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"The Confirmation Manipulation" is the first episode of the season 10 fan suggested episodes made by ZoomDust16. Also the first Season 10 episode written by ZoomDust16.
Sheldon and Amy get engaged. Howard and Bernadette meet Howard's half- brother Sam Wolowitz.
Leonard and Bernadette are working together in their lab, while Bernadette is thinking on how to find a way to tell Leonard about how Sam Wolowitz suddenly showed up, but then she simply says it quickly and starts crying with happiness so Leonard comforts her with a hug. Howard is in his lab and then Raj passes by and then Howard tells him about Sam showing up quickly like that. Sheldon and Amy are on Skype chatting about setting a wedding date and decide to make it 6 months from now. Back in their lab, Leonard is helping Bernadette feel okay and then they continue working and Penny passes by, but is surprised that a lot of tissues are in the trash so when asked why, Bernadette tells her about Sam showing up suddenly at the Wolowitz house. Penny reveals that she finally passed her first exam and even knows more then Bernadette about experimental physics. Later, Kripke meets up with Alex so she can help him find out exactly how Sheldon found his idea towards proving the Big Bang Theory. She then goes to Sheldon and tells him but then he invites her to help him instead of helping Kripke, and she accepts. Later, in the comic book store Emily is surveying costumers so she can help Stuart renovate the comic book store alongside Penny, Bernadette, and Amy. Later in 4A, Bernadette and Leonard are working together and then Leonard gives Bernadette the perfect way to master experimental physics so together they can prove the theory, and she agrees to do so since Penny is taking the exact class. She then starts talking to him about Sam and decides to say it to people one by one. Howard then enters 4A and is surprised that Bernadette is working late in 4A, but then she tells him that she told Leonard about Sam, and Leonard helped her take a class with Penny in Cal Tech. Howard is surprised and then Sheldon comes out of his bedroom with Alex who was working with him in beating Kripke in their ideas, the two are surprised to hear about Sam Wolowitz, then they all decide to tell Penny and Amy. Later in 4A in dinner, Leonard, Howard, Raj, Penny, Bernadette, And Emily are eating while Amy and Sheldon walk into the apartment together and announce their engagement.


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Over time we have come to understand that to preserve the natural resource that is Lake Tanganyika, a wider more comprehensive approach was needed.
The idea of forming a fully inclusive conservation society has been growing for some time and finally became a reality in 2012.
Conservation Lake Tanganyika (CLT) aims "to promote and preserve the biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika for the sustainable benefit of its inhabitants through a partnership with the community and the Govt."
Nsumbu National Park in the south western corner of the lake is identified as a vital area for biodiversity conservation of the greater Lake Tanganyika area; and it is here where the focus of CLT begins.
We believe that Conservation Lake Tanganyika can provide a bridge between the immediate needs of the area human communities and the protection that is urgently required to ensure the recovery of wildlife and fish populations to optimum carrying capacities at which they will be usable in a sustainable manner for the benefit of the local people.
For our dream to become reality we need help in preserving this Natural Wonder under threat, if you have any interest in conservation, community development or fisheries management there are opportunities for volunteers and partnerships to achieve our goal.
But most of all we need financial help to get CLT off the ground and begin work before the destruction of one of the world's greatest natural wonders is irreparable.
Natural Resources ultimately belong to the local people and encouraging them to use these resources in a sustainable manner is the key to their preservation.Sustainable tourism and a protected area for fish and wildlife to safely breed in has wide ranging benefits.
The Nsama Community Resource Board and the Nsumbu Fishing Conservation Committee are both grassroots organisations that have been formed in conjunction with CLT.
Along with private stakeholders such as Ndole Bay Lodge an agreement was made that from 2014 all tourists would pay a community levy of K10 per person per day for fishing on Lake Tanganyika. This fund is jointly administered by CLT and the community and is used for small scale infrastructure projects such as borehole rehabilitation.
Almost all our staff are local residents of whom we have hired and trained on site. We train them to be the best that they can be and encourage them to progress and develop their skills and responsibility to move further in the company.
So far we have brought electricity to our local primary school so they can use electronic resources, we have donated a second hand computer and educational books and also contributed to the building of teacher accommodations.
We have already donated wheelchairs for those in need to the clinic as well as special infant formula and products to help babies with severe allergies. We continue to help where possible.
We actively support the Womens Group in Ndole by hiring them for small tasks to support their group. We also do the same for other rural villages such as our neighboring Mungela village group.
Local Artisans are encouraged to make items such as paintings, lampshades and bags for us to sell on their behalf in our curio shop. This helps to support the artistic community and have a place to showcase their works for financial gain.
Wherever possible we buy local fruit and veggies from our local market growers so as to support community farming in the area as a form of employment.
We also practice Catch & Release fishing practices at Ndole Bay Lodge and purchase our fish from the local fishermen to support their industry.
We need enough donations to provide 40 learning I School Tablets for the students in Ndole Village Primary School plus 4 teacher version iSchool tablets and also 3 tvs and DVD players (1 for each classroom).
The iSchool tablet computer goes hand-in-hand with the Zambian primary school curriculum. There are 1000s of lessons pre-loaded, covering the entire syllabus from Grade 1 to Grade 7, with the early grades in eight local languages. All lessons are multi-media, with sound and imagery, voiced in English and, for the early grades, 8 local languages.
The total cost we need to raise is K88 240 (USD $8 824), so if you can help to make a difference please contact us to make a donation, every little bit counts!

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This is a question that all teachers are asked a lot by their students. "Which exam should I choose?" "Which one is better/easier/shorter/etc.?" No teacher will tell you right away which exam is better for you, but here's what you should keep in mind.
1.First of all, if you need the exam score for the college you are applying to, check its website for equirements (admissions section). Every college or university has their own admission policy and requirements for international students. Most colleges in the USA will prefer TOEFL score, but there are still those, which will only accept IELTS.
2.If the college you apply to accepts both exam scores, find out which one will be more convenient for you geographically speaking. In the US alone there are over 500 locations for TOEFL and around 50 for IELTS.
3.If you have locations for both exams nearby, take the next factor into consideration. Both of them have four basic sections, each of which tests a basic skill (reading, listening, writing, and speaking). However, TOEFL only examines academic subjects, whereas IELTS academic option will have academic reading and writing sections combined with general listening and speaking sections. Generally speaking, IELTS has more of a real-world feel than TOEFL. You should choose the exam based on your English language background.
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This charming series was used in the cabins of West Virginia State Parks, and some of it was also sold in park gift shops. Each piece had the seal of the State of West Virginia, but select pieces (most commonly plates) also had larger images of a deer, quail or log cabin.
It was made by both Carr and McNicol China.
This handsome gravy boat was made by McNicol and stands a very impressive 4 1/2" high by 9" long. It is in excellent condition and very shiny and has only a few small glaze pops - no chips or cracks.


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Today's blog post will be rather boring, as I don't have much of anything to say except to share my "To Do" list.
I've got the laundry half-finished (including sheets), and have re-organized and weeded out our glass/cup/coffee mug cupboard. I decided there were too many mugs, the glasses weren't put away how I like them (the children put the dishes away, so I have to re-train them on use of space and proper order) and it all just made the cupboard look awful.
So I pulled everything out, lined the tall glasses in rows, the shorter ones in their own rows, and the mugs have their own section now. I know it'll take a few days for the children to remember where they all go, but I'm confident it won't take more than that. ;-)
Let's see...what else is there?
Ah, yes!
After Rachel arrives (which should be any moment now), we're all going on a short walk to the grocery store to pick up some hamburger buns for tonight's supper. We're having turkey burgers (a family favorite), mashed potatoes and...well...maybe a salad. That's sounds good.
The only bummer is that it's raining today (go figure), so we'll have to dig out our umbrellas. This will be considered a "treat" for the children, as there's nothing better than mud puddles and cartoon character umbrellas! ;o)
After that, I just have general cleaning to do (windows, vacuuming, dusting) and then later, my afternoon workout. Today will be a 45 min session, and I'm really looking forward to it. (Exercise is my only "me" time during the day.)
And I guess that's about it.
Hope you're all having a thrilling day, wherever you are! ;o)


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Superiority of the AR Grading System
AR Grading. The Asphalt Residue (AR) grading system used in the Western part of the United States for decades grew out of the fact that the asphalts in this area differed greatly. While various grades were in use, the workhorse grade was AR 4000 which meant that the asphalt in the pavement, irrespective of crude source, would have the same consistency. AR 4000 meant that the viscosity at 60° C of the asphalt after the RTFO test would be 3000 (2500 in Washington) to 5000 poises. A viscosity of 4000 poise was selected as it was found that at 4000 poises tenderness in oversanded mixes was easier to handle. 60° C is used as in most cases that is about the highest temperature the pavement reaches although in the deserts it can reach considerably higher temperatures. On the other hand, the viscosity at 60° C from the RTFO of equivalent asphalts graded by the AC grading system (2000 ± 400 poises based on original viscosity at 60° F) or by penetration grading system (85/100 based on penetration at 25° C) can vary greatly. For the 85/100 penetration grade, the range of the 60° C viscosity after the RTFO of those asphalts evaluated during the development of the AR grading system varied from about 1600 to over 7000 poises. For an AC 2000 grade asphalt, the probable viscosity after the RTFO aging would range over about 4000-8000 poises, depending on the crude source. The equivalent PG grade is PG 64-XX.
PG Grading. There is an astounding number of PG grades, 7, and up to 6 subgrades within each grade, based upon low temperature properties. If there was consistency within the grades it might make sense, but we have regressed even back beyond the AC grading system. These grades were set up primarily to control tenderness and rutting even while leaving the gradation specification so open that gradations that would allow grievous rutting are included. The equivalent PG grade is based upon the Dynamic Shear test of G*/sinδ of 1.00 kPa at 64° C with no maximum. For a sinδ of 1.00 (close to that of unmodified asphalt) the viscosity is G*· sinδ or 1000 poises. The G*/sinδ value from the RTFO test would be 2.20 kPa min or 2200 poises with sinδ = 1.00 and again there is no maximum. Sinδ for modified asphalts is less than one thus that drops the specification minimum viscosity below that of non-modified asphalt.` In other words, for the asphalt as placed in the pavement, the AR 4000 specification is 3000-5000 poises at 60° C. For the PG 64-XX , the-in place viscosity at 64° C can vary from somewhat less than 2200 poises to as high as one wishes.
Philosophical Inconsistency of the PG Grading System. I am only addressing the grading system, not the value of the low temperature specification. I am not suggesting that there is anything wrong with the use of the DSR, as it is a handy tool. I am suggesting that the grading should have been based upon the consistency of the RTFO residue whether viscosity tubes are used or the DSR. The value of the DSR data is that we can get information about the effect of polymer modification from the phase angle, sigma (δ).
We have shown above that the range of the allowed viscosity from the RTFO test of any particular PG grade is greater than that of any previous grading system even though there is are 7 specific grades in order to control rutting. The implication is that controlling rutting requires fine tuning. Yet, at the same time there is a movement to use warm mixes, one of the benefits of which is that the asphalt will have a considerably lower viscosity than the intention of the grade.
Controlling Rutting. The prime control of tenderness and rutting should be with aggregate gradation. As long as the gradation specification allows badly oversanded mixes, rutting will be a problem.
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It was another disappointing weekend for St Pauli, who faltered again in the race for promotion. The good news is that so did Fortuna Dusseldorf and Paderborn, although this perhaps makes the 0-0 draw at home to Cottbus even more frustrating. The bad news is that Greuther Furth and Eintracht Frankfurt are storming away with the automatic promotion places, and with probably the two easiest run-ins going into the final weeks of the season, it is difficult to see how anyone is going to catch the top two now. Does any of the chasing pack want promotion? Dusseldorf, St Pauli, Paderborn and 1860 Munich have all slipped up in recent weeks.
It's not often a dull match watching St Pauli, but Sunday's game was an exception to that rule. Infact the most excitement came in the first 2 minutes, with a goalmouth scramble falling to Boll on the edge of the box who forced a very good save from the Energie Cottbus 'keeper. From them on though, St Pauli looked void for ideas, even with the returning Marius Ebbers starting upfront. It seems to be a lack of confidence in the final third that has halted our progress, the quick passing style we saw in the first half of the season has disappeared, and the team looks nervous when they get in and around the opponent's box. With Kruse as out of form having had a great start to the season, it's hard to see where the goals will come from as we go into the final weeks of the season. Perhaps there is also an issue with teams figuring out how to combat our attacking play, with teams sitting deeper, stopping our wingers having space meaning we find it difficult to get behind opponents. Hopefully the return to full fitness of Ebbers will rejuvenate our attacking play, we'll have to wait and see.
There really wasn't much else to discuss after the goalless draw, the game had very few chances from either side, a midfield battle with no winner. So it's onto Dusseldorf on Monday evening, who themselves could only manage a point at home to Eintracht Braunschweig. Dusseldorf sit 2 points ahead of St Pauli in the playoff position, so it's fair to say that the game is pivotal to the rest of the season. Dusseldorf have struggled of late too, and the game will be an interesting one. Dusseldorf are very attacking at home, but this will mean there'll be more space for St Pauli to counter attack – which could suit our playing style. As if the game wasn't exciting enough, I'm delighted to say I'll be there on Monday evening. I hope I'm still excited at full time.
Still, it could be worse, you could support Hansa Rostock. With only 2 wins all season, they look set for an immediate return to the 3rd division after losing 1-0 at home to Aue on Sunday. Finally, in the prediction competition this week, @Bucanero1910 scored 8 points. A decent total so well done! Here's all the results:
Union Berlin 0:4 Eintracht Frankfurt
Paderborn 1:2 Duisburg
St. Pauli 0:0 Cottbus
Hansa Rostock 0:1 Aue
Fortuna Dusseldorf 1:1 Braunschweig
Greuther Furth 3:0 Karlsruhe
FSV Frankfurt 2:1 Aachen
Bochum 0:1 Ingolstadt
Dresden 0:1 1860 Munchen


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The Resonance of Equilibrium
The Resonance of Equilibrium
HUITZILOPOCHTLI stands on the third, the highest level of the TEOCALLI (la piramide) and surveys the quadrant of the cosmos that is home to humanity. Under his feet a mighty force that originates from a great fire within the heart of Tonantzin, anchors him, embraces him with a power that is beyond time. It is what the religions of the world call love and the scientists call gravity. From this foundation arises TEZCATLIPOCA, constructing himself in four aspects – the first level of the Teocalli. Besides recalling the four previous suns or cultural epochs of the Nahuatl civilization, these four attributes reflect the facets of human perception in terms of the sum of relationships. Arising from the awareness of our earthbound context, the human personality is molded as a result of the interaction of duality, and the tension between two absolutes.
- The duality is that of the self and others, the individual and human society, the feminine and masculine, the family and the generations – both past and future.
- The first absolute that of the creation itself, the human being an integral participant and which although she remains a mystery, the universe is not a secret.
- The other absolute is that of the unknown, all that lies beyond the realm of human perception or understanding. It is a philosophical attitude that regards these relationships as complementary while appearing opposed.
QUETZALCOATL appears arriving from the East, the direction of light and life, radiant with the energy of creation. Quetzalcoatl is charged with the task of ordering with the intelligence that is humankind's exceptional characteristic the apparent chaos. His instrument is the Wind with which he clears a path for the arrival of TLALOCTEKUTLI who brings the rain of time, activating the seed planted by Quetzalcoatl. The seed is the principle of harmony, the resonance of equilibrium as the Way of Life that reverberates echoing the solar wind itself to create a reality allowing for the development of the full human potential. The second level of the teocalli is constructed and the ceremony is born.
Huitzilopochtli looks to the West. It is in that direction that he senses his spirit will depart from this world. As he gazes towards the heavens, in spite of the powerful attraction of Tonantzin, a sense of nostalgia and profound longing spark him into his characteristic personality mode – action. The bow of Dream Memory is drawn, his thoughts as arrows he lets fly seeking the Quetzalmazatl: the hunt is for knowledge and wisdom. He moves to the drum of a great heart beat, the Nahui Ollin. He sings, he dances, and then finally, he flies.
|Mandato Nahuacalco: Resistance - Rebellion - Regeneration
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Not to be confused with self locking nuts, lock nuts (or jam nuts) are 1/2 thickness and used in conjunction with a full nut to prevent it working loose. We sell them in brass, stainless and mild steel with UNC, UNF and metric threads. We also sell some left handed threaded lock nuts.
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Mod-Pac to increase existing share repurchase program up to aggregate of 200,000 shares of common stock
BUFFALO, New York
May 4, 2011
(press release)
– MOD-PAC CORP. (NASDAQ: MPAC) (the "Company"), a manufacturer of custom and stock paper board packaging and provider of personalized print products, announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized an increase of the existing share repurchase program up to an aggregate of 200,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The previous share repurchase program, which was announced on August 30, 2010, had a remaining authorization of 84,930 shares.
"The increased share repurchase authorization demonstrates our continued confidence in our business and commitment to deliver long-term value to our shareholders," said Daniel G. Keane, President and CEO of MOD-PAC CORP.
Repurchases are expected to be made from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subject to market and business conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors. The repurchases will be funded using the Company's available cash balances and cash generated from operations. The program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock and may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time at the Company's discretion in accordance with Rule 10b-18.
MOD-PAC CORP. is a high value-added, on demand print services firm providing products and services in two product categories: folding cartons and personalized print. Within folding cartons, MOD-PAC provides CUSTOM FOLDING CARTONS for branded and private label consumer products in the food and food service, healthcare, medical and automotive industries. The Company also offers a line of STOCK PACKAGING primarily to the retail confectionary industry. MOD-PAC's PERSONALIZED PRINT product line is a comprehensive offering for consumer and corporate social occasions.
MOD-PAC's strategy for growth is to leverage its capabilities to innovate and aggressively integrate technology into its production operations providing cost-effective solutions for its customers. Through its large, centralized facility, the Company has captured significant economies of scale by channeling large numbers of small-to-medium-sized orders through its operations due to its rapid order change out skills. Applying its lean manufacturing processes coupled with state-of-the-art printing technologies, MOD-PAC is able to address short-run, highly variable content needs of its customers with quick turn around times relative to industry standards.
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Arapahoe Basin Ski Area's Beacon Bowl fundraiser features competitive field
BEacon bowl results
Pro division
1. Dominic Vellone (A-Basin), 4:10
2. Ryan Evanczyk (A-Basin), 4:59
3. Jeremy Dobish (A-Basin), 8:14
Recreational division
1. David Gidley, 2:23
2. Cheyen Wills, 2:49
3. Justin Laughner, 3:45
While most of the county was getting ready to carve some fresh tracks in 7 to 11 inches of new snow Saturday morning, a handful of professional ski patrollers and backcountry enthusiasts geared up for competition in Arapahoe Basin Ski Area's 12th annual Beacon Bowl and Avalanche Awareness day.
"We had people getting here early and ready to go — a good mix of pros and recreational backcountry users," ski area spokeswoman Adrienne Saia Isaac said.
Part of a day filled with avalanche awareness events and fundraising for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, the annual avalanche beacon search competition took place at mid-mountain — on a simulated avalanche debris field — below the Lenawee Chair.
"It's pretty competitive, guys take it pretty seriously," A-Basin patroller Dominic Vellone said. "Basically, we're looking for one beacon — simulating an avalanche victim — and trying to get to him as soon as possible."
Vellone won the preliminary round by navigating the course and finding the buried beacon in 1 minute, 9 seconds. He also took top honors in the pro division later in the day.
The timed competition had individuals start 100 yards uphill from the debris field and race down to the search area. Once there, competitors used avalanche beacons to home in on a buried backpack containing a beacon set to transmit. In the first round, participants only had to make contact with the buried pack with an avalanche probe. In the final round of the open division, competitors had to locate and dig up the packs. Pro competitors had to locate and uncover two packs.
It was a clean sweep for the home team in the pro division as ski patrollers from A-Basin claimed the top three spots over representatives from Breckenridge Ski Resort and Keystone Resort.
Vellone took first place, uncovering the two packs in 4:10, followed by fellow A-Basin patrollers Ryan Evanczyk (4:59) and Jeremy Dobish (8:14). Evanczyk was on pace with Vellone, but after discovering the second pack he was unable to remove it from the hole as quickly.
David Gidley, of Silver Plume, took the top spot in the open division, uncovering his lone target in 2:23. Previous winner Cheyen Wills took second in 2:49, and Justin Laughner was third with 3:45.
Giddley — an avid backcountry skier — credited practice for his success. "I try to practice throughout the summer, then before I go out in the fall and on my first backcountry run of the season."
As for the Beacon Bowl, he said, "I like the competition part of it. There's an adrenaline factor."
The day's events also included avalanche dog demonstrations, beacon and ski demos and an apres ski party with raffle and silent auction. All proceeds benefited the CAIC. Last year's event raised more than $10,000 for the organization, making it the CAIC's second-biggest fundraiser behind the annual CAIC Benefit Bash in Breckenridge, held in November.
"I think this event is one of the more important events that we do," Saia Isaac said of the Beacon Bowl. "This one not only raises money for the CAIC but it raises awareness about backcountry safety protocol and search and rescue."
Avalanches have already claimed the lives of two skiers this season.
In addition to backcountry forecasting and avalanche awareness, the CAIC works with CDOT on avalanche mitigation and keeping the highways clear in the winter.
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Charlotte Neighborhood Walking Tour- NoDa
The Charlotte Museum of History Presents: Charlotte Neighborhood Walking Tour- NoDa
7 May 2016 at 10:30 am and 11:00 am
Join us for an hour walking tour of the NoDa neighborhood, an eclectic arts district and community that began as a mill village. The tour will begin and end at Heist Brewery, 2909 North Davidson Street. Following the tour, we will host a reception. Please wear comfortable walking shoes. Preregistration required.
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This is my first attempt at smd soldering since I left the Marine Corps. I've done some component removal for my junk box, but that doesn't count.
The bridge between pins 13 and 14 doesn't seem to really be a bridge. When I check under better light with magnification, the bridge doesn't exist. My ohm meter tells me there isn't a bridge as well.
My method was the "Apply flux and solder and drag the iron across the pins" method. If you're careful and the board has good solder mask (which this board seems to have), the results are surprisingly good. Next time, I'll pay more attention to the alignment of the chip on the solder pads.
What is that chip? It's an AD8302. I will be using it in my antenna analyzer experiments. I bought 10 of them and 10 dip adapters for a total of $25 on ebay. More about this chip later.


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Demodulates a pulse-amplitude-modulated (PAM) complex baseband waveform and returns the demodulated bit stream. This node attempts to remove carrier and phase offset by locking to the carrier signal.
The modulated complex baseband waveform data.
Trigger (start) time of the Y array.
Default: 0.0
Time interval between data points in the Y array.
Default: 1.0
The complex-valued signal-only baseband modulated waveform. The real and imaginary parts of this complex data array correspond to the in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) data, respectively.
Parameter values defining the PAM system. Wire the PAM system parameters cluster of MT Generate PAM System Parameters (M) or MT Generate PAM System Parameters (map) to this cluster. Do not alter the values.
An ordered array that maps each symbol to its desired level. The number of PAM levels in the array is 2 N , where N is the number of bits per symbol. The vector length for the symbols farthest from the origin is 1.
Parameter values describing the synchronization sequence and the range of bits over which to search for this sequence. Wire the PSK synchronization parameters cluster returned by the PSK bit array or number array instances of MT Generate Synchronization Parameters to this cluster.
The expected location of the first symbol of the sync sequence.
This value is an index to the input complex waveform. A value of -1 searches the entire input complex waveform and ignores the sync location uncertainty parameter.
The mapped symbol pattern used to synchronize the bit stream. To prevent false synchronization, select this pattern such that there is a low probability of accidental correlation to nonsynchronized parts of the data stream. If this parameter is left empty, the signal is still demodulated, but there is a phase ambiguity in the recovered symbols.
Number of symbols before or after the expected sync location where the first symbol of the sync sequence may be located. The node ignores this parameter if the expected sync location parameter is set to -1.
Default: 10
Distance that the sync sequence is indented into the information block.
The distance is the number of demodulated symbols preceding the sync sequence. For example, a value of 10 indicates that the output bit stream consists of 10 data symbols, followed by the sync sequence, followed by the remaining data symbols.
Default: 0
Error conditions that occur before this node runs. The node responds to this input according to standard error behavior.
Default: no error
An ordered array containing the desired matched filter coefficients. Wire the matched filter coefficients parameter of MT Generate Filter Coefficients to this parameter. When generating the filter coefficients, ensure that the value of the matched samples per symbol parameter of MT Generate Filter Coefficients is equal to the value of the samples per symbol element of the PAM system parameters cluster that is passed to this node.
When reset? is set to TRUE, there is a transient response of half the filter length at the start of the demodulated signal, and the returned data is shortened by approximately half the filter length. When reset? is set to FALSE, the node uses data from the previous iteration to eliminate the transient.
A Boolean that determines whether the node continues demodulating using the previous iteration states.
|Restarts the demodulator. The node resets on the first call and when reset? is set to TRUE.
|Continues demodulating using the previous iteration states. The input complex waveform is contiguous with the input complex waveform from the previous iteration of this node.
Default: TRUE
A Boolean that determines whether to flush samples from the input complex waveform that are delayed due to the FIR filters used in the demodulation algorithm. Set this parameter to TRUE during single-shot operations and during the last iteration of continuous operations.
|Destroys the internal states of the algorithms such that you cannot perform continuous processing on the signal during subsequent iterations. If flush buffers? is set to TRUE, you must set reset? to TRUE on the subsequent iteration.
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Westhill eager to beat Stamford for outright city football championship
STAMFORD -- In recent years, both the Westhill and Stamford football teams have raised the Frank Robotti trophy as the best public school team in Stamford.
One thing the current Stamford players have done, which Westhill has not, is stake a claim to the outright City Championship.
In fact, the Vikings have not stood alone atop the Stamford football world since 2007.
"To know it's your final year and final game, it is awesome to think that we can come home with the trophy," Westhill senior WR Evan Skoparantzos said. "Cross-town is always our rival and it's always going to be a good game no matter what the teams' records are. They are out the window. It's a city game and you have to do what you have to do."
Westhill enters Thursday's game at Walter Kennedy Stadium at 5-5, searching for its first winning season and City title in the same season for the first time since the 1980s.
Stamford comes in at 2-8 but has been playing better football in the second half of the season, winning 2 of its last 4 games, including a heartbreaking 42-40 loss at Ludlowe last week.
The Black Knights know winning the City championship not only gives them bragging rights but also puts the program on a positive foot heading into next season.
"It sets us up for next year if we can end on a good note," first-year Stamford coach Jamar Greene said. "The good thing about being one of three teams in Stamford is that you always have an opportunity to play for something, even if you may not have the record you want to end up with. We have a chance to walk away with two trophies if we can play our game."
The Black Knights are viewing this as a championship game and have been preparing accordingly.
"They are going to give their all, we are going to give it our all," senior Stamford LB/TE Jack Rakoczy said. "It's the season at this point. Neither of us has any playoffs, so, this is the championship game. It's the biggest game of the year."
That Westhill has a chance to finish above .500 may surprise those who saw them early in the season, but a bold coaching move lit a spark under the team.
Trailing badly at halftime against Trumbull, Vikings coach Frank Marcucio benched the entire varsity for the second half.
The move could have gone either way, but the Vikings responded by winning four of their last five games.
"I think it sent a message loud and clear, I'll tell you that," Marcucio said. "Since we benched the kids, I guess they got the message and we have played much better since they realized they weren't playing to what they potentially could and sometimes, that's what it takes."
The pivotal moment for the Black Knights involved on field, rather than off field drama.
Winless and trailing Bassick at home in the fourth quarter of Week 7, the Knights dug into their bag of tricks, using a double pass to defeat the Lions in the final minute of play.
The following week the Knights gave themselves a shot at the City title, beating Trinity 21-15.
The Vikings survived a scare from the Crusaders back in Week 2, scoring a late touchdown to win 14-8, putting them in position to win their first outright City championship since 2007.


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Pink Cat Studio Digi Stamp Release
Hello Friends!! It's that time again! It's the release of Pink Cat Studio digi images and this week it's about winter and skating! Yipee! The images are so adorable and so fun to work with! Stop by the Pink Cat Studio blog and check out all the fun cards and projects the design team created!!
I added a bit of Stickles to the image. I love using Stickles on my projects. . .the glitter is so pretty! The dp is by DCWV and card stock by SU. I colored my image with my Copic Markers.
This is a wicker basket that I altered and decorated. I actually bought a bunch of wicker baskets at a garage sale with the intention of altering them. I'm so glad I got around to altering it. . .I have a tendency of buying stuff and not using them so it's nice to actually using the basket. All I did was attach the lace and ribbon to the basket using tacky tape. It's a simple project.
Anyway. . .that's it for now. . .I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!


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Ball mill is the most widely used kind of grinding equipment and it is the key equipment that pulverizes the materials after they are crushed.Ball mills are used primary for single stage fine grinding, regrinding, and as the second stage in two stage grinding circuits.According to the need of customers, ball mill can be either wet or dry designs. These mills are sized from 2 t/h to 30 TPH for wet grinding and from 0.5 t/h to 30 TPH for dry grinding. Ball mills have been designed in standard sizes of the final products between 0.074 mm and 0.4 mm in diameter. So, ball mills are suitable for both general mining applications such as cement, concrete making and quarry applications.
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SASED has a 30 year history of expertise and experience in supporting large statewide grant projects. Most recently we have acted as the fiscal and operating agent for the Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Collaborative (ISTAC) which is funded by the Illinois State Board of Education using Federal IDEA Part B discretionary grant dollars. The ISTAC supports work with special populations through the promotion of district-wide prevention and wellness, a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) and school partnerships with family and community stakeholders. The ISTAC facilitates the development of sustainable district-level systems by empowering leadership to implement evidence-based practices, with a focus on students with disabilities (ages 3 through 21) in order to improve outcomes for ALL students. The ISTAC provides professional development and technical assistance supports across the state.
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I just had the opportunity to participate, along with half a dozen or so other bloggers, in a conference with Benjamin Netanyahu. The former (and I hope future) Prime Minister spoke with us for half an hour, most of which involved answering our questions. He once again showed his profound understanding of the situation the West finds itself in with respect to Islamic fundamentalism. According to Netanyahu, that situation is that the Sunnis and the Shiites are competing to create an Islamic empire. Both understand that this objective starts with the destruction of Israel. Shiite Iran, by moving to arm itself with nuclear weapons, has become the primary threat.
The proper division of labor for dealing with the threat is as follows: Israel should dismantle Hezbollah and the U.S. should disarm Iran. As to the latter, President Bush has emphasized his commitment to preventing a nuclear Iran, and Netanyahu believes that Bush is truly committed to that imperative. As to Hezbollah, the recent war was only the first round in a protracted battle that Israel will win. Netanyahu was reluctant to criticize the Israeli government while troops are still in Lebanon. He said he has substantial concerns about its handling of the war, but that expressing them should wait for later. When asked why the government didn't act more aggressively during the war, he answered "I don't know."
Netanyahu stated categorically that Hezbollah will not disarm itself and that the forces sent into south Lebanon under the cease-fire agreement will not disarm Hezbollah. In this connection, I asked the former Prime Minister whether he viewed Israel as bound by the cease-fire agreement to wait for the next attack (at the time of Hezbollah's and Iran's choosing) or whether Israel is free to act if (when) it finds that Hezbollah has not disarmed and that the international force and the Lebanese army are not taking effective action. Netanyahu replied that the cease-fire agreement permits Israel to take defensive action to protect itself. He acknowledged that there can be much debate over what that means, but (as I understood his answer) the concept does not necessarily preclude preemptive action.
Many thanks to Rick Richman of Jewish Current Issues for putting the conference together and, of course, to Prime Minister Netanyahu for taking the time to talk with us.


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This split between Foxes and Iselia takes two bands from complete opposite sides of the world, and combines their varying styles of emotional screamo to show you exactly what both bands are truly capable of.
With Iselia releasing their first full length, Life From Dead Limbs, last year, and Foxes releasing their 5-song EP in May, both bands reveal how much and how quickly they have matured and progressed.
This combined effort is tied around the concept of a middle aged man lost in his own despair and depression. On the verge of suicide, he loses himself in his dreams where he is greeted by his loved ones, past and present, who take him on a journey back into his childhood years in hopes for him to reconsider the actions his melancholy has led him to.
Both Iselia and Foxes pull up all the depth and emotion one would expect in embracing such a concept, bringing you into the mind of the man, and showcasing the pain and anguish he's been dealt.
By merging Foxes abrasive, cold sounds with Iselia's hard-hitting and uplifting crescendos, this split release is truly a must hear.


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Aly loved Grandpa's hat and wore it around for most of the first day of our camping trip she didn't want me to take her picture so she refused to smile
Preston, Shanda and Dan playing with the kids in the lake when we tried to do some swimming to cool off.... that is before we got told by the campground Nazi that there was no swimming in the lake. I really wanted to ask if wading was aloud, but since there was no sense of humor detected I figured I better not.
Aly and Talia playing in the Hammock. Cousins are the best.
Our second camping trip was with my brother Preston and his family. My brothers are big hunters and spend a lot of time planning and preparing for their big hunt. So this was a family campout/scouting expedition.
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Hopes the Brexit talks would move on to trade have been dashed by Irish demands for the UK to keep EU agriculture rules and allow Northern Ireland to stay in the customs union.
Dublin's latest push to maintain an open border between the Republic and Northern Ireland was revealed in a European Commission document leaked to The Telegraph.
The demands took British negotiators by surprise, as they thought questions over the border issue were on ice until trade talks began, but Ireland is now pushing for solid guarantees before the EU leaders' summit next month.
Farming is likely to be the industry most heavily affected by the emergence of a hard Irish border because of the deeply interconnected agri-food supply chains which stretch across the island.
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CLA director of external affairs Shane Brennan said: "It is not surprising the Irish are saying this.
"Dealing with the relationship between the UK and Ireland is one of the most difficult issues for EU negotiators and for farmers and agriculture in particular.
"The thing which is so striking is how effective the EU is being in playing hardball in the negotiations with the UK Government.
"But it is crucial now for all parties to get past the positioning and get into talking about how we are going to deliver a trade relationship which genuinely works for farmers across the EU."
Leaving both the single market and the customs union has been a key plank of the Government's Brexit strategy, and Ministers published a position paper detailing possible ways Irish trade could remain 'frictionless and seamless' despite the move in August.
Shortly after its publication, chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier said what he saw in the paper 'worried him'.
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It is not known how the UK Government will marry its aim to have a new domestic agricultural policy in place by March 2019 with Ireland's demand for Britain to keep EU rules.
A Department for Exiting the EU spokesman told The Telegraph: "We recognise the solutions to the unique circumstances in Northern Ireland must respect the integrity of the EU single market and customs union, but they must also respect the integrity of the United Kingdom."


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Halfway between the two main California metropolises of Los Angeles and San Francisco is Paso Robles Wine Country. Located along California's famed Central Coast, the Paso Robles winegrape growing region's climate is perfect for the production of award-winning premium wines. A long growing season of warm days and cool evenings give rise to vibrantly ripened fruit with dynamic flavor profiles that translate beautifully in your glass of Paso Robles wine.
Traversing the landscape you will find 26,000 vineyard acres, producing more than 40 winegrape varieties - from Spanish to Italian, Bordeaux to Rhône, including the area's heritage variety Zinfandel. The styles of wine are diverse in this very distinct region.
Paso Robles was named for its local oak trees, El Paso de Robles, "The Pass of the Oaks." The name was recorded in 1828 as a rancho where the padres of San Miguel sowed wheat, and the city was founded on the rancho in 1886 and incorporated in 1889. Today the city's name is commonly shortened to Paso Robles.
The Paso Robles American Viticultural Appellation (AVA) is home to more than 180 wineries and 26,000 vineyard acres focusing on premium wine production. The distinct microclimates and diverse soils, combined with warm days and cool nights, make growing conditions ideal for producing more than 40 wine varietals from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, to Syrah, Viognier and Roussanne,to Zinfandel, the area's heritage wine variety.
The greater Paso Robles region has a rich history of winemaking and wine grape growing that was introduced by the Franciscan Friars beginning circa 1790 at the Asistencia located on the Santa Margarita Ranch, an assistant chapel to Mission San Luis Obispo that still stands preserved today, and at Mission San Miguel, founded in 1797 by Father Lasuen, who succeeded Father Serra (1713-1784) as Presidente of the missions. In 1815 grapes were planted on 22 acres at the mission vineyards three miles north of Mission San Miguel (today's Vineyard Canyon). The Padres produced wine for sacramental purposes and made brandy for export.
After Mexico secularized the California missions in the 1830s, the mission vineyards were abandoned until European immigrant farmers started to arrive in the mid 1850s following California's statehood on September 9, 1850. The first to farm wine grapes was a Frenchman, Pierre Hypolite Dallidet, who arrived in San Luis Obispo in 1853, where he purchased land at what is now on the corner of Pacific and Toro Streets, planted a commercial seven acre vineyard and later added a winery. Eventually the vineyard grew to 16 acres and included some of the original mission plantings. More Europeans emigrated to the area, including Englishman Henry Ditmas, who began the area's first vineyard with imported Zinfandel and Muscat grapes from France and Spain for his 560 acre Rancho Saucelito in nearby Arroyo Grande.
Commercial winemaking was introduced in the late 1870s when Indiana rancher Andrew York began planting vineyards on his 240-acre homestead. Within a few years, he found that the vines were yielding more than he could market, prompting him in 1882 to establish Ascension Winery, known today as York Mountain Winery. The family planted some of the area's earliest Zinfandel vines, making Paso Robles famous for this variety. York initially sold his wines in San Luis Obispo and eventually as far away as San Francisco. Today, York Mountain Winery (located within the York Mountain AVA, adjacent to the Paso Robles AVA ) remains the oldest winery in continuous operation in the county.
Following York's early success in the wine business, immigrant farming families settled in the area. In 1884 the Ernst family arrived from Geneseo, Illinois, and over the next 20 years planted 25 varieties of wine grapes made into wines receiving wide acclaim. In 1886, Gerd Klintworth planted a vineyard in the Geneseo/Linne area and produced the first white wine in the region. In 1890, Frenchman Adolf Siot planted Zinfandel west of Templeton. In the 1920s, Italian families starting vineyards included Dusi, Martinelli, Busi, Vosti and Bianchi – many of which are still being farmed today by the families' third and fourth generations.
Paso Robles is sometimes referred to as the wild west of the California wine industry. Outlaws Frank & Jesse James' uncle Drury James was a co-founder of the town of El Paso de Robles and was part owner of the original hot springs hotel, as well as a co-owner of the famous La Panza Ranch 40 miles east of Paso Robles. After holding up a bank in Russellville, Kentucky, on March 20, 1868 the James boys worked their way to Paso Robles and stayed at the La Panza Ranch until December of 1869. Jesse visited his uncle at the hot springs to heal lung problems from his gunshot wounds under the alias "Howard". In 1882, Jesse was murdered by his friend Bob Ford in Missouri and Frank eventually turned himself in to serve three years in prison. Upon his release he lived a quiet, straight life often visiting his Aunt and Uncle in Paso Robles.
There was a flurry of viticultural activity in the early 1920s when several families immigrated to the area to establish family vineyards and wineries. The Dusi family purchased a vineyard in 1924; these old head-pruned Zinfandel vines are now owned and cultivated by their son, Benito. Frank Pesenti also planted Zinfandel on his property in 1923, with the guidance of their neighbor Siot, although the Pesenti Winery (now Turley Winery) was not bonded until 1934.
The Paso Robles wine region gained more notoriety when Ignace Paderewski, the famous Polish statesman and concert pianist, visited Paso Robles for the hot springs that brought relief to his ailing hands. He became enchanted with the area and purchased 2,000 acres. In the early 1920s, he planted Petite Sirah and Zinfandel on his Rancho San Ignacio vineyard in the Adelaida area. When Prohibition ended, Paderewski's wine was made at York Mountain Winery. The wines produced from grapes grown on Rancho San Ignacio went on to become award-winners and Paso Robles' reputation as a premier wine region grew.
Of any variety, Zinfandel had a strong influence on the early growth and development of the wine industry in Paso Robles. It remains a key wine varietal for several wineries, including, among others, Peachy Canyon Winery, Turley Wine Cellars, Tobin James Cellars, Norman Vineyards, Four Vines Winery, Castoro Cellars and Nadeau Family Vintners.
The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a new generation of vineyard pioneers in the Paso Robles area, bringing university training and financial resources for large plantings. Dr. Stanley Hoffman, under the guidance of U.C. Davis and legendary enologist André Tchelistcheff, planted some of the region's first Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay on his 1,200-acre ranch next to the old Paderewski Ranch in the hills of Adelaida, about five miles west of town. His Hoffman Mountain Ranch Winery (a portion now owned by Adelaida Cellars) was the first large-scale modern facility in the area and one that created a stir in international wine circles in the 1970s with his Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Cabernet Sauvignon remains the leading variety for the Paso Robles appellation, accounting for 38 percent of the region's planted wine grape acreage. Due to the intense varietal character of wine grapes grown in this diverse appellation, Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon wines consistently garner national and international acclaim, including, among others, J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines, Treana Winery, Adelaida Cellars and Chateau Margene.
New wine grape growers also began to cultivate the first large plantings on the east side of the Salinas River. Bob Young planted the area's first large scale commercial vineyard, now known as Rancho Dos Amigos on Shandon Heights. Herman Schwartz, managing partner for a group of investors, planted the 500-acre Rancho Tierra Rejada in 1973 (purchased in 2006 it is now known as Shimmin Canyon Vineyard). From 1973 to 1977 Gary Eberle and Cliff Giacobine planted 700 acres, including the first modern commercial acreage of Syrah in the state and established Estrella River Winery, the largest winery in the area (purchased in 1988 by Nestle/Beringer).
Recognizing the area's unique yet very diverse terroir, the 617,000-acre Paso Robles AVA and adjacent 6,400-acre York Mountain AVA were established in 1983.
Larger vineyards and wineries continued to be established in Paso Robles in the 1980s as growers recognized that favorable soil and climate conditions, combined with reasonably priced and available land, allowed them to grow high-quality wine grapes at more competitive price levels than was possible in other appellations. In 1988, J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines expanded into Paso Robles to focus on Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and other red varietals. J. Lohr is the leading producer of Paso Robles AVA wines with an annual production of over 500,000 cases from over 2,000 acres of vineyards that it owns within the appellation. Meridian Vineyards, now owned by Fosters Wine Estates, was also established in 1988 and is one of the most widely nationally distributed brands based in Paso Robles.
Mid-size wineries were also established during this period. In 1982, Arciero Vineyards and EOS Estate Winery, now with over 700 acres and production at 160,000 cases, pioneered the planting of several premium Italian varietals, as well as substantial plantings of Zinfandel and Petite Sirah. In 1983, Wild Horse Winery and Vineyards was established by Kenneth Volk. Now owned by Constellation Brands, it produces 150,000 cases with an average of 15 different varietal wines each year, including a number of heirloom varietals -- the largest spectrum of varietal wines to be found in any tasting room in the area. Treana Winery, owned by the Hope family, was established in 1996 and now produces 300,000 cases between the Treana and Liberty School brands. Originally called Hope Farms, the family planted Cabernet Sauvignon in Paso Robles in 1978 and sourced their fruit to Napa.
Gary Eberle planted Syrah in the mid 1970s, and provided plant material from that vineyard to many winemakers in the state, but Rhône varietals did not form an important part of Paso Robles' identity until 1989. That year, the Perrin family (of the Rhône Valley's Chateau de Beaucastel, revered producer of Chateauneuf-du-Pape) and their American importer Robert Haas established their international joint venture, Tablas Creek Vineyard, in the calcareous hills of the Adelaida region northwest of town. With 80 acres planted to the traditional varieties of Chateauneuf-du- Pape, Tablas Creek imported exclusive clonal material from the Rhône Valley, and made those clones available to other interested growers around the state.
Since 1989, Paso Robles has seen an explosion of plantings of Rhône varieties. Now, in addition to the first Syrah plantings in California, it also has the largest acreage of Syrah, Viognier and Roussanne. Acres planted under Rhône varieties jumped from fewer than 100 acres in 1994 to more than 2,200 in 2006. During that time, at least 10 wineries focusing on Rhône varieties were established. The emerging Paso Robles Rhône movement received a boost in 1993 with Hospice du Rhône, the world's largest Rhône wine celebration. Paso Robles now plays host to more than 3,000 Rhône wine enthusiasts, international media and an A-list of Rhône producers from all over the world.
Since the early 1990s, Paso Robles wines have proven consistent gold medal winners and have been featured regularly in the top rankings of national and international wine reviews. A milestone in the worldwide recognition of Paso Robles Wine Country as a premier wine region came in 2000 when JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery's Bordeaux-style ISOSCELES was named one of the top 10 wines in the world by the Wine Spectator.
Since 2000, the number of bonded wineries in Paso Robles Wine Country has more than tripled from 50 to more than 180, mostly due to an influx of boutique and small family-owned vineyards and wineries. The appellation's burgeoning reputation has enticed well known Californian wineries from other wine regions, such as Firestone Vineyard (now owned by the Foley Wine Group) and Turley Wine Cellars, to make sizeable investments in Paso Robles, and also seduced a number of winemakers from France, Australia, South Africa and Switzerland eager to find New World applications for their winemaking skills.
The result is many young boutique wineries are quickly gaining recognition and a following for their innovative and proprietary Paso Robles blends of Bordeaux, Rhône and Zinfandel varietals, including, among many others, L'Aventure, Linne Calodo Cellars, Anglim Winery, Halter Ranch Vineyard, Midnight Cellars, Pipestone Vineyards, Villicana Winery and Wild Coyote. With the dramatic increase of small wineries has come a focus on downtown tasting rooms, including Anglim Winery, Arroyo Robles Winery, Clayhouse Vineyards, D'Anbino Vineyards & Cellars, Edward Sellers Vineyards & Wines, The Midlife Crisis Winery, Ortman Family Winery, Pianetta Winery and Vihuela Winery.
Several mid-to-larger size operations also have been building a hospitality focus for their showcase wineries. In addition to their tasting facility, Justin's complex includes the recently completed Isosceles Center, Just Inn and Deborah's Room. Others include the J. Lohr Wine Center, Robert Hall Winery Hospitality Center, Vina Robles Hospitality Center, Niner Wine Estates, Eagle Castle Winery, Firestone Vineyard and the caves at Eberle Winery. And the future looks bright with some of the most influential members of the wine press urging their readers to discover the wines from Paso Robles. In the June 30, 2005 issue of Wine Advocate, Robert M. Parker, Jr. asserts "there is no question that a decade from now, the top viticultural areas of Santa Barbara, Santa Rita Hills and the limestone hillsides west of Paso Robles will be as well-known as the glamorous vineyards of Napa Valley."
Paso Robles Wine Country is centrally located between San Francisco and Los Angeles along California's Central Coast. As California's fastest growing wine region and largest geographic appellation, the territory encompasses more than 26,000 vineyard acres and more than 180 wineries. With a greater day-to-night temperature swing than any other appellation in California, distinct microclimates, diverse soils and a long growing season, Paso Robles is a unique wine region blessed with optimal growing conditions for producing premium and ultra premium wines. More than 40 wine grape varieties are grown in Paso Robles, ranging from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, to Syrah, Viognier and Roussanne, to Zinfandel, the area's heritage wine varietal.
Paso Robles Wine Country is situated along U.S. Highway 101 in the center of California's Central Coast, halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Paso Robles Viticultural Area
Established in 1983, and expanded in 1997 then again in 2009, the Paso Robles American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a large, diverse appellation located within northern San Luis Obispo County, comprised of a number of distinctive grape growing regions generally characterized by rolling hills east of the Salinas River and steeper hillsides, cut by small canyons, west of the Salinas River.
The Paso Robles AVA's western boundary is just six miles from the Pacific Ocean. The appellation lies on the inland side of the Santa Lucia coastal mountains in San Luis Obispo County, and roughly forms a rectangle 35 miles from east to west, and 25 miles from north to south. It extends from the Monterey County border to the north, to the Cuesta Grade below Santa Margarita to the south, and from the Santa Lucia Mountains to the west, to the Cholame Hills to the east.
The appellation comprises 614,000 acres of which more than 26,000 acres are in wine grape vines. It is the fastest growing and largest by far of three AVAs in San Luis Obispo County, and the main reason that the county ranks behind only Napa, Sonoma and Monterey counties in planted acreage among the state's coastal growing areas.
The Paso Robles AVA is a land of diversity and contrasts that encompasses river bottoms to rolling hills and flat lands to mountains. The major geographical features of the area are the Santa Lucia Range, the Salinas River Valley and the Templeton Gap.
California's Central Coast is geologically different from other California wine growing regions. Unlike others with deep, rich fertile valley soils, over 45 soil series are found in the Paso Robles AVA. These are primarily bedrock derived soils from weathered granite, older marine sedimentary rocks, volcanic rocks and younger marine sedimentary rocks of the Miocene age Monterey Formation featuring calcareous shales, sandstone or mudstone. Soil diversity is the norm and a vineyard block may commonly contain several different soil types.
What is really unique about Paso Robles AVA soils is the predominance of desirable calcareous soils found throughout the region and the high soil pH values of 7.4 to 8.6 that are not typical of California's other viticultural areas. Due to geologic uplift, calcareous shale is plentiful in Paso Robles' west-side hills, where dense clay-based soils combine with relatively plentiful rainfall to make it possible for some vines to be dry-farmed without supplemental irrigation. More granular forms of broken down calcareous shale is found on the eastern hills and valley of the AVA. On both sides of the Salinas River, gently rolling hills are covered with sandy, loamy soils. In the watershed areas, particularly the Estrella River plain, loam and clay are overlain with sand.
The proximity of the Pacific Ocean, orientation of numerous canyons and valleys, and varying elevations produce many different distinct microclimates in the Paso Robles AVA.
The area benefits from the largest swing between high daytime and low nighttime temperatures of any region in California as a result of the cool marine air that flows east through the Templeton Gap and south along the Salinas River Valley from the Monterey Bay. The region's summer is characterized by warm, clear days, generally unencumbered by clouds, fog or severe winds. Daytime high temperatures in the summer typically fall between 85 and 105 degrees Fahrenheit, but nighttime low temperatures usually can drop by 40 to 50 degrees, cooled by a marine layer that moves over the region in the mid to late afternoon. This diurnal fluctuation is considered a key by winemakers and wine grape growers to attain the intense varietal character displayed in wine grapes from the area.
September, October and the first half of November are typically rain-free and warm, giving Paso Robles vines the advantage of time to produce fully mature fruit, while the overnight cooling keeps the grapes' acid chemistry in balance. The first rainfall of the season is typically about two weeks later than Napa or Sonoma, and a month later than Mendocino, giving winemakers the luxury of waiting for optimal ripeness. Winter temperatures tend to dip into the low twenties in the cooler regions, with most vineyards becoming fully dormant by mid-December. Frost is a potential threat through mid-May, especially following a northern weather system.
The rainfall of the region, like its climate and soils, varies greatly depending on the vineyard's proximity to the Pacific Ocean and the Templeton Gap. Average annual rainfall for the City of Paso Robles is 15.5 inches, but rainfall ranges from eight inches in the eastern portions of the AVA to as much as 45 inches on the far western ridges. The first rains typically arrive in early-to-mid November, with the heaviest amounts usually occurring January through March. These rain totals are typically dominated by relatively few, but substantial, Pacific storms that can contribute several inches of rain in just a few days.
The City of Paso Robles rests at 740 feet above sea level. Paso Robles vineyards east of the Salinas River range from 700 to 1,200 feet in elevation while those to the west range from 850 to 2,000 feet.
Growing Season
Due to cool nights, warm days, and typically late rains, Paso Robles vines tend to have a longer growing season and grapes have more hang time compared to other wine regions, resulting in fully mature fruit whose acid chemistry is kept in balance through the area's overnight cooling.
The reported acreage reflects the 2007 Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance membership. Overall, Paso Robles Wine Country encompasses more than 26,000 vineyard acres. As reported by the industry today, approximately 29,000 acres of winegrapes are planted in San Luis Obispo County.
The most widely planted varieties in the Paso Robles appellation are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Zinfandel, Syrah, Chardonnay, Petite Sirah and Sauvignon Blanc. With Italian and Rhone varieties on the upswing, more than 30 other varieties with 100 to less than an acre planted in the region including Pinot Grigio, Tempranillo, Roussanne, Barbera, Semillon, Sangiovese, Viognier and Mourvedre.


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I'm sitting in a doctor's office waiting room. Thankfully it's not for anything serious, but I'm not good at waiting. Are any of us? I know there are some out there that seem to be able to wait well. I've seen it in many of the people in my Sunday Small Group; patiently waiting for God's direction, His answers, etc. all in His time. I don't think I am one of those people. I try. But I want to see the results; have the answers now.
My husband is at the house really sick. Yesterday he had a chest x-ray. Could I patiently wait for the results? Of course not! Could he? Of course, yes. He is the most patient person I know.
I want instantaneous results and answers. And that is what I believe the Lord is trying to teach me today. Yesterday His lesson was to listen. Today it is to wait. Good lessons I would say.
I have waited by the sickbed of a family member more than once and waited for answered pray. Sometimes my prayers have been answered just exactly like I wanted…but other times the answers have been different than what I had requested. As I grow older in age and in faith, I have realized that no matter what the answer is, it is an answer. It may be a definite yes or it may be denied. Or God in His infinite wisdom may say later and delay the answer. And of course I have also seen Him answer me so differently than I ever expected. But above all, He has answered my prayers.
So you, dear reader, if you are waiting upon God to answer your prayers, remember He heard your request and He is answering you. However, sometimes it just is not what we expected. Thank Him for whatever the answer is, no matter how hard that may be.
I would like to try something new. If you have a prayer request you would like other readers to pray for, please post your request on the new Prayer Request Page. As a community of believers we can pray together for each other. (Be sure to let us know His answer.)
Oh, and by the way, the chest x-ray was good…still sick…pray he feels better soon. Thanks.
Psalm 62:5
5 Let all that I am wait quietly before God,
for my hope is in him.


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Our Atomic JR GripWalk Pads are compatible with all of our Redster JR, Hawx JR, Hawx GIRL models. They offer easier walking and increased traction on a variety of surfaces. They are only compatible with GripWalk-compatible bindings.


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Facebook comes under fire for flagging journalism as 'political'
An "archive of ads with political content", which Facebook made public in May, has become the latest contested piece of territory between platforms and publishers, writes Emily Bell in the Guardian. "The complaint from publishers is that Facebook is categorising posts in which they are promoting their own journalism (paying money to target particular groups of the audience) as 'political ads'. Publishers have reacted furiously to what they see as toxic taxonomy." Mark Thompson, chief executive of the New York Times, has been the most vocal critic, describing Facebook's practices as "a threat to democracy" and criticising the platform in a recent speech to the Open Markets Initiative in Washington, DC. "When it comes to news, Facebook still doesn't get it," said Thompson. "In its effort to clear up one bad mess, it seems to be joining those who want to blur the line between reality based journalism and propaganda." At a separate event at Columbia University, Thompson and Facebook's head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown, fought openly about the initiative. Thompson showed examples of where New York Times articles, including recipes, had been wrongly flagged as political. Brown emphasised that the archive was being refined, but stood firm on the principle that promoted journalism ought to be flagged as "paid-for" political posts. "On this you are just wrong," she told Thompson. Bell says: "…there are profound issues about the nature and control of the public sphere. As the large platforms now effectively are the internet for many people, their governance structures are of key public interest. If categorisation as being 'political' has consequences for how fact-based reporting is perceived both by the public and by the algorithm, this could be catastrophic. It could lead to local news or urgent political coverage being harder to find – or prioritised according only to the amount a publisher or advertiser spends." Read more
- Monday, 25 June 2018


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Two Gold, Five Silver and Two Excellence!!!
The final results for the Connecticut Art Directors Club 22nd Annual Awards Show were revealed on the night of the show, June 18 at the Quick Center for the Arts in Fairfield, Connecticut. Our work for the Connecticut Grand Opera & Orchestra made an impressive showing, as well as a promotion piece for Herlin Press.
Barber of Seville Poster Gold
Il Tabarro/Gianni Schicchi Poster Silver
Fidelio Poster Silver
Conn. Grand Opera & Orch. '96-'97 Excellence
Real Stuff Promotional Brochure Silver
Some comments by the judges in regards to the Barber of Seville poster included:
"I love this. It's great. Very well thought out."
"Beautiful illustration."


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Manoeuvres in the dark
So we finally got around to playing one of the old German classics, Heimlich & Co., which is one of those ludicrously simple games that relies entirely on your ability to bluff the other players. And rather good it is, too. However, I'm always a bit nervous about playing games that involve having to keep secrets with Miss B, as it's not something that comes naturally to a five-year-old.
…And so it turned out to be. We got a couple of turns into the game and hit the first round of scoring when Miss B inadvertently said "..and I score five", instantly blowing the secret out of the water. That was not good for morale, so we agreed to start the game again now we had had a practice run and knew what it was all about. Good. That worked.
We got quite a bit further in the next game before things went wrong. Again the identity of Miss B's agent slipped out, but this time she was quite a long way ahead of me and I managed to convince her that it was OK and we'd carry on and see if she could guess what my colour was.
From here on my play style got a bit cavalier, but by now the aim of the game was to finish with both of us managing to smile, rather than for us to have a good gaming contest. We just about succeeded on this front.
I still think this is a very good game (and I love that the pieces are so huge and chunky), but it's not one that we'll be playing together for a while, and it provides an object lesson to us. While Miss B has shown herself to be very capable of keeping a secret in a game (remember Lords of Waterdeep?), where the secret keeping is almost the entire game, the pressure is just too much. Maybe we'll try again in a couple of years or so.
The verdict from Miss B (aged 5¾): "I'm very sad that I gave my secret away."
The game: Heimlich & Co. (Ravensburger), 2 to 7 players aged 8+.
Sitting in the throne room was a bureaucrat…
Miss B has been getting into stories lately. Not just reading them: she's in a sort of storytelling club at school and they've been encouraging her to create stories herself. This weekend, at bedtime after we had been playing Dominion, this encouragement really showed.
In the game, amongst other cards, we had the Bureaucrat and Throne Room cards. Miss B wanted to know what a bureaucrat is, so I told her something about it being someone who does a lot of work with rules, filling in forms, and so on. This clearly was the source of some inspiration.
We had a lovely start to the story: "Once upon a time there was a city. In that city there was a castle. In that castle there was a throne room…" And so on. She did a great job of painting a picture with words, and eventually introduced the character of a bureaucrat who, in the course of the story, learnt that sometimes strict rules aren't good for everyone and that rules can be changed for the benefit of all.
I was very impressed with this story: it was more sophisticated that anything Miss B has told me before, and told with quite a lot of flair. And it's great that the cards in a game can provide so much inspiration. I guess maybe we'll have to get an expansion for Dominion to see where the cards take her imagination. (Heh! Is that just me searching out justification for a future purchase?!)
He's not on the track, he's standing on the platform
Oregon is a game that I picked up at The Works (a UK discount book store) because it was cheap, had reasonable ratings and reviews on BoardGameGeek, and had cowboy meeples in it. We have finally got around to playing it, and it's pretty good. It's all about distributing buildings and farmers (aka cowboys) around an area of countryside in a way that allows them to interact and earn you points.
This is one of those games that I think you kind of figure out in play and things that sound like they might be a bit tricky are actually pretty straightforward once you get to do them. The theme is pretty thin but it all looks nice with cute tiles for the buildings and those awesome cowboy meeples.
After a few turns I got a bit of a telling off from Miss B. Each turn I had been outlining to her what options were available and making a couple of suggestions of moves she might want to make. She told me that this was annoying and that I should not tell her what to do unless she asked for advice. Fair comment, of course, so I backed down and let her play. From then on she asked for help a few times but did very well (she actually won the game!) and it is notable that the first move she made after shushing me was one of the moves I would have suggested — and probably the one I would have chosen myself.
This is proving to be an ongoing issue that is really hard to get right: how much do I help Miss B on her turns? I want to make sure she understands what options she has available and prevent her making really bad moves, but I also want her to be able to understand the game situation and make her own decisions. Luckily she is fairly independent minded and wants to be in charge of things, so there isn't much danger of her simply relying on an adult's instructions.
I think the way forward is to offer advice at the start of play and encourage her to tell me when she wants to "go solo", then she can ask for advice later if she wants. I still reserve the right to give an "are you sure?" if she does something that looks like an obvious bad move.
The verdict from Miss B (aged 5¾): "Oregon was 9 out 10! I enjoyed building the gold mines and the coal mines! I won by 11 spaces. You got a counter with gold on one side and numbers up to 6 on the other side the same with the coal counters. It took a long time for me to get a warehouse and train station. The thing I didn't like was if you played a joker or another turn marker because it meant you couldn't play it until you got another train station or warehouse. I often put marks on the game I'm playing, do you?" (I'm going to have to get Miss B to write posts herself, possibly with me scribing, as she really seems to want to engage with her readers!)
The game: Oregon (Rio Grande), 2 to 4 players, aged 8+.
It would be good if we really had a parrot called Coco
Catan Junior is pretty much what you'd imagine from the title: a version of Settlers of Catan, reworked with a younger audience in mind. I was a little wary of this, having heard less than stellar reports of an earlier attempt to shift the Catan franchise towards a younger audience (Kids of Catan), but over the last few months a steadily expanding body of positive reviews have built up. Then, while I was off at the highly enjoyable TringCon, I stumbled across a copy at a very reasonably price, so I laid my cash down…
I mean, there are pirates in this version of the game. Surely that's enough?
Actually, my early impressions of the game are great. The basic mechanics of the game are almost identical to the original Settlers, but trading has been tweaked (so you trade with a non-player market or the bank), resource cards have been replaced by gorgeous tokens (though the design of the gold counters leaves something to be desired) and the development cards are now "Coco the parrot" tiles which do something good for you when you buy them.
We've played this a couple of times so far, with three and two players, and both worked well. Actually, during our first play I rushed reading the rules and we ended up playing with unlimited trading and no bonus for collecting parrots. This actually worked out quite fun, mind, but we have shifted to the proper rules now. The game zips along quite quickly, even with Miss B getting distracted and singing a song or chatting about the fact she doesn't think there should be as much wood as it isn't as interesting as goats.
In some ways I think this is actually better than the original Settlers. It is certainly less likely that someone makes a poor or unlucky start and never recovers. This could really turn into a very good gateway game which I'd be more than happy to play with an adult group. I think the "Junior" label is a bit unfortunate as it makes the game sound like more of a kids' game rather than the great little family game it actually is.
The verdict from Miss B (aged 5¾): "Catan junior was 10 out of 10 when you could get a lair onto Spooky Island because you had the most Cocos. I liked it because it was still part of the points because lairs score points when they're on the board."
The game: Catan Junior (Mayfair Games), 2 to 4 players, aged 6+.


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Welcome to the AccessABILITY Student Union!
Welcome to the UO AASU! We are a group made up of students with disabilities and able-bodied allies who value the diversity within all of us. We are dedicated to being a support system for students while also educating the wider University of Oregon community about disability culture. We are a support system for our students and we often hold fun and educational events and activities. We would love to have you with us!
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AccessABILITY Student Union is a cross-disability student group. We are students with disabilities and nondisabled allies who believe that disability can be a valued and celebrated part of identity and community. Our mission is (1) to raise awareness on campus about disabilities and disability culture, (2) to advocate for equal access in physical, academic, and social environments, and (3) to have fun and support one another. Our activities include: holding regular meetings to plan and socialize; organizing disability awareness events that involve films, panels, or cultural activities; and inviting locally and nationally recognized speakers with disabilities to UO to share their experiences. We would love to have you join us!
- Thursday
Multicultural Center (MCC) Suite 109C in the EMU
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Little Monkeys Jumping on Bed
Here is my card ..............
I cut out the whole of the image and set it on a V-shape to prop up the back of the card. I coloured in the card with my Promarkers and attached the sentiment which I got from Decosse's Dynamite Doodle, Lisa very kindly sent me this sentiment and I thought that it would look good on this card.
So, what are you waiting for? To take advantage of this sweet image, head on over to Creative Bug on the Loose and follow the instructions on how to bring these cute little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed home with you. While you are over there, don't forget to check out all the great digis Naomi has available in the store for purchase and don't forget to leave her a little love too.


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Greetings Divas,
Today was pretty good food wise. I still habent been able to get any exercise in but I will make up for that later on this week. Not my h to report today but I am super tired from working both my jobs today. Trying to stay on track for tomorrow
Peace and blessings


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I didnt see a point in showing the build from the start, it is a basic butterfly house. What I love about this project is between using an airbrush and hand painting details and lettering. If you dont know the species that I painted, Monarch, Canadian Swallowtail and a Northern Blue.