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Tunnelling machine
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to mining industry, namely to the tunnelling machine. The invention relates to mining industry, namely to the tunnelling machine. The tunnelling machine contains the running gear (3), the main frame (2) and at least one tool support (7, 8) installed with a possibility of rotation around the horizontal axis (17) of rotation which bears several roller cutting tools and is intended for rotary driving in both directions by means of the actuating unit. At least two roll-shaped tool supports (7, 8) are installed with a possibility of rotation around the common axis (17) of rotation which bear on their periphery several roller cutting tools (9) located with distribution in the partial peripheral zone (α). The actuating unit interacts with tool supports (7, 8) so that both two of the named at least two tool supports (7, 8) rotate at the rotary movement in both directions at least within the part of the rotary movement in opposite directions with reference to each other. The cutting tools (9) of one of opposite rotating tool supports (7) are located with the distribution in the partial peripheral zone (α) which, at least, in the point of return of rotary movement is displaced in the circumferential direction with reference to the partial peripheral zone (α) along which the cutting tools (9) of another of opposite rotating tool supports are arranged with distribution (8).
EFFECT: providing the cutting mode along the whole surface of the profile without the need for additional cutting of remaining rock edges.
24 cl, 7 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to heading blast digger with safety lining. It comprises intake wedge part with loading module, bin for blast loading, unloading scraper part, self-propulsor, pump station, control board, hydraulic manipulator with drill rig at gantry car displacing over stage loader support. Note here that tail part of blast loading bin accommodates lining placer consisting of two props equipped with mount fork shaped in a definite way. Note here that said shape allows accommodation of fasteners composed of top and bottom sheets of metallic gauze reinforcements and top and bottom sheets of metallic strip grabs shifted relative to each other. Note also that said forks are connected by crosswise bar and arranged to be displaced relative to said props up and down by hydraulic cylinders. Said forks are lifted and lowered by control board.
EFFECT: mechanised walling system.
5 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: tunnelling machine includes a frame with caterpillar trucks, a tray, an actuating element with a telescope, a conveyor, a buffer device, and a control panel, which are fixed on it. With that, the machine frame is provided with a telescopic pushing device with a power cylinder and a buffer with a support cylinder and brackets for fixation of support beams with holes for anchor bolts and an installation place of anchor posts into the mine working roof. Extension value of an extensible part of the pushing device is divisible by the value of telescope of the actuating element and mine working support pitch. The control panel of the telescopic pushing device is combined with the machine control panel and interconnected with the machine operation. Besides, the machine buffer devices can be equipped with a telescopic part and combined along the machine frame axis in the pusher housing with an axial partition wall. The telescopic pushing device can be made in the form of telescopic cylinders using support beams with holes for anchoring to mine working ground, thus compensating the divergence of planes in support places of the machine caterpillar trucks and its support beams to the mine working ground.
EFFECT: enlarging scope of application of tunnelling machines with caterpillar movement as to inclination angles of the mine working; improving operating reliability of the machine and its mobility and compactness.
9 cl, 4 dwg
FIELD: oil and gas industry.
SUBSTANCE: heading set of equipment includes heading machine with actuator device fixed at it by timberer with hold-down beam and spacing cylinders. Turning shaft at hold-down beam is equipped with turning mechanism at the machine conveyor. Manipulators are equipped with drilling and anchoring tools with permanent anchorage. Hold-down beam is equipped with sliding telescopes; manipulators with permanent fixtures are fixed at sliding telescopes of the hold-down beam. Turning shaft is made as load lifting telescopic boom with lifting and spacing cylinders. Hold-down beam at carry does not protrude beyond machine dimensions.
EFFECT: improving reliability of timberer, reducing errors at erection of permanent anchorage, increasing mobility and expanding scope of application both with minimum and maximum draft size.
5 cl, 3 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: method includes the following stages. Installation of a structure inside or tightly with an underground mine, so that the structure provides for reactive forces when pushing a cutting head in direction of the material by means of a series of rigid materials fixed on the structure, which i arranged so that series of rigid elements may be fixed to it simultaneously at least in two directions, so that parts of tunnel branches could be formed in at least two appropriate directions, of the underground mine designed for transportation of people, mechanisms and extracted material. Formation of multiple parts of tunnel branches entering the material. Formation of the first part of the tunnel branch with the help of a cutting head and a series of rigid elements in the first direction, and afterwards formation of the second part of the tunnel branch in the second direction. During formation of the second part of the tunnel branch, movement of rigid elements from the part of the first tunnel into the part of the second tunnel branch for extension of the series of rigid elements in the part of the second tunnel branch.
EFFECT: application of the method considerably reduces costs, makes it possible to considerably increase speed of tunnelling and increases efficiency of production.
21 cl, 10 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: complex comprises a receiving wedge part with a loading module, a hopper for exploding and loading, an unloading scraper part, a self-movement mechanism, a pump station, a control panel, a hydraulic manipulator with a drilling machine on a portal trolley moving along a loader column, a safety support moving along guides at hopper boards with the help of sliding carriages. At the same time the inner part of guides at boards of the hopper for exploding and loading is arranged in the form of a geared rack, and wheels of sliding carriages of the safety support - in the form of geared wheels moving along the rack, besides, movement to geared wheels is transferred from electric drives installed inside sliding carriages, and their supply is provided by electric cables wound onto drums installed in a tail part of the hopper for exploding and loading and having a mechanism of automatic winding making it possible to pull a cable from a drum as sliding carriages move along the hopper to the bottomhole, and to wind the cable back onto the drum as sliding carriages move away from the bottomhole.
EFFECT: improved design of a tunnelling exploding-loading complex, reduced labour intensiveness and higher efficiency of tunnelling works.
5 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to mining. A complex comprises a receiving wedge part with a loading module, a hopper for exploding and loading, an unloading scraper part, a self-movement mechanism, a pump station, a control panel, a hydraulic manipulator with a drilling machine on a portal trolley moving along a loader column, a safety support made of safety shields and stands, moving along guides at hopper boards with the help of sliding carriages. At the same time safety shields have two sections, the front section is hingedly attached to the rear section, and is made as capable of turning down by means of two hydraulic cylinders, arranged under safety shields, at the same time the front section is lowered before blasting and lifted afterwards from a panel of complex control.
EFFECT: improved design of a tunnelling exploding-loading complex.
4 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: The invention relates to mining, in particular, to sinking machine for excavation. The sinking machine comprises a hull, a working element, running gear, and a chain-linked conveyor. The hull is assembled from two parts with a ball joint hydraulic connection and jack-supported by blocks o tank and vehicle wheels. Each block has its own hydraulic drive. The working element comprises four rotors, two on large carrier and two on small carrier. The rotors rotate in different directions and are fitted with blades or roller bits. The rotor of one carrier rotate in one direction while the rotor of the second carrier rotation in the opposite direction, their rotation axis is inclined in different directions to ensure twisting in, like a corkscrew, into the working face during continuous feeding controlled by synchrodrives. The sinking machine can be fitted with manipulators with perforation drills. The form the arch shape of the bottomhole the large carrier rotors can move back and forth along the carrier sleeves using hydrocylinders controlled by tracers and verge millers.
EFFECT: increased productivity and excavation speed.
2 dwg
FIELD: engines and pumps.
SUBSTANCE: drive device for rotary tool, which operates with oscillation loading, has drive housing, load-carrying sleeve installed with possibility of being rotated in drive housing, drive shaft installed with possibility of being rotated in load-carrying sleeve, carrier of the tool for receiving processing tools, and oscillation excitation device for creating oscillation loading of carrier of the tool. Oscillation excitation device for each carrier of the tool has at least two intermediate shafts which by means of eccentric parts are attached to carriers of the tools and made with possibility of synchronous actuation.
EFFECT: improving support and sealing of drive shaft and load-carrying sleeve, increasing service life of drive devices.
25 cl, 21 dwg
FIELD: coal industry, particularly development machines for hydromines.
SUBSTANCE: method involves performing preparation drilling operations along with well flushing in mine ground with the use of several hollow rods provided with cutting crowns; anchoring tunneling machines by fastening thereof to well walls with the use of spring-piston mechanisms provided with anchoring means and connected to hollow rods so that tunneling machine fastening is carried out without rod removal from wells; cutting new ledge after hollow rod removal from well; fixing anchoring member during ledge cutting after hollow rod removal by applying tension to hollow rod in the absence of water pressure in it. Anchoring member is detached from well wall by moving rod to face simultaneously with supplying pressurized water to the rod before hollow rod removal. Spring-piston mechanism acts on anchoring member in direction transversal to well wall. Then the rod is removed from well and the tunneling machine is moved for distance equal to ledge width and tunneling machine fixation operations are repeated.
EFFECT: increased reliability of temporary tunneling machine anchoring during excavation operation performing.
6 dwg
FIELD: mining industry.
SUBSTANCE: method includes directing breaking hits along layer structure of salt massif. For this executing tool of machine is provided with necessary number of chisels, directed along layer structure of salt massif, chisels are rigidly held in parallel to layers and direction of hit is changes concurrently for all chisels by rotation of machine, reciprocal movement is applied to chisels in the way to make breaking hits in direction of salt massif along layer structure. Due to destruction of salt massif in direction of layer structure, above-lying pieces are broken off, and in a way to minimally damage layers themselves, and break off large pieces of massif without over-pulverization of ore.
EFFECT: higher speed of operation, higher efficiency.
1 dwg
FIELD: machine building.
SUBSTANCE: present description relates to the cutter head for mining machine, and in particular to gear of the force transition to the cutter head of the mining machine, such as continuous miner. The machine for the ore bed development includes: motor with shaft, cutting drum with specified motor and connected to ring tooth-wheels. The primary planetary gear connecting the motor and cutting drum and containing sun gear connected with shaft for force transition to the planetary pinions entering in the engagement with the internal ring tooth-wheel. Secondary planetary gear comprising sun gear receiving force from the ring tooth-wheel and transmitting the rotation force by the non-orbital planetary pinion. Spur gear secured to each side of the non-orbital planetary pinion, at that each spur gear engages with the ring tooth-wheel secured to the cutting drum.
EFFECT: possibility of use of same motor to drive various parts of the cutting drum, as spur gears can engage with various parts of the drum.
10 cl, 6 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: method involves positioning of an automated complex for deep development relative to the working face considering the direction of ore bodies settings. Control of mine rock parameters is performed by means of control sensors of physical and mechanical characteristics of mine rocks for adjustment of a mine rock cutting force considering rotation speed of a working element and movement speed of the working element in a vertical plane throughout the cutting depth and cutting direction by means of hydromechanisms of telescopic retraction and a turning mechanism of the head section. Width of capture of the ore body plane in a horizontal direction is provided by means of the positioning mechanism of the complex relative to guides; with that, information on circuits of destructed mine rock is sent from control sensors of mine rock circuits to a system control unit.
EFFECT: increasing productivity, improving reliability and enlarging technological efficiency of destruction of rocks of different strength and coherence degree by controlling a cutting force in a zone of processing and formation in a surface layer of the processed massif of destruction zones considering strength characteristics of rock.
2 cl, 3 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: rock massif is disintegrated in crosswise direction by heading-and-winning machine planetary-disc actuators It is performed by serial intersecting cuts in radial-tangential and tangential-radial directions made by cutters of disc running in opposite directions. Said discs are set at the angle to plane formed by cutter lengthwise axis and radial direction relative thereto.
EFFECT: decreased working forces of hearing and wining machine.
2 cl, 3 dwg
FIELD: process engineering.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to continuous-operation headers. Header cutter comprises support element, extensible cutting head arranged at support element front end with central main part and at least one extensible drum part arranged at butting head end outside in axial direction from said cutting head main part. Extensible drum part has axial inner end abutting on cutting head main part. Axial outer end comprises inner end structure secured to cutting head main part and outer cylinder secured thereto. Inner cylinder secured to said inner end structure is located inside outer cylinder and aligned therewith. Extensible cylinder has inner circular expanded end with the part located between said inner and outer cylinders. End cover has ledge accommodating inner cylinder outer end aligned therewith. First and second spaces are formed between said cylinders. When fluid flows through said spaces extensible cylinder displaces to pulled or pushed position.
EFFECT: drum part that features extension and locking forces higher than those in usual cutting heads.
3 cl, 6 dwg
FIELD: oil and gas industry.
SUBSTANCE: heading machine contains actuating device, support lifter, caged platform, electric equipment, control post, feeding mechanism, conveyor and chassis. In pivot mechanism located at chassis and driven by swing hydraulic cylinders spherical roller bearing is installed at bearing axis inside two-sided plain thrust bearing. Plain thrust bearing consists of assemblies (two at each side) segments in circumferential direction; segments are made of wear-resisting steel and are fixed by sunk screws.
EFFECT: decrease in dimensions and increase in service life of heading machine.
4 dwg
FIELD: oil and gas industry.
SUBSTANCE: heading set of equipment includes heading machine with actuator device fixed at it by timberer with hold-down beam and spacing cylinders. Turning shaft at hold-down beam is equipped with turning mechanism at the machine conveyor. Manipulators are equipped with drilling and anchoring tools with permanent anchorage. Hold-down beam is equipped with sliding telescopes; manipulators with permanent fixtures are fixed at sliding telescopes of the hold-down beam. Turning shaft is made as load lifting telescopic boom with lifting and spacing cylinders. Hold-down beam at carry does not protrude beyond machine dimensions.
EFFECT: improving reliability of timberer, reducing errors at erection of permanent anchorage, increasing mobility and expanding scope of application both with minimum and maximum draft size.
5 cl, 3 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: method involves uniform destruction of rock mass with continuous cross cutters of cycloidal direction with working tool of planetary flat disc actuators and of tangential direction with working tool of rotary elements. The latter are installed behind front and rear parts of the disc and fixed on reduction gears of planetary flat disc destruction elements.
EFFECT: increasing rock mass destruction efficiency using cross cutters.
2 cl, 3 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: method is implemented due to destructing the working face with cross cutters using rotary and planetary disc working members with lower power consumptions and yield of small ore fractions. In order to improve the efficiency of cross cutters, rock-destructing tool of planetary disc members moves in cycloidal-radial directions.
EFFECT: higher efficiency of destructing processes of mine rocks using heading-and-winning machines with cross cutters.
2 cl, 2 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: tunnelling machine actuator comprises a boom, a dispensing reducer and two breaking-loading crowns, axes of which are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the boom, the direction of their rotation is mutually opposite, and the body of each breaking-loading crowns is arranged in the form of a truncated conical surface combining a smaller base at the side of the bottomhole with a larger base at the side of the dispensing reducer. On the outer surfaces of bodies of breaking-loading crowns there are trihedral prisms installed with disc tools as capable of covering trajectories of movement and reversing rotation directions.
EFFECT: higher efficiency of mine tunnelling by combination of breaking, grinding and loading processes in a tunnelling actuator.
6 cl, 11 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: mining tunnelling combine comprises a displacement mechanism and a boom or a frame. On the frame there are at least two rotary cutting heads and two cutting rollers. Axes of cutting heads rotation pass in direction of tunnelling or are arranged at the sharp angle relative to tunnelling direction. Two cutting rollers are installed in parallel and behind the cutting heads, and may be arranged on the foot and on the roof, accordingly. Both cutting rollers comprise end sections capable of sliding to the profile width to form a substantially rectangular profile of cutting. At the same time each cutting roller is separately hingedly connected with the boom or the frame with the possibility of height adjustment, and each cutting roller has a diameter corresponding to at least one fifth of diameter of cutting heads cutting.
EFFECT: formation of a rectangular profile of a tunnel by a mining machine, exclusion of operation to remove curved profiles, higher safety.
5 cl, 5 dwg
FIELD: mining.
SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to the mining machines to excavate rock. The mining machine to excavate the rock comprises a platform; a boom mounted on the platform and comprising a base part, a rotating part pivotally attached to the base part, and a bearing bracket of the cutter head, and the said base part comprises two horizontal main plates spaced apart, and the said rotating part comprises two spaced apart support plates pivotally attached to the base part with the ability of rotation relative to it around the support pivotally mounted and extending between two spaced apart horizontal main plates of the base part, and two spaced apart rotating plates pivotally attached by the support rod extending between the rotating plates to the support plates with the ability of rotation relative to them, at that the bearing bracket of the cutter head is attached to the rotating plates; the disc cutter adapted for interaction with the developed material and mounted on the said bearing bracket of the cutter head by means of the disc cutter assembly imparting the disc cutter with the eccentric movement, and the said disc cutter is inserted by the boom into the developed material; two spaced apart hydraulic cylinders extending between the said base part and the rotating part and providing rotation of the rotating plates relative to the base part; a hydraulic rotary cylinder mounted on the lower support plate and providing rotation of the rotating plates relative of the support plates.
EFFECT: increasing the efficiency of operation of the mining machine, providing the boom rotation at an angle greater than 180 degrees.
16 cl, 20 dwg


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Hang Dau Go, originally uploaded by nicklwc.
Back to Halong Bay after that disgusting picture of my leg. This is your reward after climbing up 90 steps to reach the Hang Dau Go cave.
In the next few posts, I will share with you why it is worth it to make the trip. It has some of best rock formations seen in a cave.
Taken with Nikon D40 and 105mm.

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Eras of Material, Energy and Information Production
Sergey K. Aityan
DOI : 10.3844/jssp.2012.429.434
Journal of Social Sciences
Volume 8, Issue 3
Pages 429-434
This study identifies and discusses three types of production: production of aterial goods, energy, and information. The production timeframes with the reference to each production era are about 103, 102 and 101 years. The necessity of education and the associated level of stress in different production eras were analyzed by comparing a typical length of a human life, which is about 101 years, with the timeframes of the production eras and technological progress. It was shown that the era of information production has a very specific feature because unlike the eras of material and energy production, its information production era timeframe is comparable with a typical human lifespan. Finally, a question was posed about the next coming production era and the future of mankind.
© 2012 Sergey K. Aityan. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.


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Sony Introduces Two New PS VR Bundles With Two Games Each
PlayStation VR Creed: Rise to Glory and Superhot VR Bundle hits store shelves on September 25, same day as the launch of Creed: Rise to Glory, across the U.S. and Canada for $349.99 USD (MSRP) / $449.99 CAD (MSRP). The bundle includes:
- One PS VR system
- One PlayStation Camera
- One Demo Disc 2.0
- Two PlayStation Move Motion controllers
- Both a Creed: Rise to Glory Blu-Ray Disc and Superhot VR digital game voucher
If you're looking for a more casual, family-friendly experience, check out the PS VR Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Moss Bundle on October 2, the same day as the launch of Astro Bot Rescue Mission, across the U.S. and Canada for $299.99 USD (MSRP) / $379.99 CAD (MSRP). The bundle includes:
- One PS VR system
- One PS Camera
- One Demo Disc 2.0
- Both an Astro Bot Rescue Mission Blu-Ray Disc and Moss digital game voucher
PS VR currently has a portfolio of nearly 340 PS VR games worldwide and will continue to expand with new titles on the horizon, such as Blood & Truth, Deracine, Ghost Giant, Star Child and more.


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Did I mention how awesome family is? Apparently, the line must have been down between Winnipeg and Fernie as the warnings had not gotten through yet. C's wonderful Aunt and Uncle in Fernie put our horde up for the Canada Day weekend. And what a warm welcome we got!
It was also so nice to park the car and the trailer for a few days after such a long trek! And what a view to greet us in the morning!
The bikes came in handy, as P & F led our group into town. We met up with C's cousin and her family who also live in Fernie. And we headed down to the local celebrations.
It was also great to see C's cousin and her family!
This kid is done.
A taught JB how to get to checkmate within four moves. These kids are pros!
Uncle F in action.
DPR (I figured out I was spelling the acronym for Dread Pirate Roberts incorrectly) is looking for golf balls.
Kids to play with, toys AND a giant basement training centre playground??! The kids were in heaven!
There's a legend about the ghost rider which can apparently be seen in this mountain formation. Can you spot the rider? We'll have to get the story again from the fam when we see them next month.
Breakfast with our fabulous hosts! What a view! And the mountains aren't bad either!
Aunt P leading the pack…
We took a bikeride to downtown Fernie. What a pretty town it is. Lots of nice shops and restaurants.
What's more exciting than learning how to make smoothies over and over? Apparently, nothing.
Then we got a lift up to the top of the mountain to go for a hike!
There's quite the culture of very fast and very extreme mountain biking going on at the hill during the summer. These people go FAST! We chose to leave our bikes at home… this time. Dutch bikes with seven gears and no shocks are maybe not the right equipment. 😉 (What do they say about a poor person who blames their tools?)
E said that it was just a little hike…
DPR was determined to hike like everyone else. And just to kick it up a notch, he started weight training at the same time!
There were gorgeous wildflowers along the trail. Apparently they'll be even more spectacular in a month.
Fossil hunting!
Half the team did another hike
And they were rewarded… with a snowball fight!
Wait… are we missing someone?
And on to a nearby stream for a secret cache of clay!
And off to E and J's house for an awesome BBQ, catching up and, for the kids, playing. (What you can't see is the sprinkler underneath the trampoline which kept them busy for hours).
On our last morning, thanks to Aunt P, E-man went through a hair transformation!


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Chicago (AFP) – One of America's most permissive hunting laws takes effect Saturday, allowing children younger than 10 years old to carry their own guns in Wisconsin's forests.
The new law was signed last weekend by the midwestern state's Republican governor Scott Walker, and goes into effect almost two weeks after a mass shooting at a Sunday church service in Texas renewed debate over gun violence.
Dozens of states do not bar young children from hunting with adult supervision. But many limit hunting of bigger animals such as deer and bear to older children, roughly 12 years or above depending on the jurisdiction.
The Wisconsin law eliminates a previous age restriction of 10, allowing any child to carry a hunting weapon if accompanied by a trained adult.
The youngsters will be able to use their own weapons, not just share one with the adult as many states require, and they will also be able to go after big game.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Wisconsin Bear Hunters' Association were among the law's proponents, arguing it will allow parents to pass on hunting traditions to future generations.
The law becomes effective at the beginning of the state's annual nine-day period of deer hunting by gun in its millions of acres (hectares) of woods, where white-tailed deer, bear, wild turkey and other animals are hunted.
"I have a 14-year-old daughter that has been going on hunting trips with me since she was in a car seat," state representative Rob Stafsholt, the law's co-author, told a legislative committee.
"I learned how to safely handle the gun I had in my hands by watching the people who mentored me," he said, adding that 34 other states permit "mentored hunting" under the age of 10.
The law's opponents argued children under 10 were simply too young to carry dangerous weapons, even if an adult accompanied them.
"If you sit in a booster seat on the way to the hunt, you probably shouldn't be handed a gun when you get there," said gun control advocacy group Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort.
The new law comes after two mass shootings in the last two months that shocked many in the US, where gun violence claims the lives of an average of almost 34,000 people a year, according to the prevention group Brady Campaign.
A gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers at a Texas church service on November 5, including eight children. Five weeks earlier, the nation's worst gun massacre in recent memory claimed the lives of 58 people at an outdoor Las Vegas concert.


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This weekend make a cubby-house-style stack of cushions on the floor and stay there all weekend- there is no where to be after all! Make sure you have enough reading material, cups of tea and maybe at some stage eat fish and chips off the paper- like you used to as a kid.
Keep it inside or drag it all out doors.


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Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi has been around for some time, three and half years to date, and it had not caught my interest until recently. Sure I had heard about it and although it seemed interesting it was also a little intimidating, to be honest. That's until recently when an individual decided to start a makers and coders meetup group right here in little old Belton Texas. When the meetup up group was started I was immediately interested since I had already been introduced to making things with the Arduino. I can't say enough about how pleased I am with joining this group. I have learned some cool new geeky things since then about the Pi, Linux and Python.
So What Is the Raspberry Pi?
To put it simply in laymen's terms, the Raspberry Pi is small computer that has enough power to be a personal computer. No it won't necessarily replace your Windows laptop. It does not have the same amount of power and hardware resources. Also, the operating systems available for it are specialized versions made specifically for the Pi. The Operating Systems available also have some issues with some of the newer HTML websites. While it won't necessarily replace your computer, it can easily be a play computer.
One of the big advantages of the Pi is that it also has input/output electronic pins. This means that you can use it to control other things. You can combine it with other modules to do some interesting things such as combining it with GPS technology, sensors, etc.
Raspberry Pi 2 Specs
The Raspberry Pi 2 comes with several peripheral ports so that you can connect it to your input/output peripherals (i.e. to connect it to a display, keyboard, mouse, ethernet, and sound). The Pi 2 comes with 4 USB Ports, 1 HDMI port for video display and audio output, a micro USB input for power (a simple phone power adapter will work fine for power). In addition the Raspberry Pi 2 has a slot for a SD Card and an additional port for plugging the new official Raspberry Pi touch display. The Pi 2 also comes equipped with a 10/100Mbps Ethernet port for network connectivity.
The Raspberry Pi 2 is equipped with a quad core 900Mhz of processing power, 1GB Ram and as much storage as you can get for a micro SD card. This is pretty powerful considering Windows 95/98 used to run on Pentium II 233Mhz with about 32Mb Ram. These days you can get SD cards with storage of around 16 Gb for around $15.00. You will likely not need much more than 16GB for your prototypes with the Pi.
You can get the full specs at the Raspberry Pi website. As you can see the Raspberry Pi is a full computer in the size to fit in your hand.
Operating System Options
You have several options for operating systems. The Pi does not come loaded with any operating system. This means that you must install the operating system yourself. For operating systems you have several options. I would start with Raspbian. However, you have several options to include Microsoft Windows IOT Core. The coolest thing about the Pi is that you load the operating system on a SD card. This means that you can have different SD cards for different operating systems. Swapping them out is as easy as powering down the Pi, swapping out the SD card and powering the Pi back up. In fact, currently I have two different SD cards. I loaded Raspbian on one SD card and Retropie (a video game system emulator) on another card.
Loading the operating system can sound intimidating but it's really easy. The basic concept is that you must first download the operating system image that you want. Download WinDisk32 Imager and use it to load the Image on the SD card. After that you place the SD card in the slot and powerup the Pi then simply follow the prompts. One key thing is to remember to set the appropriate internationlization otherwise your keyboard will be set to Great Britain instead of US. It's really that easy. You can watch the full instructions in this youtube video. The SD card images come in fixed sizes however, after loading them on the Pi the system will re-size them to the size of the card.
Inventory List of Items
So I have your attention and you are ready to get started. Not so quick. Before you get started with the Pi you will need several items. The easiest approach is to simply purchase a Raspberry Pi as a kit. If you do it the way I did it you can get all the components separately.
- Raspberry Pi 2
- Raspberry Pi 2 Case with Heat Sinks
- SD Card 8Gb Mininum
- USB 2 Keyboard and Mouse
- Cat 5 Cable if you can wire in for your internet connection
- USB Wi-Fi Dongle for Wireless Internet
- Video/Monitor Display
- HDMI to VGA or HDMI to DVI adapter
- 2 Amp 5V Micro USB Power Adapter
- You can potentially use the HDMI to your TV (I have not tried this approach though) so that means you would need a HDMI cable
You can get most of these items minus the keyboard/mouse and monitor for around $80.
Now What?
If you have gotten the Raspberry Pi hooked up and ready to go you can do many things such as practice your Linux skills. If you load Retropie you can enjoy it as a gaming console. In order to play games you would need a good USB Game Controller though. You can turn your Pi into a media box to watch your local movies or even Netflix and Hulu.
What will you do with your Raspberry Pi?
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Voiding a Posted Check
You may need to void a posted check because of some mistake or other problem.
To void a posted check:
- In the Search field, type Bank Accounts and select the page from the drop-down list.
The Bank Accounts Card displays.
- Select a bank account.
- On the Action Bar, click Bank Account > Check Ledger Entries.
The Check Ledger Entries page displays.
- Select a bank account and on the Action Bar, click Process > Void Check.
The Confirm Financial Void page displays.
- Specify the following:
- Void Date defaults to the date of the original check. However, you can change it to any date after that as well.
- Type of Void defaults to Unapply and void check. In the case of an A/P check, Reverse Original Entry includes voiding the check, reopening the invoices by un-applying the check, and creating the journal entries to reestablish the cash balance and the accounts payable balance. In the case of a payroll check, this includes reversing the entire payroll entry, including the employer paid expenses, so that corrections can be made to original calculations and the check rerun.
- Click Yes.


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Johns Hopkins is a staple within the NCAA Men's Division I lacrosse community with countless wins, national championships, all american's and pro's to say the least. Dave Pietramala is a top three coach and player of all time and deserves everything he deserves, he works tirelessly both on and off the field. With the likes of Paul Rabil, Kyle Harrison and 2 out of the 3 Stanwick's who can deny the programs success. Dare I say, is John's Hopkins overrated?
Since 2009, Johns Hopkins has been bounced either in the Quarter Finals or first round, to be fair in 2015 they made it to championship weekend but hey the University of Maryland was going through a rough patch. Their record is obviously above .500 but half the time they play a cupcake Big Ten schedule (The Big Ten has improved significantly since then). Johns Hopkins is considered the Mecca of the lacrosse community, anyone who knows anything about the sport knows about the history of Johns Hopkins. In my estimation and this might be my dumb brain but they should be in Championship Weekend every year and anything but a top 5 end of the season ranking is a disappointment. They have arguably the best alumni who I am sure donates a significant amount of money and has unbelievable support after college in the professional world.
Hey Coach Petro, just a thought, is there any possible way for you to stop recruiting kids who only go to private schools and jump into the public school arena. If you look at their current roster, 29/46 players are from private schools and that's only from the schools I knew were 100% private schools so the percentage would increase if I actually took the time to look up every school. Speaking from a Division III lacrosse player was is in arguably the best division in Pennsylvania, public schools have talent as well. Now do not get me wrong, there are a handful of players that are from public schools and that's great but if you have ever heard the saying, if you do the same thing over and over you will get the same result. Just a thought but look into that for me will yah…
Maybe have a more diverse defense as well, their defense is the same every single year. It's a bunch of athletic poles who lay the lumber and will make you pay by receiving penalty after penalty for a slashing, push in the back or hitting after the whistle. If you need any evidence take a look a few years ago when Johns Hopkins got ROCKED by the eventual National Champion Duke Blue Devils. It's towards the end of the game, Jordan Wolf scores and out of nowhere some bum hits him after the play… like a big dumb idiot. I would like to also add this fact, Johns Hopkins hasn't been very good since they had Jesse Schwartzman, uhhhhhhh ever think of recruiting a competent goalie? Again, just giving advice from a guy I know.
In the end, Johns Hopkins will probably lose to Maryland… again and make it to the first round of the playoffs and might even win a round or two. SOMETHING needs to change for the program, the fact that Johns Hopkins hasn't won a National Championship since 2007 is a god damn crime. You ever hear the saying that it's always better when the Yankees or Patriots are in the championship, it's also always better when Johns Hopkins is in championship.
PS: I'm a HUGE Syracuse fan.


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In recent years, the literature has claimed that Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a better way to design and build enterprise-wide information systems (EWIS) (Krafzig, Banke, & Slama, 2005; Rosen, Lublinsky, Smith, & Balcer, 2008). SOA is a development paradigm which decomposes business functionality into a set of interoperable services that can be re-used in multiple EWIS across an organisation. Thus, a major goal of SOA is to maximise the reuse of existing services (Schepers, Iacob, & Van Eck, 2008; Müller et al., 2009) thus reducing both costs and development time for new application, and supporting business agility. Instances of services are also used to improve interoperability platforms between E-Government services (Santos & Madeira, 2010), B2B intermediaries in supply change (Pflugler, 2012) and virtual collaboration between organisations in cloud computing (Dollmann et al., 2011). Although potential benefits of SOA are frequently cited, the transformation of SOA into real benefits is difficult (Becker, Buxmann, & Widjaja, 2009). There is some debate on whether SOA should be adopted bottom-up, starting with few systems and expanding from there, or top-down, by effective control of SOA governance, with SOA becoming the dominant paradigm across the whole enterprise (Hau, Ebert, Hochstein, & Brenner, 2008; Marks, 2008; Rosen et al., 2008). Regardless of which approach is chosen, an organisation must adopt SOA across the whole enterprise i.e. Enterprise-wide SOA (ESOA) (Marks, 2008; Veger, 2008). In this study, ESOA is defined as both an architectural and development paradigm for building and implementing systems of systems, which are integrated on multiple levels (unit, component, system of systems) to support core business process and administrative areas of the entire enterprise (Sathish, Pan, & Raman, 2003; Ali, Petersen, & Mäntylä, 2012). ESOA adoption in this manner will produce a large-scale EWIS (Rosen et al., 2008) from loosely-coupled, interoperable components (services), to improve flexibility and reuse (Oh, Leong, Teo, & Ravichandran, 2007) of services.
However, organisational implementation of ESOA is still poorly understood (Luthria & Rabhi, 2008; Geric & Vrcek, 2009; Lee, Shim, & Kim, 2010). ESOA is much harder to implement than SOA because it assumes a willingness by units within the enterprise to share with other units those services that were developed for their own needs (Arsanjani, Zhang, Ellis, Allam, & Channabasavaiah, 2007). ESOA implementation also requires managers to agree on collective funding to support common service infrastructure (Becker et al., 2009). A Gartner study confirms that less than 25% of enterprises have the organisational maturity or technical skills to deliver ESOA, and blames inadequate SOA governance for many ESOA project failures (Müller et al., 2009).
To use ESOA effectively, enterprises need to identify and select appropriate services for sharing or reuse for the entire enterprise. Orchestration of multiple services to support a value chain across a federation of enterprises often requires collaboration and integration of cross-boundary platforms and multiple stakeholders (Brown & Carpenter, 2004). Some researchers recommend changing organisational structure in order to leverage the service concept. For example, Bieberstein, Bose, Walker, and Lynch (2005) argue for a flexible, agile enterprise structure based on core, team-based services to improve collaboration across business units. However, it would be difficult to implement such changes in the public sector where organisational structures are usually static and rigidly hierarchical (McAdam & Donaghy,1997).


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I broke this tradition with tradition and did not admire the best and brightest of the new Petunias. However, I still fear that today's Petunias, especially my favorite Wave Petunias, perform in the heat of our summer.
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The origin of the original Petunia species was discovered by the Spanish explorers in South America. He did not see them as useful or beautiful, so he did not return the samples back to Spain. However, later the searchers gathered various Petunia species and sent them home in Europe. In the second half of 1800, the breeders worked on crossing various puppies to obtain petunias with large flowers of different colors. As a result of his efforts, Petunias was called Petunia X Hybrid. However, technically it was a simple cross between two species, not a real hybrid.
The first true single-flower multiflora F1 hybrid petunia, 'Silver Medal', was introduced in 1949 by Charles Waddle. After this, in 1952 'Ballinina' was followed by an F1 hybrid grand flora petunia. The performance of the better garden of F1 hybrid petunias meant the collapse of the "hybrids" first. In 1983, Ball Seed Company introduced the Petunia milestone by introducing Floribunda Petunias, and then Pan-American Seed introduced the first spreading Petunia, purple wave in 1995, if you try some of those old "hybrid" petunias If you want, see Baker Creek Herilum Seeds.
This year I did not decide to plant flowers in some of my courtyard containers, but the containers had a different idea. After the spring came, I saw the small volunteers Petunia Planting growing in the utensils. I decided to grow and see what would happen.
Serendipity has come! My "empty" utensils are now full of a rug of beautiful pink, fusia, purple and white patunias. They are not carbon copies of their F1 hybrid parents who grew up there last year. It's likely that their parents will not perform better, but I enjoy enjoying the beauty produced by Petunia Genetics.


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Gearing Up For My First GRL!
by TM Smith
Hello everyone, allow me to introduce myself.. Author TM Smith here. I write Adult Dystopian LGBT fiction. I'm quite excited to be attending my first book signing and convention this year, GRL in Chicago in October. As well, I'm a nervous wreck! What do I wear, what do I bring, what if people don't like me or my books?? These are just a few of my many questions I've asked my author friends these past few months.
I'm already mentally packing my suitcase, which will be stuffed to the brim I'm sure. I'm in the process of getting my book into print so I'll have some shiny new copies at the event to sign. I have an excellent wingman, or woman in this instance, that is attending the event and has agreed to be my roomie. Author Morticia Knight! And my list of people I want to meet is probably longer than Santa's naughty list.
Above all though, I just want to go and have fun. I'm going with no expectations and a realization that I won't get to do everything I want to do while I'm there. I'm probably going to embarrass myself when my brain shifts into fangirl mode when I get to meet some of these amazing LGBT authors who are attending this event. So, I hope that you will all come see me in the Supporting Author's room when we have our meet, greet and signing. And I do love a good party, so I hope to visit and share stories during each evenings gathering as well.
And now, the good stuff. So my series Opposites is an Adult Dystopian majorly M/M series that is set in a future society where being gay/lesbian is the norm. To be straight labels you an Opposite and makes you the outkast. I say majorly M/M because there are F/F and M/F couples as well. I'm an equal opportunity sexist. And, let's face it, a dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste, I use mine thoroughly, daily. I say adult because there is lots of sexy, sensual storylines woven into the mix as well.
Book 1, Opposites and The Library, an Opposites novella, are both available for download through Amazon, Smashwords and Are now. Book 2, Appearances, is currently in the final stages and should be available August 31st. For all the up to date info on the series you can follow my blog, www.ttcbooksandmore.com, @TTCBooksandmore or Author TM Smith on facebook.
Thank you to the lovely Blogger Girls for hosting me today as part of the official GRL blog tour for GRL 2014! See you all in Chicago!!!
About Opposites
Opposites, #1
In the year 2081 our planet survived global warming of an apocalyptic scale. When the dust settled and the water receded Dr. Anthony Smith, one of only a few hundred survivors of GWI, started society anew. Having come to the conclusion that injudicious breeding played a huge role in the destruction of Earth as we knew it in the twenty first century, he worked closely with other survivors to isolate the Dionysus gene. This gene has the ability to manipulate human DNA to ensure that all male children be born gay, and all female children be born lesbians. A new society is born.
In the year 2300 Dr. Smith's descendants are ushering in the twenty fourth century having maintained control of the government that still rules society. Twins Aiya and Aiyan are preparing to meet their matches and take control of House Gaeland, the current ruling House. But not everything is as it seems.
Love is Love.. it knows no gender and doesn't conform to restrictions and boundaries. Aiyan has found his soul mate in Kaden, the prince of House Devi that he is matched with and eventually marries. But when the person Aiya falls in love with tests the boundaries put in place after GWI, all hell breaks loose. And in the midst of one secret unraveling, another will emerge. There is a growing anomaly that threatens to destroy over two hundred years of progression. This anomaly is known as Opposites.
*WARNING* Opposites is a majorly M/M New Adult novel that contains explicit sexual content and relationships between gay, lesbian and straight couples.
Available at: Amazon, Smashwords & All Romance eBooks
About The Library
Opposites, #1.5
Three gay couples run amuck in this short story where clothing, beds, even four walls are all optional!
Want to know what happened that night in the library?
Cirian and Rian had a fight in the library and Rian ends up naked on the desk, on his back, at Cirian's mercy.
Want to know how far things went with ice cream?
A romantic evening by the fire feeding his husband ice cream leads to a lot more than heavy petting for Aiyan and Kaden.
Want to know what was going on when those birds fled?
Travelling hundreds of miles, battling the rebels and then travelling back to House Gaeland will take it out of you. But when Tanis wants something, he takes it. Raven is about to be bent over a tree!
A Note from the Author: I've taken three scenes from Opposites that were cut short and elaborated on the shenanigans that ensued. I also focused more in the beginning on the relationship between Cirian and Rian, to give readers a chance to know them and their inner workings better. I hope you enjoy this free read set in my world of Opposites!
**Warning, The Library is a novella set in the same world as Opposites. It's an adult dystopian majorly M/M novel that includes consenting and explicit sexual relationships between gay, lesbian and straight couples**
Available at: Amazon, Smashwords & All Romance eBooks
About Appearances
Opposites, #2
Appearances, can be deceiving.
Raven and Tanis are trying very hard to merge their vastly different lifestyles, but Tanis issues with his own past could prove to be more than their fragile relationship can handle. Is their love for each other strong enough to weather the oncoming storm?
Aiya and Sawyer have fought hard to be together in a world where Opposite relationships are generally forbidden. Yet, they are still forced to keep their relationship a secret while they are outside the walls of House Gaeland.
Everyone assumes that the only threat lies outside their walls, the group of rebels led by Cillian. But something is happening within House Gaeland, something that hasn't happened since GWI. And with all the attention focused on that, their guard is down. An evil that was under their nose all along strikes, and someone will make the ultimate sacrifice to save another.
Appearances is the second book in the Opposites series, the series should be read in order.
** Warning, Opposites is an Adult Dystopian majorly M/M series that contains explicit sexual content and relationships between gay, straight and lesbian couples. **
Available for purchase on August 31st, 2014.
An Excerpt from Appearances
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Aiyan walked through the garden, violin case in hand, heading toward the bench that sat in the center. Sitting, he removed his violin and stroked the strings. He hadn't played in days and needed to feel the instrument in his hands as he poured his pain into the music. It was the only outlet he could think of at the moment that wouldn't cause someone else bodily harm.
His life had changed drastically over the past several months. He met and married his match who, thankfully, turned out to be his soul mate. He knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that he loved Kaden like no other almost from the minute he laid eyes on him. He realized just how much and how much he stood to lose when Kaden was kidnapped by his uncle. An uncle he didn't even know he had until after they'd rescued Kaden and brought him back home where he belonged.
He heaved in a deep breath and brought the instrument up to rest on his shoulder, running the bow across the strings a few times to adjust the tone. Then he closed his eyes and let it all go, let all of the pain and anger flow out of his body and into the music. He thought of Kaden inside the palace, in their room packing for their impending trip to House Devi. He thought back to the first time they'd made love after the incident. How loving, tender and gentle he was with his husband; who was still broken and bruised from his captivity.
For a moment he felt the anger seeping back into him as his thoughts strayed to Gorilla man, his uncle, and the violin screamed out a note in agony. He released a breath and regained his composure, moving his thoughts back to Kaden and how they'd leaned on each other in those days and weeks when they first returned to the palace. The melody leveled out as Aiyan stopped trying to control the emotions and just let them flow freely, the insanely beautiful whine of music filled the night air.
Kaden closed the last suit case and lifted it off the bed, carrying it over and sitting it by the door with the others. He stood upright when he thought he heard a shrill cry coming from outside their bedroom window. Their bedroom was just off one side of the garden when you looked out the window, which made sense as the garden was Aiyan's favorite place to be. Kaden walked over and threw the window open, closing his eyes and smiling when he realized what it was he'd heard.
Kaden quickly made his way out of the palace and out into the garden, hell, he would have just jumped out the window to make the trip quicker if he thought he could do it without hurting himself. Kaden rounded the corner and stopped, soaking in the sight of his husband, completely oblivious and completely sexy.
Aiyan's eyes were closed and the tip of his tongue just barely escaped his mouth, as his head jerked to the side occasionally with certain notes of the song. Kaden could see how relaxed he was surrounded by the things he loved most. The garden that captured so much color and beauty, and his violin that shared not only the color and beauty inside of Aiyan, but the talent he held as well.
Every emotion Aiyan was feeling played across his face as he felt them, Kaden just stood still and watched. The emotions blended flawlessly with the notes; anger brought on a loud shrill note and a scrunched up face; happiness brought on a flowing, sharp squeal and a slight smile; and then sadness was the lightest note of all as a tear trickled down Aiyan's cheek.
Aiyan's eyes opened when he heard a low crack as Kaden moved toward him, stepping on a twig. "Oh, sorry, I was just letting off some steam." Aiyan said, moving to put away his violin.
Kaden moved quickly over to him, "No, please… don't stop. It was beautiful my prince, please play more for me." Kaden slid onto the far corner of the bench, smiling slightly as Aiyan smiled back at him.
"You like to beg, don't you?" Aiyan said playfully, that crooked grin taking over his face. It was true, Kaden had said those exact words to him the night they met, here in the garden, the first time Aiyan kissed him. "No, please… don't stop." Aiyan put his instrument away and then just sat there, silent, staring at the ground. Kaden could not only see, but feel the war of emotions raging inside him. The bond they had seemed to have been there since that first meeting, when they saw the same vision of them kissing on the bed. And it only grew stronger when they were separated. Truth be told, their bond had saved Kaden's life when Gorilla man had thrown him down that well.
Kaden reached up and pushed Aiyan's hair back behind his ear, stroking the lobe with his fingers softly as he did. "My prince, tell me what troubles you." Aiyan didn't speak, didn't look up at him, he didn't even flinch. Kaden scooted a little closer and ran his hand down Aiyan's arm, joining their fingers together. Still, Aiyan didn't so much as squeeze his hand back, not even acknowledging Kaden's attempt to placate him. Kaden brought himself around in front of Aiyan, wedging himself on his knees on the ground between Aiyan's legs, staring up at him, refusing to be ignored.
They stared into each other's eyes for several long, intense moments. Kaden toyed with the right words to say, and decided words weren't what was needed right now. He leaned up and kissed his husband. He just held his lips to Aiyan's briefly, not attempting to deepen the kiss. When he pulled back Aiyan's eyes remained closed and he took a few shallow breaths.
"Don't shut me out Aiyan, not now, we've been through too much for you to give me the silent treatment." That crooked grin was trying to make an appearance Kaden thought, as the corner of Aiyan's mouth twitched slightly. "There is nothing you can't tell me. I know you want to deal with these emotions and this anger you feel on your own, but that is the problem Aiyan. Have you thought that the reason you can't get past this is because you are trying to do it alone? You aren't alone Aiyan, I am here, right here in front of you, begging you to……." Kaden didn't get the rest of his sentence out before he was grabbed and hauled up into Aiyan's lap. Aiyan's lips came down on his hard and fierce as Aiyan attempted to tongue fuck him right there on the bench.
Aiyans fingers dug into Kaden's shoulders and he poured everything he was feeling into the kiss. Kaden moaned into his mouth and melted into his touch as the kiss ignited a fire inside him. The combination of his own hunger coupled with Aiyan's left his head spinning.
Aiyan pulled back, gasping for breath, when he opened his eyes Kaden saw that they'd turned gold around the rims and he smiled. Aiyan leaned forward until their foreheads were touching, still breathing heavy.
"Okay Kaden, okay. Let's go back to our room and talk." He panted out between breaths.
"Just talk?" Kaden whispered. Aiyan barked out a laugh and smacked his ass, which caused Kaden to yelp.
They barely made it into their room before Kaden quickly divested them of their clothing. He pushed Aiyan back against the door and climbed up him, devouring his mouth. Aiyan spun them around as he lifted Kaden up off the floor, and slammed him up against the unyielding wooden door. Kaden wrapped both legs around Aiyan's waist and thrust his hips up. Aiyan threw his head back and gasped when Kadens thick, hard cock rubbed up against his own. Aiyan kissed him again, his lips as unyielding and hard as the door Kaden was pressed up against. Then he proceeded to fuck Kaden into oblivion, right there up against the bedroom door.
Kaden woke in their bed with the soft touch of Aiyan's fingers, trailing down his back and over his ass, then tracing back up the path they'd just taken. "Are you awake?" Aiyan whispered.
"I am now." Kaden just chuckled.
Aiyan didn't speak again for a while. He just ran his hands along Kaden's skin, setting it on fire. Finally, he let out a ragged sigh, "I've never felt the kind of anger I feel toward him Kaden, and it scares me. I swear sometimes I feel like the hatred will consume me. I want
to kill him, I want him to suffer. What does that say about me Kaden, for Christ sake, he's my uncle?!" Even if the touch of Aiyan's fingers on his skin hadn't gone from gentle to rough, Kaden could feel Aiyan's anger inside him through the bond they shared.
Kaden rolled over onto his back and Aiyan laid his head on his chest, he ran his fingers through Aiyan's hair comforting and calming him all at the same time. "It says that you are my husband, my partner and you will do anything to make sure I'm safe. I would do the same for you. Do you feel better, now that you told me this?" Aiyan nodded but didn't speak. "Then that is enough for now. I love you Aiyan and we will deal with this together. Everything, always together." Aiyan smiled and Kaden could feel the curve of his husbands lips on his skin, which made him smile in turn, remembering.
Those three words took Aiyan back to the past, to the night they decided to get their named tattoos. When Aiyan first broached the subject just days before their Mehndi ceremony, Kaden had balked at the idea. But then when Aiyan and Raven showed Kaden drawings of what Aiyan was suggesting they do, Kaden couldn't deny the sentiment in the gesture.
"I want to get our names tattooed on our arms, here." Aiyan spoke softly to Kaden as he withdrew his fingers from where they'd been wrapped in Kaden's and rolled up his sleeve, showing the spot on his upper arm.
Kaden scowled at him, "Don't you think that is a little grandious, my prince? And what would they say? Aiyan and Kaden, respectively. Or M'anam and My Prince?" Aiyan turned that wickedly sexy crooked grin on his partner before he answered.
"I think our given names, and in a calligraphy style of writing with maybe a celtic border?" Aiyan presented his answer as a question, it would seem he had put a lot of thought into this venture. Kaden still wasn't convinced, until the next day after lunch, when Raven found him and Aiyan in the library and showed them the drawings he'd made in a likeness of what Aiyan wanted the tattoo's to show.
"Wow, that's really simplistic. I was expecting something more… just, more." Kaden was pleasantly surprised with the simple, uniqueness of the designs. He had no ink anywhere on his body, having never found anything he wanted to permanently place on his skin. But this, this was a representation of his commitment to Aiyan, a way to show everyone he belonged to this man. So when Raven told them he could do the tattoos right then, Kaden didn't allow himself time to reconsider, he just nodded in agreement and followed Aiyan and Raven.
It was a given that Aiyan's tattoo would be placed on his left upper arm as he already had a large eagle, and a dragonfly on his right upper arm. Kaden thought his should go on his left arm as well, not only to mirror where his future husbands ink would go, but it was also the hand where their wedding rings would be.
Kaden followed as Raven led them to the area of the palace where the guards slept. "The Guardai and The Order are housed in this wing of the palace. And while Raven's room is in the main area of the palace with the family, he still keeps a room here as well. He has artwork, instruments, some swords he's collected and his tattoo equipment here." Aiyan told Kaden as they walked through the never ending hallways within House Gaeland.
"Oh, and the collection of bibles." Aiyan stopped mid stride and turned to face Kaden. "There are bibles dating back to before Anthony's time, Raven has, what a dozen or so?" Aiyan turned to Raven who just nodded his response, before turning back to Kaden. "I've read several of them. It's so interesting to see the different translations, how they are all different, and yet… the same."
Raven entered the room they'd stopped at and Aiyan and Kaden followed him in. The walls were covered almost floor to ceiling with art and drawings, some of which Kaden was certain Raven had created himself. There was a small bookshelf that indeed held a dozen or so bibles, a rack that held several swords and in the corner sat the oddly made chair that could be molded and shaped to hold a person's body in the correct position for whatever ink they would be getting at the time. Raven motioned for Aiyan to sit as he opened the case with the tools, "You first Aiyan, so Kaden can see what I'm doing and how, since this is his first tattoo."
Kaden watched as Raven took the wax paper he had drawn the design on and held it over Aiyan's arm. His gaze continued to roam over Aiyan's bare chest, those hard muscles and defined abs, up to his adams apple and then landed on that crooked grin. When their eyes met, Aiyan's dominate brown eyes sparkled, full of love for only Kaden.
"All done!" Raven stated, turning and grabbing a towel from the table next to him. He ran the towel over the design and then applied some type of ointment from a jar. He noticed Kaden watching his every move, a question in his glare. "It's just a precaution, some healing herbs mixed with the oils from the allive plant. Can you believe they used to apply tattoos with needles, driving the ink into the skin, and there was so much blood. The risk of infection then was much higher than now, the laser pretty much cordarizes the skin as I draw the image, so no risk of infection. But, better safe than sorry, right."
Aiyan smiled up at him and twisted his body, holding his arm out for Kaden to see. There on his lovers arm was his name, Kaden, in a fancy script with a border across the top and bottom of the words that was somewhere between the design of barbed wire and a trinity knot.
"Your turn." Raven waved his hand motioning Aiyan out of the chair and all but pushed Kaden into it. Kaden closed his eyes and rested his head on the back of the chair. He felt the tight grip of Raven's fingers, digging into his arm to hold it still, the heat from the laser as it traced each letter into his skin. A.I.Y.A.N and then the faint trace of the border, but it was never uncomfortable or painful. He opened his eyes when he felt the brush of the towel on his skin.
Aiyan pulled him up and into his body and they were chest to chest, Kaden had to hold in a gasp when their naked nipples brushed together. Aiyan leaned down and kissed him, running his fingers over his name that was now permanently inked on Kadens arm, keeping time with his tongue that brushed over Kaden's bottom lip. Aiyan pulled back but kept his hand on Kaden's arm, gently tracing the letters of his name, "Everything, always together." He whispered.
Aiyan raised his head and smiled down at him, moving his body up and over Kaden's. His smile widened when Kaden groaned and thrust his hips up, rubbing their groins together. They were both already impossibly hard, again. "Ready for round two? Want me to fuck you into the mattress this time?" Aiyan said, leaning down and running his tongue along Kaden's collar bone. Kaden just laughed and rolled them on the bed where he was on top of Aiyan.
"Oh no my prince, I'm going to fuck you into the mattress."
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This morning I received an email from IBM letting me know that I was named an IBM Champion for Cloud. I'm honored to be part of this group of technology professionals. A huge thank you to those people who nominated me for this designation.
Category Archives: IBM
Amazon Alexa Meets IBM Domino
I had the honor of becoming a contributor for the outstanding NotesIn9 Video Podcast produced by David Leedy. In this show, I demonstrate how I built and Amazon Alexa Skill for the IBM Domino based IdeaJam app. If you have any questions, please let me know. I would be more than happy to answer them! Thank you, David, for having me on. More videos on building Alexa Skills coming soon.
Amazon Alexa Meets IBM Domino – Sneak Peek
Here's a sneak peek of the app I will be featuring on an upcoming NotesIn9 screencast:
Here's a sneak peek at the Amazon Alexa demo I'm building for @NotesIn9 that reads data from @ideajam pic.twitter.com/p43WbOQuEr
— Bruce Elgort 🐧 (@belgort) February 8, 2017
End of an Era: IdeaJam.net
After serving the IBM community for over 9 years, new idea submission, voting and commenting has been turned off on the http://ideajam.net site. The site will remain available in "read only" mode for the foreseeable future.
The site collected 4,581 ideas, 12,346 comments and 108,544 votes.
The Business of Beacons
I'm a 2016-2017 IBM Champion for Cloud
Late on Friday, I received an email from IBM letting me know that I was named an IBM Champion for Cloud. I'm honored to be part of this inaugural group of individuals. A huge thank you to those people who nominated and encouraged me to start using Bluemix.
Using IBM Watson Language Translation Services with Python
Here is a very simple example using Python of calling the IBM Watson Language Translation Service. Feel free to use and modify the code as needed. You will need an IBM Bluemix account in order to use the translation service.
# CTEC 121 Intro to Programming and Problem Solving # Bruce Elgort / Clark College # Using IBM Watson's Language Translator # February 27, 2016 # Revised: May 24, 2016 # Version 1.1 import requests def cls(): print("\n" * 5) def translate_text(text,source,target): username = 'your username' password = 'your password' watsonUrl = 'https://gateway.watsonplatform.net/language-translation/api/v2/translate?source=' + source + '&target=' + target + '&text=' + text try: r = requests.get(watsonUrl,auth=(username,password)) #print(r) return r.text except: return False def welcome(): message = "Welcome to the IBM Watson Translator\n" print(message + "-" * len(message) + "\n") print("Have fun!\n") def main(): cls() welcome() data = input("Enter some text to be translated:\n") print() print("What language should I translate it to?") print("1) Spanish") print("2) Arabic") print("3) French") print("4) Portuguese") print() target = input("Select a language from the list above: ") if target == "1": target = 'es' elif target == "2": target = 'ar' elif target == "3": target = 'fr' elif target == "4": target = 'pt' results = translate_text(data,'en',target) print() print("Here is the text translated for you:") print(results) main()


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Feeling Minnesota DVD
Starring Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio, Cameron Diaz, Delroy Lindo, Courtney Love, Tuesday Weld, Dan Aykroyd, Levon Helm, Drew DesMarias, Aaron Michael Metchik
Directed by Steven Baigelman
Things have recently been getting complicated for Freddie (Cameron Diaz).
Not only is she being forced to marry mob accountant Sam (Vincent D'Onofrio), but now, on the eve of the wedding, she's gone and fallen in love with his brother Jjaks (Keanu Reeves).
Freddie and Jjaks decide to elope, but Sam gives chase, using money he has stolen from his employers to pursue them across the country.
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- Release date: 10/05/2010
- Genre: Drama
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Made from 10% polyester (for fluff retention) / 60% bamboo viscose (for absorbency) and 30% organic cotton fleece (for absorbency and quicker drying time)
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!! History Commons Alert, Exciting News
This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event September 5, 2002: Cheney and Tenet Discuss 'Sensitive' Iraq Information with Top Four Senators. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be.
Mount Weather. [Source: Department of Homeland Security]Congressional leaders are evacuated from Washington and flown to Mount Weather, a secret and secure bunker in Virginia, where they remain until late in the afternoon. [Los Angeles Times, 9/12/2001; Washington Post, 1/27/2002; ABC News, 9/15/2002] The Capitol building was evacuated shortly after the Pentagon was hit (see 9:48 a.m. September 11, 2001). Most of the leadership teams of both parties subsequently assemble at the Capitol Police building. [Daschle and D'Orso, 2003, pp. 112] Around late morning or early afternoon, orders are given to take them to a secure location outside Washington. The Congressional leaders return to outside the Capitol building, and from there are flown by military helicopter to Mount Weather. [Washington Post, 1/27/2002] Each is allowed to bring one staff member with them. [Daschle and D'Orso, 2003, pp. 114] The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Facility in Bluemont, Virginia, is located 48 miles—about 20 minutes journey by air—from Washington. [Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 11/2001; ABC News, 9/15/2002] It was originally built to serve as the new seat of government if there was a nuclear war. [ABC News, 9/11/2001] The underground complex contains about 600,000 square feet of floor space, and can accommodate several thousand people. [Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 11/2001] It has extensive communication systems linking it to the nationwide network of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) bunkers, relocation sites, and the White House Situation Room. [Center for Land Use Interpretation Newsletter, 3/2002] Members of Congress taken to the facility include House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX), House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-TX), House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-MO), House Minority Whip David Bonior (D-MI), Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS), Assistant Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and Senate Minority Whip Don Nickles (R-OK). [Hastert, 2004, pp. 10] Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) was taken there earlier on (see (9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [Bamford, 2004, pp. 80-81] The Congressional leaders will remain at Mount Weather until later in the afternoon, and then return to the Capitol around 6:00 p.m. (see (Between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001). [ABC News, 9/15/2002; Daschle and D'Orso, 2003, pp. 116; Hastert, 2004, pp. 10] The decision to send them outside Washington on this day has its roots in a top secret program dating back to the cold war, which serves to ensure the "Continuity of Government" (COG) in the event of an attack on the US (see 1981-1992). [United Press International, 9/11/2001; CNN, 9/11/2002; Mann, 2004, pp. 138-139] Counterterrorism "tsar" Richard Clarke activated the COG plan shortly before 10:00 a.m. this morning (see (Between 9:45 a.m. and 9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [Clarke, 2004, pp. 8]
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President Bush invites a group of congressional leaders to have breakfast with him and Cheney in the White House's private dining room to discuss Iraq. Present at the meeting are Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt. Bush tells the lawmakers that he needs a Congressional resolution authorizing military force against Iraq, and he needs it soon. During the meeting, Daschle suggests that it would be better to postpone the debate on such a resolution until after the November elections, so as to take politics out of the equation (see September 19, 2002). According to Daschle, Bush looks at Cheney, who replies with a "half smile." Then Bush answers, "We just have to do it now." [New York Times, 9/7/2002; Dean, 2004, pp. 140; Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 23] After the meeting, the lawmakers pass the word that Bush implied new intelligence about Iraq's nuclear weapons program would be forthcoming. That new information never materializes. [Dean, 2004, pp. 140] In the upcoming days, many Democrats will accuse the Bush administration of attempting to "politicize" the debate on the resolution in order to impact the upcoming midterm elections (see September 25, 2002 and September 26, 2002).
Entity Tags: Tom Daschle, Trent Lott, Dennis Hastert, George W. Bush, Richard ("Dick") Cheney, Richard Gephardt
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Vice President Dick Cheney and CIA Director George Tenet meet with senators Trent Lott (R-Miss), Tom Daschle (S-SD), Dennis Hastert (R-Ill), and Richard Gephardt (D-Mo) and, in the words of Cheney, "share the most sensitive information [on Iraq's alleged WMDs] with them." [New York Times, 9/7/2002; Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 30] They show blurry satellite photos of buildings or warehouses that Cheney insists are Iraqi nuclear weapons sites, and shots of drone aircraft presumably capable of attacking Israel with biological and chemical weapons. They also share sketches of tractor trailers that Tenet says are mobile biological weapons factories. Daschle, a former Air Force photo analyst intelligence officer, is skeptical of the photos, but says nothing. [Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 30]
Entity Tags: Trent Lott, Tom Daschle, Richard ("Dick") Cheney, Dennis Hastert, George J. Tenet, Richard Gephardt
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Starting Over
Last week we talked about handling setbacks. We talked tips and tricks on how not to let setbacks keep you down and how to move forward with excellence. But I had someone ask me about starting over…It's OK to start over!
Do NOT think that starting over means that you have in someway failed! Starting over can be the best thing for you sometimes.
Starting over can be healthy, necessary, and exciting if you really want to get down to it.
Before I had my kiddo I was in a wonderful online health & fitness business. I loved what I did, I loved working out, I loved helping people start and succeed in their health & fitness journeys, oooo and I made pretty good money doing it to. BUT I got preggo, I had little mr., I realized that the mom life priorities were not the same as the single lady priorities. While I still love working out and being healthy overall on our own home I had lost the fire I'd once had for my business. I wasn't sure what I wanted or needed to do but I knew it wasn't health & fitness. I had to start over from scratch while raising a tiny human. I had to start over. It was literally the BEST decision I've ever made and I KNOW you can do the same if you find yourself in that position.
Starting over doesn't mean that you failed in a negative way, I can't say that enough! Starting over means you have found a new passion, a new direction, a new drive and you are about to take off running.
When you start to doubt yourself remember that you CAN and WILL survive anything so long as you keep your chin up and keep moving forward!
Are you starting over? I'd love to know what your next big venture is going to be! Leave a comment below and lemme know what you're doing next!
Until Next Time Mommas,
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Hey, I'm Lauren
Who am I? I am a SAHM to a beautiful baby boy, a furmom to 2 doggies and 1 kittycat, a girlfriend, a fitness enthusiast, a beach lover, a dreamer, a world traveler, a business coach, a planner, and an advocate for the SAHM's with BIG dreams!
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MyPetIC Collar Tag
Check out the Unboxing, to find out what you will be getting when you purchase your very own Pet Collar Tags!
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Product Description
Our Pet Collar Tags are 5x4cm an ideal size for many breeds. For smaller breeds like Maltipoos, Chihuahuas, Terriers, we do offer smaller sized Collar Tags at 4.5cm x 3.5cm.
Made out of high quality materials, it is waterproof and coated with a layer of Pet Friendly coating to ensure it withstands scratches and bites from your Furpal !
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So while you are all finishing up your summer fun I will leave you with a quick outfit post this lovely Friday morning. :) It has been a wonderful mix of cooler/shady days and hot hot hot days this summer, so here is an outfit for both!
Cool Summer outfit:
I love LOVE this top, I got it while I was pregnant and It is just flowy enough to be flattering on a post baby body, but not soo flowy that it looks like you're hiding something.
Pants: Big Star Sweet Skinny (similar), Undershirt: Shade (similar), Top: Kohls (similar), Shoes: Forever Young (similar), Necklace: Shane Co. Bracelet: Gift from my sister's trip to Italy
Hot Summer Outfit:
This outfit is a Go To for summer! I love shorts that fit great, and a top you can run around it without having to adjust it every 2 seconds.
Top: BKE (similar), Shorts: Aeropostale, Shoes: Target, Necklace: Old (similar), Undershirt: Down East, Watch: Fossil
Happy Weekend!