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Swedish 1850 Rifled Cavalry Pistol
- Country: Sweden
- Ignition System: Percussion
- Calibre: 15.4mm (0.60
These large cavalry pistols constitute a modular pistol-carbine system. Their shape is very distinctive due to the shape of their grip. The coarse checkering and slight extension into the trigger guard can be easily identified. Technically these pistols are quite plain but they have almost no sharp edges, even the lock plate is slightly convex, giving it an almost organic look. Having no shape edges is a useful feature to ensure the pistol can be easily be pulled out of saddle holsters in a hurry. The grip width is relatively narrow probably to compensate for the riders' thick gloves. In any case the pistol grip is comfortable and they point very well even if a bit muzzle heavy.
One pistol has a rifled barrel with four grooves and contains a cylindrical pillar in the breech. An interesting fact about these is that the rear sight notch was not filed at the factory, this was done by the regimental armourer when the pistols where issued. I do not know to what range they were sighted to. The other pistol has a smoothbore barrel. The pistols would have had matching numbers. Both have an iron back strap extending down the spine of the grip. In this back strap are two slots for mounting a stock extension to produce a rifled or smoothbore carbine.
The stock also has a very rounded profile but once fitted to the pistol, the resulting carbine is very comfortable to shoulder. To attach the stock to one of the pistols, the T shaped locking lug is inserted in the upper slot in the pistol back strap and the stock is rotated 90° downwards to align it with the pistol grip. A spring biased pin under the locking lug then enters a hole in the back strap below the slot to lock the stock in position. To remove the stock from the pistol one just needs to press on the lever on the underside of the stock to raise the pin and then rotate the stock upwards.
The rifled pistol barrel is 14.58mm calibre (.58") and fired a flat based Tamisier bullet while the smoothbore pistol has a 20mm bore (.78") and was loaded with six lead balls of approximately 9mm diameter. I assume the smoothbore pistol was probably intended to be used against massed troops while the rifled pistol could be used for targeting individuals. A double ended loading rod for loading both pistols was kept separately on the saddle.
The rifled pistol was produced by Carl Gustaf and the smoothbore pistol was madeby Husquvarna. They were also made by the Belgian firm Malherbe & Cie.


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Assalamualaikum and peace be upon you!
Alhamdulillah and thank you Allah for everything. ^_^
Well, this post was inspired by what happened yesterday at my kampong in Pahang. That morning, I was in the kitchen, helping my mother and my grandmother to make breakfast. While we were doing that, we listened to "Tanyalah Ustaz" in TV9. The Ustaz told the audience that once the husband enters the jannah, he will automatically find her wife, But then, my grandmother asked, "What if the husband has 3 wives?". No answers from the Ustaz, obvioulsy right?! haha. (Okay, that's not the point..sorry)
After that, the Ustaz told a story where Prophet Muhammad said to an old lady that there will be no elders in the Jannah. I'm sure you know the story right? Or if you didn't, let me tell you. So, the old lady felt so sad cause she thought she didn't have the chance to enter the Jannah. Then, the Prophet s.a.w said (this is no the exact sentence), actually everyone that enters Jannah is a young beautiful/handsome person. Even though he/she dies at an old age, if she/he enters the Jannah, she/he will be young again. And this time it's for EVER!!!
That's when I thought of why do I have to spend or I can say, waste a lot of time to think about how to be beautiful. Cause to be beautiful in this world is just for a short time. I know, we girls, really like to be beautiful. Whenever we see any woman/lady that is so stunning or very pretty, automatically we have this enthusiasm to be like that person. To be beautiful too.
But, know this, one tip that I discover to be beautiful forever is just in front of our eyes. No, we don't have to extremely sacrifice ourselves for dieting or having a surgery to look younger. It is just working out to get ourselves a victory in the Hereafter. The true-est awesome fantastic victory which are Mardhatillah or Ridha from Allah and that's ultimately confirm us to be in Jannah, and automatically a yes to be awesomely beautiful for eternity.
Think again. Why don't we waste our energy, our time, our thoughts with something that is for a short term period of time. Why don't we just focusing of our time to put everything that we have for the sake of Allah. In fact, in this Dunya, we are beautiful in our own way. To really fulfill the criteria of public definition of beautiful is something ridiculous cause you'll never can satisfy people's perception. So, why don't we put all the extra hard works to make Allah loves us. That's a perfect deed, right?!
InsyaAllah I'm reminding myself and my dear readers to check back ourselves again. What have we done with all of our time before? Struggling everything just for Dunya or struggling everything for Allah. Like what my sister in Islam said, "If we chase the World, we only get the World. But if we chase Hereafter, we get the best of both world."
InsyaAllah, come on, let's get ourselves to be beautiful in Jannah! ^_^
To be a Great Muslim is the way to be beautiful forever.

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When you have your rooms and exits you need to configure them to the proper LaMush format, both in assigning them to the right parent and by adjusting the ANSI-Colours to fit the LaMush default grid-name- format. These are some of the things that need to be set:
• &hood
• &grid
• +compass
• the indoor/outdoor parent of the domain.
• ANSI-colors
11.1 Assigning the Hood
For more information see: +news building/coordinates and domain
The grid-room that your building will be linked to, is part of a specific area or neighbourhood. This neighbourhood needs to be defined. You can set the 'hood' of your project by using the following command:
&HOOD <room-number or name>=<Hood-name>
You can also use 'here' when you're in the room that you assign the &hood to:
&hood here=<neighbourhood name>
Note: You need to set the &Hood for every room of the project that you build!
In my example Dummy_BLDR types:
&HOOD Storage=Downtown Core
11.2 Assigning the Grid
For more information see +help ic/map
Assigning the grid-number of the room that the building will be linked to is necessary for providing information for the +map command (see +map SM for the map of Santa Monica, +map SC for the map of South Central and +map GD for the map of Greater Downtown).
+map/list will give you the areas (used to decide the &hood attribute when building) within each of these three active Domains.
Note: When you used the +build-command to set up your skeleton you already set your &grid automatically.
If you did not however, the command that you use is:
&GRID <room-number or name>=<gridcode>
You can also use 'here' when you're in the room that you assign the &grid to:
&grid here=<gridcode>
Note: You need to set the &Hood for every room of the project that you build!
In my example Dummy_BLDR types:
&GRID Storage=A1
11.3 The Compass
For more information see: -> +news building/compass and +help ic/compass
When you use the build-command this also automatically (so you don't need to –do- anything here ;) creates a +compass. When you type +compass a small map of the area is displayed.
This compass-tool displays valid directions from your current position. It scans exits for "north", "southwest", etc. and creates an appropriate form, graphically. Outdoors, this looks something like a street layout, indoors, more like a star. These can be overridden by setting the &COMPASS attribute on the *room*. There are two commands:
+compass Display compass at current location
+compass/formats List all available formats
11.4 Automated Parent and ANSI setting by means of +build.
For more information see: +news ooc/build
When you're in a room or when you look at the +who list you always see the name of the room displayed in the same format.
First comes the highlighted name of the room that you are in, subsequently followed up by the name of the project, the name of the area and then the name of the Domain.
Every domain also has it's own (highlighted colour). South Central is (highlighted) Cyan, Downtown is (highlighted) Magenta and Santa Monica has (highlighted) Red.
This (highlighted) colour is something that you need to set as well. There are several ways to do this, but the following command makes it easy and automated. First make sure that you are –in- the room that you want to assign the domain-colour/code to and then type:
+build/domain (SM|SC|GD)
The currently valid domain codes are SM (Santa Monica), SC (South Central), and GD (Greater Downtown).
In the case of the Little Shop of horrors; after building the storage (when you are automatically transferred to the Storage-room) I type:
+build/domain GD
11.5 Assigning the 'Parent' manually
For more information see +news building/parents. This also offers information about nesting parents and using zones.
Using +build/domain doesn't just update the name and colour of the room, it also sets the so-called 'parent' of a room.
Each domain has an indoor parent and an outdoor parent room, and every room on the grid should be @parented to one of these rooms. The parent that is set with the build-command will be the –outdoor- parent for the Domain. –Indoor- rooms will need to be switched to the indoor parent (For more information see +news build/parents).
In general, any room where weather or the outdoor environment might be a consideration should be set to the outdoor parent, i.e. parks, gardens, courtyards, etc. Any room or area which is fully enclosed and roofed should be set to the indoor parent.
The command that you use to set the parent of a room is:
@parent <Room-name or number>=<appropriate parent Room>
You can also use 'here' when you're in the room that you assign the parent to:
@parent here=<appropriate parent room>
Object: Is the name or number of the room-object.
Parent: Is the Master/Parent indoor or outdoor-rooms or each domain. These are:
Downtown Indoor Master - #1063
Downtown Outdoor Master - #144
Santa Monica Indoor Master - #1064
Santa Monica Outdoor Master - #221
South Central Indoor Master - #1065
South Central Outdoor Master - #222.
In my example the Storage Room was assigned to the GD (Downtown) –outdoor- parent, when this storage-room clearly is –indoors- and hence should be assigned to the GD –indoor parent-.
Hence I type:
@parent Storage=#1063
In stead of typing 'Storage' I could also use the #number of the room-object.
When you type this command and then 'look' you see that the description of the room has changed. In this case it will say:
This room has been parented to the Downtown Indoor Master Room(#1063). Its &hood is , its &grid is A1, and its domain is Greater Downtown.
Note: You need to set a Parent for every room of the project that you build!
If you actually want to try understand what you're doing when you assign a 'parent' object, the following might explain:
Parent objects provide a way for several objects to inherit common attributes, exits, and $-commands from a single object, so that changing the parent object affects all of its children. When searching for attributes or exits, first the object itself is checked, then the parent is checked only if the object does not have what was searched for.
Any attribute the parent object has will be passed down to its children, if they don't already have one. For instance, if the child object has no description, it will inherit the description of its parent.
11.5.1 Manually setting the format and ANSI of your Room-name
For more information please see: +news building/rooms
As mentioned before LaMush has a fairly strict format to which room and exit-names must adhere.
In the case of a room name this should look as follows:
The name of an individual room in a sub-area should be in colour-coded highlight (bold), followed by its general project-name without highlight (if applicable), followed by its neighbourhood and/or its Domain. This would be written out as: (Look at +who for examples.)
Every domain also has its own colour:
• South Central is Cyan
• Downtown is Magenta
• Santa Monica has Red
• Long Beach is Yellow
• The OOC-area's are Green.
An example for SC:
Arena – Forum – Inglewood – South Central
Or yet another example for SM:
Kitchen – Mansion – Venice – Santa Monica
Note that, as setting ANSI and formatting goes, the text-part of the Domain (so Downtown, South Central and Santa Monica) is already covered. This happens when you set the parent of the room.
The part of the room-name that you do you need to format is:
(highlighted) room-name (normal) – project-name – neighbourhood.
In order to achieve the format shown above, you can use the following command:
@name here=[ansi(<colour-code>h,<room-name>)] [ansi(<colour-code>,- <project name – neighbourhood name>)]
'here': can also be replace by the room-name or number.
room-name: is the room you are in.
project name: is the name of the overall project that you are building. When your project only consists of 1 room you can leave the overall project name out.
neighbourhood name: is the name of the neighbourhood that the project is situated in.
With regards to setting ANSI-colours, here's a list of what colour-code covers what:
• g = green
• r = red
• m = magenta
• c = cyan
• h = highlight
So, in order to set a name for a Downtown Area you type:
@name here=[ansi(mh,<room-name>)] [ansi(m,- <project name – neighbourhood name – Domain name>)]
In order to set a name for a Santa Monica you type:
@name here=[ansi(rh,<room-name>)] [ansi(r,- <project name – neighbourhood name – Domain name >)]
And, in order to set a name for a South Central Area you type:
@name here=[ansi(ch,<room-name>)] [ansi(c,- <project name – neighbourhood name – Domain name >)]
From our example:
Dummy_BLDR types:
@name here=[ansi(mh,<Storage>)] [ansi(m,- <Little Shop of Horrors – Downtown Core – Downtown)]
In the example this would come down to:
Storage – Little Shop or Horrors – Downtown Core - Downtown
11.5.2 Set the format and ANSI of your Exits
For more information please see: +news building/exits
After handling the room-format and colour of your room, you can set the format and colour of your exits (as far as they aren't displayed properly yet).
Exits should show their cardinal direction aliases in parentheses after their name, with the letters highlighted and in bold.
For example:
Yellow Door (N)
In addition, all exits should have the following as further aliases: the full name of the exit, the logical initials of that name, the full word for the cardinal direction, and the letter abbreviation for that direction. As mentioned before at least one exit in each room should be designated as 'out', with the following aliases: out;ou;o;back;exit;x;leave. Each building complex should have a path of travel with 'out' that will ultimately lead characters to the nearest outdoor grid room.
When you used the +build-command as explained in section 10.2, all formats and settings should have been taken care of automatically. If they didn't however, you can use the following commands to make it so:
@name <exit-name or #>=<Primary Exit-name> ([ansi(h,<compass-direction>)]);<exit-aliases consisting of abbreviations and directions>
exit-name or #: is the exit you want to rename/format.
primary Exit Name: is the exit-name that you want to be displayed.
compass-direction: is the direction-abbreviation in capitalized characters. Options are (N,S,E,W,NE,NW,SE,SW,U,D).
aliases consisting of abbreviations and directions: These are the exit aliases like the abbreviations of the primary-name, the (abbreviations) of the compass directions and, where appropriate the aliases required for the way 'out': out;ou;o;back;exit;x;leave.
Alternately, the exit-format can be created by using:
@name <exit-name or #>=<Primary Exit-name> (%xh<compass-direction>%xn); <exit-aliases consisting of abbreviations and directions>
The use of %x is an alternative way to deal with ANSI-colours. %x indicates that a formatting-order will be given such as 'h' (highlighted). 'n' indicates 'no' ANSI, so in this case the ANSI-command 'highlight' is cancelled.
For example:
Dummy_BLDR types:
@name Storage Fence=Storage Fence ([ansi(h,W)]);storage;fence;sf;west;w;out;ou;o;back;exit;x;leave
@name Storage Fence=Storage Fence (%xhW%xn);storage;fence;sf;west;w;out;ou;o;back;exit;x;leave
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Cognitive Scientist Discovers Tribe Without the Concept of Zero
Baghdad, 809
Muhammad al-Khwarizmi, Professor of the Science of Mind in the Court of Harun al-Rashid, has discovered a Frankish tribe in the far northwest which purportedly does not understand the concept of zero. He presented his findings yesterday in a lecture at the Caliph's Palace. The lecture will be published in The Journal of the Science of Cognitive Everything.
Al-Khwarizmi spent several weeks on an expedition through the Gothic, Avar, Lombard and Frankish lands in the jungles to the northwest. His research demonstrates that there exist along the great rivers tribes of primitives who, not only are they unable to understand Arabic, but seem to have no true language at all. They express themselves in grunts and gestures, butter their hair, and bash each other with large blunt objects.
The "Franks" have no written language, no paper, no hospitals, no toys, no art, no music, and no religion too. And apparently while they have a rudimentary system of counting, they have no understanding of the concept "zero."
In his experiments with seven Frankish subjects over a period of a couple of weeks, al-Khwarizmi tried in several ways to ascertain whether the group understood "zero." In one experiment he banged on a hollow tree trunk three times, then paused, then banged three times again. The subject, after some perplexed hesitation, banged six times, demonstrating the lack of understanding of the 7-0-7 sequence.
In another experiment, the scientist drew numerals on paper with a brush and ink. The subjects were not able to grasp the brush with their fingers, let alone make marks on the paper with it.
After the lecture, the Professor answered questions from a stunned audience.
Q. These barbarian infidels, were they friendly?
A. Yes, they're quite childlike. Although when pissed off they can become quite violent. One of the members of our research team who offended in some way had a crude spear shoved up his bum.
Q. Do they seem to have a social hierarchy?
A. Well, not that I could judge. Of course, the biggest chap, who was over six feet tall and quite muscular, seemed to be able to have his way most of the time. They called him "Chah - ali".
Q. You said they have no real language. But do they have names?
A. They seemed to have some sort of system to identify each other, although it was quite confusing. For one thing, all the women were named "Doris". That is certainly a topic for future research.
Of course I was only with them several weeks, but my observation was that they only communicate with crude grunts. And rudimentary gestures. I've made a few pictures, and you can see that they can apparently count on their hands. However, they don't seem to be able to get past the number one, usually with the middle finger raised. Either that, or they close all the fingers in a sort of fist, and shake it. And their language, if you can call it a language, is definitely not recursive. It's apparently finite.
Q. (gasping) Not recursive?? Good heavens! Do these "people" even wear clothes?
A. Oh yes, in a manner of speaking. The men wear skirts made of animal furs. Most amusing, really.
Q. How did you get your subjects to cooperate in your experiments?
A. I took along a supply of dates and dried figs. I found they were quite anxious to have the treats, so after each experiment I would reward them with a date if they got it right. In the jungle, you know, everybody's happy for a dried fig. Problem was, they could never get it right, so I always had to eat the treats myself. Can't say that that made them any friendlier. But they really did perform quite poorly on the tests. At any rate, I got out of there before they could figure out that I was eating all the figs, and get *really* pissed off. And while they don't have a concept of zero, I wasn't about to be in the area when they figured out that the treats were "all gone."
in Terry Pratchett, MEN AT ARMS, HarperCollins, 1993, p. 127 (footnote)


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Windows Offline files is an option that will allow you to work files on a network server while you are away from the network. Any changes you make to the files will sync back to the network location after you connect back to the network. You can enable or disable this feature on any windows computer, especially you would want disable it on any general purpose computers that is shared with multiple users. Sync process is automated and does not require you to do anything but you can force to sync anytime manually.
This instruction will show you, how to manually force the computer to sync offline files:
1) Open Control Panel by going to Start -> Control panel.
2) Double click Sync Center. You can also get to this same location by typing mobsync in the command prompt.
3) Right click Offline Files
4) Click Sync Offline Files
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Troy, Ala. --- The final round of the Troy Invitational was canceled as the Tennessee State University women's golf team placed 10th after two rounds.
The tournament, held at the Troy Country Club in Troy, Alabama, featured ten teams including OVC member Austin Peay.
Tennessee State finished 10th carding a (+181) 757 for the tournament. Jamie Pierce led all TSU scorers with a 19-over par 163. She shot 81 in round one and 82 in the second round. Her score was good for a 33rd place finish.
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You've always been told that you shouldn't write, "To Whom It May Concern," on your cover letter. But what should you do when you don't have the name of the hiring manager?
Related: 11 Tips For Creating Compelling Cover Letters
Here's today's Q&A quick tip.
First, Track Down The Name
Obviously, it's ideal to use the hiring manager's name in the letter. So, the first thing you should do is try to track down the hiring manager's name online (i.e. the company website, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.).
You can also call up the company directly to ask for the name. Simply call up the company and say, "Hi, my name is ____ and I'm applying for a position at your company. Would it be possible for me to get the name of the hiring manager so I can address him or her in my cover letter?"
If All Fails, Use 'Dear Hiring Team'
If the hiring manager's name is nowhere to be found and the company is unwilling to give you his or her name, you should use "Dear Hiring Team" in your cover letter salutation.
By addressing your cover letter to the hiring team, you increase your chances of getting it in front of the right pair of eyes.
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But what if you know the name of someone else (not involved with hiring) who works at the company? Can you just address it to them instead?
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Summertime is in full-swing which makes this maxi skirt a perfect summer sewing project! You'll be amazed at how easy it is to whip one of these up and will want to go home and make many more. With a foldover yoga waistband and made to your measurements, this skirt will soon be one of your wardrobe favorites. This skirt can be made with either a serger or sewing machine, whichever you feel most comfortable with!
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[Preorder] Cu-poche - Frame Arms Girl: FA Girl Baselard Bare Body
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Size (approx.): 110mm
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Kotobukiya's Frame Arms Girl series and the Cu-poche action figure line have collided with the brand new Cu-poche figure of Baselard in her disarmed form!
Cu-poche are pocket-sized action figures with non-scale proportions that give them a cute appearance. Despite their small stature, Cu-Poche figures enjoy a wide range of movement, allowing them to be displayed in a variety of poses. Interchangeable face parts and magnets in the figure's feet allow you to display it with a variety of poses and expressions.
The Baselard disarmed Cu-poche is equipped with 3mm connections and two types of hands that can hold a variety of weapons from the M.S.G and Frame Arms series.
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In today's education system, STEAM (a program focusing heavily on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) has become a hot topic, and it has infiltrated both public and private educational sectors alike. STEAM has a goal of putting forth students that are competent in not only knowledge of these various subjects, but also how to apply them. After all, applied knowledge means an increased depth of learning regardless of the subject matter, and that is truly the goal of education isn't it?
A recent development in STEAM education, essentially STEM with Arts added in, incorporates language and communication, design, creativity, etc. Adding the arts into STEM creates a holistic approach to learning for those students that excel in dance, art, and music. There is tremendous support in the educational sphere for adding the Arts to an original STEM system of learning. So, what do we think about the STEAM approach for our student body?
Here at All Saints Academy, our main goal is for our students to receive a well-rounded, in-depth education. We send our graduates out as young adults ready to think creatively, problem solve, and use knowledge gained during their time in school to change the world around them, whatever their chosen field may be. Both STEM and art play an important role in that goal, but we know many parents have questions about how we blend these areas of learning together for their child. We believe our students need a strong base in STEM education, and we focus heavily on giving them the skills needed in these subjects. We also have a heavy emphasis on art, with classes ranging from music to drama available for even our youngest students. We believe that each of these areas is vital to a well-rounded education, and we also recognize that they work together to create the ultimate learning experience for children of all ages. Scientists need to know how to communicate and write well. Those in technology will often need creative design skills to enhance their work, etc. In this way, the curriculum at All Saints Academy would be categorized as STEAM learning, and we feel that it best embodies our end-desire: for students to be well-thought through in every subject, and know how to apply them together in all circumstances to achieve optimum results.
If you have more questions about how we incorporate STEAM into our curriculum at ASA, or if you want to know more about how your child can be a part of the ASA family, we'd love to hear from you. Give us a call to find out details about learning at All Saints Academy or to schedule a tour.


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- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 stick butter
- 2 pkg. dry yeast, dissolved in ¼ warm water
- 1 cup milk
- 5 cups flour (2 can be whole wheat)
- ♦ Beat eggs, add sugar, salt and yeast mixture.
♦ Melt butter, add milk and let warm.
♦ Add to the egg mixture, and stir in the flour.
♦ Place in a well-buttered bowl, cover with a damp towel, and let rise until doubled, 1-2 hours.
♦ Turn out onto a well-floured counter top and knead, 20 turns.
♦ Roll out dough into 2 rectangles, about 9 X 13" each
♦ Spread with soft butter and sprinkle generously with cinnamon, brown sugar…nuts, raisins, your choice.
♦ Roll up, log edges, so that you end up with two 13" long logs. Cut into 1-2 inch slices.
♦ Place on a greased cookie sheet, or in two 9X13" pans. Let rise until doubled.
♦ Bake a 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes, longer if they're going to rise and 'touch' each other than if you're making individual rolls on a baking sheet.
♦ They'll be a pretty golden color when they're done.
- ♦ Frost with a simple glaze of ¼ cup melted butter, 2 cups powdered sugar and a splash of milk.
Terri's Notes
~ My first adventure in breads was a disaster that the dog and cats wouldn't eat. Keep at it!
~ The trick is in learning not to add too much extra flour, you'll get the hang of it.
~ This dough makes good caramel rolls too.
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"... Our usual tendency, if we make the attempt to engage, rather than reject, the ambiguous rendering of a subject in a photograph, is to invent a subject for it. What we invent is out of the stuff and substance of ourselves. When we invent a subject we turn the photograph into a mirror of some part of ourselves."
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So, I'm at my office and I got this crazy idea from a post on Twitter, to write about a noise or about silence… And so… here I am xD
I hope you like it. I kinda wanted to have a sort of sad ending. So yeah.
Anyway I hope you like it! ^^)/
Warning: Just nonsense and boredom ahead xD
It was noisy; she could hear the cheering and clapping from the fans.
-Noisy… – she whispered while rubbing her temples; she was having a headache, a strong one, and the noise was making her feel even worse.
-Takamina, are you okay? – Yokoyama Yui, the current Team A Captain, asked worried.
The small General Manager only nodded.
-Stand-by in 5 minutes! – The staff announced and everyone in the room rushed towards the stage door.
Only Takahashi Minami stayed behind, trying to breathe.
Looking at her reflection, in the mirror, she tried to calm herself down; she was starting to feel nervous and she didn't know why.
The headache wasn't helping, the noise from the audience either. She looked at her right, hoping to find someone; but no one was there.
Her, unknown, anxiety started to grow. She needed air, her body starter to heat up, even though the air-conditioner was on. She was gasping; she was almost obligating her own lungs and respiratory system to breathe; sweat started forming in her forehead and fell from there and her neck; she felt uncomfortable and her clothes started to feel heavy.
Standing up, she felt the world spinning. It was too much for her, and her legs finally gave up and she fell to the floor, hyperventilating.
-Takamina! – Someone called her name. But struggling to remind herself conscious, she didn't recognize who the person was.
Clenching her teeth and tears rolling down from her eyes, she pushed herself up, in a last attempt to stand up and perform again. But her body gave up sooner than her own will.
She fainted, making a chaos backstage.
The news talked about the incident for the next couple of hours.
Takahashi Minami felt herself in peace. There was no noise; it was calm, just her and the silence.
A kind and soft voice broke her silent place, she kind of recognized that voice, but she couldn't put a name on it.
She felt a hand stroking her hair slowly and calm; it felt good, she had to admit.
-Wake up, Minami…-
Wake up? She didn't want to wake up. Waking up meant dealing with her problems, it meant deal with everyone; it meant a busy schedule and no time to rest. And she didn't want to. She preferred stay in this place, where there was nothing but silence and darkness.
Slowly she opened her eyes, the bright and white light hurt her eyes and she closed them again. She tried once more, blinking while trying to adjust her vision to the light. She felt a soft pressure in her left hand and looked towards there.
She found the most beautiful human being she could ever see. The smile was brighter than the light and it make her feel so comfortable and calm.
-Good Morning – the girl spoke softly
-Morning…- Minami smiled and moved her sore body, changing her position into a new and comfortable one.
-How are you feeling?
-I'm feeling fine, what about you? – Her thumb started caressing the other girl's hand automatically.
The taller but younger girl only giggled making her frown. Minami missed her and yet she was happy that she was busy herself. Suddenly, the taller girl stood up and took her bag and coat.
-Atsuko… – her voice almost cracked, making the younger girl stop before opening the door.
-Take care of your health, Minami. – She smiled to Minami; sad written on her face. –Good bye. – And without waiting for a reply, she went out.
Silence, felt heavy and lonely, uncomfortable; and Minami didn't like it anymore.


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The Escallier family (Cyril and Pauline) moved to Reno after the 1906 earthquake and bought a home at 629 Mill Street This existing building was known as the Wedekind Townhouse. On the back of the lot, they built a wooden structure in 1910 and opened the French Laundry. They had worked with Cyril's brother at his French Laundry in San Francisco and then San Rafael.
This business was in high demand for the wealthy clients with lace curtains, tablecloths and ornate clothing. Among their patrons were actress Barbara Hutton, Bill Graham and James McKay of the Old Bank Club, and the men of the cloth at St. Thomas Aquinas. In addition to their distinguished clientele, the laundry boasted the first Model A delivery truck ever to careen the streets of Reno.
In 1913, the addition of the first 20 ft. by 25 ft. brick portion of the building was added. This is when the laundry changed from hand washing to mechanized washing. That addition housed the boiler for hot water, work tables and a large horizontal tub washing machine and an extractor. The extractor was to spin, and was driven by an electric motor through overhead reel and leather belts. Shortly after, another 20 ft. by 25 ft. addition was added to the rear of the structure. This was used as a garage for the laundry truck, for loading and unloading. Later the four wood front windows were replaced with two metal framed window and the front of the building was stuccoed and painted. Also both sides of the wood frame structure were veneered with brick.
In 1925 the Escalliers purchased the house on the west side at 617 Mill Street and used it as a rental. In 1942, they retired from the laundry business. Eastside Cleaners leased the front portion of the building, but they moved to another location in 1961.
The last occupant before the Co-op came in was Custom Wood Design, a cabinet making business, from 1964 to 1965. It took quite a bit of refurbishing, and initially only the front portion of the building was leased, with about 4 ft. allocated to each of the artists. As the gallery prospered, the co-op members hired a contractor to assist with enlarging and refurbishing the interior once again. At first narrow horizontal slats were affixed to the walls and bent shirt hangers were used to hang the art. with the third expansion, pegboard was affixed to the walls to provide ease of hanging.
In 1969, the east half of the lot along with the house at 629 Mill Street were sold. The house was demolished and was replaced by other business structures.
In 1972, it became time to finish off the fourth room. Arthur Kleppe, friend of Lyle and Ester Ball, offered wood from is family barn, which was about to be demolished. This barn was built in 1873, and has been a great accent to the last (called "Feature") room.
In 1988, a fire damaged the rental property at 617 Mill Street. The house was demolished and cleared to make way for a parking lot, fencing and landscaping.
The children of Cyril and Pauline, Paul and Sherry Escallier, are still the "landlords" of the property and are pleased to have been a part of the long and successful history of the Artists Co-op. They were present to help us celebrate the 50th anniversary this May.


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Unemployment is a phase of life where wallets are empty and cupboards are bare. It becomes difficult to manage your personal expenses with irregular income. There seems to be no way out from this financial turmoil, until you receive some adequate funds for you. Despite the odd, now it is possible to obtain instant funds in any condition. With the help of loans for unemployed, you are eligible to get easy cash to sort out your small financial needs.With unemployed loans, you have bankable choices that provide you easy funding to move ahead without any stress. There are several advantages of having funds through these fund resources but the most important are:
1 Fulfil your needs with No Difficulty
These loans are meant for the jobless individuals and help in assisting them with their personal requirements until they get a new job. After they receive the money, they can utilize their funds for various other purposes like paying utility bills, medical emergency, or improving their credit scores.
2 Alternative ways to secure funds
The unemployed loans provide you an opportunity to receive funds without pawning any favorite asset. For example, you can utilize residential property or any tangible asset as collateral to secure your funds.
3 Improves financial status
In general, the process of credit check is not applicable on these unemployed loans and due to this; it becomes feasible to avail them at flexible repayment terms. These loans help borrowers to improve their credit score and also assist them to follow a flexible loan repayment schedule to boost up their credibility for future.
4 Avail your funds despite Low Credit Profile
One of the major advantages for jobless individuals is that they are able to get loans for bad credit people in the UK even in the presence of their poor credit situations. On the other hand, leading financial institutions (banks, credit unions) simply hesitate to approve funds to those who have lost their jobs due to different reasons. But even in such cases, they might need to pay a slightly higher interest rate to get their loans sanctioned.
5 No Additional upfront cost
Whenever you feel any requirement for quick funds, you can always apply for loans without taking stress on your income status because there is always a possibility to borrow funds in any situation. Further, you can take the advantage of these funds at any time, even if you have lost your job.
While inviting your application online, lenders save you from paying extra charges and hidden costs. Now, after you understand all their norms, you can simply apply for your funds by following a simple online procedure. You might get an instant approval of your funds once your application is verified.


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Horseback Riding Lessons for beginners and intermediate students. These private lessons are taught by a CHA certified instructor. Click here to learn more!
Horseback Rides (Large Group)
This activity gives individuals the opportunity to ride a horse as well as gain some "hands-on" time brushing one of our friendly equine friends. Staff discuss general animal safety guidelines and show participants how to properly groom a horse or pony. These sessions allow groups to interact with horses in a fun and safe situation….
Physical Challenge Course
The physical challenge course combines a physical activity with a scavenger hunt. Work with your team to accomplish the goal. Click here to learn more!
Team Scavenger Hunt
Come explore the woods to identify and collect leaves, fruits, etc. in this professionally guided and educational experience. Click here to learn more!
Nature Science Programs
Discover plants, trees, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and more in our nature science programs. Click here to learn more!
GPS Nature Hunt
Take your group on a fun hunt through nature in this GPS guided activity. Discover creation at it's finest. Click here to learn more!
Pedal Carts
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Recruitment & retention of rural GPs is a hot topic in many countries, not least Scotland and the UK. Traditionally, much focus has been placed on encouraging and supporting newly-qualified doctors to 'choose rural' in the earlier parts of their career. Attracting younger doctors to rural areas remains a vital part of maintaining sustainable rural practice, however there is increasing attention to the opportunities of attracting more experienced GPs to rural practice.
It makes sense. Rural practice demands – arguably – the widest spectrum of generalism in medicine. Faced with everything from emergency medicine to complex palliative care, with complicating geographical considerations. There are times when access to secondary care is either delayed or not possible, due to the distance or mode of transport available. Practising medicine in this regard is particularly challenging, and requires good clinical judgement. It's also what makes the job so stimulating as a career choice. So for GPs who want a career change, and yet stick within general practice, rural practice may well offer the change in circumstances that they want. And their well-honed clinical judgement and experience is highly valuable to rural communities.
Making the switch
So how can we make this an easier, a more viable choice for more experienced GPs to make? Aside from the logistical factors, it is recognised that solid provision of training and subsequent mentoring can be very effective in ensuring that GPs making this transition feel adequately supported. Experience from programmes such as the Scottish GP Rural Fellowship Scheme is rich in helping to pinpoint what skills and competencies are important in promoting professional resilience in rural GPs. Initiatives such as the EU/Northern Periphery Recruit & Retain project are providing networking possibilities to learn about good practice in Iceland, Scandinavia and Scotland amongst others.
First and foremost, rural GPs need to be good GPs, with a safe and competent approach to all the common/important general practice presentations – including those detailed in the RCGP Curriculum which can act as a good aide memoire to the scope of practice that GP involves.
A close second is confidence and competence in acute care. Organisations including BASICS Scotland are well established in running courses and refresher training in acute medical and trauma care, and are frequently cited as contributing essential skill acquisition to rural healthcare professionals across Scotland. There is continual development of the training that they offer, with effective feedback mechanisms to match course content with what's important in practice.
Thirdly, it is recognised that professional-to-professional support, perhaps as far as 'pastoral support' is important. Mentoring is increasingly cited as an effective mechanism to support new and less experienced GPs, such that the Royal College of GPs in the UK has recently set up a nation-wide match-making facility (requires RCGP login) for mentees and mentors. It is clear that having a supportive colleague available by phone, Skype or email, can be hugely beneficial in reducing the isolation faced by many GPs working in rural practice.
So what's the next step?
RCGP Scotland has recently set up a Rural Strategy Group, and input to this has included the RCGP (UK) Rural Forum and NHS Education for Scotland. The Rural Forum have been active in proposing a framework that could provide an integrated, pragmatic package of training and support for more experienced GPs wishing to switch to rural practice. The contents of this proposal are still being finalised, however this tenet of recruitment & retention in Scottish rural practice is now clearly an important one, and will likely see fruition in the next year or so. As ever, the funding streams need to be clarified, and ensuring quality training that is relevant to rural practice will come at a cost. However, with Scottish rural practice already at crisis point in terms of recruitment & retention of GPs, it is an investment that is sorely needed.
What are other countries doing?
It is always easy to look to Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand, amongst others, for ideas. In this particular field, Australia offers some very helpful models, particularly from its Remote Vocational Training Scheme. In typically Australian innovative style, there are a number of videos available on Vimeo that explain their work further. You can view these here and a couple of them should appear below. RuralGP.com hopes to cover future developments in this area. You can leave comments below, or alternatively submit your own viewpoint article and we'll publish it here.
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January 19, 2015
The gospel is for all ages!
Well this week I have a little more to say than last week thank goodness. You guys probably thought Im not doing anything out here in Argentina! haha
So we found this 86 year old man a few weeks ago with 1 leg! Hes so funny to teach because we literally have to yell and he just looks at us so confused. The poor thing doesn understand our spanish, but hes trying. I always just want to laugh when we are teaching him because we have to speak so loud and so slow. When we teach people how to pray we always write out a model of a prayer like this...
dear heavenly father...
I thank thee for...
I ask for...
In the name of jesus crist amen.
Well when he prays he doesnt add his own words he just reads it exactly how it is written and i tried to explain that he can put his own words but he doesnt get it. Its kind of funny. I invited him to be baptized and he said yes (It might be because he didnt understand real good haha) but I called our district leader afterwards and said "Elder how can we baptize and 86 year old with 1 leg?" and you wanna know what he said to me? "in the water!" well thanks for your advice elder! haha so yeah we will see how that goes.
Speaking of old people, I dont remember if I told you about Encarnacion she just turned 90 she lives all alone and shes blind! I sent a picture last week! Well shes just my favorite she just is so happy and loves to have us come visit. She cant walk so she sits in her chair all day long. Oh also did I mention she doesnt really have a house? WEll shes just amazing. Anyways one day we went to sing happy birthday to her for her 90th birthday and before we left she asked us to pray for more life! she cant see and doesnt have a house and yet she wants to keep living! she loves life. It amazes me. Well a couple of days later, one of the members told us that the police were outside her house and we were so scared that she had died! we were so scared when we got to her house and clapped outside her house that she wouldnt be there, but we heard her yell "come in!" it was a huge relief. Anyways shes still living and we are just trying to help her get over her fear of water so she can get baptized.
So theres my stories with the old people now for the young. It seems we only have really old people and kids/teenagers listening to us but they are all super great so it doesnt matter. Our huge obstacle right now is getting permission from parents. WE found a 13 year old girl last sunday who is just amazing. Her mom is inactive and has been for a really long time. She got ofended in the church and now wont come back. Well we found her daughter and she told us that before we came she thought god didnt exist, but now she knows it and wants to be baptized. shes just the most mature 13 year old I know and her prayers are jus amazing. she sincerely is trying to find her testimony. anyways we had a miracle and her mom gave her permission to come to church with us yesterday! one day we had an appointment with her and that day it was super hot in the morning, but after we left lunch it started HAILING! literally ice cubes falling from the sky within seconds.yes the weather here is absolutely insane. So all of the sudden its a flood! We were soaked to the bone and the wind was blowing like crazy! It was seriously a tropical storm. So we basically SWAM to make it to this appointment. when we got there she opened the door and I said "sorry we are a little late we had a little trouble" haha she was so surprised that we showed up just for her. But it was worth it because the spirit was super strong in that lesson.
So we also have a teenage girl that is 15 and is just progressing like crazy. In the first lesson she said "I know its true" and before we could invite her to be baptized she said she wanted to be baptized! Well the next lesson she told us she has to wait until she is 18 because her mom wont give her permission. We were super bummed, but she has a strong desire to read and pray and so were gonna keep on working with her and her parents.
Theres a huge difference here in Guemes than in my first area. The people are alot more tough! In Aguaray there really was only the Catholic church...here there is every kind of church you can think of and people here have their strong beliefs. They know the bible really well and are much more educated than the people in my other area. We got told off quite a few times this week. Someone told us that we preach lies that was interesting. Another yelled at us to find God because we dont know who he is. Also yesterday a group of guys threw waterballoons at us! its a true spiritual battle here! Ive never been faced with these things before but its really helping me to strenthen my testimony. If anyone is being converted its ME! I know its true and Im fighting so hard to help others know it too. The fight against satan is SO real, Im learning that real quick, but the truth will not be stopped. I know that we as missionaries have a power that no one else has. People can yell and me and try to weaken my testimony, but they dont know that they are actually strengthening it. I just know its true!
Well that was my week! I know this week is a crazy one back at home! Best of luck to dallin in his preparations to leave next week and josh and alexa with the baby!! I cannot WAIT to get pictures! I know shes holding on a little longer so she can help me here in the mission field ;)
I love you all so much!
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Rich Mayo Named President of Montana Association of REALTORS®
Rich Mayo MAR's 2018 President
On September 19th, 2017 – At the Montana Association of REALTORS® annual Convention, Rich Mayo of Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties in Bozeman, MT was named 2018 Montana Association of REALTORS® President. He took the office officially on November 7th this year.
Rich is the Designated Realtor, and Broker with Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties of Bozeman, Montana and holds designations as a Certified Residential Specialist and the Graduate REALTOR® Institute.
Locally, Rich is a past President of the Gallatin Association of Realtors 2010-2011 and was nominated "Realtor of the Year in 2011-2012 by the Gallatin Association of Realtors. He is for the second time, chair of the GAR MLS committee.
Rich has a long track record of volunteerism with the Montana Association of Realtors. Rich served as communications committee member and forms sub-committee member, risk management committee chair and District Vice President, He was elected to the positions of 1st Vice President and President-Elect before becoming President.
Nationally, Rich has served on National Association of Realtors Risk Management committee and currently serves on Membership Policy and Board Jurisdiction committee. He has served on several hearing panels related to arbitrating and resolving disputes between Realty boards throughout the country.
Rich's theme for 2018 is "Protect It." Rich hopes to focus on protecting the rights of property owners, protect the business of real estate and to continue to keep the image of REALTORS® strong. "Our efforts help contribute to the protection of private property rights and the preservation of rights of Montana citizens to own a home," Rich said during his induction speech.
The Montana Association of REALTORS® is a statewide trade association representing more than 4,300 members involved in all aspects of real estate markets throughout Montana.
To learn more about Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties' real estate services and career opportunities, please call Todd Conklin at (208) 622-3400.
About Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties and Coldwell Banker Commercial Prime Properties:
Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties & Coldwell Banker Commercial Prime Properties are leading real estate companies in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Montana and Idaho, specializing in residential and commercial sales, property management, vacation rentals, and leasing. The company's history dates back to the 1940's and operates 7 offices with more than 210 sales associates and staff in Sun Valley Idaho, Bozeman, Montana, Vail Colorado, Steamboat Springs Colorado, Montrose, Colorado and Grand Junction Colorado. For more information, please visit www.cbdistinctive.com | www.cbcprimeproperties.com or call (877) 978-2978. The Company has achieved President's Elite and Premier Honors for 5 consecutive years, awarded the Coldwell Banker Chairman's Circle in 2016 been recognized as the 30th Fastest Growing Real Estate Firm in the Nation by Inc. Magazine 2013. CB Commercial Prime Properties has been named the #1 CBC Office in the state of Colorado each year since 2007.


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1) What is a SARGABLE predicate?
2) What is DAS? What is NAS? What is a SAN? Name the two main types of SAN networks. What is the common name for the device used to interface to a SAN?
3) What is a LUN? How is it used with a SAN?
4) What is a RAID? What RAID format is the recommended best practice for SQL Server, and why?
5) What is an INSTEAD-OF trigger used for?
6) What is a LOB?
1) Predicates that do searching, like Year > 2000.
2) Direct Attached Storage, Network Attached Storage, Storage Area Network, Fibre Channel and iSCSI, Host Bus Adapter.
3) Logical Unit Number , Each device(or LUN) on the storage area network (SAN) is "owned" by a single computer (or initiator)
4) RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks). A collection of disk drives that offers increased performance and fault tolerance. There are a number of different RAID levels. The three most commonly used are 0, 1, and 5. Microsoft recommends a RAID that would provide the best write performance. For each write request a RAID0 would write once, RAID1 or RAID10 would write twice, and RAID5 would write 4 times. RAID 0 is never recommended, so this leaves RAID10 as the recommended.
Here are the RAIDs:
Level 0: striping without parity (spreading out blocks of each file across multiple disks).
Level 1: disk mirroring or duplexing.
Level 2: bit-level striping with parity
Level 3: byte-level striping with dedicated parity. Same as Level 0, but also reserves one dedicated disk for error correction data. It provides good performance and some level of fault tolerance.
Level 4: block-level striping with dedicated parity
Level 5: block-level striping with distributed parity
Level 6: block-level striping with two sets of distributed parity for extra fault tolerance
Level 7: Asynchronous, cached striping with dedicated parity
5) There are 3 types of triggers: BEFORE, AFTER and INSTEAD OF. BEFORE is used to affect the row before the trigger event executes. AFTER is used to trigger actions are activiated for the affected rows. INSTEAD OF is used to triggers its action for each row in the affected row instead of using the trigger event.
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While analysing data taken with our Earthshine telescope, which we are running at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, we came across an image in which a meteor is crossing in front of the Moon:
Our Earthshine telescope – a mere 3 cm in diameter – is being used to monitor the amount of sunlight that bounces off the Earth and onto the Lunar disc – to appear as Earthshine or "Ashen Light" on the dark side of the Moon. The image shows the bright side of the Moon as a crescent and quite clearly the Earthshine onthe rest of the disk — with some surface features too – the lunar mare.
The exposure time is very short – a mere 9 milliseconds – to prevent overexposure of the Lunar bright side. Our telescope actually adds together a hundred such images at a time to get data we eventually analyse.
Measurements of the amount of light falling on the dark side will eventually be converted into an estimate of the albedo of the Earth: in other words, we are measuring how much light from the Sun bounces off the Earth into space – the remainder is absorbed by the Earth and warms it.
One issue with climate studies is to what extent the Earth's albedo might change over long time scales – years to decades. On short time scales – days, weeks and months – it is affected by the development of cloud systems and changes to the vegetation and snow coverage of the continents – even by large volcanic outbursts, which can dump huge quantities of dust into the atmosphere and affect its transmission properties for months.
But back to the image – it has a bright trail crossing the lunar disk! What is it? Time to do some back of the envelope calculations, of the type we often get the students to do in SAO. The trail is about the size of the Moon's disk (perhaps a tad shorter). The Moon is about a half degree across on the sky (varying a bit during its orbit, but that's close enough). The object has moved 0.5 degrees in 9 milliseconds. That's about 50 degrees per second! Such an object would only take a few seconds to cross the sky (180 degrees). Turning to an envelope back, we figure out that for a meteor to move 50 degrees per second, if it were 100 km above our heads (say), would have a speed of around 75 km/s. This seems about right. We recall that the speed of the Earth around the Sun is about 30 km/s, and meteors are born of Solar System objects in orbit around the Sun – so the impact velocity sounds about right. We decide it's a meteor!
We hunt around with google to see if we can find an image of the Moon with a meteor – turning up nothing. Our telescope is special because it has a wide field of view, small aperture, and very fast exposure times – few observers do what we do. So perhaps this is to be expected. If any SAOers know otherwise, do let us know!
Our Earthshine experiment is blogged here . We discuss and speculate all of the science, data reduction, calibrations, telescope problems, software development, mock data modeling, new ideas, find and correct errors and problems etc etc on the blog — in other words what would normally be internal discussions in a research group are here public, something quite rare in science. The aim is to show sceince being done in practice, rather than being reported in a neat and tidy form afterwards. To the best of our knowledege, this is the only one in of its type in astronomy.
For more information, see
- Meteor caught in the act! Earthshine blog
- Earthshine blog
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I want to training today. I got to drive a work car with work gas and a work toll pass down the toll road (which is normally way too expensive to drive) to a training place that had free parking. Then their kitchen had free bagels, donuts, soda, filtered water and TWO Kureg coffee machines with tons of different flavors of tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Then they gave a voucher for $5 off to go out to lunch and my work paid for the rest of lunch. Plus there is the whole thing of getting paid to be trained and work paying for the training.
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Lakeview Writers with Elana Levy
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She presently performs short solo pieces in Berkeley and in San Francisco.
Her latest poetry book is: Legacies and Heresies, with blessings.
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This week's comment finds the October sugar futures contract poised for further gains. Since our last note, the market has managed to surmount the 50-day moving average and hold above a newly turned up 18-day moving average. The 18-day comes in at 13.71 and is now the downside level that sugar will have to take out to remove the bullish cast from the chart. 13.60, the recent low from the last 9 days worth of consolidation will also be a good line in the sand for traders who are not looking to stay long in the face of what still remains rather bearish fundamentals. Typically, consolidation like we have seen in the last week is resolved by the market moving in the direction it was moving in before it began to consolidate. An upside breakout places the market squarely in the 15.25 and higher range. Funds are still short. Recent upside price action has both been caused by fund short covering and created more fund short covering. The last measured fund short position, as of Aug 29, was about 120,000 contracts, around 6k less than the previous period as listed on the Reuters COT page. This week's reading should show the fund short position shrinking further. Trend followers will be forced to cover further if price continues to rise. Long signals for many fund trading participants will be generated in the 15.13 and 15.17 area. My guess is that a move above those levels will cause commodity trading funds to switch from short to long rather abruptly. Fundamentally, it is difficult to see a sustained rally in sugar taking place. But, funds getting whipsawed can provide for enough movement in price for our purposes, even if your risk profile suggests options are the way to play.
Oct '17 Sugar Daily Chart
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Joe Nikruto attended Indiana State University and DePaul University in Chicago with a major concentration in economics. "It was during college that I got a job as a runner at the Chicago Board of Trade. I was immediately hooked," he says.
He adds that he also enjoys futures trading because anyone can do it. "Your success depends on how you handle the risk and how much work you are willing to put in. You don't need a big-time Wall Street connection, or a degree from an Ivy League school to get started. Your success largely depends on you and what you put into it."
In 1992, he started as a runner and back office clerk for a very large futures commission merchant (FCM). He moved up to pit clerk, then research associate working on the trading floors directly for a grain and livestock concern based in Memphis. He spent time on various trading desks for a large retail FCM and then became Series 3 registered in 1997. He also helped develop an online trading platform and consulted on development and trading of mechanical trading systems. He has always worked to assist his clients with all types of trading-from option strategies and hedging to complicated mechanical trading systems.
His advisory background includes Floyd Upperman, McMaster, Walter Bressert, Ken Roberts, Tech Guru, Hightower, Helms and Barry Rosen.
As for his involvement with RJO, Nikruto says, "R.J. O'Brien has been in operation for more than 100 years. That is a century of supporting customers. You have to be doing something right for folks who use futures to choose to do business with you for that long."


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Freeing the GA 41,000 aircraft located at airports in the enhanced Class B airspace is the top priority for AOPA. AOPA's vice president for air traffic services, who is virtually living at FAA headquarters, is keeping the issue on the front burner with FAA officials. Other senior AOPA officials are also constantly in contact with FAA decision makers. Meanwhile, AOPA's legislative staff is working with members of Congress and their staffs to get relief for the aircraft owners trapped within the 30 enhanced Class B airspace areas and the Washington, D.C., and New York restricted areas.
For nearly two weeks, the FAA has been developing a plan for relocating the 1,800 trapped aircraft from the New York and Washington TFR areas. A draft of this plan has been sent to some airports and flight service stations. However, the plan has not yet been approved by FAA headquarters or by the National Security Council. An emerging concern is the intent of these relocation efforts that are being referred to as "flushes" within the FAA and what they may mean to the future availability of these airports.
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Le Kap Lifestyle Fair – 6 Dec 2014
BrandRocket sponsored a hashtag printing kiosk to help share the moments captured by the wonderful guests. Placed in the VIP section our "insta booth" printed out the hashtagged Instagram and twitter pictures.
The excitement rose as the horses arrived, beautifully groomed and exuding excellence. The musical dressage and showjumping left us impressed. The event was great as a whole, including gourmet foods, wines and a Bentley automobile showcase.
It is one of the loveliest ways to spend time, in amongst inspiring fashion.
One of the hottest days that Cape Town has had so far, Thirst quenched our need for something refreshing as well as Veuve Clicquot Champaign and Glenmorangie.
"This Gourmet food, Wine, Fashion & Dressage lifestyle fair has now firmly established itself as a superior annual event on the social calendar, due to its unique combination of popular lifestyle activities and the interactive manner in which it is be presented. The event captures a national & international audience who naturally embraces a lifestyle of relaxed luxury and is therefore an annual institution not to be missed."
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Cosplay is all about creativity and having fun. We always love seeing cosplayers trying new things which is why we love Hijabi Hooligan and are so happy she got nominated for Cosplayer of the Week. We love how she has managed to take some of the iconic characters and costumes in the geek scene and be able to adapt them to her religion and look absolutely fantastic while doing it. The creativity behind how she adapts the costumes is amazing so you should definitely go and check out her page.
Age: 21
Location: North East of England
What is your favourite food? Pasta!
I think you're possibly one of the most popular cosplayers I know who adapt costumes to suit your religious requirements. I hope you don't mind me asking whether you pick cosplays to suit your hijab, and if there is a costume without a hood (like your assassin) how do you plan how to incorporate your hijab into the costume?
I do both! When I first started out I would choose cosplays that had hoods like Ezio, or headpieces, like Loki, so it would be easy to wear a hijab with, but as I've grown more confident in my cosplaying ability, I've started to pick cosplays that I can adapt to suit my hijab, such as Cap!
You have used a variety of different methods while making your costumes from foamwork to modifying corsets, which has been the most difficult skill you have had to master? Why?
Props, for sure. I've never been very good at propmaking, especially with foam, and I've definitely struggled with that! I am looking to learn from friends, though!
What advice would you give to new cosplayers?
Don't be afraid of what others might think. The cosplay community is diverse and accepting and as long as you're happy and comfortable, you'll fit right in!
Last question, Will you ever make the Wonder Woman costume you posted, it looks fantastic?
Yes! I'm working on it as we speak! I'll hopefully be posting my progress soon!


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The 877-Why-Islam Program Manager is a critical strategic position that focuses on coordinating the ever-expanding activities of a creative dawah program. The Manager will work with our existing team of passionate and motivated staff and volunteers in the field of Dawah/Outreach. Two main aspects of the Manager's role are to expand the influence and impact of the program in the following strategic areas:
- Overall direction and vision of the Program – a shared responsibility with Why-Islam coordinators group and buy-in of the local ICNA shura.
- Presentation of the Program in an inviting manner that results in measurable impact to:
- Expansion and retention of engaged volunteers
- Expansion of monetary resources to enable further growth of dawah work
The Manager needs to be assertive, independent, confident and display a forward-looking & positive approach to the work. He/she needs to be strong in people and project management, and be equipped to place a particular emphasis on engaging and motivating volunteer-based resources.
This committed individual will be responsible for maintaining a solid foundation and understanding of the various facets of this multi-dimensional program, including customer facing departments like Hotline and Web; to operational departments like Mailing & Fulfillment, Revert Follow-up and Mosque Visit.
The position requires a BS level degree together with dawah experience.
The duties and responsibilities of the position are as follows:
Coordination & Management (30%)
- Stay on top of all requests and communication between WhyIslam HQ and all external entities including other teams, vendors, partners, volunteers. Although the Program Manager does not need to respond to all requests themselves, they need to ensure all queries and communications are delegated and taken care of.
- Delegate emails to appropriate internal resources as needed and supervise all requests. Support colleagues by responding to queries from staff and volunteers as well as internal customers (franchises) and external customers (potential franchises or partners)
- Coordinate major events during year (eg. Invitation, Advertisement & Publicity, Logistics for Window to Islam, Taste of Ramadan, etc.), Manage the work of WI Staff (e.g. Office Administrator, Admin Assistant & other full or part-time staff) – Working with staff & management to create Staff Annual Objectives, Ensuring progress through the year on objectives & supporting staff in their work, Reviewing and directing the operations of Staff Members at-least twice a week and being accountable for the work responsibilities of subordinate staff members
- Strong Coordination, Communication and Interpersonal Skills, ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work well independently
- Coordinate with dept leads and members about market demands, trends and propose relevant goals, work with the dept members to create respective dept goals based on dawah needs and resource availability
- Follow up on the goals through the year to ensure progress, facilitate information and/or resources where dept-teams facing challenges, facilitate quarterly meetings with each department and ensure one of the coordinators is present
- Understand department strengths, resources, budget and market needs and work with available constraints
- Attend all local ICNA monthly meetings, Collect and report timely updates to management and in meetings
Team Building & Expansion (20%)
Build a strong bond with existing team-members and facilitate ongoing communications. Actively promote regular project discussions to encourage timely task completion, issue identification and solution, and consideration of new ideas.
- Create a relationship with potential team members and recruit them to take on projects of interest, Groom new members with various necessary dawah & coordination skills
- Schedule & deliver Jummah khutbahs in masajid as 877-Why-Islam representative, Promote dept projects in local communities and recruit volunteers on a continuous basis
- Identify, Groom and Oversee volunteer involvement with various major and minor assignments within departments, Tactfully handle volunteers of varying commitments, ages and backgrounds, treat everyone with utmost respect and ability to resolve any conflicts in working with coordinators
- Close coordination with dept-leads in maintaining regular follow-up and close contact with volunteers
- Reaching out to interested vtrs in NJ and nationwide
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- Create a Marketing Portfolio customized for donors
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- Understand Current/Past Strategy and Build on it with measureable Impact
- Lead Fundraising Projects and Campaigns – Videos, Flyers/Postcards, Souvenirs, Key Messages, Email Marketing
- Network with new Potential Donors
- Coordinate Khutbahs to promote and fundraise for WhyIslam
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- Enhance Professionalism in our Marketing Strategy
- Create measurable improvements in KPI and impact of Marketing Campaigns
- item Collaborate with Chapters on Marketing Campaigns
- Ensure dawah opportunities are utilized to fullest potential (eg. Dawah Billboard Request from Muslims around country
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- Close contact with chapters, ensuring touch-base with each lead at-least once in 2 months
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- Plan and Facilitate Annual Dawah Summit (Nov/Dec) attended by various WhyIslam chapters
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Title: When an Earthbound Lad Meets His Winged Sylph
Author: Alastair Macaulay
Date: June 16, 2009
Publisher: The New York Times
It is standard to call "La Sylphide" the prototype of Romantic ballet, but no other surviving example ends with such amazing bleakness: James, the hero of this Scottish story, sees his fiancée, Effie, walking through a glen in a bridal procession with his rival, Gurn. Then he sees the Sylphide (or sylph), for whom he recklessly deserted Effie and whose death he has just unwittingly caused, floating up to sylph heaven. He falls unconscious, and some interpreters of the role imply that he dies. Certainly he has nothing left to live for.
This dark ending of "La Sylphide," which American Ballet Theater performs all this week at the Metropolitan Opera House, hurtles at us with brilliant surprise. All the factors that set it in motion have been arriving since the curtain went up on Act I — James and the Sylph are from different species, and that's that — but most of the ballet is filled with airy delight and ardent yearning.
And with Scotland: Scotland the way it was conceived in the era of Romanticism, as a land where civilization confronted wildness. The names Effie and Gurn come from Walter Scott's novel "The Heart of Midlothian." The main story was adapted from a thoroughly Scott-ish novel, "Trilby," by the French author Charles Nodier. At least one ingredient seems to come from "Macbeth," which the French had just discovered.
"La Sylphide," with its ethereal heroine dancing on point and its human hero forever trying to grasp her, changed ballet at its Parisian premiere in 1832. The version that has become internationally known in modern times is the Danish one, choreographed in 1836 by Hans Christian Andersen's friend and contemporary August Bournonville. The music, which Bournonville commissioned, is by the Danish composer Hermann von Lovenskjold — it's his Opus 1 — and contains quotations of "Auld Lang Syne" and Scottish reels.
This production, originally staged in 1971 by Erik Bruhn (a famous interpreter both of James and the witch Madge), is generally fine and attractive. A few inauthenticities are bothersome. Ballet Theater's supernumeraries are a motley crew: two of them in Act I of "Giselle" last week carried spears as if they were following a Spear Carrying by Numbers course, but nobody consulted the How to Carry Bagpipes manual for Act I of "La Sylphide." I am relieved that Effie and her fellow Scotswomen do not wear kilts (the mistake made by the majority of today's "Sylphide" productions), but their empire-line dresses seem to have been purchased in Jane Austen's Bath, suggesting that this Scottish farmstead houses many more ultragenteel young ladies than we can really credit.
A few other things could be improved. James has known only one Sylphide. The moment in Act II when a throng of other sylphs join her should be instantaneous. This can be one of the great moments in world drama: a Platonic shift in perception when he realizes that this ideal apparition is part of an ideal realm. She was the odd one out in his world and he loved her for that; now he suddenly realizes that he is the odd one out in her world (and that she loves him despite it).
On Monday night Natalia Osipova showed her gazellelike elevation as the Sylphide, floating in jump after jump. The cabrioles, in which she beat her legs together behind her in the air, were especially miraculous, and (as in "Giselle," in which she made her first Ballet Theater appearance on Saturday night) the feathery circlings of one foot (in ronds de jambe sautés) made the air quiver. Above the waist her Russian training suits her less well to Bournonville's choreography than to "Giselle": she carries her arms and wrists with an artful elaboration of line instead of Bournonville's ravishing simplicity. But to a degree surpassing that of many Russians, her dancing has the same pulse as the music's.
In this respect and others, she is well teamed with the James of Herman Cornejo. The 1832 "Sylphide" created a dualist drama between the earthbound James and the winged Sylph. But Bournonville, who complained that the original role of James was just "a pedestal for the prima donna," made James a great dance role.
When it is superbly executed — as by Mr. Cornejo — the dancing explains why James needs more than this world can give him, shows all the dangerous pride that will bring about his ruin, begins to make him akin to the Sylph, and finally shows the extent of human passion that no Sylph can know. Mr. Cornejo soars and soars again. In successive double air turns he spins right and left with equal ease, and in forward jumps he rides the air with glory. At the start of the ballet I wondered about the curiously pale tartan worn by Clan Cornejo, but by the end I wanted a kilt just like his.
"La Sylphide," a short two-act ballet, is traditionally presented with a one-act work. (I wish this were still true of "Giselle.") In imaginative programming, Ballet Theater combines it with Paul Taylor's "Airs" (1980). Mr. Taylor is modern dance; Bournonville is ballet. "Airs" is American; "La Sylphide" European. The differences between the two are self-evident and enrich the evening. There are also correspondences: "Airs" is set to wonderfully sensuous ballet music that Handel wrote in London for the French dancer Marie Sallé (in the operas "Alcina" and "Ariodante") and, as with both the Scots dances of the first act of "La Sylphide" and the sylph ensembles of the second, it has forms, ceremonies, patterns that Mr. Taylor hears and matches in his choreography. Here Blaine Hoven gives his best performance to date. (His part-bouffant haircut earlier this season was causing some alarm among Ballet Theater regulars, but has now been simplified.) And — as in many ballets — the bright, buoyant Arron Scott is exemplary.
American Ballet Theater's season continues through July 11 at the Metropolitan Opera House; "La Sylphide" is in repertory through Saturday; (212) 362-6000, abt.org or metopera.org.