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In addition to our own website, there are other sites on the Web that provide interesting and helpful dental information. Because we are committed to improving the oral healthcare knowledge of our patients, we are providing the following selection of links to other sites you might find interesting and informative. We have grouped some of the links into various categories to provide quick access to the topics of greatest interest to you.
If you have a suggestion for a new link, please send us an email, as we are always looking for good resources to pass along to our valued patients and visitors to our website. We hope you find these sites helpful!
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Five-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, Oliver Gavin, is riding the crest of a wave after his recent success in France and is "ready to conquer all" as he returns to U.S shores for the next instalment of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship – the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen – at Watkins Glen International (26-28 June).
Gavin took his fifth class win at Le Mans in the 83rd running of the French endurance classic less than a fortnight ago, the British ace and his Corvette Racing teammates, Tommy Milner and Jordan Taylor, defeating stiff opposition from the likes of Aston Martin and Ferrari to stand atop the podium at the legendary Circuit de la Sarthe.
The victory means Corvette Racing has completed the 'Triple Crown' of endurance racing, as the New Hudson, Detroit-based team has achieved victories in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2015.
However, Gavin's Le Mans win broke a protracted run of misfortune that lasted approximately 18 months and the 42-year old from Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire now feels "ready to conquer all" before him during the remainder of the season, starting with the Six Hours of The Glen when he will share the #4 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R with Milner.
"It's nice to follow the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the TUDOR Championship Six Hours of The Glen, as the Watkins Glen circuit is an absolutely classic, high-speed and challenging racetrack that is a huge amount of fun to drive," said Gavin. "It's a race that tests you both physically and mentally and you certainly feel like you've done an endurance race at the end of the six hours, especially as it's usually hot and humid, but we had a good run there in 2014, squabbling over podium positions until we fell out of contention due to a strange officiating call. Of course, these things happen and you just have to take it on the chin.
"We may have had an under-par performance in the previous round of the TUDOR Championship at Laguna Seca but I think we should be able to take the fight to our rivals at The Glen. We're riding the crest of a wave after the Le Mans victory and feeling ready to conquer all! However, I'm sure when we get back in the car on Friday (26 June), the honeymoon period will soon evaporate. We will need to knuckle down and not rest on laurels, ensuring we're fully focused and ready to race, with BMW and Ferrari contingent looking strong and Porsche determined to strike back."
For more information on Oliver Gavin and his racing activities, please visit the officialwww.olivergavin.com website, 'like' his Facebook page or follow @olivergavin on Twitter.


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From 2009.06.26 to 2009.06.28 I went via BlogTrip from Bucharest to Oradea, via Sarmisegetusa, Targu Jiu, Deva, Cluj, Turda and other various large (and small) cities in Romania. Lots of fun. Here are some pictures I took on that BlogTrip (sponsored by Green Pixel, Mercedes-Benz and Microsoft, who sponsored my very own participation). Here are some photos I took.
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Galaxy S8 concept dreams big for Samsung's 2017 flagship phone
The Galaxy S7 is an awesome new smartphone, but it's also a relatively minor upgrade from last year's Galaxy S6. It's still way too soon to know anything about next year's Galaxy S8, but a new concept design from artist Steel Drake has an exciting take on what could be coming down the pipeline in 2017.
Visually this Galaxy S8 concept design is absolutely stunning. Samsung's flexible OLED is in full effect and the entire metal frame is curved as well, giving the device a look that's somehow natural and futuristic at the same time. The bottom and top bezels are also impressively thin, leaving just enough space for a logo and a front-facing camera.
The concept also adds a built-in projector, which appears to be crammed into the rear-facing flash module. We're not sure that's actually possible, but it's pretty awesome to imagine. The fingerprint scanner appears to have moved to the back of the device, possibly due to a lack of space in front.
Finally, the designer decided to ditch the charging port for the Galaxy S8. Instead, the device relies on wireless charging entirely. That includes a standard charging plate and a futuristic "charge translator" that releases electricity into the air so your phone can power up without touching anything. Again, this sounds more like sci-fi than reality, but it's still fun to imagine it could be real.
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Monday, March 9, 2015
Book News
I've got some pretty big news, and I can't keep it under wraps any longer. I have a book contract for my debut YA novel, THE PACKING HOUSE. It's going to be a published book, maybe even this year, 2015. My publisher is Booktrope, a hybrid publisher.
Right now, I'm busy assembling my team of professionals to help me get my book from a manuscript to a final, polished, and published book. I've got an editor, who has already given me edits on chapter one, the same chapter that is posted as an excerpt via the tabs at the top of the page. I've got a proof reader, who will read through once I've done final edits on the book from my editor's notes. Once that step is done and I've made sure all grammatical edits are done, I'll turn in the book for interior layout and design, while the cover artist does amazing things with my cover.
I'll also be working with my book manager and marketing manager to help get The Packing House ready for book launch. This will include a cover reveal, a blog tour full of interviews, giveaways, and fun galore. Next, I've got some behind-the-scenes stuff in the works that will truly be unique to the launch of this book.
What's amazing to me is that through this whole process, I'll have a published book at the end of it all, and a second book to complete the series. I've even got a tentative title for it, but maybe I'll do a blog post on possibilities and let you help me name book 2.
Along the way, I'll post updates about some plans that will be happening with the publication of this book, for those of you who pick up a copy, so you'll know what happens when you buy one. I welcome your input regarding this process, and I will do my best to respond to your comments and questions.
I must tell you, though, I am working full time in my day job, have a wife and four boys who keep me plenty busy, and I'm a graduate school student working on my master's degree in clinical mental health counseling. So, while the news of my book being published is thrilling, I'm not so keen on how the timing of it all is working out. But, I'll figure it out. I'm not ever going to complain about working on my book. Because, not everyone gets to have a published book. I'm humbled and grateful and honored to have been trusted with the task of sharing these stories, and I truly hope they bless you as you read these stories that came from my heart.
I am also eagerly anticipating when I get to thank every person who helped me along the journey from the first draft to now, and beyond, when it's finally born and out there for all of you to read. I will remember this when I get bad reviews, and (hopefully) good reviews. I will marvel at the magic that happens when a book isn't the author's property anymore, it's the property of the readers. They make it come alive. And, if I can achieve that, I'll be profoundly grateful.
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For most of this morning there were no birds to be seen in Manton Bay. The female and juvenile female left Manton Bay at about 9.15am and were both away for over two hours. 5R was there even less; and spent four hours away from the nest.
He returned with a small pike and 9F must not have been far away as she returned shortly after in hope of a meal. Despite 9F's constant food begging, 5R ignored her and proceeded to eat the whole fish himself meaning that she hasn't been fed all day.


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Clear Storage Space in Your Android PhoneOctober 24, 2018
- Your camera won't be able to save photos or run if you have too much files backed up on your phone.
- You won't be able to download or save any important files or data.
- Sometimes, your phone may end up not working as properly as it should, because its performance is also based on the amount of space you have left on your Android phone.
There will be times when your Android phone will run out of space. As unfortunate as it may be, there are ways on how to remedy that! One is through getting an external memory card, or you can also delete unnecessary files and apps. But if you already do all that while still getting the "Running Out Of Storage" message, it can get frustrating. You may need to clear your storage space even more. Here are some ways on how to clear your storage space without deleting any needed items.
Why Clear Storage Space?
Here are several reasons as to why you will need to clear your storage space:
How to Clear Storage Space On Your Android Phone?
Here are some tips on how you can clear storage space from your Android phone:
1. Clear all cached app data
Go to Settings > Storage > Cached Data in order to clear this useless data that can eat up megabytes of your phone's storage!
2. Clear Downloads
Check your downlaods folder to see if there are any external data hiding in your phone. If there are, you can clear it all up in one go using Google Settings.
3. Delete backed up photos
Some of your photos may have already been backed up or saved into your PC. If that's the case, delete those as they are just useless files eating up your space!
4. Manage downloads
Google Play has awesome podcasts and music to listen to, but sometimes, it automatically downloads unwanted media! Go to Google Play's Settings and Downloads to check the storage Google Play allots for your media. Also, check your files to see if you have any songs or podcasts you would like to delete from there.
5. Google Maps
Google Maps saves the areas you frequent to, so if you stopped going there or would rather not have any area saved, then you can delete it through going to Google Maps and erase all offline areas.
6. Uninstall unused apps
This is when push comes to shove, and you won't have any more choice. Evaluate the apps you use or don't use, and delete ones that aren't important in order to free some space. Do you really need that game, or do you have to have those apps? Uninstall if not.
In Conclusion
It's important to do these things every once in a while in order to avoid running out of storage space on your Android phone. Give these methods a shot, and you'll be able to use your phone to its utmost performance anytime, anywhere.


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Mongolia Rescinds Snow Leopard Hunting Proposal
Photo: Steve Winter/National Geographic. Used with permission.
When there are as few as 3,500 members left of an endangered, and declining, animal species, especially one that lives in harsh conditions full of threats, killing just a few can do real damage. That's why environmentalists are cheering Mongolia's decision to rescind permits to hunt snow leopards, rare and beautiful animals known as "mountain ghosts" due to their elusive nature.Though the distinctive cats are rarely seen by people, humans pose serious threats to their survival, through illegal poaching, conflicts with herders, and habitat destruction. The conservation organization Panthera lobbied the Mongolian government to "reconsider their decision to issue permits that would allow the hunting and killing of four snow leopards, and possibly many more, in the name of 'research,'" the group said in a press statement last week announcing the success of its efforts.
As Few As 3,500 Endangered Cats Left
"Mongolia's decision to rescind snow leopard hunting permits is the right one for the species and the country," said Panthera Vice President Dr. George Schaller, who wrote a letter along with the group's Snow Leopard Program director urging Mongolia's environment and tourism minister to drop the hunting proposal. The group also gathered nearly 3,500 signatures in just two days for its petition to the Mongolian government.
The 3,500 to 7,000 estimated remaining snow leopards are found in 12 countries and are adapted to the harsh conditions and often subzero temperatures of Central Asia's remote mountain ranges.
Panthera's efforts to protect the endangered cats include carrying out ecological research, training field biologists, assessing threats, securing habitat, working with local communities to mitigate snow leopard-human conflicts and helping governments create National Snow Leopard Action Plans. The group is currently undertaking the first long-term ecological study of snow leopards in Mongolia in order to pinpoint the best populations and regions to target in its conservation efforts.
More On Endangered Snow Leopards
First-Ever Baby Snow Leopard Filmed in Wild
Afghanistan Protects Rare Bird, Snow Leopard, and Other Species
Ultra-Rare Photos of Endangered Snow Leopards in the Wild (Slideshow)
Looking at the Bright Side of the Capture and Death of Rare Snow Leopard
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Near the end of a level, in order to fill the grid sometimes 'green' words are used.
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This is because there are various possible pronunciations of some kanji depending on the context. I previously had the text-to-speech say the hiragana version, so that was correct, but I got feedback saying that the intonation was sometimes wrong (which is better if based on the kanji). So, it's not perfect but at this stage it is the best compromise I can make. Perhaps in future I may be able to go through and customize the pronunciations individually if there is enough demand.
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The Red Army's forgotten 15-month campaign against Army Group Center, 1942-1943
Ever since the old Soviet archives were opened up a few decades ago, new information has been revealed about the war in the East in WWII. In the US, this was first popularized by the works of David Glantz. In the last several years works in English by Russian authors have also started to emerge, adding even more viewpoints.
While this work has less detail on a single operation than Glantz' do, it does provide a walkthrough of a section of the front that has received less attention than others, despite its importance. After the German attack on Moscow and the Soviet counteroffensive in late 1941, German attention and post war historian's attentions shifted south, to the area where the 1942 Fall Blau campaign would begin, and end with the Stalingrad battle. But at the time the Soviets spent considerable effort on the central sector, the one closest to Moscow.
At then end of the Soviet Winter Counteroffensive in 1941, the line in this area was in a very confused state. For the most part, Army Group Center survived by clinging to the areas around cities and towns, and the Soviet forces bulged in and behind them in the forested terrain. A major bulge remained between the north-south communication lines between the cities of Rzhev in the north, and Viazma on the main highway to Moscow. The rest was a jumble of counterbulges of Soviet forces and pockets nearly cutting off the Rzhev salient. The front face of this extension was the closest German position to Moscow.
The First Russian Offensive – Jan-April 1942
Almost at once after the Winter counterattack ended, the Soviets regrouped and attacked again to cut off and surround the forces in the German bulge, and to rescue their own forces in the German rear areas. While the front face of the bulge was pushed in, and some breakthroughs were made into the German rear near both Vyazma and Rzhev, in the end these incursions were cut off and eliminated.
The Germans Tidy Up – May-JuLY 1942
With the end of Soviet attacks in the spring in this sector, and before Fall Blau took off in earnest in mid summer, Army Group Center attacked and eliminated the pockets inside the bulge and a counterbulge on the west face of the salient. This made their hold on the salient much more firm.
First Rzhev-Sychevka – July-September 1942
While the Germans were driving East in the south of Russia, the Soviets mounted a major offensive to take Rzhev or cut it off from the south by taking the town of Sychevka on the communication road to the South. A massive frontal assault, it managed to bash forward to the outskirts of both towns at great cost.
Second Rzhev-Sychevka (operation Mars) – November-December 1942
This massive offensive, fully as large or larger than Uranus, which cut off the German Sixth Army in Stalingrad, was intended to cut off the salient by attacking the top, front and rear faces at once. This would have cut off Ninth Army in Rzhev and torn the center front wide open. However, the Germans were not as overextended here and the terrain was worse here than near Stalingrad, so the ruptures in the line created by the overwhelming attacks were eventually pinched off and the units crushed by armored reserves.
This offensive was both overshadowed by the success of Uranus, and downplayed by the Soviets because of the immense losses taken.
German Withdrawal – March 1943
In early spring 1943, the commander of Army Group Center realized that with his armored reserve depleted to halt the series of Winter offensives in south Russia, he would be unlikely to stop the next attack in the Rzhev sector that was sure to come when the Russians were ready. Almost uniquely in the war, he managed to convince Hitler and the high command to allow a planned, phased withdrawal out of the position to a prepared line across the base.
Timed to coincide with the mud season, it went off well enough. The Soviets tried to turn the withdrawal into a rout by attacking during the process, but a combination of the weakness of the units and the natural reluctance to attack fixed positions without preparation led to no real results other than the territory gained and the ability to reduce their frontage too.
Results and Remembrances
As more information is collected, total losses for both sides in these campaigns are revised continually upward. A conservative estimate is 1.3 million casualties for both sides. More recent tallys surpass 2 million. Some even claim 800,000-900,000 deaths which would estimate some three million casualties. By any standard these are a major set of battles that should be studied more.
The final chapter of the book is a interesting, and thought provoking of the aftermath of the battle up to the present. Even to this day, parties are working these woods and swamps removing explosives and finding and identifying bodies from the area of the battle.
This was an excellent book for students of the war. I look forward to more Russian historians putting forward their view of the battles.


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Printed brochures have a notoriously short shelf life and when your roaming sales force doesn't check in regularly at the office, they can't easily re-stock. Are the price lists in your industry dynamic, causing the salespeople to give incorrect quotes? As VP Sales it is likely that you want to improve the quality and uniformity of the information given to prospects and clients.
The Walletex Dynamic Sales Card system is a great way of improving the sales experience for both the sales team, and crucially, the customer. It's a simple way for pushing updated sales and marketing info to the salespeople, distributors, dealers and authorized retailers.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said Thursday that Pakistan's spy agency played a direct role in an attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul last week. "With ISI support," Mullen said, referring to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, "Haqqani operatives planned and conducted that truck bomb attack, as well as the assault on our embassy." Today on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the United States should "put all options on the table" in response. "That's a pretty stunning statement," host Chris Wallace said and repeatedly asked Graham to clarify whether he was referring to military action against Pakistan. "I will leave it up to the experts," Graham said, adding, "but if the experts believe that we need to elevate our response, they will have a lot of bipartisan support on Capitol Hill." Watch the clip:
Graham Suggests U.S. Military Action Inside Pakistan In Response To ISI Aid To Haqqani Network


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NetherRealm Studios is a team that succeeded in bringing the Mortal Kombat franchise back to life. They had done a great job with the Injustice: Gods Among Us, so you could safely say that they know how to make a fighting game. That is why we are looking forward to their newest installment. Injustice 2 is set for release on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 (PS4) on May 16, 2017.
What can stop Batman from saving the society?
The first part ended with the defeat of the High Councilor, and this is where the sequel takes off. Batman from the alternate timeline and his followers try to fully recover the society while fighting what's left of the Superman's regime. That's when an imminent danger that puts Earth's existence at risk shows up.
The developers decided to keep the cinematic story mode we know and love from MK and the first Injustice game. You won't get to choose the hero you play the story with. Instead, you will change the character every couple of fights just to make things more exciting and challenging. Aside from a compelling story, I2 will also offer the biggest DC roster ever to appear in a fighting game, so prepare to fulfill your dirtiest hero vs. hero and villain vs. villain fighting fantasies.
Which characters are in the game?
According to the official game website, there will be a total of 39 fighters in the game. The complete list still hasn't appeared, but it will certainly be exhaustive. The famous faces of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Catwoman all make their return. I2 will also feature some fresh characters, such as Supergirl, and several cool new villains like Gorilla Drodd and Deadshot. Keep in mind that you might need to unlock some of the characters by advancing through the game.
Scorpion showed up in Injustice: Gods Among Us as a guest character. So there is a chance that the sequel will also include a member of the Mortal Kombat crew. According to the rumors indirectly confirmed by one of the developers, Subzero will help Batman and the gang against the unknown enemy. Besides him, Spawn is likely to make a guest appearance as another non-DC character.
The Gear System explained in the all-new Injustice 2
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It doesn't matter if you win or lose (it's better if you win), you will unlock upgrades for the characters as you play I2. These include helmets, chest armor, belts, arm and leg pieces and a bunch of different accessories. Aside from making you look more bad-ass, each item comes with a stat range. Each different piece will improve different abilities. That means that you will be able to build your own Batman (or any other character) instead of just playing as one. Do you see him as a fighter that's always attacking or focusing on defense? The choice is entirely up to you.
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We can't give you an exact number, but there are tons of different customizations for your favorite DC characters. They will influence the fighters in four categories – strength (improves attack), defense (impacts the damage you can take), ability (influences special moves) and health. You can also mix and match different gear pieces for additional bonuses.
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The developers promise that the Gear system won't influence the quality of multiplayer matches. If you choose to keep Gear on for online battles, the system will try to find you a similar opponent, or it will boost your stats to make it a fair fight. That means that the only difference will be the move set you can use. Alternatively, you can also select to turn Gear off for the multiplayer battles.
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After playing the first Injustice and Mortal Kombat, we are pretty confident that NetherRealm will rise up to the challenge. You can expect battles with high pace and not much time for thinking. Each of the characters will have special moves, which will be featured in a cinematic sequence. Superman will drag his opponents up to the sky, while Supergirl will send them flying through asteroids. Batman will call in the Batwing and Aquaman will summon a scary giant fish with fangs.
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If you follow along on Instagram, I'm sure you saw that Dave and I recently went to Charleston to celebrate our second anniversary! It was our first time there and we absolutely loved it! It really is just as beautiful as it looks in all of the pictures and every street has a building that has prettier colors than the last. We were only there for a few days and tried to squeeze in as much as we can, but there are so many restaurants and things to do that we easily could have spent a few more days there!
One of our favorite things we did was rent these bikes from Holy Spokes. For $12, you can rent a bike for 24 hours and there are tons of places throughout the city to return them when you're finished. And it doesn't hurt that they're so pretty. 🙂 We rode them for a few hours and took them to the Waterfront and to see The Battery! I would say renting bikes is definitely a must since you'll get to see so much of Charleston in just a few hours.
I was so excited to see Rainbow Row that we went on our first day! It is such a fun street. It's not that big of a stretch, so chances are that you won't be the only one taking a picture while you're there, but thankfully it wasn't too busy when we went! The locals told us that it was crazy all summer in Charleston, but September really didn't seem too crowded. We didn't have to wait at any of the restaurants we went to, which really surprised me, but it was great!
This picture was taken in front of our hotel while we were waiting for our Lyft driver ha! We absolutely loved Hotel Indigo. The rooms looked so pretty in the pictures and I was really hoping the hotel would be just as nice in person, but I think it was even better! From the second you walk in, everything is so modern and bright and the colors are so fun. The headboards in the room are bright pink and the walls are beautiful-they're a deep blue, but they're textured. I don't know how they did it, but it's amazing! And the pool makes you feel like you're in a tropical resort.
When we first booked the trip, we really weren't planning to spend any time at a pool, but when we saw how nice it was, we ended up going almost every day. We didn't eat there, but the breakfast smelled really good. Dave did get a few drinks from the bar and the bartenders were all really nice. The hotel actually just opened a few months ago, so it's in perfect shape and really affordable. We'd definitely recommend it!
We heard so much about the plantations in Charleston that we knew we definitely wanted to go to at least one. After looking at the Magnolia Plantation and the Boone Hall Plantation online, we decided to go with the Magnolia Plantation. They both look amazing and so beautiful, but we really liked that the Magnolia Plantation had a boat tour. We ended up loving the boat tour, so I'm really happy we did it! We even got lucky and were able to do the boat tour for a discounted price because they were trying to attract visitors after the hurricane.
The night before we went to the plantation, I decided to check Groupon and ended up saving $10 on our tickets, so definitely check on there before going! We ate breakfast ate the plantation, but I would definitely recommend eating elsewhere before you get there. The food definitely wasn't what we were expecting, but the rest of it was beautiful and there are so many tours to choose from in addition to the boat tour. I also have the Magnolia Plantation to thank for my first ever bite from a red ant. Man did that thing hurt!
Before we got to Charleston, I had seen Sugar Bakeshop online and knew that I wanted to go! Our wedding cake had lemon in it and we decided to make it a tradition to always have some sort of lemon cake on our anniversary and we found the cutest lemon cupcakes there! Unfortunately, they got a little messy while they were in the basket on my bike, but they were still delicious. 🙂
I obviously had to stop at the American Theater for a picture since Noah and Allie went there in The Notebook. 🙂
Places to eat:
Harbinger Cafe
Callie's Hot Little Biscuits
The Rise Coffee Bar
Caviar & Bananas
Basic Kitchen
Peninsula Grill
Butcher & Bee
The Watch Rooftop
Things to do:
Visit the City Market
Shop on King Street
Magnolia Plantation
Rainbow Row
See the American Theater
Rent bikes
Some other things we considered doing, but didn't have time for were touring the USS Yorktown, Fort Sumter and the South Carolina Aquarium. Guess we'll just have to go back someday. 🙂
Thanks so much for reading!


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Opinion: The West And Shades Of Democracy "...on what basis should the West preach democracy, freedom and human rights when they only accept democracies whose terms they dictate and whose leaders they control," writes Salisu Suleiman.
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It would have been easy to be shocked by the absolute hypocrisy of Western powers in interpreting democracy and human rights, but their barefaced lies, pretexts and outright deceit have been repeated so often and so blatantly that few seriously accept, or even bother with the charade of western politicians when they rave on about democracy and human rights anymore.
Britain and France were quick to recognise the military dictatorship that toppled the democratically elected government in Egypt, and barely a word of condemnation was heard from them when the military embarked on extremely violent and bloody crackdowns on citizens engaged in a peaceful protest for the return of democratic rule. They are yet to speak against ongoing arrest and incarceration of protest leaders and other individuals.
By contrast, even before the blood had been washed off the streets and pavements of Cairo, an opportune diversion came with the alleged use of chemical weapons by the government of Syria's Bashar al-Assad. The timing of the alleged attack to coincide with the visit of United Nations inspectors is as curious as the speedy declaration by the West that it had evidence that indeed, chemical weapons had been used by government forces.
While the use of any weapon of mass destruction – by any party – is a heinous crime against humanity, the contrasting approach to the Cairo massacres and the Damascus attack seems to send the message that if you want to kill hundreds or thousands of innocent people, don't use chemical weapons or nerve gasses of any sort; use live ammunition, tanks, artillery, mortar, helicopter gunships – and every other weapon in one's arsenal.
And this, exactly, is the crux of the matter: The way the West chooses which shade of democracy to accept or not. In 1992, parties with Islamic roots were poised to win elections in Algeria, but the elections were annulled, sending the country into two decades of conflict. Rather than accept free and fair elections won by a party with Muslim ties, the West would rather see a country torn apart by strife and civil war, or impose invisible, but highly effective and crippling sanctions on countries that elect parties the West disapproves of.
Similarly, when Hamas, a political and military group opposed to the occupation of Palestine won free and fair elections in Gaza, it was promptly embargoed by the West, while Israel imposed a vicious blockage that remains in force today and has reduced Gaza to the biggest open jail in the world.
Also, despite regular elections and change of leadership which is a key aspect of democracy, the West derides Iranian democracy. Sure, there are restrictions, but Iran – Ayatollahs and all – is certainly closer to democracy than some countries in its immediate vicinity where the very notion of elections is anathema: Western duplicity would rather form strategic political and military partnerships with absolute monarchies than accede to fledgling democracies of a different shade.
When the Arab Spring began, Western nations were stumped because ordinary Arabs were suddenly rising against the oppressive regimes the West not only tolerated, but in many instances strongly backed. Behind the scenes, Western policy was to try to subvert the process, or that failing, turn it to their advantage. In Libya, Britain and France used the remnants of their fast-fading militaries to attack Muammar Ghaddafi and hijack the uprising to their advantage, though only American strikes ensured their victory.
In Tunisia, and more recently, Egypt, where revolutions led to the collapse of dictatorships heavily supported by the West, and where elections resulted in the victories of parties whose shades of democracy were not acceptable to the West, the methods were more subtle; invisible and undeclared sanctions to squeeze their economies to make life difficult for the citizens and create the impression that 'Islamists' could not govern effectively.
In both countries, worsening economic conditions were exploited to create discontent: In Tunisia, protesters have called for the resignation of the new government, while in Egypt, President Mohammed Morsi was given barely one year to solve decades old problems. Very curiously, the moment the military announced the coup, bread, fuel and other essentials which intriguingly had been in short supply became available, in addition to billions of dollars of foreign aid.
The only bit of cheer is that Britain and France are too economically fragile to carry out any sustained military action anywhere on their own, while the United States is war-weary after its ultimately futile exertions in Afghanistan and Iraq. They are therefore wary of embarking on another Middle East war simply because a country's shade of democracy does not appeal to western economic and political palates, or just because a dictator used weaponry that offends western sensibilities to carry out mass murders.
The question is, on what basis should the West preach democracy, freedom and human rights when they only accept democracies whose terms they dictate and whose leaders they control, or when they prefer a brutal military dictatorship than a democracy of a different shade?
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Sverdlovsk, USSR: I was born. Before I could read, I opened books and read from my imagination.
Yekaterinburg, Russia: Everything changed, and we left.
Tsukuba, Japan: I went to an international elementary school of ten students and two teachers, surrounded by rice paddies and the double-peaks of Tsukuba Mountain. My chief mode of transportation was a bicycle. Occasionally, people in the street got startled when they saw me.
Yokohama, Japan: I went to middle school. Our school building sat on a historic hill overlooking the bay, Motomachi street, and an ancient cemetery for foreigners. I went to Tokyo every week for piano lessons at the Russian embassy. We dressed up as Harajuku girls, for fun.
Raleigh, NC: I went to high school. I was excited about being in the South, but upon moving there, did not like it. Hollywood is terribly unfair in setting expectations about the United States.
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The trains returned, at last, on a proper beach day, carrying toddlers in sundresses and men in shorter-than-short shorts, high school students prone to impromptu dance-offs and women whose toes dangled from their sandals.
From the elevated tracks, visitors could be seen again on the coastline that was ravaged last fall, walking the dunes as waves tumbled gently ashore.
And inside one of the cars, James Samuel, 64, was simply grateful to get to work, the old way, at a nursing home in Far Rockaway, Queens.
"This is it, the last piece," he said, stepping off the train Thursday afternoon. "It's about time."
Seven months after Hurricane Sandy wiped a portion of the A train from the subway map, dooming riders to a makeshift shuttle service and a connecting bus between Far Rockaway and Howard Beach, full service was restored to the peninsula on Thursday. For the first time since the storm, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said, subway service was whole again.
In its attempt to reopen the line in time for summer, the authority said it had, among other tasks, removed more than 3,000 tons of debris, excavated 3,500 linear feet for signal installation, and constructed a steel sea wall along Broad Channel that was buried 33 feet below the surface and extended above ground two feet higher than Hurricane Sandy's storm surge had reached.
For riders, the restoration promised to drastically reduce commute times for Manhattan-bound trips. Jackie Taylor, from Far Rockaway, said it had often taken her nearly three hours to get to her job on the Upper West Side. "Hopefully it's good," she said, gazing at the waters near Broad Channel. "Hopefully we don't fall in the ocean."
Taneifa Jackson, 16, a sophomore at Beach Channel High School, said that flooding from Hurricane Sandy had forced her to move to the Bronx, where she still lives. Her trip to school has involved the No. 4, the No. 6 and the E trains, and the Q113 bus.
Now, she said, "everything is coming back together."
But Ms. Jackson's boyfriend, Davion Edwards, 15, was not pleased to be back on the A. He had long feared the rides over water, he said, and "buses don't have to go over water" as often.
Earlier on Thursday, the city's top transit officials were heading for the reopening ceremonies in Queens when they encountered another feature of the A train (and all others): panhandling.
Shortly after 9:30 a.m., Thomas F. Prendergast, the authority's interim executive director and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's nominee to be chairman, led a small group boarding an A train at Jay Street. As he rode beside Fernando Ferrer, the authority's acting chairman, a thin-haired woman wearing Uggs and a purple T-shirt approached, taking a seat.
"Can you help me?" she asked.
"I can't, I'm sorry," Mr. Prendergast said.
She persisted.
"Knock it off," one of the authority's officers snapped moments later, adding, "I'm the police."
The woman found a new seat. Nuria I. Fernandez, the authority's chief operating officer, slid beside Mr. Prendergast.
The rest of the journey was smoother. Mr. Prendergast held forth on the history of the Broadway Junction station in Brooklyn, received a business card from an enterprising rider with a roofing operation, and engaged two women in a lengthy conversation about polar bears.
As the train approached Howard Beach, Mr. Ferrer posed for a photograph with two other young women who were baring skin in their summer attire. "Enjoy your beach day," he said, from behind dark Ray-Ban sunglasses, as he left the train.
After a tour of the repaired section aboard a vintage train, from Howard Beach to Rockaway Park, Mr. Prendergast christened the subway's return at a news conference.
The A train was back, officials said, but there was still work to be done.
About two hours later, a group of high school students boarded the Rockaway shuttle at Broad Channel. One student noticed a whirl of gurgling waters through the window, as the train approached Beach 90th Street station. "What is that brown stuff?" he asked. No one was sure.
A few feet away, a poster had been taped on the train wall: "Far Rockaway High School Track Team Party, Part 2," it read. Admission was $5, $10 at the door.
Soon, music from a small speaker system filled the car, giving rise to a fit of spontaneous dancing.
"Liquor store!" one teenager shouted, as the train moved through the station at Beach 98th Street. "You hear me? Liquor store!"
This seemed to lather the crowd as the train approached its last stop, Beach 116th Street, inspiring one young man to swing his leg violently, for reasons that remain unclear, against the door that led to the next car.
In a flash, the window on the door shattered, the side doors opened, and the teenagers hustled away.
The A train is back, and there is work to be done.


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The Avicultural Society of Western Australia is holding their annual bird show for 2015 this weekend! Its running over 3 big days from this Saturday 30th May to Monday 1st June. It's a fantastic show for any bird lover, with many amazing avian species on display. There will also be bird products and accessories for purchase and exhibits to check out.
The expo is open to the public from 10am—4pm and is being held at the Cannington Recreation Hall. Entry is $7. We, The Unusual Pet Vets, will be there supporting this great bird lovers society. So make sure you come down to say hello.


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I am on Tybee Island as I peck on my iPad. Toured the historic district of Savannah yesterday. Dinner at The Old Pink House was simply wonderful. Today we hung out on the island, walking the beach and checking out the neighborhoods. Beryl has been blowing through with lots of sound and fury but not much real impact. Kind of reminds me of Mitt Romney who recently told his paid advertisers at Faux News that " I'm just a kid that wants to make a difference for America...."
Like Beryl, Mitt and friends are mostly gusty blowhards with little to offer the Shenandoah Valley or the nation. A windbag that will change direction and intensity tomorrow. A kid when we all need a grown up. Not right for the United States of America.
Michael Palin Remembers Terry Jones - And more... [embed eid="38801" /] Open thread below...
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I maintain that epub and other e-book formats have got it wrong, IMHO.
It is not necessary or helpful to import so many book metaphors into the online environment. Specifically, most non-chapter page breaks are arbitrary and unwelcome intrusions into the flow of the text. They are a necessary evil when printing a book, but wholly unnecessary online. They add nothing to the comprehension of the text, but rather tend to get in the way,
It is a quite entertaining novelty for a while, in an ephemeral way, to simulate a book, with dogeared page corners, and animated turning pages, etc. But very quickly logic will prevail, and people will come to see that one thing they don't need is a 'book'.
A lot of the enthusiasm in the past for print formats online, such as white papers, books, download, epub, pdf, and the Times New Roman font, was that content apparently intended for print had been much more in depth than the typical web page. This explained why such content was welcomed and indeed sought after. But increasingly web pages have high quality content: for example, there is wikipedia.
Eventually people will realise that there is nothing desirable or special about a 'book'.
However, serious fiction and non-fiction content intended to be read online needs to reflect the realities of the medium eg use a sufficiently large sans serif font, and not cramping all the readable content into a small area, while making sensible, mature, well structured use of hyperlinking and anchors, etc. Particularly for non-fiction, the online environment can be so much more powerful and usable, because the content can be layered, with plenty of references and citations inline, rather than being a simple, long sequence, maybe with footnotes and endnotes.
It is fundamental to modern online use to employ document windows, and the content should still display sympathetically when a window is resized, which is often done when comparing and contrasting with some other text, or making notes, or even checking one's mail or calendar.
These are the things I mean when I say that the online experience, considered correctly, has fundamentally different requirements.
One oddity: currently printed pages have margins, whereas web pages have indents. Is this distinction real? It tends to lead some inexperienced people to produce online content with no lareral blank space, which can seem very heavy and indigestible. One should make good use of screen real estate, as said before, but not to this extreme.


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09 570 1150
09 570 1151
Ignite Coffee offers the option of contract roasting where we can offer coffee bagged in either plain (with or without labels) or the customers own bags.
248 Marua Road
Mt Wellington, Auckland
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Researcher India is an education company which Research our methods of education. The tools we are using today to help us educate are really helping in increasing our knowledge? Let us simplify:
Knowledge = Education + Experience
Just for saying, the best education we had was to learn how to read, add, subtract divide, and multiply. A very few people uses trigonometry, history of Mohenjo daro or chemical reactions in our day to day life.


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Dear HSBC,
Here is an advertisement your bank released in today's edition of HT Business. I found this ad perplexing at multiple levels, and wanted to have a chat with you about it.
Let's start with the sardar wearing a kilt. Groan stereotype groan. With a bar on top telling you the location, I feel it wasn't necessary. Not everyone in Scotland wears a kilt.
What really baffles me is the heading:
Living below the equator doesn't mean you won't be recognized above it.
Newsflash, dear HSBC – no part of India is "below the equator", definitely no part of India where non-kilt-wearing Punjab da puttars live. You, HSBC, started off as Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and are now headquartered in London. None of the cities – Hong Kong, Shanghai, London – are "below the equator" either, so you can't weasel out using that excuse.
For an ad marketing premium banking services to a geographically displaced traveller (probably people you refer to internally in the bank as "high-value customers", as if they are some sort expensive cattle to be reined in within a ranch), [start sarcasm] this ad inspires great confidence in you bank's capabilities [end sarcasm]. Do you know how intelligent you come off as in this ad, HSBC? You sound as if a bunch of hillbilly rednecks who "dun 'now no thang 'bout this geology thang".
What's that I hear you say, HSBC? Your employees didn't make this ad? You hired an ad agency to do it? Well then, surely somebody in your company would have at least looked at an ad you were going to spend millions funding, right? Right?
It would have worked in Australia. It would have worked in South Africa. India? I think not.
Until the next time then, HSBC, or perhaps, never…
Love and kisses,
Ankur x
PS – It would be so fucking ironic, dear HSBC, if my blog started showing ads from your bank around this blog post. You may have a laugh about that at my expense. kthxbai.
Update: Someone from an IP address belonging to 'HSBC Bank Plc, London' has been reading this page for over six hours today. Maybe they'd want to fill out the butthurt report form.


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Mr. Devendra Karna, from Parsa VDC, Sarlahi and is currently living in Frisco, TX. He has completed his Bachelor's in Commerce from Tribhuwan University. He was the founding President of "Nepali Sewa Samit" in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia which was established in 2007. Mr. Karna is currently working for his own company called – Karna International Inc.


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Wednesday, 29 April 2009
More free cross stitches-Tantes zolder
There are so many free charts here...the lady who has given them is brilliant. Please make a cuppa before you open this link....it is a warning. How kind are the cross stitching crafters!!!! Go here to link to the freebies.
Have a cheap and cheerful day.
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Thanks so much for the links. But the one for the Rainbow Gallery goes directly to a pattern from amonamipierre. Was that suppose to happen? Do love your blog!!!ReplyDelete
Hey Robby,How do we navigate where the freebies are on this site and the one below..I love the fall into autumn...but the 2 lower posts are to the same site...:)I bought more floss today..and have been watching tv and stitching..my girlfriend and I bought drapery cloth lighter then canvas but heavier then muslin..should stitch up really nice..will stay taught in the hoop better...:)ReplyDelete
Will fix it up Deb...thanks for pointing it out. xxxRobbyReplyDelete
Gina the freebies are all through the blog....when you see a chart...it is free. If you read the blog it says that they are all there for us to use. The lovliest blog hey!!! I need to get a light with a magnifying glass but can't remember who sells them...someone in blogland...saw the pic...driving me crazy. xxxRobbyReplyDelete


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This Canadian PSA is a total boner-kill…and it features a rapping penis (and I don't mean Diddy). Happy Friday everyone!
This Canadian PSA is a total boner-kill…and it features a rapping penis (and I don't mean Diddy). Happy Friday everyone!
Tagged Canada, Planned Parenthood, Rapping Penis, sex
In the much-anticipated second episode, Captain Man Hands learns how to steer his yacht.
It appears that truly no one is safe from the current economy-raping. It was announced last week that Sesame Street would be cutting its' workforce by 20%. I'm hoping that Ernie had enough in his rainy day fund to help prop up Bert as he looks for a new job.
I never thought I'd be writing a post about Sesame Street. Here are some outtakes from Ricky Gervais' interview with Elmo:
Tagged Economy, Elmo, Ricky Gervais, Sesame Street
In this award-winning premiere episode, Captain Man Hands shows the world the joys of exercise while living the yachting lifestyle. "Directed" by Chris Piercy and starring Travis Rhynes.
Posted in T.V.
Tagged Captain, Man Hands, Phil Collins, Rhynes, Sussudio, Travis, Yacht
Radiohead? M.I.A. possibly giving birth on-stage? T.I.? Katy Perry possibly giving birth to a migraine? Lil' Wayne!?!? Yeah, I'll be watching…on DVR, of course. You think I have 3 hours to devote to something like that? What am I, a blogger?!?
From The Criterion Collection essay by Michael Azzerrad:
At some point in their lives, probably every sleepless person has switched on the TV in the wee hours of a weekend morning and chanced upon a fishing show. Invariably, a beefy, half-forgotten retired athlete shares a boat with some laconic, baseball-hatted master of the piscatory art, patiently awaiting a bite. The pace is glacial, the visuals unmoving, the murmur of the narrative positively narcotic. It's the visual equivalent of ambient music. When a hooked fish finally breaks the surface, it's as momentous as when the creature bursts out of that guy's stomach in Alien.
The comedic potential of this mise en scène did not go unnoticed by John Lurie. Watching some droll home videos of himself and his buddy Willem Dafoe fishing together, Lurie, a man who is nothing if not always thinking, swiftly came to a brilliant realization: Here was a way to deduct his vacations from his income tax! This was the genesis of Fishing With John…(Cont.)
"Fishing With John: Episode 4" (Dir. John Lurie, 1991)
Posted in T.V., The Outer Reaches
Tagged Criterion Collection, Fishing, Fishing With John, John Lurie, Michael Azzerrad, Willem Dafoe


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I am a CREATOR, a communicator, and a connector.
Making people smile is what I love to do.
Above all, I believe that it's impossible to sell anything - product, service, or idea - in good conscience if it's not worth its salt. The first and last objective should be delivering something truly wonderful, something that people really want or need, and something that you yourself believe is good.
Good work and value creation arise naturally from people who are passionate about what they're doing. I'm passionate about people - from psychology and learning what makes us tick to making somebody's day with a compliment or a small gift, and every engaging conversation in between.
My favorite project is one that is meaningful. I have a long history of volunteering with zoos, animal shelters, community gardens, and charity kitchens, where I've advocated for conservation, animal welfare, and universal access to healthy meals. Social responsibility is what turns a good business model into a world-changing force.
Pieces, editorial and otherwise - from most to least recent.
Personal Project accompanying a communications criticism class
An exercise in understanding the scale and intensity of the miscommunication during the 2016 election season, during which I was taking a writing intensive communications class. I tried to create an approachable metaphor - one my friends and I could use to help ourselves and others scrutinize the deeply rooted connotations held by certain words, concepts, and institutions.
Final Papers in Theories of Conflict & Negotiation and Communications Criticism
Each 23-26 pages long, these final research papers were the culmination of the critical discourse analysis skills taught in Northeastern's writing intensive 4000-level communications courses. The first concerns how discourse can unpack the successes and failures of a persuasive dialogue about a highly controversial subject, while the second delves into the widespread influence of "American" discourses and the effect they have on the worldwide audiences of popular culture.
Editorial for Blast Magazine
A ~700 word piece about kids who grew up attached to their computers and the salient benefits of their experience, despite the perception of that digital childhood as wasted time. A paean to the nervous nerds of the world.
TED-style talk for a writing-intensive class
A ~3,000 word essay written in the style of a TED talk. It aims to demonstrate how video games qualify as a form of fine art, and then to explore the benefits of using games in the context of art and culture education.
Eyes Wide Open: Learning by Doing
The Art of Pitching
Blog Posts for Mass DiGI


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1 chicken
1 oz (~ 30 g) gelatin
3 tsp dry paprika
1 tsp khmeli-suneli
Other spices (optional)
Salt and freshly ground pepper on your taste
Cut all meats, without bones and skins, into medium-size pieces.
Add all spices, stir, and set into a refrigerator for 2 hours.
Take any hard food box with a foil inside (milk pack, for example), cut-off a top, and press all meats into it.
Sprinkle with a gelatin on top.
Pour 1/4 - 1/2 G (1-2 L ) warm water in a sauce-pan, and set the box into the water.
Water level in sauce-pan should be higher than meat level in the pack.
Place a saucer on top of the box.
Bring water to boil on a very low heating.
Boil with low heating for 1 hour.
Then, take out the box, and set in a room temperature to chill.
After that, put the box into a refrigerator for 3-5 hours, or even longer.
To serve, cut-off the box, place a saltison on a large plate, and slice with a very sharp knife.


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