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Basic Formulae's to remember:
1. how to convert "x km/hr" into m/s is
x km/hr = x*5/18 m/s
how to convert "x m/s" into km/hr is
x m/s = x*18/5 km/hr
2. Two trains in the Same direction (one train with x km/hr speed, second train with y km/hr speed) then total speed = (x+y) km/hr
Two trains in the opposite direction (one train with x km/hr speed, second train with y km/hr speed) then total speed = (x-y) km/hr
3. Speed = Distance/time
No need of any more formulae
Here now freshers junction blog solve some example train problems with simple tricks and tips, look it and get it. In These train example problems freshers junction blog covers all type of train probles.
Tricks & Tips:
Whatever the train question, you can first find out values of speed, distance and time (only two values are given). And then check opposite or same direction (IF in the problems Two trains are given)
1. Single Train problems questions:
A train which is 200m long is running at the speed of 60 km/hr. Find the time taken to pass a man standing at the railway station?
A) In the above train problems, you didn't think about man at the railway station, train passes him all those nonsense.
Train length is always Distance, So d= 200m
Speed s = 60 Km/hr
Here Distance is in meters and speed in Km/hr , so you can convert Speed in to m/s
Speed s = 60 Km/hr = (60*5/18) m/s = 50/3 m/s
Now in the question what they ask means just Time?
Time t = d/s = 200/(50/3)= 200*3/50 = 12 sec.
2. Single train + Platform problems questions:
When a train is moving with a speed of 66 km/hr .If the length of train is 55 meters. How much time it takes to cross a 100 meters platform
Here one thing you remember, in any train problems question they can mention platform length then train length + platform length can b calculated as distance.
So distance d = (100+55) m = 155 m
Speed s = 66*(5/18) = 110/6 m
As now we know the formulae for time t = d/s = 155/(110/6) = 155*6/110 = 93/11 sec
3. Single train + man in opposite direction problems questions:
A train which is a length of 110 meters travelling with a speed of 60 kmph. In what time it passes the man who is running with 6 kmph in opposite direction?
Here one thing you remember, in any train problems question they can mention two speed values in opposite direction then you can add that two values.
So in the above question speed = 60 kmph + 6 kmph = 66 kmph = 66*(5/18) = 55/3 m/s
D= 110 m, So time = 110/(55/3) = 110*3/55 = 6 sec
So the answer is 6 sec.
4. Single train + man in Same direction problems questions:
You can take same above question for this, But man is in same direction instead of opposite direction.
Here one thing you remember, in any train problems question they can mention two speed values in same direction then you can subtract that two values.
Speed = 60 kmph - 6 kmph = 54 kmph = 54*(5/18) = 15 m/s
Distance d = 110 m, So time = 110/15 = 22/3 sec
5. Two trains + opposite direction problems questions:
Two trains with different lengths, one is 137 meters and second is 163 meters are running towards each other. The speeds are also different that is one with a speed of 42 kmph and second is 48 kmph. In what time that two trains are crossed each other
This Train question problems is very lengthy but, answer for this question is very simple. As freshers junction explained above
Distance d = 137+163 = 300 m
Speed S = 48+42 = 90 kmph = 90*5/18 = 25 m/s [Opposite direction]
Time = 300/25 = 12 sec.
6. Two trains + same direction problems questions:
You can take same above question for this, But the two trains are in same direction instead of opposite direction.
Distance d = 137+163 = 300 m
Speed S = 48-42 = 8 kmph = 8*5/18 = 20/9 m/s [Same direction]
Time = 300/(20/9) = 300*9/20 = 270/2 = 135 sec
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Ron Bakir FAQs
FAQs about Ron Bakir. Who is Ron Bakir? Who is Homecorp?...
Who is Ron Bakir?
Ron Bakir is the CEO and founder of Homecorp; one of Australia's most successful urban community creators operating in regional Australia.
Who is Homecorp?
From humble beginnings delivering small home and land projects to Australian Property Investors, Homecorp has grown to catalyse over half a billion dollars of urban development projects.
Homecorp recognises that a great investment comes from delivering a quality home in a quality place. Homecorp sources and secures new projects in regions of high infrastructure investment and job creation.
Homecorp is a private company headquartered on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Homecorp has delivered projects in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Queensland.
Where does Homecorp operate?
Homecorp has delivered projects across Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Queensland.
What happened to Crazy Rons?
Ron Bakir started the mobile phone chain Crazy Rons in 1995 when just a young man of 17. Passionate, young and talented, Ron cut through the media landscape with his natural ability to get people's attention. Crazy Rons was dissolved in 2006 following a Trademark dispute with Crazy John.
Why did Ron Bakir get involved with Schapelle Corby?
Ron Bakir has always championed the cause of the disadvantaged. Some of this charity involvement has been high profile such as the pursuit of a fair and just legal defence for local Gold Coast resident Schapelle Corby. Early in the case there was a lack of awareness and support for what was likely to be a miscarriage of justice. Ron, working with other members of the team raised awareness to seek the support of the Australian Government.
Mr Bakir believes this issue has often been misunderstood.
"There has always been a lot of speculation about this.
"Why would a stranger jump in to help and spend money on her defence?
"Well the truth of the matter is that, just like the overwhelming majority of Australian's at the time, I looked at that poor terrified girl in the papers and my heart went out to her. As the days went on and no one had stepped forward to help her I felt an overwhelming urge to help.
"She could have been your or my sister, how could we leave her to rot in a Bali jail or face the death sentence without doing something?
"I really thought we'd pop over there and talk to the appropriate people and sort out this situation.
"Little did I know that we'd be in for such a long and protracted legal battle, but I made her a promise that I'd see it through, and I did," said Mr Bakir.
Why did Ron leave the Schapelle Corby case?
Mr Bakir saw the case through to the end.
"I saw it through all the way until the verdict. Unfortunately we didn't get the verdict that we all wanted.
"Around this period the Australian Government provided lawyers from Australia to assist with the case. The time was right for me to focus my energy on the business I had been neglecting for some time.
"I had done all that I could to raise awareness of Schapelle's plight in Australia and in political circles and hopefully some of that effort has contributed towards the current guarantee that has been offered by the Australian Government to the Indonesian Government," said Mr Bakir.

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Alex Silverman holds master's degrees in Slavics and French linguistics. He has over 35 years of language teaching, teacher education and consulting experience. He presents regularly at conferences in the fields of sociolinguistics, politics and language teaching methodology, and innovative approaches to teacher supervision. He is particularly interested in the ways that cultural presumptions and norms are reflected in language and in helping students build practical teaching tools that integrate culture into the classroom.
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The PoCo BIA was formed in 1994 by a group of merchants that came together to work for the betterment of downtown businesses. Our members today number more than 300 and benefit from networking opportunities, increased profile and having an advocate working on their behalf.
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Pan's Labyrinth (and Tom's Palette)
The week started with tickets in hand for Guillermo del Toro's El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth. "Faun" = "Pan" 'cos it just sounds better.).
*Spoilers abound gloriously*
Pale men with eyes embedded their palms like stigmata (the horrific biological inefficiency of it all!) aren't quite our cup of tea. Narrative-flow sagging like folds of loose skin aren't quite our thing either.
But after Tom's Palette (thanks to Spots and ieat), and after the Baghdad Street sarabat hole-in-the-wall, 3 things still niggled:
- the reality of the worlds;
- the darkness of the fairy tale; and
- the motif of obedience.
El laberinto del fauno presents 2 worlds:
- the world of 1944 post-Civil War Spain where Ofelia's fascist stepfather, Captain Vidal, is bent on cleansing a small village of a motley crew of Republican militia; and
- the world of a faun, of fairies, of curious monsters, where Ofelia (tragic lass in Shakespeare's Hamlet?) is actually a princess, the long-lost daughter of the king of Hades, where she must perform 3 tasks before she will be able to return to her rightful home.
- Captain's White-Rabbit (the OCD in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, not the local sweet) watch-checking fetish;
- Ofelia's Alice-in-Wonderland party dress (except that, down down down the tunnel, is a slimy giant frog);
- Ofelia's succumbing to the temptation of the food on the banquet table despite being rather well-fed, echoing the greed of Edmund for the Turkish Delight of the White Queen;
- the Pale Man tearing off the heads of the fairies in a delightful way reminiscent of Polyphemos and also Francisco de Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son (which hints that the fairies in question weren't really getting their heads bitten off. Sure enough, they appear again in the enthronement scene).
Additionally, parallels abound between the 2 worlds, perhaps suggesting that Ofelia is merely incorporating her "real life" experiences in her "fantasy": the layout of the Captain's dining room seems to be the same as that of the Pale Man, there is the key to the storeroom and the golden key from the second task, and there is the knife Mercedes uses to cut vegetables and stab the Captain and the knife Ofelia gives to the Faun, with which the Faun threatens to shed the blood of Ofelia's baby halfbrother.
But yet there are hints that the Underworld is real after all: the chalk door actually gets Ofelia from her attic bedroom to the Captain's office and at a dead end, the labyrinth walls open for Ofelia but not for the Captain.
Happily, the labyrinth of the Faun is nothing like the all-singing all-dancing glam muppet Labyrinth of memory with David Bowie and Jim Henson's cuddly creatures. And thankfully, there was no sanitising Disneyfication either. Just (almost) the good old original grimness of the Brothers Grimm.
Loved the shadows, the palette (especially, the greybluegreen of the Underworld, all ancientness and organicness and ambiguity), the texture and the sound design (the creaking and wind-through-tree-branches of the Faun's limbs and the perfectionistic squeaking of the Captain's shiny black leather boots).
In their own fashion, fairy tales are not ways to escape reality but ways to articulate it. Fairy tales (unemasculated, unsweetened) help children learn not about the black and whites, but about the greyness of the world.
In the 1944 world as in the real world, people and the relationships between people are grey. Captain Vidal is smart in his uniform. He shaves carefully in the morning, his hair is black and shiny like his boots, he is well-groomed, well-spoken, and gentlemanly enough to get up from his chair when his wife enters and leaves the room. He is courageous in armed combat. He is a Mel-Gibson Die-Hard hero in a fascist uniform who fixes his own watch and sews up his own Chelsea grin. His men respect him. Yet he is no hero in the show: he tortures with pleasure and kills without good reason and without mercy.
The Faun too is an ambiguous creature. "My mother told me never to trust fauns," Mercedes advises Ofelia and we are unsure if the Faun can be trusted. At the second task, his fairies appear to give Ofelia the wrong instructions. And if the Faun was really one of Ofelia's subjects, he wasn't too keen on having her complete the last task after she'd got 2 of his fairies eaten.
Motif of Obedience
The Faun tells Ofelia that she will have to pass 3 tests before the full moon. The point is to ensure that her spirit is intact and that she hadn't become mortal.
What does it mean to be mortal? The film suggests that mortality is blind obedience. Presented with a choice, Mercedes and the doctor choose to disobey the Captain and help the rebels. Says the doctor to the Captain just before he is killed,"To obey without questions is something only people like you can do." Ofelia chooses to disobey the Faun (who'd earlier demanded strict unquestioning obedience after the fiasco with the Pale Man) and in so doing gains eternal life (at some point, the film conflates passing the tests and so returning to the Underworld as gaining eternal life. There are images of the Rose of Eternal Life, featured earlier in the film, on Ofelia's yellow enthronement dress).
A quick read up on Del Toro shows him reiterating on several occasions that he is proud to be a lapsed Catholic. But it is interesting that having rejected Catholicism (which he equates with Christianity), he offers a tale of redemption and a yearning for something more. If disobedience on a pedestal was his aim, why the gold on gold throne scene and reunion with family in the end?
Yet, understandably, this tale is not the same as the gospel, because while it reminds us of the need to be discerning, to tell between truth and untruth, it lacks one major ingredient of the gospel, the ingredient for which we give God glory and praise and the reason why the gospel is the "good news": it lacks grace - the admittance to The Better World of one not worthy of admission, the entry into heaven of one who does not deserve to enter.
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::Bridal Bootcamp: Volume 2::
This week I learned the importance and effectiveness of making and keeping a routine. I was at the gym 6 of 7 days this week by 7:30 a.m. That sounds a little braggy (but I am really proud of myself), but it has given me such motivation to continue. Beginning my day with a 30-45 minute workout gave me enough energy and focus to last the entire day; it enabled me to feel completely ready to face whatever hurdles came my way, unless they were actual hurdles, because my legs could not have handled it.
I not only created a new fitness routine this week, I also shifted my eating habits. After speaking to my trainer about the importance of a healthy diet, I changed from eating 2-3 meals a day, most of them not the healthiest, to 4-6 small, healthy meals (snacks included). It was anywhere from oatmeal, a banana, a protein shake (chocolate protein mix, banana, oats and unsweetened almond milk) in the mornings to trail mix, vegetable assortments, salad for mid-day/dinner. I have really noticed a change in both my metabolism and cravings.
Now, on to the workouts! The biggest thing for me is building stamina. I chose to focus on the stairmaster, it gives you a great cardio workout. The key is to keep your posture upright and to maintain breath control and stay hydrated! Start small, 10 minutes perhaps, and build throughout the week. Before you know it, you'll be at 45 minutes no problem. It's also important to note you don't have to do 30 minutes of cardio every day, but if you're looking to lose body fat and weight, you should be doing at least 30 minutes of cardio 4 days a week.
Next let's take a look at some great exercises to do in order to get your body ready to fit into your wedding dress! Below, you'll find a great routine put together by the lovely ladies over at Tone It Up! They have some great recommendations- check them out!
Remember: stay focused, stay positive and stay true to you!


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This June, Stephanie Chefas Projects brings home 'Platinum Blend 4', an annual group exhibit featuring a select group of contemporary artists, all of whom are highlighted on the art blog Platinum Cheese. Founded by Stephanie Chefas, Platinum Cheese originated as a platform to share some of the most innovative voices thriving within today's New Contemporary Art scene. "This latest exhibition represents a culmination of my experiences in the art world, and expands upon the dialogue between artist and audience by providing an arena where fans and creatives alike engage under one roof," states Chefas. "Each artist was chosen based on my admiration for his or her unique aesthetic as well as his or her ability to captivate the viewer time and time again. When these singular voices are put next to one another, the perspectives "blend" to create a sense of continuity from one work to the next."
Artists include, Casey Gray, Dan Lam, Jeff Sheridan, Jeremy Okai Davis, Jesse Hazelip, Kelly Ording, Kristen Liu-Wong, Laura Berger, Mako Miyamoto, Maxwell McMaster, Meegan Barnes, Michael Reeder, Nathan McKee, Peter Gronquist, Ryan Bubnis, Shawn Huckins, Tim Biskup, YESNIK, Yellena James.
The opening reception for 'Platinum Blend 4' will be held at Stephanie Chefas Projects on Friday, June 1st from 7-10pm. Stephanie Chefas Projects is located Portland, Oregon at 305 SE 3rd Avenue on the second floor of the Urban Row building. The exhibition will be on view through June 30th, 2018 and is free and open to the public.


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Spring 2019 @ St. Colmcille's COmmunity SChool, Knocklyon
Coding returns to St. Colmcille's Community School, Knocklyon from Thursday January 10th, for an 18-week term which brings us right through to the summer. Register below to secure a place at Ireland's top coding academy for kids and teenagers.
A full list of class dates are at the bottom of this page.
Primary school classes (18 x 60 minutes): €229
Secondary school classes (18 x 90 minutes): €319
We are also offering "half now, half later" payments, where you pay half the course fees now and the balance by the end of February*.
Class Schedule
Students in each timetabled session are further divided by age/experience. Beginners, advanced coders and everyone in between are catered to in all classes.
Primary School, 2nd-4th Class:
Thursdays, 17:30-18:30
Saturdays, 10:00-11:00
Primary School, 5th-6th Class:
Thursdays, 18:30-19:30
Saturdays, 11:00-12:00
Secondary School, 1st-6th Year:
Thursdays, 19:30-21:00
Saturdays, 12:00-13:30
Full list of class dates
January: 12, 19, 26
February: 2, 9, 16, 23
March: 2, 9, 23, 30
April: 6, 13, 27
May: 11, 18, 25
June: 1
January: 10, 17, 24, 31
February: 7, 14, 21, 28
March: 7, 14, 21, 28
April: 4, 11
May: 2, 9, 16, 23
Dates in bold: note that schools will/may be closed on these dates, or that these dates may fall on holiday weekends.
*Please note there is no penalty or extra charge associated with the half now, half later option. If you register on time for the early bird rate you can take full advantage and pay half the early bird rate now, half by the end of February. We will email payment reminders approaching the due date.


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Obituary for Clara Parker Lennon
- Name: Clara Parker Lennon
- Home Town: Bolivia, NC
- Date of Death: 01/14/2018
- Birth Place: Brunswick County
- Birth Date: 01/25/1926
- Service Date: 01/16/2018 at 02:00 PM
- Visit Date: 01/16/2018
- Visit Times: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- Service Place: Supply Baptist Church
- Interment: Brunswick Memorial Gardens
Clara Parker Lennon of Bolivia passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at the age of 91.
She was born in Brunswick County on January 25, 1926 to the late John Morton and Fannie Pierce Parker. She was a retired Registered Nurse.
In addition to her parents, she is also predeceased by her husband, Tolman Clarence Lennon, Sr.; sons, Tolman Clarence Lennon, Jr., and John Charles Lennon.
Left to cherish her memory are daughters, Nancy L. Moore (Raybon), Bolivia, June L. Clemmons (Jimmy), Bolivia; sister, Jo Ann Mintz (Tylon), Crossville, TN; daughter-in-laws, Sandra Lennon, Marion, SC, and Debbie Lennon, Bolivia; brothers, Fred Parker (Betty), Holden Beach, Albert Parker (Kathleen), Supply; grandchildren, Jeremy Clemmons, Jason Clemmons (Peter Grant), Toby Lennon (Misty), Matthew Lennon (Lori), Jennifer Potter (Travis), Lori Boyer, Shawn Lennon, Kim Bruton (Mike); and eighteen great- grandchildren.
Casket Bearers will be Jeremy Clemmons, Jason Clemmons, Toby Lennon, Matthew Lennon, Shawn Lennon, and Travis Potter.
A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 in Supply Baptist Church. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Brunswick Memorial Gardens, Shallotte.
Online condolences can be made at www.brunswickfuneralservice.com
Brunswick Funeral Service, Shallotte
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Fayetteville Observer Article, June 2014
Urban Art Exhibit Brings New Faces to the Arts Council
Written by SONI MARTIN
Monday, 14 July 2014
Urban art as a genre developed out of street art that is directly connected to graffiti culture. In the street art vernacular, words like bomb (to cover an area with graffiti), buff (to erase or remove graffiti from a wall), cross out (place an X over graffiti out of disrespect) and back to back (block of street painted) are understood among the graffiti artists. Although street/graffiti are still relevant, the genre has grown into a broader cross section of artists. The exhibit titled Urban Art: Expressions of an Environment at the Arts Council of Fayetteville and Cumberland County focuses on different sensibilities across the country and relevant urban themes: response to contemporary urban culture, political issues, use of spray paint, graffiti and/or stencils and use of industrial materials.
Several of the artists in the exhibit are experienced and authentic graffiti artists who have shared new work in the gallery. It doesn't matter if you don't know which artists have already exhibited in major national exhibitions, been featured in Juxtapose Magazine, participated in La Biennale (55th International Art Exhibition) or have received major national artists grants and are published. All 11 artists in the exhibit — emerging and mature — bring a unique approach to the themes of the exhibit.
Five local artists were invited to participate: Aaron Wallace, Eric Longley, Jihad Z. Ali, Michael Romagano and Lovell Pulley along with six artists from across the country: JooYoung Choi (Texas), Senghor Reid (Michigan), Kevan Foust (California), Abezash Tamerat (Maryland) and Percy Fortini-Wright (Massachusetts).
In the painting titled "The Masked Phantom," Fortini-Wright skillfully integrates a figure wearing a gas mask against a gray, stark background. Mixing oil painting techniques with the graffiti vernacular, Fortini-Wright clarifies his intent on his website: "I interpret, depict and decipher the world around and within me … as a graffiti artist I bring that same energy into my pieces, showing a carefree innocence with bold daring marks not distinguishing between a scribble and fully realized object. Using spray paint with the physical nature of the calligraphic mark, my pieces investigate relationships of linguistic entanglement as form. Many times the subjects are letters either tagged or written fast into the pieces elaborately camouflaged into a three dimensional "wild style" form of lettering. Through the ethereal qualities of spray paint juxtaposed with the physical nature of the calligraphic mark I deface my images with words and words with images expressing there limitations and intricate connections."
Sengor Reid is also a painter in the exhibition and interprets his environment in a way that explores people reacting to the urban landscape. A subtle, political approach, the verisimilitude of the painting charms the viewer; yet the portraits are charged with an electrified state of being.
Reid states on his website how his paintings are like "film stills which document the lives of people in an urban environment … the relentless imprint of human activity in an age of post-industrial age … the capacity of registering the space we are moving through, our conscious or unconscious decisions to ignore, scream, run, escape, destroy or rebuild."
In sharp contrast, the works by JooYoung Choi promotes the idea of ethnic unity. In the mixed-media work "It's as Easy as 1-2-3," Choi surrounds the figure with repeated patterns. "The Transmissions of Pleasure Vision" series is a combination of text on repeated horizontal bands delivering a hopeful message.
Two computer graphic artists in the exhibit have very different approaches. Kevan Foust uses the medium to incorporate his drawing skills into a highly personal message about personal identity; whereas Lovell Pulley is known for his interpretation of the culture at large. Foust's composition is complicated whereas Pulley reduces his images to a minimalist style.
In a quick-witted manner, Pulley's "Gangsta Pop" and "Legally, I'm Yo Pusher" are designed in grays with a small pop of color somewhere in the image. Turning a mirror on ourselves, everyone is able see how the artist has reframed roles in our culture.
Jihad Z. Ali brings the traditional graffiti game inside the gallery with his framed works. "No Train, No Gain," the most ambitious of the Ali's works being exhibited, exemplifies the cross-cultural phenomenon that is taking place in graffiti art. In this work, Ali breaks his space into horizontal layers, each layer is a construction of an identity and communal ideologies are simmering throughout the work.
In stark distinction, the paper works by Abezash Tamerat demand their place in the exhibit. Exceptionally large works on paper are torn, burned and mounted on the wall with map pins. Abstracted, yet still remaining hauntingly figurative, Tamerat's work is edgy and provocative in a way that cites the potential of material and obscure meaning.
Aaron Wallace is an artist who also emphasizes material — material being the most important element in his work. No reference to a subject, the oozy, puffy and textured abstract paintings rely upon their physicality to become an art object, evoking tactile meaning.
Michael Romagano incorporates spray paint into two of his complicated mixed media works, resulting in images that have a multi-layered essence. When asked about his process, Romagano stated he "places instantaneously what resides in his thoughts through medium and application."
Eric Longley is the only artist in the exhibit who is exhibiting sculpture and print making. Longley effortlessly moves between relief sculptures and silk-screened monoprints; both mediums incorporate the artists' gritty, fascination with the heart as a theme, and a three dimensional interpretation of the dripping paint that can often result from spray paint.
Sponsored by Zipquest Waterfall and Treetop Adventure and Skin Prik City Tattoo Studio, Urban Art: Expressions of an Environment is an exhibit that remains up until July 19. For information call the Arts Council at 910-323-1776.
"Dream Viewer" on display at NC Community Colleges Art Exhibit -- Virtual Tour 2009, First floor Hall.


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Hawaii is my home away from home. I won't pretend I am special in that aspect. I think most people who have experienced the barefoot life, the wild haired days, the salty lips, the sandy skin, feel in someway that this is how we're supposed to live.
Hawaii offers me a chance to be someone I'm not. A morning person. With the 6 hour time difference, I'm up by 5am (which is not THAT impressive considering its 11am back home) chipper and ready to explore the island, watch the sunrise- I'll even make you breakfast. It's fun being a morning person. If only for a week.
We always use airbnb. But this trip we stayed in Waikiki. This is the most touristy part of the island - there's a Hard Rock Cafe and Forever21 if that tells you anything. But I used to live in a high rise right on the Ala Wai so it was fun for me to be in very familiar ground. You can walk out of your condo and grab coffee or an acai bowl across the street. It feels like a bustling city. Shopping bags and to-go boxes and people fighting over parking spots. But a calm and private beach is an easy 15 minute drive. The best of both worlds.


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Surly Pugsley Fork Non-Offset
This fork will accept 26-inch tires up to 3.8-inch wide with plenty of clearance, even using rims as wide as 82mm. Surly's 100mm spaced fat forks let you build a front wheel using standard 100mm front hubs with zero offset. This spacing opens up all sorts of options for front hubs including dynamo hubs and other hard to find goodies that generally only come in 100mm spacing. Internally-butted tapered straight legs. 51mm I.S. disc brake caliper mount uses standard front adapter. Chromoly steel. Available in black.
- Axle-To-Crown: 447mm
- Offset: 43mm
- Steerer: 260mm 1-1/8" straight
- Tire Clearance: 26 x 3.8" (on rims up to 82mm wide). Getting 4" tires through 100mm spaced dropouts can be a little tricky. Be patient.
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Voices on Antisemitism Podcast RSS
Voices on Antisemitism features a broad range of perspectives about antisemitism and hatred today. Subscribe to Voices on Antisemitism on iTunes or by RSS feed, listen to individual programs online, or use Voices on Antisemitism in your class. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.
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Daniel Craig
Actor Daniel Craig is perhaps most famous for his portrayal of Agent 007 in the James Bond movies. But his latest film, Defiance, is based on the true story of the Bielski brothers, who led a resistance against the Nazis during the Second World War.
Helen Jonas
When Helen Jonas speaks of SS officer Amon Goeth, her voice still bears traces of the horrors she witnessed as his house servant at the Plaszow Concentration Camp. Sixty years later, Jonas met with Goeth's daughter Monika, a meeting recorded for the documentary film Inheritance.
Col. Edward B. Westermann
Colonel Edward Westermann believes it's important to prepare his cadets to confront morally complicated situations. In a seminar he taught on the Holocaust, Westermann called upon his students to consider carefully the responsibilities of their post.
Alexander Verkhovsky
Concerned about a rise in racism and violence, Alexander Verkhovsky examines how interethnic conflict is fostered and spread throughout his native Russia.
Nechama Tec
Nechama Tec believes it's important to examine the Holocaust from many different angles. In her work, she looks at the places where antisemitism and sexism intersect, and at the particular ways in which women endured Nazi persecution.
Harald Edinger
In 2006, while still a teenager, Harald Edinger left his home in Austria to work at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. During his 14 months in Washington D.C., Edinger learned something valuable about the past, the future, and the role of his generation.
Beverly E. Mitchell
In Plantations and Death Camps: Religion, Ideology, and Human Dignity, Beverly Mitchell looks at the history both of the Holocaust and of slavery in the U.S. to see what lessons about human dignity can be learned.
Martin Goldsmith
Music afforded Martin Goldsmith's parents some measure of shelter in Nazi Germany. For a brief period, they could practice their art and perform for other Jews under the protection of an all-Jewish orchestra, set up by the Nazis.
Tad Stahnke
Tad Stahnke believes that discrimination can exist in any society, and affect any individual. Everyone has an interest—and a responsibility—to confront violence and prejudice in our communities.
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A beer never hurts
Hello from Lower Bavaria.
Approximately an hour's drive away from Munich airport, in the middle of lower bavaria, you can find the pictorial village Mariakirchen. There, Georg of Closen and his wife Barbara of Nothaft built the nowadays well-known moated castle in the year 1550. Across the centuries the substance of the building deteriorated enormously. 2003 it got restored costly together with the stablings. The "Schlossbräu" Mariakirchen (castle brewery) arose including an inhouse brewery and a homey beer garden.
Commited to the bavarian purity law the beer is brewed according to old recipe. Unstrained and natural beers originate from pure and fresh spring water of Mariakirchen in the coppery brewing kettles. They are especially tasty in conjunction with a proper bavarian snack under the bohemian vault or under old chestnut trees in the beer garden with a view to the moated castle.
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RainbowMod? Sounds familiar, right? We previously covered a custom ROM for the Lumia 710 sharing an identical name, and now it's out for the Lumia 800. Built on Windows Phone "Tango" (7.10.8773.98) and based on Chinese firmware, RainbowMod is shipped with both English (US) and Russian languages.
It's required that the owner has configured the Qualcomm boot loader on their Lumia 800. So what's included in RainbowMod?
- Full Unlock from UltraShot
- Removed OEM applications (Nokia Drive, Maps, etc.)
- Search key remapping
- QuickLaunch menu for quick switching state of WiFi, 3G, Flight mode, Power save, etc.
- Ability to access file system via WiFi/USB
- Integrated Live ID, DppImplant no longer needed, but new key can also be banned
- Orientation locker
- Added multiple colour themes
- Easy installation xap from browser or file manager
- Unlocked Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts (limitation of Chinese firmware)
- Added Google and Yandex search engines
- xb0xmod cert for cab-updates
- Cab-updatable
- Lots of minor changes
- Updatability via Zune (not guaranteed)
It must be noted that the ROM creator does not own a Lumia 800, and thus this may well bust a cap in your Lumia's ass. Windows Phone Central takes no responsibility for any damage caused to your device. Proceed with caution and at your own risk. Head on over to the XDA thread for more information and support.
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Interview questions on networking basics
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The gateway of PC1 is 192.168.1.1. Should it be configured on it for PC1 to be able to ping 192.168.1.1.
PC1 and the gateway are on the same network. To ping a gateway it need not be configured as gateways are required to reach systems on different networks.
How many computers can be setup with the network address 192.168.1.0/24 network.
The number of IP addresses in the network is 256, out if which the addresses 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.1.255 cannot be used as it is reserved for the network address and the broadcast address. Excluding the addresses, 254 IP addresses can be used. So, 254 computers can be configured using the available IP addresses.
Which field in the TCP or UDP header identifies the application which is being requested
The destination port field in the TCP and UDP header corresponds to the application for which request is being initiated. The port number maps with a corresponding application. For ex; TCP port 80 corresponds to HTTP server and UDP port 53 corresponds to DNS servers.
Is a DNS IP address mandatory to be configured on a PC for internet access.
When a user on a PC accesses a website, URL resolution for the website name has to be performed. This is done by the DNS protocol. This request has to be sent to a DNS server, for which the IP address of the DNS server should be configured on the client.
If a PC has two default gateways, which would be taken for routing the packets.
Every route entry would have a metric. If there are two default gateways, there would be two default entry. The entry which has a lower metric value would be
taken by the packets.
Name two methods by which the desktop of a Windows system can be viewed.
Remote desktop protocol or VNC can be used for the purpose
Can a FTP server installed on Linux accessed by a FTP client on Windows.
FTP is a TCP/IP protocol. TCP/IP is a vendor neutral protocol. So a FTP client on Windows can access the FTP server which is installed on Linux.
If there are two default routes on a Cisco router, which path would the packet take.
The packet would take the route which has a lower metric value associated with it
How can the desktop of a Linux system viewed from Windows.
VNC protocol can be used for the purpose. The Linux system can be setup as a VNC server and Window as the VNC client. The IP address of the Linux system can be configured in the VNC client, following which connectivity can be achieved.
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Midlothian High School, designed for 2,500 students, connects two existing campuses: the north campus housing the ninth-grade center and the south campus housing grades 10 to 12.
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The extracts from Silas Marner and Spoonface Steinberg describe situations which are highly emotional. How does this successfully does each writer convey this depth of feeling to you?
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The extracts from Silas Marner and Spoonface Steinberg describe situations which are highly emotional. How does this successfully does each writer convey this depth of feeling to you? How does each use the qualaties of the chosen genre (i.e novel and radio script) to affect your response? I am studying two texts: Silas Marner, by George Eliot, and Spoonface Steinberg. The former tells the story of Silas Marner a linen weaver in the West Midlands. He becomes dominated by his gold which he earns from his trade. This gold is stolen, but soon mysteriously a young girl called Eppie arrives on his doorstep. He adopts her and soon begins to see how precious she is to him. Sixteen years later Silas's gold is presented to him, but now Godfrey and Nancy Cass, who are local land oners want Eppie back Godfrey proclaims to Eppie that she has a future with him and Nancy, leaving Eppie to choose between Silas and Godfrey. The second extract, Spoonface Steinberg, is from arecent radio play by Lee Hll. It tells the story of a seven year old girl, Spoonface, who is suffering from cancer and is dying. In the final scene she thinks about some of the people in her life who she is close to, especially Mrs Spud the cleaner. ...read more.
In the opening scene of the extract the writer begins with building up the mood of happiness. He delibritly paints this picture in the opening two paragraphs to show how blissful the characters are towards each other. It brings the reader to imagne in their minds of how Eppie and Silas maybe feeling, their look on their faces and the sharing confidences between them both. As the story continues we see Eppie and Silas seayed alone together quietly talking notably we can see the closenes between the two of the. If I pick out two examples from the second paragraph we shall see how their happiness brings them together. For instance, "She had drawn her own chair towards his knees and leand forward, holding both ahnds while she looked up at him." Significantly this reveals how Eppie feels towards Silas, it would seem at this point that the reader will have a clear view in their minds,a representation of Eppie holding Silas's hand. Indeed this tells us and the reader a lot about Eppies's character when she pulls her chair towards Silas it unveils her compassionate, inttentive personality. More importantly is when she bends down and grasps Silas's hands. The reader may be able to illustrate in their mind the commiserative expression on her face. ...read more.
When Eppie says to Silas "But I know now, father. If it hadn't been for you, they'd have taken me to the workhouse and they'd have been nobody to love me." It stirs my feelings it makes me think hard about what she proclaims to Silas . If makes me think is there anyone in the world who loves their father as much as Eppie? It also touchs me the way she sys it. If this story was to become real life I would see that Eppie would say it with determination which she meant from the bottom of her heart. It makes me think deeply about her cahraceter, quiet, kind and polite. Silas Marner is highly emotional. Now that Eppie knows who her real father is it is going to cause, not riots but a big dilemma between them. For the best of her future, she chooses to saty with Silas. Even though she knows Godfery is her real father she doesn't want to leave Silas. She has throughly had to think fast regarding her future. She has though about everything Silas has done for her. Silas ha brought her up and she is not willing to abandon Silas for Godfery and Nancy. The author is successful in engaging my interset in Silas's feelings. As ...read more.
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Halo: First Strike
|Halo: First Strike
Del Rey Books
Publication date:
December 2, 2003 (original)
Media type:
Print (Paperback)
352 pages
Halo: First Strike is a Halo novel authored by Eric Nylund. It was published in December 2003,[1] after being written in a period of sixteen weeks.[2]
Halo: First Strike fills the gap between Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, in addition to continuing the story of the Spartans and Dr. Halsey on Reach where Halo: The Fall of Reach left off. The story is continued directly in Halo 2 and the subsequent novel Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. First Strike also ties up several unresolved plot threads, including how Sergeant Johnson survived the attack of the Flood.
The novel, along with The Fall of Reach and The Flood, was reissued in 2010 by Tor Books, with the new version including some content updates.[3]
- 1 Official summaries
- 2 Plot synopsis
- 3 Appearances
- 4 2010 bonus content
- 5 Trivia
- 6 Gallery
- 7 Sources
- 8 Links
Official summaries[edit]
Original edition by Del Rey Books[edit]
|The Human-Covenant war rages on as the alien juggernaut sweeps inexorably towards its final goal: Destruction of all human life!
Halo has been destroyed, and the threat it posed to sentient life, neutralized. But victory has come at a terrible cost for the UNSC. Thousands of valiant soldiers fell in the battle to prevent the alien construct from falling into the enemy's clutches. Now, everything depends on the Spartan known as the "Master Chief." Yet even with the aid of the artificial intelligence known as Cortana, the Master Chief will be hard-pressed to rescue survivors and evade the Covenant ships patrolling the remains of Halo in debris-strewn space. Ahead lies a dangerous voyage home, through a gauntlet of Covenant forces. For the sake of all, the Master Chief and his war-torn squad must not only survive, but take the fight to the enemy with a decisive first strike.
Definitive edition by Tor[edit]
|Rounding out Tor's series of reissues of the original three Halo novels, this newly edited and revised edition of First Strike is a must-have for all Halo fans. Featuring author Eric Nylund at the helm, this tale bridges the events that take place in the game Halo: Combat Evolved (as novelized in The Flood) and its blockbuster follow-up, Halo 2.
After destroying the first Halo, Master Chief and Cortana attempt to voyage back home among a myriad of deadly Covenant attacks. With a battle weary squad, that includes the last of the Spartan-II survivors and the program's creator, Dr. Catherine Halsey, First Strike delivers an action-packed space opera told against the backdrop of one of the richest and most complex Science Fiction franchises of our time.
2019 Gallery Books reprint[edit]
|The New York Times bestselling aftermath of Halo: Combat Evolved featuring the Master Chief—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series!
2552. The theocratic military alliance known as the Covenant is showing no mercy as it continues to assault every human world it encounters, but in the way lies humanity's greatest champion, the super-soldier Spartan John-117—the Master Chief. Together with his AI companion Cortana and the last remaining Spartans, the galaxy-spanning fight rages on two fronts following the destruction of the human military stronghold Reach by Covenant forces and the mysterious artificial ringworld known as "Halo" at the hands of the Master Chief.
One faction—a squad of Spartans lead by Blue Team's Fred-104 and Kelly-087—is trapped on the glassed surface of Reach, the only planet they've ever known as home. And beneath this ruined world, Dr. Catherine Halsey has discovered an ancient secret...one that could alter the course of the war. Meanwhile, the Master Chief and Cortana lead a second group toward a gathering of Covenant warships, as the United Nations Space Command's worst nightmare has finally come true: the Covenant has discovered the location of Earth and is forming a massive fleet to utterly destroy it, as well as all who oppose the indomitable will of the Prophet...
Plot synopsis[edit]
Section 0: Reach[edit]
The prologue begins before the Fall of Reach flashing back to Chapter 34 in Halo: The Fall of Reach where Captain Keyes informed Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 of the matter of the unsecured NAV database. Frederic-104 is made the leader of Red Team and ordered to take the other Spartan-IIs down to Reach to protect the generators powering the orbital MAC guns.
The narrative then follows Red Team as they ride a Pelican down to the surface, but they are forced to jump from the vehicle after the pilot gets hit by plasma fire from Seraph fighters. The impact at terminal velocity kills four of the Spartans and leaves many more seriously injured. Most lose their weapons and ammunition, Fred-104 and Kelly-087 improvise using rocks until they are able to police Covenant weapons from a group of Jackals they kill. The Spartans then group up with the remaining four Marines in Charlie Company. The Marines summarize how the battle has gone, saying that they were the only ones who survived the battle to that point.
Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb contacts Fred and orders him and the Spartans to extract him and his staff claiming that he was the current officer in charge of the defense of Reach. Fred takes Kelly and Joshua-029 on a mission to destroy a large Covenant camp in a valley near the bunker Charlie Company once occupied. Taking three Banshees, they deliver a Fury tactical nuke into a Covenant ship. During the assault, Joshua's Banshee is shot down and he is presumed dead. Fred and Kelly complete the mission without complications.
Despite their efforts, however, the Covenant manage to overrun the reactors on Reach and the Covenant fleet begins glassing Reach. Fred, however, refusing to sit around and die comes up with a plan. He and Kelly take their captured Banshees, and together they fly away from the scene.
Section 1: Threshold[edit]
The narrative then moves to the debris field of Installation 04, right after the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. Aboard the Longsword, Cortana and the Master Chief used to escape the destruction, Cortana and the Chief converse, with the Chief insisting that Cortana repeat her scans of the debris for any signs of life.
Cortana detects a battle group of seven Covenant starships and a flagship. She also finds three cryo-chambers that were jettisoned from the Pillar of Autumn prior to its crash on Halo. While she moves the Longsword towards the cryopods, she discovers a Pelican hiding nearby. As the Chief retrieves the cryo tubes and returns to the Longsword, the Pelican takes off and attacks the lead Covenant starship, diverting attention away from the Longsword. The two small ships link up, and several survivors jump out of the Pelican, namely Sergeant Johnson, ODST Corporal Locklear, Warrant Officer Shiela Polaski,[4] and an ONI Lieutenant, Elias Haverson. The Master Chief, having seen a video of Johnson getting infected, slams him into the bulkhead and aims Johnson's pistol squarely at Johnson's head, waiting for an explanation on how he could have survived. Johnson, through his own words, says that he must not have tasted good to the Flood. After confirming with Cortana that he isn't infected Master Chief releases Johnson.
Together the group manages to board the flagship, called Ascendant Justice. They fight their way to the bridge and along the way they plug Cortana into the vessel's computer and she effectively kills most of the combat crew by decompressing most of the decks of the vessel. However, she learns that they're running out of time, as the fleet is a prelude to a Covenant dignitary's arrival at Halo, and their vessel has a massive escort. The group makes it to the bridge only to confront a Spec Ops Elite wielding an Energy Sword, whom the Master Chief defeats with the help of Johnson and Locklear, sustaining a slight injury. The defeat of the Elite warrior allows the humans to gain complete control of the Covenant flagship.
In the confusion between the other vessels, the Ascendant Justice enters Slipspace, escaping Halo's remains. The group argues about where to go next, but ultimately the Chief persuades them all to return to Reach; first, because the Cole Protocol forbids them from taking a Covenant vessel to Earth directly; second, because the Chief secretly wants to see what became of his fellow Spartans. Haverson sends Johnson, Locklear, and Polaski to the Pelican to get the gear left there. When they are at the Pelican, Johnson contacts the Chief informing him that there is a Spartan in one of the cryotubes.
Meanwhile, back at Earth, UNSC HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 in Sydney, Lieutenant Wagner briefs the UNSC Security Council on the destruction of Reach and concludes that they cannot try to retake the planet and must prepare for the final defense of Earth. All Spartans and vessels are assumed destroyed, though they do know that the UNSC Pillar of Autumn escaped destruction. Also revealed here is that Colonel James Ackerson, who was supposedly reassigned after the events of The Fall of Reach due to the actions of Cortana, has escaped reassignment and is serving on the Security Council. Ackerson appears almost gleeful that Reach has fallen, but crosses a line when he denounces the Spartans as "freaks", earning a firm rebuke from Admiral Hood. General Strauss considers sending a recon unit to check for survivors, but Ackerson insists that any such mission would not only be suicidal, but pointless, as the Covenant would have left none.
Section 2: Defense of Castle Base[edit]
The narrative then returns to Reach where Kelly and Fred, after destroying the Covenant ship, crash-land their Banshees into a pair of Hunters, confusing one and disabling the other's gun. They then steal a pair of Wraith tanks, and blast their way into Castle Base under Menachite Mountain. There they meet up with the surviving Spartans of Delta Team, the injured Spartans, including Isaac-039 , Vinh-030 and Will-043. They meet up with Doctor Halsey, who treats their injuries, and sends them to retrieve some new weapons - the BR55 Battle Rifle and the M6C magnum sidearm.
At the lab, Dr. Halsey discovers Colonel Ackerson's plans, which were extensive lists on "Her Spartans", a star chart reference, and a third file labeled "KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN". Before she can access these, however, a UNSC AI named Araqiel appears and attempts to stop her by threatening to kill her or the Spartans. She destroys it using a bypass code she herself had programmed, but causes some concern with her personal AI. The Covenant then invaded the base, and the Spartans and Doctor Halsey escape to the old titanium mines beneath Castle Base, right before its destruction, which blocks their only exit. Having no other alternatives, the Spartans and Dr Halsey venture deep into the tunnels.
In the tunnels, the Spartans receive armor upgrades and Fred discovers several symbols which ultimately opens a huge tunnel that leads into an even larger room. In the center of the room, they find a crystal. The Spartans and Halsey find that if they walk straight towards it, it will bend the space around them and, if brought to Slipspace, would allow them to travel further using the same amount of energy used in the same vessel. They retrieve the crystal, but the Covenant finds them due to emission of radiation from the crystal. The Covenant land forces inside the giant room using reversed gravity lifts, forcing the humans to retreat. Fred orders Isaac and Vinh to stay behind to form a rearguard action, but they were overwhelmed and killed. The remaining Spartans and Dr. Halsey continue to flee through the tunnels, but as the Covenant follow them, they run into a dead end.
Section 3: Rescue[edit]
Meanwhile, out in space, Master Chief and Cortana, along with the last survivors of Installation 04 including Sergeant Johnson, find out that one of the cryotubes that Master Chief found contains Linda-058. The others had contained Marines, but they had died due to cryotube malfunction. While in the Longsword the Master Chief strips off some pieces from the craft, to reinforce a Covenant dropship they are going to use. As they walk into the hangar of the Ascendant Justice, Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson witness Polaski practicing how to drive a Covenant dropship. As they enter Epsilon Eridani, they see what has happened to Reach after the Covenant glassed the planet. They move the flagship closer as they notice that, during the glassing of Reach the Covenant "missed" a spot. The small fleet - consisting of a dozen cruisers, two assault carriers, and three squadrons of Seraphs - ask why a flagship is at Reach. While on the ship, the survivors hear a UNSC E-band transmission: a six-note tune, "Oly Oly Oxen Free". No one on the bridge recognizes it - except the Master Chief. The section then returns to July 14, 2523 as a memory reviews the time when the Spartans played capture the flag against Tango Company. The teenage Spartans win the "game" - despite Tango Company's usage of live-fire rounds - and capture the flag. While hiding from Tango Company Marines searching for the flag, John uses the "Oly Oly Oxen Free" signal to tell his teammates that all is clear.
Back on Ascendant Justice, the human crew debate whether they should go down to Reach in the reinforced Covenant dropship. Cortana looks around to see a spot which can be an extraction site to pick up the people going down to Reach. On the way down, cruisers start to surround them in their dropship, but ultimately let them pass. While Cortana continues to explore the flagship's systems, the Covenant AI aboard the ship manages to temporarily gain control of the comms and alerts the Covenant Fleet to the ship's hijacking. Although Cortana is able to destroy the AI, her cover is blown, and she destroys a few of the enemy cruisers before she flees into slipspace. The humans find a canyon with some movement in it. The Chief wanders out alone to see if there is a trap. Haverson backs him up. At the bottom of the ramp Chief senses a single signal. There was no friend-or-foe tag indicating who it belonged to, so the Chief proceeded with caution. The Chief draws his pistol only to lower it discovering that it is Anton-044 who had disabled his FoF tag so the Covenant wouldn't discover his location. He leads the Master Chief to the entrance of a cavern, where two Spartans, Grace-093 and Li-008 were, both operating chainguns that were bolted to the sides of two boulders. Master Chief and Anton, followed by Grace, enters the cavern. Inside, Admiral Whitcomb was standing at foldout card table, which was the headquarters for Camp Independence.
Admiral Whitcomb asks why the Chief was there, instead of the mission with Captain Keyes deep in Covenant territory. The Chief told him about the events that happened on Halo, and while he was telling the story, Haverson and the others from the dropship arrived. Haverson asks Whitcomb how he is alive, and the Admiral tells Haverson that while everyone was evacuating, he stayed behind because the UNSC was working on a new bomb called the NOVA, which possesses enough explosive force to destroy a planet. Whitcomb armed the NOVAs with failsafe tampering detonators and a countdown timer. Whitcomb had a team of Marines, Charlie Company, to help arm the NOVAs, but they were wiped out, but he then saw Red Team on coded COM and "asked" to borrow a few Spartans, who armed the NOVAs and since had given the Covenant trouble with hit-and-run exercises.
The rest of the Red Team is still trapped underground in the tunnels beneath the mountain in the CASTLE facility. The Chief's group uses the Covenant dropship to rescue the remaining Red Team. They enter a huge cavern filled with Covenant forces - a few Elites, Jackals, and mostly Grunts that are clearing a cave-in. They land the dropship a half a kilometer away from the Covenant forces. They manage to destroy the Covenant forces and three Spartans, Kelly, Fred, and Will, emerged from cover. Whitcomb asks if that was everyone and Fred replies that there was one more. That person turns out to be Dr. Halsey who was holding the fist-sized crystal. They are about to leave when they detected Covenant forces and are surrounded by thousands of Covenant forces on each of the twelve levels of the gallery, and crowding the balconies were Grunts, Jackals, Elites and several pairs of Hunters. They all prepare to open fire on them, when a Hunter pair roar with rage and fire their weapons at the Master Chief and his team; the rest of the Covenant forces open fire a split second later.
Back in space, the Ascendant Justice emerges from Slipspace into a frozen Oort cloud to hide from the Covenant forces because they know that the Ascendant Justice wasn't one of theirs. Cortana eavesdrops on the data streams of the Covenant, using the dissected Covenant AI to help. Cortana discovers that the Covenant forces were heading to Earth.
Section 4: Gambit[edit]
As it turns out, the Covenant forces weren't shooting at the group, but rather the Hunters as they were under orders to take the crystal intact. However, Kelly is incapacitated from taking two direct hits from the Hunters' plasma shots. The Covenant then advance toward the group. Whitcomb signals for Polaski to pick them up and they get whisked out in the nick of time. However, while going up the grav lift, the Covenant begin to use it to push them back down. When Li-008 opens the door to fire Jackhammer rockets up the shaft, Dr. Halsey's crystal changes shape and completely disables the Grav Lift. Once they exit the tunnel, the crystal returns to normal.
In the Ascendant Justice, Cortana uses Engineers to combine the Covenant ship with another ship - the UNSC Gettysburg, needing two reactors for her maneuver. She microjumps into Slipspace, and jumps out right in the middle of the Covenant fleet, at the rendezvous point. The Chief's men get into the Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice. However, when Cortana jumps back into Slipspace, the crystal causes them to enter an anomalous slipspace field with unusual properties, and they drag the Covenant fleet with them. The fleet opens fire, but the plasma behaves erratically - doing loops, curving, teleporting, etc. During the fight, Elites that had survived the purge of the Ascendant Justice blow a small hole in its hull. The Spartans and Polaski go out to repair it, but run into the Elites. They fight, but Polaski, Li, and Anton are killed and Kelly is severely wounded. Desperate to escape, Cortana attempts to revert into normal space. She succeeds, leaving the Covenant stranded in Slipspace, destroyed by sudden decompression of the extended slipspace field created by the crystal.
Section 5: Massacre at Eridanus Secundus[edit]
Recovering on the Gettysburg, the Master Chief learns from Cortana that the Covenant have found Earth, and are preparing for a massive assault. Heading to the bridge, the Master Chief confers with Admiral Whitcomb and Lieutenant Haverson about their options. Their brief trip through the alternate dimension has placed them in the former Outer Colonies, which have long since been destroyed by the Covenant, meaning there is no nearby UNSC base to repair their ship. Additionally, the crystal emits an unknown radiation in slipspace which will kill the crew in 72 hours. Learning that they are near the Eridanus system, John informs Admiral Whitcomb that of a former Insurrectionist base that may still be active.
In the Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice, Halsey tells the Chief that Linda will live. She then talks to him about Johnson and his survival against the Flood. She reveals that Johnson has Boren's Syndrome, the only known defense against the Flood. Dr. Halsey gives John two data crystals containing information about the Flood, the first one is about Dr. Halsey's analysis and possible inoculation, and the second containing the source file of her conclusion, which would kill Sergeant Johnson. She tells him to decide whether he wants to give to Haverson. After he leaves, Halsey and Cortana discuss the crystal and find that it can warp space, gravity, and even time. When her group had found the crystal, the Chief and his group were transported back in time. Halsey realizes that the crystal cannot be allowed be controlled by either the Covenant or ONI Section Three, and erases Cortana's memory of the discussion with the Master Chief and the analysis of the crystal.
For repairs, the group head to the Eridanus Secundus asteroid belt, home of a rebel resistance. During not-too-friendly negotiations with Governor Jacob Jiles, a Covenant ship drops out of Slipspace and finds them because of the radiation the crystal emits upon exiting from Slipspace. Despite malfunctioning plasma turrets, the crew of the Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice decide to engage it. When Cortana informs them that the magnetic coils used to shape the plasma aren't working, the Chief comes up with the idea to use the magnetic coils of the Gettysburg's MAC gun to shape it. During the fight, Halsey sedates Kelly and takes her away to the location she had recorded from Ackerson's logs on Reach. Before she leaves she gives Locklear the crystal and orders him to do whatever is necessary to ensure the Covenant do not retrieve the crystal. Locklear, devastated by the loss of his love, Polaski, takes the crystal down to a small bay and sets it up with C-7. He blows the crystal up, accidentally killing himself in the process.
Section 6: Operation: FIRST STRIKE[edit]
- Main article: Operation: FIRST STRIKE
- "Don't look like any 'uneven elephant' to me - more like two squids kissing. Whatever it is, damned glad its going to blow up. Nice job - almost as good as if we sent in the marines."
- — Sergeant Johnson
While the crew of the Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice are able to retrieve a few shards of the crystal, they have more important things on mind: the Covenant invasion of Earth. Cortana reveals that they are gathering at a battle station called the Unyielding Hierophant. The Master Chief comes up with a daring plan to blow up the station and delay the launch of the fleet: he and the Spartans will go to the station in a modified dropship, infiltrate the station, and blow up the reactors, with help from a copy of Cortana's subroutines. Whitcomb agrees, but refuses to risk Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice further due to a need to get a warning to Earth of the threat from the Covenant fleet.
The Spartans make it to the station without incident, but are forced to take a detour through a temple complex. There, they encounter Brutes. The Master Chief grapples with a Brute, and barely makes it out alive. However, Grace is killed in the skirmish. After the fight, the Chief activates the failsafe system of Grace's suit, killing many Covenant in the process. They still manage to make it to the reactors, which they successfully rig to explode. The Spartans only have ten minutes to escape, so they commandeer three Banshees with the help of Linda's sniper fire. The Master Chief then rescues Linda from oncoming Covenant reinforcements.
After escaping the station, the Spartans steal a Spirit dropship and are surprised to receive the "Oly Oly Oxen Free" signal. Responding to the signal, the Spartans raise Admiral Whitcomb who directs them to the other side of a nearby moon, explaining that he had taken Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice into the Oort cloud to do reconnaissance on the Covenant fleet and realized from the size of it that even taking out the station and warning Earth would not enough.
On the other side of the moon, the Spartans find the Gettysburg, but no sign of the Ascendant Justice. On board, they learn that the crew had taken the Slipspace engine of the Ascendant Justice and installed it on the Gettysburg, while Whitcomb and Haverson have taken the Covenant ship, which they soon crash into the central section of the Unyielding Hierophant. They broadcast a message to the Covenant fleet that if they want the crystal (which they fake with a holograph, as the crystal was destroyed earlier by Locklear) all they have to do is come and get them from the Ascendant Justice. When the Unyielding Hierophant's reactors detonate, the explosion destroys the Ascendant Justice along with some five hundred ships of the Covenant invasion force, leaving about a dozen ships. The five human survivors of the operation, John-117, Frederic-104, Linda-058, William-043, Sergeant Avery J. Johnson, and Cortana proceed to a random location under Cole Protocol and then return to Earth to warn them about the impending Covenant invasion.
Section 7: Harbinger[edit]
In the epilogue, on High Charity, Tartarus gives an orb containing shards of the Forerunner crystal to the High Prophet of Truth. The Prophet gives Tartarus orders to reward the survivors, then execute them quietly, and punish the commander responsible for losing the Ascendant Justice.
2010 bonus content[edit]
The Tor Books edition of First Strike features a new "Adjunct" section at the end, which includes several pieces of short fiction:
- A message from Charles VanKeerk to Amy, where he offers his condolences regarding Sam's death, also reminding her of their still-ongoing fight against the UNSC.
- Tug o' War, a short story about Oliver Birch, a fetcher after the Human-Covenant War.
- A transcript of a psychological debriefing of Frederic-104 by Dr. Veronica Clayton during the Battle of Earth.
- Petra, a short story about the reporter Petra Janecek, where she speculates on the events surrounding the final days of the Human-Covenant War.
- The original cover of the book had a graphic error on the Master Chief's head. The top part of his head was a little to the right of the bottom part, causing a split in his head. This was corrected in later versions.
- At the beginning of the novel, it is stated that twenty-seven Spartans were carried to the surface of Reach aboard Bravo 001; however in Halo: The Fall of Reach it is stated that "two dozen Spartans" were present at Reach, in addition to the Master Chief, with three other Spartans (later revealed to be Gray Team) "engaged on fields of combat too distant to be easily recalled". Therefore, the Pelican that Fred-104 takes to the surface should only have twenty-two Spartans, (including Fred) since John-117 takes two Spartans with him in a separate Pelican for the mission to Gamma Station. Several recent sources have definitively stated that twenty-two Spartans were assigned to Red Team, with the three-member Blue Team dispatched to Gamma Station and Gray Team behind enemy lines and thus out of contact.[5][6][7][8][9]
- In the original printing, the Longsword that John and the other survivors of the Battle of Installation 04 used to board Ascendant Justice is consistently referred to as a Pelican. This is corrected in the revised edition.
- One of the Spartans on the cover of the 2010 edition seems to be wearing Mark IV armor, though no Spartans in Operation: FIRST STRIKE were equipped with Mark IV armor anymore. It is possible that this Spartan is simply wearing elements of the Mark IV with his/her Mark V armor.
- In the 2010 version, Brutes are no longer described as a never-before-seen Covenant species.
- In the 2010 adjunct section, Fred-104 is incorrectly referred to as a lieutenant during his psychological evaluation, which takes place during the early stages of the Battle for Earth. He actually held the rank of senior chief petty officer at this time and was not promoted to lieutenant, junior grade until the Onyx Conflict.
- ^ Random House: Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund
- ^ Xbox.com: First Strike Author Eric Nylund Q&A
- ^ Kotaku: Halo Novel Trilogy to be Republished with Updates, New Content
- ^ Halo Legendary Crate, Data Drop #10
- ^ Data Drop
- ^ Halo Wars timeline
- ^ Halo: First Strike (2010) Adjunct)
- ^ Halo Waypoint - Defiant to the End
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Library - Pelican


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David Beckham has splashed out £70,000 on a classic Porsche car – because it looks like one driven by his idol, film star Steve McQueen.
Becks bought the 1969 slate-grey Porsche 911 – described as a "Steve McQueen replica" – from a dealer in Preston who delivered it to him in London.
The original 1970 Porsche 911 owned by McQueen, which featured in his 1971 film Le Mans, was recently sold for £832,800 at an auction in Monterey, California.
Beckham has regularly talked about his admiration for the Hollywood legend, who died of cancer in 1980, aged 50.
He said: "I've always looked at people such as Steve McQueen for influence.
"His clothes, his sense of style, the way he looked in pictures, the way he was as a personality."
In another interview, he added: "He looked amazing in everything he wore, even jeans and white T-shirt. He pulled it off."
Beckham, 39, now playing for Paris Saint-Germain, bought the car from classic Porsche specialists Lee Mayor Restorations.
According to the dealer's website, the lookalike car was "built up from a Californian shell" with "original slate grey colour... fully refurbished, new dash, replica Recaro seats and correct carpet set."
In 2008, Porsche fan Becks bought a matt black 911 Turbo convertible for £100,000 and spent £50,000 having it customised and emblazoned with the number 23, his Real Madrid shirt number. He sold it in 2011.


text: Lisa M. Peters, MN, RN-BC is a clinical nurse specialist at Seattle Children's. She holds a clinical faculty appointment in the Department of Family and Child Nursing at the University of Washington School of Nursing and is board certified in pain management from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. As an active member of the American Pain Society (APS) and International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), she currently serves as chair of the APS education advisory committee and recently chaired the local organizing committee to host the International Symposium on Pediatric Pain (ISPP) in Seattle 2015. She has presented nationally and internationally on the topic of pain in children and was selected as a Mayday Pain and Society Fellow. Ms. Peters' passion for improving the lives of children in pain is evident in her practice of partnership and palpable in her voice of advocacy.


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around the garden - mid September
I never thought I'd be able to say that so soon : "around the garden" ... my garden !!! How excited I am, you just can't imagine !
It's not yet like I think I imagined it (or dreamed it, you get the idea), of course, since we've moved here only 2 weeks ago. There'll be lots of work in order to know what we want it to be, what we can actually grow (we're in quite a hot Mediterranean climate, though not in Africa !), and of course what we can actually afford ! (because there'll be some work to be done indoors as well , and money can't go everywhere at the same time !)
But in the meantime, I'm walking around my garden, discovering it, making new/tiny lil friends. Here are some snapshots that I wanted to share with you today. Until today it's been almost as hot as in the heart of summer (above 30°C every day, around 20°C at night), but I've heard rain is on the way, and autumn should be coming soon ... I hope so !!
I hope this blog post finds you happy & healthy & joyfully transitionning to the next season, whatever it may be for you ! Thanks a lot for stopping by !


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This is the website chronicling the history and restoration of Peter and Pat Turvey's 1914 Stanley model 607 steam car. Please keep revisiting, as we will add pages now and then.
See our Chariot of Fire Blog for latest news about the car, its restoration and operation.
According to the Stanley records our car left the factory on May 15 1914.It is a 4-passenger touring car "Special 12/15hp Model 607" as featured in the English Stanley Steam Car Limited catalogue,
The car was delivered to an owner in Ireland, very probably the Earl of Antrim.
9 Model 607s survive according to the Stanley Register Online
On the Marlborough Downs Ridgeway with Motoring Journalist Michael Ware in August 2016
We still need some more parts to complete the restoration:
Stanley toolbox, battery box, rear lamp bracket, electrical switch unit, and robe rail
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Last week, our entire student body had the very special treat of going to the Three Angels Farm to learn about agriculture. (There was even a special surprise at the end for the older students… shhhh!)
It took both of our vehicles plus a HUGE rented tap-tap to carry all of our students and their teachers. Although only a few miles away from the main Three Angels location, it took our precious cargo 45 minutes to arrive at the farm.
The students, regardless of age, were wide-eyed and excited to spend time on a real working farm where we grow things like carrots, melons and many varieties of fruiting trees. They took a tour of the farm and shade house and gorgeous old farmhouse. They learned about the different types of trees grown and the benefits to their health and to the environment. For example, the breadfruit tree produces fruit that is full of vitamins and can't be used for charcoal (a major pollutant in Haiti.)
Ronald, an apprentice at the farm, explained the hows and whys of grafting plants; it results in fruit that is true to type and a tree that produces sooner than a seedling. Alix, our headmaster, also showed the students the different parts of the soil mix, the plants, and why they are important for healthy soil.
The younger kids may not have understood the grafting of plants, but they sure did enjoy playing around, snacking and looking at the big tractor.
Afterwards was the big surprise. The older kids were told that there might be water at the farm so bring swimsuits or clothes they could get wet. Once the little kids headed back to school, the older ones were taken to a pool at a hotel around the corner! They were SO excited! For most of them, it was their first experience in a pool.
Thank you to all of our Student Sponsors for providing a day these kids will all remember for a very long time. To become a sponsor and enrich the life of one the kids at Three Angels click here.


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This new year we are igniting innovation at FBLA-PBL with our newly developed online forum: The Innovation Center! With a quarter million of the nation's most creative students and advisers, FBLA-PBL has unveiled our new initiative aimed at securing ideas about how to strengthen our association. Through the Innovation Center on FBLA-PBL's website, our members, advisers, and other stakeholders can have a direct influence on shaping the future of America's largest and oldest student business organization.
The concept of our Innovation Center is simple. Anyone can create an account, log in, and share their ideas to strengthen FBLA. After users share their ideas, they can be discussed with others who utilize the forum. Members can vote an idea "up" or "down" and the ideas with the most votes bubble to the top of the site for review. I encourage you to visit http://ideas.fbla-pbl.org and submit your ideas—we look forward to seeing them!
Whether it be regarding competitive events, conferences, or general operations your ideas are always welcome. As always, if you have any questions regarding the Innovation Center or any other question please feel free to contact me at [email protected].
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Reverend Matt West Signature Powder Yellow
If you haven't seen Matt West play, be prepared. He can fly. And levitate. And do all kinds of other gymnastics that people shouldn't be able to do when they rock out like that. So, Matt didn't need extra pickups to weigh him down. The Matt West Signature Model has one Reverend 9A5 at the bridge for that aggressive, percussive, and raw sound, and a Wilkinson for lots of dive-bombing. The reverse headstock with his wizard logo on the back adds to the magic. Maybe you'll be able to fly, too.
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A Des Moines summer concert tradition heads to a new venue in 2019.
Jazz in July, a free concert series highlighting local and regional talent, moves this year to Hoyt Sherman Place, a news release said. Previously organized by the nonprofit Metro Arts Alliance, the decades-old program stalled in 2018 due to the alliance ceasing operation.
Under the Metro Arts Alliance, Jazz in July brought music to suburban and rural stages in central Iowa; Hoyt Sherman Place management plans to host concerts on the venue lawn in Des Moines' historic Sherman Hill neighborhood.
The Jazz in July lineup:
- July 11: Charmin Michelle
- July 19: Debbie Duncan
- July 25: The Damani Phillips Collective
Local players plan to open each performance; the July 19 show will serve as a kickoff for the 2019 Des Moines Jazz Festival, which Hoyt Sherman Place hosts for the first time.
Co-sponsored by Principal Foundation and Fagre Baker Daniels, Hoyt Sherman Place initially plans to host Jazz in July for two years.


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To glorify God by exalting Jesus Christ in everything we say and do. That includes being obedient to the commands of Jesus Christ; every one of them.
Jesus commanded us to make disciples of people from every ethnic group and language on earth. We believe that is the main command given to the Church and our aim is to fulfill it.
In order to do this, some must go as missionaries to foreign lands to proclaim the good news that Jesus has paid for the sins of the world. Three families from our congregation have been called by God to do this. They have surrendered the comforts of living in America and have moved to other countries to start churches.
To serve our community as Jesus served his disciples. We want to be a blessing to our area so that they will understand the greatest blessing of all: that Christ died and arose for them to inherit eternal life.
With that goal in mind, we seek to be salt and light in the Midlothian community and are actively pursuing our neighbors with the Gospel. We desire to plant more churches in the surrounding area.
Results of our purpose as it is accomplished
As this purpose is fulfilled, we believe the result will be:
- New Churches being planted worldwide
- Strong, joy-filled family units
- Youth with Biblical convictions and character
- Positive inspiration for all
- A strong, vibrant Church
- Believers standing for justice/opposing evil