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Sunday, June 27, 2010
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- Little Lexi said...
I am sure you have thought of this already, but have you tried craigslist?
- June 27, 2010 at 3:39 PM
- Bean said...
Find a class rep...do a shoot for them at cost and then they advertise to their friends for you!
- June 27, 2010 at 7:09 PM
- RN Mama said...
Sounds like your husband had a nice Father's Day:)
Your pictures are all gorgeous! I really love the first one in this post!
- June 27, 2010 at 8:47 PM
- Stephanie said...
Oh how adorable are those pics of Alex and Avin!!!! love that last one! Hope you can catch up this week - and seriously you should put those clothes on line or somewhere so I can buy before the sale :)
- June 28, 2010 at 7:42 AM
- Verna said...
Don't feel bad about just now posting your Father's Day activities. (I just posted mine yesterday). It still allows us to keep tabs of our doings and lets us keep track of our wonderful memories.
Your little ones are so adorable.!
- June 28, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Anna said...
Thanks again for the awesome photo shoot, Erin! You were so good with Ally & Dimitri.
I look forward to working with you again. :)
- June 28, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Jennifer said...
You are a great wife and a very busy mom! I just posted about Father's Day this weekend, too! :)
I love the last pic of Avin. So sweet!
- June 28, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Jesse said...
Enjoy your 4th of July weekend! And I am loving that last photo of your sweet baby!
- June 28, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Well maybe that hail will bring us to Minnesota someday soon! I'd LOVE for you to photograph my girlies!
- June 29, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- Sharstin said...
such great picts girly! and of course you have a lot of shoots coming up! you are very talented:)
- June 29, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Candice said...
Happy Fathers Day to Chad!!
Congrats on all the new business! You deserve it!
- June 29, 2010 at 6:21 PM


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How Iran Can Build a Bomb
By Joseph Cirincione and Elise Connor
Today, U.S. President Barack Obama signs into law the next round of unilateral sanctions taking aim at Iran's energy sector. With this bill, Washington is seeking to stem what many view as Tehran's imminent nuclear future. But how imminent is that future, exactly?
Some would say it is very imminent. On June 27, CIA Director Leon Panetta estimated that it would take Iran approximately two years to build a nuclear bomb if it made the decision to do so. The Wall Street Journal seized on his statement, warning hysterically on June 29 that "Iran stands barely two years from an atomic bomb that could target Israel, Europe and beyond."
Pundits, too, have consistently claimed that Iran is just around the corner from acquiring nukes. Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, for example, urgently warned in July 2004, "Iran will go nuclear during the next presidential term." In January 2006, he claimed, "Iran is probably just months away." A few months later, in September, when no bomb appeared, he wrote, "The decision is no more than a year away." William Kristol, Niall Ferguson, and John Bolton, among others, have made similar claims -- and been similarly proved wrong by the passage of time.
In fact, it is much harder to build a deliverable weapon than most pundits assume. Panetta's estimate leans toward the worst-case scenario, in which the weapons-building process proceeds perfectly smoothly. But the best expert assessments indicate that it would actually take Iran about three to five years to develop a nuclear bomb. Here's how that process would probably unfold -- and the reasons why it's not likely to happen in the timeline the doomsayers would have you believe.
Step 1: The Decision
Iran is certainly moving to acquire the technology that would enable it to make a weapon. But, as a 2009 Joint Threat Assessment by the EastWest Institute concludes, "[I]t is not clear whether [Iran] has taken the decision to produce nuclear weapons. "The regime must weigh the political and security costs of developing nuclear weapons before moving ahead. And Iran might decide, like Japan, that its needs are best served by approaching the threshold of building a bomb (acquiring the technical capability and know-how) but not actually crossing the line and risking an arms race among its rivals or a pre-emptive attack from the United States or Israel.
"Nobody knows if Iran has taken this decision," Sharon Squassoni, director of the Proliferation Prevention Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Agence France-Press on June 28. "It's more in their interest to have this ambiguity."
Step Two: The Right Stuff
Should Iran decide to proceed, it must accumulate a sufficient quantity of the indispensable component for the core of the bomb -- highly enriched uranium (HEU) or plutonium. Iran is pursuing production paths for both, though its uranium enrichment capabilities are years ahead of its plutonium reprocessing plans.
There are two ways for Iran to produce HEU, uranium that includes 90 percent of the isotope U-235. Using its centrifuges at the Natanz facility, it could take natural uranium, composed of 0.07 percent U-235, and steadily enrich it to weapons-grade material. This would be a flagrant violation of its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). If Iran chose this route, it would have to withdraw from the treaty and kick out international inspectors. Running full tilt at Natanz, it then would take Iran about one year to enrich enough uranium for one bomb.
More likely, Iran could continue its current path of increasing its stockpile of low-enriched uranium (3 percent U-235), which it claims is for peaceful purposes. At some point, Iran could then leave the NPT, kick out the inspectors, and pump the uranium back through the centrifuges to enrich it to higher levels. The Joint Threat Assessment estimates this path could produce one bomb's worth of HEU within three to six months. Panetta seemed to say that, using this method, Iran could have enough HEU to construct two bombs in one year.
Still, recent technological difficulties could prolong the process: In February, the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security reported that the number of working Iranian centrifuges, the machines that enrich uranium, had decreased since mid-2009. Although Iran continues to install centrifuges, it operates nearly 1,000 fewer centrifuges than it did in May 2009.
Recently, Iran has enriched uranium to about 20 percent, purportedly as fuel for its research reactor. If Iran accumulated enough 20 percent-enriched uranium -- it had 11 kilograms at the end of May -- and used this as source material, it could produce weapon-quality HEU even more quickly.
In all cases, it would take Iran an additional six months to convert the HEU from its current gaseous form into metal for a bomb.
Step 3: The Gadget
The technical path to a bomb does not end with HEU. To produce a crude nuclear device, Iran would need to have a workable design and the components to build it. Thus, the leap to a sophisticated nuclear device -- one that could be used as a weapon -- could take an additional two to five years. During this period, Iran would need to manufacture the nonnuclear components, test and refine them, and ultimately, conduct one or more nuclear explosive tests. Troubleshooting the nonnuclear components might go undetected, but global monitors would detect any nuclear test explosion, surely leading to increased pressure on Iran.
Vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. James Cartwright, confirmed this timeline before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 14. He said a "deliverable weapon that is usable tactically" would take "another two to three, potentially out to five years."
Step 4: Honey, I Shrunk the Warhead
Iran could make a very heavy crude nuclear device, deliverable by truck, approximately one year after it produced the HEU. But this heavier device, though useful as a weapon, would be too large to deliver on Iran's planes or missiles, which can't carry a weapon that weighs over 1,000 kilograms. A smaller, more sophisticated weapon is needed if Iran is to develop a credible nuclear deterrent -- and shrinking a nuclear warhead doesn't happen overnight. Retired U.S. Gen. Eugene Habiger says that "the miniaturization of a nuclear warhead is probably the most significant challenge that any proliferant would have to face." Habiger noted:
The first U.S. ICBM's [intercontinental ballistic missiles], the warheads on those ICBM's, were in the 4,000-5,000 kg range. That's the best we could come up with when we first started ... Only after six to eight years, of very intensive engineering development and aggressive testing, did we get down to 1,000 kg.
Step 5: Deliverance
Iran would also have to develop a re-entry vehicle for its weapon. A ballistic missile follows a parabolic trajectory, shooting up through the atmosphere, traveling a short distance through outer space, and re-entering the atmosphere to strike its target. The warhead must be sturdy enough to survive the extreme conditions it encounters along this flight path, and developing this technology is no small task. It is one thing to test a nuclear weapon in carefully controlled conditions. It is another to build a weapon that can withstand the fierce vibrations, G-forces, and high temperatures of launch and re-entry into the atmosphere. Iran has not demonstrated the capability to build such a re-entry vehicle thus far.
Step 6: Range Matters
Today, Iran's ballistic missiles can reach targets no more than 1,600 kilometers from Iran's borders, carrying bombs that weigh no more than 750 kilograms. That's barely enough range to hit even Iran's closest neighbors.
A new report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies concludes that Iran won't be able to field long-range missiles capable of hitting Western Europe, approximately 3,700 kilometers away, before 2014 or 2015. The report also extends the timeline for an Iranian ICBM, suggesting that Tehran must first field an intermediate-range missile before embarking on a program that could develop a missile capable of striking the United States, which is 9,000 kilometers away. Thus, the report concludes that an Iranian ICBM "is more than a decade away from development."
Iran could accelerate this timeline if it received foreign assistance. An April report by the Pentagon on Iran's military potential estimated that with foreign assistance, Iran could develop an ICBM capable of reaching the United States by 2015. However, continued efforts to isolate Iran and work with key states, including Russia and China, to restrict of the spread of nuclear and missile-related technologies help reduce the likelihood of this assistance.
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With Iran's nuclear timeline so fluid, it's crucial not to react in a panicked way based on a false sense of urgency. A military response in particular could have grave consequences, while doing nothing to provide a long-term solution to the problem. "[T]here is no military option that does anything more than buy time," said Defense Secretary Robert Gates in September 2009. "The estimates are [that a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities delay it] one to three years or so."
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, also warned on June 28 that a military strike on Iran would be "incredibly destabilizing" to the region. It would likely increase support for the Iranian regime, Mullen noted earlier, even among Iran's Green Movement.
So the next time you hear a pundit claiming that Iran is on the verge of attaining nuclear weapons, don't panic. Like the boy who cried wolf, those pundits might eventually be right. For now, however, Iran has a ways to go -- and keeping that in mind is the best way to develop a measured response to the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions.
Joseph Cirincione is president of and Elise Connor a research assistant at the Ploughshares Fund.

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Running parallel to the North Carolina coastline, Hatteras Island lies between the Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound. At nearly 50 miles long, it is one of the longest islands in the continental United States. No cities or incorporated towns reside on the island, but seven beach communities occupy the 33 square miles of Hatteras Island real estate.
The permanent population in 2010 was 4,322, but swells to more than 50,000 daily according to an economic impact study in 2013. The communities on Hatteras Island include Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras. Each is proud of its own unique qualities and features.
Native Americans called the island Croatoan when the first English settlers arrived in 1584. The native population was friendly to them, supporting their efforts to build a community at Roanoak. Some even traveled to England and back.
On the fifth voyage between continents in 1590, the colonists had abandoned the settlement. They had carved the word Croatoan onto the side of a tree, presumably telling their location to any who searched for them. Unfortunately, a massive storm prevented further efforts to find them. When future voyagers arrived, they were unable to find the colonists anywhere, leaving the world to speculate about the fate of the lost colony.
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Because of the vast number of vacationers who come to enjoy the sun and the surf on Hatteras Island, many of the shops cater to their needs. You will find pottery, prints, stained glass, beach jewelry and more at the Blue Pelican Gallery in Hatteras Village. Buxton Village Books in Buxton carries all of the latest titles and even ebooks. Island Spice and Wine in Avon carries the finest gourmet foods and ingredients, including sushi-making supplies. Kitty Hawk Surf Company in Rodanthe provides surf wear and all the gear you need for surfing, kayak and standup paddleboard. You can learn how to use it all in the lessons through Kitty Hawk Surf Co.
Year round residents of Hatteras Island real estate and tourists alike all benefit from the many dining options along the coast. The Atlantic Coast Cafe in Waves offers great food in a casual beach atmosphere, combining seafood and Southern spices. The Dolphin Den in Avon offers family-sized take out. Rusty's Surf and Turf in Buxton brings international flavors to local favorites. Good Winds Restaurant in Rodanthe has something for everyone from the children's menu to the extensively stocked liquor bar.
Hatteras Island Parks and Recreation
The ocean and the beaches beside it are the greatest attractions near Hatteras Island real estate. Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a 72-mile park serving Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. This unique recreation area is almost completely undeveloped.
Dozens of outfitter shops offer sales and rental of water-sports equipment from scuba gear to stand-up paddleboards. Most offer classes to teach you how to use them properly. Visitors can learn all about the area at the Hatteras Island Ocean Center. Avon Harbor Sailing lets you enjoy the ocean from a sailboat. You can rent a boat, take lessons, take a sunset cruise or explore the Sound via private charter.
You can gallop along the seaside of OBX on horseback thanks to Equine Adventures in Frisco. Indulge your creative side at the Glass Bead in Avon.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton is one of the most famous in the world. Rising a stunning 208 feet above the island, it is visible from most Hatteras Island real estate. It has the distinction of surviving a precarious move in 1999, due to the erosion of the shoreline. The National Park Service now manages the lighthouse.
Towards the north end of the OBX island of Hatteras, you will find the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. The 50-square mile area on the northern edge of Rodanthe provides refuge for more than 400 species of birds, making it a bird-watchers paradise.
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Because the communities on Hatteras Island are not incorporated, data can be challenging to accumulate. In the economic impact study previously mentioned, we find that tourism accounts for 2,618 local jobs. That means that over half of the community relies upon tourism for its livelihood. The 50,000 tourists that visit the island daily during the peak season bring vast amounts of money into the local economies that contribute to the care and upkeep of public treasures.
The unique natural beauty continues to attract more visitors each year. They create a casual environment of beachwear and relaxation. Once a remote region, barely developed, Hatteras Island is now reaping the economic benefits they bring to the area.
Hatteras Island real estate prices fill a broad range from about $110,000 for a condominium to about $1.5 million for a single-family dwelling with five to six bedrooms. The average price ranges from approximately $400,000 to $500,000.
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Cape Hatteras Elementary and Cape Hatteras Secondary Schools serve students from the Hatteras Island communities. Both are located in Buxton. They are a part of the Dare County School District. Each school pursues excellence with a strategic plan for school improvement, posting it on the district website. They draw students from all seven island communities.
Residents of the OBX area depend upon the Outer Banks Hospital in Nags head for medical conditions requiring hospitalization. For primary care, the HealthEast Family Care facility in Avon can fulfill most medical needs. Vidant Family Medicine also offers routine medical care.
The North Carolina Ferry System and the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge provide access to the mainland from Hatteras Island real estate. The ferry also provides access to Ocracoke Island to the south. Dare County Regional Airport in Manteo is approximately an hour north of Buxton. The North Carolina-12 takes drivers from the Ocracoke-Swan Ferry station at the southernmost tip of the Outer Banks north to the Hatteras-Ocracoke Ferry and on to the Currituck Banks Reserve, north of Corolla.
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Christmas Eve Dance Celebration
Welp, it's yet again another Christmas Eve and time for celebration with loved ones, family and friends. I wanted to jump on and write a quick note to those of you who can appreciate something special for the holidays.
As dancing has become a part of my life I understand more and more about how it applies to life lessons. I think back to the Biblical times and the celebration that occurred during this time of year. One of my biggest questions that runs through this ballerina's mind is,
"How were the angels dancing to the celebration of this great news?"
We're they doing some type of tap routine or was it a massive angelic freestyle? Was there moves or numbers that I have performed myself? Who are the major performers and which angels were the instructors?
It tickles my fancy to think of all the performances produced in heaven since the beginning of time and for the ones not yet danced. I guess one of the major events I look forward to after my demise would have to be the greatest musical on earth... well i guess it would be in heaven.
Haven't you ever thought of that or something like that? Like the streets of gold and what would those look like or the sound of music in that heavenly place?
Well the angels are dancing tonight, I'm sure, and its Christmas Eve. Just a fun thing to think about.
Have a Merry Christmas from all of us to you ;)
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First of all, if all you are looking for is a good laugh, you've come to the wrong place.
So sorry about that. This is a social commentary blog, and the majority of cartoons are involved in making comments about society and culture, especially the Christian subculture. Think of the editorial cartoons in major newspapers, with a Christian angle to them and without all the politics. The sidebar list of labels will give you a sense of the range of social, cultural and justice topics which are being addressed here. You can also check out about this blog to read more about my goals and vision.
Now about the cartoons. Most of the cartoons are a springboard to the discussion and questions contained in the text before and after the cartoon. It is thus important to read the surrounding text to understand the point of the cartoons. If you read only the cartoon and it does not make sense to you, read the rest of the post. If it still does not make sense, please post a comment with your questions or thoughts. (If it does make sense, I'd still love to hear from you).
A number of the cartoons use a pastor figure as the mouthpiece for negative views. No, I don't hate pastors. My dad is a pastor and I love and respect him. So why the pastor figure? Two reasons: first, pastors are often the public mouthpiece for the views of the church, and often the primary mouthpiece that tells the congregation how and what to think. Secondly, I'm not a great artist and so if I had to come up with a different drawing each time of different average people saying these things, I would be quite exhausted. This way, I can reuse the same basic layout which is easier. That having been said, the pastor cartoons will be evolving now that he has inadvertantly outed himself. Stay tuned for more on that.
Types of HumourThis blog deploys various literary devices and types of humour to get its points across in the cartoons and in the related text. These should be taken into account when trying to understand the content of the cartoons. Here are some examples:
- Tongue in cheek
- Hyperbole (exaggerating)
- Irony
- Inversion (saying the opposite)
- Taking something out of its normal context
- Caricature (this is particularly the case with the 'western jesus' cartoons, which recast jesus in the style of a contemporary north american christian)
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Types of CartoonsThere are a variety of cartoons on this blog and I will describe some of the types here:
- Purely funny with no deeper meaning. Simply a good laugh in the middle of the seriousness of this blog [example: chicken soup for everyone]. Because this is a social commentary blog, you won't find a lot of these, but there are some.
- Funny with a deeper meaning. [example: man's best friend]
- Possibly funny, but giving a twist to a familiar Bible story or passage, with a deeper point being made. [example: lost sheep]
- Probably funny, and relating to a broader theme or exploration. For example, there are a number of cartoons labeled "western jesus" and "unclean". The "unclean" label is because this cartoon relates to my reading of (and quoting from) Richard Beck's book unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality and Mortality. The "western jesus" label is because Jesus is portrayed in these cartoons as responding as modern-day westerners might respond in similar situations. [example: jesus febrezus]
- Maybe funny or not, and relating to a broader theme or exploration. This is similar to the previous item. For example, there are a number of cartoons labeled "love the sinner, hate the sin." After hearing this one day, I came up with a number of cartoons which are meant to deconstruct this saying, to point out what it is about, how other people hear it and how it can impact others. [example: third row] Similar themes would be "not anti-gay" which explores what it means to be or not be anti-gay, and "defining" which looks at how words are defined and who gets to decide what their definition is.
- Not funny, and with a serious point. Essentially, the cartoon here is a pictoral way of introducing a topic. [example: the christian agenda]
- Horrifying with a deeper meaning. There are a few of these, and they are not funny in the slightest, neither as a cartoon nor in the point that is being made -- but the point is an important one. [example: ecclesia]
Offensive?If a cartoon or statement seems offensive to you, take a look at the whole context including the type of humour used, to see if perhaps it is really making a valid point. And keep in mind that I in no way mean that all Christians or all churches are a certain way, but that some Christians or churches are that way. Of course, it might well be that some readers will be offended — either by my perspectives and beliefs, or by the fact that I'm pointing out bad attitudes and wrong actions on the part of others. But my goal here is not to offend but to bring to light what is the case, to explore and process ideas, and to help us all move forward in loving each other as Jesus did. Again, check out about this blog.
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Cheap Jordans 2017 is giving the Air Jordan 1 Mid a premium makeover with a few of their recent releases. Following a look at the "Dark Grey" pair, we now share the all-new "Reverse Banned" iteration of the popular silhouette. As you can see this Air Jordan 1 features the same colors as the iconic "Banned" release, however the colors have been reversed. Utilizing Red and Black, tumbled leather lands on the toe, Nike Swoosh and heel. Other highlights includes White across the midsole while Red covers the outsole to complete the look.
New Jordans 2016 has several new Air Jordan 1 Mid colorways set to release, which some of them will receives a bit of a premium makeover. Shown here is an upcoming Air Jordan 1 Mid that has a similar build as the OG Air Jordan 1s having a tumbled leather overlay to offer a more premium look. Dressed in an Anthracite and Black color scheme, a White midsole adds for contrast atop Dark Grey rubber outsole.
KD 10 For Sale has been remixing some popular colorways of the Air Jordan 1 frequently, with the upcoming "Bred Toe" 1 being the most notable offering. Jumpman's newest new-look design comes by way of the Air Jordan 1 Mid where the famed "Banned" colorway is reversed with red taking center stage using black as a secondary highlight. Tumbled leather adorns the silhouette adding a hint of texture to the intriguing color scheme as a white midsole offers a clean finishing touch.


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14 March 2017 @ 1:00am EDT - Written by: Brad
VRTheatre v1.11 Beta is now available for download! It contains many of the features we have been teasing for the last few months such as our Leap+Touch control scheme, 360 Video Playback, streaming video support, and two new environments! You can find more detailed information about what has been fixed/changed in VRTheatre v1.11 in our Change Log. As always we appreciate your continued support and feedback. Please enjoy this new release!
Check out the videos below to see some of the new features in action:
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This video demonstrates some of the 360 Video capabilities of VRTheatre. This captured video is filmed direct with Oculus Rift + Leap Motion + Oculus Touch. The first half of the video, the 360 feed is being taken live directly from a Kodak SP360 Camera positioned up and behind the user, streaming in real time via the camera's WiFi connection and compressed via our proprietary compression technology allowing the stream to be transferred with incredibly low bandwidth yet still maintaining quality. The latency in the video is unfortunately due to the Kodak SP360's limitations via the mjpeg WiFi stream (This is an undocumented feature of this camera anyway). The second half of the video features some video footage taken with the SP360 and streamed via a 4G gateway back to a remote server for compression/storage for later viewing, again using our proprietary compression technology. The VRTheatre update containing 360 Video playback support will be released very soon!
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16 December 2016 @ 12:11am EST - Written by: Brad
We are happy to announce that the new version of VRTheatre with Oculus Touch support is nearly ready! The video below shows the new Leap+Touch control system in the upcoming VRTheatre update. This unique control system allows for five finger hand tracking provided by the Leap Motion, working in tandem with the Oculus Touch controllers used as "tools" being tracked via the Oculus Constellation tracking system. The video also gives a sneak peak at one of the new scenes (Stonehenge) featured in the update. We will have more updates coming very soon showing more of the upcoming features in the new release.
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23 August 2016 @ 8:26pm EDT - Written by: Brad
Hello World! It's been awhile since our last update. We have been hard at work on numerous projects we absolutely can not wait to share with you all! Today, we are pleased to announce that the the long awaited v1.0 Beta of VRTheatre for the Oculus Rift is finally ready and available for download. This update addresses many stability issues and bugs found in the previous release.
You can find more detailed information about whats fixed/changed in our Change Log.
We are currently hard at work fine tuning our motion controlled interface as well as integrating support for even more motion control hardware such as the Ximmerse, Oculus Touch, and full support for the HTC Vive. We are also working on integrating support for 360 video in the next update! Please check back soon, we have some exciting things coming in the very near future!
If you haven't seen VRTheatre in action, check out the video below or click here for more information/download.
- Playback engine powered by VLC. Supports most formats supported by VLC
- Direct video device display support (allows things like webcams, capture cards etc to be displayed)
- Resizeable screen
- Multiple immersive video watching locations (asteroid, island, void, etc)
- AR modes (Leap Motion Required)
- HTML 5 Browser (Mnemonic Mode only, currently very basic but will improve over time)
- Dynamically generatable and movable display mode (Matrix mode)
- Multiple supported control types: Leap Motion (Recommended), Gamepad, Oculus Remote, Keyboard and Mouse or any combo of the five


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To fit its ethos of holistic development Nkowa seeks staff and contracts professionals with varied national and international experiences across multiple age groups, diverse cultures and educational settings. Their expertise and special attributes, methodologies and approaches must project the ability to integrate technology, co-operative learning and interactive instruction to better enhance student engagement, development and success.
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Ponnie Moodley Wessels
Ponnie Wessels has been proactively involved in education, management and community development for more than 27 years. Her diverse national and international work experiences speak volumes about her passion for education, and her contribution to the development of people, organizations and communities. Her philosophy of using education as a catalyst for integrated community development is evident in her varied experience in the classroom, school management and community organizations. She believes that integrated local, national and international networking will resolve the current challenges in education and build a high standard of global community development through education.
Ponnie's teaching experiences range from having a tent as her first classroom in a small, independent, culturally diverse school in rural Thohoyandou, South Africa to a well-resourced school for the Arts in an established town of North Carolina, USA. She has taught Grade 1 to Grade 10 students of all abilities, including special-needs and gifted students. She has managed school media centres, sat on school management teams and non-profit organisation boards, arts integration leadership committees and contributed to school-wide policies and best practices. She continues to mentor educators and professionals thus inspiring them to remain in the education field. She designs and presents curriculum and training programmes for students, educators, mentors and parents. Other positions she has held include news reader for a radio station, technical trainer for an international volunteer organisation, ECD training manager and peace monitor during South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994.
Ponnie holds a Bachelor of Paedagogy Degree in Primary Education, from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. She also attained her National Board Certification (Middle Childhood/Generalist Grade 1-6) – the most respected professional certification in the United States of America. Her other educational training and professional development include Arts Integration, Sheltered Instruction for English Learners and a Certified Writing Trainer.
Ponnie has received awards for her Leadership, Community Volunteerism, and being a Cultural Ambassador. She is a member of the South African Council of Educators and ensures she is always up to date with her skills and educational credentials.
Ponnie Wessels was born in Durban and has lived in Thohoyandou, Giyani, Tzaneen and North Carolina. After spending over a decade in the United States of America she and her husband Tian Wessels established Nkowa Education and Training, in July 2011. She currently owns and manages Nkowa Private School and Education Centre in Sandton, South Africa where she teaches Foundation Phase students (Grades 1-3). In her free time she enjoys travelling, camping, nature watching, sewing, cultural arts and crafts. She currently lives with Tian Wessels, and her two dogs, Isabella and Angela.
Tian Wessels
Tian Wessels has lived and worked in a variety of settings, from the rural town of Giyani, South Africa to a small, developing city in North Carolina, USA. Tian's first teaching job was at a high school in Giyani, Limpopo Province, where he had to deal with class sizes of up to 60 students. He has had a lifelong interest in Science and Art and enjoys sharing his knowledge with others through mentoring adults and educating children. His contribution to the development of art, including photography, painting and wood sculpting has inspired many.
Tian heads the Intermediate Phase (Grades 4 – 6) and facilitates a self-study programme for the Senior Phase (Grade 7-9). He values curiosity and is inspired to foster a sense of wonder about the world in his students. Tian uses new education techniques, while staying in touch with local and international curricula. He believes that primary school students must have a solid foundation of Maths skills, English reading and writing, practical technology education, and inquiry based science lessons. Tian designs and formulates new and original materials for language comprehension and the sciences. He integrates technology in his lessons regularly and requires his students to do so too. His specialist knowledge and experience enhances the 21st century educational model of Nkowa which has proven to help students of all abilities and talents.
Tian was born in Empangeni KZN and matriculated at Hoërskool Eldoraigne, Centurion. Tian studied photography at the Tshwane University of Technology. His final year thesis was a series of documentary photos taken while living at some SOS Children's Homes. He was the owner of the Photographic Studio in Tzaneen, during which time he mentored and trained adults and school students in the art and techniques of photography. During his stay in the USA, Tian exhibited his wood sculptures numerous times, especially as part of the Wilson Arts Council and the Wilson Woodcarvers. He shared his skills with his fellow woodcarvers and played an active role in the local Arts Council.
After returning to South Africa Tian and Ponnie opened Nkowa in 2015 to pursue their vision of small school education, where he is currently a director, tutor and operations manager. Tian enjoys spending any free time he has with his wife Ponnie and their two dogs. He also enjoys fishing and trying out new art forms.
Pamelyn Beukes
Pamelyn Beukes has an extensive background in Sports, Kinderkinetics, and Physical Development of Children both nationally and internationally. Her work experience include international swimming competitions, sport coaching and camp management.
She spent her early childhood and primary school in Botswana, and represented her country as national swimmer when she was only 10 years old. Pamelyn later moved and completed her high school and university in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She achieved both her Bachelor of Human Movement Science Degree as well as her Honours Degree in Kinderkinetics with Distinction. Pam is a Golden Key Member of the University of the Free State, which is only awarded to the top 15% of students for their academic achievement.
Pamelyn captained the SuperSport Seals Swimming Club and later became their assistant coach. Her international experience includes being the Waterfront Director at a Camp on Long Island, New York, USA. Pamelyn concurrently represented Botswana and captained its national swimming team to many international swim meets, competing against all the Sub-Saharan countries and winning many medals for the country. She has coached various sports, specifically swimming to Foundation, Intermediate and Senior Phase students (Grade 1 to 9). She specialises in coaching competitive swimming, fitness and stroke correction to school aged children.
Pamelyn has participated in the famous Midmar Mile 12 times and placed in the top 30 swimmers. She was a Gold and Bronze medallist at the South African Swimming Age Groups Championships.
Pamelyn recently completed a course at the University of Pretoria for School Readiness of children aged 5 and 6 year olds, and has over 500 practical hours working with children to improve their motor proficiency.
Pamelyn currently teaches Fitness to Nkowa students and contributes to the physical development component of Nkowa Private School's holistic, integrated approach to child development and education. Her high standard and success rate in helping students physically develop and maintain core strength, bilateral co-ordination, strength and agility, have resulted in high academic achievement at Nkowa. She conducts extensive pre-assessments, formulates individualised child fitness programmes for individuals and groups and issues detailed, written reports.
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Flooding in Sri Lanka
We would like to express our condolences and show our solidarity to all those that have been affected by the recent natural disaster in Sri Lanka. Below we share the following message from our local branch. We will continue to bring you updates from SCI Sri Lanka and SCI volunteers as well as information on any additional workcamps that may be organised.
Flooding in Sri Lanka (18 May 2016). Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty
"Dear Friends,
Most of you have probably heard about the unprecedented natural disaster that occurred in Sri Lanka in the last week. Nearly 4 million people have been affected with 25 dead and 175 reported missing. More deaths are expected. Whole villages have been washed away and people are undergoing severe suffering. SCI intervention looks beyond our imagination and emergency relief services are mostly being handled by the military. In the coming weeks we would investigate/explore the possibilities of organizing a few work camps to clear the debris and help the displaced to return to their original places – thank you for all those who have already expressed their solidarity and cooperation.
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Thankful for every breath I take
All thanks to the girl gang of #ThankfulThursdays, that I am able to think about what I am thankful for this week. So here, I am again presenting you my thankfulness for the things when I wake up in the morning.
Thankful for
If you are a regular reader of my blogs, you must have known by now that I am thankful to God for everything; for every breath I take.
When I wake up in the morning, I am thankful for
- My life-> I am able to leave behind all the bad things and take up the good habits in a new day, I have been blessed with. A new day to work towards betterment. I am thankful all the pleasures I have been given by God; a healthy life.
- My family-> I wake up and look around to see my kids sleeping on one side and my husband on the other side.I am blessed to have a happy and loving family.
- My creativity-> I had a good and sound sleep last night. And today, I will write something much better and improve my creativity. I am learning and going higher with every new day.
- My power of organising-> I have inherited this quality from my mother. Early in the morning only, I organise most of the day's task in my mind. This helps me to divide my day between my family chores, kids and my writing with ease.
- My sense of optimism-> I am gaining the power of positivity from God each and every day and passing on to my family and all the people around me.
I am thankful for every breath I take.
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Killing rats 'could spread plague'
Culling rats - traditionally viewed as the carriers of disease - could actually worsen an outbreak of the plague, say experts.
A report published in the journal Nature suggests a mass slaughter of the rodents could unleash a flood of homeless fleas that would then jump into the human population and infect them instead.
Researchers at Cambridge University used a computer to model the movements of rats and fleas in a population of 60,000 rodents.
Old advice
The scientists found that if a rat cull is carried out after cases of plague have emerged in humans, the resulting scarcity of rodents means the fleas are forced to look for another host, often ending up with a human to bite.
The research team warn: "If the cull is brought into effect after the first human cases have been reported, then this action can create a far larger force of infection for humans."
An insect specialist from the UK said that the Cambridge work confirmed the advice of rat experts as much as a century ago.
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Dr Ian Burgess, from the Medical Entomology Centre, said: "Rat fleas tend to stay in rat nests, rather than ride around on the rat.
"However, when the overall population of rats falls - perhaps due to plague - the number of fleas on each rat increases.
"During the British Empire, people used to be employed particularly to count the number on fleas on rats. The more fleas, the more chance of an outbreak."
The threat from rats and their fleas increases normally when rats are driven from their normal habitats outside towns by harvesting, natural disasters or lack of food, he said.
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The future of cookbooks may be closer than anyone would imagine.
I'm not going give you any earth shattering news that you probably don't already know. But, here it is anyway. The cookbook app is not only coming, it's here. See, I told you that was somewhat old news.
What may be new however is the acceptance of the cooking app as a legitimate format to impart culinary wisdom, instruction and advise. On March 6, at Folies Bergere in Paris, one of four cooking apps will be named the best of the best at the prestigious The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. That part is BIG news.
The fact that digital cooking applications are so prevalent in todays kitchens says a ton about how we consume information. It's too early to tell if the smartphone or tablet will eventually replace the physical book, but, suffice it to say that it's firmly in the realm of possibility.
Among this week links we have some digital news and some traditional cookbook reviews and happenings. Big Think has an interesting piece on the creation of an iTunes like format for recipes. That could have some far reaching implications on a digital cookbook industry that still has it's training wheels on. Stay tuned to see how that turns out.
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Investigation Report on China's Olmesartan Market, 2009-2018
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DUBLIN, March 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3vpmvj/investigation) has announced the addition of the "Investigation Report on China's Olmesartan Market, 2009-2018" report to their offering.
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According to statistics from WHO, one-third of the world's adults have high blood pressure. Death toll of this disease equals to half of the total number caused by stroke and heart attack.
Angiotensin II receptor antagonist (ABR) is an important product among various antihypertensive drugs. Developed by Sankyo and Forest Laboratories, olmesartan medoxomil was approved to the U.S.A. in April 2002 with the trade name ""Benicar"" and was approved to Europe in October 2002. In July 2006, it was launched in Chinese market. Olmesartan can take effect very soon with low dosage, and it has strong and lasting antihypertensive effect with few adverse reactions, especially dry cough. Also because of its excellent performance worldwide, many Chinese manufacturers applied to produce the generic drug.
However, this behavior caused the noted ""composition patent"" olmesartan patent infringement case in 2006, resulting in the ""Bolar Exception"" in Chinese patent system. Although Beijing Winsunny Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. won the trial and was approved to produce the genetic drug in 2007, they violates Sankyo's patent every time they produce or sell the product. For Beijing Winsunny Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., it has won the trial but not the market. Competition pattern of olmesartan medoxomil manufacturers from Menet indicates that olmesartan medoxomil produced by Beijing Winsunny Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. could not go on the market until patent ZL.97126347.7 expired in 2011. As a result, market share of Beijing Winsunny Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is extremely low.
Statistics shows that there are more than 260 million hypertensive patients in China. According to CRI, over CNY 40 billion is annually spent on hypertension treatment. Market size of hypertensive prescription drugs exceeded CNY 20 billion in 2013 which indicates huge growth potential.
The CAGR of sales value of olmesartan in Chinese sample hospital market was more than 140% from 2007 to 2010. Based on the sales revenue, most market share is occupied by Shanghai Sankyo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (founded in November 1999 by Sankyo Co., Ltd. and Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd.) while other market share is seized by generic drugs from Chinese manufacturers such as Beijing Winsunny Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Because of improving living standard and changing lifestyle, incidence of hypertension is estimated to grow in the next few years. As Chinese people's incomes increase, the affordability of antihypertensive drugs increases. Estimation shows that the market size of olmesartan in China will keep increasing in the next few years.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Relevant Concepts of Olmesartan
2 Market Overview of Olmesartan in China, 2009-2013
3 Investigation on Sales Value of Olmesartan in China, 2009-2013
4 Investigation on Market Share of Major Olmesartan Manufacturers in China, 2009-2013
5 Investigation on Market Size of Olmesartan by Dosage Form in China, 2009-2013
6 Reference Price of Olmesartan Produced by Different Enterprises in China Hospital Market
7 Analysis on Major Olmesartan Manufacturers in China, 2009-2014
8 Prospect of China Olmesartan Market, 2014-2018
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- Beijing Winsunny Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Sankyo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Sine Promod Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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Paradox's Failure Timeline was a possible future that the Main Timeline was leading toward, one that Paradox himself lamented that if he failed to stop the Time Monster, this would be Earth's 'best' possible future. The event shown takes place in 200 years from now.
In this alternate timeline, Paradox failed to stop his former lab assistant, Hugo, from rapidly aging the world during Paradox. The present Paradox takes Ben, Kevin, and Gwen to witness Earth's result, where they meet a future parallel version of Paradox, who lamented at his failure to save the world. Paradox took the team back to the accident, where Humungousaur saved Hugo, preventing this future from happening.
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Carpenters perform a wide variety of jobs ranging from commercial and industrial construction, to new home construction, to home remodeling. All of these jobs require similar skills, including a strong knowledge of math, algebra, geometry, physics, and hot to read a blueprint. Other things that a carpenter must be familiar with are the basics of home or building design, how to interact with other contractors such as plumbers and electricians, building regulations and requirements, and, of course, the use of tools.
While carpenters used to learn their trade on the job, it is now common practice to combine classroom training with hands on experience. The process of becoming a skilled carpenter can take up to 4 years. Carpentry schools provide the academic background needed in the job. This can include math and physics courses, as well as learning the basics of design, construction, and the use of specialized tools.


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Benefit's brand new cheek & lip tint is three shades of gorgeous. This creamy stick features lovely coral, watermelon, and champagne pigments that blend together for a sheer wash of color. The swipe-on stick is supereasy to apply—great for times when you're on the go. We got the first look on this multitasking wonder—see the blush in action in our exclusive video with Benefit's Maggie Ford Danielson in their Soho boutique.
I love this thing! The color isn't super sheer but it isn't super pigmented either. It distributes the perfect amount of color for day or night. I took a star off because the color on my lips faded within an hour. However, as a new mom, I'm always looking for ways to stay cute in the littlest amount of time possible and this is it!4
I saw my hair stylist wearing this, asked her what she wore...it was a natural, glowing look and I wanted it! She referred me to this product and I researched. I worried the color would be too peachy and perhaps for a Spring colored woman (I'm a winter), but as I'd actually seen it worn by another winter, I decided to buy and I love it. I do find it needs reapplication but so do most blushes in my experience. It's light, comes in a roll out, roll on applicator which is cool. I'd easily recommend this blush. Oh, yes, you can slo use as lip color but I personally do not like it as a lip co,or on me.5
These colors are pretty, but there's not really any time saving or double duty going on here. As a blush, I still needed a boost. With some benefit Majorette, it was perfect. The highlighter was nice, but had to be doubled up. I predict that highlighter being the smallest section, the thing is going to wear down at an angle. It looked pretty good on my cheeks, but it wouldn't be an all in one for me. It wasn't happening at all for my lips. Somehow it managed to make them look chapped, even though they're pretty smooth.3
I'm just learning how to put on makeup, and I didn't want to start off with putting on powder blush. This is a good way for me to learn how to start putting on makeup, with the colours definitely sticking out on my light skin. The only problem I have, as others have mentioned, is that it doesn't go on evenly so it dents.4


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Apprenticeship training is available for Veterans through programs sponsored by the Department of Labor and the VA. For Veterans with technical skills, or those who don't wish to pursue a traditional education apprenticeship may be the perfect fit. Benefits of enrolling in an apprenticeship program include:
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Northeastern State University's Center for Teaching & Learning will host two screenings of the documentary Waiting for Superman in early March. All those interested in the education of American students are invited to attend and join in a discussion of the issues it brings up.
NSU President Don Betz suggests that this film (and one shown last month–Race to Nowhere) would be excellent vehicles to begin a collaborative campus/community conversation about the future of education and our role in it. Thus far, he has been correct in his assessment, as the first film was well attended and has resulted in positive community conversations and collaborations.
Each event is free and open to the public. No reservations are required.
The first screening will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 7th in the Webb Auditorium on the Tahlequah campus.
The second screening will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 10th in the Broken Arrow Auditorium on the Broken Arrow campus.
Following the 102-minute movie, administrators and educators will join in a discussion of the realities and potential reform of contemporary education.
According to the director, Waiting for Superman is a "deeply personal exploration of the current state of public education in the U.S. and how it is affecting our children." The film has been nominated for and won numerous awards for best documentary, including the Academy Awards, Critics' Choice, and Sundance.
For more information about Waiting for Superman, visit http://www.waitingforsuperman.com/
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We can help. You can overcome drug addiction and have a better life than you ever thought possible!
There are lots of drug and alcohol treatment centers possibilities open to individuals living in the Concord area. You should understand each one of the types of rehabilitation options that exist in Concord, AB., to be able to pick the ideal rehab option for yourself or someone you care about. Selecting the most appropriate drug and alcohol rehab center in Concord is an essential factor in the process of treating of substance abuse, drug addiction and alcoholism. The following data will help you to fully grasp your various rehabilitation options so that you have the greatest chance of a successful outcome.
Let's examine the many drug and alcohol rehab facilities in Concord, New Hampshire options that correlate with the condition of the individual in search of rehab.
Inpatient drug and alcohol rehab in Concord, AB. is really a treatment option ideal in case you need medical intervention for the duration of rehabilitation or individuals with considerable drug use histories. Men and women will experience both mental and physical dependence to drugs even after a short time period, so inpatient drug and alcohol rehab in Concord is considered the most effective treatment possibility in the majority of instances. Due to substance abuse and addiction, women and men will most likely not be able to make a full recovery with the minimal services offered by outpatient treatment centers in Concord, New Hampshire where alcohol and drugs continue to be readily available when they depart the outpatient center. Likewise, people in rehab who receive outpatient rehabilitation as opposed to inpatient drug and alcohol treatment in Concord continue to be susceptible to damaging relationships and situations which might compromise their process of recovery. When someone lives with an abusive partner or continues to maintain associations which involve abusing drugs, any rehabilitation activities in outpatient rehab will be in vain. That is why in-patient alcohol and drug rehabilitation in Concord, AB. will most certainly result in more fruitful outcomes that may prove lasting unlike an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment facility where benefits could be very limited and acute.
In Concord there is both short-term and long-term inpatient drug rehabilitation. Short-term is a 30-day facility, while long-term inpatient alcohol and drug treatment in Concord, New Hampshire is much more extensive and rehabilitation can last 3 to 6 months generally speaking. It becomes an ideal setting for clients since it is a completely drug-free setting where they can recover both mentally and physically without distraction. Preferably, women and men will continue in a long-term in-patient drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Concord for the optimum period of time permitted, so that they can handle anything which might jeopardize their abstinence after they depart treatment. Due to the fact detoxing and becoming physically stabilized can take 2-3 weeks alone, the 3 to 6 months in long-term in-patient drug and alcohol rehabilitation in Concord will be time well spent and a lot more effective than short-term centers.
The most important component of all if you or someone you love is struggling with a substance abuse or addiction concern is to do something about it, make calls and seek advice from trained addiction professionals and get an evaluation and treatment possibilities to guarantee the greatest opportunity for a full recovery.
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Lia is stunned and terrified when she walks back out the waiting room of Dr. Parker's office. Cassie is gone, and Jennifer has not yet arrived to pick her up. Lia sits, watching the snow in the parking lot for nearly an hour, but there is no sign of Jennifer. Lia calls a cab and pays him extra to drive her to the pizza place and then to the motel where Elijah works. She begs Elijah to let her inside, and he finally relents. She tells him everything: she's been kicked out of her father's house, her mother is crazy, she's being haunted by Cassie's ghost, and her doctor wants to lock her up in the nuthouse. She's just emptied out her bank account and she wants to runaway with him to Mississippi. As she's ranting to him, she passes out...
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T3 Blacked Out - 08/14
August 23rd, 2014 marked a new level of tactical training provided by Trigger Time Gun Club and the T3 Training cadre. 12 students and 5 instructors participated in our T3 Blacked Out Course. This 10 hour class took students on a journey from day light shooting to night vision engagements with Primary (carbine) and secondary (pistol) weapon systems. Each student shot in excess of 500 rounds of carbine and 100 of pistol during the entire day on 3 different ranges inside of our 7,000 acre range facility.
The Training Cadre can't thank our incredible students enough, you all displayed the utmost in tactical patience, concentration, professionalism and skill. Great job to all who came. Keep it Fresh.
Mark is the Chief trainer at TTGC and T3. With over 8 years in the security industry as a US Marine, Professional Instructor and constant student, Mark has a passion for assisting others with Training and Equipment. We hope to hear from you here on the T3 blog and look forward to some good conversations.
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Essay Topic 1
The overall tone of this novel could be described as enchanting childhood summers. What examples from the text support this tone? Are there events that do not support this tone? If so what are they? If not, why do you think there are none?
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Why do you believe the author of this novel chose the title Dandelion Wine? Do you believe it is an appropriate title for the book? Why or why not?
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Throughout the novel adults and children are often compared. Does the novel lead the reader to believe that they are more similar or more different? What events from the novel support your conclusions?
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How are the themes of fear and death developed throughout the novel? Use specific examples from the text to support your statements. Do you believe the author does a good job at developing these...
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About that heraldry: The shield designs aren't just chosen at random or for prettyness. There are some references in there I'd like to share.
The heraldry on the majority of pavises and the banner is the heraldry of Rivia, a sovereignty in the setting of the Witcher, from Andrzej Sapkowski's books and CD Project Red's Witcher game trilogy. My littly geeky tribute to books and games that I love.
Just this week I discovered, by accident, that this is also the heraldry of a historical Dutch family called Zael or Zael Utteneng. Who apparently held lands or office along a part of disputed territories between two Duchies in the Holy Roman Empire, one of which now forms my home province Brabant. Funny that. I just love it when such coincidences pop up!
The rest are nods to regional history:
The red three-towered castle on a white field is the medieval version of the arms of the Quarter of Oisterwijck, the 14th century administrative/feudal domain my home city was part of back then.
The gold tree on a black field, that I will paint as a canton on the militia captain his shield, was the medieval version of the arms of the Mairie of 'S-Hertogenbosch, the larger feudal (sub)domain within the Duchy of Brabant that the Quarter of Oisterwijck fell under.
Not the proper/historical way this heraldry would be used, but hey, I'm playing a fantasy game here... ;)
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Dear Rep. Miller: Cutting off aid won't solve immigration issues
Over the last month, we've been telling you about the tens of thousands of children coming alone across the southern border of the United States.
Since October, more than 47,000 children have reached the border, many of them fleeing brutal violence and extreme poverty in their home countries. As part of the Obama administration's effort to stem the tide of young people crossing the border, the United States is sending $255 million in aid money to the three countries of origin for most of the migrant children – El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
The money is intended to help return the children home, and assist those countries in ensuring their safety and security once they are resettled. But some opponents of the aid program have argued a better response to the surge in migrant children is punishment instead of protection.
Which is why my letter this week goes to one of the most vocal and influential of those voices–the Vice Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee.
Dear Rep. Candice Miller:
It's me, Melissa.
I think we can all agree that the sudden surge of unaccompanied children at the border is a complicated problem with no easy answers. But your suggestion that the United States try to solve it by cutting off aid to Central America makes me question whether you fully appreciate the nature of the problem itself.
This week, you issued a statement saying:
"We need to take some steps to protect America by getting our neighbor's attention. Instead of increasing funding by hundreds of millions, as the President has called for, we need to stop foreign aid to the Centrals – immediately."
I'm wondering if maybe this is a case of how having only a hammer causes you to see only nails everywhere you look. Because it seems that your leadership positions on homeland and border security committees have limited the scope of your perspective on exactly what you are looking at when you see the children at our border.
According to a survey of migrant children from the U.N. Refugee Agency, nearly 60% of children they spoke with reported being "forcibly displaced because they suffered or faced harms that indicate a potential or actual need for international protection."
The countries that the children call home – Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala – have some of the highest murder rates on the planet. Many of the children reported vulnerability to widespread gang violence in those countries as their primary reason for leaving. Some told stories about the everyday challenges of trying to avoid threats likes beatings, robberies, rapes, and murders – and the inevitability of falling victim if they stayed.
From where I'm sitting, Rep. Miller, that isn't a matter of national security or immigration policy. That is a humanitarian crisis – emphasis "humans" – the thousands of children who are running for their lives. And they won't be made any safer by your proposal to use the United States' large footprint of influence in Central America to stomp their governments into submission.
There is no quick fix for the current challenges facing those governments–the political instability, the extreme poverty, the murderous gangs. These problems have been decades in the making, and are due in no small part to the United States' long history of intervention to advance our interests in Central America. And now the consequences of that involvement have reached our doorstep, demanding that we respond – not to a problem in need of our punishment. But to people, children, who simply want to be safe.


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Sir Patrick Stewart is set to play an eccentric choreographer in upcoming film Match.
Deadline reports that the Star Trek actor will take the role of a reclusive dance instructor who is visited by a couple (played by Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard) claiming to want to interview him for a thesis.
But as the couple's true intentions emerge, Sir Patrick's character "finds himself unable to dance around the impact of decisions he made long ago".
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I really have no words today. So I'm just thankful for everything today. Pretty lame, I know but I like Charlie Brown and Snoopy. 🙂
I really have no words today. So I'm just thankful for everything today. Pretty lame, I know but I like Charlie Brown and Snoopy. 🙂
Today I had the opportunity to hang out with my 3 and 6-year-old grandsons. Did you know that children of these ages have a ton of energy? Good grief, now I know why I had my children when I was young. I'm too old to keep up with these boys. Oh but they are so precious. The quiet conversations that they have are so innocent one minute and then they switch gears and are rambunctious as ever. The questions they ask are thought-provoking. The love they show is unconditional. I was reading a book while the boys were playing with a pirate set and suddenly they were more interested in what I was reading. It's those little moments that just put the biggest smile on my face.
Whenever I hang out with my grandsons I tend to think about what Jesus said " And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:2-4 ESV
What did Jesus mean by that? I think maybe He meant that we are to be abandoned in our trust. Children have a way of trusting that is far beyond adult comprehension. Children don't worry about things like we do, they trust that their parents or grandparents are going to provide for all of their needs. Children love to learn and they believe what they learn. (Yes, they ask why a million times but that's just because they want to know everything!) Children are innocent, humble and teachable. I'm sure I could mention many other things. The point is, Jesus wants us to trust Him with our lives.
I am thankful for my grandsons and I am thankful that the Lord uses them to bring life to His Word.
Went to see my doctor today and I am so thankful that she is not the sort that just throws pills at me. While she did alter my current medication, she didn't try to push the newest drug on the market. Many of my former doctors seemed to just be in the practice for the pharmaceutical kickbacks and it used to drive me crazy. I am thankful that I don't have to deal with that anymore. I was heard for my concerns and we had a great discussion.
The other thing I like about my doctor is that she doesn't try to push weight loss surgery down my throat. I went down that road about 11 years ago even to the point of having a surgery date set up but God said No, So when God says NO, it means NO! I had a few doctors that always tried to push the gastric bypass. I've had many friends who had the surgery, some with good success, some with short-term success and some with no success. God made my organs to work perfectly, I am the one that chose to eat too much food and be lazy so why should I surgically alter my body because of my lack of self-control.
Some may not agree with what I just said and that's okay. We can agree to disagree. I am just saying this about me. It's a personal issue between every individual and God. For me, it's not an option. My option is to continue to yield to the Holy Spirit and allow Him to lead and guide my journey to weight loss. My doctor supports me as well and she is willing to help in any way even if it's just holding me accountable by checking in with her on my progress. I like that very much. I look forward to getting my blood results to see if any of my life changes so far have helped with any of my values.
I am looking forward to getting a handle on my fatigue so I can get back to exercising. Somehow I think I need to push through it and stop making excuses. I really am exhausted though and it's not because I am lacking sleep. I will get there. I did gain 3.4 lbs, this week though but I will not let it get me down as I didn't do anything to contribute to losing weight this week so what more should I expect. Hey, this is a journey not a sprint so I will just keep moving forward.
Today is Veteran's Day and I am so thankful to all the brave men and women who served our country. What makes me sad is that we give one day to honor our veterans yet they struggle to survive every day and no one bats an eye. Did you know that 22 veterans every day commit suicide due to PTSD?
We have far too many veterans that are homeless, alone, sick, depressed and it's a shame. I pray that more will be done to resolve these issues but I am thankful that at least they do get a day to be honored although I believe they should be honored every day.
I've shared that I have been battling fatigue and I finally have a doctor's appointment scheduled. My day 10 was a full day of activities including work and helping others. I was exhausted! Thankfully I found that the scripture that says "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13) is true. I am relying on that strength to continue to get me through each day this week. I am also relying on the Lord to give wisdom to the doctor in what to do for me whether it is adjusting my medication or running blood tests. I know that I am in the Lord's care. I am thankful that He is in charge of my life and I submit to all that He has in store for me.
What are you thankful for today?
Psalm 105:1 NLT says, "Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done." I could fill pages upon pages of testimonies to what the Lord has done in my life. I am convinced that I am alive today only because of His mercy and grace. I've done nothing to deserve it and I will forever give Him thanks.
Today has been another day of fatigue for me but I am working on getting back on track with my goals. It is going to take hard work and consistency for me to be successful. I already see one success that I haven't really paid attention to and that is the fact that I am not giving up. I am not beating myself up for not following through on my goals which is huge for me. I used to be awful to myself. It really doesn't help nor is it any kind of motivator. Proverbs 24:16a NLT says, "The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again." I may trip or I may fall but I will get back up and keep walking in this journey. I just give thanks to the Lord for teaching me every step of the way.
What are you giving thanks to the Lord for today?


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Licensing rejig and standard price rises set for Windows Server 2016
Be afraid, very afraid
Microsoft stands accused of forcing customers to migrate to cloud services by introducing new licensing terms and raising prices for hosted Windows Server 2016, which could see monthly costs more than doubling.
When Microsoft launched WS16 last autumn, it shifted from licensing per CPU to licensing per core for the Standard and Datacenter editions. All physical cores on the server must be licensed, with a minimum of eight core licences per physical processor and a minimum of 16 core licences per server.
Core licences are sold in packs of two, and two eight-core packs are the minimum required to license each physical server, Microsoft confirmed in its Ts&Cs.
But according to hosting firms that sell Service Provider Licensing Agreements (SPLA), all other editions of WS16 will be licensed in the same way from January 2019.
This will "work out [as] considerably more expensive", a source told El Reg. This comment was based on modelling the impact caused by the licence revamp on the two editions of WS16.
For example, a customer paying for WS16 would have paid £77.26 per-CPU licence under the previous model. Two hosts on Datacenter edition licensing allows for an unlimited number of VMs to be hosted, and using one processor each would cost £154.52. Six physical servers on Standard edition licensing using hex-core CPUs would cost £66.78.
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On the new core-based licensing introduced with WS16, the price changed to £19.31/two cores (minimum of 8/processors and 16/server). Two hosts on Datacenter edition licensing allows for an unlimited number of VMs and using one processor in each would cost £308.96 (32 cores). Six physical servers on Standard edition licensing using hex-core CPUs costs £133.44 (96 cores).
On top of accounting for the licensing shift due on January 1, 2019, Microsoft is also pushing through an up to 10 per cent price increase impacting Windows Remote Desktop Services SAL, Windows Server Standard and Datacenter and Windows Server Essentials software.
The Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard and Datacenter flavours will rise by 5 and 7 per cent respectively, and the SQL Server Standard Core and the Enterprise Core will jump by 10 per cent, as will the SQL Server Web Edition and Standard Edition SAL.
The prices are subject to change, a Microsoft document detailing the rises – seen by us – stated.
"Microsoft is pushing cloud-based computing by reorganising pricing models and encouraging users to move towards a data centre or cloud-based environment," said one hosting firm that asked to remain anonymous.
"I'd argue this is being done at significant cost to business owners and any users requiring high compute power. Business owners are being forced to undertake potentially disruptive migrations, and may even have to re-design solutions, to avoid being hit by unreasonable price hikes," the source added.
El Reg revealed this week that SPLA prices are already set to rise from the start of 2018 but it looks like a potentially more painful series of changes will land in the following year.
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