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Hawaii Study Tour - 2018
Oregon 4-H Hawaii Natural Science and Cultural Study Tour
Volcanoes to the Ocean - Big Island of Hawaii
June 24- July 1, 2018, (8 days, 7 nights)
The 2018 Hawaii Study Tour is Full
The picture above is Waipio Valley, considered the most beautiful of all the valleys of all the Hawaiian Islands, and one of the most secluded. It is now, as it has always been, very difficult of access. The walls are a sheer descent of over a thousand feet. In the upper end of the valley is a long silver ribbon of water falling fifteen hundred feet from the brow of a precipice over which a mountain torrent swiftly hurls itself to the fertile valley below. Other falls show the convergence of several mountain streams to the ocean outlet offered by the broad plains of Waipio. Here in the long ago times high chiefs dwelt and sacred temples were built.
This is just one of the beautiful, inspiring places our 2018 Study Tour will visit!
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|Who can attend:
|High School youth age 13- 18 (completing grade 9 to graduating grade 12). There will be 4-H Agents attending as chaperons.
|Minimum of 10 participants. Maximum of 16 persons.
|Education Program:
|There will be pre-trip information and education opportunities provided on-line including PowerPoints, videos and interactive E-learning modules. Each participant will receive a copy of the Student Atlas of Hawaii. Additional books on Hawaii's geology, birds and plants are recommended for those with an interest in these areas of study.
In Hawaii the tour will visit a different area of the Big Island each day to learn about natural history and Hawaiian culture from the volcanoes to the coast. Sites include Waimea Valley, the Kohala Coast, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hilo and the Mauna Kea Visitor Station located at 9,200 feet for amazing star gazing. Opportunities to swim or snorkel will be provided most days.
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There is a two-step process to register for this program. The registration information must be completed in full, and then the $650 deposit must be submitted through the Hawaii Study Tour store link. You will be notified by a separate email when your student is accepted in to the program. Students will be accepted into the program based on the date the deposit is paid and the space available in the rooms at the B & B for boys or girls. Students will be housed three or four to a room with a shared bathroom. Bedding and towels are provided.
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text: Episode 245 - mother! (2017) 09/02/2018 Hi everyone! It's another week, and while we want for the sponsors to roll in, I thought I would take the opportunity to visit a contentious movie from last year. It's very much an allegory, and for a few films adjacent to today's film, check out "A Ghost Story" (Episode #010), "White God" (Episode #073), "Tully" (Episode #134), "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" (Episode #149), and "Hereditary" (Episode #183). In fact, today's film is almost a mashup of "Tully" and "Hereditary". I'll explain why


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How do we react when AI fails?
Being an audience to internet we have seen so much of what has been done in AI already. Almost daily, I come across a fascinating AI project. This is crazy! how the super hero AI is transforming almost every industry from automobile, medicine, space, creativity,


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Christian, Blues
From: New Philadelphia, OH, United States
About Band
Bobby Smith, singer songwriter and self taught pianist , was influenced in his early life by the sounds of Jerry lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart and Mickey Gilley. Bobby was sitting in church one evening and a visiting piano player named Jack Harris dropped by. When he graced the old upright piano , it came to life with his gospel rhythm and blues style. Bobby was moved so much, he asked God to give him the gift of playing piano. Soon Bobby was teaching himself to play piano. When I grew up says Bobby , the pastors thought I was playing rock and roll and usually asked him to leave. Bobby took a short detour and formed a band and started playing night clubs for a short stint , but felt the call to get back to gospel music. Bobby writes songs that he believes is relevant to the times we live in such as "If We Ever Need Revival We Sure Do Need It Today" He also takes scripture and puts music to it or dramatizes it. For example his Single "Song Of Solomon" is so dramatic you can actually feel the romance King Solomon had for his beloved. Over the years his style has developed into gospel rhythm and blues to contemporary Christian or other styles as well. His Single "Thoughts From The Garden" is as though you are actually in the garden with Christ. Bobby's desire is for his songs to touch peoples lives in a positive way ! Provided by artist representative


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(Reuters) - U.S. crude oil stocks fell last week, led by the biggest fall in inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma storage hub in eight years, while gasoline and distillate stockpiles rose, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
Crude inventories fell 3.4 million barrels in the week to Nov. 24, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a decrease of 2.3 million barrels.
Most of the drop can be attributed to a fall in stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub, which was down by 2.9 million barrels, EIA said.
This was the largest weekly draw at Cushing since September 2009, and analysts attributed the decline to the shutdown of the Keystone crude pipeline on Nov. 16 after a leak of 5,000 barrels of oil in South Dakota.
"The headline crude oil drawdown was supportive, but it was a function of the Keystone pipeline outage, which impacted Cushing inventories," said John Kilduff, partner at energy hedge fund Again Capital LLC in New York.
That line, operated by TransCanada Corp, was reopened on Tuesday.
Stocks of gasoline and distillates rose more than anticipated. Distillate inventories, which include diesel and heating oil, rose 2.7 million barrels, versus expectations for a 230,000-barrel increase, the EIA data showed.
Crude futures bounced around on the news, but as of 10:56 a.m. EST (1556 GMT), oil prices were marginally higher, with U.S. crude at $58.22 a barrel, up 23 cents on the day. Brent crude rose 31 cents to $63.92 a barrel.
The market also responded positively to news that Kuwait's oil minister said a key committee recommended the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries extend its supply-cut agreement by nine months.
That had been expected, but there was some concern headed into OPEC's decision, expected Thursday, that the agreement might not be extended that long.
The committee will grapple with rising U.S. production, which hit 9.68 million barrels per day (bpd) in the most recent week, a new weekly record.
Gasoline stocks rose 3.6 million barrels, compared with forecasts for a 1.2 million-barrel gain.
"The rise in refined product inventories more than offsets the crude oil inventory drop, and there was a notable, if not spectacular, drop in implied gasoline demand on the week," said Kilduff.
Refinery crude runs rose by 165,000 bpd, EIA data showed. Refinery utilization rates rose by 1.3 percentage points.
U.S. crude imports fell last week by 365,000 bpd.
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Major grantors such as the National Science Foundation expect professional quality E&O components to be an integral part of research projects. E&O typically accounts for up to 20% of a total research initiative budget. The goal of E&O is to involve and inform individuals by reaching out beyond formal (classroom) graduate-school education and may include many activities, such as those described below.
Proposal Preparation
E&O planning begins before reviewers see your full proposal. Particularly important are new partnerships, especially those that enhance diversity efforts or benefit underserved groups. When a concise briefing on the entire project is conducted, grantors expect to be informed of a well-developed E&O plan that includes expected outcomes and evidence (formative and summative evaluation). CUREE will help you by providing expertise in careful editing, formatting, and pre-submittal internal reviewing, for all types of proposals (where CUREE is either prime submitter or subawardee).
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Bus in The Netherlands
Thing you need to know about bus in Netherlands:
1. Almost all the bus final destination is city centraal.
2. You come in from front door and exit from back door of the bus.
3. The bus always come on time, so make sure you already in the bus halte 5 minutes before schedule.
4. To see Bus schedule you can see in 9292OV. I will show you how to plan your journey using this website in other page.
5. You can buy ticket or using OV Chipcard (information about OV Chipcard in other pages) or 1.20-1.60 euro to the bus driver. Do not give 100 euro or 50 euro to the bus driver, he/she doesn't have change to return your money.
6. It is not allowed to smoke, eat and drink in the bus. One time in Utrecht,I came to a bus with a cup of coffee, the bus driver did not allow me to get in until I finish my drink.
7. To make the bus stop, press the red button. Me and my ex housemate in Deventer, for the first time ride a bus to our home, and we screamed stop to the driver, the bus doesn't stop 😀 so make sure you press the red button, and see the "stop" light behind the bus driver's seat turn on red.


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Tearing its way down the driest desert on earth and winding through its longest continental mountain range, the world's most extreme motor sport endurance race will culminate in the heart of the Chilean capital in 2013.
Last week, race organizers confirmed La Moneda, the presidential palace, as the site of the finish line and award ceremony for next year's Dakar Rally after weeks of debate over the most appropriate place in Santiago to welcome the 21st century adventurers.
Chile, along with Peru and Argentina, has hosted the historic rally since 2009, when the event was moved from the African continent for security reasons.
"South America again hosted an exceptional Dakar this year and next year's edition will see the race return to the same three countries in January," Race Director Etienne Lavigne said as he announced the venues for the 2013 edition.
"The Pacific coast, the dunes of the Atacama Desert and the mountains of the Andes will set the tone for the Dakar Rally," he said.
The race will begin on January 6, 2013 in the Peruvian capital, Lima, before crossing the desert border that separates Chile from its northern neighbor, passing through the infamous Atacama desert – the driest in the world.
From the searing desert sands, the off-road motorbikes and cars will then climb the Andes mountain range that separate Chile and Argentina, weaving between the two countries as they navigate the often impenetrable stretches of sheer rock and volcano.
"We are thrilled," Gabriel Ruiz Tagle, Chile's sports subsecretary, said to La Tercera.
"This is a magnificent opportunity for local riders to make history. It's going to be a special, really symbolic show," he said. "We are committed to the four stages and the six cities involved; this is set to be a massive show for Chileans."
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Two years and a million misfires ago, local Latino groups began a push to rename a street in Dallas in honor of Cesar Chavez.
Renato de los Santos had just begun his one-year term as president of the League of United Latin American Citizens' Dallas chapter when the issue came up in May 2008. After voters rejected the name change along Industrial Boulevard, de los Santos told Unfair Park, some leaders were willing to shelve the issue for a while and focus on priorities with a lower profile, like students' dropout rate, housing and business development in the Latino community.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. — Four of five Lady Toppers improved their score Tuesday as the WKU women's golf team jumped to a sixth-place finish in a deep field at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate.
After finishing Monday's first two rounds in eighth as a team, the Lady Toppers carded a 300 on Tuesday for a 916 (306-310-300) total, placing them sixth in the 18-team event hosted by East Carolina at Greenville Country Club.
WKU finished ahead of the other two Conference USA teams in the field – Southern Miss and Marshall, who were eighth and ninth, respectively.
"I was proud of how they came back with the lowest round today," WKU head coach Adam Gary said. "I felt like we played better than our score yesterday, but sometimes the breaks don't go your way. We will learn from our mistakes and look to improve throughout the rest of the fall."
Junior Katie Story finished tied for 11th, her best individual result since placing eighth last season at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate in March. Story shot a 76 on Tuesday to complete a 224 (74-74-76) total.
She was followed on the card by junior Georgina Blackman, who turned in WKU's lowest round of the tournament Tuesday with an even-par 72. Blackman finished tied for 15th at 226 (75-79-72).
Freshman Mary Joiner also bounced back from a rough start with a 75 on Tuesday. She tied for 41st at 233 (82-76-75). Junior Emily Alexander tied for 55th at 237 (77-82-78), and senior Daniela Galassi tied for 60th at 238 (80-81-77).
Host East Carolina won the team competition with an 880 total, while Morehead State's Anna Magnusson was the individual medalist with a 212 tally.
WKU takes some time off from competition now before it returns to the course for the Memphis Women's Intercollegiate, hosted by Memphis on Oct. 17-18 at Ridgeway Country Club in Germantown, Tenn.
WKU Final Results
T11. Katie Story (74-74-76-224)
T15. Georgina Blackman (75-79-72-226)
T41. Mary Joiner (82-76-75-233)
T55. Emily Alexander (77-82-78-237)
T60. Daniela Galassi (80-81-77-238)
How to follow the Lady Toppers: For complete information on WKU Lady Topper Golf, follow the team on Twitter at @WKUWomensGolf.


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- After Downloading All The Part All the Parts will in In RAR, To Extract Them we could use many Application/Software Such as WinRAR / Power ISO {Download WinRAR}
- Now if you Have Downloaded The PC Game and it is in many Parts just like in Below Image ,Part 1 Part 2 Par 3 and Part 4 , Just Put Them all in the Same Folder,
Step 2:
- Simply Right Click on The First part And Choose Extract Here { It will Automatically Detect The par 2 and part 3 and other parts Second part and will ask you To Browse The Second File just Click on the Browse and Select In case if it asked :
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- Care Fully Copy And paste the Given password if the File is Password Protected and start the Extracting The files:
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- After Step 3 Extrecting All the Parts You may get A Set/Pair of RAR Files,No worries You may Get Few ISO Files Also:
Step 5:How To Open ISo Files on Demon Tool Software:
Now you need to Install Demon Tool To Mount Those Files Click on The below Image and Follow all the Steps:
- Click the button 3,And find your image file and click on the button (open)
- Button 1 To add a virtual device used by Daemon App.
- Button 2: To delete a virtual device
- Button 3: allows US to search an image file on your hard
- Button 4: allows US to access The options.
Step 6: How To Crack The Games:
Usually Crack is in That ISO File We Mounted By Demon Tool, it is needed because some games wont play without This crack file:
- Open The crack Folder and Copy all the Files And paste it Where you have install the game, It may ask to Replace Click on Replace it
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Step 7: IF you Need To Change the Game Language/How to Change PC Game Language
- If you wanted to change PC Game language (It Can Only Happen if That Game Support Yours Language)
- Now Go to game directory Where You have Installed Your Game:
- In The Next Step open the .ini file (Example steam_api.ini) or (steam_emu.ini) or (codex.ini) or (skidrow.ini) or (3dmgame.ini)
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Kansas coach Bill Self talks to reporters following the Jayhawks' 59-53 victory over Kansas State on Feb. 13, 2012.
Kansas State coach Frank Martin talks to reporters following the Wildcats' 59-53 loss to Kansas on Feb. 13, 2012.
Manhattan After his team took a one-point lead in the second half, Kansas State coach Frank Martin said he saw one main difference between Kansas and KSU: maturity.
"That's the difference when you've got grown men playing for you," Martin said following KSU's 59-53 loss to KU on Monday night. "It makes our guys look like little kids in those moments."
The Jayhawks went on an 11-0 run at that point, turning a 37-36 deficit into a 47-37 lead.
There were a couple of reasons for KSU's breakdown.
The first points in the run came from Tyshawn Taylor, who was able to beat the shot clock with an open three-pointer after KSU's Angel Rodriguez tried to draw an offensive foul.
"Angel tries to flop on a charge, and Tyshawn looks at him when he falls down, says, 'Thanks for making my job easy,' and sticks a three," Martin said. "Then he comes down and sticks another three."
Kansas State also couldn't figure out how to attack a new KU defense.
With KSU's Shane Southwell on the court — a guard with limited offensive skills — KU coach Bill Self switched to a triangle-and-two defense that allowed Southwell to run free.
Against the set, the Wildcats missed their next six shots with a turnover.
"Those junk defenses — and I say that in a nice way, not in a negative way — they're made to get you to stand around," Martin said. "When you've got guys that don't know what to do against it, now you've got to run a different offense. Then you come out of a timeout, and you still don't run the right offense ... It got the mission accomplished."
Martin was quick to take on responsibility for his team's second-half "self-destruction," saying the Wildcats should have been better prepared for KU's change-up.
"That defense is designed to try to take away the guys that get you into offense and get you to be passive, and that's what it did to us," Martin said. "We got passive."
Martin also bemoaned his team's poor first-half shooting. KSU made just seven of 31 field goals (23 percent) and one of eight threes (13 percent) before halftime. The Wildcats trailed, 28-18, at the break.
"I told our guys (at halftime), 'I don't know what to tell you. You've got an open shot, you've got to make it,'" Martin said. "It's plain and simple."
Martin dropped to 2-9 against KU and 2-3 at Bramlage Coliseum.
"We played hard. We tried. We lost," Martin said. "Huggs (Former KSU coach Bob Huggins) said that when we got hired here: 'It's hard to have a rivalry when one team wins all the time.' When you lose on your home court, there's no rivalry."
Martin left impressed by the Jayhawks' discipline, saying they were a team that didn't make many mistakes.
"They've got big boys playing — and I don't mean in size, I mean in age and maturity," Martin said. "And Bill does as good a job as anyone in the country."


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Three US scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry yesterday for pioneering work on computer programs that simulate complex chemical processes and have accelerated progress in areas as diverse as drugs and solar energy.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 8 million kronor (US$1.25 million) prize to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel, saying that their work had effectively taken chemistry into cyberspace. Gone are the days of modelling reactions using plastic balls and sticks.
"Today, the computer is just as important a tool for chemists as the test tube," the academy said in a statement. "Computer models mirroring real life have become crucial for most advances made in chemistry today."
For example, in drug design, researchers can now use computers to calculate how an experimental medicine will react with a particular target protein in the body by working out the interplay of atoms.
However, the approach also has applications in industrial processes, such as the design of solar cells or catalysts used in cars.
Ultimately, the ability to computerize such complex chemical processes might make it possible to simulate a complete living organism at the molecular level — something Levitt has described as one of his dreams.
Karplus, a US and Austrian citizen, carries out research at the University of Strasbourg and Harvard University, while Levitt, a US and British citizen, is at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Warshel, a US and Israeli citizen, is a professor at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
"It has revolutionized chemistry," Kersti Hermansson, a professor of organic chemistry at Uppsala University, said of the computer modelling.
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Today I received my POL form from Social Security. I do not know if my letter was sent from the US in May or June, but I have mine.
I thought I would pass on the process I am using to guarantee that it is registered properly., based on instructions received from the Embassy today.
I will fill out the form, sign it and send the form along with my passport via DHL to the Embassy in Panama City. It will be entered by Embassy staff on receipt. I will also include a prepaid DHL mailer for the Embassy to return my Passport.
The other option is to mail the form directly to the US and run the risk of having it lost and SS or other federal payments shut off.
In today's mail, I received a 1099 that had inadvertently gone to Paraguay in February and made it to David on Monday. While the postal codes were correct , it got lost. I am amazed that it got here at all.
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Nine days without the internet but Skye adventure pair Anne MacAskill and Kay Simpson are still going strong.
Now 1700 kms from the Russian border and the eventual finish line of the 10,000 mile long Mongol Rally their journey so far has taken them and their 20 year old van across England, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and into Kazakhstan.
The last time they were in contact was the night before trying to cross into Iran with fears that they might have to pay as much as $3,000 dollars to gain entry.
The pair are hoping to raise cash for charity on the way so if you want to help out follow they link here
If you want to know what's been going on in the meantime then read on from Anne's diary to date, their adventures, the places they have been to and their ups and downs.
Anne said: "Well, after a night of worrying about the Iran crossing, when we got to the border in the morning, our guide, Pouriya, was waiting for us after we got past the Turkish exit. We had been told we were going to have a female guide, and here was this young man with his camping gear all set to camp, but when we heard how cheap hotels were, we went for the latter option.The officials were charming and the carnet only cost us $300 dollars - so all that worry for nothing!.Didn't even get to a hotel the first night as he decided to take us to his grandmother's house in Hashtroud. She was a charming woman and her daughter-in-law ordered pizzas for us all but in the morning we had a traditional breakfast with her own hens' eggs. own butter, homemade jams etc etc
"Our next two days in Iran involved a lot of driving and a horrendous amount of sleeping policemen. Pouriya was keen to show us a lot, but it was pointed out to him that we were on a rally and our aim was to win it! Kay emerged after three days sitting in the back of the van like the Hunchback of Notre Dame and didn't see much at all, but Pouriya, who drove a bit of the way as well, made sure he took us through Teheran and via where his mother worked to meet her!! When I was driving, we even got through some of the tolls without paying - they, like the policemen, were fascinated with Ghengis - Kay's yak's skull stuck up on the front of the van. Lots of mountainous countryside, including driving over one high bit in the mist, dark and rain when we drove 785kms in the day to get to a hotel near Sari at about 10pm. The last day involved staying in a hotel abandoned after the sanctions took hold, up at the border crossing at Bajguran. We found the Iranians we met charming and really wanting us to like their country. We found we didn't have to cover up completely when we were inside, but it was pretty warm driving with the long goon on and the scarf over my head! Kay's rigout was a bit more modern than mine
"It took us 3 hours to get through all the formalities into Turkmenistan but we got through and were overwhelmed by Ashgabat. The town is mostly all white marble palaces and grandiose - all to honour the late president Niyazov, so the Turkmeni really went from the frying pan into the fire as the poor folk can't have fared much better after independence. The roads were very interesting - no signs that there would roadworks etc ahead and never quite sure which side of dual carriageways we should be driving on. On Friday, my birthday, Kay was going to treat me to a good hotel in Turkmenabad and I had hoped to catch up with the internet but we picked the wrong hotel - a government owned one, with rooms probably bugged and no internet. Had shaslik to eat but the breakfast (no choice) was splendid - fried eggs, sausage, a smoked sausage, cheese, tomato and gherkin. Kay was a bit worried that the warm milk she got for her tea was from a cow with mastitis, but decided that it was just dried stuff not stirred enough. The day before we visited a bazaar where Kay bough material and a fancy teapot - she needs tea to survive!
"Uzbekistan was relatively easy to get into and had a completely different feel to it - it seemed way more relaxed than Turkmenistan. What we saw was mainly very fertile with an amazing irrigation system. I forgot to mention, I think, that Kay had to give away her unfinished bottle of gin before we got into Iran and was, apart from tea, feeling kind of dry, so a highlight was finding an alcohol market to stock up the cellar with a bit of wine. As soon as we got over the border into Uzbekistan signposts said Ashgabat, Mary and Toshkent on them, so we thought it would be easy to get to Toshkent and the border over to Kazakhstan. We unfortunately followed sign posts to within 2 kms of the border, and Kay doing some amazing driving through crowds on Sunday going to a markets, just to meet a dead end, so a kindly taxi driver said if we paid him $10 he would take us to the border - alas a border just for locals. So after another deal with $40 dollars offered, the man led us through narrow roads onto the main road we had driven up about 3 hours earlier, but we eventually got to a border crossing and after hours, over we got into Kazakhstan.
"We have been very impressed with Kazakhastan so far - apart from what seemed a very chaotic entry into the country. The roads are amazing and a lot more work being carried out on them. Massive machines across the road spreading concrete. Our first night camping was beside a lot of horses and there seem to be so many in the country and all the livestock so far has looked a bit fatter than we have seen en-route. The countryside is flat then undulating, but with the mountains of Kyrgistan to be seen to our right, has been spectacular. Kay has been fixing a wee problem with the exhaust, and after all the battering the wee Green Machine has had on the roads in the last week, it is a wonder it is just a wee problem. There are Parking places along the road and they have ramps where folk can put their vehicles on to inspect, so we camped at one last night and Kay was hoping to get the van on it, but the slabs looked a wee too wide apart for us, so she jacked it up and set to work, when a kindly lorry driver offered to help - I was mightly relieved, because I couldn't see how I would manage to squeeze under to hold the bracket for her. A quieter day's driving and pleased to reach the very, very busy outskirts of Almaty where we have found a wonderful hotel - Almaty Business Hotel - for the night. It even has a bath and my suntan has just washed down the plughole. Tomorrow onwards and upwards with about 1700 kms to the Russian border where we are hoping to persuade the authorities to let us in earlier than our visas - the roads have been better than we expected - so far - so hope to get over earlier."


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Review: Kanex's GoPower Watch Battery Provides Six Full Apple Watch Charges in a Small Package
Wednesday September 21, 2016 2:10 pm PDT by Mitchel Broussard
Although Apple remains conservative regarding the battery life of the Apple Watch, many users have noted that the wearable device makes it through one day with plenty of charge left over in its 18-hour estimated life. Still, third-party power banks and portable chargers have been popular mainstays in the Apple Watch accessory line, and recently Kanex launched its own charging device for the Apple Watch, called the GoPower Watch. Kanex's charger is packed with a 4,000 mAh battery and a claim that, on a full charge, it can recharge the Apple Watch up to six times with an integrated inductive charger. As a bonus, the GoPower Watch also includes a USB port, letting you charge your iPhone (or any USB-powered device) simultaneously with the Apple Watch. There's also priority charging, so your devices charge first and the battery pack second. Design Kanex's GoPower Watch meets the form and function that any successful portable battery pack needs to be used on a daily basis. Its small 3-inch square will fit comfortably in a backpack, and the quartered LED lights -- surrounding the only button on the housing -- provide quick and easy reminders of how much juice is left in the pack. The slightly raised inductive charger is surrounded by a smooth Space Gray material (admittedly, a few shades darker than Apple's definition of Space Gray), that feels sturdy despite the small frame of the GoPower Watch. Interestingly, the actual inductive charger on Kanex's device is a bit larger than Apple's own inductive charger, but its added 1/4 of an inch appears negligible and doesn't


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Homeland Security Advances Thwart Toxic Gases, Flood Waters, Power Surges
Among the many technologies being developed by the Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) are superconducting electric cables. In addition to being able to carry 10 times the electricity of conventional cables, they also act as their own circuit breakers, cutting off the flow of electricity during potentially destructive power surges caused by weather, accidents or sabotage.
Agency's research arm develops tools to Mitigate disasters, detect harmful chemicals.
Among the many technologies being developed by the Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) are superconducting electric cables. In addition to being able to carry 10 times the electricity of conventional cables, they also act as their own circuit breakers, cutting off the flow of electricity during potentially destructive power surges caused by weather, accidents or sabotage.
In the near future, first responders could use cellular telephones to sweep sites for hazardous chemicals and then rapidly seal off mass transit tunnels with inflatable plugs, preventing the spread of toxic gases. These and other technologies are being developed by a
The mission of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) is to study and create new tools and capabilities to aid first responders and to protect the nation's infrastructure. The agency is working on a variety of capabilities to protect the national electric grid, stop flooding, and detect hazardous chemicals and explosives in airline passengers' luggage.
One of agency's research efforts, called Cell All, fits first responders' cellular telephones and BlackBerrys with small chemical agent detectors. The technology would turn responders' wireless devices into a warning system, explains HSARPA Director Roger McGinnis. Three firms are involved in developing different technologies. He adds that the detector is not yet small enough to fit inside a cellular telephone, but the program's goal is to make it fit inside that type of device.
The original idea for the Cell All program was to set up users' telephones to detect one or two chemicals. But newly developed technologies now enable first responders' devices to detect thousands of chemicals. Another goal of the program is to make the detectors ubiquitous to help avoid false alarms. For example, if only one cell phone in a team of first responders detects a harmful chemical, it is probably a false alarm. But if a dozen cell phones in the same area register, then it would be a positive reading, McGinnis explains.
HSARPA also has begun testing an inflatable plug designed to seal tunnels in a variety of emergencies. This plug will be used to block smoke and chemical agents and prevent water from flooding a tunnel. A full-scale plug successfully was demonstrated in the
Developing technologies to protect the national infrastructure is another facet of HSARPA's mission. The agency's Resilient Electric Grid program is focusing on two technologies. The first is the Stand Alone Fault Current Limiter, a piece of equipment that can prevent faults from cascading through an electric grid. Current fault starts are difficult to stop and can lead to massive multistate blackouts, McGinnis explains.
McGinnis contends that the more important part of the program is the development of a superconducting cable that is inherently fault current limiting. He notes that no electric power cables in use have this capability. When the electric current reaches a certain critical level, such as a power surge, the HSARPA cable changes from superconducting to normal conductivity, which greatly increases the resistance to the electric current flow and stops the current. "The cable acts as its own circuit breaker," he says.
The superconducting cable is capable of carrying 10 times more power than similarly sized copper wires. The new cable also can adapt automatically to surges and disruptions from lightning strikes, heat waves, accidents or sabotage. HSARPA maintains that a single superconducting cable can replace 12 copper cable bundles, freeing up more underground space for other utilities.
The latest version of the cable was tested in late summer 2009 at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The tests, using an 82-foot cable, demonstrated that an electric current can be prevented from cascading and overloading a power grid. The next demonstration is scheduled for this summer to test the stand-alone fault current limiter.
HSARPA is working together with American Superconductor, Consolidated Edison and the Department of Energy (DOE). The experiment will connect two power substations, allowing them to transfer power between each other. McGinnis explains that power substations do not share power with each other because of fault current issues. If one substation is destroyed, a cascade will destroy any other linked substations. The experiment will link two substations to demonstrate the effectiveness of the fault current limiting cable.
If this test is successful, McGinnis predicts the national power grid will change from the current system of substations linking local homes and businesses to something resembling the Internet, where if a substation goes offline, power can be moved from another substation. HSARPA currently is seeking a site to demonstrate a longer cable length. He explains that this longer length is closer to the actual distance required to link substations.
Mitigating flood damage is another area in which researchers are focusing. HSARPA is testing systems to plug breaches in levees. In November 2009, the agency demonstrated two related flood mitigation technologies at tests in
Another system tested at
This summer, the agency will conduct a full-scale demonstration at
The agency also is researching technologies to aid post-incident forensics, such as blast-resistant video devices for use in buses and other types of mass transit. The devices consist of a video camera and a hardened solid-state memory chip. The cameras have a limited amount of memory and function as in an aircraft's flight data recorder, which rewrites over old data with every new flight. McGinnis explains that the mass transit cameras must survive bomb blasts, fires or accidents with recoverable image data.
In addition to providing forensic data about an incident, if a crime were committed on a bus or rail car, investigators would be able to pull the information to see what happened. "They'll be able to go in and find that data chip, play back the information and figure out what happened to lead up to the event," McGinnis says.
HSARPA is developing inflatable plugs that can be used to seal breaches in levees. The devices can be floated into the breach, where water pressure will press them against the opening, cutting off the water flow.
Several cameras were tested in 2008 at the Aberdeen Proving Ground,
HSARPA is developing inflatable plugs that can be used to seal breaches in levees. The devices can be floated into the breach, where water pressure will press them against the opening, cutting off the water flow.
HSARPA also is examining applications for the camera anywhere that recoverable data can be used to study an accident or other event, including the interior of buildings. However, McGinnis notes that the first priority came from local municipalities who specifically wanted a system to monitor buses and passenger rail cars. McGinnis explains that it is one of HSARPA's fastest-moving efforts, having been stood up in June 2008 and now moving into a pilot technology demonstration.
Developing new methods to detect biological and chemical agents also is a part of the agency's research focus. One recently launched effort is a low-cost biological agent detector concept. "We're looking for an entirely new way to detect a biological agent," McGinnis says. He notes that existing technologies rely on wet chemistry that requires collecting samples and analyzing them in a laboratory, which can take hours under ideal conditions. The goal is to perform this analysis in a portable, dry environment. The detector could be applied to any system relying on airflow, such as desktop computers, air vents or any device using a fan as a cooling mechanism, because the air current would draw chemicals across the sensor.
Airport security is another research area for the agency. HSARPA is developing a technology called Magnetic Visibility, or MAGVIS, to scan and identify liquids and gels in passenger luggage. McGinnis shares that since the September 11 attacks, travelers have encountered a variety of security restrictions at airports, such as the prohibition against bringing aboard liquid or gel containers larger than two ounces. "To be able to go back to that stage where you just put your suitcase on the belt and run it through the machine and you also get to keep your Starbucks coffee—I would feel extremely pleased if this program is successful. This would have a positive effect every day on almost two million people in this country alone," he says.
On this project, the agency is working with researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory,
This summer, the program will undergo additional tests. The first will be at


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If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.
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"Nobody can hurt me without my permission"
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Think of GIVING not as a duty but as a PRIVILEGE.
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Jangan pernah membiarkan seseorang datang kepada anda lalu pergi begitu saja tanpa merasa lebih bahagia dan lebih baik
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Jangan pernah membiarkan seseorang datang kepada anda lalu pergi begitu saja tanpa merasa lebih bahagia dan lebih baik
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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country
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Milestone Pertamina Trans Kontinental
PT Pertamina Trans Kontinental was orginally founded under the name PT Pertamina Tongkang was establised on September 9, 1969 in Jakarta, as status PT. Pertamina's subsidiary. With shareholders owner by PT. Pertamina 99,99% and PT. Patra Dok Dumai 0.01%.
Since on May 9, 2011, which changed shareholders owner of 99,998% by PT. Pertamina 99.998% and PT. Pertamina Pedeve Indonesia 0,002%.
At the beginning the purpose and intention of PT Pertamina Tongkang (PTK) is a Marine Carrier Industry to provide total support of Pertamina activities such as :
To conduct fuel distribution to all ports within the Indonesian, territories that is unable to be served by a tanker.
To conduct marine transportation of Pertamina logistic supply of the development project spread all over Indonesia.
To act as general agent and handling agent of Pertamina chartered tankers.
To be able to be the above task, the company licence have to be change to be come an "Offshore Specifics Shipping Company".
In conjuction with Pertamina development activities in year 1974, PTK obtained additional fleet of supply vessel that assigned to serve and fulfil an off-shore oil and gas explorations and productions requiretment.
By completing the construction program of new fuel depots in the middle and eastern region of Indonesia. Pertamina withdraw the fuel distribution assignment, including all fleet and crew. Hence in year 1978, PTK no longer serve Pertamina only but also servicing other parties and altered its mode of business orient to become a profit oriented business base.
Further on, PTK is focused to and off shore activities to provide the following
To support off-shore oil and gas explorations
To become handling agent of Pertamina chartered and third party vessel
In year 1988, the company commensurate its business license permit based on Govermment Regulation No. 17 year 1988 (reimplementation and enterpreneur of sea transportation) from Offshore Specific Shipping Company to the Shipping Company with SIUPP No. BXXX-256/AL.58.
Nowadays Directorate General of Sea Transportation with the new regulation issued SIUPAL B XV-1203/AL.58 dated March 26, 2002 for PTK.
Since November 29, 2011 based on the Deed. 012 October 26, 2011 Notary Dewantri Handayani, MPA approved by the minister of justice and Human Right Republic of Indonesia No. AHU-58581.AH.01.02 year 2011 dated November 29, 2011 the name of PT Pertamina Tongkang change into PT Pertamina Trans Kontinental.


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Moms make sacrifices for their children all the time, but in too many cases, one of those sacrifices is their bodies and confidence. During pregnancy, a woman's body stores fat and stretches the skin and muscles to make room for a growing baby. These changes can be extremely difficult to reverse even with the most intense diet and exercise regimen. It is common for both new and long-time mothers to desire to look and feel like they did pre-pregnancy. Whether it's sagging breasts, a loose abdominal region, stubborn fat deposits, or any combination of issues, you may be feeling that your sexier days are behind you. It doesn't have to be that way!
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Breast ptosis (sagging) is often caused by weakened elasticity in the breast tissue and skin. The dramatic size increase and decrease that follows nursing can leave you with breasts and nipples sitting lower. A breast lift can restore youthful breasts that have a more attractive shape and position.
Breast sagging isn't the only effect of nursing. Loss of volume can leave you with small, undefined breasts. Enhance your cleavage with breast augmentation.
Stubborn fat deposits are common post-pregnancy, which often diet and exercise can't improve. They may be expressed as muffin tops, soft stomachs, or love handles. Liposuction can help rid you of problem fat to slim down your midsection and gain fabulous abdominal contours.
Your favorite pair of jeans from way back before your pregnancy probably won't even button anymore. Tummy tuck surgery can tighten your abdominal muscles and help get rid of the "roll" of excess skin and fatty tissue in the lower abdomen. Women who have had a c-section often have a "shelf" of loose skin and fat, which can be improved with Mommy Makeover procedures. Liposuction can slim the thighs and hips so all your jeans can be your "skinny me" jeans.
All the surgeries offered with the Mommy Makeover procedure are designed to help you achieve a tighter, firmer body with more attractive contours. Feeling more attractive can help you reclaim that confidence you might have lost after your pregnancy. Confidence in yourself can improve your social life and may even rekindle the passion in your relationship.
|What if I don't need all the procedures outlined in a Mommy Makeover?
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|How long after my pregnancy should I wait before getting my Mommy Makeover?
|Before choosing to undergo surgery, you should attempt natural weight loss and muscle toning. This timeframe varies from patient to patient. Women must also wait until they are finished breastfeeding to have any type of breast surgery. Prior to surgery, you should eat nutritious foods and exercise regularly to reduce excess fat, strengthen your muscles, be as healthy as possible and at a stable weight.
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|Athens High School
2016-17 Season
Outdoor: Kicked off the outdoor season at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational finishing the discus with a throw of 39.37m and the hammer throw with a throw of 48.70m… Had a season-best throw of 44.50m in the discus throw at the and a season-best throw of 53.90 in the hammer throw at the 2017 Jesse Owens University Classic… Ended the season at the MAC Championships with a 41.21m throw in the discus throw and a 48.28m throw in the hammer throw.
Indoor: Opened the indoor season at the Marshall Opener competing in the weight throw and finished with a throw of 15.58m… Recorded a season-best throw of 18.24m in the weight throw at the Ohio State University Tune-Up… Ended the season at the MAC Championships in the weight throw recorded a throw of 17.88m.
2015-2016 Season
Outdoor: Recorded a season-best in the shot put at the 2016 Adidas Winthrop University Invitational with a throw of 11.32m to place 19th… Recorded two personal-bests in the hammer throw and in discus reaching 47.98m to place seventh and 41.00m to place ninth, respectively… Ended the season at the MAC Championships placing 20th in the hammer throw (44.24m) and 16th in the discus (39.81m).
Indoor: Made her freshman debut with five-straight top-10 finishes; at the Marshall Opener, placed fifth in the weight throw reaching 15.14m and sixth in shot put reaching 11.71m; at the Kent State Doug Raymond Invite, 10th in shot put reaching 11.39m and eighth in the weight throw reaching 15.05m and at the SPIRE North Coast T&F Open she placed sixth in shot put with a throw of 10.84m… Ended the season at the Ohio State University Invitational with a personal-best in the shot put with a throw of 12.09m to place 14th and a 15th-place finish in the weight throw where she reached 14.94m.
Prior to Ohio: Lettered in Track all four years of high school…Was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Simbo and Toyin Odunaiya…Has one brother, Folu, and five sisters, Yewande, Natasha, Seyi, Teresa, and Rachel…enjoys dancing, listening to music, playing sports, hanging out with friends, and fashion…Double Majoring in Sports Management and Marketing with a Minor in French.


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Smoke from land clearing fires in Indonesia causes hazardous haze pollution in South East Asia every year. Record high levels of air pollution caused by haze were reached in June 2013 in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. In response to regional pressure after the latest haze crisis, Indonesia has finally agreed to adopt the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution from 2002. However, given the pact's weak compliance provisions, will the ratification really be a game-changer in South East Asia's struggle with haze?
In June 2013 South East Asia was suffocating in a cloud of record-breaking haze pollution. The haze, toxic smog caused by fires to clear land for agriculture in Sumatra, Indonesia, exceeded almost three times the hazardous limit for air quality. For a week the most affected areas of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia resembled a post-apocalyptic scene – people only dared go out with face masks, schools were closed, the economy took a hit as businesses suspended work, events were cancelled, tourists stayed clear of the area and hospitals faced a surge of respiratory illnesses. The fires also impact climate change because they produce large amounts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the burning of carbon-rich peatland and forests. To illustrate the magnitude of the problem: the land-clearing fires which cause transboundary haze are also the biggest contributor to Indonesia's overall GHG emissions. 2013 may have been the worst haze crisis in the region's recorded history, but similar occurrences are the norm during 'haze season' every year since the 1980s.
In 2002, ASEAN member countries addressed the environmental issue by adopting the world's first regional agreement against haze – the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution. The Agreement is a legally binding regional environmental treaty that aims to prevent and mitigate haze pollution 'through concerted national efforts and intensified regional and international cooperation'. Unfortunately, two big problems reduce the effectiveness of the Agreement. The first is that Indonesia, the only ASEAN member state yet to ratify the Agreement, is also the main polluter. The second problem concerns the design of the Agreement, which has a weak mechanism for dispute settlement and punishing non-compliance. The Agreement does not prescribe specific sanctions against a signatory country that has infringed its obligations. Instead, Article 27 of the Agreement feebly states that any disputes over non-compliance 'shall be settled amicably by consultation or negotiation'. In other words, enforcing the Agreement, even over countries that have ratified it, remains a matter of diplomacy, rather than law. It would not provide suffering countries and people with new legal remedies in future outbreaks of haze pollution.
The fact that the transboundary haze problem is not resolved for almost three decades is a testament to the complexity and magnitude of the interests and issues behind it:
At the Producer Level
Large Malaysian and Singaporean palm oil conglomerates – companies like Singapore's Wilmar International, Malaysia's Sime Darby and IOI control over 2/3 of the total palm oil production in Indonesia, the world's top exporter of this commodity. They are the big players in the global palm oil industry, large contributors to their national economies and well-connected to governments. These companies have often taken voluntary commitments at national level for zero-burn farming, but are said to practice or tolerate slash-and-burn methods in their Indonesian subsidiaries.
Large producers in Indonesia – most are controlled through a joint-venture set-up by their mother-companies in Singapore and Malaysia. Allegedly get away with illegal burning practices through the network of patronage politics with the Indonesian government.
Small-scale producers in Indonesia – regularly practice the cheap, traditional slash-and-burn method of agriculture and sell their produce to the big palm oil companies. It is difficult to oversee or control the practices of these farmers because they are numerous and fragmented.
At the Government Level
Indonesia - the knee-jerk reflex is to point the accusing finger at the Indonesian government for not doing enough to enforce its laws against land-clearing fires. Corruption allegations link national and local government officials to shielding culprit companies. There are though legitimate reasons not to demonise Indonesia. Adequate reaction to the fires is constrained by limited response capacity in terms of equipment, budget, human resources, as well as the climate and the very scale of the fires. Palm oil is a strategic sector for the national economy and developing Indonesia is wary of punishing its palm oil producers.
Malaysia and Singapore – their governments are also blamed for too close links with the national palm oil companies. This can be excused as an attempt to protect local economic champions and maintain the countries' positions in the strategic palm oil industry. On the flipside, the leniency of the Malaysian and Singaporean governments towards misdeed of national companies perpetuates the haze problem.
Indonesia has expressed willingness to adopt the haze pact although the exact timeframe for it is yet unclear. What, if anything, can we expect to change as a result of this ratification? Here are three possible scenarios:
1) Nothing changes in practice, following Indonesia's ratification of the ASEAN Haze Agreement. The environmental pact has been designed to faithfully follow ASEAN's founding principles of non-intervention, voluntary cooperation and focus on diplomacy over strong legal mechanisms. In the absence of sanctions the Indonesian government can continue to pick-and-choose to what extent it cooperates with neighbouring countries. Enforcement of the state obligations under the Agreement, such as duty to cooperate and due diligence to prevent fires, would remain a diplomatic endeavor.
2) The ratification might also be a step in the incremental evolution of the Haze Agreement. The signing of the Agreement in the early 2000s was a landmark in ASEAN cooperation on environmental problems. However, at the stage of its inception, the Agreement was not adopted by one of the main actors – Indonesia. Now, over a decade later, in the second stage of the Agreement's evolution Indonesia is willing to ratify it. Perhaps in a next step, at an opportune time in the future, the ASEAN members most affected by the haze will attempt to strengthen the Agreement's compliance provisions.
3) Indonesia's ratification might pave the way for a multi-level action to ease the haze problem through a combination of international technical cooperation and national legal action against culprit companies. The targeted corporates are big palm oil producers headquartered in Singapore and Malaysia who own large plantations in Indonesia. They are blamed for allowing clearing-by-burning farming practices in their production abroad. A problem currently is that the crucial collection of evidence 'at the scene of the crime' in Indonesia falls outside the Singaporean and Malaysian jurisdiction. Singapore's Advocate-General has already announced his intention to introduce new extraterritorial laws that make Singaporean palm oil companies accountable for their subsidiaries' actions in Indonesia. If Jakarta adopts the Haze Agreement, that would strengthen the sharing of technical data under the umbrella of ASEAN cooperation. The data exchange can facilitate collection of evidence for criminal or administrative cases against companies in Singaporean courts. This strategy can improve the accountability of the big players in the region's palm oil business.
The commitment of policy-makers to tackle the complex issues surrounding the haze problem is still unclear. So is the feasibility of the outlined scenarios. One thing is certain though - haze season 2014 is approaching.
The author, Nelly Stratieva, holds a Master's degree in EU Law and has coordinated trade and sustainability projects in South East Asia over the past three years.


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Digital Editor
If you're in the market for new camping chairs, why not consider this inflatable Vango armchair for your next caravan holiday?
Camping chairs are essential caravan accessories – and here at Practical Caravan, we think inflatable furniture is well worth considering.
No longer are such items the reserve of children's bedrooms. These can be affordable, easy to pack options. Are they comfortable? Well, some might argue that nothing you can ever pack in your tourer will come close to rivalling that which you have at home, however we don't think comfort needs to be compromised when on holiday – and today's inflatable furniture really can do the job.
Think inflatables and wibbly-wobbly items that you roll or bounce off might come to mind, but no longer. Companies such as Vango, reviewed here, as well as SunnCamp, Intex, Bestway and others have developed advanced blow up furniture which might just surprise you. While modern airbeds often come close to matching the support and comfort you'll get at home in your own bed, it has to be said that because of their height, the designers and manufacturers of inflatable chairs haven't quite managed to work all the wobble from their items, and giving you a truly supportive backrest has proved another huge challenge – but we were impressed and we think you will be too. Indeed, we feel that many of the inflatables we tested are better for lounging in than metal framed camping chairs.
Of course, these items have other advantages when you're holidaying in a caravan. Once deflated, they fold away very small, they're also light so easy to carry about. However, remember that once inflated they can be big and bulky – and you might have to erect an awning in which to store them, as you can't leave them outside because they'll blow away. Care is also needed when using these items as they're liable to puncture, and you must remember to top them up with air.
So, how did we evaluate the inflatable chairs in our group test? To make sure that the tests were fair and inflation times comparable, we used the same 12V pump for every chair review. We wanted to know how long each product took to inflate and to deflate. We also appraised them for how comfortable they were, what the sitting height was, how simple they were to get out of, what they were like to sit upright in and to lounge in, and with an eye on practicality we considered how large they were once inflated and how much seating area each provides. Value for money was another consideration.
This Vango armchair is priced at £21 – not the cheapest we tested, but also not the most expensive. We have to admit that we weren't fans of its sobre colours. Many rivals are fun and bright, but this is very much a subjective decision and you might like the Vango chair's tones.
Compared to rivals, this chair is slightly fiddlier and slower to inflate. That's because its base support ring has to be inflated separately, and it's fitted with a narrow-diameter valve. Fortunately, this extra chamber is small and it only adds 30 seconds to the overall time taken to get the armchair ready for use. And despite this, at the end of our Vango armchair review, we gave it a very strong four out of five rating, so if you can live with its monochrome look, it's well worth considering.
We tried a number of products for this group test, so why not check out the Practical Caravan reviews of the Easy Camp Movie Seat Double, the Gelert ABD099, the unusual Bestway Moda and Bestway Nestair, the SunnCamp single flocked sofa, the Intex Café Chaise, the cute (and very affordable!) Bestway Comfi Cube and the Intex Beanless Bag. The Editor's Choice and our group test winner was the SunnCamp 5 in 1 sofa bed.
Technical specs
|Pack size (cm)
|L37.0 x H6.0 x W27.0
|Inflated size (cm)
|L94.0 x H76.0 x W83.0
|Max user weight (kg)
In the Practical Caravan Vango armchair review, this product's four-star rating proves it is a good buy. And at £21 it won't hurt your wallet too badly, either.
- It's not too slow to inflate
- It is keenly priced
- It's hardly a colourful option


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89,95 € 44,95 €
Product Number 0067304-9990
Color: black
- To strike a rock-and-roll pose
- Slim leather belt with gold grommets
- Fine gold buckle
- Length 85 cm
Outer material
- 100% leather
- wDo not wash
- tDo not bleach
- vDo not iron
- oDo not tumble dry
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*For international shipments to the United Kingdom, you will receive free shipment for orders from £200. For orders below £200, we charge a shipping fee of £12.50.
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text: Music lovers are encouraged to come along to Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove for a series of lunchtime concerts in the stunning New Guesten Hall to celebrate the 54th Bromsgrove Festival from Wednesday 18th June 2014. Award-winning Avoncroft Museum is hosting a special series of lunchtime classical concerts during June and July as part of the 2014 Bromsgrove Festival. The performances will take place in New Guesten Hall with its historic 14th century roof, described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "the most elegant piece of medieval carpentry in the county". On Wednesday 18th June the Beorma Quartet will perform a selection of English music from across four centuries from madrigals to romantic part songs. On Wednesday 25th June the Dante Quartet will perform a taster concert including Haydn's Quartet Op 33 No 1 and Schubert's Quartettsatz. Wednesday 2nd July sees Alistair Moseley and the Virr Quartet playing two wonderful works: Mozart's Clarinet Quintet paired with Weber's Clairing Quintet. The final in the series of lunchtime concerts will take place on Wednesday 9th July when the Miniature Concert Band will play a concert to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War. Music by composers including Vaughan-Williams, Butterworth and Elgar will be accompanied by readings of war poems. Concerts will start at 12.00pm and lunch will be served at 1.00pm. Tickets cost £10.50 per person, including a light lunch and glass of wine or soft drink, and free admission to Avoncroft Museum. A reduced rate of £38.00 is available for music lovers wishing to attend all four concerts. Please book all tickets in advance on 01527 831363. More information at: www.avoncroft.org.uk/whats-on/events-programme


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The Cost to Ocean County of Providing Pension Benefits to Employee's Domestic Partners
Publication Date: January 2006
Author(s): M.V. Lee Badgett
Topic: Economics (Economic policy, planning, and development)
Law and ethics (Family law)
Coverage: New Jersey
As a result of the passage of the Domestic Partnership Act of 2004, counties in New Jersey have the option of extending spousal pension benefits to domestic partners of county employees, just as the state does. One common question related to these benefits concerns their cost to the county, in this case to Ocean County. Based on the current structure of the pension plans that Ocean County employees belong to, and based on data from the State, I estimate that the cost to the county would be less than $70,000 per year. Below I outline the details of how I arrived at this calculation.


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It's been a heck of a week for long-time watchers of the Texas Republican Cronyarchy. If you woke up this morning feeling a little whiplashed, you're not alone.
In the ongoing rodeo clown show over at the Texas Agriculture Commission, Sid Miller's Jesus shot just may come back to bite him in the ass. On Wednesday, thanks to tremendous work by Progress Texas, the Texas Rangers opened an investigation into the ag commissioner's, shall we say, loose understanding of state ethics laws. Then on Thursday, The Texas Tribune reported that Greg Abbott actually thinks the investigation is warranted. Apparently, the governor didn't get the memo that Sid's problems are really a case of "liberal harassment," ( I highly recommend Morgan Smith's Trib article on her interview with Miller) but that might be because his communications director resigned on Monday. Who can say for sure? Certainly nobody at the Ag Commission.
But while the ruckus over at the Ag Commission was entertaining, the real excitement was over at the Attorney General's office. For those of you who may have had a little too much fun last night, a quick recap: Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting a criminal indictment for securities fraud in Collin County. It's a tough fight. His first round of lawyers quit, he got new lawyers but he has no way to fundraise to pay for them and he already admitted to committing the crime when he paid a $1000 fine to the Texas State Securities Board back in May 2014 (which reprimanded him, so there's that). Got that?
This week, the feds got into the action. Monday, the federal Securities Exchange Commission charged Paxton with security fraud at the federal level for the same crime he's under indictment for here in Texas. The big news from the federal filing was that the meeting that set the illegal dealings in motion took place at a McKinney Dairy Queen.
But in case you thought we had left the reality of Texas behind, the week ended with a couple of pieces of news that are no laughing matter.
On Wednesday, The Dallas Morning News reported that two former employees at the Office of the Attorney General were still being paid (another great article by Lauren McGaughy) after leaving their positions. Guess what? Turns out one of them, Chip Roy, left the OAG to become the executive director for Ted Cruz's super PAC Trusted Leadership PAC. (And in a turn of events that will come as a shock to no one, Paxton gave Cruz his "absolute" support in a CNN interview yesterday.)
Honestly, I was ready to give Chip Roy and Ken Paxton props here. It takes some serious balls to pull a move like that. But then I read the explanation Roy sent to The Trib yesterday afternoon. Apparently, Chip Roy planned to take "emergency leave."
The primary benefit to me would have been healthcare coverage in light of being in the five-year window after Stage 3 Hodgkins Lymphoma. My plan has been to go off payroll at OAG using only my earned vacation and holiday time unless it were absolutely necessary to stay on pending the uncertainty of medical tests and subsequent employment. Yesterday I was blessed to receive an all-clear from my Oncologist and my complete departure from the OAG is effective at the time of the expiration of only earned vacation and holiday time.
Is that clear? Let me put it this way:
Chip Roy was given the option to keep his state-paid health insurance past the normal point of his compensation because he was facing health uncertainty.
Now we come to the genuinely important news this week from the Center for Public Policy Priorities. It's very simple and completely awful: 1.7 million Texas children live in poverty. 1.7 million children. That means 1.7 million children being raised by adults living in poverty. Mothers, fathers, grandparents, guardians. All in poverty.
And what is one of the greatest threats facing Texas families living in poverty? The cost of health care. Not just the kids' health care–the parents' health care. Texas has both the highest number and rate of adults with no medical insurance. These Texans live with an uncertainty that borders on a form of terror. And that is fear is shared by everyone in the home.
Chip Roy probably understands that fear. It's probably the reason his employer was willing to place him on a special type of leave that continued his state-paid insurance while he was facing health unknowns. That was a humane act that I can understand. However, for a Republican office holder who is committed to the overturning the ACA and is against Medicaid expansion for low income Texas–the rejection of which costs the state of Texas $6 billion in uncompensated care a year–making that gesture isn't a sign of compassion. It's hypocrisy of the highest order.
The way this story played out makes me feel like crying at the end of what was supposed to be a funny roundup of the news of the week. But that's the real reality of living in Texas.
Read 'em and weep.


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We've got avocados and mermaids aplenty. We've got vampires and dancing twins galore. But we still need so many more ways to express ourselves via emoji...
Great news: Unicode, the group that comes up with them (we know, dream job), has answered our prayers. It just released the potential emoji list for 2018 and…It's. So. Good.
While the list of 130 candidates won't be finalized until January, we have some amazing hopefuls. Our favorites: redheads, curly hair, party face, drunk face, face with three hearts, a superhero, a swan, a bagel, a mango, bok choy, a cupcake, toilet paper, a llama (!!), a hippo (Fiona!), a softball, an evil eye, a firecracker, a teddy bear, a stunning peacock...and so many more.
Now, excuse us while we go [party face] our way into the New Year. [firecrackers]


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Pick the right optical jukebox software
Considerations for purchasing optical jukebox software.
Optical jukeboxes offer higher performance than tape libraries at a lower cost than disk-drive arrays. But the choice isn't just to run out, buy an optical jukebox and manage it with whatever software you can grab. When selecting software to manage your optical library there are several things to keep in mind, according to Digital Storage Solutions (www.opticaljukeboxes.com).
The software should cache the disk directory tree in addition to most frequently used files. This can save a significant amount of access time because the directory can be read much more quickly from the cache than from the optical disk itself. Directory caching also reduces wear on the jukebox components.
And jukebox-management software should be able to support more than one jukebox so you can add jukeboxes as your storage requirements grow. To help support future growth, it also helps to choose a management package that allows you to remove disks from the jukebox and store them off line. When the off-line disks are needed the software should prompt to get the disks back in the jukebox.
If you need to support multiple optical media formats, such as WORM (Write Once, Read Many) and erasable media on the same jukebox, make sure the software can handle multiple formats. Many jukeboxes can be fitted with more than one type of optical drive, but not all software supports more than one media type per jukebox.
Digital Storage Solutions has a list of tips for buying jukeboxes at: www.opticaljukeboxes.com/Tips_for_buying_Jukebox_Management_Software.htm.
Rick Cook has been writing about mass storage since the days when the term meant an 80K floppy disk. The computers he learned on used ferrite cores and magnetic drums. For the last twenty years he has been a freelance writer specializing in storage and other computer issues.