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The Brisbane Broncos are in yet another Queensland derby. Following their loss to little brother, North Queensland, last Friday, they come up against baby brother, the Gold Coast Titans, . The Titans themselves are also coming off a loss, getting pummelled by South Sydney last Saturday at home. But with both in very similar form, this one might just go down to the wire.
The Broncos are on the cusp on creating a winning formula. They just have to play for 80 minutes. They either peak too early or too late. They let the opposition get too far out in front and just can't quite haul them in. Or they get to a comfortable lead and take their foot off the pedal, losing the game in the dying seconds. It's heartbreak either way and must be frustrating for Broncos fans. Ben Hannant returns on the bench, with Jarrod Wallace replacing Martin Kennedy in the starting side. Todd Lowrie keeps his spot in the 17 with Jake Granville 18th man.
You can't say the Titans didn't give it their all last week. When South Sydney produces probably the best half of football by any team this year, it's hard to gain any momentum. To put even three tries on them is a victory in itself. But they will miss enforcer Greg Bird. After a successful appeal, his suspension for a lifting tackle has been reduced to two weeks. He'll sit out this match and Origin 1. Luke Bailey starts at prop for Ryan James, Paul Carter replaces Matt Srama on the bench and Mark Minichiello is in the back row to cover for Bird. Matt White and Cody Nelson have been added to the bench, with Mark Ioane 18th man.
Both teams have been solid without being spectacular over the opening rounds. Given the results of recent weeks, a field goal may just settle this one.
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Fire Commissioner Minutes December 11, 2017
Regular Commissioner Meeting
(minutes pending approval)
December 11, 2017
Commissioner Chip Bogosian, Chairman, called the Regular Fire Commissioners meeting to order at 7:00PM.
Present: Commissioners Bogosian, Murphy, and Margeson, Chief G. Francis, Mechanic L. Pyke, F, Treasurer Davelaar, Secretary Kankaala
Community Member: Frank Crawford, Matt Enos
The minutes of November 13, 2017 were unanimously approved.
Treasurer's Report: Beginning December Operating Fund cash balance was $72,400.44. Beginning December General Investment Fund balance was $11,469.26. Beginning December Capital Fund cash balance was $72,844.83. Beginning December Capital Investment Fund balance was $32,402.28. Grand total is $189,116.37. November expenses were $9,914.75, payroll was $2,795.00, and FF stipends for November were $1,004.00 for a grand total of $13,713.75 in November expenditures. November revenue included $15,613.96 in taxes collected, $10.53 in interest, and $12.83 in timber excise.
Open: The holiday Christmas party for next year has been scheduled for December 1, 2018 at the Guemes Island Church.
Chief's Report: See attached report for a list of drills and responses. In regards to the Automatic Aid Agreement with Anacortes- in the event of a fire call, Anacortes will dispatch one pumper and one Battalion Chief to the incident. Per the agreement and when appropriate, GIFD will respond to an incident with 1717, the rescue boat, or 1716, the tender, to assist Anacortes. GIFD has the discretion of not responding if it leaves the island uncovered. Anacortes also has the same discretion when responding to a mutual aid to Guemes Island. GIFD's minimum response team would be two responders and 1716, or two responders and 1717. Anacortes expects GIFD to respond more with 1717, than with 1716. In regards to the annual Holiday Dinner, Chief Francis noted that putting on the dinner has become more expensive. Chief Francis would like to double the budget from $150 to $300. The budget for the Holiday Dinner is used to purchase the main course and supply party decorations. Commissioner Murphy motioned to increase the holiday dinner to $300, and Commissioner Margeson seconded. This will be resolution 387.
Old Business: Succession Planning for GIFD command will be discussed during the Officer's meeting January 15, 2018.
New Business: Commissioner Bogosian thanked everyone for all of their service during his time as Commissioner. NFPA guidelines state that tires on all fire apparatus should be replaced every seven years, or sooner. Chief Francis is in the process of obtaining quotes from multiple vendors for those rigs needing tire replacement. Bids will be brought to the commissioners at a future for their approval.
The Commissioners reviewed the invoices from November 11, 2017 to December 8, 2017 and approved invoices in the amount of $9,914.75 and payroll of $2,795.00 for a total of $12,709.75
The next regular meeting will be January 8 , 2018 at 7:00 PM in the Fire Hall.
The meeting adjourned at 7:35 PM.
Submitted by Eric Kankaala, Secretary
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England Under-18 host Scotland Under-18 on Thursday 12th April, 2012, with kickoff at 20:05. This match is currently being shown LIVE on Sky Sports 2.
Tonight sees a rare appearance on TV for the England under schoolboys, in the Centenary Shield, and they meet Scotland at what used to be St James Park. So far the young Lions have won one and lost one, but the away loss to Wales won't have worried the coaches that much given the reaction the players produced in Northern Ireland. A 4-1 win there will have given the players a bit of confidence, and the Scots are their next target.
The away team are a point above their hosts, but have played one more match, so the pressure is on the Scots as much as England.
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Non-canonical autophagy LAPs lupus.
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Reference: Simon, AK and Clarke, AJ, (2016). Non-canonical autophagy LAPs lupus. Cell Death and Differentiation.Citable link to this page:
Non-canonical autophagy LAPs lupus.
Abstract: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease whose central pathology is the recognition of, and reaction against, nuclear self-antigens by the immune system. This leads to type I interferon signalling, and the production of pathogenic auto-antibodies, which mediates much of the disease. The clinical consequences of the autoimmune response can be severe – common manifestations include rash, renal inflammation progressing to kidney failure, and neuropsychiatric involvement. The prevalence of SLE is approximately 0.1% – but why is it not much higher, given that many billions of cells die each day as part of normal tissue homeostasis? In the 5th May issue of Nature, Martinez et al.1 provide a new insight into how these apoptotic cell corpses are removed before they can incite an inflammatory response.Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells is performed by macrophages and immature dendritic cells, and it is known that genetic variants affecting components of this process (e.g., ITGAM2) can predispose to SLE. Similarly, deletion of many of the genes required for phagocytosis of apoptotic cells leads to a lupus-like disease in mice.3 Genome-wide association studies have consistently highlighted autophagy genes as risk loci in lupus,4 and Martinez et al. now show that one potential mechanism for this link is that a non-canonical form of autophagy, known as LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP), is required for effective clearance of apoptotic cells (Figure 1).
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Democratic Reps Boycott Moment of Silence for Las Vegas Victims
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Amid unconfirmed reports that Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock videotaped himself murdering dozens of people, new recordings emerged of the interior of his hotel suite.
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Sirius in his new red hoodie. I love Webkinz so much.
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My mother's pegasus. She bought her the angel suit.
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The stash. Also titled "Liz = Winner".
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93/111 - Neverland by Simon Crump
The book's tagline is 'the unreal Michael Jackson story', and so I had assumed it would be some sort of satirical take on his life, or maybe even at least have some sort of narrative structure. Unfortunately not. The book seems to consist of a patchwork of fragments, and I've no idea whether they are supposed to be linked in any way. Some of them do appear to be linked, for example a series of snippets between Michael Jackson and Uri Geller (who I take it were friends while MJ was still alive).
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He started Melvin Bratton, and the running back responded with three touchdowns and 105 yards rushing on 10 carries.
He used flanker Mike Irvin as the big-play, third-down receiver. He caught six passes for 101 yards.
He was a big reason Heisman Trophy hopeful quarterback Vinny Testaverde finished his season-opening performance completing 17 of 30 passes for 231 yards and one touchdown.


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There's a lot of different ways you can have success investing, and sometimes you just need a fresh perspective on how to do it. But the best way to get to your financial goals through investing is to go at for the long-term as opposed to trying to just land one or two big trades in order to get rich. Helping people understand this aspect of investing is what former bank manager Igor Cornelsen does. Cornelsen has years of experience in both stock trading and investing as well as alternative funds and foreign exchange trading. He sometimes gives tips to news networks on what investors should rely on to be successful. Some of them include looking for new stocks or finding damaged stocks from reputable companies. Read more at wikidot.com to know more about Igor Cornelsen
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Igor Cornelsen says since the departure of former President Dilma Rousef and the policies of Finance Minister Joaqim Levy have taken hold, the opportunity is looking better for people to invest in Brazilian securities. But there will be government regulations they have to look out for that could affect investments. Cornelsen says investors need to familiarize themselves with Brazil's banks and their policies to get an idea of what investing will look like.
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A person's home is his castle. It is the place where he feels safe, and the place where he grounds his personal life. In Arizona, people make homes in large suburban single family houses, small city-based condos, and properties of every shape and size between.
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Don't fuck with someone who was there from the start! Sano Mitsuo sighed in depression. Helping his best friends with their vendetta had taken him down roads best never walked.
When he had a high schooler framed and expelled from her school her guardian finally popped up like a toad from a boiling pond. All a matter of how to smoke people out. Now that retard tried making trouble instead of go down and disintegrate like a good kid. Only after the loss his mother's hospital care and Mitsuo making sure the wife got fired from her job for stealing, did the man understand what kind of opponent Mitsuo was.
Still, didn't expect her to take her life as well. Bah, shit happens.
Mitsuo knew rumours were spreading. He did the spreading after all, but the last week rumours of a digital bakemono making their way to him weren't his, and Mitsuo wondered who the hell were digging up shit on his targets behind his back.
His father's teachings worked for the dirty job he was doing now, but repressive suppression methods from early Showa just weren't applicable on-line.
And someone did anyway. Who the hell are you? He sighed again. I'm too old for this shit. Damn, I'm twice too old!
Contacts from organised crime refused to talk to him over the phone. A friend of his as well as a mole flat out told him to get his arse to Osaka if he wanted to talk banking frauds and refused to continue the email conversation.
The last day or two Mitsuo's suspicions grew. One out of two. If the boyfriend, then a major pain in the arse, admittedly a damn skilled pain. That was the good option.
If it was his granddaughter, if it was Tina, then it was time to get the hell out of the area. From what he read in her eyes Mitsuo knew you didn't end up sorry if you stood in her way; you ended up dead. She was his relative through and through. She was also the only person he knew who scared him.
A phone-call to his friends revealed that they were absolutely clueless. The Wakayamas were as ruthless as naive. One of the reasons Mitsuo loved them so much.
What do I do? That Ulf kid didn't scare him. He could probably be talked with, even included for mutual benefit, but Tina. If it was Tina he could end up dead before she even knew.
Unbeknownst to either of the latest arrivals Mitsuo had milked Ashiga James for as much information as possible. Mitsuo never expected to stay in Tokyo for a second evening, but when it came to Christina Agerman, The Billion Dollar Empress, there was no end to the stories. She was a long way removed from the Princess of Scandinavia, and Mitsuo wondered what had turned her into a monster.
He knew, that she knew, that both of them knew, that you couldn't feign innocence and lack of knowledge. Chag was her personal beast, and Chag ate people all over the world.
A doctorate in history, it turned out, was a highly efficient vessel for memorising and classifying data pertaining to society. In fact Ashiga James was a goldmine when it came to anything relating to the upstream world before he arrived here.
I have to risk it.
Mitsuo's next target was a businessman. He had two sons, and the younger could be tied tighter to the yakuza, if Mitsuo paid the right kind of people some money. Nothing much. What Mitsuo wanted was for the business to get associated with organised crime. The kid could just lie down and die for all he cared.
I don't think Natsumi and Tadao would agree, but you both knew I was broken from the beginning. Mitsuo shook his head. And you still called me to fight your war? What am I getting myself into? Anything bad enough for his two friends to give up their decency had to be disgustingly bad. I hope you'll be able to live on when it clings to you. This kind of dirt can never be washed away.
Oh well, I need to know. He prayed he had guessed right and sent Ulf Hammargren an email. After that it was time to hang enough shit around the throat of an eighteen year old child to make sure he wouldn't be accepted at university. Nothing less would make his father budge.
And I'm one of the good guys? Sheesh, where did the world go wrong? Grinning more honestly now Mitsuo rang a contact of his, who didn't know exactly where he was going to be hit by a drunk motorcyclist. After the accident Mitsuo wasn't needed any longer. The former athlete knew how to spin a web of lies well enough without any instructions.
There was a response to his email. Yes! Thank all gods!
Would the kid be interested in cooperation?
Yes, but what was in it for him?
No, he made enough of those. Names and places.
What the hell? They were hunting the same people. Or almost the same people. Difference being Ulf didn't want anyone killed, and Mitsuo didn't need a naive kid to tell him how to solve a problem.
And then, very suddenly, Mitsuo found out there were two persons in the world who scared him. In less than ten minutes he had no working phone, no assets in the bank, and a paper delivered to where he was walking, by means of a taxi, told him in no uncertain terms what would happen to his ownership of that spa south of Ise if even one more person died.
Sano Mitsuo, almost a hundred years old subjectively and forty objectively, grinned like a retarded teenager when his telephone came alive again. Hell yeah! Whenever you want to marry Tina, just say the word and I'll walk her down the aisle.
Guts and integrity. What was there not to like? Never before had anyone dared to bring down the hammer of doom on his head without a moment of hesitation. Natsumi eventually did, but Mitsuo was certain there had been quite some deliberations before.
I had forgotten how much more fun it is with new arrivals. Fine Ulf, I'll deliver them by their balls. Alive, but by their balls.


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What is jazz?
The jazz, is one of the most famous musical rhythms and loved by the music-loving public. It is characterized by improvisation. Contrary to what one might think, this improvisation is not completely free, but it splits with some melodic basis suggested by the work that is playing.
What makes jazz, a musical rhythm, where musicians, to be applauded. As well as the performer, who plays a fundamental role in the development of the creation of the subject. Since these are recreating the subject, whenever it is interpreted. Due to these factors, the jazz is quite dissimilar remaining musical rhythms that exist. It is, therefore, that many fans of jazz, are people who know enough music. Which appreciate the quality of the musicians and of the interpreter.
Now, in terms of the admired and exclusive sound of jazz, due in large part, that in the, including multiple rhythms, as the syncopations and blue notes.
Therefore, it is rhythm that can be perceived, is the most complete subjectivity of the listener. Given this, it is that many people talk about that jazz has a swing. It is not more than the word, employed by the Auditors, to express that part of jazz are listening to has good rhythm.
The classical instruments associated with this musical current are saxophone, the trumpet, the piano and double bass, although of course jazz is not limited to these instruments in particular, as in the case of Jean Luc Ponty with his electric violin. The important jazz saxophonists include Charlie Parker, an icon, John Coltrane and Stan Getz. The trumpeters include the legendary Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis. Some Jazz pianists known are Duke Ellington, Chick Korea and Fats Waller, one of the great pianists in the history of jazz. Among the singers we can mention Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and George Benson.
In terms of the history of jazz, it may be mentioned, that its roots are in the United States. It was in that country, in the mid-19th century, which merged several factors, to the creation of jazz. Among them we find the musical rhythms native (the native Americans), Africans and Europeans.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
The Word-of-Mouth Phenomenon Is Working
By Tom J. Kennedy
SDI (Self Directed Income) entrepreneurs have identified the word-of-mouth phenomenon as the optimal strategy to share information about their selected products and/or services. The Direct Selling Association http://www.dsa.org reports that approximately 15 million Americans are enrolled as SDI entrepreneurs marketing their favourite products and/or services.
Since Canada has about one tenth of the population of the United States of America, we can assume that there are a minimum of 1.5 million Canadians who are enrolled as SDI entrepreneurs. That is a total of 16.5 million SDI entrepreneurs in North America who are networking and sharing information about their favourite products and/or services with families, friends, neighbours and working colleagues etc. In turn, a high percentage of these SDI entrepreneurs pass along the information to others and this is the essence of the word-of-mouth phenomenon as it applies to the SDI industry.
Andy Sernovitz writes in his book, Word of Mouth Marketing: "When people trust you, they are willing to put their words on the line for you. Please them, inspire them, and they'll bring their friends to you. Word-of-mouth marketing works for any size business. You don't need to have a hot website, to be in a sexy industry or to have a cool, new technology. You can make it work for a single store with no advertising budget. You just have to give people something to talk about."
The word-of-mouth phenomenon works optimally within the SDI industry simply because people like to tell stories about their favourite products and/or services. Since SDI entrepreneurs market these products and/or services, they earn respectable commissions when a consumer purchases any product or service from them. This is a unique and appealing aspect of the SDI industry, for as we know we do not earn such commissions when we apply the word-of-mouth phenomenon to the movie industry, the restaurant industry, the franchise industry or the retail industry involving big box stores as owned and operated by the major transnational corporations.
The growing number of online, social networks like Facebook, MySpace, Ning, Twitter, etc. are advancing the word-of-mouth phenomenon to ever-evolving levels as we progress into this 21st Century. According to Andy Sernovitz, about 20 percent of word-of-mouth marketing currently happens online, and this percentage is likely to keep increasing. The remaining 80 percent of word-of-mouth marketing is comprised of face-to-face conversations.
It is noteworthy that a survey by emarketer http://www.emarketer.com reveals that approximately 53 percent of online traffic is initiated by family members and/or friends who share links to recommended websites.
Indeed, the combination of face-to-face and online communication is causing the word-of-mouth phenomenon to create annual sales of more than $30 billion. Yes, the word-of-mouth phenomenon does impact the bottom line of millions of SDI entrepreneurs who are dedicated to spreading the good news about the selected lines of products and/or services that they are excited about.
Permit me to share the good news about the products and/or services that I have selected for my personal, SDI Portfolio by reading the article "An SDI Backgrounder and Unique and Timely SDI Opportunities" (see the link below) and clicking on the various links about products for more information.
At your request, I will answer any questions and offer you any of my selected products for your consumption. Should you wish to add a particular opportunity to your SDI Portfolio, I promise whatever support that I can offer as well as additional support from my team of SDI entrepreneurs. Please forward any emails to: firstname.lastname@example.com with "SDI products/services" in the Subject line.
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By Chef Charlie Kleinman
Four pounds of foie gras. That, according to the best estimates of the three of us (all chefs with ample experience working with foie) is how much we consumed of the lipidinous substance in our two-hour dinner at Au Pied De Cochon. Certainly after a goring like that we would stop our binge eating and find the nearest salad to try and correct our dangerously high cholesterol levels. Well, maybe if we were normal people. But we are not. We are chefs, a different breed, and we were determined to eat all we could after years and years of staff meals that left us (not quite) satiated.
I am a New Yorker, and count myself as one of the chosen people, not only as it applies to my religion, but perhaps more importantly as it applies to my bagel eating. You see, bagels really are better in New York, and yes I really do believe it is our water (that and a little bit of our superior attitude as well). So imagine my surprise when a trip to Maison du Bagel (263 St. Viateur Ouest, Montreal, 514-276-8044), the bagel shop in Montreal that some people claim rivals any New York bagel, actually left me satisfied.
These bagels are good, really good even, but they are still not as good as the best New York City has to offer--give me Columbia Hot Bagels or H&H any day. That said, these bagels are excellent and different than anything found in the U.S. For one thing, they are cooked in a wood-fired oven, which gives them a smoky and rich flavor not often associated with the bagels of my youth. They are also a little flatter than what I am used to, which helped save them from the cottony texture that plagues the impostor bagels across this country. Their texture was an excellent blend of crispy and chewy, and the bagel had just enough malty sugar mixed in with salty topping to officially make it the best bagel I have ever had outside of New York.
The trip to Maison du Bagel satisfied my intellectual quest for finding the best of the best in culinary delights, but our next stop would be purely visceral. We were on a daytrip to Quebec City, that capital of French-speaking Canada, and one of the most beautiful cities in North America. This walled city surrounded by cannons and gun turrets is the fastest and cheapest way to feel like you are in a European medieval city that I know of. On every corner is another bistro that looks warm and inviting, offering classics such as steak frites and tartare.
However, we didn't go to Quebec to mess around with any of that frou-frou. We were here to eat poutine, the uniquely French-Canadian food that is an ambrosial blend of crispy French fries, meaty gravy, and squeaky cheese curd. (Yes I described the cheese curd as squeaky, and I challenge you to find a better word to describe this pleasant yet slightly foreign texture and flavor.)
There are a myriad of places where one can enjoy this treat, but after much research, we chose Chez Ashton (54 Cote Du Palais, Quebec City, QE, 418-692-3055). This chain of fast food restaurants has the look and feel of a McDonald's, and the added bonus of employing a cashier who made us feel as if we had walked in to the Canadian remake of Clerks. We all ordered the poutine avec saucisson, or poutine with hot dogs for the less sophisticated of you out there.
How to describe this treat? Ethereal? Subtle? No. How about stick-to-your-ribs, make-you-want-to-take-a-nap, no-need-to-eat-again-for-the-rest of-the-day good. I'm glad we did this, and am relieved that I won't have to eat it again for a while since I'm not sure my system could take it.
While we had a blast in Montreal and Quebec City, we were excited to move on to Toronto for the next stage in our trip. There were many reasons we were looking forward to Toronto. The Hockey Hall of Fame (okay that was just me), Wayne Gretzky's restaurant (okay, again just me), and last but not the least of all, Susur (601 King Street West, Toronto, OT, 416-504-7886). We had all wanted to visit Susur Lee's eponymous restaurant for as long as we knew about it, and this reservation had been burning a whole in our itinerary for over a week now.
That said, how can I best describe our experience after weeks of great food? I guess Susur would have to be categorized somewhere in between disappointing and criminal. It is one thing to leave a meal you simply didn't like, and quite another to feel like you had been held up at dinner. Nothing was done correctly here. The service was inattentive and awful. The wine was overpriced and did not deliver on its promise. But the food, the reason we had visited this restaurant, nay, this city? Under seasoned, poorly delivered, uninspiring, and well, lets just leave it at that. Let's move on to happier meals.
This was not hard to do as we had one more stop on our tour before arriving back in New York City. We woke up bright and early to make our last trip to Buffalo. That's right, you read it correctly. Buffalo was the next stop on our road trip for two reasons. First of all, we had to drop chef pal Ryan Farr off at the airport, but more importantly, we needed to see the culinary mecca, the place in which my favorite food was invented, and hopefully still executed in its truest form.
The place was the Anchor Bar (1047 Main St. Buffalo, 716-886-8920), and the food is, as some of you may have guessed, Buffalo wings. The wings delivered. The three of us polished off a heaping pile of these wings with such alacrity that we were ready to head to Nathan's and challenge Kobayashi to a hotdog-eating contest. These spicy, salty, and crispy fried treats were the only positive thing about Buffalo so far as we could tell, so we made haste back to NYC and the end of our culinary adventures.
With 15 days of eating and drinking under my belt, there are quite a few things I have learned. For one, there is just simply not enough room on tablehopper to tell you about every meal. The casualties of this limitation include (but are not limited to) Sri Pa Pai, an amazing Thai restaurant in Queens, New York, and Shake Shack has one of the best burgers I have yet to taste. I am sure many of you who are a wee bit jealous of this trip may be happy to find out that I have wrecked my stomach to the point where I get heartburn after almost every meal. That said, I will carry on, but might for the time being try and change my focus back to feeding people, and away from feeding myself.
Thank you, Marcia, for a forum to share tales of my gluttony. Let me know the next time you need someone to help you out with your dirty work.
On the Road with with Chefs Charlie Kleinman, Jake Des Voignes, and Ryan Farr (Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Buffalo, and New York)
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Making a Two Part Mold for Casting
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As promised, I am going to show you one way I make molds. There are so many different ways to make molds, but generally the principal remains the same. Mostly it is the choice of materials that constantly changes depending on what your master is fabricated from. Sometimes a master mold will need to be flexible. Other times it needs to be rigid or semi flexible.
When I first go to make a mold of an object, the first thing I have to consider is the general plane orientation of the sculpted piece. For example, if I have a humanoid with protruding limbs, I would divide the piece into separate planes. Usually this means molding the body in pieces; having a leg that is bent from the primary body plane cast separate, or weapons, or arms…etc. Sometimes this means your figure will be cast in as many as 4 - 5 pieces. Don't worry about how many pieces you need to cast, because multiple pieces does not really add any time to the final casting production process; since everything is usually cast in one shot using the same pour.
The next thing I have to consider is what my master is fabricated from. Can the master be heated or does it have to remain cool to prevent it from melting? Is the master soft or rigid? Will the master dissolve in water or oils? As I said above, the principals of molding remain the same, but the materials used to do it will change depending on how you answer these questions. Sometimes I make molds that are rigid on both sides and are made from the same material that is being poured into them to make a cast! Many times I make molds that are rigid on one side and flexible on the other. It all depends on how your master is shaped, what it is made of, what you want your finished product to be cast from…etc.
Don't let cost scare you away from making molds at home! I'm going to show you a way to make molds for around a couple bucks using household items. Yes, the 'ghetto' way! You will be astounded when you see that the detail produced from hand casts is far better than most of the mass produced plastic gaming products.
So here we go (photo 1 shows what we will be making):
Not too long ago, I decided that I wanted to make a set of wands for a figure. I wanted my masters to look as realistic as possible, so my choice of materials is going to be natural objects. I went on a walk and found some interesting sticks and picked up a couple of quartz crystals off the ground (yes, where I live, there are places you can just pick crystals off the ground…lol). I superglued the crystals to the sticks. Next I wanted the wands to be able to swivel in the hand of my LEGO figure so I found some appropriate sized beads and glued them to the opposite end. Now I have my set of three wands; one plain one, and two with crystals at the end (photo 2). It is time to mold them so I can have multiple colors to choose from and play with. Yay!
I know that my masters can withstand heat, so this means I can make my mold using material like Sculpey III and hot glue. I chose to use Sculpey III because after it is baked, it has a minute flexible quality that will help assist in removing the master. I chose to use hot glue gun material for the top because it provides even more flexibility yet still retains its rigid casting shape. Because one will melt easily with heat, and the other will not, I have to make the mold so that the hot glue side is fabricated last.
First I coated my masters in vegetable oil so they would release from the mold easily (photo 3). Too much oil will lessen detail or dissolve the material (depending on what material you are using) so I use caution here. I flattened a piece of Sculpey to about 1/8 inch thick (photo 4), then I gently pressed the masters into the clay to their midpoint (photo 5). This midpoint is going to be the planned seam for the mold. Next I have to compress and push the clay against the masters because when I pressed them in, it created a tiny rounded curve that did not terminate sharply where the seam line is going to be (photo 6). I do this with a toothpic that has been shaped like a flat screwdriver. When I do this, it leaves lots of tool marks in the clay. For easier mold cleanup, I smooth out all these tool marks with the rounded end of a paint brush (photo 7). I then need to make sure that there are some alignment points on the mold so that when the two sides are put together they mate perfectly without an offset seam. I make those points by simply pressing the rounded end of a paintbrush into the clay in 3 places (photo 8).
(In my next post I will continue.)
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Posted: 22 January 2012 10:11 AM
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Nice one
You make it look simple..I´m really bad at making molds
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TY Paul. Yes, some of the ways I mold things are very hard. This method I would rate about a 6.5 on a scale from 1-10 for difficulty. The hardest part comes next:
(For some reason, the pics are out of order here; so you will need to hoover over them to see what number they are.)
I trim the mold so I do not waste unused Sculpey, making sure to leave just enough room for attaching a clay dam around the piece (photo 9). Then I bake it. After it is done baking and cooled, I paint the sides and surface of the mold with vegetable oil being careful not to get too much oil on the masters that were already coated. (I forgot to take a picture of that step to show, but if I forget the oil, I will probably end up destroying the mold trying to separate it later.) I roll a piece of general sculpting clay (the generic kind that never hardens), and form a dam that is about 1/4 inch high (photo 10). The generic sculpting clay is an oil base product that does not harden with heat, so I keep in mind that it can not withstand high temperature long before it turns to mush. Here is the hard part: I need to inject hot glue from a typical glue gun onto the masters, and I need to do it quickly. I absolutely do NOT want to do this if I think there is any moisture or water in my masters because it will cause boiling bubbles in the hot glue and that will mess up everything. I also need to inject it on every part of EACH master. What this means is that I have to hold the nozzle and trace around the masters creating a positive pressure flow using the glue gun trigger. If I notice any bubbles in contact with the master (one is able to see through the glue), I have to move the nozzle back and inject that location again until the bubble moves away from that critical surface. With this in mind, I inject quickly, check for bubbles, reinject if needed, and make sure my glue gun tip does not come into contact with the clay dam (because it will liquify the dam and make a mess). I make sure to fill the area up with enough hot glue to make a nice flat surface at the top of the dam (photos 11 and 12). LOL…. hurry and stick this in the freezer before the dam melts.
I don't actually want to leave my mold in the freezer very long. All the freezer is intended for is to quickly harden the dam and cool off the hot glue. Once this is done, and I can no longer feel warmth in the middle of the mold, I begin to peel off the clay dam. This clay tends to stick well to the glue so often times I use my fingernail to scrape it out of the hot glue surface.
Now it is time to separate the mold parts. I make sure that the mold is back to room temperature or even a little warm from the heat of holding it in my hand. This makes flexing the sides easier. Since the glue side has more flexibility than the Sculpey side, I peel it away first, leaving the masters attached in the Sculpey. When the glue side is off, I flex the Sculpey to gently remove the masters without breaking them.
What I am left with are two sides of the mold, and they are dirty with generic clay around the surfaces. The clay is oil base and will NOT come off with water. I have a general rule when I make a mold like this to Never try and clean a mold with soap and water. I use vegetable oil and a toothbrush to scrub them up. Then I rinse them off with water; never soap. I dry the mold pieces off with a hand towel (the type found in a bathroom; not a kitchen). The hand towel can be pushed into the mold to soak up any thick oil that is left in it.
I end up with a nice mold for casting (photo 13).
Note that not all oils are the same, and some oils will even eat up your Sculpey or hot glue material. Generally when I use oil for making molds it is generic vegetable oil found in the grocery store. That oil is usually safe for what I have described here, and is made up of a combination of about 4 common oils. When I show you casting with this mold in the next section, this concept will become most important; but for now I use an oiled cloth and clean up my glue gun with it before it is unplugged. It makes it look like new ...lol ... The one in the pic is 25 years old.
(In my next post I will show you how I cast with this mold.)
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One of my favorite casting materials is 5 minute epoxy. In recent years, casting with epoxy has become much harder because the manufacturers keep making it better and better….lol. In other words they are making it so that it cuts through grease like a detergent. For molding purposes, this is not good because it means that generic vegetable oil can no longer be used as a mold release. I found that the oil from peanut butter CAN though (at least until they make it better). No need to make a special trip to get oil, just pull the peanut butter out of the cupboard and dip your application brush into the oil that has collected on the top. You only need a little bit. In the example below, I'm using Gorilla 5 minute epoxy.
I coat my mold with peanut butter oil all over, top, side, and bottom (photo 1). Then I wipe it down with a hand towel (photo 2). I pat it down well and make sure there are no puddles in the molding area (photo 3).
I choose some craft paints that I think might look good as a pigment and begin to blend them with the epoxy (photo 4). Sometimes I try to get fancy and do multiple color castings. I apply the first color (photo 5). Then I apply the second (photo 6). Looks pretty sloppy, doesn't it? lol Trying to mix fast, apply epoxy, AND take pictures is not as easy as one might think. Anyway, when the mold is squished together, it will push out the excess (photo 7).
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Casting (continued)
I let the casting sit for about 15 - 20 minutes before trying to separate it (photo 1). Even though this is 5 minute epoxy, if I try to separate it early, it will rip the casting. (I make sure to pull them apart before an hour or two passes, or I will have a hard time cleaning up the mold.)
I was actually able to make 4 master molds of each wand before the little pieces of wood shattered while extracting them. This means I can form an assembly line of molds and do multiple castings in the same sitting (photo 2). Whooot! check out the center ones of this batch (photo 3).
I will let these set for a few days, then trim them up when the epoxy has had a chance to harden.
(That is just one way I make molds and do castings. In the future, I plan on sharing some others. Thanks for reading this… now SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN DO! I am anxious to see what others are making!)
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I trimmed and washed some of them up. They look nice. The detail in the wood is great (photos 1 and 2).
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One beauty after the other, the best cars, the most stylish suits, race horses, a sprawling farmhouse, and the suavest manner you've ever seen in a Hindi film star — Feroz Khan lived the kind of life that most men dream of but few can gather the flamboyance to carry off writes Shashi Baliga.entertainment Updated: Apr 28, 2009 01:37 IST
One beautiful woman after the other, the best cars, the most stylish suits, race horses, a sprawling farmhouse, and the suavest manner you've ever seen in a Hindi film star — Feroz Khan lived the kind of life that most men dream of but few can gather the flamboyance to carry off.
What made this Khan's style irresistible was the fact that it was not derived from his expensive clothes and cars or his ultra-luxe lifestyle; it was part of his DNA. You could no more separate the style from the man than you could the Scotch from his drink. Moreover, his graciousness was not selective; he knew how to treat a lady and every woman — whether she was a receptionist, a junior artiste, an usher at an awards function or a superstar — was greeted with the same gallantry.
It was part of his Pathan makeup, he declared; he was immensely proud of his ancestry, though he grew up in rather more sedate Bangalore. His Pathan blood showed up unmistakably onscreen too, in the languid yet macho grace of his screen persona and the testosterone-driven films he chose to make, full of action, horses, flashy sports cars and beautiful women.
His Qurbani (1980) is a landmark in Hindi cinema; it was the first time Hollywood-style gloss was used in a Hindi film to such remarkable effect. He gave his film a slick storyline with amoral streaks, he made his heroine a cabaret singer, he got a young Pakistani singer, Nazia Hassan, to sing 'Aap Jaisa Koi', he happily bashed up a brand new Mercedes Benz for an action sequence (all of which would be newsworthy even today). Qurbani became the biggest hit of his career and the film that best defined him.
In any case, Khan rarely went by the formula (on screen or off it). While other filmmakers trotted off to Switzerland and Kashmir (and still do), he chose to go to rugged Afghanistan for Dharmatma way back in 1975. (Over three decades later, in 2006, when Kabir Khan set his Kabul Express there, it was considered an offbeat location).
His passion for racing showed up in films like Apradh (1972) and Janasheen (2003); his appreciation of the female form meant that his heroines always looked good. He liked to put his leading ladies, from Mumtaz to Celina Jaitley in bikinis, but shot them so tastefully that no one complained.
In personal life, after his divorce from wife Sundari, he preferred 'em young and flaunted them too.
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My name is Tim H. and I am 43 years old, the father of three wonderful daughters, ages 5, 5, and 7, as well as a husband to a great and supportive wife. My occupation is a web/application developer and up until recently I was very dissatisfied with my health and physique.
Before my wife and I started our family, I played a lot of indoor/outdoor volleyball. I was part of a league and participated in games a few times a week year-round, as well as tournaments on weekends during the indoor season. During that time I was generally active and felt relatively satisfied with my physique.
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My weight issue was never a vanity thing. I don't focus on what others might think of me. It was about the fact that I was not feeling comfortable in my own skin — literally. I had excess body fat and reminders of it came on a daily basis. I would graze my belly when closing a car door, I felt my fat when driving down a bumpy road, I would catch a glimpse of my profile while sitting down, or just having to catch my breath at the top of a few flights of stairs. These were only a handful of the constant daily reminders.
I kept making all sorts of promises to myself, and made pledges to start eating better, to workout more, to start running, and join a gym. I DID all of these things and I did them often, but only for small stints at a time. I lacked dedication and consistency and certainly had no accountability. I continued making every excuse in the book to justify my lack of success in my attempts at getting in shape.
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That day, I made the commitment to join FXB and I could not wait for the 10-week session to begin. Like many others who joined the program, my first few weeks during the 10-week session were tough. I also found that the nutrition changes took mental fortitude but my wife also saw the potential of this program and backed me 100%. Though we've always focused on healthy eating with our kids, my wife, Ann, fine-tuned our meals to align more with the Farrell's nutrition program. She helped keep me honest about my portion sizes and helped me through my previous snacking habits. She has been on board with this since day one with her support and I owe most of my nutrition success to her as well as my coach, Brandon Meade.
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The Saturday night of the bike ride, my fellow bike riders and I were happy to have the first 75 miles on the books. We were sitting around nursing our sore muscles and chatting when my location manager Brian called my cell from the graduation party. He informed me that I had won the Oakdale $1,000 10-week challenge for males. I was humbled as I heard the cheers in the background and almost lost my composure. The support system and culture that Farrell's offers is part of the reason I know it will continue to remain successful for many others on their transformation journeys. Knowing what we've all put ourselves through and feeling the support of fellow members is what kept me going and what factored into my decision to continue as a FIT member.
I didn't expect this to be the vehicle that would take me out of my series of empty promises, hollow justifications and weak excuses. I didn't expect it to be as fun as it has been. I didn't expect to learn so much about myself and what I'm capable of. I am very grateful for my friends that introduced me to Farrell's, for the Farrell's program, for my instructors, coaches, and all of my workout peers. $1,000 dollars or not, I feel that I've most certainly won.
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There are a lot of games out there that people would love to engage in after a long day at work, for, at the end of the day, anyone would love to play a game where they will have to dice for a prize. There are a lot of such games on the internet that such people will be able to delve into and everything that you will need in order to do so, will be a good internet connection and some time. When it comes to the age that is required for such a game, you will not have to be worried in regards to it, as many people of many ages can play such a game without any problems. The rules are easy to understand and on top of that, playing the game is just sheer pleasure.
The fact that you will dice for a prize will certainly make you remember some old memories when you would play similar games with your friends in childhood. It is just game that is interactive fun to play and has a good dose of suspense to it. Given the fact that you will need to use a pair of dice to play it, it will be an experience that will be utterly based on your luck. Soon, you will most certainly get to have some people surrounding you and cheering for the winner, whoever that might be.
When it comes to the origins of such games, they date back thousands of years ago. People in the past used to play these games to have a lot of fun and massive crowds would gather around the ones who would dice for a prize. The elements that would be needed to play such a game were as well, not so easily acquired at the time and this is one of the reasons that people were so curious and fascinated about it. But this was not only something that would be played for fun. When it came to decide the rulers in certain countries, the dice were used in order to take a decision regarding this.
Over the years, the dice have really changed a lot when it comes to their appearance. The dice that people would use in the past were made mainly out of Porcelain, bones, stones, pebbles and Amber. But in modern times, everyone who would dice for a prize knows that you cannot really use such materials anymore and most of the dice you can find on the market are made out of plastic.
Because of this, the dice will be lighter and will role many times before they will land. And when they will do this, they will make a certain sound that will further on increase the excitement and the thrill of games that are played using them. Many people who dice for a prize love this sound.
There are a lot of shows and contests nowadays that require people to dice for prizes. Most of the times, they are very entertaining and definitely make more and more people curious about them with each passing day. And there is no disagreement when it comes to the fact that everyone who will dice for a prize, will get to win a nice prize eventually.
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Square-Root Sigma-Point Information Consensus Filters for Distributed Nonlinear Estimation
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Abstract This paper focuses on the convergence rate and numerical characteristics of the nonlinear information consensus filter for object tracking using a distributed sensor network. To avoid the Jacobian calculation, improve the numerical characteristic and achieve more accurate estimation results for nonlinear distributed estimation, we introduce square-root extensions of derivative-free information weighted consensus filters IWCFs, which employ square-root versions of unscented transform, Stirling's interpolation and cubature rules to linearize nonlinear models, respectively. In addition, to improve the convergence rate, we introduce the square-root dynamic hybrid consensus filters DHCFs, which use an estimated factor to weight the information contributions and shows a faster convergence rate when the number of consensus iterations is limited. Finally, compared to the state of the art, the simulation shows that the proposed methods can improve the estimation results in the scenario of distributed camera networks. View Full-Text
Keywords: target tracking; sensor network; information filter; distributed estimation target tracking; sensor network; information filter; distributed estimation
Autor: Guoliang Liu * and Guohui Tian
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My Photoshop is latest update CC 2018 version 19.1.2
after the update i can't unlocked the layer instead unlocked the layer
The picture is PNG file Mode RGB Locked
I try to unlocked by double click and other ways to unlocked layer
after the picture has been saved
then next several time i need to change some picture and it's still locked
Any other way my picture not locked after saving?
i was try the solution from forum and not working
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I'm American and my English is not good but a but it is a little better that yours which I have great difficulty trying to read. However I'm not too bad with pictures could you please post some screen captures showing what is locked the you can not unlock. Show all of Photoshop UI where we can see all the important Palettes and image window.