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-Thomas J. Henry is one of the largest personal injury firms in Texas.
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jewelry - c/o goldenpixiedust
So I'm back after ages again. This time I did a proper shoot with goldenpixiedust.weebly.com for their upcoming collection. Check out the amazing quartz crystal necklace I swear it was so pretty in real life. Definitely worth the price because its retailing at only $15 on their store!! (I think its out of stock now though, but there might be a restock so email them and if enough people want to get it she'll bring the stuff in!!!) And there are also other pretty pieces available that i'm wearing so check them out.
I also did a collab video with them which is up on their youtube channel. I shot three outfits with them as seen from the photos above. I'm probably gna start my own soon, when I have the time. So check that out as well, don't mind my awkwardness I am so weird in front of the camera.

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[Federal Register: January 16, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 11)] [Notices] [Page 2363-2366] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr16ja03-119] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Immigration and Naturalization Service [AG Order No. 2643-2003] Registration of Certain Nonimmigrant Aliens from Designated Countries AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This Notice requires certain nonimmigrant aliens to appear before, register with, and provide requested information to the Immigration and Naturalization Service on or before March 28, 2003. It applies to certain nonimmigrant aliens from one of the countries designated in this Notice who were last admitted to the United States on or before September 30, 2002, and who will remain in the United States after March 28, 2003. The specific requirements are set forth in the Notice. This Notice is applicable to certain nationals and citizens of Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, or Kuwait who entered the United States on or before September 30, 2002, and who will remain in the United States after March 28, 2003. Aliens described in this Notice are required to register and provide additional information to the Immigration and Naturalization Service between February 24, 2003, and March 28, 2003, inclusive. EFFECTIVE DATES: This Notice is effective on February 24, 2003. Aliens described in this Notice are required to register and provide additional information to the Immigration and Naturalization Service on or before March 28, 2003. [[Page 2364]] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Brown, Office of the General Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 425 I Street, NW., Room 6100, Washington, DC 20536, telephone (202) 514-2895. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 265(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (``Act''), as amended, 8 U.S.C. 1305(b), provides that [t]he Attorney General may in his discretion, upon ten days notice, require the natives of any one or more foreign states, or any class or group thereof, who are within the United States and who are required to be registered under this subchapter, to notify the Attorney General of their current addresses and furnish such additional information as the Attorney General may require. Additionally, section 263(a) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1303(a), provides that the Attorney General may ``prescribe special regulations and forms for the registration and fingerprinting of * * * aliens of any other class not lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.'' The Attorney General has previously exercised his authority under these and other provisions of the Act to establish special registration procedures under 8 CFR 264.1(f). 67 FR 52584 (Aug. 12, 2002). These requirements are known as the National Security Entry--Exit Registration System (``NSEERS''). In accordance with the authority set forth in 8 CFR 264.1(f)(4), the Attorney General has determined that certain nonimmigrant aliens specified in this Notice shall be registered and required to provide specific information. The Attorney General has the sole discretion to make this determination. Under this Notice certain nationals or citizens of Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, or Kuwait are required to appear at an Immigration and Naturalization Service (``Service'') office to register under NSEERS and provide additional information. Previous notices currently in effect have applied to certain nonimmigrant nationals or citizens of Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. See 67 FR 67766 (Nov. 6, 2002); 67 FR 70526 (Nov. 22, 2002); 67 FR 77642 (Dec. 18, 2002). In light of recent events, and based on intelligence information available to the Attorney General, the Attorney General has determined that the aliens described in paragraph (a) of this Notice must appear before the Service and provide certain information. This Notice applies only to certain nonimmigrant aliens from one of the countries designated in this Notice who were last admitted to the United States on or before September 30, 2002, and who will remain after March 28, 2003. Based on intelligence information available to the Attorney General, the Attorney General has determined that registering all nonimmigrant aliens from the covered countries would not enhance national security. Moreover, the Attorney General has determined that it would not be administratively feasible at the present time to register all of the nonimmigrants from the specific countries covered by this Notice, and that the delay occasioned by registering all nonimmigrants from the countries covered by this Notice would jeopardize the national security. Accordingly, the Attorney General has determined that only males aged 16 years or older need to be registered at this time. Furthermore, the Attorney General has determined that an alien who has an application for asylum pending on the date of publication of this Notice has already provided sufficient information in the application for asylum, along with fingerprints, to warrant exclusion from this Notice. Although section 265(b) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1305(b), provides a minimum period of 10 days notice for covered aliens to provide their current address and other required information, this Notice allows an alien described by the Notice a period of more than 30 days to register. The Attorney General has determined that such additional time to register is in the best interests of the United States and has extended this time to register solely as a matter of discretion. Finally, until further notice, once enrolled within NSEERS by registration under this Notice, an alien described in paragraph (a) of this Notice is required to register annually with the Service. All aliens described in paragraph (a) shall comply with all other provisions of 8 CFR 264.1(f)(5) through (f)(9). A willful failure to comply with the requirements of this Notice constitutes a failure to maintain nonimmigrant status under section 237(a)(1)(C)(i) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(C)(i). See 8 CFR 214.1(f). Pursuant to section 237(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(3)(A), an alien who fails to comply with the provisions of this Notice is deportable, unless the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that such failure was reasonably excusable or was not willful. Finally, if an alien subject to this Notice fails, without good cause, to comply with the requirement in 8 CFR 264.1(f)(8) that the alien must report to an inspecting officer of the Service when departing the United States, the alien shall thereafter be presumed to be inadmissible under, but not limited to, section 212(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(A)(ii). See 8 CFR 264.1(f)(8). Notice of Requirements for Registration of Certain Nonimmigrant Aliens From Designated Countries Pursuant to sections 261 through 266 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (``Act''), as amended, 8 U.S.C. 1302 through 1306, and particularly sections 263(a) and 265(b) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1303(a) and 8 U.S.C. 1305(b), and 8 CFR 264.1(f), I hereby order as follows: (a) Scope. Except as provided in paragraph (g), an alien is required to register pursuant to this Notice if the alien: (1) Is a male who was born on or before February 24, 1987; (2) Is a national or citizen of Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, or Kuwait who was inspected by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and was last admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant on or before September 30, 2002; and (3) Will remain in the United States after March 28, 2003. (b) Dual citizens. This Notice is applicable to any alien who is a national or citizen of a designated country, notwithstanding any dual nationality or citizenship. (c) Requirement to appear before an immigration officer. All aliens described in paragraph (a) shall, between February 24, 2003, and March 28, 2003, inclusive, appear before an immigration officer at any of the locations listed in the appendix to this Notice. (d) Information to be provided. All aliens described in paragraph (a) shall: (1) Answer questions under oath before an immigration officer, which answers shall be recorded by the immigration officer; (2) Present to such immigration officer: (i) The alien's travel documents, including passport and the Form I-94 issued upon admission, and any other forms of government-issued identification; (ii) Proof of residence, such as, but not limited to, title to land or a lease or a rental agreement, and, if applicable, proof of matriculation at an educational institution, and, if applicable, proof of employment; and (iii) Such other information as is requested by the immigration officer; and (3) Shall be fingerprinted and photographed by the immigration officer. (e) Annual reporting obligations. All aliens described in paragraph (a) shall [[Page 2365]] appear, within 10 days of each anniversary of the date on which they were registered under this Notice, before an immigration officer at any of the locations listed in the appendix to this Notice and answer questions under oath. All aliens described in paragraph (a) shall comply with all other provisions of 8 CFR 264.1(f)(5)-(9). (f) Notice of Change of Address. All aliens described in paragraph (a) shall advise the Immigration and Naturalization Service, through the filing of Form AR-11, of any change of address within 10 days of such change of address. If an alien fails to notify the Immigration and Naturalization Service in writing of a change of address and the new address, as required by section 265(a) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1305(a), the alien may be subject to prosecution under section 266(b) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1306(b), and may be deportable as provided in section 237(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(3)(A). If it becomes necessary to place the alien in removal proceedings, the Immigration and Naturalization Service may use the most recent address provided by the alien for service of the Notice to Appear. (g) Inapplicability. The requirements of this Notice do not apply to any alien who: (1) Is presently in a nonimmigrant classification under section 101(a)(15)(A) or 101(a)(15)(G) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(A) or 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(G); (2) Is lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; or (3) Has an application for asylum pending on January 16, 2003, or has been granted asylum, under section 208 of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1158. Dated: January 9, 2003. John Ashcroft, Attorney General. Appendix Immigration and Naturalization Service Offices for Registration of Certain Nonimmigrants Pursuant to Notice of January 16, 2003 Alaska--Anchorage, 620 East 10th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Arizona--Phoenix, 2035 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Arizona--Tucson, 6431 South Country Club Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706-5907 Arkansas--Fort Smith, 4991 Old Greenwood Road, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72903 California--Fresno, 865 Fulton Mall, Fresno, California 93721 California--Los Angeles, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Room 2024, Los Angeles, California 90012 California--Sacramento, 650 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814 California--San Bernardino, 655 West Rialto Avenue, San Bernardino, California 92410 California--San Diego, 880 Front Street, Suite 1209, San Diego, California 92101 California--San Francisco, 444 Washington Street, San Francisco, California 94111 California--San Jose, 1887 Monterey Road, San Jose, California 95112 California--Santa Ana, 34 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California 92701 Colorado--Denver, 4730 Paris Street, Denver, CO 80239 Connecticut--Hartford, 450 Main Street, 4th Floor, Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Florida--Jacksonville, 4121 Southpoint Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32216 Florida--Miami, 7880 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida 33138 Florida--Orlando, 9403 Tradeport Drive, Orlando, Florida 32827 Florida--Tampa, 5524 West Cypress Street, Tampa, Florida 33607-1708 Florida--West Palm Beach, 326 Fern Street, Riviera Beach, Florida 33401 Georgia--Atlanta, 77 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Guam--Agana, Sirena Plaza, Suite 100, 108 Hernan Cortez Avenue, Hagatna, Guam 96910 Hawaii--Honolulu, 595 Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Idaho--Boise, 1185 South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709 Illinois--Chicago, 230 South Dearborn, 2nd Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604 Indiana--Indianapolis, 950 N. Meridian Street, Room 400, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Iowa--Des Moines, 210 Walnut Street, Room 369, Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Kansas--Wichita, 271 West 3rd Street North, Suite 1050, Wichita, Kansas 67202-1212 Kentucky--Louisville, 601 West Broadway, Room 390, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 Louisiana--New Orleans, 701 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Maine--Portland 176 Gannet Drive, South Portland, Maine 04106 Maryland--Baltimore, 31 Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Massachusetts--Boston, Government Center, JFK Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts 02203 Michigan--Detroit, 333 Mount Elliot Street, Detroit, Michigan 48207- 4381 Minnesota--Minneapolis, 2901 Metro Drive, Suite 100, Bloomington, Minnesota 55425 Missouri--Kansas City, 9747 Northwest Conant Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64153 Missouri--St. Louis, 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103 Montana--Helena, 2800 Skyway Drive, Helena, Montana 59601 Nebraska--Omaha, 3736 South 132nd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68144 Nevada--Las Vegas, 3373 Pepper Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89120-2739 Nevada--Reno, 1352 Corporate Boulevard, Reno, Nevada 85902 New Hampshire--Manchester, 803 Canal Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101 New Jersey--Cherry Hill, 1886 Greentree Road, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003 New Jersey--Newark, 970 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 New Mexico--Albuquerque, 1720 Randolph Road SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 New York--Albany, 1086 Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham, New York 12110 New York--Buffalo, 130 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14202 New York--New York City, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278 North Carolina--Charlotte, 210 E. Woodlawn Road, Building 6, Suite 138, Charlotte, North Carolina 28217 Ohio--Cincinnati, 550 Main Street, Room 4001, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Ohio--Cleveland, 1240 East Ninth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44199 Ohio--Columbus, 50 West Broad Street, Suite 304D, Columbus, Ohio 43215 Oklahoma--Oklahoma City, 4149 Highline Boulevard, Suite 300, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73108 Oregon--Portland, 511 Northwest Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97209 Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, 1600 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130 Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh, 1000 Liberty Avenue, Room 214, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 Puerto Rico, San Juan, 7 Tabonuco Street, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 Rhode Island--Providence, 200 Dyer Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903 St. Croix--Christiansted, Sunny Isle Shopping Center, Christiansted, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands 00820 St. Thomas--Charlotte Amalie, Nisky Center, Suite 1A, First Floor South, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands 00802 South Carolina--Charleston, 170 Meeting Street, Fifth Floor, Charleston, South Carolina 29401 South Carolina--Greer, 142-D West Philips Road, Greer, South Carolina 29650 Tennessee--Memphis, 1314 Sycamore View Road, Suite 100, Memphis, Tennessee 38134 Texas--Dallas, 8101 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75247 Texas--El Paso, 1545 Hawkins Boulevard, El Paso, Texas 79925 Texas--Harlingen, 2102 Teege Avenue, Harlingen, Texas 78550-4667 Texas--Houston, 126 Northpoint Drive, Houston, Texas 77060 Texas--San Antonio, 8904 Fourwinds Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78239 Utah--Salt Lake City, 5272 South College Drive, 100, Murray, Utah 84123 Vermont--St. Albans, 64 Gricebrook Road, St. Albans, Vermont 05478 Virginia--Norfolk, 5280 Henneman Drive, Norfolk, Virginia 23513 Washington, DC, 4420 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203 Washington--Seattle, 815 Airport Way, South, Seattle, Washington 98134 Washington--Spokane, 920 W. Riverside Room 691, Spokane, Washington 99201 Washington--Yakima, 417 E. Chestnut, Yakima, Washington 98901 West Virginia--Charleston, 210 Kanawha Boulevard West, Charleston, West Virginia 25302 Wisconsin--Milwaukee, 310 East Knapp [[Page 2366]] Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 For further information relating to this notice and information about local office hours and locations, the public may call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283 or (TTY) 1-800- 767-1833, or visit the INS Web site at http://www.ins.gov/. [FR Doc. 03-879 Filed 1-15-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-10-P
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Diva In Training
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this is soooo cute, I adore all of the color...hope your day is fabby!ReplyDelete
enjoy *~*
ohb juel marie that is just so very cute!! i love the flowers and the butterfly too. thank you for playing with the tiddly inkers again hugs Lou xxReplyDelete
This is sooooo adorable!ReplyDelete
Ohh, love that sentiment...how cute!!! Perfect!ReplyDelete
ooh luv the card - you also have a cute blog!ReplyDelete
Oooh how cute :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us at IDIC this week.
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Aww how cute...Thank you for joining us at Digistamps4joy, and good luck.ReplyDelete
Bunny GD DS4J
Aww...your wee girl is so cute! So glad you joined us at Frosted Designs! :)ReplyDelete
Cute image, and so beautifully colored. Thanks for joining us this week on Catch The Bug.ReplyDelete
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Love the added bling on the butterfly, really adds a bit of texture perfectly!ReplyDelete
Thanks for playing along with us this week in our Texture challenge at Delicious Doodles!
Keryn :)
Just so sweet and and adorable!!!ReplyDelete
Adorable card...love the dp and colors you went with. And you colored her so wonderfully. Thanks for joining us at Digistamps4Joy ~ Charlene GD DS4JReplyDelete
Very cute! Love this. My niece would definitely fit that description :)ReplyDelete
Lovely card, cute image. Thanks for joining in our challenge at MTTC this week.ReplyDelete
Pat xx
Oh, this is such a cute and sweet card! Love it in pink! Thanks for playing along with us at Speedy the Cat's Friends challenge this week!ReplyDelete
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How sweet she is with her big shoes. That embossed flower is perfect with this image.ReplyDelete
Thank you for playing with us at Speedy's challenge. Good luck.
Your card is so sweet and she certainly is a Diva in training. Thanks so much for joining us at Tiddly Inks!ReplyDelete
I just LOVE this stamp! Great card!! Thank you so much for joining us this week at Tiddly Ink Challenges!ReplyDelete
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Thanks for sharing your awesome card with us at Speedy's Friends.
Ohhhhh how cute!! Love your card and the sentiment is brilliant!!ReplyDelete
Such a cute card, the image is so sweet! Thanks for taking part in the MTTC challenge xxReplyDelete
Very cute card! Adorable stamp, and beautiful colours!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining CCC this week!
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Adorable Card!, love it.ReplyDelete
Thanks for playing Frosted Designs
Sonia GDT - FD
Juliemarie this is so sweet and adorable. I love how the wings on the fairy sparkle and shine. This is one perfect masterpiece. Thanks so much for playing along in Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge. Good luck in the drawing for the stamp set. Hope to see you again in our next challenge.ReplyDelete
Bear Hugs,
Carol :O}
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Super cute card!!! Love the image and your coloring!!!ReplyDelete
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Ooooohhh - I just love the sparkle! Thanks for playing with us at Bee Crafty.ReplyDelete
Deanne :)


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The Lambda Literary Foundation "nurtures, celebrates, and preserves LGBT literature through programs that honor excellence, promote visibility and encourage development of emerging writers". We would like to recognize the valuable work that librarians do to select and promote LGBT literature of any kind.
LambdaLiterary.org, the online publication of the Lambda Literary Foundation, will have a new column starting in August 2010 which will feature interviews with LGBTIQA librarians and the work that they do to select and promote LGBTIQ materials at their libraries. Public librarians, K-12 librarians, academic librarians, special librarians, and archivists who work with LGBTIQ materials and patrons are all welcome to participate in this project.
If you are interested in being interviewed for the column, please contact Rachel Wexelbaum at firstname.lastname@example.com or (320) 308-4756 for more information.
Series: "Confessions of a Librarian"
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Would a straight librarian who writes– as well as promotes– gay lit count?
That is correct, Antonio–the "A" in LGBTIQA means "Allies".
Brent, if you can email me with your contact info that would be great. I will be sending out an email to all interested writers soon.
Ohhh, I'm not a librarian. LOL. I was just checking for a friend.
I don't think I could be a librarian… too many kids!!


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It can be difficult to choose a point of view to use in your book. If you have gotten this far in the challenge, you should already be writing your book in a particular point of view. Be careful not to alternate points of view within the story. If you find that your story isn't working for you, one way to do a major revision that can spark ideas and sometimes change the tone of your whole story is to rewrite it using a different point of view. It takes a lot of work to do this, but it can be surprising how a story can be changed completely with just this one difference.
Here are how the different points of view work:
First person: This is the point of view that speaks in "I." When using first person, you are writing the book as if it is the main character telling the story. This limits you to only what your main character sees, smells, hears, tastes, notices and thinks, but it can also feel more natural to write. One of the dangers is that you might fall into the trap of telling the story instead of showing the story more easily. It is becoming increasingly common to see first person point of view used in Young Adult novels.
Second person: This is the point of view that speaks to the reader using "you." In fiction, this can be really awkward and is not easily done well. Even when done well, many readers will find it uncomfortable to read in fiction. It is seen more often in how-to books and other non-fiction books.
Third person: This is the point of view that speak in "she," "they," "it," "him," "he" and "her." It can be used as a way to show more than one perspective within the book. In third person omniscient, you can show the story through multiple characters' perspectives, but this isn't always the best method for third person as you can sometimes confuse your readers when you write the story from the perspective of too many characters. It can leave your reader not knowing which of the characters to root for or connect with. It can be done well, but not easily. A better idea is to use third person limited, which limits you to the perspective of one to three of your characters. This works in that you can show more of the story to your readers, by using different perspectives, often broken up by different chapters, than when using first person, but you won't risk confusing your readers too much as when using third person omniscient.
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Does anybody know if landlords have to install heating in bathrooms & hallways?
We're a managing agent & a Tenant rented a property with single glazing & electric storage heaters in the lounge, two bedrooms & kitchen but now is threatening to report us to environmental health as they say the flat is freezing because of the bathroom & hallway.
The property had a full rewire & brand new heaters installed before they moved in but originally the bathroom & hallway didn't have electric heaters so the electrician didn't install them.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
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Photographers refer to the hour after the sun goes down as blue hour. It's a magical time to be out shooting, as you can really play with the juxtaposition of cool and warm light.
I spent some time photographing this particular scene with different compositions, fascinated with the way the warmth from the man-made light receded into the cool blue of twilight. In the end, I decided I liked this composition where I omitted the actual source of the warm light, making it appear as if the window is being bathed in light from an otherworldly source.


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The European Parliament's Environment Committee has given its support to a compromise plan to boost the price of allowances on the EU's carbon market.
To become law, the proposal to temporarily remove some of the glut of permits that has weighed on prices still needs to win backing from a plenary session of the parliament next month in Strasbourg, and from EU member states.
Traders said the market had already priced in a positive vote and allowances on the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) fell by 3.6% to €4.53 a tonne short after the vote on Wednesday (19 June).
After a defeat of the proposal in a full session of the European Parliament in April, the carbon price fell to a record low of less than €3 a tonne.
British MEP Chris Davies, spokesman for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe on the committee, indicated that the deal was far from perfect.
In a statement after the vote, he said the plan "amounts to little more than a modest regulatory adjustment. It will maintain the operation of carbon trading but it will not provide a driving force to promote long-term low-carbon investments."
"We still need to agree on clear targets for Europe's CO2 reductions by 2030 to give investors greater certainty", Davies said, "and we urgently need to secure a global agreement on measures to tackle climate change."
Green groups welcome deal
Campaigners welcomed the yes vote, although environmentalists say the proposal is very weak and will have a limited impact on prices.
But they hope it will be a stepping stone towards deeper structural measures, such as the permanent withdrawal of some carbon permits.
"With this vote the Environment Committee has sent an important political signal: there is still commitment to the EU's flagship climate policy," said Rob Elsworth of the campaign group Sandbag.
The carbon market plan was meant to be a quick fix for a market that has hit a series of record lows far below levels of €40 to €50 needed to drive a shift to lower carbon energy.
The proposal has met fierce resistance from heavy industry, which complains about anything that drives up the cost of energy in difficult economic times, and from Poland, whose economy depends on coal.
Germany has failed to take a stand ahead of elections in September.
Carbon prices have reacted to the twists and turns of the debate, which has dragged on for years. Price swings, often in excess of 10%, have been exaggerated by the weakness of the market.
Eurofer, the European steel industry association, voiced scepticism about the vote, saying backloading was an "unnecessary intervention" in the EU carbon market and that greater attention should be paid to industrial competitiveness instead.
"The EU emissions trading scheme is working as it should and Europe is well on track to meet its 2020 reduction targets," says Gordon Moffat, director-general of the European Steel Association. "Instead of artificially raising carbon costs the Commission must address the competitive disadvantages for industry resulting from European climate and energy policies."
There were some modifications brought by the Parliament's vote which Eurofer welcomed as satisfactory, however. These include provisions to reintroduce carbon allowances that have been withheld from one year to the next and a new financing mechanism to reserve 600 million allowances for the development of innovative low-carbon technologies.
"Of course these modifications might be regarded as improvements compared to the original version. It seems that there is less risk now of emissions allowances being removed from the market permanently," Moffat said.
"Still, the proposal represents market interference as well as additional, artificial increases in energy prices. It would have been more helpful if all the political energy that went into meddling with the ETS would have been invested in policies that strengthen the competitiveness of European industry."
Oxfam, the global anti-poverty group, said the Parliament committee vote had "sent a signal to markets that EU climate policy is here to stay".
However, it criticised the compromise deal for weakening the European Commission's original proposal "substantially".
Lies Craeynest, Oxfam's EU climate change expert, said: "The upcoming structural reform of the ETS will need to be much more ambitious to help stave off dangerous climate change which threatens the food security of millions around the world.
"The proposal for a new fund makes lots of sense but it should be aimed at funding real climate solutions at home and meeting the EU's promises to help poor countries deal with climate change abroad, rather than propping up energy-intensive industries."
With a turnover that reached around €90 billion in 2010, the EU's Emissions Trading System is the world's largest carbon market. Around 80% of it is traded in futures markets and 20% in spot markets.
The ETS aims to encourage companies to invest in low-polluting technologies by allocating or selling them allowances to cover their annual emissions. The most efficient companies can then sell unused allowances or bank them.
The scheme has proved influential. Australia's is due to begin carbon trading in 2015, Thailand and Vietnam have both unveiled plans to launch similar schemes, China is due to launch pilot schemes across several provinces this year, and India will ring the bell for trading on an energy efficiency market in 2014. Mexico and Taiwan are also planning to introduce carbon markets.
- 1-4 July: European Parliament to vote on proposal at a plenary session in Strasbourg.
Further Reading
European Commission
- DG Climate: Structural Reform of the ETS
- DG Climate: Carbon market reform press release
- DG Climate: Q&A - Emissions Trading
- DG Climate: EU ETS
- DG Climate Action: ETS Legislation
Press articles
EURACTIV Czech Republic: Backloading povolenek jde do plenárního hlasování, kompromis je prý ale p?íliš slabý
EURACTIV Slovakia: Backloading prechádza europarlamentom na druhý pokus


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Although there are many ways one would imagine the 'Fuel Station of the Future,' this concept by Nissan and Foster + Partners isn't a station at all. Instead, the proposed concept sees the gas station as the home, streets and the car itself rather than an individual location.
The station concept would offer drivers the ability to store unused batteries, perform wireless charging and even connect to their vehicles wirelessly. The concept rethinks how energy will be used and disseminated in the future.
Being that we are moving in a direction towards totally electric vehicles and autonomous cars, the 'Fuel Station of the Future' gives a realistic idea of what might be soon to come. The concept sees fueling vehicles as an intuitive part of an urbanite's lifestyle rather than a pitstop to visit.
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Brett Favre's arm fatigue will go away as the summer drags. It's what he doesn't have yet, that poses a bigger problem.
Favre, who said his arm was dragging today, also talked about the difficulty in gaining familiarity with a new offense. Learning new calls, plays and gaining cohesiveness with his wide receivers are the obstacles that lay ahead of the soon-to-be 39-year-old with the season less than a month away.
Favre has not missed a game in 15 years, but those were all with the Packers.
"To me, the most important thing right now is getting to know those guys, what they run well, just talking to them," Favre said.
"There's no way, and this goes back to playing with the guys in Green Bay, you never practice every route. We knew each other fairly well. I knew what I threw best, I knew what those guys ran the best and we incorporated it into our system."
Laveranues Coles, the Jets' top receiving threat, has not talked to the media since Favre was traded for and Chad Pennington released. Coles and Pennington were good friends, and the receiver may be upset with the Jets' decision. Favre talked to Coles today about the situation.
"Those two guys had a great rapport together," Favre said. "I said, 'Look, I'm not trying to replace him, I'm here to help you guys win. I hope you respect me for that. I can't guarantee you that. I would love to say I'll come in here and help this team not only get to the playoffs but get to the Super Bowl.'"
Coach Eric Mangini said he believes the biggest difficulty will be translating the language Favre used in Green Bay to the one used in New York.
"It just doesn't roll off the tongue right now like I'm sure he'd like it to, but that's going to come," Mangini said. "After you get used to being in a huddle, saying it a few times, going through the walkthrough, seeing it on tape, eventually it starts rolling off the tongue a lot quicker."
Favre, who played 16 years with the Packers, explained why it is going to be a challenge.
"We call plays out here and I revert back," he said. "A lot of the terminology is used in this offense but it means something totally different. Scat here is a totally different protection; in fact it's a max protection here, where in Green Bay you've got five linemen. So any blitz at all, you've got to throw hard. As soon as I hear scat, I'm going 'Blitz', I've got to get rid of it."
As far as the arm fatigue, Favre said he would ask Mangini for reduced throws during the afternoon practice. Favre did not seem overly concerned, though.
"It wasn't too bad; my arm is dragging a little bit today," Favre said.
" It's not really sore, just fatigued. To be honest with you, I'm surprised, I don't want to say I feel good, but I've been able to make it through every practice so far. I think maybe this afternoon I'm going to talk to Eric (Mangini) about it. Limit my throws a little bit."


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The Lahore High Court came up with a surprise on Thursday and ordered the federal government to implement decisions of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) and build the much-politicised Kalabagh Dam.
"The Constitution of Pakistan confers a pre-eminent position to the CCI to formulate and regulate policies for the federation in relation to a number of subjects, including water and power. A decision of the CCI has obligatory effect unless the same is modified by parliament at the instance of the federal government under Article 154(7) of the Constitution," said a short order issued by LHC Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial after deciding a set of petitions seeking an order for the government to build the dam in the light of CCI's recommendations.
The chief justice observed that the current shortage of power in the national grid, scarcity and depletion of irrigation water resources for arable land in the country and the frequent occurrence of floods in the Indus River basin had adversely affected the quality and security of life of citizens in Punjab and the country as a whole.
He said the resulting degradation in the quality and conditions of life of the affected citizens violated their fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 9 and 25 of the Constitution.
Earlier, Shahzad Iqbal, senior joint secretary of the Ministry of Inter-provincial Coordination, informed the court about two decisions taken by the CCI on the project.
The first was taken in 1991 at a meeting of the council which approved the construction of Kalabagh Dam (KBD).
On May 9, 1998, the CCI revisited the issue and directed the Natural Water Resources Development Programme, headed by the water and power minister, to prepare for detractors a document explaining the issues involved in the construction of the dam and addressing political and technical concerns about it.
The council had decided that Wapda should prepare supplementary projects in support of the KBD to mitigate its effect keeping in view that overall cost of the project remained viable. It was also decided that a strategy should be formulated to market the KBD project as a package, including addressing political and technical concerns that had been raised over the time.
The CCI meetings held in the Prime Minister's House were attended by chief ministers of the four provinces and government officials.
The secretary informed the court that neither the decisions nor the project, thereafter, had received much attention of the federal government. Removal of the elected government in 1999 was also one of the reasons behind non-implementation of the CCI decisions, he claimed.
The petitioners' lawyers pointed out that a technical study undertaken in 2004 by representatives of the four provinces had endorsed and approved feasibility of the dam. They argued that the CCI was a constitutionally-mandated institution and the government was bound to implement its decisions.
Chief Justice Bandial observed that bona fide steps by the federal government were necessary so that the fate of the project was not sealed on the basis of presumptions and surmises when in the light of the material on record the project was admittedly feasible both technically and economically.
The short order said: "It is, therefore, directed that whilst implementing the CCI decisions the federal government shall faithfully strive to explore and devise an administrative framework and safeguards that allay the apprehensions, political or otherwise nurtured by the quarters concerned about the project.
"The steps shall be taken expeditiously by the government with a resolve to comply with the provisions of Article 154 of the Constitution by effectuating the will of the CCI as expressed or by seeking further guidance and direction therefrom if need arises.
"The federal government is directed that in the performance of its duty under Article 154 of the Constitution, it shall in letter and spirit take steps that implement the decisions of the CCI taken in 1991 and 1998 regarding Kalabagh Dam."
The chief justice disposed of the petitions after issuing the order.
Feroze Shah Gillani and others had filed the petitions. They were represented by advocates A.K Dogar, Azhar Siddique and Mian Bilal Ahmad.
During the previous hearing, Wapda had contended that the objections raise and apprehensions expressed by three provinces against the construction of KBD were baseless. Such reservations were based on lack of information and hearsay knowledge.
It informed the court that the provincial assemblies of NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Balochistan and Sindh had passed unanimous resolutions against the construction of Kala Bagh Dam in Dec 1988, Oct 1994 and June 1994, respectively.
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Former Major League Baseball star and self-styled financial guru Lenny Dykstra has been charged with selling pieces of his former life as he struggled to battle numerous creditors in Bankruptcy Court.
Dykstra helped the New York Mets win the 1986 World Series and later became a celebrity stock picker and entrepreneur before his finances dissolved in the summer of 2009. Dykstra was charged with one count of embezzling from a bankruptcy estate, the Justice Department said Friday.
The former Mets and Phillies outfielder had been arrested on separate charges Thursday by the Los Angeles Police Department's commercial crimes division. Dykstra was picked up at a home in Encino at 8 p.m. Thursday on suspicion of buying vehicles through fraudulent means, police said. Dykstra, 48, was being held in lieu of $500,000 bail and could not be reached for comment.
According to federal prosecutors, Dykstra sold sports memorabilia and items from his Ventura County mansion, including a $50,000 sink, that were frozen as part of the bankruptcy case. Typically, a person in bankruptcy can't touch assets that are part of the case so that they are available to repay creditors.


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Denise Borino-Quinn, famous for playing the role of Ginny Sacrimoni on "The Sopranos," died earlier this week after a long battle with liver cancer. She was 46.
Borino-Quinn won the role in an open casting call and had no prior acting experience at the time. She lost 175 pounds after the show went off the air using stomach stapling surgery, but was still often recognized by fans.]
"The Sopranos" was her only acting gig.
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Why is predictive tracking useful?One common use of predictive tracking is to reduce the apparent "motion to photon" latency, meaning the time between movement and when that movement is reflected in the drawn scene. Since there is some delay between movement and an updated display (more on the sources of that delay below), using an estimated future orientation and position as the data used in updating the display, could shorten that perceived latency.
While a lot of attention has been focused on predictive tracking in virtual reality applications, it is also very important in augmented reality. For instance, if you are displaying a graphical overlay to appear on top of a physical object that you see with an augmented reality goggles, it is important that the overlay stays on the object even when you rotate your head. The object might be recognized with a camera, but it takes time for the camera to capture the frame, for a processor to determine where the object is in the frame and for a graphics chip to render the new overlay. By using predictive tracking, you can get better apparent registration between the overlay and the physical object.
How does it work?If you saw a car travelling at a constant speed and you wanted to predict where that car will be one second in the future, you could probably make a fairly accurate prediction. You know the current position of the car, you might know (or can estimate) the current velocity, and thus you can extrapolate the position into the near future.
Of course if you compare your prediction with where the car actually is in one second, your prediction is unlikely to be 100% accurate every time: the car might change direction or speed during that time. The farther out you are trying to predict, the less accurate your prediction will be: predicting where the car will be in one second is likely much more accurate than predicting where it will be in one minute.
The more you know about the car and its behavior, the better chance you have of making an accurate prediction. For instance, if you were able to measure not only the velocity but also the acceleration, you can make a more accurate prediction.
If you have additional information about the behavior of the tracked body, this can also improve prediction accuracy. For instance, when doing head tracking, understand how fast the head can possibly rotate and what are common rotation speeds, can improve the tracking model. Similarly, if you are doing eye tracking, you can use the eye tracking information to anticipate head movements as discussed in this post
Sources of latency
The desired to perform predictive tracking comes from having some latency between actual movement and displaying an image that reflects that movement. Latency can come from multiple sources, such as:
- Sensing delays. The sensors (e.g. gyroscope) may be bandwidth-limited and do not instantaneously report orientation or position changes. Similarly, camera-based sensors may exhibit delay between when the pixel on the camera sensor receives light from the tracked object to that frame being ready to be sent to the host processor.
- Processing delays. Sensors are often combined using some kind of sensor fusion algorithm, and executing this algorithm can add latency.
- Data smoothing. Sensor data is sometimes noisy and to avoid erroneous jitter, software or hardware-based low pass algorithms are executed.
- Transmission delays. For example, if orientation sensing is done using a USB-connected device, there is some non-zero time between the data available to be ready by the host processor and the time data transfer over USB is completed.
- Rendering delays. When rendering a non-trivial scene, it takes some time to have the image ready to be sent to the display device.
- Frame rate delays. If a display is operating at 100 Hz, for instance, there is a 10 mSec time between successive frames. Information that is not precisely current to when a particular pixel is drawn may need to wait until the next time that pixel is drawn on the display.
Some of these delays are very small, but unfortunately all of them add up and predictive tracking, along with other techniques such as time warping, are helpful in reducing the apparent latency.
How much to track into the future?
In two words: it depends. You will want to estimate the end-the-end latency of your system as a starting point and then optimize them to your liking.
It may be that you will need to predict several timepoints into the future at any given time. Here are some examples why this may be required:
- There are objects with different end-to-end delays. For instance, a hand tracked with a camera may be have different latency than a head tracker, but both need to be drawn in sync in the same scene, so predictive tracking with different 'look ahead' times will be used.
- In configurations where a single screen - such as a cell phone screen - is used to provide imagery to both eyes, it is often the case that the image for one eye appears with a delay of half a frame (e.g. half of 1/60 seconds, or approx 8 mSec) relative to the other eye. In this case, it is best to use predictive tracking that looks ahead 8 mSec more for that delayed half of the screen.
Common prediction algorithms
Here is some sampling of predictive tracking algorithms:
- Dead reckoning. This is a very simple algorithm: if the position and velocity (or angular position and angular velocity) is known at a given time, the predicted position assumes that the last know position and velocity are correct and the velocity remains the same. For instance, if the last known position is 100 units and the last known velocity is 10 units/sec, then the predicted position 10 mSec (0.01 seconds) into the future is 100 + 10 x 0.01 = 100.1. While this is very simple to compute, it assumes that the last position and velocity are accurate (e.g. not subject to any measurement noise) and that the velocity is constant. Both these assumptions are often incorrect.
- Kalman predictor. This is based on a popular Kalman filter that is used to reduce sensor noise in systems where there exists a mathematical model of the system's operation. See here for more detailed explanation of the Kalman filter.
- Alpha-beta-gamma. The ABG predictor is closely related to the Kalman predictor, but is less general and has simpler math, which we can explain here at a high level. ABG tries to continuously estimate both velocity and acceleration and use them in prediction. Because the estimates take into account actual data, they provide some measurement noise reduction. Configuring the parameters (alpha, beta and gamma) provide the ability to emphasize responsiveness as opposed to noise reduction. If you'd like to follow the math, here it goes:
Predictive tracking is a useful and commonly-used technique for reducing apparent latency. It offers simple or sophisticated implementations, requires some thought and analysis, but it is well worth it.


text: Bogart was only eight when his famous father died; now that he's a grown-up, a published author (Play It Again, 1995), and a TV producer, he is ready to confront the legend. As a young man, Stephen Bogart was troubled by the fame of his father; he felt abandoned after the actor's premature death at 57 and oppressed by his equally famous mother's enshrining of Bogie's memory. When MomLauren Bacall (who will contribute the book's forward)urged him to learn about his father, Stephen resisted mightily, ``fleeing my father's ghost at every turn.'' Now an adult with kids of his own, Stephen is ready to confront his family past, and this biography of Bogieas much about Stephen's growing up as about his father's life and careeris the result. The book opens by paraphrasing the sappy pop song ``Key Largo'': ``When I was a kid I had it all. Just like Bogie and Bacall. In fact, I had them, too.'' It's a bad omen. The author in fact has little to add to the already familiar story of his father's roots in wealth, rebellion against his parents, ups and downs on Broadway, sputtering Hollywood career, and eventual skyrocketing takeoff with High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon, and Casablanca. He repeats some familiar anecdotes about his old man's excessive drinking and needling wit, talks to some of his cronies, and offers us the results in artless, flat prose that does nothing to engage the reader. Bogart contributes nothing to our knowledge of his father's films, his politics, his sex life, or his marriage to Bacall. He spends entirely too much time making inappropriate comparisons between his father's habits, beliefs, and conduct and his own. A memoir clearly written to exorcise some personal ghosts. (First printing of 125,000; author tour)


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One of the most daunting aspects of trying to escape a domestic abuse relationship is the physical move. Not only is the act dangerous due to the potential for being caught by the abusive partner, moving is also expensive. Thankfully, a moving company in California is making the process a little less scary.
In a partnership with Good Shepherd Shelter, a nonprofit that helps women and children who have been domestically abused, Meathead Movers is helping victims leave abusive partners for free — and safely.


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Come join us Fri-Sat-Sun July 4'th-6'th at Elderberry Farms in Bangor, MI for this unforgettable gathering to celebrate the arts.
Free Camping, $30 at the gate, $20.00 on EventBrite
2 Days and Nights of Live Painting, Music, Dance and creations of all sorts to enjoy.
Musical acts will be streaming in to compile a one of a kind Sound Track to your Head Change Experience. Our Independence Day Celebration will include the sounds of bands Such as: Medicinal Groove, Desmond Jones, That Freak Quincy, Sun Lab, Bruit Fruit Snacks, Funky Marbles, The Heads, Bear-Trap, Space Camp, Dental Work and many more.
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Shaun Baker is an actor who has appeared in recurring roles in Living Single and NYPD Blue, guest roles in C.S.I. Miami and Chicago Hope, and a regular character on V.I.P.
In 1992, Baker performed the voice for Lingo, a dinosaur gang member in the Dinosaurs episode "Leader of the Pack".


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A Man and I went shopping earlier. I always have this problem with food shopping, in that I can never quite marry up what I've already got at home with what I want to cook this week, and which other things I need to buy to achieve the latter goal. Part of the problem (although I don't really see it as such) is that I work in a supermarket, meaning I'm not only in the shop all the time, but I also get discount and get the opportunity to constantly browse the reduced sections, so a lot of the stuff in there is only in the freezer in the first place because it didn't cost much.
I decided to write a list of what's in my freezer, and it turns out that I've essentially been hoarding food. Some of it I am planning to use during the week (in which case, I'm not quite sure how we managed to spend quite as much as we did today, particularly given that we bought no meat…) so you may well get to have a look at what happens to the poor stuff which has been squashed haphazardly into freezer bags and somehow managed to find a space amongst all the other rubbish that's in there…
I've taken my duck carcass out to make stock this evening, so soup is on the cards for tomorrow. As for the rest of the week, the plan includes a beef and mushroom pie and some kind of fish risotto or pie.
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Meat and Fish
Duck liver
6 Pork and Glastonbury Ale Sausages
Braising Steak
Cooked Prawns
Cooked Mussels
Smoked Salmon
Pouting Fillets
2 whole Gurnard
Large-ish joint of Salmon
1 portion Pork Goulash
Fish Cake mix
2 portions Lentil and Bacon Soup
2 portions Veggie Curry
2 portions Lamb Tagine
Duck, port and plum gravy
1 packet of Salami and Chianti filled pasta
Ice Lollies
Fish Fingers
Loaf of bread
6 Crumpets
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Less than a week remains for registered voters in Caddo County to apply for absentee ballots to be mailed to them for the June 26, 2018, Primary Election, County Election Board Secretary Ladonna Phillips said today. Applications for absentee ballots must be in the hands of the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, to be processed. Any registered voter eligible to vote in the election may vote by absentee ballot without stating a reason, Ms. Phillips said. Absentee voters may apply in person at the County Election Board office or may send their applications by mail, fax, e-mail or online, visit: www.elections.ok.gov. Voters also may apply for absentee ballots for the following reasons:
* Registered voters who are physically incapacitated and voters who care for physically incapacitated persons who cannot be left unattended may apply for absentee ballots only by mail, fax, e-mail, or via an agent who is at least 16 years of age and who is not employed by or related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person whose name appears on the ballot.
* Registered voters who are confined to nursing homes in the county may apply by mail, by fax, by e-mail, or via an agent who is at least 16 years of age and who is not employed by or related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person whose name appears on the ballot.
* Military personnel, residents of Cadoo County living overseas, and the spouses and dependents of each group may apply only by mail, by fax, or by e-mail. For more information and instructions, military and overseas voters may visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program website: www.fvap.gov/oklahoma. For more information on absentee voting, contact the County Election Board at 110 SW 2nd St, Ste. 112, Anadarko, OK. The telephone number is 405-247-5001. The County Election Board's fax number is 405-247-2052. For additional election-related information, visit: www.elections.ok.gov


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If you value a quiet environment, fresh air, peace and quiet more than the convenience of living near your office in town, you'll love staying in FORESQUE RESIDENCES by Wing Tai Asia. Just beside you lies the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve covering an area almost equal to 3,000 football fields. You'll love the country-side, away from the pollution, congestion and noise of the city. The freshness of the air, the nice quiet treasures of the nature, little niche restaurants by the Rail Mall, and all the amenities close by. Timed perfectly with the opening of Downtown Line in 2015, easily connects you to the rest of the island.
Inspired by Richard Serra's Torqued Ellipses and Sol LeWitt's Drawing series, FORESQUE RESIDENCES is a re-imagination of the art of condominium architecture. The architecture is a unique expression of order and change in the signature style of one of the most celebrated young architecture firm, Arc Studio Architecture + Urbanism.
Project Name: FORESQUE RESIDENCES
Developer: Wing Tai Asia
Property Address: 101, 103, 105, 107, & 109 Petir Road
Site Area: Approximately 244,000 sqft
District: 23
No. of Blocks/Storey/Units: 496 units
Tenure: 99 Year Leasehold w.e.f 10 Jan 2011
Expected T.O.P Date: Expected 2014
Architect: ARC Studio (Award Winning Architectural Firm), The Pinnacles @ Duxton
1-bedroom, 463sqft (from $6XXk)
2-bedroom, 667-743sqft (from $8XXk)
3-bedroom, 1130-1184sqft (from $1.0Xmil)
3+Study/Compact4, 1238-1281sqft (from $1.1Xmil)
4-bedroom, 1399-1432sqft (from $1.6Xmil)
2-bedroom Penthouse 4.75m ceiling (1389sqft) from $1.36m $981psf
3-bedroom Penthouse 4.75m ceiling (1819sqft) from $1.61m $894psf
3+study Penthouse 4.75m ceiling (2336sqft) from $2.03m $870psf


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Sometimes it seems that our planet would be much more peaceful and happy, if we all spoke a single language. And that, probably, boring. But while the project "Esperanto" failed, and many people demonstratively refuse to learn English, all the hope for electronic translators. Which are becoming more "well-read" and compact. Now have invented rings, that will help to understand foreign speech.
Echo – a very compact device that can cope immediately with several important tasks. The main and the most important is the translation. The ring justifies the prefix "smart" and knows as many as 24 languages. And thanks to the built-in speaker and MEMS microphone with noise suppression function Echo can "listen" to the speech and immediately translate it into one of the selected ones. The text will appear in a special application on the screen of your smartphone.
As you might have guessed, the ring communicates with the smartphone via Bluetooth. And with his own help you can control smart. It is enough to activate the voice control function, and you can run applications, music, or call Uber without getting the phone. By the way, thanks to Bluetooth Echo can manage and any other equipment in the house. And the smartphone – so generally a gestures. The real ring of all-power.
The ring of minimalist design is made of zirconium ceramics and weighs only 16 grams. And it looks very good. Oh yeah, the built-in battery is enough for 2 days full-time work.
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The Alabama Partnership for Children (APC), the state-level nonprofit agency focused on young children and their families, has an opening for an Early Childhood Coordinator (ECC). The ECC facilitates and coordinates community and family outreach for Strengthening Families and Help Me Grow Alabama, universal developmental screening and surveillance, and improved access to community resources and support. The ECC's scope includes networking and assisting child care providers, partners, families, and service providers statewide, and coordination of First 5 Alabama, a professional association of early childhood professionals. The ECC position is full-time and minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in early childhood education or a human services field, with experience in child care, training and professional development, and data management preferred.
For consideration, please send a resume by July 15, 2018 to: APC Employment, 2529 Bell Road, Montgomery, AL 36117, or email firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject "EC Coordinator". EOE M/V/F/D


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Many people think of palm or pocket-size computers as expensive toys for keeping track of addresses, phone numbers and to-do lists.
Dale Blasi sees handhelds as hard-working tools that can help farmers manage their operations easier and more effectively.
You may wonder how a tiny computer controlled by a few small buttons could be helpful. But Blasi says that a well-outfitted handheld runs rings around a seed company notebook for ease of use in recording important production data. Plus, it can do a whole lot more.
Blasi, an extension beef specialist at Kansas State University, has used handheld computers for the past three years to help collect data for research projects. The longer he has used them, and the more software and accessories he has added, the more enthused he has become.
A handheld computer makes it easier to keep track of production records and reduces errors because you don't have to transcribe written records, he says. Records can be downloaded directly into your PC. A handheld computer is a handy reference tool and data-collection device. They are amazing.
The Palm Pilot from Palm Inc. initially drove the handheld market. Palm devices, as well as models made by Handspring and several smaller manufacturers, use the Palm operating system (OS). Other manufacturers use the Microsoft Windows CE OS. Unfortunately, hardware and software often aren't compatible between operating systems or devices. Both Palm OS and Windows CE devices can download data to Windows-driven PCs. Macintosh compatibility is limited.
Here are Blasi's ideas for customizing a handheld computer into a hard-working management tool. To learn more about options that will work for your handheld computer, visit a Web site about handhelds, such as one of Blasi's favorites, www.PdaBuzz.com.
Software add-ons. The address book that comes with a handheld computer is low on Blasi's list of useful software for the farm.
He suggests adding a text editing/spreadsheet program that synchronizes with software on your PC. Now you have a way to take a spreadsheet to the field to quickly and accurately calculate the amount of herbicide to put in the spray tank.
One option is Quickoffice 5.0 for the Palm OS. It sells for $40 and includes a spreadsheet program, text editor and charting program. It synchronizes with the Microsoft Office software package in a PC. For more information, contact Cutting Edge Software Inc., Dept. FIN, 2351 W. Northwest Hwy., Suite 3265, Dallas, TX 75220, 800/991-7360, www.cesinc.com or circle 219.
You also might want a database program for recording field observations or livestock treatments. The database program Jfile synchronizes with the popular Access database program from Microsoft, as well as the Excel spreadsheet program. It costs $25. For more information, contact Land-J Technologies, Dept. FIN, Box 677461, Orlando FL 32867, 407/359-2217, www.land-j.com or circle 220.
If the graffiti data entry software that comes with handhelds feels too cumbersome, consider adding a character-recognition program, which allows you to enter data with standard characters. One option is Jot, which sells for $40. For more information, contact CIC, Dept. FIN, 275 Shoreline Dr., Suite 500, Redwood Shores, CA 94065, 650/802-7888, www.cic.com or circle 221.
To back up your handheld files on your PC, consider a backup utility, such as BackupBuddy for Windows, which sells for $30. For more information, contact Blue Nomad, Dept. FIN, 4 Hyde St., Redwood City, CA 94062, www.bluenomad.com or circle 222.
Automated data entry. Bar-code scanners have revolutionized the checkout counter. They are about to do the same for agriculture. By adding a bar-code scanner to your handheld, you can rapidly and accurately capture complex data. Blasi uses a bar-code-enabled handheld to enter animal identification in a database as he assigns cattle to experimental treatments. Ear tag manufacturers are beginning to sell bar-coded ear tags, so it's easy to match the critter with the treatment.
Scanning a bar code on the seed bag as you fill the planter not only records the hybrid, but also may indicate where the seed was grown and processed. So if you have a problem, you have the data to help the seed company figure out what happened. You also can automatically record other field treatments by scanning bar codes on product containers and by scanning treatment bar codes created with inexpensive PC-based software. By creating bar codes for a menu of common treatments and planting rates, as well as field IDs, you can automatically record field operations in your handheld device. Later, data can be downloaded directly into your PC.
Until recently, bar-code scanners were dedicated devices or were attached to handhelds by cables, which can be cumbersome. Symbol, which manufactures industrial scanners, recently introduced the CSM 150 bar-code scanner, as well as several other scanners, for the consumer market. The CSM 150 snaps into a Handspring Visor's Springboard slot. It does not work with other handheld brands, but stand-alone and cable-attached models are available.
The CSM 150, which lists for $159, can make 52 scans/sec. and is powered by the Visor's battery. A fresh set of batteries would provide enough juice for about 10,000 scans. The module includes 2 mb of memory, which can be used as backup storage for applications and data. A software development kit is available to help create useful applications. For more information, contact Symbol Technologies, Dept. FIN, 1 Symbol Place, Holtsville, NY 11742, 800/722-6234, www.symbol.com or circle 223.
Camera, action. If you want to document a problem in the field, your best crop ever or the family picnic, you can add a camera attachment to most handheld computers. The Kodak PalmPix camera, for example, can turn most Palm models, as well as IBM Workpad and TRGpro brand organizers, into a camera. Camera attachments also are available for most other handheld brands.
PalmPix pictures can be viewed on the Palm's LCD screen and later transferred to a PC through the handheld's cradle for storage and printing. Once in the PC, pictures are stored as standard jpeg or bitmap files. They can be accessed on a PC screen as full-color VGA (640 480) pictures, or about 3 5 in. in size. The camera features a 2X digital zoom lens and self-timer. Photo-editing software compatible with Windows 95, 98 and NT is provided.
The suggested list price for PalmPix is $100. For more information, contact Kodak, Dept. FIN, 4545 E. River Rd., Rochester, NY 14654, 800/235-8234, www.kodak.com/go/palmpix or circle 224.
GPS-enabled. For taking field notes and other location-specific information, consider adding GPS capability to your handheld. That way, you can tell your agronomic consultant exactly where to look to assess an insect infestation or nutrient deficiency you have noticed.
If you already have differential-corrected GPS capability, you can attach the same hardware to your handheld. Although a differential-correcting receiver and antenna won't fit in your pocket, they can be attached to a backpack or a toolbox to capture location-specific information as you scout your crops.
Several companies market small GPS receivers for the consumer market that plug into handhelds. You'll give up accuracy most note your position to within 30 ft. but you gain portability and accessibility because they easily slip into your pocket when they aren't attached to the handheld.
GeoDiscovery claims that its Geode GPS module, which it introduced in January for Handspring Visor handhelds, achieves accuracy to within about 6 ft. by using Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) technology. The module, which costs $289, is about 2 4 in. and about 1 in. thick. The module allows you to create a location and time stamp and take notes. Because PC programs cannot read Geode software, field notes must be entered into a PC by hand to be integrated with other field records. Geode files can be downloaded to a PC for storage, however. For more information, contact GeoDiscovery, Dept. FIN, 1415 E. 840 N., Orem, UT 84097, 888/206-6444, www.geodiscovery.com or circle 225.


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The Seat Cluster: a Starburst of Lugwork
And another example from an Ebisu bicycle. You can see how the individuality of the cut of the lugwork interacts with the colour of the paint to create subtle variations in form and shade. The stay caps (those narrow diagonal pieces that taper to meet the main lug) can be rounded or pointy, flat or concave, stubby or elongated.
They can even wrap all the way around the main seat lug, like on this Toei bicycle, so that the pointy tips meet. This is called a "wrap around seat cluster" design.
The stay caps also make for a good surface to embellish with an engraving of the manufacturer's name, like on this vintage Trek 610.
Or with hand-painted flourishes, like on this Bob Jackson.
They can also be carved, if so desired, like on this early Royal H. frame.
While I prefer classic seat clusters, there are also many designs that deviate into all sorts of creative directions. On this Bates B.A.R. bicycle, the seat stay caps look like sharpened pencils and meet the main lug at the bottom.
On this vintage Trek 560, the seat cluster is one big lug, and the seat stays are held by lugged sockets at the back.
And then there are seat clusters where the stays connect to the tube directly, below the lug, like on this Formigli frame. (My understanding is that both this and the method used by Trek above is done to create tighter clearances?)
A similar approach to "fastback stays" by Royal H., with the seat stays attached at the rear.


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We put experienced real estate sales professionals at your disposal as contact persons to clarify the most important questions and to remove stumbling blocks already in the preliminary stage of a transaction.
In particular, construction and rehabilitation projects – evaluation of the plot of land alone – raise plenty of questions which only an expert can answer adequately. Here, we can rely on the expertise of our architects when (pre-) planning and executing such projects.
We also focus on providing very lucrative investments. In particular, legally protected historic buildings offer investors great potential, e. g. under tax aspects. This is a real home advantage for Heidelberg, the capital of romanticism, it still contains a very large number of historic buildings in need of renovation!
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For the next two weeks you the students will be traveling around the Treasure Valley meeting your community partners for the first time. With that comes a lot of anxiety, questions and excitement. I know from my personal experiences how big of a step this can be, but know the Service-Learning Staff is here to support you.
In order to get the most out of your Service-Learning Orientation you'll need to be prepared. Here is a list of 5 tips to ensure your success!
- Know your agency location and orientation time. You can find these details in OrgSync under your agency's page
- Be professional: Watch these videos
- Communicate with the agency before the orientation to confirm the date, time and location just in case something came up for the agency.
During the Orientation
4. Ask questions. If something is not clear here are some examples:
- What times can I serve?
- Who do I contact if I can't make a scheduled shift?
- What are your Risk Management Policies?
- What expectations do have for a service-learning student?
5. Come with an open mind. You are there to serve, to learn, not save.
See you out there!
Mike Stefancic
Coordinator of Student Support
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