage in anything I don't enjoy doing. As a blogger, you should be happy at what you are doing. You should keep writing because you feel fulfilled. You should update your blog for the pure joy of doing it rather than for the fear of filling up your blog with posts.

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Well, it's been 4 years since I opened my Etsy shop and as of today I'm sitting at 999 sales. I have a special surprise for number 1000, and what a great time of year for it to happen. I can't wait.
Piddle: doing one thing and then another without a distinct purpose or method. It's a funny word, but it suits me. I love to create things, and woodworking gives me the opportunity to do just that.


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The San Jose Math Circle meets regularly on Friday nights 7:00-9:00pm, September through May.
Meetings are held at San Jose State University in MacQuairre Hall on the third floor.
All students please click "Advice" tab !
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Tonight was our nine year anniversary of opening the restaurant and unlike years past we didn't have a big event. Truth be told we were having a hard time coming up with ideas that would top the last two years and were reserving our planning for next year. Ten seems like a good year for a bash.
We had a normal night of service, with a few special guests, Chef John Ash came in for dinner, as did some local wine makers and a radio personality from Santa Rosa. Some people from Vacaville who always bring us gifts came with an embroidered chef's uniform for the Sardine, with his name on the hat, the restaurant's name on the coat. A former employee who is now expecting (she called to tell us "you're going to be grandparents') came in and had dinner with the GM & Sardine.
In many ways it felt right. Just another night, but with reminders around of the lives we've touched, the people who have helped us get where we are and the people who will help us get where we are going.


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Medical questions & health advice by board certified doctors
"I am 22 and I self diagnosed myself with jaundice and some type of ulcers. What do I do?"
My skin has became very yellow to me as well as my eyes. Stool also. I also have cliedo cranial dyslpasia, not sure if it has anything to do with this but it deffinatly has caused problems of its own. Also every morning when I wake up I get a sharp nasty pain if I dont eat right away. Plus random pains through out the day and this has been going on I think for years. At least one.
So sorry to hear about your different problems. Jaundice is often a serious medical condition, and is something that you need to discuss with your doctor. It usually implies some sort of problem either with the liver or the other parts of the digestive tract that deal with some of the products that are used in digestion. When a person becomes more yellow, it implies that there is some area of the digestive tract that may not be working appropriately. There are many possible explanations, such as infections (hepatitis is one common example) and also things as serious as tumors, etc. Benign conditions can also cause jaundice. The key thing is that you need to speak with your doctor about these concerns so that he or she can complete some testing and help to localize your problem. Before it can be treated, diagnosis is the first step. The good news is that your doctor may be able to do some tests and then help you to return back to your regular state of health depending on the test results and what your problem may be. Please speak with your doctor about this question and your concerns.
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This high-output, energy-efficient T5 linear-fluorescent lamp has increased flexibility, especially in tight spaces and low-profile applications. With an 85 color-rendering index and slim design, the T5 Starcoat is ideal for a variety of applications, including general or indirect lighting of display cases, wall washes, alcoves and sign lighting.
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text: Represesentatives from the Department of Human Services (DHS) will return to Memphis this week to hear provider feedback on the second set of proposed modifications to child-care transportation rules. Providers at last month's hearings, which saw a capacity crowd, disagreed with many of the proposed changes to transportation guidelines governing child-care centers, family child-care homes, and group child-care homes licensed by DHS. The original recommendations were a result of Governor Don Sundquist's review panel appointed after the April accident involving Tippy Toes Learning Academy, which killed the van driver and four children and severely injured two other children. During the first hearing, child-care providers and parents challenged many of the emergency-transportation rules instituted August 21st after the panel's review, even though modifications had been made to the initial recommendations. The rules involved driver's-license requirements and drug testing for all child-care drivers, signage requirements for center vehicles, and seat-belt requirements. Operators called some of rules "excessive" and "knee-jerk" actions taken by the governor and DHS. As a result, the rules have again been amended. This time, the recommendations include requiring drivers to hold a Tennessee driver's license with an "F" ("for hire") endorsement, a less-stringent requirement than the more-difficult-to-obtain commercial driver's license initially recommended. Beginning January 1, 2004, the modified rules call for drivers to obtain documentation that they have passed additional written or skills tests and to participate in the annual school-bus driver training offered by the Department of Safety. By January 2005, all transportation vehicles must comply with federal safety standards applicable to large or small school buses. "That doesn't mean that 15-passenger vans can't be used," said Dana Keeton with DHS. "We're concerned about the structural integrity and center-of-gravity problems that some of the vans might have. But if they meet federal guidelines, they can be used." Rules for screenings of agency employees will still apply. Beginning January 2003, drivers will be required to annually provide a health statement to DHS verifying their physical and mental ability to transport children. Drug screening will begin March 2003 for new child-care agency employees, and two random drug screenings will be required annually for all employees. Questions that may arise from these modifications could concern the costs associated with the various testing and class requirements as well as vehicle modifications and whether DHS will offer financial assistance to any of the state's thousands of child-care agencies, including more than 700 in Shelby County. Keeton said DHS has already begun researching ways to absorb the costs associated with the changes. "We don't want people to think that with these modifications, the department has backed off its standards," she said. "We want rigorous guidelines for transporting children safely. That is our main concern." The Shelby County public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, November 6th, at 6:30 p.m. in the county commission chambers at 160 N. Main Street.


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Why not ask them why it allows the extension to work just fine on other computers and not yours. They really should be able to spread the problems you have, to everyone else's systems too. Be sure your explain to them how valuable your time is and you should be exempt from the problems everyone else is has with their products.
BTW most of the troubleshooting tips came from Adobe themselves because they are common problems. I just collected them in one place to make it easier for people. Sorry you found them ridiculous.
Dude, maybe you should relax and read my post again. I think the PROCESS of removing every extension and re-installing again is ridiculous. Other extensions are fine, they work, they can be uninstalled and installed again without ANY problems. So the conclusion that it has to do with just THIS extension is close.
Is there a way to get an old version of the extension? Maybe that one works.
I don't see an option for that it in the download area, only interesting release notes.
One side note: If you are an official or semi-official person from WA you should definitely work on the tone of voice of your posts.


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Elizabeth Cooper '10, a Conway graduate from Middletown Springs, Vermont, is working in southeast Asia as the 2012-13 David Bird Fellow. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, she is designing schoolyards as classrooms for students to learn about nature. You can read her blog here.
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CBS picks up 'House Rules' drama pilot
Projects follows freshman congressmen in D.C.CBS is playing by the "House Rules."
The broadcast network on Monday handed out a pilot order to the political drama from ABC Studios and "Grey's Anatomy" exec producer Mark Gordon.
The project, penned by feature writer Michael Seitzman ("North Country"), follows the freshman class of congressmen/women as they begin their careers in Washington.
Seitzman, Gordon and Deborah Spera are exec producing.
"House Rules" marks the second drama pilot for Seitzman and Gordon in the past few days. On Friday, ABC picked up his "Empire State." It is understood that for Seitzman, "House Rules" is in first position.
It also marks the first pilot order from a non-Disney network for ABC Studios, which was merged with ABC last month with a new mandate to focus on supplying its sister broadcast network.
The young faces of Capitol Hill have been mined several times in the past few development seasons with such pilots as the 2007 ABC comedy "The Hill" and Rod Lurie's 2004 ABC drama "Capital City" and its 2007 CW reincarnation "I'm Paige Wilson."
Seitzman is repped by ICM.


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By TARA CONNOLLY Staff writer
Deacon Joseph Petrauskas, assigned to St. Columbkill, Boyertown, will embark on an immersion mission trip Jan. 7 to 17 as a global fellow for Catholic Relief Services (CRS). But rather than serving others, he hopes to be the one on the receiving end.
As part of a 10-member team travelling to Egypt, the CRS Global Fellows are priests and deacons who have been trained and vetted to represent CRS in dioceses across the United States. They are available to deliver homilies, give presentations and trainings at large community events, and speak during school assemblies or weekend liturgies.
During his trip to Egypt, he hopes to gain greater insight about the plight of Syrian refugees who have fled because of armed conflict, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full-scale civil war.
"The purpose of the trip is unlike any other mission trip I have been on – not in what we do, but what we receive, by listening to our CRS partners, CRS staff in Egypt, and of course our beneficiaries – the refugees," said Deacon Petrauskas.
"Listening to what CRS is doing in Egypt and what the Catholic Church is doing to support CRS efforts is the focus of the trip. We will also hear of the struggles of the refugees and the host country, Egypt, who is providing a home for the many who have fled their homeland because of war and violence in Syria," he said.
Although the itinerary for the immersion mission trip has not been finalized, Deacon Petrauskas said the goal of the trip is to be immersed among the refugees and listen to their stories and struggles.
"Our mission really starts when we return," he said.
"We will provide firsthand knowledge and information of the good works being done by CRS, to the communities and organizations we serve within our diocese and beyond," said Deacon Petrauskas.
In addition, Deacon Petrauskas said the team – comprised of two priests, six deacons and two CRS staff members – will enhance their own ministry by providing concrete examples of how others can help CRS end poverty around the world.
After the immersion trip, Deacon Petrauskas will be available to share his experience at parishes, schools and diocesan events. Global fellows do not charge a fee for their visits or presentations.


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We're not the only people who manage to combine a love of vegetables with a love of music. This is our friend Paolo, from the excellent seed company Franchi Seeds of Italy, who hosted an "accordion open day" at his company's base near my house on Friday. Paolo collects and restores vintage accordions and somehow his seed warehouse was the perfect setting for his display of beautiful instruments. Unfortunately Dan was busy so couldn't come and have a go on the accordions, which included one that was used in a Elvis Movie.
Like us, Paolo is taking part in the Chelsea Fringe (as well as having a stand at the Chelsea Flower Show itself). He's one of a bunch of 50 gardeners being planted knee-deep in soil as part of the Pop Up Foundation's show in the grounds of Battersea Power Station on Saturday, May 18. He'll be playing his accordion then too.
Our Chelsea Fringe show is on Saturday, June 8, at Oxford House. You can buy tickets here.


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SORRY MEANT TO POST AS A new thread.
Hi all
Here is post i posted over one year ago and a post on PAINSMITH'S SOLICITOR's blog. To my mind this is the first court decision made under these regulations. "ESTATE AGENTS BE WARNED CANCELLATION NOTICE REQUIRED"
"Yes it is a contract law matter. For this contract to be legally enforceable you must have been given a NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CANCEL IN THE PRESCRIBED FORM contained in the written contract.
Failure to provide this mandatory written notice render's the contract unenforceable in law.
The relavent legistration is The Cancellation Of Contracts Made In A Consummers Home Or PLace Of Work Ect, Regulations 2008 SI 2008 NO.1861
I am of course replying to your post on the understanding that you were not given a cancellation notice--------- I have yet to see an Estate Agents marketing contract that complied with the law."
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Cancellation Notice
In a recent case in Watford county court an agent sought his commission for the successful sale of a property in October 2009.
The Defendant defended the claim on the basis that no Cancellation
Notice in the prescribed form pursuant to the Cancellation of Contracts in a Consumer's home or Place of Work etc Regulations 2008 had been served.
In response to this defence the agent was relying on schedule 3 of the Regulations which excludes certain contracts from the Regulations. One such contract is for the sale or rental of immovable property.
However, the court held that the contract entered into by the parties was not a contract for the sale or rental of immovable property but one of marketing and as such schedule 3 did not apply.
The court also held that this was a commission contract and therefore caught by the Regulations. Therefore where no Cancellation Notice had been provided then pursuant to clause 7(6) the contract is unenforceable.
The agent's case was dismissed.
Thank you to Mr Kennedy who brought this case to our attention.


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An armed guard bashed with a hammer while patrolling Victoria's Parliament House says he has forgiven his attacker and has not stopped trusting people.
Protective services officer James Vongvixay is back at work part-time on desk duty after being attacked while patrolling the parliament grounds in December.
But he can't wait to get back to patrolling state parliament full-time again in the coming months as he slowly eases back into his career after suffering brutal head injuries, he says.
"I just love coming to work and being a part of serving the community," he said.
"I'll still trust people."
Mr Vongvixay spent three-and-a-half weeks in hospital recovering from the attack.
The man who bashed him fled with his gun and fatally shot himself in nearby parkland.
"What I know is that he was mentally unwell, so I have no problem forgiving him," Mr Vongvixay said.
Mr Vongvixay had been working alone at the time.
Senior Sergeant Mal McDonagh said protective service officers were ordered to operate in pairs after the attack.


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I just watched an interesting program on the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby on a new edition of the _Nova_ series on PBS. It had many interesting theories, but no conclusive evidence about who the actual kidnappers were, although Hauptmann seems to have definitely been involved. I am interested in this case because my mother was, and she talked about it when I was a child. She never believed Hauptmann was guilty, and she never cared for Lindbergh after he went to Germany to live in 1935 because he came back seeming to espouse the German cause shortly before the war began in Europe in 1939.
So what, you may ask, does this have to do with anything genealogical in our family? We weren't related to any of the players in the piece, of course, but I think it had a direct effect on how my mother cared for her two children. The kidnapping happened when Jack was about a year old, and Mother always said that while our family wasn't the Lindbergh's, the whole story made her especially careful of where Jack went, what he did, and who he was with as he grew up. I never could understand however how she allowed him to get on the streetcar on Sundays with Howard Knight, his best friend, and ride all over town. She was none the less protective of him I think it's fair to say.
Then came little Christine. I think she was more protective of me than of Jack, and I think it was because I was a girl, and, as she always said, a cute little girl. (Sorry Tammy, if you read this, but I was.) At any rate, kept watch over me wherever we went, and always warned me against speaking to strange men. (There are at least a couple of times in my life that I wish I had listened to that advice a little more! 😉 ) At any rate, I wasn't to leave the yard with anyone, and if anyone approached me anywhere and tried to drag me away I was to scream bloody murder. Before I started to school, and because I had a habit of wandering away from her in stores, she had a harness for me which had a strap hooked to the back and a wrist strap for her to keep hold of me. (Those were not unheard of in the day, and although today it would be deemed child abuse probably, I've seen cases where I wish people still used them.) The one time when I was about 12 and she did leave me alone in the children's section in the basement of the old Anderson Carnegie Library was the only time anyone ever threatened me, but I'm not going to write about that here.
At any rate, if my mother, or my father, for that matter, was overly protective of us as children I think it was because they loved us, and wanted us to be as safe as possible, not unlike today's parents. The Lindbergh kidnapping, like the Sandy Hook murders, and so many others events, made parents across the country hug their children a little more closely and made them become a little more protective of their "little" ones.
The program pointed out one interesting thing about Lindbergh that I didn't know, and that was that when he returned to Germany after WW II as a consultant for Pan American Airlines and the U.S. government, he managed to secretly, and under and assumed name, father children by seven German women, said children having come forward in 2003 with DNA proof of their parentage. He was a great believer in eugenicss, one reason he was so enamored of "The Master Race" theory, and oddly enough, one reason why some people think he might have had something to do with the kidnapping of his own child!
And now you know the rest of the story, about kidnapping, over protective moms, and how traumatic events shape our lives. And now, I strongly suspect, my mother knows who kidnapped/killed little Charles Lindbergh.


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In the Fall of 2016, I will be launching: //SpynOne — a 9 month, full time, high impact, hardcore, discipleship ministry. I am inviting post-high school students from around the world to invest ONE year of their life with me and my amazing team here in Lansing, Michigan! It will be the adventure of a lifetime!
… with this in mind, I'm thinking, breathing, praying, talking and dreaming
about discipleship ALL the time. Here's a peak inside my heart and head …
- Authentic discipleship MUST be more than a church program.
- It must be more than a bullet list of required Bible verses, prayer routines and outreach events.
- It can't be contained in a book, classroom or church building.
- It's messy, difficult, painful, time consuming, demanding, lonely and thankless.
- You'll want to quit discipleship at some point. Most do in fact.
- An authentic disciple of Christ is a soldier in active duty in a war against the greatest enemy of all time.
They bailed… deserted… QUIT!
When Jesus served His disciples the "Last Supper," He was laying it ALL on the line. He would become our sacrifice and Savior. But, His death was also an invitation for us to lay down our lives as well. He knew, then, how to defeat the devil and would lead the way: "And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die" (Revelation 12:11).
Authentic discipleship is saying, "I intend to train you and prepare you to stand against the enemy in a world that he controls. Yes, I intend to put you in harms way." A disciple is a frontline soldier, an end-times warrior and a fearless fighter.
Discipleship is not teaching others to play church, sing songs, give offerings and volunteer for stuff. Those things aren't wrong, but they are not discipleship. Furthermore, the church is not a hotel, retreat center or safe house — it's MASH unit on the battlefield and an armory for God's infantry.
Caution: We put people in danger when we call them "disciples" — especially IF all they did was pass a course or two.
Jesus specifically and personally raised disciples, and then before He ascended back to Heaven, He instructed His disciples to "Go and make disciples of all nations" (Matthew 28:19). Only a disciple can make a disciple who makes disciples. Jesus disciples understood and gave their lives for this cause. They understood that discipleship came with the requirement that they must be willing to pay the ultimate price.
IF you're not a soldier, you won't make soldiers. And, IF you don't think we're in a spiritual war where the stakes are life & death, you're naive and need to be discipled yourself.
I'm committed to authentic discipleship. I understand
the battle, the cost and the reward. I'm ALL IN!
making disciples,
In the comments:
Q: Are you an authentic disciple?
Q: Are you making disciples?


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We would love the opportunity to do for your roof what we did for this roof here. The cost of this roof treatment was $499.00+tx. There is not much complicated about this roof. There just happens to be a lot of surface area not shown in this picture. Since we are not pressure washing this roof, the immediate results are roughly 90% improvement. The remaining 10% will come after a good rain that will rinse the roof of the detergent along with the dead bacteria that caused the stains.
Why do so many Somerset/Franklin homes have black stains?
Black staining is a bacteria called Gleocapsa Magma. This organism feeds on the limestone filler that is used to make the roofing shingle. Many insurance companies will force homeowners to address roof stains because they do not want to insure a roof that is being eaten away. This is more of a structural issue than it is a cleaning job. Most roofs will most likely need only one treatment in the life of a roof. I think its a pretty sweet deal to only have to address the roof once in its life cycle. Other than a once-in-a-liftime treatment, a roof is relatively maintenance free. The roof is probably the most expensive part of any home. Would you be willing to spend $500 one time in 25 years to prevent premature aging, premature cracking and splitting, and lowering the value of your biggest investment? Wouldn't it be great to change the oil only one time for the life of an automobile?
Another benefit of removing black stains are that a blackened roof absorbs heat and UV. Its been proven that a stained roof increases cooling costs by up to 20% per cooling season. On this premise alone you will get a return on a roof cleaning investment.
Moss and lichens are treated the same way as black stains. The difference is that after these solids are treated they will die, dry out, decompose and fall off on their own. Each rain will knock off more and more moss. Many solids like these develop a deep root system into the roofing shingle. If you pull or scrape them off prematurely, you risk taking the roof granules with it. The result can be scars on the roof. It's best to treat them and let them detach naturally.
What qualifies Thompson Roof Cleaning as the "go-to" company?
If you're looking for the rock bottom cheapest you'll find it, just not here. We're are very competitive with our pricing but other companies that work with no general liability insurance, no workers compensation insurance, and work out of there garages are not professional and may even be doing this tyoe of work for beer money. We are not part-timers, landscapers, or handymen. Our only focus is exterior cleaning. We charge the right price to do the job, not just get the job. The following are facts about our company:
- We are a 5 Star Rated Angies List Company listed in the premier section of the directory
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Friday, July 08, 2016
2016 Williams Watch-Serena And Venus In The Wimbledon Doubles Final!
They knocked off the eight seeded duo of Julia Gorges of Germany and Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 on No. 1 Court to advance and play for a shot at their sixth Wimbledon doubles title and 14th Grand Slam career doubles title.
And just a reminder for all you peeps in the doubles competition at the upcoming Rio Olympic Games, Big and Little Sis are the three time doubles gold medalists, winning in 2000, 2008 and in 2012 at their fave tennis venue.
Should be an interesting Saturday for the Williams sisters, and you never bet against them when they are playing matches at their personal SW19 tennis playground called the All England Club.
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The K-9 Couture handmade collars range from $140-$200. Each crystal is individually secured to the collar with uppermost care for quality. When your friends see this dog collar on your dog they will surely love it! Also, comes with leads in matching colors.


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Chobani and Fage sued over sugar content claims and 'Greekness' of product
Two New York men are suing some of the largest producers of Greek yogurt in the U.S., accusing them of deceptive advertising.
According to the New York Post, Barry Stoltz and Allan Chang are suing Chobani and Fage in separate class action lawsuits, alleging that the companies falsely represent their product by hiding the amount of sugar in their yogurt and by calling it "Greek."
"Defendants purposefully misrepresented and continue to misrepresent to consumers that their products contain 'evaporated cane juice' even though 'evaporated cane juice' is not 'juice' at all – it is nothing more than sugar dressed up to sound like a healthier sweetener," reads the complaint.
The suit charges that the "0%" or "2%" on the top and front of their packaging is displayed without any context --leading customers to attribute any meaning they wish, such as sugar, carbohydrates, calories, or other content.
According to the Post, a similar case was dismissed in California last month over lack of evidence showing that consumers were duped by the labeling. Both Fage and Chobani list the grams of sugar on their products' nutrition panels.
The complaint charges that the companies marketing the yogurt as health foods when many of their flavored varieties contain as much sugar as some frozen desserts. The suit cites the example of a Nestle Fudge Bar that contains 15 grams of sugar and Chobani's Blackberry, which also contains 15 grams of sugar, reports Gothamist.
The plaintiffs also contend that calling them Greek yogurt further confuses customers because both companies manufactures their yogurt within the U.S.
"Much like English muffins and French fries, our fans understand Greek yogurt to be a product description about how we authentically make our yogurt and not about where we make our yogurt in upstate New York and Idaho," Chobani told the Post.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has selected Chobani for a one-month contract to provide its yogurt to public schools in seven states.
Last school year, Greek yogurt was offered as a protein substitute to students in four states -- Arizona, New York, Idaho and Tennessee. In three months, children consumed $300,000 worth of yogurt.
The new contract will take effect this upcoming school year from August to September. The company will provide Chobani Greek yogurt in New York, Arizona, Idaho, California, Iowa, Mississippi and Illinois.


text: Bethlehem police yesterday prevented a 49-year-old Bethlehem man from an apparent suicide attempt at about 2 p.m.The man, dangling from a rail of the Broad Street Bridge, was grabbed by two patrolmen and pulled onto the deck. He was "dangling right over the street" when officers got to him. Patrolmen Charles Achenzie and Calvin Weaver, according to the police report, could see only the man's fingers gripped through the concrete rungs of the bridge rail when they arrived. Achenzie and Weaver grabbed the man's hands and held him until other officers could assist. Investigator Ronald Bauder also was involved. The man was eventually taken to Muhlenberg Medical Center where Achenzie filed a petition for involuntary commitment, according to the report. The man was admitted.


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Amy Poehler is going to be a real Baby Mama!
The Saturday Night Live funnywoman and her husband, the equally hilarious Will Arnett, are expecting their first child together, their rep has confirmed. The bundle of joy will arrive in the fall.
With the maternal nature of her new flick, which delivered a No. 1 debut over the weekend with an $18.3 million intake, speculation of the possible pitter-patter of little feet have been rampant as of late, causing the actress/comedienne to complain of the incessant inquiries.
"I'm tired of being asked 'Do you want children?' 'What, you don't have children?' 'Why don't you have children?'" Amy told OK! at the comedy's premiere.
And now that she will have children, the 36-year-old is already thinking of names.
"I'm just going to name my kids numbers," she joked. "New Dude, Little Dude, Old Dude, and Eight: George Foreman."
Amy and Will have been married since 2003.


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Reject Me, Please
Monday, March 5th, 2007 • 5 Comments on Reject Me, Please
This week I received my first "thanks-but-no-thanks" rejection of the year and it hit me harder than it should have. I've been writing (and, therefore, getting rejected) for fifteen years. After the first couple of years (okay, seven) I toughened up enough so that a rejection didn't mean a ruined day. I'd read it, file it and shrug it off. But I couldn't shrug this one off. I had to reread it a couple of times. I ignored the comment about my work being "certainly good enough" and honed in on the part that said "we couldn't fit it in the collection." I brooded over it. Why didn't it fit? Why wasn't I good enough? Why?
After the sting of rejection wore off (and given that I'm not eating chocolate right now, it took even longer than it should have), I contemplated why this particular rejection had bothered me so much. I know the story is good enough to be published and have no doubt I'll find a home for it—probably within the next six months. I have been selling 75% to 80% of my work on the first submission and another 10% to 15% by the second or third submission. I have written very, very few things in the past three years that I haven't sold. That's good, right? That's worth celebrating, right?
No. That's the problem.
I think the reason this particular rejection hurt was for the very fact that I've been selling so much. I've gotten soft. Complacent. Spoiled. I write it, I sell it. It's sweet, but when it happens too many times in a row I get lazy. So now I'm second guessing this submission. Should I have put more time into it? Could I have made it a better story? Did I do everything I could to make it my best work? I really don't know yet because I haven't reread it, but I can't help but wonder.
The other problem with selling consistently is that it means I've gotten comfortable. I'm in a nice, safe place where I can write and sell and it's a warm and fuzzy place to be. Who wouldn't want to be told how wonderful their writing is, how talented they are, how perfect their story is for a project? No one, and I'm no exception. But when all I'm doing is selling it means I'm not challenging myself. Not pushing beyond what is expected of me, not raising the bar for myself, not trying new, different, scary things. And that's what writing is all about—or it should be.
So, my first rejection of 2007 is behind me and I doubt the next one will bother me as much. It may sound crazy, but I'm going to try to get that next rejection really soon—for something that's daring and different and completely unlike anything I've ever written before—because as long as I have the safety net of all these other sales, I might as well take a chance and try to get rejected. What's the worst that could happen? I'll make another sale and expand my horizons.


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Oct 2011
i dont have that much time today. sorry
yesterday one of our investigators at church bore his testimony. it was so cool to see him bear that testimony. he is working towards baptism and the youth in the ward just love him. i think he will fit in well with the ward.
the work is starting to pick up here in taunton. the finding is doing so great but the members are starting to trust us and giving us referrals. the ward is starting to pull itself together. i hope it lasts. i love this missionary work and continue to work hard to fulfill my duty as a missionary. sorry this is a short email.
well i love you lots and hope to get a package full love and goodies
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It's official: Coastal Alabama native Cary Laine is in the running on the newest season of "The Voice," after a head-turning entrance that prompted intense competition between the show's judges.
Laine was the last contestant featured in Tuesday night's episode, the second of the new season. Before she took the stage for her "blind audition," viewers learned a little bit about her: She's from Citronelle, 28, married and the mother of a young son. Her husband works in the oil and gas industry, and about a year and a half ago they moved from Alabama to Wyoming, where the opportunities were better in his field but not so great for an aspiring singer.
Humble about her chances, she was hoping to get at least one of the four celebrity judges to spin around for a look at her. That would "validate the lifelong dream to make something of my music career," she said.
She needn't have worried. Her song choice for her audition was The Band Perry's strutting country hit "Better Dig Two," and her punchy delivery immediately caught the judges' ears. Adam Levine hit his "I Want You" button on the second line, followed fairly quickly by Blake Shelton and Shakira. Usher listened carefully for a few moments before joining in, putting Laine in the select club of contenders who've gotten unanimous approval.
The jockeying between the judges was animated. Usher asked if she'd prefer a pair of sneakers to her fancy red boots. Levine jumped up and guided her to his throne. "I want her to be comfortable too," he said. "She should have a seat on my big red leather chair."
Though Usher and Shakira seemed to have strong interest, it quickly came down to Levine and Shelton. Shelton stressed his Nashville credibility and pointed to his track record with Cassadee Pope: He coached her to a win in Season 3 of "The Voice," and since then she's had a No. 1 country album. Levine, who's better known for pop, countered that Laine would be the only female country singer on his team and would get special attention.
"Don't you think a girl like me would understand you better than these two jerks?" asked Shakira.
Laine picked Levine, to the evident surprise of Shakira, not to mention her own son, who'd been rooting for Shelton.
"Stealing a country artist from Blake has its own special feeling. I enjoy it so much," said Levine afterward.
"Poor kid," said Shelton, who might yet have a chance to steal Laine back. "Cary's a really good singer, she could be a threat, and Adam did a good job with selling himself to her," he added later.
"I felt like Adam really wanted me on his team," Laine said. "He really fought for me. So, I picked Adam."
The blind auditions will continue through the show's next few episodes, until each judge has a full roster of contenders. Then the inevitable elimination rounds begin. The next episode airs at 7 p.m. Central time Monday on NBC.


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Hello all,
I have installed the latest version of xampp on an XP machine and it works great. I would like to know how to use includes (*.inc or *.php)in a directory above the document root directory. I know how to include the includes in php files, it's the config that has eluded me. I've read a fair amount about this subject in the past few days, and unless I'm completely stupid, I can't seem to get it to work.
IF my includes directory is:
C:\Program Files\xampp\includes\
and the directory for the pages that would be using these includes is:
C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\mysite\
What file(s) are to be edited, and what should be added in those files.
can it be done with .htaccess? IF so what would I put in it and where to put the file, or is there one that can be edited.
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The iced vanilla latte from Java Ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas is heavenly.
I'm ecstatic that I'm now able make an iced coffee at home that rivals some of my favorite coffee shops. Take note, Nancy Botwin.
I've been making Pioneer Woman's iced coffee recipe but proportionally smaller since our condo isn't exactly ranch-sized to store gallons of iced coffee. If you're the same way, you can make a little less than a full pitcher (2 quarts) with about 4 ounces of your favorite ground coffee. Follow the rest of her recipe and you'll be good to go with your cold cup of Joe. When it comes to iced coffee, I like it on the sweeter side (surprised?) so I add plenty of half and half and a splash of vanilla syrup, which is pure perfection in my book.


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The outer lands of Numenor lie in ruin. All that remains is the city of Numenor itself. But soon the ports of Numenor will fall and the battle for the fate of men will have begun.
This map is based on the fortress in Numenor. It is a 1 vs 2 map. One player upper half of the map will start in The Fortress of Numenor. The other two players will start on the bottom portion of the map that was seized from the numenoreans. The fortress is raised high above the city and has a walk way lined with buildable towers as well as two gates. the city itself is not walled off as the sea was their protection. Until the southern portion of the island was captured. Now the only thing protecting the city are buildable tower plots as well as a full army of Numenoreans. If you choose to siege the island Fortress of Numenor then you will begin with two trolls each as well as two catapults and orcs. There are two outposts located very close to the southern bases and two located in the city itself. There are many settlements on this map each strategically placed to offer the best possible balance. This map is well textured and is well balanced. This map works with the AI in skirmish if you prefer facing off against the computer. NOTE this map is not one of those impossible fortress maps that never seem to end. I have put much work into this map to give it the best quality and balance that I could offer. Have Fun !
If there are any problems with the map then please tell me here as I will go to fixing them immediately and will release another version with the problem fixed as fast as I can. Any comments welcome. Thank You :)
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YARMOUTH — Jason "Jake" Orrin Phipps, 36, of Yarmouth, died unexpectedly on Nov. 2 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Phipps was born Dec. 15, 1975, in Portland, a son of William and Patricia (Kelley) Phipps. He grew up in Yarmouth and graduated from Greely High School, class of 1995.
Over the years Phipps enjoyed participating in Special Olympics, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and most recently kayaking. His passion, however, was harness racing. He was a member of the Maine Harness Racing Association and worked as a groomer for Don Richards and his grandfather, Orrin Phipps. He was a judge at the Maine State Truck Driving Championships. He worked at Yarmouth Lumber as a shop assistant.
Phipps loved to be with his family – be it trucking with his dad, going to church with his mom, spending time with his nieces and nephews or hanging out with his brother and sisters – it was all good. His love for them was as big as the man and he will be greatly missed.
He is survived by his father, William H. Phipps and step-mother Pam Rogers, both of Yarmouth; his mother, Patricia A. Phipps, of Windham; his sister, Kristalyn Phipps; his brother, Kevin Phipps; his sister, Laurie Balzanelli and her husband, Michael; his sister, Sheryl Gray; his grandfather, Orrin Phipps; and three nieces and five nephews.
Visiting hours will be 5–7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9, at Lindquist Funeral Home, One Mayberry Lane, Yarmouth. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, at Highland Cliff Advent Christian Church, 96 Highland Cliff Road, Windham. A reception will follow at Yarmouth Lumber, 384 Portland Road, Gray. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Yarmouth at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, his family would sincerely appreciate donations in Phipps' memory to Highland Cliff Advent Christian Church, 96 Highland Road, Windham, ME 04062 or Autism Society of Maine, 72B Main St., Winthrop, ME 04364.
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Perhaps his grimace is from the number of large cruise ships (the Ovation of the Seas - 4180 passengers & crew) that arrive in the harbour almost daily now that summer (supposedly) has arrived, their numbers clogging the streets, restaurants, and attractions, making life in the CBD miserable for those who live and work here.
Or perhaps his grimace is one of trying to understand and comprehend the changes and upheavals in the world that slowly, but inevitably make their way to this beautiful and peaceful country so far away from the rest of the world.
I don't have an answer, but I do love to sit on the edge of the harbour next to this man and contemplate what sort of future I'm facing and don't doubt that I too have a grimace on my face.
But for now, let's leave the future in the future and let me fill you in on what I have seen, done, met and been since I last sat at my computer and wrote on this blog. I am going to divide my 3-months into two separate blog posts, 'Wellington' and My Travels Outside Wellington.'
I have been a guest in the wonderful city of Wellington for 3 1/2 months now. I arrived on September 30th and I will depart this Thursday, January 19th.
My first day here, my hosts for my first 3 months, Paul and Nigel, drove me to the top of Victoria Peak so I could get a magnificent overview of the city and the harbour.
Wellington has been ranked, year-in-and-year-out, as one of the top-ranked 'World's most livable cities.' I have to agree. The public bus system is outstanding and it's a very walkable city (if you like climbing up and down hills!). The residents are friendly and welcoming and the 2nd day I was here, I attended an opening for the upcoming annual Lit Festival and had a lovely chat with the then mayor, Celia Wade-Brown. How many mayors of large cities do you know that get around their city using pedal power?
|Mayor Wade-Brown
Wellington is the capital city of the country of New Zealand, with it's Parliament and government offices housed in what is known as 'the Beehive.' The adjoining office building and library are the main headquarters of the government. Note that there are no armed guards or fences or barricades anywhere. The only restriction was not taking photos inside.
I thoroughly enjoyed a 2-hour free guided tour of these building, learning how the New Zealand form of democracy still retains ties to its British homeland, but has made changes to embrace its Maori heritage and provisions to provide for healthcare and retirement benefits for all of its citizens. It was the first country to give women the right to vote and to recognize gay marriage.
My favorite bit of information I learned while on the tour was that after several years when members of their Senate body accomplished absolutely nothing worthwhile, they chose to totally eliminate this part of the government! They now have only a House of Representatives that oversees the rules, regulations and makes the laws of the land. I think the US should take a long, hard look and perhaps do the same!
|Metal Top
|Granny-square bombed biked racks
|Churches next to....
|---spoke-topped buildings
|Clam shells next to.....
|....Katherine Mansfield statue...
|......whose dress is filled with her written words
You wander the streets and find such interesting and unusual pieces of art. The clam shells, while pretty, were also the landing place of a man who jumped off the top floor of the building next to where they are located. It didn't end well for the man - but the clam shells, as you can see, survived.
|The War Memorial
|Whale of a Tail Fountain
|Old St. Paul's 1866
|The beautiful interior of Old St. Paul's.
Cuba Street - My favorite street in downtown Wellington is packed with small boutiques, wonderful restaurants, and weird artwork, including this water wheel which children and adults play in on hot days. There are alleyways filled with surprises like the Paradise used bookstore that goes on and on and on and the Lighthouse Movie theater with its huge, comfy lounge seats where you can enjoy a glass of wine or cup of coffee while watching a first-run movie.
The waterfront is alive with shops, Maori carvings, these great sign-holders, metal palm trees, the fabulous City to Sea bridge, a lagoon and so much more.
During my time in Wellington I attended the 2016 WOW production (more about WOW later) , been invited to parties, attended organ and choir concerts, was welcomed into the homes of perfect strangers for drinks and dinner, enjoyed many new movies, celebrated the holidays with new friends (Guy Faulks, Halloween, American Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years), attended a holiday cocktail party at the home of the American Ambassador to New Zealand, was a volunteer server at the annual Thanksgiving lunch for the homeless and less fortunate of Wellington, got my own Wellington Library card, learned to say 'ta' for thanks and call my new friends my 'mates.' Learned to crochet a granny square (thanks YouTube), bought too many pairs of shoes, had to honor of hearing Secretary of State John Kerry dedicate the American/New Zealand War Memorial, went to several gallery openings, ate Pavlova (really sweet), was invited to holiday faire at the British Consulate, and attended a great concert on the Lagoon and fireworks to ring in the New Year.
A Creative Fibers's exhibition and Christmas Concert at the Cathedral
My fellow servers and a few of our guests at the Thanksgiving luncheon
The British Consulate Holiday Faire with dancers from Wales and Scotland
The program from my host Paul's concert and his delicious pavlova creation for Guy Faulks
Guy Faulks fireworks over the harbour!
Traditional Maori greeters during Secretary John Kerry's presentation
But there were three other exceptional events that happened since I arrived in Wellington.
The first and one that I will cherish long after I leave New Zealand, has been meeting and enjoying the friendship of Kelly Wright and Jenny Taylor. Kelly is the mother of the woman who's home and pets I am housesitting while she and her family are in South Africa on holiday. Jenny is a friend of Kelly's.
They have made my stay here feel more like home. They have picked me up and taken me here, there and everywhere, including me in their everyday lives. You don't realize how much you need friends, especially 'girlfriends,' when you are away from home.
|Kelly & 'grand-dog Punter
|Jenny & I in Martinborough
I woke up to my bed swaying back and forth, The Boys screaming to get out of bed and stand in a doorway, and me thinking the house was going to fall off the cliff any second and we were going to land in the harbour!
Well, the house and I survived - and I managed to live through some pretty severe 5.5+ aftershocks during the next several weeks. I came to the conclusion that I do not like earthquakes.
I have lived in areas where tornados and hurricanes where prevalent. They are signs let you know when one is coming and there are actions to take to survive one of those. Earthquakes are totally unpredictable and there are absolutely no way to survive a really big one. The TV commercials tell you to get under a table and duck and cover! I haven't heard something like that since I was in grade school and we were practicing for the next nuclear bomb attack! I love New Zealand but the entire country was built up by volcanos along a major fault line, not to mention the tectonic plates that shift to-and fro just off the coast! It's a country that knows what it means to 'rock 'n roll!'
And lastly, but the most exciting event that has occurred since I arrived in Wellington is the birth of my second grandchild. This time a boy, by the name of John Tobin Scott. He arrived just before Thanksgiving and is beautiful. Mom, dad and sister Stella are thrilled (well, leave Stella out of that equation) and he is growing big and strong and I can't wait to meet him when I return in April.
I think this is enough for one blog post! I know for a fact that I have missed so many things I wanted to include that I have seen and done, but I'll just come back and add them later. Next up - the places I've traveled while using Wellington as my home base during the past 3 months and the wonderful places and pets I house sat.
Until next time.......
PS: I had hoped to get my entire stay in Wellington written up before my departure on the 19th, but I woke up with a 'black screen' the other morning which called for a frantic visit to The Apple Guy and my little MacBook Air requiring an overnight stay which threw my writing schedule into a whirl. So once again I will be a bit behind in my travel reporting.....oh well!


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Amnesty International Australia (AIA) said the World Day Against the Death Penalty would "turn the spotlight on the leadership role the Australian Government should play against the death penalty in the region"
With six members of the 'Bali 9' now facing the death penalty in Indonesia, and the execution of Australian citizen Van Tuong Nguyen in December 2005, the organisation restated its call for the Australian government to address the mixed messages it has been sending about the death penalty.
"The Australian Government must take a consistent and principled stance against the death penalty in all cases and regardless of the nationality of the people facing execution," AIA said in a statement.
"If Australia is to restore its credibility when it argues for its own citizens to be spared, it must be clear about its absolute opposition to the death penalty," it said.
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UN: Australia should tackle drugs penalty – 29 September, 2006
Australia's double standards under pressure – 13 September, 2006
Call to action on 10 October -- 04 September, 2006
Tuesday, 10 October 2006
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I am using InstallAnywhere 8.0.1 Enterprise to build an installer for our product. This silently installs another exe built again with InstallAnywhere of the same version. Everything works fine on 32 bit machine, but when I try to install the same on 64 bit Windows 7 machine, the secondary package would not install. When I install the secondary exe alone, this is installing fine so it might not be an issue with pre-requisites, I guess.
I ran as Administrator to make sure it is not because of UAC.
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Writer Aaryaan Saxena Turns Director with 'Chameli'
Writer turned director Aaryaan Saxena is on a high these days as the popular writer who has penned down the screenplay for Mickey Virus and Story/Screenplay/Dia
Sherlyn Chopra would be seen in an entirely different Avatar which audience has never seen before, she is playing a character of Desi Girl and is been paired opposite Brijendra Kala. Brijendra Kala as always, has done a fantastic job. They recently completed their entire schedule in Lucknow.
Director Aayaan Saxena has also wrapped up a short film called 'Half Truth' which is an edgy thriller which will be showcased in festival circuit and would be out in the month of April. This is produced by Mr. Pragyesh Singh as well of TNV Films


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The 2018 AGM of the Australian Society of Rheology will be held on the evening of Wednesday, 25 July 2018 at Thai City Restaurant in Melbourne. We offer a great price for a full night of food, drink, and conversation. Partners and guests are very welcome.
Program Details:
Date: Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Time: 18:30 onwards
Venue: Thai City Restaurant
124 Lygon Street
Carlton, Victoria 3053 (Phone 03 9663 2028)
Cost: $32.50 per head for full members and accompanying partners
$25 per head for student members and accompanying partners
Interstate members will have the option to join the formal part of the AGM meeting via the following web-link:
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:
Please click this URL to start or join. https://monash.zoom.us/j/930296995
Or, go to https://monash.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 930 296 995
Join from a dial-in phone:
Dial: +61 3 99059666 (+61 3 9905 ZOOM) or +61 2 8015 2088 Toll-free dial: +1 877 853 5257 (US/Canada only)
Meeting ID: 930 296 995
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/byVkBpU2m
For further information please see the attached AGM Flyer
The AGM will include election of Council members (new or continuing). All members of the ASR are eligible to stand for Council. If you are not yet a member, it is easy to become one!
Current Council members will be pleased to answer any questions that interested members may have about serving on Council.
As part of the 2018 Rheology Lecture Series, the next ASR Seminar will be held at Monash University, Clayton on 4th June 2018
Speaker: Dr. Laurence Brassart
Presentation Title: Modelling diffusion coupled to large deformations in soft materials.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Barr
Presentation Title: Bacteriophage subdiffusion through mucous
School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Date: Monday, 4th June 2018
Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
(Refreshments at 5:00 PM)
Venue: #407, Level 4, New Horizons Building
20 Research Way
Monash University, Clayton Campus
Register for this free event at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/australian-society-of-rheology-seminar-series-tickets-46315212046
Deakin University, Melbourne - 14th August 2017
Scattering techniques offer a statistical and non-destructive perspective on fluids as they are sheared. The purpose of this workshop is introduce non-specialists to the perspectives and possibilities of in situ characterisation of structure and dynamics using scattering and some of the facilities available for such investigations. Further details may be found on the meeting website: https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/soft-matter-scattering-workshop/2017/05/15/hello-world/.
There is also the possibility to present a poster.
The ASR is one of the sponsors of this event.
University of Sydney, Australia - 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
The ninth combined conference of the Australian Society of Rheology and the Korean Society of Rheology will be held at The University of Sydney, Australia from 29 November to 1 December 2017. The event will provide an international forum to showcase rheological research in Australia, Korea and the broader Pacific region. All scientists and engineers interested in rheology are invited to participate in this conference.
The AKRC will be held immediately after the Statistical Mechanics of Soft Matter Workshop (SM^2) at The University of Sydney (27 - 28 Nov 2017). Website: http://smsq.github.io/
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Please refer to the conference website (https://akrc2017.eventbrite.com.au) and attached Flyer for further information.
Professor Tam Sridhar, the Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Monash University, has been made a Fellow of The Society of Rheology, USA.
Sridhar has made many profound and lasting contributions to the field of rheology, of which the most significant contribution is the development of the filament-stretching rheometer for measuring the extensional properties of solutions. The filament stretching rheometer has undoubtedly been of crucial importance for the advancement of rheology in the last two decades. Since extensional flows are a rigorous probe of differences in material response, the filament stretching rheometer has emerged as a fundamental tool in evaluating the validity of theories for solution rheology. In particular, fundamental progress in our understanding of the rheological behaviour of polymer solutions and melts has largely been driven by experimental observations obtained with the filament stretching rheometer.
Sridhar has been involved with the Australian Society of Rheology from its earliest days, and has played a significant part in nurturing the community of rheologists in Australia. He was the founding co-editor of the Korea-Australia Rheology Journal.
Sridhar is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK) and the Australian Academy of Science. He was selected among the 100 most influential engineers in Australia by Engineers Australia, 2004- 2006. He was made an Honorary Fellow and awarded the GP Kane Award by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science and the ESSO Energy Award for outstanding contribution in the field of chemical engineering. In 2004, he was Chair of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (Australia). In 2012, he was made an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for his distinguished service to tertiary education, particularly the discipline of chemical engineering, and to the forging of international strategic educational relationships.
The award of a fellowship is a fitting recognition of the lasting impact Sridhar has made to the field of rheology, on the international rheological community, and to the advancement of science in Australia.
The ASR congratulates Professor Tam Sridhar on his appointment.
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Opti-Clear Side Effects
Generic Name: tetrahydrozoline ophthalmic
Note: This document contains side effect information about tetrahydrozoline ophthalmic. Some of the dosage forms listed on this page may not apply to the brand name Opti-Clear.
For the Consumer
Applies to tetrahydrozoline ophthalmic: ophthalmic solution
Side effects include:
Ophthalmic: Blurred vision, irritation, mydriasis.
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to tetrahydrozoline ophthalmic: compounding powder, ophthalmic solution
Systemic side effects are rare because of the minor extent of absorption after topical application.[Ref]
Ocular side effects have included blurred vision, irritation, mydriasis, conjunctival hyperemia, and blepharoconjunctivitis. Conjunctival application, especially when high concentrations have been used in the elderly, may liberate pigment granules, presumably from the iris.[Ref]
Nervous system
Nervous system side effects associated with ocular sympathomimetic agents have included headache, tremor, trembling, dizziness, nervousness, and drowsiness.[Ref]
Cardiovascular side effects have rarely included palpitations, hypertension, and bradycardia.[Ref]
1. "Product Information. Collyrium Fresh (tetrahydrozoline)." Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA.
2. Soparkar CN, Wilhelmus KR, Koch DD, Wallace GW, Jones DB "Acute and chronic conjunctivitis due to over-the-counter ophthalmic decongestants." Arch Ophthalmol 115 (1997): 34-8
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We met with the Japanese boss from San-X Hong Kong today. He is very interested in working together with us as San-X is only focusing on the Asian market at the moment. He wants to expand their products to Europe and North America and we are the perfect partner for them because our wholesale and end-user customers are mainly from Europe, USA and Canada. We have quite a lot of contacts to shop owners who could be interested in selling these products. So we will act as an Official Wholesaler for their products to European and North American markets.
So, if you are interested in buying San-X products in bulk, please contact me by e-mail and I will send you the Official Wholesale catalogs with all their current products including Rilakkuma (Relax Bear), Mamegoma (little seal), Monokuro boo (a black & a white pig), Tarepanda (lazy panda) and many many more. We will also keep a big stock for our online shop and to be able to send out wholesale orders quickly.


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SAN MATEO (05/15/2000) - A look at InfoWorld's 1999 salary survey and financial resources sites suggests that demand for IT personnel is especially strong in the financial services industry.
Industry statistics(*)
Gross domestic product:
$8.11 trillion, national total
$1.27 trillion, finance industry
Annual salary for an IT manager:
$69,491 national average
$76,710 finance industry average
Most common reasons for a cash bonus:
1) Profit sharing
2) Yearly performance evaluation
3) Completion of work year
Average experience of an IT worker in the financial services industry: 6.44 yearsHours worked per week:
48.4 hours, national average
48.8 hours, finance industry average
Top motivating factors for finance industry IT pros:
1) Compensation, including benefits
2) Satisfaction of helping the company
3) Appreciation, recognition from managers, usersEducation level of IT workers in the finance industry:
Associate's degree - 21.6%
Bachelor's degree - 53.8%
Master's degree - 24.4%
Web resources
Financial Executives Institute - www.fei.orgThis site is aimed at senior finance executives and offers a wide range of finance tools and career services. The Technical & Policy Issues section addresses topics such as Web reporting of corporate financial information.
American Bankers Association - www.aba.comIndustry news, hot finance issues, and education are among the many subjects covered on this site. In-depth information is available on I-commerce, electronic banking, and online security.
AICPA - www.aicpa.org
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides information about ways that technology is changing the finance and accounting industry. The Top 10 Technologies section lists the biggest IT hurdles finance and technology professionals face.
(*)Includes insurance and real estate sectorsSOURCES: 1999 INFOWORLD COMPENSATION SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS


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Mechanics of Pipe Flow Following Column Separationby W.H. Li,
Serial Information: Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, 1962, Vol. 88, Issue 4, Pg. 97-120
Document Type: Journal Paper
Study of motion of vapor-liquid interface by neglecting its spreading under influence of gravity and of its spreading, considering steam column in straight portion of pipe; it is found that occurrence of collapse of steam column depends on elevation of point of separation, slope of pipe, and velocity of flow at separation; spreading of interface is described by 2 quasi-linear partial differential equations that are hyperbolic.
Subject Headings: Pipelines | Pipe flow | Flow separation | Columns | Equations of motion | Pipe failures | Structural failures | Slopes
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To present (a dramatic role, for example) in an exaggerated manner.
- transitive v. To emphasize or stress unduly.
- transitive v. To overestimate the strength of (one's holding or position) with resulting defeat: overplayed his hand and lost the game.
- transitive v. Sports To hit (a golf ball) beyond the green.
- intransitive v. To overdo a role or an effect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. and (transitive) To overdo or overact one's effect or role.
- v. To present something in a manner more dramatic than necessary.
- v. To overestimate one's strength in a game or event, which ultimately may end in a defeat.
- v. To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green".
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In any duplicate card-game, especially bridge and whist, the play of a hand which has already been played at another table and by other players; in memory duplicate, the play of a hand by north and south which was originally held and played by east and west.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. exaggerate one's acting
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I'm sorry, how exactly did Sen. Obama "overplay" Gov.
Or the loser would become a winner and overplay his hand until he's a complete cad, before reconnecting with his ex-, which turns him back into his former sweet self.
So it's tempting for everyone — from researchers who want to further their careers to journalists looking for a scoop — to overplay preliminary results.
"It's OK sometimes to overplay or overwork, but you have to recognize what you've done," Edmunds says.
Detailed schedule may help Kathy Standage fit in life issues
I think we need to be careful not to overplay the Cali vid
*How* much trouble is ACORN in right now? - Moe_Lane's blog - RedState
By and large, the actors terribly overplay these readings, and the results come off like pretentious acting class exercises (I kept expecting James Lipton to come in and congratulate them for their "beautiful" performances).
I don't want to overplay these new American Service Center Mercedes ads, starring Ryan Zimmerman (and, in one case, Bruce Boudreau).
I don't want to overplay these new American Service Center Mercedes ads, starring Bruce Boudreau (and, in one case, Ryan Zimmerman).
Ministers would therefore be extremely unwise to overplay their hand.
Public sector pensions: after the strike, the settlement | Editorial
In fact, one could easily imagine a grassroots Catholic backlash against Gingrich were he to overplay his connections with the American bishops, or worse, to Rome and the Pope.
Stewart J. Lawrence: Could Newt Gingrich Win the "Catholic" Vote?


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(Adds Pfizer, Macquarie, General Dynamics, Allogene; Updates Sky News, Fidessa)
April 3 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday: ** Pfizer Inc said it would take a 25 percent stake in Allogene Therapeutics to accelerate the development of CAR T cell therapies sourced from donors instead of patients. ** Pfizer Inc is in talks with Procter & Gamble Co for a sale of the largest U.S. drugmaker's consumer health business, CNBC reported, citing sources. ** U.S. defense contractor General Dynamics Corp said it completed its purchase of peer CSRA Inc in a deal valued at about $9.7 billion. ** Infrastructure funds managed by Macquarie and Goldman Sachs have agreed to buy Dutch port terminals operator HES International from owners Riverstone and The Carlyle Group, they said. ** EU antitrust regulators have set a May 8 deadline to decide whether to allow Italian cable maker Prysmian's $3 billion acquisition of U.S. peer General Cable. ** COSCO Shipping's planned acquisition of Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is on track to be completed by the end of June, the company's vice chairman Huang Xiaowen said on Tuesday. ** British software firm Fidessa postponed an imminent shareholder vote on whether to back a 1.4 billion pound ($2 billion) takeover bid from Switzerland's Temenos, saying it might receive two more offers. ** Australian gas producer Santos Ltd said it has received a $10.4 billion takeover bid from private equity backed Harbour Energy. ** French supermarkets Casino and Auchan have begun talks to form a partnership regarding the purchasing of food and non-food items, as competition intensifies within the domestic sector.
** Rupert Murdoch ratcheted up the pressure on Britain to approve his $15 billion-plus bid for pay-TV group Sky by offering to sell or legally separate Sky News, aiming to head off objections the deal could give him too much political influence.
** CBS Corp plans to make an all-stock offer for Viacom that values the U.S. media company at below its current market valuation, people familiar with the matter said on Monday, indicating tough negotiations ahead. (Compiled by Akankshita Mukhopadhyay and Vibhuti Sharma in Bengaluru)


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Neo's Journey: The Matrix & The 3-Act Structure
Last week I talked about the Three Act Structure within the sitcom, I mentioned how it changed due to TV's format. In this post, I will address the three act structure yet again but this time I will be using it to analyze films. In today's post I will dissect a film into each act, showing how the story progresses in each, what commonly is the length of each act and I will also make emphasis on the plot points that move the story for one act into the other. The movie I will use for my example is one of my favorite films of all time and a landmark of modern cinema (hey this is my blog I'm entitled to my opinion if you don't think so, set up your own blog and write about, who cares) this is of course the 1999 smash-hit The Matrix.
This is the beginning. We get familiar with the world, where we are, where the story is going to take place. If we are watching a science fiction film, we learn or we see that we are in space, Mars or perhaps an alternate timeline. Furthermore films usually start by introducing us to our main characters, we meet our protagonist and we get to see him in his "Ordinary World," this is the protagonist's normal world, before being affected by the Major Dramatic Question that starts his journey. This will serve as a contrast as to how in the end the journey changed him. In terms of length we could say that the first act typically lasts around 30 minutes. Its end is marked by the hero's first decision to act towards resolving the dramatic question, often this means that the protagonist packs his bags and chooses to tackle the problems head on.
In The Matrix at the very beginning of Act I we are introduced to most of the characters. The film opens with a chase involving Trinity, and the Agents.
After the action sequence we meet our central character Neo along with the Dramatic Question, What is the Matrix? We go trough our main character's workplace, we learn a little bit about him mostly through other characters and so we shape this persona.
So we now know the question driving the narrative and we have established who our hero is and his inner psychology however there is a character of the outmost importance for the progression of the narrative that is slowly introduced throughout the act, of course I'm referring to Morpheus. First we see a glimpse of him at the computer screen. Then we hear mentions of him, we listen to his voice on the cellphone until we at last meet him. Now this character is important not just because as we will see later he explains the story to Neo and the audience, but because he aids Neo into taking the first step into his adventure. He offers him the truth, the answer to the major question, however Neo has to make the choice, and so he presents him with the red pill and the blue pill. Red pill will take him to answer what the matrix is? the blue pill will leave him in his ordinary world undisturbed. It is this "Pill scenario" that Morpheus presents that obligates Neo to make the first choice, advancing the story into the next act and providing us with our first plot point which completely complicates our story world we had developed.
After Neo takes the red pill he awakens in this very strange land that we hadn't seen before in the film. It is cold, scary and unknown. He faces a machine that you're not sure if it's going to help him get out of his situation or kill him. He plunges down through a tunnel to what could be certain death but thankfully he is rescued and brought about a ship in where we see Trinity and Morpheus but they are different. After this point we are no longer in the world of the first act, this is not our hero's ordinary world in fact this is not even remotely close to the time where we started clearly we are not in the 20th century anymore. At this point the narrative is more complicated and it will get even more complicated in the next act as we learn what this new world is, what the matrix is and what the Agents are up to.
In almost every movie, the second act is the bulk of the story. Commonly the longest part of a movie and usually introduces secondary characters, it complicates the hero's journey by adding one obstacle after the other. The stakes get higher and higher. At this point our goal oriented protagonist goes through a series of challenges in order to resolve the major dramatic question however as he advances he learns that it is not as easy as he thought it would be. Now the function of these difficulties or obstacles is primarily to prepare the character for the final confrontation, we need to see if he will have what it takes to resolve his situation and end up triumphant. So in other words this part of the film in the classical three act structure constitutes a bunch of tests, in which we sometimes see our protagonist fail or has at least difficulty in overcoming these obstacles and the more he suffers in common Hollywood terms the more we sympathize and we identify with the characters and the louder we will cheer when at the end he overcomes every obstacle no matter how hard and he resolves the dramatic question.
In our kung-fu sci-fi extravagant example, the second act constitutes a complication of the journey, a series of tests for Neo and we meet the enemies, allies and Judas. However in this particular film there is a shift at this point as I will point out that the major dramatic question changes slightly and another more urgent question presses on our characters.
After Neo wakes up in the real world, Morpheus explains to him the nature of the world, he answers What the Matrix is. At this point we now have resolved that main dramatic question however it did not do anything for our main characters except complicate his existence even more (same thing for first time viewers). The truth for Neo wasn't as easy to swallow as that red pill, nevertheless knowing that the real word is harsh he will continue his journey as Morpheus posits the next driving question. He explains to Neo the prophecy and hits him with a ton of bricks when he confesses to him that he has blind faith that Neo is the one, the savior or future messiah.
Neo does not believe it and as the audience we kind of doubt it too. I mean in the first act we saw just how regular, common, and weak Neo is. Morpheus puts Neo through rigorous tests on where he learns each time more about the artificiality of The Matrix world. There is a martial arts test, then we have the jumping test etc… in addition he is also walked through a training session in which he is taught to distinguish those who want to harm the human rebels, these are the Agents we met in the previous part of the film.
At this point there existence is explained and their purpose, but not only them but also the Agent's counterpart in the real world. We meet the sentinels at exactly the same time. But after all this knowledge our hero needs to fall and fall big time for him to able to rise victorious and this is exactly what's going to happen to Neo next.
Neo visits the Oracle and his own belief is confirmed, she tells him that he is not the one and to make matters worse, she explains to Neo that a life or death situation is near in which he will need to decide if Morpheus lives or dies. Such an important choice and we can cleverly assume that is our next turning point.
Furthermore as Neo (crushed by the news) and his crew are going to exit the Matrix, they are entrapped by the Agents and Morpheus is captured. The rest of the crew that escapes get to die one by one by the hands of the Judas in this outfit, of course I'm referring to Cypher.
Eventually he gets his due and Trinity and Neo exit the Matrix unharmed however everything is at its darkest. More than half of their crew is dead and their leader has been captured. It is in this dark climate that our hero makes his most important choice. Neo decides to go against the odds and try to rescue Morpheus. This decision pits him against certain death and it is this decision our second plot point which moves us from the second act towards the third act and the exciting Climax where we will find out if Neo will rescue Morpheus.
In the third and last act, generally the protagonist comes face to face with the antagonist or antagonistic forces that keep him from realizing the goal he set out to attain at the end of act one. In this act rarely do we meet new characters, there are exceptions but usually at this point the focus of the story turns to the main character's final conflict, the climax, where he either resolves the major dramatic question. Often the third act runs in about 30 minutes similarly to the first act. After the climax the narrative then slows down and shows the aftermath of the hero's journey, the things he changed in his world and the overall consequences of his decisions.
In the third act of our example Neo and Trinity shoot their way into rescuing Morpheus. At various points of the rescue all three characters hang on the edge of their life providing excitement to the audience as we follow our main characters through their most difficult obstacles. Neo acrobatically dodges bullets in "bullet time" barely saving his life. Morpheus almost falls into certain death when he is shot as he jumps to salvation. Trinity faces death as well as she escapes the exploding helicopter.
There the question posed by the second plot point was answered. Neo survived and in fact rescued Morpheus but the excitement is far from over. After Morpheus and Trinity exit the matrix Neo fights off Agent Smith for his life. Neo has a chance to run but he decides to confront the Agent.
After a lengthy and should I say it, kick-ass fight, Neo beats Agent Smith, but as soon as Agent Smith perishes a new one emerges. Neo this time runs.
The chase ends when Neo is shot to death by Agent Smith, at the same time in the real world Morpheus and Trinity prepare for a squid attack. And it is at this point where the central dramatic question posed by Morpheus in the second act is resolved. Trinity after witnessing Neo's death, confesses to Neo's corpse (in the real world) that she loves him and that the Oracle told her that she was going to fall in love with the one, so he can't be dead. In the matrix just as the Agents are walking away from Neo's body our hero rises from the ashes reborn and with a new sense for his surroundings. This answers the dramatic question that yes, Neo is most definitely the one.
Neo is able to stop bullets, fight off Agents with one hand and defeat them easily, in fact at this point the Agents run from him. Neo exits the matrix just in time for the squid attack, he wakes up, kisses Trinity and now there is no doubt that Neo is the one. After this long and exciting climax the next brief scene closes in on Neo arch and shows the ultimate transformation. Neo dictates his manifesto towards the machine over the phone, hangs up and if we contrast him with the Neo we saw in Act one and two this one is different. His outfit is cooler, he's wearing sunglasses like the rest of the crew was. His clothing is simple, dark tones, yet he wears an open long coat that flaps in the wind like a cape as he flies towards the camera in the end.
The three act structure is the most common narrative structure that we can find in films. Most plot are constructed this way, you can substitute The Matrix in this analysis and you will find that most movies follow this pattern. In the first act we are introduced to the main characters and establish the dramatic problem that needs to be resolved, in the second act things get more complicated for our characters that are trying to resolve the problem and in the third act the action reaches its zenith where our characters make the ultimate decision that will lead them to resolve the dramatic question and provide much excitement for viewers.
On a fun side note -
Enter the Fart Matrix: http://www.youtube.com/user/Ray6792#p/u/7/Ss76xct9JiY


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Police: Dad Tried To Run Wife, Kids Off Road
Police: Dad Tried To Run Wife, Kids Off Road
HILLS, Iowa —
An eastern Iowa man faces four charges, accused of trying to run his wife off a road as she tried to drive herself and their children away from him to safety.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that 29-year-old Brian Laschke, of Hills, is charged with four misdemeanors, including domestic abuse assault with intent, and child endangerment, no injury.
Iowa City police say Laschke and his wife got into an argument on March 17. She put their children in a vehicle and started driving to Iowa City to stay with relatives.
But, police say, Laschke chased her vehicle and tried to run it off the road.
A Johnson County jailer said Laschke remained in custody on Friday, pending $30,000 bail. Online court records don't list his attorney's name.


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An interesting AP story hit the Internet this afternoon...
"The FBI has arrested 10 people for allegedly serving for years as secret agents of Russia's intelligence organ, the SVR, with the goal of penetrating U.S. government policymaking circles.
"According to court papers unsealed Monday, the FBI intercepted a message from SVR headquarters, Moscow Center, to two of the defendants describing their main mission as "to search and develop ties in policymaking circles in US." Intercepted messages showed they were asked to learn about a broad swath of topics including nuclear weapons, U.S. arms control positions, Iran, White House rumors, CIA leadership turnover, the last presidential election, the Congress and political parties.
"After a secret multiyear investigation, the Justice Department announced the arrests Monday in a blockbuster spy case that could rival the capture of Soviet Col. Rudolf Abel in 1957 in New York."To read the entire story click Here to be transported to ABC News.


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Well we began in a briefing room, with the heads of both armies. They gave us the choice of work for us and die in secret, or don't and die in the multitudes of other warriors on the front lines.
We took the secret one and were ported to the desert just south of Cairo Egypt. We got a hummer to start working with some well placed lightning and a boot to the grill. We started making our way north and come across a road block set up by Pestilence's army. It consisted of two arms-men and a magic wielding guy. We get out of our car with the intention of talking our way past the guards, then the shaman looses lightning into the foremost guard. Combat breaks out and there are two people that were stealthed behind the road block. We emerge from our scrap triumphant, barely together in some of our cases but triumphant nonetheless. Then we set our eyes on Cairo