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Thursday, July 16, 2009
2 surprises in 1 Day.!
I had a nice surprise today. My husband came home early from work and surprised me. We had a beautiful evening. We sat outside and he Barbecued. It was scrumptious. It really was the first time all week that I ate, my cold has finally broke so I should be myself again in a couple of days. I also had another surprise from a girlfriend of mine that I have not seen for fifteen years due to the distance and never been able to get time off, then when I got sick lack of funds just would not allow it. She is coming at the end of August. I am so excited. Years ago I stayed at the YWCA, where I met the nicest bunch of ladies. Most of us were taking courses, some secretarial, I was learning how to be a Computer Programmer. When the course finished it turned out the school was not yet recognized...so poof that was the quickest $2000.00 I had ever spent. However I am glad I took the course because otherwise I would never have met all the girls. We were mostly about 20, most of us the first time away from home. I look back at that life and really do feel it was maybe the funnest time I had ever had. When you are all living in the same building, sharing a kitchen, sharing bathrooms, sharing stories we all got pretty close! I lived there for almost two years on and off until one night it had rained so much that there was a flood and the whole building moved off the foundation. The basement was completely full of water...How is that for luck, and two blocks away where I had been working there was only slight rain..Needless to say I was pretty surprised when I got there and there was a note saying the place was shutdown. So one door closed and another opened...we were moving up in the world into an apartment. That was back in 1983 and our friendship has lasted all these years, usually talking on the phone or emails. Do you have friends that it is like no time has passed and when you finally see each other again it is like no time has passed. I am so excited to see her, her husband and daughter, although I had to promise we would eat earlier in the evening when they are here!So I hope you get to enjoy time with your friends. Remember they are a gift.
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All, I tried to submit an award nomination to gnu.org and it bounced with the attached message. I'm not sure if this is the correct group to address this problem (pun intended). If not, please let me know who and I'll pursue it. Thanks, Tim Daly address@hidden --------------------- (bounced email) ------------------------------- X-Failed-Recipients: address@hidden From: Mail Delivery System <address@hidden> To: address@hidden Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:09:28 -0400 X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.3.1(snapshot 20020109) (mail.idsi.net) X-UIDL: !_b!!!Pn!!+Wm!!<@0!! This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (Exim). A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: save to /com/archive/award-nominations generated by address@hidden (ultimately generated from address@hidden) mailbox /com/archive/award-nominations has wrong uid (0 != 8): retry timeout exceeded ------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------ Return-path: <address@hidden> Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([18.104.22.168]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17nPYV-00080z-00 for address@hidden; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 16:18:15 -0400 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17nPYQ-0001W5-00 for address@hidden; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 16:18:15 -0400 Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([126.96.36.199]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17nPYQ-0001SP-00 for address@hidden; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 16:18:10 -0400 Received: from dialup-220.127.116.11.dial1.stamford1.level3.net ([184.108.40.206] helo=localhost.localdomain) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17nPYB-0003Mc-00; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 13:17:56 -0700 Received: (from address@hidden) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g86K57Y22180; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:05:07 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:05:07 -0400 Message-Id: <address@hidden> From: root <address@hidden> To: address@hidden Cc: address@hidden Subject: William Schelter Reply-to: address@hidden X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=5.0 tests=FROM_NAME_NO_SPACES,RCVD_IN_MULTIHOP_DSBL, X_RCVD_IN_UNCONFIRMED_DSBL,FUDGE_MULTIHOP_RELAY version=2.31 X-Spam-Level: Bill Schelter had a long career working in Free Software. Bill was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written Gnu Common Lisp, made it freely available and ported it to many architectures. GCL has been used widely. It was the original lisp underlying Axiom, a computer algebra system. GCL is available on (http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gcl). He has built Maxima from sources liberated from the Department of Energy. Maxima is an early copy/derivative of Macsyma, an important computer algebra system. Without his efforts Macsyma's research work would be unavailable. Maxima is available on (http://www.ma.utexas.edu/maxima.html). Historical information on (http://www.ma.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2002/001122.html). Of direct interest to this award nomination is the last paragraph: "Dr. Schelter maintained the Maxima system until his untimely death in July, 2001. It was a hard and unexpected blow, but Schelter's obtaining the go ahead to release the source code saved the project and possibly even the Macsyma system itself. A group of users and developers who had been brought together by the email list for Maxima decided to try and form a working open source project around the Maxima system, rather than let it fade -- which is where we are today." He contributed to Emacs including support for GDB but references can be found in the Emacs source tree (e.g. dbl.el, gcl.el, smart-complete.el, sshell.el, ansi-doc.el, bookmode.el). Over and above his public efforts Bill embodied the spirit of Free software. He contributed his skills and code to many people and projects that were not his own. My particular experience is with his contributions to Axiom. The primary side effect was to motivate other people to follow his example, including myself. Tim Daly address@hidden
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The rapid sales growth in WITTMANN materials drying and conveying units has led to the establishment of this third sheet metal forming department, based in Vienna where the most complex parts are now manufactured.
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Sayle Away on a Snowflake with Shakespeare, Poetry Friday and Robert's Snow
Poetry Friday is here and with it my last feature of a Robert's Snow snowflake and artist. These weeks have been a tremendous feast of visual delights and creativity. I can't get over how beautiful each snowflake is. Just like a real snowflake, no two are alike and this one, "Titania's Flowery Bed" is no exception. It's based on Victorian lullaby and it features a sleepy little fairy.
Today, I'm featuring Elizabeth Sayles, who has illustrated more than 20 books for children. Her latest book is "The Goldfish Yawned" (Henry Holt) and it is the first book that she wrote as well as illustrated. It is a winner of the Bank Street College Best Childrens Book, 2005. She also illustrated "I Already Know I Love You" written by Billy Crystal which was a NY Times #1 best selling picture book.
Her Titania made me think of Shakespeare and A Midsummer Night's Dream so my Poetry Friday offering is Elizabeth Sayles, her magical snowflake and Shakespeare. Makes a nice trio, doesn't it?
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight;
William Shakespeare, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scene 1
Liz was kind enough to send me a long email telling me all about what inspired her snowflake, how she came to Robert's Snow and a bit about herself.
"My Snowflake -- Titania's Flowery Bed -- was inspired by a book that I just illustrated called "Mother's Song." It is a Victorian lullaby and many fairies have found their way into the art. Some are fishing for pearls, or dancing on a spider's thread, or escorting the Queen over the River bridge. This little fairy seemed to fit pretty well in the snowflake, which is actually a flower. "Mother's Song," which was adapted by Ellin Green, will be published in Spring '08 by Clarion Books.
The fairy, somehow wound up looking an awful lot like my daughter, Jessica. I see it now when I look at it, but was not aware of it when I was painting it.
I usually work in pastel... but I have been incorporating acrylic paints in my work lately and this snowflake was mostly painted using acrylics.
In the summer of 2005 Grace had asked me to do a snowflake for the first Robert's Snow auction. I was so impressed by her, and her concept and energy. Most of us are paralyzed when someone we love is sick, at least I am. I can only think of how to get through the day, but Grace put all that anxiety into hopeful action. So I was happy to do it. Last year I was too busy, so I was more than happy to do it again this year, especially in light of the fact that Grace lost her husband in August.
One of my favorite books is "Five Little Kittens" (a New Public Library 100 Books for Reading and Sharing Selection) My artwork has been on display at the Society of Illustrators in NYC, The New York Public Library, The Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio, Every Picture Tells a Story gallery in Los Angeles and Chemers Gallery in Orange County, CA. I am an adjunct professor of Illustration at the School of Visual Arts in NYC."
Liz Sayles is one busy woman! Along with all her work, she has a website and a blog that feature her delectable art. snowflake and others at the Robert's Snow online auction. . I fell in love with her work and it's dreamy, soft feel.
Getting to know about artists like Liz and discovering their art has made this experience a joyful and fulfilling one. Please visit the Robert's Snow Online Auction and bid often for these selfless and thoughtful pieces of themselves the artists share. Each snowflake, the work creating them and the stories behind them are worth far more than will ever be fetched at auction.
Poetry Friday's round-up is at the place it began, Big A, little a.
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Statement from PA Dept. of Ag. on the murder of 80 dogs
"The recent shooting of 80 dogs at two Berks County kennels is saddening. The decision by commercial breeders to kill healthy dogs instead of paying to repair a kennel and seek veterinary care is alarming, and will likely outrage many people. Unfortunately, the killing of the dogs was legal under current Pennsylvania law.
"The two kennels involved have both voluntarily closed, but until our state's outdated dog law is changed kennel owners may continue to kill their dogs for any reason they see fit, even if it is simply to save money. We can't afford to wait any longer to pass legislation that would ban commercial kennel owners from killing their dogs.
"House Bill 2525, introduced in May, would allow only veterinarians to euthanize dogs in commercial breeding kennels. The bill would strengthen current dog laws and provide better standards for the health and safety of dogs in commercial breeding kennels without burdening other types of kennels that house dogs. The legislature has an opportunity to pass this important legislation this fall, and they should -- as doing so will assure that this activity will be illegal in PA commercial breeding kennels moving forward."
Rather than seek medical attention for dogs suffering from fleas and fly sores, kennel owners Ammon and Elmer Zimmerman of Kutztown shot all 80 of their dogs to save costs. The Zimmermans, owners of A&J Kennel and E&A Kennel, voluntarily surrendered their licenses on July 29 after killing the dogs.
Dog wardens inspected E&A Kennel on July 24, noting several violations for kennel sanitation and maintenance. Wardens also noted fleas and fly sores on 39 of the dogs and ordered veterinary checks. Wardens issued four citations for violations and planned to confirm the veterinary checks during a follow-up inspection. The wardens were notified on July 29 that the owners of both kennels chose to destroy the dogs and dismantle the kennels.
News Articles:
Maxatawny Township kennel owners kill 80 dogs rather than seek treatment:
Thoughts on Paws: Maxatawny's Zimmerman brothers should be shot for killing dogs
PETITION: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/pa-kennel-owner-shoots...
INFORMATION on the House Bill 2525:
PA Puppy Mill Owners Shoot & Kill 80 Dogs
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Elmer Zimmerman, of Kutztown, shot 70 dogs after a July 24 inspection, officials of the state Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement said. His brother, Ammon Zimmerman, operator of a kennel next door, shot 10 dogs, officials said.
Wardens had ordered 39 dogs checked for flea and fly bites. They also issued citations for extreme heat, insufficient bedding and floors dogs' feet could fall through.
Elmer Zimmerman told The Philadelphia Inquirer he feared the state was trying to close his kennel, and said a veterinarian recommended destroying the dogs.
"They were old, and we were hearing that they don't want kennels anymore," he said. "The best thing to do was get rid of them."
Ammon Zimmerman told a reporter the decision to destroy the dogs was "none of your business."
State law allows owners to put dogs down by shooting them, though Gov. Ed Rendell is trying to change that. He backs legislation pending in the state Legislature that would only allow veterinarians to euthanize dogs in commercial kennels.
"It's horrible, but it's legal," Jessie Smith, special deputy secretary of the dog-law bureau, said of the shootings.
"That someone would shoot 70 dogs rather than spend money to do a vet check is extremely problematic," Smith said.
Ken Brandt, lobbyist for the Pennsylvania Professional Dog Breeders' Association, said the group didn't support the operators' actions. He said there were other ways to resolve the situation, "like in a court."
The breeders could have turned the dogs over to rescue groups, said Howard Nelson, chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
"Every humane society in the state would have taken those dogs," Nelson said.
The two men surrendered their kennel licenses. Elmer Zimmerman pleaded guilty to four charges of violating the dog law, Smith said.
Please say a prayer for the victims of yesterday's fire in Philadelphia (Conshohocken)
Pets that were rescued by fire fighters were taken to the SPCA for the owners to re-claim and owners & pets are being put up in hotels together.
from local news reports:
"Many of the residents who streamed into the firehouse - arriving on school buses or in their own cars - owned pets. Authorities said the rescued but unidentified animals were being housed at a local SPCA shelter. Officials were making sure people with pets could stay at hotels that accommodated them."
Kyle Aaron, 29, was driving home with his girlfriend when he saw his building on fire. After he arrived, he could do nothing but watch as the blaze crept closer toward his own apartment— and worry about his dog, an 11-year-old blond Corgi named Elvis.
After hours of anxiety, a firefighter called his cell phone about 3 a.m.—Aaron thinks the number must have been on Elvis' dog tag—with the good news that the animal was fine.
"We could sleep once we got him," Aaron said. "I honestly don't know how they got him. ... You get your loved ones and life goes on."
NO pet should be cloned, let alone a pit bull
I would have much less of a problem with this incredibly selfish woman if she had paid a lot of money to buy a top of the line pit bull puppy. But to CREATE five pit bull puppies is beyond comprehension.
Cloning only replicates the DNA and not the environmental factors and influences that shape an animal's personality. You can't clone the bond between a pet and the person who loved and nurtured it over the pet's lifetime.
Woman pays $50,000 to clone beloved pit bull
The Associated Press
He died in 2006, but now he's back — at least in clone form, after the birth last week of puppies replicated by a South Korean company.
"Yes, I know you! You know me too!" McKinney cried joyfully Tuesday, hugging the puppy clones as they slept with one of their two surrogate mothers, both Korean mixed breed dogs, in a Seoul laboratory. "It's a miracle."
The five clones were created by Seoul-based RNL Bio in cooperation with a team of Seoul National University scientists who in 2005 created the world's first cloned dog, a male Afghan hound named Snuppy.
It is headed by Lee Byeong-chun, a former colleague of disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk, whose purported breakthroughs in stem cell research were revealed as fake. Independent tests, however, proved the team's dog cloning was genuine.
Lee's team has since cloned some 30 dogs and five wolves but claims Booger's clones, for which McKinney paid $50,000, are the first successful commercial cloning of a canine.
The procedure, which costs up to $150,000, is drawing criticism from animal rights groups, which oppose cloning pets.
"It's fraught with animal welfare concerns, and it does not bring back a loved one," said Martin Stephens, vice president for animal research issues at The Humane Society of The United States, based in Washington.
"A dead animal's DNA does not guarantee the offspring will be identical to the deceased. It takes more than just genes to create an animal," said Stephens.
He said the cloning process also subjects hundreds of dogs and cats to invasive procedures as egg donors and surrogates. According to a report released by The Humane Society in May, 3,656 cloned embryos, 319 egg donors and 214 surrogates were used to produce just five cloned dogs and 11 cloned cats who were able to survive 30 days past birth.
There are millions of homeless dogs and cats in the U.S., Stephens said, and "we don't need new sources to compete with animal shelters and reputable breeders."
Ra Jeong-chan, company head of RNL Bio, said his firm eventually aims to clone about 300 dogs per year and is also interested in duplicating camels for customers in the Middle East.
Francisvale Home for Smaller Animals rejects adoption application from cancer survivor
Here is the link to previous comments about the problems at Francisvale.
Francisvale discriminatory to cancer survivor.
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Commissioning a new piece of music is creating the opportunity to have a work specifically composed with the needs and abilities of your group in mind. A commission not only allows the talents of your group to shine through, but may also be a way to celebrate a special occasion.
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BeGOOD is an umbrella project, focused on the ethical and societal dimensions of the early intervention paradigm where it intersects with psychiatry, mental health and child development. BeGOOD comprises distinct but overlapping studies, which will cumulatively enrich understanding in the following areas: political, ethical and scientific dimensions of early intervention into children's moral development; young people's experiences of and moral reasoning about early intervention strategies and programmes; and ethical and social impacts of prenatal early intervention, particularly around epigenetic theories, motherhood and mothering practices. The project is highly interdisciplinary, bringing together expertise in empirical ethics, developmental psychopathology, anthropology, and neuroscience. We have a core commitment to involving young people in our research, as participants, and as collaborators. A key aim of this collaborative work is to develop a set of innovative and scalable tools that will enable better research and understanding of young people's moral experiences, attitudes, and challenges.
The BeGOOD team is uniquely situated within Oxford Psychiatry and Neuroscience. We build collaborative research relationships with scientists and clinicians while maintaining a critical perspective and a portfolio of independent research projects. We have formal affiliations and conduct research and training activities, with the Oxford Uehiro Centre in the Department of Philosophy and The Oxford Ethox Centre in the Nuffield Department for Population Health. The BeGOOD team leads the Psy-Ethics education and training platform, which enables activities within the Oxford Health Foundation Trust and engagements with academic and health groups across Oxford.
BeGOOD started in July 2015, so watch this space for news about our developments, aspirations, and accomplishments, as we grow. Many thanks to the Wellcome Trust for the Senior Investigator Award to Professor Ilina Singh, which launched us (2015-2020)!


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S: Brody's Baby Book
FC: Brody Lucas Valdez | January 20, 2006
1: Brody Lucas Valdez Born 1:38 AM January 20, 2006 20.25" long 7 lbs 3 oz
2: Brody's first fan club, the morning of his birth
4: "Twinkle twinkle little star; do you know how loved you are?"
6: "A Baby's Love Is Best Of All" | Brody Lucas Valdez
7: "Babies Are Life's Most Precious Gift"
12: A Baby Is A Bit Of Stardust Blown From Heaven
18: "It's The Little Things In Life That Matter Most"
19: First Birthday
20: "Mommy's dream come true"
22: People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one, And we've just begun, Think I'm gonna have a son.
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"A lot of people have gone further than they believed they were able because someone else thought they could."
As a group, we established early on the need for female engineers to regularly secure perspectives from a trusted advisor. The CIGRE WNUK mentoring program is about matching pairs — a mentee and a mentor — in order to help women in the UK Energy sector navigate the journey to a valued career.
Volunteer mentors include men and women in the industry, mid to senior level, from technical and non-technical domains.
Feedback on the mentoring program has been extremely positive with discussion around career planning, problem solving and improving workplace communication (360°).


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Volante Sliding Robes
Volante sliding Robes offer the benefits of sliding door storage systems over standard hinged doors are well known and have been utilised in Europe for many years. Their space saving characteristics, the ease of access they afford, and their sleek contemporary styling makes them a highly practical solution for the homes of today. The Volante sliding door system follows these principles, helping to solve your storage needs.
Colonial range
Colonial bedrooms offer the widest range of highly attractive furniture designs to make the most of your bedroom. The extensive and carefully thought out range offers a choice of cabinets in various widths allowing for design where traditionally there has been none, doors are complimented by a range of tasteful handles. To add that finishing touch we offer a range of internal fitments and accessories for you to create the perfect storage environment.


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The media is reporting that former Sen. George Mitchell, who handled the Northern Ireland peace process, is being eyed by the Obama administration to be a top diplomatic envoy to the Middle East. In 2001, Mitchell produced a report on the Middle East which recommended that Israel freeze all its settlement activities. Without a freeze, a cessation of violence would be "particularly hard to sustain," he argued. While Mitchell's impending appointment is earning a great deal of praise, the Anti-Defamation League's Abe Foxman complains the diplomat is too fair and balanced for the post:
"Sen. Mitchell is fair. He's been meticulously even-handed," said Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League. "But the fact is, American policy in the Middle East hasn't been 'even handed' — it has been supportive of Israel when it felt Israel needed critical U.S. support."
"So I'm concerned," Foxman continued. "I'm not sure the situation requires that kind of approach in the Middle East."


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We apologize for some technical difficulties we had in uploading today's show. Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the HTC Butterfly s and what this means to a probable revamp of the HTC Droid DNA. We then talk about Nokia and all their tactics to make their July 11th event relevant. Case designers have also leaked the designs of the iPhone 5S and also the affordable iPhone that's also been rumored. iOS 7 for iPad was also revealed on video for those that were curious. We end today's show talking about the hidden menu in iOS 7 that was recently uncovered, and how this menu allows you to do more with iOS 7 than what was intended.
All this and more after the break.
– HTC Butterfly s revealed with better design and specs
– Nokia is all but confirming the EOS for its July 11 event
– Schematics attempt to reveal iPhone 5S, low-cost iPhone dimensions
– iOS 7 for iPad caught on video
– Hidden iOS 7 settings show more enhancements considered
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|Me, Benjamin & Rener Gracie - December, 2012
We conducted two adult seminar sessions and a bullyproof session in the afternoon. I appreciate all the help I received from my assistants and of those students who brought in fruit, water and especially Lisa's world famous spring rolls.
|Rener Gracie Seminar - Lexington, SC 2012
All our self-defense programs are doing well. Our youth and adult Nihon Goshin Aikido classes are well attended and students are progressing nicely. We will be adjusting some of our classes for January, 2013 to accommodate the growth of our student body and the demand for additional training. The Little Samurai classes are doing great and the kids are keeping me on my toes! Our Youth Gracie Jiu-Jitsu classes are growing every month and our Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Combatives classes are as busy as ever. We will be hitting the Master Cycle Classes (blue-belt curriculum) hard starting January, 2013. I want to congratulate all our students who made their Gracie Blue-Belts in 2012 and welcome each of you and many others to the Master Cycle!
I hope everyone enjoys the holidays and has a great 2013!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
See you on the mats.
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El Bonito Michoacan
- Address: 1150 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66102
- Phone: (913) 371-0326
- Web: http://www.bonitomichoacankck.com
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El Bonito Michoacan is a grocery store/bakery/taqueria featuring authentic mexican food. Here you'll find the tastiest and freshest tacos offering a variety of meat and sides. Popular taco choices include carne asada, tongue, cheek, chorizo, and pastor.What's Nearby


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$280.00 – $455.00
Track day at The Ridge Motorsports Park
Standard format, with only 30 riders per session.
Group 1 (Advanced)
- 20 min track session each hour
- For experienced track riders.
Group 2 (Intermediate)
- 20 min track session each hour
- For riders who are new to or with some experience at the race track.
Group 3 (Relaxed)
- 20 min track session each hour
- For riders who are new to or with no experience at the race track.
- We will have mobile techs during this event.
- Find someone with a clipboard who will tech your bike and gear.
- Come to registration with your tech slip signed to check in and receive your helmet sticker.
- Once you are registered you will receive your wristbands which will send you out in the appropriate session.
CC Track Events was created to fulfill a need for educating riders in an environment with limited riders. Track riding is intimidating, full stop. However, it is the safest place to learn how to ride… everyone is going the same direction, the pavement is monitored for debris, there aren't animals, kids and cars to avoid and everyone has the same goal, to learn and improve their riding regardless of their skill level. Our goal is to provide great service, make sure everyone is having fun, being safe and getting the most out of their day. These events are truly special so come join us and see how much you can learn and improve.
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A.C. Lighting Donates a Portion of Sales to Behind the Scenes
December 7, 2017 05:20
Chroma-Q®, a world-renowned brand of premium performance LED lighting solutions, manufactured in North America, presented Behind the Scenes with a donation from the sale of the Color One 100 Series product line. The presentation was made during LDI November 17, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Behind the Scenes is a charitable organization developed to provide financial assistance to entertainment technology industry professionals who are seriously ill or injured or to their surviving family members. Each grant is unique to the recipient and could cover expenses including basic living costs, medical expenses, transportation or funeral costs.
"A.C. Lighting Inc. is delighted to contribute to such an important charity." commented Fred Mikeska, VP Sales. "As a distributor in the entertainment technology industry, we believe that it is important to give back to the community and to help others in need."
Each year, A.C. Lighting Inc. takes a portion of our sales from our popular Color One 100 series product line and donates it to Behind the Scenes in hopes to provide assistance to families in need.
A.C. Lighting, Inc. is a value-added distributor of world-class lighting, associated rigging and video technologies for the theater, film, television, worship, exhibition and commercial markets. A.C. Lighting Inc. is the exclusive North American distributor for premiere brands including Chroma-Q®LED lighting, Jands Vista lighting and media control, LumenRadio wireless lighting controls, ArKaos Pro media servers and Prolyte staging and trussing.
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Slovak Paralympic Team´s results in Paralympic Games
PG Beijing 2008
The Slovak Paralympic Team Beijing 2008 consisted of 36 athletes in ten disciplines / athletics, boccia, cycling, equestrian, archery, swimming, table tennis, shooting, wheelchair tennis, powerlifting/, 6 member delegation head, 27 trainers and assistants.
At the XIIIth Paralympic Games our team was of medium size among participating countries. Our athletes received 6 medals and 24 placed in the top eight, which ranked Slovakia in the 39th position among 146 participating countries.
The most successful sport discipline was table tennis. We received in total 4 medals /1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze/. The second with also a gold medal was shooting. Veronika Vadovičová received the very first gold medal from the 4011 participating athletes at the XIIIth Paralympic Games. The third was cycling with one silver medal.
Our medalists
gold: Ján Riapoš/Rastislav Revúcky – table tennis /men´s team/
Veronika Vadovičová – shooting /air rifle standing/
silver: Alenka Kánová – table tennis /women´s individual/
Miroslav Jambor/Richard Csejtey – table tennis /men´s team/
Rastislav Tureček – cycling /individual time trial/
bronze: Miroslav Jambor – table tennis /men´s individual/
Besides the mentioned medalists, it is important to recognize the excellent efforts of our cyclist Vladislav Janovjak with his guide Róbert Mitošinka, swimmer Viera Mikulášiková, shooter Radoslav Malenovský and athletic Hana Kolníková. All of them came close to receiving a medal.
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Made-to-order medical devices for patients is becoming an established reality in Victoria, where the 100th TMJ surgery using a 3D printed part is taking place at Epworth Freemasons.
TMJ surgery replaces diseased or arthritic jaw joints with a prosthesis to relieve the pain patients experience while improving patients' mandibular movements.
TMJ parts are designed and created in Australia by Melbourne-based OMX Solutions and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr George Dimitroulis.
Dr Dimitroulis said today that the innovative technology had also manufactured 3D printed devices for patients with jaw damage from cancer or traumatic accident, as well as genetic jaw disorders.
"All of our patients had long term conditions or injury that resulted in loss of teeth and subsequent erosion of the jawbone. We have seen TMJ technology improve patients' quality of life with the 3D bespoke implants replace arthritic or diseased TMJs in their jaws.
"These high tech 3D implants, which are made from titanium, support full dental rehabilitation in patients who have missing teeth and insufficient jaw bone to support conventional dentures and dental implants".
Dr Dimitroulis said the oral maxillofacial surgical field is notoriously challenging to undertake reconstructive and restorative surgical procedures, due to the delicate and fine bone structures – often necessitating bone grafting to provide sufficient stock for implants. The 3D implants created by OMX-Solutions eliminates the need for donor bone and associated and multi-stage procedures.
Innovation and OMX-Solutions
The TMJ implant is the brainchild of Dr George Dimitroulis who as the company's founder and Medical Director has over 20 years' experience as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon and is well respected with 52 peer reviewed academic publications. He operates regularly at the Epworth Hospital Group and St Vincent's Public with many patients being referred from interstate for the procedure.
Dr Dimitroulis founded the small Melbourne start-up company, OMX Solutions, which makes the 3D jaw devices. He adds that his ideas for 3D devices would have gone overseas had it not been for the support of Epworth Freemasons and financial assistance from the federal government, for which he is grateful.
"There are approximately 60-70 procedures for joint replacement performed in Australia a year and to have 100 of the local OMX-Solutions jaw replacements successfully implanted is a significant milestone for us," Dr Dimitroulis added.
Read Richard's story and his one year review.
Photo: The titanium TMJ jaw part used to repair a patient's missing joint.


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Last updated on March 8th, 2017
A major gathering of children's publishers has been urged to stay focused on content despite the increasing familiarity children have with new technological advances.
I totally agree with the view that in order to take print content to a digital platform, the wiz bang effects need to add value and enjoyment on the part of the reader, namely children interacting with books on a digital platform. I think the winners in this arena will add interactivity, animation and content in a way that results in a high quality experience.
But if you agree with the concept that "content is still king" , then I think content+interactivity is "master of the universe" :)
There are other lessons and thoughts for folks looking to publish or re-publish children's books in this bookseller.com post by Graeme Neill, and an interesting thought from Matt Locke I do not quite agree with, namely that "Facebook may not mean anything in another five years"… Having just seen "the Social Network" I believe Facebook will manage and adjust to stay relevant.


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Some TMNT stuff really isn't for little kids.
The Return of Savanti Romero! is issue #7 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles volume 1, published in April 1989 by Mirage Studios.
This was the last issue of volume 1. Tales of the TMNT did not continue until the start of volume 2 in 2004.
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- Story & Layouts: Peter Laird
- Pencils: Jim Lawson
- Inks: Ryan Brown
- Letters: Steve Lavigne
- Toning Assistance: Steve Bissette & Eric Talbot
- Frontispiece: Steve Bissette
April, Raph and Mike are visiting a local history museum and admiring the dinosaur relics, when one of the exhibit's bones begin to swirl and converge - forming the bony but familiar face of Savanti Romero (from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8)! Savanti explains that he's using sorcery to communicate through the eons, and that he plans to destroy the Turtles—but he offers them a chance to save themselves—if they'll meet him at the "Ring of Fire." The turtles are confused as to what this means, but before any explanation is offered, the bones collapse into a heap on the floor.
Later, at April's apartment, the turtles decide they'll have to travel back to the Cretaceous Era to fight Savanti—obviously banning him to the distant past wasn't good enough. Don explains that the Ring of Fire was a volcanic chain that includes Japan—but their problem will be finding the correct date and time to meet Romero there.
On cue, the air is disturbed by cosmic energy and Renet appears. She explains that Lord Simultaneous has sent her to help the turtles against Savanti as her "final exam" to graduate from being an Apprentice Timestress to getting into the Temporal Infraction Explicator First Grade. After a brief and confusing talk about the anomalies of time travel, the turtles decide to go with Renet to the Cretaceous Era to battle Savanti Romero. April stays behind to make Splinter some sashimi (and because she has no interest in fighting wizards or traveling through time).
Renet takes the guys back to the land that time forgot. The guys admire the dinosaurs and scenery, but are soon set upon by a pack of Deinonychus. Before a fight breaks out, Savanti Romero appears on the back of Tyrannosaur that takes a bite at Renet—but Leo saves her. A battle erupts between Turtle, sorcerer and dinosaur. Leo "pilots" a Triceratops and it kills Romero's T-Rex. Savanti hops aboard a pterodactyl and makes his escape—but before departing, the beast swoops down and grabs Renet!
The turtles hack their way through the jungle in pursuit, and eventually come to a lake. A huge bone structure has been magically assembled by Romero, forming a ring at its peak. Savanti is there with Renet, who is tied inside the circular opening at the top. The Turtles scale the bone architecture and face off with Romero. Savanti gloats that he already has Renet and the Time Scepter and tells the turtles to surrender—the guys, of course, refuse. Romero then goes on to explain that in ten minutes a bolt of cosmic energy is going to shred the atmosphere above them and pass through the Scepter and the circular hole in the bone structure (incinerating Renet in the process). The blast will open a hole in the earth below that will unleash the molten core of the planet and result in the volcanic eruption of the entire Ring of Fire. A process that will slow the Earth's revolution around the sun ever so slightly, but enough to change the planet's course through space. This slight change will cause the gigantic, dinosaur-killing meteor that slammed into the planet to miss entirely—thus altering the future of the world and ensuring that the rise of mammals (and mutant turtles) will never happen.
Savanti then uses his magic to build himself a bone exo-skeleton. Once he's super-sized, Romero attacks the turtles. While Raph, Mike and Don battle Savanti, Leo frees Renet and then goes after the Scepter. Savanti spots Leo and chases after him, forcing Leonardo to give up his attempt to retrieve the rod. Romero lovingly grasps the Time Scepter, just as the bolt of cosmic energy crashes down from the heavens. The force of the bolt fries Savanti and the rod. The charred body of the sorcerer falls into the sea far below, with the Scepter in his paw. With the wizard apparently dead, the sorcery that held the bone tower together gives way and it begins to fall apart—thus the wizard's plan to alter the future ultimately fails. Our heroes make their escape in the nick of time, as the structure collapses into the ocean! The big problem now—without the Time Scepter, the turtles and Renet are trapped in prehistoric times!
Three months later, Raph, Renet, Leo and Don return to their camp with a gigantic fish to fry. Mike guts the fish and inside they find the Time Scepter! After they cook up the fish, the heroes can finally return to their own home—and time!
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- This story was the basis for the 2003 TV series episode, Return of Savanti, Part 1 and Part 2.
- The beginning of the IDW continuity's mini-series Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything! directly segues from this story, also firmly establishing that the Renet and Savanti Romero of the IDW continuity are the same individuals as in the Mirage continuity.


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Blue bottle tree!
I have been wanting one of these for awhile.
Last summer I saw pictures of them on blogs.
This tree was made by a guy that was selling them at Quail Crest.
I have another one that I bought online earlier this spring.
It's not made as well as this one.
I'll post a picture of it later.
I bought all the bottles at thrift stores because I don't drink wine.
I requested my daughter save wine bottles for me,
she told her roommates.
They told her that their moms were making a tree also. LOL!


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Worries to Woodnotes
Writer. Wanderer. Wonderer.
They tell you to be calm,
to be pretty,
to be strong
as if your chest can just stop pounding,
as if they don't know that pretty hurts,
as if you can keep building yourself up
while your mind pushes you back down
They assume that your broken heart
can simply mend on its own,
that daylight can heal
your blackbird soul,
that the silent wolf
that prowls under your skin
understands what it means
to begin again
And, I can hear the fear
in your shaky voice,
the faded whispers of worry
still hanging in the air
But, love, they just don't see –
you are already all of those things
and so much more
Breath of Words© 6/4/17
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Feb 22, 2019 at 2:00 pm
UC San Diego University Art Gallery - Mandeville Center
Reclaim! Remain! Rebuild! Posters on Affordable Housing, Gentrification & Resistance
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OpenLayers Primer
There are many benefits using OpenLayers for map functionalities compared with using map apis directly. here is a list of lessons I learned when I started out to use OpenLayers, they are basic important concepts therefor critical to the correct use of OpenLayers, another reason they are here is I found them confusing too.
Normally the maps as baselayer are using EPSG:900913, which is using meters as unit, while google geocode service or normal geocoding all use degrees as coordinates which is EPSG:4326.
So coming into map coordinates need to be converted from degrees into meters
Coming out of map points in meters need to be converted into degrees
All the geometry objects, points, lines and polygons in the map are all meters based, and only meters based geometry objects can be used by map.
Point and LonLat:
OpenLayers.LonLat and OpenLayers.Geometry.Point are totally different types, you can not mistake one with the other in the OpenLayers function calls. And also you need to be careful about what tthe method returns, is it a point or LonLat?
They do not carry explicit projection information with them, the projections are decided by context, if you created a LonLat or point in degrees, then they are in degrees, LonLat or point which are retrieved from maps, are using maps projection which is meters in most scenarios.
When projection transformation is called for, both types can be converted from one projection to another project by calling transform function.
Relative to projection transformation, LonLat and Point can be created from each other by referencing x and y of a Point or lon and lat of a LonLat.
var mapCenter = map.getCenter(); var myLocation = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(mapCenter.lon, mapCenter.lat);
Above is a good example of this, mapCenter is LonLat, a Point myLocation can be created based on that, myLocation and mapCenter are on same projection.
While OpenLayers.Geometry.Point, OpenLayers.Geometry.LinearRing, OpenLayers.Geometry.Polygon all are based on Point.
Vector layer and Features
One of the things only OpenLayers can provide is the ability to draw lines, polygons on top of maps, these are called Features in OpenLayers, Features are added to a container which is Vector layer in OpenLayers
var vectorLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Overlay", { styleMap: layer_styleMap }); map.addLayer(vectorLayer);
Point feature :
var pointFeature = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(point, null, style);
Line feature :
var lineFeature = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector( new OpenLayers.Geometry.LineString(pointList), null, style);
Polygon feature :
var linearRing = new OpenLayers.Geometry.LinearRing(pointList); var polygonFeature = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector( new OpenLayers.Geometry.Polygon([linearRing]));
A circle
var circleFeature =new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector( new OpenLayers.Geometry.Polygon.createRegularPolygon( markerlocation, // center 1000, //radius, map units 40, // sides 0));
So basically a Feature is Feature.Vector which is created based on a Geometry.
There are three parameters used to create a Feature, the first is the Geometry, the second (optional) is attributes {…} and the third(optional) is style.
Features can cover each other, so normally put smaller features only on top of bigger ones, so that smaller features can be picked on otherwise they will be hidden under the bigger ones, you will not be able to select them.
Style and StyleMap:
Styles are used by features, the actual place it is used is in Openlayers.Layer.Vector, drawFeature.
Style can be passed to a Feature, and layer.Vector, but only layer.Vector can accept StyleMap, when style of feature is provided, stylemap will not work. the decision making of the styles of a Feature is as following
First search is feature.style
You can see that the style can be passed in in feature constructor
var pointFeature = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(point, null, style_green);
Second is container.style which is style of the Layer.Vector
Third is Layer.Vector.styleMap, in this case the style is generated from the styleMap as
style = this.styleMap.createSymbolizer(feature, renderIntent);
which drills down to styles that are stored in styleMap, and calls style.createSymbolizer, therefore rule based styles and attribute replacement all work at styleMap level, and ONLY at styleMap level, aka Layer.Vector level not the feature level, once feature has a style, styleMap of container will no longer work.
Feature Movement:
Feature(Feature.Vector) movement is done through its geometry, which was passed in when the feature is created,
The moving of feature can be done like:
pointFeature.geometry.move(dx, dy); pointFeature.layer.drawFeature(pointFeature); circleFeature.geometry.move(dx, dy); circleFeature.layer.drawFeature(circleFeature);
dx and dy is the movement happened in that direction
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Avago Technologies joins enterprise storage fray with LSI acquisition
Avago Technologies announced a $6.6 billion deal to acquire components provider LSI Corp. and turn Avago into a major HDD and SSD components provider.
Avago Technologies became the new kid on the storage component block this week when it spent $6.6 billion to acquire LSI Corp.
Avago executives said they expect the deal to close in the second quarter of 2014, and the combined company could generate more than $5 billion in annual revenue.
Avago Technologies designs and develops semiconductor devices mainly for fiber optic networks and wireless communications networks. LSI manufactures storage-system components, including hard disk drive (HDD) Systems on Chip (SoC) that integrate hard-disk controllers, double data rate memory and read channels on a single chip, RAID controller cards, RAID on Chip (RoC) integrated circuits, SandForce flash controllers and PCIe flash cards.
Avago CEO Hock Tan called the LSI deal a "transformational transaction" for his company. "[The LSI acquisition] opens up an area where Avago has not been a major player until now," Tan said, referring to the multi-billion dollar enterprise storage market where LSI is a well-known name.
Since selling its Engenio storage array division to NetApp in 2011, LSI has concentrated on storage components. Henry Baltazar, a senior analyst with Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research, said that LSI's RAID controller business could be a hidden gem for Avago as software-defined data centers and software-defined storage systems become more prevalent. "As people start moving toward those software-only models, well, software has to run on something, and it's probably going to be a server, potentially with an LSI RAID controller," Baltazar said.
According to Bob Wheeler, a principal networking analyst for Mountain View, Cal.-based Linley Group, the LSI acquisition will bring Avago into the enterprise storage market with little overlap with Avago's existing products.
"It helps diversify Avago's business somewhat," Wheeler explained, "and where they have similar businesses, they mostly have different customers."
Both companies build custom application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for wireless networks. Avago manufactures ASICs for radio frequency devices, while LSI builds digital-processing chips. "So now [Avago] becomes a real powerhouse in terms of being an ASIC vendor to large OEM customers that design their own chips," Wheeler said.
Avago's Tan said the vendor's wireless networking business currently makes up approximately 50% of the company's total revenues. With the LSI acquisition, that number will drop to around 25%. Abhi Talwalkar, LSI's CEO, said about 78% of LSI's business is storage-related and 17% is networking.
During a conference call announcing the deal, Tan said he was impressed with LSI's enterprise storage and data center presence, HDD component manufacturing, and storage and server connectivity, which Tan said was "practically a franchise." Tan specifically pointed out LSI's SoCs, RAID controllers and RoCs.


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Light & Dry CowSignals
You can only check the cow signals with enough light. To manage a cow herd is constantly full of compromises. Lactating cows need a lot of light, dry cows a lot of darkness. In nature cows used to calve in the spring, after a dark winter.
An artificial winter maximizes the light-shower effect
This had a very good effect on feed intake while grazing. What we do nowadays in our barns is change the season for the cows: long summers and short winters. Dry cows are best off in an "artificial winter" according to light. This maximizes the "light-shower" effect after calving. We can keep them in a dark building or dark corner for 6-8 weeks. That means that we should only turn the lights on in this group during daily inspection and cleaning.
However, we like to keep our precalving cows close to the lactating herd for the last 2-3 weeks before calving because of feeding and stress prevention. So we advise to keep this group next to the herd or make a separate light switch for them.
Practical light program
Best option is a light programme in winter with a timer and a sensor. For example: timer on at 6 am, sensor to switch it off when we reach 200 lux by daylight, sensor on when light intensity drops under 200 lux, timer to turn it off around 22 pm.
A little light at night does not harm the cows and is good for the farmer, so you can easily leave one neon tube on at night. Or in milk-robot-barns, leave one light on in the robot. Cows don't need light to find the food or the robot, but a little light won't harm them either.
Dry cows
80% of all problems arise in the transition period
80% of all problems arise in the transition period. 80 percent. Problems like milk fever, ketosis and metritis are a direct result of shortcomings in dry cow management. This is cutting cow lives short. We need to take better care of our pregnant ladies! To do this, we launched the video course Dry to Fresh this month. This launch will be acompanied with a free webinar (May 23) and a free whitepaper.
- Webinar Dry to Fresh for Advisors
- Webinar Dry to Fresh for Farmers
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Diggy928 Legend Time Conquers All Saturday 20/07/2013, 06:35
A Battle event following the concept of Rock, Paper, Scissors!
Rock: Glorg (mono Nightmare deck)
Paper: Shizawa (mono Fang Pi Clang deck)
Scissors: Effie (mono Pussycats deck)
Assuming bonuses:
Glorg vs. Shizawa = Shizawa keeps 8 base damage and has +1 power
Shizawa vs. Effie = Shizawa has +1 power, but reduced to 2 damage, while Effie would be increased to 8 damage
Effie vs. Glorg = Same base power, but Glorg has +4 damage and cancels the ability and bonus of Effie.
Mono-clan 25* decks, with a few banned cards (Nightmare, Fang Pi Clang, or Pussycats).
Must contain Glorg, Shizawa, or Effie depending on which clan you choose.
Deck must be posted in the proper chat section before the event is started. You will not be allowed to change your deck once this has begun.
ROUND 1 (2 Weeks)
48 Players (16 per clan)(first come, first served)
Everybody fights everyone in their own clan. Top half from each clan will advance. Best score for each will receive a prize.
ROUND 2 (2-3 Weeks, TBD)
24 players (8 per clan)
Everybody fights everyone from the other clans. Top 3 overall scores will win the prizes.
Diggy928 Legend Time Conquers All Sunday 21/07/2013, 04:03
Cheap Entrance Fee! Excellent prizes (in addition to the Jackpot)
Still have quite a few openings. Nightmare seems to be the popular choice so far. Do we have any Pussycats or Fang Pi Clang challengers?
qwaiker Titan URBAN MADNESS Sunday 21/07/2013, 09:19
I'm probably going to join the event, let me make 2,000 clintz first.
The concept seems interesting
Diggy928 Legend Time Conquers All Tuesday 23/07/2013, 06:31
Still plenty of spaces left!
Diggy928 Legend Time Conquers All Tuesday 23/07/2013, 18:04
Where's all of our Pussycats and Fang Pi Clang players? Who's up for a cheap challenge with good prizes?
Diggy928 Legend Time Conquers All Thursday 25/07/2013, 06:45
Going to cap it at 24 players (8 per clan), unless I get a lot more interest. Everyone will advance to round 2 in that case.
Only one spot left at the moment for Nightmare, still looking for several Pussycats and Fang Pi Clang players! I will start a waiting list to fill spots if I get more than 24, if the clan you want already has 8.
Diggy928 Legend Time Conquers All Thursday 25/07/2013, 17:59
Rock (NIghtmare) is full for the moment. I will accept more once I get 4 more Fang Pi Clang and 5 more Pussycats players.
Diggy928 Legend Time Conquers All Friday 26/07/2013, 17:49
A few more small prizes added! Now something small for 2nd place in each clan for round 1, and prizes for top 6 overall in round 2!
Still need 4 more Fang Pi Clang and 5 more Pussycats players, and will accept more!
Also accepting donations, if anyone is able to help out! I thought the prizes I am giving out are already pretty good, considering the cheap entrance fee, but a bit disappointed in the lack of interest in the event!
Diggy928 Legend Time Conquers All Sunday 28/07/2013, 02:50
Diggy928 Legend Time Conquers All Wednesday 31/07/2013, 19:51
I was hoping to start on Friday, but it seems there's a lack of interest. I'll give it a few extra days and see what happens.


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S: Fathers Day June 19, 2011
1: Father's Day | A Family Is A Gift That Lasts Forever
2: My Dad and Me
3: "A father's love warms the heart of his children forever."
5: "To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world."
9: You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.
10: Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.
12: A daughter might outgrow your lap, | But she will never outgrow your heart.
13: Sons are for fathers the twice-told tale.
14: Some day I may find my Prince Charming,
15: But my Daddy will always be my king
16: When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. -Joyce Brothers
18: "A truly rich man is one who's children run into his arms when his hands are empty."
21: "I'm so lucky as can be, the world's greatest Dad belongs to me."
22: "Cherish your yesterdays, dream about tomorrow but live for today"
23: A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
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POOR MISS FINCH (chaps. 39-43), installments #19-21
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- sdb said...
I'm also intrigued that Lucilla gets to have a narrating voice at this stage of her recovered vision--although this journal is filled with interruptions as Mme. P breaks in with her own commentary. Of course, this sets up the question of how P. obtains L's private journal. And even when Lucilla gets to report what she sees, that account is mediated too.
I noted that a few times in these segments Lucilla observes that sight has made "a new creature of me"--and that her sense of sight will never be as reliable to her as her sense of touch. There's quite a lot in these pages about how she's trying to integrate sensory knowledge--the cat and dog example was my favorite.
And while Lucilla can sense that "Oscar" (ie, Nugent) is somehow different--his touch is different--she does hear this voice as Oscar's. Is her sense of hearing likewise confused with the restoration of her vision?
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Odds are that you've never heard of F.X. Toole. That's the pen name of Jerry Boyd,
author of a short story collection called Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner. But you
may have heard of the Oscar-winning movie Million-Dollar Baby, the film adaptation of short stories by Toole.
In his mid-forties Boyd (Toole) decided to become a boxer. He had to take some years off from boxing shortly after that, but started seriously working with a trainer in his late forties.
If the story stopped there it would be phenomenal. It's inspiring to think about a forty-eight or forty-nine-year old body adapting to the stress of boxing and to think about its owner having the mental fortitude to endure the pain and whip his reluctant body into shape.
But then Boyd's heart revolted, according to his own account in the intro to Rope Burns. He had to have surgery but still managed to return to boxing training, although he couldn't put in as many hours training.
This is where the lesson of Jerry Boyd kicks into high gear. It's a lesson about passion meeting vision.
His aging body wasn't equipped to be a pro boxer, but he loved boxing. So he found another way to participate, as a corner man. He patched up fighters in the ring so they could continue to fight.
Boyd's love of boxing may have never paid off financially, but it did pay off another way. It helped him to achieve another dream: to become a published author.
After writing and submitting stories to publications for decades Boyd finally had his first book published when he was 70-years-old. He died two years later.
That's something money can't buy, joie de vivre, the joy of living. There is a joy that accompanies the unbridled flow of creativity. I have felt it in predawn hours as I sat composing a melody at my keyboard.
I've never really thought about it this way before, but the possibility of feeling that rush can be inspiration on those days when the allure of an extra hour of sleep entices us to stay in bed instead of creating.
Honestly, Boyd's route to success is not the one I'd choose. I'd like to earn money doing what I love, and I'd like to live to see the fruits of my labor, but Boyd's story does illustrate a point. Sometimes doing what you love is its own reward.
I've received that reward, and it's sweet. It's been a while, but I remember starting to write at night with music playing. At some point I stopped hearing the music. At some point time stood still, and the next sound I heard was the chirping of birds. It was after 4 a.m. My instincts had taken over. The writer within had leaped over my logical mind and flown on inspiration for hours.
Those sweet moments of pure concentration are as peaceful as a night of uninterrupted slumber, and the revelations they bring can be life-changing.
I guess the trick is to appreciate the gift of these moments, the gift of doing what you love and facing each new day with joy and expectation, even when you're not getting paid for it.


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In 2014, over 1200 geese were killed in local and state parks. And it's starting again.
(from Peace for Geese Project)
Washington State Parks has joined the interlocal agreement to kill geese throughout the Puget Sound region. After hiring Wildlife Services in 2013 to kill geese at Lake Sammamish State Park, Washington State Parks stated they had no plans to kill geese in 2014. However, in 2014 they once again paid to have geese killed at Lake Sammamish State Park and also at Deception Pass State Park.
Interlocal agreement members need to stop the killing. And, they need to be held accountable for accepting obvious discrepancies and inaccuracies in the record keeping and reporting provided by Wildlife Services.
Please contact Washington State Parks to ask them to stop killing geese.
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commissioners and Director's Office
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Chris Hemsworth was named the "Man of the Year" by Empire Magazine and he has an interview to go along with his title. During the interview, the interviewer asked Chris if he thought Thor and The Avengers will ever bring him the kind of 'stratospheric fame' that Twilight bought Kristen Stewart.
Take a look below on Chris' response:
"Um… I think it's a different sort of fame. With the utmost respect, Twilight's is certainly a teen audience, and there was such, um… It's that sort of, ah, what's the word? Sort of hysterical kind of fan base, you know? Whereas Avengers is across all ages and people just love the films – all the Marvel films – and it's a little different from what she experiences."


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General Motors has weathered some tough years over the last decade, but lately the tide seems to be turning in its favor. The ascendancy of relatively young, sharp-minded leaders like new CEO-designate Rick Wagoner has brought fresh focus to the efforts of the world's largest automaker. Now the results are starting to show as the latest concept vehicles and products emerge from the pipeline.
Case in point: Cadillac has added more substance to its 'art and science' mantra with the recent unveiling of the Imaj concept. Coming on the heels of last year's well-received Evoq concept luxury roadster, the Imaj stakes out the ground for Cadillac's next generation flagship sedan, with an unprecedented example of a high-tech, luxury mobile communications center.
|Opel's Agila, a microvan for a niche in the European market.
At the other end of GM's world product spectrum is a new model from Opel. The Agila, a 3.5-meter long microvan based on the Wagon R from GM's Japanese partner, Suzuki, is a cleverly designed vehicle which Opel hopes will exploit a yet-untapped niche at the lower end of the European market. If the Agila is even half as successful as the Zafira, an ingenious seven-passenger compact minivan launched last year, Opel will be sitting pretty and creating yet another headache for its struggling rival, Ford of Europe. Credit for the Agila and the dashing Astra coupe, another new niche model from Opel with a promising future, goes in part to the company's product engineering director, Karl-Friedrich Stracke. Aggressive, incisive and knowledgeable, Stracke has just the skills needed to deal with the challenges of an intensively competitive European market, especially as GM wrestles with the product implications of its recent collaboration with Fiat.
On this side of the Atlantic, a key player in Cadillac's revival plan is Jim Taylor, GM's VLE (vehicle line executive) responsible for Catera, Seville, Eldorado and the forthcoming Sigma rear-wheel-drive plat-form vehicles. Like Stracke, Taylor has a great deal on his plate but he also has the smarts and the youthful energy to deal with the challenges ahead.
One of Taylor's major goals is to successfully follow through on the audacious efforts Cadillac is making to redefine its market image. To judge by the Imaj concept, no one can accuse Cadillac of making a half-hearted attempt to turn over a new leaf.
As a potential flagship sedan, the Imaj develops on the dramatic styling themes established by the Evoq, and, whether you like it or loathe it, you will not confuse this concept with anything from top European or Japanese luxury marquees. One indication of Cadillac's out-of-the-box thinking is the fact that Simon Cox, a top designer at GM British studio, was assigned to create the Imaj. "We think it defines a new segment for the modern executive who has to squeeze the most out of every day," says Cox.
|Cadillac's Seville-sized Imaj was designed in GM's British studio.
To that end, the Seville-sized Imaj is packed full of the latest technologies, with a focus on communications systems. Not that the Imaj neglects the driving experience, far from it. Under its extruded aluminum space frame chassis, the concept has a four-wheel drivetrain, powered by the latest iteration of Cadillac's respected Northstar engine, a 4.2-liter supercharged, intercooled V8 with continuously variable valve timing. With 425 bhp and 400 lb.-ft of torque going to all four wheels via a new five-speed automatic transmission, the Imaj promises exhilarating performance.
|Opel's product engineering director, Karl-Friedrich Stracke.
To get into Imaj you have to use e-lock, a fingertip-based security system. Inside, the cabin looks simple and elegant. But behind the traditional leather and wood trim hide a multitude of high-tech systems. For the driver, a heads-up display, night vision, rear-view TV screens, front- and rear-facing parking radar, and adaptive cruise control are just some of the aids. As well as being individually heated and ventilated, each seat has its own LCD screen, cell phone, e-mail access, and navigation and entertainment systems. Three linked IBM 10-gigabyte Thinkpads form the core of the on-board computing system, integrating all the communications, audio, visual and mobile office functions of Imaj. A key element of this "Communiport" system is its hands-free internet browsing capability that uses the new wireless application protocol (WAP) to make internet use fast and safe on the road.
So on one hand we have the spectacular Imaj, stretching the boundaries for Cadillac, and on the other, the practical Agila, opening a new entry-level segment for Opel. In between, GM is busy on numerous fronts, particularly in the full-size truck arena, where several clever innovations are coming (more on these at a later date). Don't hold me to this, but from where I'm sitting it looks like GM is finally making more smart moves than dumb ones.
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