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Banner Art drawn by Mark Bagley, banner created by Inside Pulse
So, you should have known this one was inevitable. I never shut up about them, and I did all of those team lists. It's near the end of the year, and this is like an early Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa/Whichever Holiday You Celebrate present to myself.
Speaking of end-of-the-year stuff, next Monday will be the first official B-List Defender Awards, honoring the best 10 issues to have been released this year. Then, next Friday, we will do the…other list: The Baron List Defender's worst 10 issues of the year. So, be ready for that and get excited. I know I am.
So, the criteria before we start. Imagine a scatter plot with the x and y axis being determined by how much I like them and their importance to the team. Think of it as a hybrid quintessential/favorite list. Only characters who were on the team and weren't heroes before joining the team qualify. This means the Hawkeye, Luke Cage, the Winter Soldier, and John Walker can't qualify. That helps keep the list interesting because otherwise—well then you'd already know the top three of the list. Also, the members of the Red Hulk era of the Thunderbolt's do not qualify. It wasn't the same kind of team then, and with Red Hulk, the Punisher, and Agent Venom, it would probably skew the curve too. Lastly, just because I am a big fan of a character as a villain does not necessarily mean they are a shoo-in for the list. For example, you know I am love Bullseye and Crossbones, but that does not guarantee either character a place on this list.
And now, let's get started!
- Scourge/Nuke
Art by Francesco Mattina
A member of the Dark Reign lineup, former military man Frank Simpson was the leader of this group of hitman organized by Norman Osborn. He quickly proved to be a determined leader and a chilling killer. His unbalanced mind seemingly reflected that of his overseer, and he killed fellow teammate Headsman and maimed then-U. S. Agent and Mighty Avenger John Walker. A remorseless monster, Scourge reflects the darkest moments in Thunderbolts history.
- Ghost
Art by Humberto Ramos
This paranoid industrial saboteur was also recruited during Osborn's Dark Reign. Unlike Scourge and the rest of the team, he stayed onboard when control was transferred to Luke Cage and John Walker. Despite being mistrustful of others and very suspicious himself, he quickly fit in on the team. His suit's ability to phase through solid objects and turn invisible made him a great recon agent.
Art by Mark Bagley
- Fixer
A founding Thunderbolt and regular returning member, Norbert Ebersol (formerly Techno) has always been a major fixture of the team. Equipped with his Tech-Pack, which grants him access to a variety of tools and weapons as well as the ability to interface with just about any technology he runs across, Fixer has always functioned as mission coordinator as well as a valuable intelligence gatherer for the Thunderbolts. His narcissism as well as his tendency to take the path of least resistance has dragged the team down to the depths in the past. He has come through for the team as well as sabotaged it in equal measure, and his duality is indicative of the spirit of the Thunderbolts itself.
Art by Sana Takeda
- Moonstone
However, Norb Ebersol's narcissism is nothing compared to the vanity and self-obsession shown in Dr. Karla Sofen. Another founding member who originally went by the name of Meteorite. She has often been the group's most powerful member, but she has also brought it down with her manipulation and vies for control over the team. Despite this, she has always come back. The likes of Zemo and Osborn have often put up with this as a known quantity. You can always count on Moontone to betray, so you know exactly what to expect of her. This is why they tolerate her duplicity.
Art by Marko Djurdjevic
- Radioactive Man
Dr. Chen Lu has had a complicated relationship with the Thunderbolts. He originally joined after the Thunderbolts halted an Atlantean attack on China, and his primary function was to work as an emissary in the American super hero community as well as to report back to his Chinese superiors. Admittedly, Radioactive Man was very much a "Yellow Terror" villain, but, as time wore on, he has been recontextualized as an anti-hero who merely values his homeland more than any other. This has been expressed in the Thunderbolts, where he shows no innate ill will towards people, but he prioritizes the advancement of China above everything else. The clash of the good of all versus the good of some is another tent pole of the Thunderbolts' complicated morals and makes him among the most interesting individuals to have ever joined the team.
Art by Jon Malin
- Atlas
Former Goliath and Power Man Erik Josten was a brash, bull-headed, and selfish man when he co-founded the Thunderbolts as Atlas. After a series of missions as well as the optimism of Jolt, a young woman who joined the team in its infancy, Atlas began to enjoy the feeling of doing good for others. Since then, he has become the backbone of the team. He is now a joke-cracking optimist himself and has put his life on the line for the team on numerous occasions, even having dissipated into ionic radiation and going into a coma for the good of the team. If there is any true good in the Thunderbolts, it is certainly shown in Atlas.
Art by Declan Shalvey
- The Juggernaut
Recruited by Luke Cage at the behest of Charles Xavier, Cain Marko's path towards redemption actually started long before he joined the Thunderbolts. He has been trying to do better for some time. This has come at the cost of his power, as the demon Cytorrak values chaos over order. In reality, his time with the Thunderbolts was merely a step on his path. That being said, it came at a low point for the Juggernaut, as he was in a dark place and a reluctant member. He eventually left the team after Fear Itself and the demon Cytorrak left him in favor of Colossus of the X-Men. He was last seen retaking the mantle of Juggernaut when the gem re-manifested. He took it on as a burden as opposed to a means of power, but he vowed to use it to kill Scott Summers as revenge for the death of his half-brother, Charles Xavier.
Art by Jon Malin
- Mach X
Another founder of the team, Abner Jenkins is among the most neurotic and self-doubting members of the group. Like the others, the former Beetle joined the Thunderbolts in the hope of gaining fortune and dominance. Like Atlas, he quickly began to enjoy being a hero. Since then, his life has taken many downwards turns. As a result, he second guesses every decision he makes. He even had a romantic flame with teammate Songbird for a time, but his poor decision making killed the relationship. Despite this, Abe always tries to do better and elevate himself as well as the team. This dedication to doing better is the true intent of the team, and this makes Mach X one of its most valuable members.
Art by Kev Walker
- Baron Helmut Zemo
The man who originally had the idea to found the Thunderbolts, Baron Zemo took the stage as the Thunderbolts' leader, a rapier-wielding, American Flag-wearing, altruistic hero known as Citizen V. This was intended to be a parody of his arch nemesis, Captain America. However, it would be later revealed that there was a hero with that title and costume before Baron Zemo used it. His original intent was to use the guise of a super hero team to gain trust, power, and knowledge from the public as well as the national security agencies of the government. He would then use this to gain control over the world. He very nearly succeeded on his first attempt. However, betrayal by Songbird, Moonstone, Mach I, Atlas, and Jolt would stop him. He has left and rejoined the teams on many instances since, and he would actually help lead them to victory on many occasions. He even took to being a hero a couple of times. However, his ambition and short-sightedness would lead him astray every time.
Art by Declan Shalvey
- Songbird
When Baron Zemo recruited Melissa Gold, then known as the Screaming Mimi, to help form his Thunderbolts, she was seemingly helpless and alone due to the recent demise of her boyfriend and partner in crime, Angar the Screamer. When she joined, she was all-but completely under the control of Baron Zemo and even, to a lesser degree, then-boyfriend Mach I. She rebelled against Zemo along with most of the team and took to being a hero. Since, Melissa has grown more independent, became a leader of the team after the failures Abe and his New Thunderbolts, and even rebelled again after Norman Osborn took over. She was one of the overseers of the team when Luke Cage took over, and she has even become an Avenger and an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. She has had a fascinating and endearing character arc, she has completely redeemed herself and become a true hero, and she is the pinnacle of the Thunderbolts and an example of a person's potential for redemption.


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Web Exclusive: Chromeo 'White Women' Interview Outtakes
In the June 2014 issue of Electronic Musician, Tony Ware profiles Chromeo's White Women studio sessions.
Here, Patrick "P-Thugg" Gemayel muses on vintage synths and modern mixes.
Most vintage synthesizers to me don't sound electronic; what sounds electronic to me is something that stays on pitch, all the oscillators are aligned, all the voices are the same pitch. That makes the base of the sound very cold and stable. That's why I love older synthesizers; they each have their own personality, their own quirks in completely different frequency ranges.
However, there are definitely sounds you want to avoid for two reasons: one is that the sound is so classic and everywhere you don't want to put yourself out there using the same thing. Or, that sound … for example, everybody loves the [LinnDrum] LM-1. It's classic, you put it on and you know what it is, you can't get away from it. But I wouldn't do a song with the LM-1 from beginning to end because there are a million Prince and Phil Collins records that have it; the secret is out. I'd rather use something that makes you think it's an LM-1 but it creates a buzz around it because it's not exactly the same. You want to give people the sounds and remind them of the era, but not give it directly, too on point. I'll always find an alternate drum sound that's as beefy, but sounds a bit more modern, a bit different. You want to try and keep a bit of mystery in the sounds and machines you're using.
Once you have your main synth line you can't always keep adding to compensate; you need to limits yourself to two, maybe three sounds in a stack. Once you have your main synth to throw your progression on then you get a bit more of a final product, with the bass, synth, drums, guitar, and that's when you might know what to add with another synth, what's missing and what you can find in another synth.
I learned a lot of my machines by trying to recreate classic patches, like the Van Halen"Jump" tone. Experimenting with something familiar helps you understand the effect of oscillators, subtractive and additive synthesis, etc., because you can compare your result to a well-known texture and see how each decision changes it, puts it in a new category.
The first time I learned to sync an oscillator to another oscillator … that classic Prophet 5 sound, basically it syncs the second oscillator to the first following a certain envelope. So the second goes high pitch low pitch back to the original pitch following a decay or envelope you gave it, but before you learn that you have to understand what the sound is, then you find out why it does that. So every time you have a sound you want to learn, get in the machine, route everything possible, know the machine by heart. That's how I experiment, within machines rather than using them to filter snippets, etc. If you just do that you end up with plenty of great two-bar loops, but no songs.
When I get a new synth I often wipe the presets so that I'll be forced to come up with my own ways to make the oscillators react. And it teaches me how to make sure everything sounds good coming out of the synth itself, not through a long signal chain. The most important thing is I try to keep my synths as clean as I can, having them reworked every year, changing the power supplies, etc.
My first synth was a Moog Prodigy, and I can still taste what it sounds like, even if it's hard to explain to someone else.
If I need to deal with frequencies I prefer tweaking the hardware that's right in front of me till it feels good out of the speaker rather than going visual and trying to get it to "look"good, because you can get lost looking at WAV files and cycling through multiple plugins windows to reshape things.
A great thing the Internet has given up is leaked multitrack sessions. It's amazing to be able to pull up a famous song and dissect everything, learn what everybody is playing, what the guitar does, what the Rhodes does, what the piano does, what the bass does … how these things were built and how the parts affect each other.
Dave and I have the same lingo, but I'm a bit more technical, so sometimes I have to translate what he's saying. If he says he wants more wah, it means more filter and resonance.
We're both working to achieve sounds that can sound just as good against modern records as they do vintage ones, because we're competing frequency-wise against contemporary kicks and subs while referencing the eras we love.

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PMI-Montréal project management blog
Aliki on the Road : Project Management Chapters and Communities in Peru: The password is "PMI"Author : Aliki Courmanopoulos
It's 9:30AM and we are on the tarmac, VivaAir Peru flight from Lima to Piura and I am excited to be going the first PMI chapter conference event of my trip. I understand little that is said over the loudspeaker as the captain's voice comes on, but I do understand the international signs of frustration as 120 people groan and a few expletives are heard. For reasons I never fully got, our flight returns to the gate and we exit the plane. I look up to see the new flight time: 3PM.
My first thought was, I need wifi to message my PMI contact in Piura who is meeting me at the airport. My second thought was, what will I do with 5 hours of free time in a tiny airport?
PMI to the Rescue!
Within seconds my Whatsapp is on fire. I have been added to the PMI Peru speakers group and they are coordinating my location. There are two speakers in the Lima airport lounge at the very same moment. Minutes later I am sitting with Valeria from PMI Asuncion, Paraguay and Andrea from PMI Rosario, Argentina, enjoying a glass of wine (it's 5pm somewhere). They have never met me before, but we share a fundamental value. "PMI" is all they need to know to start sharing their passion for project management with me. This incredible access via PMI is the theme of my next 10 days of travel in Peru.
From left to right : Valeria Rodriguez Zuccaro, PMI Asuncion Paraguay, Aliki Courmanopoulos, PMI-Montreal and Andrea Bresciani, PMI Rosario Argentina.
PMI Peru - Tour Cono Sur 2017
When Miguel Cotrina, President of PMI Cajamarca Peru Chapter invited me to participate in the Piura conference day, I expected what I have come to expect from PMI events; a series of conferences on project management with some networking at the end. But they do things differently in Peru. Discussing the upcoming event with Valeria and Andrea in the Lima airport lounge, I learned that they were not yet headed to Piura like me, but starting their speaking engagements in Trujillo. They were each giving 3 different presentations, in 3 different cities, in 5 days.
One country, three chapters, many communities. While Lima is both the financial and business centre of the country, project managers are located up and down the coast in all the major cities. As a result, there are three main chapters : Lima, South Peru and Cajamarca in the north. Cajamarca has grown across multiple cities, with 122 members in Cajamarca, Trujillo and Piura, and over 50 volunteers in each.
So how do you provide services and events to all your members? You go on tour.
The Tour Cono Sur is a series of conferences in the PMI Region 13 South, and was started in Asuncion, Paraguay. The tour is a way for many of the chapters in South America to collaborate their content and share their experiences.
Peru chapters have coordinated their event calendar so that the availability of the speakers can be offered to as many members as possible. The Tour Cono Sur 2017 in Perustarts in Trujillo, continues two days later in Piura, an overnight bus to Cajamarca for day 3, then 2 days of conferences in Lima with over 700 participants. Speakers are PMI members from all over Central and South America. I rode the overnight bus with speakers from PMI Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru. Like PMI Rock Stars.
One Continent, One Community
There is an understanding that comes with being an active member of PMI, that all members are working together to make the world a better place through project management best practices. Never has this been more true that with the Tour Cono Sur. The camaraderie went beyond professional friendships, as speakers chose to spend the little down time they had between conferences road tripping together to local beaches and constantly messaging each other through the Whatsapp group. I have been welcomed with open arms. My friend Miguel had not yet even arrived in Piura, but I had been picked up, fed, housed, offered Pisco sours, and integrated into the group despite my basic Spanish. New friendships were formed and I had to message the PMI-Montreal team to let them know of a potential South American party that may show up for the Symposium in April.
From left to right : Aliki Courmanopoulos, Victor Cano, PMI Mexico, and Alfonso Barraza, PMI Santiago Chile.
Preparations and conference day
The evening before the Piura conference, the speakers stopped by a private home where volunteers and students were preparing the participant kits for the next day. A living room was transformed into a factory of stickers and badges. Speakers took this opportunity to talk with the students about why project management is important and how the future of the profession will change the landscape of Peru and South America. Smiling faces all round, the energy and laughter was contagious and it was clear that something special is happening with PMI in Peru.
From left to right : Andrea Bresciani, PMI Rosario Argentina, Cesar Barriga, PMI South Peru, Diego Meneses, PMI Costa Rica, Valeria Rodriguez Zuccaro, PMI Asunción Paraguay.
Each conference day had 2 tracks, with keynotes in between. Topics ranged from Stakeholder Management: Mission Impossible?, Sustainable Project Management and the Future, Agile Maturity, and much more. Conferences were accessible for students while still being interesting for professionals. Speakers were passionate and dynamic and the energy from one day carried over to the next.
Student Association Partnerships in Peru
The amount of student participants was surprising as attracting the next generation to the project management profession and to PMI is a challenge, one that Peru seems to have found the solution to.
Sedipros (Seccion Estudiantil de Direccion de Proyectos) are university based associations for students in project management related disciplines learning to apply best practices in their various fields. There are 26 Sedipros in Peru, 19 of which have formalized agreements with the chapters, with over 600 active student volunteers, 130 of whom are members of PMI. By forming a partnership with Sedipros, PMI chapters in Peru have access to volunteers and potential future members. They activate this partnership by giving presentations about PMI and project management at the universities and providing volunteer opportunities for students at conference events. At both the Piura and Cajamarca conference days that I attended, the organisation and presentation of the day was conducted by the Sedipro student volunteers. By having students responsible for the organisation of the conference day, the Peru chapters create an attachment between the success of the event and the students implication with the chapter. At the end of the day, there was a sense of pride and excitement about project management that was directly related to the success of the day. No denying it, the room was full of soon-to-be PMI members.
The final presentation in Cajamarca was keynote presenter Thiago Ayres' address "Economics 4.0: Change is the Only Certainty, Are you Ready?", an inspiring presentation about the exponential potential of project management careers in the future. The energy in the room was positive, enthusiastic and most of all familial. In South America, family is number one, but PMI seems to be a close second as speakers posed for dozens of selfies like the rock stars that they are. Being a member of PMI is the password that gives access to a wealth of new friendships and contacts in South America.
The event came to a close with the exciting news that the communities of Piura and Trujillo, under the PMI Cajamarca Chapter umbrella, will now be included under the new chapter name: PMI North Peru. With the energy and passion these communities bring, Peru chapters epitomizes the PMI spirit and will continue to grow and bring together members from across South America.
As my project management vocabulary in Spanish continues to expand, PMI provides an unspoken language itself, connecting communities, Peru to the rest of South America, and this Montrealer to the world.
From left to right : Ernesto Calvo, PMI Lima Peru, Cesar Barriga, PMI South Peru, Aliki Courmanopoulos, PMI-Montreal, Alfonso Barraza, PMI Santiago Chile, Gaston Espinoza Salvador, PMI communidad Piura, Valeria Rodriguez Zuccaro, PMI Asunción Paraguay
A very special thank you to Miguel Cotrina, President of PMI Cajamarca Peru Chapter, soon to be PMI North Peru, for extending the invitation to me to join the PMI Tour Cono Sur and for this exceptional experience in Peru.
About Aliki en route
Around the globe, everyday, project managers are making the world a better place by bringing complex projects to life. These individuals use their skills to promote change and improve the lives of countless people. I am backpacking around the world, exploring projects and people, whose passion for these methodologies is creating change through innovation. If you've ever wondered what Project Management is really about, or considered how your skills as a project manager could be used to make a difference, follow me on my trip around the world. www.alikienroute.com


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Randolph Recovery Update-5:30PM NOV 1
Posted: November 1, 2012
RANDOLPH UPDATE – NOVEMBER 1 - 5:30 p.m.
• Travel remains difficult as traffic signals are still out at a number of Randolph intersections.
• Trees and utility lines are being cleared on Randolph streets. The majority of primary roads have been restored.
• Three Route 10 crossings – Center Grove, Dover-Chester, and Canfield – are now available. U-turns can be made at Sussex Turnpike and South Salem Street.
• Assume all low low-lying power lines are live and dangerous.
• The JCP&L outage number, 1-888-lightss is not working at this time.
• JCP&L has the Mt. Fern sub-station up and operating. The Mendham sub-stations should be up shortly. We are advised that crews are working their way out from sub-stations repairing infrastructure in Randolph.
• We believe that Randolph will have power restored within the 7 day timeframe originally announced by JCP&L. Harder hit shore towns will be out longer.
• As we begin to obtain more precise scheduling information on power restoration we will share same on this site.
• Town Hall is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Public Works Center on Sussex Turnpike is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Ironia Firehouse on Dover-Chester Road is open from 8 a.m. to 8 pm.
• Millbrook Firehouse on Route 10 West is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Family Life Church at 6 Emery Avenue, Suite 5 is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Water from the Randolph and Dover systems is safe for consumption.
• The Randolph YMCA on Dover Chester Road is open for residents to take showers.
• Bottled water is available at Town Hall and the Public Works Center, Ironia Firehouse, and Millbrook Firehouse.
• Water for toilet flushing can be obtained at the Public Works Center, Ironia Firehouse, and Millbrook Firehouse from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Bring containers.
• Tonight's Council Meeting is cancelled.
• Tonight's Flu Clinic is cancelled.
• Garbage collection is underway, but may be interrupted due to fuel shortages. Recycling collection has been cancelled for the week.
• A food waste only dumpster will be available at the Recycling Facility for spoiled foods.
• Branch collection will begin Monday, November 5th. Please make sure that tree debris is curbside by the end of Sunday. Maximum length of branches is 6 feet.
• Leaf collection will resume on or about November 19th. A new schedule will be posted on the website.
• The State has rescheduled Halloween Trick or Treating for Monday, November 5th.
• Over the next several days, gasoline will become increasingly difficult to acquire. We encourage all citizens to conserve and minimize consumption while major distributors get their infrastructure back online. If you have a generator, it is suggested that operation is limited to short periods so as to conserve fuel.
• Beware of criminals posing as utility workers contractors. Demand to see identification – call 9-1-1 if you encounter anyone with questionable credentials
• The Randolph Construction Code Office is open, issuing permits and conducting inspections.
• Remember that portable generators must be safely vented.
• Do not operate a generator in a closed area.
• Use fireplaces with care. If you have not had your chimney professionally cleaned, it may pose a fire hazard with a "hot" fire.
NEXT UPDATE – NOVEMBER 2, 10:30 a.m.


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Kol Nidrei All our vows
The holyday that we call Yom Kippur is begins Tuesday night. Yom kippur is usually translated as Day of Atonement. But it is so much more than the words imply. The depth of meaning of this day is found in the most misunderstood prayer in Judaism. That prayer is known as "Kol Nidrei." The prayer asks that G makes null and void our vows. It is not about the nullification of our past vows. Rather it speaks to our future vows, vows that we make for the coming year. Anti-Semites have used this prayer as a proof that Jews are untrustworthy. Of course that is nonsense, misinterpretation and misrepresentation.
One of the best expressions of the feelings that come to the fore during the High and Holy days was written by Ronin Davis, my son at http://roninad.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/and-so-we-enter-the-year-5773/ . In his poignant piece he writes of the struggles that he has recognized as a thoughtful, spiritual Jew seeking to grow in his process of 'Jewing.'
What he writes points to the meaning of that most misunderstood prayer, Kol Nidrei. And Kol Nidrei speaks to the meaning of these High and Holy Days.
Kol Nidrei speaks to vows.
Kol Nidrei does not speak to the vows that are made between people. If I promise to do something for you, this prayer does not let me 'off the hook.' Vows made between earthlings should be fulfilled and if they aren't that is something that the parties need to address.
Kol Nidrei does speak to vows between the human and G, and only if an honest and serious attempt has been made to live up to the promises.
In essence, Kol Nidrei says that we are fallible human beings. We struggle and strive and succeed and fail. Kol Nidrei is reaching out to better ourselves with the fore-knowledge that our reach exceeds our grasp.
Kol Nidrei defines success as "Fall down three times, get up four!"
Kol Nidrei says that it is ok to reach for the stars.


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Doctoral and Early Career Research Network
The Doctoral & Early Career Research (DECR) network provides a support system and platform for current doctoral researchers and those within 5 years of receiving their doctorate. The network is coordinated by a Project Board which oversees and organises the Association for Art History's doctoral and early career research events and initiatives.
The Project Board is made of 12-15 people at different stages in their research career who are based across the UK. The board meets 4 times a year and organises the annual two day Summer Symposium, one day New Voices conference, Careers Day for art history and has responsibility for shortlisting the undergraduate and postgraduate Dissertation Prizes.


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Welcome to the Georgia Tech Bands and Orchestra website!
Please look around the site for information on Bands and Orchestra at Georgia Tech, including the Yellow Jacket Marching Band, Pep Band, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Ensembles and Orchestra!
New Member Band Application is now available!
Upcoming performances can be found HERE
Check out the GT Bands on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.


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Special Reports
Safety on the Line: Exposing the myth of mobile communication security
This report evaluates the risks and vulnerabilities of mobile phone services and apps in 12 specified countries, analyzing multiple mobiel technologies to determine their capacity to protect security and privacy and to combat censorship and surveillance.
Download the full report here.
Promise and Reversal: The Post-Soviet Landscape Twenty Years On
"Promise and Reversal: The Post-Soviet Landscape Twenty Years On," marks the 20th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup of August 19, 1991. The retrospective essay examines the changes in the political rights and civil liberties in the former Soviet Union over the last two decades, as well as includes graphs and rankings that illustrate the region's performance in the annual Freedom House publications Freedom in the World and Freedom of the Press. The report concludes that there is a serious and disturbing failure to embrace democratic institutions in most of the post-Soviet region.
Muzzling the Media: The Return of Censorship in the Commonwealth of Independent States
Only a decade and a half since the end of the Cold War, freedom of the press for millions of people across the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has come nearly full circle. The media landscape across most of today's CIS in some aspects differs from that of the Soviet era, but in important ways is imposing a no less repressive news media environment. Gone is all encompassing ideological state media control. Russia – and most of the countries on its periphery – today features modern methods of information control that effectively shuts off the majority of people in these lands from news and information of political consequence.


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Posts Tagged 'Florida Department of Environmental Protect'
Say Goodbye to the Cork Floats
NO MORE CORK Floats on our Leak Gauges.
Krueger Sentry Gauge has a newly designed HDPE Plastic Float that is going to be in use on all of our Leak Gauges moving forward regardless of gauge size. In the past, the only float available for our larger leak gauges was a poly coated cork. This cork presented several problems in the field, especially since the advent of some of the new fuel blends.
Now we have a newly designed, oversized, plastic float that has enough buoyancy to float even our largest Leak Gauges.
This news is especially important for our Florida customers, where the FDEP would not allow the use of Cork. The new plastic float is now the standard material on all interstial leak detection gauges.
The new floats have not affected pricing either. As you know, we pride ourselves on our products being manufactured in the USA. Not only that, but we also source all of our components from US manufacturers. This policy has not changed with our new plastic floats, which are sourced and manufactured in the USA.
As always, Simple, Durable, Inexpensive, Easy to Use.
(also pictured with the new Solid Glass Top Option.)
Florida FDEP Approval – Overfill Prevention
Krueger Sentry Gauge is proud to announce that the Therma Gauge and the Overfill Alert Gauge have been approved by the FDEP as compliant with Florida's Overfill Prevention policy on aboveground storage tanks.
The EQ number provided by the State of Florida is File No. EQ-730.
Compliance with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) does require special ordering instructions and maintenence procedures. Both of these documents will be posted on the Krueger Website soon. I will provide the web links to these documents soon. Until then you can contact us directly to receive the info.
Lee Geurts
Official Liquid Level Tank Gauge Website – Krueger Gauge
New Product – https://www.ksentry.com/led.htm


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A lost SSH public-key or a web service generates an SSH key but does not provide the public-key part to you. What to do now? There is a solution for this situation.
When you have an SSH key you need the public key to setup SSH passwordless login with SSH-key. But if you have lost the public key part but still have the private key, there is a way to regenerate the key.
With the public key missing, the following command will show you that there is no public key for this SSH key.
$ ssh-keygen -l -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa test is not a public key file.
The -l option instructs to show the fingerprint in the public key while the -f option specifies the file of the key to list the fingerprint for.
To generate the missing public key again from the private key, the following command will generate the public key of the private key provided with the -f option.
$ ssh-keygen -y -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub Enter passphrase:
The -y option will read a private SSH key file and prints an SSH public key to stdout. The public key part is redirected to the file with the same name as the private key but with the .pub file extension. If the key has a password set, the password will be required to generate the public key.
To check the details of the generated public key execute the following command as shown above.
$ ssh-keygen -l -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa 4096 d6:7b:c7:7a:4f:3c:4d:29:54:62:5f:2c:58:b2:cb:86 ~/.ssh/id_rsa (RSA)
The output of this command shows the key size as the first column, the fingerprint as the second column and after the file name, the type is shown in brackets. In the example above, a 4096 bit RSA key.
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Last month, Disney bought large chunks of 21st Century Fox's assets, and provided the deal is approved, it will mean big things for the Mouse House, including being able to include the X-Men in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fox acquired the film rights to the mutant characters in 1994, and because of that, with rare exceptions (Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver among the most notable), the MCU has never been able to include characters from that corner of Marvel Comics. However, assuming Marvel Studios had been able to launch its shared universe with both the X-Men and fellow Fox property Fantastic Four at its disposal, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn suspects that his movie starring the group of lovable a-holes might not have happened. As he put it:
For a long time, many Marvel fans have hoped that the X-Men and Fantastic Four would be incorporated into the MCU, and thanks to the Disney and Fox deal, it's now actually possible. However, as James Gunn answered on Twitter when asked if Guardians of the Galaxy would have been made if Marvel had the X-Men and Fantastic Four from the start, his 2014 movie might have been set aside due to a packed slate of movies. On the one hand, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige was interested in making Guardians of the Galaxy, so that's a point in the movie's favor. On the other hand, if there were X-Men and Fantastic Four movies being released alongside the likes of Iron Man, Captain America and Thor stories, then Gunn is likely correct that there wouldn't have been enough room for Guardians of the Galaxy. Which isn't to say that we couldn't have still seen the Guardians lead their own theatrical tale, but it probably wouldn't have happened for a long time.
If you're like me, when the Guardians of the Galaxy movie was announced in 2012, you raised an eyebrow. Even for longtime comic book fans, the Guardians were relatively obscure characters, so giving them their own movie was a strange idea. Thankfully for Marvel, that strange idea paid off and then some. Guardians of the Galaxy was a bonafide success upon release in 2014, making over $773 million worldwide and turning its starring characters into household names (well, Groot at least). Three years later, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 followed and also impressed critically and commercially. So yes, it's taken a long time for the prospect of the X-Men and Fantastic Four appearing in the MCU to finally be within grasp, but because we got these versions of the Guardians in the meantime, I'm fine with the tradeoff.
You can see the Guardians back in action when Avengers: Infinity War is released on May 4. They'll also be back for Avengers 4 on May 3, 2019, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is expected to come out sometime in 2020.


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Physical Activity Clinical Champion - AHP
Public Health England (PHE) is recruiting an Allied Health Professional, Psychologist or Pharmacist in Yorkshire and Humber, the South West, North West, East of England, South East, West Midlands and London regions to become a Physical Activity Clinical Champion to deliver standardised peer-to-peer training on physical activity in clinical care. Each champion will work as part of a local team in their respective geography.
- Location
- South West, LE11 3QF
- Contact Name
- Nick Clarke
- Contact Telephone
- 07919 691448
- Contact Email
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- Organisation
- Public Health England
- Salary
- £25.99 per hour (NHS AfC 8a, 38)
- Hours
- Casual Hours
- Contract
- Contract/Temporary
- Organisation
- Public Health England
- Placed On
- Fri 12th July, 2019
- Closes
- 12:00am - Fri 26th July, 2019
About Physical Activity Clinical Champion - AHP
Are you an Allied Health Professional, Psychologist or Pharmacist who understands how physical activity can make a real difference to people's health and wellbeing?
Are you keen to teach, engage and motivate others to feel the same and embed it in their clinical practice?
Would you be able to spend 12 hours per month working as a paid Physical Activity Clinical Champion in your region?
Public Health England (PHE) is recruiting an Allied Health Professional, Psychologist or Pharmacist in Yorkshire and Humber, the South West, North West, East of England, South East, West Midlands and London regions to become a Physical Activity Clinical Champion to deliver standardised peer-to-peer training on physical activity in clinical care. Each champion will work as part of a local team in their respective geography.
Established in 2015, the Physical Activity Clinical Champions programme has created a national footprint of expert healthcare professionals delivering peer-to-peer training to support embedding brief interventions for physical activity as routine clinical practice. Physical Activity Clinical Champions are trained to deliver a PHE-developed training package and supported to link with the existing local clinical and training infrastructures to schedule sessions. Approximately 22,000 health care professionals have been trained to date by our network of champions.
The successful candidates will take on a system leadership role with a national profile, influencing and upskilling their local health system to prioritise physical activity within clinical care to improve patient outcomes. Candidates should have strong teaching and facilitation skills, expertise in their AHP, psychology or pharmacy field. Experience delivering effective behaviour change advice to patients is also essential.
The successful candidates will liaise with and be supported by a local network that will include existing Nurse, Medic and AHP Clinical Champions, the lead AHP Clinical Champion, the local PHE Centre Lead for Physical Activity, as well as the national physical activity team. They will be accountable to the National Programme Manager for Physical Activity. There will be mentoring and supervision available for the newly appointed candidates to support transition into the role.
The post will commence in September 2019 and end in October 2020.
The time commitment is up to around 12 hours per month. Time will be spent networking and linking with the local training leads to organise sessions and completion of administration, with most of time delivering training to groups of nurses in primary, community or secondary care settings, as well as trainee nurses, across their geographical area. Timing of training sessions will be flexible based on both availability of training sessions and the commitments of the Champions.
Key responsibilities of the role
Linking with training leads in NHS trusts, CCG's and Accountable Care Systems to identify training opportunities with nurse cohorts
- Delivering a standard training package (which you will be trained to deliver) to groups of your peer health care professionals in hospitals or in the community / primary care
- Facilitating programme evaluation per the evaluation protocol and performing session administrative tasks
- Working as part of a local team with the PHE Centre and other Champions.
The successful candidates will be appointed as a peer reviewers to PHE. These flexible contracts are remunerated on a time worked basis and the contract does not therefore provide remuneration for annual leave, pension or maternity leave.
There will be a standard fixed sessional rate of, regardless of substantive grade. The rate is £25.99 per hour (NHS AfC 8a, 38). Hours will be flexible, to align with opportunities to deliver training, and fixed commitments associated with your substantive post.
Travel costs will be paid at standard PHE rates.
The successful candidate will be invited to attend a mandatory training and networking event with other Clinical Champions from across the country in Birmingham on the 9th September or the 17th September.
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2. If short-listed, attend the interview in the relevant area you wish to work. Interviews will take place the week commencing between 31st July 2019 and the 5th August.
3. if you aresuccessfulyou will be required to attend one of the mandatory training days on either the 12th or 17th September 2019 in Birmingham (expenses will be covered).
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A. I established the Peacock Parables blog to talk about everyday issues I encounter and ponder regarding family, children, marriage, values, and much more.
Q. Why is the website called Peacock Parables?
A. Just because I like peacocks! I had been agonizing for days over what to call my website. I finally called my sister Liz to ask for help, and as we brainstormed various ideas, I happened to look across the room to where I have a stuffed peacock (given to me by another sister).
I suddenly said, "Hey, I think I want 'peacock' somewhere in the name … and then another word … something that starts with a 'p.'"
My sister rattled off a few words, but I stopped her, saying, "No, something that has to do with writing or stories or something like that. Something relevant." After just a few seconds, she suggested "parables," and I knew instantly that we had the perfect name for my website.
Q. Who are you?
A. I'm a middle-aged wife, mother, editor, and now blogger. My family lives a simple and peaceful life in beautiful Colorado. Despite my age, I've only been married a short time, and this is my first marriage.
I have a 10-year-old daughter who is "mine" and a 15-year-old son who is "his," but they are both very much ours. My daughter is a bright and feisty extrovert whom I currently school at home. My son is a creative and mellow comedian. I also have two additional stepchildren who are grown: a son and a daughter.
My husband works in IT, and I'm a freelance editor. Since getting married a year ago, my husband and I have settled into unexpectedly traditional roles (he's the breadwinner and I'm the fire tender). This has been very successful for us, both for our marriage and for the simple practicality.
Though I love to edit, I also greatly enjoy writing, especially for an appreciative audience. Most of the writing I've done for the last several years has been in a ghostwriter capacity, so I miss the self-determined nature and feedback I got from a pseudoblog I used to keep on my business website several years ago. For a long time, I had been thinking about doing a real blog, and finally here it is!
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A. My header photos come from the amazing talent of Trey Ratcliff of StuckInCustoms.com. I always try to have an attribution to him on each page, but I'm not good with HTML, so each time WordPress updates, I lose the code for it and have to figure out all over again how to put it in there.


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Oscar Recap, Call Your Mom & Stay Weird
Welcome to the I Hate Critics Oscar recap show. It's late, we're all three exhausted and it shows. The Oscars are just two damn long. "Birdman" wins the night. I think the three of us differ on how good "Birdman" … Continue reading
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American Sniper & The Awesome 80's
Welcome to the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast. An unexpected blockbuster came out this week in "American Sniper." Much of liberal Hollywood can't stand the movie, but the liberal hosts of the I Hate Critics Podcast love it. Michael … Continue reading
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The Big Lebowski 2: Inherent Vice
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A Year In Review: Gone Girl's Still the Best
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On the Critics Choice Award Nominees
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On Awards Season SAG and Golden Globes
The Golden Globe Award nominations are out and whether you like or respect the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and for the record, I don't respect them at all, NBC has legitimized the Globes as a show that predicts the Oscar … Continue reading
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On A Year's Worth of Starred Reviews
Roger Ebert always hated that the Sun Times insisted on him having a star system for his reviews. Ebert felt strongly and correctly that many readers just looked at those stupid stars and failed to read the reviews. That said, … Continue reading
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Interstellar, Big Hero 6: Failure to Soar
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Are you looking for an orthodontist specialist in West Valley City? If you want to achieve a beautiful smile, you need to choose the right specialist. That's the first and most crucial step if you want to bring out your best smile; your teeth and jaws will need careful attention.
If you have bite issues or jaw problems, it pays to get your concerns handled by someone who knows how to treat it. Extensively trained and educated in this specialized field of dental healthcare, an orthodontist has the right skills and knowledge to address properly problems with your jaws or teeth. While a dentist takes care of your teeth and gums, an orthodontist specialist has the right tools and expertise to take care of misaligned teeth or irregularities in the jaws. To help you get a good idea of the differences, here's a few things that dentists focus on:
- Tooth decay
- Root canals
These are probably the most common issues dentists deal with. A few of those things less common include:
- Bridges
- Crowns
- Gum disease
- Teeth whitening
- Veneers
An orthodontist on the other had focuses on thing like:
- Crowded teeth
- Misaligned teeth
- Overbites
- Underbites
- Temporomandubular Joint pain or troubles (commonly abbreviated TMJ)
If this is the first time that you're searching for an orthodontist specialist, chances are you may not know what to look for. Here are some top qualities that you should seek in an orthodontist specialist.
Be sure your orthodontist has acquired all the requisite education, training, and experience to be able to align your teeth and fix your jaw problems. Don't settle for stand-ins or in-training individuals. Schools that train orthodontists sometimes offer discounts, but remember the peace of mind you can have from sticking with a board-certified or fellowship-trained orthodontist specialist.
You can only get the treatment you want and deserve from an orthodontist who understands your unique needs, can help you set treatment objectives, and deliver personalized care. Long experience and training helps them make accurate diagnoses and plans.
Your prospect should also be able to deliver an extensive range of solutions to treat your bite or teeth problems. To be able to deliver high-quality orthodontic care, your prospect should have state-of-the-art technology. You can easily tell if he or she has the advanced capability by a mere perusal of the office during your first visit. Equipment such as digital X-rays and lasers are among the advanced devices that you should be on the lookout for.
If you're looking for a pleasant and stress-free visit, find an orthodontist who has excellent chairside manners and staff that are friendly and accommodating to your needs.
Do you want an orthodontist specialist in West Valley City that meets these requirements? Get in touch with Redwood Orthodontics. Contact us at (801) 262-3777 today.


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We are looking for someone who wants a career and not just a job. If you are a Senior HVAC/R Service Technician and want to be part of a winning team with over 110 years of experience in the industry – while receiving full benefits and compensation for your contribution – please forward your current resume.
Our technicians are trained to work on all major brands of equipment found in restaurants, schools, institutional facilities, banks, retail spaces, military bases and beyond. TWC Service also has a fully stocked in-house parts supply and commercial ice machine leasing program. Specializing in affordable, tailored planned maintenance agreements, TWC Services is focused on exceeding the customer?s expectations and getting the job done right the first time and every time.
- Diagnosing, and repairing commercial refrigeration, air conditioning equipment and beverage systems
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- Attend periodic manufacturer training classes
- Be available for on-call duty
- Attend monthly safety training and adhere to all safety policies and procedures
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- Health Insurance (begins within 30 days of hire)
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Dauerfristverlängerung. VAT return filing extension in Germany
German VAT registered companies can get a one-month due date extension to file their VAT returns, this authorization is called "dauerfristverlängerung". The due to file VAT returns in Germany is the 10th day of the month following the reporting period. For example, your March (or first quarter) VAT returns are normally due on 10 April. With the extension, the due date to submit and pay your March (or first quarter) German VAT return is 10 May.
How to get the "dauerfristverlängerung" filing extension?
The application for the dauerfrist is made electronically through ElsterOnline, the electronic filing system of the German tax authorities. The application must be filed by the due date to submit your VAT return for the last period of the year. In addition to the application, companies filing monthly VAT returns must make a prepayment of 1/11 of the VAT paid during the previous year (in case the overall year was on a recoverable position, no prepayment is required). This prepayment can be recovered at the end of the year via the December return. However, a new prepayment will be calculated and paid to the authorities every year.


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May 3-4, 2019
Save the Date: CNU's 39th Annual Writer's Conference — May 15-16, 2020
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|Freeman Center
|4:30 p.m.
|Welcome and Opening Words
|Freeman Center Second Floor
|4:30-6 p.m.
|Open Mic
You've been writing all year. Now is the time to share your words in front of a supportive audience. Participants must read their own work. Time is limited to five minutes. Sign up at the registration table to reserve your spot. Moderated by Michael Khandelwal of the Muse Writers Center.
|Freeman Center 202
|6-6:30 p.m.
Optional boxed dinners available for pickup.
|Freeman Center Second Floor
|6:30-7:45 p.m.
|Keynote Panel: I Write Because I Read
Henry Hart, as the 2018 Virginia Poet Laureate, will discuss an aspect of poetry he finds significant. His address – "I Write Because I Read," a statement by Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney – will explore how his reading of scholarly books has affected his poetry, as well as his non-literary experiences, growing up on a Christmas tree farm in a small town, and his concerns for socio-political issues.
Henry Hart
|Freeman Center 202
|8-9:15 p.m.
|Evening Workshops
Goldilocks and the Three Bears of Publishing – Cricket Freeman
Descriptions below.
|Freeman Center
|8:15-8:45 a.m.
|Registration, coffee and continental breakfast
|Freeman Center
|8:45-9 a.m.
|Welcome and Day's Agenda
|Freeman Center
|9-10:20 a.m.
|Morning Workshops
Let's Make a Song – Skye Zentz
Descriptions below.
|Freeman Center
|10:30-11:45 a.m.
|Keynote: Life Stories
Jeffrey Blount's life, like everyone else's, is composed of stories – a series of short stories and lengthy sagas, narratives of love, conflict, pessimism and hope. Looking back over the years, he recognized that his stories, those he has heard and especially those he's read, have been the driving forces in his life. In this talk, "Life Stories," Blount will spin a few of those yarns and explain their impact on his journey. He will also explain why stories touch us all, have the power to alter our life paths and how in fact, we are born powerless to resist them.
Jeffrey Blount
|Gaines Theatre
|11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
|Book Sales
|Freeman Center
|11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
|Freeman Center
|1-2:20 p.m.
|Early Afternoon Workshops
Panel: Getting Your Book in Print – Mary Batten, Moderator
Descriptions below.
|Freeman Center
|2:30-3:50 p.m.
|Late Afternoon Workshops
Let's Make a Song – Skye Zentz
Descriptions below.
|Freeman Center
|4 p.m.
|Announcement of Contest Winners and Closing Words
Dr. Kara Keeling
|Gaines Theatre
Do you ever feel like Goldilocks, wandering the woods, tired and hungry, as you roam the dark and ominous forests of publishing? What do you hunger for? Which is the best path for you to follow to lead you to success? See what today's publishing world demands of its writers beyond beautiful words. Cricket Freeman, an experienced author, agent and publisher, will shine a light on publishing options, from working with literary agents to publishers and self-publishing. Learn what you need to figure out, foster and forget in order to build your own dynamic career. This upbeat, entertaining and encouraging workshop is for all writers -- no matter what you write or how long you've been writing.
In this workshop Ken Sutton will show how to bring the recording of an event into the vivid now using creative narrative. In one example, he will use the newspaper article about his house burning down when he was two, a short reflection on memory built around his memories of the event and the discovery that they were real at age 10. For another example he will show how a trip to the post office can become 70 lines of poetry and the title of a book. Sutton will also spend time on the mechanics of telling your tale, how the cultural matrix of the speaker and the listener (reader) must shape the telling, and how to respect the facts without being dragged down by them. He will insist on participation and hopes to jointly build a story outline for students to flesh out on their own, comparing the results via an email "round robin."
Does your writer's toolbox include a hat for every occasion? We don't mean a fashionable chapeau to wear when you attend the National Book Awards ceremony. No, the "hats" this workshop will discuss represent the various "bonnets" and "fedoras" a small business owner -- and every writer is one -- will need to have hanging on a nearby peg. Many of these hats should be donned in the early stages of a writing career. (Fear not! It's never too late!) Others, like the aforementioned one for the awards ceremony, can be added later on in the writing journey. This workshop will include a light-hearted lecture, hands-on exercises and a short Q&A.
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This workshop features strategies authors can use to flesh out protagonists, antagonists and minor characters that will draw in your readers. Well-developed characters are the basis for entertaining and engaging plots and storylines. Readers are not drawn to stories as much as they are to characters with whom they can empathize. This workshop addresses the importance of strong characters; the traits that make a character memorable; and, what comes first: plot or character? We will also provide suggestions for formatting your scenes and chapters to keep the reader turning pages. These are just a small sample of the topics addressed during the 75-minute session.
In a series of guided exercises, this workshop will take you back to your childhood encounters with story and help you identify the optimal themes and forms for your work to flow. Whether you write for a child audience, for adults or just for yourself, you will go home with a rich vein of ideas that will help you write "in the zone" of creativity.
Most stories, even nonfictional ones, are driven by one of three elements: character, voice or plot. The very best writers can weave all three into a strong braid, but even so, one element dominates to keep a story moving, or to pull the reader through. If you're aware of what's driving a story, you're better able to ride that energy through the writing of it. This workshop will help you learn to go with the flow of your writing strengths by recognizing the driving forces.
Henry Hart will hand out and discuss several modern poems that retell myths and fairytales, and will ask the poets in the workshop to write poems based on a myth or fairytale.
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Here's your chance. "Tell me about your work" means 15 minutes of fame is yours to shine. Participants will meet with an agent and pitch your work for about five minutes, introducing and promoting the concept and trying to grab the agent's attention. Then you'll have 10 minutes for further discussion.
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Colton poses as a condemned pirate listening to Cotton Mather preach Matt 10:28.
As promised, I will reveal the PIRATES connection which darted into my thinking as I focused on my daughter's wedding, after researching my favorite Yo-Yo Ma music, created for the movie, The Mission. All the swashbuckling adventures and stories of repentance and redemption caused my mind to ponder a recent visit to the Museum of Natural Science, and the fascinating special exhibit, "Real Pirates!"
Real Pirates! is the world's first exhibition of pirate treasure, recovered nearly 300 years after the slave ship, (slavery being another link to The Mission story) which turned pirate ship, the Whydah, sunk off the coast of Cape Cod in 1715. From a huge treasury stash of gold and silver pieces of eight, to the ship's bell, the artifacts from the Whydah are amazing.
However, to me, the best part was the compelling stories of the people involved. A study into why a person would enter a pirate's life is much like a study into the street gangs today. A sense of "belonging" was a huge draw to men... and women... who were without purpose and meaningful relationships.
I LOVE TO LOOK FOR GOD'S HAND IN HISTORY. It is HIS-STORY, after all!
Only nine members of the Whydah's crew survived the storm and wrecking. Of those, seven were sentenced to be hanged in Boston. Before that took place, the pirates were visited by Christians, one of them the famous Puritan preacher, Cotton Mather. Concerned for their eternal souls, he prayed with the pirates and counseled them, calling them to repentance and trust in God's mercy, which would result in the ability to face God... and face death... without fear.
In Cotton Mather's own words, "these Poor Men…Dyed with such Expressions of Repentance, as were greatly to the Satisfaction of the Spectators." (Williams, "Puritans," 237)
And so, this little brain dance comes to a halt. It all started while listening to one beautiful piece of music... and concluded with pirates on death row.
You know what? There is another dance warming up within my gray cells. Do you know how difficult it is to fall asleep with a cha-cha-cha clicking around in your head?


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I am not perfect. Nobody is perfect. Nobody expects me to be perfect.
Most people learn and understand these concepts at a fairly young age. I don't know if I ever really did. I think the first time it ever really hit me was about a year ago. I am 23 years old. I was about 22 when I realized it. I mean, we're all told these things when we are very small, but I don't think I ever really grasped it until recently and am still coming to terms with it all. Actually, I know for a fact and remember very clearly taking the phrase "nobody's perfect" as something of a challenge- like I could really prove them wrong and be "perfect"… whatever that means. Who does that?
I find that now that I have come to a better understanding of these facts, I am much more comfortable in my every day life. I am much less neurotic and can just do things without overthinking every minute detail… It's really quite nice. Old habits die hard though, and I often have to repeat the words above.
I am not perfect. Nobody is perfect. Nobody expects me to be perfect.


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How to Get Rid of Algae In Your Pool [The ULTIMATE Guide]
How to get rid of algae in pool?
So you have algae in your pool, the water looks slimy and nobody wants to swim? Although you've heard of the proverb "Prevention is better than cure" you realize that with algae infesting your beautiful pool you need a cure now - the best algaecide for pools!
That's OK, it happens to us all but in the future, do try to prevent these unwelcomed single-celled plant forms from appearing in the first place. You will save yourself the time and hassle of getting rid of algae in pool later. Getting rid of algae in pool takes some time and effort but we'll help you with useful advice on how to get algae out of a pool.
Algae exist in a wide variety of colors but the next few are the most common in pools.
Green Algae
The most common form of algae in pools, green algae, vary in color from blue-green to yellow-green to dark-green. Green algae in pool can be free floating or wall-clinging.
Black Algae
Black Algae form in crevices and cracks of your pool surfaces. Black algae are often found in concrete or plaster finished pools where they plant roots. No brushing - no successful treatment if you want to kill algae in pool.
Mustard (yellow) Algae
Mustard or yellow algae are chlorine-resistant forms of green algae. They look like dirt but they are much worse than that.
So, if you want to find out how to get algae out of pool you need to know what type of algae you need to deal with and what kills algae. Now, on to the task at hand: pool algae removal.
How to get rid of algae in a pool?
First off, you need to remove all leaves and debris as it is almost impossible to restore clear water to a pool which is very dirty with debris. Algae feed on almost anything and your filter will not work efficiently.
After removing debris, check that your top filter system is clean. If not, clean it thoroughly. Adjust valves for optimum circulation and let the pump run 24 hours a day until the pool clears.
Turn on automatic cleaners as they will help stirring and speeding things up. Backwash if necessary, but only if pressure rises by at least 5 psi, or if you find the flow rate significantly diminished.
How to kill algae in pool with suspended green algae?
You need to shock the pool. Put in as much hypochlorite as it takes to turn the pool a cloudy, bluish-gray color. This will usually require about 30 ppm of free chlorine.
The higher your cyanuric acid level is, the more pool shock will be required. A good amount would be between 2 to 5 lbs of granular pool shock per 10,000 gallons of pool water. If cyanuric acid levels are above 30 ppm, or if the algae bloom is especially aggressive you will have to use more.
Chlorine is your best weapon against algae. To be specific, you will need to use calcium hypochlorite pool shock to super-chlorinate your water.
First, you need to determine how much algae is in your pool. If your pool looks very light green or you see very little yellow or black algae, you will need to double shock your pool by using 2 pounds of shock for every 10,000 gallons of water your pool holds.
If you pool is dark green or you see larger spots of yellow or black algae, you will need to triple shock your pool. Use 3 pounds for every 10,000 gallons of water.
Lastly, if your pool is black or really infested with yellow or black algae, you'll need to quadruple shock your pool using 4 pounds for every 10,000 gallons.
Test the water the following day for pH and chlorine. You need to have your pool water balanced, paying special attention to pH level. If the chlorine level is still off the charts, you're doing well. If it drops to a low level in 24 hours, you will need to shock the pool again, using even more hypochlorite the second time.
You will need to brush the walls and floors towards the main drain and vacuum the pool if necessary. Using a flocculent (chemical that allows all the particles in your pool to settle to the bottom so you can vacuum them out) may be a good choice after shocking, if the pool is still really swampy.
After the chlorine level has come down below 5 ppm, add the algaecide for pools and brush the pool again. When it all settles, vacuum the pool to waste. Once the water clears, check and re-balance the pool. Clarifiers can be used to assist a struggling pool filter. Remember to run the filter 24/7 as long as it takes for the water to clear.
How to remove algae from pool if algae are clinging to the walls?
You can follow the same advice: first shock, then brushing, then use algaecide for pools, brush again, vacuum to waste or vacuum and then backwash the filter. Using a steel bristled brush is recommended for algae on plaster pools and nylon brush on vinyl. Filter plays important role in cleaning algae from pool so make sure to clean it in the meantime.
For black pool algae removal, the brushing part is very important. You need to tear through their protective layers so the chemicals can kill algae in pool from the inside out. You need to vacuum the dead algae later and backwash them out of the filter.
Trichlor is very effective when sprinkled on black algae spots. If they're on the wall rubbing the spots on the walls with a trichlor tablet or stick can also be effective to knock off the algae heads and get chlorine directly on the plant.
Follow up with a dose of copper algaecide, or high strength polymers.
Does algae appear season after season?
If swimming pool algae have been a problem in your pool for several years, you should drain the pool. A few years of algae builds up, dead algae and lots of other solids in the water will contribute to algae staying for a long time. You need to acid wash or pressure-wash the pool to kill the roots of all the algae in the plaster.
For pools with repeated algae blooms, you should check the level of phosphates in the pool. Also, look for sources of possible contamination from fertilizers or from soils washing in the pool during heavy rain.
For pool algae prevention, we need a combination of good filtration, sanitation and circulation. It may be time to consider changing the old filter. It's cheaper and easier to pay a little up front for more chemicals, electricity or better equipment than all the money and aggravation spent on fighting algae blooms.
Some more general advice on cleaning algae from pool
Remove all floats from the pool as well as all cleaning equipment and accessories, and sanitize them. Use chlorine or bleach solution. Make sure you thoroughly wash and dry all bathing suits.
Get your water tested to make sure you have the proper pH and alkalinity levels, and that your pool can hold chlorine successfully. You can use digital pool water testers or these great testing kits for dependable measurements.
It's always best to wait until the late afternoon or dusk to brush the entire pool. Pay special attention to hard-to-reach places like under the pool ladders.
Turn on your filter and keep the pump running 24/7.
Shock your pool with the correct amount of shock as stated above. Make sure you cover the entire pool with shock as well as you can.
Let your pool run overnight. Sunlight can eat up 1ppm of free chlorine every hour. Shocking at night will allow the shock to do a more efficient job cleaning algae from pool.
Brush your pool for the next couple of days and brush it as often as you can. Make sure you keep a good level of pH, alkalinity, and chlorine during the fight. You can add a little clarifier to help speed up the process of getting your water crystal clear. Backwash your filter very thoroughly whenever pressure rises.
After a couple of days, if the algae are gone and the water is clear, you probably did a good job. Getting rid of algae in pool can easily be prevented with regular water checks and treatments so you don't get in the situation to look for algaecide for pools to fight the battle for you as best algae killer for pools.
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Blood Blade and Tusk and a Moment of Truth RPG Playtest
I've just finished running my second playtest of my homebrewed RPG: Moment of Truth. This was also the second game I've run in my setting, Blood, Blade and Tusk. The first session was in GURPS and was a con game. You can look at my game prep documents in my last post
This most recent playtest can be heard in our actual play feed this Wednesday at happyjacks.org.
The system has been heavily revised from the first round of public playtests, as I got a lot of good feedback from both GMs and players about the system. A big "thank you" to all of you who contributed to it.
On the Playtest
The mechanics of the game seem to be sound. I have created more figured stats, which has helped with the uber-stat tendency. The dice mechanics seem to work well. They players are learning the Moment of Truth mechanic, which is a mechanic reward system that allows the players to gain a mechanic advantage or take some narrative control of the scene. It didn't get much use, but it got more than it did in my previous test.
After the game we discussed the MoT mechanic, and I think the players now understand it more. This tells me that I need to revisit the explanation for it and maybe provide play aids for it as well. I'll probably include a cheat sheet for this on the character sheet.
This was also the first time my magic system got used. JiB played a mage who is also a friar. Character story-wise this character is treading a dangerous path, as the setting takes place in 13th century Europe, where the Church is very powerful and the Inquisition is underway.
I member of the Church who is engaged in "witchcraft" would be doubly punished if discovered. They can't exactly burn you at the stake twice, but I can imagine that the confession part of the inquisition would get rather unpleasant. JiB's offered to help me write up more spells — as there's only a handful now. When the next round of playtest materials is ready, I expect there will be a much more complete spell list.
The Game Itself and the Setting
I don't want to talk too much about the story, as this adventure will be included in the next playtest packet. The basic setup is that the party has been tasked by the town elder to investigate why their supplemental food supplies for the winter, which are provided by a nearby monastery have not yet arrived.
To me, the most interesting aspect of this game and the GURPS con game I ran is that the PCs in this game were humans, and in the first game they were orcs. Each party was on opposite sides of the great conflict that defines the setting. Rather than fighting the Crusades, the kingdoms of Christendom are fighting to take back large portions of France from the great orc tribes.
I tried to make sure that both sides felt they were the just side, as such conflicts are more interesting if there is no clear "good guy" and "bad guy." Currently, the party believes they are the good guys, but there were certain fact that came out to cause at least one of the players to question this.
The Church and Its Role in the Setting
I made one misstep in introducing the setting to the players. I over-vilified the Church. More precisely I over-simplified the Church's role in the setting. The Church in this setting is in a very critical position. They are the unifying force amongst the kingdoms of Christendom against the orc tribes. As such, they do a lot of necessary but terrible things to ensure that the economies of the kingdoms remain viable to continue this 200-year war. Some of the players interpreted this to mean "Church=bad guy," which was not my intent.
Here's an excerpt from the setting book I'm currently writing:
The Roman Catholic Church, under Pope Innocent III, is the most powerful institution in human-controlled Europe. Since the arrival of the Orcs 200 years ago, both commoner and nobleman has been strengthened by their faith, as they were truly facing what they believed to be demons walking the Earth in the form of Orcs.
The Holy Church has been the single organizing and rallying force of humankind in Europe to hold the line against the Orc onslaught. It is the local priests who rallied men-at-arms to fight for Christendom, provided comfort and support to those left behind during the campaigns and to provide absolution to those who fell in battle.
The vast land holdings of the Church were used to feed decimated villages and towns after the Orcs burned them to the ground. They procured weapons from the more secure parts of Christendom for the war-torn border regions. And in the end, they brought about peace.
Because of these things, the Church is well-respected by commoner and nobility alike. Many people will say with great sincerity that the Church saved Europe from the Orcs. These blessing from the Church, however, come at a price.
The coffers of the Vatican must be refilled after two hundred years of war, for at any moment, war may come again, and the people will again look to the Holy Father for support.
The Church is also ever-vigilant of threats to the unity of Christendom. These threats may come in the form of witchcraft, mages who have learned and practice the magic brought to Earth by the orcs. They may come in the form of dissent within the peasantry or nobility, questions of faith and the Church's supremacy, challenges to the social order and European feudalism.
When these threats arise, the Church acts quickly and decisively. The apparatus of the Holy Inquisition can and will be used to maintain order and unity among all the citizens of Christendom.
So the Church is not just the big authoritarian bad guy. They are a necessary unifying force that allows the struggle against the great orc tribes to continue. In the final setting book, and armistice will have been established between Christendom and the orc tribes, which was brought about by the direct actions of the Pope. For the first time in two centuries, young men of fighting age will not have to fear being conscripted to fight blood battles and perhaps never return home.
This is a much more complex role for the Church in this setting. Player characters might not understand the intricacies of the Church's role, and that would be up to the players, of course.
Certainly as the scenarios in the playtest unfold, the party may discover just how far the Church is willing to go to maintain order, unity and economic viability. Perhaps they will see this as justified. Perhaps they'll be horrified by it.
We're planning on running a second session, as the first session, which unraveled the mystery, certainly didn't end in a satisfying way for the characters.
To be continued.
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