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Toads generally differ from frogs in that the skin of the former is drier, somewhat thicker, and often covered by warty projections in comparison to the thin, moist skin of frogs. The condition of the toad's skin indicates to us that it spends more time away from water than the typical frog and is thus less likely to suffer water loss via the cutaneous surface. Particularly noticeable on the rough skin of the Fowler's Toad are two large glandular structures on the head just posterolateral to the eyes. These are the parotoid glands which secrete a toxic substance meant to deter predators. I have seen dogs make the mistake of grabbing a toad in their mouth only to learn that the secretions of these glands make for a very unpleasant experience. Salivating, foaming at the mouth, and experiencing a burning sensation the dog learns a most memorable lesson about henceforth leaving toads alone.
Like the frogs at GPFWA, Fowler's toads lay their eggs in water where they develop into tadpoles. Toad eggs are laid in strands such as those of the American Toad shown below (L). Frogs (R) on the other hand tend to lay their eggs in clusters.
Of course the reproduction of Fowler's Toad is, like other anurans, accompanied by loud and prolonged chorusing by the males. Such calls establish their micro-territories and attract females to their location. Fowler's Toad calls are strange to my ear although pleasant. They have been described variously as bleats, screams, or a loud nasal "waaaaaah". I suppose a bleating sound might most closely approximate what I hear. Even though the call has range, you must imagine the sound as if it is being made by a Lilliputian sheep of a size appropriate for a set of barnyard animal toys. The spring onset of chorusing by these toads from my neighbor's pond just over the hill from my house is always a pleasing reminder that longer, warmer days lie just ahead.
Fowler's Toads are a good example of the animals that we humans often take for granted or ask, "What good are they." In fact they, like other anurans, are of extreme ecological value. They are important in controlling the populations of their prey species. Insects are the primary targets of toad predation. In addition, and in spite of their toxicity, toads serve as prey for other animals such as Garter Snakes, Hognose Snakes, and raptors. Tadpoles may be eaten by fish and predaceous insects such as diving beetles. Toads are, in other words, important components of what we often refer to as the "web of life" within natural areas.
Interestingly, we may have to begin to think of toads as having practical value for us as well. Today we are finding that the organic chemicals produced by many species of both plants and animals have very significant importance for us as human medicines. Think of vinblastine, a chemical derived from the Rosy Periwinkle, which has increased survival rates for childhood leukemia from 10% to 90%. Among animals, we now use viper venoms as anticoagulants and cone shell venom to produce the drug ziconotide used in the treatment of chronic pain. A recent article in the American Journal of Translational Research pointed out that toad venom has been used as a traditional medicine in Asia for many years. The article suggests that further research by pharmaceutical companies is needed to clarify the efficacy of toad venom in the maintenance of strong heart function, its possible antitumor and antivirus activity, anti-infection effectiveness, and its pain-relieving effects
So, stay tuned. In reference to the toads, the question of "what good are they" may yet yield some surprising answers.
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4346519/) (www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090924101638.htm) (www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567576910004108)


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Friday, February 21, 2014
Da's Birthday Card
Yesterday was my husband's birthday. The card he received from our younger daughter, her husband and their children was just too funny not to share, so I took a couple of pictures of it. We all agree that the card looks very much like the older of our two grandsons, though I can honestly say that I do not remember him(not so for some of the others) having this habit. It just isn't a perfect world!
Sorry, the photos do not give the card due justice, but, just for fun, here we go:
Wishing you all a really happy day, even if it isn't your birthday!
February 21, 2014
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Edinburgh AC's Josh Kerr, the European Under-20 1500m champion, has been named SportsAid Scotland's Junior Sportsperson of the Year.
Kerr, 18, has had an outstanding year and also won the British 1500m title for his age group.
Falkirk's Jordyn Smith, the European cadet Taekwondo champion at Under-33kg and world championship bronze medallist, received the Miquel Trophy for best developing talent.
Also receiving Merit Award cheques were tennis player Anna Brogan, who reached the last 16 (singles) and the semi-finals (doubles) of junior Wimbledon, judoka Stuart McWatt, who won senior European Open bronze, and wheelchair racer Shelby Watson, who won five gold medals at the World Games and is currently world number one in her age-group.


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Severance looks to the future as record-setting growth comes to town
January 13, 2018
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The town of Severance continues to experience rapid growth. To learn more about the town and upcoming projects, go to townofseverance.org.
Carlene Irion moved to Severance with her husband, Brad, 25 years ago because they wanted to raise their daughters surrounded by open fields.
They wanted their girls to help them care for chickens and pigs and learn the same responsibility Carlene remembers from growing up on a farm.
Severance seemed to be the perfect place for that.
It was a town of less than 200 residents, according to the Colorado State Demography Office, and Carlene could tick off the number of businesses in town on one hand when she moved in. There was Bruce's Bar, famous for its Rocky Mountain Oysters, a liquor store, the corner gas station — Ed's place — and a hair salon. Otherwise, it was all open fields, she said.
All that's changed. Severance exploded in the early 2000s, when the population first hit 1,000. Though growth slowed nearly to a halt during the Great Recession, it started picking up again in 2014. It's in another boom period now. This past year, a record number of homes joined the quiet town.
In 2016, the town's planning department saw 70 new homes. But in 2017, 255 homes sprouted up — more than tripling in one year.
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Perhaps the biggest sign the town is now much more than the fields where the Irions wanted to raise animals is the fact the Windsor-Severance Re-4 School District broke ground this week on the town's first high school, Severance High School.
At the groundbreaking ceremony Monday night, Carlene Irion pointed to the south, where her home sat about 2 miles down the road. Then she looked around the future site of Severance High School already crawling with construction equipment.
"Never in a million years would we have dreamed this was all going to be transforming into a school," she said.
People still come to Severance for the quiet, small-town feel, but it's not the same town the Irions moved to 25 years ago.
But they don't mind. Carlene Irion is a former Windsor-Severance school board member and her husband recently took her place on the board. They're proud of the way their town has grown and of the school district's work to keep up.
The homes remain cheaper than those in communities such as Windsor or Fort Collins, and many want the chance to be a part of something just starting to become great.
Jakob and Rebecca Sutton were one couple who wanted to join the quickly growing town This past year. Jakob said the two lived in a Fort Collins town home, but if they moved to Severance, they could have their own house.
They chose Severance for the low price of the property, Jakob said, but also because they were excited to be part of the quickly developing town. He's a big part of it, as he works for the town's planning department.
As requests for building permits continue to pour in, Jakob said he and Rebecca look forward to gaining new neighbors and to watching the quiet town evolve.
The growth shouldn't die down anytime soon. Though Assistant Town Manager Nicholas Wharton said he doesn't expect another percentage jump of the magnitude seen in 2017, he does expect the number of building permits to be similar in 2018.
It means the town will need to provide services for all those people living in those homes. Severance previously has relied on the Weld County Sheriff's Department, but the town will add its own police department this year. It will continue to use the sheriff, as the department staff will likely be a chief and one officer by the end of this year.
The Public Works Department also needs to expand, Wharton said, and a new building has been planned to house additional employees and equipment.
The department oversees all water, sewer, streets and parks, Wharton said. With so many new homes, the town has added miles of roads, sewer and water lines along with new parks, he said.
"To ensure we cover this growth, there will be additional employees needed to maintain these parks, allow for road maintenance from patching to plowing and general upkeep," he said.
The new building will give staff a place to plan and store the equipment such as the snow plows that continuously add to their list of roads to clear. Those plows are sometimes left out in the cold because the department doesn't have enough storage space.
The police department likely will be housed in the current public works building, the old Windsor Severance Fire Rescue station, which will be remodeled after public works makes its move.
Wharton also hopes the rapid growth of the town will bring opportunities for economic development, both to raise sales taxes and help keep residents from having to make the trip into Windsor for goods and services. When a Severance resident is asked about what they need, the phrase, "A grocery store would be nice" often comes up in conversation, and Wharton said the town is working to get one.
To help attract those resources, Michael Jenner, previously in the town's permitting department, has been named community development director.
"We're getting to the point with our population where commercial projects will be needed to ensure the long-term economic health of the area," Jenner said.
Families often have to leave Severance to buy goods because there just isn't much available. That means Severance continues to miss out on money that helps pay for services, such as sales taxes.
With children spending more time in the town due to the presence of Range View Elementary School and, soon, the new high school, Jenner said town offiicials also hope to provide more opportunities for families to spend time in their own town rather than watching them leave for places such as Windsor for something to do. They will expand Severance Days, the town's biggest festival of the year, add a new community park and look into providing more community events, Jenner said.
When Windsor-Severance Re-4 School Board President Tempy Bowman spoke at Monday night's groundbreaking ceremony along Weld 23, just south of Weld 74, he imagined the excitement of Friday night football.
Severance Mayor Don Brookshire also hopes the new high school — set for completion by the 2019-20 school year — will bring the community that prizes its kinship with neighbors even closer together. The town has more than quadrupled in size in Brookshire's 15 years of living in town, but friendliness and a sense of community is one thing he said hasn't changed with the growth.
He hopes the town will hold on to that sense of community, and said the new high school will help strengthen that feeling for residents.
Although Carlene has watched Severance grow to its more than 4,000 residents from the 200 who lived there when she first moved, she said she sees it as a good thing. It will bring opportunities to the town, she said, and she has enjoyed meeting new neighbors.
From the site of the future Severance High School, she smiled at the new homes visible just a short distance away and said she is excited to see what lies ahead for the booming town.
"I think the community out here is wonderful, and we're just blessed, we feel, to have made that purchase so many years ago," she said.
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...about Operation eBook Drop.
I recently learned about a wonderful opportunity to do something for some our overseas military personnel...for those who have ebook readers available to them. And so I signed up to participate.
It took about a week to format my three novels and upload them to Smashwords so that I could make them available free to members of the military. I thank Smashwords and the creator of Operation eBook Drop, Edward Patterson, for this opportunity. I'm in the process of emailing coupon codes for the free downloads to military personnel who have requested to participate in the program.
And, by the way, for those of you who are not in the military but would like to check out digital versions of my novels, they are available on Smashwords for $1.99 (and you can read a sample for free on Smashwords). Here's a link to my Smashwords site.
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From the Imagination and Graphic Artistry of K.A. M'Lady & P.M. Dittman.
I'm excited to announce today's visit from author K.M. Weiland!
K.M. Weiland writes historical and speculative fiction from her home in the sandhills of western Nebraska. She is the author of A Man Called Outlaw and the recently released Behold the Dawn. She blogs at Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors and AuthorCulture.
I can hardly wait to read Behold the Dawn, especially since she's whetted my appetite by providing us an exquisite morsel from it for our blog. And be sure to check out the awesome book video for Behold the Dawn. Without further ado, here's an excerpt from Behold the Dawn:
The infidels struck, screaming their wordless battle cry. Everything around them turned to pain and death. Annan didn't wait to check for the guards. He clamped one hand round the lady's arm and lunged forward. The sounds of the slaughter surged after them with an intensity and a speed that bespoke all too well of the attackers' vigor.
He kept low, not daring to look behind him, knowing the Moslems were much closer than he wanted them to be.
He and the lady crossed the corpse of a guard, and Annan paused long enough to lift the infidel saber from the still-warm hand. It was a masterful stroke that had felled the warrior—silently, deftly, instantly. His nostrils flared in a momentary flash of admiration. Whatever else he was or had been, the Baptist was a man of many skills.
The courser, a muscled gray, snorted through distended nostrils, but he could not veer fast enough to escape Annan's hand on the tie-line.
"Master Knight!"
At her cry, he spun to see the approach of the horsemen, dark against the ruddy sky. With one stroke of the saber, he severed the tie line and vaulted into the saddle, narrowly clearing the high cantle.
The Moslems swept through the camp, shouting their curses of vengeance, and Mairead turned to look up at Annan, eyes dark with the sudden horror that he was abandoning her already.
He shifted sword and reins all into one hand, fighting to keep the snorting courser from charging away. He reached out with his left hand and caught the countess's outstretched arm. His wounded shoulder burned, and the tightness of the bandage nearly forestalled the necessary strength to swing her onto the pillion behind him.
She landed with a soft thump and let go of his wrist. Her arms came around his waist, her face against his shoulders. "Go."
He laid his heels to the gray courser's sides, and the horse lunged forward, dark mane unfurling against his rein hand. But this was a Western horse, bred for muscle and endurance. He had not the dexterity and fleetness of the Mohammedan war mares.
Behind them, the tattoo of hoofbeats grew louder yet, and Annan dared a look over his shoulder, past Mairead's blowing hair. Only paces separated them from two infidel pursuers.
He spurred the courser again. The horse was fresh and responded with another lengthening of stride. But Annan knew they would never outpace their followers. He could only be thankful that these infidels were not that brand of Moslem archer famed for their accuracy on horseback, else the countess's exposed back would already have become an easy target.
Not that it mattered. Once they drew near enough, the infidels would cut them apart at their leisure anyway.
He could not run. So he must fight.
WOW!! I can't wait to get my copy! Behold the Dawn is available from Amazon.com.
Hmmm. Writers are cautioned to stay away from clichés...they are tired, stale, trite and overused. But you know what? Sometimes, there's no way around it -- a cliché will pop up and demand to be used. That's what happened to me in my last blog post (I'm sure you've heard the old saying about silence being golden?).
Another cliché has popped up on my blog, just one day later...something about lightning striking twice...I'm sure you've heard it before. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place? Well, guess what...it just did. And what is that "lightning," you ask? A visit from a fantastic author!
Yep! We've got company comin' again!
This week, another exciting author will be visiting my blog...be sure to watch for her!
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...about silence.
It's supposed to be golden, isn't it? At least, that's what I've always heard. But sometimes, I fear it's not valued as gold is. Particularly when the silence is on a blog where the blog host maintains silence (not on purpose, but because other activities crowded out her blog responsibilities).
I am hereby breaking my recent silence, with a word about the other activities which overshadowed my intentions to keep up with my blog.
Fi rst, I turned my back on my computer a few times and got to spend some wonderful golden moments with dear friends...
Second, I've spent some time working on a project which means a lot to me...the anthology my writer's group is producing...
Third, I've done a lot of reading/research for the third book in my historical series...and learned a whole slew of things I hope will enrich the story I hope to write during NaNo next month.
So, there ya have it. But be forewarned: I don't stay silent forever.
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When a writer pens a novel (or any book, actually), a haunting thought may occur once the manuscript is finished: will anyone like this story? Will anyone even want to read it?
And if the novel garners a positive review, it's as welcome as a compliment on a child is to a proud grandparent. Grandma can't help wanting to tell friends, "Hey, you know what little Jimmy's teacher said about him today? That he's one smart kid!" And she trots out her Grandma's Brag Book of pictures at every opportunity.
I've been very thankful for reviews of my novels, and want to share them with others…rather like dragging out that Brag Book. So…here are the latest items in my "Novel Brag Book," a review of …and night falls and a review of Scribbles, both featured on ICE (Intense Christian Entertainment) ezine.
Thanks so much, Patrick and The Alpha Jan for these great reviews!
I love to be the bearer of good tidings.
And today, I get to make an announcement that will make someone happy. I was just informed that the winner of the drawing for the e-copy of Rocky Mountain Oasis is. . . . (drum roll please, I like to make things dramatic when I can) . . . Myra Shofner!
Myra, you're in for a treat!
My husband snagged my copy of Rocky Mountain Oasis from my desk last week and read it before I had a chance to…and he loved it! He's waiting anxiously for the sequel. For those who didn't win, be sure to get yourself a copy!
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In my last post, I told you we had "company comin'"—and our company has arrived. Please welcome Lynnette Bonner, author of "Rocky Mountain Oasis," newly released by OakTara.
And, as I promised, Lynnette has brought a free gift for everyone who reads this post…she is graciously allowing us to read the first three chapters of her novel: Click Here.
And, as if that isn't enough, Lynnette is also giving away a free e-copy of "Rocky Mountain Oasis" to one lucky commenter on today's blog post. So be sure to leave your comment!
Rocky Mountain Oasis is available at:
There's an old song that just went wafting through my brain. It's by Porter Wagoner, titled "Company Comin'."
And it reminded me…we've got company comin' to "Tommie Lyn Writes" on Friday, August 21st. I thought I'd give y'all a "heads up" so you could mark it on your calendar (that's day after tomorrow, by the way).
Our company will be bringing a free gift for one of you lucky readers, so be sure to check the blog on Friday to learn the details (and be in the running to win that free gift). So I'm dustin' my blog, sweepin' down the cobwebs, rollin' out the red carpet, for our guest.
I'll send out a reminder email Friday, just in case any of y'all are like me and have trouble remembering….
And don't forget…y'all come see us!
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Everything grows: children, puppies, vegetables, piles of dirty laundry…
One thing I've been dimly aware of, hoping it's been growing, too, is my writing ability. And, yes, it has. Somewhat. It may not seem obvious to some (since my writing abilities may not compare favorably with those of other writers), but my expertise with using the language—with stringing words together into a vehicle that will carry the images in my mind to the minds of others—has grown.
I wasn't aware of the extent of the improvement, the growth, until I re-read part of my first novel (the one I have to edit "one more time") last night. And things I'd never seen before jumped out at me: awkward phrasing, redundancy, poor choice of words…you name it, the poor writing was there. I'd known it needed more work. I just wasn't aware how much more work it needed.
Even so, I'm not devastated at seeing the lack of stellar writing, only a bit more pressured by the "mountain" of work that lies ahead (hey, I just made a pun…cool!).
Let me ask…how is your writing growing?
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Have you ever thought about writing a play? I wouldn't know where to start.
Back during the first ScriptFrenzy, I did write a screenplay (Crawdads and Co-Colas), and that was quite an experience. But I've never been tempted to try writing a play.
Until now.
My mentor, Myra Shofner, will be teaching a free (get that? FREE!) online seminar for local writers soon, "Write the One-Act Play." Since I have so many on-going projects competing for my time and attention, I was going to let the opportunity slide by. But you know what? I can't (…as I've said before, I'm a pushover when it comes to challenges…hence my participation in NaNoWriMo every year). Yesterday, I broke down and signed up.
So, for those local writers who've harbored a secret desire to write a play (and for those who haven't), here's your golden opportunity.
The Panhandle Community Theatre is planning the 2010 Summer Theatre Festival which will only feature plays by area playwrights. And only writers who've completed the online seminar may submit their plays for consideration.
Go to http://writersgalleryms.com/ for more information about the seminar. And to sign up, send an email to: writersgalleryms (at) aol.com (email address purposely mistyped with (at) instead of @ to foil bots).
The deadline for signing up is August 18th. Don't miss it.
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When a friend asks me to do something, I try to honor it, if I can. But when two friends (Liberty Speidel: Word Wanderings, and Tamera Kraft: Word Sharpeners) make the same request, I no longer merely try…it becomes imperative to make an effort to follow through. These two friends bestowed on me the "Honest Scrap" award on their blogs…which means ~sigh~ I have to share eight things about myself. (And the fact that the second invitation came today…my birthday…65th birthday at that…well, I don't believe in omens, you understand…but….) So here goes:
1. As I said in the preceding paragraph, today is my 65th birthday. I'm now officially older than dirt.
2. I was born in Dalton, Georgia, south of Chattanooga, north of Atlanta.
3. I met my hubby at church when I was 14, experienced a classic case of "love at first sight," and never got over it. We married four years later, when I was 18. And now, I've been married almost 46 years to my best friend and love of my life. God has blessed me.
4. One of the more interesting places where I've lived is Okinawa, Japan. Interestingly, before we got orders to Okinawa, I studied Japanese for two years.
5. I took traditional doll making classes while we lived on Okinawa and became a licensed doll maker, and I enjoy other crafts and activities of all kinds: knitting, crocheting, tatting, macrame, pattern drafting, sewing (I even sewed hubby's Navy uniforms from patterns I drafted myself…and they passed inspection!), drawing, painting, do-it-yourself black-and-white film photography, complete with my own darkroom. I was in a singing group for several years…the Joymakers. I like collecting and polishing gemstones, panning for gold, gardening, landscaping…um…I'll stop there…I'm getting tired just thinking about all the stuff I've done.
6. Hubby and I were a presenting "team couple" in Marriage Encounter for several years.
7. I owned and operated my own computer graphics/animation company, and later co-owned (with hubby) a small printing company.
8. I was valedictorian of my high school class…something I don't like to talk about.
Whew! I did it! There ya go…the "honest scrap" about me…stuff I'm proud of as well as stuff I'm not.
Now. To drop the other shoe, so to speak…one of the requirements of the Honest Scrap Award is that you are required to pass it on to others. So, here's the list of my unfortunate victims…er, friends:
Myra Shofner – Myraswritersgallery Blog
Sylvia Melvin – Sylvia's Scribbles
Shellie Tomlinson - Abiding
Ginny Cruz – Pioneer Poet
Katharine Richardson – Wise Dogs
Nona King – Word Obsession
John Long – Peace Be the Journey
Ray Shoop – Ray Ray's Blog


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Theme Project Research
Assistant Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa, who began at ILR's Department of Organizational Behavior this summer, has quickly defined new research befitting the school's theme project.
Hiring has steadily become automated in past decades, and is likely to grow in the future. One of Ajunwa's streams of research revolves around how technology-aided decision-making might ensure that the hiring process is fair and ethical for equal employment opportunity.
As part of their ILR theme grant-funded project, Ajunwa and Professor Martin Wells, the Charles A. Alexander Professor of Statistical Sciences, will conduct research to determine if automated hiring platforms have the potential for disparate impact on protected categories of job applicants.
The project will examine how hiring software works, with a focus on discovering whether the diversity and inclusion goals of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are met.
Ajunwa and Wells hope to then develop a template for corporations seeking to audit their own hiring and management algorithms and plan to have an active voice in making policy arguments for the better design of such software.
In a second ILR theme grant funded project, Ajunwa is also collaborating with Louis Hyman, associate professor of economic history and director of ILR's Institute for Workplace Studies, for a "Women in Tech" conference to take place in New York City in the spring.
The conference is intended to facilitate conversation between tech and academy on gender issues in the tech economy and engage women from the New York City tech industry. According to Ajunwa and Hyman, best experiences gleaned from academic research can help inform better corporate policies to recruit and retain women in the tech field.
With growing concerns about gender discrimination and sexual harassment at large firms as evidenced by recent major headline news, more insight is needed on how the tech sector can work to create equitable and supportive workplaces for women, Ajunwa said.
As a goal for the conference, Ajunwa and Hyman hope that the development of new networks among women working in tech, as well as the dissemination of academically rigorous research on advancing women tech workers and leaders, will help enable the retention of more women in the leaky tech pipeline.
The two projects were funded in the first set of round of grant submissions for ILR's theme project, "Technology and the Evolution of Work." To learn more about the theme project, visit http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/about-ilr/theme-project.


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Aaron and I never really made a fuss about Valentine's Day, but some years Aaron would come home with a bunch of flowers on Valentine's Day, and then I would feel terrible that I didn't get him anything. He also proposed to me on Valentine's Day, so I guess he was romantic at times :) The last two Valentine's Days had been really hard, but this year it was a lot easier. I wasn't dreading it like I had the last two years..
It was lovely though to get home to a beautiful bunch of flowers on my doorstep from two beautiful friends - Naomi from Seven Cherubs and Naomi. They are sister in laws so they both have the same surname - how cool is that! They are so kind and thoughtful, and it was so nice to know that they were thinking of me. The flowers are gorgeous.
When I got home from work there was a box of chocolates left at the door for me. I have no idea who they're from, but joked with the boys that they were probably from Hodgey, or a secret admirer ;)
It was a beautiful surprise and
they didn't last long with the boys sharing them with me. Kobe thought they may be from my friend Simone, but I'd rather believe they really are from Hodgey ;) Thank you to whoever dropped them off.
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Dewsbury Rams have suffered another injury blow with forward Toby Adamson the latest to be ruled out as Glenn Morrison's woes grow.
Adamson was taken to hospital with a dislocated elbow following last Sunday's 20-6 defeat to London Broncos and joins the likes of Josh Guzdek, Aaron Brown, Dominic Speakman and Jack Teanby among the Rams players currently sidelined.
Speaking after the London game, Morrison told The Reporter: "I don't know how many black cats we have hurt or how many mirrors we have broken, but injury wise during the last 18 months it hasn't gone our way.
"Toby Adamson has dislocated his elbow, so that isn't going to be a short term lay off."
Morrison signed former Batley Bulldogs winger Alex Brown last Friday and has not ruled out more new players joining before Sunday's crucial Kingstone Press Championship trip to Oldham, whose only win to date was a 26-10 opening day success at home to Sheffield Eagles.
Morrison added: "We will get a good week of training into Alex and he will hopefully put some pressure on the other outside backs.
"London are able to spend a lot more on their playing budget than us and if I had that kind of money I'm sure I could assemble a team that would perform week in week out too.
"We are doing our best on the money and are calling in favours left, right and centre.
"We train hard and put the effort in and we are trying to turn things around."
Morrison admitted there were positives to come from last Sunday's game but despite the Rams having plenty of possession against London, they were unable to break down a stubborn Broncos defence.
Morrison added: "We completed at 80 per cent in the second half and we had 75 per cent of the ball inside their quarter, but we couldn't break them down.
"If we had Jarrod Sammut on our side we would have won, as we were the better side aside from being able to create."
Chris Annakin impressed on his Rams debut, playing on dual registration from Wakefield Trinity, but Morrison knows his availability will be assessed on a week-by-week basis.
He added: "Annakin wants to be playing Super League with his club Wakefield, and he should be, but if Wakefield offer him to us regularly we will be taking him. He will perform like that no matter what shirt he is wearing."


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Three second floor bedrooms provide double beds and a full bath. The first floor has a wonderful large eat-in Acadian kitchen, a sitting room, with a couch/pull-out bed, a half bath and a family room with a wood stove and views of the fields and ocean.
The house includes amenities such as washer/dryer, and coffee maker to help you feel at home and relaxed during your stay. A large screen TV with Internet and cable are supplemented with a selection of DVDs and an Xbox with an assortment of games. And, of course, there are also many books and board games for the evenings and rainy days. Grill on the attached deck while you enjoy gorgeous sunsets.
Rates are quoted in US Dollars.
The picturesque Acadian town of Cheticamp is five minutes away from the house, providing a great selection of food and local music. The Cape Breton Highlands National Park is just a ten minute ride to spectacular scenic views and wonderful hiking trails.


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Most of the people who work in software should know what an issue tracker is. Issue tracking software is a tool which is primarily used to track all the bugs in the project in a centralized place as single source of truth.
Apart from tracking bugs, modern issue tracking systems can be used more comprehensively, from planning the features and software release milestones to a full blown project management tool.
There are many companies which successfully use issue tracker. But there are also companies with people who hesitate to use it. Let me explain why a software company should start using issue tracker.
Before I start, the word "issues" I use throughout this article not only refers to bugs, but also the features, discussions and decisions made in a software project.
Knowing your issues
Developers are basically a lazy ass people and it is not a bad thing. If they have to spend half of their time on remembering the features and issues in the project, they will be overwhelmed to work on the actual development.
But if they have their tasks, issues, bugs and features readily listed on a centralized system, they will just start working and will close the issues or mark the tasks done, one by one. Thats how developers prefer or love to communicate.
Requirements rarely lie on the surface. Normally, they're buried beneath layers of assumptions, misconceptions, and politics.
-Steve McConnell
Listing all your issues, features and bugs will clear all the assumptions of the developers on the requirements as well as the project manager's assumptions about the timeline and the task that a developer is currently working on. If you don't have a proper centralized place to capture all your issues, how are you going to resolve them?.
Catching issues earlier in the pipeline
The graph shows how costly is to find and fix the issues later in the pipeline. If you are able to catch the issue in requirements phase its well and good. If its in design phase, well all it takes is few more architectural discussions or design changes.
If you find the issues in development, may be it will take few more iterations and it will cost developer's time but it is doable. The main job of the testing team is to identify the issues, but the previous components of the pipeline should be well streamlined so that we get minimal bugs or issues in the project after sending to testing team to minimize the iterations between the two teams.
Finally it would cost you a lot and sometimes the company's reputation if your customer finds the issue even before you find it. Why?, Because if the issue is too bad, you will lose the credibility.
Even if the issue is trivial, the customer will think that you haven't sorted out that simple issue in development phase and shipped the product. Also, once something is live the developers would have moved on to work on something else, It will take more time for them to switch gears to come back to fix the bugs.
How issue tracker will help you in this case?. When the product design starts, the team will list all the features. No programmer is perfect in this world. For every feature a programmer implements, there is a high chance that he will introduce a bug in it.
So, as the project evolves, we have all the history of features, issues, discussions, decisions in a centralized place. When a new issue arises, It will be easier for the developer to look at the history and closely relate the issue with the feature or specific roll out.
If there are no such records present but the project evolved with so many features, narrowing down an issue will be a serious blindfolded game for the developer (where the original blindfolded games have some fun involved).
Yak shaving
Let that gif sink in for a moment...
Yak shaving: Yak shaving is programming lingo for the seemingly endless series of small tasks that have to be completed before the next step in a project can move forward.
One of the fundamental properties of software development is that, the way the time to complete a simple task seems to grow without bounds because to accomplish the goal you must complete a subgoal before you can complete the goal.
To complete the subgoal, you must complete yet another sub goal, recursively. When a developer is in this recursive loop and suddenly gets stuck in the middle, she will not know whether to go back or forward.
But if all the tasks and subtasks are listed in the issue tracker, the probability of getting stuck in this yak shaving loop is very less as the developer will know all the dependencies and can delegate some sub tasks to respective people who's names are clearly listed on the issue tracker along with their tasks.
When you are not tracking what you are doing, in such a situation you are likely to be questioned by your manager that why you took so much time to finish a simple task. But if you are tracking the tasks in an issue tracker, There will be a record of what you did to achieve the goal and it will make more sense to the manager just by seeing the dashboard.
How issue tracker is different from todo list?
Todo list is a basic but good tool to keep your tasks organized. The tasks may be from picking up eggs while returning from workplace to paying your bills within the due date. The two main states of the todo list is "to-do" and "done" which is good enough to keep track of ad-hoc tasks.
But if you take the issues in a software project, its not as simple as todos because they usually involve in technical discussion, debates, suggestions and ultimately agreement of team members. All these cannot be done using those two states in todo list. The main feature of an issue tracker is its Review/Retest state.
When some developer marks an issue as done, he assumes that he has completed the work what he understood from the requirements. Trust me, his understanding of the requirements will not always be right. Studies shows that 68% of the IT projects fails due to poor requirement analysis.
This is where one can leverage the "retest" state of the issue tracker, Once the developer finishes the task he can mark it as "to be reviewed" so that the people who reported the issue will review it.
Because the person who encountered the issue is more likely to know more about it than the developer. Remember, the word "issue" here is not only bugs, it can be features, quick fixes, improvements etc.
Why you should not use spreadsheets for project management?
And talking about spreadsheets?. I have seen people using spreadsheets for everything, like everything!
"Hey, we need to plan a sprint to finish the v1.2 of our product this week"
*opens a spreadsheet*
"Hey, we need a product road map"
*opens a spreadsheet*
"Hey, we have to plan for the party and list the items to get"
*opens a spreadsheet*
*opens a spreadsheet*
Jokes apart. Spreadsheets are the worst tool to use for project management, especially a software project. Here's why.
Spreadsheets lacks transparency
Nowadays mostly people adapted Google Sheets which can be used by many at the same time. You can argue that its far better than having a MS-excel and emailing it to the group every time someone touches it.
But still it lacks transparency, you will not know who entered the issue or asked that feature in a single glance unless you deep dive and search the revision history.
I have been in meetings where I get to know that everyone is discussing about a list of tasks in a spreadsheet with my name on it for which I don't have permissions to view. Issue tracker won't work that way, when you are mentioning someone in a project, they have to be added to the project or should be a part of it already.
Spreadsheets lacks clarity
|Overlapping texts in listing page
Here is an example spreadsheet where 'X' is assigned to complete a task. The task is "Overlapping text in listing page". Now, 'X' opens the listing page in her browser, It looks fine. She is trying to reproduce the issue here, Since there is no screenshot attached she was not even able to imagine the issue.
Then she asks for the screenshot, it needs to be given to her in a separate channel of communication. She refers that screenshot and she has some more questions about it.
All the conversation should happen in other channel where the issue lies in the spreadsheet, well unless we add a new "comments" column and maintain a thread of conversation in spreadsheet which will be difficult as well as ugly.
After few weeks, the same issue pops up. The manager points her to the above row in spreadsheet and says its not resolved properly. Now if she wants to refer the conversations and screenshots of the issue, she should start the hunt for it in all the mediums like email, google hangouts, IRC etc.
This should be enough to justify the point: spreadsheets lacks clarity.
Spreadsheets lacks communication
When a line in the spreadsheet is changed which will affect the task that some person is working on, that person needs to be notified manually.
For example, the manager 'X' edits a task in the spreadsheet which the developer 'Y' is already working on, then 'X' should email 'Y' that he edited that, unless 'X' sits before that spreadsheet like a watchdog.
So, It becomes a two step process, Of course most of the times people might forget the second step and end of the day they will just claim it has been changed or added to the spreadsheet.
Where in issue tracker, It will let the concerned developer know about the change in the task by sending dedicated email or mobile notifications.
Spreadsheets lacks collaboration
As I already mentioned, every task in a software project involves in technical discussions, debates, decisions and agreement of the team members. Now where can we have these discussions in a spreadsheet?.
Oh, come on, you can't say that we just need to add a column. Again how are we going to maintain conversation threads or how we notify others in the conversation.
Even though if we add a column, How many times we will be adding a column to spread sheet and pretend ourselves to solve a problem with spreadsheet for which is not designed for?. If we are using different medium for this.
In future when someone wants to know why a decision was made to solve a specific issue or build a specific feature, in an issue tracker its just a click away. But in spreadsheets, well you know the hassle.
When teams use legacy tools for something like project management, they invite in even more legacy problems.
-- There is a reason why new tools are invented and are adapted.
You don't have to be a developer to use an issue tracker!
Yes, you heard me. You don't have to be a developer or a programmer or an engineer to use a simple issue tracker. Of course there will be some learning curve, new user interface but trust me its far better than using a spreadsheet and making your team and the company sink into a sea of silent pain.
Even though you are a non-technical member, you are definitely the business expert. You can easily catch the bugs in business logic. You can help in testing the business logic and be an extra set of eyes for the code base/project apart from the developers.
In addition to that, developers should not be the only person to test their own modules, because there is a high chance that they would have misunderstood the requirements.
If the developer's understanding of the requirements are wrong, his code will be wrong, ultimately how much ever time he tests his modules, it will always be wrong and he can never catch the problem.
As a stake holder you will know all the requirements and business logic, so If you start following the issues closely in the issue tracker, after each bug fix or feature update you can do a quick test on that and make sure things won't get out of control.
There is no such thing called, "Its too early for us to use an issue tracker"
Question : How big of a team do you need to benefit from bug tracking software?
Answer : 1
The issue tracking system should be used from the very beginning. The type of the issues and their management will evolve with the team. For example when you are a team of two and trying to do a MVP, you will be loosely tracking a set of issues that affects the prototype's intended working or show stopper for the demo.
But once the team grows and the products evolve, the more comprehensive and strategic project management can be done with all the milestone releases using the successful issue trackers available in market like JIRA.
After all this still why some companies don't adopt issue trackers and still use spreadsheets?
The technology acceptance model says that the two main factors that determine the adoption of a tech is:
- Perceived usefulness (PU) – The degree to which a person believes that using a particular system would enhance his or her job performance.
- Perceived ease-of-use (PEOU) – The degree to which a person believes that using a particular system would be free from effort.
The perception of the ease of use of spreadsheets is almost an illusion. It is easy to get an answer from a spreadsheet, however, it is not necessarily easy to get the right answer.
The difficulties of using alternatives to spreadsheets is overestimated by many people. The real features that will help in performance can give the appearance of difficulty.
The difficult way looks easy and easy way looks difficult.
So, are you going to dump the notepad or spreadsheet and going to invest on a good issue tracker?, Let me know in the comments how you convinced your team to use an issue tracker.


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"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." — Dr. Seuss
Monday, October 29, 2012
Good News Bad News by Jeff Mack
I love this seemingly simple book because it opens up the possibility for class interaction. Rabbit and Mouse are two friends are headed out to enjoy a picnic when the rain starts. Rabbit is determined to find the "silver lining" and rat is determined to, well NOT! Back and forth, the text is the same words over and over. This book provides a great springboard for discussion about illustrations and allow students to tell the story beyond the text provided.
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Through the gift-giving guide, Kristof draws attention lesser-known organizations like Reach Out and Read, a program that partners with medical professionals to encourage early-childhood literacy.
What do you think of Kristof's suggestions? While the holiday season is a ripe time for giving, as seen by campaigns such as #GivingTuesday, how can we spread this charitable spirit throughout the year?


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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #584
Dean starts off this week's show with a full report of his Detroit adventures. Then Phil weighs in on all of this weekend's sad happenings in his beloved City of Angels. Then, your friends in podcasting roll up their sleeves to remember one of the most famous disc jockeys of all time, and to weigh in on the ever-evolving controversy surround Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn. Then it's back to the big screen as Dean and Phil discuss a silent masterpiece, a black and white musical, another comedy from India, the poster for and the CGI on display in Ant-Man and the Wasp and another sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado.
All in all, this week's episode is 70 minutes of big, globetrotting fun, so buckle up.
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #568
Your friends in podcasting have been teasing episode #568 for weeks! They had really been looking forward to counting down their all-time favorite Mystery films and the final results prove to be a lot of fun. So, get those Netflix queues handy, because Dean and Phil will hit you with more than two dozen movies they discuss at length with four films actually finding a place on both their Top Tens. There are comedy "whodunits" from the 1930′s, foreign language allegories from the 2000′s, independent films that launched careers, classics from international masters that launched entire sub-genres, mysteries based on books, mysteries based on plays, mysteries set in the farthest reaches of space, mysteries full of post-war romance and cold war anxiety. The biggest mystery of all is after almost eleven years, how do Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness keep managing to provide an hour (plus) of free audio entertainment each week?!
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #420
Now that Dean Haglund resides in Sydney, Australia, we have to ask is Dean Haglund on the "down low from down under"? Is he "the thunder from down under"? Is the show "asunder from down under"?
In the weeks and months to come, your friends in podcasting will most certainly have to change the way they change the way you listen to the internet! For now, we invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy a very special "theme show". It's all about Dean and Phil's favorite funny ladies of stage and screen.
And, yes, it was pre-recorded.
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #342
Thanksgiving, Birthdays, live events and what they're reading are first on the docket for your friends in podcasting to discuss.
Then it's onto a free-for all analysis of sequels, remakes, Hunger Games, Leonardo DiCaprio, a Broadway adaptation and a few Oscar hopefuls.
Finally, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness remember an improv comedy great, a young leading man, an animation heiress, a screenwriting guru and a publishing titan.
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The wonderful heading above is one of the most important requirements for each believer. It being the source of our spiritual life plays an important role in our freedom from slavery and captivity of Sin. Thus, it is necessary we read not just once, but every time we are in trouble or worry.
To know ourselves clearly is the only way to know Christ. I and Self has the same meaning, when you join together leads a single word 'myself'. As is written in the Bible, this 'self' is right from its birth full of transgression, sinful (Eph. 2:1-3), detestable in front of God (Gal. 5:19-21), in whom dwells no good things (Rom. 7:18); highly valued by humanity, but dead in the sight of God; considered by man as a source of life but totally rejected by God; wedging war against the law of our mind most of the time (Rom 6:6; 7:24). Whenever we forget where God put this accursed self, we tend to serve its will. We can never accept 'self' as accursed and detestable except through the Holy Spirit, this is the reason why the world greatly relies upon it. Only through its realization can we replace 'Self' with 'Christ'.
Where God puts 'SELF':
To have a constant communion with Christ, it is important to first clearly know what 'self' is. Secondly, to know its place as God puts it. Paul, the Apostle, with great wishes tells us that this 'self' is the most troublesome, active and the strongest soldier of Satan, which constantly warring against the law of our mind (Rom. 7:23). And only when it is delivered unto death for Jesus' sake that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh (II Cor. 4:12). When he talks about the terrible bondage of this self, he could not help, but cry out "the body of this death'.
Concerning service, he said that only through the death of 'self', it works on others as life (II Cor.4:12). Life of resurrection comes only from death (Rom. 6:5-6). Even the true way of surrendering to God is by being death first, then live again. Being surrendered as alive does not reach God (Rom. 6:13).
Therefore, whenever your 'self' tries to retain control over you let your spirit remember its true place, i.e death, and never let it live in you. Always keep in mind that no one causes dejection or disturbance in you, but yourself. You are no longer yourself, but Christ lives in you, for He put 'self' in the place of death.


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All new front load washers will spin until the suds sensor is satisfied all the suds are out. That is the reason for the new high efficiency laundry soaps because normal soaps cause a suds build up and causes longer running times in spin and sometimes when really over suds the rinse cycle is affected also.
We had a problem with an old washer in our rented house. We decided to have Sears check the washer for a fee of $75; our experience with Sears is good and, at the time, their special deal was that we would receive $75 off a new washer. A Sears service man checked the washer and stated the repair cost would be more than the cost of a new washer.
You do not say your washer's age, but you have had it for 12 years now. You can request a service find the problem for a fee. At least you will know your choices.
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Dwarf Nova Oscillations and Quasi-Periodic Oscillations: Extension of the Two-QPO Diagram of X-Ray Binaries, and a new kind of DNO
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Seventeen examples are given of Cataclysmic Variable (CV) stars possessing both Dwarf Nova Oscillations (DNOs) and Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs). These form an extension of the X-Ray Two-QPO correlation to frequencies three orders of magnitude lower. We draw attention to the existence of a second type of DNO in CVs, which is probably caused by magnetically channelled accretion onto the white dwarf.


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"I'm not called to give my opinion. I'm called as a pastor to give the scriptural position on it." by T.D. Jakes speaking with Oprah Winfrey
Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas told the media mogul he thinks homosexual acts are condemned in the Scriptures and it is not his job as a pastor to give personal opinions.


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A month or two ago, Bon Appetit Magazine featured pimiento mac n' cheese. I love peppers, I love cheese, and I am supposed to be carb loading for long runs. Oh, and the picture looked amazing. I had to try it.
Yes, it was amazing. If you like peppers and cheese, try it. Enough said.
The mac is relatively simple to make. Simmer a bell pepper and garlic until tender.
Meanwhile, toast up some panko.
Pour peppers in blender with cheese. At this point, your kitchen will start to smell amazing.
Pour the sauce over pasta and add some more cheese.
Top with toasted bread crumbs and bake until bubbly.
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I am impressed, was honestly expecting the Z to snap like a twig. Obviously jerry's tests are far more abusive than "usual tear and wear", but if a phone manages to survive the abuse you can rest easier knowing it won't bend, crack or scratch very easily.
Good Video and Nice Demonstration on durability, You might want to talk about Water Resistant qualities, Volume, and Brightness of display also sense You do such a nice job on durability. Thanks
I am using my phone for making calls,browsing Internet,Social media Stuff, Music, Games and Video stuff. In any of these cases I never get a situation to bend my phone.
May be from Next time onwards,like water resistant, phone should be bend resistant.
If that is what a bend test survival means... then i am Obama and iphone 6 never bended. This is hylarious.
When I get angry I should be able to make my point by breaking my phone into pieces. Nop moto Z is not the phone for me.
Moto makes sturdy pieces.in past I have used Moto phones without using screen protector and honestly it never got even a scratch or cracks inspite of numerous drops. I am talking of ex119 and not any premium unit of Moto.
By the way tests shown here are of extreme conditions. We are not going to use it the way it is shown here.but it only shows the endurance of the unit.in India have seen many habitual of putting their handsets in back pocket (immaterial of size). Hence tests are helpful for such people.
Motorola did it again. As expected. But i m waiting 5.2 or 5 inch device. Common moto
mir, 02 Aug 2016All of the scratched parts on this test are also vulnerable on most other phones. So I don't g... moreyeah right and also who's a fool who will bend their phone like that? even if its inside your pocket it can't be bend as same manner if you bend it with hands. I just goes like, What the Heck!? Phone are meant to be use on a fair manner, and not meant to be bend.
This is just crazy and will make people want more for their phones and gonna wish for the Manufacturer, "your phone must be, DUST, WATER, BEND proof" oh there or even FIREPROOF". are you going to use it in everyday life on those kind of situations. definitely NOT...
Anonymous, 02 Aug 2016Apple and Huawei should learn from Motomasters.. They make the thinnest yet one of the toughestYeah, all hail Motomaster
Apple and Huawei should learn from Motomasters.. They make the thinnest yet one of the toughest
"Jerry is back with a scratch test and bend test of the Moto Z whose outcome didnt disappoint. Motorolas rigid and high-quality build is to thank for the phones survival of the bend test." If anything, the Moto Z is the best built smartphone out there.
All of the scratched parts on this test are also vulnerable on most other phones. So I don't get why you guys are upset with such results.


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WOW! Dulquer Salmaan & Nivin Pauly Bag The Best Actor Titles!
The young brigade of Malayalam actors do enjoy a good fan base and popularity in Tamil Nadu. Due credits for the popularity that Malayalam films and actors are enjoying now should go to Dulquer Salmaan and Nivin Pauly, who with their films have established a strong fan base out there.
The Behindwoods Gold Medals 2017, the award ceremony instituted by popular online portal Behindwoods to felicitate the top performers from movies of 2016, was held in Chennai on June 11, 2017. Dulquer Salmaan and Nivin pauly were the prominent Malayalam celebrities present for the function.
Certain awards were instituted for Malayalam films, as well and both Dulquer Salmaan and Nivin Pauly won big at the Behindwoods Gold Medals 2017 and they had their own reasons to cheer. Both the actors were spotted at their stylish best during the function.
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Best Actor In A Lead Role – Nivin Pauly
In 2016, we saw the popularity of Nivin Pauly soaring to new heights, with the actor in him continuing the success run. At the Behindwoods Gold Medals 2017, Nivin Pauly was adjudged the Best Actor for his performances in the films Action Hero Biju and Jacobinte Swargarajyam.
Best Actor (Critics Choice) - Dulquer Salmaan
The year 2016 was indeed a splendid one for Dulquer Salmaan as he got to play some different roles. Rightly, his role of Krishnan in Kammatipaadam, fetched him the Best Actor Award (Critics Choice) at the Behindwoods Gold Medals 2017. It was Sivakarthikeyan who presented the award to Dulquer Salmaan.
Best Actress - Sai Pallavi
Sai Pallavi, who etched a place of her own in the minds of the Malayalam film audiences, was adjudged the Best Actress. She won the coveted award for her portrayal of Anjali, a housewife in Sameer Thahir's film Kali, which had Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role.
Best Director – Vineeth Sreenivasan
Jacobinte Swargarajyam, released in the year 2016 was one of the biggest hits of the year. The family drama showcased the director in Vineeth Sreenivasan coming out of his comfort zone for good. Rightly, he was declared the Best Director at the Behindwoods Gold Medals 2017.
Keerthy Suresh
Actress Keerthi Suresh, who made her entry to films with Priyadarshan's Geethanjali is now one of the most popular actresses of Kollywood. The actress, who had 3 releases in Tamil in 2016, in the form of Remo, Rajini Murugan and Thodari, won the award for the Best Entertainer Of The Year(Female).


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Customers occasionally ask if we ever sell kitchen knives and this is the first time that we've had any for sale. They're all quite old. The long one is apparently for cutting up watermelons. The one next to it is my favourite - it's big and chunky and solid with lots of character. I don't really need it for myself but I won't mind too much if it doesn't sell!
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I really like these knives but am not sure how to look after them. Do you have any information about sharpening and cleaning them? Ii think they are carbon steel?
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This isn't my area of expertise I'm afraid. The quality of the steel varies - the watermelon knife is relatively flimsy! This is as clean as I was able to get them but we haven't sharpened them (we sell all our tools this way - cleaned up but not sharpened or repaired) . They're traditionally sharpened with a waterstone. You can find better information than I can offer online - eg here : http://www.fine-tools.com/G10002.htm . Jan
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The Celebration of the Feast of the Nativity
The cycle starts with a fast of forty days that precedes the feast. It is called the Nativity fast or
Advent. For the faithful, it is a time to purify both soul and body to enter properly into and
partake of the great spiritual reality of Christ's Coming, much like the preparation for the fast
of the Lord's Resurrection.
The beginning of the fast on November 15 is not liturgically marked by any hymns, but five
days later, on the eve of the Feast of the Presentation of the Theotokos, we hear the first
announcement from the nine "Irmoi" of the Christmas Canon: "Christ is born, glorify Him!"
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Andrew's Day, November 30; St Nicholas Day, December 6; the Sunday of the Forefathers; and
the Sunday of the Fathers.
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the Holy Week preceding Pascha. The Orthodox Church sees the birth of the Son of God as the
beginning of the saving ministry which will lead Him, for the sake of man's salvation, to the
ultimate sacrifice of the Cross.
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Great is served with Vespers. At these services the Old Testament prophecies of Christ's birth
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solemn blessing of the five loaves of bread together with the wheat, wine, and oil. The faithful
partake of the bread soaked in the wine and are also anointed with the oil. This part of the
festal vigil, which is done on all great feasts, is called in Slavonic the litya and in
Greek artoklasia, or the breaking of the bread.
The order of Matins is that of a great feast. Here, for the first time, the full Canon "Christ is
born," is sung while the faithful venerate the Nativity icon.
Concluding the celebration of the Nativity of Christ is the Liturgy. It begins with psalms of
glorification and praise instead of the three normal Antiphons. The troparion and kontakion
mark the entrance with the Book of the Gospels. The baptismal line from Galatians 3:27 once
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Tim Reilly wrote: > I've made a lot of changes to the UUID internals. I'm using byte[] now > instead of BigInteger for the internal data. I'm also using a class I found > in turbine called Bytes (it was deprecated as moved to o.a.c.lang, but I > didn't see it in lang.) On my local-dev I've moved the methods I need to the > package proposed below. > I've been considering the dependency on codec. The classes I'm using are > stable (not likely to change ever). After the lengthy discussions on > commons-dev regarding dependencies, sizes, etc .. I'm still in the camp that > has lots of disk space and bandwidth, but I'm also more aware that not > everyone agrees or has that luxury. Codec is tiny anyhow, but I've also > found I need the version of codec that exists in head (I need the Hex class' > check for invalid chars.) The package rename strategy seems pretty good ATM. > > So I'd like to propose the following: > add a util package with the following structure + classes: > > [Package] o.a.c.id.util > [Class] o.a.c.id.util.Bytes.java > [Package] o.a.c.id.util.codec > [Class] o.a.c.id.util.codec.BinaryDecoder.java > [Class] o.a.c.id.util.codec.BinaryEncoder.java > [Class] o.a.c.id.util.codec.Decoder.java > [Class] o.a.c.id.util.codec.DecoderException.java > [Class] o.a.c.id.util.codec.Encoder.java > [Class] o.a.c.id.util.codec.EncoderException.java > [Package] o.a.c.id.util.codec.binary > [Class] o.a.c.id.util.codec.binary.Hex.java > [Package] o.a.c.id.util.codec.binary.digest > [Class] o.a.c.id.util.codec.digest.DigestUtils.java > > Thoughts? Given the number of [codec] classes involved, I would rather keep the dependency. Phil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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25/05/2011 – Steve Linsell
In a very successful day for the club, the three James's all broke new ground in one of the country's most popular races.
James Walsh, in 6th place, was just 32 seconds behind the legendary Haile Gebrselassie, who won here for the 4th time.
James was through 5k in 14.17 and came home in a magnificent 28.42, well inside his previous best from 2006.
James Wilkinson was very close to breaking 30 minutes with a pb 30.05 in 26th place in his first 10k for a few years. run and will surly go sub 30 soon.
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