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The USGS telemetered seismic system was intended primarily to record small to moderate earthquakes (magnitude 0 to 4) at distances of a few km to several hundred km. Its frequency response is such that the recorded background noise at a moderately quite Coast Range site has a relatively flat 'record' spectrum from about 1/3 Hz to about 20 Hz. With the system magnification set so that the background noise is clearly recorded (about 1 mm peak-to-peak) one can anticipate that any seismic signal that exceeds background noise appreciably in this spectral region will be large enough to be seen on the seismogram. This response represents the highest sensitivity and broadest bandwidth that we were able to attain with a 1-Hz seismometer, a simple amplifier VCO employing very low-power integrated circuits, and an 8-channel constant-bandwidth FM subcarrier multiplex system for use with commercial voice-grade phone lines.
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Those who are following know, that I am experimenting with different ways how to explain designers Drupal in my workshops. The tilt extension worked fine but was not flexible enough (for me) being it written for Firefox. The more I learned about CSS3 I knew I am on the right way to have something out of this. Here is the current result. It is in the early stage, but quite soon I will get where I want with this. Right now it is working with the default Drupal classes, but can be easily extended. Good idea is to make it work with Themer Devel module. Best part is, it works in the latest browsers (tested in webkit only) without any needed extensions.
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From Ruby to Scala and back again: Better living through type-checking
This proposal by <a href="/users/timcowlishaw">Tim Cowlishaw</a> has been chosen by the community to be given at Ruby Manor 4.
updated over 4 years ago; latest suggestion over 4 years ago
I'd like to talk a bit about statically typed languages (especially Scala), and their advantages and disadvantages, from a Rubyist's perspective. This would involve:
A short introduction to type systems and the words we use to describe them (strong/weak, static/dynamic etc)
A short introduction to Scala (this should be very quick - it basically looks like Ruby with type annotations)
A motivating example, developed in parallel in Ruby and Scala, where we'd look at the kind of advantages and disadvantages that Scala's type system offers us, and any lessons it teaches us about how to improve our Ruby implementation. I'd pick this example to make sure it gave a fairly comprehensive overview of what's possible with type-level programming in Scala, it'd include type-classes, parameterised types, implicit conversions and dependent types, for instance, rather than just vanilla java-style type annotations on methods.
A summary of the ways in which thinking like a type-checker can give us more confidence in our tests, help us write cleaner, more understandable code, and refactor with more confidence in Ruby, as well as a discussion of the things we shouldn't rely on the compiler to do for us in Scala.
I'd close with a brief look at the way Scala combines some of the best aspects of functional and object oriented programming, and how these have influenced the Ruby implementation of our example that we developed earlier, and talk a bit about why I think the next language you learn should be Scala.
Finally, a question for the more mathematically / logically inclined than I (Tom in particular):
While I see this as a predominantly practical talk, I've been reading a little around type theory, in order to provide some context, and at least a small amount of rigour. One think I think it might be really useful to touch upon is the Curry-Howard correspondance, which (in a really general sense - I'm glossing over a lot of detail here) shows that statements about types are equivalent to statements of (a certain type of) logic. This I think is the key to why thinking about types can be useful even when you're not working in a statically typed language, as your unit tests are really just a series of logical propositions about the behaviour of the components of your system, and thinking about these components as types, can, via Curry-Howard, help you work out what propositions your test suite needs to assert about them in order to guarantee certain behaviours.
This has lead to another realisation that I think might be really interesting to talk about, (and which touches on Tom's idea earlier that types are tests for all programs, and tests, are tests for this program), but I just want to make sure it's correct first- that, while type systems allow you to make universally quantified statements about programs, eg: "this function returns an integer for all integer inputs" (modulo non-termination cough, splutter, mumble), unit tests necessarily only allow existentially quantified statements eg: "There exists an integer n for which this function returns another integer n", which we treat, for the purposes of testing, as indicative of some universal property that's not actually proved. This, I think, is key to how thinking about types can lead to better test suites, as they give us tools to reason about how well our (existential) tests provide coverage of the (universal) properties we actually want to assert.
Therefore, is this:
(a) a load of rubbish, and there's an obvious counterexample where a unit-test does make a universally-quantified statement about the behaviour of some program component, or some other glaring problem with my reasoning?
(b) Irrelevant / too abstract / not interesting?
(c) A useful way of thinking about types, testing and the relationship between the two?
I'd be really interested to hear any thoughts on this!
Regarding freedom of expression, this is a very interesting question. I don't tend to see Scala as being less expressive than Ruby, but this is almost certainly because I've learnt to express myself differently in each, whereas trying to write in a Ruby-ish style in Scala would undoubtedly be a frustrating experience (despite the superficial similarity in syntax). Surprisingly, duck-typing isn't an issue here- Scala has a very elegant way of allowing the same behaviour without sacrificing type-safety (the same mechanism also allows behaviour like Ruby 2's refinements, - I'll go into both of these things in the talk). In fact, the stuff that causes difficulty is perhaps less obvious - There's some fun stuff we can look at around extending Scala to have lists that behave like Ruby arrays, which really stretches the type system to its limit and is pretty cool. Really though, I'd like to make the point that while there's definitely some trade-off between safety and expression, it's not nearly as acute as you might think, and in many cases, the type-system can encourage ways of programming that are in fact more expressive, and which are also applicable in Ruby.
To address Nick's question about head-space, I think this is a really important point, my answer to which Steve has already touched upon. To me, one of the biggest changes in the way I approach programming in a statically typed language stems from the way it forces you to consider the roles and responsibilities your objects have, (and, crucially, to give them names) early on, as well as encouraging you to consider the interactions between them very explicitly. This I think is one of the aspects of programming in Scala that's absolutely beneficial when working in Ruby, and is certainly something I'd discuss in the talk.
Thanks for all the feedback guys! I'll split my response over a few posts to lessen the risk of hitting 'refresh' and losing everything.
Re: Livecoding, thanks for all the advice, I think I will fake it in this case, with a very well prepared case study shown through video / screenshots. I think that there may be quite a lot to pack into this talk, so therefore it'd be better to be able to concentrate on explanation, rather than making sure a live-programming experiment goes to plan.
Re -live coding. I live-coded during a talk at scotruby last year, and I'd recommend having as much prepared/recorded as you can.
It gives you much more opportunity to talk through the thinking, and the risk that you'll make one mistake that ends up snowballing is much lower.
I don't really have any experience of scala - so I'm interested to see your takeaways here.
One of the benefits I see with typed languages is the use of explicit types. I think this helps me to consider roles rather than concrete objects during TDD. I'd be interested to hear if you found that scala's type system helped you find abstractions more easily or not?
I'd love to see this talk happen! In particular I'm wondering if you can touch on the philosophy of Scala, as well as being specific around topics like strong typing.
Are you in the same mental head-space with Scala as you are with Ruby? In my eyes one of the most important aspects of Ruby is the freedom of expression. Does type strictness interfere with that? Duck typing?
Aha, Ok, I see what you mean. attr_accessor is probably a really good example actually, and I could more generally show which common ruby idioms translate to scala and which don't, and with what level of hackery to accomodate them.
There will never be a restriction on the set of programs that can be expressed: Scala is Turing-complete. The question is to what extent expressivity is compromised by the imposition of a static type system: I like being able to use
attr_accessorin Ruby, and I don’t want to have to call
Aha, I just had a look at James's talk and that looks like a very sensible approach. Will keep that in mind!
Regarding methodmissing / definemethod - I guess what I'm having trouble with is coming up with an example of a program where use of them is necessary. While it's true that they're language features that aren't (easily) expressible in a statically-typed language, I guess I see the use of them as a design decision that can be factored out, so therefore, this isn't really a restriction on the set of programs that can be expressed. I will give this some thought though, as I'm sure there's an example that is at least ridiculously impractical in the presence of a static type system which ruby makes easy.
Re: test suites vs type systems, I tend to think of a type system as a test suite for all possible programs in that language, whereas we also tend to want tests for our specific program.
Well, what about something that relies on
define_method, or an extreme application of duck typing, or whatever? (I’m afraid I haven’t done any Scala for almost a decade so I’m no longer au fait with what its type system can accommodate.)
Also @Tom, this time re: examples of valid ruby programs that would be rejected by a static type-checker: This is also a really good idea, but I'm having trouble coming up with a motivating example that's sufficiently concrete. If you've any suggestions I'd love to hear them!
Tom: RE the difference between a static type system and a test suite, I think this is a very important point. To me, the type system can only ever replace a subset of your test suite, as while it can assert that the system will behave in a certain way, and protect against regressions, it can't perform the other important functions of a test suite in BDD, namely to document the behaviour of the system, the end-user's acceptance criteria, and to drive the design and implementation from the outside in.
Additionally: static type systems are great, but their big downside is that they will always reject some of the programs that we actually want to write.
In the interests of balance, it would be interesting to see an example of a program that is easy to write in Ruby but difficult/impossible to write in Scala because of type system constraints.
A less meta remark: what’s the difference between a static type system and a test suite? Do we need both? (I have plenty of opinions of my own, but would love to hear yours!)
As a counterpoint, I find live-coding presentations more stressful to watch as an audience member, because there’s the constant threat of something weird happening and people’s time being wasted.
I like what James Coglan did: do some slides, then talk us through some “live coding” that’s actually a video, so that we get essentially all of the benefits of watching someone code but none of the stress of watching them fiddle about to get the terminal on the right display / get the right font size / work around a segfault etc.
I think I'd attempt to live-code as much as possible, or at least use some well-managed git-fu to fold in pre-prepared commits for most of the busy-work, live-coding the changes that are most instructive. This'd obviously require a fair bit of planning, but I tend to feel (as an audience member) that live-coding is far more instructive than just code on a slide. I'd be interested in hearing from other people on this though, as I'm happy to do either.
Very interested in this as Scala has been on my radar of languages I'd like to try out for a while.
Seeing it from a Rubyists perspective would be a nice intro, especially if its going to help improve my Ruby as well
This looks like a really well thought-out proposal.
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When we breathe, our respiratory system intakes oxygen and exhales carbon dioxide. In this tutorial, you will learn about the function and structure of the human respiratory system, and see how different muscles, such as the lungs and diaphragm, work together to help us breathe and make sounds. Concepts such as alveoli, bronchi and lungs are crucial to the study of basic science.
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I keep a spiral notebook on my desk at the office. It's a work habit I picked up from my dad. And in that notebook, in addition to actual note-taking, I've been known to doodle. (Another habit I picked up from Dad, I believe.)
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six 1-inch-thick boneless beef blade steaks, pierced all over on both sides with a fork
2 large red bell peppers, quartered
the zest from 2 navel oranges, removed with a vegetable peeler
1 cup fresh orange juice
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 garlic cloves
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
In a large shallow dish arrange the blade steaks in one layer and add the bell peppers. In a blender blend together the orange zest, the orange juice, the oil, the garlic, the soy sauce, the red pepper flakes, the vinegar, and the salt until the marinade is smooth, pour the marinade over the steaks and peppers, coating them thoroughly, and let the mixture marinate, covered and chilled, overnight.
Grill the steaks and the peppers, the marinade discarded, on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals for 8 minutes on each side for medium-rare steaks, transfer them to a platter, and let the steaks stand for 5 minutes.
This was a fantastic marinade for boneless chicken breasts too! I added a heaping tsp of minced ginger. The chicken breasts were so juicy, tender, and flavorful. Do not be afraid of the red pepper flake, it didn't make it very hot at all.
Loved this marinade and also boiled the
remainder to serve with the steak. The
changes I made were Asian inspired as I
felt the marinade leaned heavily that
way already so I used 2 T. of seasoned
rice wine vinegar and replaced the soy
with Katsup Manis (sweet soy syrup) and
added 1 T. grated fresh ginger. The dish
got rave reviews from my guests.
Sorry, folks, didn't make the recipe, but one reviewer used green instead of red peppers cuz they're cheaper - well, the taste is cheaper too! Red (and yellow and orange) may be more expensive, but flavorwise, you get what you pay for.
Contrary to the other raved reviews, I thought this marinade was just horrible. I use Epicurious recipes all the time and this is my first disappointment. I knew I was in trouble when I smelled the marinade after I blended it in the blender... not pleasant. But I marinaded the steaks (sirloin) for 6 hours and grilled them to medium-rare doneness and the flavor was garlic-orange and just did not marry well. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained!
Great marinade, which gives really tasty results. Following a previous reviewer's suggestion, I turned them into kebabs as well. I used bottom round, green bell peppers (much cheaper) instead of red, and Vietnamese chilli sauce instead of dried pepper flakes. Because my husband is a freak for sauces, I strained the marinade, skimmed off the oil, and boiled it. When it was somewhat reduced, I added a little cream, a little salt, and a little sugar, and turned it into a nice sauce to dribble over the kebabs. The kebabs go well when served over Quick Mexican Corn Risotto. A tasty marinade, a super meal.
Surprisingly good. Since I was marinating the beef for several days, I followed a previous reviewers suggestion, and added an extra T of vinegar. One note of caution -- if you marinate the bell peppers as long as the steaks (I mean, like for days, like I did), the peppers will be REALLY spicy!!! The meat, however, had a little kick, but was not really spicy. I actually did this recipe as kebabs, skewering the meat and bell peppers over the BBQ. That worked really well.
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First stop was one of my favorite stores in Japan, Axes Femme. Everyone I ever took there loved it. They make unique clothes (which I love) with a girly touch. Some of their items are a bit too much for me, but many of their things are LOVE. I fell in love with a lavender -almost crochet but not quite- drape front cardigan with lace and embellishments. I'll be using their pictures since theirs are much better than mine! I used the pic of the pink one at the bottom to show the shoulder detail.
Isn't it amazing? I love it <3<3<3 Best part was, it was on sale! From a little over $40 to just under $30.
Yoshi got me really cute pair of nautical wedge canvas shoes from Aeon Mall dept. store for under $30. They're not a brand, Carnival Joy by Charkiss, but who cares. They're white with navy blue stripes, about an inch or so wedge, and a rope bow on the front, and very comfy too. I almost wasn't going to get them, but the biggest reason I grabbed them is they *actually* had my size, which is rare in Japan. Erika and I have an inside joke that we have to wear fat girl size and big foot size since everyone's so small! I only wear a 7 1/2 in heels, but it's bigger than most sizes actually carry.. They *do not* carry designer shoes in my size. I've included a pic of the size "LL" (XL) to prove it! Check them out :)
I was thinking to wear them with a tube dress that I have, it's red on top with a black waistband and a blue and white striped bottom. Is that too much?
That's it! I'm on a budget like I said, so that's all I can do for a LONG time, but I'd say I still did pretty good :D I do actually have one more pair of shoes to post, adorable booties I got Target a little while back. I'll post them next week ^^ | <urn:uuid:31a0f9a7-8765-4ccb-a6a2-2eba0c9c8a44> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://allglitzedup.blogspot.com/2012/06/saved-little-and-treated-myself.html | 2017-06-28T22:38:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323807.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628222452-20170629002452-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.983466 | 444 | [
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Quebec Hotel Reservations
Cheering On the Canadiens
Canadiens, Alouettes, Impact & More
As Canada’s second most populace province, it is perhaps unsurprising Québec is home to a collection of pro sports clubs and year-round, thrilling sporting action.
Large metros like Québec, Montréal, and Gatineau play host to some of the country’s biggest sporting events throughout the year, from National Hockey League to the NASCAR Nationwide Series to the Canadian Open.
The national sport, ice hockey, remains Québec’s most prominent sporting attraction. Indeed, Quebecers are passionate about their hockey teams.
And during the winter, the entire province cheers on the Montreal Canadiens as they take on the NHL competition at the CentreBell in Montréal.
Don’t miss any of the ice-shredding action. Teams from the Québec Major Junior Hockey League like the Gatineau Olympicques and the Quebec Ramparts take the ice from September through March. All told, the QMJHL features 18 teams – 12 of which call Québec home in cities like Drummondville and Sherbrooke.
During the summer, however, sports fans turn to the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. The Alouettes compete in the East Division at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium from late June through early November – and hope to take home the Grey Cup at the end of it all.
For soccer fans, it’s all about the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer. The Impact have taken on all comers at Saputo Stadium in historic Olympic Park in downtown Montreal since their inaugural season in 2010. The MLS regular season runs from March through October – feel the Impact this summer.
It’s not all about team sports in Québec. In fact, some of the country’s most prominent professional auto racing events are held in Québec. For instance, the Canadian Grand Prix is one of the most popular Formula One World Championship events in Canada. Don’t miss the high-octane excitement at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Notre Dame Island.
Best Western Hotels Along the Way:
Area Visitor Favorites
- 18 Things To Do With Kids in QC!
Enjoy your stay in Quebec by taking your pick from 18 family-friendly attractions located near Gatineau, Montreal, and Quebec City.
- Quebec Drive Tour Top Stops!
Check out Olympic Stadium and Old Town Quebec along an adventurous drive tour of big city and small town Quebec.
- Outdoor Quebec
Outdoor Adventures Await in Quebec
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Indeed, some fans would probably prefer to forget it. The series was done with the best of intentions, aiming to clear up various inconsistencies caused by the landmark Crisis on Infinite Earths. It promised to consolidate the inconsistent future timelines of the DC Universe into a new unity.
The architect of the cosmic upheaval was Hal Jordan, who, mad with grief after the destruction of his home town of Coast City, and having obtained immense power as Parallax, attempts to destroy and then remake the universe.
Or course, Hal dies in the end, but like the whole Zero Hour series, it can be looked on as a monumental waste of time. Hal’s back again in the current universe, which of course has been diverged and converged into yet another entity, until such time as future DC Comics chief call for another reboot.
One of the main victims of Zero Hour was the Legion, which was forced to undergo a restart after Superboy and Supergirl were eliminated from DC continuity, with Mon-El recast as Valor to take Superboy's place as the Legion's inspiration and most powerful member.
Promotional materials issued for Zero Hour featured some members of the Legion. There were two separate posters issued for the event: one included Lightning Lad and Ultra Boy with his ponytail, the other showed Jo in his Emerald Dragon guise. Go figure.
Promotional advertisements and folders for Zero Hour in the fan press also included Legionnaires (see images below).
One interesting piece of merchandise given away to retailers was a Zero Hour clock, featuring various characters including Andromeda and Vril Dox.
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|Zero Hour poster with Emerald Dragon (Ultra Boy).|
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Created Oct 27, 2008
Rachel Maddow Show Senior Show Producer more
Originally from Boston now from Brooklyn. A Rachel Maddow Show original after years bouncing around MSNBC and the world.
Shows The Rachel Maddow Show, All In with Chris Hayes
People Laura Conaway, Will Femia, Bill Wolff
Issues Election 2014, Culture, Food
Cory Gnazzo is not following anyone yet.
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Due to high order volume, orders can take 5 to 7 business days to ship.
Smith and Wesson Magazine SD40 and SD40VE .40SW 14rd
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- Additional Information
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Customer Reviews 2 item(s)
- Quality item S&W mag
My original "kit" came with only 1 mag and I wanted a backup. Looked everywhere and most places were either more $$$ or "out of stock". When I found these here I picked them. Shipping was quick, secure in bubble package and the mag arrived fine. Definitely recommend.
- A good buy
I wanted a spare magazine for my SW40VE but had a tough time finding the 14 round version. The other places I looked cost anywhere from $8-$10 more if they had them in stock. This is a genuine S&W product in S&W packaging and it's exactly the same as the 2 magazine I got with the pistol. I haven't been to the range since I got it but being an S&W product I'd be really surprised if I had any problems when I do use it.
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The Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks Department has many picnic shelters across the city for you to enjoy. Renting a picnic shelter is a great way for you and your family to spend some quality time together!
If you would like to to rent a picnic shelter please browse the links below to find a shelter that best suits your needs. You will then need to call 336-727-8000 and we will be happy to make your reservation.
Please note that most Recreation and Parks picnic shelters are for rent. If you have any questions please feel free to call us at 336-727-8000!
Reservation information will need to be obtained in Suite 407 of the Bryce A. Stuart Municipal Building, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cash, debit or credit card payments are accepted in the Revenue Department. As of April 2016, same week picnic shelter reservations are no longer accepted. Reservations should be made at least 7-10 days prior to the event date.
Maintenance access gates near picnic shelters are for city maintenance vehicles only. They will not be opened for shelter rentals. You may bring a cart or wagon to transport goods to your shelter.
CR - City Resident
NCR - Non City Resident
The picnic shelter rental season is from April 1 - October 31.
The basketball court at Piney Grove Park is closed for repairs until further notice.
The Playground at Sedge Garden is closed until further notice.
The Playground at Forest Park is closed until further notice.
Due to construction, Miller Park shelter rentals will not be available from May 1, 2017 through November 1, 2017.
Due to construction, Salem Lake shelter rentals will not be available from April 1, 2017 thru October 31, 2018.
Due to construction, Winston Lake #1 shelter rentals will not be available from July 14, 2016 through October 1, 2017.
Due to construction, Happy Hill Shelter rentals will not be available from August 20, 2016, through October 31, 2018.
Park Rules & Regulations
Small Picnic Shelters
CR: Monday - Thursday is $25; Friday - Sunday, & Holidays is $35
NCR: Monday - Thursday is $40; Friday - Sunday, & Holidays is $55
Large Picnic Shelters
(CR: Monday -Thursday is $25; Friday - Sunday, & Holidays is $45
NCR: Monday - Thursday is $40; Friday - Sunday & Holidays is $70)
Neighborhood Picnic Shelters
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In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
1rectoría femeninocasa del párroco femenino
- I also sought out smaller houses, manors, rectories and cottages that can be visited by the public.
- He died at his brother's house, the rectory at Long Stratton, Norfolk.
- He will be residing in the refurbished rectory in Riverstown with his wife, Bridget and their three children.
- We created a self-contained house within the rectory, comprising mainly the attic, with steep stairs going through a couple of rooms in the lower floors.
- At Croft the family lived in a large rectory with a wonderful garden but chose to live much more simply than they might have done.
English has borrowed many of the following foreign expressions of parting, so you’ve probably encountered some of these ways to say goodbye in other languages.
Many words formed by the addition of the suffix –ster are now obsolete - which ones are due a resurgence?
As their breed names often attest, dogs are a truly international bunch. Let’s take a look at 12 different dog breed names and their backstories. | <urn:uuid:4d494c82-7515-4e51-8a8e-e8e72577eee0> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/traducir/ingles-espanol/rectory | 2017-06-28T22:50:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323807.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628222452-20170629002452-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.969695 | 267 | [
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Drunk LA Girl
Okay so yesterday was THANK GOD the last stupid presidential debate. And it was on a Monday, which was perfect ‘cause I already hate Mondays anyways, so who cares if I do something on that day that I’d rather not do. Since I got so sick of finding myself getting stuck watching the debates, I decided that this time I’d watch it ‘cause I planned to watch it and just do a drinking game with some friends to suffer through it.
I went to my friend Chris’ place down the street and hung out with him and his boyfriend, Ryan. Since it was supposed to be about international policies I figured I’d definitely get loaded if my game was that every time they say “China” I would do a shot.
Ryan said he’d do one for every number they said for every time they numbered their solutions, and Chris said he would do it anytime someone said the word “peace.”
No one is gonna talk about peace in an international debate. That’s when everyone has to be extra macho and let me know that they can kick a country’s ass for me. I told Chris to stop being a pussy and don’t ruin the game just ‘cause he didn’t want to get a hangover for work the next day. He works in HR, it’s not like anyone acts sober there anyway.
But guess what? Chris and Ryan got hammered less than halfway through the debate. Me? I was stuck sober and watching forever. Seriously, “peace” got about 12 shots before I finally got one on “China.” I’m sorry, when did Republicans care more about peace than Democrats? If political parties are gonna change, then give me the heads up. I hate change.
And then, I don’t know if the moderator died and just stayed sitting there but he didn’t help me any. He couldn’t keep the guys on track.
If I was him I would have said, “Will you guys stop talking about the economy here and our education system?! It’s supposed to be about foreign policy and I need to get wasted!”
Good for you Romney that Massachusetts is so smart! But obviously you didn’t get educated there ‘cause from what I can tell no one explained the difference between foreign and domestic to you.
And don’t get smarmy about it, Obama—you were no better. You kept egging him on with all of your facts on Massachusetts and who got what done when. Who cares!
Seriously these guys totally wasted my time. Romney just kept bringing up the Olympics—that was years ago Mitt! And Obama loved showing off how he knows the 80’s, 50’s and what kinds of weapons like bayonets and stuff they used back in the old days.
And then something came up about trying to get certain countries in the Middle East to treat women equally. You guys can’t do that. You know why? Have you ever dated a guy from over there? I haven’t. You know why? ‘Cause they don’t treat women equally. And I’m not gonna change them. You know why? ‘Cause I’m not stupid enough to waste my youth on them. Just talk about “CHINA!” I NEED MY SHOT!
Then Mitt actually told Obama during the debate that now wasn’t the time to attack him. But it’s a debate. It’s about attacking. You guys aren’t on television to come up with answers to save the world ‘cause nobody cares about that, everyone just wants their side to win.
Why do you think you wear those tacky gift shop flag pins? We all know what country you’re in. But I guess Romney wanted everyone to know that he’s super sure of where he lives because his flag was bigger than Obamas.
Thank God though, “China” showed up at the end of the debate. And it showed up hard. Too hard. In less than half an hour I got 23 shots in. By the time I was able to get up and throw up, the whole thing was over.
So I had to watch almost the entire thing sober and then get so wasted that the rest of my night was ruined and so was my diet ‘cause had to eat some greasy ass pizza to survive “China.” All ‘cause two guys who were supposed to have some major battle over foreign stuff bored the shit out of everyone with Israel and domestic issues.
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In the past week, dozens of tributes to Scottish writer Iain Banks, have appeared online— hundreds, if you count the smaller, no less poignant, expressions of grief and thanks via social media. Banks died of cancer on June 9th, two months after releasing a statement to his readers announcing his illness and the devastating news of his short life expectancy. Publishing consistently since the early 80s, he leaves behind a significant body of work, including both general fiction and science fiction under the name Iain M. Banks. Though we were “prepared,” the loss hits his fans hard and sooner than expected. Here is my tribute to this Great writer, one that I feel both unqualified and strongly compelled to write. Banks is certainly not a Romantic writer, so it may seem strange for me to write about him here. I discovered his novels only within the past few years, and I’ve still only read a handful of them. Yet, these works have made a lasting impression on me and, more to the point of this post, on my classroom, often paired with Romantic texts.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has been analyzed and interpreted in many different contexts, providing endless possible readings and uses. For some students, the possibilities are exciting, but, for others, they are also overwhelming. Frankenstein is one of the most teachable Romantic novels for the college classroom, but it can be difficult to convince students not accustomed to reading nineteenth-century texts (or not used to reading much in general) to have the patience to tread through unfamiliar prose styles in order to appreciate the novel’s worth. I think I can assume that many of us have taught this novel and had this experience at some point. There are many strategies to prepare students for the foreignness of earlier texts, but one that I frequently use is to pair a Romantic novel with a more contemporary novel. Twice, I have taught Frankenstein with Iain Banks’s The Wasp Factory (1984) in my freshman literature and composition classroom, a combination that exposes students to two types of literature: both qualify as Gothic, but we see it from two very different time periods and styles. After a week or so of feeling their way through Frankenstein, keeping characters straight and starting to construct understandings of settings and major themes, students develop a tenuous relationship with the text. Then I introduce them to a character named Frank.
“I represent a crime…” (10).
The Wasp Factory tells the story of this disturbed, sixteen-year-old, first-person narrator and his daily routines as he recounts his experiments and murders (that’s right, murders) on his family’s isolated Scottish land. His father, himself a reclusive mad scientist of sorts, has been seminal in Frank’s unstable (my students use the word “insane”) character. Frank, a god in his domain, spends his time fabricating and performing private rituals involving small animals and insects, creatures whose lives and deaths Frank orchestrates in order to tell the future or reinforce his surveillance and control over his island. The crowning glory of these devises is, of course, the wasp factory, a machine constructed from a giant clock face that holds twelve possible deaths for the wasp Frank releases into it. The death chosen by the wasp holds a wealth of information for our narrator. Frank is a powerless character desperate for power, abandoned by his mother and brother. Sound familiar? Frank, despite his age, has killed three times, and the twist ending blows my students’ minds.
“My dead sentries, those extensions of me which came under my power through the simple but ultimate surrender of death, sensed nothing to harm me or the island” (19).
Following up Frankenstein with The Wasp Factory solidifies students’ understandings of both novels by comparing and contrasting. Both texts are inherently about the construction of monstrosity on different levels, as well as human agency in matters of life and death. The creature and Frank are both considered to be monstrous outsiders for their behavior and appearances, but both have also been “created” by their father figures, practically devoid of any female influence. They are not unlike Victor in this sense, as well. They generate power through manipulation of their limited resources with conventionally inacceptable (again, “insane”), behaviors. All three construct their own forms of justice and morality based on adversity, environment, self-delusion, and a striving for power. The students compare and contrast these elements with little prompting from me as Frank and his world accentuate the choices and characteristics of Victor Frankenstein and his creation, not to mention the common themes of nature, science, motherhood, destruction, revenge, madness, etc.
“The factory said something about fire” (23).
The Wasp Factory is not a Romantic text, and that is what makes it so useful in this context: accessible and entertaining, it acts as a stepping stone between the students’ own interests and experiences and those of the early nineteenth century. Students have told me that The Wasp Factory is “the first book I’ve read that has actually made me think.” Another student became so fascinated with the spatial descriptions of Frank’s island that he went out and found a map of the book online, then did the same for Frankenstein. Banks’s novel is incredibly visual, and students want to visualize other texts just as clearly. They squirm at the more graphic, gruesome parts in the novel, but they can’t stop talking about them. The book complicates their own assumptions regarding characters as likable/unlikable and right/wrong and what those judgments are based on. They find Frank frightening and (again) “insane,” yet develop such an affection for him, one that they find themselves extending to the Creature and even to Victor. Writing about both texts together, they explore the complexity of character motives. They learned that liking a character does not mean that they can trust him, and that brings them even closer to that character.
“The wasp factory is beautiful and deadly and perfect” (154).
The strangeness of Banks’s novel, set in a familiar time and told with accessible and beautiful language, opens up a door to welcome other types of strangeness into the classroom, even a strangeness going back almost 200 years. A monster and his creations are always in good company. Iain Banks, thank you for your monsters and your creations. They will continue to teach us so much, not least to enjoy brilliant and important literature.
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Smithsonian Investigating Its Sales Division's Salaries
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
The Smithsonian's Office of the Inspector General is looking into the executive compensation and accounting practices of Smithsonian Business Ventures, the division of the institution that operates its retail and publishing enterprises.
Inspector General Debra Ritt notified SBV Chief Executive Officer Gary M. Beer that she was starting an audit of how the salary and bonus levels of its managers are established and whether those payments met the agreements set by the Board of Regents.x
Since SBV was established in 1998 by the Smithsonian regents, the for-profit outfit has been the source of complaints and jealousy among many of the staff. The majority of Smithsonian employees are paid according to the federal civil service system. The 430 full-time employees of SBV follow a private-sector pay scale. Top executives and senior staff -- about 66 people -- draw salaries designed to be competitive with the business world. There also is a merit-based formula for increases and bonuses for SBV managers.
CEO Beer earned $525,000, according to the Smithsonian's 2003 tax return, the latest one available to the public. Lawrence Small, secretary of the Smithsonian, earned $813,000, according to the return, including a housing allowance. The top salary for civil service employees is $162,000.
Some staffers at individual museums are also displeased that SBV is not generating more income for the museums, which do not charge admission, and suggest that overhead and salaries may be too high.
"We are aware of some of the museums' displeasure with revenue sharing," said Stuart Metzger, the assistant inspector general for audits. "But right now we are sticking to our announced stated objectives. How much the road intersects, we don't know."
In an unrelated move, SBV is laying off nine employees because the National Museum of American History will close this fall for almost two years of renovations. The shutdown will reduce profits from two restaurants and six gift shops by $3 million. The design calls for reconfiguring the museum's central core and creating a new display for the Star-Spangled Banner.
While the number of SBV layoffs is small, the decision is another sign of strain in a unit created to improve the Smithsonian's for-profit ventures -- from the popular Smithsonian magazine to the 28 gift shops -- and brings much-needed unrestricted income to the Smithsonian. The stores generated sales of $49 million in fiscal 2005. The total for the retail cluster -- food and theaters as well as stores -- was $69 million.
From 2000 to 2005, according to the Smithsonian, SBV's profits contributed $155 million to the Smithsonian's unrestricted accounts.
In fiscal 2005, the unit provided $30 million, nearly half of the museum's unrestricted funds.
In fiscal 2004, the businesses grossed $156. 3 million and returned $26.7 million to the Smithsonian -- $6 million more than the previous year.
The financial relationship between the museums and SBV has raised some questions among museum staff. In general, 60 percent of the profit from gift shops and other business ventures goes to the central Smithsonian accounts and 40 percent goes back to the individual museums where the gift shops are housed. | <urn:uuid:5c93b16d-9021-494b-809c-d5b859ea7085> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/18/AR2006041801944.html | 2017-06-22T17:49:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319636.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622161445-20170622181445-00116.warc.gz | en | 0.93937 | 661 | [
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A military tribunal in South Sudan has found five Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers guilty of murdering civilians in Jonglei state, military officials said this week.
The soldiers could face the death penalty, SPLA spokesman Philip Aguer said.
They were among more than 30 soldiers who have been arrested since August for violating the military code of conduct in Jonglei state, where rights groups have accused the South Sudanese army of committing serious human rights abuses, including rape and murder.
Two other soldiers were convicted of rape and 24 others were found guilty of unprofessional conduct, including being intoxicated while on duty, and were discharged from the army. Some of the soldiers convicted on lesser charges were given prison sentences ranging from one to five years, Aguer said.
Aguer said this was the first time the army has tried soldiers on charges of rape and murder.
The SPLA has a heavy presence in Jonglei state, where it has been fighting rebels led by David Yau Yau for more than a year.
In a report released last month, Human Rights Watch
said the SPLA "has committed serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law" since December last year in its battle against Yau Yau's rebels.
"SPLA soldiers have unlawfully killed at least 96 people, mostly civilians, from the Murle ethnic group during the conflict, and they have engaged in widespread looting of homes, clinics, schools and churches," the report says.
SPLA Information Director Malak Ayuen Ajol denied the allegations when the report was released, but Defense Minister Kuol Manyang vowed that military leaders would look into the accusations. | <urn:uuid:191cdeda-8032-4f0f-a316-1e462cc2f54b> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.voanews.com/a/south-sudan-soldiers-spla-found-guilty-murder-rape-jonglei/1777466.html | 2017-06-22T17:09:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319636.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622161445-20170622181445-00116.warc.gz | en | 0.983874 | 342 | [
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Well it's the Holidays, and it is officially the WORST 2 months for "morbidly obese" people who have/had the Binge Eating Disorder. It's the time of year where deserts are present everywhere you look, candy is around every corner, endless amounts of pie's and cookies. The temptations, I admit are strong and often times very enticing. I admit as well that I am nervous. 2 years ago at this time of year I was shoving cookies in my mouth every second I possibly could without getting caught. Last year I was a Mercy Resident, although I was home for Christmas I didn't do bad for the self-control part! But here, this year. I am on my own. I won't be going back to Mercy in a couple weeks where someone will ask me how I "did" over the holidays. This year it's just me and God. And God see's EVERYthing.
I love these Holidays! They mean so much to me, but they also are a huge testing period for me. If you think about me, I could sure use some prayer over the next few weeks. There seems to be so much need and I know your prayer list are probably already 10 pages long sometimes, so I totally understand if you don't. I won't know anyways :) haha! But please pray that God will give me the courage, strength, self control, and the encouragement needed to pass these trial periods with an A+ grade! I'll take a B too but I'm aiming high. :) | <urn:uuid:e5fd0d64-b174-4a1b-8b03-643719aac510> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://alittleblogiwrote.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-prayer-request.html | 2017-06-23T12:06:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320057.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623114917-20170623134917-00196.warc.gz | en | 0.981813 | 315 | [
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Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone has something he wants to get off his chest. He feels compelled to respond to a recent Mercury News article that furthers the myth that the fight for the A's is a horse race between San Jose and Oakland. Stone, an ardent supporter of MLB in San Jose, tells us exclusively just why he begs to differ:
Why are you folks trying to prop-up Oakland? Doug Boxer takes a map of Oakland, colors a couple of sites, and the Merc all but declares serious competition between Oakland and San Jose for the A’s. There is no competition, serious or otherwise, between Oakland and San Jose!
Oakland does not have the corporate or political leadership, financial resources, or fan base to compete. There is competition however, and I believe it is with the “consortium of East Coast lenders” that loaned the Giants $150 million to build Pac Bell Park which opened in April 2000.
Because Oakland has the team, their objective is to create “gridlock,” which means they win, without a viable site, corporate or political leadership, or the financial resources. It’s not unlike the political gridlock in Sacramento or DC.
Take baseball out of the equation. If you were going to open a business, any business, and the financial success of that business was dependent on population, family income, and corporate support. And your location choices were Oakland, Fremont and San Jose. Where would you locate your business?
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At 01:50 AM 1/18/99 -0600, Eliezer wrote:
>Screw dynamic optimism. The future isn't a playground, it's a
>minefield. Okay, so it's a unique minefield in that blind panic will
>get you killed even faster than blind enthusiasm, but blind is blind.
>The fact is that shiny new technologies always get used for military
>purposes, and that technological advance decreases the amount of cash
>needed to wipe out human life. Forgive me, but I don't see any reason
>for raving optimism.
Eliezer, before you say "screw dynamic optimism" and equate it with "raving optimism", please make sure you know what it means. If you read the relevant principle (and it's now called "Practical Optimism"), you'll see that it doesn't imply that the future is a playground with no dangers, problems, or challenges.
Just trying to keep the record straight.
Philosophical issues of technology
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The next day, Sunday, we had our Poulsen family party at my house. We had hoagies, salads, relishes, cheeseballs, crackers, and lots of treats and goodies. That evening we went to the cemetery to sing Christmas carols to all of our loved ones. That afternoon the kids did their gift exchange. They rotate family names each year and buy for that family. We had a super time. I wanted to take pictures of each family because they were all here. So, here they are.
Here is Heather's family. Heather, Lizzie and Koby.
This is Trever's family, Jaimie, Trever, Isilee, Tyce.
Bridger and Jacie.
Christopher's family, Christopher, Courtney, Max and Ella
Lindsay and Rob's family, Lindsay, Adrie, Rob, Taylie and Camri
Davids' family, Heather, David and Nikida
After coming back from the cemetery, we played games, ate treats and had a really fun time. Heather and I just about wet our pants when we played the games. It was pretty funny.
On Christmas Eve Day we went to Tif's and ate finger foods and then made gingerbread houses. We do this every year and it is a great time for all. Heather, Koby, Lizzie, Grandpa, and I spent Christmas eve together. We shared Christmas morning together and then Trever's, Lindsay's, and Heather's families came for dinner. We had soups and rolls, crackers and relishes. We had a wonderful holiday season and we hope you all have a very Happy, Prosperous New Year!!!! | <urn:uuid:b8334da3-726a-46e3-91ce-8f7f15571dfe> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://jandjpoulsen.blogspot.com/2012/12/merry-christmas-to-everyone.html | 2017-06-25T02:02:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320386.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625013851-20170625033851-00357.warc.gz | en | 0.979538 | 351 | [
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ST. CHARLES – The developer of a proposed housing development west of St. Charles on Monday said they are willing to revise the plan based on feedback from elected officials and residents.
The development team went before the city's Planning and Development Committee with their existing plan for The Bluffs of St. Charles. The proposal would require 96 acres to be annexed into the city and then subdivide it in about 285 single-family residential lots.
The development is proposed to be at the southeast corner of Route 38 and Brundige Road in unincorporated Campton Township. The concerns range from the number of proposed houses to its effect on the Fox Valley Aero Club that operates nearby.
"We do believe there is plan that could be acceptable to the city and [the neighbors]," said Chuck Hanlon, the St. Charles-based urban planning principal at Wills Burke Kelsey Associates, at Monday's committee meeting.
Hanlon said one of the things the group will address is how the development might coexist with Brundige Road – which is part pavement and gravel – and its designation as a rustic road.
The St. Charles City Council aldermen who sit on the Planning and Development Committee expressed a variety of opinions on the development. Fourth Ward Aldermen Jim Martin preferred that the 96 acres be annexed into St. Charles as property of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. Third Ward Alderman Bill Turner was in favor of The Bluffs development, but perhaps under different zoning.
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A Bit of a Rant!
When a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a noise? When I receive comments that are contradictive, over-protective, and apprehensive or fear full do they affect me? The answer to both is yes. Do I the comments to stop, no? Your comments about my taking a part time job at a fast food restaurant were surprising.
The SBA has a list of things that need to be in order to finish my business plan and apply for a loan; the list seems to keep getting longer. This part of the journey is absently frustrating. Yet in his infinite wisdom my father has me taking accounting classes which helped me understand “in the meantime”, things need to be done, I need money to do them. So, I have a PT job.
Don’t be concerned about me working. I can. Don’t be afraid I am doing too much, I am not Don’t shake your head about the paths this journey is taking me on. Pray for me. Please do not start a sentence saying “you can’t or it’s a waste of time”. My desertion has been planned. The ways and the means are being provided. My stamina was foreseen long ago. I can step up, step in and hold up my portion of the journey. I am committed to Keep It Clean, (KIC) and the success that is to follow.
This is my truth. Every day it takes a lot out of, and puts more into me .Make that every minute of every day. I am on this journey till the end. I want, and respect your comments, those written and spoken. Please keep them coming. I must believe in me, you can help. Yes I am tough, yet… I do get weary. Your comments weight on me. Sometimes what I read causes a bit of doubt, or causes my spirit to drag. Then, I spend energy to get over myself and move on. Good, bad, or indifferent keep the comments coming. This is learning in the trenches I call it business training 3000.
Life is complicated. People can be confusing. Everything is not fair. Bad things happen to good people. And through it all God remains the same.
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How do you one up a jerk? Blackmail. I hope your taking notes kids – If you like someone but they reject you, do get mad, get dirt on them. All you need is one embarrassing tidbit, and then you’ll have the ticket to winning their hearts.
You can’t blame them, its hard to stay awake through a whole episode of Zettai Karen Children
Kotoko attempts to adjust to life in the Irie household, but its tough as Naoki is still a royal jerk off to
her. But Naoki’s mom gives Kotoko a photo that could severely damage his reputation. Nope its not photo’s of Naoki bi-sexual escapades… even better. It’s photo’s of Noaki in drag riding a donkey.
You see Naoki’s mom dressed him up in girls clothes when he was young. (Oh, we were joking about the donkey part… but that would be pretty funny – Naoki in a sailor fuku riding a donkey :-). So with this juicy piece of blackmail, Kotoko gets Naoki to tutor her, which helps her land on the Top 50 list on next school exam.
You gotta love blackmail!
Ø Wow I didn’t expect Kotoko to stoop to blackmail, but I’m glad she did. It’s nice to see Kotoko match Naoki’s coldness with a bit of evilness from her end. It was a great way to add some depth to her character. She’s a super likable character.
Ø Naoki’s mom is hilarious. Her paparazzi tendencies and a mannerism remind me of many of the anime moms for the 80’s and 90’s.
Ø The pacing of this episode is great. The story really moved along quite well. Just last week Naoki despised Kotoko and in this episode he’s holding train doors open for her. He’s still far from in love with her, but the dynamic of their relationship definitely has evolved.
Ø The quality of the voice acting comes through in this episode. Because both Naoki and Kotoko had to show a range of emotions, we got exposed to what their seiyuu’s can pull off. I was pretty impressed with what I heard.
Who knew taiyaki was so gassy?
Ø Did anyone else think that Kotoko’s jump from dunce to smarty pants was a little fast? I mean its good to see character growth, but this was a little to quick.
Ø The animation was rather inconsistent in my opinion. All the close-up scenes of Kotoko and Naoki were all animated pretty well, but when it switched to wide span scenic shots, everything seems rather bland.
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A Norwegian singer songwriter who is so far flying a bit under the radar, Nuborg deserves a lot more plautits than she’s getting, as evidenced by the title track to her new album, ‘Sliding Off the Edge of the World’:
Patient, considered and brilliantly constructed, this song perfectly sums up the album of which it is a part. Throughout last year, this single and eight others were released over the months, each building to the release of the full album in early 2015. And now the album is out on iTunes, the collection of the songs altogether makes the impact of each track all the more impressive.
It’s a nine song LP that really shows that we don’t have to be satisfied with the big labels’ output. All independently produced and released, this is truly great music that you won’t hear on the radio (though you should).
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Next Episode of Mister Peepers is
not planed. TV Show was canceled.
Robinson Peepers was a shy, quiet, slow-moving science teacher at Jefferson Junior High whose efforts to do the right thing always seemed to backfire. His antics with his best friend and fellow teacher, Harvey Weskitt and the school nurse, Nancy Remington made this classic 50s TV series a hit with the nation. Mr. Peepers appeared laughable, easily bullied, baffled and befuddled by the other teachers and life in general yet he quietly displayed the strength and conviction that ensured his life was fulfilled. An every-day hero in a crazy world, he displayed the virtues of putting the interests of others before his own, genuinely caring about his students and those around him.
Mister Peepers aired on NBC from July 1952 until June 1955. The show was nominated for 8 Emmy Awards and won a Peabody Award in 1953. There were apparently 127 episodes produced. 102 of them still exist in the UCLA Film and Televison Archives collection.
Selected episodes are available on DVD.
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Don’t pack on layers of baggy clothes to try to cover-up your body. Contrary to what you may believe, baggy dresses will just make you look bigger. Select fabrics that don’t cling to your body, but drape nicely.
A wrap dress is particularly flattering to full-figured women. Don’t avoid color and prints. A collection of dresses at avenue.com offer a variety of styles for full figured women including bold print and sexy silhouettes.
Sweater or knit dresses are terrific options for thin women. Add layers to your dress, such as a cardigan or fitted jacket to give you some bulk. If you have extremely thin legs, avoid mini-skirts and choose longer, flowing dresses instead.
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My Cash Time
MyCashTime.com is an online payday loan provider based out of Texas and providing payday loans to individuals looking for a quick source of cash to last until their next payday. The company does not require background credit checks and advertizes same-day approval of applications to all customers meeting the requirements for a loan. MyCashTime offers loans of up to $500. Like most payday loan companies, MyCashTime is not designed to be a long-term financial option. It is optimized for those customers who live on a paycheck-to-paycheck basis and who sometimes encounter financial setbacks in between. These individuals may not have good credit or may have experienced bankruptcy, but MyCashTime loans are designed to help these individuals and are to be paid off quickly, allowing the customer to regain financial stability as quickly as he can.
MyCashTime loans are approved as quickly as possible the same day as the application was submitted and the appropriate legal forms are received. Customers can expect to see the cash deposited in their bank accounts within 24 hours, with exceptions for late afternoon and weekend applications, which are usually processed the next business day. The prerequisites for applying for a loan with MyCashTime are standard for most payday loan companies. Individuals must have an active checking account that has been open for at least three months. They must be currently employed and have held their present job for at least three months. They must have lived in their current residence for at least three months. They must demonstrate that they receive a monthly salary or deposit in their bank account of at least $1000. They must be able to fax or scan and email the required legal documents (including bank statements and pay stubs) to MyCashTime to complete the application. Finally, they must be at least 21 years old. Direct Deposit is recommended, but not required. Once an application has been submitted, MyCashTime requires that all applicants provide their most recent pay stub with their current job, and their most recent bank statement. Application requires the customer's social security number, which is also necessary to create a customer account on the company's website.
Customers do not need good credit or collateral to receive the loan, as MyCashTime specializes in short-term loans of relatively small amounts of cash. First time customers can expect $200 or $300 loan limits, with repeat customers earning the ability to request up to $1000 after establishing a good business history with MyCashTime. The loan money may be used for any number of purposes, from medical to entertainment. MyCashTime requires that all loans be paid off in 14 days, as a standard due date. Extensions can be provided for customers, as long as the request is made at least two days before the due date. Customers can also choose to pay off the loan before the due date, to save on the accumulated interest rates and establish good business history with the company for future loans. MyCashTime's Annual Percentage Rate is 730%.
MyCashTime's website has a section devoted to helping customers through financial tips. Advice on this section includes information on how to budget one's finances, and suggestions on how to avoid debt. MyCashTime recommends that customers avoid the temptation to spend beyond what they are able to afford, especially through credit cards. Instead, the company recommends that individuals learn how to save money for times when it is truly needed. MyCashTime also offers a debt elimination calendar template based in Microsoft Excel, for individuals struggling with debt management. The key to this strategy, as described on the website, is to approach paying off debts in small pieces.
Customers can conduct their entire application for a loan online at MyCashTime's website at www.mycashtime.com
. The company advertizes secure Internet transaction protocols to ensure the personal information of their customers is not jeopardized. MyCashTime will not sell the personal information of customers to third parties and will not distribute personal information unless otherwise mandated by applicable laws. As necessary, the company will investigate personal customer information in order to approve loan applications, but as a rule will not disclose non-public personal information. MyCashTime operates under the financial and loan laws of the state of Texas.
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One would expect Loretta here to recite Henny Youngman's favorite one-liner by telling Leroy he brightens a room by leaving it. However, she does an about face and abruptly begins to nag Leroy about his lack of frugality with electricity. This is strange coming from a woman whose ridiculously irresponsible shopping binges continually keep the Lockhorns drowning in red ink.
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Call her mean, call her obnoxious, I just call her funny as hell. Comedienne Kathy Griffin will be doing a show in Atlanta on Oct. 13th at Georgia Tech's Ferst Center for the Arts. As a UGA fan, I try to keep my trips to "the Flats" to a minimum. But maybe they'll let me in to see Kathy. Besides, there's bound to be a gratuitous Bush joke or two!
I know at least one of my fellow bloggers is sure to be trekking down to see the infamous D-Lister. ;-)
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“Likeable and genuinely funny…like the office mate who keeps you in stitches alongside the water cooler.” - Vero Beach Press Journal
Celebrity dirt-dishing comedienne Kathy Griffin observes life from the “D-List,” at once skewering and paying homage to the famous. Known for her sidekick role on TV's Suddenly Susan and several reality TV shows, Kathy Griffin has found her niche as a candid and witty stand-up comic.
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Sunday, 26 June 2016
I Made A Mistake Today
I made a mistake today. I attended a Christian family event. Went to support Joy really, as I knew she quite liked the idea of us going as a family. I got up in the morning with a best foot forward ethos, vowing to be on my very best behaviour. Vowing to be courteous, and something close to respectful. The trouble is that there is nothing about the doctrine of Christianity that convinces me that it is anything other than an atavistic yearning after an imaginary friend. And when I'm surrounded by dozens and dozens of believers, all singing and praying and solemly listening to the generic youthful pastor it strikes me as a wasteful, woeful experience. It isn't that the patrons aren't kindly and generous, and I believe they are truly seeking to be better versions of themselves. It's just that looking from the outside in the experience is weird and disquieting and just so far removed from my own personal experience. I honestly could not wait to drive the two hours home, to clear my head of it all. Perhaps much of this is to do with the fact that I shed my evangelical skin over a decade ago, and in the years since I have rebuilt my life, rebuilt me. The process is ongoing but today reminded me that there's always residue. The past always leaves a mark. And of course there remains the fact that many of my closest family are bible believing Christian's, delightful people on a journey so far removed from my own. Just how do I reconcile this with my instinctive need to value reason and evidence above all else? It is a challenge for me because I love truth. Even when it is blunt and cruel and indifferent. Seeking truth irrespective of how it left me feeling was a game changer for me. It meant that I had no excuse for self deceipt. I wonder if that is at the root of my discomfort? This suspicion I have that religion, in every shape or guise, is the ultimate expression of self deceipt. How do I even say this without causing offence or hurt to those I love? When I get too close to formal religion I just recoil now; I just cannot cope. Which is why my exposure to it will, from this day on, be limited to weddings and funerals and carol services. The week in week out stuff is just bewildering to me, and I came away feeling like I had forayed into an alien world. I deliberately spent the service attempting to surf the net on my phone, but even then you cannot help but hear some of the generic canards. All this talk about God being in control. About how he knew the result of the referendum. The generic preacher talk just kept on coming. I wonder if there were any amidst the congregation going through the transition that I underwent so many years ago? That desperately futile attempt to square the circle, to convince themselves that they don't have to walk away, that if they just pray enough, believe enough, some semblance of faith will return. I hope none of what I have written here comes across as condescending? These are just my very human musings on what was a genuinely weird day. I feel utterly detached as I write this, and I am trying to chart some path that allows me to have some level of respect for those who hold such views. Perhaps it is a weakness of mine that I even struggle in this regard? | <urn:uuid:f0acb282-ef78-45e2-acec-2d9e2e535397> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://robaylesbury.blogspot.com/2016/06/i-made-mistake-today.html | 2017-06-22T18:41:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319688.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622181155-20170622201155-00396.warc.gz | en | 0.978006 | 702 | [
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Hello friends and agents alike. I had to change my URL. I am now at ontheedgesolutions.wordpress.com or on-the-edge-solutions.com. I so wasn’t thinking when I created it and should not have used the word Realtor in it. They have aske me to chose a new one, which I did before I thought to send out a blog letting all my readers know that I was moving, SORRY!!
I will work on reposting some of my old blogs with the new URL so that you can catch up.
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1. Shoes in the house - yay or nay?
Nay. It keeps the floors much cleaner!
2. What do you call them- flip flops, slippers, thongs, etc?
It has been hard to change, but I finally call them flip flops!
3. What song are you almost embarrassed to admit you know all the lyrics to?
4. What is the best quality to have in a friend?
5. Do you know what you want for Christmas?
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Sanja Ivekovic is an artist whose works are inspired by both her native Croatia and the role of women in modern day society, primarily through video and photography. This is a significant retrospective of her work and is spread across two galleries — the South London Gallery (SLG) in Peckham and Calvert 22 in Shoreditch.
Considering the political subject matter she works with, it's no surprise to find plenty of pieces at the SLG that are high impact. Among them is a magazine featuring 15 models wearing sunglasses, but beneath each headshot is a story of a woman who has suffered from domestic abuse. It's a sobering expose on the contrast of how women are portrayed in magazines and often harsh realities.
Along similar lines is a video of the artist drawing lines on her face much like a cosmetic surgeon would. She then rubs off these lines leaving her face covered with smudges. It powerfully conveys the artist's view of the ugliness that underlies cosmetic enhancements.
Contrasting with these hard-hitting works are some that fall wide of the mark. Ivekovic has paired photographs of missing teenagers with those of fashion models to demonstrate how the media has homogenised the appearance of women. But to our eyes they are very different, a smiling teenager triggers feelings of optimism and happiness while a pouting model is presented as an object of desire, and so we couldn't draw the same conclusion.
The artist has also created a fashion shoot of heavily made-up women dressed in masks and camouflage uniforms. These are contrasted with pictures of men similarly dressed in war zones. It's a statement on how men and women under similar circumstances are viewed the same, but a contrast with women in war would've presented a much more powerful view about how war and suffering are agnostic towards gender, even if society might not be.
The accompanying smaller exhibition at Calvert 22 is along similar lines to the SLG show but has a greater focus on the repression the artist experienced growing up in the former Yugoslavia.
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Sri Ramakrishna (His devotees call him "Thakur" out of love and reverence) was a living encyclopedia of religions. A faithful record of all his life events including his sadhana, visions, and moods is very well preserved, thereby allowing many creative artists to experiment with their imaginative skills and come up with wonderful work of art. Rajiv Mehrotra is one such successful creative artist who has endeavored to project life of Sri Ramakrishna in a novel video cassette form.
The cassette opens with the focus on the emblem of Ramakrishna Order on the entrance of Belur Temple showing in particular the Swan: Symbol of Paramahamsa. In the background, the music of evening aarti is being played that gives a wonderful serenity and piety to the atmosphere.
The director takes us to the village of Kamarpukur, Bengal, where on 18th February 1836 (Mr. Mehrotra has erroneously mentioned 17th February) was born the hero of this art work, Sri Ramakrishna. Focus then shifts to Sri Ramakrishna's visions and state of samadhi in his early childhood; once while he was overpowered with the beauty of white cranes against the dark background of Monsoon clouds, and secondly during his acting as Shiva in a play in the local community.
In 1852 Sri Ramakrishna accompanies his elder brother to Calcutta and soon takes up the responsibility of officiating as a priest in the famous temple of Kali at Dakshineswar. Here starts the main series of events of his life as an yearning sadhaka. Curiosity and faith combined together propels Sri Ramakrishna to fathom the real nature of the Mother. Is she just a idol of stone, or is she living goddess?
With love and intensity unknown in realm of spiritual history, Sri Ramakrishna calls on Mother to reveal her true nature. He is even pushed to the point to attempt suicide, when the gracious Deity shows Herself to him as living Mother. His love for the Mother thus strengthened, Sri Ramakrishna begins to see Her in other living and non-living beings. He sees no difference between himself and the Mother, nor between a cat and Her.
But how to authenticate the truth of his visions and to allay his own doubts! For this comes Bhairavi Brahmani, a nun well versed in various Tantra and Vaishnava sadhana. Ramakrishna, as her disciple, engages in and experiences the ultimate truths of sixty four Tantras as well as Dasya and Madhur bhava. Soon, as the final culmination of sadhana, Totapuri, the great Advaita Teacher, reaches Dakshineswar and initiates Sri Ramakrishna as a sanyasin to enable him to undertake the sadhana of Advaita Vedanta. This episode of interaction between Sri Ramakrishna and Totapuri is indeed very nicely done and leaves many a eye wet with a tear.
After the departure of Totapuri, Sri Ramakrishna engages himself to reach the state of non-duality through other religious disciplines, viz. of Islam and Christianity. He then has desire to share his knowledge and experiences in the realm of spirituality with his disciples. Thus comes into the picture greatest of all his disciples: Swami Vivekananda.
All these episodes are nicely depicted and narrated by the director. Scenes from the background folk drama, and reactions of audience watching the same, add novelty and familiarity to the work. Shots from the rural background and melodious tunes of Bengali songs add desired flavour to the narrative. The creative ability in him and his research team has successfully portrayed 'the man who was the consummation of two thousand years of spiritual life of three hundred million people'.
Any attempt to spread the holy message about the life and teachings of Sri Ramakrishna is welcome; so is this. A five to seven minute clip on the wonderful meeting between Sri Ramakrishna and Brahmo leader Kesav Chandra Sen would have helped highlight the influence of Thakur on the
social religious movements of his time. All in all, the cassette would be welcome by all those who know something about the life of Sri Ramakrishna, or are, even in smallest way, connected with Ramakrishna Movement.
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How to Date:
First Kiss - an oddity
I want and expect a kiss on the first date. If I haven't had a chance to tell them that while getting to know them by talking on the phone or online, I love to see their reaction when I bring it up on the first meeting.
It takes away all the nervousness of should I, shouldn't I, when - it's going to happen and I usually instigate it!1 I want to know if the guy is a good kisser on the first date!!
First Hug/Kiss >
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President Trump will address shipbuilders and sailors today on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in Newport News, Virginia, according to the White House.
The visit comes on the heels of Trump's proposal to increase the Defense Department's budget by $54 billion, a 10 percent increase over last year.
Named after President Gerald Ford, who served on an aircraft carrier during World War II, the USS Gerald Ford is a physical representation of the future of U.S. military power. It is the most technologically advanced warship ever built and also the most expensive, costing $12.9 billion. Its the first new design of a carrier since the Nimitz-class, first commissioned in 1975.
"She is more automated, is easier to maintain, and is able to launch missions faster than any previous carrier," according to Huntington Ingalls, a military shipbuilding company that built the USS Gerald R. Ford.
The ship is expected to go through sea trials in a few weeks and will be commissioned this summer, a Navy official told ABC News. Approximately 4,500 sailors will call the Ford home, 700 sailors fewer than a typical carrier.
The Ford will have more electrical power generation, replacing the steam catapult system currently in use, the official said. Huntington Ingalls said the ship is equipped with two newly-designed reactors and has 250 percent more electrical capacity than previous carriers.
"The Gerald R. Ford-class will be the premier forward asset for crisis response and early decisive striking power in a major combat operation," according to the Navy's website. "Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers and carrier strike groups will provide the core capabilities of forward presence, deterrence, sea control, power projection, maritime security and humanitarian assistance. The class brings improved warfighting capability, quality of life improvements for our Sailors and reduced total ownership costs."
Here's a look at the Ford by the numbers, according to data from Huntington Ingalls.
5,000 - American shipbuilders involved in building the Ford.
200,000 - Gallons of paint required to cover the ship; that's enough to paint the White House 350 times.
4 billion - Dollars the U.S. Navy will save over the ship's 50-year lifetime due to reduced maintenance requirements.
90,000 - The final weight of the Ford in tons, equivalent to 400 Statues of Liberty.
10 million - Feet of installed electric cable, enough to reach the International Space Station 7.6 times.
4 million - Feet of fiber optic cable, enough to reach the International Space Station 3 times.
4 million - Pounds of weld metal used to build the ship.
25 percent - Increased rate of flight missions (sorties) per day over Nimitz-class carriers.
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Wingsio Unblocked December 11, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a comment Play Wings.io Unblocked Game at school or office. Control your plane and shoot other planes! Play Wingsio unblocked with millions of players around the world.http://wingsiounblocked.net/ ...... Related posts: Diepio Unblocked Agario Unblocked Slitherio Unblocked Slitherio Unblocked – YouTube Splixio Unblocked Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Spam protection: Sum of 3 + 7 ? * Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. | <urn:uuid:beaf5691-1421-4239-840c-6b1affc9ebda> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://androidappsgames.com/uncategorized/wingsio-unblocked.html | 2017-06-25T22:25:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320593.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625221343-20170626001343-00717.warc.gz | en | 0.873587 | 151 | [
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...and I invariably find myself puzzled - bewildered, even. Am I the only person in the world who recognizes corporate charity for what it is - a marketing effort?
For example, consider the various education programs that major companies have going - the big ones are General Mills' "Box Tops for Education" and the Campbell's Soup Company's "Labels for Education." The only way that you, the consumer, can persuade these mighty corporations to contribute to education funding is to buy their products. Then you have to collect the easily-lost / misplaced pieces of paper or cardboard and give them to your school, who in turn has to keep track of all these scraps. "Gee, I hope they doesn't get lost in the mail, 'cause we really need the money!"
Here's another one: Breast Cancer Awareness. Everything turns pink for about a month. If you buy their product, they'll donate money to cancer advocacy organizations, like the disgraced Susan G. Komen Foundation. Sometimes you need to take additional steps to get the donations sent along, like lids or box tops or codes you enter online. Don't get me wrong - cancer sucks. I'm not a fan. But it's not like these companies are doing this out of the goodness of their collective hearts. It's not like they're forgoing profits or executive salaries to contribute more funds to the cause, either.
If America's conglomerates really wanted to help, they wouldn't bother with all this silliness. It would probably be cheaper just to donate the cash up front - no need to hire people to open envelopes and count small cardboard rectangles for hours on end. In some cases, it would probably be cheaper and more efficient still just to stop avoiding taxes. But these programs are marketing efforts, not philanthropy. It makes them look good. It helps keep customers from buying store brands.
I imagine we'd all be better off if we just ignored these sales pitches. If you bought mostly store brands or generics, you could donate some of the cash you saved to whatever causes you fancy, and it would probably end up putting more funds into your preferred organization's coffers than if you bought a brand name product and turned in the label.
At this point, the corporate apologists will say, "Oh, that's not true! You're so cynical! Big companies DO care!" Give me a break. For-profit corporations care about quarterly earnings statements and dividends - making (and bragging about) donations of art supplies to elementary schools is intended to boost those earnings and dividends first and foremost. | <urn:uuid:3a97dd53-1187-4385-bb08-55dd803b24c9> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://heroic-nonsense.blogspot.com/2013/01/things-i-dont-understand-1-corporate.html | 2017-06-25T22:30:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320593.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625221343-20170626001343-00717.warc.gz | en | 0.958412 | 527 | [
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Well here is a really interesting mystery for my readers to contemplate. We have a Mode-S hex code address AE059A flying around Europe right now displaying a Mode-S call sign of Reach 302. So what is such a big deal about that?
|USAF KC-135R 60-0319 in flight (Photo courtesy of Air International)|
There is this post on the Aviation Week Network site on March 3, 2013:
USAF Retires 'First Operational' KC-135R .... Again
According to another article on February 26, 2013, KC135R 61-0312 of the 97AMW/54ARS at Altus AFB arrived at AMARG for storage. It was posted that it was the first of 16 which were being retired as part of a Force Structure Reduction authorized by the National Defense Authorization Acr for fiscal year 2013. This article claimed it was actually the second KC-135R to be retired (see article above) but it is assumed (based on its unpainted appearance) that the first, 60-0319, was not considered operational at the time of its arrival at AMARG.
So readers has 60-0319 been made operational again, reactivated and flying around Europe right now as Reach 302 or has AE059A been reassigned to another AMC airframe? My guess is the later but which AMC airframe is using it?
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Book Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
So many people told me that I would devour this book.
I wanted to love this story. A cyborg Cinderella?
Sounds like a science-fiction fairy tale mashup of extreme goodness!
But, I just could not get into this story. The characters are too generic. They lack personality and depth. Completely.
Cinder. She's cyborg, but she insists she's human.
She has a metal foot and hand, but metal prosthetics don't make someone a cyborg. So how much of her brain is operated by an AI or other computer? I don't know. Those details are glossed over. I interpreted that Cinder's brain is human, but could control these prosthetics, which sounds like an amazing TED Talk to me and not an excuse for the rampant prejudice harbored against cyborgs from the society in this book. The entire cyborg angle just doesn't sit right with me.
Then there's Prince Kai. He's good looking. He's quite the gentleman. He's dull. And I do mean dull. Every time he shows up in the story, I groan. If Marissa Meyer was trying to write Kai as a generic Disney prince, then she succeeded. He's 100% forgettable.
Iko is supposed to be the funny sidekick. She's an android. I'm still not clear on what the difference is between an android and cyborg within this world. but then she dropped off at some point. Honestly, I don't even remember what happened to her. She's part of Cinder's escape plan, and then she's not there.
I listened to most of this audiobook as I would work out. So about an hour or so a day. Each time I'd pick it up, I'd wonder if I'd accidentally hit the back key. Didn't I already hear this scene?
So much seemed repetitive. Cinder wanders around this city fixing things, bumping into people, flirting with Prince Kai. Nothing seems to happen. The information dumps give us bits of intrigue, but there's no actual action.
And the final reveal? The big twist? The shocker surprise?
Well, I'm not spoiling it here. But, trust me, Meyer telegraphs the detail multiple times.
And then the book ends with a jarring cliff hanger, which is truly annoying.
Rebecca Soler who narrates this audiobook does a good job. I wouldn't describe her reading as stellar or anything I would rave about, but she gets the job done. She is pretty easy to listen to.
Normally, a predictable and bland story would garner a one-star review, but I'm adding another star for the pieces about the Lunars. They were intriguing! The amount of information about them is deliciously vague. The glamour they possess is not a terribly original concept, but the potential is there to create better tension in future plots.
I have heard that the sequel Scarlet focuses more on the Lunars. Plus that the series becomes more engrossing and better plotted as you go.
I'm a big believer that sometimes we read books at the wrong time and therefore we don't enjoy them as much. I'll probably give Scarlet a try. Just not any time soon. | <urn:uuid:6f3e8fef-78ed-4594-8e0e-e872e6b20969> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.compulsivelyquirky.com/blog/2015/1/8/book-review-cinder-by-marissa-meyer | 2017-06-25T22:23:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320593.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625221343-20170626001343-00717.warc.gz | en | 0.973682 | 688 | [
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Romantic Hotspots for Flying Sparks
It’s that month of year again and if you’re coupled up then it’s the perfect opportunity to celebrate a special romance between you and a loved one. AfroNoire has taken the pleasure in finding you just some of the romantic hotspots for you to enjoy the fancy things London has to offer for a couple in the capital.
The Arch London - Aphrodisiac Tasting Menu
Guests at The Arch London will fall head over heels for the hotel’s sumptuous Aphrodisiac Tasting Menu and Be Mine overnight package, not to mention each other! Located in a peaceful street in Marylebone, the luxury hotel is the perfect chic retreat for couples looking for a romantic escape.
The Aphrodisiac Tasting Menu comprises of seductive aphrodisiac dishes will be on offer in Hunter 486 to help spice things up between lovers on Valentine’s Day and throughout the whole month of February 2015. The menu features delicious combinations of the most potent aphrodisiac foods, such as Asparagus velouté with truffle mascarpone and parmesan crisp; Grilled fillet of turbot with cucumber ribbons and oyster butter sauce; and a Chocolate and passion fruit heart for two to share.
- The Arch London, 50 Great Cumberland Place, Marble Arch, London W1H 7FD
- 020 7724 4700
Enjoy a very lavish experience at M Restaurants
M Restaurants have created a unique Valentine’s experience for those looking to treat their loved ones. Located in a vast and impressive venue, M houses two restaurants, a wine tasting bar, a destination cocktail bar, private dining rooms, event spaces and a secret den which will be turned into a lavish love shack for one lucky couple to celebrate the most romantic day of the year. Dine in elegance with extravagant menu choices for an extremely exclusive evening.
M is for Mwah!
- M, 2-3 Threadneedle Walk, 60 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2 8HP
- 020 3327 7770
Randell & Aubin’s Oysters for Two
For a true Valentine’s celebration, take your partner to the heart of pulsing Soho where London institution Randall & Aubin have created the perfect romantic meal for two, with a sharing dish of hot oysters.
Also known as nature’s own aphrodisiac, guests can enjoy Randall & Aubin’s signature oysters, prepared with shrimps and bacon and cooked in a hazelnut liquor, accompanied by a glass of Pinot Grigio Blush Spumante, a fine & stylish sparkly, excellent with shellfish. The sumptuous menu includes a variety of French and British dishes. Said to be one of London’s most loved restaurants, dine in style surrounded by marble tables, antique chandeliers and a retro disco ball, in what can only be described as a chic and vibrant environment. The exclusive offer is part of Randall & Aubin’s seasonally changing menus that varies every month, always celebrating fresh & seasonal ingredients.
- Randall & Aubin, 14- 16 Brewer St, London ,W1F 0SG
- 020 7287 4447
‘The Intimate Red Room’ at K West Hotel
K West Hotel in Shepherds Bush is helping guests to unleash their ‘inner goddess’ with a naughty but fun Valentine’s package inspired by Christian Grey’s ‘red room of pleasure and pain’ in the erotic novel 50 Shades of Grey.
Guests can check into a sumptuously decorated ‘Red Room’ with red silk bed sheets, red candles and red rose petals. In the room, guests will find luxurious ‘F Boxes’ filled with bondage toys to help guests explore fantasises, role play, and indulge in some ‘slap & tickle.’ The F Boxes include restraints and blindfolds, bondage tape, a saucy love game and a feather tickler.
K West Hotel & Spa is the perfect urban hideaway for couples to indulge in their wildest fantasies. The contemporary hotel is home to a chic New York style restaurant, as well as the moodily-lit Studio Bar on the ground floor, perfect for a romantic weekend of fun, food, drink and much more.
- K West Hotel & Spa, Richmond Way, London W14 0AX
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Metallic Dyes and PermingQ: I am a stylist and I did have a question on something when it comes to perming hair. Although I am pretty sure I have correct information already, I'd rather be safe than sorry. So, my question is: I know that there are color lines (mostly from over the counter at the grocery store) that have metallic dyes in them. I know with these you are not "supposed" to lighten over these, and I would assume the same with a perm, but is there a certain perm that I can use over these colors that my clients have used to still give them the service that are wanting, or are they pretty much S.O.L.? Anyhow, let me know. It would be greatly appreciated.
A: As much as I hate to say it, there is no way to safely perm hair that has been colored using a progressive hair dye (one using metallic salts).
Metallic, or progressive, dyes use metallic salts to gradually color the hair through reactions with the sulfur in the keratinized proteins that make up the hair and through oxidation on the surface of the hair. Many people like these products because of their gradual progression, which allows for a subtle change over time in the hair color, and the natural-looking results. However, these dyes leave metallic deposits in the hair which can then cause undesired chemical reactions when exposed to certain ingredients in other common chemical services.
The developer used in the most common haircolor formulas, hydrogen peroxide, and the chemicals used to break and reform the disulfide bonds in a perming service, ammonium-thioglycolate and hydrogen peroxide, react with these metallic deposits and in some cases literally destroy the integrity of the hair. In the best case scenario, the hair will suffer traumatic amounts of damage.
In my days of schooling for cosmetology, one of our instructors decided to give us a demonstration of exactly what would happen in these situations. We were divided into groups and assigned a blonde manikin to work with. We were to use a progressive dye on the manikin for a week to darken the color, and the following week performed a "lift and color" service on one-half of the manikin's hair and a perm service on the other half.
In my group, we opted for a relatively low-lift color (using 20-volume peroxide) for the color side, and found that the hair was left in terrible shape. It was completely fried, and once dry would literally crumble at the slightest touch. The side on which we performed the perm service however was even more dramatic. The hair was wound on perm rods, and the waving lotion was applied. The hair was so badly damaged that fewer than half of the perm rods (and the hair wrapped around them) remained attached to the head by the time the neutralizer was finished processing.
For your clients who have used metallic salt dyes, your best (and pretty much only) solution is to help them style their hair using conventional, non-chemical styling techniques until the metallic dyes have grown out, at which point the hair can be permed and recolored using more standard hair dyes.
Perms and perming
Hair horror stories
What is metallic hair dye?
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GENERIC NAME: NAPROXEN - ORAL (nah-PROX-en)
BRAND NAME(S): Anaprox, Naprosyn
WARNING: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (including naproxen) may rarely increase the risk for a heart attack or stroke. The risk may be greater if you have heart disease or increased risk for heart disease (for example, due to smoking, family history of heart disease, or conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes), or with longer use. This drug should not be taken right before or after heart bypass surgery (CABG).
This drug may infrequently cause serious (rarely fatal) bleeding from the stomach or intestines. This effect can occur without warning at any time while taking this drug. Older adults may be at higher risk for this effect.
Stop taking naproxen and get medical help right away if you notice any of these rare but serious side effects: black/tarry stools, persistent stomach/abdominal pain, vomit that looks like coffee grounds, chest/jaw/left arm pain, shortness of breath, unusual sweating, confusion, weakness on one side of the body, slurred speech, sudden vision changes.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about the benefits and risks of taking this drug.
Quick GuideChronic Pain: Causes and Solutions
Report Problems to the Food and Drug Administration
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit the FDA MedWatch website or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Need help identifying pills and medications?
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Structural Biochemistry/The RNA recognition motif, a plastic RNA-binding platform to regulate post-transcriptional gene expression< Structural Biochemistry
The RNA recognition motif (RRM) is one of the most common protein domains in eukaryotes and is also found to a lesser extent in bacteria and viruses. Structural aspects that allow for high RNA binding affinity and specificity include two conserved RNP motifs in the center of the β-sheet, two external β-strands, loops, and the C and N-termini.
The RRM was first discovered in the late 1980s when it was observed that pre-mRNA and hnRNAs were always found in complex with proteins. Analysis of the mRNA PABP and hnRNP protein C showed a RNA-binding domain sequence of about 90 amino acids with eight conserved aromatic and positively charged residues. A second consensus sequence was subsequently discovered and these were called RNP 1 and RNP 2 and deemed necessary for binding RNA.
Structure of the RRM and RNA Protein ComplexEdit
The RRM folds into a αβ structure with β1α1 β2 β 3α2 β4 with one four stranded antiparallel β-sheet and two alpha helices that are positioned against the sheet. More than 30 RRM structures have been determined by X-ray crystallography and NMR and these structures show a surprising amount of variation in the arrangement of the alpha helices and beta sheets.
An archetype example of RRM binding structure is the DNA-protein complex formed by hnRNPA1, which can bind both DNA and RNA. In this DNA-RNPA1 complex, two deoxynucleotides, A209 and G210 stack on aromatic rings located on beta 1 strands and cause rearrangement of the nucleic acid on the beta sheet in which the 5’ end is on the first half of the sheet and the 3’ is on the second half. A third aromatic residue interacts with hydrophobically with carbohydrate rings of A209 and G210 and a positively charged side chain of the RNP forms a salt bridge with the phosphate between A209 and G210.
Affinity and SpecificityEdit
The RRM has high affinity and is highly specific. The two external beta strands play an important role in specificity. The beta sheet surface is not used in the same way for various RNA-protein complexes. In hnRNPA1 RRM1, each beta strand binds one nucleotide whereas in PABP RRM-1, nucleotides interact with beta 1 and 3 while the nucleotide in between interacts with the loop.
The N and C terminal regions enhance the RNA-binding affinity by increasing the protein-RNA interaction network. The base stacking on the aromatic residues mentioned earlier is sandwiched either by a protein side chain from the N-terminal region or the C-terminal region. The C terminus can also contribute to differentiating between DNA and RNA by interacting with the 2 ‘OH group of the sugar ring in a hydrogen bonding interaction.
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The state’s 2017 legislative session will be dominated by discussion related to the budget. But what other topics do Connecticut’s legislators spend time on?
The state’s website, cga.ct.gov, has many useful tools for tracking and reading bills, including a tool to browse bills by subject. However, that tool includes too many specific subjects to get a big-picture view of how the bills break down by subject.
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THE RICHELIEU PARK SUGAR SHACK
The only sugar shack in an urban setting !
The first sugar shack was built in the Richelieu forest by the White Fathers who made syrup for their religious community. The order left Vanier in the mid-1970s, and after their departure, Action Vanier took over the tradition and built a new sugar shack. Since 2012, the Vanier Museopark has managed operations of the sugar shack. The Vanier Museopark Sugar Shack continues to carry on the tradition of maple sugar production. The sugar shack as we know it today was inaugurated in 1998. On average, we produce between 600 and 800 litres of syrup every year.
Groups can book the sugar shack all year long !
The sugar shack can accommodate 42 people and can be reserved for weddings and other special occasions.
Renting the Sugar Shack without meals :
Without liquor licence – $40/hour ($30/hour Non-profit Activity)
With liquor licence – 60$/heure (40$/heure Non-profit Activity)
Use of the kitchen – 25$
Audiovisual Equipment – 50$
Flipboard – 25$
Dish ware – 25$
Booking a musician – Maurice Auger, a well-known accordion player and singer in the community, is available to play at your event. His hourly rate is $50/hour. Please let us know if you would like more information.
Applicable taxes will be added to the total cost.. We require a $75 (VISA) or $200 (cheque or cash) deposit. There is a $50 cleaning fee. Prices are subject to change without notice.
The person making the booking is responsible for getting a liquor permit and must remain at the sugar shack. You can reserve the Sugar Shack no later than 9 pm.
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"Nothing should distract from what we were able to accomplish together, the different kind of ceremonies and the traditions that have happened around championship-winning teams".
Finals MVP Kevin Durant declined to say whether or not he would accept an invitation to the White House. That was followed by a staredown from Durant after hitting a late 3-pointer.
The Finals may have ended shortly in five games, but they were filled with record breaking performances.
However, controversial policies and statements by President Donald Trump have created uncertainty about the future of White House title celebrations under this administration in some leagues, including in the predominantly African American NBA.
Professional athletes skipping out on the White House visit for political reasons has made headlines several times in recent years.
And it's not just Ronnie who has an unconditional love for his toaster, some fans are even calling for this design to become the team' new logo. The loss in the Finals made the team feel as though all their accomplishments were discredited.
Steve Kerr returned for the final four games of the Finals, but the Warriors' head coach is still dealing with complications from his back surgery almost two years ago. Both of them appear to have lost their minds.
One Warrior has already publicly stated he won't make the trip if the offer is placed on the table. It is hard to argue this statement after the team's performance this year and dominance in the playoffs. "Today is about celebrating", said Raymond Ridder, the Warriors' vice president of communications, in an interview with FOX Business.
His decision to depart the Oklahoma City Thunder and join the Warriors was criticised by many, but winning the title provided redemption for the National Basketball Association star. He's the one who looked me eye-to-eye.
"I have a take, but I'm going to leave it to myself right now", Durant added.
There is no better feeling in sports than following an abysmal team for years, seeing it seemingly collapse at a foundational level, then suddenly build itself back up and make a run for a championship.
The big question this offseason is what, if anything, will contenders like Cleveland, San Antonio and Boston do to counter the champion Warriors. | <urn:uuid:4190b216-9525-45f0-8ce0-d8aa48265dac> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://smealstatement.com/2017/06/18/oakland-triumphant-as-parade-celebrates-warriors-title.html | 2017-06-27T13:49:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321426.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627134151-20170627154151-00157.warc.gz | en | 0.976937 | 444 | [
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Welcome back to our monthly fireside chat with a physician to get to know their journey, their joys, and their struggles with finances and outside of finances.
This show is not always about actionable content. It is however a chance for you to see behind the curtains, to walk in another person’s shoes and experience their lives.
Our next guest is a neurologist and is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and completed neurology residency training at The University of Chicago Hospital.
She is an adjunct professor at John Carroll University in Cleveland, OH, and is a featured medical writer for a number of websites, including nonclinicaldoctors.com, Verywell.com, Neurology Times, and Physician Money Digest. Dr. Moawad is the author of Careers Beyond Clinical Medicine, an Oxford University Press publication
I can’t wait to hear about her journey!
Please help me welcome Dr. Heidi Moawad.
In this podcast, you will...
- Why she became a physician (Hint: It's a family thing)
- Discover what inspired her to write a book about the life beyond clinical medicine
- Learn how being in an immigrant family influenced her perception of money
- What is the advice she would give to her younger self (Hint: this has to do with her decision with what happened right after residency)
- Discover the costly mistake with negotiation and tail insurance that she made
- Why she doesn't think of medicine as an honest profession even though she wants it to be
- Learn what financial freedom means to her
- How she got started in her writing career and started to get paid
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Cons: The representative at the front desk spoke minimal English, and made the rental cost more than 2x more than the quoted price.
The car was provided with the gas light being on. There was no windsheild washer fluid. The worst part was that after charging an extra "snow tires and chains" fee, the car only had winter tires on the front. The rear were pure summer tires, and this proved to be very dangerous on mountain passes, amd not legal with the places where we told them we were going.
After returning the car, we were hit with a cleaning fee from the same guy who took the car to their compound prior to showing us why the fee was charged.
Extremely unprofessional service.
Apr 26 2017
poor service and vehicle in poor mechanical shape.
Pros: beautiful country, wish I could have driven around more.
Cons: upon arrival to pick up my car I found that the price was increased to 2.5 times the quote. The vehicle provided was in rough mechanical shape with a transmission that surged and breaks that squealed and ground when used. Due to the shape of the vehicle I was not able to travel but just stayed in the hotel for the week. It was not a good experience.
Jan 13 2017
Cons: WATCH OUT! They purposely set you up if you don't buy their insurance. I booked online and also purchased insurance at the time. When I got to Podgorica to pick up the car the guy kept pushing and pushing to get their insurance and warned me that I could face charges because it happens quite frequently. I should have known then he was setting me up. When we inspected the car I pointed out several scratches on it and he just said "No Problem, No Problem." He also never said anything about a law there that if it snows and you do not have "winter tires" you can be given a ticket by police even if there is just snow on the side of the road. When I brought the car back, he accused me of having put scratches on the car and even said (and I quote) that there was a scratch on the undercarriage that he was going to charge me for. Seriously, when have you ever heard of this. What's next, getting charged for a scratch on the fuel tank underneath the car? The interesting thing is when we did the inspection, he never once looked at the under carriage. The car was an Opel and had over 125,000 kilometers on it. It had rust and other scratches all over it. He said he would be charging 1000 euros for the scratches. Be careful. | <urn:uuid:23d1fed9-9922-4e3c-9d1f-b1dd9682e898> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.kayak.com/Cheap-Podgorica-Car-Rentals.32374.cars.ksp | 2017-06-27T14:28:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321426.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627134151-20170627154151-00157.warc.gz | en | 0.989685 | 536 | [
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Nina Shea, director of the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom and co-author of Silenced, a forthcoming book on contemporary blasphemy rules, has a short NRO article on the larger context of Geert Wilders and liberal suppression of free speech in the guise of Islamic hate crimes.
"Geert Wilders is the latest in a lengthening roster of Europeans who have been criminally prosecuted for criticizing Islam," Shea writes. Such prosecution "demonstrates the continued willingness of authorities in Europe's most liberal countries to regulate the content of speech on Islam in order to placate Muslim blasphemy demands."
This is an important trend I've touched upon several times, but which bears continual repeating. European liberals are confusing democratic liberty with egalitarian slavery - the result is not academic theory but public prosecution. When large groups make such mistakes about basic political priorities, historical tragedies often follow.
Also see Cliff May's post:
The decisions by Dutch prosecutors to dismiss the charges against parliamentarian Geert Wilders can be seen as a battle won in a war the West is losing - the war for freedom of speech, the freedom without which no other freedoms can be defended.
As I argue in my latest column, influential people are not just avoiding criticism of all things Islamic, they also are legitimizing vile practices -- e.g. gender apartheid -- where these practices are rooted in Islamic practice.
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A MAN tried to puncture the tyres of a bus with a pitchfork in a drunken rage.
Gordon Duncan lost the plot after being thrown off, smashing the garden tool against the side of the bus before trying to stab the front tyres.
The incident happened outside a hospital in July.
Duncan, 55 – who had borrowed the pitchfork to help out on a church allotment – later told police: “I just wanted to get the fork home.”
Prosecutor Isma Mukhtar told Dundee Sheriff Court the bus driver recognised Duncan from a previous incident and he appeared to be under the influence of alcohol.
Ms Mukhtar added: “She didn’t prevent him from boarding initially but, fearing a disturbance, she informed the accused he wasn’t allowed on the bus in possession of the fork.”
Duncan began banging on the security window and threatening the driver before lashing out at the bus.
The Dundee man admitted breaching the peace. His not guilty plea to possessing an offensive weapon was accepted by the Crown.
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It's after the Summer Solstice. I have been thinking about how this is supposed to be the time of Enchantment and Transformation--a time to try to reframe how to see the world. Or, at least, that's how I frame the Summer Solstice. When I'm not sneezing from pollen and sweating to death from the heat. (Luckily, this year the 90F heat waited a week to come.)
In terms of Transformation.... I've been looking at how I write in terms of my career and life. It bothers me that I'm almost 50 and not more published. (And, yes; I have some time management problems I need to deal with.). If I want to write and have it contribute to my household, I need to think about writing more like a job. Bleah--which means I have to think in terms of annoying things like retirement, and healthcare, and taxes. (Pause for an indulgent fantasy about a writer shrine to John where he sits and writes while grateful readers bring chocolate, tea, and massages (and little prosessions with fans and banners during writing breaks) and a business manager handles the workman's comp issues for the litter-bearers.).
After the Solstice Enchanter comes the Hunter of the Ides of Summer. The Hunter is the goal he wishes to reach... And I've got some move work to do before I reach the Hunter state. Or, to put it a different way, before the goal I'm aiming at is something I'm being mindful about instead of a default consequence of undisciplined choices. | <urn:uuid:d38f9be6-655d-4eb4-8c3f-79a9fa5bec2b> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://johnburridge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/ | 2017-06-23T17:05:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320077.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623170148-20170623190148-00037.warc.gz | en | 0.959268 | 324 | [
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as described the massive george forman grill is half price to £48.94 this is a really efficient, cheap healthy alternative to a BBQ also you can pretty much cook a horse on it.
(cooks up to 10 burgers at a time.
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Don’t tell me the typical Republican excuse for not doing something: “We don’t have a majority in congress, it won’t matter, nothing will happen from it anyway.”
At what point do the elected Republican cowards get a pair?
Where is the Republican Dennis Kucinich? (I don’t mean the Republican space alien watching lunatic, I mean the Republic who won’t stop raising an issue.) Where is the Republican with guts? Where is the Republican who files articles of impeachment at every session opening in the House? Will it happen? Nope, and we know that, but that is not the point. The press will cover repetition, if only to mock the repetition. Manipulating public opinion does not come from timed attacks, it comes from repetition.
Why hasn’t leadership of the Republicans in the House started to already introduce articles of impeachment as an amendment to every House vote? Why haven’t the cowards stood up and made a ruckus about every single stupid move by this sorry excuse for a President? Oh they have? Oh really? The press won’t cover it? So then MAKE IT BIGGER SO THEY WILL!
Of course Impeachment won’t happen now. But if we keep bringing it up, we’ll control the topic, throw the Communists off their game, and lead the way to the ability to actually vote on it after the 2010 elections. I’m sorry to say, it will undoubtedly be too late by then.
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In addition to seeing Golden Boy in drag, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing my friend JR in drag. Oh my hell. Here was this very tall man sporting a big ass wig and make-up that I never thought he would have worn. He was such a good sport. He had me giggling as I watched he and Golden Boy adjust to life as a women - drinking beverages with a straw; not wanting to smudge their lipstick; complaining about long nails. I really had to laugh when I saw JR's feet and realized he was wearing sneakers with his long black dress. I also had to laugh when Golden Boy pointed out he'd lost a nail. I quickly leaned over and looked into my drink to see if I had inadvertently located the missing fingernail!
There were a multitude of drag queens meandering Saturday night. There were some with big hair, some with overly large fake breasts, there were even some with b.o. so bad it made you throw up a little bit in your mouth. It's called deodorant buddy…check into it.
There was one particular guy with extremely well built arms and upper body wearing a straw cowboy hat and overalls with no shirt. Hot, hot man. Good Lord. He caught the attention of everyone in the place.
It's so interesting to me how the tides have changed. Remember the days of straight men being fit and muscle bound? Remember during that same time period that gay men were...not? My how the tables have turned. Straight men are now those avoiding the gym in most cases and gay men are fit and strong.
Speaking of fit, strong men…segue The Toddtender. My what a yummy human being he is. He walked up wearing a Santa hat, red boxer brief-type shorts and a leather harness. Okay, he had me at the leather harness. Thank you, Toddtender for feeding the leatherwoman in me. He looks great.
I spent most of the evening hanging with Vidal and Bat Girl. Bat Girl…a friend worthy of a sexy blog name I have yet to concoct. Bat Girl and I went on a date once. It was only the one date. Golden Boy set us up. As it turns out, I'm not really her type and we've become pretty good friends over the last year or so. She and I talk on the phone from time-to-time and we text. She and I sat laughing and joking over the course of the evening until we ended up in the Rainbow Room at CC's (it's the quieter back bar).
This conversation led to that conversation led to kissing and then kissing some more. Good gawd that woman can kiss. I've been out with Hot Toddy over the years and heard him say things like, "tonight I just wanna kiss a boy." I've heard Young Stud say, "it isn't New Year's unless you make out with someone." I never really got it, just making out with someone for the sake of making out. I can, however, honestly say I have now done it. At one point Golden Boy walked up and stood briefly before walking away muttering that he needed to get away from us before round two of making out started!
I left the bar that night a.) in a great mood and b.) hammered. About the time I realized I had consumed too much Patron I flashed on the time. I had a babysitter to pay and send home.
I walked to my car realizing that I had passed the point that I should be driving. I rarely get drunk. It's just not my MO. I don't like how it feels; I don't like not being in control of myself; I don't like that it lingers there even when I don't want it to; I don't like it. Period. I usually make sure I'm okay to drive since I'm somebody's Mom. But Bat Girl cast her kissing spell on me and I was toast.
I sat in my car for a couple of minutes taking stock of my situation. There was only one thing I could do. I pulled out my cell phone and called the one person I knew I could count on to be there for me. I called Pony.
Pony has proven time and time again to not only be a man of his word, but a true friend in the most fundamental sense. He has, on more than one occasion, called me on my shit. He recently built me a computer that is unbelievably fast. He looks out for Auburn Aries and cares about her and understands that she's a part of me. He viewed being added to the list of authorized people to pick her up as an honor. I trust him with everything.
There are times I know I frustrate him. When I ask for the umpteenth time about Microsoft Money…when I've been amidst a bad depression spell and didn't have much positive to say - he's put up with me. He's been forgiving when I've needed it and conversely brutally honest when I needed it. He has great insight for a man his age. I was about to test our friendship.
At 11:38 p.m. I dialed his cell. When he answered, I was grateful and felt safe. He immediately asked where I was at. I told him. Without even needing to ask, he said he'd be right there. And he was. He probably drove 25 miles round trip to take me home and make sure I was safe. It's only the second time I've ever had to do that. The last time was years ago and Brown Eyes rescued me.
I felt like shit most of the day on Sunday. I had plans with Auburn Aries which required my car but it was still parked downtown. When she asked why it was downtown, I swallowed hard and told her it was because I did something really stupid and got drunk and made the safe choice to ask Pony for a ride. It was the Pony ride that very likely saved me from harm. It was definitely a different Pony ride than I've
If I have a cocktail at home (which is isn't very often), I have one or maybe two. Auburn Aries has never seen me drunk. She's only ever seen me in control. When I told her I had gotten drunk she gasped and said "Oh Momma, are you okay? What was it like?" I explained to her that I hadn't eaten enough, that my stomach was upset and that I felt like vomiting. I told her I had the headache to end all headaches.
I may or may not have done the right thing by being honest with her like that. I seized the opportunity to let it be a growing experience for her rather than lie. When she got frustrated because we had plans and I had no keys and no car, I reminded her that I made a bad choice and didn't pay attention to what my body was telling me and that I was responsible for my actions. All I could do was apologize that my actions effected her and promise her it wouldn't happen again.
I am forever grateful to Pony for looking out for me and being there when I needed him. He has proven once again to be exactly the kind of man I knew he was.
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Innovation In Payments: a reality, not a theory
This post is a continuation in my “So…what does IP Commerce do?” series. Before diving into explanation, I feel it important to discuss a term that is oft misused.
Innovation can be defined as:
- A creation (new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
Or, perhaps, more simply as:
- The act of introducing something new.
In practice, however, the word is bandied about for nearly every idea that springs upon the market. The addition of a widget to a web 2.0 site, regardless of how similar in functionality to a previous widget on another property, is heralded as INNOVATION. (In this case the capitalization denotes the propensity to proclaim such trivialities from the rooftops).
With that said, when I use the word innovation. Don’t cringe. Innovation is not always marketing speak…and the inherent relationship between the overuse of innovation in the market and the malaise that many of us feel when hearing the term is indicative how important true innovation really is.
Let’s begin with a quote by David Evans:
Innovation in this business is moving to "the cloud". …Market Platform Dynamics are working closely with the leader in this area, a Denver based company called IP Commerce. It’s developed a software platform that sort of sits on top of the payments system, you can think of it as Windows for the payments system. It works with point of sale devices like Verifone and processing platforms like those operated by First Data Corporation, in much the same way that Windows works with printers and other peripherals.
Other companies can then build applications on top of the IP Commerce Platform; that moves innovation out to the edge of the system away from the old messy plumbing out to the edge of the system. Paysimple, another company we’re working with, has a web based application that allows SMBs to quickly accept multiple methods of electronic payments and to integrate all of their transactions directly into their accounting software.
Presentation given at The Future of Consumer Payments: An Initiative on Business and Public Policy Discussion by The Brookings Institute. September 2008
If you are not familiar with David’s work, I highly encourage you to acquire The Catalyst Code and give it a thorough read. That work, above all else, explains the nature and complexity of multi-sided markets in an interesting and thought-provoking manner.
In a blog entry on September 18th, David mentions his speaking engagement at the Brookings Institute Conference. You can obtain a full transcript of event at the site referenced in the quote above. If you have the time, and desire, it is worth the effort to consume it.
So…What Does IP Commerce Do?
As mentioned in an earlier post, the answer varies based upon who you are. For the purpose of this post, however, I will give a more holistic view of what IP Commerce has done.* A simple analogy, that David uses in the quote, is “Windows for the payments system.” In essence, an operating system for payments.
To stem off confusion, let me be clear. IP Commerce has not developed an OS as you know it. Rather, think of the utility an OS actually provides. It (and the most succinct description I found was on Wikipedia) “is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of resources of the computer. <snip> one of the purposes of an operating system is to handle the details of operation…This relieves application programs from having to manage these details and makes it easier to write applications.”
Put simply, payments are hard. Integrating payment services and creating a comprehensive, valuable workflow can be overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be. Innovation in payments is not only desired by all industry participants…it is necessary. The beauty of the IP Commerce Platform is that innovation in payments is now quite simple. And each point of innovation adds value to all other network participants (hence the multi-sided platform).
I will provide several examples over the next few days of just such innovation. If you desire further detail on the platform and its components, the best place to start is by reviewing the Commerce Platform Infrastructure portion of the IP Commerce corporate site.
What’s your perspective? Agree? Disagree? Anything to add? Critiques? The comment form is below. . .
*NOTE: It is very cool to say “has done” instead of “can do” or “may do” or “is doing”**
**That is one of those milestones in the life of a company I referenced earlier
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Topeka Topeka — The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a policy that would allow the firing of university employees if they communicated through social media in a way that aversely affects the school.
The policy was made in response to the anti-NRA tweet by Kansas University professor David Guth, which caused a national uproar.
Under the social media policy approved unanimously by the regents, the chief executive officer of a state university has the authority to suspend, dismiss or terminate any faculty or staff member who makes improper use of social media.
Improper use means making a communication that:
— Directly incites violence or other immediate breach of the peace;
— Is made pursuant to the employee’s official duties and is contrary to the best interests of the university;
— Discloses confidential student information, protected health care information, personnel records, personal financial information, or confidential research data; or
— Impairs discipline by superiors or harmony among co-workers, has a detrimental impact on close working relationships, impedes the performance of the speaker’s official duties, interferes with the regular operation of the university, or otherwise adversely affects the university’s ability to efficiently provide services.
Each university must establish and publish grievance procedures for use by faculty and staff in appealing employment decisions of the institution.
Regents Chairman Fred Logan said the policy tracks language in U.S. Supreme Court decisions on First Amendment rights and was deemed constitutional by the Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office.
Logan said a specific policy on social media was needed because “there is some feeling that social media can lead to extraordinary damage very quickly.”
In addition, board members said they thought it was necessary to institute a policy on social media when they realized after the Guth uproar that there wasn’t one.
He said the policy was “inspired” by the Guth incident, but declined to say whether Guth could have been fired under the new policy. Logan said that incident was a personnel matter for KU to decide. KU spokesman Tim Caboni declined to speculate on how the policy would have affected Guth’s situation.
Guth was placed on administrative leave in September after a Twitter post following the shootings that left 13 dead at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. Guth wrote: “The blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters. Shame on you. May God damn you.”
The post angered many who thought Guth was wishing death on the children of National Rifle Association members. Guth has since apologized and has said he did not mean that he wanted children to die.
Guth’s leave has since ended, and he’s been put back to work on administrative duties.
KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said the policy was generated by the regents, and she wasn’t that familiar with it. She said any decision to fire someone could ultimately be appealed to court.
Faculty representatives had urged the board to postpone its Wednesday vote so that faculty members could provide input.
“It’s a little broad and doesn’t protect us in a lot of ways,” Sheryl Lidzy, of Emporia State University, who is president of the Council of Faculty Senate, said of the policy.
Logan refused, but added that the board would welcome input over the next several months. “That will be part of a continuing conversation,” he said.
Gerald Mikkelson, a KU professor of Russian and Eastern European studies and member of the KU Faculty Senate, said he was “not only surprised but shocked” by the policy, which he described as “repressive” and a “threat to the already existing mechanisms for dealing with malfeasance.”
“It’s a direct affront to the faculty and staff,” he said.
KU Provost Jeff Vitter urged the regents to use caution, saying that the policy will be scrutinized nationally. “You are potentially walking into a dangerous situation,” he said.
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The mbed development platform is an interesting online method of working with boards based around the ARM style of microcontrollers, and several of these boards have I/O pins laid out in the same way as the Arduino Uno and compatible boards, which opens them up to wide variety of hardware.
One example of this is out LCD Keypad shield, which is now very easy to use with ST Nucleo boards and mbed thanks to the work by Mihail Stoyanov and his mbed LCD library. With this integrated into your project it's possible to simply drop in our LCD and use it without any effort.
Looking for a rapid-use LCD for your Arduino or compatible projects such as the mbed above? Save time and move forward with the Freetronics LCD & Keypad shield which contains a bright 16x2 character LCD and five buttons that can be read from only one analog input pin: | <urn:uuid:a666ce04-1793-46e9-a8d5-a90ce95eed16> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.freetronics.com.au/blogs/news/15571485-using-mbed-and-the-freetronics-lcd-keypad-shield | 2017-06-24T12:14:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320261.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624115542-20170624135542-00117.warc.gz | en | 0.961892 | 187 | [
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Your participation in the survey will help other patients make informed decisions. You will also be helping Dr.(Prof). Satya Gopal Marty and his staff know how they are doing and how they can improve their services.
How was your experience with Dr.(Prof). Satya Gopal Marty?
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First I've got a card for CASology, where the CueCard is "birthday."
And my card:
Michaels white base, MFT oval die, MB 'happy' die, PTI 'birthday' sentiment stamped with TH embossing ink, and then Zing white embossing powder. Three MME enamel dots finish it off.
Next is my card for Lily's birthday. A big shout-out and thank you to Geri G. of Manitoba Stamper for sending this stamp set. Great plans for several grandgirls! Thanks!!! This card will go into Freshly Made Sketches and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where it's 'Anything Goes', and then into Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday for January with 'new' as the cue.
Here's my card:
Michaels white base with various scraps! SSS Princess stamp (thanks again Miss G.!!), colored with Copics. MFT Fishtail die and oval dies. Three Recollections teeny-tiny pearls. Versafine black ink.
And last, but not least I have a card that (hopefully) fits into the current Muse, and The Card Concept. If it doesn't work for the Muse Ardyth, feel free to take it down....Here's our inspiration card by Julie B....
And the super fun inspiration photo from TCC:
I combined these two challenges, but was inspired by the tannish-beiges and the heart and ombre.
Kept it really CAS. Michaels white base, and a scrap of the same printed with a Silhouette ombre pattern, then overstamped with a LF woodgrain in ME's Hazel ink, and finally die cut with MFT's pierced rectangle die. A scrap of pink vellum die cut with an RC heart. LF sentiment in Hazel ink, and a scrap of gold twine. That's it. Gotta run...Happy dances everyone! | <urn:uuid:6897cbb3-02f4-439e-8030-a99360854582> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://gottadothehappydance.blogspot.ca/2015/01/ | 2017-06-25T07:00:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320443.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625064745-20170625084745-00197.warc.gz | en | 0.919914 | 405 | [
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My dad, The Very Reverend Alan W. Jones, Dean Emeritus of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, sent me his latest poem yesterday, and I asked his permission to share it. I have been trying to get him to blog for a while now - he is a master storyteller and the author of eleven theological books - indeed, he has much to both teach and share with us! So I will leave you with this while I am on my way to Northhampton, Mass, where I have the honor of participating in a baby shower and being godmother to baby James who is due in January. There ain't nothin' like a baby at this time of year!*
“Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, power to retell it, to rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change, truly are powerless.” Salmon Rushdie.
Irving Berlin remembered the sight of an Irish family’s Christmas tree when he was a child on the Lower East Side. He later said it seemed to him to tower to heaven. In fact, it was a tiny, miserable little tree, but for the immigrant the holiday represented the magic and wonder of a New World.
Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Why not? Irving Berlin did, based, by the way,
on no experience.
So, here’s your chance to escape the mess of belief and disbelief.
Grab whatever story
you’ve been telling yourself about yourself
and fling it into the season’s whirlwind!
What comes flying back may surprise you.
It may make you cry. It may make you ache with laughter.
Wandering into the story didn’t bother Irving.
Why should it you?
Besides, he had the knack of remembering
something that never happened.
It wasn’t a matter of belief
but an openness to be changed by stories.
Can’t we give this baby-in-the-manger stuff a chance to deconstruct whatever nonsense
we’ve been telling ourselves about the world?
Jesus, Izzy, Emma, Fred, and Sue? What in a name?
The baby’s the one that matters.
Don’t knock nostalgia.
Irving’s “White Christmas” did something to those who heard it in 1941.
The story of the mother and her baby
might do the same for us.
There are plenty of Pearl Harbors to go round (Who bombed the financial markets?
Who made the golden parachutes?
Yours and mine lost in the mail?)
One of our poets* said this sentimental song crooned
by Crosby, “caught us where we love peace.”
Not a bad place to get caught, a good way to start dumping the story that’s trapped us
with the angst of clutching and fussing over what?
You name it.
Bethlehem, like the Lower East Side,
offers us a new world.
Just like the ones we used to know! Hardly!
Izzy didn’t know squat – this Jewish kid from Russia.
His dismal story didn’t stop him from telling it anew -- discovering a New World.
So, start deconstructing!
See yourself in the mystery.
It’s your story too.
And given the mess we’re in,
isn’t it time to grow into a new one –
into the one where God slips in among us –
the divine New Deal?
Merry and bright!
Alan Jones, dean emeritus of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
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I believe that one of the most important issues in recent times has been the education ballot initiative that Better Schools, Better Jobs has been pushing. They just reached a milestone as they have collected well over the 110,000 signatures required to put this initiative on the ballot in next November’s election.
Just in case you don’t know what the initiative is and what they are trying to accomplish, Mississippi’s registered voters have the power to put an important issue to a vote – that’s called a ballot initiative. The Better Schools Better Jobs initiative will allow voters to decide if they want their schools better funded so that our children are better prepared for good jobs. The ballot initiative will make public education a state priority.
Better Schools, Better Jobs is pushing to fully fund education according to the Mississippi Adequate Education Program guidelines (MAEP). The ballot has enough signatures to make it on the election ballot next year so people can vote whether or not they’d like to make it a constitutional right that every child be afforded the opportunity at an adequate and fully funded education.
This initiative won’t raise taxes and it should be appealing to people across political party lines.
Our very own Amber Thomas worked very closely with and for Better Schools, Better Jobs on the issue of adequate education funding. We are proud of her and the entire organization for achieving this momumental milestone and we know they will accomplish their ultimate goal of having adequate education for all of Mississippi’s children to create productive and amazing citizens and to help foster the growth to make Mississippi a better place. | <urn:uuid:367dfff3-4719-45a6-9951-cac9193a2683> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://cuetherant.com/2014/10/08/liberty-belle-education-funding-makes-the-ballot/ | 2017-06-25T07:01:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320443.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625064745-20170625084745-00197.warc.gz | en | 0.957441 | 324 | [
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all the attractions,
you can do in Cairns (and pay money for it), there are some things that
are totally FREE :-)
Below is a list of activities
that you can do without paying a cent! Go
swimming, enjoy beaches
and lakes, spend some time in the rainforest and get some exercise
jogging along the tracks that you did not know exist.
Fishing is also a great activity not only because you may end up with a free dinner,
but it also gives you good chances to spot some wildlife like wild
beaches are not good for swimming because of sharks and other
dangerous creatures; and in Queensland you can add crocodiles and
jellyfish to the list.
do have swimming areas, in Cairns we don't even have that. It's the Lagoon and it's
Fishing is a national activity in Australia. Ideally, you'd take a
dinghy to the Great
haven't got a boat, you can fish off beaches. Jetties, river
mangroves are good places, which is why Cairns
northern beaches are popular.
Another place popular with fishing,
- is Lake Placid. It is in northwestern Cairns, in a suburb called
It is a great
place to walk, enjoy the rainforest,
picnic or cook a BBQ, fish for barramundi,
swim without crocodiles,
watch for wildlife such as Lace Monitors.
Beaches Walks Northern
are excellent places to walk and jog. You can walk
from Palm Cove
to Kewarra Beach,
which is a very long walk.
and Machans Beach
are also connected. Trinity Beach and Yorkeys Knob are
shorter and not connected to other beaches.
The good thing about muddy beaches is that birds love them.
herons, ibises and spoonbills all flock on the mudflats off the Esplanade walking track
during certain times and are easy to watch from a reasonable distance.
Just bring your
binoculars and camera.
Esplanade has changed a lot during the last decade. Before the Lagoon
came in 2004, there was not even a place to go and cool down in the
The new Activity Precinct is one of the best things to do in
Cairns and an excellent place to get your
daily exercise with ocean views.
If you are into views and exercise, some great things to do in Cairns
are the two Mt Whitfield walks - the 1.5km Red Arrow, and the
6.6km Blue Arrow Walk
up to Mount Whitfield.
Both start next to the Tanks Art Centre near
Cairns Botanical Gardens on Collins Street. Great walks through
Centenary Lakes Walks
Nearby, across the street from the entrance of Cairns Botanical Gardens
on Collins Street, is one end of the track to the Freshwater and the Saltwater Lake,
and through a park down to Greenslopes Street.
The walk first goes
through an area of a beautiful thick mangrove
More mangroves can be seen on the Mangrove
off the Airport Avenue.
I have done many mangrove
boardwalks but this one is the best one I
It's quite extensive and some of the roots are massive.
Just bring insect repellent as mozzies can be quite bad.
Cascades and the Walk
In northwestern Cairns, near Redlynch, is another one of the great
things to do in Cairns - Crystal
Cascades - a lovely walk through some beautiful tropical
rainforest along a creek with
a lot of water cascades and a waterfall in the end. There are also
picnic tables and two swimming spots,
both in the beginning of the walk.
National Park Drive
Not far from Lake Placid
in the northern suburb of Kamerunga
is a nice drive alocng Barron
Creek. In the end of the drive is the beautiful Barron Gorge with a
waterfall running down from the cliff, and a hydroelectric
water rafting trips start here and take you to Lake Placid.
is another scenic drive, up along a mountain side, which starts on the
Reservoir Road between Whitfield
The drive is narrow and steep in parts, and has a few good lookouts.
In the end of the drive is Lake
Morris with the Copperlode
Dam that is Cairns water supply. Quite beautiful.
Lakes is a nice place for a walk in Cairns.
It is in
north Cairns, near
Flecker Botanic Gardens, and it is a good alternative to the more
popular Esplanade walking track, if you are after a walk.
Other than the area's northern end, it's not rainforest, it's a freshwater and a saltwater lake
Most locals enter the park from the southern end - Greenslopes Street,
but this time I started from the north - just across the
road from the main entrance to Flecker
Botanic Gardens. The walk
to Centenary Lakes
starts in Collins Street, from an observation
There is first a loop to Fitzalan
Gardens and a Lily Pond, that goes past an interpretive
and picnic tables.
But the main walk is along the Rainforest
to Centenary Lakes.
It goes through coastal
lowland swamp rainforest - the vegetation that
covered much of the Cairns area before the city was
It is a self guided walk, which goes past marked plant species
like Leichhardt tree, king fern, lacy tree fern, MacArthur palm, black
palm, climbing fig, scrub breadfruit, Alexandra palm, potato vine, fan
palm, wait a while vine, hairy fig, birds nest fern, native monstero,
quandong, cotton tree, weeping tea tree, Queensland umbrella tree,
weeping fig, golden Guinea tree, corky bark; a turnoff to a shortcut to
swamp pandanus, climbing swamp fern, mangrove fern, swamp lilly, and
elephant ear, before you come out to the lakes - Freshwater Lake on
your right, and Saltwater
Lake on your left.
From that shortcut turnoff, Freshwater
Lake self guided walk
starts. There are species like swamp pandanus, cotton tree, hairy
fig, swamp lilly, weeping tea tree, white water lilies, climbing swamp
fern, umbrella tree, lotus lily, New Guinea Ru, weeping fig, saw
palmetto, Queensland maple, West Indian royal palm, toddy palm,
everglades palm, gebang palm, Florida royal palm, Australian arenga
palm, mangrove palm, coconut palm, serdang palm, fan palm, scrub
turpentine, Fiji fan palm, golden cane palm, foxtail palm, cabbage
palm, golden Guinea tree, spiny headed mat rush, screw pine and
At the walk's end you come to Saltwater
and continue walking north along the creek. Further north you have
different options such as turning left to return to Fleckers Botanic
Gardens, continue north to Collins Street and Tanks Art Centre, or turn
right, cross the creek over a bridge, and continue south past Saltwater Lake.
There is a shelter,
picnic tables, and a section with tropical food plants.
The Centenary Lakes park was
the 1970s as part of the celebration
of Cairns Centenary in 1975. In 2007, the park was added
is there good fishing in Cairns?
right at the Esplanade
tide - mostly the northern end.
areas around the Airport
and in the Trinity Inlet
also good for fishing.
are good, particularly close to river
river mouths and beaches you can catch barramundi, mangrove jack,
trevally - only to
name a few.
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It’s always sad to see dead animals in the wild, but the death of this 16-year-old male polar bear found dead on a beach north of Norway is especially tragic. After examining the bear’s emaciated body, researchers determined that the bear starved to death due global warming. Record high temperatures have melted arctic ice sheets that this and other polar bears need for hunting. Making matters even more tragic, this same malnourished polar bear was in good health when researchers examined it just three months prior in southern Svalbard.
Dr Ian Stirling, a Polar Bears International scientist who has been studying the bears for 40 years now, told The Guardian, “[f]rom his lying position in death, the bear appears to simply have starved and died where he dropped. He had no external suggestion of any remaining fat, having been reduced to little more than skin and bone.”
Dr. Stirling attributed this tragedy to climate change, citing that the sea ice in the Arctic dropped to record-setting lows in 2012. Satellite images from last year show that a rapid summer melt reduced the surface of the frozen sea to less than 1.32 million square miles, which combines to be a land mass just over twice the size of Alaska.
Climate change is particularly affecting polar bears because ice sheets are instrumental in their hunt for seals. Although they have webbed paws that make them incredibly good swimmers, they are still land animals and need the arctic ice to rest and haul up their catch. Ultimately the lack of ice packs will force more polar bears to migrate in search for food—as was the case with this bear, who moved from the southern to northern coast of Svalbard—hopefully to better success than this one.
via The Guardian
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In the enchanting forests of the dark and mysterious Finnish countryside, the greatest Symphonic Metal of all time forged a brand new album with a new enchanted front woman. The epic soundtrack composer that is Tuomas Holopainen breathed new life into a classic and legendary band, bringing in immensely talented Floor Jansen as the new lady at the helm. Tuomas is known for mixing Classical themes into modern Metal with legendary bassist and vocalist Marco Hietala and epic shredder Emppu Vuorinen. The writing that goes into Nightwish albums is some of the best, like with “Once” and “Dark Passion Play”. They write epics like no other band in the world. Nightwish have this very distinct sound that definitely sounds masterfully crafted over the years, some might argue that sound is gone with Tarja. This album dares to say differently. The Finnish Symphonic Metal Band is back in 2015 with new and old sounds.
“Endless Forms Most Beautiful” is possibly the most anticipated album of the year, as it is an album with a brand new vocalist in an absolutely classic band. The feelings about Floor Jansen, ex After Forever and current Revamp vocalist, are certainly mixed when it comes to Nightwish. Whether people agree with her being at the helm of this band, Nightwish will do what is best for the band and the fans who will be with them to the end. I believe the new album is enough proof that Nightwish is still the same old excellent band. Yes, the vocals are a bit different, but the power and passion and tone of Floor fit seamlessly into the music of Tuomas and Marco. “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” is only the beginning of what Floor and company has to offer.
“Endless Forms Most Beautiful” begins with a pounding jam with honest lyrics that kick off an emotional album from start to finish Shudder Before the Beautiful. The vocals come out solid but so smooth and then building. The instrumentation is electric and full with an orchestra bringing the whole jam to a new level. Weak Fantasy is even heavier than the opener, discounting the rumours of a completely softened album with excellent harmonies from Floor and Marco. The intensity is calmed with the beautiful and moving Elan with intricate mature melodies that is similar to Ever Dream and Amaranth’s build up. This is a very moving track and is certainly meant to be a song you’d cherish and take from. Yours is an Empty Hope, man this track is one of the heaviest I have heard from Nightwish yet. It’s angry and grungy, filled with gritty vocals and deepened growls. This song shows Floor’s more intimidating side and her ability to dramaticize a song into something more intense and epic. My Walden is one of the most beautiful tracks on the album. It’s complex with Celtic influences and absolutely incredible vocals. The vulnerability of the track is what makes it so great.
The title track is even more complex with orchestral work all throughout and a choir ringing into the chorus. Floor’s vocals are accurately jabbing in the pocket with differentiated volumes, ringing along with Marco’s perfect harmonizing. The song opens up into a heavy full jam band with exquisite guitar work from Emppu. Definitely some of the most unique riffing on this album is in this track. Edema Ruh has a more Traditional Metal themes in a ballad-esque form. The song is slower and contains well placed harmonies, transcending melodies to a foreign land. It sounds like a folk song straight out of Finland with a Metal theme. It’s absolutely brilliant. “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” continues to mesmerize with ebbing and flowing with epicness and softness. This is not the strongest track on the album and doesn’t contain the power or beauty the rest of the album. The Eyes of Sharabat Gula is just a gorgeous interlude that breaks up the intensity of the album and forces you to fully enjoy every intermittent note. It is truly a beautiful track. However, the next track on the album is even more beautiful and as meaningful as any track on the album.
There are not enough words to truly describe the essence or the beauty of The Greatest Show on Earth. In Classical Music, every composer has their epic masterpiece, dawning the highlight of their periodical reign. The Greatest Show on Earth is Nightwish’s greatest masterpiece. The diversity of styles, building from slow beautiful operatic into powerful grungy dark vocals and heavy instrumentation. The brilliance of Tuomas comes out so outright in this final track as he covers millions of years of evolution in a 23 minute track. The track even covers a musical evolution on the 13th minute. I have never heard a more meaningful track than this one, as it includes the words of Richard Dawkins. After the evolution of the track, it develops into a begging and merciful chorus crying out “We were here”, after that it silences and ebbs into an outro. It leaves you in an entire new intellectual state of mind, full of emotion and ambition. This isn’t just a track you enjoy, it is a track to survive to.
“Endless Forms Most Beautiful” is an album that is so beautiful and rare in its impact, I don’t think another album like it will ever come again. Yes, not every track was all out and hammers forward, but the ballads are even better than the heavy tracks in this album. Floor Jansen is absolutely stunning on this album. Her vocal technique and prowess, but also passion are evolved and matured. Tuomas brought even more flavors and approaches to her voice that accurately prove she is perfect for this band. This album will bring Nightwish to new heights as they reinvent themselves and stun the masses with perfect composition.
Album Rating 10/10
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The reason Brighton goes to the fair
The reason Julia goes to the fair
This look means, I am loving my life right now. She is petting sting rays and waiting to do this....
Feed it!! She said it felt like a "sloppy kiss".
These creatures (leopard sting rays) almost seemed to pose for the picture.
Our "big picture" photographer, Brighton, made a fine photo.
B couldn't be left out of the camera action-- never mind the people trying to EAT at the bench.
Our altar picture 2010-- someone ALWAYS offers to "make" our picture. We've never asked and they have never asked WHY on this non-scenic BENCH! You would have thought Jeff and I could have chosen a better "fair spot" nine years ago! | <urn:uuid:a209f941-cc0e-4adb-a6bb-e662d145fcf8> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://not-by-might.blogspot.com/2010/10/fair-photos-2010.html | 2017-06-26T20:41:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320865.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626203042-20170626223042-00357.warc.gz | en | 0.965393 | 167 | [
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Where: HOUSTON TX
This casting notice was posted on auditionsfree.com
WHAT: This is to work at a hair model at a corporate hair modeling event.
RATES: $1000 – TOTAL – The breakdown is $250 for prep & $750 for the event
WHO: Females, 5’7 or taller, dress size 0-4, open to cut, color, and/or editorial styling, no weaves, no extensions, must be able to walk the runway, ANY & ALL hair changes will be discussed first, shoulder length or longer hair, no chemically relaxed hair
WHEN: The casting is Saturday March 23 followed immediately by prep. The event is the 24th March until 9:30 pm.
WHERE: casting in HOUSTON area – address disclosed once you fill out the agreement link
TO APPLY : Title your email “TEXAS” and send your email to Erin using the link provided by CL. Include in the body of the email NAME, HEIGHT, DRESS SIZE, CURRENT PHOTOS (doesn’t have to be professional, but I must be able to see you! i.e. no blurry, dark, or over pixelated photos)
City or Location of call: HOUSTON TX
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HYDRANGEA PANICULATA 'SMHPFL'
An exceptionally hardy selection that blooms reliably even in cold climates. It begins its flower show in midsummer with abundant pure white blooms that gradually turn deep reddish pink, exhibiting the full spectrum of color until fall. The strong stems support these large, 12–16″ flower heads without flopping. It’s truly beautiful in a border or foundation planting, becoming a well-branched shrub reaching 4–6′ tall. Give this easy-care hydrangea full sun to partial shade and average garden soil.
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Work Incentives and the Demand for Primary and Contingent Labor
NBER Working Paper No. 3647
This paper presents an incentive-based dual labor market model. Three implications of the model are emphasized. First, in equilibrium, there is an excess supply of workers to primary jobs. Second, when demand is uncertain, firms may choose a mix of primary and contingent workers to perform the same job, even when these workers are perfect substitutes in production. Third, firms prefer to hire into primary jobs workers with strong job attachment and workers whose preferences lead them to prefer long work hours. We argue that industries with high proportions of part-time workers will tend to have large concentrations of contingent workers. The empirical finding that the wages and benefits of full-time workers are significantly reduced in industries with large concentrations of part-time workers appears consistent with this hypothesis.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w3647
Published: Quarterly Journal of Economics November 1991, pp. 1373-1383
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PLEASE ANSWER WILL DONATE WORRIED IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH
May 12, 2006
Dr. Bob: PLEASE PLEASE ANSWER. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP IN 2 WEEKS DUE TO TERROR AND STRESS AND WOULD LIKE YOUR HUMBLE OPINION (STARTED A NEW JOB SO THIS ON MY MIND IS NOT HELPING IN THE FOCUS DEPARTMENT). 2 WEEKS BACK I HAD UNPROTECTED VAGINAL AND ORAL SEX WITH A FRIEND AND AT MY AGE (36) I SHOULD KNOW BETTER. HE DID NOT EJACULATE IN ME, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. ANYWAY THE NEXT DAY I FELT TERRIBLE, SO I CALLED HIM UP AND ASKED HIM IF HE HAD EVER HAD AN HIV TEST. HE SAID HE DID 4 YEARS AGO, BEFORE HE GOT MARRIED, AND IT WAS NEGATIVE. HE ALSO TOLD HIM I HAD NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. PROBLEM IS - I'M WORRIED AND WORRIED SICK!!!! MY THROAT IS SORE AND I HAVE A HEADACHES. YOU THINK STRESS IS CAUSING THAT? DO YOU THINK THAT MY CHANCES ARE GOOD THAT MY TEST IN ANOTHER 2 1/2 MONTHS (WHICH WILL SEEM LIKE A YEAR) WILL BE O.K.?
I WOULD LIKE TO DONATE, BUT AM WONDERING IF THIS CAN BE DONE ON-LINE? IT IS MUCH EASIER FOR US CANADIANS THAN TRYING TO GET US FUNDS.
A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK MY DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT HIV IS ACTUALLY HARD TO GET AND NOT ALL THAT COMMON. IS THIS TRUE? IF SO, THAN WHY IS IT AN EPIDEMIC IN SOME COUNTRIES AND NOT SO IN OTHERS (LIKE CANADA)? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT YOU PROVIDE AN OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO YOU FELLOW MAN WITH YOUR KIND WORDS AND ADVICE. YOUR MOTHER SHOULD BE PROUD!
Response from Dr. Frascino
1. There is no doubt that unprotected sex does place you at some degree of risk for STDs, including HIV. Your "symptoms" are not worrisome for HIV. Statistically the odds are astronomically in your favor that you did not contract HIV from this sexcapade. Since your partner is a friend, perhaps you could suggest he have another HIV test. You could go with him to see the results. A rapid test gives accurate results in just 20 minutes. If he's negative, you'll have a significant level of reassurance. There is still the remote chance he could be in his window period, but the odds of that being the case are indeed remote at best.
2. Sure. Just visit the Foundation's Web site at www.concertedeffort.org and click on the Donate tab.
3. Yes, that is true. The epidemiology of the HIV epidemic is rather complex and beyond the scope of this forum. You can review this information by doing a simple search on this site and following the links. You can also read volumes about estimated HIV-statistical risks in the archives of this forum.
Finally, Mom is proud and I'm equally proud of her. (HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOM, and mothers everywhere!)
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Re: Bug#690839: run-parts: By default the umask is set to 022
* Clint Adams <[email protected]>, 2012-11-11, 23:19:
Yes, I'm aware of that. On the other hand: The current behavior seems
insane to me, unless there would be a good reason for by default
changing the umask to a less secure setting, but then that should be
I agree that the current run-parts behavior is indeed unfortunate.
I agree with your objection though. To avoid that kind of trouble, I'd
suggest a stepwise change:
* For the next release,
Next being wheezy or jessie? If the former, I'm afraid it's too late.
make run-parts issue a warning that it changes the umask, and that
this behavior is going to change in the future. Suppress the warning
if the user sets the umask with -u.
* For the following release, change run-parts to not tamper with the
umask anymore, and warn about the new situation, unless -u is given.
* Finally remove the warning.
Would that be of any use?
How about something that doesn't take more than a release cycle or
involve annoying warnings?
1) Identify packages that rely on the current behavior. File bugs.
2) Wait until wheezy is released.
3) Fix run-parts not to fiddle with umask by default. Add Debian.NEWS
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Earlier this year (wow, February seems like an eternity ago), we told you how Access was going to relaunch and rebrand the next version of Palm OS, called Access Linux Platform, which was supposed to be in the hands of licensees by the end of the year. Well, the end of 2006 is almost upon us, and now Access has announced that the version won't get to developers until sometime "in the first half of 2007." We're guessing that translates to "we've got no product" for now, and guys, we're bummed. Still, this has no apparent effect on Palm, given that it has no immediate plans to use ALP -- it's sticking to licensing Palm OS Garnet from Access. And yes, that's the same ol' version Palm's been using since the beginning of recorded time. No bitterness here.
[Via Phone Scoop]
Update: Access now says that a pre-release version of ALP PDK will be out by year's end "to select licensees, and a pre-release version of the ACCESS Linux Platform SDK [will be available] to select registered developers before the end of this year, and that general availability would be in the first half of 2007." [Source: PalmInfocenter] | <urn:uuid:31a23b32-9f05-43dd-830e-708cbb1ad77f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/access-linux-platform-delayed-until-first-half-of-2007/ | 2017-06-27T16:10:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321458.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627152510-20170627172510-00437.warc.gz | en | 0.966667 | 258 | [
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If you are scheduled to appear in Millstone Municipal Court, then it is important to make sure that you have all related court information. If you have any questions concerning your court appearance, it is a good idea to call the court well in advance. Millstone Township Municipal Court is located at 215 Millstone Road, Millstone Township, NJ 08535 and may be reached at (732) 446-6219. The Honorable Hector Rodriquez is the presiding judge over Millstone municipal matters. Court sessions begin at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. Visit the Millstone Township Municipal Court website for additional information regarding court proceedings. | <urn:uuid:d9be3b8e-501b-482e-ab1f-3762b676c1f1> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.centralnjlawfirm.com/millstone-township-municipal-court/ | 2017-06-28T10:50:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323604.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628101910-20170628121910-00517.warc.gz | en | 0.936967 | 133 | [
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As a limited-time offer for our readers, Gearbest has issued coupons for each of the three different KingKong 90GT variations that they sell. If you’re at all interested in this quadcopter, make sure you scroll to the end of the blog to grab the appropriate coupon code!
Just a few months ago, I built a DIY 450mm Quadcopter based off a parts list that our makerspace’s quadcopter expert, Alex, led us through building. After building the quadcopters, Alex then gave us a crash course in flying the quadcopters. Shortly after, Alex asked me what my next plans were—as if he predicted that I’d get as hooked on quadcopters as he is. Alex was way into piloting his racing quadcopters in first-person view (FPV), which is using a camera on the quadcopter and piloting by watching the video stream being broadcast from the quadcopter. At first I was hesitant—the FPV Goggles seemed bulky, and I was bit weirded out by standing in a park, completely oblivious to my surroundings while trying to give the quadcopter my full attention. However, after watching Pat learn to fly FPV and snooping on Alex’s broadcast from his racing quadcopter, I began to realize just how much fun I was missing out on.
After seeing Pat throughly enjoy his Holybro Shuriken 180 Pro, I decided that instead of adding the FPV gear to my DIY 450mm quadcopter, I’d buy an extra drone purpose-built for first-person view. I wound up picking out the Holybro Shuriken X1 V2 200mm Racing Drone for no other reason than it seemed to be comparable to Pat’s Shuriken 180 Pro but perhaps a bit bigger. Once it arrived, I was astonished at how quick and how powerful it was. I was hesitant to even fly it line-of-sight because it was so small and so fast; one wrong twitch on the throttle and there was a very good chance that it’d be completely out of my view. After watching what Alex could do with my Shuriken X1, I became convinced that this wasn’t the right quadcopter for me to learn to FPV on.
Learning to FPV: Brian’s Conservative Approach
After a few trips out with Pat and Alex, I began working on a set of the criteria that a quadcopter would need to meet in order for me to join the ranks of the FPV quadcopter enthusiasts:
- Outdoor friendly: About my only complaint with the Blade Nano QX was that it was rendered ineffective by even the slightest of breezes, which prevented me from taking it outside and having some fun with it in wider open spaces.
- Indoor friendly too: Among the things that had helped me improve my line-of-sight piloting was the fact that I had purchased a small indoor quadcopter, the Blade Nano QX. The DIY 450 Quadcopter required wide, open spaces to pilot around, which wasn’t exactly friendly to getting lots of practice time in. Buying the Blade Nano QX and a few extra batteries meant that I could fly nearly any time that I wanted from the comfort of my own home. This practice was critical for improving my line-of-sight piloting and would be for FPV too.
- Durable: Learning something new on my quadcopters consequently means that I’m crashing my quadcopters… often. I wanted something that was going to withstand some bumps and bruises.
- Inexpensive: So far everything that I’ve crashed on a regular basis eventually breaks. An ideal drone would be inexpensive to repair and/or replace.
Pat and Alex both chided me for my conservative approach for learning to FPV, and while it’s entirely possible that they are correct, I’m still comfortable with my decision. It’s worth noting that the added time I spent in researching, buying, and waiting for a new quadcopter to show up, I could’ve instead been working through quite a few batteries on the Shuriken X1 and started to get my footing. But in the end I was quite confident that this was the best way for me to learn FPV. Moreover, it’d also be a lot of fun to have an FPV quadcopter that I could fly in and around the house, saving me from having to load up a car with all of my quadcopter gear and drive to the nearest drone-friendly park.
Micro FPV Quadcopter Candidates
Pat and I were both interested in micro quadcopters equipped with FPV gear, but for different reasons. Pat was already quite comfortable flying FPV, but he also wanted a smaller quadcopter he could fly around and outside his home. We collaborated a bit on a search and wound up discussing a few different candidates.
Each of the quadcopters shared a small form factor (73mm to 90mm) ideally suited for indoor flying. All three of the quadcopters had pretty inexpensive price tags with each hovering around $100. All of the quadcopters came equipped with propeller guards sufficient enough to provide some protection in a crash both to the quadcopter and to whatever it was crashing into. We quickly dismissed the Blade Inductrix FPV for two reasons: first, it wasn’t compatible with my Taranis X9D transmitter, and even worse, it has brushed motors like its cousin the Blade Nano QX. The Inductrix FPV simply wasn’t going to have the power to venture outdoors like we wanted.
Eventually, I settled on trying the Jumper X73S, and Pat jumped at the chance to get the KingKong 90GT. And after having our little micro drones for about a day, Pat concluded that the KingKong 90GT was bananas and I concluded that the Jumper X73S was quite junky. The stock propellers simply flew off under light throttle, one of the motors wouldn’t even spin up, and eventually the receiver fried and wouldn’t bind to or recognize my transmitter. Pat had an awesome little micro FPV quadcopter, and I had a colossal dud. Thankfully my friends at GearBest were happy to replace the defective Jumper X73S with my own KingKong 90GT, and while I waited for shipping, Pat was generous enough to let me fly his KingKong 90GT.
Pat was absolutely correct, the KingKong 90GT is bananas! At 90mm, it’s quite tiny but packs a tremendous punch in its little brushless 1103 motors, which are rated at 7800kv. One gusty afternoon, Pat and I were flying our quadcopters into winds that were gusting at 20—30mph, which the KingKong 90GT was able to fight and fly through. Flying into that stiff wind certainly wasn’t much fun, but the KingKong 90GT performed much better than I expected.
As far as indoors goes, flying line-of-sight is no problem whatsoever. I’ve been flying the KingKong 90GT around the house as well or better than I was ever flying my Blade Nano QX. However, FPV has been a bit of a problem indoors for me, as it’s a bit challenging to keep it at the appropriate elevation—I keep hitting the ceiling! This isn’t a shortcoming of the quadcopter, as Pat and Alex don’t seem to have the same challenges. This is a matter of practice on my part and learning how to fly lower and closer to obstacles, which is further demonstrated by this picture from flying up into a tree.
My first trip out with the KingKong 90GT was quite a bit of fun, but because of the tree canopy of where we wound up flying, I wound up spending quite a bit of time either fetching my crashed quadcopter or flying line-of-sight because I was having a hard time staying out of the trees.
The next day, we went to a nearby park with a tremendous amount of wide, open space, and I had infinitely more success flying FPV. Any time I ever felt like I was in trouble, all I had to do was give it gas and go up—up is safe! I was able to do quite a bit of some acrobatic flying—flips, barrel rolls, etc.-—with ease. The only crashes I had the entire afternoon were related to ignoring the timer I programmed into the Taranis X9D and exhausting the batteries.
Oops! I Found the Drone-eating Tree!
I was thoroughly enjoying my KingKong 90GT and flying it on an almost daily basis. We went to one of the nearby parks that we always fly our drones at. The day had a bit of a gentle breeze, but nothing I hadn’t flown in before on my quadcopters—including the KingKong 90GT. But for some reason today, I had tremendously bad luck.
My last three flights each outdid each other in terms of their endings. Firstly, I had a really nice long flight but for some reason I managed to hit a light pole in the parking lot instead of landing nicely. The second-to-last flight ended nearly instantly when I managed to find a different light pole. And then, sadly, my last flight ended with me finding the top of a great big drone-eating tree.
The Demise of Brian’s KingKong 90GT was Greatly Exaggerated!
Three or four days after flying into the tippy top of the drone-eating tree, Pat and I were back at the park preparing to fly our other quadcopters. Being an optimist, I had been stopping at the park to check under the tree once or twice a day, I was hoping that the drone would fall out and I’d find it waiting for me. Disappointingly, but not unexpectedly, my KingKong 90GT was never waiting there for me. But when we were setting up to fly four days later, a pair of guys were driving some radio-controlled trucks around the park. They looked over in our direction long enough that both Pat and I waved to them in a neighborly fashion. A few minutes later, they started walking over in our direction. One of the guys held something out and asked “Do you guys know who this tiny quadcopter belongs to?” And right there in the palm of his hand, was my KingKong 90GT! Apparently the KingKong 90GT fell out of the tree, then another kind-hearted person placed it at a drinking fountain, where our two new friends saw it and must’ve recalled seeing Pat and I stare up into the asshole tree! Talk about a lucky break on my part!
Holy shit. Look at what some nice guys just brought to us at the park! pic.twitter.com/QFvSCbtQgX— Brian Moses (@briancmoses) April 20, 2017
I love the KingKong 90GT; it’s exactly what I was looking for in a quadcopter to use while I was learning to fly via FPV. I anticipate that after a few afternoons of burning through the extra batteries I bought for the KingKong 90GT I’m going to work up the gumption to see what the Holybro Shuriken X1 V2 200mm Racing Drone is all about.
I do have a few tidbits of advice for prospective KingKong 90GT buyers:
- As you’re learning, you’ll want to have a few sets of extra propellers. Especially if you’re flying primarily indoors. As we’ve flown our GT90s inside, we’ve noticed that crashes lead to broken propellers.
- If you’re using the prop guards, the pieces that connect the prop guards to each other pop off on every single crash. I didn’t even bother putting them on the quadcopter.
- Use some heatshrink tubing to protect the antennas, especially the dipole antenna that belongs to the video transmitter.
- Use Betaflight Configurator to calibrate your ESCs.
- Invest in a handful of extra batteries. My average flight time on the batteries has averaged between 3.5 minutes and 4.0 minutes depending on how aggressively I was flying and how windy it was. Ordering six extra batteries has helped keep me in the air for much longer each time I take the KingKong 90GT out.
- Watch out for big drone-eating asshole trees!
As part of a limited-time offer to the readers of Brian’s Blog and Patshead.com, our friends at Gearbest have issued coupons for each of the variations of the KingKong 90GT that they sell: with a FrSky receiver, with a DSM2 receiver, and with no receiver at all.
|KingKong 90GT Variant||Regular Price||Coupon Code||Discounted Price|
|with FrSky Receiver||$130.90||FRSKY1||$99.99|
|with DSM2 Receiver||$130.90||pat90GT||$99.36|
|without a Receiver||$130.90||90gt||$115.99|
One quick note about the odd pricing on the receiverless version of the KingKong 90GT. I don’t understand why the receiverless version is $15 more! The good news is that removing the receiver from the KingKong 90GT is a piece of cake. Rather than spend the extra money, I’d just buy whichever version is cheapest, remove the unneeded receiver, and sell/give it away to someone who needs it. | <urn:uuid:cdc6e93c-ec49-4ab8-b164-bb5d2a1b0647> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://blog.brianmoses.net/2017/04/kingkong-90gt-learning-to-fly-via-fpv.html?r=related | 2017-06-28T10:46:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323604.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628101910-20170628121910-00517.warc.gz | en | 0.970791 | 2,909 | [
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It turns out that some Seattle sports fans can actually walk and chew gum at the same time. While most fans are focusing their attention on the Seahawks (aka the team that hasn't played for a week and still isn't playing for another week), a throng of 5,000+ fans made it to Mariners FanFest this weekend.
I like this quote from that TNT article: "..most area sports fans stayed snug in their living rooms waiting for the Seahawks to shine next week on Super Bowl Sunday." Seriously, what does that even mean?
Anyway, nice work to those that showed! PostivePaul said he'd report over on
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WASHINGTON, D.C. | April 13, 2012
On Tuesday, April 17 at 10:00 a.m.
, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a legislative hearing on the Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 (H.R. 4297)
. The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 3.5 million job openings nationwide. Even though 12.7 million individuals are searching for work, employers continue to experience difficulties finding a skilled workforce. The nation’s broken network of job training programs is not providing workers the skills necessary to fill the demands of employers.
Since the start of the 112th Congress, the House Education and the Workforce Committee has held a series of hearings to examine the challenges facing the workforce investment system. In response, Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) and Joe Heck (R-NV) introduced the Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012
) to strengthen job training and employment assistance for workers and reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
Among the policy reforms included in H.R. 4297, the legislation will consolidate 27 redundant and ineffective programs into one flexible Workforce Investment Fund, eliminate 19 federal mandates dictating who can serve on local workforce investment boards, and require the Department of Labor to conduct an independent evaluation of its programs every five years.
Tuesday’s legislative hearing will provide will members an opportunity to discuss and gather expert feedback on the legislation.
To learn more about this hearing, visit www.edworkforce.house.gov/hearings
. To learn more about the Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012, click here
# # #
Ms. Norma Noble
Deputy Secretary of Commerce for Workforce Development
Oklahoma City, OK
Ms. Laurie Moran
Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Andy Van Kleunen
National Skills Coalition
Ms. Sandy Harmsen
San Bernardino County Department of Workforce Development
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New Zealand opener Martin Guptill has been precluded of the up and coming T20 arrangement against Bangladesh in the wake of maintaining a hamstring strain while running between the wickets in the third ODI in Nelson on Saturday. New Zealand Cricket said Guptill endured a review one hamstring strain to his left side leg and will take two to four weeks to recuperate totally. Neil Broom replaces him in the T20 squad.
Nz vs Ban 1st T20 Today Match Prediction Who Will Win Jan 3, 2017
His harm comes in front of the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy beginning from January 30 in Auckland. In any case, New Zealand mentor Mike Hesson said he was sure Guptill will be fit to bring on Australia with some rest and several amusements in the Ford Trophy, New Zealand’s local one-day competition.
Bangladesh will trust the new year gets a change fortunes as it gets set for a three-coordinate Twenty20 International arrangement against New Zealand starting in Napier on Tuesday (January 3).
New Zealand starts 2017 high on certainty in the wake of whitewashing its rival 3-0 in the One-Day International arrangement toward the end of last month. Its shape, combined with nature with conditions, makes it the most loved for the T20I leg of the visit also.
Will make the arrangement fascinating that both groups are coming back to the T20 design interestingly since the ICC World T20 in India in March-April 2016. While Bangladesh had a forgettable competition and left in the association organize, New Zealand was amazing notwithstanding an elimination round misfortune to England.
New Zealand got a blow when Martin Guptill was precluded of the arrangement in the wake of maintaining a hamstring harm while running between the wickets in the third ODI in Nelson. Guptill was compelled to resign hurt on six, and will take up to four weeks to recoup totally.
The host, be that as it may, has frame and capability in its positions. Guptill has been supplanted by Neil Broom, who made scores of 109 and 97 individually in the second and third ODIs. Kane Williamson, the chief, struck shape in the last diversion also, making an unbeaten 95 to help New Zealand seal a pursuit of 237 alongside Broom.
New Zealand additionally has new faces in Tom Bruce and Ben Wheeler, who have lady T20I call-ups. Bruce, the batsman, has been chosen for New Zealand interestingly while Wheeler, an allrounder, has officially played six ODIs. On the knocking down some pins front, Tim Southee has been refreshed for the whole arrangement while Trent Boult will enjoy a reprieve for the principal diversion. Corey Anderson will keep on playing as a pro batsman, given his dodgy back.
Bangladesh has rolled out a few improvements from the ODI squad too, with Shuvagata Hom and Taijul Islam coming in for Tanbir Hayder and Mehedi Hasan.
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Environmental Factor site for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Worked with the lead designer on coding a responsive version of the site.
One of my first projects for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The Division of Extramural Research and Training needed a reorganization of their pages, to make information easier to find for users. Redesigned the home page as well, keeping within established style guides.
My front-end development is almost exclusively responsive, sometimes usilizing frameworks such as Twitter Bootstrap. Styled with straight CSS and also using LESS or SASS. Many of my projects are for clients to use and require a login to view. Please contact me for links or example code.
Destination Do Over is a travel blog, documenting the author's travels across America. Wordpress theme with some custom code and styling.
Email newsletter template I coded with a graphic I created for a dating site advertisement. Other images have been removed. View here.
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Paul confirms brand new album title and reveals full tracklisting and artwork
‘Kisses On The Bottom’
Paul’s tribute to personal favourites & two new self
penned compositions out February 6th/7th.
On December 19th 2011 Paul announced that February 2012
would see the release of his brand new studio album. Scores of fans
then streamed the new original track ‘My Valentine’, many assuming it
would be the new record’s title track. While a few Twitter hints have
been dropped and rumours have run rampant, Paul puts an end to
speculation today, confirming that the album will indeed be titled
‘Kisses On The Bottom’.
Paul has apparently had some fun with his choice of album
title—while causing some confusion amongst those who have historically
subjected his every move to microscopic scrutiny (with many fixating
on an anatomical interpretation!). The phrase ‘Kisses On The Bottom,’
however, actually comes from the album’s opener ‘I’m Gonna Sit Right
Down And Write Myself A Letter’. Originally made a big hit by Fats
Waller in 1935, the song opens with the lines ‘I’m gonna sit right
down and write myself a letter and make believe it came from you.
I’m gonna write words oh so sweet. They’re gonna knock me off of my
feet. A lot of kisses on the bottom , I’ll be glad I got ‘em’.
‘Kisses On The Bottom’ is a collection of standards Paul grew up
listening to in his childhood as well as the two new McCartney
compositions ‘My Valentine’ and ‘Only Our Hearts’. With the help of
Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall and her
band—as well as guest appearances from Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder,
McCartney’s new album is a deeply personal journey through classic
American compositions that, in some cases, a young Paul first heard
his father perform on piano at home. The full tracklisting reveals
that Paul has been both reverent and adventurous in his song choices.
Kisses On The Bottom
01. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 02:36
02. Home (When Shadows
03. It’s Only A Paper Moon
04. More I Cannot Wish
05. The Glory Of
06. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And
07. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The
10. My Very Good Friend The
11. Bye Bye
12. Get Yourself Another
13. The Inch
14. Only Our
Deluxe CD Album will feature two bonus tracks plus
access to a download of an exclusive live show (available from Tuesday
14th February via paulmccartney.com), plus longer
liner notes and expanded packaging featuring three postcards)
16. My One And Only
The album will also be available digitally. You will be able to
pre-order the album directly from PaulMcCartney.com soon!
The album was recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios in Los
Angeles, New York and London throughout 2011. It also features guest
musicians Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, respectively, on the
original compositions ‘My Valentine’ and ‘Only Our Hearts’. Eric
also appears on the track ‘Get Yourself Another Fool’.
The album artwork concept was conceived by Jonathan Schofield
(Visual Director at Stella McCartney) and designed by Matthew Cooper
(who has worked with artists such as Arctic Monkeys and Franz
Ferdinand). Paul was photographed by his daughter Mary McCartney for
the album sleeve.
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If i said Malaysia is famous for its traffic jam and toll, i guess many would agree, especially those who live in Klang Valley. Despite the rising fuel price and government aggressive reduction on fuel subsidy in recent years, the numbers of cars never seems to reduce, in fact, it grows day by day. Congestion during peak hour is normal and i understand that. I never expect traffic to be clear all the way, but i also never expect that my car would crawled 5cm every 3mins. I took almost 1 and 1/2 hours to reach my workplace compare to 45 minutes during normal day and i am using the so- called high way.
What are the causes of traffic jam?? ( just personal opinion)
- Too many cars
- The road are not wide enough - during congestion , a 3- lane highway may become 6-7 lanes
- Accidents ( main reasons)
- The drivers are sight seeing and not driving
- Too many Ah beng racing and showing off on the road
- Highway construction
- Government planners sucks in urban planning
- Maybe the government plan to put the traffic jam into Malaysia guinness record (joking)
Traffic jams caused lots of loss. A lot of money is unnecessarily spent on fuel and people get stress and anxious when they are stuck in the jam. Also, the numbers of accidents would rise and this would caused more traffic congestion and thus, increasing the hospitalization cost due to the motor injuries and deaths.
The government should provide better public transport so that people could choose to drive or use public transports during peak hours (Singapore did a really great job on this) if they do not want traffic congestion to become another wonders of Malaysia. Also, many Malaysia drivers need to be re-educate on their road manners ( they are just too rude!!)
Another thing that we as a driver can do is to check this webapge before we plan our journey : http://llmtrafik.gov.my/traffic.aspx. if we have more than one alternative to reach our destination as the web-page provides a real- time traffic information for most highways like Kesas, north south highway, LPT , sprint etc. | <urn:uuid:1cc1f2c9-a34d-4c94-aa5c-3cc531803709> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://poppypuppypurply.blogspot.com/2011/03/traffic-jam-in-malaysia.html | 2017-06-24T13:48:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320263.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624133941-20170624153941-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.968459 | 453 | [
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508. Occurrence given to Raymond Aguilera on 26 July 1994 at 12:25 AM.
Two hours ago, I was in a spiritual war with an incredible force. The warfare started 8 PM and it did not stop until about 10:15 PM. It is 12:25 AM now and I just turned off my computer and called it an evening from typing the Prophecies. Thinking about what happened it seemed very strange all the sensations and sounds. I was lying on my bed praying, when my praying war tongue started with a distinct sound of Power and Force.
It was incredible; at times my body would go into the fetal position and at times shake as my prayer language would go crazy with words and sounds I had never heard before. In the beginning, I sensed this Power and saw in the spirit a dome of protection around my house. As the warfare proceeded and got stronger the dome got bigger and bigger, and the prayer language got stranger and stranger until I saw this dome cover the whole United States.
In the spirit, I could see thousands of arrows flying through the sky as the prayer language proceeded at an incredible rate. The spiritual sky was almost not visible from all the arrows being sent with this Spiritual Power. From where I was viewing the warfare, I couldn’t see who was shooting the arrows and spears. Though, I knew they were coming from the Lord’s Angels. The arrows were moving from the left toward the right from where I was standing or from my view point. I couldn’t see where the arrows were landing, and I wouldn’t want to be there when they did.
The prayer language sounds that were coming out of my mouth sounded like the shooting of machine gun bullets. I guess you would call it a power tongue. The Holy Spirit’s Presence was just incredible and Powerful. What kept coming to my mind was the movie Aliens 2 where these soldiers were locked in this room and they left these automatic guns outside to stand guard to shoot at anything that moved. This was how the prayer language was coming out of my mouth, with Power, Force and Direction.
I could sense the Power of the Holy Spirit flowing through my whole body as if anything demon got in the way of the Power tongue, it would have no chance at ALL, to survive the Power of the Lord. Since the Lord doesn’t miss when He shoots, I knew the demons were moving all over the place and falling like flies. I could tell that this was a large offensive move by the Lord.
These sounds make your body shake and move in all sorts of ways as the Power flows out. It electrifies your whole body in ways that are hard to explain. For every cell in your body is charged and feels as though they were going to explode with the Power surge of the prayer language.
I really don’t understand and there are many unanswered questions, but the POWER PRESENCE WAS THERE WITHOUT A DOUBT!!! It was a power move that could not be ignored, something you could not fantasize or dream up. This went on for two and one half hours WITHOUT STOP.
Now, after several hours of warfare behind me and several hours of typing, I still sensed something going on in the spirit as I lay in bed. There always seems to be warfare whenever I type the Prophecies. I started typing again after a few weeks off of just mailing them and uploading them on the computer services. And now I am sensing the intense warfare in the spirit and I am way behind in my typing.
I am beginning to sense the same Power Presence again, of four hours ago. I am getting goose bumps all over my body and can sense something going on in the spirit. I ran out of Communion crackers and all I had was some grape juice for Communion tonight. I haven’t had the chance or the money to buy some, but I know the Lord has everything in control.
Somehow when you get into this spiritual warfare your flesh takes a back seat to your spirit. It has no say or knowledge of what is going on except that it is plugged into the Lord’s Power Source. Your flesh seems to know it’s going into direct contact or hand to hand fighting with the demonic forces.
Your spirit develops a union with the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit takes complete charge of your body. It knows what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. Your spirit is perfectly in tune with the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit directs your spirit in the warfare.
Your mind most of the time doesn’t comprehend as your body reacts to the repercussions of the warfare. At times, it’s like you’re on this spiritual roller coaster as the Holy Spirit takes you through the ups and downs and around the curves of the warfare with complete and total Power and Control. Afterwards you not only get a spiritual rush, but you also get a little drunk in the spirit. The repercussions are due to the Power surges that go though your body, and of the demonic counter attacks that your body receives during the battle as the forces of good and evil collide with this unbelievable force.
This union between your spirit and the Holy Spirit is in total harmony and at times leaves your flesh bewildered. You do get glimpses in the spirit of what is going on, but not all the time. Like now, this minute, I sense something is going on…, my spirit is sensing POWER!!!!, Angelic Power!!! The Holy Spirit is doing something, maybe He is protecting me from the warfare earlier, or maybe the enemy is regrouping and is going to try to hit me tonight. But by the Power Presence I sense in my room it’s going to be a heck of a battle, maybe I’ll sleep through it, and not even get involved.
It seems when you walk in the spirit you have to fight in the spirit. During those times you want to stay in the spirit especially when you know you’re breaking strong holds and principalities, and you know you’re on the offense and the dark spirits don’t have a chance due to the Holy Spirit’s Power. You begin to think of all the times the enemy has hit you, your family, your friends, or the Body of Christ. This might sound unchristian, but you get this revenge attitude. You realize you are in the spirit and that the Lord is using you with Power. And you have your chance to strike back and throw some blows in tongues, and once you start you don’t want to stop, or maybe the Holy Spirit uses you until you can’t take anymore. Whatever the case, it’s very, very powerful and draining all at the same time. For the Lord uses every bit of strength you have and then some.
I am trying to think of other words to really explain this experience…, but there just aren’t words to describe it correctly, at least I don’t have the words. It’s a power that transmits the Power through the tongue or prayer language. It is as though your tongue or prayer language is used to direct Angelic Warriors, to show them what to do, how to do it, when to do it, through the Power of the Holy Spirit. You have no power at all except what the Holy Spirit sends through you; you’re only the vessel to transmit the language or Power Force. It sounds crazy, doesn’t it?
This union between the human body, the Angels, and the Lord is simple: it’s a power unity. During those times you sense the direction, so you direct. It isn’t even me for the Lord has total control, but for some reason he wants, or needs human volunteers to participate. I really don’t know, but somehow we are included in this spiritual war or used by God in some way to fight a part of this spiritual war. Maybe Heaven isn’t free after all, and we Christians have to fight for it in part. Or maybe we are doing it by carrying our cross in all areas of the spirit. I guess that’s all I don’t know if I’ll get any sleep tonight. (over)
During the night I was awakened to find myself squeezing a demon by the head. Somehow, I had him in a head lock with my arms wrapped tightly around his head next to my chest. I had him so tight he could not move at all. It took me a few seconds to come to my senses and realized what was in my arms.
I started to bind and rebuke it, when it said to me, “Don’t!, I am your son Steve.”
I was still in shock by this unexpected awaking that I didn’t know what to do. After we both lay there staring at each other a few seconds, I realized it wasn’t Steve. So I bound it, and rebuked it to the pit of hell in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I prayed and thanked the Lord and went back to an uneasy sleep. This whole thing left me in shock for the rest of the day. (over again)
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