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Title of Book: For Better and Worse
Author: Stephanie Nicole Norris
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Coming out of hibernation, Danielle Shumaker has put behind her the pain and misery she's caused Victoria and Joshua. Blinded by her selfishness her ultimate goal is still her main one. As far as Danielle's concerned Joshua belongs to her, always has and always will. No amount of therapy can cure her love addiction and no matter what anyone says she will fight for him, even if she has to kill someone AGAIN.
Wedding bells are in Victoria and Joshua's future, Victoria is excited to be Mrs. Eubanks. However, when she closes her eyes at night, Greg invades her dreams, the passion and love leaves her wanting more and waking with doubt about her upcoming marriage. How will she get over this man or does she even want to?
The phone rang and Joshua answered it on the first ring. "Yeah."
"Yes, Joshua Eubanks, please."
"You got him, who's this?"
"This is Doctor Singh at Saint Francis Hospital. Danielle Shumaker has you down as next of kin. She's been in an accident and is currently in intensive care."
Danielle had been missing in action since last week, and Joshua had wondered why she never called.
"What happened to her?"
"From what I know, she was found off road at an abandoned warehouse. The warehouse was on fire and she lost consciousness. There seemed to have been some sort of explosion," the doctor said.
"An explosion!" Joshua yelled in shock. He didn't know how to respond after that.
"Am I the only person on her next of kin list?"
"There is a January Peppers on the list as well. We contacted her and she's at work. She said she's stuck in a conference but will get down as soon as she can. I thought I would contact you too, just in case you wanted to come see her. I didn't think it would be good for her to be alone. Most patients tend to give up when no one familiar is around. I'll be honest with you and just say, it doesn't look good. Over sixty percent of her body is covered in burns, and she has lost a kidney. Every day her condition worsens, and I don't know if she'll make it through.
Joshua was stunned. Danielle had gotten herself into something that she might not get out of. The news saddened him. With all the hell Danielle had put him through, he never imagined the day someone would call telling him her life was hanging on by a thread.
"I'm in Atlanta, Doctor Singh. It will take me a few hours to get there, but I'm on my way."
"Okay," the doctor said.
"Thank you for calling me."
"It's the least I can do," Doctor Singh said.
They hung up. Joshua sat down slowly on the couch, trying to digest the information.
Victoria and Shay came through the front door. Seeing the ghostly look on her fiancés face, Victoria asked, "Baby, what's wrong?"
"I need to talk to you," he said morbidly.
Shay rushed Dashia and Chelsea to the back.
Victoria took a seat next to Joshua. "What happened?" she asked.
He informed her of the news he was just given. Victoria didn't want to sound harsh, but she had to speak how she felt.
"I'm sorry the girl is dying, truly I am, but I don't really care. That has nothing to do with us. She has nothing to do with you, and I'm tired of you running to her rescue every time the girl gets into trouble. There is no telling what she was into."
"Victoria, I know what she's done to us, but the doctor said the only people she had on her next of kin was me and her friend, January."
"Good, let January go see about her then. You say you know what she's done to us, but you don't act like it. Every time I turn around, you are taking up for this ratchet chicken head, and I'm completely sick of it! For goodness sake, she kidnapped Chelsea!"
"So, I should just forget about her and let her rot?"
"Why not? She made her bed, now she has to lay in it," Victoria said.
"How can you be so cold?"
"How am I being cold because I'd rather my soon to be husband in a couple of days not still be running to the rescue of his high school psycho ex-girlfriend? It's like you don't care what I say, how I feel, or what I think, you're going to do it anyway."
"I bet if it were Greg, you would be on the next plane to Chicago. But I'm wrong for bringing that up, right?" He shook his head. "Priceless."
Joshua stood up angry; he grabbed his keys and walked out of the door.
Shay stepped in the room. She'd been listening in the hallway.
Victoria looked her way. "What I say wrong?" she said.
"Is he really going to check on her after everything that's happened?"
Victoria shook her head in disgust. She wondered if Joshua was truly over Danielle. Then she wondered would she run off if it were Greg. The truth was sour, and left a bad taste in her mouth.
"I feel like—"
"Crap!" Dashia said.
Shay turned around and popped her on the mouth. "Didn't I tell you not to say that?"
Dashia ran off crying, but she was right. Victoria was feeling like crap. Of course, she would run off if Greg were in the hospital. Coming to this conclusion made Victoria wonder if she was ready for marriage.
"I know what you're thinking," Shay said.
"And how do you know that? You can read minds now?"
"I know you, and I heard the conversation you guys just had."
"So what am I thinking, genius?" Victoria asked.
"You're thinking about Greg."
"Lucky guess," Victoria said. "That much is true. I am really trying to put him out of my mind, lock the door and throw away the key, but…"
"But what?" Shay asked.
"But, I keep having dreams about him. It's disturbing too, because in my dreams, we are husband and wife."
"That's deep."
"You telling me. I told you about the one where we got married, right, and all of you guys were there?"
"In all of them, I'm super happy. We're always out doing something. We feel so in love and meant to be together it's scary. I never see or mention Joshua. What does that mean?
"How do you feel about him when you're awake?"
"I love him and fight every day to flush those emotions away. Truth be told, the dreams only intensify my love for him. What am I going to do?" she said.
"Are you and Joshua still going to the therapy sessions?"
"We haven't gone ever since we started planning the wedding."
"Maybe it's time to go back," Shay suggested. "Think real hard before you answer this question. Do you really want to marry Joshua, or do you want to be with Greg?"
Victoria took too long to respond.
"Okay, I definitely think you two should go to your sessions. You have too many issues to get married. Well, you're always going to have issues, but the ones you have involve your love for other people. That's got to be worked out.
Shay was right. Victoria knew something had to be done, and things needed to be right with her and Joshua, or there wouldn't be a wedding.
Author Bio; Stephanie Nicole Norris is an author from Chattanooga Tennessee with a humble beginning. She, along with her six siblings, was raised by her mother, Jessica Ward. Growing up a lover of reading, Stephanie loved to read books by R.L. Stine. She always had a natural talent for writing and 2010 was the beginning of her journey. In early 2012, her debut novel, "Trouble In Paradise", was published.
Seven months later, Stephanie released her sophomore title, "Vengeful Intentions", which is part 2 of "Trouble In Paradise". September 27, 2014 "For Better and Worse", part 3 of "Trouble In Paradise" was released, In the works is her first Christian fiction romance, "Catching Bees with Honey". She has a series of short stories that releases throughout the year called The Lunch Break series. These stories are not continuations of the same story and can be read in your lunch break hour. The Lunch Break series, which features titles like "Wreckless" and "Broken", can be found on Amazon, Kobo and Barnes and Noble. Stephanie's words tell stories of love, drama, deception, suspense, and restoration.
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Just coming at you with a quickie here ;)
I'm very busy this summer. Planning a move and furniture shopping (super exciting but oh so exhausting) and going to concerts and vacations leaves me with very little time to update this banging blog of mine.
But here I am with yet another post.
I kept it simple with this outfit. It was so hot this day that I really didn't need any extra jewelry to stick to my skin, everything was sticky anyway, yuck. Does anyone else feel like jewelry is unnecessary on a super hot day? I find it just sticks to your skin or makes your skin a weird green color which is kind of annoying so I tend to avoid it.
Well because I didn't really want too much jewelry on me I plumped up the outfit with some bright neons. I have to say I love these skorts from H&M I haven't had a chub rub problem with them and they are so flowy and comfy, I deffinitely recommend them for the hot days this summer. The top is pretty sheer although you can't really tell on this photo which was a very good combination with the flowy shorts for the comfort level in the hot sun.
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Kia ora Kidsedchatters,
This week here at Kidsedchatnz HQ we have been wondering about all our talented singers, songwriters, musicians, and performers, give it a go kids, and dancers who love music.
Now, I know we all have talents in certain areas...could be Maths, or soccer, swimming, dancing, BMX. This week though we want to hear not just about talent, but we want to hear how music impacts on your learning.
Across our beautiful Motu we have many competitions that celebrate music and performing.
It could be the J-Rock, or it could be your local Pasifika Festival, or it could be the amazing teacher in your class who can rock out the guitar and get you all singing.
Make sure you watch some of the videos below before our chat on Friday.
How does music effect our Brains:
Great way to inspire your teacher to include music into your daily routine
How to follow your dreams with Music.
This weeks questions are:
1.What performing art do you most enjoy (Dance, Drama, singing, or playing an instrument) and why?
2. Do you think that music has an impact on how you feel and act? Explain.
3. Do you think having music playing while you are learning is a good idea? Why
4. What are the benefits of learning; to perform, dance, sing, or play an instrument?
5. What are some of the barriers you face when it comes to developing your musically ability?
6. If you could learn to playing an instrument, what would it be and why.
7. How often do you sing, play, dance at your school and what does your school offer to encourage this?
8. Music and musicians/artist can have a huge impact in our lives. Who is your favourite artist and why?
9. If you had to choose one song to introduce your self what would it be and why?
Looking forward to seeing you all on Friday 11:30 - 12:15.


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- Email: [Send email to RON SMITH AND CO LTD]
- Website: http://www.ronsmithandco.co.uk
Ron Smith & Co Ltd is a family run business with over 40 years experience in selling and servicing garden machinery. Starting in humble beginnings the company has grown to become one of the largest garden machinery retailers in the UK, with branches in both Worcester and Hereford.
As a company we offer one of the most extensive ranges of new and second hand machinery in the UK. All of our products are sold at highly competitive prices and carry a full manufacturers warranty.
Our sales staff are expertly trained to offer clear, impartial advice on the equipment most suited to your requirements. Customer service is our top priority and it is extremely important to us that all of our customers are getting the right product for the right job.
Come to visit us in our showrooms or alternatively call us for expert advice. Ron Smith & Co is not just concerned about sales. Unlike many shopping sites we want to give our customers the complete sales and after sales service. In our fully fitted workshops we have a team of fully trained mechanics, with a wealth of experience, who can deal with all of your repair and servicing needs. We also give customers who purchase their machines from us an unrivalled warranty service. Our spare parts department is efficiently run by a team of extremely knowledgeable staff, who have access to the latest computer link ups direct to manufacturers stocks.
At Ron Smith & Co we aim to offer the complete garden machinery service. We have an excellent team of professionals working for us who know their products and are committed to excellent customer service. We provide sales, servicing and spare parts on all types of domestic and professional machinery from compact tractors to chainsaws, shredders to brushcutters, water pumps to generators, together with an emergency call-out breakdown service.
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As you may have experienced, securing the perfect film location isn't always easy, and it's rarely affordable. However, great filmmaking is not just about location, it's also about how you set the scene. The impact a setting can have on the scene it supports is monumental.
So, how do you make the most of your set? You may be thinking of tracking shots, production design, complicated blocking, expansive lighting packages, or even VFX. However, I'd like to suggest considering the functions of a very simple aspect of your location – the doorway. Almost any location will have a door or other physical entrance which, when used properly, will help you to tell a deeper and more complex story.
By incorporating the doors, entrances/exits, and thresholds of your location into the scene, you will be able to communicate additional information about the characters and themes of the film, while also utilizing your location in a simple and impactful manner.
The use of doors in film
Darren Foley from Must See Films has a video essay on this very topic. Featuring a wide variety of Oscar-winning film and television clips, from The Matrix to Gone With The Wind, to Family Guy, this essay gives countless examples of how doors are utilized to create comedy and drama, raise the stakes, establish barriers, show separation, and communicate emotional states of being.
Early on in the video, Darren states, "The doorway serves as a physical representation of an emotional barrier." While the doors he showcases certainly represent very different things, this concept applies soundly to each of them.
Let's take a look at a few of the most common ways physical barriers in film enrich the storytelling process, supported by prime examples from the list above.
1. Doors represent character relationships
Example: Foxcatcher
Perhaps the most common way doors are used in film is to show the relationship between two people. For example, how quickly and how far the door is opened may represent distrust or weakness, while refusal to allow entry makes a clear statement on a character's feelings.
Two major scenes from Foxcatcher utilize doors in exactly this manner. The first scene between the two brothers, with the door half closed and half open, helps communicate the divide and tension between them. This same tactic is employed later, with a scene shot through the window of a door. As the characters go in and out of the door, the conflict between them builds.
Example: Disney's Frozen
While Monster's Inc. may be your first thought for Disney and doors, Frozen repeatedly uses doors as a symbol of the separation of its two main characters. When Elsa grows fearful of her ability to control her magical powers, she shuts her sister out, quite literally, by refusing to open her door or leave her room.
Later in the film, once Elsa has regained control, the door finally opens when her sister knocks. Not only do we have scenes and dialogue concentrating on the door as a barrier, we also see a separation of the two sisters represented physically. Pictured below are two vastly different sides of the same door.
2. A representation of escape
Example: The Truman Show
A door can represent escape in an incredibly powerful way. In The Truman Show, when Jim Carrey's character finally opens the blue door, across the water, at the edge of what he previously thought was the sky, he crosses an epic barrier into reality, leaving the constructed world of his television imprisonment behind. The hero's escape from captivity, and in fact his emotional journey throughout the film, is exemplified by that door.
Example: Scandal
In the fourth season of Shonda Rhimes' Scandal, the protagonist, Olivia Pope, is kidnapped. During this time, a great deal of cinematographic emphasis is placed on the large double door at the end of the hallway, as it is Olivia's way out. This door becomes a recurring theme throughout the show, popping into Olivia's imagination (and onto screen) whenever she is feeling trapped, dealing with anxiety, or searching desperately for a solution. It becomes a motif representing both escape, and her personal situations.
2. Doors exemplify a separation of worlds
Example: The Wizard of Oz
Functionally speaking, doors connect two places. Most often, these are rooms, but sometimes, especially in films with elements of science-fiction or fantasy, the doorway as a literal portal to another world. When Judy Garland exits her black and white house into the colorful Munchkin Land in The Wizard of Oz, the door is the physical separation of the two worlds. Her adventure is started by her decision to go through the door and into Oz.
3. Communicate with the audience
Example: Don't Look Now
Another unique way of using a door is in relation to your audience (7:38 into the video).
Shooting a conversation behind a closed door helps to build mystery and tension, separating the audience from the action, but effectively drawing them in. This scene from Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now, employed this tactic accidentally when the cinematographer did not stop rolling, but found the shot to be unsettling and very effective. On the reverse, allowing the audience to see what else is happening outside a room during the scene, in fact giving them more information, can help move the story forward.
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Wrapping Up
Each of these Oscar-winning films illustrate similar concepts in vastly different ways. What other film or television clips can you think of which are not covered here? Do you ever feel a scene can suffer from being placed in a doorframe? Cinematically, what challenges might you face attempting to shoot a scene both inside and outside a door? (Extreme differences in sound would be my initial concern.)
By thinking through the deeper meaning of every choice in a film, like shooting a scene in a doorway, filmmakers set themselves and their work apart from the rest, their creativity shining in the details. To read more on this concept as it applies to using props in film, check out my article 6 Ways to Turn Movie Props into Iconic Symbols. Think through each choice carefully. The impact can be significant!
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|Bahrain: A group of Bahraini MPs are pushing ahead with an attempt to ban all films featuring an Israeli cast, crew or funded with Israeli money. They also want to ban any publication or video game that has Israeli affiliation, or features any Israeli content.
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Easter Swallows
As spring unfolds and the birds begin to sing I look forward to summer Swallows swooping over field and fen. Today we can trace the swallows' journey from winter roosts outside Durban, through Africa and Europe to East Anglia's marsh and meadow. It's an amazing story and many of us are glued to our televisions when Springwatch and other TV programmes unfold the wonders of our natural world.
18th century naturalists supposed that swallows hibernated through the winter's cold beneath the mud at the bottom of ponds, breaking forth from their earthy tombs for Easter days! Not an entirely silly idea! The first Swallows are usually to be spotted around Easter time and over or near water as they hoover-up bugs and flies.
Truer to our modern understanding of the Swallows migration is the ancient Egyptian myth in which the souls of the dead on the way to the stars are represented as swallows. Nearer to our own time is the Armenian folk tale in which swallows fly from the empty tomb with good news of Jesus' resurrection.
Once, in a Galilean spring, I shared communion on the lakeside where the Risen Christ prepared a barbecue on the beach. Beside still waters, in the shade of trees, I was mesmerised as Swallows dashed back and forth, skimming the presiding priests head and diving low over the outdoor altar. These, I suppose, were the descendants of the birds who had woven an Easter garment with invisible threads around the Risen Lord and his fishing friends.
So this Easter a picnic by the water, with sandwiches of bread and fishes, in the presence of the newly returned swallows, is called for. Where will you go? Norfolk abounds with suitable places - broads and fens, the sea-side ? You could, with benefit, visit the Pensthorpe Nature Reserve and Gardens just outside Fakenham. (www.pensthorpe.com. ). It is child friendly with the possibility of pond dipping, feeding the birds and binocular hire and visitors can get an insight into the captive breeding programmes with animals as diverse as Blue Cranes and red Squirrels. What is more, Pensthorpe is on the X29 bus route from Norwich to King's Lynn and wheel-chair access is good . And Springwatch will be broadcasting from there again this year!


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Hi everyone, it's Michelle here hosting this week. Summer is here and I thought we should celebrate with a summer theme for our challenge this week. Warm days, cold drinks, and sunshine, anyone? I vote yes! Any kind of summer themed Cricut cut will fit the challenge. The design team has some ideas below to get the creative juices flowing and we hope you'll join us with a project. Have some summer fun this week!
Michelle - Stretch Your Imagination, Doodlecharms, Traveler, Life is a Beach, Artbooking
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Caroline - Campin' Critters
Susan - Anna's Lace Cards & Embellies, Flower
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Laura Cole @lauracolemusic #hamont
Born into a musical family, singing came as naturally to Laura as walking and talking. As a child she entertained family and friends with renditions of old favourites around the campfires of late Canadian nights. Laura played in her first concert at age 3 where she plunked out a one handed piano solo. She sang non-stop throughout her childhood but learned to use her voice in local children's choirs.
Her solo singing career started at her school talent shows. Her pursuit of a career as a professional started in her teens when she was occasionally invited to sing a few songs with her Dad's band. Her success and love of performing live brought her own gigs in pubs around the Golden Horseshoe in southern Ontario where she performed cover tunes of favourites like Sam Cooke, Etta James, Amy Winehouse, Bonnie Raitt and the occasional original. She also appeared in spotlight cameo performances at the Hamilton Music Awards, Festival of Friends in Hamilton and the Fieldcote Sunday Night Music series in her hometown of Ancaster. Her musical journey has led her to LA, Toronto and Nashville where she began in earnest
writing her own songs-a blend of old jazz and blues with a new age twist. On Valentine's Day 2014, Daniel Lanois released a single featuring Laura entitled "Papineau"- a father daughter conversation.
Laura's first all original record "Dirty Cheat" was released August 21, 2014. Kicked the debut record off with a fabulous release party at Porcelain Records, where Steve Bigas produced the whole record live off the floor. Daniel Lanois, Executive Producer, introduced Laura, the band, and her accomplishments to date. It was a magical evening that is still talked about to date. The Laura Cole Band has been playing their hearts out, gaining as much exposure as they can and stealing hearts across the world."
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New regulation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) comes into force 1st April, 2014
What's it all about?
On 1 April, 2014, the FCA take over the regulation of around 50,000 consumer credit firms from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT); this includes Harrington Brooks. The new regulations affect anyone that has taken out a loan, used a credit card, had difficulties repaying debts, or looked for advice on debt problems.
The FCA has stronger powers and more resources than the OFT to regulate the consumer credit industry. It's a move that Harrington Brooks welcome. Much of the OFT guidance will be converted into FCA rules and the DEMSA Code of Conduct also continues to apply, which promotes consumers' interests beyond the basic requirements of the law.
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have three operational objectives:
- To secure an appropriate degree of protection for consumers.
- To protect and enhance the integrity of the UK financial system.
- To promote effective competition in the interests of consumers.
So how will this affect you, the customer?
The interests of the customer are the focus of the new regulations, which reflects Harrington Brooks' belief and ethos, putting the customer at the heart of all that we do, helping people to manage their money and become free from debt in a way that is supportive, empathetic, efficient and professional.
It also means that we will work even harder to deliver our Customer Promise, which is to be honest, transparent and trustworthy in everything we do and the services we provide.
This becomes most apparent when we say:
- we aim to provide the most suitable, affordable advice, based on open communication and a diligent assessment of a customer's financial circumstances, which is in their best interests and is appropriate to their circumstances,
- with fair and open pricing,
- delivered by colleagues that are well-trained, knowledgeable, compliant and understanding.
In practical terms, we have increased the protection for client money, and have changed to a more simplified, flat administration fee structure (http://www.harringtonbrooks.co.uk/debt-solutions/what-is-a-dmp) and guarantee that payments will be dispersed from month one to creditors and lenders.
Harrington Brooks is totally focused on securing appropriate solutions to free customers from debt and, where appropriate, delivering those solutions in a user-friendly, supportive way.
The rule changes announced will give consumers additional protection and puts the onus on credit providers to ensure that they treat customers fairly at all times. Consumer credit providers will need to ensure that they give customers the right information to make informed choices, that their services meet consumer nees, and that people in difficulty are treated fairly.
Harrington Brooks remains a leading member and supporter of the Debt Managers Standards Association (DEMSA), which is a robust Trade Association that since it was established in 2000, has been responsible for promoting good practice in the debt management industry, and for protecting the interests of the public and the lenders to whom they owe money.
Under DEMSA, Harrington Brooks have been audited several times by independent third-party compliance analysts and continue to support DEMSA's hard work and their role in supervisory governance.
In summary, we want the changes to make more customers happy, relieved and cared for with well-informed, suitable and appropriate debt management solutions so that Harrington Brooks can create more of the same:
- "A very helpful and understanding company. I would highly recommend Harrington Brooks to anyone finding themselves in any kind of debt problems."
- "Friendly staff treat you as a human, not just a number."
- "No exaggeration to say Harrington Brooks saved my marriage and my sanity."
- "For the first time we have peace of mind knowing not any of the companies can contact us. We feel we have got back our freedom."
- "Harrington Brooks are efficient, professional, very prompt and courteous."
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There are currently three important divisions of solar energy technology within the Canadian solar market: solar photovoltaics, solar thermal and passive solar.
Solar Photovoltaics (PV)
Solar electricity or photovoltaics is the generation of electricity directly from sunlight, using solar cells made from semiconductor materials. There are four main types of applications.
- Consumer - PV is readily available for homes and offices. For example, many calculators and watches run off of small PV cells. Solar garden lights are also easily available to garden and hardware stores.
- Off - Grid - The high cost to extend power lines makes a viable alternative. Solar electricity is often the first choice for remote power supply over line extensions and portable gasoline and diesel generators because of the cheaper installed price, zero fuel costs, low maintenance, highly reliability and long-term durability.
- Near -Grid - PV has cost effective applications in urban areas where solar can reduce the costs of trenching, maintenance, transformr and metering purchases. For example, the Toronto Parking Authority uses solar to power centralized parking meters and saved hundreds of thousands of dollar in street trenching, installation and maintenance bills.
- Grid - Connected - More Canadians are turning to solar to supplement existing electricity supply as electricity prices continue to climb and solar costs drop. Solar PV is already competitive in many cases to the cost of peak power. Further, there are significant savings to utilities as no transmission and distribution costs are incurred for PV systems.
Solar Thermal (SHW)
Solar thermal refers to the absorption of sunlight that can be converted directly into thermal energy. There are many different types of solar thermal collectors, including unglazed liquid for pools, glazed liquid, evacuated tube, unglazed air and glazed air collectors.
There are six main types of solar thermal applications.
- Pool - An average pool in Canada, if heated, uses about the same amount of energy to heat in the summer as most homes require year round. Solar pool heaters pay for themselves very quickly.
- Water - Domestic hot water (DHW) heating can account for more than 20 per cent of an average homeowner 's total energy needs. Solar can supply 30 to 60 per cent of this energy demand.
- Air Heating - Solar air systems are practical and affordable in many applications. As buildings become more efficient and airtight, the need for outside or make up air increases, so that air and contaminants (moisture, dust, combustion and cooking odours) can be exhausted. Large energy - efficient buildings can also benefit from this technology by preheating outside air before it is brought in the building . Solar air systems can even recover heat that is lost through building walls.
- Combi - Systems - Combi - systems use solar for both heating of water plus the space heating needs of the building (usually with radiant floor heating). These types of systems maximize the benefits of solar year - round.
- Air Cooling - A common solar air-cooling method is to use solar energy to vaporize a refrigerant in a cooling system. Solar cooling, as distinct from solar heating, has absolutely no storage needs. As the need for air conditioning increases in the summer, the demand for solar in this market is expected to increase. These systems can often be combined with combi-systems - providing heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer.
- Crop Drying - Solar air heating systems can also be used in such applications as crop, manure and textile drying, in which outdoor air is heated in order to pick up moisture.
Passive Solar
Passive solar is based on the intelligent design of buildings and takes into consideration the location of the sun to the south in relation to the placement of windows, insulation, trees and shade. A building can be more than a simple container to hold people and items. If properly designed, it can also be an engine driven by the sun that eliminates much of the external energy needs.
There are three main types of passive solar applications.
- Space Heating - Passive solar design of a building allows the natural capture of the sun's rays by south facing windows during the winter, window shading during the summer and thermal mass (such as concrete and brick) to hold the heat and moderate the building's temperature. The average home in Canada already receives an estimated 8 per cent of its space heating from passive solar - with proper design new homes can increase this to more than 25 per cent, reducing energy costs significantly.
- Space Cooling - Passive solar designs can also include natural ventialtion for cooling.
- Daylighting - Buildings can reduce their natural day lighting. Innovative designs out of Europe and Japan show how even the largest buildings can introduce daylight into the deepest recesses.


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Report NEP-PBE-2008-05-10This is the archive for NEP-PBE, a report on new working papers in the area of Public Economics. Oliver Budzinski issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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- Giorgio Brosio & Ehtisham Ahmad, 2008. "Political Economy of Multi-Level Tax Assignments in Latin American Countries; Earmarked Revenue Versus Tax Autonomy," IMF Working Papers 08/71, International Monetary Fund.
- Rizzo, Leonzio, 2007. "Interaction between vertical and horizontal tax competition: evidence and some theory," MPRA Paper 8632, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2008.
- Koffie Ben Nassar, 2008. "Corporate Income Tax Competition in the Caribbean," IMF Working Papers 08/77, International Monetary Fund.
- Item repec:pdn:wpaper:8 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Kai A. Konrad & Dan Kovenock, 2008. "Competition for FDI with vintage investment and agglomeration advantages," Purdue University Economics Working Papers 1210, Purdue University, Department of Economics.
- Revelli Federico, 2008. "Spend more, get more? An inquiry into English local government performance," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers 200804, University of Turin.
- Li, Lixing, 2008. "The Incentive Role of Creating "Cities" in China," MPRA Paper 8594, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Ehtisham Ahmad & Giorgio Brosio & Vito Tanzi, 2008. "Local Service Provision in Selected OECD Countries; Do Decentralized Operations Work Better?," IMF Working Papers 08/67, International Monetary Fund.
- Roy W. Bahl & Richard M. Bird, 2008. "Tax Policy in Developing Countries: Looking Back and Forward," Working Papers Series 13, Rotman Institute for International Business, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, revised May 2008.
- Sandor Richter, 2008. "Seeking New Ways of Financing the EU Budget: on the Proposal of a European Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions," wiiw Research Reports 345, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw.
- Item repec:ieb:wpaper:2008/5/doc2008-4 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Dzhumashev, Ratbek, 2008. "Corruption and regulatory burden," MPRA Paper 2081, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Thomas Dalsgaard, 2008. "Japan's Corporate Income Tax—Overview and Challenges," IMF Working Papers 08/70, International Monetary Fund.
- Durnev, Art & Fauver, Larry, 2008. "Stealing from Thieves: Firm Governance and Performance when States are Predatory," CEI Working Paper Series 2008-12, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
- Cheung, Yan-Leung & Rau, P. Raghavendra & Aris, Stouraitis, 2008. "The helping hand, the lazy hand, or the grabbing hand? Central vs. local government shareholders in publicly listed firms in China," CEI Working Paper Series 2008-11, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.


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Yosemite National Park is banning back-country campfires in an attempt to prevent human-caused blazes.
The ban will go into effect for wilderness areas below a 6,000-feet elevation. The National Park Service says that fires are still allowed in designated campgrounds and picnic areas throughout the park.
Park officials, in an announcement released Wednesday, say you can thank three consecutive dry winters for the ban:
Yosemite National Park is implementing fire restrictions due to several years of exceptional drought conditions and high fire danger. The winters of 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14 were all below average precipitation. The Yosemite Region, along with all of California, is in the third year of drought. Conditions are comparable to the major drought of the 1970's. Due to these conditions, the order is designed to reduce the chances of human caused fires in some of the park's driest areas. Vegetation throughout the park is drier than at this time last year and increased care and caution are required to protect park resources and ensure visitor and staff safety.
The park is also asking smokers to be extra careful with their cigarette butts and to dispose of them "in the appropriate trash receptacle."
The back-country campfire ban comes amid a spate of Sierra Nevada thunderstorms. Some of those storms, fed by monsoon moisture flowing from the south, have produced occasional heavy rain and prompted flash flood watches and warnings. But many other storm cells roll across the mountains with dry lightning that has a high potential for sparking wildfires.


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The Helpby Wilson Morales
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Tate Taylor
Screenwriter: Tate Taylor, based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett.
Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Lowell, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, David Oyelowo, Aunjanue Ellis, Cicely Tyson, and La Chanze.
Based on the best selling novel by Kathryn Stockett, Tate Taylor's adaptation of 'The Help' is one of the fewest faithful transitions from book to screen in 2011. With powerful performances given by Viola Davis and scene stealer Octavia Spencer, the film is an emotionally, moving drama that remains highly entertaining. Despite the unbalance direction and tone of the film, each of the actresses should earn kudos and accolades by the end of the year.
Set in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s, Emma Stone stars as Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan, a society girl who returns from Ole Miss College looking to be the opposite of childhood friends. Instead of looking for a husband who will take of her care, she's set to become a writer but doesn't know where to begin or what to write about.
She then gets a job at a local newspaper in the "Miss Myrna" column, which she writes about cleaning advice for her community. With the approval of her friend Elizabeth (played by Ahna O'Reilly), Skeeter is allowed to have Elizabeth's housekeeper, Aibileen (played by Davis) "contribute" to her column. When Skeeter learns from her mother (played by Allison Janney) that Constantine (played by Cicely Tyson), the maid she grew up with, is no longer around, that her mother is withholding information as to her departure, she decides to write a book on the maid, from the perspective of Aibileen and other maids.
Initially reluctant to help Skeeter with her book in fear of her job, future work, or backlash from others, Aibileen agrees to give her enough dirt to start with when she sees one more wrongdoing done to her fellow colleagues by rich socialite Hilly Holbrook (played by Bryce Dallas Howard). Along with sassy and headstrong maid Minny (played by Spencer), they embark on revealing the true meaning of the word 'the help' when it comes to the South.
While Emma Stone may be the protagonist of the film, it's the story from the maids and the performances from the ensemble that stand out. In some areas, Stone seems out of her league when paired with some of the actresses. As expected Davis, along with Sissy Spacek, bring in their A game and gives the maturity it needs to pull in the emotional strings. Spencer, a veteran character actor from many films, is a revelation. Given the right role and the right direction, she excels with her performance. She can make one laugh or cry. When Minny makes a statement regarding the cooking of chicken, the scene is a riot. She makes Minny memorable. Also worth mentioning is the suddenly ubiquitous Jessica Chastain. From 'Tree of Life' to this film to the upcoming 'The Debt' with Helen Mirren, Chastain has shown different ranges of her acting skills and with role as Celia Foote in 'The Help,' she brings in a heartfelt performance.
One drawback to the film is that some characters are just one-note, especially in the case of Howard's Hilly. Her actions are really what draw the characters together, and while Howard plays the role with gust, there's no balance to the character. It's a cliché role we've seen before.
In the end, it's the performances that shine through and make 'The Help' worth the price of admission.


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Come March 8, another Women's Day will get buried under marketing buzz. But it's a good time to introspect on what empowerment really means.
March 8, International Women's Day approaches. And the marketing gurus are hard at work. Selling. Selling. Selling us women the idea that we are empowered if we buy. Empowered if we spend. Empowered if we get a facial, a manicure, a pedicure, even a botox job. Empowered if we dress right, look right, are the right shape, have the right hair, of the right colour. The origins of March 8 have now been well and truly buried under the lavender hues of the marketing buzz that surrounds us through an ever-obliging media.
Time to take stock
A Women's Day, however, should be a time to assess, to introspect, and certainly to celebrate. We need to make an honest assessment of where we are, introspect about what still needs to be done and celebrate what has been achieved.
So while we, who live in cities, are being told that nirvana lies in spending more, there are millions of Indian women who cannot afford to buy enough food to feed their families, let alone themselves. While we are told how to exhaust the country's energy sources by buying energy-intensive gadgets that will reduce our "drudgery" (although most women who can afford such gadgets pass on the "drudgery" to other women who they employ), the other half, or more than half of Indian women spend hours each day collecting the fuel wood that will light their inefficient stoves. What remains of the day will be spent collecting water. In their case, for the fraction of energy they need to cook, they drain a great deal more of their physical energy. And no energy planner takes into account how to reduce this very real "drudgery" that the majority of Indian women are never spared.
I choke each time I listen to an advertisement on a popular radio station in Mumbai where a domestic help complains to her employer about the amount of work she is forced to do and threatens to quit. The response of the woman employer is to tell her about a new liquid that magically removes stains and cleans tiles without any effort! The domestic responds (you can almost ' hear' her beaming) that now she has no problems! If only new cleaning agents would remove the drudgery of cleaning.
And while young women living in cities are being lured by the marketing brigade into believing that they can let their hair down and party until there is no tomorrow, we have gang rapes in Kolkata and Noida that remind us that no woman, regardless of her age or her class, can assume that she will be safe or that law-enforcers will be sympathetic.
Usual hostility
In Kolkata, when a 37-year-old woman is gang-raped in a car, she is asked by the police to describe in lurid detail how the rape took place and mocked while she tries to lodge an FIR. A Minister in the West Bengal cabinet goes further by asking what a mother of two was doing in a nightclub drinking. And the media does not help by giving details such as the fact that she is an Anglo-Indian or that she is separated from her husband. How is any of this pertinent in a case where the police initially failed to take the basic steps required in a rape case?
In the Noida rape, where a minor was gang-raped by five men, it becomes worse. Not only do the police reveal the identity of the rape victim, the Noida superintendent of police, in full view of television cameras, proceeds to cast aspersions on the victim's character by claiming that she went willingly with the men and that she had consumed alcohol. Are the police anywhere in this country trained at all to deal with rape? Have they not been taught the basics about how to deal with such cases? This was not your havaldar in a small chowki but an SP, someone who should have known better.
Remember them too
So, certainly let's celebrate March 8 as Women's Day and applaud the women who have succeeded. But even as we admire a woman like the boxer Mary Kom, who is preparing hard for the Olympics, let us not forget Irom Sharmila from her home state of Manipur, or ordinary Manipuri women who live daily with violence and the lack of basic infrastructure that could ease their daily burden. Even as we appreciate the women who have clambered up the corporate ladder and made it almost to the top, let us not forget that the majority of women in India work in the informal sector where there is no job security, no increments, no designations.
The glass is not half full. It is three-quarters empty. There is a long way to go before we get to the point where March 8 will be a day only of celebration.
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Collaboration of Disciplines and Interests in the Arts and Technologies Meet at 'Xroads of Discovery'
CHICAGO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — August 14, 2015 — SIGGRAPH 2015, the annual interdisciplinary educational experience in the latest computer graphics and interactive techniques, returned to Los Angeles, California this year. From 9-13 August, SIGGRAPH celebrated its 42nd conference and exhibition with more than 14,800 attendees, partners and media from around the world.
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Taking over the Los Angeles Convention Center, SIGGRAPH 2015 hosted attendees from the United States and over 70 other countries, including Canada, Japan, and United Kingdom. Attendees came to see great independent and studio-made films and games; to learn about the newest developments in emerging technologies; to gain hands-on experiences for future application; to hear the "how-to" behind cutting edge productions and to experience the merging of traditional hands-on processes with new technologies. Nearly 900 pieces of progressive content was shared by over 1,500 speakers and contributors.
"Los Angeles provided us with an amazing and inspiring backdrop that coalesced with this year's conference theme, 'Xroads of Discovery'. I'm so pleased to see that we were truly able to live up to that theme of the intersections - across art, science and technology," said Marc Barr, SIGGRAPH 2015 Conference Chair. "This conference has become the go-to conference for the latest in computer graphics research and interactive techniques, and 2015 again lived up to that reputation. So many talented and creative people came together to make SIGGRAPH 2015 an unforgettable experience for everyone!"
Highlights from SIGGRAPH 2015 include:
- Technical Papers Fast Forward gave attendees a preview of the upcoming talks, sessions and panels featuring the latest scholarly work from around the globe.
- The 2015 Computer Animation Festival spanned the disciplines of visual effects, animation, research and development, games, advertising, and education. Awards categories included: Best in Show, Jury's Choice, Best Student Project, Best Computer Animated Short, Best Animated Feature Film, Best Visual Effects for Live-Action Feature Film, Best Visualization or Simulation, Best Music Video, Best Game, and Best Advertisement.
- Production Sessions brought in the most talented and elite computer graphics experts to go through the processes and techniques used to create the compelling content featured in blockbuster films from the past year as well as upcoming releases like "The Peanuts Movie." The program also celebrated Industrial Light & Magic's (ILM) 40th anniversary with a special event.
- The keynote presentation was delivered by MIT Media Lab Director, Joichi "Joi" Ito, on science as a gateway to the new digital frontier.
- The debut of VR Village featured dedicated real-time immersion with the hottest VR/AR content. With Nomadic Virtual Reality, Tabletop Augmented Reality, Full-Dome Cinema, and live demonstrations in a 360-degree immersion dome. The VR Village let attendees explore the fascinating potential of VR, AR and Immersive Environments as a means for telling stories, engaging audiences, and powering real-world applications in health, education, design, and gaming.
- Emerging Technologies showcased the latest interactive and graphics technologies in the 3D, virtual reality, and projection mapping industries including practical applications such as the Ford Immersive Vehicle Environment utilized in phases of automotive design. This year's Emerging Technologies Program was a true cross-section of science, technology, and art.
- Fifteen amazing curated pieces of art that integrated craft techniques and contemporary digital design were highlighted in the Art Gallery. These artists and their work represented the true amalgamation of using traditional creativity with the latest technologies and tools.
- The intersection theme was clearly highlighted with the Games Program and its "Convergences in Film and Games Technologies" panel. The discussion covered the topic of how film and game production processes and technologies influence each other.
- The new Making @ SIGGRAPH program provided a venue for makers to share what they've learned, their creativity, and thinking to inspire others. With courses, talks, and installations, Making @ SIGGRAPH showcased projects from students and teachers.
- Studio focused on sight and touch-based experiences. The projects and workshops from alternative fields utilized computer graphics with a combination of new tools, applications, and methods to create, craft, build, and share.


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I'm always reading books in-between others these days. I was reading Jean Paul Sartre's The Reprieve which I put on hold whilst I took up with Phillip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? for a forthcoming art project with the Tunnel Group. Then whilst cleaning out our front room for decorating Robin presented me with Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word, which I consumed very quickly; reading it at night and in the morning (a sign that I'm enjoying it).
It very succinctly reveals the way that modern art movements, since breaking from realism, were a series of reductions just like a good gravy, each new one breaking with a tradition in some way or another leading to Minimalism, Conceptual Art and plain Theory/Words on their own. Eventually, in the 70s, a reaction came in the form of representational work such as Photo Realism.
If you've never read it (as it first came out in 1976) and you're interested or puzzled by what was going on then I suggest you read this book. It's quite an easy read if you know your basic art history and is rather boisterous and amusing with occasional flurries of Latin thrown in the mix.


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Xavier Grimble hears it often from friends and USC fans. Randall Telfer gets the same question.
Why don't they throw you the ball more?
The USC tight ends, both fourth-year juniors, are regarded as NFL prospects, "potentially premier players," Coach Lane Kiffin said.
But on a Trojans team last season that featured All-American wide receivers Robert Woods and Marqise Lee, Grimble and Telfer often appeared underutilized or overlooked.
Grimble caught 29 passes, Telfer 12.
Those totals could increase this season with Woods and quarterback Matt Barkley having gone to the NFL and the less experienced Max Wittek or Cody Kessler starting in Barkley's place.
Grimble, Telfer and sophomore Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick are the Trojans' only scholarship tight ends. Junior Pomee, who played last season as a redshirt freshman, is no longer in the program.


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Front brake control lever (Fig.1, #5). When the lever is squeezed, the front wheel brake is actuated. The front brake should be used together with rear brake. When the brake lever is squeezed, the stop signal lamps are switched on. Kick lever (Fig.1, #11) is designed to start the engine. On pressing the lever the crankshaft of the engine is actuated through the gearbox. The lever is returned to its initial position by the spring inside the gearbox. Note: this is a backup to the electric starter. Gear shift foot pedal (Fig.1, #12) is a two-arm type. When the front arm is pressed, shifting from high to lower gears takes place. When the rear arm is pressed, shifting from low to higher gears takes place. Since the heel-toe shift lever is short-coupled, you will find it easier to shift up if you rotate the heel of your left foot in towards the rear arm before stepping on it with your heel. The neutral position is fixed between the I and II gears. Throttle Control (Fig.1, # 6) is on the right handlebar. Turning the twist grip counterclockwise increases engine speed. Engine cutoff switch (Fig.1, # 7) has two positions, ignition off (up), and ignition on (down). Low and high beam light switch (Fig.1, # 15), turn indicator switch (Fig.1, #13) and horn push-button (Fig.1, # 14) are combined in one unit on the left-hand handle bar control housing. Master battery switch (Fig.1, # 21) is under the seat. Electric Start Button (Fig. 1, # 8) is located on the right-hand twist grip, below the kill switch. The steering damper absorbs lateral kicks on the front wheel. Turning tightening bolt (Fig.1, # 17) clockwise increases friction. This can be used while riding over bad roads. WARNING: DO NOT TIGHTEN THE DAMPER TO THE POINT WHERE THE STEERING BECOMES STIFF . DOING SO WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT HANDLING QUALITIES . Parking brake (Fig. 1, # 22) is located on the right side of the motorcycle next to the foot peg. It is engaged by applying the foot brake pedal fully and turning the handle and pushing it down to hold the foot brake lever in the applied position. Always disengage the parking brake before moving the motorcycle


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Charles Le Baron served as the Mexican consul, in Mobile, Ala. between 1861-1865, who although not of Hispanic descent was a firm supporter of the Confederacy and used his position as Mexican Consul to assist both the State and Confederate Governments. He was born in 1803, in Louisiana, and was self-employed at Le Baron and Son Commercial Merchants, located at 14 South Commerce and lived at the north side of Dauphin and west Broad Streets, in 1861, in Mobile, Ala. He was one of the few non-Hispanic founding members of the Spanish Benevolent and Mutual Aid Society, of Mobile in 1871. The Mexican consulate was located on the 2nd floor of 14th South Commerce Street.
Charles Le Baron was married to Ann McVoy (born 1803, Florida, daughter of William "Guillermo" McVoy and Margaret Byrne) and had two sons who served in the Confederate Military. They were Richard Le Baron (born 1840) who served as a Private in Company A, 3rd Alabama Infantry and Alexander Le Baron (born 1843) who served as a Private in the same Company and Unit and later served with Company K, 21st Alabama Infantry.
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Charles LeBaron sirvió como Cónsul Mexicano, en la ciudad de Mobile, Alabama, entre los años de 1861-1865, y a pesar de no ser de descendencia hispánica era un firme partidario de la conferación y usó su posición como Cónsul Mexicano para ayudar a los gobiernos del estado y la confederación. Mr. LeBaron nació en 1803 en la ciudad de Louisiana y trabajó independiente para las firmas Le Baron y Son Commercial Merchants, ubicados en el 14 de la Calle Comercio Sur y vivió al norte de Dauphin y al oeste de la calle Broad, en 1861, en Mobile, Alabama. Fué uno de los pocos socios fundadores, no Hispanos de La Spanish Benevolent y Mutual Aid Society, de Mobile en 1871. El consulado Mexicano estaba ubicado en el segundo piso de su centro de trabajo.
Charles Le Baron se caso con la Srta Ann McVoy (nacida en 1803, en Florida, hija de William "Guillermo" McVoy y Margaret Byrne) y posteriormente tuvieeron dos hijos quienes años mas tarde tambien sirvieron en el ejercito confederado, ellos furon, Richard LeBaron (nacido en 1840) sirvió como Soldado raso en Compañia A, de la Tercera Alabama Infantry y Alexander LeBaron (nacido en 1843) sirvió como Soldado raso en la misma compañia y después paso a ser parte de la Compañia K, de la 21st Alabama Infantry.
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It's not the best weather I could get in this trip to Italy. It's been pouring from the sky for 2 days and even as I write in my hotel in Florence outside I can hear the rain falling heavily on the pavement. After looking at so many pictures with beautiful sunny Tuscany my mental image of these places is a bit confused with this grey scenery.
It makes me appreciate a cloudy but steady sky while you can at least take out a camera and capture the surroundings. And that is precisely what I did in Padova where I stayed for less than two hours until hopping on the train to Florence. I genuinely have no idea what I saw, what are the names of the places in the photos so please be kind and don't expect a tourist short guide to the city. It's just a bunch of pictures taken on a grey morning with a fixed Nikon 30mm lens in a town I may never see again. Enjoy!


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by Scott Simoneau
Let's take a look at the Cityscape Terrain Kit from Hawk Wargames. It's obviously designed for use for Dropzone Commander, but could be adapted to any 10mm sci-fi game, or even in a stretch, something in 15mm.
|It all comes in a pretty tightly packaged box, easy shipping and storage
Don't be put off by the cardboard terrain. These are printed on a very thick quality cardstock, and will definitely last through a couple years wear and tear. They even are sized good enough to store inside each other, like a nesting doll.
|PIeces come wrapped and protected in bubble wrap
|The contents of the box
|You get four "small builings", eight "medium buildings", and eight "large buildings", in addition to 24 two-sided ground tiles
|The buildings are all single piece and are prefolded.
|Just bend it into the square, and push the roof down
|Then fold the upper top lips down so that no white cardboard is showing.
- You can staple the top flaps down, completing the building in about 5-10 seconds of work. You'll have a few visible staples, but rarely will you ever notice them.
- You can glue the top flaps down. This looks a bit more "professional", but obviously takes a little longer. I glued this one down with Alene's Tacky Glue.
- You can not do anything else, leaving everything unattached, so that you can flatten it for easy storage when you are done
|I glued this building. After about 20 minutes of drying, the building was ready to be garrisoned!
|Don't forget you also get the tiles. They are double sided, so endless possibilities of laying them out exist.
|I wouldn't recommend playing on the tiles loose. They really want to be glued down to something. I glued mine to mdf boards in 2x2 patterns. Having six 2x2 patterns per box still allows some modularity in building your layout.
All in all, this kit is a great addition to any DZC commander's arsenal. For $35, you get enough buildings for two 4v4 boards, and enough tiles for a 6x4 board. Two boxes will set you off with three really dense tables and enough tiles to cover them all. This is by far one of the greatest terrain deals out there. 10/10 - cannot recommend enough. (I've bought three sets on my own and was still excited to win a fourth at Gencon!)
Also, the upcoming two player starter set includes 10 of these same buildings, along with posters than are posters on one side, and game mats on the other!


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We're back with an assortment of updates from the past couple of days beginning with news of three additions to Kate's Calendar for November. Next Wednesday, 22 November, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will carry out a day of engagements in Birmingham. Richard Palmer reported last week we could see Kate undertaking several engagements outside of London in the coming weeks. If you're a longtime royal watcher, you'll likely remember William and Kate visited Birmingham just months after the royal wedding in 2011 to support riot-affected areas. Kate debuted her nautical McQueen ensemble that day, and it remains a popular choices in her wardrobe over six years later.
The couple will begin the day at Jaguar Land Rover's Solihull Manufacturing Plant. William and Kate will then visit the Jaguar Land Rover Experience Centre, where they will meet mountain rescue volunteers participating in a vehicle familiarisation exercise. The Duke and Duchess will have the opportunity to drive a vehicle in the off-road driving area. Afterwards, they will meet local children and volunteers who support projects focusing on regeneration, education, young people, charity work and the environment.
|Kensington Palace
From there, an engagement William will be particularly excited about as a Villa fan - a visit to Aston Villa Football Club to see the work of the Coach Core programme taking place in Birmingham. Finally, the Duke and Duchess will visit Acme Whistles, creators of the first police whistle and the original Acme Thunderer. During the visit, they will hear about the history of the company and see past and present products. They will enjoy a tour of the workshop seeing the production process, including the press work, plating, moulding, welding and polishing of the 115,000 whistles that are made and tested every week.
|Aston Villa
On Friday, 24 November, the Cambridges will make their second appearance at the Royal Variety Performance at the Palladium Theatre in London. The Royal Variety Performance takes place every year, either in London or in a theatre around the United Kingdom. The event is in aid of the Royal Variety Charity, formally the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund, of which the Queen is patron. The glamorous evening promises a night of entertainment with performances by the Killers, Paloma Faith, Louis Tomlinson and the Script. William and Kate made their debut in 2014 when Kate first wore her DVF Zarita gown. Looking forward to seeing them attend again!
And on Tuesday, 28 November, the Duchess of Cambridge will visit the Foundling Museum. Kate will learn more about the museum's history and the way it continues to focus on its founding principles to use art and creativity as a means to support and engage children and vulnerable families. The Foundling Museum explores the history of the Foundling Hospital, the UK's first children's charity and first public art gallery. Kate will meet families and children who have benefited from the museum's education and outreach programmes, including preschool children from a local nursery who regularly visit the museum and young care leavers who are being trained to run their own creative workshops.
Last night, William, Kate and Harry attended the annual 'Autumn Dinner' for the Royal Foundation at Sunbeam Studios in London.
The stunning venue is an enormously popular wedding and events venue. With its unique blend of Edwardian elegance and modern aesthetic, it's not difficult to see why.
More on the venue:
'The venue is made up of three large halls and two meeting rooms along with extensive gardens. Talbot Hall, Main Hall, Rootes Hall and the Shrewsbury Room all connect via the mezzanine level, with grand staircases descending in to Main and Rootes Halls, both of which open on to our beautiful private gardens. The Board Room is available on its own or in combination with the other spaces adding more versatility.'
Whilst a photographer was on hand for the evening, it's highly unlikely we'll see any photos. No doubt a fabulous evening was had by all!
You can watch The Duke share his motivation to tackle cyberbullying with Lucy and Chloe here → pic.twitter.com/FFWwQMy1Tc— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) November 15, 2017
'For me, the issue of cyberbullying and its consequences are personal. My work as a HEMS pilot has exposed me to the tragedy of suicide and the despair felt by those who have been subjected to cruelty and abuse. Through my work on mental health, I have spent time getting to know parents and children for whom the impact of online bullying has been devastating.
And as a parent myself, I understand the sense of loss and anger of those particular families who have lost children after they were the targets of campaigns of harassment. I feel a responsibility to do what I can to help. I began work on the issue of cyberbullying a few years ago and as I explored it in more detail, I felt a growing sense of alarm. I came to realise what it meant for bullying – an age old problem – to be supercharged by the power of social media. New, exciting platforms that at their heart, want to help people make and maintain friendships, were allowing bullies to take their abuse beyond the traditional theatres of classrooms and playgrounds. They could now follow their targets home.
A new generation of young people – tech savvy, connected, and optimistic about the future – were encountering new social spaces without established standards of behaviour to guide them. And many parents and carers, who seek to make their homes a haven of safety, felt powerless to protect their children. And even worse, some had no idea about the suffering their children were experiencing from bullying that was coming through their phone or their laptop. My overall sense was that social media was in many ways an ungoverned space, where our children were fending for themselves.
But as I looked into this issue more, I also gained a sense of optimism. I saw the example of Lucy Alexander, who is with us today. Sadly Lucy lost her son Felix after he experienced terrible bullying online. In her grief she felt compelled to take action. She spoke out and challenged the technology sector to work together to help protect other children from experiencing what Felix had.
And I also realised that while we were encountering new forms of bullying, technology was also openly revealing behaviour that had often been hidden from view in the past. I came to believe that if the tech sector was willing to work together, their powerful tools could actually help children to put respect and support for each other at the heart of the way they interact with their peers.
My hope was that internet companies would see the potential to pool their knowledge and resources to create spaces online that were much safer for our children. So I established the Cyberbullying Taskforce – through The Royal Foundation – to seize the opportunity that collaboration could bring. The Taskforce has brought together social media platforms and internet service providers with those organisations and individuals who strive to protect and support children and young people. And after a year and a half of hard work and frank discussions, we can today unveil a plan of action to protect children and encourage a new standard of behaviour online.
There are four major planks to our plan.
First, the technology company members of the Taskforce have agreed to adopt new guidelines to improve the process for reporting bullying online, and to create clearer consequences for those who behave unacceptably.
Second, the Taskforce is launching today a new, national campaign to educate children on how to behave with respect and kindness online. The campaign is being driven by the powerful reach of the industry members of the Taskforce.
Third, a new programme will be piloted through Facebook and Snapchat which will see the NSPCC providing emotional support to children in need, as a result of online bullying.
And finally, the companies and charities that have been part of the Taskforce, will continue to work together to provide consistent advice to parents and to continue to take feedback from children and young people as they develop their policies.
Through this process we have all been honest with each other. And of course I have been honest that I had hoped we might be able to go further. I hoped, for example, that the social media companies would agree to a form of standardisation around reporting and clear timelines for handling complaints. I also hoped that the tech companies might create a single, universal tool for children to report bullying when they see it or experience it regardless of which platform it happens on.
I am, however, encouraged that the BBC is looking at the potential for a tech solution along these lines and all I ask is that everyone keeps an open mind as the outcome of the BBC's work, and other options, emerge in the coming months. There is a lot more that can be done. I am proud that the Taskforce has generated a plan of action with some practical, industry-driven initiatives and I hope all of you are too. It is a big, important step in the right direction. It is my view that if this plan is implemented, the U.K. can become a world leader on tackling cyberbullying. Nowhere else has the sector come together and voluntarily agreed to take collective responsibility for tackling an issue like this rather than just promoting your own individual initiatives.
And I am proud that listening to children and parents has been at the heart of our work. It has been their advice which has led us to this ambitious plan of action today. Now the onus is on the people in this room and the organisations you are a part of. We have been working together for many months, but today is only the beginning. In implementing these plans, you have a chance to show that something special has happened here in the U.K., that the rest of the world can learn from. You have a chance to show what I know you all believe – that technology companies are serious about their social responsibilities. You have a chance to win the trust of today's generation of parents, and to help them feel confident about the positive experience their children will have online. And, you have the opportunity to help children lead the way with respect and positivity to build the vibrant, exciting future that you all believe in. To the children and young people here today, I want you to know that it is this hope for a positive future that has motivated everything we have done. I am always amazed by the savviness and creativity of your generation. I am excited about the world you are going to create and then lead in decades to come. And I hope the action plan we are announcing today can help you, in at least a small way, to embrace technology with confidence and optimism.'
William also launched the first ever online code of conduct, 'Stop, Speak, Support', to empower all young people to take a stand against bullying. The website offers support, guidelines and advice on how to act when "banter turns bad". From telling an adult or clicking the report button, to contact information for Childline, it is the early stages of a resource aimed at young people.
I think it's very encouraging to see tech giants coming together to work on a solution for a problem that is well and truly out of control. Most of you who may be active on social media will have witnessed the atrocious, abusive conduct which is so commonplace there's almost a blasé attitude to it. For young people of school age in particular, cyberbullying means the bullies are not only in the schoolyard but come home with their victims to their living rooms and bedrooms. Growing up and the formative teenage years can be challenging enough without the very real concerns the online sphere present. There are obviously numerous advantages to accessing such technologies, yet I've often pondered if users should be of adult age before they have to navigate it. A core issue is the anonymity. Keyboard warriors type before they think, without thought or consequence, certainly without consideration for the person they are aiming their vitriol at. There is so much that needs to be done to stop tragedies like Felix's occurring. It's not going to be fixed with one campaign, or in a year, but this is a positive step. William's role and status meant he was in a unique position to gather tech giants and create a taskforce to enable cohesive developments. I'm very glad to see him using his role to tackle issues like this.
Finally, On Monday, 20 November an incredibly special milestone occurs. The Queen and Prince Philip's 70th wedding anniversary will be celebrated with a family dinner at the State Apartment at Windsor Castle, as reported by Majesty Magazine's Joe Little. The anniversary is being marked privately, although it is hoped a family photo, like this one released for the 60th wedding anniversary (with thanks to our very own Rebecca) will be released. A family photograph would certainly be a treat!
Wishing you all a great weekend! :)


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My mum's birthday has been the source of some amusement and confusion over the years, because it arrives so quickly after Christmas - the 6th January - and she'd got fed up with having a Chrisbirthday. One year we even tried delaying her birthday until May. Of course, we all forgot and she didn't get a birthday at all that year. Ooops.
In order to make a fuss of her, this year I decided to lay on an afternoon tea with every little tasty morsel in flavours that she would like and in sizes that would mean both her and my Dad could sample a little bit of everything. As I know only to well, the older you get the smaller your capacity for tasty morsels becomes!
So we had a lovely tea, which consisted of Emmenthal & Bacon Quichelets, egg mayonnaise & cress sandwiches, Bavarian ham & wholegrain mustard sandwiches, a tiny salad in a leaf and almond & raspberry biscuits. All of which were delicious and all of which led up to the piece de resistance - the lemon sponge birthday cake.
For one of my Dad's birthdays, I had made a big, butch, manly chocolate & beetroot cake which went down very well. However, I needed something a lot more ladylike and refined. I pondered on coffee cake, as I know she makes a wonderful coffee and walnut cake - but I doubted that mine would be able to compete and anyway, I felt it would be better to make something that wasn't "usual" for her.
|Lemon top right being the interloper in the bunch!
For the last 15 years or more, whenever I've been required to produce a sponge cake, I've used Delia Smith's All In One Sponge recipe. I've made coconut versions, chocolate, lemon, coffee - just about every combination you could think of, so I didn't have to look very far for a tried and tested recipe.
However, this was an 80th birthday cake - so a dash of icing sugar on the top with a few sprinkles just wasn't going to cut it. I needed to think up something a bit better as regards decoration.
So what do you think? I reckon I thought up something a bit better than icing sugar and sprinkles. *wink*
Now this was the very first time I had ever used fondant icing on anything - much less a very important birthday cake.
The day before the tea party, I set to with fondant icing, apricot jam and lemon curd. Well, the lemon curd bit was easy enough - a nice thick covering on top of one sponge and then delicately lay the second on top. So far so good.
Next, was painting the surface and sides with watered down apricot jam - enough to help the fondant icing to stick nicely.
Then because the colour of the base icing was white, I spent a good ten minutes or so cleaning up every single little cake crumb (and sponge cakes are very good at shedding cake crumbs) from the working surface.
|The leaves are finished, now for the flowers!
The next job was to smooth and stroke the white icing, so as to gain a slightly shiny surface rather than the matte one that is natural for the icing. That took another ten minutes or so and a clean pastry brush certainly helped with removing the loose sugar grains.
All that was left was to cut out the leaves (easy done, with a set of differently sized icing cutters) and flowers (ditto), marble the icing with green food colouring and cut out more leaves, paint the plain coloured leaves (yes, every one was painted with food colour) in different shades and patterns and form some of the leaves (the ones to go on top) into distorted shapes so as to give the leaf trail some movement.
I used lemon juice to wet each leaf and flower before settling them into place on the cake. Well, why turn down the opportunity to get a little more lemon flavour in there? The icing is flavoured with vanilla naturally, so there was no clash in flavours.
I love how the cake looked when it was finished. If I've ever been proud of something I've created, it was this. Mum looked suitably impressed and happy with it when we produced it along with a truly appalling rendition of "Happy Birthday To You" and I hope its prettiness helped to smooth over the worst of the singing.
As for the recipe, I have set it out below as there are a couple of little baking variations to Delia's original recipe and if you want a REALLY lemony lemon sponge, you might want to follow along.
cake recipe, it really is that forgiving! For dessert or with a cup of tea, it will do the lot.
Now, in an enormous departure for Rhubarb & Ginger - and as an indication of just how pleased I was with this cake - I took a 365 degree video of it. Feel free to gasp in awe and exclaim in admiration, I'll hear you!
REALLY LEMONY LEMON SPONGE CAKE (serves 6-12 depending on size of slice!)
Ingredients :
175g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 large eggs
175g caster sugar
175g softened unsalted butter
the zest of 1 large lemon
the juice of half a large lemon
1 tsp Sicilian lemon extract
4-5 tbsp lemon curd.
Method :
1. Take a very large mixing bowl. Measure out the flour and baking powder and using a sieve, sift into the bowl.
2. Now simply add all the other ingredients (apart from the lemon curd, which is for the filling) to the bowl and whisk everything together until you have a smooth, well-combined mixture. Provided the butter is good and soft, this shouldn't take longer than a couple of minutes.
3. You should have a soft mixture that is of dropping consistency. If it seems a little too stiff, you can always add some more lemon juice or a tablespoonful of warm water to mobilise it a bit.
4. Divide the mixture between two eight inch (20cm) tins that have a piece of greaseproof paper or cooking parchment covering the base of each and that have been lightly buttered. Level out the surface but leave a very slight dip in the centre to prevent the cake from crowning too much as it rises. Place on the centre shelf of a pre-heated oven at 170degC/325degF/Gas 3. It will take 30-35 minutes to cook – but don't open the oven door to check it until 25 minutes have elapsed.
5. You will know when the cakes are done, by touching the centre of the cake lightly. If your finger leaves no impression - and the cake springs back - it is cooked.
6. Leave the cakes to cool slightly on a cooling rack, before removing them from their tins. Leave them sat upon the paper layer, on the cooling rack, to cool completely.
7. Once utterly cold, carefully remove the paper layer and decide which is to be the bottom layer and which the top. Place the bottom layer onto your cake plate top surface down. Coat the cake in the lemon curd - generously - and carefully lay the second cake on top.
8. You are now free to decorate the cake in whichever way you feel appropriate!
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Design of microstructure for optimum performances of DLC-based nanocomposite coatings
PhD student: Kalpak ShahaNano-structured coatings have recently attracted increasing interest because of the possibilities of synthesizing a surface protecting layer with unique physical-chemical properties that are often not attained in the bulk counterpart. On top of this, amorphous DLC-based nano-composite coatings exhibit not only excellent wear resistance and super-hardness but also low friction, which provide a solution to the stringent requirements on drive-line components in automotive industry such as prolonging the life in operation of the components and increasing the efficiency of the engines by reduction of friction. Within the framework of a novel experimental approach to the design and control of wear resistant nanocomposite coatings, the project is aimed at scrutinizing the deposition window of pulsed sputtering, optimization of nano-/micro-structure and tribo-chemistry in relation to the performances of DLC-based nanocomposite coatings. The project is in particular linked to the recently installed closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering system (Teer UDP 4/350).
Postdocs: Dr. ChangQiang Chen
Figure: Surface RMS roughness of TiC/a-C films as a function of deposition time and p-DC frequency. The evolution of the multilayered structure clearly reveals that the increased roughness during 100 kHz p-DC sputtering was smoothened out by the following 350 kHz p-DC sputtering.


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