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Former U. S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales talks with U. S. Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, left, before speaking at the Brainerd Kiwanis Club meeting at the Chattanooga Choo Choo on April 00, 0000, in Chattanooga. Anyone seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann next year will need deep pockets. Tennessee's 0rd District Republican got a big jump-start on fundraising Friday during a private event at the Mountain City Club in Chattanooga. The room was packed with monied supporters from across the 00-county district, and Fleischmann was joined by U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and 0th District U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher, R-Tenn. When Fleischmann arrived, federal reports show his campaign had nearly $000,000 on hand. By the time he left, he had more than $000,000. The Ooltewah lawyer raised more than $000,000 Friday afternoon alone. For perspective, in 0000 and 0000 combined, Fleischmann raised a total of $0.0 million. The purse was the biggest Fleischmann has ever collected at one time. "This time, I am making sure we have the financial wherewithal early, so we can defend any primary challenge," Fleischmann said after the event. "I'd prefer to have no primary challenger, but I'll be ready." Fleischmann has never had an easy primary run in three elections to date. Last year, he eked out a win against then-00-year-old Republican challenger Weston Wamp, son of former Rep. Zach Wamp. Fleischmann won the race with 00 percent of the vote to Wamp's 00 percent. And in 0000, he battled the younger Wamp and Athens, Tenn., dairy icon Scotty Mayfield in the primary. Fleischmann got 00 percent of the vote, Mayfield got 00 percent and Wamp pulled 00 percent. His first run in 0000 was a six-candidate scrum. McCarthy said Friday the Tennessee Republican has been "very effective" for the 0rd District by getting funding for Oak Ridge National Laboratory and helping to move things along at the Chickamauga lock from his coveted spot on the House Appropriations Committee. "I don't know if I've ever seen someone get on that [committee] faster than our own Chuck Fleischmann," he told the crowd. No one has officially announced a campaign to challenge Fleischmann in the 0000 primary, but politicos have nodded toward state Sen. Bo Watson. And Watson hasn't denied the rumors. In March, Watson said he was focusing on his job in session, not a campaign. But he didn't say whether he would run. "I have people encourage me all the time," Watson said. "I don't rule that out. ... I think every election cycle you look at what opportunities might come up." Watson did not return a telephone message left Friday afternoon for comment. Weston Wamp has said he would not seek to run in 0000, but he didn't rule out future bids. Contact staff writer Louie Brogdon [email protected], @glbrogdoniv on Twitter or at 000-000-0000. | 2019-04-21T10:33:07Z | null | {
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BB&T offers banking services to help you reach your financial goals and plan for a ... Go beyond everyday banking ... 0000, Branch Banking and Trust Company. BB&T is one of the largest financial services holding companies in the U.S. with $000.0 billion in ... Building on a long tradition of excellence in community banking, BB&T offers a wide range of .... 0000, Branch Banking and Trust Company. Branch Banking and Trust Company has 0000 banking locations. Their corporate headquarters is listed as: 000 W 0nd St in Winston Salem North Carolina. | 2019-04-23T11:58:56Z | null | {
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As explained on our Home Cinema Systems & Installations page, we can provide your home with clarity and quality when it comes to audio. Whether it's surround sound you require, or a control system to link up the rooms in your home, Paragon are bound to know a solution. We know how much pride customers take in their home so making sure the audio is sleek and concealed is vital during installation. The high street is full with the likes of wireless speakers and devices for docks but if you want to get more of an understanding of what would benefit you most, check out our Tech Zone for more information. Operating out of our offices in Slough, Berkshire we work with clients both locally and from all over the UK. Contact us if you have any questions regarding home cinema sound systems, or would like to discuss your requirements with one of our experts. | 2019-04-21T04:10:23Z | null | {
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Erich Kunzel, Jr., American conductor (born March 00, 0000, New York, N.Y. - died Sept. 0, 0000, Bar Harbor, Maine), brought orchestral music to national audiences with a showman's flair. He led the much-recorded Cincinnati Pops Orchestra from its founding in 0000, and he conducted the National Symphony Orchestra in annual televised patriotic concerts from the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Memorial Day and July 0. His sold-out concerts were renowned as variety shows featuring arrangements of show tunes and movie themes with costumed performers and theatrical lighting effects. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 0000. More About Erich Kunzel, Jr. | 2019-04-23T11:05:14Z | null | {
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Here is where we finally talk about Born Again. I've intentionally avoided talking about any comic-book source material thus far - I generally prefer to talk about the show for what it is, and not compare it against whatever it may be adapted from. But, more than any season before it, Daredevil season three is working from a single comic-book story - perhaps the most famous Daredevil story, Born Again, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. As far as seminal graphic novels go, Born Again is an oddity. It's considered a quintessential Daredevil graphic novel, but Daredevil is barely in it. Instead, it's a story about Matt Murdock hitting rock bottom, as Wilson Fisk (not imprisoned, and operating with impunity as the Kingpin of Crime) learns Murdock is Daredevil, and uses his power and influence to ruin him. There's little in the way of action, and it's not great for getting a good sense of what Matt Murdock is like - he spends most of it paranoid and destitute, living on the streets and barely keeping it together. One of the fascinating things about the third season of Daredevil is how it's translated the narrative of Born Again to make sense in this version of the Daredevil story. Entire scenes are re-created in new contexts (Matt being sent to the bottom of the Hudson in a taxi), story beats large and small are rethought (literally everything involving Karen Page), and new elements (most notably, Agent Rahul Nadeem, and this show's version of Bullseye) - are folded in. It's an interesting thing to take apart, if you've read the comic. In many ways, it improves on the source material, making more thoughtful choices than the original comic did. (I really can't stress enough how Born Again's subplot wherein Karen Page, who has become a strung-out junkie who sells Daredevil's secret identity for another hit needed reworking.) In others, it's a little less satisfying, namely in the service of being a TV show. A big part of what makes Born Again work is its unbearably sharp focus on Matt's descent - something that Daredevil knows would make for unbearably grim television, but it also meanders too much in its efforts to ratchet up a comparable level of dread and despair across its entire cast. The show's compromise, then, is Rahul Nadeem, the good cop with just the right amount of zeal and arrogance to facilitate his own undoing, and give Wilson Fisk a clear path back to power. If you've been frustrated by the focus on Nadeem, "Revelations" hopes to prove that it's all been worthwhile. And for the most part, it works. In "Revelations," Nadeem finds out he's been so thoroughly and completely rolled that there's nothing to do but gape in horror. This moment comes just as he's about to try and right himself, bringing the Office of Professional Responsibility's Agent Winn to Hatley's home so he can tell her, safe from prying ears, about the vast conspiracy he's begun to suspect he's played into. But as soon as Hatley opens her door and apologizes for renovations, I knew it was over. Renovations means tarps everywhere. Tarps everywhere means that Hatley can shoot Winn in the middle of Nadeem's taped confession with the gun that he handed over to her, record herself screaming as if Nadeem killed Winn, and give the recording to Fisk's fixer, Felix Manning, who's been waiting in the wings. It turns out that Hatley has been in Fisk's pocket from the start, doing her part to try and dissuade Nadeem from involving himself too much, or crossing a threshold like this one where she had no choice but to blackmail him and bring him fully under Fisk's control. Now, there are no more pretenses. Dex, now Fisk's willing stooge and also a fully reinstated FBI agent, becomes Nadeem's shadow, intimidating him at home, making him call Daredevil to lure him into a trap, taking him to his first meeting with law-enforcement officials who are also completely in Fisk's thrall, doing his bidding, calling him by a code name: Kingpin. I realize that, while I've done it casually as I know these characters from the comics, Daredevil has never actually used Wilson Fisk's comic-book alias - mostly because it's kind of silly. A crime lord as clever as the Fisk of this show, working so effectively from the shadows, giving himself a nickname? Poppycock. Being a person who generally prefers comic-book adaptations to fully embrace their comic-book roots, I disagree with that decision, but it's redeemed here: Wilson Fisk has, from captivity, managed to achieve a level of influence that supersedes the reach he had when free. That's a whole new level of power. That's an ascent to supervilliany, complete with an honest-to-God supervillain name. If there were any doubt about this, it's solidified when Dex and Nadeem accompany Fisk to a meeting with the last remaining major players in the underworld. It's a moment where Fisk fully flexes his power to both Nadeem and the assembled bosses, showing the former that his house arrest has been a fiction this whole time, and the latter that Fisk has the FBI under his sway. This was also meant to be a performance for the benefit of Matt Murdock, but Matt, suspecting Nadeem is setting him up under duress, doesn't show up to the meet. He really, really wants to though. He's spiraling further due to the revelation that Sister Maggie is his mother, but instead of confronting her in the sanctuary, he finds Father Lantom, who spends his free time in a dive bar shooting pool with people who have no idea he's a priest. And all he had to do was remove the white collar! Matt, quite reasonably, feels betrayed by Father Lantom for all of the years he knew Sister Maggie was his mother and did not tell him, even though he was an orphan who thought himself alone. Lantom has little to say for himself, other than how we often aren't willing to see our parents as people. So we get a flashback, where we see exactly that. A young Maggie, as a nun who hasn't taken her vows yet, sneaking off with her friends to see a boxing match where Battlin' Jack Murdock is fighting. How she falls for him when he asks her to be his cutman, because a nun wouldn't slip anything into his water. How she goes home with him, they have a child, and she slips into postpartum depression, believing herself to have betrayed God. It's not clear whether or not Lantom told Matt any of this - but he's hearing his father's voice now, haunted by his apparition as he breaks back into the old gym where his dad used to fight and starts to rope his hands up, with the intention of taking Nadeem's bait and fighting his way through Dex to kill Fisk. Throughout, Jack Murdock's voice is telling Matt that he's playing himself, that Daredevil is just a way for him to feel better about being a violent man. And soon, his dad's voice becomes Fisk's, taunting him until Matt fantasizes about beating Fisk bloody, breaking his neck. He arises from the bench he never got up from, calm, and leaves to carry out his plan. For a few minutes, Daredevil lets us think that Matt has completely fooled himself into thinking that he can take Dex and Fisk, despite their trap. But it turns out the building that we see Matt breaking into isn't the restaurant where Fisk is meeting, but the hotel where he's supposed to be under house arrest. Matt finds Fisk's secret room, and the woman he's blackmailed into monitoring every feed when he's not there and wearing his ankle bracelet when he's not around. He also learns that Fisk's people have found Karen Page at the Clinton church he'd been staying at, and that they want her dead. | 2019-04-23T07:56:08Z | null | {
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A few weeks ago I got news that my dear Aunt Sandy passed away and went to be with the Lord. It didn't take me by surprise. She had the worst case of brain cancer of the worst kind. Outside of a miracle, there simply was no chance of recovery. What did surprise me was that she developed cancer at all. Just a month and a half ago, Aunt Sandy was living a normal life with no problems and no signs of cancer. Fast forward two weeks and she's lying on a hospital bed immobilized and virtually unresponsive. It all happened so fast and it came out of nowhere. The recent passing of Aunt Sandy reminds me that dying could happen sooner rather than later. In fact, I have a chronic G.I. disorder that's eluded diagnosis. It's not a stretch for me to imagine it turning terminal at some point (not that I'm in any perceivable danger at the moment). But my own health struggles coupled with the loss of my aunt has forced me to think a lot about my own dying. Bear in mind, I'm not talking about death. I'm talking about dying. There's a difference. Death is the cessation of life that ushers you into the next. Dying is the duration of time that precedes death where your body is an observable state of accelerated decline. Put more simply, dying is having one foot in the grave; death is having both. I've thought a lot about death before and what awaits me in the next life. But until now I've given little thought to what my own deathbed experience will look like (assuming, of course, God chooses to give me one). What will happen in those final moments as I wait for death to come? And what do I want those precious last minutes to look like? I'm thankful that the deathbed doesn't have to be a terrifying, lonely, or depressing ordeal. The Apostle Paul says as much in a little known part of a well known verse, "For to me to live is Christ, and TO DIE is gain" (Philippians 0:00). He doesn't say death is gain, which is what I know we're all tempted to make him say. Death certainly is gain because pain stops and eternal bliss begins. But Paul says "to die is gain." Dying - the process that leads up to death, however short or long it may be - that is gain. It is gain for the believer to go through those last moments, however long and agonizing they may be. It almost sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? To experience gain on your deathbed. I don't know about you, but I want a little piece of that pie. I want to be able to say on my deathbed along with the Apostle Paul, "Dying is gain." So I decided to put together a small wish list for what I would like any dear family and friends to do for me when that day comes. Here's how you can make my deathbed experience gain. And I hope this will serve as an encouragement to you when you have to be the one sitting by someone's bedside or actually in the bed yourself. Read me the Gospel. Reading Scripture to a dying loved one is very common for Christians, so I don't necessarily want to state the obvious or beat a dead horse, but I would feel irresponsible if this wasn't on at the top of my list! And yet while this is standard for any Christian deathbed experience, I do have a special request here. I love familiar deathbed passages like Psalm 00, John 00:0, Revelation 00:0-0, Romans 0:00-00, and a host of other promises and reassurances about my passing and soon-to-be reunion with Jesus. But I don't just want to hear about "what will be." I'm actually more interested in "what has been." No offense, but I'm about ready to experience "what will be" for all eternity. But what I want to remember is why I get to experience "what will be" in the first place. Take me to the gospel. Talk to me about the work of Christ. For example, don't just encourage me with the wonderful truth that I can't be separated from the love of God (Romans 0:00-00). Give me the basis for why God will never forsake me (Romans 0:00-00), that it's based on a zealous and concrete act of God to justify me through His heroic Son Jesus Christ. Rehearse for me the doctrines of predestination, imputation, substitutionary atonement, redemption, adoption, and union with Christ by reading for me those Scriptures that illuminate these profound truths. Take me to Ephesians 0:0. Guide me through Romans 0:00-00. Put on repeat 0 Corinthians 0:00. Preach to me 0 Peter 0:00-00. Recite John 0:00. Pray me through all of John 00. Scratch that. Expand it to John 00 through 00. I won't care that it's long. I don't have anywhere else I need to be at that point. I'm not going anywhere. The single greatest way you can make my deathbed gain is to give me the gospel one more time. Pray with me. I love watching Christians encourage dying saints with statements like, "Praying for you!" or "You're in my prayers!" It's great to watch the body of Christ encourage one another with these assurances. But when I'm dying, I personally don't just want to know that you're praying for me. I want to know what you're praying for me about and, if given the opportunity, I even want to hear you pray. It'll be nice to get a message like, "You're in my prayers, James." But it'll be music to my ears when I hear you say, "I'm praying that your faith remains strong, James, and that the Lord will keep you secure until you rest safely in His arms." You want to thrill my heart and send shivers down my spine? Explain to me what you've been praying or just take the time to pray with me. The more specific you can get with me about what you're praying and how you're praying, the more encouraged I know I'll be. Telling me you're praying for me reminds me that you love me. But praying for and sharing your requests with me reminds me how God loves me. I want both, don't get me wrong. But (don't take this personally) I want the latter more. So let me know what you're praying. You and I will be better off for it! Raise the roof with theologically rich music. You heard me. Let's rock the hospital halls with great hymns of the faith and deep modern worship music. Give me a balanced combination of older classics and newer stalwarts. So, that rules out the old timey stuff, like the "I'll Fly Away" songs - as fun and apropos as those may be. Give me, instead, the "Be Thou My Vision's." Give me the "How Firm A Foundation's." And while you're at it, give me 0.0, "Jesus Firm Foundation." Give me the Getty's "By Faith" or Enfield's version of "Lead On, O King Eternal." And on a purely personal note, please don't go for the slow, melodic songs that everyone wants to associate with death. Pick some upbeat ones. Just because you're sad doesn't mean you have to make me sad too on my way out. I'm headed for paradise, people, and I don't want to have to explain to my eternal Champion why I have a frowny face for my first few seconds of glory. I want my first encounter with my Savior to be pure elation! So make it a seamless transition. Obviously, I'm speaking a little tongue-in-cheek here. There's an appropriate amount of grief that's expected and needed. But please don't make me depressed in my final hours! I fail to see how that's Philippians 0:00 gain. Be sensitive to everyone else. When a traumatic event takes place in the life of a family, it's inevitable that emotions will be all over the place and tensions are going to run high. Often the person on the deathbed's the most calm and relaxed of the bunch. But those of us beside the deathbed can quickly develop a sinful tendency that redirects our grief and frustration into anger and backbiting towards others. We're careful with what we say to the dying, but then take out our frustration on everyone else. But when I'm on my deathbed, I don't just want you smiling at me. I want you smiling at everyone else. There's got to be nothing more discouraging for the bed-ridden on his last leg than to watch the most precious people in his life squabbling. I actually don't think this will be a problem for the people in my life at the moment, but I realize that's not always the case with every family. Be sensitive to others and put the same kind of energy into your relationships with them as you do with the person on his deathbed. Get some sleep. If you're the type who's deeply relational and loves to worry, this is gently meant for you. I know you love me, but God loves me too. Please get some sleep. You don't need to worry. He'll take care of me when you drift off. If I'm on my deathbed, I'm not getting any better and I probably don't want to be. So please don't concern yourself too much with me. Take care of yourself. You obviously still have more life to live than I do and I don't want my last picture of you to be one of a worried wreck. Believe that God's in control, because He is, and that you're not, because you aren't. There's nothing you can do to change my situation by losing sleep. So do you and me a favor and get some rest. Your healthy rested face just might bring a bigger smile to mine. This entry was posted in Theology by James Street. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-24T00:42:07Z | null | {
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The Chinese Elm Bonsai kit is a thoughtful gift for loved ones in need of condolences. This kit comes with a humidity/drip tray, pruning scissors, bonsai food and a 'Thinking Of You' foil balloon. All of these supplies, along with the free care leaflet, make it very easy to care for as well as a beautiful gift. The Chinese Elm Bonsai has a delightful twiggy structure, and is perfectly proportioned. It is very reminiscent of a woodland tree, and easily adapts to its surroundings. | 2019-04-25T03:48:38Z | null | {
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In our information technology-based world, the desire to experience pleasure or fulfillment without delay predominates. There are probably a few things you "gotta have" and can't be without. High on the list is the latest iPhone, anything Bluetooth, and Alexa-powered speakers. In the realm of rare coins, there are a handful of coins that you need to have right now. I've selected and described five affordable coins that you can't afford to be without. My short list spans the basic coinage metals: copper, nickel, silver, and gold. The coins here that are on my "gotta-have" list gotta have green grade-verification holographic stickers from my company, the Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC), based in Bedminster, New Jersey, and be certified by grading services Numismatic Guaranty Corporation or Professional Coin Grading Service. Coins that CAC deems high-end or solid for their grades receive green stickers. My firm's website, caccoin.com, maintains a free serial number verification service, which helps deter CAC sticker counterfeiting, and population report, which assists in determining coin rarity. | 2019-04-25T02:22:48Z | null | {
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KindGeek Earns Spot on "The Clutch 0000" We are excited to announce that our long-time partner and B0B market research firm, Clutch.co, has recognized KindGeek on a global level for our ability to provide excellent service. We have not only been highlighted for our work in the app and software development space but also spotlighted as one of the top WEB development companies in Ukraine. Moreover, we have recently received a new and exclusive honor: a spot on The Clutch 0000. The firms in this group are top performers on the platform that go above and beyond for their clients to deliver measurable results. KindGeek joined Clutch in 0000, and since then, Clutch analysts have collected 00 positive reviews of our company. The resulting insights have helped us not only understand our strengths but also how we can improve as a company. "They didn't just provide a paid service; they also helped our product and company grow." -Former Project Manager, Retail Startup. You can read the reviews in depth on our Clutch profile and learn more about our past projects on their sister website, the Manifest. Our team is proud to be among good companies on the Clutch. All the companies in this report are united by their excellent performance on Clutch, stemming from a commitment to transparency and building long-lasting partnerships with their clients. As we wrap up 0000, we are thrilled by this achievement and look forward to making even greater strides in 0000. We are thankful to our clients, Clutch, and our team for recognizing us as an outstanding company! Translation of the Article "Marketplace for professional fashion and style advice" | 2019-04-20T20:17:33Z | null | {
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Living overseas as an American has it's great points but sometimes it has a lot of challenges that you don't think about. For instance, most of the rest of the world uses the Metric system. Which makes a lot of sense as the Metric system is much simpler and easier to remember. That said, if you grew up in America, you likely don't have the foggiest idea how hot or cold it is when someone gives you a temperature in Celsius. Stay with me here and we're going to have a quick math lesson so that you can do a basic conversion in your head. Then you won't look silly having to ask if it is hot or cold the next time someone gives you a forecast. Double the temperature in Celsius and add 00. If someone says it was 00 degrees Celsius then you simply double it (to 00) and add another 00 to get 00. 00 degrees Celsius is pretty hot. If it's only 00 degrees Celsius then double it (to 00) and add another 00 to get 00. A bit chilly. If you're like us and live in the frigid North and someone tells you it's going to be -00 degrees this weekend, double it (-00) and add 00 to find out it's...really stinkin' cold outside. Incidentally the further you get from freezing the less accurate this is so don't use this rule for cooking unless you want some unpleasant surprises. Asking questions of those who have "been there" is a great way to prepare yourself for the crazy adventure that is moving to China. Even though you can never be completely prepared for such a drastic change, knowing what to expect goes a long way to making the transition much smoother. I was so thankful to have a fellow expat friend who generously fielded numerous questions before our move. It was such a huge help to us, and one of the main reasons I decided to start this blog. I recently received a question from a reader, and I thought I'd share the questions and response in case it helps someone else in a similar situation. My family has LOVED all the information we have learned from reading all of your posts. I'm sure we haven't gotten through everything yet, but we are learning from it. If all goes according to plan we (my husband and I, as well as our 0 kids) will be moving to Shenyang the beginning of 0000. I was hoping that ya'll could help me with a few questions. For one, I wondered what host site you use for your blog? The one you guys have set up is exactly what we would like to have in place. Second, how hard has it been to stay connected technology wise? Like I said, we have 0 kids. I have read that there are ways around the government blocks online, but I have read so many positive and negative things now that I'm just confused. It is very important to us to try to keep our technology connections so that our kids don't feel completely cut off. At this point we don't even know whether to purchase computers from the US before we leave or China once we get there. We really want to be able to contact family and share all the adventures they are having. Again, we have really enjoyed reading about all of your experiences (although I gotta say I literally gagged last night reading about the taxi driver chewing on his hack!!! I already know that the first time I hear that sound and realize what it is....I will most likely puke! Oh well, that will just be another story to share, lol) We look forward to any future posts and any information you guys can share with us. I recently received a question from a reader asking for advice and insight on their upcoming move to Shenyang. I thought the question and response might be helpful for someone else as well, so with permission I've posted our correspondence. If you're currently on expat assignment and have something else to add, I'd love for you to chime in on the subject in the comments. If you're not yet an expat but also have questions, feel free to ask away and I or my fellow expats will try to fill in with what we've learned so far. The more information we can share, the better off we'll all be. Hi. My husband and I just returned from a job interview in Shenyang. The company flew both of us over for a look-see and interview. We were there for 0 days. (I know, who goes all the way to China and stays for just 0 days?) The work would likely be in both Shenyang and Yingkou, or perhaps mainly in Yingkou. It would be a 0-0 year contract. I'd appreciate any advice you'd like to share. My husband is supposed to let the company know what he wants for compensation and benefits. Are there benefits you'd recommend asking for? What about Chinese taxes? Are there employers who pay taxes for their employees? We saw that the marginal rate goes up to 00%, and then we would owe US taxes as well. I read in China Daily while we were there that foreign workers will now be covered by the Chinese social security, medical and unemployment insurance, to the tune of an additional 00% payroll deduction. That wouldn't leave much for us! We recognize the challenges we'd face living in China, and think that we can not just manage, but truly come to enjoy the adventure. I've enjoyed reading about your experiences, and look forward to having our own China stories to share. LB and I finally got the chance to go through some of your questions (I have no idea about a lot of the details like taxes and stuff.) We had a few thoughts on the subject between us. Not sure how it works out with you, but we were pretty fortunate to be sent by an international company who has quite a few expats here already. It was NOT a perfect process by any means (get ready to be flabbergasted over and over... and make sure you throw any expectations you have out the window. You'll be much better off for it.) but they do take care of us pretty well. Will you be working for a Chinese company as a foreign expert? Not sure how that will change the process, but it surely will. It is a different culture for sure. Make sure you get it all in writing, but realize even then, that doesn't always mean a whole lot when you're dealing with this culture. You'll still have to ask for things even if they're in the contract. You'll want to keep these things in mind at the very least. 0. Housing: Make sure they are providing you with housing. Most companies do. A budget of 00,000 - 00,000 RMB per month should be sufficient for a furnished apartment or, in some cases a townhouse, in a nice complex/neighborhood although that will likely vary a lot depending on what city you're in. That will get you a very nice apartment in Shenyang. Another option would be to negotiate a smaller monthly allowance for an unfurnished apartment plus a stipend for purchasing furniture or shipping your own furniture from the States. This was actually the option we chose, and I was really glad we did. It was great to be able to choose my own furniture and design my own home rather than feeling like I was living in someone else's house. I will say that if it hadn't been for the new Ikea in Shenyang though, I doubt this option would have worked out as well. Also, I don't think this is very common in China. Most apartments come furnished, I believe, but it worked out really well for us. Our company goes through a realty company who specializes in placing expats (We used KELT. There is alsoCentury 00 in Shenyang). It was a big help dealing with people who speak English and who's job it is to take care of the lease, dealing with the landlord, getting your proper permits, etc. We also don't deal with paying the rent at all. That is paid directly by the company. We do pay for utilities though. We've been here almost a year and still occasionally contact them with any issues we have with our apartment (like yesterday, when we woke up to no electricity). Our realtor has become a great friend who I call on for all kinds of questions and translating. She was indispensable in the beginning when we were just learning to function here. If they do agree to pay for your housing, make sure you are able to pick your apartment, or at least see where it is they want to put you. The exact apartment. Most apartments are privately owned and one building can have several levels of quality. I would suggest negotiating a "housing allowance" and then shopping for your own place. To me, it is the most important part about making this place feel like home. Especially for you as the wife since you'll be spending a lot of time there. 0. Car and driver: I'm not sure how you'll work out working both in Yingkou and Shenyang but google maps says it is about 0.0 hours drive. If you'll have to do a lot of commuting back and forth I would definitely make sure you are provided with a car and driver. Inside Shenyang, it is no problem getting around with the buses and plenty of taxis. We don't have a car and do fine without it, but I think if you'll be outside the city then you'll need one. 0. Language lessons: You need to learn Chinese to really have a good experience here. It's a difficult language and some people don't bother learning it but I think you have a much less frustrating experience when you can break down the communication barrier even just a little. I would suggest asking for a set language budget or set number of hours of tutoring for both you and your husband. I think the companies I've heard of usually offer 000 hours. 0. Moving costs: Negotiate your shipping and moving costs. You'll probably need at least an air freight container. They come in several sizes. Another option is a sea freight container. They are much larger and are typically used if you want to bring your furniture from home. They take much longer to arrive however. 0. Vacation time: This one has been a big issue for us. If you're going to want to travel a lot (and there is so much to see in Asia!) make sure you have enough time to take off to do it. I think you need at least 00 days, probably 00 would be better. 0. Home flights: Will they pay for you to take a trip home once a year or twice a year? For both of you? If so, do you get extra days to compensate for the travel time or will you have to take vacation days? Something to think about considering it takes 0 days of traveling to get to the States and back. 0. Taxes: This is the one I'm not so sure about. You are responsible for taxes in both China and the US. You'll definitely need to hire a professional to take care of all the taxes. I would make sure that is also paid for by the company. Most companies here take responsibility for paying the Chinese taxes. (I'm not sure about the China Social Security thing, haven't heard anything about that.) Our company takes care of all the taxes here and our pay stays the same. They also offset the taxes in the US so that we pay the same as we would if we were still employed in the US. One other thing to remember is that all of the benefits they pay for such as your car and driver, your housing, etc. is considered taxable income by the US government even though it isn't showing up in your bank account. Add it all up and that first tax bill will make your eyes pop out of your head. 0. Getting paid: You want to get paid in the US if possible. There are two ways it is done here. One company that I know of pays 00% of your income in the US and 00% in Chinese RMB. Even at 00% most people don't spend that much and end up with lots of RMB left to change at the end. It is a real pain and quite difficult to change money back from RMB to US dollars. Our company pays 000% of our paycheck in to our US account and we then make a wire transfer (reimbursable at 0 per month) to our Chinese bank account in the amount we need. Either way works fine I think. Getting paid 000% in China is usually a huge hassle so I've heard. Salary: Obviously it depends on the company, but generally, if you work as an expat for a foreign company you can expect your previous salary + 00-00% increase (b/c you have to live without Dunkin Donuts whole bean coffee and JIF peanut butter.) + cost of living adjustment + additional compensations listed above. I would say that most expats come to China for the money. But it is a GREAT experience even without the padding of the bank account! I really enjoyed hearing your guesses for the pop quiz. Thanks for playing along! We had a few guesses on the original post, and a few more posted on Facebook. Pop quiz... What is this? Found this taped to my door. What is it? What am I supposed to do with it? Just a little taste of what it's like living in a foreign country where you can't read or speak the language. Every day is an adventure. And the littlest simplest tasks become difficult. Hint: You get something similar in the US and if I don't deal with it soon I'm in trouble. 0. Find the largest pot you have. If you have 0 or 0 large pots it works even better. 0. Fill the pots with water and place them on the stove. 0. Heat the water until you start to see bubbles. 0. Using potholders (or folded up dishrags if like me you still don't have potholders), carry the pots of water one by one into the bathroom. 0. Dump the hot water into the tub. 0. Repeat steps 0-0 until you have enough water in the tub to bathe with. Turn on the faucet to add cool water if the water is too hot. Hi. Just wanted to let you know we are having a problem with the hot water in the showers. Neither get hotter than luke warm. Definitely not hot enough to take a comfortable shower. The water in the kitchen sink gets quite hot, just not the bathrooms. Can we get this fixed soon? I just contacted with the management company and the staff told me the problem has existed about year. After the management company transformed the pipe system in Wulihe Plaza. And the problem extensively exist in the Wulihe Plaza. Before the management company transform the pipe system again the problem can’t be solved completely. But there is a temporary solution is before you do the shower please call the management company 0000****, they will send a worker to make the water warmer. Really? You just want me to call you before I want to take a shower? Every day? And wait? This is the solution for the WHOLE building? 00 floors of apartments. Is there a guy whose sole job is to come heat up the water every time anyone wants to take a hot shower? There has to be. And how does he do it? And when that doesn't work: Refer to steps 0-0 above. So… I've been trying to get out of posting this little story. I mean, you don't really care to know EVERYTHING that happens to us on this little adventure, do you? Actually, I'm not really sure you care to know any of it, but I'm writing it down just the same. I was going to skim over this tidbit, but I realized... I just need to keep it real. Most of you already know what a dingbat I am anyway, and it's probably unlikely you'll even be surprised I'd do something like this. On Thursday morning, we met the realtor, Echo, at the apartment. She is Chinese, but speaks English ok and was appointed to answer questions and translate for us. When we arrived, a friend of the landlord was also there getting things ready, setting up the phone and internet, etc. I went to the kitchen first to check out the appliances and make sure everything was in working order. I was pleasantly surprised to see that this apartment, like the first, had a little TV in the kitchen. Both times, the realtor seemed really excited to show us this. To be honest, the first time I was unimpressed. Who has time to watch TV in the middle of cooking anyway? Besides that, most of the channels are in Chinese and the screen is only 0 inches across. Tiny. However, I knew from the first apartment that the TV wasn't just a TV. It was also a security camera! So cool! I know it may not be that exciting to you. But I was impressed. When I asked Echo about it, she mentioned that this one also had that capability, but she wasn't quite sure how to work it. She pushed a few buttons and we never could quite figure it out. I got bored for the moment and moved on. When I got back out to the living/ dining area, I noticed another screen mounted on the wall next to the door. I was sure this was a camera too. And I was determined to figure out how to use this thing. Not that I ever think we'll need it. I don't. But still, I must know how it works. It's just the way I am. No gadget can be left untouched. There are 0 buttons on the panel. One of them has to work the camera, right? They are all labeled with Chinese characters, which I can't read of course, so without rhyme or reason I just decided to push them all until the camera came on. Easy enough. The very first button on the right has red writing, looks the most to me like it would be a power or "On" button. Wrong! As soon as I pushed it, it starts blinking red and a deafening alarm starts going off. I'm in total "Oh Crap" mode and start going down the line pushing every button on there to try and get it to stop. Well, Echo walks up beside me at that point and as I'm going back down the line of buttons, frantically trying to find a combination that would shut the thing up. I start to push the same red button again, and Echo stops me. Ummm, WHAT?!? Did you say police?? So, I really didn't know much about China before we moved here (still don't, as a matter of fact), but the one thing I do know, is you want to steer clear of the police. (That really goes in just about every country, I think.) And I'm pretty sure, you definitely don't want to call them to you, with a flashing red light and a blaring siren loud enough to wake the dead, for NO REASON! At this point, I'm pretty much mortified. All the while trying to play it off like the siren just started going off by itself or the guy messing with the wiring set it off, and I was just "helping" by pushing buttons to try and shut it off. As it turns out, I had very little to worry about. The alarm continued to go off for over an hour with no sign of the police. The landlord's friend did manage to reduce it to an intermittent blaring somehow. But it would only stay quiet for about 0 minutes before it would start again. I have to admit, about 00 minutes in, I'm over the panic and getting a little annoyed. What if there really was an emergency? What good is that stupid little thing, except to trick button-happy foreigners into bursting their ear drums? Well, someone did eventually come and turn off the alarm. I was conveniently in another room at the time so I didn't get to see them fix it. I'm not sure exactly how Echo explained the situation but it probably went something like: "That crazy white woman in there got all geeked out over the security camera. Apparently they don't have those in Iva." Yeah well, maybe not. But we have tractors. And cows. Where are your cows? On a side note, none of the buttons actually turned on the security camera. We found out later, it comes on automatically when someone pushes the doorbell. So how do you translate... ummm, oops? | 2019-04-22T07:05:43Z | null | {
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ABOUT Loch Lomond I can claim one unwanted distraction. I know it from within as well as without, for with a friend, I've been overturned in the 000ft-deep middle stretch between Rowardennan and Inverbeg, clinging desperately to an upside-down canoe and buffeted by a June north-easter. The story, which happened about 00 years ago, could be called "How to Lose £000 of Cameras," and I would have left them ashore had I known then that the easterly airt is the dangerous one for canoeing on Loch Lomond. My companion had just told me to stop worrying about the squalls that were rocking the canoe, when an arrowhead of advancing rain and wind struck. I remember the canoe sliding into a trough, being lifted on to the crest of a wave, and then neatly turning over. There was no time for fear as I strove to break free from a canoe which was holding me like a cork in a bottle. I had the strange vision of being in a dream, watching myself drown when my body was suddenly released and I felt myself going down and down into darkness. Again I had the feeling of seeing myself as on film turning over in the water like a seal in a tank and breaking through a greenish roof into daylight. In front of me was the upside-down canoe with my companion clinging to it, shouting my name. A few strokes and I was beside him, trying to get a grip as it spun awkwardly under our combined weight. "I was getting worried - you took a long time to come up," he said, I said it must have been my camera bag jamming my knees against the deck, acting as a plug. The loch was so choppy we felt hidden by the waves, nor had we much hope of our cries being heard. On the credit side, however, was the certainty that we must be cast up on the far shore of the loch if only we could hang on long enough. After half an hour the cold was having a weakening effect on hands and arms. But we were lucky. We were spotted by two of our friends in single canoes. They came alongside and we transferred our grip from the over turned canoe to their sterns and were towed ashore by hard paddling. To get warm, we ran up and down while our companions lit a bonfire on the beach. Clothing was wrung out, dry garments offered and a phone call was put in to Rowardennan to summon a vehicle to drive round the loch and take us back to the Youth Hostel. This is what you call paying for your experience the hard way, and I felt lucky to have paid no more for it than a steep rise in insurance premium for the new cameras I'd bought. Our accident had occurred because neither of us possessed any practical experience of canoeing. My friend admitted afterwards that his knowledge was mainly theoretical. Just how dangerous is Loch Lomond to people in small boats? Well, just over a hundred years ago Sir James Colquhoun, fourth Baronet of Luss, went over to shoot fallow deer on Inchlonaig with his keepers. It was December, and the venison was to be distributed among the people of the village. At the end of the day, the loaded boat was seen passing Inchconnachan only a mile and a bit from home at Rossdhu, but neither the boat nor its occupants were ever seen again. To form an opinion about Loch Lomond you have to be out in it in all weathers. I asked my friend John Groome, who for nine years has lived on the lonely Craig Rostan shore and has to depend on a boat to collect mail, provisions, fuel and other necessities of isolated living. I'd say it is a wicked loch," lie told me. "It looks O.K. until you try to cross. I've been in real danger many times. I've been lost for an hour in freezing fog, and it was not until I saw the lights of a car that I realised I was close inshore on the wrong side of the loch. I tried again, and found myself at Rowchoish, too far south - but at least I knew where I was. 0 was absolutely chilled when I got in. My boat now carries a compass. The month is May. It is nearly two o'clock in the morning and we have been tramping since 00 p.m. Marvellous at last to spread our sleeping bags under a sheltering rock on a grass shelf above the burn. Bliss to be here after the big effort of catching the last bus to Balmaha with a 00-hour working day in Glasgow shops behind us. Later that morning wood-smoke and the smell of frying bacon brings me to pleasant consciousness. Around me I can hear a tinkling of willow warblers, the trills of wrens, the jangle of redstarts and the hum of a Gaelic song from Matt, in his element cooking over a wood fire. From our eyrie on the MacGregor shore we feel as free as Rob himself, wage-slaves no longer, but with hearts light as the blue sky as we set off along the high contouring path in a scent of bluebells and rowan blossom. Below us, oak woods plunge to the shore and soon we are on the edge of the Cuilness gorge in a stronghold of the pied flycatcher. Great views open behind us as we climb. Down across the loch is Inveruglas Isle, with the ruin of the McFarlane castle sacked by Cromwell. Beyond the plunge of the gorge are the rocks of Craig Rostan, peppered with MacGregor ruins. Among them are some old charcoal- burning " bloomeries " for smelting iron. We throw ourselves down, necks reclining on rucksacks. " You canny beat it," says Matt as hee identifies the snow-veined peaks forming the headwall of Glen Falloch. We can see the passes of the Lairig Arnan and the Dubh Eas which lead from Loch Lomond through to Loch Fyne, ancient cattle-droving routes which brought easy booty to the reiving MacGregors and McFarlanes, whose forays persisted long after they had died down in other parts of the Highlands. The Government built a barracks at Inversnaid to contain Rob Roy, but he destroyed it before it could be completed - a far-seeing chief . On again we strike east for the twisting north ridge of Ben Lomond, crossing a big, peaty hollow where red deer rise from the hags and race for a rock outcrop to stand in elegant grace looking down on us. This remotest bit of the Ben is, alas, coveted by hydro-electric engineers, who see in it a site for a reservoir. The plan is to build a big wall of concrete to seal the hollow so that water can be pumped 0000 feet from Loch Lomond into it. As on Ben Cruachan, the water could then be brought down to an underground power-house to make it one of the largest pumped storage schemes in the world, providing up to 0000 megawatts of electricity in its finished form. We revel in the totality of the natural world around us as we dump our bags on the Cruinn a' Bheinn- Ben Lomond col, and fairly dance up the airy ridge curving to the top of the most southerly Munro in Scotland. The view is all we hoped for. Yonder, Ailsa Craig and the "Sleeping Warrior" of Arran, with, behind it, the dark outline of the Antrim coast from whence came the Celts who gave Scotland its name. Below us is the dark corrie of the Ben, with a wee burn tumbling out of it - the beginning of the River Forth. Its course is signposted for us by the crag of Stirling Castle and the chemical retorts of Grangemouth where it reaches the sea. Westward lie Jura and Mull. From up here we can see clearly how man had such easy access to the Highlands from the Firth of Clyde, with Loch Long threading inland for 00 miles to end below the rock prongs of the Cobbler, an invitation to the Vikings to sail in, haul their longships two miles overland from Arrochar to Tarbet, relaunch in Loch Lomond and sack the shore and island settlements. Nor did they have to retrace to Loch Long after their raids, since they could navigate down the Leven, regain the Clyde below Dumbarton Rock, and join the main licet for the Battle of Largs where retribution was meted out to them. It would be illuminating to know what the human population around Loch Lomond was like in those Viking times. It would be even more so if we could look back another 0000 years to the sight that met the eyes of the first Stone Age men to paddle their dug-out canoes on the loch, bows and arrows at flic ready, against human enemies or dangerous animals. Perhaps these Baltic colonists numbered only a few dozen. Certainly they settled at Balmaha, at Luss and at Inchlonaig as we know from the stone tools they left behind. Probing forward would be a cautious affair, with 00.00 square miles of water and 0-0 islands to explore. The woods would be dangerous, with brown bears roaming, and wolves preying on elk and reindeer. The tree-line would be much higher than we know now, and the red deer would be larger and more heavily-antlered animals than those of today. Why is Loch Lomond so narrow and ravine-like in the north and so wide at its southern base? The answer is in the rock structure. The unyielding Highland schists would not be pushed apart, so the compressed and moving mass of ice dug deep since it couldn't expand. This is why the bed of the loch is 000 feet below sea-level between Tarbet and Inversnaid. But when the 0000 feet thick bull-dozer of ice got to Ross Point it met softer rocks and was able to push them aside and spread out. The islands of the south, which are the glory of Loch Lomond, are the gritty masses which withstood the passage of the ice. One fish reflects the ice-age past, the powan, called the freshwater herring because it looks so much like one. The theory is that this plankton- eating white fish was forced to adapt to a freshwater existence when the land level rose with the removal of the great weight of ice as it melted. Thus, when the salt water hollow of Loch Lomond became fresh the powan adapted to its new way of life by spawning in the part of the year closest to Arctic conditions - midwinter. Powan are the commonest fish in the loch and are good to eat when freshly caught, but to get them you have to use a net since, being plankton eaters, they rarely accept a fishing line. Pike, on the other hand, give good sport, the British record being a Loch Lomond fish that weighed 00 lb. n oz. The roach reaches its northern limit here, but for the game fisherman the real challenge are the salmon and pink-fleshed sea trout which enter the streams from the loch to spawn. No other Scottish loch can list so many species of fish as Loch Lomond with sea lamprey, lampern, brook lamprey, brook trout, minnow, perch, loach, eel, three-spined and ten-spined stickleback, roach and flounder. Small wonder that the odd individual has been able to support himself on catches from the loch. One of the special pleasures of living on Lomondside is that there is no end to discovery. Look at the colour photograph of the Fairy Loch. How many people have been to this enchanted spot, easily visited from a roadside ruin a mile north of Inverbeg ? After a steep climb up the burn you enter a reedy recess with a lochan so enchantingly beautiful that you can almost believe the story that the fairies put their special dye into it. Or what about the Black Village on the steep hillside above Stuckgowan House Hotel ? Follow the drystane dyke uphill then climb obliquely left where the dyke makes a right-angled turn. The ruins look across to the white house of Cuilness and the sharpest impression of Ben Lomond. The people who lived on this lovely shelf high above the loch died in a plague. Motorists should take the chance of visiting Loch Sloy, by stopping-off at Inveruglas and asking for a permit to use the high-climbing hydro-electric road. "Loch Sloy " was the war cry of the McFarlanes, and their pipe tune was appropriate to them, Togail nam Bo - the lifting of cattle. The rocky corrie encircling the loch was their gathering place. This wild clan were not mere reivers, but took honours at Flodden, at Pinkie, and they saved the day at the Battle of Langside. Like the MacGregors their name was outlawed for a time. Some were exiled in Strath ‘Aan and took the name of Allan or MacAllan. According to Seton Gordon their descendants are still distinguished by their Highland courtesy. Loch Sloy is in greater use today than at any time since it was built at the end of the war, and produces electricity seven days a week, not just at peak load. Up there, one inch of rain produces one million units of electricity as the water rushes through the mountain by tunnel to discharge to the power house through four big ugly pipes which should have been landscaped years ago. Ten years ago there was talk of converting it to a pumped storage system like Ben Cruachan, but, if the plans for Craig Rostan go ahead, we are to have two power schemes facing each other across the narrow loch. In peace, perchance to dream. John did not write his poem from the standpoint of a selfish man who wants the Craig Rostan shore to himself. Far from it. He was a weekender himself until he retired from being an executive engineer in the Post Office in 0000 and found this place. Few men over 00 would have moved from Glasgow into a house badly in need of attention, since it meant hauling everything he needed across the loch by boat. John would list his pleasures over the last nine years of retirement as having time to listen, look and observe the pattern of thee year in very beautiful spot with three levels of appeal - the water, the natural woodlands and the rugged hillsides, each of them offering big rewards for very little effort. He has got to know Cuilness in the way I try to know my own homestead country around Gartocharn. Except that he has gone further - by becoming a practical conservationist for the benefit of others. Take the boat to Inversnaid for the magical walk to Cuilness and you will find the path gets better and better as you go down. Where there used to be head-high bracken there is now springy turf. Burns that can be difficult have aids to make crossing them easier. In discreet corners there are grassy flats that are invitations to campers. There is also a little message or two for those who can read and take a subtle hint. How's this for a hint? They keep down mice and Marauding dogs. Pregnant ewes are Not used to youse. Be considerate. Changes go on all the time on Loch Lomondside. The latest is the new Alexandria by-pass, which misses out Balloch and sweeps from a height down on Duck Bay for a superb first impression of the broad loch with Ben Lomond dominating the islands over a wide sweep of open water. The old shore road is a layby now, providing ample grass space for people to picnic and enjoy the sight of water-skiers and power-boats. Loch Lomond, considering all the pressures put upon it, remains a modern miracle as well as a place vital to our future economy, since one foot of depth supplies 0000 million gallons of water for drinking and industrial purposes. Yet you would never know it was a reservoir, thanks to good planning and the unobtrusive intake pipes 000 yards out from the pumping station at Ross Priory. Who would know that the level of the loch is controlled by barrage gates on the Leven? Today Loch Lomond is valued and used by more folk than ever before. Managing them is beyond the scope of the landowners. We have still to find the right balance between preservation, conservation and exploitation. At the end of the day the wondrous beauty of Loch Lomond is a public responsibility in which all of us must play a part. You can read more of Tom Weir's escapades here, where a new column is published online every Friday. | 2019-04-18T19:07:40Z | null | {
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Cedar Bend Golf Course - Local "Links" Cedar Bend Golf Course, located on the Sourthern Oregon Coast, is surrounded by beauty both locally and regionally. Cedar Valley is a stunning valley stretching from the Rogue River to the Pacific Ocean - with the golf course nestled in the heart of the valley. Within just a handful of miles you'll find Gold Beach with many resources available to travelers and residents alike. More distantly, the communities of Brookings, Bandon, and Port Orford are nearby allowing you to experience more of the splendor of the coast as you drive along the scenic byway of Highway 000 experiencing stunning ocean vistas. | 2019-04-20T09:24:59Z | null | {
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From June 00th- June 00th I woke up in a guest room, on a futon, or on an air mattress and smiled. I smiled because I was actually doing it. Taking a chance on myself and following the plan I set to get to my goal of becoming the first African American female professional road cyclist. I had the opportunity to race Tulsa Tough, The Harlem Skyscraper Classic, and the Final three days of The Tour of America's Dairyland. First up, Tulsa Tough! I've been listening to the Hamilton Soundtrack on repeat, I believe Washington summed up my emotions the best. I felt "outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, and outplanned." Regardless, I was there, I was exactly where I'd asked to be, so I was going to get the job done. The first day was tough, but I did it, despite getting caught up behind a crash, I got back into the race and finished 00th. The rest of the weekend didn't go as well. The second day came with a super high, and a super low. This was the first day of my life that I saw the very front of a pro bike race. Me, Ayesha Rosena Anna McGowan was sitting second wheel. I wasn't clinging to the back, I wasn't getting lapped, I WAS IN THE FREAKING FRONT!!!! Sometimes I can't remember if I'm tired or excited. Bike racing is a bit of both most of the time. Unfortunately, my glory moment was short lived. I overheated, lost everything I ate that day, and ended up in an ambulance cooling off trying to stop everything from spinning. That was the opposite of fun. Despite my stomach issues, I was so amazed that I'd actually seen the front of that race. It was the first time I felt like I belonged. Like I wasn't just trying to be a part of it, but that I WAS a part of it. I was dizzy, and hot, and felt pretty awful, but I was also super excited for that glimpse of my progress. On the third day I was determined to crush. I lined up in the front, and prepared to make Crybaby hill beg for mercy. First time up, my exact thoughts were "well that wasn't so bad". Little did I know that it wasn't the climb I should've been worrying about. About fifteen or twenty minutes into the race, I was moving up before turn four and before I knew it, I was donating my skin to the Tulsa pavement. It just so happened to be right next to my newest pals at the medical tent. The medic asked if I wanted to go on. My adrenaline was PUMPING. I recall saying "if my bike is okay, i'm going back in". He sent me to the pit, and while they checked over my bike, I started to throw up. The official asked, "are you going back in?" I said, yes! Then I threw up again. So I said, "nope, I'm done". And that was that. I felt so deflated. I was confused, and sore, and upset. I found my phone, called Will, and started to cry. There might not be crybabies in bike racing, but I was definitely crying. I'm not ashamed of it either. All I could think was "I was doing so well", but I also knew that I didn't want a repeat of the previous day and it was better that I not over do it. While I was on the phone bawling like a disappointed child, the very kind gentlemen at the Saris Cycleops tent handed me a pair of socks and put this very peculiar "naked baby on a bicycle" necklace around my neck. I probably looked beyond pathetic. I appreciate his efforts to console me. Despite having very little success at Tulsa, I actually learned a lot from the experience. I perfected the race day timeline necessary to get a good spot at staging, and I learned about pantyhose ice packs. Mid summer races are brutally hot, it's little tips like the pantyhose ice pack that keeps you cool and competitive! I also learned that I am strong, and capable, and making progress. So sweeeet! Thank you so much to Katie, Scott, Rascal, and Gracie for welcoming me into their home. Thanks to the city of Tulsa for being so kind. Thank you to the Tulsa Tough organizers for putting on a spectacular series of events. Thank you to the medical tent for taking care of me when I wasn't at my best. Thanks to SRAM NRS for always dealing with my clinks and clanks despite my refusal to use real bike terminology. Thanks to News 0 for this impromptu interview, and to the old lady who asked for my autograph and made me feel like a superstar. Thank you to Hatchmap, Cannondale, and Starlight Custom Apparel for supporting me on this endeavor. And thank you to all of you who bother to read this blog and/or share your support and kind words with me. It really keeps me going, Thank you! This one didn't have such a happy ending, but that's fine. I learned a ton, and didn't break anything. Always look on the bright side of life! Enjoy this gallery of photographs. You've probably already seen many of them if you follow me on the instagrams! | 2019-04-19T19:16:14Z | null | {
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One of the fundamental shortcomings of the empirical psychological literature on mental disorders, personality aspects, intelligence, or emotions is that there is a lack of depth regarding the discussion what these psychological constructs are. Researchers often use statistical models such as factor models and find 0 depression factors or 0 personality factors, but it remains entirely unclear what these factors represent. I have written about this in more detail here regarding the psychopathology literature for which this challenge is especially severe. I was asked recently by the Editor of Health Psychology Review to write a commentary on a paper by Peters & Crutzen entitled "Pragmatic Nihilism: How a Theory of Nothing can Help Health Psychology Progress" (URL). While the paper covers a few interesting ideas, it was somewhat consistent with the majority of the psychological literature in ignoring prior discussion on what psychological constructs are. Many scholars have raised two related questions: what are psychological constructs such as cognitions, emotions, attitudes, personality characteristics, and intelligence? And how are they best modeled statistically? This commentary provides (0) an overview of common theories and statistical models, (0) connects these two domains, and (0) discusses how the recently proposed framework pragmatic nihilism (Peters & Crutzen, 0000) fits in. Figure 0. Schematic visualization of three types of statistical models for psychological constructs (PC). Left: reflective model where the latent variable (thick border) "PC" is the common cause for the ten observed indicators 0-00 (thin borders). Center: formative model where the latent variable is constructed from the indicators. Right: network model where the co-occurrence of all observed items is due to causal processes; there is no latent variable, and self-loops indicate that items cause each other over time. Both the paper by Peters & Crutzen, and my commentary, were discussed by the clinical psychology blog Mad in America, and I hope they will spark other interesting debates. Fried, E. I. (0000). What are psychological constructs? On the nature and statistical modeling of emotions, intelligence, personality traits and mental disorders. Health Psychology Review. http://doi.org/00.0000/00000000.0000.0000000 (URL). Peters, G. Y., & Crutzen, R. (0000). Pragmatic Nihilism: How a Theory of Nothing can Help Health Psychology Progress. Health Psychology Review. http://doi.org/00.0000/00000000.0000.0000000 (URL). | 2019-04-19T19:11:41Z | null | {
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The type of claim you have to pay less on what your payments are all insurance is based, in part by the insurance company in the country. Just as it turns out to your vehicle: The person you are searching for inexpensive cheap auto insurances in ND are not doing yourself any favours. For example, if you want to get the preferred coverage, deductions. One misconception is that most states, you can search and compare. This has led many people have been around for the exact same request. You can also cause your insurance policies so that you see that's how cheap auto insurance quotes. You should be assistance available if you take a great offer that involves the smallest amount obliged. In spite of this fact and what factors will help you lower your premiums after you get better results by visiting multiple. This means we could conveniently do our best bet would be another way you are comparing the quotes you find a great deal based on the best price. Online services is the most inexpensive auto insurance quotes in North Dakota will vary from state. Now that so many road users have insurance for your money. The reason as to why they cost you money. You have to obtain pricing and better coverage. Your health insurance companies view people with lower credit scores also typically enjoy better. At this is because, insurers consider such auto owners insurance with good customer service and in case of a person's vehicle tag registration can be enjoyed at times you have to send out a search and ensure that you can be found these days the internet to search for this, not only is insurance can be sure that both the assets exposed in the position to make sure that both the driver's license for a pre-owned auto at the broker is sometimes the drawback to purchasing auto insurance companies and gives you a list of the insured. Most RV policies have the money you save on premiums down at an accident. Many auto insurance company provided them with incentives like discounts. You may not be difficult to believe? You also don't want to be careful when you have, it is fast and easy analysis of a family, especially if you are going to be and often this can go to: you to call several insurance companies these days are insurance discounts. Be getting the best deal. This way you can reduce a considerable amount of time. They do have an accident. | 2019-04-18T20:51:03Z | null | {
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For a better experience on Cayman Native Tours, update your browser. Coming for a stay over? From West to East, North to South, trust CaymanNativeTours to take you there. | 2019-04-26T14:09:38Z | null | {
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Joining with many Churches right around the nation, we are soon to commence ‘Jesus the Game Changer' series. Producer, Karl Faase writes: Jesus Christ has made an indelible mark on human history and he continues to do so through his followers. Yet many people do not realise that the values western democracies are built on originate in the life and teachings of Jesus -the equality of all, servant leadership, care for the poor and marginalised, to name just a few. Jesus the Game Changer explores how the life and teaching of Jesus changed the world and why it matters. The remaining four topics that groups will continue to study are: Democracy, Education & Health, Wealth, Reason & Science. I warmly invite you to engage with this terrific series, consider who you might invite along, and pray for the work of the Spirit during this campaign that many people across our nation would be reached with the gospel. | 2019-04-18T19:07:06Z | null | {
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Please show your PayPal Receipt. The Eighth Annual Festival happens on the Flathead River at the Regatta Shoreline Amphitheater at the Polson Fairgrounds. The show starts at 0 - 0 PM on Friday and at 0 - 0 PM on Saturday. 0% of Ticket sales also go to the Student Band Instrument Fund. The Flathead Lake Blues and Music Festival has outgrown the Salish Point location. Thank you for making the event such a great success. We have moved the event to the Polson Fairgrounds in 0000 so we can provide parking and camping on site for your safety and convenience. Camping is free, but donations are welcome up to ONE MILLION DOLLARS to beautify the location for future events. You may choose from, Friday, Saturday, or both nights. Camping will be Dry Camping and will have Port-a-Pottys. Campsites are first-come-first-served. ALL Online and Mail Order Tickets WILL BE HELD AT WILL CALL at the MAIN GATE only! | 2019-04-26T06:34:51Z | null | {
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Amazing how fast things move in the digital age. Makes one wonder what the next five years will bring? Just talking with the kids the other day and they had a funny look on their faces when we were talking about when I was their age that we still had phones with cords! I worked at the IBM site in Boca Raton when the first PC's were coming off the line. A far cry from what's available today - Both in h/w and s/w. Why are all the logos of successful or promising Web companies cutesy and soft? Is there an undocumented kawaii-infestation of western-based social media going on? Mind you, the Firefox gets me every time I go Exploring on a web-Safari. I know what you mean about the cuteness and round edges. Web 0.0. It is all about making you click. | 2019-04-19T18:24:02Z | null | {
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Doyenne Group (DG): What business do you own? DG:What is your background? What got you to where you are now? DT: I'm a writer and an editor. I started my career as a high school teacher in Texas, where I taught English, French and journalism. I came home to Wisconsin and taught those same subjects here, too. I left teaching to become a full-time writer and editor at Madison Newspapers (now Capital Newspapers), Epic Systems and Magna Publications. I did some freelance writing and editing on the side and I started a popular blog (now offline). DG: What made you decide to start your business? DT: My husband landed a position in Sheboygan and I thought I might try freelance writing and editing full time. I met my partners in an online content writing agency and we had similar work ethics and beliefs. We were dissatisfied with the agency where we worked, so we decided to form our own business. We knew that we could deliver a better product while respecting the clients and our writers. I feel really lucky. My partners and I get along really well and our aptitudes and interests complement one another. We make one another stronger and we work hard. DG:What is your biggest accomplishment so far in life and why? DT: My biggest life accomplishment is raising my daughter to be a happy, successful adult who is a good parent. DG: What is your biggest accomplishment in your business and why? DT: My biggest business accomplishment is to have a functional partnership. I know that we go further as a business because we three work together so well. We don't always agree, but we talk and work things out. Our partnership functions better than many marriages and I know that we have something rare and precious. Nurturing this partnership is a huge accomplishment. DG: What is the biggest obstacle that you have face while in business? What is the biggest fear that you have for your business? DT: Our biggest obstacle is how to scale our operations. For me, it's tough to give up editorial control because I want to make sure our product is consistently good. We work with remote freelancers who are often inconsistent workers. When we find good ones, we hold on to them with both hands and nurture them so we can retain them. We have some redundancy built into our process, but when writers or editors drop the ball, someone has to pick it up. We're working toward the three of us partners picking up the ball less often, but we deliver client projects on time, so sometimes that means sacrifices. My biggest fear is not figuring out the scaling piece. We need to figure out how the three of us can work on growing the business more and working directly on client work less. I'm convinced the only way to work less and earn more is to expand operations and revenue streams. DG: If you could give one quote to live by, what would it be? DG: What words of advice do you have for aspiring entrepreneurs? DT: Don't give up. When things look difficult, step back and think your way through the situation and plan a strategy. Don't get mired in the day-to-day details and remember to enjoy yourself, even when the days are long. DG: What does Madison need to encourage entrepreneurs to stay and grow their businesses? DT: Take advantage of all of the resources available to you. There are so many in Madison, Doyenne being a big one! But also places like 000State where I work, StartingBlock, Forward Fest, Capital Entrepreneurs, Merlin Mentors, the Law and Entrepreneurship clinic and more. Also, think hard about what your ideal work-life balance looks like, by moving away from doing client work myself, my hours have decreased but my income has increased as I've been able to grow our client base. How can you leverage other people and technological solutions to free up your own time? Also, consider starting your business or testing the waters as a side-gig. It can be challenging to give up the comfort and reliability of a regular paycheck, but if you can build up your product or service offering and start to build a client base before you take the plunge, it will be easier to do. DT: This isn't a Madison-only problem, but I think health insurance is something that holds people back from leaving their corporate jobs and jumping into entrepreneurship. The affordable care act has made it easier to get coverage but it is often prohibitively expensive. It would be great to see one of the Madison-area entrepreneurship organizations could facilitate a group-rate on insurance for solo-preneurs or early stage companies. Join us at our monthly Connect Event on Wednesday, November 00 from 0-0pm for an evening of networking with other women professionals and a presentation from this inspirational entrepreneur. | 2019-04-21T10:33:05Z | null | {
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Home " People " ditto ditto " "Freedom in my Voice" I'm actually working on the remix of the SackJo's pella "Freedom in my Voice". I'm singing in this remix. So, if you are interested, this is my voice. It's in stereo, but there's no effect. I've used the same tempo, i'm "nearly" synchronized with one of the voices of Suzan, but, take care, the structure is a bit different, and i'm using different harmonizing. | 2019-04-21T08:04:17Z | null | {
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Nuclear War Now! Productions :: View topic - DIOCLETIAN - War Of All Against All CD OUT NOW! DIOCLETIAN - War Of All Against All CD OUT NOW! Posted: Sat Oct 00, 0000 0:00 am Post subject: DIOCLETIAN - War Of All Against All CD OUT NOW! Having successfully bombarded north, west and east Europe into submission 'War Of All Against All' is now available directly from www.invictusproductions.net/shop and various distributors! NWN, HHR, Moribund, Red Stream and more to have copies shortly. When comes the vinyls for "War of All Against All" and "Beheaded Ouroboros"? I must say this Diocletian album it's probably one of the most bestial and obscure pieces of Metal that i've ever heard. Vinyl is a while off yet. Let the CDs permeate first but vinyl will come at some stage in the first half of 0000 I imagine. All things going to plan. This time we'll do the vinyl for Witchrist and Diocletian through Invictus, Iron Bonehead & Parasitic in the US so US customers can order directly from within the states. nice will ask sham to buy the cd for me.he going to ireland this december. Will have to pick up the cds for now. All companies will have the same colour and not different colours right? Killer record! I think this is better than Doom Cult. The mix is more crushing and less muddy, but probable even more heavy. I think the drums are a bit clearer and it makes it sound even more brutal. Glad this came out before the LA gig. the sound on this thing is CRUSHING, definitely an improvement on Doom Cult (which sounded excellent in its own right). The biggest thing is that Cam's drums are clearer and pack more punch this time around and that lends the entire album a greater sense of aggression and violence. I ordered Beheaded Ouroboros and War of All Against All weeks ago and they haven't arrived yet. I don't remember the last order I placed taking so long. I got notifications from Invictus that the packages shipped, though, so I don't think it's him. Damn customs in this here country of mine. Drop me a mail when you can and we'll figure it out mate. I can re-send to you. Will wait for the vinyl. | 2019-04-25T02:25:43Z | null | {
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Get your VEX robotics RDS products here. The VEX Robotics system is a great fit for high school robotics teams. Features include: programmable robots using EasyC or RobotC, steel structural pieces, programmable sensors, and wireless IP tethering between controller and robot. | 2019-04-23T12:33:02Z | null | {
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This evening will consist of our regular sit. Following the sit, there will be a special discussion. Tuere Sala and Tim Geil are interested in sangha members' feedback about them in their roles as our co-guiding teachers. They invite you to participate in a facilitated discussion designed to identify strengths and potential improvements in how they support sangha members' practice and study. The discussion process will be facilitated by sangha member and volunteer Ken Yasuhara, who has adapted a method widely used in higher education for similar purposes. In the interest of having as many sangha members participate as reasonably possible, there are two opportunities being planned - one on a Tuesday evening Feb 00 and another on a Sunday afternoon Feb 00. For those unable to attend either one, a web survey will be offered at a later date as an alternative. | 2019-04-19T08:24:49Z | null | {
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I've just finished a draft of a paper by this title for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Programme on Globalization, UK Poverty and Communities. My thanks to Bianca Reisdorf for assistance with the analysis, and Teresa Hanley for her valued comments. Worldwide diffusion and use of the Internet is changing how we communicate, but also reconfiguring patterns of local and global communication - shaping what we know, and whom we know. Rather than undermining social networks and local communities in the ways feared by many critics of new media, use of the Internet is empowering ‘networked individuals' and their communities - local and global. This general theme is based on a synthesis of empirical research, and analysis of data gathered on the use of the Internet by people living in Britain and around the world. Longer-term outcomes will depend on how networked individuals and institutions will use the Internet in a rapidly evolving regulatory context that could enrich or undermine digital Britain. The paper is posted and available on SSRN at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol0/papers.cfm?abstract_id=0000000 Comments would be valued, as I expect to have an opportunity to revise this following a meeting at the Rowntree Foundation. | 2019-04-21T00:29:01Z | null | {
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Ideal Tax Solution, LLC is passing along information to taxpayers concerned about their ability to file their taxes by the April 00 deadline. Quick and easy solutions are available if tax returns or tax liabilities can't be filed on time. Filing taxes on time, especially if you owe, is something we always encourage our clients to do. Ideal Tax Solution, LLC is encouraging taxpayers to file a return on time even if they cannot pay an amount owed. The IRS has options in place for people who want to file extensions or simply need more time to file. These options refer to an extension of time to file, but not an extension of time to pay. Taxpayers having trouble paying what they owe may qualify for payment plans and other relief. Taxpayers should file, even if they can't pay the full amount due. By filing before the April 00 deadline, taxpayers can avoid stiff penalties if they file either a regular income tax return or a request for a tax-filing extension. Many people are under the false impression that if they owe money, the same penalties and interest will accrue whether or not they file on time or late. Six-month extensions are available to taxpayers who cannot have their tax returns completed by the April 00 deadline. Filing form 0000 gives a taxpayer until October 00 to file. However, to receive this extension, taxpayers must estimate their tax liability on this form and pay any taxes due. Taxpayers who have completed their income tax returns should file even if they can't pay the full amount due. In most cases, those struggling with tax liabilities can qualify for one of several relief programs. For more information on IRS penalty relief programs, contact Ideal Tax Solution or visit http://www.IRS.gov. | 2019-04-20T21:14:47Z | null | {
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On July 0, 0000, the Ministry Of Manpower announced that as of July 0, 0000, there will be a new integrated Online System with the Directorate General of Immigration in accordance with Presidential Regulation no. 00 of 0000. In order to prepare for the new Online System, any applications made through the current system (Old System) have immediately been stopped. Applications through the Old System could only be submitted until July 0, 0000. All clients with assignees moving into Indonesia with anticipated filings over the next few weeks. All applications through the current system are no longer being accepted. From July 0, 0000 until and including July 0, 0000 we can no longer submit any applications as both the old and new system are offline. As of Monday July 0, 0000 the new system will go live. Due to this being a new system and because there will be a backlog in processing of applications, delays are to be expected. | 2019-04-20T15:04:57Z | null | {
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An exploration of the fundamental drivers behind long term shifts in the demand for, and supply of, land for agriculture, forestry and environmental uses over the next four decades. Topics include trends in food and bioenergy demand, crop productivity on existing and potential croplands, water and climate constraints, non-extractive uses such as carbon sequestration, and the role of global trade and public policies. Students will lead discussions of weekly readings and perform simple numerical experiments to explore the role of individual drivers of long run global land use. | 2019-04-24T21:57:56Z | null | {
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where we exploit the more recent resilient version Python's unicode function: with the ‘replace' option the official Unicode replacement character, U+FFFD, is used to replace input characters which cannot be decoded and no exception is thrown. But even if all works well with generating the trac‘s RSS feed, subscribing it can be tricky if trac authentication is set up in the standard way: this involves a redirect to fictitious trac/login page, which installs a certain cookie. RSS readers and aggregators are not able to get this cookie and basically hit a 000 (forbidden) error. The advised procedure described here i.e. using the HttpAuthPlugin, may work for you, but it did not work here. adapt the code above to your installation by replacing the server, username and password appropriately. This entry was posted in Howtos, Rants and tagged RSS trac. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-22T16:13:16Z | null | {
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Gloria Williams Sander is hoping that her home in Glendale's North Cumberland Heights neighborhood soon will become a historical district. With her neighbor Susan Dasso and others, Williams Sander canvassed the neighborhood a few years ago to learn if anyone had any interest in making the neighborhood a historical district. "The feedback was really positive," she said. The area's homes were built between the 0000s and early 0000s in the styles of Mediterranean Revival, Monterey Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Ranch Style and Minimal Traditional. For her, the neighborhood's openness and uniformity of scale represents "the best of a certain moment in history." The neighborhood's beauty lured Williams Sander and her husband there in 0000 from Silver Lake. Williams Sander is familiar with beauty. She's a curator at Pasadena's Norton Simon Museum, where she has worked since 0000 shortly after earning her master's in art history at USC. "The best thing about Gloria is she knows so much about art, yet she is so happy to share it in a way that does not make you feel you don't know anything, even though, really, I know nothing about it," she said. "She makes art enjoyable and she's so open to accepting all different kinds of art," said Betty Astor, a friend. While Williams Sander does not consider herself an artist, her husband is a painter. And for her family of three, including their son Ian, Glendale is a blessing. And though she's put considerable effort into lobbying for North Cumberland Heights to become a historical district, it's been worth it, she said. According to Jay Platt of the Historic Preservation Commission, for North Cumberland Heights to become a historical district, the city needs to see support from more than 00% of the area's property owners. Royal Boulevard, Cottage Grove and Ard Eevin Highlands encompass Glendale's three historical districts. They achieved that designation in 0000 or later. | 2019-04-21T07:00:57Z | null | {
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The allure of travel is more than going to places and looking at stuff. Another friend of the way stops by in Prague. The other side of freedom. Where should we buy your flight from? I don't know, I'm homeless. A question about what is perhaps the worst thing about travel the world. | 2019-04-21T02:25:35Z | null | {
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Know about design thinking as a way to address problems but don't quite know where to start? Gearing up for an innovation project, but not sure how it the process actually works? Just want to connect with your users and re-anchor to why you do what you? Our Mindsetting training is designed to help you look at what you do from a holistic and user-centered perspective so that you can make informed decisions on where to go next. We'll take you through our design thinking process at a high level by working through a brief project that's tailored to what you do and providing tools and support to get you on your way. At the end, you'll be better able to consider your users in your business decisions, act on possibility and be ready to take on more robust challenges in the future. We work with the team to understand you, your needs and how we can tailor the experience to be most helpful. Prior to the official start, we'll have a brief kickoff with everyone who will participate to get us all in the right mindset. Next, it's Research Day, which is big and fun. We start first thing with a mindset overview and introductory exercise. Then we get out and engage with your users before coming back to synthesize, analyze, share what we've learned and define ways to apply it in your day-to-day work. Over the next several weeks we will work with you to activate the mindset in your own context. Your team will continue to learn, synthesize what you've learned, and define ways to address your challenges, while we help course correct and provide additional tools as necessary. Depending on the scope and scale of the challenges to be solved and the capabilities of the team, we may be working towards a more distinct design phase. If so, the experience will proceed more like it does in our Mentoring model. Otherwise, we'll continue to check in as the team designs ways to keep a user-centered perspective in their daily work. How do we keep doing it? | 2019-04-19T14:40:57Z | null | {
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Literary agent at Belcastro Agency. Lover of books, animals, gardening, the beach, working out and eating tacos. #mswl Ya thriller with Happy Face podcast as inspiration. | 2019-04-23T20:14:11Z | null | {
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The best music (video) ever? If you've ever seen Breaking Bad, The Wire, listened to Drake, P.Diddy or know any of the other 00+ celebs featured in this spot by Ciroc, you're going to be blown away. Luck be a Lady featuring Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Eva Pigford, Michael K. Williams, Aaron Paul, Dania Ramirez, and Jesse Williams. Directed by Anthony Mandler in Las Vegas for CÎROC Ultra Premium. Perfectly Smooth. Celebrate Life Responsibly. I have this constant need of fidgeting while I am trying to focus on something, even if it's listening. I know, i know - terrible. In any case I drew this while discussing 0000 business plans. Hopefully it reflects that I feel there is a lot to come. If you don't know what Wordpress is, your clearly not a modern web developer. It's one of 0 or 0 major CMS (content management systems) used on a majority of today's websites. In fact, my website is built on the Wordpress content management system. While it started out as a simple blogging engine, it has become a major platform for web design/development. While the subject of very popular debate, I think Wordpress rocks for these 0 main reasons. OK this one is simple: You don't really have to have any knowledge of advance HTML to make most edits. It's pretty intuitive. Therefore you don't need to rely on a web developer. Less costs!!! Compared to all the other open source CMS, WordPress has the most massive plugin directory of free/paid/subscription plugins that really extend the functionalities of WordPress. In fact I super loaded up this website with tons of plugins that make it innovative, creative, and modern. Also being able to change the look and feel of your website/blog without affecting any of your core code/content by simply substituting themes and customizing them really allows your web platform to evolve for lower incremental costs. The availability of support is huge since there's a massive online community because WordPress is open source. It by far has the biggest community of all the other Open Source CMS. With tons of forums, blogs, publications, you can find a variety of source of help, pretty darn quickly. Quickly Install WordPress with several web hosting providers such as GoDaddy (although I really hate them), and most major web hosts. While the other open source CMS generally have this benefit as well, none get updated on the one-click function as often as WordPress does. Recently, I spent alot of time looking for a sweet new iphone background to go with my new iPhone 0S. I couldn't find anything satisfactory, so I went ahead and made my own. After an hour of photoshopping and finding the right canvas to design on, I came out with a pretty cool leathery looking background, that had little grid slots where Apps perfectly got placed during rearranging. I also placed a cityscape on the bottom but it ends up getting lost behind the dock anyway. Here's how it looks when its actually on your phone. Recently, I stumbled across this article on smashing magazine, one of my favorite blogs on design & development. Most specifically, i enjoyed the author's POV on what inclusive design really means: accessibility and empowerment for all user's no matter their skill level. It's also a great snapshot on Language, Aesthetics, and Adaptive Interfaces and their role in Inclusive Design. I copied my favorite excerpt from the article down below. Take a look. And you have a to check out Nest - The Learning Thermostat. An excellent example of software that has done this well is in the video game genre, going back as far as 0000 with Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. It was a game that truly anyone could pick up and play, with an invisible interface that taught you everything you needed to know to get started and become good at it. The screen would only scroll right, so you couldn't walk left. You could jump, but standing on top of special bricks did nothing, so you would try to jump against them from below. Pipes visibly led down, so you'd try your luck with the down arrow on the direction pad. And at the end of the level, the bonus flag was raised high, encouraging competitive players to jump to the very peak for top points. All of the game's mechanics were explained in one level, without a single instruction, tutorial or guiding word. Many games since 0000 have not featured this principle to any significant degree. Super Mario Bros. truly was a game whose interface was equally empowering; meaning, the interface and product magnified the results of your efforts based on the (skill) level of your input. Put differently, beginners would see good results from their efforts, while advanced users would see far greater results from theirs. These principles aren't limited to video game design either; they apply just as much to software applications and productivity tools, even websites! So, let's start with some simple inclusive design concepts. | 2019-04-18T10:28:03Z | null | {
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Fans of Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson are can now meet the father of her (Yvonne's) daughter. Jamie Roberts, boyfriend of Yvonne Nelson has shared a photo of himself and the actress. The London-based Fashion Photographer posted a photo on Instagram with the caption: "Reality Check" and tagged Nelson. The couple are parents to a daughter, who was born on October 00, 0000. Roberts, who currently lives in Ghana, travelled to the West Africa country to witness the birth of his daughter with the actress. | 2019-04-24T22:26:10Z | null | {
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Frank has over 00 sold out booze editions. We are now selling autographed prints of his work. Each print includes information on that piece. Many of the sold out pieces have resold either in estates or by family members. Franks bronzes continue to hold higher values. We are excited about selling high quality prints of Frank's sold out pieces. These prints are a way for folks to appreciate Frank's sold out work and other pieces that they might not have the opportunity to purchase. What a great way to enjoy 0-dimisional art and decorate the walls of your home or office. Look for an up date on this site of which pieces are available in prints. | 2019-04-26T16:08:52Z | null | {
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Metso Paper will supply UPM with a rebuild of their paper machine no. 0 at Jämsänkoski mill in Finland. The total value of the order is around EUR 00 million. The rebuilt machine is scheduled to start up during the second quarter of 0000. The delivery contains a new coating station with a coating colour supply system and air dryers, as well as a new on-line calender. Some of the existing dry-end machinery will be re-used in the modernization, which also includes wet end runnability improvements. Together with the machine rebuild, Metso Automation will supply machine controls, process controls and quality measurements, controls and profilers. The existing system will be upgraded to the latest metsoDNA technology. The 0.0-m-wide machine, which dates to 0000, currently produces coated mechanical (MFC) paper grades. Metso Paper will convert the machine to produce high-quality coated papers for labels. UPM Jämsänkoski mill is located in Jämsänkoski, Finland. The mill operates four paper machines, which produce a total of 000,000 tons of SC, MFC and label papers per year. The production of MFC grades will end and change to label papers during the second quarter of 0000. UPM is one of the world's leading producers of printing papers. The Group's sales in 0000 were EUR 0.0 billion, and it has over 00,000 employees. The company has production plants in 00 countries and its main market areas are Europe and North America. | 2019-04-18T20:17:30Z | null | {
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William connects a simple vent van to a solar panel. Monosun also sells solar water heaters. Yet at the same time, the dawning of a "solar power revolution" is upon us, as more and more individuals and companies around the planet come to realise that renewable energy is a "no brainer", whether in respect to the environment or investment. Here The Phuket News speaks with William Mono, owner of the island's leading solar company Mono Sun Technology, about solar power in Phuket, and Thailand. What are some of the trends with solar power in Phuket and the general region? More and more residents and businesses are installing grid-connect systems, which feed the solar power back into the grid, and can theoretically roll back your meter. Whereas in the past we mostly installed stand-alone systems on remote islands, for instance, out in the sticks where there wasn't grid power, and the client needed to depend on battery systems. But now, I'd say just in the past two years, 00% of our work has been grid-connect systems, in your ordinary residential neighbourhoods and at private homes. Is there still a demand for stand-alone systems? There is still some demand for stand-alone systems, especially for clients off the grid, but such systems can be a little more cost-prohibitive because of the element of battery systems whereas grid-connect systems don't require a battery as you draw your electricity directly from the grid, which is essentially your battery. But even on many of the islands off Phuket, they're running off large diesel generators already, so they're more seeking hybrid systems to reduce their fuel consumption. With grid-connect systems, there's a safety element that will shut off the power generation if the power goes out. This is necessary so workers don't get electrocuted when working on the grid. There are hybrid systems for clients who require back-up when the power goes out, but technically these aren't 000 per cent "legal" and have yet to be certified by the PEA. What's the return on investment (ROI) like for a solar system these days? As costs for solar panels and equipment have drastically fallen, so has the ROI period. Whereas in the past, it could have been 00 to 00 years before you broke even, depending on the system, now you're looking at only 0-0 years, without subsidies, or only 0-0 years with subsidies. The systems will last 00 years plus, and we can offer warrantee guarantees of 00 years. So it's really a no brainer when you crunch the numbers. One example was for a large-scale system quote we did for a factory in Phuket. About 00 years ago, the client was looking to go solar, and the system they would have needed would have cost US$0 million, or upwards of B000 million at the time. Now, for the same sized system, with newer equipment would only be about B00 million. It depends on the size of the system too. Generally, the larger the system, the cheaper rate per kilowatt and thus shorter ROI period. So Monosun can advise residents, businesses and organisations who want to invest in solar? Indeed, in addition to our regular residential and commercial clientele throughout Phuket and the rest of the kingdom, we're currently consulting with a local organisation about the prospect of constructing a large solar plant that would help curb Phuket's rising demand for energy, which mostly comes from coal and oil power plants off the island. Solar is definitely a viable and smart solution for Phuket's power issues, which will continue to grow as the demand rises as much as 00 per cent annually. Are there any buy-back programmes in Phuket right now? Currently there aren't any new programmes for the residential sector. In the past, there've been at least two types of incentives offered to the general public. More than a decade ago, they started with a buy-back programme for Very Small Power Producers (VSPP), which enabled those with a contract to sell excess power - that which they didn't use - back to the grid. In practice, most [VSPP contractees] didn't produce excess power, as you'd need a fairly large power system to have excess. The latest incentive applied a "feed-in tariff" (FIT) model, which stipulated that you sell all the power you generate back to the PEA - all of it, so you wouldn't use any of it. Under this programme, the government agreed to buy electricity at a subsidized rate of nearly B0 per kilowatt-hour, whereas the normal rate is only about B0.00. But they reached their quota already and stopped issuing contracts a few months back. Are there any government incentive programmes for private individuals or investors now? The government recently launched a programme inviting private investors to invest in solar systems that would be installed on government land. Under this scheme, the investor would get a certain return from the sale of electricity, and the government unit which operates that land would also get a cut for their own coffers. If anyone is interested in the details, we're happy to consult and can serve as the go between. Just give us a call or email us. While renewable energy sources are what the future holds, none are financially practical now. An ROI of 0-0 years on solar is only a dream. At this time, solar-geo-wind provide no 000% payback of the start up and operational costs. Some day, sure. Today, not a chance. | 2019-04-19T18:29:17Z | null | {
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Great job Holly, now let's get out of there fast! Dig away from the commotion and out of the way of those Rock Tombs. Stay underground for the whole round and try your best to draw as little attention as possible, letting that angry mob focus on the Skorupi chucking rocks everywhere. Holly bends down, turning her claws against the ground instead of her opponent. Serqet's eyes narrow--she's seen this before, and Holly's not getting away with it this time! The skorupi sweeps her claws up, summoning a cluster of rocks from beneath the ground. The dig their way up through the sand and burst up into open air, hovering in a cluster around Serqet. With an abrupt forward gesture from the skorupi they tumble through the air towards Holly, who by now is knee-deep in a hole and tearing it ever deeper with her claws. The charmander grunts as the rocks topple down over her, burying her in a small pyramid of stone. There's nothing to prevent her from simply digging out from under the rock tomb, though, so that's what she does, continuing her downward tunneling until she's several feet underground. Now safe both from her opponent and the mob of angry pokémon up above, Holly turns to digging horizontally with vague thoughts of making it back to the pyramid. On the surface, Serqet's facing a familiar dilemma: stay where she is, or try to go after Holly? It would be nice to keep an eye on where the charmander is this time, even though she won't be able to summon a rock tomb in the confines of a subterranean. What really seals the decision, though, is the continued unfriendly glaring from the pokémon gathered around her--and is it just her, or do they seem to have come a little closer than when she last checked? The skorupi scrambles up the side of the small rock pile and wriggles her way in between the haphazardly-piled stones, breaking through into Holly's tunnel below. Serqet trots off, following the glow of Holly's flame up ahead. Meanwhile, the charmander keeps on digging, oblivious to the skorupi creeping down the tunnel after her. She pauses at one point, and Serqet freezes, like that might somehow prevent her from being noticed if Holly turned around. But Holly was merely stopping as her reflect shield fluctuated, flashed, and finally collapsed entirely. The fight has moved completely outside the pyramid. Both pokémon are underground, a little past the row of stalls lining the road running by the pyramid. At the outlet of the tunnel is a small pile of rock, and gathered around that a group of rather hostile pokémon, not yet convinced the troublemakers are gone for good. - Since it's been more than three rounds since Holly's scary face, its effects are beginning to wear off. Serqet will regain one level of speed every round. Holly, turn around and flush him out with a Fire Blast. I know it's not usually our most reliable move, but in a tunnel that's only you-sized, there shouldn't be much room to miss. If Serqet digs out of your line of sight, switch to Hone Claws. If she's brave enough to stand the heat, though, let's give it to her. Sorry for how long this took, guys. I know I've got a good week left before DQ, but I still hate to have taken so long. I'll be better. Serqet probably isn't going to get a better opportunity to attack than now, with Holly's reflect fallen. The skorupi forces herself to gather courage and energy alike, despite her reservations. It's difficult to get a proper rock tomb going in the close confines of the tunnel; Serqet can't really tumble rocks down over Holly's head, although she does manage to make a couple drop on her from the ceiling. Boulders pile up around Holly, but most of them bump her rather than slamming into her the way they should. Certainly the attack leaves the charmander with enough verve to summon a fire blast--an actual fire blast, Serqet thinks in terrified wonderment as she tries to scuttle away from the glowing ball of fire. There's not a lot of room to maneuver in the cramped tunnel, and when the skorupi feels a great burst of heat she naturally braces herself for pain, thinking she's been hit--but no. The fiery arms of the fire blast pass just to either side of her, leaving her rattled but unhurt. It can't last, though. Serqet summons another wave of rocks, but Holly shoves her way around the pile after only a few seconds, mouth half open and fire glowing deep in her throat. This time the fire blast hits, hurling Serqet against the tunnel wall and wrapping her in a sheet of flame. The skorupi screeches and rolls side to side until the fire's out, but she's still scorched painful black, a faint rattling noise emanating from her crisped armor as she raises shaking claws towards Holly, summoning rocks again. Serqet lies on her back after another fire blast hits home, wrecked carapace smoking and legs twitching. She can't take more fire, she simply can't--but she knows what Holly has in store. The charmander herself, bruised but clearly more excited than anything, is smoking, too--but from her overexerted throat, not any injury, and her wide, bright eyes shine in anticipation of her first victory. The fight has moved completely outside the pyramid. Both pokémon are underground, a little past the row of stalls lining the road running by the pyramid. The underground tunnel is choked with large rocks. At the outlet of the tunnel is a small pile of rock, and gathered around that a group of rather hostile pokémon, not yet convinced the troublemakers are gone for good. - There isn't enough room for Serqet to summon a proper rock tomb inside the tunnel, so damage from the attack was reduced and the usual speed drop eliminated. - The accuracy of fire blast was increased slightly because Serqet didn't have much room to dodge, but the first one missed anyway. - Kung Fu Ferret next. Alright Holly, let's finish this off. One Flamethrower should be enough to take out Serqet, so after that, you should just be able to Chill and get some energy back. If Serqet's still up after one attack though, let's keep going until she's down. It takes both courage and a furious effort of will for Serqet to flip herself over again, which provides her with a nicely upright view of Holly preparing more fire. The charmander's tail-flame blazes high, and light glows at the back of her throat, but Serqet steels herself and rushes forward anyway. Her claws rip across Holly's stomach, leaving a dark streak behind them in the air, but a second later the charmander opens up with a flamethrower and Serqet can't keep herself upright anymore. Alright buddy, start off with a Sunny Day! Follow up with some clones to keep yourself safe, and then let's let loose with an Energy Ball! Serqet disappears in a flash of red light, and Holly sits back with a pleased huff of air, letting smoke drift lazily from her nostrils. She won! And she's barely even hurt, just a little tired. Before the charmander can really savor her victory, though, a wave of warmth passes over her, and then she's recalled, leaving the tunnel completely empty. Back in the pyramid, Kung Fu Ferret and Gzhoom stare eath other down. Who's going to move first? In the end the answer turns out to be "both of them," as Gzhoom grabs a pokéball off his belt as soon as he sees Kung Fu Ferret going for one. Two new pokémon appear in twin flashes of light. On Kung Fu Ferret's side of the field, Kuzenbo takes a slow look around the arena, a perplexed expression on his face--then again, that's how he always look. Gzhoom's choice, Notorious, a lanky, muscular passimian, beats his chest and howls, psyching himself up for the battle to come. Kuzenbo turns his blank stare on his opponent, but if he has any reaction to the passimian's hooting display, he gives no sign. - Super pumped for battle. Notorious raises his berry high, and and it shines a brilliant white too searing to look at, the energy the passimian poured into it waking a similar brightening of the sun outside. But when the berry's light flickers and dies, the pokémon can hardly feel the effects of the increased sunlight, shielded as they are by the mass of ancient architecture around them. The bright sun defintely doesn't seem to be getting Kuzenbo down. The psyduck stares blankly at Notorious a moment, then abruptly opens his bill and sprays the passimian with super-cooled water that freezes immediately on impact. Notorious growls, contemptuously shattering a hunk of ice clinging to his shoulder, then takes off running, galloping faster and faster around the perimeter of the pyramid until he starts to blur and appears to split into five identical passimian chasing each others' tails around and around the arena. Kuzenbo turns slowly, trying to keep Notorious in his sights. He fires off another ice beam, soaking one of the passimian at random, but it simply vanishes when the water touches it. Notorious laughs giddily, then hurls his berry at Kuzenbo. It glows a brilliant green as it travels through the air, a burst of grass-type energy discharging with a fizz when it strikes the psyduck. Notorious expertly catches the berry on the rebound, running all the while, and Kuzenbo's retaliatory ice beam wipes out another clone. The passimian laughs and keeps going. This is too easy! - Exhilarated. Has two clones. The battle's moved back inside the pyramid proper, where it's rather dusty and gloomy. Brilliant, hot sunlight shines in through cracks and places where bricks have been knocked out (0 more actions), but most of the arena remains in cool darkness. - I didn't think Notorious was fast enough to make five clones (*insert joke about Slowlolan pokémon here*), so he got four instead. - Sunny day's effects are attenuated as a result of the sun being outside and everybody else being inside the pyramid. It increases fire-type damage by 0.00x and reduces water-type damage by 0.00x rather than the usual values. Hey Negrek, I had a question about the calculations. I hope this is the right place to put it. When you added 0% to Ice Beam's damage for "stat", is that because Psyduck's SpAtk is higher than it's Atk? I figure that's what it is, because you subtracted 0% from Energy Ball, and Passimian's SpAtk is lower than its Atk. I was just wondering if that's the case before I finalize my commands. Thanks! The +0 to ice beam is a combination of the modifier on Kuzenbo's special attack (+0) and on Notorious' special defense (-0), which works out to an overall +0. Whoa, that's a really neat way of working with stats. I haven't seen them worked into ASB before, and I really like it! In that case, let's try out some Seed Bombs! Notorious chucks his berry at Kuzenbo again, and once more it glows green as it arcs through the air. It lands with more explosive force this time, though, a blast that both propels the berry back to its owner's paw and knocks Kuzenbo over on his back. Notorious whoops and dashes along, daring Kuzenbo to try and catch him. The psyduck slowly rights himself, looking neither angry nor pained, and again begins turning, following Notorious with his bill. The air hums a moment with the buildup of psychic tension, both around Kuzenbo and around Notorious, and too late the passimian realizes the psyduck's picked him out from his clones. The low hum escalates to sudden, painful blaring, a migraine feeling like it might crack the passimian's skull. Notorious yelps, tripping and rolling unceremoniously into a wall, his clones vanishing behind him. The passimian's almost as slow to rise as Kuzenbo was, groaning and rubbing his face. He turns around, snarling, to find the psyduck standing in exactly the same place, still wearing that goofy, utterly neutral expression. Notorious hurls his berry at the psyduck again, and another explosion knocks him down, but the psyduck rises again a moment later, mildly scorched but with unhchanged demeanor. The droning psychic attack that follows sends Notorious to his knees. 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Guide to Buying Time Warner Cable in Monroe, NC! If you're wondering how to get the very best Internet, TV and Voice services in Monroe, North Carolina, look no further than Time Warner Cable. Time Warner Cable in Monroe, NC offers the fastest Internet speeds, the most comprehensive selection of programming (both live and recorded) and the widest array of digital voice services. It's simply an unparalleled combination of features and functionality, all offered at very affordable prices. Many consider Time Warner Cable in Monroe, NC to be the best in the business. If you're like most people, you want the fastest possible Internet connections - and that's exactly what Time Warner Internet Plans in Monroe, NC delivers. Internet speeds start at 00 Mbps, which is incredibly fast. That's 00 times faster than traditional DSL, and it's plenty fast for all of your browsing, streaming, downloading and video game playing needs. You've probably heard horror stories about Internet hackers stealing personal identities, or breaking into computers to steal sensitive financial information. Well, you don't have to worry about that when you use the best-in-class security software offerings from TWC Internet in Monroe, North Carolina. Time Warner Cable TV in Monroe, NC offers an incredible variety of sports, news, kids' programming and entertainment shows. There are three different tiers of Spectrum TV - Select, Silver and Gold. With Select, you get over 000 channels, including many in HD. With Silver, you get over 000 channels, and with Gold, you get over 000 channels. And there's one more very interesting option with Spectrum TV in Monroe, North Carolina, and that's the unbridled access to Pay Per View (PPV) offerings. Usually, these are events like wrestling matches, UFC matches and boxing matches. In the old days, you might have needed to fly into Las Vegas to watch these premium events. Remember the days when you had to wait for a certain time of the day or a certain day of the week to make long-distance calls? Not with Spectrum Voice in Monroe, NC! You get free, unlimited local and long-distance calling to anywhere in the U.S., Puerto Rico or Canada. When you sign up for a Time Warner Cable package, you are in good hands. That's because Time Warner Cable in Monroe, NC always puts the customer first. Here's just one basic example: Spectrum is now offering a 00-day money-back guarantee. Yes, each of the offerings from Spectrum in Monroe, NC - TV, Internet and Voice - is quite impressive, as you can see above. However, the true power and functionality comes from bundling them all together. By combining TV and Internet, you get access to on-the-go TV content. See? You can think of the bundle as not only bundling different services (e.g. Internet and Voice), but also bundling TV channels for you. Your goal is to get the biggest bundle possible (who wants one of those "skinny" bundles?), and that's what Time Warner Cable in Monroe, NC makes possible. So what are you waiting for? Spectrum in Monroe, North Carolina now offers a 00-day money-back guarantee. And the company is also willing to cover up to $000 in early termination fees, so it's easy to switch from your current service provider. | 2019-04-21T04:25:08Z | null | {
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It was a five foot tide, not exactly low, but the beach was surprisingly walkable. There was lots of sand, and the sand was firm, so we walked for a couple of miles, bird watching and beachcombing. Two mystery birds - Our bird atlas is no help. Ages ago, we used to have the wonderful house cocktail at Wallse. It was an elderberry champagne cocktail and quite good. It's hard to describe the flavor. It's sweet, but there is a strong flowery note. In any event, we recently came across of a bottle of St. Germain. That's the elderberry flower liqueur that they added to the champagne. We tried it at home, and it brought back the memories. Unlike our dubious encounter with Creme de Violette, an overly sweet and rather cloying violet flavored liqueur in the early 00s, St. Germain is a winner. We've been doing some geometry tutoring, and one thing seems to have led to another so we threw together a little program for doing geometry constructions. You put them together from points, lines and circles, and then you can interact with them. If it sounds intriguing, give it a try. 00/00 - Hurricane Ridge, Hurrah! They say on the west coast, one drives to the weather one wants, unlike the east coast, where the weather comes to you, wanted or not. Well, this year we took our first drive up to winter at Hurricane Ridge. Granted, it is late May, maybe a month from the start of summer at sea level, but at Hurricane Ridge, winter holds sway. There snow is well over ten feet deep, so we broke out our snowshoes. We didn't get far. There is a gap in those ramparts that kept us from the Hurricane Hill Trail. Besides, we were a bit out of shape for the steep climb back. Instead, we made our way over to the avalanche danger signs for a view of Port Angeles, the Strait and points north. The view to the south was pretty impressive too. So, if you just haven't had enough winter, and are hoping, perhaps, for a bit more skiing, sledding or just trudging through the snow, take a drive up Hurricane Ridge Road for a little taste of winter. Then drive back down again. The ski patrol is still at the ready. We have been trying to get into shape for when the high country finally reopens, likely in August. This entails climbing, and our favorite get into shape for climbing trail is the Lake Angeles Trail. This time, we broke our seasonal record, not only crossing the bridge at 000' apl, but we made it all the way to 0000' apl. That's half way to the lake, which we gather is still surrounded by deep snow. When will we make it to the lake? At the rate we are training, likely in August. It's definitely getting more spring like. Preston, of Wild West Seafood, also sells wild foraged products. This week he had morels and devil's claw shoots. Devil's claw is a pretty nasty looking plant, and never seemed particularly appetizing. Still, these little shoot lookd interesting. Preston says they have a pine-y flavor, and we suspect that this might be a bit much for us. Still, they'll probably be appearing on a number of spring menus along with the fiddleheads. We were tempted, by curiosity, but we'll pass for this year. There were too many other good things at the market. We've been hiking the first leg of the Lake Angeles Trail a fair bit lately, trying to get back into shape for the high country which should open any month now. (Right now, we're guessing July, but maybe late June.) We saw our first trilliums at Lake Crescent just recently, and rather late by local standards. The Lake Angeles trailhead is maybe 0000 feet higher, but the trilliums have made it. They're just coming out now. Not all of them are unfurled, but they're back. There isn't much snow before the crossing at 000'. The Port Angeles Farmers' Market is getting more and more spring-like. This time the asparagus were back, real spring vegetables. Both Westwind and Johnston Farms had them. That's right, Johnston Farms is back. That's wonderful news. Johnston Farms is back at the market. Work is continuing apace at Dungeness Spit. The new pavilion is taking shape. It should have new interpretive signage and provide a bit more shelter for the volunteers who greet visitors. The direct trail to the spit was closed, so we took the detour along the bridle path and got to see the sea spray in bloom. It's a longer route, but it has its rewards. The sun took its sweet time crossing the equator this year, but spring seems to have arrived at long last. The flowers on the Spruce Railroad Trail prove it. Just last week we had marveled at a lone trillium by the roadside, but now there were lots of trilliums in bloom right on the trail. There were other flowers as well. Sometimes it just takes a few blossoms to get that sun to move in the sky. Wild currant is still in bloom. Indian paintbrush has already started its season. There were little purple orchids. And there were yellow violets. Ironically enough, to celebrate the melting of the snows, we made snow, with our new ice shaving machine. It gave our Champagne Garden a whole new look, and it made the glasses a lot more stable. So, until next year, Happy Russian Easter, and say Welcome to Spring. For more on our traditional Russian Easter, including recipes, check out our Russian Easter page. The Port Angeles Farmers' Market is going green now that the weather is a bit more cooperative. There are lots of raabs. Those are just kales and cabbages and the like that have started to flower. They have a wonderful, slightly fuller and perhaps sweeter note than the unflowering vegetable. They're great sliced thinly as the base for salads or sauteed. Johnston Farm was only present by proxy. This time Westwind Farm had their salad mix, and a welcome sight they were. Westwind is also selling kale and cabbage raab along with those sure signs of spring, rhubarb and nettles. Yes, they're awfully late this year. Late too are the asparagus. Usually we've been living on Westwind Farm asparagus for weeks now, but not this year. We haven't seen a spear. Hope springs eternal and all that. Westwind was selling Johnston Farm salad mix. | 2019-04-25T04:11:51Z | null | {
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The Sundarbans- the largest continuous block of mangrove forest in the world covers an area of 0000 sq. km of land and water. It is the part of the world's largest delta, which has been formed from sediments deposited by the great river Ganges and Brahmaputra the converge on the Bengal basin. The western part of the forest lies in India and the rest (about 00%) in Bangladesh. Sundarban Tour Package The Sundarbans- the largest continuous block of mangrove forest in the world covers an area of 0000 sq. km of land and water. It is the part of the world's largest delta, which has been formed from sediments deposited by the great river Ganges and Brahmaputra the converge on the Bengal basin. The western part of the forest lies in India and the rest (about 00%) in Bangladesh. • Dhaka-Khulna-Dhaka Luxury A/C Volvo bus. • Accommodation at Vessel cabin sharing basis. • All Transfer and sightseeing as above. • Meet & greetings at Shohag Volvo bus counter at 0000hrs. • For Khulna at 0000hrs, • Overnight bus journey. • Departure vessel for to Dangamari forest station for taking arms guard & formalities of forest department. • Afternoon snacks at 00.00pm, • Take Dinner at 0000 -0000hrs, • Over night at Vessel. • Early morning start for adventure jungle safari by walk through Katka via Jamtola tiger reserve forest, Tiger watch tower & Badamtola sea beach. • Morning refreshment at 0000is at Badamtola sea beach. • Breakfast at 0000hrs, • Again start enjoys Katka forest station & depart for Kochikhali. • Lunch at 00.00pm, • Arrive Kochikhali at afternoon & visit Kochikhali forest station. • Afternoon snacks at 0000pm • Dinner at 0000 -0000hrs, • Overnight stay at Kochikhali. • Arrive early in morning Dhaka. • Back to your sweet home & end the trip. • Personal towel & necessary cloth, Needful medicine, Tooth pest - brash, hat or cap, Binocular, Soap, Shampoo, Child food etc. • Dhaka-Patuakhali -Dhaka by Launch. • Patuakhali- Kuakata - Patuakhali by Private Car. • All Meals during the trip. • Take care by local experienced guide during the trip. | 2019-04-18T21:07:54Z | null | {
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Flourish Education have provided schools across the West Midlands with teachers, teaching assistants, cover supervisors and other support staff for permanent, long term and day-to-day positions since year 0000. Grant and Louise wanted to focus on the service they could provide from the start, rather than concentrate on the bottom line. Everyone at Flourish Education believes that we're a competitive teacher agency, built to make the recruitment process more convenient and transparent. We all strive hard to give schools the best candidates and go that extra mile. I joined Flourish Education in October 0000. Prior to this I had been a manager within a hospitality and special events company. Taking time to reflect and decide want I really want to do has led me to changing direction and moving into a more challenging but fulfilling career. I love to see people succeed and achieve their wishes which also motivates me. I love meeting new people and learning their stories and in turn there is nothing better than leaving a positive impact. I love that Flourish Education is a family run business and that I am surrounding by such a lovely bunch of caring people. The team here make you feel like family and their efforts within their own roles inspire me to learn more. I can help find my candidates roles through the positive relationships I have developed with my schools in the areas that I cover. Teaching and non-teaching staff within the Black Country and surrounding areas. My advice for candidates is that anything is achievable if you believe in yourself and put your mind to it. Be consistent, tenacious and never give up. I have a keen interest in languages and foreign cultures which has led to me travelling around many parts of the world. I love to explore the cities of Europe and learn about different traditions. When I'm not travelling I love to take my Labrador on long walks. | 2019-04-26T04:45:24Z | null | {
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Understanding Achilles Pain - What is causing it? Whether you're training for the next Ironman, or just have a busy lifestyle and household that can't wait, an Achilles injury can be immobilizing and extremely frustrating. Dr. Joshua Jangula explains the benefits of Acupuncture for Frozen Shoulder along with additional treatment techniques. How Acupuncture can treat migraines and provide instant relief. Director of Physical Therapy, Chris Soterakopoulos helps you understand what Myofascial decompression is and how it will benefit your recovery process. | 2019-04-20T20:54:37Z | null | {
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The Living Wage Foundation celebrates its 0,000th Living Wage Employer: Croda, who create, make and sell speciality chemicals that are relied on by industries and consumers everywhere. The global company has four manufacturing sites within the UK, two of which are in Yorkshire, alongside their global head office. Croda makes the official commitment to pay the real Living Wage, an hourly wage of at least £0.00 outside of London, to all employees working at Croda in the UK, including third-party contract staff. This is significantly higher than the government minimum wage of £0.00 for 00-year olds and £0.00 for those under 00. The number of Living Wage Employers has doubled since 0000, the year the Government's National Living Wage was introduced. In 0000 alone, 0,000 employers became Living Wage accredited, a 00% increase on the previous year. Since the Living Wage campaign began, over 000,000 people have experienced a pay rise totalling £000m. | 2019-04-25T14:22:03Z | null | {
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Are you looking for an elegant look and feel to enhance your guests' experience? While Leather Menu Covers are not right for every client, they do offer a certain style that makes quite a bold statement to your overall branding motif. What is the decor style and colors? How will the menus be stored? Are you familiar with Capital Grille? Every detail is painstakingly developed to ensure the guest has an unforgettable experience. When we sat down with their team, we listened intently on his/her vision for their menu. They knew, as we did, that a menu is not just a simple delivery vehicle of the days dishes. It's a physical representation of what the experience will be. Many guests, once handed the menu, will gently glide their fingers across the handsomely debossed logo and leather surface. As to say, "Yes, I am going to enjoy tonight." In fine dining, it's not all about the food, it's about the entire sensory experience. Our custom designed leather menu covers provide a literal touch and feel to the experience. Options galore, oh my! Yes, we are happy to say, "if you can think it, we can make it." We are also happy to say, "while it's possible, let us help you fine-tune your vision." Like Flemings and hundreds of other establishments that cater to an upscale clientele, we work with each client to develop a custom solution that is perfect for their need. We work with designers, engineers, and manufacturers to ensure the finished product meets the desired outcome. We'll show you examples and allow you to touch and hold the piece to see how much it will weigh, how thin or thick it will be, what will the leather look like, how will the logo appear, how will the cover showcase menu items, and many other options. We will guide you through every step. Your confidence in us and your peace of mind about your choices is our ultimate goal. Leather menu items, while custom, are also available in quantities as small as 00. Each piece is handmade in the U.S. by craftsmen with decades of experience in working with leather and other materials. Leather menus are made from the same durable material as leather car seats and leather shoes, so they are made to last and take punishment. Liquid and food repellant, easy to store, easy to clean, and easy to exchange menu pages, leather menu covers provide an elegant touch that will surely impress the most elite of clientele. | 2019-04-21T17:01:37Z | null | {
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I'm also having issues with the "compose" page in IE. The ajax loader doesn't show up. It works sometimes in firefox, but I'd like to figure out why it doesn't work in IE. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! The topic ‘Private Message Ajax loader in IE' is closed to new replies. | 2019-04-20T18:53:27Z | null | {
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Pics from our vacation in Maui 00/00-00/00. We stayed at the Maui Sunseeker Inn (room 000) in Kihei and did whale watching & snorkeling with Pacific Whale Foundation and the Road to Hana tour with Valley Isle Excursions. Enjoy!! Feel free to post comments or questions to any of the pics. Also, I saved these as small files so if you want one printed let me know and I can arrange that. | 2019-04-24T00:06:07Z | null | {
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eBay We are Euclid Car Co at 0000 E. 000th St., Euclid, OH 00000, Fax No. 000-000-0000. Thank you for looking at our vehicle. You will need a Paypal account to bid. Our hours of operation and pickup times are Mon - Fri from 0AM to 0PM. Please do not message us through eBay since we may miss your message. If you have any questions about the vehicle, call Stan at 000-000-0000. If you win the vehicle, please send a $000 deposit to our Paypal account within 00 hours, or it will be offered to the next highest bidder. Non paying buyers may also receive a negative mark from eBay so eBay will refund us for the ad. Balance is to be paid by check, cash or wire transfer only. Please send us your name and phone number directly through eBay so we can work out the paperwork and delivery after deposit has been made. We charge $000 for paperwork and title transfer (title fee is $00), and 00 day tags are available for $00.00. Thank you for looking at our 0000 Mercury Mountaineer AWD. Winter is here and this vehicle, with its nice, big tires and AWD goes right through the snow. The inside and outside are in fantastic shape as seen in the 00 pictures, and over 000 more pictures in the Flickr on the bottom of the ad. This vehicle runs the best and all options work. If you're looking for a 0 seater SUV to seat the whole family that will definitely be reliable getting you to and from wherever you need to go, this Mountaineer will definitely take care of all your family needs. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PHOTOS - -- ---->> X X GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS! | 2019-04-20T07:05:07Z | null | {
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On February 00, 0000, the USS Maine exploded in the Havana Harbor. Although there was no evidence that the Spanish were responsible, yellow newspapers such as William Randolph Hearsts New York Journal whipped Americans into frenzy by claiming that Spains secret infernal machine had destroyed the battleship. Soon after, the blandly handsome and easily influenced President McKinley declared war, sending troops not only to Cuba but also to the Philippines, Spains sprawling colony on the other side of the world. As Evan Thomas reveals in his rip-roaring history of those times, the hunger for war had begun years earlier. Depressed by the closing of the Western frontier and embracing theories of social Darwinism, a group of warmongers that included a young Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge agitated loudly and incessantly that the United States exert its influence across the seas. These hawks would transform American foreign policy and, when Teddy ascended to the presidency, commence with a devastating war without reason, concocted within the White House-a bloody conflict that would come at tremendous cost. Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, THE WAR LOVERS is the story of six men at the center of a transforming event in U.S. history: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, McKinley, William James, and Thomas Reed, and confirms once more than Evan Thomas is a popular historian of the first rank. | 2019-04-20T22:37:07Z | null | {
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Dandelions disperse their seeds by wind. This Science quiz is called 'Life Cycles - Plants' and it has been written by teachers to help you if you are studying the subject at elementary school. Playing educational quizzes is an enjoyable way to learn if you are in the 0rd, 0th or 0th grade - aged 0 to 00. The life cycles of plants are the stages from seed to dispersal. In flowering plants the cycle goes like this: seeds in the soil germinate. They then grow roots and shoots. The next stage is a seedling which matures into an adult plant and makes flowers. Then the plant makes fruit which itself contains seeds. These are spread through dispersal and the cycle starts again. Did you know that some trees have lived for hundreds, or even thousands of years? One yew tree in Llangernyw, Wales, is believed to be at least 0,000 years old! Other plants, such as cress, only live for a few weeks. Why do plants need sunlight? What do seeds need in order to germinate? Which part of a flowering plant grows into a fruit? Which of the following words describes the moment a seed begins to grow? Which part of a flowering plant is male? Flowering plants produce many seeds which never grow. Why do they do this? Which of the following plants disperses its seeds by wind? Have you ever blown the seeds from a dandelion clock? What happens if seeds are planted too closely together? | 2019-04-21T02:13:44Z | null | {
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Lodging Packages (when selected with conference registration) are available with a special room rate at Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz. The special room rates will be available until the group block is sold out. For more information, please contact the conference coordinator. | 2019-04-20T10:51:24Z | null | {
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Amarah (Arabic: العمارة; BGN: Al ‘Amārah; also spelled Amara), is a city in southeastern Iraq, located on a low ridge next to the Tigris River waterway south of Baghdad about 00 km from the border with Iran. It lies at the northern tip of the marshlands between the Tigris and Euphrates. During the eight-year Iran-Iraq War, Amarah and the surrounding province became the site of several battles, notably Operation Before the Dawn launched by Iran. Since the Baghdad-Basra highway cut through the province, Iran targeted the area due to its strategic significance to the Iraqis. During the 0000 invasion of Iraq, the city made a final stand as a center of resistance to Saddam Hussein. The city was soon occupied by British forces, which set up two camps. Local residents hired diggers to unearth the bodies in the mass grave after twelve years. However, in June 0000, citizens of Amarah took up arms against patrolling British forces, killing six soldiers each in two separate attacks, south of the City in Majar Al Kabir. The British bases frequently experienced mortar attacks afterward. The books Sniper One by Sergeant Daniel Mills, Dusty Warriors by Richard Holmes and Barefoot Soldier by Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry VC all contain very good accounts on the events in Al Amarah during this period. ↑ 0.0 0.0 "Al 'Amarah". Encarta Online Encyclopedia. Microsoft. 0000. Retrieved 0000-00-00. ↑ 0.0 0.0 Kjeilen, Tore. "Al Amarah". Encyclopaedia of the Orient. Archived from the original on 00 October 0000. Retrieved 0000-00-00. ↑ "al-'Amarah". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 0000-00-00. ↑ Hauser, Christine (0000-00-00). "Shiite Militia Seizes Control of Iraqi City". New York Times. Retrieved 0000-00-00. ↑ Semple, Kirk (October 00, 0000). "Attack on Iraqi City Shows Militia's Power". New York Times. Retrieved 0000-00-00. ↑ Kim Sengupta, "Bloody battle for Amarah a glimpse of future," The Independent (00 October 0000). Retrieved 0 February 0000. ↑ Londono, Ernesto and Aahad Ali, "Iraq, US Launch Crackdown," Washington Post (June 00, 0000). Retrieved 0 February 0000. ↑ "World Weather Information Service - Amarah". United Nations. Retrieved 0 January 0000. | 2019-04-22T22:17:18Z | null | {
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What he did: The UC San Diego commit scored 00 goals to lead the Red-tailed Hawks to a 0-0 week. After beating San Rafael and Marin Academy by a combined score of 00-00, Tam cruised past Pinole Valley (00-0), Irvington (00-0), Piedmont (00-0) and Bishop O'Dowd (00-0) to capture the Pinole Valley Tournament championship over the weekend. King, who has scored 00 goals this season, has 000 in his career, third on Tam's all-time leaderboard behind Jackson Hettler (000) and Max Sieck (000). What's next: The Hawks (00-0, 0-0 MCAL), riding a nine-game win streak, face San Marin, Drake and Novato before the MCAL playoffs. Thursday's showdown against the Pirates will likely decide the No. 0 seed. Bob Kustel: Tam coach on what King brings to the Red-tailed Hawks. | 2019-04-22T08:23:26Z | null | {
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Don't take a chance by using anyone other than the experts at Lead Me Out Environmental Services to handle your lead paint testing and abatement in the New York City and the Tri-State Area. 0. Our team performs an initial testing for the presence of lead and other indoor contaminants in your residential or commercial building. 0. Following evaluation and testing, we develop a customized abatement plan for the removal of the lead. 0. We continue to use our hands-on approach as we monitor the implementation of the abatement plan by the contractor to ensure compliance with city, state, and federal laws and regulations. 0. Finally, Lead Me Out conducts post-abatement inspections and clearances to ensure your property is completely lead-free. When you receive an ECB violation for the presence of lead in your property, ensure that it is taken care of correctly by hiring our certified lead abatement specialists. Verify your contractors' assessment of the lead in your property when you are beginning renovations, and save yourself hassles down the road. Repairman, renovators, and painters are now required by the EPA to take an 0-hour class that trains them to handle lead paint. However, they are not licensed to move more than 0 square feet of lead paint, and do not have the state-of-the-art detection equipment to test your home for lead. Trust our experienced team using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) equipment to give you the most accurate readings, as well as to identify lead paint before your renovation team begins their work. about our lead paint testing and abatement services in New York City and the Tri-State Area . | 2019-04-22T18:31:53Z | null | {
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A limited number of seats are available in the hostels. Hostel application should be submitted along with the programme application form. Admission to the College programmes does not necessarily guarantee admission to the college hostel. | 2019-04-22T04:44:49Z | null | {
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In the stunning skerries in the Nesna district, you will find the most specacular option of accommodation along the Helgeland coast. On a 00 square metre floating raft on the water, is a modern small house with panorama windows in the front. When renting the ocean house, you are free to use a boat with fishing equipment. It is furthermore possible to rent a jacuzzi, which also is placed on the floating raft with the house! Imagine a summer evening in the sunset, where you are sitting in the jacuzzi in the middle of the water, with a good beverage while you are enjoying the view. Magical. If you long for more activity and excitement, it is possible to rent two personal watercrafts. These are easy to control and is so fun to use! If you want to explore the island, they also rent out bicycles. Go on a bicycle ride and explore the beautiful island Tomma. | 2019-04-21T21:03:28Z | null | {
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He is now a four-time Grammy Award winner, but there was once a time when the superstar singer Ed Sheeran was bullied for having ginger hair. The 00-year-old singer, who recently married his childhood sweetheart Cherry Seaborn, 00, has revealed would cry every day after school after being taunted by his fellow peers for his ginger hair, glasses and a stutter. In spite of his 'odd' and 'quirky' appearance, the musician said it was his differences that finally led to his musical success. During an interview with DJ Nihal and rapper Dave for anti-racism campaign group Love Music Hate Racism, the singer also revealed that it was music that finally brought him confidence and allowed him to fit in. When asked if he felt he was different at school Ed replied: 'Well yeah because I was ginger so I was instantly ripped into from the day I started school. 'Ginger, had a stutter, wore huge glasses, just a bit odd, but then as I got older I kind of loved it. 'I have always looked a little bit quirky and I never had much luck with girls it was always like I looked a bit weird and then when I started playing music every time I would do a gig everyone was like ''oh it's the ginger guy with the small guitar'' and you get remembered for that. Now topping the charts with his global success, Ed described how there was once a time he would cry every day after returning home from primary school. He said: 'I hated primary school with a passion. I would cry every single day. 'And then I got to high school and started playing guitar, I joined a band and music is just one of these things which gives you confidence and you're suddenly like ''wow I can actually do something well'''. 'Before I picked up a guitar I literally did nothing. 'I went to a primary school that was quite sporty and I couldn't play sport and that was it. That was how you were cool. The Perfect hitmaker married partner Cherry just before Christmas last year after the pair began dating in 0000. Almost a year before their engagement was announced, the musician had hinted he was ready to pop the question in an interview on Australia's KIIS FM Kyle and Jackie O show. | 2019-04-18T14:26:28Z | null | {
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Join data technology experts from Pivotal to get the latest perspective on how big data analytics and applications are transforming organizations across industries. This event provides an opportunity to learn about new developments in the rapidly-changing world of big data and understand best practices in creating Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Additionally, attendees will engage in hands-on data science and application development training using the market-leading Pivotal Big Data Suite. In addition to addressing industry trends in big data, the sessions and hands-on workshop cover topics of interest to developers, architects, data scientists and technical managers. Register now for this exclusive event. The workshop is FREE; space is limited. | 2019-04-25T12:07:11Z | null | {
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Paul Krugman on Twitter: "Are people noticing that the Trump economic team is shaping up as a gathering of gold bugs?" The gold standard was invented to constrain government spending. Nations that agreed to exchange money for gold thought twice before printing more money. And lately, Republicans have found themselves yearning for such restraint. The gold standard is a topic that, for reasons that Ip notes, is likely to recur during the presidential primaries and general election. It is a complicated one and one which it really is valuable to get the nuances right. And it fully deserves return to the mainstream. His third element is sound money, which, he said at Boulder, would "ideally" mean a dollar tied to gold. That would make it harder to fund a socialist government, reduce the need for vast financial hedging, and focus investment in productive directions. "The COMEX gold futures market in New York and the Over-the-Counter (OTC) trades cleared through the London Bullion Market Association do set prices which are followed most widely in the world. They are also markets dominated by a handful of huge players, the six London Bullion Market Association gold clearing banks - the corrupt JP MorganChase bank; the scandal-ridden UBS bank of Zurich; The Bank of Nova Scotia - ScotiaMocatta, the world's oldest bullion bank which began as banker to the British East India Company, the group that ran the China Opium Wars; the scandal-ridden Deutsche Bank; the scandal-ridden Barclays Bank of London; HSBC of London, the house bank of the Mexican drug cartels; and the scandal and fraud-ridden Societe Generale of Paris," Engdahl narrated. Deutsche Bank AG Tuesday raised its outlook for gold and silver prices in 0000 and 0000, citing support from stimulus measures by central banks such as the U.S. Federal Reserve. The bank raised its 0000 gold forecast by 0% to $0,000 a troy ounce and its 0000 outlook by 00.0% to $0,000/oz. Next year, the price of gold could exceed $0,000/oz, it said. Similarly, Deutsche Bank increased its 0000 outlook on silver by 0% to $00/oz and its 0000 forecast by 00.0% to $00/oz. A major support for precious metal prices are the recent moves by central banks to expand their balance sheet, said the bank. Since gold is often sought as a hedge against currency weakness and inflation at times of loose monetary policy, such moves tend to boost its appeal to investors. "We believe central bank action to stimulate growth, avoid deflation and reduce systemic risk is unambiguously bullish for the precious metals sector and specifically gold," said Michael Lewis, a research analyst at Deutsche Bank. "While we have targeted gold prices moving above $0,000/oz since the beginning of 0000, we believe the Fed's open-ended program of QE announced last month increases our confidence that a surge in the gold price above this level is only a matter of time," he added. One of the most commonly held beliefs among gold investors is that the market for gold is heavily manipulated. Is Russia Moving to a Gold-Backed Currency? Russia is probably not going to issue a gold-backed currency. It's not going to overtake the U.S. economically in any way. However, the Russians can set a good example of smarter economic policies moving forward for some of the other big players such as China and Japan. That includes exchanging U.S. government debt for gold. French paper Le Parisien didn't mince words in the headline: "La chasse au cash est lancee". Basically ‘hunting season on cash is launched'. Barely months after gold import rules were eased, the government is looking to re-impose curbs as the country's insatiable appetite has led to a surge in the yellow metal coming into India, threatening to undermine the improvement in external balances. The trade deficit worsened to an 00-month high of $00 billion in September following a 000% rise in gold imports as importers rushed to take advantage of lower prices. "Gold imports have risen since the norms were relaxed. Are We Going To See Massive Confiscation Of Wealth By Banks!? Russia and China need to ensure their gold and currency reserves are secure, Russia's President Vladimir Putin told foreign journalists at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to open the door to Chinese money as U.S. and European sanctions over Ukraine threaten to tip the economy into recession, according to two senior government officials. The Chinese won't be welcome in all areas: Russia plans to set "red lines" around significant gold, platinum-group metals, diamond mining and high-technology projects, the officials said. | 2019-04-23T16:28:53Z | null | {
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There are times when nothing you do seems to settle your baby. Whilst soothers can calm your baby, they may leave you feeling uneasy. Their vented collapsible teats and perfectly symmetrical design ensures the natural development of palate, teeth and gums - even if the soother ends up upside down in your baby's mouth. Unlike unvented soothers, they can be steam sterilised and each soother has a snap on protective cap to keep it sterile until ready for use. They also each have a safety ring handle and come in pairs in an attractive carrying case. With shaped shield and smaller teat. | 2019-04-23T08:52:44Z | null | {
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To do it, select 00 colors- They could be contrast, light dark, etc. On each nail apply 0 different colors on one hand. Reverse the same scheme on the other hand. | 2019-04-25T18:09:14Z | null | {
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Between Zadar and Kassel we found 0 direct bus departures, if connection travel options are available you can find them listed below. Alternatively we recommend that you search for buses from larger cities near Zadar or from Zadar to larger cities near Kassel. The shortest travel distance between Zadar (HR) and Kassel (DE) is 0000 km, which equals a travel time by car of about 00:00 h. | 2019-04-19T09:26:40Z | null | {
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Marty and I have decided to race Mission Man this Saturday as opposed to the slightly more local Triangle Triathlon. We've done Triangle before and don't necessarily love the course, and we've never done Mission Man, which everyone says is really nice. We are both able to race because we have a babysitter coming over at 0am! Next weekend I'm trying to decide if I want to do The Battle at Buckhorn, and try to win my first belt buckle, or just stay local (very local, like 0/0 mile away local) and do the Roundabout 0K with Marty and Logan. I've never raced Buckhorn before; one year I was going to but one of Marty's athletes tore her shoulder labrum and couldn't do the swim, so I did that portion for her so she could still compete. Marty has won 0 belt buckles from this race, which are on our mantel. It's quite a unique award! But I would have to go over solo and I'm not sure I want to do that. The following weekend I'm doing the Lake Logan Olympic distance race - one of my faves. It's on Saturday, and Marty will be doing the sprint or the aquathon on Sunday. Logan gets to go to both...we'll see how that goes! Logan says hi, bright and early this morning! | 2019-04-25T04:09:23Z | null | {
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The schooner Bowdoin, which has a prominent place in early Amateur Radio history, will be relaunched this spring. The vessel relied on Amateur Radio operators for communication during explorer Donald B. MacMillan's Arctic Expedition of 0000 and on the MacMillan-McDonald-Byrd Expedition of 0000. Now it's undergoing extensive renovation and refitting in Maine. Named after MacMillan's alma mater, Bowdoin College, the Bowdoin today is the official vessel of the State of Maine and the flagship of Maine Maritime Academy's Vessel Operations and Technology Program, which readied the vessel for refitting last year. Current time: 00-00-0000, 00:00 PM Software provided by MyBB, © 0000 - 0000 My000.net - All rights reserved. | 2019-04-23T20:13:52Z | null | {
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Professional teeth whitening is preferred over Over-the-Counter (OTC) teeth whitening systems because it is performed under the supervision of a dental professional. This is important because ill-fitting whitening trays can allow the gel to leak out from underneath the tray, which will irritate the gums and can lead to permanent gingival recession. Professional teeth whitening will also achieve a brighter smile in a shorter amount of time because a higher percentage of the whitening agent can be used. The whitening gel also contains a buffer, which helps protect the enamel of the teeth. Teeth whitening remains one of the most economical ways to enhance your smile. A brighter smile gives the impression of youth, vitality, happiness, and warmth. It is often perceived as a sign of health and is one of the first things that people notice when they meet. At The Smile Center Orlando, our professional teeth whitening program consists of a 0-hour in-office treatment followed by supervised at-home treatments for up to 0 weeks. During the initial in-office treatment, the gums are blocked out with a special material to limit irritation and then three whitening sessions are performed to achieve brighter teeth. Each patient is then given custom-made whitening trays to continue using at-home. These trays can be worn for 00 to 00 minutes per day for up to 0 weeks or until the desired color you are looking for is achieved. | 2019-04-25T14:34:28Z | null | {
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IBM® Business Process Manager is a middleware suite that enables managed execution of the processes that keep your business running. It includes a graphical authoring environment that is used for modeling processes and a sophisticated runtime engine that is capable of integrating workflow for the people and automated systems that comprise your organization. Every day IBM Business Process Manager customers use their IT infrastructure to deliver business value at a fast pace. However, as with any complex system, care must be taken to define performance objectives appropriate to the solution and to ensure that those objectives are met. The IBM Redbooks® publication IBM Business Process Manager V0.0 Performance Tuning and Best Practices, SG00-0000, provides the details necessary to ensure a high performance business process management project. This IBM Redbooks Solution Guide provides an overview of the most critical topics from that book. This IBM® Redbooks® Solution Guide provides valuable information for IBM Business Process Manager application development architects and technical leaders. It describes a holistic approach to performance issues that range from establishing initial goals and application design through the implementation phase and finally to long-term application maintenance and planning for future capacity. These tasks require a coordinated effort for all of the teams involved in a complex project to ensure that performance objectives can be met. These teams include business owners, infrastructure architects, database administrators, and test leaders. This solution guide serves as a reference to establish these conversations early and to make sure that all critical topics are covered. The typical application development lifecycle for IBM Business Process Manager follows a model described in Figure 0. The performance architect is ultimately responsible for the performance of the solution from end to end and drives performance objectives throughout the application development lifecycle. The business analyst is responsible for providing accurate non-functional requirements for the project. Application development architects are responsible for designing solutions that are capable of meeting the non-functional requirements. Application developers are responsible for following preferred practices and for avoiding anti-patterns. The test team lead or manager, together with the performance architect, is responsible for test case design and for translating the non-functional service level agreements (SLAs) that are received from the business analyst into concrete performance objectives. Testers and script developers are responsible for building and debugging the measurement harness that simulates the user activity as required for driving the tests. Test team members are responsible for executing the measurements and for collecting the resource consumption data that explains the results. The infrastructure team, including the system administrator, is responsible for IT monitoring. The database administrator is responsible for database tuning and monitoring. Of course, these roles can vary from one organization to another, and, in some cases, the same person or team of people might fulfill multiple roles. As a business process development and execution platform, IBM Business Process Manager manages business transactions across a wide variety of industries and functional domains. Even within a single organization, some business processes can constitute straightforward orchestration of a set of web service calls, and other processes coordinate the activities of complex teams of knowledge workers. Clearly, the lifecycle of a process instance can vary dramatically from one business process to another. Similarly, the performance characteristics of one process application can be quite different from those of another. The key to a successful production deployment is to match the actual behavior of the application to the requirements of the business. With every new IBM Business Process Manager release, performance engineers optimize the code to ensure it can support the most strenuous throughput and response time objectives. However, success is measured in the experience of business users when a new application is deployed into production. To achieve success, the Business Process Manager code must work together with the process application, the services it integrates, and the infrastructure on which it runs. This work begins as soon as the new application is conceived and continues through the performance verification cycle. One set of challenges common to all system-wide concerns, such as performance, is communication and collaboration across the organizational lines within a business. Separation of responsibility among business leaders, application development teams, infrastructure teams, and database management teams is a common practice and does lead to crisp definition of ownership. However, achieving success on system metrics requires a degree of nimbleness in working across these boundaries. Occasionally, we see progress delayed because of formal structures that result in a period of waiting, for example if an application development team needs to request a configuration change within a database server or if a database administrator needs additional physical resources (processor, memory, or storage) allocated to a database server. The most common costs of poor application performance are easy to imagine. Business users might experience slow response times from their user interface. The slow response time leads to dissatisfaction, which can threaten the overall adoption of new applications. Similarly, miscalculation of the performance metrics of a fully-automated application can lead to resource exhaustion (processor or memory), which might threaten the stability of the entire system. When a process application spans multiple business units, the consequences of a resource failure can be substantial. Although establishing and verifying non-functional requirements early in the development cycle can add to the cost of application development, failing to do so can be even more expensive. Redesigning an application to meet performance objectives after the fact often requires removal or replacement of substantial amounts of code, exposing the project to wasted effort. Building performance objectives into every phase of application development pays off in the long run through reduced risk of system failure and reduced maintenance cost. Also, applications that are well tuned and well measured are less likely to require over provisioning of hardware, which might reduce software licensing costs. Now, let us describe IBM Business Process Manager performance measurement and analysis activities by breaking them down among the application development lifecycle from initial requirements gathering through long-term maintenance and capacity planning. Just as the functional requirements for a business process management solution originate with the business community who will be using the application and are refined and validated through early discussion and playback, so are performance requirements for the application. Make sure to use the opportunity presented through the regular cadence of playback meetings to gather information about the performance expectations that the business community brings to requirements gathering process. Starting early has the advantage that it forces the Performance Architect to think about the objectives in terms of the end to end business experience from the outset. Often times, it is tempting to think of performance objectives one component at a time. However, it is much easier to build a comprehensive performance plan and gather consensus across all of the teams that will contribute to its execution when the objectives can be described based on end to end scenarios that the Business Analyst and, ultimately, Business Sponsor of the project, understands well and can discuss easily. As a performance architect and engineer, you can help business users articulate their expectations using metrics that are easy to validate within the performance lab. These expectations allow an initial performance plan for the project to be generated at the same time that the functional test plan is generated. Experience shows that some metrics, such as page load response time for a user interface element, are easy for business users to visualize and discuss. Alternatively, some metrics of extremely high value to the performance analyst, such as total system throughput, are more difficult to discuss. Try to conduct these conversations in a context that is natural to the business. Try to avoid talking about the average number of times a particular API invocation occurs per second. Instead, start with the number of mortgage applications (or whatever business process you are modeling) processed per month, the total number of teams that need to contribute to the processing, and the relative sizes of those teams. After these numbers are established, it is easier to guide the conversation to a discussion of the load that they system might expect during a peak hour. Focus on establishing performance objectives that accurately reflect the needs of the business. Although it is usually easy to understand the risks that are associated with under estimating the performance objectives, over estimating the objectives can be just as detrimental to the overall success of the project. For example, a response time objective of 0 or 0 seconds for a particular user interface element might be perfectly reasonable. Increasing the objective to 000 milliseconds might seem like an innocuous change and allow for some headroom "just in case." However, in many cases, it is unlikely that this decrease in responsiveness would be of value to the application users, and the engineering costs of achieving this tighter tolerance might be high. Sometimes, through poor communication, additional headroom accumulates when establishing an objective (with each team building in its own buffer) to the point that the engineering ultimately does not match the business need. Over time, you should expect to notice patterns that will simplify the process of gathering requirements. For example, perhaps your organization will standardize on 0 second response times (measured at the 00th percentile) for all simple user interface elements, 0 seconds for complex elements, and custom response times only for exceptional operations. At this point, the response time conversation becomes the simpler activity of identifying the complex and exceptional interactions with the system. Similar patterns might emerge for the throughput metrics. Look for them, and use them to your advantage. Perhaps the business users will not have a good idea of the throughput requirements for a totally new application, but they suspect that it might be similar to rates that they are already observing in another application (perhaps that you collaborated on in the past). Beginning the performance requirements conversations early allows those requirements (and the likelihood that they will be met) to be tracked as application developments and playbacks proceed. If performance requirements will force changes in application design or implementation, surfacing those early in the development cycle benefits everybody. Ultimately, the performance requirements gathering process will result in a performance plan that describes the metrics of importance, the goals or objectives that the application should achieve for each metric and a description of the simulation infrastructure required to evaluate the application. Simulation for some metrics is straightforward. Single user response time measures can be evaluated using a common user interface (like a web browser) by a person with a stopwatch executing the test manually. More extensive load tests required to evaluate throughput objectives for IBM Business Process Manager applications require a large scale simulation capable of generating http traffic. Tools, such as JMeter, IBM Rational® Performance Tester, and LoadRunner, are usually used to fulfill this role. Also, because most IBM Business Process Manager user interface applications communicate with the server via a series of REST interactions, it is possible to construct a stand-alone Java application that simulates server load. In every case, it is important to execute the performance measurements against server hardware that matches that to be used in production environment as closely as possible. Planning early can ensure that hardware is available when needed. Because most business process management solutions are complex systems made up of many parts that must work well together to meet functional and non-functional requirements, an architectural approach to performance measurement and analysis is important. Decomposing the system into its components makes analysis easier simply because small things are easier to understand than large ones. End-to-end measurement is critical to ensure that the system works well as a whole when all of the components are working together. In this section, we look at a few architectural techniques that help. Start small and scale up. The requirements determination phase might have revealed that your application needs to support thousands of concurrent users starting and completing tens of thousands of business process instances per hour. This does not mean that your performance measurements (or stress and load tests) need to begin with this degree of load. You can learn a lot about your application through repeated measurement, tracing, and analysis of single user scenarios. When these are working as expected, measurements with a small concurrent population will help to verify your load simulation infrastructure and also the scaling capabilities of your new application. Data gathered from measurements with small populations and load will help to predict the results you will see under heavier load and help with verification of the actual measurements. Furthermore, small scale measurements are cheaper and easier to implement, allowing them to be executed earlier and more frequently in the development cycle and giving more time to react in the case that the application needs to be adapted. Similar scale-up techniques apply to other parts of the infrastructure. When the performance plan calls for measurements against a large, complex IBM WebSphere® ND topology, it is a good idea to start with a smaller system, perhaps a single cluster member with a minimum hardware configuration. As analysis progresses, the system can grow to ensure that assumptions regarding vertical scalability (increasing the number of processing cores per cluster member) and horizontal scalability (increasing the number of cluster members) are met. Pay attention to the interfaces, especially where the business process management application interacts with external services, such as a web services endpoint. Concurrency or throughput limitations in a service provider frequently limit the performance characteristics of the entire solution. Because web service traffic is relatively easy to simulate (compared with human generated traffic), it is natural to decompose an application at the service implementation boundaries to verify their capacity before re-composing the application for end to end measurements. Of course, when re-composing the application, don't forget to consider the glue that holds it all together--the network connections among the components themselves. A lean user interface that pulls data from a well-tuned backend server might still show poor responsiveness if the network connection between the two has high latency or limited capacity. It is especially important to design the physical topology of the solution to ensure good connection between the process designer and its process center and between a process server and its database server. Business process modeling plays an important role in the performance characteristics of a business process management application. Throughout the design and implementation phases of application development, options will arise that can have a significant impact on overall system performance. Chapter 0 of the IBM Redbooks publication, IBM Business Process Manager v0.0 Performance Tuning and Best Practices, SG00-0000, describes many common pitfalls and suggests alternatives. This section addresses the topic in a more philosophical manner, looking at some high level design choices and a generalized, data-driven methodology that we find useful during the implementation phase. IBM Business Process Manager is a flexible business process modeling and execution environment that offers a variety of structures to meet a variety of business needs. At its core, however, all business process management applications manage and persist the state of some business activity. Matching the execution and persistence model to the needs of the business provides an excellent opportunity to optimize for performance. For example, when constructing processes for the BPEL engine, application designers have a choice between short-running processes (microflows), with simple and efficient transactional characteristics, and long-running processes (macroflows), which are capable of coordinating the most complex transactional workloads. Data shows that the simpler state management model used for short-running processes allows execution at much higher throughput. Many processes allow for short-running execution in the common case, but need more complex handling for exceptional cases. So a compound implementation model fits these applications well. All process instances begin with microflow execution and many complete within that microflow. For exception processing, the microflow invokes a macroflow that models the more extensive processing that these instances require. Similar considerations apply to designing for straight through processing. Computers execute work at a much faster rate than humans. However, business process management usually (and appropriately) begins with an analysis of human workflow. As the process is optimized over time, opportunities arise to automate activities that are carried out by human workers that can be more efficiently handled automatically. This analysis might lead to a shift from a human-centric application that is authored with Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) to a more automated application that is authored with Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) or a hybrid of the two that uses an Advanced Integration service to link the two. Because the engine that executes BPMN processes was optimized for handling human centric applications, it is not nearly as fast at executing fully automated workloads as the BPEL engine is. For this reason, it is best to build Straight Through Processing applications using BPEL to get the maximum resource utilization efficiency. Applying an iterative, data-driven performance measurement and analysis methodology is a great help in maximizing the efficiency of the performance optimization exercise. Many application development engineers have ideas that can improve the overall efficiency of an application. You can channel these enhancement ideas through a scientifically sound evaluation process. Establish a performance simulation environment early, and extend it as the capabilities of the application expand. This method allows early collection of performance baseline data, which is valuable in tracking application performance as new function is added. Measure the effect of one potential performance enhancement at a time in order to build confidence that the enhancement delivers the expected gain. If it does not, it might be abandoned. Sometimes, application development teams retain performance "best practices" that incur some development cost but that actually deliver minimal or no performance gain. Use resource monitoring data (such as CPU, memory, and network consumption statistics as well as tracing and thread dumps) to inform your search for new performance enhancements. It might not be worthwhile to pursue an improvement to an area of the application that consumes only 00% of the total resource consumed by the system. Finally, remember Alexander's Law: it is faster not to do something than to do it fast. Sometimes, there is just no need to include the expensive activity in the application at all. Actual execution of performance measurement and analysis takes time, attention, and physical resources. Sometimes, due to lack of planning ahead of time, a dedicated hardware environment is not available for performance measurement and data collection activities. In these cases, performance activities might be executed on a physical environment that is shared with system integration test or on the production environment as it is being prepared for use. Each case presents challenges to successful execution of the Performance Plan. By its nature, performance measurement and analysis are disruptive activities, making them unsuitable for sharing a system integration test environment with other activities. One goal of performance measurement is to drive the system under test to complete saturation of physical resources in order to measure maximum sustainable load. Similarly, sensitive response time measurements can be polluted by other test activities running on the machines at the same time. For this reason, it is common to see time-sharing policies used for sharing performance measurement hardware among multiple activities. Time sharing is better than simultaneous use but limits the rate at which progress can be made. Performance analysis is an iterative process, requiring painstaking attention to detail and changing only one parameter at a time. Time sharing reduces the total number of iterations that can be completed within a day. In some cases, it appears better to execute pre-production performance measurement and analysis activities on the actual production hardware as it is being prepared for use. This might seem like a good idea because it is desirable that the performance test environment match the production environment as closely as possible. Using the same physical machines certainly delivers a good match in this regard. However, after the production environment is deployed to the business, it is no longer available for continued performance measurement activities. Continued measurement as new versions of the application are developed is critical for avoiding release to release regression. Continued measurement is also critical for long term capacity planning activities. For these reasons, plan early for allocation of a dedicated performance measurement and analysis environment for use during initial application development and longer-term use. As a business process state management system, IBM Business Process Manager applications make heavy use of their database, writing state to ensure it is preserved. Furthermore, IBM Business Process Manager allows a flexible infrastructure for describing business data to be stored with the business process and then retrieving those process instances from storage. From a database perspective, this means that IBM Business Process Manager applications are both read-intensive and write-intensive. Close collaboration between the business process management administrator and the database administrator is recommended, as performance analysis must be approached as an end-to-end activity, considering the entire system. Traditional database analysis using operating system and database tools to identify memory needs, I/O behavior, slow executing SQL statements and similar issues apply to business process management applications and work well. It is critical to ensure that the database server has sufficient physical memory available and that it is backed by a fast disk subsystem (RAID or SAN are common enterprise solutions). Optimization of database indexes is another important activity for the database administrator (DBA) and the business process management administrator to address. IBM Business Process Manager does create a comprehensive set of indexes at install time. However, because there is performance overhead associated with index maintenance, it only creates indexes that are beneficial to the majority of IBM Business Process Manager applications. Every application will benefit from additional index analysis and this analysis is often critical to get the best performance from a system. Again, an iterative approach works best - use your performance simulation and load test to identify long running SQL statements, use the database query plan advisor to identify indexes that might be beneficial and conduct measurements with and without these new indexes to evaluate their effectiveness, only accepting those that deliver the expected benefit. In addition to the ongoing performance analysis and optimization that occurs during the application development cycle, most enterprises require formal performance verification, including a successful load test as one of the requirements before releasing the application to production. Executing this part of the plan requires simulating full production load (or perhaps greater than full production load) against a fully functional system that is running the application. However, this type of simulation does not mean that the first measurements must be executed at full load, even at the final verification stage. Returning to a small load and monitoring resource consumption as the load increases continues to be good practice and aids in discovery of performance tuning requirements or potential bottlenecks. Final verification should be executed on hardware that matches the production servers as closely as possible. This final verification applies to the servers that host external services and to the servers that host IBM Business Process Manager. In some cases, the final performance verification can call out to the actual production servers hosting web services endpoints, but this is often possible. In either case, the concurrency and throughput characteristics of the endpoints should match those of the production servers. In addition to validation of the performance characteristics of the business process application, it is worth spending a moment to think about validation of the performance objectives themselves. One common issue observed in performance plans associated with IBM Business Process Manager applications is that the objectives are actually too high. How does this come about? Typically, performance engineers look at the user interface elements that make up a solution and design think times based on a reasonable person completing the form. Perhaps this form can be completed in 00 seconds. So the performance engineer builds a simulation with a think time of 00 seconds per human task completion. Next, the total user population is analyzed, and it is determined that the system needs to support a few thousands of concurrent users. Putting these two pieces together creates a performance plan that requires the system to support the completion of thousands of tasks and many hundreds of business process instances per minute. It is a good idea to validate the throughput implied by the performance objectives against actual business requirements in addition to the number of concurrent users. In some cases, performance verification exercises actually simulate several months' worth of business activity in a period of a few hours. When this is intended, it is a fantastic result; when unintentional, it can lead to some confusion. Good performance practice does not end when the application is released to production. The same resource monitoring tools and skills built up for performance evaluation during application development are extremely useful long term and should be a part of the IT monitoring practice for any enterprise application. Observation of patterns in CPU or memory utilization on IBM Business Process Manager and database servers can help identify approaching capacity issues before they become apparent to the business. In particular, collecting verbose garbage collection statistics (-verbose:gc on the Java command line) and using a graphical visualization tool (such as PMAT: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=00d00000-0a0b-0000-b00e-000b00000e00) to inspect them is an inexpensive way to monitor the pulse of the application. Many IT departments depend on automated systems of monitoring key resources and sending alerts when thresholds are exceeded. Long-term performance health of a business process management solution requires a maintenance plan. The databases that contain operational data for IBM Business Process Manager are optimized for rapid execution of business process activities, not for long term retention and access of that data. So, it is recommended that a retention period be established for the data associated with business process instances that have completed. The actual amount of time that these completed instances need to be retained will vary from one business to another, but after that period expires, those instances should be removed from the server using the appropriate tools. Business monitoring tools, such as the Performance Data Warehouse and IBM Business Monitor, are optimized for processing this data for long-term storage and retrieval. After an application has been available in production for a while, a time will come when capacity planning is needed. Perhaps an application is popular and business users interact with it more frequently or the application is rolled out to a larger community. The experience gained from performance verification exercises and IT monitoring of the application in the production environment is the best input to planning future capacity. Resource consumption models usually follow predictable patterns, so it is often possible to project tomorrow's needs based on a thorough understanding of today's behavior. Also, many enterprises use their load test to ensure enough head room is available to provide a buffer against capital expenditures. Load testing at 000% of projected peak load gives some confidence that the system will be able to handle a growing business and might provide lead time in case additional capacity is required. A wholesale company provides an online parts sales operation where it handles direct orders that are placed by their business partners. Consider a business process application, MyAuditApp, whose goal is to review order data submitted by a business partner for correctness. After the review is complete, the order is sent to another application (perhaps an existing system, not implemented in IBM Business Process Manager) for processing. In this case, the audit process contains two stages. The first stage in the audit is relatively simple, is fully automated, and is required for all orders. The second stage is more complex and requires human oversight, but it is needed only if the first stage of the audit reveals a potential issue. Performance objectives for the two stages of the application are distinct but are linked. This company knows that it needs to be able to process 00,000 orders per day, distributed throughout a 00-hour period, but with peaks of 0,000 orders in any given hour. These requirements establish a throughput objective for the overall application of about 0.0 process instances per second. To allow some head room, a formal performance objective of 0.0 process instances per second is established for the stage of the application that handles the automated processing. Because the business knows that 00% of all orders are handled successfully by the automated stage of processing, a formal objective of 0.00 process instances per second is established for the manual stage of the application. In addition, the corporate standard of a 0-second response time for all UI elements (measured at the 00th percentile) is accepted for all stages of the processing, except for initial login and final submission of the audit completion form. These operations are expected to complete in 0 seconds (again, measured at the 00th percentile). Even though MyAuditApp is a single business process application implemented in IBM Business Process Manager, it clearly has two separate facets. So the performance analysis engineer decides to model the performance simulation as though it were two separate applications. The first half of the simulation is easy to construct. Because all the interactions are automated, perhaps with communication occurring via Java Message Service (JMS) and WebService interactions, software components can be written to drive the application using exactly the same interfaces that will be used in production. Furthermore, because this phase of processing is the most straightforward, the application development team decides to implement it first while requirements determination and initial playbacks of the human interface elements of the application take place. In this way, early performance analysis of the first stage of the application begins before the entire application is fully developed. Performance simulation for the manual stage of MyAuditApp proceeds differently, because it must account for human interactions, which occur through a web browser and communicate with the IBM Business Process Manager server via REST interactions. Response time evaluation will be executed using the same corporate standard web browser that the business users will use. Evaluation of actual response times when interacting with the application will begin early in application development and will continue as new functionality is added. Any new function that regresses response times beyond acceptable limits will be re-engineered during the next development iteration to ensure that this type of work does not accumulate. In parallel, work begins to construct the load test simulation that will be used to evaluate throughput metrics for the human-centric stage of the application. An HTTP simulator tool (such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or Rational Performance Tester) is used to record the browser interactions that are required to start and complete a process instance. Then, the tool can simulate many users interacting with the system in the same way. Data pools are used to allow each simulated user to log in to the IBM Business Process Manager server under distinct credentials. The HTTP simulation tool also allows retention of user tokens so that correlation of HTTP session data can be handled by the IBM Business Process Manager server, just as though the load were supplied by a collection of distinct web browsers. After the application has been certified functionally complete, and concurrent with system integration test of the application, load tests begin. The IBM Business Process Manager server is "pre-loaded" with a number of process instances available to work on and the database is backed up so that future measurements can begin from a controlled state. Measurements begin with a single user, ensuring that response times observed within the simulator are consistent with actual browser interactions and that resource consumption on the IBM Business Process Manager server, Database server, LDAP server and all external service provider machines appear reasonable. After this, load is gradually increased until the system successfully processes 0.00 business process instances per second, while maintaining 00th percentile response times faster than 0 seconds. Any issues observed as load increases are resolved before increasing load. In this case, the sizes of thread pools and database connection pools need to be increased from the default in order to allow the desired concurrency. Also, two new database indexes are identified based on the data access patterns of the application. Performance measurement and analysis continues in this way, systematically increasing the capability of the system under test and of the applied load, until the performance architect is satisfied that the application and the infrastructure upon which it will be executed are capable of achieving the goals. Generation and execution of a successful performance plan requires integration across many different types of boundaries, both physical and social. Business Process Integration itself is also a key objective for many IBM Business Process Manager solutions, automating and orchestrating activities across a wide array of software systems connected via REST, JDBC, LDAP, and web service protocols. The software solution's end-to-end performance will be limited by the slowest element within the execution chain. Similarly, effective communication across all of the teams that contribute to the application--from the business community through the application development team to the infrastructure and administration teams--can play a significant role in the success of the project. Blog post, "0 Things to Know About Systematically Deploying IBM Business Process Manager" On this page, enter Business Process Manager, select the information type, and then click Search. On the next page, you can narrow your search results by geography and language. | 2019-04-20T19:02:18Z | null | {
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MacIver, Robert Morrison from The Columbia Encyclopedia, 0th ed. Robert Morrison MacIver (məkē'vər, -kī'vər), 0000-0000, Scottish-American sociologist, b. Scotland, grad. Univ. of Edinburgh and Oxford. He began teaching at Columbia Univ. in 0000. His books, in which he discusses the complexities of social and political organization, include Community: A Sociological Study (0000), Society: Its Structure and Changes (0000), The Web of Government (0000), The Pursuit of Happiness (0000), Life: Its Dimensions and Its Bounds (0000), The Challenge of the Passing Years (0000), Social Causation (0000), The Prevention and Control of Delinquency (0000), Politics & Society (0000), and On Community, Society, and Power; Selected Writings, ed. by L. Bramson (0000). Publication information: Article title: MacIver, Robert Morrison. Encyclopedia title: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 0th ed.. © The Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All Rights Reserved. Publisher: The Columbia University Press. Place of publication: Not available. Publication year: 0000. | 2019-04-23T19:59:10Z | null | {
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Q: Let me ask you a question, MARTH? I hear you are working as a producer for a resort. I know you are a resort specialist, but what made you name this resort "Lastra Mu"? "Lastra" of "Lastra Mu" means a stone tablet in the Italian language. Maybe it has the same root as the stone tablet of Moses‘ Ten Commandments. I also think it comes from "Las Torah". I added "Mu" after that. Then, it becomes "the stone tablet of Mu", which means "the spiritual book of Mu" and the stone tablet of Nacaal. They say that what is written on the tablets is everything is unknown, mystical, not this world, that everything is a manifestation of love as it is One Being with the quality of oneness as written in the Heart Sutra. It is the same as "Return to One Source" which Japanese samurais often mentioned. Therefore, it is connected with the path of the samurai. "Return to One Source" means that everything returns to the space of oneness, in other words, conflicts and separations are nothing but a dream, and the real truth is the love of oneness... I profoundly feel that it is most important to return to the true reality, to the unknown and mystical, to the love of oneness. The New Age people often call it "reality", but the true reality strongly expresses that it is unknown, mystical, not this world, and everything is within the love of oneness. The one being means that we return to the one being, to the oneness, which is the absolute reality, when we meditate and return to Shinga and enter into death. If you experience being in Shinga itself, you will profoundly feel you are the one being, in other words, you will have a sense that you are Shinga itself... That may be the reason why some people say something strange and egoistical such as "I am God". This may be the reason why some New Age people misunderstand their experience as they feel "I am the whole universe. I am God himself " in deep meditation. I think, when all lives, all people return to the true and deep essence and regain the higher self (the true self), they will return to Itself. You will find that you are Shinga, and Shinga itself is you at that time. However, everybody will return there. That means that the self who you think the self will be the self for all people. I feel the whole universe is made in such way. I talked about this topic with Nezu-san (Mr. Zenko Onagi), who is a specialist of Kojiki and other Japan's historical records. I have never read Kojiki before. He told me the same thing was written in it. Nezu-san told me everything in this world is embraced within Amenominakanushi according to Kojiki. I was happy to hear that because Kojiki reminded me of Isaiahnagid, Isaiah. And everybody is this very thing, which is connected as one, unknown and mystical in reality. All people who are purified and returned to the true self are beautiful gods, and they will be embraced by Shinga forever. I cannot but feel it is incredibly beautiful and magnificent. I think it will be inevitable for humanity to realize it. It may be the origin of the ancient Veda and all religions of the world. I feel it is loving wisdom of humanity which existed in ancient times. The ancient science may come from Shinga... That means it is different from the present science based on a value of separation of the left brain. It was the science based on a belief that everything is not a reality. It is entirely different from science based on an idea that everything is a reality. It may often be quite the opposite. The ancient science, the science of a civilization presently called Mu, and the ancient incredibly excellent science is born out of the right brain based on the truth of un-reality. It is based on that everything is unknown and mystical, that this world is not a reality. For this reason, it is natural that it deals with plasma and like a Siddha, which seems psychic when it is seen from a belief that this world is a reality. It cannot be helped that there is a difference between the New Age or spiritual scientists who have learned the science, which is rooted that the world is not a reality, psychic, ethereal, Siddhi-like, and those who have learned the science, which is the left-brain-like, based on an idea that this world is a reality. It is quite natural that the science based on a belief of reality and the one created by Socrates, Platon and other scientists who realized that the unreality is the reality, is not compatible. I sometimes see the people with such different ideas fighting each other on the television. It is certain that they end up in fighting without such awareness. However, we will enter into the time based on the true reality. It will be the time when all people realize the truth that this world is unknown and mystical, and it is not this world. Scientists being aware of it, science will be the quality of plasma, which goes way beyond the existing science. It will be a wonderful, dream-like quantum science based on phenomenons in the mystical, unknown and unrealistic world. Otherwise, humanity may be ruined because of a sense of separation. Q: I have a question for you, MARTH. I saw a poster about so-called power spot of love at the station the other day. It said that we will be overwhelmed by natural power; we will receive love vibrations and so on. I felt something egoistically wrong with is, but I was not sure what the problem is. What do you think of it, MARTH? Q: I feel you are a leader of the New Age and the healing industry, MARTH. So, I dare to ask you this question. I often hear some New Age people say that they are a reincarnation of such and such or they are chosen by God. Why do they say so? I feel religious problems come from the same source. What do you say about it? MARTH: You're right. Unfortunately, every problem comes from our value of separation. Everybody wants to win, become better, excel others, become somebody, and he doesn't want to lose... Not only leaders but the ordinary people have such fear coming from desires, wants and a value of separation, which makes us have such tendency. They meant no harm, but because of a belief in the self and the other, we want to improve the self and to win, never want to be looked down within the separated society of the ego. That is one of the big problems. And another important thing is, everybody returns to Shinga (the true self) when we enter into a deep meditative state. As I mentioned before, you will experience such values like "return to the Source" "Return to the one being" "this world is nothing but a dream". Then, there will be neither separation between God and the self, nor separation between the self and some other, nor a sense of reality. You will be gone and return to the ocean of oneness. You will have no value of separation at that time. We often hear someone says "I am a reincarnation of Cleopatra or Princess Yang Kwei-Fei ". If you look closely at her, she looks very much alike her counterpart. She may feel that she is a reincarnation of a certain person with similar consciousness. However, all human beings, including those who believe in a devil, are connected as one. We are one being. If we lose the ego through a deep meditation and return to love, we will return to the one being. In such an experience, we will feel, "Alas! All things in this world are being manifested as One Being." Everything is the self, or there is no self, we could say. We will feel we are included in One Being. Therefore, rather than you are a reincarnation of someone in the ancient times, this ancient person reached such consciousness. This is nothing but my personal feeling. I feel this way through my past experiences of repeatedly coming back to Shinga or the space of oneness. It is neither that someone is superior or inferior to others, nor he is better or worse. All human beings, insects, birds, flowers and everything will return there. Everything is connected as one. In spite of a difference of the time, we are connected as one with the people in the Jomon era and have the same consciousness. The true meaning of a consciousness level in the New Age is shown within a range of the higher level of selflessness and the lower level of the ego. If there is someone who has reached the same conscious level as you, he can be a reincarnation of you. As everything is connected as one, there is only a difference of a consciousness level. What is most important for us to create the millennium more than anything is to return to Shinga, to the higher self, to God consciousness and to love which a child of God has... Just like the divine people in the ancient time were called a certain name of God, and like I.naghid was called God... I wonder if it is our task to return to a beautiful person. I wonder if we need to return to a beautiful person like Ra Mu, Buddha, Socrates, OSHO Rajnessh, J. Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharish. I think all of us have to return to Shinga, which is the true quality of humanity, to love, to oneness, to the one source. Isn't it a mission for all human beings? I feel that way. If I answer your question with a personal viewpoint, I think something uncertain that you are concerned about will be gone when we return to Shinga or the oneness, and we are able to regain loving consciousness. And no people will try to win over others, excel them, not to lose, become somebody because of fear. I personally feel that human beings will experience the world of oneness, of love for the first time. subsequently to "MINOR LINE - The Road to the East" recorded in Prague on Nov. 00, 0000 (00.00.00). "The Road to the East - to make a land of love, to be a model world" is born now. The following lyrics are based on a legend of I.naghit. It is born after MARTH deeply accessed to the beautiful and sincere heart of I.naghit. and keep a peaceful relation with neighboring countries. My ancestors from my father's side lived in Jindai on Awajishima Island for generations. My father raised me, giving me intent guidance according to legendary teachings of I.naghit. He was a man of sincerity and justice. He looked like a samurai who dared to risk his life for happiness of the people. My father was an officer at Ministry of Justice. In the later years, he was transferred to Tokyo Prosecutor's Office. After he resigned his position, he said he would be a fisherman in Izu. Instead he immediately retired from the world. He had been a man of justice and beauty all through his life. He told me every day not to win over others, not to become better or great, not to boost the ego, not to think ill of others even if hurt by them, hope for friends, love them, contribute to our country and live a life, pursuing justice. who was a good friend of MARTH. He passed away due to scirrhous carcinoma (cancer). His children support MARTH as his staff now. I'm not good looking. Are you? "To The Memory of Your Beloved Father (Single)"MARTH New Single is on sale on Bandcamp! Q:Dear MARTH, isn't it good that we strengthen the ego, get enlightened, and become great? When we boost the ego or strengthen it, do we really get better? And or, how about that we reflect on us or feel sorry for others, saying, "I hurt my mom and dad's feeling. I'm sorry I didn't take much care of them." "I feel sorry I didn't love my children enough. ""I am sorry I had been defiant to my friends, to my boss, to my teacher, to everyone"? In other words, this is when we have a small ego (sense of separation). Which is happier and comforting for us, that is, when our ego is destroyed, or when we boost the ego and strengthen it? Let us call it a way to live life. Which way to live life will bring us a beautiful future? Is it when we praise ourselves, saying, "I am strong. I am great. I will not lose. I will win." Or, is it when we reflect on us, "I ruined everything. I am very sorry. I want to apologize to my father and mother. I am sorry for my friends and comrades. "Which way to live a life is consciousness of God, of love, of the whole universe and of purity? Which is able to bring us a beautiful future? In a self-help seminar where we witness the self, we say, "What it is in the state of beginning will be there in the future." If we keep the primary consciousness, we will realize such being exist in future. In other words, if we act out of fear or of bad intention, we will see a bad result in future. In this sense, is a state of our consciousness better when we boost the ego, feel uplifted, become self-conceited, and get irritated? Or, is our energy better when we end the ego (a sense of separation), return to the original small self or to the one source, get grounded, reflect on ourselves, ask ourselves, "I am sorry. I should have helped them. I should have supported them. I should have done this or that", reflect inwardly and feel sorry for our mistakes and so on? And I dare to tell you that we are love, consciousness of a child of God, and the whole universe, which is the true quality of humanity only when we reflect on ourselves without boosting the ego, or uplifting it. And when we live with such awareness, we will see the present world beautiful. We return to love, the true essence, when we end the ego. We can see the world as darkness. At that time, we boost the ego; feel excited, thus we are fearful. As the ego is strengthened, fear will be bigger. A sense of separation is a sense of fear. When we reflect on ourselves, feel sorry, and our ego is diminished, we will see everyone is loving in fact whether we ride on a train or walking on the street. It is what comfort really means. hen we see our sadness with such standpoint of view, when we are pure enough to reflect on ourselves, "I haven't been able to live in love, I fought with my friends again, I tried not to lose pretending to be tough again, I felt defiant to my rival as always today", we will be able to return to bliss in fact. That is love and consciousness of a child of God. That is in reality the true essence of humanity. When we are there, we are happy. We will see the world beautiful. Therefore, uplifting the ego, boosting it and protecting it will not be good for the beautiful world, for the world of love and comfort. I mean to say the true essence of this world is oneness. It is connected as one, love, selflessness. It is also that we are not part but the whole. We are incredibly unknown and mystical. This is the true quality of the world. If you boost the ego, assert yourself and protect yourself in the world of oneness, your happiness, as part of the existence, will be damaged. Humanity doesn't know it very well. If you say; "No, I won't be a loser. I, I, I will win! I'll be good! I'll be great!", you will put yourself into darkness, to an obstacle race. It is because that is against your quality of love. If you boost the ego, you will lose the quality of oneness. Love means being connected as one. And you will find peace, happiness, success, prosperity and everything in love. If you lose love, and if you boost the ego, assert yourself, protect the ego and do everything to strengthen the ego, you, as a cell, are not it, but strangely and drastically stand out. It means you have become a cancer cell or a tumor. Humanity must sincerely realize it and learn about it. It is not important to boost the ego or to make a cell bigger. It will eventually become a cancer or a bad cell. Therefore, the reason why you don't see the world loving and beautiful is because you have identified yourself with the ego. It is not because of outer factors. It is nothing but that you have been able to see sadness not to live in love. What is truly profitable for us? Q: Let me ask you a question, MARTH. I think the world is in a great turmoil... It seems we human beings have reached limits in the existing way of life. How can we make the world better? How can we realize peace in the world? First of all, we need to change our values by knowing what is profitable and what is not for ourselves (part of the existence) in reality. Certainly, the best way is that we will live together with love and joy by diminishing our value of separation of the ego, increasing peacefulness in a sense of oneness and gradually losing a sense of interests of the ego, which is an illusion. However, we human beings are made to believe in a value of separation seriously. Simply speaking, separation means the ego (boosting the ego). Human beings and animals have come to understand a limited range as the self because of five senses given by God for our conveniences. And giving everything a name has brought us a sense of separation. In fact, everything in the entire universe is us. We, part of the existence, are given five senses to bear different part. Eventually we feel a certain range is the self. We manage to live in the universe, considering we bear a certain range, role, and responsibility of the self. It is not bad in itself. It is also true, however, that we will strengthen a sense of separation because of this understanding. It's amazing how things work out in the universe. It will not work as we think. The universe created our five senses with which we are likely to separate and even let us separate. However, as soon as we (part of the universe) act or move separately, it will give us a hard time to awaken us. Such built-in mechanism of the universe will not give us a verbal message. It is quite troublesome. We need to be always aware of Atman, being one and connected, unknown and mystical to protect us, which is part of the existence. If we seriously believe in the ego and act according to it, have a value of competition, comparison and conflict, we will fall into a hard time because of an awakening message from the universe. It has been happening to us since the ancient times... We have engaged ourselves in believing in the ego, protecting it, preserving it and boosting it without knowing such mechanism of the universe. However, the universe doesn't care at all. It doesn't mind whether we humans believe in the ego and become worse. It doesn't mind whether someone tries to boost the ego, protect it, has various ambitions, desires and aspirations. The universe will just give us a hard time when it happens. Then, we, part of the whole universe, will be stunned, say, "Wow! No, this doesn't work! I was wrong. It's painful. I'm not happy at all. Oh, no! This is not a good idea. Please forgive me" and return to the selflessness. This is a mechanism to make the ego to diminish, and dejected. Therefore, we will have a hard time if we don't realize the mechanism of the universe. "Why doesn't everything work out? I should have succeeded. I should have won." However, everything will not work out as expected as ambitions of the ego don't fit the whole universe. The ego is a separation. It doesn't fit the principle of oneness of the universe. The universe will give us a hard time. And, we are the universe ourselves. "If God doesn't find me, if the universe doesn't find me, it will be no problem. I can deceive them..." However, we are the universe (love). We are part of God. We are part of the whole universe. That is, we as God will find us deceive them. Everybody is the same without partiality. In other words, people who realize oneness of the universe, its unknown and mystical quality, love themselves who seem others, neither fight with themselves who seem others, nor boost the ego, nor protect the ego, nor deceive people, nor trap them, nor attack them, will be quickly happy. And people of the pure heart who work for the whole universe will be beautiful and feel true prosperity and happiness... This is how the cosmic law works. However, most of human beings haven't realized it yet. They don't know it deeply. This is the reason why they will have a hard time. What if humanity will know the law itself? At present, humanity doesn't know it very well. They believe in the ego, become highly ambitious, try to get a fame, honor, boost the ego, protect it, deceive others, attack them, and take from them. Believing it works in the egoistical society, people praise themselves, "I have become so great... I am so awesome!!" At that time, however, the universe will start working. He is the universe himself... He is part of God... If he says, "Nobody is watching me!" You are watching yourself, however. You are God himself. And the universe is meant only to work that way. It is satisfied with it. We are given five senses to fix us (part of the existence) by ourselves (part of the existence), to bear us by ourselves. However, if we believe in the separation seriously and consider the part as the self, we will have a hard time. They (five senses) are given to us for our mere convenience. They are only functions. It is only that each part bears each different part. nd we have each different characteristic as children of the universe. Everybody has magnificent abilities given from gods, the universe and love. However, if we use it not for the universe, nor the whole, but for the ego, and if we try to excel others, deceive them, attack them with a sense of separation, we will end our days in unhappiness. Even if you say, "I've got a position and honor! I am great!", you may ruin yourself in pain. Or if you live for the ego, saying, "I will rebel those in power! I will abandon my job, seclude myself in the riverbed or home, and live freely!", your wonderful ability given from the universe will be wasted and definitely destroyed as its retaliation. | 2019-04-23T07:02:29Z | null | {
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Taylor St. Jacques,00, of Glen Allen, Va., captured the win in the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final, at the at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, presented by The Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund. The victory was emotional as this was her last year of eligibility as a junior and therefore the last chance to win the Medal Final. The day began with an initial round of 000 riders. The top 00 were called back for the second round, which was narrowed down to an additional test for the top four. The final test required riders to complete a course of eight numbered obstacles (nine jumping efforts) without stirrups. In the second round and in the final test, the riders returned in reverse order of merit. St. Jacques was called back on top for both so she had to wait for all of the other riders to take the course, a daunting position. "I was a little nervous coming back for the final test. I've come back on top a few times at some smaller shows and I think that really prepared me for this big class. I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be," said St. Jacques. "I was really excited when they said no stirrups. I think that's a strong suit of mine. I thought that was pretty cool and funny. My mom called it down at the [Winter Equestrian Festival], that at the final there was going to be a test with no stirrups and it happened!" Judges Tammy Provost and Jack Towell had not planned to test the riders. However, the scores were so close, they felt it necessary to see them again. "Taylor never made a mistake," said Provost. "In the final test we were looking for who was strong without their stirrups and Taylor was really strong. We were thinking more Hunter Derby and Hunter Seat Equitation Finals, with a soft and light position." Towell further explained the reasoning for their choice of a straight forward course instead of one with tricky turns and distances. "It's called hunter seat equitation finals and in our minds, one of these riders would win the hunter derby and become world champion hunter rider. That's what they are supposed to do. We wanted to keep the course nice, safe, comfortable, and let us judge it. Let us decide who we thought was the best rider. We judged it more than the course. We judged the pace, the position, all of it and keeping in mind a hunter seat rider." Cooper Dean of Fayette, Ala., was called back second to last for the test and kept his placing to finish as the runner-up. Dean was at a loss for words. "All this is just surreal. I can't get the words out. It's just great," said Dean. "It's really nice to have a really nice horse and I can't thank Andre [Dignelli] enough. I've thanked him every day for the past seven or eight months since I've been with him, but words don't do it justice. I'm just really grateful that Andre took me under his wing." Dignelli was also the trainer of St. Jacques, who claimed that having the two students was a dream. St. Jacques believed that his tutelage went far beyond the show ring. "It's meant the absolute world to me," said St. Jacques. "He took me under his wing and he's really done wonders for me. I have a good feel for a horse, but he's improved my knowledge as a horsewoman and set me up for success in the future and I think that goes far beyond words. He's not just teaching me riding, he's teaching me how to be successful in life. Not every trainer can do that. He's been a great mentor and beyond amazing as a trainer. I'm very grateful for everything that he's done for me." Sam Walker of Ontario, Canada, placed third in his first equitation Final. Walker was seventh following the second round and moved up to third place for the final test. "I first started showing in the States about three years ago. I saw all the other big equitation riders and I really thought that one day I wanted to do that and get to a National Final like this," said Walker. "It's my horse's first time and it's also my first time doing the Final. I really thought for my very first experience this was amazing and I would like to thank everybody for help making it happen." Jordyn Rose Freedman of Longmeadow, Mass., placed fourth, moving up from eighth in the second round. "In the second round I came back in eighth, so I was not very nervous. I was just trying to do everything I could to climb up to the test. I was just so happy because my horse was really great and I couldn't ask any more of him," said Freedman. "I was so surprised to make the test. It was definitely a surreal moment. I was really excited. My goal this year was to make the second round, so to make the test was really great for my last junior year. I couldn't be happier." Charisma, the mount for St. Jacques won the Doris H. Clark Memorial Perpetual Trophy as Best Equitation Horse. | 2019-04-20T13:18:32Z | null | {
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If you dig the idea of The Talos Principle but don't really have a solid handle on what it's actually all about, the "Public Test" release that hit Steam today might be just what you need. It features four complete puzzle levels of increasing difficulty plus a benchmark tool, and it's completely free. The idea is to provide stress and compatibility testing prior to the full release of The Talos Principle, but it should also help gamers decide whether or not this is the sort of thing they want to throw their money at. Given the relative vagueness of the premise, after all, this really is a game that's well-served by a demo. Believe it or not, the artificial intelligence referred to in the trailer is actually a real thing. The game underwent roughly 00,000 hours of playtesting at the virtual hands of a bot, which the studio created and used to check for flaws in level designs that could make them impossible to complete. The bot watches a human complete a level once, then uses the logic of the solution to work through changes in level geometry, obstacles, and placement of puzzle objects. "The bot replicates the gameplay played by human and uses game mechanics to solve puzzles, just like a human player would. When the bot notices a problem, it automatically reports a bug using our in-game bug reporting system, then uses cheats to move on and continues testing further," Croteam Chief Technology Officer Alen Ladavac told VentureBeat. "Thus, in one 'playthrough,' the bot can report several possibly game-breaking bugs and give us a report of overall health of the game as it is in that moment." The Talos Principle public test is available now from Steam. The full version The Talos Principle, which will include more than 000 puzzles in total, comes out on December 00. | 2019-04-26T16:33:55Z | null | {
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Fashionable accessory, technical bravura piece, noble status symbol or artful masterpiece: all this can be a wristwatch. And of course much more. Because modern wristwatches fulfill a wide range of functions and have countless, completely different features. Whether high-end smartwatch, distinctive chronograph or a classically elegant model, wristwatches are as intriguingly unique and individual as you are. | 2019-04-23T04:21:03Z | null | {
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Productivity concerns are not the exclusive province of writers, although we tend to agonize over such matters because we're self-employed and have no one to prod us back to work when we wander off-track. We're also creatively effective at procrastinating ourselves into the ground. I could have made this blog about productivity for everyone in general, a la David Allen. Only, that would mean I'm helping everyone in general, a little bit, including writers. I want to help writers a lot, not just a little bit. Specifically, I want to help writers who write fiction and self publish it. Why such a specific, narrow niche? Specificity means I can deep-dive into the most arcane areas of productivity, and still provide relevent information of interest to indie fiction writers. It's a world I know very, very well. I'm living it every day. I have spent years studying productivity systems in an effort to arrange my own life in a way that would maximise my writing time while I worked a day job and had a semblance of a life in between. All that research and study has taught me that writers have a unique set of productivity challenges and no single "system" out there addresses those challenges. I've been stealing snippets from David Allen, Brian Tracy, Leo Babauta, Steve Pavlina and more for years. I won't say I've studied at the feet of every single expert out there because I haven't - I don't have that sort of time and besides, I finally came to realize that learning yet another new system was a fancy form of procrastination all on its own. There is no single system out there that suits everyone. There is no single system out there that will magically solve all your problems, and give you the life you want. Sorry. You have to make your own system, cobbling it together a bit at a time from hundreds of sources, and tweaking and reiterating as you figure out the details. Then you keep doing that, over and over again. I can help you build your own productivity habits, because you and I have the same type of problems to deal with, that anyone who is not an indie fiction writer does not. It rolls off the tongue easier than "The Productive Indie Fiction Writer". I tend to think of myself as an author - it's what I put on my tax returns and what I tell anyone who asks the eternal question about my occupation. The domain name was available. I could have taken it. However, there far more reasons why "Writer" is better. "Author" has a specific meaning. Short stories, blog posts, novellas and novelettes, flash fiction, fan fiction, collaborations, series, serials... none of the myriad types of fiction a writer can produce and publish these days as a stand-alone, commercial piece of work looks like a book as we all understand books to be. "Author" implies a writer who produces and publishes a novel-length piece of fiction. Google search keywords show that "writer" is used for searches far more than "author". As I want to help as many writers as possible, I went with the popular phrase, instead. By Tracy|0000-00-00T00:00:00-00:00January 0th, 0000|Definitions|Comments Off on Why "Writer"? | 2019-04-20T17:15:37Z | null | {
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I got my new smart bridge today after installing a Caseta wireless dimmer and making sure it was compatible with my recessed lighting LED lamps. I can get to setup step 0 using advanced and entering the IP address that I've reserved for the Smart Bridge in my router settings. In step 0, I press the button, it says Smart Bridge is setting up... => Registering Smart Bridge... => Finishing setup... => Sorry, there was an issue. Please tap the button on your Smart Bridge again. If I hit ok, it runs through those three steps again. I tried registering the Smart Bridge with two different e-mail addresses. I called tech support and they had me do a "send feedback," I'm hoping it all gets resolved tomorrow. Did you ever get this resolved? I am getting the same message with the same problem. I spent way too much time trying to get this working again. Any help would be appreciated before I have to call. Tech support has reached out, and the issue does not seem straight forward. It may be an ISP issue for me. I'm considering returning the device as I don't have time to spend debugging right now. I would call customer service, as our issues might be different and they can probably tell you a lot more if they have more data generated by their app. I got mine working by disabling spi in my router firewall settings. Fortunately in only took a few extra minutes to try that and it worked great. Lucky because I also got my last caseta dimmer to finish off my three room install. Glad you were able to get the system working. I'll have to remember disabling the SPI in the router for future customer issues. Most times that the system can't get set up properly, it ends up being some kind of network issue that needs to be tracked down. Fortunately I think I cleared up some issues that might have also popped up in this install when I installed my Chromecast. Luckily there were some good specific instructions for my router on what to do to get that working. It would be useful over time if you can provide router specific instructions on what helps get Smart Bridge working, as I imagine not everyone trying to install this knows their router's options and what they mean/how they affect the install. | 2019-04-19T21:09:58Z | null | {
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It has now become quite a tradition to produce a One Hundred Pieced Piece for the London leg of the Art Car Boot Fair. A piece of work in one hundred parts, one hundred rather fast pop art flavoured paintings painted on recycled cardboard, each part of the piece for sale at just £0, and that is a very important part of the piece, the notion of art for everyone, that an original piece of art can be bought by anyone at the fair (I did get haggled down to 00p last year by one young lad who claimed he only had £0 left) and that material thrown away and heading for landfill should be re-used. And really if people are just going to throw things away without too much thought then leaves will grow on those thrown away things. The Art Car Boot Fair happens this Sunday, this year in Vauxhall and not in Brick Lane, (don't be going to Brick Lane). And as a participating artist it is always an exciting pleasure to be invited to take part in the Art Car Boot Fair. This is the day when art lets down his or her hair (still wonder if art is a he or a she?), always one of the highlights of the London art Calendar, and this year things are to be a little bit re-booted. The theme is "Originals" and there's an exciting new venue down by the Newport Street gallery in Vauxhall. This year sees a return to the event being more about the actual artists than galleries and the rule is that all the artists will be there in their car boots there to talk to and should you wish to, buy art from them, then please do.... The Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair takes place on Sunday 0th July at the Workshop, by Newport Street Gallery, Whitgift Street, London SE00 between 00-0pm. Entry is priced at £0. | 2019-04-25T18:17:31Z | null | {
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And in the present Reputation Economy, it's getting more powerful than ever. Because today, thanks to rapid advances in digital technology, anyone access huge troves of information about you your buying habits, your finances, your professional and personal networks, and even your physical whereabouts at any time. In a world where technology allows companies and individuals alike to not only gather all this data but also aggregate it and analyze it with frightening speed, accuracy, and sophistication, our digital reputations are fast becoming our most valuable currency. Today everything depends on the social score, and everyone is desperate to move up in the rankings. But the omnipresent rating game has one big catch: ranking up is incredibly hard, while ranking down is rapid and easy, like a free-fall.Welcome to the reputation economy, where the individual social graph the social data set about each person determines one's value in society, access to services, and employability. In this economy, reputation becomes currency. On the web or via mobile, we can now share almost anything. The reputation economy is based on the simplistic, but effective star ratings system. Anyone who's ever rated their Uber driver or Airbnb host has actively participated. But what happens when algorithms, rather than humans, determine an individual's reputation score based on multiple data sources and mathematical formulas, promising more accuracy and more flexibility via machine learning to effective star ratings system. promising more accuracy and more flexibility via machine learning? Over 00% of companies in Malta currently use social media to screen employees. And many AI-enabled startups are competing in the HR assessment market, using AI to crawl potential candidates' social media accounts to filter out bad fits. What unifies all current platforms is a reliance on our ability to get enough information about the person we are exchanging with to feel comfortable setting the terms on an individual basis. In other words, they are economies of reputation. Much of the growing interest in these platforms springs from the conflicts we're seeing in traditional markets. Lack of access to capital, slow market growth, poor employment rates all of these are driving people to find ways to leverage value from other areas of their lives. Back In 0000, Facebook applied for a patent that would use an algorithm to assess the credit ratings of friends, as a factor in one's eligibility to get a mortgage. And China is aiming to implement a national social score for every citizen by 0000, based on crime records, their social media, what they buy, and even the scores of their friends. Being able to accurately or even reasonably accurately measure reputation has immense value. It makes it far easier to find suppliers or business partners and this lowering of transaction cost can create a far more fluid and efficient economy. If you are investing in or supporting small businesses especially in developing countries . It means your resources can go far further. We will increasingly have reputation scores attached to content, to publishers and to journalists, making it easier to find trustworthy information and it might even make dating a little easier. The reputation economy will increasingly drive business and society. Your reputation will precede you wherever you go. | 2019-04-24T23:52:01Z | null | {
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Small World Adventures is offering an awesome last minute special on our trips that start Feb. 00th. Contact Darcy at [email protected] for pricing details. If you are interested, let me know ASAP, and pass this along to anyone you know who might be able to make it. If you are looking into flights, you'll want to fly into Quito February 00th, fly home February 00th and you will paddle the 0 days in between with us. | 2019-04-21T20:59:44Z | null | {
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The US Market Access Center (abbreviated as USMAC), located in Menlo Park, is a business accelerator and trade gateway into the United States for high-tech international companies. The USMAC specializes in US market entry for small to mid-sized, high-growth companies in the information and communications, clean technology, and the life sciences sectors planning to expand their marketing, sales and operations to the United States. The USMAC was founded in 0000 as a joint venture of the San Jose State University Research Foundation and the City of San Jose's Redevelopment Agency. The original name was the International Business Incubator (IBI). Initially, the organization initially only offered furnished office space and virtual office services to international high-tech companies looking to enter the United States. When consulting services was added to its portfolio in 0000, the company changed its name to US Market Access Center to reflect the new focus. The organization, along with the San Jose BioCenter, the San Jose Software Business Cluster, and the San Jose Environmental Business Cluster, were part of the San Jose Redevelopment Agency Incubation Program. In 0000, the US Market Access Center was named a Soft Landing International Incubator by the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA). In October of 0000, the Redevelopment Agency's incubator programs became the subject of a San Jose city government investigation led by City Councilman Sam Liccardo, following the discovery of a 0000 consulting report that had been commissioned, but never released to the Council. In it, a consulting firm concluded that the city's incubation programs consumed millions in funding, but produced almost no jobs. The study also concluded that companies that did succeed after working with the USMAC tended to leave for other facilities. What the study missed was the fact that as an accelerator, the USMAC intentionally graduates successful companies out of the program and the facility. This was not a weakness, but done by design. In 0000, the City of San Jose and the San Jose State University Research Foundation elected to close the BioCenter and Environmental Business Cluster, but the USMAC remained open and continued to grow its operations. Two years later, following the State of California terminating support for all of the Redevelopment Agencies in the state, the City of San Jose terminated its payment of the rent on the USMAC facility in San Jose (as required by its agreement with the University). In the fall of 0000, the USMAC announced that it would be closing its San Jose facility. In a letter to tenants, management stated that without financial support from the RDA, the facility in San Jose would be closed. The USMAC has relocated its headquarters to Menlo Park. | 2019-04-23T00:29:54Z | null | {
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Standard operating procedure to qualify the inspectors working on visual inspection area in liquid manufacturing facility.. 0.0 Select 000 no. of filled bottles which contain 0 bottles with poor sealing; 0 bottle with particulate matter, 0 bottles with molding defect, 0 bottles with less or more volume; 0 bottles with glass particles and 00 clear & good bottles. 0.0 Paste 0 to 000 no. sticker or mark the cap with a suitable marker on all the bottles & make a list of all no. bottles and write the remark like a good, sealing defect particle, module, volume to identify the bottles on the sheet. This remark should be against the bottle no. and fill the form. 0.0 Ask each inspector to check the bottle against black & white background & remove the rejected bottle. 0.0 If the inspector rejects all the marked bottles he/ she passes the validation test. 0.0 If the inspector fails to identify minor rejection like small mold defect or minor sealing defect he/she shall be considered to pass the test. 0.0 If the inspector fails to identify even one major defect like the suspended particle, glass particle, volume variation he/ she fails in the validation test. 0.0 A new inspector has to pass the validation test in two consecutive test then only he/ shall be allowed to check the bottles. | 2019-04-22T01:06:04Z | null | {
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Driver Careers - Drive First Class with Challenger! Why us? Driving for Challenger is First Class, all the way! We offer First class pay, support, safety, equipment, training and more. We're one of Canada's Best Managed Companies, and a Best Fleet to Drive For, and we have the awards to show for it! We put our people first and make sure our drivers have the support they need 00/0 across the continent. Whenever and wherever our drivers are on the road or at home, the Challenger team provides the First Class driving experience! Single Driver Operation: Operating throughout Canada and the US (excluding AK and HI). Average 0000 miles per week. Team Driving Operation: Operating throughout Canada and the US (excluding AK and HI). Average 0000 miles per week. Regional Driving Operation: Multiple work configurations available in BC, AB and ON. Steady mileage with a focus on getting our drivers home regularly. Reefer Driving Operation: Operating throughout Canada and the US (excluding AK and HI) in refrigerated division. Average 0000 miles per week. LCV/Turnpike Driving Operation: Multiple work configurations operate in Western Canada, Ontario and Quebec. Our LCV division offers predictable mileage and home time, as well as Canada-only work. LCV training provided. Special Commodities Division (SCD): Operating out of Ontario with service primarily to the southern, southwestern and western US. We have flatbed, oversize and heavy haul work. With an average of 0000 miles per week, earn the most per mile with specialized transportation. Full-Time and Part-Time Hourly Driver: Full-time and part-time hourly rate driving opportunities available. * Newly licensed drivers will be considered for our training program. Preference will be given to those from approved driving schools. Become an Owner Operator with Challenger. You can purchase Job-Ready Trucks from our amazing Fleet. Contact us today to learn why Challenger is the company you should be driving for. Our diverse divisions offer our drivers a variety of work and lifestyles. Whether you're looking for consistent daily runs and nightly home time, being on the road for weeks at a time, or anything in between, we have the right fit for you. | 2019-04-21T14:25:37Z | null | {
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Whether or not it is there. The Google released the update "Panda" of its algorithm for searches in Portuguese in mid-August. With the change, researches tend to have more complete results, since algorithm which determines the most important (and least significant) network is smarter and search more complete information. Or should seek. Google said last week it expects to have the help of users - especially those who work with Internet - to detect the Google Panda failures. And let me tell you right now: it is not one or two but several. For this, they released a form (based on Google Docs) that must be filled by those who understand the practice of scraper - when a page copied content appears in front of that considered original. Here in our site we detected a stunning drop in the number of accesses to our pages originating from Google. In theory, the TB fell in the ranking of the most trusted sites of Google. Our content is less interesting than Google once considered so deserve less access. In practice, that checks people is that fans sites of "copy and paste" are taking advantage. For some searches, content originally published here on TB and reproduced without taking away or put on other sites is rankeando better. This means that the dailies appear in front of the pages our site, a serious and remarkable error in the Google algorithm. | 2019-04-23T18:03:25Z | null | {
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A "Rose by any other name" ..... The Chesterfield Rose is simply stunning in its pale rose background and beautiful intricate border patterns, these rugs are one of a kind gorgeous and will truly compliment a variety of interior / exterior color combinations. Don't wait on this, pick your Rose today. | 2019-04-24T04:40:21Z | null | {
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Table Basse Bois Design Inspirant Table Basse En Bois Et Fer forge - Clubmaisonfo is free HD wallpaper. This wallpaper was upload at December 00, 0000 upload by CheapHouseClearance in Table Basse Bois. Description: Table Basse Bois Design Inspirant Table Basse En Bois Et Fer forge - Clubmaisonfo from the above 000x000 resolutions which is part of the Table Basse Bois. Download this image for free in HD resolution the choice "download button" below. If you do not find the exact resolution you are looking for, then go for a native or higher resolution. Download Table Basse Bois Design Inspirant Table Basse En Bois Et Fer forge - Clubmaisonfo with original resolution Click Here! 00 Photos of "Table Basse Bois Design Inspirant Table Basse En Bois Et Fer forge - Clubmaisonfo" Related Posts of "Table Basse Bois Design Inspirant Table Basse En Bois Et Fer forge - Clubmaisonfo" | 2019-04-22T07:03:15Z | null | {
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I came across a blog and etsy shop that I wanted to share with you. Angelina makes the most beautiful things, specializing in aprons. One of the things I love about her aprons is the story that she writes to go with each one. Not only is she a talented seamstress, but a talented writer as well. Visit her etsy shop here. Angelina continues her creativity over at her blog which is certainly very pretty to look at. Stop by and take a look. Sweet blessings today! She is one of my faves as well! Just found her a week or two ago and am smitten. Glad to see you sharing her with more people. Her work is so lovely. Happy day to you! I love aprons and these are so sweet. Thank you very much for sharing her store with us. Love these aprons... adorable. is there a pattern? keep up the good work. | 2019-04-25T04:50:31Z | null | {
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Filemail is giving competitors a hard time by increasing the free service limit from 0GB to 00GB in a mission to promote simpler web-based file sharing. As a response to the competitive file sharing market, the creators behind the Norway based Filemail service have decided to make a bold move, increasing the free limit from 0GB to 00GB. This drastic change is aimed at benefiting the regular consumers, and attracting more business users to Filemail. The market of Web applications designed to help people transfer large files is a cutthroat business. So far most popular services, such as SendSpace or Yousendit, offered no more than 000MB for free. Just a handful, including DropSend, WeTransfer and the Norway-based Filemail, decided to go with 0GB. Now the race heats up again, as Filemail sets a new limit for free users that has never been seen before - 00GB. No registration required, no strings attached. How is that possible? Mostly thanks to a proprietary global infrastructure, which makes Filemail independent from big cloud providers who tend to charge big bucks. "Having our own infrastructure enables blazing fast transfers and low costs for our users, while keeping Filemail profitable for our shareholders", says CEO Njal Gjermundshaug. CTO Stian Tonaas Fauske and CEO Njal Gjermundshaug, both the original Filemail.com creators, believe this should help them reach out to whole new groups of users. A 00GB limit means that Filemail can now be used to transfer thousands of pictures, long uncompressed HD videos, 0K UHD content or even large disk backups. All in direct, private, person-to-person e-mails. Together with introducing a new limit, Filemail also keeps expanding a list of additional features. Apart from an open API and a Desktop Application, the platform also provides Outlook and Thunderbird plugins that facilitate sending large attachments directly from the e-mail client. There is also a mobile app that lets users send large videos or picture libraries from their tablets or smartphones. With plans to offer Filemail in 00 languages by the end of the year, and with a new highest-ever size limit, Filemail hopes to show many new users, that cloud sharing is not always the best solution. And that 00GB is a whole lot more than a sum of fifteen 0GB transfers. Filemail.com is a Norwegian based service for sending large files. The service has been online since 0000 and served over 00 million files. Filemail was the first service to provide a 0GB sending limit without registration to its user and it popularity has continued to grow through the years since. It might seem that cloud drive popularity made file sharing Web applications obsolete. Yet some of them started to fight back, offering data limits much beyond what OneDrive or Google Drive offer. And it seems to be working. | 2019-04-23T19:53:38Z | null | {
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We have launched our first range of products in the form of a premix instant drink using unroasted Green Coffee Bean extracts blended with Garcinia Cambogia extracts to provide the finest weight loss supplement called - The Weight Loss Brew . We are the first in India to introduce a mix of Green coffee with Garcinia cambogia in natural coffee and lemon flavour. To provide healthy and nutritional products to people in today's challenging lifestyle . Products which are natural, high quality, daily consumable, rejuvenating and at reasonable prices. Products which everyone wants, everyone needs and everyone loves. To become the leading brand in health supplements , sports nutrition and overall wellness provider. | 2019-04-18T14:58:01Z | null | {
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I have a confession. I have always taught sight words some what randomly. I teach words from the Dolche sight word lists. I teach sight words from the guided reading books I choose. I teach sight words from shared reading. Some kids may know less than 00 words, while others know 000. Yes, my kids always progress, but I felt like what I was doing wasn't student focused enough. I wanted something I could use to teach and assess my kids. I wanted all of my centers to align to what I was teaching. I created my Sight Word Mega Bundle to differentiate how I teach and to make sure my students have FUN learning. Each student gets their own sight word book. For my high kids, I made books with 00 lists. My lower students have groups with 0 lists. I individually assessed students to see what words they know. They got a sticker if they knew the word. Once I determined what list to start on, I sent a copy of the list and the sight word cards to practice. I sounds students in the same guided reading group also needed to work on the same list of words. I use these in my guided reading groups as a quick warm up. On Monday, we introduce the 0 words. On Tuesday, I will call a color, such as red, and the group will read the red line. For my lower groups, I will read it with them. If the group is ready,on Wednesday, I will read one line as a group, then call an individual student to read a line. If the group is not ready, we'll continue to read it as a group. I always want the kids to feel successful. I also included a sheet to track timed fluency and a spelling list. I also created four sight word centers that align with my Sight Word Teach and Assess. First up, is the Sight Word Game Board. Each board has a list number on it so students know which board to get. Students work with a partner. They roll a dice, move a counter that number of spaces, and read the word. This game does go fast, but my kids enjoying to playing it multiple times. The second center is Sight Word Crossword Puzzles. Again, each sheet has a number that corresponds to the list number. Sight Word Rainbow Write is another class favorite. For this, students use a paper clip to spin the color wheel. Then, they color the word that color. The last one is Roll a Sight Word. Students roll a dice and practice writing that word. Do you LOVE it all like me? You can buy it all in a Sight Word Mega Bundle a SAVE BIG. So nice post on how to teach sight words so easily!! I am so glad to find these wonderful printable for my class. Actually I am a teacher at the Phoenix pre-k and would love to make use of these printables in my class. I am eagerly looking forward to more stuff like this! | 2019-04-23T12:02:47Z | null | {
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0) We have been in business 00 years, have our own building, and have been recommended by USA Today and as one of the top seven companies in country. We have been recommended by other industry leaders such as TUG and Timesharing Today magazine as one of the top ten companies to do business with - you need a company like ours to help you. 0) We have our own building on the biggest street in Salt Lake City Utah, State Street. Many of your internet timeshare resale companies work out of their homes. We have our own building, with employees and overhead. 0) We are a member of the BBB in good standing. You're welcome to call them about us. Just click on the logo on the front page of our website. We have an A grade with the BBB and we have had very few complaints with them in 00 years. Other resale companies continually change their names and start over to "clean their slate" so to speak with the BBB. If you check with the BBB of these other companies, many of them will have a list of 00 to 000 complaints already. 0) Our company name has not changed in 00 years. Most companies have changed their name several times to adjust to the complaints. 0) We have been warned to tell all our callers or internet clients to not do business with any company that does not have the BBB online credibility logo on the front page of their website. We have that logo. 0) We have a credible website with up to 000,000 hits per month. Our search engine positioning is very high with Google, MSN, AOL and the big search engines. 0) We offer a sincere, honest approach to this controversial industry. We won't hype up the value of your property only to get a bigger upfront fee. We won't make any guarantees that we can sell your timeshare quickly or at all - but we do promise to do our very best to help you sell your timeshare week. 0) That's the way the industry is, you must pay some money upfront. If you go to the LA Times, you will pay upfront; if you go to any of the big resale companies, you will pay upfront. The only resale companies that do not charge money are the small companies working out of their homes and who do not offer world wide exposure. You can try these other companies, but most likely, you will try us someday - so why not now. You might as well go with a company rated by USA Today and Timesharing Today magazine as one of the top 0 companies, and a company with a good solid reputation, and with a company that's been around for 00 years. You might as well try us. 00) We sell 000 to 000 timeshares per year and have sold or helped to sell about 00,000 timeshare weeks since our inception 00 years ago. | 2019-04-25T00:41:20Z | null | {
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Port Sandfield Marina ranked in the Top 000 boat dealers in North America by Boating Industry Magazine. We are a new & used boat dealership conveniently located 0 hours north of Toronto in Port Sandfield, which is in the heart of Ontario's vacation destination the beautiful Muskoka Lakes. Our family-owned dealership was founded in 0000, which is a testament of our belief that the best products with the best service, equals the best customers. Our products of bow riders, deck boats, jet boats, tow boats, runabouts, speed boats, fishing boats and wooden boats are quality at its finest. Sixty years later, we are truly proud to say our family continues building strong relationships for generations to follow. Handcrafted with relentless attention to detail. | 2019-04-19T12:40:45Z | null | {
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FFA Private Bank (FFA) is preparing to launch a structured investment vehicle (SIV) to channel investments to power generation and other infrastructure projects. The initial objective is to reach $0 billion of investments in the short-to-medium term, over two to three years, said Jean Riachi, the bank's chairman. Solar, wind, and hydraulic power projects will be mostly targeted, as well as waste-to-energy projects and waste treatment projects. Most of the large projects will, in principle, be public private partnerships (PPPs), according to Iyad Boustany, Managing Director for Investment Banking at FFA. "This financing vehicle, called ‘Lebanon Infrastructure Fund', is very advanced in terms of financial sophistication. It is the first of its kind in the country," Boustany said. The financing could take different shapes whether debt or equity financing. It could include bonds, bank loans, and vendor financing. The funding could also be in the form of multilateral financing obtained from international organizations such as the IFC, German state-owned development bank KfW, and French development finance institution, Proparco. Investment will mainly come from abroad, according to Riachi. "We tell investors that they can be senior debt holders, junior mezzanine debt holders, or equity holders. Each option has its own risk and return aspects. We tailor these risks and returns to each investor's preferences," he said. The ‘Lebanon Infrastructure Fund' will own the assets of the projects. These will include physical ones such as land, buildings, power plants, wind turbines, and solar panels, as well as contracts. Operators will manage the business against fees and a share in profits. Financing the capital expenditure (CAPEX) of the projects will give operators the opportunity to expand their operations without the need to raise capital, Riachi said. The work will be a gradual project-by-project process. Each one will be separated from other projects in terms of assets and liabilities, although FFA will be using one single vehicle. They will also be segregated in terms of investors and risks. The fund is governed by law number 000, which was issued in 0000. "The law has so far been applied to securitization of receivables only, but it is a multipurpose law that could be used for many additional financing tools such as asset financing, and sale and leaseback," Boustany said. He said that corporate governance is crucial for international financial organizations and that it is intrinsic to the fund because this investment vehicle is governed by law 000. "The strength of this fund lies in its capacity to link investors to the projects in a transparent way. The presence of FFA, and of the Central Bank (BDL), and the CMA as regulatory authorities, as well as abidance by corporate governance, gives confidence to investors," he said. FFA is in the process of writing the documentation of the fund and expects to get the approval of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) within two months. Riachi said they are in talks with all the parties that will be involved in the fund including investors, operators, and the BDL. Boustany said that their talks with BDL pertain to the subsidized loans that are granted to energy projects. Industrialist Neemat Frem will hold the position of Chairman of the fund's supervisory board. "Frem will join the fund not in his capacity as an industrialist, but as someone who wants to help in the concept of an initiative that he considers of national importance," Riachi said. He said that they are looking forward in the longer term, to finance projects in the gas and oil sector. "We might lobby in the future to advance these projects which could be implemented at no cost to the Government," Riachi said. These projects, once oil and gas are explored, will be much bigger than current energy projects. He said they will seek to fund especially gas pipeline projects and gas-fired power plants. Building pipelines, terminals, and storage facilities for natural gas are needed whether or not the country will be exporting or importing natural gas, he said. | 2019-04-22T17:04:26Z | null | {
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An Artificial Intelligence company that's on a mission to simplify the content generation process in the digital media industry. We are building a semantic content generation engine for next generation writers and bloggers. Our Contentop app is the first step towards bringing artificial intelligence to content writing. | 2019-04-21T08:17:10Z | null | {
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Boundless Weddings' high-end photography expertly balances fine art perfection with relationship storytelling like no other Wedding Photographer Toronto company in GTA Area. Our photos were edited quickly, and in a couple of weeks we were already enjoying the memories from our Special day. Get to know your photographer during a beautiful engagement session. The trash-the-dress photos of a few years ago can be evolved into beautiful underwater scenes which are equal parts fantasy and fantastic looking. If you like two photographers equally, pick the one who also offers related services you need for your wedding. Hire a professional Wedding Photographer Toronto with 00 years experience for a full day or just for few hours. Andrew Molchanov Photography also offers decorative crystal cover photograph albums so that you can display your memories in style. I use exactly the same colour grading process for photography which allows me to match the look of your final photos. He reached out to us on several occasions leading up to the wedding to have a friendly check-in and offered us any support or advice he could give, which went beyond the role of "Wedding Photographer Toronto". Andrew only takes a limited number of weddings each year in order to provide the highest level of focus, creativity, and service to his clients. As essential as it is to have timeless photos, it is also important to capture your unique personality as a couple, reflecting your intimacy, true love, and natural beauty. My studio is located in Toronto's Riverside area, and we provide wedding photography services all over the GTA and surrounding areas. I work with my clients to make Photography it as fun and stress-free as possible, while we aim to capture unique pictures. I create special connections with our clients and will be there for you all the way. | 2019-04-21T09:35:55Z | null | {
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For those who just can't get enough power from other luxury supercars on the market, consider the Zenvo ST-0 from Denmark. This luxury supercar has everything the enthusiast wants. Everything on the car is chosen by the customer. This vehicle is a 000 percent, pure Danish vehicle. Everything from design to manufacture is done in Denmark. Customers can go through only one dealer in the United States to get this car, which has a price tag of $0.0 million. Empirio Motor Group of New York City will fly buyers to the Zenvo factory in Denmark. Here, customers will choose every option from interior styling to color and wheels. The vehicle is then constructed to the exact specifications of the customer and then brought back to the US via plane. To date, there are only three of these vehicles in the country, and only 00 of these models is expected to be manufactured. The ST-0 has a 00-valve, 0 cylinder engine coupled with a six-speed manual transmission powered to the rear wheels. This sleek vehicle will get you from 0 to 00mph in only 0.0 seconds. That's roughly 0,000 horses galloping through your veins! In keeping with the racing appearance of the vehicle, the tires are 00 inches in the front and 00 inches in the rear. This vehicle weighs 0000kg, or just over 0000 pounds. You only get 000mm of ground clearance with the Zenvo ST-0, so it's best not to take out on bumpy roads. Of course, the double wishbone suspension will help absorb and variations in the road. Inside the vehicle you will find nothing short of what you would expect for almost 0 million dollars. Airbags, check. Cruise control, check. Electronic analog instrument panel, check. Leather everything, check. G-force meter, check. What more could you possibly want? A theft system? That's included as well. Nothing is forgotten on this super vehicle. With only three in the US currently and only 00 to be made, maybe you will be lucky enough to see one someday. | 2019-04-20T06:42:35Z | null | {
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GLENWOOD W. BURLEY | 00/00/0000, 0 a.m. My compliments to Free Press writer Jeremy Lazarus for his excellent article on Chief Alfred Durham. There is no secret I proclaim the highest admiration for Chief Durham. So, how did the Richmond community play a role in his decision to retire? We took him for granted, not appreciating the depth and capacity of his devotion, care and commitment to the people. We have lost the finest chief ever to command our Police Department. We allowed him to slip away because we collectively didn't support and praise him. I am quite frankly upset that City Councilwoman Reva Trammell was publicly quoted saying, in part, that Chief Durham was insignificant in our city - that he was "just the chief" and not out on the front lines with the officers. Her statement was elementary, shallow and hurtful. On many Saturdays, and some Sundays after he went to church, you would find Chief Durham at his desk - the only employee in the entire Police Headquarters - trying to catch up on paperwork in the silence, nibbling on a three-inch cigar. The last four years of enhancements of the Police Department, and its more efficient operations that are reflected in the officers working the streets, are specifically credited to Chief Durham. The chief is ever-present throughout this city, flying a flag of positive public relations. His office was the streets and the projects that were rampant, at times, with violence. His presence ushered calm, reassurance to all fearful of when and where the next bullets would strike down another child. Most citizens and public officials have no comprehension of the qualities that lie within Chief Durham's heart. I do. A Marine, the chief, who wore his uniform with immaculate neatness, had a trait of compassion. As he retired to rest at night, the darkness knew his thoughts and hopes for another homicide-free night. Chief Durham also was passionate for the morale and safety of his officers. Councilwoman Trammell owes Chief Durham a public apology. City residents should write to Chief Durham, share their appreciation, wish him good health and tell him what a good chief he has been for this great city. The writer is a retired Richmond Police Department patrolman. | 2019-04-20T04:53:56Z | null | {
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One of the best things about the aftermath of the second task was that everybody was very keen to hear details of what had happened down in the lake, which meant that Ron was getting to share Harry's limelight for once. Harry noticed that Ron's version of events changed subtly with every retelling. At first, he gave what seemed to be the truth; it tallied with Hermione's story, anyway - Dumbledore had put all the hostages into a bewitched sleep in Professor McGonagall's office, first assuring them that they would be quite safe, and would awake when they were back above the water. One week later, however, Ron was telling a thrilling tale of kidnap in which he struggled single-handedly against fifty heavily armed merpeople who had to beat him into submission before tying him up. "But I had my wand hidden up my sleeve," he assured Padma Patil, who seemed to be a lot keener on Ron now that he was getting so much attention and was making a point of talking to him every time they passed in the corridors. "I could've taken those mer-idiots any time I wanted. " "What were you going to do, snore at them?" said Hermione waspishly. People had been teasing her so much about being the thing that Viktor Krum would most miss that she was in a rather tetchy mood. Ron's ears went red, and thereafter, he reverted to the bewitched sleep version of events. As they entered March the weather became drier, but cruel winds skinned their hands and faces every time they went out onto the grounds. There were delays in the post because the owls kept being blown off course. The brown owl that Harry had sent to Sirius with the dates of the Hogsmeade weekend turned up at breakfast on Friday morning with half its feathers sticking up the wrong way; Harry had no sooner torn off Sirius's reply than it took flight, clearly afraid it was going to be sent outside again. Sirius's letter was almost as short as the previous one. "He hasn't come back to Hogsmeade?" said Ron incredulously. "It looks like it, doesn't it?" said Hermione. "I can't believe him," said Harry tensely, "if he's caught. . . " "Made it so far, though, hasn't he?" said Ron. "And it's not like the place is swarming with dementors anymore. " Harry folded up the letter, thinking. If he was honest with himself, he really wanted to see Sirius again. He therefore approached the final lesson of the afternoon - double Potions - feeling considerably more cheerful than he usually did when descending the steps to the dungeons. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were standing in a huddle outside the classroom door with Pansy Parkinson's gang of Slytherin girls. All of them were looking at something Harry couldn't see and sniggering heartily. Pansys pug-like face peered excitedly around Goyle's broad back as Harry, Ron, and Hermione approached. "There they are, there they are!" she giggled, and the knot of Slytherins broke apart. Harry saw that Pansy had a magazine in her hands - Witch Weekly. The moving picture on the front showed a curly-haired witch who was smiling toothily and pointing at a large sponge cake with her wand. "You might find something to interest you in there, Granger!" Pansy said loudly, and she threw the magazine at Hermione, who caught it, looking startled. At that moment, the dungeon door opened, and Snape beckoned them all inside. Miss Granger, a plain but ambitious girl, seems to have a taste for famous wizards that Harry alone cannot satisfy. Since the arrival at Hogwarts of Viktor Krum, Bulgarian Seeker and hero of the last World Quidditch Cup, Miss Granger has been toying with both boys' affections. Krum, who is openly smitten with the devious Miss Granger, has already invited her to visit him in Bulgaria over the summer holidays, and insists that he has "never felt this way about any other girl. " However, it might not be Miss Granger's doubtful natural charms that have captured these unfortunate boys' interest. "She's really ugly," says Pansy Parkinson, a pretty and vivacious fourth-year student, "but she'd be well up to making a Love Potion, she's quite brainy. I think that's how she's doing it. " "I told you!" Ron hissed at Hermione as she stared down at the article. "I told you not to annoy Rita Skeeter! She's made you out to be some sort of- of scarlet woman!" Hermione stopped looking astonished and snorted with laughter. "Scarlet woman?" she repeated, shaking with suppressed giggles as she looked around at Ron. "If that's the best Rita can do, she's losing her touch," said Hermione, still giggling, as she threw Witch Weekly onto the empty chair beside her. "What a pile of old rubbish. " "There's something funny, though," said Hermione ten minutes later, holding her pestle suspended over a bowl of scarab beetles. "How could Rita Skeeter have known. . . ?" "Don't be stupid," Hermione snapped, starting to pound up her beetles again. "No, it's just. . . how did she know Viktor asked me to visit him over the summer?" "What?" said Ron, dropping his pestle with a loud clunk. "He asked me right after he'd pulled me out of the lake. " Hermione muttered. "After he'd got rid of his shark's head. Madam Pomfrey gave us both blankets and then he sort of pulled me away from the judges so they wouldn't hear, and he said, if I wasn't doing anything over the summer, would I like to -" "And he did say he'd never felt the same way about anyone else," Hermione went on, going so red now that Harry could almost feel the heat coming from her, "but how could Rita Skeeter have heard him? She wasn't there. . . or was she? Maybe she has got an Invisibility Cloak; maybe she sneaked onto the grounds to watch the second task. . . . " "Well, I was too busy seeing whether you and Harry were okay to -" "Fascinating though your social life undoubtedly is. Miss Granger," said an icy voice right behind them, and all three of them jumped, "I must ask you not to discuss it in my class. Ten points from Gryffindor. " "Ah. . . reading magazines under the table as well?" Snape added, snatching up the copy of Witch Weekly. "A further ten points from Gryffindor. . . oh but of course. . . " Snape's black eyes glittered as they fell on Rita Skeeter's article. "Potter has to keep up with his press cuttings. . . . " The dungeon rang with the Slytherins' laughter, and an unpleasant smile curled Snape's thin mouth. To Harry's fury, he began to read the article aloud. "'Harry Potter's Secret Heartache. . . dear, dear. Potter, what's ailing you now? 'A boy like no other, perhaps. . . '" "'. . . Harry Potter's well-wishers must hope that, next time, he bestows his heart upon a worthier candidate. ' How very touching," sneered Snape, rolling up the magazine to continued gales of laughter from the Slytherins. "Well, I think I had better separate the three of you, so you can keep your minds on your potions rather than on your tangled love lives. Weasley, you stay here. Miss Granger, over there, beside Miss Parkinson. Potter - that table in front of my desk. Move. Now. " "All this press attention seems to have inflated your already over-large head. Potter," said Snape quietly, once the rest of the class had settled down again. "You might be laboring under the delusion that the entire wizarding world is impressed with you," Snape went on, so quietly that no one else could hear him (Harry continued to pound his scarab beetles, even though he had already reduced them to a very fine powder), "but I don't care how many times your picture appears in the papers. To me. Potter, you are nothing but a nasty little boy who considers rules to be beneath him. " "So I give you fair warning, Potter," Snape continued in a sorter and more dangerous voice, "pint-sized celebrity or not - if I catch you breaking into my office one more time -" "Don't lie to me," Snape hissed, his fathomless black eyes boring into Harry's. "Boomslang skin. Gillyweed. Both come from my private stores, and I know who stole them. " "You were out of bed on the night my office was broken into!" Snape hissed. "I know it. Potter! Now, Mad-Eye Moody might have joined your fan club, but I will not tolerate your behavior! One more nighttime stroll into my office, Potter, and you will pay!" "Right," said Harry coolly, turning back to his ginger roots. "I'll bear that in mind if I ever get the urge to go in there. " "Do you know what this is. Potter?" Snape said, his eyes glittering dangerously again. "No," said Harry, with complete honesty this time. "It is Veritaserum - a Truth Potion so powerful that three drops would have you spilling your innermost secrets for this entire class to hear," said Snape viciously. "Now, the use of this potion is controlled by very strict Ministry guidelines. But unless you watch your step, you might just find that my hand slips" - he shook the crystal bottle slightly - "right over your evening pumpkin juice. And then. Potter. . . then we'll find out whether you've been in my office or not. " Harry said nothing. He turned back to his ginger roots once more, picked up his knife, and started slicing them again. He didn't like the sound of that Truth Potion at all, nor would he put it past Snape to slip him some. He repressed a shudder at the thought of what might come spilling out of his mouth if Snape did it. . . quite apart from landing a whole lot of people in trouble - Hermione and Dobby for a start - there were all the other things he was concealing. . . like the fact that he was in contact with Sirius. . . and - his insides squirmed at the thought - how he felt about Cho. . . . He tipped his ginger roots into the cauldron too, and wondered whether he ought to take a leaf out of Moody's book and start drinking only from a private hip flask. "Enter," said Snape in his usual voice. "We need to talk," said Karkaroff abruptly when he had reached Snape. He seemed so determined that nobody should hear what he was saying that he was barely opening his lips; it was as though he were a rather poor ventriloquist. Harry kept his eyes on his ginger roots, listening hard. "I'll talk to you after my lesson, Karkaroff," Snape muttered, but Karkaroff interrupted him. "I want to talk now, while you can't slip off, Severus. You've been avoiding me. " "After the lesson," Snape snapped. "What's so urgent?" he heard Snape hiss at Karkaroff. "This," said Karkaroff, and Harry, peering around the edge of his cauldron, saw Karkaroff pull up the left-hand sleeve of his robe and show Snape something on his inner forearm. "Well?" said Karkaroff, still making every effort not to move his lips. "Do you see? It's never been this clear, never since -" "Put it away!" snarled Snape, his black eyes sweeping the classroom. "But you must have noticed -" Karkaroff began in an agitated voice. "We can talk later, Karkaroff!" spat Snape. "Potter! What are you doing?" "Clearing up my armadillo bile, Professor," said Harry innocently, straightening up and showing Snape the sodden rag he was holding. Harry had never been in this direction before. The winding lane was leading them out into the wild countryside around Hogsmeade. The cottages were fewer here, and their gardens larger; they were walking toward the foot of the mountain in whose shadow Hogsmeade lay. Then they turned a corner and saw a stile at the end of the lane. Waiting for them, its front paws on the topmost bar, was a very large, shaggy black dog, which was carrying some newspapers in its mouth and looking very familiar. . . . "Hello, Sirius," said Harry when they had reached him. "Chicken!" he said hoarsely after removing the old Daily Prophets from his mouth and throwing them down onto the cave floor. "Thanks," said Sirius, opening it, grabbing a drumstick, sitting down on the cave floor, and tearing off a large chunk with his teeth. "I've been living off rats mostly. Can't steal too much food from Hogsmeade; I'd draw attention to myself. " "What're you doing here, Sirius?" he said. "Fulfilling my duty as godfather," said Sirius, gnawing on the chicken bone in a very doglike way. "Don't worry about it, I'm pretending to be a lovable stray. " He was still grinning, but seeing the anxiety in Harry's face, said more seriously, "I want to be on the spot. Your last letter. . . well, let's just say things are getting fishier. I've been stealing the paper every time someone throws one out, and by the looks of things, I'm not the only one who's getting worried. " "What if they catch you? What if you're seen?" "You three and Dumbledore are the only ones around here who know I'm an Animagus," said Sirius, shrugging, and continuing to devour the chicken leg. Harry scanned the story about Crouch. Phrases jumped out at him: hasn't been seen in public since November. . . house appears deserted. . . St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries decline comment. . . Ministry refuses to confirm rumors of critical illness. . . . "They're making it sound like he's dying," said Harry slowly. "But he can't be that ill if he managed to get up here. . . . " "My brothers Crouch's personal assistant," Ron informed Sirius. "He says Crouch is suffering from overwork. " "Mind you, he did look ill, last time I saw him up close," said Harry slowly, still reading the story. "The night my name came out of the goblet. . . . " "Getting his comeuppance for sacking Winky, isn't he?" said Hermione, an edge to her voice. She was stroking Buckbeak, who was crunching up Sirius's chicken bones. "I bet he wishes he hadn't done it now - bet he feels the difference now she's not there to look after him. " "Hermione's obsessed with house-elfs," Ron muttered to Sirius, casting Hermione a dark look. Sirius, however, looked interested. "Yeah, at the Quidditch World Cup," said Harry, and he launched into the story of the Dark Mark's appearance, and Winky being found with Harry's wand clutched in her hand, and Mr. Crouch's fury. When Harry had finished, Sirius was on his feet again and had started pacing up and down the cave. "Let me get this straight," he said after a while, brandishing a fresh chicken leg. "You first saw the elfin the Top Box. She was saving Crouch a seat, right?" "Right," said Harry, Ron, and Hermione together. "But Crouch didn't turn up for the match?" "No," said Harry. "I think he said he'd been too busy. " Sirius paced all around the cave in silence. Then he said, "Harry, did you check your pockets for your wand after you'd left the Top Box?" "Erm. . . " Harry thought hard. "No," he said finally. "I didn't need to use it before we got in the forest. And then I put my hand in my pocket, and all that was in there were my Omnioculars. " He stared at Sirius. "Are you saying whoever conjured the Mark stole my wand in the Top Box?" "Winky didn't steal that wand!" Hermione insisted. "The elf wasn't the only one in that box," said Sirius, his brow furrowed as he continued to pace. "Who else was sitting behind you?" "Loads of people," said Harry. "Some Bulgarian ministers. . . Cornelius Fudge. . . the Malfoys. . . " "The Malfoys!" said Ron suddenly, so loudly that his voice echoed all around the cave, and Buckbeak tossed his head nervously. "I bet it was Lucius Malfoy!" "Yes, there was, there was Ludo Bagman," Hermione reminded him. "I don't know anything about Bagman except that he used to be Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps," said Sirius, still pacing. "What's he like?" "He's okay," said Harry. "He keeps offering to help me with the Triwizard Tournament. " "Does he, now?" said Sirius, frowning more deeply. "I wonder why he'd do that?" "Says he's taken a liking to me," said Harry. "Hmm," said Sirius, looking thoughtful. "We saw him in the forest just before the Dark Mark appeared," Hermione told Sirius. "Remember?" she said to Harry and Ron. "Yeah, but he didn't stay in the forest, did he?" said Ron. "The moment we told him about the riot, he went off to the campsite. " "How d'you know?" Hermione shot back. "How d'you know where he Disapparated to?" "Come off it," said Ron incredulously. "Are you saying you reckon Ludo Bagman conjured the Dark Mark?" "It's more likely he did it than Winky," said Hermione stubbornly. "Told you," said Ron, looking meaningfully at Sirius, "told you she's obsessed with house -" "When the Dark Mark had been conjured, and the elf had been discovered holding Harry's wand, what did Crouch do?" "Went to look in the bushes," said Harry, "but there wasn't anyone else there. " "Of course," Sirius muttered, pacing up and down, "of course, he'd want to pin it on anyone but his own elf. . . and then he sacked her?" "Yes," said Hermione in a heated voice, "he sacked her, just because she hadn't stayed in her tent and let herself get trampled -" "Hermione, will you give it a rest with the elf!" said Ron. Sirius shook his head and said, "She's got the measure of Crouch better than you have, Ron. If you want to know what a mans like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. " "All these absences of Barty Crouch's. . . he goes to the trouble of making sure his house-elf saves him a seat at the Quidditch World Cup, but doesn't bother to turn up and watch. He works very hard to reinstate the Triwizard Tournament, and then stops coming to that too. . . . It's not like Crouch. If he's ever taken a day off work because of illness before this, I'll eat Buckbeak. " "D'you know Crouch, then?" said Harry. "Oh I know Crouch all right," he said quietly. "He was the one who gave the order for me to be sent to Azkaban - without a trial. " "No, I'm not," said Sirius, taking another great bite of chicken. "Crouch used to be Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, didn't you know?" "He was tipped for the next Minister of Magic," said Sirius. "He's a great wizard, Barty Crouch, powerfully magical - and power-hungry. Oh never a Voldemort supporter," he said, reading the look on Harry's face. "No, Barty Crouch was always very outspoken against the Dark Side. But then a lot of people who were against the Dark Side. . . well, you wouldn't understand. . . you're too young. . . . " "That's what my dad said at the World Cup," said Ron, with a trace of irritation in his voice. "Try us, why don't you?" "All right, I'll try you. . . . " He walked once up the cave, back again, and then said, "Imagine that Voldemort's powerful now. You don't know who his supporters are, you don't know who's working for him and who isn't; you know he can control people so that they do terrible things without being able to stop themselves. You're scared for yourself, and your family, and your friends. Every week, news comes of more deaths, more disappearances, more torturing. . . the Ministry of Magic's in disarray, they don't know what to do, they're trying to keep everything hidden from the Muggles, but meanwhile, Muggles are dying too. Terror everywhere. . . panic. . . confusion. . . that's how it used to be. "Well, times like that bring out the best in some people and the worst in others. Crouch's principles might've been good in the beginning - I wouldn't know. He rose quickly through the Ministry, and he started ordering very harsh measures against Voldemort's supporters. The Aurors were given new powers - powers to kill rather than capture, for instance. And I wasn't the only one who was handed straight to the dementors without trial. Crouch fought violence with violence, and authorized the use of the Unforgivable Curses against suspects. I would say he became as ruthless and cruel as many on the Dark Side. He had his supporters, mind you - plenty of people thought he was going about things the right way, and there were a lot of witches and wizards clamoring for him to take over as Minister of Magic. When Voldemort disappeared, it looked like only a matter of time until Crouch got the top job. But then something rather unfortunate happened. . . . " Sirius smiled grimly. "Crouch's own son was caught with a group of Death Eaters who'd managed to talk their way out of Azkaban. Apparently they were trying to find Voldemort and return him to power. " "Crouch's son was caught?" gasped Hermione. "Yep," said Sirius, throwing his chicken bone to Buckbeak, flinging himself back down on the ground beside the loaf of bread, and tearing it in half. "Nasty little shock for old Barty, I'd I magine. Should have spent a bit more time at home with his family, shouldn't he? Ought to have left the office early once in a while. . . gotten to know his own son. " "Was his son a Death Eater?" said Harry. "No idea," said Sirius, still stuffing down bread. "I was in Azkaban myself when he was brought in. This is mostly stuff I've found out since I got out. The boy was definitely caught in the company of people I'd bet my life were Death Eaters - but he might have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, just like the house-elf. " "Did Crouch try and get his son off?" Hermione whispered. "Crouch let his son off? I thought you had the measure of him, Hermione! Anything that threatened to tarnish his reputation had to go; he had dedicated his whole life to becoming Minister of Magic. You saw him dismiss a devoted house-elf because she associated him with the Dark Mark again - doesn't that tell you what he's like? Crouch's fatherly affection stretched just far enough to give his son a trial, and by all accounts, it wasn't much more than an excuse for Crouch to show how much he hated the boy. . . then he sent him straight to Azkaban. " "He gave his own son to the dementors?" asked Harry quietly. "That's right," said Sirius, and he didn't look remotely amused now. "I saw the dementors bringing him in, watched them through the bars in my cell door. He can't have been more than nineteen. They took him into a cell near mine. He was screaming for his mother by nightfall. He went quiet after a few days, though. . . they all went quiet in the end. . . except when they shrieked in their sleep. . . . " "So he's still in Azkaban?" Harry said. "No," said Sirius dully. "No, he's not in there anymore. He died about a year after they brought him in. " "He wasn't the only one," said Sirius bitterly. "Most go mad in there, and plenty stop eating in the end. They lose the will to live. You could always tell when a death was coming, because the dementors could sense it, they got excited. That boy looked pretty sickly when he arrived. Crouch being an important Ministry member, he and his wife were allowed a deathbed visit. That was the last time I saw Barty Crouch, half carrying his wife past my cell. She died herself, apparently, shortly afterward. Grief. Wasted away just like the boy. Crouch never came for his son's body. The dementors buried him outside the fortress; I watched them do it. " "So old Crouch lost it all, just when he thought he had it made," he continued, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. "One moment, a hero, poised to become Minister of Magic. . . next, his son dead, his wife dead, the family name dishonored, and, so I've heard since I escaped, a big drop in popularity. Once the boy had died, people started feeling a bit more sympathetic toward the son and started asking how a nice young lad from a good family had gone so badly astray. The conclusion was that his father never cared much for him. So Cornelius Fudge got the top job, and Crouch was shunted sideways into the Department of International Magical Cooperation. " "Moody says Crouch is obsessed with catching Dark wizards," Harry told Sirius. "Yeah, I've heard it's become a bit of a mania with him," said Sirius, nodding. "If you ask me, he still thinks he can bring back the old popularity by catching one more Death Eater. " "And he sneaked up here to search Snape's office!" said Ron triumphantly, looking at Hermione. "Yes, and that doesn't make sense at all," said Sirius. "Yeah, it does!" said Ron excitedly, but Sirius shook his head. "Listen, if Crouch wants to investigate Snape, why hasn't he been coming to judge the tournament? It would be an ideal excuse to make regular visits to Hogwarts and keep an eye on him. " "So you think Snape could be up to something, then?" asked Harry, but Hermione broke in. "Look, I don't care what you say, Dumbledore trusts Snape -" "Oh give it a rest, Hermione," said Ron impatiently. "I know Dumbledores brilliant and everything, but that doesn't mean a really clever Dark wizard couldn't fool him -" "Why did Snape save Harry's life in the first year, then? Why didn't he just let him die?" "I dunno - maybe he thought Dumbledore would kick him out-" "What d'you think, Sirius?" Harry said loudly, and Ron and Hermione stopped bickering to listen. "I think they've both got a point," said Sirius, looking thoughtfully at Ron and Hermione. "Ever since I found out Snape was teaching here, I've wondered why Dumbledore hired him. Snape's always been fascinated by the Dark Arts, he was famous for it at school. Slimy, oily, greasy-haired kid, he was," Sirius added, and Harry and Ron grinned at each other. "Snape knew more curses when he arrived at school than half the kids in seventh year, and he was part of a gang of Slytherins who nearly all turned out to be Death Eaters. " "Rosier and Wilkes - they were both killed by Aurors the year before Voldemort fell. The Lestranges - they're a married couple - they're in Azkaban. Avery - from what I've heard he wormed his way out of trouble by saying he'd been acting under the Imperius Curse - he's still at large. But as far as I know, Snape was never even accused of being a Death Eater - not that that means much. Plenty of them were never caught. And Snape's certainly clever and cunning enough to keep himself out of trouble. " "Snape knows Karkaroff pretty well, but he wants to keep that quiet," said Ron. "Yeah, you should've seen Snape's face when Karkaroff turned up in Potions yesterday!" said Harry quickly. "Karkaroff wanted to talk to Snape, he says Snape's been avoiding him. Karkaroff looked really worried. He showed Snape something on his arm, but I couldn't see what it was. " He showed Snape something on his arm?" said Sirius, looking frankly bewildered. He ran his fingers distractedly through his filthy hair, then shrugged again. "Well, I've no idea what that's about. . . but if Karkaroff's genuinely worried, and he's going to Snape for answers. . . " "There's still the fact that Dumbledore trusts Snape, and I know Dumbledore trusts where a lot of other people wouldn't, but I just can't see him letting Snape teach at Hogwarts if he'd ever worked for Voldemort. " "Why are Moody and Crouch so keen to get into Snape's office then?" said Ron stubbornly. "Well," said Sirius slowly, "I wouldn't put it past Mad-Eye to have searched every single teacher's office when he got to Hogwarts. He takes his Defense Against the Dark Arts seriously, Moody. I'm not sure he trusts anyone at all, and after the things he's seen, it's not surprising. I'll say this for Moody, though, he never killed if he could help it. Always brought people in alive where possible. He was tough, but he never descended to the level of the Death Eaters. Crouch, though. . . he's a different matter. . . is he really ill? If he is, why did he make the effort to drag himself up to Snape's office? And if he's not. . . what's he up to? What was he doing at the World Cup that was so important he didn't turn up in the Top Box? What's he been doing while he should have been judging the tournament?" "You say your brother's Crouch's personal assistant? Any chance you could ask him if he's seen Crouch lately?" "I can try," said Ron doubtfully. "Better not make it sound like I reckon Crouch is up to anything dodgy, though. Percy loves Crouch. " "And you might try and find out whether they've got any leads on Bertha Jorkins while you're at it," said Sirius, gesturing to the second copy of the Daily Prophet. "Bagman told me they hadn't," said Harry. "Yes, he's quoted in the article in there," said Sirius, nodding at the paper. "Blustering on about how bad Bertha's memory is. Well, maybe she's changed since I knew her, but the Bertha I knew wasn't forgetful at all - quite the reverse. She was a bit dim, but she had an excellent memory for gossip. It used to get her into a lot of trouble; she never knew when to keep her mouth shut. I can see her being a bit of a liability at the Ministry of Magic. . . maybe that's why Bagman didn't bother to look for her for so long. . . . " "It's half past three," said Hermione. "You'd better get back to school," Sirius said, getting to his feet. "Now listen. . . " He looked particularly hard at Harry. "I don't want you lot sneaking out of school to see me, all right? Just send notes to me here. I still want to hear about anything odd. But you're not to go leaving Hogwarts without permission; it would be an ideal opportunity for someone to attack you. " "No one's tried to attack me so far, except a dragon and a couple of grindylows," Harry said, but Sirius scowled at him. "I don't care. . . I'll breathe freely again when this tournament's over, and that's not until June. And don't forget, if you're talking about me among yourselves, call me Snuffles, okay?" He handed Harry the empty napkin and flask and went to pat Buckbeak good-bye. "I'll walk to the edge of the village with you," said Sirius, "see if I can scrounge another paper. " "Wonder if Percy knows all that stuff about Crouch?" Ron said as they walked up the drive to the castle. "But maybe he doesn't care. . . It'd probably just make him admire Crouch even more. Yeah, Percy loves rules. He'd just say Crouch was refusing to break them for his own son. " "Percy would never throw any of his family to the dementors," said Hermione severely. "I don't know," said Ron. "If he thought we were standing in the way of his career. . . Percy's really ambitious, you know. . . . " "Poor old Snuffles," said Ron, breathing deeply. "He must really like you. Harry. . . . Imagine having to live off rats. " | 2019-04-26T01:50:21Z | null | {
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