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When Jesus was preparing for his final moments, he spent an evening with his disciples which we now refer to as "the last supper." During that time with them, he gave a "final discourse" in which he explained quite a lot about how their relationship was going to change after his death and resurrection. Among other things, he promised them that their training would continue (Jn.14-16). Except that from this point on, instead of Jesus in the flesh, it would be the Spirit of God speaking into their lives and teaching them how to live in the new Kingdom.
In his first recorded letter to the Corinthians, Paul describes this process at length, although it appears he struggled to capture this in words. To paraphrase his description:
These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. No one can comprehend God's ways or how God thinks about things — only God Himself can do that. And we have received His Spirit precisely for the purpose of revealing to us these thoughts of God. But this revelation is not done in clever words or persuasive arguments. Instead our spirit is taught directly by God's Spirit using a spiritual language, that is discerned by our spirit. (1Cor.2:10+)
This is at once both very specific and very unclear! Paul is quite adamant about the nature of this revelation, that it is not something we dream up or figure out through our analytical abilities. God somehow bypasses human language and reveals Himself to us in ways that our redeemed spirit can get glimpses of, if we are paying attention. This is why great Christian leaders throughout history have always spoken of moments when they suddenly realize something they had not seen before, as if their eyes were opened to a new way of perceiving. We sense God's revelations to our spirit primarily as spontaneous thoughts, ideas, and images. The eyes of our heart are opened to new insights and new ways of making sense of the spiritual world, and as a result we are fed in our soul and renewed in our mind. This is how God speaks to us.
In this particular passage, Paul also identifies the type of content God generally reveals. It is noteworthy that Paul does not mention such things as guidance, how to decide which donkey cart to buy, or who to marry. What God primarily reveals to us is God Himself and His gifts of grace to us for life in His Kingdom. Not only because that helps us keep our eyes fixed on Him rather than our circumstances, but also because He is what we really need most of all. Once we have our compass pointed North, we can then find our way much better in our three dimensional world. | <urn:uuid:636f4bc1-443b-48ad-934d-a6872a069124> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | http://kingdomformation.org/gods-spirit-to-ours/ | 2018-06-19T16:09:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267863100.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20180619154023-20180619174023-00318.warc.gz | en | 0.979868 | 534 | [
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Most of us spend money on things we could get for free. And in many cases, it’s not as if we are consciously paying for greater convenience or some other intangible. We’re just throwing money down the toilet.
So even if you have tightened up your budget and eliminated unnecessary expenditures, we’re betting you can wring out more savings by reviewing this list. It features dumb things we all pay for that we really shouldn’t.
Check it out, then put the savings in the bank, pay off some debt or spend it on something that you really need. | <urn:uuid:f0aeffd9-7ed0-49b1-9b19-b37e386daf20> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | http://localpizzadeliverywalledlakemi.info/slideshows/12-dumb-things-pay-for-but-dont-need/ | 2018-06-19T15:50:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267863100.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20180619154023-20180619174023-00318.warc.gz | en | 0.946125 | 132 | [
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I knew of a sensei who taught Aikido when he was 80- he had white hair, wrinkled skin, and was barely 5 feet tall. Yet, he was one of the greatest martial artists the world has ever known. This frail looking old man taught almost a million people at the time of his death. In case you haven't figured it out yet, the old, wrinkled person of whom I speak is Morihei Ueshiba.
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one of the greatest writers, I try to read all hers
She can certainly summon up the spooky in this one, as well as making is a good mystery.
A mystery set in the Maryland countryside. A likable heroine, an old mansion with ghosts, a budding romance, and lots of suspense. This writer is always a great read!
A great Barbara Michaels read!
Turning a decrepit old mansion into a beautiful country inn isn't easy, but for Andrea Torgesen, the hard work is exactly what her young brother, Jim, needs after a serious car accident. Or, so she thinks--until Jim is haunted by unearthly voices and eerie visions, and becomes obsessed with a long-neglected graveyard. Suddenly, the impossible becomes terrifyingly possible and Andrea must battle an evil force that threatens to destroy their lives
Bit slow moving, not enough ghosties.
Excellent book! One of my very favorites!! LOVED it!
Elizabeth Peters writing as Barbara Michaels. Spooky and entertaining.
This is the story of a woman and her younger brother inheriting a house from a great aunt ... yes, a haunted house. There are just enough spooky things in this story to satisfy those who like a little bit of ghostliness in their books -- not a lot of ghostly stuff though. This book was very well written. Ms. Michaels described her characters so well you come to care about them. One flaw to this book is that the main character is not a very nice person, she's downright nasty most of the time -- sarcastic. She was not a sympathetic character at all. You come away from this character thinking she is a complete jerk. The characters around her are wonderful "people" and they are often hurt by her sarcastic words. No she absolutely has no redeeming qualities. Also, there is a surprise ending that I found very disappointing. That all said, I gave this book a 4 because it was well written and held my attention until the very end
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Recommendations regarding Data Analytics made during the 26th meeting of the GST Council
Recommendations regarding Data Analytics made during the 26th Meeting of Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council held today in the national capital under the Chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley
In the 26th meeting held here today , the GST Council has been apprised of the fact that CBEC and GSTN have started detailed data analytics across a number of data sets available with them. The outcome of preliminary data analysis has revealed interesting insights:
It was deliberated that this information may be further analysed and adequate action may be initiated accordingly.
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After we’ve covered the news about the Lenovo product lines that will be shown at CES 2013, is now we have a detail picture of ThinkVision LT1423p, the portable screen which support for touch screen capability using stylush.
Lenovo ThinkVision LT1423p is a portable monitor with a 13.3 inch screen size. With a weight of 1.6 pounds, this monitor is certainly light enough to carry it everywhere. Additionally, pulling this monitor has two connectivity options, through cables or wirelessly. So you can choose between USB 3.0 cable or cordless version using WiFi connection.
For the wireless version, this monitor is powered by battery that claimed ca be used up to 10 hours. With a resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels, this monitor is also equipped with a protective Gorilla Glass. Interestingly, this monitor supports the use of the pen as one input method.
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Okay, so I've been going through the recent videos on Youtube detailing Sequence Six. This is the one where Connor takes part in the Boston Tea Party and meets Samuel Adams, a Patriot and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
But am I the only guy who thinks that Adams comes off as being... untrustworthy? As in, not the straightest arrow in the quiver? Even a cursory look at his Wikipedia page indicates something about his ability to incite mob violence or something. I don't know about you guys, but I don't trust him.Read more >
Very recently, a new trailer for Assassins Creed 3's Multiplayer has just been released (or possibly leaked) on GameTrailers, showcasing a bit of the multiplayer, plus, a new insight as to how this ties in to the game's fiction.
Now, I don't know about you guys, but let me get this straight... This is hugely advanced technology that allows the Templars to find the Pieces of Eden, see the secret history of the world, not to mention information such as, oh, I don't know... the Ones Who Came Before.
And they're putting it out on the consumer market?
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Do you have a plan that will ensure that your surviving companion animals receive the care, attention and home they deserve?
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Abstract 10936: Dietary Salt Intake and Prediction of Cardiovascular Events
The association of dietary salt and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the benefit of dietary salt restriction in the prevention of CVD has been under debate recently. We studied the salt consumption (mg sodium/1000 kcal) as a risk factor for fatal and nonfatal CVD in our population-based cohort of 1045 subjects collected in years 1991-1993 (mean age 51.1 years, SD 5.94) with comprehensive baseline characteristics and approximately 19 years follow up. At the baseline, 716 subjects filled in a 1-week food follow-up diary, which was used for the daily sodium intake calculation. At the baseline, sodium consumption correlated positively with age (r= 0.12, p=0.002) and other traditional risk factors of cardiovascular disease (smoking r=0.14, p=0.000; systolic blood pressure r=0.11, p=0.005; BMI r=0.22, p=0.000; waist r=0.27, p=0.000; LDL cholesterol r=0.08, p=0.03; Spearmann correlations). Those who had cardiovascular event in the follow up consumed more sodium at the baseline (2010.4 mg/1000 kcal, SD=435.2, n=101) than those without events (1849.9 mg/1000 kcal, SD 361.2, n=589), p=0.000. When quartiles of sodium consumption were considered, the cardiovascular events were more prevalent in the highest quartile (23 %) than in the lower quartiles (1st10.7 %, 2nd 11.4 %, 3rd 13.9 %) (Chi square p=0.005). The cumulative hazard of CVD in the quartiles of sodium intake in males is shown in the figure. In the Cox regression analysis, sodium consumption as a continuous variable was an independent predictor of cardiovascular event ( P=0.021) when age, sex, smoking, systolic blood pressure, LDL cholesterol and waist were added as covariates. In conclusion, dietary salt intake is a significant independent predictor of cardiovascular events.
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Public outrage over the treatment of Canada’s “security certificate” detainees has receded with the seemingly good news that four of the five detainees are now living at home. But the reality of house arrest is almost worse, because it effectively extends the almost total loss of freedom the men endure to their wives, children and friends.
Imagine the government has declared you a threat to national security, but you’re not allowed to know why. You spend upwards of seven years behind bars under a secretive, arbitrary process reminiscent of a Kafka novel. You watch your children grow up through thick glass in weekly intervals of 20-minute visits, unable to hug and kiss them. Your life is haunted by the threat of deportation to torture.
After all this, the prospect of house arrest might sound like paradise. But even this improvement in your condition becomes a nightmare under some of the most draconian bail conditions ever seen in Canada.
You have a large device affixed to your leg that is linked to a GPS satellite, tracking your every move. To charge the device’s battery, you must sit plugged into an electrical outlet for two uninterrupted hours a day. You cannot sleep during the charging because if you turn the wrong way you might upset the delicate pins in the device.
Video cameras and alarms are placed in your home at all entrances and selected windows, and you must ensure your residence has a parking spot for the government agents who are charged with your 24-7 surveillance. All of your phone conversations, including those with your lawyers, are monitored and recorded for analysis by counterterrorism officials. All of your mail, from bills to birthday cards, is intercepted by state agents who make duplicates of it so that special “counterterrorism analysts” can determine whether your partner’s Sears bill reveals any “trends” or “codes” that might be deemed detrimental to national security.
What sounds like a dystopian sci-fi stomach-turner is in fact a growing trend in Canadian state surveillance of individuals who seek bail in certain high-profile cases, especially those subject to security certificates.
For almost two decades, security certificates have allowed for the indefinite detention of refugees and permanent residents on undisclosed national security grounds and, although declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2007, they remain in place with minor modifications.
This Star Chamber-like process has made Canada the subject of criticism from numerous United Nations bodies, as well as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and members of all Canadian political parties. But public outrage over the certificates and especially the conditions under which the detainees have been held (some spent years in unheated solitary confinement cells) has receded with the seemingly good news that four of the five detainees are now living at home.
But the almost total control exercised over every aspect of these men’s lives while in jail – men who have never been convicted of any crime – has now been extended to their family members, their court-approved supervisors and any friends who venture to visit or call.
There has been little media coverage of the insidious manner in which the bail conditions can turn a simple trip to the corner store for milk into a complicated process that requires delicate negotiations with state agents along with the constant fear that a simple error (perhaps going to the wrong corner store) could land you back in jail. Nor has there been much documentation of the devastating psychological and physical impact on all those whose lives are touched by these conditions.
“When my Dad was coming out, I thought life was going to be easier, we were going to actually be a proper family,” says 15-year-old Afnan Jaballah, whose father, Mahmoud, has been targeted by CSIS since the late 1990s. “But looking at it now, it’s pathetic and hard. We haven’t done anything wrong. We’re not terrorists. We’re not anything. We’re just normal human beings following our religion. Nobody should be following us. Nobody should be looking at us.”
Afnan describes the difficulty of having friends over, given the video cameras placed on the outside of their home and the fact that friends who do accompany the family on government-approved public outings find they are constantly followed by Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers who wear bullet-proof vests, sidearms and dark glasses. “Some friends, when they see this, they get scared and don’t bother coming on outings with me. I’m losing my friends. It is really hard.”
This typical Canadian teenager, like others in security certificate families, feels that she herself is being punished, and is becoming socially isolated because of the secret allegations against and overt surveillance of her father.
It’s enough to produce a rift in the closest of families. Anyone familiar with the potential stress of planning a weekend trip to an amusement park or mall with a group of children and their friends might begin to appreciate the problems likely to arise when such trips must be approved a week in advance since the friends’ parents need state permission to meet your husband. In addition, the trip is subject to rigorous route restrictions (no unplanned bathroom breaks or donut shop excursions), and you will be followed by CBSA officers in a manner that makes all members of the group feel like they’re featured guests on America’s Most Wanted.
“Right now, I hate the word “˜outing’ because of what is happening,” Afnan’s brother, 13-year-old Ali Jaballah, told a Federal Court judge last fall. Since the age of five, Ali has hoisted picket signs and distributed flyers in attempts to have his father released. Having grown up in the glare of media lights, he longs for private time with his family. But when he leaves the house with his father, he is constantly watching the agents who are watching him, and instead of enjoying a playground on a summer’s evening, he is incessantly asking what time it is, fearful they might miss his father’s 9 p.m. curfew. “I’m just worried they might take him back [to jail],” Ali says.
While each detainee is allowed a certain number of outings per week, all must be pre-approved at least three business days in advance. Outings are sometimes rejected without a reason given, though certain patterns have emerged around restricted access to locations that may be host to a high number of Muslims. Indeed, requests to attend Muslim Day at Canada’s Wonderland and the annual Eid gathering at Toronto’s Rogers Centre were rejected, while requests to go to crowded shopping malls have been approved. Mahmoud Jaballah reports that a visit to his daughter’s public high school parent-teacher night was approved, but his request to meet teachers at his younger children’s Islamic school was turned down.
None of this is called for in the court’s bail orders. Neither are the arbitrary decisions that have been made by CBSA, such as requiring pre-approved individuals to provide 48 hours notice of a visit, forcing said visitors to sign a jail-like log book or indefinitely cancelling any and all outings for a period of time for undisclosed reasons.
Detainees and their loved ones question why intrusive, eyes-on surveillance is necessary, especially when court-approved “supervisors” for the men, usually their wives, grown children and close friends, have already been tasked with monitoring the individual’s compliance with their conditions.
While officials with the CBSA maintain these are simply additional measures to ensure compliance, a formerly secret CBSA manual released in Federal Court this past February contradicts such rationalizations, revealing a very specific policy that uses house arrest as a cover for intelligence gathering.
Entitled “Security Certificate Case Monitoring,” the manual provides a skewed view that would likely scare and confuse CBSA officers tasked with following the detainees. Indeed, with headings like “There is no zero risk situation,” the manual repeatedly states that these individuals have “links to terrorism,” a specious and defamatory allegation that has never been proven in a fair and legal process.
Another bold-faced heading states, “National security must not be compromised.” Given that no rational discussion follows about what this means, coupled with the manual’s broad definition of risk – “the chance that something bad will occur” – it’s no wonder that CBSA officers come across as paranoid and unnecessarily harsh.
Under a section entitled “residence check,” officers are told they may enter a detainee’s house to conduct a search but must do so with respect. However, “where there are reasonable grounds to believe that there is a potential risk, officer safety will take precedence over cultural, religious and gender considerations.” Given the sensationalistic manner in which CBSA presents the issue to its officers, it’s likely that officers are never more than a gut feeling away from concluding they have “reasonable grounds to believe that there is a potential risk.” Numerous complaints from detainees about the manner in which such sensitivity considerations have not always been respected support this conclusion.
It was the accumulation of such incidents that led detainee Mohammad Mahjoub to have himself returned to jail two years after his release. No longer able to witness the pain his family was experiencing, he insisted on being returned to the maximum security institution on the grounds of Millhaven Penitentiary built especially for the security certificate cases.
Like Jaballah’s children, Mahjoub’s kids have also been traumatized by the state’s handling of their father’s bail conditions. Violating the sanctity of the place often considered safest – home – can have profound and lasting effects on kids, as when Mahjoub’s children came home one day last summer to discover that their new Wii had been seized by CBSA officers while they were out. The explanation was that the game may have an Internet-capable connection (about which no one in the family was aware). One of his bail conditions prohibits Internet access for Mr. Mahjoub.
Mona Elfouli, the children’s mother, explains, “You could see how angry and screaming and crying the kids were. Why did they do that to us? They don’t let us have any fun at all. They take anything that we enjoy.” The family’s efforts to have the game returned, promising to keep it in a locked room that Mr. Mahjoub could not access, took over six months.
A short time after losing their Wii, the Mahjoub kids purchased a pet snake. The next day one of them refused to go to school, acting out and crying constantly. Eventually, as Ms. Elfouli relates it, “he said he didn’t want to come back from school and see that his pet was gone. He was afraid the CBSA would take it.”
Ali Jaballah and his mother, Husnah Al Mashtouli, demonstrate to clear the name of their loved one, detainee Mahmoud Jaballah, in Toronto.
THE MAHJOUB AND JABALLAH families no longer host the gatherings of friends that once marked their lives. Individuals wishing to be approved as visitors must provide personal information, including the name and address of their employers, as well as a picture (the idea of which must send shivers of fear throughout the Muslim community, where targeting based on false information or the loosest of guilt-by-association allegations can have devastating consequences). Given that all information collected by the CBSA goes onto a central anti-terrorism database in Ottawa, there is no telling with whom the information is subsequently shared, either within the Canadian government or abroad. The recent cases of Abdullah Almalki, Muayyed Nureddin, Ahmad El Maati and Maher Arar, all Canadians tortured abroad based on false and inflammatory allegations by CSIS and the RCMP, are cautionary tales for a community that is targeted and harassed by those very agencies. (See Lorne Brown’s review of the book Dark Days in this issue.)
While some might dismiss such fears as paranoia, the CBSA document illustrates just how well-founded they are. The section on phone taps states that “telephone monitoring can also be a valuable source of information on the ISSC [individual subject to security certificate] as well as their supervisor and associates” (i.e., their friends, none of whom are subject to security certificates but all of whom are now the subject of investigation).
The CBSA document then states that telephone taps are “most beneficial after a catalyst event, such as a residence search, interview, spot check or interactions during an outing or appointment. These occurrences, along with what the ISSC says and who they say it to, could be valuable information that leads to additional targets.”
Additional targets? In essence, house arrest becomes a huge fishing expedition for the government. “Even when a breach of conditions is not apparent, the information may be beneficial for intelligence purposes,” the manual notes, adding, “Where possible, monitoring officers should attempt to gather intelligence for use by headquarters, the regions and other government departments.” Who knows where this “information-sharing” ends or the degree of harm that may come to individuals who could suddenly find themselves on no-fly lists, rendered to a third country or denied employment for mysterious reasons, all because of the secretive actions of overzealous, racially profiling agencies like CBSA, CSIS, the RCMP, Foreign Affairs and the Department of Justice?
Both Mahjoub and Jaballah, as well as Mohamed Harkat (in Ontario) and Adil Charkaoui (in Quebec) have challenged such conditions, with Charkaoui successfully having most of them eliminated after four years of having to be accompanied everywhere by his mother or father. In the Ontario cases, however, judges have shown a great deal more deference to the government and its secret information.
A detainee knows that indefinite jail time will result from any breach. Yet if the government commits any violations, there is no penalty. This became clear when it was revealed that CSIS, one party to these proceedings, had been listening in on two years’ worth of solicitor-client phone calls at the request of the CBSA, a clear and well-understood violation of one of the bedrock principles of a democratic justice system.
While the Federal Court did issue an order calling on CSIS to stop listening to such calls, the judge hearing the case stated: “I don’t want to hear any more about it. It is done. It is over. It is finished. It has happened. We understand it happened. It is unfortunate, but there is nothing we can do to change the past. We can only look at what goes from here in terms of where it will go from here.”
But what role did those illegally obtained solicitor-client phone calls play in padding CSIS’ accusations against the detainees, their families and their friends? Where does the cycle of illegality and impunity end?
It is against this backdrop that all of the detainees and their families are preparing for the next stage in their long struggle to clear their names. Throughout 2009, “reasonableness” hearings will be taking place both in public and, without the detainees present, in parallel secret hearings in order to determine whether the security certificates will be upheld. This two-stage process leaves some wondering whether the public hearing is simply a show trial designed to give the appearance of fairness. While the new process allows for security-cleared lawyers to test some of the secret case evidence, they cannot speak about what happens behind closed doors, even with the detainee, nor are they allowed to cross-examine the government’s confidential informants, leaving the defendant no closer to knowing or being able to contest the case against him.
The stress of preparing for and attending such hearings – which will ultimately determine whether the detainees will be deported to torture, relegated to indefinite house arrest based on secret allegations they can never properly answer, or simply released – is difficult enough. To mount such a defence while dealing with the intricacies of house arrest and constant surveillance presents an almost incomprehensible challenge.
For the Toronto families, it has been a never-ending challenge to raise healthy, happy children in such an environment. As Mona Elfouli recently told a Federal Court judge:
“I brought my kids up to love everyone and to be there for everyone, and not to fear anyone and not to be angry at anyone. But my kids are growing up now, with the situation that we are in, because of the surveillance, because of coming in and taking things from them and making their life miserable, they started to say, “˜I hate CBSA.’
“I say, “˜Guys, you know what? We love everyone. Don’t say you hate them. Say, I hate their action. I don’t like it, and we can talk to them and get them to change it.’ When their dad was in detention, at the beginning they were small; they didn’t know. At the time, I wanted to explain to them. I said, “˜You know, you’re old enough to understand that your dad is in jail, and that’s not because he has done something wrong. It’s just the government are human beings and they sometimes make mistakes. And we talked to them [the government] and tried to help them to correct their mistake, and when it is corrected, your dad would be home.’
“It took a long time after I said that, and the children, I was afraid they wouldn’t trust what I said anymore. But then, their dad came home. And I said, “˜See, guys, we were able to make it.’”
Elfouli promised her pre-teen children that the same relentless persistence that brought their father home after seven years in jail will eventually end the house arrest that disrupts their daily lives. This past March, though, the family had had enough. Facing two impossible choices, the family decided to revoke Mr. Mahjoub’s bail and return him to prison. Elfouli is relying on opponents of security certificates to ensure another seven years don’t pass before their family can live under one roof, free from harassment and state control.
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Display many photos with an old frame, wire, and clothespins. PERFECT use for the huge frame I just took apart for the girls hair bow holder! (instead use coloring for clothespins and frame! Glitta it up)
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If you missed it, read the down-low on what Greatist's Renew Year Challenge is all about.
Between cars, trains, and sitting at your desk, it’s easy to spend much more time on your butt than feet throughout the day. And though it may be tough to get your hands on rollerblades, walking is an easy alternative.
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In a blog that I’d like to be a fortress of positivity, this is a hard post to write. Steam Greenlight launched yesterday, a service that allows the Steam community to vote up or down on whether any submitted game or game concept should be released for digital distribution. Since Greenlight is in its infancy, I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt and assume that most early kinks will be worked out—like the fact that no one knows whether a thumbs down is a “neutral” vote or subtracts someone else’s thumbs up, the lack of a neutral vote if the thumbs down isn’t one, the inability to sort games by title, the joke game submissions, the potential for abuse from game developers being able to delete any comment, the already-in-effect abuse from troll commenters, and the randomized order of presenting games to vote on. (Regarding the randomization, you could move through three pages of games and see the same one pop up three times because they’re unsorted.) After all of that gets necessary improvements and revisions, we’re left with the core idea: check out hundreds of games and decide whether they’re worth your time.
Click for full size, but you get the gist.
I’ve rated 190 games so far. Just 403 to go. Just… 403… to go…
In college, I had a brief stint as an editor on the university’s literary magazine, where we all sifted through submitted fiction and non-fiction stories to accept or reject them for publication. Paid positions for the role aren’t terribly common in the world, but it’s the perfect place for a sadist to try to land a job since it revolves around crushing the dream of a good 95% of people who get in touch. The saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” asks the reader not to judge a written story by a promotional picture and that’s fine; the saying “don’t judge a book by its first page,” if it existed, would be laughed at by almost any editor. Out of a misplaced sense of obligation, I read each story that I received in full and I can say that 2 out of every 175 stories that started off poorly-written got better further in. It’s all too often possible to judge a work of fiction by its first paragraph or even its first sentence. Just ask this guy.
Steam Greenlight is a perfect analogy to that process of digging through rough to find diamond. It’s a fine heap of garbage much like the ones cobbled together by Sho Minamimoto in The World Ends With You, but without the hilarious over-the-top mathematical ranting. If the idea behind the OUYA can be considered a demonstration of the highest potential of “the indies”—the opportunity to bring not only games into the market, but full systems—then Steam Greenlight is a reality check about how so many can’t put together anything that rubs up against “passable.” With Greenlight still in its new car smell phase, I rated almost 200 games out of sheer tenacity and to say that 15% of them came across as worthwhile for fans of their genre would be an overstatement.
The kid in The Sixth Sense saw dead people. I see dead games. They’re the mediocrity littering Greenlight, created by people who lack either the pride or the courage to make better experiences. They’re the programmers who can’t draw but don’t bother to find artists, the designers who can barely code but don’t bother to find programmers, and the artists who can’t structure a game’s progression but don’t bother to find designers. They’re the developers who defend their games on the basis of hard work instead of high quality. They’re the developers who try to do everything themselves when they don’t have the all-around talent of guys like Pixel (Cave Story) or ZUN (Touhou), yet also won’t reach out to others who can provide the talent, time, or money to take their game to the next level. | <urn:uuid:64bcd481-cc3f-48ea-bdeb-d2edad7a512f> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | http://jellypaladin.com/blog/2012/08/ | 2018-06-23T15:28:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267865098.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20180623152108-20180623172108-00318.warc.gz | en | 0.946307 | 889 | [
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Will Forte has learned that life can deliver you to some pretty weird and unexpected places.
When the Saturday Night Live star appeared in the first goofy MacGruber sketch, he never, in his most deranged dreams, envisioned his clueless, mullet-headed, bomb-diffusing character at the center of a big-screen summer action movie.
And he certainly didn't foresee a scene in that movie that would require him to be filmed naked on a bitterly frigid night in a cemetery.
"Yeah, so there I was standing there, with nothing but a little sock around my genitals," recalls Forte, 39. "And I'm adjusting the sock when, suddenly, (SNL executive producer) Lorne Michaels appears out of nowhere and snaps a photo with his cell phone.
"I have no idea if he ever sent it to anyone, but if it winds up on the Internet, I'll know where it came from."
Forte can thank Jorma Taccone for that awkward moment. Three years ago, Taccone, an SNL writer, pitched a sketch pegged to a spoof of MacGyver, the 1980s TV spy series about a resourceful secret agent (Richard Dean Anderson) who worked his way out of life-threatening jams using ordinary items such as a paper clip or a book of matches.
Forte's first reaction? No, thanks.
Recalls Taccone, "He told me, 'That's a really dumb idea,' which didn't surprise me at all because it is. But I pestered him about it for over a month and finally wore him down."
Forte was just as skeptical last spring when Michaels suggested he huddle with Taccone and fellow SNL scribe John Solomon to write a spec script that would expand the two-minute sketches into a full-blown movie. Yes, the MacGruber character had gained widespread popularity via some Pepsi commercials that aired during the 2009 Super Bowl, but still ...
"We thought it was crazy," Forte says. "But we also thought it would be stupid not to at least toss around some ideas. We went off to brainstorm and started getting really excited with what we came up with."
Rather than approach the film as an extension of the sketch, the trio whipped up a tongue-in-cheek R-rated homage to classic 1980s action flicks such as Lethal Weapon and Die Hard, crammed with what Taccone describes as "nudity, sex, violence and gratuitous cursing."
"We just whipped up this crazy world and stuck our crazy character in the middle of it," says Taccone, who makes his directorial debut with the film.
Shot on a tight 28-day schedule in New Mexico, MacGruber has our bumbling hero coming out of retirement to track down a nuclear warhead stolen by a madman played by Val Kilmer. Also in the cast are SNL co-star Kristen Wiig, who plays MacGruber's sidekick and love interest, and Ryan Phillippe and Powers Boothe as his military cohorts.
MacGruber, which opens Friday, is just one of several projects being juggled these days by workaholic Forte. In addition to his SNL gig, he provides the voice of Principal Wally on the animated series The Cleveland Show, and he has completed work on another comedic film, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy. Also, his voice work can be heard in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV.
Over the years, Forte has proved that he's willing to do almost anything to sell a joke. In a recent episode of 30 Rock, for example, he played a Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) impersonator, complete with high heels and short skirt. Fortunately, he had the legs to pull it off.
"His commitment is so intense," Taccone says. "If he believes in a joke, he will die for that joke."
Then again, doing a nude scene in a big-screen movie takes things to a whole new level — a level that, Forte admits, can bring with it certain repercussions.
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Insurance Company - Tornado - (CIYIN008)
Overview: You are a CMT member for a large insurance company. As the sky turns from black to dark green your hear the weather warning that a tornado is heading towards your office building. Before you can even think . . .
Exercise Focus: Emergency Response / Crisis Communications / Public Relations
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I have documented all of the known cemeteries by visiting each one and taking a few pictures mainly of the sign, church or whatever. I have done complete surveys in a half dozen or so cemeteries and partial surveys in a few more. I plan to do all the small cemeteries in time. I have recently been concentrating on cemeteries that no longer exist for one reason or another. This is proving to be very interesting! So far I have documented 103 cemeteries in the county plus 10 more that no longer exist. | <urn:uuid:9b84fea6-e555-4519-88f9-b60dd5a175ad> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | https://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/states/topics/fl/hillsborough/649/ | 2018-06-24T15:53:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267866965.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20180624141349-20180624161349-00638.warc.gz | en | 0.972869 | 115 | [
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“CHANGES IN PHARYNGEAL PHASE OF SWALLOWING IN PATIENTS TREATED FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER”
Elma H. M. Azevedo; Renata L. V. Guedes; Irene de P. Netto; Camila B. Barcelos; Simone A. C. da Silva-Lopes; Taís Spineli; Patrícia M. Milanello;
João Gonçalves Filho; Elisabete Carrara-de Angelis.
Dysphagia is a recent area of knowledge and the swallowing physiology is still the focus of many controversies. Understanding of “normal” swallowing before knowing what is “abnormal” have been the target for many researchers and clinicians. On head and neck cancer patients, swallowing is deficient and normally the presence of stasis and aspiration is common. Characterization of pharyngeal phase of swallowing on these patients is still a challenge.
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PET, CT and PET/CT Scan Houston TX
What is a PET scan?
PET (position emission tomography) is an imaging technique to examine the chemical activity in parts of the body to see how organs and tissues are functioning. This information helps physicians diagnose many diseases.
How is a PET scan done?
A PET scan is performed by injecting a small amount of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), or radioactive form of glucose, into a vein. This allows physicians to image and measure how cells in the body use glucose.
What is a CT scan?
CT (computed tomography) scan is anatomic imaging that provides precise detail regarding the size and shape of organs and body structures. A CT scan is similar to a conventional x-ray exam, but the images are taken from different angles and combine the images to create detailed cross-sectional images of the body. These images can be viewed in 3D.
What is a PET/CT scan?
PET/CT (position emission tomography - computed tomography) scans merge metabolic detection with computerized imaging to precisely identify problem areas in the body.
Why is a PET/CT scan done?
A PET/CT imaging exam is used by physicians to make more accurate diagnoses, identify problems in their early stages and develop targets for treatment plans. PET/CT also can show how advanced a disease has become. PET, or positron emission tomography, provides the metabolic information. The computed tomography (CT) scan simultaneously takes multiple images to create a map of the body. This helps pinpoint the location of cancerous tumors or metabolic activity in the brain.
How is a PET/CT scan done?
You will be injected with a radioactive glucose (sugar). After the injection the technologist will place you in a quiet area to rest for approximately 45 minutes to one hour. A technologist will then assist you into a scanner that resembles a CT scanner, where images will be taken. The technologist will be in constant communication with you during the exam.
When will I have the results?
A trained physician (radiologist) will interpret your PET/CT exam. The technologist cannot interpret or discuss what they are viewing while performing the exam. A report with the results will be sent to your doctor within one to two business days. Please check with your doctor's office to discuss results.
Request a PET/CT Scan Appointment
You can now schedule a PET/CT scan online at select locations. Just click a time below to get started. Click "next week" to see more appointment times.
(877) 704-8700 or contact us to schedule at all other locations.
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One of first things Mayor Bloomberg needs to do is to disabuse himself of the notion that the city’s budget gap is mainly “a revenue problem,” as he put it soon after the election.
Yes, revenue projections have fallen sharply in the wake of the World Trade Center attack. But the city faced a budget gap even pre-9/11 – and the fundamental reason is spending.
The budget grew by 26 percent between fiscal 1997 and 2001, including nearly 9 percent in 2001 alone. As long the city was reaping record tax receipts from economic growth, this was no problem – in fact, a record surplus accumulated at the same time.
But once the economy cooled, spending was bound to catch up with revenues. Indeed, this is precisely what happened. Not counting prior-year surpluses, this year’s city budget effectively contained a $2 billion operating deficit when it was first adopted in June.
To cut the budget, Bloomberg will need to reduce personnel costs both by selectively reducing the massive workforce, and by demanding much more productivity out of the employees who remain.
He’ll also need to make major cuts in projected capital spending, which is otherwise slated to skyrocket over the next few years, driving up debt-service costs even further.
But the new mayor’s most immediate test is on the tax front. On its way out the door last month, the lame-duck City Council refused to prevent the remaining Dinkins-era income-tax surcharge from reverting to a full 14 percent this year. The resulting tax hike could cost New York another 10,700 private sector jobs, according to a Manhattan Institute analysis.
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Nothing says holiday dinner like a show-stopping roast, and I love this combination of sear-roasted beef tenderloin with a deeply flavored, richly colored red wine sauce. Not only is it delicious, it’s deceptively simple to make. The sauce can be made mostly in advance so there’s very little fussing at the last minute – and beef tenderloin, believe it or not, is one of the easiest things in the world to cook.
If you’ve ever wished you could see your Android phone’s screen on your desktop or remote control it using your mouse and keyboard we’ll show you how in this simple guide to gaining remote access to your Android device.
Four vertical images of slow cooker lasagna. The first is uncooked lasagna noodles layered in a crockpot, second the noodles are topped with cheese, third they are covered with sauce, and fourth is the final dish with a spatula removing a portion.
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Over 100 men, two grueling challenges and the opportunity to earn bragging rights for your Table.
Sound interesting? Then we have the perfect event for you.
Hike and Bike is back for 2017 on the weekend of 21st April and will be held at YHA Castleton in the Peak District.
For many years, the guys from the Yorkshire Area 9 have organized the popular event, which brings Tablers from around the country together in competition.
The weekend consists of two grueling days testing both your physical and mental strength, where 3/4 man teams featuring at least 2 Table members will compete against each other.
As with any Table event the camaraderie is like nothing else.
Teams set off a 3 minute intervals on a 15-mile hike across the hills with challenges along the way. Participants are only given the grid reference as their first checkpoint and gain each new location as they reach a checkpoint.
Last years challenges included:
Tyre Flipping (with a HGV tyre weighing approx. 92kg)
Bread Eating (Each team had to eat a full unsliced loaf in the quickest time possible)
Cairn Building (Teams had to build the tallest pile of rocks in a set time to earn points)
Team Skipping (Using a heavy Tug of War rope)
Again, teams set off in 3 minute intervals on a 22-mile bike ride across the hills, however this time they are given all the checkpoint locations and can go any route they choose. Teams are scored on which checkpoints they get to and lose points for being over the permitted time.
Whilst the whole weekend is run as one, it breaks down into three competitions that run simultaneously.
Main Competition – Teams that finish in the top half of day 1 compete for this on day 2
Plate Competition - Teams that finish in bottom half of day 1 compete for this on day 2
Area 9 Competition – Teams within Area 9 compete all weekend for the area title
Last year saw Beverley 247 win the main competition and they will be back to try and defend their title this year. The plate competition was won by Mirfield 652 and Elland picked up the Area 9 title despite it being their first time competing at Hike & Bike.
Think you can beat those guys? Then get involved and book a place now to avoid disappointment.
The price to attend the weekend is £115 per competitor and £100 for marshals if you don’t think your body could handle the exhausting challenge. This includes accommodation, t-shirts, badges, prizes and food.
For all the details including information on how to book your place for the weekend then head to the Facebook page.
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President Roosevelt takes a whistle-stop tour around US armament factories and shipyards.
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The HTC One 2014 (M8) leaks have been all over the place lately, but didn't suspect they'll go as far as this. Verizon-branded 32GB HTC One 4G LTE has been listed on eBay for sale.
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The phone itself isn't photographed for the eBay listing, but we already saw the 2014 HTC One with Verizon branding earlier today, when a dummy unit also hit eBay.
Yesterday we gave you almost all the information of the upcoming flagship phone you need. We already know the second camera will be used for selective focus and 3D shooting. The phone's specifications are also out detailing the One will feature a 5" 1080p screen, Snapdragon 801 chipset, 4MP camera on the back and a 5MP front-facing camera.
HTC will unveil the One 2014 edition on March 25, but at this point we are not sure there's a lot left for the company to announce.
A hat tip to Mr. Singh for the tip!
you do realise that this is just somebody trying to make easy money selling a piece of cardboard with pictures on it and your all falling for it?
why not just include a single better camera? the concept of ultrapixel is good, but the implementation isnt.
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Nadeem Farhoud, a young man of Palestinian origins born in Australia: a Palestinian at heart, a soccer player, college student, and an activist who created a fundraising campaign for Palestinian children throug the annual Futsal competition in October 2016, aiming to raise funds for the Palestinian children in Palestine.
Through this campaign, Nadeem wanted to gather sponsors, players and members of the community to raise their awareness to the reality of the struggle in Palestine and get them involved through the sport spectacle to donate for the cause.
PNN held an interview with Nadeem, who is currently in Australia, to know more about him and his campaign in Palestine.
– How old are you and what do you do?
I’m 20 years’ old, I study double degree in Law and International Relations. I play senior soccer within the “State 1” Victorian Division in Australia and I also coach soccer & Futsal at my old high school.
– Where are you from and how were you influenced by your visit to Palestine?
I was born in Australia, My father is Palestinian Australian from Safad. My Mother is also Palestinian Australian (her mother from Beit Safafa and her father from Yafa).
I was fortunate enough to visit Palestine in July 2016 and I instantly felt the strength of the sense of identity. While I always follow the situation in Palestine through the media and the news channels, being confronted with the reality of the situation, seeing, feeling and interacting with my fellow Palestinian has expended my horizon of knowledge and my appreciation grew towards the magnitude of the struggle and the mental fight to continue living and surviving. My visit to Aida Refugee Camp was a true eye-opener. The Camp is situated 2 kilometers north of the historic center of Bethlehem and 1 kilometer north of Beit Jala, in the central West Bank and neighboring the Apartheid Wall. I was monitoring and observing the standards of living of those within the camp. The schooling facilities are quite poor and the structure of many buildings around the camp are in poor condition. I met many of the leaders in the camp, the youth and the children, they shared their stories of struggle and they highlighted to me how a small avenue of help would go along away for the youth and the children in the camp. I made a commitment that upon my return back to Australia I would actively seek support and assistance for my fellow Palestinians at the camp and ensure that the help find its way to the youth and the children in the camp. I refused to be a tourist who would just visit Palestine to take snap shots, show sympathy and then go back home and continue living my life while I know quite well that I could have done something to make the life of the people I met back in Palestine is a little bit easier and a little bit more tolerable.
– Tell us about the league that you organized, and what is the main goal of having it?
Upon my return from Palestine, I decided to organize the annual Futsal competition in October 2016 in order to raise funds for the Palestinian children in Palestine. The main goal of organizing this Futsal tournament is gather sponsors, players and members of the community, share with them my experience and raise their awareness to the reality of the struggle in the camp (as well as other part of Palestine) and get them involved through the sport spectacle to donate for the cause. Futsal is a very popular sports within the Palestinian community in Melbourne-Australia and the youth of our community have been playing this game as a formal tournament for the past 4 years. Please check the activities of this tournament at
– Who are the teams? What was your message of the league?
We have 6 teams, each team has 7 to 8 players. The teams are:
Aida United FC (My team, which I captain)
Al-Lyd Fussball Bund
The purpose of Season 4 of the Futsal League is to raise funds for the Palestinian children at Aida Refugee Camp. Our goal is to Raise Australian $10,000 for the camp.
– How did you choose the names of the teams? (Based on what)? And why did you choose the name of Aida camp?
It was deliberate that each team’s name represented a city, village or camp in Palestine to ensure that there is always a connection between the Palestinian in Palestine and the Palestinian abroad and to also retain the knowledge, sense of identity and culture for our younger generations living outside of Palestine.
The captain of each of the teams is a Palestinian-Australian. 2 captains from Gaza, 1 from Al-Lyd and one from Jerusalem. We have also incorporated many other nationalities into our tournament, who are supportive of the Palestinian cause. For example players from Saudi Arabia who are studying in Australia and many other Australian citizens who’ve come from different origins like Lebanon, Somalia, Turkey, Greece and others.
I chose to name my team “Aida United FC” due to the real connection I have established with many of the youth, leaders and children at the camp. I wanted to represent them and be their ambassador through the sport of Futsal, I wanted them to follow the action of our tournament and be proud to see the “Aida team” placed top in the tournament ladder.
– Were there any Palestinian associations cooperating in the event?
The PCA, which is the Palestinian Community Association of Victoria, it’s mission of engaging the Palestinian community with the wider Australian society while maintaining and promoting our Palestinian identity. Also Olive Kids Foundation, which is an Australian registered foundation that seeks to facilitate financial support, education & medical assistance to Palestinian children.
– What is your word to the Palestinian people as a diasporic youth, and your word as a team?
As Palestinians living abroad and away from our home land, we all have a duty of care and obligation to remain connected to our land, our cause, our history and our people. We all have the responsibility to raise awareness about the reality of the life that Palestinians live in Palestine with great focus on the repeated abuse of human right and the injustice imposed on this population. Yes the problem it too complex to resolve and we do not need to certainly resolve in one day! but any small contribution with its financial, emotional support, media advocacy and with greater focus on improving the day-to-day life of Palestinian children we will make a positive impact.
I did it and will continue to do it and should you!
I also believe that direct contact with those in need in Palestine is the most important form of assistance, and I also believe that the gift of education is critical in order to empower the future generations of Palestinians to continue to re-build and prosper.
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The basketball gods are strange and whimsical deities, and when they feel like stopping the action, they will do so.
It certainly appeared as though a strange force was at work when the basketball came to rest on the back of the rim during Tuesday night’s Game 5 between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Clippers.
Tony Allen grabbed a rebound and laid up the ball with a heavy dose of backspin in the fourth quarter of the game, and the result brought the proceedings to an awkward, freakish standstill.
The ball hopped on the rim and wobbled a bit as commentators wondered aloud “What’s it gonna do?”
Well, as it happens, what the ball did was stick to the back of the rim like a kid afraid to jump off the diving board. The game was stopped by refs and the ball was taken down by refs but not before some amazing faces were made by players under the basket.
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Tayshaun Prince, on the other hand, looked like a kid whose best friend just left him for the cool kids up on the rim and won’t play with him anymore.
It’s not the most awkward thing NBA players have ever had to deal with concerning stuck balls in the hoop.
You can deal with a lot of weird things as seeing a strange video of NBA rookies tickling a bulging bag of balls in the net—it only makes you stronger.
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The Turtle of Oman, by poet Naomi Shihab Nye is a beautiful, quiet book about a young Omani boy and his family as they prepare to move to the United States, where his parents will attend graduate school.
Aref is bereft at the thought of leaving his home, his friends, and most of all, his grandfather, Sidi. Aref and Sidi are “a Team of Two,” who, “even when they weren’t doing anything special… pretended they were.”
As Aref’s mother is busy packing and preparing their house for cousins to live in for the three years they’ll be gone, she has little time to comfort Aref, who puts off packing and frets about life in the United States. But Sidi, who “always had time for Aref,” takes him on several adventures. These outings distract Aref from his sadness over leaving his “only, number, one, super-duper, authentic, absolutely personal place.”
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What is lupus? Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disorder that can affect virtually any organ of the body. In lupus, the body’s immune system, which normally functions to protect against foreign invaders, becomes hyperactive, forming antibodies that attack normal tissues and organs, including the skin, joints, kidneys, brain, heart, lungs, and blood. Lupus is characterized by periods of illness, called flares, and periods of wellness, or remission. ~from the Dept. of Health in NY State
My friend and I haven’t seen each other in many years, so I have yet to ask her about her dietary history in regards to meat & dairy. I firmly believe that meat & dairy are the root causes of many types of illnesses that happen to our bodies!
Jeff Nelson of VegSource starts this video by asking if you’ve ever wondered where Type 1 diabetes in children comes from, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, colitis (swelling of the large intestine – the colon) or any other autoimmune disease. Jeff says, “What happens in each case is the persons immune system is activated against the bodies own tissues and the body attacks itself, but why would it do that? The answer is because of what you’re eating!” I agree with Jeff! I also believe that cancer is another illness that is activated when meat & dairy are consumed over time, breaking down the immune system and promoting negative cell growth. In this fascinating nine-minute video, Dr. McDougall explains how this happens: | <urn:uuid:0cefebbe-08e8-4ec6-a1c0-84989ef0247c> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | https://urbanveganchic.com/2012/10/26/ditch-dairy/ | 2018-06-22T18:38:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864776.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20180622182027-20180622202027-00358.warc.gz | en | 0.961376 | 370 | [
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
So, all that to say...Enjoy the glimpses into our trip, and know that we covet your prayers as we make this incredible journey! We are having a blast, are exhausted, and would not trade it for the world!
These pics were made about an hour ago...I have since packed right over their heads, and they are still all in the exact same positions! Poor, tired babies!
What a cool place. The kids really liked the petting zoo (especially feeding the goats) and there is an awesome swinging bridge that is fun to cross (unless the Big Boys get on it at the same time and really make it fly!). I had to use my Mommy Voice to tell them to knock it off, before I lost one of my little boys right over the side!
Inside the museum, the displays were incredible...a fave for us was Noah's ark...a life size representation of just a small section of the Ark, and it towered over our heads. AJ loved all the water that was there, and the big moving dinos...he did ask many times if they were "...going to come down from there and get him..." but he was fascinated with an Apatosaurus that was 'chewing' a mouthful of green stuff, way over his head.
We also loved the "dark room", where it is completely dark, showing that "the world was with out form..." we had to go through that one a couple of times. One of my favorite parts was a video clip that showed the creation of Adam from the dirt. The expression on his face as he looked at his hands, awe, amazement, wonder...but he had a belly button...does someone created by God, not born of woman have a belly button...guess we will have to wait and see!
We finally got to our room last night, after 9:00...so to the pool we went for a short swim, then back to our room for some Little House on the Prairie. As we were leaving the Creation Museum (headed to the next hotel/pool), AJ said..."Mommy, maybe they fixed the pool. Probably they did," He was remembering that last night, we had to go find a new hotel because the pool was 'broken'. Too funny the things they remember!
Friday, June 26, 2009
After a birthday breakfast of "make your own waffles", we loaded up and headed out. It was 10 am...
Grandpa need some things from the outlet mall, so while he and Grammie did some quick shopping, the kids made use of their scooters in a safe end of the parking lot.
Nothing much exciting happened, except that I found out that my number two son will do anything (and I do mean anything) when bribed with swimming in the pool. We were driving for ten hours (lots of potty stops in there, just so you know...) and when he started to get bossy and demanding, all I had to do was remind him that a pool was in his near future, and the sun would come out and begin to shine!
We did stop for a birthday lunch at Subway, and Jalapeno had a meatball sub...he really enjoyed it!
Grandpa also made a good call when he bought a box of fudgesicles...witness the results:
I am going to have to take the camera to the pool tomorrow night - the kids had a blast! Problem was, when we tried to book a room at 7:30, we found out that the pool was closed! I did not want to go to the car and tell the kids that they were not going to get to swim after all. So we drove across Indianapolis, to another hotel, and got checked in, only to realize that we had changed times zones, and it was not 8 pm, but 9 pm...so the kids ended up swimming til after 10 and did not get in bed and asleep til almost 11!!! Good thing we are headed for a nice quiet week in Buffalo - they are going to need to catch up on some sleep and get some GOOD food in their bodies! I for one am ready for a really good salad!
So, once again, I am sitting in a darkened hotel room while the children sleep. Tonight I have a wifi connection, so I am taking advantage of it, to update the blog. Hope you are enjoying our trip as much as we are!
The theme for today is “Who in the world thought it was a good idea to travel across the mid-west in mid-June?!?!?” Yes, it is HOT!! And the first time I walked out the door this morning, to go to the van, I remembered why I moved to Colorado - I HATE HUMIDITY!!! Well that’s not why we really moved, but that is my story, and I’m sticking to it! From this point out, I am going to take every opportunity to eat ice cream that crosses my path!
Anyway…the kids slept late this am, I had to wake them all up. A combination of still being on Colorado time and staying up too late swimming last night! I took advantage of them sleeping in and went to the gym and walked on the treadmill. Nothing exciting there, but it felt good to walk! I am already missing my early morning walks through the neighborhood. Can’t wait ‘til we get to my uncle’s house in Buffalo – he lives in farm country, and you can walk for miles, as long as you carry a big stick to ward of the overly protective farm dogs!
Did you know you have to “…pay to get into the hotel room…” every time you go through the door? Apparently, my little Jalapeno, who saw me sliding my key card to open the door, thought that I had to pay to get into the room…makes sense, since Mommy “slides a card” when she goes to the grocery store and every other place we spend money.
We started out our morning at Sturh Museum. It is an 1899 town, in Grand Island, with all the local businesses intact, and run by docents. We visited the dentist, the doctor, the saloon…aka the ice cream shop, the general store and the tin smith. We all got to make “tinsicles”, which are now dangling from the rearview mirror in the van. They will be a very nice addition to our Christmas tree this year. They had some cool tin cups, that the tin smith had made right there in the shop. Guess we will pass on those…
We also went to the blacksmith shop, the hardware store and an old log cabin, complete with outhouse (and a bucket of corncobs). The kids are fascinated with outhouses…mental note – find one they can actually use! My Dad told me that the saying “Rough as a corncob, and twice as long.” comes from the use of those corncobs. If you don’t know what they were for, don’t ask me! Go read a book! I for one, am happy that someone invented Charmin!
We also went to the train station, where the kids delighted in running laps through the cargo area of the depot, down the outside ramp and back up the stairs into the cargo area. Did they not get the memo that it is 92 degrees here, and 200% humidity – ugh!
There was also a kids area inside the museum proper, so the kids and Grammie hung out there after lunch while Dad and I went back to the black smith shop to pick up some custom made dog leash hooks. The blacksmith had just created the first of this design that morning, and he made another for Dad and Mom, while we finished the museum.
We had a run in with the local duck population. It seems that they don’t believe they should have to wait for crumbs from our lunch, so they swarmed the picnic table where we were eating, sending one little Pineapple into tears of terror. He may never look at ducks the same way again!
Then, we loaded up into the van, and began our long drive across Eastern Nebraska and into Iowa. I have never been to Iowa (or Nebraska, either), and I find it very pretty. Long rolling hills, some trees, and still that big, blue sky! Very nice! Especially from the comfort of my air conditioned van. Can you believe that people actually walked across this country for two thousand miles?!? Boy, we have become a very whiney people, don’t you think?
As we tried to find a place to stay for the night, we kept hearing from the back…”Are we at the swimming pool yet?” No, not yet, we kept saying. When we finally pulled up to the hotel, I told my little Pineapple that I had to go get a key for our room. His response: “I will wait for you Mommy – and I will be patient”. Must be listening, after all!
We swam for an hour, got ready for bed, turned out all the lights (except for my book light) and read a little from “Little House on the Prairie”…we were reading about Mary and Laura getting tin cups for Christmas…makes me wish I had bought those tin cups, after all!
“The Question” started early (with a little prodding from Grandpa, I’m thinking) …”Mommy, are we there yet?” I told them right off that every time I heard that question, I was going to collect a penny, and then I was going to go buy myself a big ice cream cone – which pretty much put an end to that little mutiny!
Pineapple, my dear darling, started asking right off …”Are we on our trip, Mommy?” – I replied that yes, we were indeed on our trip. “Where are we going?” was the next question. To which I replied “Uncle Jim’s” (he lives in Buffalo). So, for the rest of the day, every time we stopped I heard “Mommy, where are we? Are we at Uncle Jim’s? Why are we stopping Mommy?! I want to go to Uncle Jim’s!” – or “Are we going to our home, Mommy?” There are just some things on the space-time continuum that a three year old will never get, even if he is almost four!
After lunch we stopped at an original stop on the pony express… the highlight for the kids, pop guns that Grammie bought for them! We also stopped at an old soddy – very cool. Someone crafted a buffalo and an Indian on a horse out of barb wire. I was trying to explain the symbolism to the kids, but it was of course, wasted! They did like peeking in the windows of the soddy, and climbing in the old wagon for a picture…oh, and peeking under the outhouse door! We are reading Little House on the Prairie right now, so hopefully this is putting things in context for them!
And something of note: We finally found a name for the monkey that is making this trip with us – his name is “Clark” – the rooster my Dad is toting across the country, is of course called “Lewis”! Watch for them in the pictures! Lewis and Clark do the mid-west, backwards, this time!
We made it to our first night stop, and to the delight of the children, we spent an hour and a half in the pool! They were so funny, because they have not been in a pool since last summer, and were a little timid at first, but by the end, they were jumping off the side (Sweet Potato) and off the steps (the boys) with abandon. My little Pineapple climbed up the steps, threw aside the ‘noodle’ he had been hanging on to for the whole time, and leapt off the middle step! His water wings popped him right back up, but he did not have as much buoyancy as with the noodle, so you should have seen the surprised look on his face – too bad we don’t have a water proof camera!
So far the trip has gone very well. The kids have traveled well and they are all snuggled up in bed right now, after a viewing of “Lord of the Beans”. Jalapeno gets to sleep in Grammie and Grandpa’s room tonight, so while the other two fall asleep, I am perched on the edge of a chair, with the lap top on the edge of the sink, in the dark…hopefully they will go to sleep soon!
We were supposed to go to Sturh Living History Museum in the am, but a huge rainstorm just swept through, so I am wondering about how deep the mud is going to be…guess we will drive by and check it out! There is something that makes you wonder, when the hotel sign says “Welcome hail damage repair folks”, and every sign you see in town talks about storm repair…just wondering what the van is going to look like when we head out tomorrow!
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PLOT SUMMARY: “Monica” is about a young woman named Erin who has no independence or self worth, allowing her life to be destroyed by anyone who has the will to do so, specifically, her abusive boyfriend Derrick. Her life is rotting away as she allows him and everyone else to walk all over her. She has been through the worst of the worst, and her subconscious has had enough. Something finally clicks in her imprisoned mind and she releases an entity from within herself. This entities name is Monica, and she will do anything it takes to take control of Erin in order to prevent her from destroying her life and herself. The film is a Psychological Drama, and is a very dark tale about the journey someone goes through in order to gain independence and confidence in order to take control of his/her life.
TYPE: Student Film
CATEGORY: Feature Film
UNION STATUS: Non-Union
DISTRIBUTION: Film Festivals
COMPANY: DrGangstaSeal Productions
DIRECTOR: Tommy Jackson
WRITER: Tommy Jackson
PRODUCER: Jay Hughes
CASTING: Alexandra Church
PRODUCTION DATE & LOCATION
DATES: July 5th – July 25th 2016, January 3rd – January 8th 2017
LOCATIONS: Chicago and Oak Park, IL
REHEARSAL DATE & LOCATION
DATE: May 2016
LOCATION: Chicago, IL
We are looking for talented filmmakers who would be willing to fill the key positions of: Camera Operator (Not DP), 1st AD, Production Designer, Gaffer, Boom Operator/Mixer.
We are also looking to fill: Electrics, Grips, and Production Assistants.
We will be using a BLACK MAGIC 4K PRODUCTION CAMERA.
OTHER: Film Credit, Copy of Film, Meals, Snacks/Beverages
Content for Reel
Exposure to Film Festivals
SUBMISSIONS DUE BY: June 1st, 2016
SEND EMAIL TO: [email protected]
INCLUDE: Resume, Reel file, Reel link
NOTES: If you would need to travel to Chicago, and will not be able to stay in Chicago from June 5th – June 25th and financially support yourself, then understand that we DO NOT PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION OR LODGING in Chicago. If you live in Chicago or in Illinois, it will be easier for you to be a part of this production.
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FutureWorld Corp (OTCMKTS:FWDG) reported the launch of CannaFundraise.com; the industry’s only leading fund-raising portal with advanced CrowdEngine funding platform for marijuana entrepreneurs, investors and select firms looking for funding and deals.
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cancun airport car rental for DummiesThe 2-Moment Rule For rental automobile cancun airport
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Color Infrared Imagery (CIR)
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Mississippi Compressed County Mosaics / Individual DOQQ tiffs
The US Department of Agriculture - Farm Services Agency (USDA-FSA) NAIP program is designed to acquire natural color digital ortho imagery during the agricultural growing seasons in the continental United States. Under contract from the Mississippi Forestry Commission, the Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory and the Mississippi Army National Guard, Photo Science simultaneously acquired, in addition to the natural color 2007 NAIP, near infrared spectral band (1064 nm) and produced quarter quads of false-color infrared imagery. This imagery is referenced the same as the 2007 - 1 meter NAIP. This CIR product provides 1 meter ground sample distance (GSD) ortho imagery rectified to a horizontal accuracy of within +/- 5 meters of reference digital ortho quarter quads (DOQQ's) from the National Digital Ortho Program (NDOP). The tiling format of this imagery is based on a 3.75' x 3.75' quarter quadrangle with a 300 meter buffer on all four sides. CIR quarter quads are formatted to the UTM coordinate system using NAD83 Zones 15 and 16. This imagery may contain as much as 10% cloud cover per tile. This file was generated by compressing CIR quarter quadrangle tiles that cover a county. MrSID compression, with mosaic option, was used. Target values for the compression ratio are 15:1. Metadata for a particular county is identical to the information under the NAIP 2007 true-color imagery. Photography dates are also the same.
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<countyname>07CIR.aux – Mosaic auxiliary file.
<countyname>07CIR.sid.xml – ESRI metadata file.
II - DOQQ Filenames: (Quarter quad files average 200 MB) (Only by special request – contact Steve at 601 432-6149 or [email protected])
<quarter quad name>.tif – Color infrared image
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- Order county(ies) or quarter quads by DVD - Maximum 4 counties/DVD.
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3825 Ridgewood Rd
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Where Ottomen settled Blog
Similar to Iranians, Turks are crazy for kebabs, and kebab restaurants are the most easy to find. Iskender kebab originates from Bursa, which, as a name, was even copyrighted by its inventor, others serving the same dish as 'Bursa kebab'. Cut meat, served with tomato sauce, yoghurt and a pepper, on a bed of cut bread, doesn't seem to be too amazing an invention, and I was, not surprisingly, not overly impressed.
A good mantu, stuffed dumplings in sour cream, is far better. For a sampling, we headed to the nearby town of Cumalıkızık (the letters i without dots are pronounced as a silent u), part of Bursa's world heritage site. On a Sunday morning, very popular with Turkish tourists for its market, we were seemingly the only foreigners in the whole town. | <urn:uuid:bb612009-bbf1-47ff-94f0-771c7f78eb39> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | https://babakfakhamzadeh.com/article/where-ottomen-settled | 2018-06-25T19:07:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267868876.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20180625185510-20180625205510-00038.warc.gz | en | 0.97451 | 198 | [
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I’m not a fan of making images of sunrises and sunsets. Rather than make an image, I’d much rather enjoy watching the sunrise or set, than be stuck behind a camera and experiencing it second-hand. Living on the south coast of England, we do get some great sunsets, particularly during the winter when the sun sets over the sea. However, wandering along the beach a couple of weeks ago and in need of an image for the week, I gave in and made a few images, just before the sun dipped behind some clouds above the horizon. The light was beautiful. It bounced off the sea and bathed everything in a deep glow.
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Selena Gomez and Zedd have been hard at work creating their a single they want you to know about. The last month has been nothing but dedicated hard work from these two dorks. They’ve been collaborating on a song called “I Want You To Know,” and they have been teasing fans like crazy—it’s working. After spoiling the name of the song they’ve been working on they’ve been counting down on their Twitter and Instagram accounts. And just a few days ago Zedd posted this fun picture on his Instagram account. Could it be a shot from the video? It just looks like they are having so much and it’s not a surprise they are so excited for the release of the song.
Zedd is after all a perfectionist and he loves being able to make people dance, kick back and have a good relaxing time. And I’m pretty sure this guy is always going to be the future of EDM. People rumor a relationship but they’ve forgotten that work comes first, play comes later. And if we know anything about Selena Gomez, she knows how to work hard.
Putting Zedd and Selena together on a collaboration? Priceless, this is going to be the hit song of the year, no doubt.
We are excited to follow Selena and Zedd as through their success and hard work. And we can’t wait to celebrate when it reaches number one. It’s not a matter of if, either. And I want you to know that this collab is going to be AMAZING—blasting this in the car with my bass turned up, heaven.
Congrats you two dorkfaces, we are counting down with you and look forward to another awesome beat to shake it.
Now we want to know HOW freakin’ excited are you for this collaboration? Do you think the song I want you to know by Zedd and Selena Gomez will be good? How about number one? I just want you to know by Zedd and Selena Gomez will be number one, just waaaait. | <urn:uuid:29a539cf-34b8-4455-ad65-852b69bdefdb> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | https://positivecelebrity.news/2015/02/17/zedd-and-selena-gomez-want-you-to-know-about-i-want-you-to-know | 2018-06-25T18:58:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267868876.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20180625185510-20180625205510-00038.warc.gz | en | 0.965726 | 441 | [
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Mr Monkey scampered through Southsea and Portsmouth. On the way he stopped to admire the Anglican cathedral, first consecrated in 1188. Mr Monkey noticed it had a ship for a weather vane, because it's always served a maritime community. A little further on Mr Monkey had to be careful to avoid all the cars and lorries trying to catch the car ferry to the Isle of Wight.
You can read about the cathedral at the Portsmouth Cathedral website.
Return to Mr Monkey in Portsmouth
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"The finest food and pants blog on the web."
Monday, October 19, 2009
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There are so many things to consider when planning a website. While having an aesthetically pleasing design, winning content, and search engine optimization (SEO) can help drive your success, visitors may not stick around if your site's performance and speed are subpar. The latest algorithms from Google also factor in speed when determining page rankings, making it imperative that your site is optimized to remain near the top of the search list. Read on to learn what may be slowing down your website and how to measure its speed.
At the goal line
Thoughts and opinions on sales, marketing, social media, digital content, technology and social business.
You don’t have to look far to find people clinging to their mobile devices. Following the mobile phenomenon happening right now in business, web design has taken on a whole new meaning as Internet access has become the number one method of browsing on a hand-held device.
"What's in it for me?" or better known as The WIIFM Factor is the value proposition that you offer to your target audience to persuade them that your product or service is worth their time. All too often, even the most experienced marketers neglect to convey this value proposition to their prospective customers, which therefore results in slow or stagnant sales. To really create that spark of interest and set your brand apart from all of the other marketing messages that consumers are bombarded with daily, you need to address a true need that your customer is faced with.
Writers Digest suggests that in the world of social media, the concept of WIIFM is often forgotten with push marketing efforts that offer little value to the target audience. In order to implement a successful social media marketing strategy, brands need to use their online social media pages to first cultivate strong relationships with their followers before asking for any favors. Just like in a sales call, you will be more successful if you take the time to warm up and build trust with your client first before going into your sale pitch.
An example of a brand that really embraces The WIIFM Factor is Apple. If you look at all of their marketing efforts, everything is aimed at outlining the key benefits of the technology to the everyday user. While they could easily go off on a tangent about how incredible the speed of the processor is on the iPhone 5, they keep it simple and avoid using any technical jargon that could turn off their prospective customers.
On the other hand, brands that address product features versus benefits or neglect to highlight the significance of the product to the user and how it will be helpful in everyday life are at risk of losing the attention of their target audiences. We won't offer up any names, but we bet you can easily think of a few brands that would fall into this category.
To successfully implement The WIIFM Factor in your own marketing efforts via social media, here is what your social media pages should communicate to your online visitors:
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has become one of the most popular buzzwords in the inbound marketing industry for a rightful reason: it's one of the most effective ways to organically drive traffic to your company's webpage through natural search. There's nothing new about SEO. It's been around for 13 years and will continue to be a useful inbound marketing tactic as long as companies focus on creating quality content that is relevant to its audience. Unfortunately, many businesses fail to execute this strategy by making these common SEO mistakes:
Have you ever heard someone say, “I’ll just Yahoo that”? When you’re talking search engines, especially in the context of business, you’re talking Google. The Google search is the gold standard of the web-surfing environment, so the savvier you are on this engine, the better your results can be. | <urn:uuid:dfd4f782-813b-42bd-89c9-5662fc1ae09e> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | http://www.in2communications.com/blog/topic/optimize-your-website | 2019-06-15T21:23:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627997335.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20190615202724-20190615224724-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.956332 | 772 | [
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Another anchored bulk carrier was boarded by robbers on July 24, as three culprits climbed aboard the ship which was in the Indonesian Samarinda Anchorage at the time of the incident, according to data provided by the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB PRC).
Duty crew on routine rounds noticed the robbers, which approached the vessel in a small wooden motor boat, and raised the alarm.
“Seeing the crew alertness, the robbers escaped with stolen ship’s stores,” IMB PRC said, adding that a search was carried out throughout the ship.
Earlier in July, a number of robbers boarded an Indian-registered bulk carrier, Vishva Nidhi, while it was anchored in the Indonesian Taboneo Anchorage.
The theft was discovered by the duty crew while performing routine rounds.
The latest boarding comes on the back of a report released by IMB, which notes that piracy and armed robbery at sea have fallen to their lowest levels since 1995, despite a surge in kidnappings off West Africa.
A total of 98 incidents occurred in the first half of 2016, compared with 134 for the same period in 2015. Out of the 98 incidents, 72 were related to vessel boarding.
IMB said that, due to designated anchorages with improved security, there was an improvement in Indonesia as incidents of low-level theft to ships at anchor were decreased to 24 in the first six months of 2016, compared with 54 in the same period in 2015.
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This stunning dual coloured design is made from Rhubarb Pink and bronze Silk Satins. The kimono is full length and is ideal as special occasion wear. Comes with the Bronze Satin slip dress.
You can pair this with our Bronze Crêpe Satin Hijab to complete the look.
Dry clean only
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USDA Announces $15 Million Public-Private Investment to Improve Critical Wetlands | NRCS
USDA Announces $15 Million Public-Private Investment to Improve Critical Wetlands
WASHINGTON, July 20 2017 – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service today announced that the agency will award $13 million to projects in seven states to protect, restore and enhance wetlands on private and tribal agricultural lands. The projects are being funded under the Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP).
“These locally-led partnerships are instrumental in achieving greater wetland acreage and maximizing their benefits to farmers, ranchers and the local and rural communities where wetlands exist.” NRCS Acting Chief Leonard Jordan said.
Wetland reserve easements enable landowners to successfully reduce impacts from flooding, recharge groundwater, enhance and protect wildlife habitat and provide outdoor recreational and educational opportunities.
WREP project partners are investing nearly $2 million in these projects, bringing the total investment to approximately $15 million. In total, the projects will help to protect, restore or enhance over 25,000 acres of wetlands in critical watersheds across the nation. These partners work directly with eligible landowners interested in enrolling their agricultural land into conservation wetland easements.
Today’s announcement includes high-priority watershed projects in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
Arkansas: The purpose of this project is to utilize the partnering strength of the Tri-state Conservation Coordination Committee to collaboratively develop and implement a multi-state WREP project that focuses on restoration of forested wetlands within priority portions of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, including specific targeting of priority watersheds of the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI). The project will address the three primary natural resource concerns for the Mississippi River Basin: water quality, water quantity and wildlife habitat, including critical habitat for the Louisiana black bear, migratory waterfowl and wetland-dependent wildlife. NRCS plans to invest $4.8 million in this project to restore more than 1,500 acres.
Georgia: Recovery and delisting of federally Endangered Canby's dropwort is a priority for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Canby's dropwort occurs in cypress savanna depression wetlands, and 18 of 21 of its occurrences are on privately owned agricultural lands. The primary objectives of this proposal are to protect the entire Canby's dropwort populations, protect and restore high priority cypress savanna and cypress swamp habitats, and implement a sound management plan that prioritizes restoration of the rare species and habitats within the project area. This project will also provide the resources needed for protection and hydrologic and habitat restoration for the Neyami Savanna wetlands, which will help advance the recovery of Canby's dropwort. NRCS plans to invest $1.19 million in this project.
Mississippi: The purpose of the proposed project is to protect the vegetation and hydrology restoration on easements by trapping and removing feral swine and enhance habitat for migratory waterfowl on easements by providing wetland management plans and practice incentive payments to eligible landowners. NRCS funds will be directed towards monitoring, assessment, management plans and documentation of feral swine damage to properties. NRCS plans to invest $3 million in this project.
Tennessee: The purpose of this project is to achieve more sustainable land and water management in the active floodplain of the Lower Mississippi, thus providing significant ecological, economic and societal benefits. This is predominantly restoration and enhancement work of existing easements. The proposed project constitutes the fourth phase of a continuing effort that began in 2012. Efforts to date under Phases I-III have resulted in applications of enrollment for approximately 16,000 acres of private land in the project area. NRCS plans to invest $4 million in this project to restore or enhance an additional 1,301 acres in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
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The League of Extraordinary Brands
Close: 27 April 2011
Winning entry by ... Davidoff
The League of Extraordinary Brands™ (abbreviated to LXB) is a new charitable organization of brands who have a social conscience.
LXB will be a, by invitation, group of brands that emerges in times of need to assist communities and small business get back on their feet after major disasters. LXB members will assist communities in need of assistance in any way they can but typically through free or heavily discounted services/products and participation in LXB fundraising campaigns.
Right now with the Earthquake disasters in Christchurch, NZ and in Japan, the time is right for the LXB to emerge.
We are not offering any prize-money or reward. Your reward will be membership of the league and knowing that you are doing work for the social good.
The style we are looking for is probably comic book super hero style but with a old world english gentleman’s club feel. The LXB is a semi-clandestine “club” that emerges and gathers only occasionally.
We want the brand to look like it has been established for some time. Hence the Latin tagline. We’re thinking script or hand drawn text (provided legible) and muted traditional colours.
We like the look of
but with better legibility. Or
or a brighter more comic/superhero look.
The LXB is a little bit low key/subtle. Honour, a social conscience and a desire to make a difference is important to member Brands.
The tag line/motto is “Facta non Verba” (Deeds, not words" or “Actions speak louder than words”)
Will be used on stationery, website, etc.
Need a logo/logotext with the full text “The League of Extraordinary Brands” and a version with the abbreviated version “The LXB”
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This hologram glitter is perfect for adding a sparkly finish to all your sugar art creations. It is easy to use and only a small amount is required each time. To use simply sprinkle a little over your creations.
When using on fondant and modelled figurines a small amount of decorators(flower) glue is needed for the glitter to stick. .
Size: 17 g pot
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PRESS RELEASE: InvenSense™ Unveils World’s First Digital Dual-Axis Gyroscope For Camera Phones And Digital Still Cameras
New IDG-2000™ Family Enables Wider Adoption of Optical Image Stabilization with Next Generation Digital Interface in Ultra-Small 4x4x0.9mm Solution
SUNNYVALE, Calif., September 8, 2009 – InvenSense, Inc., the leading provider of MEMS-based motion processing products for consumer electronics, today announced the new IDG-2000™ dual-axis MEMS gyroscope, its next-generation IDG™ family of MEMS gyros. The IDG-2000 family provides the market with a smaller and thinner gyroscope ideal for improving optical image stabilization (OIS) in digital still cameras and high-resolution, eight megapixel and above camera phones. The IDG-2000 is fabricated on the larger 8-inch wafer to meet increased volume capacity and to further reduce the overall solution cost to meet competitive price requirements demanded by consumer electronics OEMs.
The IDG-2000, housed in a 4x4x0.9 mm QFN plastic package, is the first digital dual-axis pitch and roll (Xand Y- axis) gyro with integrated 16-bit analog-to-digital converters that allow for direct communication to advanced image processors over an I2C or SPI serial bus, eliminating costly discrete components.
“Optical image stabilization is quickly becoming a standard key feature consumers look for in new cameras,” said Chris Chute, IDC Research Manager in the Worldwide Digital Imaging Practice. “Even with millions of digital cameras still being sold worldwide, competition for product differentiation, coupled with lower price points are forcing camera vendors to manage costs more closely than ever. New technologies like the IDG-2000 can help camera vendors remain competitive in the market.”
“We advanced the IDG series with this new digital gyro to address a critical market need for an OIS system solution at a lower total cost in a smaller and thinner package to help OEMs reduce blur in images,” said Joseph Jiang, Vice President, Imaging Business Unit at InvenSense. “We are committed to delivering breakthrough technologies that meet the specific needs of next generation smart phone cameras and DSCs.”
By leveraging its patented and high volume-proven Nasiri-Fabrication platform, which integrates MEMS wafers with companion CMOS electronics through wafer-level bonding, InvenSense has driven the gyroscope package size down to the smallest system footprint, while providing the highest performance, lowest noise and the competitively priced solutions in the market.
The IDG-2000 family features lower phase delay from the higher bandwidth of the programmable digital low-pass filter with integrated sigma-delta ADCs. Other key product features include automatic gain amplification control, anti-aliasing filters optimized for OIS applications, and an industry-leading cross axis sensitivity of less than ±1%. An integrated temperature sensor provides temperature compensated bias adjustment. The IDG-2000 measures hand jitter across a wide frequency range of 0.1Hz to 20Hz with exceptionally low noise at 0.033 °/s-rms. Furthermore, the operating frequency in the 30 KHz range is immune to ambient noise. These features are required when taking photos in low ambient light conditions with high resolution sensors or when using zoom at any resolution. Power consumption is reduced by 50% compared to analog gyros with a low 4mA maximum current at 2.1 volts in active mode and 5μA maximum current in sleep mode.
The IDG-2000 family of digital dual-axis MEMS gyroscopes begins sampling in October 2009 to selected OEM partners. For more information visit InvenSense at http://www.invensense.com.
InvenSense is the leading provider of motion processing products for mobile consumer applications, with proven technology and products shipped in millions of units monthly to customers worldwide. The company’s patented motion processing technology and Nasiri-Fabrication platform address the emerging needs of many mass-market consumer applications such as gaming, image stabilization, remote controls, and handsets that require improved performance, enhanced features, and new and more intuitive motion and gesture-based user-interface solutions. InvenSense is a privately held company with headquarters located in Sunnyvale, California. More information can be found at http://www.invensense.com.
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Gorgeous girls sharing some loving sibling moments in the sun drenched forest. Having gorgeous locations is only part of the reason people trust professional photographers with their precious memories... it's also capturing those special moments between your children that matters the most. So many parents comment how I have managed to translate their children's unique personalities into a still image. It also doesn't hurt when your little subjects are so photogenic either! <3 M
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Well, today I wound up oversleeping and working from home. Just haven’t been getting enough sleep lately so I decided to be a total bum today, stay in my jammies and just plain chill @ home. Though I realized a few things since I have been home thus far in the day…
- Absolutely nothing is on TV
- I can take care of a lot of errands
- Nothing is on TV!!!
So I went through my tape collection to watch something in commemoration of my joyous day off. My eyes sparkled as I saw Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and I promptly popped it in and watched it… Ahhh, seems like a fitting movie for this day eh??
Well, after that was done, I was flipping through the channels and happened to stumble on Mr Roger’s neighborhood and figured that he scares me now… I loved the guy growing up but he’s just way too calm for his own good. I’ve never seen him get angry or anything like that, much like the painter guy on PBS that always painted the “happy” trees. What was his name?? Man I miss that guy… I bet he was always stoned while he was working. Lemme tell ya, back in the college days we used to get stoned watching him and you wouldn’t believe how much more sense his paintings made!!
Woooo! Tom and Jerry is on!!
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the Malaysian government to improve its human-rights record and appealed to Southeast Asia’s teeming youth population to stand up for the rights of minorities and the rule of law.
Yet Obama skipped a golden chance to promote that human-rights agenda, declining to meet with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Instead, he directed national security adviser Susan Rice to see Ibrahim today.
Obama said his decision was “not indicative of our lack of concern” about the former deputy prime minister who recently was convicted for the second time on sodomy charges, which the United States and international human rights groups contend are politically motivated.
Obama said he had raised his concerns about Malaysia’s restrictions on political freedoms during meetings with Prime Minister Najib Razak.
“Those values are at the core of who the U.S. is, but also I think are a pretty good gauge of whether a society is going to be successful in the 21st century or not,” Obama said during a news conference with Najib.
Obama called the prime minister a “reformer” committed to addressing human rights issues.
To his critics, Najib said: “Don’t underestimate or diminish whatever we have done.”
Malaysia is Obama’s third stop on a four-country swing through Asia.
Obama’s visit to Malaysia, the first by a U.S. president in nearly 50 years, elevated human rights to the forefront of his agenda.
While Malaysia has undertaken some reforms, the organization Human Rights Watch says religious and ethnic minorities face persecution and the government uses “highly restrictive laws and abusive implementation” to crack down on political opponents.
Part of Obama’s strategy for confronting these issues has been through direct appeals to young people. It’s an approach that his advisers say could be particularly effective in Southeast Asian nations, such as Malaysia, that have young populations.
“Young people will ultimately determine the future of this region given that there’s such a big youth bulge,” said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser.
Following his talks with Najib, Obama met with students participating in a new technology program and then held a meeting with 400 young leaders from throughout Southeast Asia. | <urn:uuid:1be1e0b4-8e2e-47f4-ad8e-efad28d19b20> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://www.ohio.com/akron/news/in-malaysia-obama-keeps-focus-on-human-rights | 2019-06-19T10:48:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998959.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20190619103826-20190619125826-00318.warc.gz | en | 0.969007 | 488 | [
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Joel McHale to Host New Weekly Series on Netflix
Joel McHale is returning to the green screen. The comedian is back to host a new 13-episode series on Netflix appropriately named, The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale. And he certainly has enough experience. You probably remember him as the acerbic and witty host of E!'s The Soup, which ended in 2015, where he reviewed and provided commentary on Internet clips.
In the spirit of The Soup, "The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale is a new, weekly half-hour topical series that takes a sharp, absurdist look at pop culture and news from across the globe," Netflix said in a press release. "It’s a fast and funny distillation of everything people are talking about that week. Featuring celebrity guests, comedy sketches, and insane video clips from the worldwide realms of TV, sports, politics, celebrity culture, and every corner of the internet, The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale is destination viewing for comedy lovers, or people who just really, really like green screens."
The final episode of the long-running E! clip series will air on December 18.
The series will be executive produced by McHale along with Bridesmaids and Ghostbusters director Paul Feig.
McHale celebrated the news on Twitter. He wrote:
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) January 19, 2018
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Every app we build is unique, but best practices should be consistent between projects. Here on Vokal’s iOS team, we’ve been baking more and more of those best practices into a template we use for starting any new project.
This ensures consistency in our work: we don’t repeat mistakes, we use known libraries that we all have some experience with, and any one of us can get up to speed on a new project quickly because things are organized in a way we recognize.
What started as a simple Xcode project template has grown over the past two years into two separate project templates, a number of other templates for test and aggregate build targets, and a suite of scripts and configuration files. These templates are now open source and available on GitHub!
When creating a new project from one of our templates, you get a lot of things right from the start:
- Configuration for our private podspec repo, plus some of the CocoaPods we use regularly like KIF and VOKMockUrlProtocol
- Vokoder and a helper utility, if you choose to include Core Data
- A starter network utility for REST APIs, if you choose to include AFNetworking or Alamofire
- Configuration for Travis CI
- Our standard lanes for fastlane, along with config files for some of the fastlane tools we use
- A config file containing our coding standards, for use with Objective-Clean or SwiftLint
- Separate test targets for UI and unit tests
- Code generation scripts, for Cat2Cat, mogenerator, and R.swift
- Build scripts for xUnique and build number incrementation
Apple doesn’t provide documentation on setting up project templates, but thankfully, quite a few third parties have shared how-to guides over the years. The format for the template files hasn’t changed much in several years, so a lot of that information is still useful. Still, we had to rely on quite a bit of trial-and-error along the way to get everything we wanted into our fresh new projects. There’s also some things one just can’t do from a project template (as far as we have been able to determine, anyway), so we have a few steps that must be completed manually after creating a new project; these are detailed in the template README.
If you look at our repo, you may wonder why we have separate templates for Objective-C and Swift. When we started our project template, we based it on those provided by Apple. Their templates have a Language dropdown to choose Objective-C or Swift, and when you create the project, the boilerplate code is in the chosen language. Unfortunately, we found this very hard to maintain. All of that boilerplate code is inside of the XML document that defines the template, and maintaining XML is painful enough without trying to maintain Objective-C and Swift inside of it.
We quickly found that as we added more and more starter code to the template (like the network and Core Data utilities, unit tests for said, and so on), keeping it all in one template was becoming a big headache. As such, we kept some common items in a parent template, and split the Objective-C and Swift templates off as children of that common ancestor, so that it’s easier for us to continue adding to those helpers and utilities that we use in every project.
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Proverbs 11:2: "When pride comes, then comes shame; but with the humble is wisdom."
How many hornets does it take to power a digital watch? In the case of the Oriental hornet, six hornets can generate enough electricity to run the watch.
Entomologists at Tel Aviv University have been studying Oriental hornets. They have been most interested in the outer skeleton, or skin, of the hornet. And they have discovered that this cuticle works as a living solar cell. When sunlight hits the hornet's cuticle, electricity is generated. To prove their point in dramatic fashion, they wired six hornets together in series. That arrangement generated enough electricity to run a digital watch for several seconds. Their research also revealed the fact that the cuticle's electrical generation is most efficient at the temperatures in which the hornets normally operate. Different layers in the cuticle generate and store electrical current. Voltages have reached as high as several hundred millivolts, and the current has been recorded as high as several tenths of an ampere. In effect, Oriental wasps are living semiconductors!
The researchers now find themselves in the classic situation of finding out how little they know by learning something. They report that they don't know how the hornet converts its electrical energy into a form it can use. Nor do they know how the cuticle stores the energy or transmits it.
Modern science loves to take pride in its accomplishments. However, every time science investigates God's seemingly simplest creations, scientists are reminded of their need for humility.
Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I stand in humble awe before the works of Your hands! Help me to remember the humility that even the greatest scientists should feel in the presence of Your creation, especially when I feel intimidated by the proud pronouncements of those who claim to have proven that You are not the Creator. Amen.
Notes: Reese, K.M. 1992. "Hornet cuticle may work like organic solar cell." Chemical & Engineering News, Mar. 23. p. 94.
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Affiliation: Professor, Institute of Japan Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Administrative Duties: Vice-Dean, Institute of Japan Studies; Vice-Dean, School of Japan Studies. Developing international collaborations and coordinating teaching in English for the School of Japan Studies.
Teaching Duties: Undergraduate and postgraduate classes in the areas of war history and memory, contents tourism, and modern Japanese society.
Contributions to Academic Journals:
International Journal of Contents Tourism, Co-founder and co-editor-in-chief (with Professor Takayoshi Yamamura), 2015-
Japan Forum, Member of the International Editorial Board, 2018-
Journal of War & Culture Studies, Member of the Editorial Board, 2018-
Journal of Tourism History, Member of the Editorial Board, 2017-
Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, Contributing Editor, 2007-
Academic Society Membership:
British Association for Japanese Studies, 2009-
Travel and Tourism Research Association, 2014-
2016–2018: Professor, Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Graduate School of Education, and Modern Japanese Studies Program, Hokkaido University.
2012-2016: Professor, Office of International Affairs (Modern Japanese Studies Program) and Graduate School of Education, Hokkaido University.
2007-2012: Associate Professor, Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Graduate School of Education, Hokkaido University.
2004-2007: Lecturer, Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University
1998-2001: Lecturer, Nagaoka University of Technology
1994-1996: Assistant English Teacher, JET Programme (in Hyogo Prefecture)
2004: DPhil, University of Sussex (Media and Cultural Studies)
1997: MA, University of Sussex (International Relations)
1994: BA, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (History)
Prizes and Awards:
2016: Hokkaido University President’s Award for Outstanding Research
2015: Hokkaido University President’s Award for Outstanding Research
2015: Hokkaido University President’s Award for Outstanding Education
2009: Hokkaido University Commendation for Excellent Teaching
2006: Daiwa Japan Forum Prize
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Well, this is...interesting. The police report from Charles Barkley's DUI arrest was released and it is easily one of the most fascinating/disturbing/mind-blowing things you'll ever read.
According to the officer who wrote the report, "He told me that he ran the stop sign because he was in a hurry to pick up the girl I saw get in the passenger seat."
The officer continues: "He asked me to admit that she was 'hot.' He asked me, 'You want the truth?' When I told him I did he said, 'I was gonna drive around the corner and get a b**w job. He then explained that she had given him a 'b**w job' one week earlier and said it was the best one he had ever had in his life."
The report says when Barkley was taken to the station, he told one of the employees, "I'll tattoo my name on your ass" if he helped "get him out of the DUI." According to the report, "He laughed and then quickly corrected himself and said, 'I'll tattoo your name on my ass' and then laughed again."
The report also says officers "found a handgun in the vehicle" which was immediately impounded. The report doesn't say if the handgun was legal or not, and the only thing that we know for sure was loaded...
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Rita is doing incredible! Nitric oxide has been removed, catheter out, kidneys woke up and numbers are normal, blood pressure stabilized, pain is manageable. Two chest tubes removed today with the hopes of the other two being removed Tuesday. Temporary pacing wires will be removed Monday. She is no longer on any cardiac medicines!! And she is enjoying solid food. She has incredible color and a beautiful smile! She keeps asking if she's simply dreaming!
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by Amanda Geronikos
If you like Kimpton Hotels and want to stay as close to Washington D.C.’s National Mall as possible, Hotel George is a slam-dunk. If you’ve never been to a Kimpton Hotel, you’re in for a real treat and a prime location in the nation’s capitol.
The hotel provides complimentary wine hours, kids programming and a pet-friendly policy — all at no additional charge. Plus, Hotel George offers some extra perks, like a toy chest full of new toys (still wrapped) for kids to enjoy during wine hours, as well as in-room treats like gummy bears.
Hotel George appears chic and somewhat fancy, and upon arrival, it might remind you of something you’d see in Europe. When you get to your room and find red, white and blue throughout, you’ll be reminded of where you are.
For more information, read about Kimpton Hotels.
Our Editor Loves
- Toy chest
- Gummy bears for kids
- Location near National Mall
- Children Programs
- Connecting Rooms
- Family Room 5+
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kids' Theme Meals
- Onsite Dining
Rooms & Rates
Accommodations are furnished in hues of red, white and blue -- a fun, patriotic touch in the nation's capitol -- and signature amenities include bathrobes (adult and child sizes), yoga kits, 48-inch TVs and bath amenities by Gilchrest and Soames. Beds are outfitted in 300-thread count Egyptian cotton Frette linens, which are ever so pleasant after a busy day. Oftentimes, hotel staff will also leave gummy bears and other treats for kids in the rooms.
Cribs are complimentary upon request, and rollaway beds are available for an additional fee per night. Both are allowed in some rooms, though restrictions apply in others (due to potential fire hazards). Connecting rooms are also available; request in plenty of advance.
Deluxe King Room with Sofa Bed
As the name suggests, this variation offers one king bed and a sofa bed, sleeping four to five guests (with the use of a rollaway bed or crib).
Queen Queen Deluxe Room
This room sleeps up to four people, and is a traditional offering for families. It also has a large desk, which can double as an eating space.
Deluxe Queen Queen with Sofa Bed
This room is especially ideal for families, sleeping up to six people in two queen beds and a sofa bed.
Presidential Suite With King Bed
The Presidential Suite is the largest room, with 535 square feet of space. It has a separate bedroom with a king bed, privatized by a sliding door, and a sofa bed in a living area; it accommodates up to five guests with the use of a rollaway bed or crib.
Additionally, the hotel offers Queen Deluxe and Executive Queen Rooms, each with one queen bed, as well as the King Deluxe with a king bed.
The reception staff were helpful and welcoming. The location is ideal for a short walk to Capitol and Whitehouse. The corridors are rather dark and gloomy ( and in need of a good vacuuming). The King size room was also rather drab and gloomy in presentation. It did smell as though it had previously been a room that allowed smoking and did not have small essentials such as a shower cap. There was no room service menu that included drinks so you had to go to the bar and take them back. The room was rather noisy ( despite being told that we had been upgraded to a quieter room ). All in all, I would describe the hotel as tired but the staff excellent
This place was very clean, awesome staff and it’s close to everything you want to do while visiting. I really enjoyed my visit while I was there on a business meeting. I will stay here again on my next visit for a vacation trip with the family.
Hotel George provides a few bicycles and helmets for guests to use on a first-come, first-served basis. There are six adult bikes and two children's bikes available.
Kimpton Kids provides families with kids' welcome amenities, strollers, in-room safety kits (toilet latches, outlet covers), hula hoops and more.
Hotel George hosts complimentary wine hours daily, from 5 to 6 p.m., with light bites also available. Offered at all Kimpton Hotels, this is one of the best we've seen yet for families. The staff puts out a toy chest with new (still packaged) toys for kids to play with and take home.
Adjacent to The George, Bistro Bis serves standard fare with a twist of French; seafood and steaks are among the restaurant's specialties. The atmosphere is casual and welcoming for families, and kids are treated to a separate kids' menu that includes a burger, hot dog, fish and chips and more.
Bistro Bis is open 7 to 10 a.m. for breakfast, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for lunch and 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. for dinner. Brunch is served on weekends, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Bistro Bis also has a cozy bar, open 2:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Room service is provided by Bistro Bis. The breakfast menu is available 7 to 10:30 a.m., and lunch and dinner are available 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Planning & Tips
All About the Extras
The George charges a nightly hotel fee of $15, which covers Wi-Fi, local and long distance calls, coffee and tea in the lobby each morning and car service within 1 mile of the hotel.
Wi-Fi is complimentary if you sign up for Kimpton Karma, a free rewards program. As a member, you also receive a $10 credit to use on in-room mini bars, and are eligible to earn free nights and onsite dining incentives.
All furry friends are welcome at Hotel George (and all Kimpton Hotels), free of charge. Bowls, beds, leashes and other treats are provided and also complimentary.
Forgot It? We've Got It!
If you forgot a toothbrush, razor or any other essentials, contact the front desk -- the hotel provides a host of items to make your stay comfortable.
The hotel has a fitness center, open 24 hours. It has free weights, a few treadmills, an elliptical machine, a bike and stair master. Lockers and steam rooms are also available.
The hotel's business center is also open 24 hours and is accessible with a room key.
Check-in is at 3 p.m. and check-out is at noon.
The Art of Smart Timing
Like all hotels in Washington D.C., the highest occupancy time is summer. Spring is almost as popular, especially during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Consider a fall or winter visit to get a deal and beat the crowds.
Fly into Washington Dulles International Airport or Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, or take Amtrak to Union Station, just a few minutes from the hotel.
The only parking available is valet, and it costs $45, plus tax, per night. If you have a hybrid vehicle, you'll pay $35 per night instead. The nightly fee covers in-and-out privileges, but leave your car at the hotel and get out and walk. The National Mall is just a short walk from the hotel.
For Mom and Dad
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I don’t know what to do with what I’ve found. I don’t even know where to start.
I hope someone will be able to help me move in the right direction.
Let me start from the beginning. I am a collector. More specifically, I collect old media. I love researching the mediums that we used in the past and try to preserve them for future generations digitally. One of the ways I do this is by collecting VHS tapes.
I bought a collection of VHS tapes on eBay. It’s pretty common for sellers to auction off collections of pre-recorded VHS tapes for pretty cheap. They sell them “as blanks” because most people would want them to have to record other things on them, but I want them to see what’s already on there. I want to know what people found interesting enough to record and hold onto for decades. Usually these sets are filled with movies recorded from HBO or recordings of TV shows, sometimes with the commercials in tact, sometimes not.
I never expected to find what I did, though.
In between recordings of things such as the Sandlot and episodes of Frasier, I found something that I can’t explain. I’ve searched Google endlessly and nothing explains what I see. Is it real? Is it a student film? Is it just footage of kids playing in costume and role playing?
What is going on here? What is THIS?
I've contacted the seller on eBay and they said the tapes weren't originally theirs either and that they buy so many from yard sales, etc. that there would be no way to pinpoint the original source of the tape.
I’m really nervous to post about this so I’ve edited things down to a few clips and will share it in pieces because I don’t want to alarm anyone. I know there are real human beings in this footage (as well as something that I am unsure of) and I don’t want to upset them (if they are even still with us) or their families by sharing this without their consent.
There’s more to what I’ve found, though. In the coming days and weeks I plan on sharing this with you.
Here is the first video of clips that I feel comfortable enough sharing:
It appears as if there is a small group of men looking for something in a wooded and residential area. Is it that man (or monster) that lets out a primal scream and attacks the person operating the camera? Who is the person that appeared to be shot? Why was he shot? I don’t know how old this footage is, either.
If you know anything about this, the people in this video, the creature they appear to be looking for, etc. please let me know. You can contact me by email at [email protected].
UPDATE 2: Since I created the page and uploaded the first set of clips I have spent a lot of time pouring through more footage and I've tried to use some of the info I've pulled from the videos to identify the people in the video. I think I am getting somewhere but I'm going to be cautious about what I share as of right now for the same reasons I outlined previously. It seems like these videos are created by and orchestrated by one man. I just need to find out who that man is. I'm going to continue my research.
This set of clips seems to feature at least two people that match the build of two males that are seen in the first video. The weird thing about this one, though, is that this is clearly shot during the winter as opposed to the footage that we've already seen, where we can see people wearing short sleeved shirts. Is this filmed in the same geographical region? Did they travel to a location more prone to snowstorms? Is that a body laying next to the river that they are attacking? The man/creature with the long hair who moves more like an animal than a person seems to have appeared in both videos. Is it the same person?
I'll be back in a few days. I've received a few emails with questions about what I'm doing. I'll answer them here as soon as I can. I also have more footage to share.
UPDATE 3: I wanted to address some of the emails and items that I have received since my last update.
Subject: The Tapes
The footage that you have supplied seems to be some kind of student film. Some people look as if they were under 18. The “creature” also seems to be wearing a wig, and is holding a plastic “weapon”. I’m sure someone could use some facial recognition software on some of the people in the video, but I don’t know.
The footage might be from between 1993 (when both Sandlot and Frasier came out) and 2005 (One year after Frasier was cancelled and when VHS was discontinued). Also it’s surprising that someone watching “Sandlot and episodes of Frasier” wouldn’t see this and sell the tape.
I’m sorry if this didn’t help. I’m not exactly a “know-it-all”. I hope this narrows down your search. Might I ask, why didn’t you post this to maybe Reddit, or some local news place? Neocities isn’t exactly the go-to place for stuff like this. Not only that, but why did you put the website up for a Halloween competition? No madder, I hope you find the original owner."
Thanks for the email. I think you could be on to something about it potentially being a student film. Maybe it's something a group of kids dedicded to just tape with their parents' camcorder. There are some points in the films that could be examples of them being forgeries, but I'm not sure.
As for the date of the tapes, don't say that you're not helpful! I genuinely appreciate it. I think setting some parameters and trying to wind down the timeline is important. Perhaps the tapes were taken after the shows/films were recorded and the person who originally recorded those programs didn't realize it.
As for asking why this is being shared on Neocities and in a Halloween contest, I just thought that this was a different kind of scenario and that Neocities is a different kind of community so I thought they matched up well together. Plus, it's Halloween, so why not participate?
I've been trying to sort through the tapes and trying to identify any names, identifies that are spoken and there aren't many hints. I do recognize one of the names of an individual on camera as being "Jacques." I'm not sure what their last name is or what kind of job or role they serve. I have a feeling that whatever this is (if it's even real) could be tied to what is commonly referred to as "Bigfoot" so I tried to search old forum posts for anyone under the moniker of Jacques. I did stumble across an older Blogger website by someone who goes by that name. Is this the same person? Check the blog out here and see for yourself.
I'll be back soon with more. -The Collector
UPDATE 4:A quick update. I've been researching audio that allegedly comes from "unknown" creates. In a collection of .wav files I found something that I think sounds very similar to the noise that the unknown creature/person in the tapes makes when confronted. Listen for yourself.
UPDATE 5:Wow, it's been a while. Sorry for a lack of updates in recent months. I stopped getting any leads on the videos so I just kind of moved on and kept doing my thing until fairly recently. I bought another collection of VHS tapes from the seller that had sold me the tapes that had all of the stuff posted above on it. I didn't think anything else would come from it, but sure enough, I found something else. It's a video that looks like it was shot around the same time and looks like there are people who are exploring a wooded area behind a factory or something. There's no audio, but from what I can tell there are a few people slowly walking into a dark area underneath a water tower when something happens and everyone in the area, including the camera man, begin frantically running. Anyone have any ideas? I'll update again if I find more. -The Collector | <urn:uuid:148eacad-d835-457d-ac5a-7e3fd017efc5> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://thetapes.neocities.org/ | 2019-06-17T05:05:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998376.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190617043021-20190617065021-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.980452 | 1,780 | [
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She’s The First Ever Otter With Asthma, Watch Her Learning To Use An Inhaler.
A sea otter in Seattle, Washington, is breathing a lot easier thanks to her inhaler. Mishka was recently diagnosed with asthma after the wildfires in her state last month. The smoke made its way into the Seattle Aquarium affecting the otter’s breathing.
Her inhaler contains the same medication as humans. Food is used to encourage Mishka to learn how to breathe into the inhaler. It is expected that the marine life will need her puffer for the rest of her life. The sea otter is the first of its kind to be diagnosed with asthma.
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How to Create Viral Content and Why it's a Waste of Time
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In 2013, I became obsessed with GIFs and more specifically with cinemagraphs. They were unlike anything I had ever seen before. My only point of reference was the idea of magical photographs from Harry Potter. So I set out to learn how to make them and once I did, it was basically all I wanted to do in my free time. Within 6 months, companies started to reach out and to ask me to create GIFS for various social media campaigns.
My first brush with virality occurred with a commissioned piece I created for St. Ives. It was always important to me to create beautiful and impactful images but I also kept the analytical and objective goals of each image in mind while working on creative projects. Whenever a commissioned cinemagraph or GIF of mine got posted, I tracked it analytically. Anyway, this GIF that I created for St. Ives quickly shot up to a 100,000 notes on Tumblr, then 250,000 and was around 500,000 notes the last time I looked.
Since then I've created GIFs and videos that have been viewed tens of millions of times. My Giphy account currently stands at about 140 million views. With that first piece, as the creator, I didn't entirely understand why it outperformed everything else I created beforehand by so much. So I started a Tumblr to keep track of every piece above 100,000 notes that I came across. Over the next couple of months I started to notice several patterns. Then over the next couple of years, I started to see the same patterns pop up on other social media platforms like Instagram and Pinterest (and get implemented by companies such as Buzzfeed and Upworthy). Here are some of the factors that make a post go viral:
Don't think Ferraris or fur coats, that stuff does okay but it rarely goes viral. Aspirational content on the web that tends to go viral is more about attainable ideal lifestyle moments. Think blanket picnics on the beach during sunset or a nomadic van that’s luxe but not inconceivable. These are most often still images that convey a scene of some sort.
From scary jolts to weird bloopers, things that have surprising twists popped up again and again. They were often GIFS taken from videos. There was a moment in time, when Vine was popular, where the funny twist ending or clever captions really ruled. These days, this somewhat comes up on Twitter with GIFS being used a punchline.
Again, not Ferraris. It's about things we all experience on some small level but taken to excess. From food to travel to beauty routines, I think there's something viscerally exciting about seeing something taken beyond a reasonable limit. Does anyone really need 6 cheeseburgers? No, but it looks fun, or so I think is the appeal of it all. Instagram in particular seems to promote accounts that are niche focused and excessive. Pick a topic and you can go down an endless rabbit hole of excessive food, excessive travel (though it's funny how all the globetrotters end up in all of the same spots in Bali, Jaipur, Cappadocia and Paris) and excessive beauty.
Things that often go viral
There were certain types of content that seemed to regularly go viral on Tumblr: very cute animals, sunsets, unmade beds, beaches and beautiful people. Combinations of these things did particularly well, which I ultimately concluded is what happened with the St. Ives GIF I made years ago, since it was a GIF of a beach at sunset.
Viral Content Across Social Media
I started thinking about virality because of Tumblr. At the time, I was often working on commercial projects that would live on Tumblr and I wanted them to be successful so I wanted to understand what did well. That was a jumping off point though, not the end goal. I used what I learned and then added my own creative view. As a platform, Tumblr encouraged creativity and rewarded a wide range of art (through community features). The community managers walked the line between encouraging engagement and nurturing creativity exceptionally well. Back when I started thinking about all of this in 2014, I felt like the internet was a magical place where anyone could find a safe niche to express their creativity and themselves. This is not how I feel in 2018, for many reasons.
Since 2014, I've seen Instagram, Facebook and Twitter veer heavily towards engagement over community safety and creativity. Viral content seems to be the end goal of everyone, from the users to the platforms to the agencies creating branded content.
The Value of Virality
I'm sure that somewhere out there is a data scientist, probably at Facebook, with a firmer grasp of algorithms and a much larger data set that could break down content trends more granularly than me. They probably have a boss that can tie the data to revenue and report out how much virality is worth in dollar terms on a social media platform. That's all to say that I think we pretend that social platforms are about creativity and community but I'm not sure how true that is in reality.
When virality is the goal, popularity is the goal, exposure is the goal. Creativity, newness, uniqueness all require a certain willingness to fail, to be unpopular, to be different. Yes, there are still individuals and organizations committed to those things that use social media to chronicle their work and sometimes they go viral because uniquness is interesting but that is the exception not the rule. What I worry about is that most people (and a lot of creativity agencies) now focus on replicating what has already done well. A recent Instagram account highlights this tendency to replicate shockingly well.
As a creative, the race to maximize engagement on social media platforms is occasionally disheartening. It feels like a race to the bottom. Any time something fresh and unique happens, it's copied straight to cliché status in record time.
I'm tempted to say that there's no value in virality, to point out that I have not gotten a single creative gig from my 140 million views of Giphy. I'd like to say that instead of enjoying my occasional creative success I often feel trapped by the pressure to create what will be popular and when things do well I end up seeing my ideas copied or my work literally stolen by "curating feature" accounts. Those things are true but I've also worked on the commercial side and I know that success is measured by likes and theoretical ROI. So I don't have a neat answer here but I just want to point out that by replicating, we're just doing something that someone has already done better to chase an ever shrinking slice of attention span. | <urn:uuid:72e0acdd-4c52-4d54-9ae7-aaaa3898f636> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://www.sandynoto.com/blog/how-to-create-viral-content-and-why-its-a-waste-of-time | 2019-06-18T11:23:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998716.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20190618103358-20190618125358-00038.warc.gz | en | 0.973139 | 1,420 | [
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Gareth Emery introduces new OpenxClose series
The latest to dip their feet back into the world of open-to-close sets is Gareth Emery. Having been expressing his disdain for shorter, festival-type sets for quite some time, his desire to revive his days of hyper-extended sets felt like an easily foreseeable next step. He’ll now be reviving his ‘OpenxClose’ concept after a three year hiatus, playing a seven-hour New Year’s Eve set at the Brooklyn Hangar. Ashley Wallbridge, Jonathan Mendelsohn, and Emma Hewitt will also be joining in on the festivities, in a to-be-specified manner.
His New Year’s show will kick off an entire tour much like his last extended set adventures in 2015, where Emery will be hitting multiple cities across the globe and “playing as long as he can.” The trance producer noted that he’d missed being able to show his breath as a DJ following a run of his Laserface shows, which are designed to focus more on the visual component that accompanies his music and are difficult to stretch out due to tedious programming.
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Aggressive advertising messages aimed at children urging them to purchase goods for the game “Runes of Magic” are not permitted, the German Federal Court ruled.
The Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZBV) sued game maker Gameforge because it tried to sell armor and weaponry directly to children, the VZBV said in a news release on Thursday. The offer was made on the Runes of Magic website. After a link was clicked, a Web page offering various products was opened, the VZBV said.
Direct exhortation to children in this way is prohibited, ruled the German Federal Court on Wednesday, said court spokeswoman Dietlind Weinland in an email on Thursday. Therefore, Gameforge should refrain from using terms like “grab the opportunity to...” while advertising paid in-game items to children, Weinland said.
Runes of Magic is a game that can be downloaded for free. Gamers can then purchase upgrades and accessories in the game to advance, the VZBV said.
By marketing paid items in a game that make the participation more attractive, game makers exploit the inexperience of children, said the VZBV. But the ruling means that advertising messages aimed at children with a link to paid accessories for the computer game “Runes of Magic” is not permitted, the VZBV added.
The virtual goods have to be paid for with real money, the federation said. In 2009 for instance, purchasing 3,000 diamonds for Runes of Magic cost the player almost €100 ($130), while a riding animal could be bought for 199 diamonds, it said.
The decision of the court is not yet final, Weinland said. Since the defendant was not represented by counsel before the Federal Court, a “default judgment” was given, she said. The company can oppose the decision within two weeks, after which the matter would be considered further by the Federal Court, she said. If the verdict is not opposed it will enter into force.
Gameforge on Thursday did not immediately comment on the verdict.
People in the game industry have been discussing the marketing of game items to children for a while.
“Children in some cases are being monetized MUCH more aggressively with in-app purchases than adults are, because developers understand that children are more vulnerable and wish to profit on this. There is nothing illegal about this in any country that I am aware of,” said Ramin Shokrizade, an Applied Virtual Economist and Monetization Designer who consults game makers, in an email on Thursday.
Shokrizade currently consults to companies with a combined market capitalization of over $300 billion worldwide, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Game maker Zynga for instance uses a technique that is called “fun pain” to entice gamers to purchase items, he wrote in a recent blog post titled Monetizing Children.
“The idea is to inflict some very uncomfortable situation on a player in their game, and then offer to remove that situation in return for money. While the vast majority of adults will make the assessment that it is in their best interest to not spend the money and to just exit the application that is designed to hurt them, it is biologically harder to come to this conclusion if the decision maker is a child,” Shokrizade wrote in the blog post.
Therefore, the use of real money or its equivalent should be removed as an option in games without the explicit informed consent of parents, Shokrizade said in his blog, adding that children are not in a good position to judge the value of purchases in virtual currencies.
“I don’t think in app purchases (IAPs) belong anywhere in games marketed to minors. If your response is ‘oh that is going to make it a lot harder to sell microtransactions’, then I’m going to suspect this is an admission that you know children are more vulnerable to suspect monetization methodologies,” he added in his blog.
It is inevitable that some companies will move toward even more aggressive exploitation of children in games, wrote Shokrizade. “To solve the problem governments and people need to first understand the problem,” he said in his email. The ultimate result will be national regulation, which is already happening in some parts of Asia, he added. | <urn:uuid:74078ba4-a0d8-433a-a488-f5c6156b255b> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://www.pcworld.com/article/2044647/aggressive-game-advertising-to-children-prohibited-by-german-federal-court.html | 2019-06-19T16:01:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999000.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20190619143832-20190619165832-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.96745 | 906 | [
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29c3 youtube video
akibsayyed at gmail.com
Wed Jan 2 05:36:46 UTC 2013
Damn typo mistake
On Jan 2, 2013 8:35 AM, "Akib Sayyed" <akibsayyed at gmail.com> wrote:
> Currently we are not in production stage.
> We are more focused on buying own stack or buying chipset with compatible
stack as there is no gprs/edge/3g suppprt in osmocom.
> Our first tool was based on osmocom but we are not in production.
> On Jan 2, 2013 12:12 AM, "Luca Bongiorni" <
luca.bongiorni1 at studenti.unimi.it> wrote:
>> Hey all,
>> actually is "interesting" his web site.
>> Since it seems a commercial website*:
>> * " Matrix Shell developed own GSM penetration testing tool.This tool is
comprised of hardware unit and a laptop.it can perform various test on
network using custom firmware.
>> Using this too tester can identify state in which end user is getting
service in terms of security."
>> * "We provide following services.
>> GSM Network Penetration Testing
>> Matrixshell have developed a tool that can be used for testing attack
vectors from users point of view. That is attacks that can be carried out
by using modified handsets which may cause misusing identity of GSM
subscriber , mass cellphone cell phone switch off ,denial of service of
subscriber etc. Such vulnerability may cause loss in reputation of provider.
>> We can find out such issues using our own tools. Our tools comprised of
UM interface hardware and a laptop communicating with UM interface. This
tool can run different tests on network like: Checking encryption type,
Authentication bypass, Wrong way of TMSI assignment by network, Identity
>> I am wondering how his software tools are dealing with Osmocom's
>> > are you sharing your current progress in a public git repository? If
>> > not, I'd like to strongly encourage you to do so. I can also give you
>> > commit access so you can push to a private branch on git.osmocom.org,
>> > prefer that.
>> > --
>> > - Harald Welte <laforge at gnumonks.org>
>> > "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option."
>> > (ETSI EN 300 175-7
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The random I/O performance is important for the general performance of any data file storage device. We’ve executed substantial trials and have identified that an SSD can deal with at least 6000 IO’s per second.
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SSD drives are made to include as fewer rotating components as is practical. They utilize a similar technique to the one used in flash drives and are more trustworthy compared with traditional HDD drives.
SSDs offer an normal failure rate of 0.5%.
HDD drives work with spinning disks for saving and reading through files – a technology dating back to the 1950s. With hard disks magnetically suspended in the air, rotating at 7200 rpm, the prospects of some thing going wrong are generally bigger.
The normal rate of failing of HDD drives ranges among 2% and 5%.
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SSDs lack moving parts and need minimal chilling energy. Additionally they demand not much energy to work – tests have revealed that they can be powered by a standard AA battery.
As a whole, SSDs consume somewhere between 2 and 5 watts.
HDD drives can be infamous for getting loud; they are more likely to heating up and in case you have several disk drives within a hosting server, you need an extra a / c system used only for them.
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Do you have a child that:
- Chews on and on but doesn’t seem to swallow
- Will eat smooth foods but says they can’t swallow anything with lumps or solids
- Won’t swallow foods but hold it in their mouths to later spit out
- Won’t swallow foods but keeps filling their mouth with more food
- Avoids eating chewy foods or eating foods that are crunchy
- Won’t swallow the foods but seems to have food stored in their cheeks!
- Takes 10 swallows before on mouthful goes down!
Then you may have a child that is having “Oral Phase” swallowing difficulties. A difficulty to swallow is called dysphagia (dis-fay-ja) but there are many types and causes of dysphagia. To understand dysphagia, it helps to first understand how swallowing occurs.
Swallowing involves four stages. These stage are controlled by nerves that connect the digestive tract to the brain:
There are 4 main stages in the swallowing process:
- Oral Preparatory Stage, in which the food is chewed (masticated), mixed with saliva, and formed into a cohesive ball (bolus)
- Oral Stage, in which the food is moved back through the mouth with a front-to-back squeezing action, performed primarily by the tongue
- Pharyngeal Stage, which begins with the pharyngeal swallowing response:
- The food enters the upper throat area (above the voice box), the soft palate is lifted to block off the nose and the epiglottis blocks off the airway. These actions helps to direct and force the food downward to the esophagus.
- Esophageal Stage, in which the food bolus enters the esophagus (the tube that transports food directly to the stomach). The bolus is moved to the stomach by a squeezing action of the throat muscles.
This article is focused on the Oral stages of swallowing. It is a common issue for many children attending the SpeechNet Infant and Feeding Clinic. In the Oral stage children need to be able to bite, chew effectively and then the tongue forms the food into a “ball” (a bolus) and moves it into position ready for a swallow. This phase is voluntary meaning people have control over chewing and beginning to swallow. Some common problems at this stage of the swallow are:
- trouble initiating or wanting to take food into the mouth
- Trouble closing your lips to get food from a spoon or fork
- Difficulties keeping food in your mouth
- trouble chewing food effectively so it is not swallowed or attempted to be swallowed with large lumps in it causing gagging
- trouble moving food within the mouth
- trouble forming a ball with the food (bolus) so that it can be moved into the correct position ready for a swallow (less important with puree foods but this can be a key reason why lumpy foods are not swallowed). Food often remains scattered across the tongue and in the cheeks rather than being gathered into a ball (see photos below).
- Difficulties controlling foods in the mouth so that it goes into your throat too quickly often causing a gag or a vomit OR the food/bolus cannot be moved to the correct position on the tongue in order to initiate the swallow reflex.
- some food in the mouth remains after the swallow – or even after several attempts at swallowing. This is called
- Getting food stuck in your cheek and having insufficient tongue and oral control to be able to feel and re-collect the food – called pocketing
The role of the speech-language pathologist that has experience in paediatric dysphagia is to assess the factors that may be impacting on the swallow process and assist in developing a management plan.
Let’s look at just one example where the child was “chewing” and “chewing” but seemed to take forever to actually swallow the food. He often needed several effort-able swallows to get a single mouthful down.
1.First of all his bite was adequate however his chew was inefficient.
He used up and down jaw movements in attempt to chew foods such as carrots, meats or apple. However these types of foods really need a grinding or rotatory chew movement to get them ready for a swallow. Hence he was doing “lots of work” that made it look like he was chewing forever however the food was not actually being processed at all. He required assistance to learn a more mature form of chewing.
2 He had poor tongue movements which made it impossible for him to move food from his cheek pockets to his teeth and he could not use his tongue to form the food into a ball (bolus) for swallowing.
Food would fall into his cheek pocket and he could not sweep the food out and place it back on his teeth where he could chew it. The food was scattered all over his tongue and cheeks. As he could not gather the food into a ball (a bolus) he could not get a clear swallow and kept swallowing the tiniest amounts of food as they randomly moved to the back of the tongue. Food needs to be moved as a “small pile” so a swallow can be triggered. Consequently the swallowing was very ineffective with significant amount of residue being left on his tongue meaning each mouthful was taking such a long time making his meals go on and on. Even after 5-6 swallows per mouthful the tongue was still coated with food. Often he would drink so much water to try to “wash it down” he no longer felt hungry.
In the photos below you can see the food is all over his tongue. Using photos of his tongue and demonstrations of chewing and bolus formation he genuinely said “How do you do that! How do you get it all together in a ball like that?” The therapy involved using tongue exercise and techniques to assist him to learn how to form a bolus of food so that he could increase the efficiency of his swallow. The last picture clearly demonstrates the huge improvements he made!
Tongue movements and awareness of tongue movements within his mouth was a key element to helping him learn how to swallow effectively. Using resources such as the Online Mr Tongue Story greatly assisted him!
It is recommended that if you have concerns about your child’s swallowing skills that you should contact a speech-language pathologist experienced in paediatric dysphagia and feeding issues.
Inability to form a ball (bolus) of food – food is scattered and residue remains after swallow attempts
Formation of food into a ball (a bolus) allows an efficient swallow.
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(Latin: a suffix forming nouns from verbs of condition and action; an act or process: resumption, absorption; state or condition, redemption, exhaustion; something resulting from or otherwise related to an act or process, assumption, friction)
This unit is presenting a small fraction of the hundreds of words ending with the suffix of -tion; however, there is a significant number of words which may help everyone have a better understanding and appreciation of the use of this element.
2. The appearance of something remarkable or unexpected; usually, an image of this type: A mother who lost her three children in a house fire claims that she has had apparitions in which they assured her that they are all right and that she shouldn't worry about them.
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At the conclusion of the country fair, the organizers had to determine how to apportion the proceeds, ensuring that a generous proportion was designated for the local charities.
2. The quality of being side by side, not being front-to-front, but next to each other: The members of the marching band stood in apposition to each other as they prepared to play the national anthem.
3. A placing of two things conjointly or the fitting together of two things: The two pieces of the puzzle fit in perfect apposition.
4. A grammar relationship between noun phrases in which the relationship between two usually consecutive nouns or noun phrases that refer to the same person or thing and have the same relationship to other sentence elements: In the sentence, "My son, an actor, lives with me"; the phrase, "My son, an actor" is an example of an apposition. 5. In physiology, cell growth in which layers of material are deposited on existing ones: Dr. McMahon told Henry that the growth on the bottom of his heel was an example of cellular apposition.
2. The social status derived from the circumstances into which someone is born.
3. The act of imputing or affirming to belong.
2. A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).
3. The act of affirming or asserting or stating something.
4. A strong statement that something is true.
5. Etymology: from Old French assertion (14th century); from Late Latin assertionem, assertio; a noun of action from Latin asserere "to claim rights over something, to state, to maintain, to affirm"; from ad-, "to" + serere, "to join"; by "joining oneself" to a particular view, one "claimed" or "maintained" it.
2. The action of taking to oneself; reception, adoption.
3. The action of receiving up into heaven; ascent to or reception into heaven; the reception of the Virgin Mary into heaven, with body preserved from corruption, which is a generally accepted doctrine in the Roman Catholic Church.
Also the feast held annually on the 15th of August in honor of this event.4. The action of taking for or upon oneself.
5. The taking upon oneself of a form or character; the formal taking of an office or a position.
6. In law, a promise or undertaking, either oral or in writing not sealed.
7. The action of laying claim to as a possession, unwarrantable claim, usurpation.
8. A taking too much upon oneself, a laying claim to undue importance; arrogance.
9. The taking of anything for granted as the basis of argument or action.
10. That which is assumed or taken for granted; a supposition, postulate.
11. In logic, the minor premise of a syllogism.
2. The power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures.
2. Special care or consideration to something or someone.
2. An abrading away, wearing or grinding down, by friction: The attrition of water on rocks by the ocean often results in their being worn down and becoming smooth.
3. In military applications, the gradual wearing away of morale and the powers of resistance by persistent attacks: General Smith ordered a gradual process of attrition against the enemy in order to exhaust and wear them down.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Day 3 - some thoughts - and Day 4!
At any rate - Day 3 exercises - Lying Kickback (Triceps) and Standing Curl (Biceps) were repeated yesterday!
I have an additional reason for losing weight AND exercising. As I told you earlier (Was it only Sunday?) I used to work in a nursing home as an aide - 3 tours of duty - one when I was raising Wendy while she was a baby, and the second when she was a teenager (and she also worked there as well). The 3rd tour for working in a nursing home was when my son was growing up and was about 10 (he also worked there several years later as a volunteer worker) but at that time I worked as a social worker. A lot of the folks there were crippled by arthritis and other problems and were frequently in pain at least until medicated. I don't want to be in that situation - neither having the pain and being crippled by arthritis, sciatica, inactivity through the years, nor by living in a nursing home (you can't have cats there - nor can you stroll into the kitchen and make a grilled cheese at 10 PM! Plus a whole bunch of other stuff! PLUS it would be truly hard to quilt there). If I ever have to, well, then I'll cross that bridge then. Otherwise, I definitely plan on living healthy, AND exercising DAILY! And yes, I have that awful "gotta do it right" feeling - but I suspect that ANY activity will be activity well spent - as long as I don't become plumb foolish about it!
All that was yesterday! Today has a message: "When you always do your best, you take action. Doing your best is taking action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward." Good thought!
Today I'm supposed to See it and make it real!
1. NOW - posture is lousy - all slumped over, belly sagging, we won't even discuss hips or butt. I'm wearing jeans and a tee.
WHAT I WANT TO SEE - body standing erect, gut sucked in, shoulders back, head held high, I'm standing TALL! and it's obvious that I'm breathing much better too! And I like that feeling!
2. Movement - what I want to see - running - maybe playing soccer!, dancing - maybe even a little ballet, walking - and hiking in the hills, laughter shows on my face and in my attitude. That's where I want to be!
3. Now - my arms and legs ARE more toned - a little sore - but toned - and I like that!
This is something I need to do daily (Visualization exercises).
Today's exercises - warm up for a minute, Hamstring Leg lift (hamstrings) - sets of 12, Squats (Quadriceps) - sets of 12 again. 4 repeats of sets.
The diet portion of the day - discusses Olive oil - which is something I use! In fact, it's almost the ONLY oil I do use! and the ONLY one that agrees with my body! Re the "Light" olive oil - that refers to TASTE - NOT calories - and I like the taste of olive oil so the regular taste is just fine with me! The only thing I do NOT do with olive oil - I don't like to use it as a spread on biscuits or toast or to taste it directly - my mind just won't let me do that. | <urn:uuid:b1206894-e58e-4a6f-9e95-692d94738df1> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | http://momslifeupsidedown.blogspot.com/2015/08/day-3-some-thoughts-and-day-4.html | 2019-06-16T05:00:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627997731.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20190616042701-20190616064701-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.976337 | 726 | [
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September 3, 2009
BELGRADE -- The military intelligence services have submitted information to the State Commission that General Dragoljub Mihailovich is buried on Ada Ciganlija.
According to the State Commission on Establishing the Truth about the Murder of Dragoljub Mihailovich, digging will shortly begin next to the gates of a former prison on Ada as part of the search for Mihailovich’s remains, writes daily Novosti.
“This is the first time that a state body has submitted tangible knowledge of the execution and burial of General Mihailovich. The conditions have therefore been created to begin excavations at that location,“ one member of the commission told the daily.
The commission said, according to Novosti, that all information received to date from the intelligence services (BIA), MUP, the Military Archives and the Archive of Yugoslavia had yielded little in the search for Mihailovich's’s final resting place, and that the information from the military intelligence services was a major breakthrough.
The place where the Commander of the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland is believed to be buried is right in front of a monument that marks the site where a prison for political dissidents was located before and during the Second World War.
The site in question, next to a bike hire shop and which now features an arrangement of red roses, is, according to certain earlier testimonies, the place where Mihailovich, together with seven other prisoners, was executed and buried on July 17, 1946.
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Kiss The Girl Backing Track
Peter Andre Kiss The Girl MP3 Version
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Kiss The Girl Live Band Backing Track in the style of Peter Andre
Kiss The Girl is a song recorded and released ...
#kissthegirlmidi #peterandremidi #midi #midifile #midikaraoke #backingtrack
Video for Kiss The Girl by Peter Andre
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For 98-07 Cummins 5.9
The purpose of this kit is to indicate to the driver with the red LED, if the supply fuel pump pressure of the injection pump is dropping below 5psi. This simple easy to install device can save your injection pump from damage occured when straved for fuel.
1 - 5psi Pressure Switch1 - LED Assembly2 - Female Blade Connectors1 - Mini-Fuse Tapper2 - Sealant Washers
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Taiwanese Chipset Culture - More Than Just VIA ...
Recent years made us almost forget that there is more than just one chipset maker in Taiwan. VIA was certainly able to get the most attention, since it started to attack Intel in 1999 with the early introduction of chipsets with PC133 and later DDR support. The other two, Acer Labs Inc a.k.a. ALi and Silicon Integrated Systems a.k.a. SiS lived more of a shadow existence besides VIA. Products with ALi or SiS chipsets were mainly found in low-cost systems and on less reputable motherboards. While in the past, high-end motherboards used to be equipped with Intel chipsets only, today you find a lot of quality boards with VIA chipsets as well.
SiS735 Chipset Changing The Image Of Silicon Integrated Systems
ALi has still not quite managed to step out of VIA's shadow, even though a new revision of
SiS had never been particularly famous for high performance and yet it was able to beat even AMD's 760 chipset. Over night SiS had changed its image, while VIA's engineers got their butts kicked badly by CEO Wenchi Chen, who had to face a lot of mockery for the fact that VIA's KT266 had been crushed by a product from SiS. | <urn:uuid:1234b94f-afa5-48c3-aae2-50a38f5863ee> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | http://www.thg.ru/mainboard/20011008/ | 2019-06-17T09:25:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998462.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20190617083027-20190617105027-00318.warc.gz | en | 0.980359 | 277 | [
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Sold Out $18.00
Philip Kingsley Pure Silver Shampoo 1000ml
Formulated specifically for grey and bleached blonde hair, Pure Silver conditioner adds shine to dull, discoloured, grey and brassy blonde hair.
Designed with violet hues and optical brighteners it reduces the appearance of yellow discolouration and gives the hair a dramatically brighter and glossier appearance.
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Blogging is still going to take work starting out. That path to $5,000 a month didn’t happen overnight but just like real estate development, it build up an asset that now creates constant cash flow whether I work or not. I get over 30,000 visitors a month from Google search rankings, rankings that will continue to send traffic even if I take a little time off.
I would like to feature your video(s) on my site, especially the one where you are talking about living and working in the Philippines. Could you log in and become a member of my site and possibly post some content there. I will upgrade you to an editor or something higher to add your own posts and videos. My site is mainly an informational site on the subject of Retiring Philippines. I want to place your video on the main page where everyone will see it. My blog in on a page called “Blog” I need help finding ways to make money here,can you help with that? And I sure would like to meet you some time since you are so close to me.
1 Would you choose WordPress as an easy-start blogging/website content management system? The only thing I know about it is that it exists, I’ve been told by friends who have WP it’s easy to set-up and maintain and I’ve since read lots of info on the Net which reiterates this claim. I believe I read in a reply you wrote to another community member who commented on another post of yours you recommend WP. Is this correct, Chris? Or did I just make that up?
Affiliate marketing is a simple way to earn a bit of extra money from your personal website or blog. In a nutshell, affiliate marketing is simply including special links to some products or services on your website and in your content. When your readers click those links and make a purchase, you earn a fixed percentage commission from that sale. Most publishers sign up with affiliate networks that connect them with brands seeking for an affiliate. The same networks will also monitor your commissions and schedule your payouts.
In 2012, even I wrote a 150-page eBook about severance package negotiations that still regularly sells about ~35 copies a month at $85 each (2nd edition for 2017) without any effort. In order to generate $2,975 a month or $35,700 a year in passive income as I do now, I would need to invest $892,500 in something that generates a 4% yield! To earn $10,000 a year in passive income would therefore need roughly $250,000 in capital.
Even if each patron only contributes a very small amount each month, it can still be a huge source of income. Take a look at the Patreon page for Kinda Funny, an internet video company. They have over 6,209 patrons which means an average of just $3 a month would be a monthly income of almost $19,000 – plus they get cheerleaders that are always happy to spread the word on their brand.
What I’m doing: I use this site to write out goals like 1) Generating $200,000 a year working 4 hours a day or less, 2) Trying to make winning investments, and 3) Keeping track of my passive income streams with free financial tools. My site and the community helps keep me accountable for progress. It’s important I do what I say, otherwise, what the hell is the point? You should consider starting a site or at least a private journal. Write out your specific goals, tell several close friends and stick to the plan.
Thanks for your ideas I love them, also agriculture investment can be nice like tomato hothouse with half the produce for the grower and the sales profit for the grower The genocide against the international Japanese community some 2 million in the European Union at least can break the world economy and leave the One Sunrise War for True Japanese Survival the only alternative
What I’m doing: I view passive income as funny money to keep myself sane during this long journey. I estimate 2-10 years to get to my goal depending on how active I am. The dollars created are just points one can accumulate. I’ve made passive income goals for each passive income type and check in at least once a year like I am now to make sure I’m on track. Passive income is also carefully managed to minimize tax liability. When you can build a buffer for a buffer, you are then free to take more risks.
I wanted to specifically call out one particular strategy within equity investing that bears mentioning – dividend growth investing is when you focus on stocks that not only pay a dividend but have a history of strong dividend growth. When I was first building my portfolio of individual stocks, I focused on buying companies with a history of dividends, a history of strong growth, and financials that supported a continuation of both.
“Where a lot of people mess up is they try to build a business or create a product that serves everybody, and by trying to serve everybody, you serve nobody. You have to specialize and niche down and find a market with a pain point that you, based on your experience, based on your education and based on your passion, can help,” he says. Your earnings will directly reflect how well you serve that particular audience, and the more your message resonates with them, the more opportunities you’ll have to sell to them.
A REIT is a company that owns, operates or finances real estate and allows anyone to invest in portfolios of real estate assets, the same way as stocks: you can purchase individual stock or exchange-traded fund (ETF). You can then earn a share of the income produced through the real estate investment without having to own, manage or finance a property.
It takes the “books I’m reading” area you often see in blogs (within Amazon affiliate links) to a whole new level. not only is this great for you, but it’s extremely helpful for your readers who may be looking for additional resources related to your niche. Plus, they may come across products or services they weren’t originally looking for while on your resources page.
Index funds provide you with a way to invest in the stock market that is completely passive. For example, if you invest money in an index fund that is based on the S&P 500 Index, you will be invested in the general market, without having to concern yourself with choosing investments, rebalancing your portfolio, or knowing when to sell or buy individual companies. All that will be handled by the fund which will base the fund portfolio on the makeup of the underlying index.
Thank you for sharing your article! You did a great job saving and putting your money to work for you. Like you, I share the same financial dream of having 150-200k in passive income and traveling the world stress-free! :) Right now I’m saving about 80-90% of my active income and put it toward ETF funds and value growth stocks because I’m seeking capital appreciation. And I can tolerate a lot of risks because I’m still in my early 20’s. By the time I reach 30 something I’ll start looking into blue chips stocks that pay dividends and REIT. So I want to be where you are by that time lol. Anyways, that the plan and I’m sticking to it. Good luck on achieving your financial dream!
I want to develop a passive income stream in the next 4 years, nothing grand, maybe an extra 500-1000 dollars a month, but I’m not sure how to go about it so I was wondering if you had any tips. I’m so-so as a writer, and am currently finishing up my second book (just write as a hobby), and in the past made about 30-50 dollars an hour as a free lance writer but that was a couple of years back, it was only for about 10-20 hours a month, and the gig just dried up. I just got particularly lucky with that. I’ve tried online poker as a means in the past, and which I learned A) was not passive income but hard work and B) I have an addictive personality which resulted in me losing the 4g I earned in 6 weeks over the span of 72 hours so that’s out of the picture. I also partook in some illegal selling of things when I was younger, but being a little older and wiser the risk-reward ratio for possibly ending up in Jail just doesn’t match up. I tried making three businesses (dog walking, house cleaning, and personal assistant) and while those all were succesful to varying degrees and earned me about 15-25 dollars an hour, they weren’t mobile and quiet honestly I don’t have the time to be a full time dog walker or run a house cleaning operation seeing as I’ll be in school, work, and athletics.
The point I wish to communicate to you and the community members from the example of my thought process above is this: since deciding to become a Netpreneur, I’ve never been SO miserable in my entire life. I’m overwhelmed with all this data I have gathered and it paralyzes me to the point I’ve NOT set up a blog or website because I’m too confused to do so!!
The challenge I’m facing and, I know it’s a good problem, is that the SF real estate has shot up about 35% in the last couple years. I’m sure you’re experiencing the same thing! So as the net worth is rising, the yield on the total portfolio is going down. Right now, it seems the only way to increase the passive income will be to raise the rent in December and to invest some of that cash in stocks, which I’m nervous to do in this market. Current allocation:
If you are unable to search actual sales through the assessor, you can use properties currently listed for sale in the MLS. The problem here is that the asking price may not be a true reflection of what the property is really worth. You’ll want to be even more skeptical of high- and low-values in this list and I would discount all prices by at least 5% to find market value.
Venture debt ($12,240 a year): The first venture-debt fund has returned almost all my initial capital, so I decided to invest $200,000 in the second fund. I took a risk investing $150,000 in my friend's first fund, so I'm hoping there's less risk in the second fund, given he has four more years of experience on top of his 12-plus years of experience running a venture-debt portfolio for another company.
If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “I wish there was a product that did this,” then invent it! Create a product, medical or otherwise, and sell it as a company or get royalties for it. It’s not impossible to figure out, I have many friends who have taken a concept to market. Don’t overlook an invention as a fantastic means of attaining passive income. | <urn:uuid:f2a5d89b-36c0-4a67-ba87-248cd7e0da69> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://www.24to30.com/lose-belly-fat-increase-muscle-mass-how-to-lose-belly-fat-in-30-days-diet.php | 2019-06-17T09:40:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998462.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20190617083027-20190617105027-00318.warc.gz | en | 0.962407 | 2,341 | [
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Today just got a million times better:
Itty bitty banana munches! I die.
(Thanks to Andrea for posting this on the Epbot FB page! Shot by Birdchick)
More reasons today is awesome:
1) It's FRIDAY. Aw yeeeah. High five!!
2) My new steamboat Willie toy arrived in the mail:
Already he has mastered the art of riding my baby AT-AT. :)
3) The nice people at Instructables asked me to join their site and submit my penny desk for their furniture challenge contest, so yesterday I finally did, and today they featured it! MY FIRST EVER INSTRUCTABLE! Woot!
'Course, now I'm anxiously watching the comments for someone to tell me I screwed it all up and I'm an idiot. Heh.
4) As I mentioned on FB, I decided to start an Epbot Pinterest board since I'm spending [mumblemumble] hours there a day anyway. It's been fun going back through all the projects and tutorials on this blog - so much stuff I'd forgotten!
Anyway, for some reason my flip-flop hangers are INSANELY popular over there. As in, everything I've put up has maybe 3 or 4 "repins." The hangers? Seven hundred and sixteen. I don't understand it. But I'm not complaining.
Anyway, I think I'll go eat some chocolate now. [eyebrow waggle]
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This set of 10 notecards features colourful 19th- and 20th-century books with jolly titles, all taken from the Bodleian Libraries collection.
- Printed in Oxfordshire for the Bodleian Libraries
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The ever ongoing rise of the digitalisation of music is no longer a debate but the basis of how we consume music. There are various opinions on the issue, but an underlining factor is the form of artwork has taken a hit through the transformation. Sleevenote is changing this. We spoke to the founder Tom Vek on the app, the resurgence of Vinyl and some of his favourite sleeves.
Where did you get the idea from to put sleeve designs at the forefront like this?
It had been on my mind since the first version of iTunes, I feel there was a general backlash against how dull the tracks looked as lists of information, it felt like you’re in an excel spreadsheet or something, but people just got used to it.
How big is the Sleevenote team?
It’s me, a friend, and a talented developer we use, so extremely small, I’m looking to work with contributing designers while we’re still spreading the word so hopefully when we have lots of official artwork submitted by labels as a priority service for new releases we’ll be able to start employing people. Its a bit chicken and egg, and doing it without startup investment I’m realising is usual in this day and age, but I do believe it could get off the ground on its own.
What do you think are the key reasons that fans don’t appreciate sleeves as much as they used to?
Truthfully I think it’s unfortunately because most people go with the flow, I honestly believe that a lot of people in the digital music world just see it as any old business, there doesn’t seem to be any care or attention to how music is presented. I think the vinyl resurgence is a direct result of this, so it’s nice to see this happening, though obviously I believe there is still a better experience possible for digital music.
How have you accessed all the imagery for the records? How long has it taken?
Firstly I want to say that sourcing and looking at album artwork all day is my idea of a dream job, which I think has been crucial to building the database so far. I have managed to use my industry connections to speak to a few labels who have been kind enough to supply the artwork, I’ve also asked bands and music designers I know. In terms of tracking down requested artwork, the internet is obviously a great tool for finding imagery, and I’ve discovered a few communities of people actually scanning loads of stuff in. Typically the artwork needs some cleaning up and optimising in line with the usability guidelines I put together.
Do you have a favourite sleeve of all time? Name a few of your favourites.
Tricky question, most of my favourite artwork is for my favourite albums which is the quirk of music artwork I think. I’ve always loved Portishead’s aesthetic, that utilitarian Blue Note vibe, also love M.I.A.’s post-internet vibrancy, and off the top of my head the Knife's “Shaking the Habitual” artwork is just too good how obnoxious those colours are.
Where do you want to take the app next?
I want to grow the team so we can handle an influx of design and also be tracking down the requested artwork. Also I’d like to bring in digital booklets to the system, which will really complete the experience.
Is there anything else that you feel gets lost in modern music consumption?
To be honest the other sides of it seem pretty healthy, in terms of accessibility and discovery. Maybe I’d say people aren’t quite collecting up a library that they could access as a reminder of their experiences and identity as much, which is why a T-shirt, poster or something physical is still important, It’s still relevant to have a “favourite band/artist” I think, like many cultures music strives from forming loyalties.
As a music artist yourself, were there any issues you faced launching the app?
So far I hadn't put my name to the app, because the whole point is to build a completely neutral platform and experience, but since my album was coming out, I figured it was a cool thing to talk about, especially considering we’ve had no marketing or advertising budget, I’m looking to grow it naturally, hopefully mostly by recommendation, as we grow the database, because I sympathise that that is the main experience and we have a lot to do. I have found that labels are extremely busy working out how to support themselves, and I’m hoping that they see how Sleevenote can be a worthwhile element. But no real issues, if anything being an artist myself has helped.
What are your thoughts on the resurgence in vinyl sales? A triumph for artwork?
Yes totally, I think it reflects that people want to get rid of the noise and endless options with browsing and auditioning music, which most digital experiences are at the moment, and just focus on one album, and get the reward it has to offer. To me it seems like a lot of the digital music experience requires you to be a professional music critic, which I don’t think is actually much fun.
What’s been the biggest success for Sleevenote since it launched?
I see success when a band or label retweets a tweet about their artwork in the app because I’ve always hoped that it would get approval of be promoted straight to the fans. Also it’s a bit nerdy but being featured in the App Store is very fun, though a lot of the time that’s when the real work starts!
Why should people listen to music using Sleevenote?
Because it reminds you that all albums are individual entities, with unique characters, and listening to whole albums gives you a deeper understanding of an artist. Plus album artwork is really cool looking.
You can get the Sleevenote app here.
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Greg Norman and
Tom Watson at the last two Open Championships,
Bernhard Langer struck another blow for the golden oldies when The Masters began at Augusta today.
Hours before Tiger Woods set foot on the course for his first event in nearly five months, 52-year-old Langer, champion in 1985 and 1993, went to the turn in a three-under-par 33 to lead the field.
And Watson, runner-up at Turnberry last year at 59 and now 60, was on the leaderboard too. Twelve months after crashing out with a second-round 83, Watson was two under after six holes.
At the other end of the age scale, 16-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero, the youngest player ever to appear in the event thanks to his British Amateur victory last June, kicked off with a birdie.
That was a dream start for the youngster – he makes his professional debut in his home country next month – but he did then fly over the green at the short fourth and with a bogey returned to level par.
Manassero, 13th in the Open last year, was partnering Europe’s top player Lee Westwood and the world number four made his presence felt too by getting up and down from a bunker on the 575-yard second and making a 15-footer for another birdie at the next.
However, Westwood three-putted the fourth and, with Langer starting for home with a bogey four, it was American Steve Marino who was setting the pace. He eagled the second – something Woods has never done in his Masters career – and then made a two on the 180-yard sixth.
There was a freshening wind and a storm was predicted for later in the day – probably when Woods was on the course – but there was some good scoring going on from the early starters.
There was also some bad scoring. Ian Woosnam, the same age as Langer and 19 years on from his victory, dropped seven shots in the first seven holes, birdied the next two to turn in 41, but then bogeyed the 10th and 11th as well.
Ulsterman Graeme McDowell two-putted the second for birdie, but double-bogeyed the fourth and seventh, let another stroke go on the sixth and was out in 40. | <urn:uuid:3a499b47-ccc8-41d0-ad87-93622b9809e9> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://metro.co.uk/2010/04/08/langer-rolls-back-the-years-228953/ | 2019-06-19T19:20:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999040.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20190619184037-20190619210037-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.982461 | 491 | [
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The Vine Leaf was written by Maria Cristina Mena, a widely recognized Latina figure in US literature. Mena was born in Mexico City, went to an English boarding school, learned Spanish, English, French, and Italian, and moved to New York when she was fourteen, and she was able to get her short stories, oftentimes set in Mexico, published in US magazines. Later, Mena also learned Braille and translated works into Braille as part of her work for the blind. She authored a total of eleven short stories, one nonfiction article, and five children’s books. However, she is most well known for her short stories, which renewed interest in Chicano literature then and still now.
The Vine Leaf is centered around questions of gender and representation in the protagonist Dr. Malsufrido’s life. Dr. Malsufrido is a physician who is based in Mexico City. He has a formidable and unique reputation because of his unorthodox technique, incorporating cures for the mind in addition to his work on his patients’ bodies. One of his patients in Madrid was a woman who was hidden under opaque veils who asked him to remove a leaf shaped birthmark from her back. This woman turns up again later in Dr. Malsufrido’s life because of a painting with her and her unique birthmark in a marquis' home. | <urn:uuid:fe990436-db26-482c-983d-a4d0a89b3a9a> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://www.gradesaver.com/the-vine-leaf | 2019-06-19T18:47:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999040.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20190619184037-20190619210037-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.989908 | 287 | [
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Albatros - early
u m m a r y
||Fokker D.VII (Albatros-early built)
|Contents and Media:
||90 parts in injection moulded
plastic; markings for four aircraft
USD$15.96 from Squadron.com
||Well-researched, accurate and superb
attention to detail.
||Some short moulding of lower wing
Reviewed by Robert Baumgartner
scale Fokker D.VII Albatros early build is available online from Squadron.com
Roden’s release of the early Albatros-built version
to their existing range of the Fokker D.VII is a welcome one.
Licence variations were significant so this
latest offering provides the modeler with a sound basis to reproduce
As expected the
majority of the sprues have been seen before, but to cater for this
option, Roden include a new “H” sprue. This contains a new radiator, top
engine covers, and side panels, all-important items to produce this
The total of five sprues remains the same and these
have been moulded in the familiar soft grey plastic. Although there are
90 parts in all, the spare parts box will again profit as many of them
are used for other releases or options. Despite the number of sprues
that the moulds have produced so far, there is no deterioration in
quality. The detail on the parts remains sharp and clear with only a
minimum of flash.
Click on the thumbnails
below to view larger images:
starts with the engine and here Roden provide both Mercedes and BMW
engines. In this case the former is chosen and looks very nice when
Be careful when installing it into the nose
section, as it is very easy to have the engine sitting too low.
To save in
tooling costs, the rear fuselage sections are in separate parts.
Fortunately, some prior test fitting will ensure that these sub
assemblies come together with a minimum of fuss.
halves are very nicely done with tubular frame detail moulded onto their
insides. A quite comprehensive cockpit is supplied. Along with the more
usual floor, seat, rudder bar, control column, Roden also provide the
pressure pump, compass and tachometer. Additional items are the fuel
tank (with gauge), forward cross member, rear “fabric” screen and
instrument panel. This latter item is in the “Fokker” layout so purists
may want to modify it to one more typical of Albatros.
Other items that can be incorporated into this area
are the auxiliary “throttle” lever and ignition control handle. Both of
these are located on the port side of the cockpit.
Don’t be put off by the shallow ejector pin marks
on the inner fuselage surfaces. These do not become obvious on the
A couple of notches are present to ensure that the
lower wing locates securely into the fuselage. This is a tight fit and a
little trimming is needed to ensure that no anhedral is introduced.
Both wings come
as upper and lower halves with separate wingtips. Careful alignment will
allow for a snug fit but there is still the problem of the “short
moulded” lower wing. This has resulted in the loss of some of the
scalloping on the trailing edge and a little bit of putty to needed to
recreate these. While on the subject of the lower wing, don’t forget to
add the stacking pads.
The surface detail on the wings is very well done
with a subtle representation of both the ribs and plywood sheathing. The
separate ailerons are a welcome feature, as are the elevators and
rudder, and all feature slots to allow for the secure attachment of the
One area of construction that may tax the builder
is the attachment of the upper wing.
The struts have to be perfectly positioned and
those that make the fully cowled version will need to thin the side
panel entry holes. This will help in positioning the struts at the
Roden suggest the use of part 11A for the “axle wing”. This is more akin
to OAW machines and part 9A is a better choice with the leading edge
hinges. Three different types of propeller are supplied as well as just
as many wheel covers. The ones with the rectangular covered valve holes
being the items usually worn by this version.
Four very striking options are provided:
a)Fokker D.V.II (Alb) flown by Ltn. August Hartmann, Jasta 30.
insignia of a “witch on a broomstick” was used on this Fokker D.VII. The
fuselage is believed to be brown with a yellow nose and tailplane, this
being described in a British intelligence report on the finish of Jasta
Hartmann didn’t score
any victories, the situation not being helped when he was wounded after
being with Jasta 30 for only a couple of weeks.
D.V.II (Alb), Jasta 43, July 1918.
The red raven on this
aircraft suggests former ownership by Jasta 18. The upper surface of the
top wing appears to be a solid dark colour and given the machines
pedigree, it is assumed to be red in the style of Jasta 18. The two
white stripes also seen here are not supplied on the decal sheet but are
easy enough to apply with decal strip.
The fuselage is white,
broken up with some very eye catching red striping at the front end.
This latter decoration also needs to be sourced elsewhere.
Fokker D.V.II (Alb) flown by Ltn. d R. Friedrich Jakobs, Jasta
43, mid 1918.
Jasta 43 aircraft
carried some very interesting markings and here is another one. It is
the crest and star marking of Jacobs and is flanked by white stripes on
a black fuselage. A photo of this machine suggests that there were at
least two bullet repair patches near the starboard fuselage cross.
It is obvious in a photo
that the cowling area is in a different grey tone to the rest of the
aircraft and it is suggested that this was finished in the factory
Jakobs only scored one
victory, this being a DH9 on the 22 July 1918. A couple of days later he
found himself wounded in action when he was shot through the foot.
D.V.II (Alb) flown by Ltn. d R. Carl Degelow, Jasta 40.
Degelow spent some time
recovering from a wound at a sanatorium in Dresden. Here he saw the
establishment’s trademark of a leaping stag and decided to use it for
his own insignia. The silvery white artwork complimented the Jasta
colours very well, these being a black
fuselage and white tail.
It is thought that this
aircraft carried 5-colour lozenge so the purist will have to replace the
kits 4-colour sheets. Roden do supply the white stripe for the upper
Degalow went on to score
30 victories, 26 of them while with Jasta 40. As an airman he was the
last recipient of the Order Pour le Merite (Blue Max), this being on the
9 November 1918.
There are four sheets of decals that come with the
kit. Two are for the upper and lower 4-colour lozenge, one is for the
pink rib tapes and the other contains the national insignia, personal
markings and stencil data.
Click on the thumbnails
below to view larger images:
There were no register problems at all with these
sheets and this shows a commitment from Roden to improve their product
in this area. I couldn’t resist trying out one of the “crosses” to test
the usability of the items and was pleasantly surprised to find no
problems with the application or result.
Roden’s accurate series of Fokker D.VII aircraft
continues with this latest Licence-built
version. As usual, the kit stands up well to the best plans available
and this makes the modellers’ job a lot easier.
Some extra care will be needed during assembly so
take your time and your patience will be rewarded.
Squadron.com for the review
Review and Images Copyright © 2005 by
Page Created 01 February, 2005
Last updated 01 February, 2005
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Desert Equinox Water Art 2016
Closing Event and Awards Night
Internationally esteemed operatic soprano, has performed on cliff edges, on silos, in quarries and on mountains. Her work has been described as ‘Out of this world’, ‘The Rarest of things’, ‘Delightful’ and ‘Musical Genius’. Scot’s Gay Magazine dubbed her the ‘Best Voice of the Edinburgh Festival’. Isabel has worked in theatre, opera, independent film, community radio and television. She is also a freelance writer, published in New Matilda.
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I’m standing in Jerusalem at the dramatic overlook of the Old City and the Temple Mount – Har Habayit in Hebrew and Haram el-Sharif in Arabic. The Gold Dome of the Rock in the distance is a Moslem Shrine built at the end of the 7th century to mark the place of the prophet Mohammed’s night journey to the site where Bet HaMikdash – the Temple, had stood before its destruction by the Romans in the 1st century. For Jews, Har Habayit – The Temple Mount, is our axis mundi, the spiritual center of the world, towards which all our prayers have been directed for thousands of years.
It is a beautiful yet enigmatic place, considered the site of the Akeda – Abraham’s binding of Isaac.
We just read the Torah Portion that begins with the commandment to Abraham: Lech Lecha. Go forth. The medieval commentator Rashi sees the emphatic “Lecha” as meaning “for your benefit and good”. If we accept this interpretation, Abraham heard a call, and left the home of his youth on a journey to an unknown place upon a vague, though spectacular promise for the future.
In this week’s Torah portion, Vayera, it is many years later. Abraham and Sarah live in Hebron, about 40 miles South of Jerusalem, when he is called with the same words “Lech Lecha”, but this time he is told exactly where he is going and why – to the Land of Moriah, the same spot where the Temple and Dome of the Rock would later be built, to sacrifice his son Isaac. The journey that began years earlier for Abraham’s benefit is ominously transformed, and the extra, emphatic word, “Lecha” has a different meaning. Abraham is told to look into himself in order to summon the strength for this final test.
The Israeli writer Meir Shalev notes that the key word in the story is “love”. “Take your son, your only son who you love…” and that this is the first time the word “love” appears in the Torah. We immediately learn something about love – that Abraham loves his son Isaac and not his other son, Ishmael…Here, as in life, love is frequently the source of jealousy and conflict.
Also, the form of the verb “love” in Hebrew “ahavta” begs the comparison with Ve’ahavtah – And you shall love the Lord your God, a central tenet of Jewish faith recited in the Shma Yisrael. The Torah never commands us to love our children. For most of us, that is not a challenge, but loving God is.
To return to our story, it is at the point at which I am standing that the Bible says, “And on the 3rd day he looked up and saw the place from afar”. Here Abraham leaves his two young servants, and continues on together with Isaac. They arrive at the spot. Isaac calls out “Father” – Abraham answers “Here I am, my son”. Isaac asks, “here is the fire and the wood, where is the Ram for sacrifice? Abraham answers, “God will provide the Ram for the sacrifice: my son…”. ”My son” (“Bni” in Hebrew), is the final word spoken between them in the Torah.
The ram is sacrificed. Isaac is saved. Relief! Ours is a merciful God. Abraham survives the test and returns to the place where I’m standing and gathers his two young servants for the journey home. But wait – what’s wrong with this picture? Abraham returns to them ALONE. Isaac isn’t there. So where did Isaac go? Not with the father who was ready to kill him. And where will Abraham go from here? He returns South…but not to Hebron. Instead he goes to Beer Sheva. Why not go home to Sarah, his wife, in Hebron? Perhaps because he can’t face her with what he has done, and perhaps because she has heard and can no longer trust him. The “happy ending” leaves Abraham’s family, as well as all believers in a just God, shattered.
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House For Sale: A West facing 2 bed 1 bath traditional Spanish style bungalow
Serena, Playa Flamenca, Costa Blanca South
A Fantastic Spanish Property Bargain - Ref: R6066
A West facing 2 bed 1 bath traditional Spanish style bungalow located in Res. Serena IV, Playa Flamenca, Costa Blanca. This property is offered for sale in good condition & very briefly consists of the following :-
Lounge/diner, American style fully fitted kitchen, utility room, 2 x double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes, 1 x family bathroom, covered front terrace, private rooftop solarium, front & side garden, 2 x communal swimming pools, gated community & much more.
This property is located in a very popular area and & it is just a short walk to local bars, shops & restaurants, the Saturday market & La Zenia Boulevard shopping centre. It is around 20 minutes walk to the beach, just a few minutes drive.
Around 35 minutes from Murcia Corvera airport & around 50 minutes drive from Alicante airport.
The property is for sale in Euros at the displayed price. An approximate price in sterling (£GBP) is also displayed for information purpose only and is based on the daily exchange rate provided by the European Central Bank and is subject to daily change.
Enquiry Form For R6066
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I have to admit, before the course began I was a little daunted by DITA. Where new technology is concerned I veer towards being one of those “it will never catch on!” people until it reaches a critical mass – and then I meekly get on board with it.
Complicating this is the fact that I work in the e-services team at Birkbeck Library, University of London, where the sole purpose of our jobs is to remain abreast of information technology and figure out how best to present it to students (i.e. information architecture!). I also job share as the Library Access Support co-ordinator, supporting students with disabilities and dyslexia, and assistive technology is hugely important for these students.
So, it’s clearly time for an attitude adjustment. I’m looking forward to it.
I chose this specific blog template as it seemed the cleanest and simplest to read. These days, I am thinking a lot about information architecture in the context of my work with visually impaired students. I work with blind students who utilise software such as JAWS, which reads out loud to the user, and navigates a webpage using keyboard tabbing. This is all dependent on the behind-the-scenes structure of the website, how things are tagged and ordered and so on, and very quickly it becomes obvious which websites have been constructed with thought for the end user – all end users – and which have not. Reluctantly I have learned to be impressed with Apple, who (despite the many problematic issues around the production of their products and treatment of human workers) create technology that can be navigated by users of all abilities.
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