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John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is a United States politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. He served during the first term of President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2005. Ashcroft was previously the Governor of Missouri (1985–1993) and a US Senator from Missouri (1995–2001).
Ashcroft was born in Chicago, Illinois, to James Robert Ashcroft and Grace P. Larsen. His father was a minister in an Assemblies of God congregation, and served as the President of Evangel University from 1958–1974, and jointly as President of Central Bible College from 1958–1963. He later on served as President of Valley Forge Christian College. His mother was a housewife whose parents had immigrated to the United States from Norway.
Ashcroft went to school in Springfield, Missouri. He attended Yale University, where he was a member of the Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity and St. Elmo Society, graduating in 1964. He received a J.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1967.


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Well at last I'm back and I've missed you all.
I can now share the reason for my absence from Blogland, although you can probably all guess from the picture above…… I'm pregnant and Elliot is going to be getting a baby brother or sister in January 2013. To say I'm excited is an understatement :-)
There has been a downside though and that is I suffered again in this pregnancy (as I did with my first) from Hyperemesis Graviderm (Severe Morning Sickness) which has been hell. It's like having food poisoning 24 hours a day for three months solid :-( So crafting and pretty much life in general has been on hold, but I'm starting to feel quite a lot better and have had a little play with my stash this past week. So I should have some things to share with you soon.
While I am here a little reminder that Sarah Hurley's Instagram/Documented365 giveaway ends at midnight Friday. You need to comment on the first introduction post on the Documented365 blog which can be found HERE.
Hope you are all well.

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Adore Font by Canada Type
In 1939 the Stephenson Blake Company bought a very popular script called Undine Ronde and began marketing under the name Amanda Ronde. Although Undine/Amanda was quite popular and can be seen in many advertisements from the 1930s and 1940s, there seems to be no surviving record stating the original foundry or designer.
We thought that six and half decades of dust layers over the once-popular typeface were enough, so here and now you have the complete and expanded digital incarnation, Adore.
It is quite easy to see why this typeface was popular. A round script with graceful meaty curves is rarely found and can be used in plenty of applications. Wedding paraphernalia, chapter titles, posters, poetry, book covers, religious literature...you name it, Adore can fit it.
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A solid nucleus of returning veterans will be key to the success of the HopeCollege women's cross country team in 2009.
A solid nucleus of returning veterans will be key to the success of the HopeCollege women's cross country team in 2009.
The 2008 Flying Dutch finished second in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and ninth in the Great Lakes Regional of NCAA Division III.
Coach Mark Northuis begins his 22nd season at the helm of the Hope cross country program. Under his tenure, the Flying Dutch finished third or higher every season in the MIAA standings.
The pre-season roster of 33 athletes includes 19 returning letterwinners. There are 11 freshmen, seven sophomores, nine juniors and six seniors.
The tri-captains are senior Jacqueline Beeler of Plymouth (Plymouth HS), junior Emily Fischer of Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central HS), and senior Joanne Gabl of Saline, Mich. (Saline HS).
A year ago four Hope underclassmen received All-MIAA second team honors. Forming the
nucleus of this year's team will be sophomore Kate Nelson of Williamston (Williamston
HS), sophomore Kelly Luftkin of Houghton (Houghton HS), sophomore
Karlyn Sikma of Grand Rapids (North Pointe Christian HS), and junior Emily Fischer, Hope (sophomore from Naperville, Ill./ Central HS). Returning junior Susan Savasky of Berkley (Berkley) was an All-MIAA second team honoree in 2007. Hope's top four finishes in the 2008 NCAA Great Lakes Regional return -- Kate Nelson, Karlyn Sikma, Kelly Luftkin and Susan Savasky.
Other returning letterwinners include sophomore Alyssa Ambrose of Okemos (Okemos HS), junior Sarah Anthony of Mt.Pleasant (Mt. Pleasant HS), junior Claire Bird of New Paltz, N.Y. (New Paltz HS), junior Kate Brundige of Vicksburg (Vicksburg HS), sophomore Salome Emmanuel of Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton North HS), sophomore Katrina Gobrogge of Napoleon, Ohio (Archbold HS), senior Sara Gosses of Amherst, Ohio (Amherst Steele HS), junior Jessie Hunter of Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton Academy), senior Emma Lucas of Cadillac (Cadillac HS), junior Andrea Miller of Algonquin, Ill. (Dundee-Crown HS), junior Elle Munoa of Holland (West Ottawa HS), and senior Faith Whitehouse of Manton (Manton HS).
The Flying Dutch also excelled in the classroom in 2008-09 receiving Team Academic All-America honors from the College Cross Country Coaches Association for the 19th consecutive team and the MIAA Team GPA award for the 11th straight year.
Hope will host two meets this fall, the season-opening Hope Invitational on September 5 and the MIAA Jamboree on September 26.


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Backyard chefs who take pride in their grilling can sear their own initials into steaks and chops with an iron brand that's hand forged by a Texas cattle rancher. Made in the USA, our custom set lets you put a signature on every grilled meal.
- Set includes a customized brand and a personalized John McLeod carving board.
- Hand-forged iron brand is an authentic miniature version of the cattle brands used for centuries to identify livestock and designate ranch families.
- Made of sustainably harvested New England birch, the board has a well to catch meat juices.
- Includes a wall-mounting storage rack for the brand.
- Choose single, double or triple initials. All letters will be of equal height and weight.
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- Brand: 11 1/2" long; 1 1/4"-high letters.
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- The brand's protective coating of paint will burn off during the first heating.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by MarieInVa from Best Father's Day Gift! I saw this in the catalog and ordered it for Father's Day. It said it would take 4 weeks which would be too late but I chanced it because it was so cool. It came waaaay early and it's awesome! Highly recommend for guys who like to grill. It comes with a cool board on which to display/store the brand too.Date published: 2016-06-10Rated 5 out of 5 by MRMTX from Love this!!! Ordered the brand and carving board with 3 letters for my fiancé because he loves to grill steaks. The quality is superb and the delivery was very quick. I ordered on Sunday morning, it was delivered 3 days later!!! I was expecting a long delivery but I now have it in time for Christmas and couldn't be happier. Will gladly order this again and again.Date published: 2015-12-10Rated 5 out of 5 by AaronB from Great Gift Bought these as gifts for our Groomsmen and were a hit. Solid product. Order with enough time and you will not be disappointed.Date published: 2015-04-15
In the description, it says monogram included. But then when I check out it charges me $10 additional for the monogram. Is this an error? Seems misleading, if not. A monogrammed product needs additional charge to be monogrammed? Hi Rachel, Apologies for the error. This has been fixed. You should no longer see a $10 additional charge for this monogram brand and carving board set.Date published: 2019-04-08
Do the initials on the cutting board appear as pictured in the example photo? When I enter the three initials after adding to the cart a diagram pops up showing them in a diamond pattern with the center initial enlarged, which differs from photo.Hi sfh7883, Yes, the intials are as pictured in the example photo. We are in the process of correcting the preview image shown in the diagram.Date published: 2019-02-08


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Julie Taylor for Queen
I love pilot season.So do lots of people, of course. It's like the draft pick for TV nerds. It's just so exciting when a show you've been hearing about gets picked up, or when you hear there's a chance that the star you love might be back on TV. And you can follow it as much or as little as you want, and still get something out of it. Here's how to play: take the small amounts of concrete information you have; speculate endlessly.
So the news late yesterday broke that Aimee Teegarden (there were some crazy spellings flying fast and loose yesterday but I feel comfortable we've got the full story here) has signed on to play the lead role, "America", in a pilot called "The Selection", which is described as a Hunger Games-style epic romance where, 300 years in the future, she's chosen as a contender to be queen of a nation at war.
There's lots to like here. The pilot's based on a book series that's not even out yet, and it's being showrun by a writing team - Sarah Fain and Elizabeth Craft - that I really admire.
But I am super excited by Teegarden as lead. All FNL fawning aside, there is something about Aimee T that always struck me as a little more ...solid than most young actors of her age. Something about the way her eyes were so level and un-panicky gives her a gravitas.
I know there were many of you who were exhausted by and of Julie, and yes, the spoiled-not-going-back-to-Burleson girl grew tiresome, even if it was all going to somewhere good. That intentionally vague line was for Sasha and her Cory who are gulping down the show, finally, and openly weeping about it.
(Lainey: here's why I nag you again - watch FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS.)
But I think that was Julie's necessary path and meanwhile, the actress was learning something from all those hours in that Texas house watching Connie Britton be amazing. I feel like she learned presence - Julie had it by the end. I would love if Aimee did too.
And I'm excited to see her as the leader. I don't know anything more about this project than what I've written, but can't you see Teegarden leading the people? Her face all smug and her hair all bright? I hope she gets to keep it long. Makes me think of Daenerys Targaryen, right?


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Not exaxtly a game or a story, but maybe this is the best place for it. A thread where you can post your email jokes and funny stories. I'd like to start by thanking everyone (both on this board and not on it) for the many emails I received in 2007. Thanks to those emails I can move forward into 2008 with confidence.
I must send my thanks to whoever sent me the one about rat's mess in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet towel with every envelope that needs sealing.
Also, I now have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.
I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.
I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the £15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.............
Or from the senior bank clerk in Nigeria who wants me to split £7 million with me for pretending to be a long lost relative of a customer who died intestate.
I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.
I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.
Thanks to those emails, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.
Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca-Cola because it can remove toilet stains.
I can no longer buy petrol without taking a friend along to watch the car so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm filling up.
I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with an aftershave sample and rob me.
I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan.
Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my bum.
And thanks to your great advice, I can't even pick up the £10 I found dropped in the car park because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.
If you don't copy this into an e-mail and send to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhoea will land on your head at 5:00pm this afternoon and the fleas from a dozen camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbour's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's beauticians relative once removed.
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The month of June is famous for love. Heck, it's named for the Roman goddess Juno, the goddess of marriage.
Plutarch, a Greek biographer and essayist who later became a Roman citizen, and Ovid, a Roman poet, both wrote about how June was favorable for weddings – a theory that lives on today.
Since June is about love, it's very appropriate that Julie already has much of the month filled with live shows because Julie LOVES to perform live.
And if you love great Americana music, then your June can be lovely too – just check out one of Julie's shows. She'll be troubadouring around Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina from the 1st to the 30th with many stops along the way.
Click here to go to the Calendar page for show details.
And while you're at the show, be sure to request that Julie plays her song "It's About Love". It's her Mom's (and my) favorite JG song.


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Sharing magical moments can reenergize a group and lend credibility to your facilitation. This is the first in an occasional series from Walt Anthony, who has explored options for magic (please don't say "tricks") appropriate to all The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®.
Unexpected Outcomes
Magic for Challenge the Process and Experiment
The facilitator borrows a watch, and ties it onto the end of about a yard of string. A house-key has been tied to the other end of the twine.
The facilitator then hangs the loaned watch over a wooden pencil so it dangles above the floor, holding only onto the key at the other end of the string.
The facilitator releases the key, the watch plummets towards the floor, then, the magic happens!
The premise
"Everyone knows how the law of gravity works.
If you drop an object — it falls.
If you drop a heavy object from a height it may break when it crashes.
That's the usual process.
Since gravity is pretty much a universal "law" you may well ask:
"What's the sense in challenging the process, if that's the way it always works?
That's what were about to see."
Three questions are posed
So, since the outcome is certain, perhaps we can only ask,
- Will I really let go of the key?
- How long will it take for the watch to hit the ground?
- What is the predicted fate of the watch?
Or we could Challenge the Process and ask
- What if — insert facilitators name — is not totally nuts?
- Do outcomes always have to be as we assume or imagine them to be?
- Could something "magically" intervene and truly avert disaster?
At this point were going to Experiment
Take a risk to see if we can either generate a small win, or at least learn from this mistake . . .
As unbelievable as it may seem the first time (at home with your own watch please), the outcome of letting go of the key and string is completely unexpected — and the process of challenging gravity almost magical to observe (as will be the relief on the face of the owner of the watch).
This bit of magic is a very effective and visual way to demonstrate the letting go of expectations and fears of failure.
It will take some experimentation and practice to get the knack-adjusting how far to let the watch dangle, what angle to best hold the cord and key, etc. (as you rehearse over a pillow), but once you have it down, the outcome will always be the same.
You will need:
- A length of sturdy cord about three or four feet long.
- A long wooden pencil, chopstick, or better still, small magic wand.
- A common house key (an old interesting skeleton-key style could also symbolize "the key to successful challenges")
Securely tie the key to one end of the cord, and tie a loop on the other end so you can quickly and easily attach a borrowed watch at that opposite end of the string.
Borrow a substantial and heavy looking watch from a brave workshop participant, and ask them to join you at the front of the room.
- As you outline the premise and questions above, loop the watch through the cord to attach it to the far end of the string opposite the key.
- Request that your participant grip the end of the pencil tightly, and keep it parallel to the floor.
- Dangle the cord over the pencil so that the watch end hangs about six inches down from the pencil.
- Hold the key end of the cord taut, and running over the pencil, and downward at about a forty-five degree angle to the floor.
- Remind your participant to keep a strong and steady grip on the pencil.
When the process has been challenged (or not) request the group to count to three . . . and let go of the key!
The watch will not nose-dive towards the floor dragging the string and key along, as you would naturally expect.
Instead the key will wind the cord about the rod very quickly and tightly, wrapping it around and around the pencil, and leaving the heavy and delicate watch safely suspended well above the ground.
Your group will be amazed to see this "small win" occurred against all odds.
Be sure to sincerely acknowledge and thank the watch's owner for risking a small heart attack as you return their timepiece!
In experimenting and practicing this demonstration, take time to examine how it operates:
Try hanging the watch at different heights, using a slightly longer-or-shorter cord or strings of various thickness.
Practice how taut to hold the cord and at what angles (both to the floor, and slightly left or right of the watch on the pencil) so that the key will not strike the watch as it twirls around the pencil.
If you prefer a kinder-and-gentler approach you may use your own watch and spare the nerves of your participants. Other small objects with lighter/heavier weights can also be substituted, such as a book of matches along with a coffee cup.
Because everyone is so familiar with "how" gravity always works, this is a very visual and powerful demonstration of what it takes to trust, overcome objections or fears, and be open to experimentation to truly challenge the everyday processes we encounter.
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Nahla Abdel-Tawab is director of the Population Council's Egypt office. She works closely with ministries of health and leading NGOs to identify research priorities and interventions that address pressing needs and issues in reproductive health, including postpartum and postabortion family planning, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and youth sexual and reproductive health. She provides technical and managerial leadership for the design and implementation of research and interventions to enhance young people's healthy and successful transitions to adulthood. She also plays a key role in facilitating the scale-up of interventions and the use of research results by policymakers and program managers.
Abdel-Tawab originally joined the Council in 1995. In 2000 she left the Council to work as an independent consultant and as a behavior change communication specialist for the Catalyst Project, a USAID-funded consortium that improved the quality and availability of sustainable reproductive health and family planning services in 15 countries in the developing world.
Abdel-Tawab returned to the Council in 2003. Before becoming country director, she was the head of the Council's regional reproductive health program for West Asia and North Africa.
Abdel-Tawab is a member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population and the Cairo Family Planning Association. She holds a master's in public health from Tulane University, a medical degree from Cairo University, and a doctorate of public health from Johns Hopkins University.


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The Dark Side: The 10 Worst Star Wars Games Ever
The feedback from our recent list of the 10 Best Star Wars Games of All Time was great. Many compelling arguments were made as to why certain games should or shouldn't be on our list, but our primary takeaway from the discussion was that we have been incredibly lucky to experience so many fantastic Star Wars games. And with EA now in charge of future games, and new games rolling out already, the future looks bright.
But what about the stinkers? The games that publishers tried to shove down our throats based solely on some vague Star Wars branding? Or the well-intentioned games that just couldn't make it work? Behold the opposite of our first list, the 10 Worst Star Wars Games Ever. Read on and let us know if this list will be even more controversial than the last.
30 thoughts on "The Dark Side: The 10 Worst Star Wars Games Ever"
Whoever put it in their is an idiot.
Why no Star Wars Kinect is on this list is beyond me.
By chance are you blocking cookies or running an ad blocker (or any other setting that would prevent the code from remembering that you already dismissed it)?
The effects might have been prettier, and the lightsaber battles flashier, but where was the soul man, where was the soul?
On top of all of that, please tell me the last time that Lucasarts did something positive with the Star Wars franchise. The studio was effectively dead, and had let the IP languish for years. The fact that new Star Wars games were announced within weeks of the Disney purchase and EA license agreement underscores the disparity in priorities between Lucasarts (what was left of it, anyway) and its successors.
I loved Lucasarts games during the studio's golden years, and sure, I wish that it could have remained strong and kept pumping out quality titles. But it was dead, long dead, by the time it was official dismantled. And you're free to go on hating EA (they're far from perfect, of course, and they'll need to prove they can sustain their improved policies). But to argue that Star Wars fans eager for new games aren't better off now than they were three years ago is objectively absurd.
Republic heroes has a similar feel but lacks the difficulty.
I had high hopes for rebellion, but the only way to play without being bored to death which made the computer near impossible, and multiplayer games took longer than risk. So I get why it made the list.
No dark forces jedi knight? Come on it was far better than jedi outcast(as was jedi academy, but they're all worthy)
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Europe's Week Ahead: Fiscal Cliff, Greece
Uncertainties over the latest U.S. fiscal cliff negotiations and the latest Greek debt deal will dominate Europe's week ahead. Andrea Tryphonides and Sara Sjolin discuss.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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|Two recent papers involving the amounts of certain hydrocarbons on Saturn's moon Titan had some media outlets abuzz with talk of extraterrestrial life. One paper, to be published in the journal Icarus, looked at the amounts of molecular hydrogen in Titan's atmosphere, while the other paper, to be published in Geophysical Research Letters, examined acetylene levels on the distant moon. Some analysts say those measurements could be consistent with -- but not clear evidence of -- the presence of some sort of methane-based life. We'll talk about what the researchers observed, and what those findings might mean.


text: Not so long ago we showed you an absolutely wicked 4-wheel motorcycle, theYamaha Tesseract (hit that link if you haven't seen it, trust us). Now the design is looking to be a trend with this recent unveiling of Sbarro's Pendolauto at theGeneva Motor Show. Adding a bit of stability to the standard crotch rocket, but still lean-turning like a motorcycle, it's too bad that America will absolutely never let these vehicles on our streets. Hmm...where could they fit the airbag? [gizmodo.com]


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15 Apr 2009
Source: Oxfam GB - UK (via Reuters)
Website: www.oxfam.org.uk
International aid agency Oxfam GB said today that it has formally submitted its appeal against the Sudanese government's decision to expel it from northern Sudan, and expressed serious concern at the false allegations that continue to be made against it and other expelled agencies. The agency warned the humanitarian situation in Darfur is worsening following the expulsion, with people facing shortages of water and other aid.
Penny Lawrence, Oxfam GB's International Programmes Director, said: "We have already been told that water pumps in some Darfur camps have stopped pumping, and there are growing fears about the potential for outbreaks of disease in the coming rainy season. The expulsion is already affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of the very poorest and most vulnerable Sudanese people."
Oxfam GB has been assisting 600,000 people across northern Sudan - not only in Darfur, but in the east of the country and the poorest areas of the capital Khartoum, which have also been affected. Programmes providing clean water, sanitation, education and microfinance have all been shut down.
Lawrence said: "We strongly refute the government's accusations that we have acted outside our humanitarian mandate. We are an independent, impartial organisation, and we have not provided any information to the International Criminal Court's investigation. For the past 25 years, our predominantly Sudanese staff have worked tirelessly to help improve the lives of the poorest people in Sudan. We have provided emergency aid during conflicts, floods and droughts, and long term development support in some of the most remote and marginalised areas of the country. We remain committed to ensuring people get the support they need."
The agency said it has still not been given an official reason why its registration has been revoked, or been given evidence of any of the allegations against it. Its appeal has been submitted in the timeframe given under Sudanese law, after lengthy legal consultations.
A recent joint assessment in Darfur by the United Nations and the Government of Sudan showed that hundreds of thousands of people now have less access to safe water, healthcare, food and shelter, and that these needs are likely to become acute in the coming months. In many locations where Oxfam GB was working, the impact is already apparent. In Kalma camp in South Darfur, boreholes have stopped pumping water. In the camps of Kass and Shangil Tobai, communities have been rationing water to try to make it available for longer. Thousands of latrines will fill up and need replacing in the coming months, and many health programmes aimed at reducing the threat of water-borne diseases such as cholera and malaria in the rainy season have ceased. Given the urgency and scale of the need, replacing these programmes will be an enormously difficult challenge.
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Oxfam GB first began working in Sudan in 1983, responding to the needs of people displaced when war erupted in the south of the country. The following year it helped people made destitute by the drought in Darfur and eastern Sudan. It has been working in Sudan continuously ever since. In 2004 it scaled up its response to the Darfur conflict, as well as working to improve the livelihoods of poor communities in eastern Red Sea State and the capital Khartoum. Although it has been expelled from northern Sudan, Oxfam GB continues to operate in southern Sudan, providing clean water, sanitation and livelihoods support to people affected by decades of conflict.
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Brandon Hill, real estate project manager for Edgewood, said the company realized the benefits of keeping some operations in California back when the Edgewood Tahoe Resort Project was approved by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in 2012.
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It would also only affect South Lake Tahoe property already owned by Edgewood.
South Lake Tahoe planning commissioners listened to a presentation from Hill on Thursday to ask questions about the proposed amendment before it came back to the commission for a decision at a later time.
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Hi everyone,
I'm really interested in reading Tolkien's books from the begging to the end, but after doing a little research there seems to be a decent amount of books to read and was wondering what specific order to read them in?
Thanks —Unsigned comment by C6ZR1 (talk • contribs).
- I would recommend the following order (with regard to Middle-earth-related stuff):
- If you get to the end of the above and want even more then check out The History of Middle-earth series and The History of The Hobbit. Others may have different suggestions, but I hope this helps!-- KingAragorn talk contribs edits email 23:22, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
- I would suggest a slightly different order. Start with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, then:
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- The rest of The Silmarillion' and Unfinished Tales (though you can skip the long letter at the beginning for now) and if you're interested, the other Appendices.
- I would suggest a slightly different order. Start with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, then:
- I'm specifically choosing this method because it expands what you already gleaned in earlier writing. There's a gap in style between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but it can be bridged. But if you then start at the beginning of The Silmarillion, it's almost biblical in style, and quite a tough chew. Of course, you can try it, but if you get stuck, just skip it and return to it later. --Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 23:34, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
- Depending on your level of interest in Tolkien's legendarium and your interests as a reader, I'd say don't be afraid of picking up The Silmarillion first. It reads more like an encyclopedia entry, not like a novel, but it can be very interesting, and it can provide a deeper perspective into the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. If you like it, go ahead and read Unfinished Tales, Book of Lost Tales etc. If you don't like it, put it down and pick up The Hobbit --Shadrak 20:54, 19 September 2013 (UTC)


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The weather has not been good to Chicago this week; in fact, it's been the definition of a fickle mistress. That's not related to this video, it's just to say that things have been better and I look forward to them being so again.
I haven't made it through all of these interviews with Matthew Weiner, but here's more information about Mad Men than you always wanted to know.
I appreciated the power of Robert Ebert's words before, but somehow, they've become more moving now that he can't speak.
The Beast File – Apple (HUNGRY BEAST) from Elmo Keep on Vimeo.
Apple isn't always so nice, unfortunately.
Linda Ronstadt sings "My Boyfriend's Back." She also dated California Governor Jerry Brown. Oh wait, I'm sorry, she was his "occasional companion."


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|When describing Terra Nova to Trip and T'Pol, he claims it was "nine years there, nine years back". But later, he claims that the ship was designed to be broken up to make the colony and it was purely a one way journey.
Also, Archer claims that Earth had already established the Utopia Planitia colony before establishing Terra Nova, more than 70 years before. Yet in Voyager's "The 37s", Harry Kim said that Mars was not colonised until 2103.
And a very minor one - watch the bicycle wheel that Reed spins very carefully. He spins it counter clockwise, we cut away and it is still spinning counter clockwise when we cut back to it, but then we cut away and back to it again and now it is spinning the other way!
In the 'not a nit, just an observation' category, those original Terra Nova colonists sure were a territorial bunch. According to Archer, the cause of the initial problems was that the Novans did not want "another two hundred people arriving". This indicates that the original colony was also two hundred strong. And yet these two hundred people, all living in a single settlement, objected to a follow on wave of another two hundred? Really? Put this in context; say Earth is a newly discovered uninhabited planet. You arrive and found what's essentially a small village, say in France. Just how upset could you really be to find that another two hundred people are going to settle in a village in China? Planets are BIG places, you could drop ten thousand such settlements randomly all over the map and never have any one of them within seventy miles of another one! It makes the colonists look rather selfish and arrogant to me.
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This is the first episode to establish that Phlox's species are called the Denobulans.
Brannon Braga is on record as regarding this as his least favourite episode of Enterprise, describing it as "boring".
They arrive to find a settlement on the surface, completely deserted. There is background radiation all around at levels which, whilst not immediately dangerous, would be fatal with long term exposure. As they explore Reed detects a humanoid and gives chase, but the creature vanishes into a cave. Archer and Reed head into the cave, leaving two crewmembers on guard at the entrance. After a brief fight in the caves Reed is captured, and Archer retreats.
T'Pol's scans show that the cave creatures are in fact Human - there are more than fifty people living in the caves, apparently the missing colonists. Archer and Phlox go to try and meet peacefully with the cave dwellers, and establish contact with two of them, Jamin and Nadet. They also meet with Reed, who is being treated fairly well. The colonists have virtually forgotten their past, remembering a distorted version of their history and even their language. Phlox scans the pair and finds that Nadet is suffering from cancer - an illness which he can treat quite easily on Enterprise. She agrees to go to the ship with them, whilst Reed remains below.
Nadet and T'Pol piece together a picture of what happened to the planet. When Earth wanted to send a second wave of colonists the original settlers resisted. Shortly afterwards an asteroid struck the planet, spreading radiation in what Nadet calls a "poison rain". The colonists interpreted this as an attack on them, assuming Earth had struck in retaliation for their attitude. They retreated to the caves to escape the radiation, and have remained ever since.
Archer tries to convince the colonists to evacuate the planet - long term they cannot survive the radiation. Under prompting Nadet begins to have vague memories from when she was a child, realising the truth of their situation and beginning to believe Archer.
Back on the surface Archer is able to win the trust of the colonists, and agrees to relocate them to a system of caves in the southern hemisphere of the planet. This hemisphere largely escaped the effects of the asteroid impact, and it is hopes that the colonists will be able to live here safely.
With that ignored, the episode is just okay. I kind of like the colonists odd language; it's a nice balance between being different enough to reflect a divergent culture whilst being similar enough that you are never really struggling to understand what is being said. Beyond that... well the characters are okay, and the story is okay, and the acting is okay... and that's all. It's all just kind of underwhelming, really.
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Electric Rallycross – Coventry Summer Series Rd3 22 July 2012 Report by Ben Cosgrove Finally great weather appeared on the few days leading up to the latest round of Coventry Clubs well run summer series. The turn out was a little low as there was also a national and TMSC warm up race on the same date but that did not stop the 30 drivers from having a great day on the dirt.
This round also saw the Coventry grass track being used for the 1/10th buggies for one of the first times this year and it looked to be in great condition. This club can run 3 tracks during one meeting which is a very impressive feat! The dirt track was very dusty for the practice runs and it was clear that controlled driving would be the order of the day. I started the day on the Pink Gridlock HB tyre as we used at the Rallycross national and this was working extremely well. The track seemed to have cleaned off for the first round of qualification and I had a good run to take TQ. I decided to spend the rest of qualifying testing shock oils like I had don the week before at NDOR astro track. I was convinced I had too thick an oil in my shocks and thought that maybe I had an astroturf setup. To my surprise going down 100cst all round made the car much harder to drive and didn't feel as good landing off the big jumps. I still took TQ in the round but my laps were a little slower. I went back to thicker oil like my starting setup but increased the rear oil 100 cst which to my surprise again made it very good both on the bumps and on landings. Laptimes were nearly a second faster and way more consistent. Another TQ meant I had wrapped up pole for the A main already with a round to spare. I decided to go to a harder compound tyre to test before the final switching to the Red Gridlock HB tyre. This was a very good choice as I instantly dropped another second off my lap times and was very close to that time every lap. The harder tyre had more side bite on the hot track which meant I was close to flipping in a couple of places but it just felt better. A much faster TQ time was set and I was very confident going into the final. The A main was 15 minutes long which is the same as the electric Rallycross nationals, perfect practice. I had an absolute nightmare on the 3rd corner hitting a bump and causing me to flip. I then fell down to last position but I knew I had a strong pace so just knuckled down and put in the times. It was hard to know where I was as there were lots of cars closing bunched together. After 4 minutes the computer called me in the lead to my relief so I went into cruise mode and just stayed consistent to the end. I did set my fastest lap of the day right at the end of the 15 minute final proving the tyres were the right choice. After 3 rounds of the series I have a perfect score with my Trophy Buggy Flux and I am looking forwards to the Midland Dirt Masters re-run on the 28/29 July.


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Combined heat and power (CHP) systems, also known as cogeneration, generate electricity and useful thermal energy in a single, integrated system. CHP is not a technology, but an approach to applying technologies. Heat that is normally wasted in conventional power generation is recovered as useful energy, which avoids the losses that would otherwise be incurred from separate generation of heat and power. While the conventional method of producing usable heat and power separately has a typical combined efficiency of 45 percent, CHP systems can operate at levels as high as 80 percent.
See CHP Fact Sheet for more information.
Conventional generation is inherently inefficient, only converting on average about a third of the input fuel's potential energy into usable energy. Engineers have long appreciated the tremendous efficiency opportunity of combining electricity generation with thermal loads in buildings and factories, capturing much of the energy that would otherwise be wasted. When the word "cogeneration" was coined in the 1970s to describe this practice, the dominant configuration of systems was a boiler that generated steam, some of which was used to turn a steam turbine that generated electricity. Due to the cost and complexity of these systems, they were largely confined to systems of over 50 MW, thus precluding their installation at most manufacturing facilities. However, recent advances in electricity-efficient, cost-effective generation technologies—in particular advanced combustion turbines and reciprocating engines—have allowed for new configurations of systems that combine heat and power production, expanding opportunities for these systems and increasing the amount of electricity they can produce. These CHP systems now come in many more configurations, and can even satisfy compressed air requirements by bleeding high-pressure air off the compressor stage of a combustion turbine.
New turbines are now cost effective for systems down to 500 kW and reciprocating engines for systems down to 50 kW, dramatically expanding the number of sites where CHP can be installed. In fact, many existing industrial boilers can be re-powered with advanced generation equipment, replacing existing fuel burners and adding electricity generation capability while reducing pollutant emissions.
New generations of turbines and reciprocating engines are the result of an intensive collaborative research by government and industry that uses advanced materials and computer-aided design techniques that have dramatically increased equipment efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and pollutant emissions. These technologies, applied in CHP, are poised to satisfy a significant portion of the U.S.'s growing electricity needs, while continuing to meet our thermal demands. According to a 2012 joint report from the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), CHP currently makes up about 8 percent of U.S. total generating capacity. The present installed capacity of CHP in the U.S. is about 82 GW, and the Obama administration has set an official goal of 40 GW of additional CHP capacity by 2020. Additionally, as the U.S. EPA establishes new rules to reduce CO2 from power plants, CHP hasbeen identified as a critical tool to reduce CO2 cost-effectively.
Several barriers impede the full realization of the country's CHP potential. These include electric utility rate structures that discourage utility investment in CHP, a lack of common and fair interconnection andnet metering standards, discriminatory utilitystandby rates, and emissions regulations that do not recognize the improved efficiency and pollution benefits of CHP systems.
For two decades ACEEE has been involved in CHP policy in all 50 states. Our seminal CHP publications include a2013 look at how CHP can confer value to electric and natural gas utilities,a 2012 study of how CHP could replace retiring coal plants in select states,2011 assessment of state-level barriers to CHP,2003 five-year retrospective assessment of CHP policies, a 2002 review and a 2003 review of state CHP activities, and a 2001 report on federal tax strategies to encourage the adoption of CHP. ACEEE also regularly tracks CHP-related regulations and policies in the clean distributed generation pages of ourState Energy Efficiency Policy Database and our annualState Energy Efficiency Scorecard. We are also active at the federal level in advocating for sound distributed generation policies.
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The Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) specifies the substances that are to be evaluated over a period of three years. The plan is annually updated to include substances for the additional year as well as any revision to the substances that were included in the second and third year of the previous plan.
Those substances subject to immediate evaluation are listed in the first year of the plan. However, a Member State may notify at any time that it has information suggesting that the substance is a priority for evaluation, even though it is not included in the CoRAP list. In these situations, the CoRAP may be amended to include this substance prior to an annual update.
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Member States contribute to the development of the CoRAP by proposing substances for inclusion. They can use the same risk-based criteria as agreed with ECHA or in some cases indicate other risk-based grounds of concern founded on national priorities.
The criteria will be periodically revised on the basis of the experience gained and changes to priorities.
Not all substances meeting the criteria will be included in the CoRAP list for evaluation. Member States and ECHA have to consider if a request for further information at the end of the evaluation process would help to clarify the initial concern over a substance. The interests and capacities of the Member States may also influence the inclusion of a substance in the CoRAP list.
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Following the established risk-based criteria, ECHA and the Member States identify a number of substances that could be included in the CoRAP. Member States express their interest to evaluate a certain substance so that ECHA can create a draft CoRAP with the substance names and the tentative assessment years.
The final CoRAP is adopted after consultation among the Member States and the opinion of ECHA's Member State Committee. From the publication of the draft CoRAP, substances may be added or removed before ECHA adopts the final CoRAP. The final CoRAP indicates the initial concerns over the substances and designates the Member States that will carry out the evaluation.
ECHA has adopted the first CoRAP in 2012 for 2012 - 2014. ECHA submits annually a draft to update the CoRAP to the Member States.
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Any animal loving kid is going to love these books. The theme cord is the same that runs through them. Letting your child know no matter where he/she goes or what they are doing God is with them. When the day is done and the Night is ended God will still be there to help them face what comes next. The pictures are of all sorts of animals; some are funny, come are cute and sweet. The important message though is that God is there no matter what.
Julie Cantrell is a certified speech-language pathologist with years of experience helping children develop communication skills. As a freelance writer, she has written countless articles on the topics of parenting, family, faith, child development, education, and health. She also wrote for MOPS, Intl. (Mothers of Preschoolers) for nearly a decade, where she served as contributing editor for MOMSense magazine. She currently writes for Princeton HealthCare System and FNC, Inc.
Julie's first picture books, God is with Me through the Day and God is with Me through the Night were published this year by Zondervan to help young children overcome fears while building their faith in God.
Learn more about how to help your children overcome fears by visiting Julie's blog. There, you'll also find themed activities for parents and teachers of young children--plus lots of fun ideas for families!
Why did you write these picture books?
When my daughter was young, she had a hard time sleeping in her own bed. She was afraid of the dark, and she suffered from terrible nightmares. She loved to read, and she loved animals – so when she was five years old, the two of us worked together to create a bedtime story just for her.
We found stock photos of animals, and we wrote simple text to reassure her that even when I tucked her into her bed at night, she was not alone. I wanted her to feel secure that I would never leave her in a place that wasn't safe, and that God was always with her—even in the dark.
How did the books become published?
I never intended to publish the book. I wrote it to help my own daughter overcome her fears while building her faith in God. When her friends would sleep over, they all enjoyed the book and wanted me to print copies for them. Then the neighborhood kids asked for copies. I was working in a preschool as a speech-language pathologist at the time, so I read the story to my students. They all reacted positively to the story, so some of the other teachers and parents asked for copies. Their reactions made me think seriously about sharing the story to children on a bigger scale.
I had been working as a freelance writer for many years, so I decided to look for an agent. Several publishers expressed serious interest in the books, and we ended up signing a contract with Zonderkidz (the children's division of Zondervan).
I was thrilled when they asked for a partner book to help children cope with fears such as separation anxiety and shyness through the day. God is with Me through the Day and God is with Me through the Night were released simultaneously on March 1, 2009.
How did your professional background help you write these books?
Aside from writing articles on the topics of faith, family, and child development for nearly a decade, I am also a certified speech-language pathologist. I've spent years helping children of all abilities/disabilities develop their communication skills. This includes not only their speech, but their reading and language skills as well. I was certain that young children preferred books with big pictures, simple text, and repetitive prose. Plus, I knew that most kids love animals.
Still, I conducted extensive research on children's picture books. I was surprised to read studies that indicated children prefer color photos to illustrations. With real-world reactions from children, data to support the design of the books, and a gut instinct that families would enjoy reading these aloud time and time again, I decided to move forward with publishing. I am excited to share this universal message with children around the world.
How have children reacted to the books?
It's been amazing to see children's reactions as I read to school groups and story time groups. They laugh at the funny photos. They say "awww" when there's a sweet photo. And they show sad expressions when the animals express fear or loneliness. I encourage them to talk to the animals on the pages. "Tell the goat, 'Don't be scared. Go play with your friends.'" Or "Silly kitty. That's just a shadow!" They really interact with the book and always ask me to read it again.
Through the use of realistic, natural photos, the children can understand that all of God's creatures feel afraid at times. It helps them cope with their emotions so they feel confident to explore their world or sleep through the night.
How have parents reacted to the books?
It's been wonderful to hear feedback from parents after they've bought the books, especially to hear that this is sometimes the first book their child could read independently. As a mother, author, and speech-language pathologist, that's an amazing compliment.
One of my favorite stories was from the parents of a three-year-old daughter. They emailed me to say they ran to her bedroom door because they had heard her screaming. When they got there, they realized she was yelling, "I am safe! I am loved!" which are phrases used repetitively in both books. Another huge compliment has been to hear that children carry these books around with them in the car or that parents have had to tape the pages back together because the books have been so "loved."
I am thrilled, honored, and grateful that these stories are reaching so many families. If there's one thing I want everyone to know, it's that they're loved and that they're never alone. If I can share that message with even one child a day, then I am very blessed.
Visit Julie's blogsite: http://juliecantrell.
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) has a bad reputation – especially in the natural gas business. Although this gas molecule generally occurs in low concentrations in gas reserves, developers need to remove it as quickly as possible. The reason is that a temperature drop below -57 degrees Celsius is all that is needed to convert pure CO₂ to solid dry ice, which settles in the processing plant and causes blockages. Operators usually avoid this problem with an upstream amine scrubbing step. At several million euros per plant, this chemical solution is extremely expensive, however. Now, Linde has developed and qualified an alternative solution to this problem –at no extra cost. Skipping the amine scrubbing step completely, Linde's approach is based on a CO₂-tolerant gas processing flow.
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In other words, concentrations of up to 0.5 percent of this otherwise problematic gas can now be tolerated in the natural gas stream without any risk of harmful solid deposits. The concept behind this new solution is ingeniously simple. The diluted CO₂ is maintained in a temperature range that is warm enough to prevent it from freezing. It may then remain within the final natural gas stream, where it is of no consequence in low concentrations. A Russian operator recently selected this innovative process technology for a plant currently under construction. Given the right configuration, Linde's solution has the potential to benefit many other natural gas processing customers by eliminating the need for an entire process step.