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KEY. An instrument made for shutting and opening a lock.
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"Airbus" Compression Impact Fixture to AITM 1-0010
CP105079 | "Airbus" Compression After Impact Fixture
Meets AITM 1-0010
Fabricated from stainless steel with hardened end loading plates.
Design conforms to the requirements of AITM 1-0010.
Max. Static Load 150kN (15,000 kgf, 33,000 lbf)
Temperature Range: -75 to +250 °C (-103 to +482 °F)
Specimen Dimensions: 100x150 mm and from 1 to 10 mm thick.
Upper Interface: Requires compression platen diameter 50 mm (2 in) or larger. Lockable spherical seat recommended to ensure parallelism.
Lower interface : Requires compression platen diameter 150 mm (6 in) or larger.
Platens not included.
Includes storage case.
|Accessory Height
|200 mm (8 in)
|Accessory Weight
|15 kg (32 lb)
|Accessory Width
|220 mm (8.4 in)
|150 kN (33000 lbf)
|Lower Fitting
|Requires platen 100 mm (4 in) or larger
|Temperature Rating
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|Testing Standards
|Upper Fitting
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Composites Test Fixture Compression After Impact
The "Airbus CAI" fi xture is used to test the impact resistance of carbon and other fi ber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) composite laminates. These materials are prone to great reduction in compressive strength even when the impact load is insuffi cient to cause visible damage. The post-impact compression test is used widely to assess the relative performance of different composite laminates with different fi ber matrix combinations. In the fi rst part of the test the laminates are subjected to low-velocity impact loading simulating tool drops and fl ying debris. Specimens then undergo a compression after impact(CAI) test on an electromechanical or servohydraulic testing machine.
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Tricia Hughes necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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The WRX 'A' series was developed by RALF TECH with three main objectives:
Accuracy with an RTA001 automatic movement, based on an ETA 2824-2.
Legibility with Swiss C3 SuperLuminova for its hand and markers.
Reliability with 316L surgical stainless steel case construction, and a water-resistance of 500 metres.
Ralf Tech WRX 'A' Series Hybrid II
Now the WRX "A" Hybrid II watch, originally developed for French special forces based in Afghanistan, will become available in November.
The Hybrid II is available in two models "day" and "night". Both are equipped with the exclusive hybrid RTE001 movement and a strengthened crown. The watches are water resistant to 500 metres and equipped with real NATO straps reinforced with leather and a hypoallergenic silicone bracelet.
The Hybrid II is a limited edition of 300 numbered engraved pieces. Price is expected to be around $1,700.00.
A word about Ralf Tech
Ralf Tech is a Franco Swiss brand launched in 1998. Ralf Tech positions itself at the extreme cutting edge of diving watches. The collection is designed by Frank Huyghe in Lajoux, Switzerland. All of the timepieces in the WRX series exceed the ISO 6425 benchmark for dive watches. Ralf Tech also holds the world diving record with an immersion lasting ten hours at 330 metres.


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A whale shark swims in the warm water off the coast of the Philippines. According to the Australian government, around 66% of whales and other toothed cetaceans die as a result of botched attempts to use whale sharks as lures for tuna. Greenpeace is campaigning to stop the use of 'fishing aggregating devices' (FADs) in Pacific waters. These floating devices are left in the water by fishing vessels to attract tuna. However, their usage results in the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of thousands of juvenile tuna, whales, sharks and rays every year – known as 'by-catch.'03/21/2012
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CHICAGO (Feb. 15, 2012) - - Since the financial meltdown hit and my retirement investments largely were blown to bits, I joke with my kids that they'd better buy a house on a big enough plot of land for me to comfortably locate my future digs. Nothing fancy, I tell them; enough room in the backyard for a refrigerator-size cardboard box works just fine.
The kids, God bless 'em, have grander visions for my golden years. "Dad, don't be silly," they tell me. "We'll pitch a nice tent for you. It will be just like camping when we were little."
Welcome to the new retirement reality, 2012.
Sure we joke about our days of gray, but unfortunately for a lot of boomers there's more than a grain of truth to this modern-day gallows humor. According to a study last summer by Palo Alto, Calif.-based investment advisers Financial Engines, nearly half of all boomers - - those of us born between post-World War II and the early 1960s - - fear that retirement will result in poverty.
Scarier still, an upcoming Aon Hewitt report reveals just 4 percent of employers feel "very confident" their workers will retire with enough money.
Many boomers who were laid off during the Great Recession still can't find permanent work. Those of us lucky enough to hang onto our homes - - we considered them our nest eggs, knowing a company-funded pension was not in our future - - are largely under water, or if we're lucky, barely have a chimney poking above.
Consider where we were just six years ago. As 2006 dawned, the sun was especially bright as our home values grew like kudzu. Investment portfolios - - for many of us defined contribution plans like 401(k)s - - happily followed suit. Birds chirped carefree tunes as the mailman delivered quarterly reports of double-digit returns. If a fund provided less than 10 percent, it was time to dump it and find another - - heck, there were plenty that touted 20 percent returns.
Just a year later, however, gloom encompassed our bright little boomer future. The sky-high home values we used as ATMs to fund kitchen remodels and kids' braces plummeted like rocks in a murky lake as the subprime mortgage crisis started sinking our retirement dream.
Later that year the Great Recession was officially under way, and we boomers watched helplessly as the financial meltdown roared through the fall of 2008 like a Southern California wildfire. What remaining financial security offered by 401(k)s quickly went up in flames.
Within a year's time, most every piece of financial advice imparted to us by our parents, financial counselors and anyone with an opinion was shredded. Owning a home - - the American dream - - was a financial mess. The values of save, save, save in a company-sponsored retirement plan might have been better served by burying cash in a coffee can in the backyard.
I recall a former colleague telling me he lost $50,000 in his retirement plans virtually overnight. On a journalist's salary, that kind of loot takes a long time to accrue.
I would like to believe - - three years past the depths of the worst economic time since the Great Depression - - there are lessons learned.
Even though workers will still be tempted to do the coffee-can-in-the-backyard trick, there is wisdom in long-term stock investments. Employers must drive home that point.
The military has offered financial counseling for decades with great success. Service members also have benefited from financial incentives to advance their education.
I'm not sold on employees being automatically enrolled in employer-provided retirement programs. After all, I know my financial obligations better than my boss does. But it merits consideration, especially if the employer is matching an employee's contribution.
Yes, the employee's fruitful retirement is at stake, but so is the employer's future. There is the so-called employee life cycle, and if the company expects to remain vibrant and relevant, the employer must maintain that circle of life. To pull a page from the Disney cartoon "The Lion King," do you really want a befuddled, toothless, drooling Simba running your sales department?
And honestly, do I want to live in my kids' backyard? Of course not.
But should that retirement money run out and I wind up scoping out a corner of the yard, I'm putting in for a five-man tent.
Rick Bell is managing editor for Workforce Management magazine, a Chicago-based sister publication of Tire Business.


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- tessica said...
i have been so afraid to try sewing curtains but these seem totally do-able! thanks!
- April 27, 2010 at 6:03 AM
- Pati @ A Crafty Escape said...
I was going to say the same thing... this would be a great way to get over my fear of sewing curtains. It's a great idea- they look fantastic!
- April 27, 2010 at 8:02 AM
- Tiffany said...
Love the fabrics you used! Beautiful! Looks fantastic on the windows! What a great touch!
Thanks for sharing the way you did it! Definitely seems do-able!
- April 27, 2010 at 8:04 AM
- Christy @ MCH PHOTOGRAPHY said...
Ooh I love the burst of sunshine. And they look so easy to do!!
- April 27, 2010 at 8:13 AM
- Nancy said...
Love the color and yes, very sunshiney!!!! They would make me happy.
- April 27, 2010 at 8:19 AM
- the thrifty ba said...
love the farbic! it looks perfect against the walls!
- April 27, 2010 at 8:32 AM
- Mary Elizabeth said...
LOVE THOSE!! bought some white ones like that to fluff up for M's room and just had not figured how I wanted to fluff them or the ones for the sewing room and by gr=eorge - that just might be it!!! thanks!
what yellow fabric is that? me likie!! i think i noiw have a new project for later today since we have skipped school. :)
I SO LOOK FORWARD TO TUESDAYS WITH YOU!!! ( even when I am stuck away from my machines - because i know what i might get to do when i get home!!)
- April 27, 2010 at 8:38 AM
- Tam. said...
yay! they are awesome! You've just inspired me to do that to my curtains. I've been thinking about it for awhile but didn't dare to do it! I love the fabric you used.
- April 27, 2010 at 9:09 AM
I love your style:)
- April 27, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Courtenay Homan said...
Adorable. I love the idea-- so easy! And I love the fabric. Very cool!
- April 27, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- Jingle said...
Those are so cute!
- April 27, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- Gordostyle said...
I absolutely love them! And 60 minutes is great time for curtains!
- April 27, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- Mama Thompson said...
LOVE it...what a great idea to lengthen, add color...so great!
- April 27, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- Unknown said...
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them!!
- April 27, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- sandandstarfish said...
This is absolutely what I needed to see! My daughter has curtains in her room that are too short so now I know just what to do with them! Thank you so much!
- April 27, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- carey said...
i LOVE those!! what a great idea. :)
- April 27, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Charity said...
Ahhh! The secret is out! I love the way you used the fabric to lengthen them. What pretty fabric too. Great choice!
- April 27, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- Shana said...
just found your blog and it's now one of my favorites! i can't wait to check it each day. i love your ideas and transparency--your story is inspirational. this idea is terrific!!
- April 27, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- Abbie said...
they are great!
- April 27, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Heather @ Life Made Lovely said...
looks great and i love that the fabric is at the top instead of the bottom hem. very creative!
i heart that tree fabric. i bought some last week from fabric.com and have been itchin' to get crafty with it. now my mind is spinning...in a good way :) have a happy day~
- April 27, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- Elise said...
Those are so cute!! By the way, my big pregnant self is getting totally depressed at looking at your skinny self in those super cute patchy skirts...I would look like someone's bedcovers!! Maybe I can live vicariously thru my daughter. Yep, that's it!!
- April 27, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- Mary Beth @ Live. Laugh. Make Something said...
How clever! These curtains are absolutely delightful and full of charm! very well done!
- April 27, 2010 at 6:06 PM
- A Little Of A Lot said...
That is a brilliant idea. Love how they turned out
- April 27, 2010 at 7:40 PM
- Wendy @ Ramblings from the Sunshine State said...
They look fabulous! My living room curtains need some updating. I might have to give that a try.
- April 27, 2010 at 7:53 PM
- Casey said...
they're lovely! very sunshiney!
- April 27, 2010 at 8:48 PM
- nursenicki said...
How lovely! The black/yellow combo is growing on me...I really love yellow & aqua! Great patterns, too!
- April 27, 2010 at 11:24 PM
- Smilie girl said...
Beautiful sunshiney happiness!
- April 27, 2010 at 11:41 PM
- KJ said...
LOVE! I have so many sets of plain white curtains in this house... have been wanting to make new ones, but how cool - and easier - and less expensive - to dress up the ones I have. GREAT idea, as usual.
- April 28, 2010 at 1:28 AM
- Unknown said...
I really LOVE these!! Mandy, www.craftedition.blogspot.com
- April 28, 2010 at 9:30 AM
- Petra said...
Love those curtains... you make it look so easy!
- April 29, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Unknown said...
LOVE this... your fabric choices are just fabulous! And your curtains look so cheery and summer-y.
We have a friday fun finds party... we'd love it if you'd link to this! :)
- April 30, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Alicia said...
Really great and thanks for the inspiration! Love it!
- April 30, 2010 at 5:42 PM
- Kacie said...
Oh, what a GREAT idea! We have the most hum-drum curtains in our bedroom, but I hate to waste them and just get new ones. I'm going to spruce them up this weekend! Thanks for the inspiration!
- May 1, 2010 at 6:34 PM
- Kim said...
I love your 1 hour sunshine project! What a great idea!
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Mineral Makeup or Air Brush Makeup: Which One is Better?
There is a lot of competition over whether mineral makeup or airbrush makeup is the best makeup for acne prone skin. I have always loved Bare Escentuals bareMinerals makeup, (also referred to as bare minerals or bare essentials). However, with all the hype around air brush makeup systems I felt it was time to give one a try.
I decided to try the TEMPTU AirBrush Makeup System since I could get a demonstration at my local Sephora store. My first thoughts on looking at the system was that there was no way I was going to use something that complicated, that big, or that expensive. The salesperson assured me that it would not be difficult to use. There was nothing she could do about the expense since it is a standard price and no discounts are offered.
It was easy enough to find a shade, even for my pale skin, so I cleaned off the makeup I was wearing and we began. There was no need for a primer since it is built into the foundation itself. As the salesperson applied the airbrush makeup, all I felt was a cool breeze. It did not feel like I had any makeup being applied. However, when I looked at my skin in the mirror it looked absolutely flawless. No redness and nothing in my pores.
She then proceeded to apply highlighter, blush and bronzer using the same air brush machine. Again, my skin looked perfect. I just had to let it dry before touching it. The one thing I did do was pat the area around my eyes, since I had scrunched up my eyes a bit and the makeup had wrinkled there. Patting it down a little took care of that issue.
After letting the makeup dry for a little while, the only thing I did was apply some of my bareMinerals Mineral Veil for a little oil absorption. I think the illuminating finisher from the TEMPTU looked a little too shiny for my liking and my Mineral Veil gave it a better feel.
Many hours later and lots of running around and my skin still looks fantastic. I think this is an excellent system for anyone looking to get a flawless, natural finish. For people with acne, this is an especially good system since it does not get into your pores and will not make you break out. The downside is the expense. At $225 for the airbrush machine and $55 for two pods of makeup, it is difficult to decide whether to lay out the money. My plan is to use my bareMinerals for general every day use and use the air brush makeup for going out at night, when I need a little extra coverage, for a big event, or when I know I will be on the go all day. For you, that might mean a wedding, anniversary, prom, bar mitzvah, job interview, corporate event, or anytime you want to look your absolute best. Of course, you will look gorgeous in any photo – without the touchups of Photo Shop!
Read my review of the TEMPTU AirBrush Makeup System to learn more about the benefits of airbrush makeup for acne prone skin and where you can buy the TEMPTU system.
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Citadel Ebuild
The Gentoo Ebuilds are now in the Sunrise overlay. So you just need to use layman to install sunrise on your system and then you can emerge them as usual. The WebCit ebuild is unnfortunately hardmasked, since the overlay maintainers consider the included TinyMCE, Protaculous/Scriptaculous as "third party libraries". Don't get scared away! They are third party addditions, but like most content management system or other webinterface, a WYSIWYG editor and some javascripting toolsets are part of the package.
The steps in detail
If you are unfamiliar with local overlays, read up here: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Overlay
Add layman and the Sunrise overlay to your system
emerge layman
layman -a sunrise
Integrate the custom Ebuild into the Portage
Now you have the ebuilds in place on your system. We need to befriend the system with the packages:
The file /etc/portage/package.keywords holds a list of packages which are allowed to be installed in "unstable" versions. Since our packages are not in the official portage tree, they are treated as "testing". They are masked by a keyword, depending on your systems architecture. If you never used keywords or are unsure what your architecture is, just copy and paste the examples below, they work on most 32bit and 64bit Gentoo PC installations.
echo "dev-libs/libcitadel ~x86 ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords echo "mail-mta/citadel ~x86 ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords echo "www-servers/webcit ~x86 ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords echo "www-servers/webcit" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask
Getting ready to build and install the programs
The folowing command will ask you if you are ok with the choice it makes. Just hit enter or type in "y(es)" and on we go.
emerge citadel -va
If you want to install WebCit aswell use
emerge citadel webcit -va
Configuring it
- Follow the instructions in the messages after succesful installation! There is a comfy way to get citadel up and running nearly instantly. There is also the typical installation method via /usr/lib/citadel/setup for advanced users or if you want different auth mechanisms (PAM, LDAP, MS Active Directory)
First time users should use the
emerge --config mail-mta/citadel-$VERSION"
- It simply asks for the IP address on which webcit should listen, an admin account name and the according password. (It will use "BlackBox" authetification mode and use the standard port 504)
- WebCit will be configured via /etc/conf.d/webcit (I ditched the setup tool!)
- Everything should work normally now, for question ask email@example.com (or join #citadel on freenode)
Tracking Progress
Upstream bugs administrating adoption:
- CitServer: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62119
- LibCitadel: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=286323


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Chris Economaki, the man frequently called the "dean of American motorsports journalism," has passed away at age 91. Economaki had been in racing journalism since he was 14, and was at the helm of National Speed Sport News for nearly 60 years.
When he wasn't writing for his weekly paper, Economaki could be found contributing to TV broadcasts like ABC's coverage of IndyCar as well as NASCAR coverage.
Above is when he interviewed Ayrton Senna after winning the 1986 Detroit GP. He was both a character and unflappable.
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There are a lot of apps out there that are kind of crazy. But this one takes the cake.
The app, BoyFriend Trainer, is a game where a girl physically whips her man into the "perfect boyfriend." So when the boyfriend character looks at another girl or makes a mess, you (the girlfriend) smack him around. You know, training him like a dog. Uh...
Okay. There are so many things wrong with this app that I don't even know where to freaking begin. But here I go:
1. This is promoting domestic abuse. Even though this is just a game and it's prob meant to be funny and silly, it's not. Abuse is not something that should be taken lightly.
2. It's also saying that if your man isn't treating you the way you want him to, you should stick around and put-up with his bullshit. Instead of just leaving his ass.
3. You can't change a man. You may be able to tweak some of his old habits, but trying to alter the person he is will not happen...especially with physical abuse.
4. This app is stupid. That is all.
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Performing, communication and visual arts - together in one school.
Overview of our Areas of Study
Our list of undergraduate Majors and Minors
"Start a Movement" isn't just a slogan. It's what we expect from our students - we want you to move, innovate, begin, explore and create. Start a Movement today
The Meadows School of the Arts, formally established in 1969 at SMU in Dallas, has achieved prominence as one of the foremost arts education institutions in the United States. Learn more about SMU Meadows and its Mission
Read Meadows News, Featured Media and MPRINT about innovative projects, student and faculty awards and more, or check out what the Media is saying about Meadows School of the Arts.
Meadows serves the public as a significant cultural center by presenting more than 400 events annually for the Dallas community and surrounding region. Read more about upcoming events and subscribe to our weekly newsletter, "This Week at Meadows".
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The calendar is not an authoritative resource. All efforts are made to keep this calendar up to date but inaccuracies do arise. The Meadows Facilities and Events office (214.768.2713) maintains the official calendar of events for all events that use Meadows facilities and should be considered the authoritative source.
Please note that all Meadows facility usage must be reserved through the Meadows Facilities and Events office. Any events taking place in other facilities should be vetted through their respective channels.
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After reading lots of comments here I decided to give these tires a try. Either these people say they drive aggressive and do not or they have never tried other tires. Granted these do hold up well in wet conditions but dry wow they slide out all the time. Almost every corner they break loose when cornering hard. Needless to say price point, they probably are a decent buy. However if you want/need traction pursue another tire.
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I have put about 10,000 km on tires, I love them, braking ability in wet or dry conditions are exceptional, best I ever had. I read about the noise but I don't hear it in my Lexus. Comfort could be better but I can live with it because of exceptional braking and handling. I do not drive in snow because I have snow tires. My son also bought the same tires and he also states they are the best he has ever owned, although he can definitely say they are noisy on his Z-24. These tires have saved me from 2 accidents already.
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Vehicle: 2010 Lexus HS 250h Base with 10000 KM of Tire Wear
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Did Taylor Swift take the money and run?
The 23-year-old songbird is on the receiving end of a lawsuit for allegedly taking a $2.5 million advance fee to headline last August's Capital Hoedown music festival in Ottawa, Canada, only to keep the cash after the event was canceled.
According to the complaint filed in federal court in New York and first reported by the Ottawa Citizen, Florida-based ticketing company FIRE USA Inc. accused Swift and her management, the Austin-based Messina Group, of accepting the payment, then refusing to perform "and/or reschedule a new appearance" which "amounted to a breach" of her contract.
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FIRE said it was suing the country crooner after being slapped with a lawsuit by Evo Merchant Services, a Big Apple-based credit card payment processing company that was reportedly on the hook for refunds after numerous credit card firms submitted requests on behalf of disappointed ticket holders.
Evo is seeking $1.8 million to cover losses suffered after claiming FIRE refused to cough up the dough in violation of their contract. That suit forced the ticketing company to take legal action against Swift to recoup the performance fee from the "I Knew You Were Trouble" singer.
A rep for Swift was unavailable for comment. But Taylor's camp reportedly told TMZ that Swift never made a deal with FIRE and hasn't seen the suit.


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Scientists at the Department of Physics of the University of Oulu have teamed up with scientists in France, Russia and Japan to propose a new experimental method for researching positively charged ions. The study, In the Finnish side carried out by postdoctoral researcher Saana-Maija Huttula and Professor Marko Huttula in Oulu, was published in Physical Review Letters on 12 March 2013. The study involved investigating the electronic structure of the argon ions using synchrotron radiation. The proposed theoretical simulations were done using methods developed by an electron spectroscopy research group based at the University of Oulu. The study was co-financed by the Academy of Finland.
Studying the electronic properties of positively charged ions is very difficult using traditional methods, due to the very low density available in ionic beams. The alternative method proposed by the international research team is based on the single-photon multi-ionisation of the corresponding neutral atom and on coincidence techniques, which allows for the near-simultaneous detection of all the electrons scattered from a single atom.
According to Saana-Maija Huttula, the principal investigator of the present publication, the method has two advantages: the huge intensity generated and the accurate configuration of the electronic initial states of ions. The scientists expect the method to become a common tool that has the potential to lead to important new discoveries in the field of ion research. Coincidence techniques can also be applied directly in the study of the properties of molecular materials. In fact, researchers at the University of Oulu are already expanding their work to heavy-metal compounds and nanoparticles.
More recently, the research team has been studying, for example, the electronic structure and dynamics of mercury molecules and clusters. Mercury compounds, though environmentally hazardous, are an important raw material for the electronics industry, but they also play an important role in atmospheric chemistry, for instance. The team has focused its efforts on the investigation of metallic nanoparticles. In addition, the scientists are actively engaged in international cooperation at the interface of fundamental free-electron laser research and multinational corporate collaboration. At the national level, the team is an active promoter of using synchrotron radiation for research and analysis purposes.
In addition to the Academy of Finland, the Finnish part of the study received co-financing from the University of Oulu.
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"Decay of a 2p Inner-Shell Hole in an Ar+ Ion"
S.-M. Huttula, P. Lablanquie, L. Andric, J. Palaudoux, M. Huttula, S. Sheinerman, E. Shigemasa, Y. Hikosaka, K. Ito, and F. PenentPhys. Rev. Lett. 110, 113002 (2013) http://prl.
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Doctors have completed the first step of a unique medical research study, evaluating 1,001 individuals at risk of developing Huntington's disease who do not know - nor do they want to know - whether they carry the genetic defect that causes the condition.
An international team led by neurologist Ira Shoulson, M.D., of the University of Rochester Medical Center is trying to identify the earliest signs of the onset of the disease. The information will help clinicians design better studies of new drugs aimed at alleviating or postponing illness. It also helps researchers understand how patients evaluate potentially life-changing knowledge now available to patients through means such as genetic testing.
Shoulson and colleagues from the Huntington Study Group reported their progress on the study known as PHAROS, or Prospective Huntington At Risk Observational Study, in the July issue of the Archives of Neurology.
While the gene that causes the disease is known and can be identified through a blood test, fewer than one in 10 adults at risk for developing the disease have chosen to be tested. People at risk but who have not taken the test have a 50/50 chance of developing the disease. This at-risk group offers physicians a unique opportunity to witness the earliest signs of the disease, before anyone knows whether a person actually has the gene for Huntington's or not.
In the PHAROS study, one of the largest Huntington's studies ever undertaken, 1,001 healthy people between the ages of 26 to 55 who had at least one parent with the disease have stepped forward to participate. Patients, doctors and nurses from 43 hospitals and medical centers around North America, including Rochester, are taking part.
At enrollment in PHAROS, participants provide a blood sample to analyze whether or not they harbor the Huntington's gene, though neither they, the researchers, nor their physicians will ever be told the results of the individual analyses. Participants are being evaluated once every nine months for anywhere from four to 10 years.
"The at-risk individuals who are participating in PHAROS do not know if they have inherited the gene responsible for Huntington's disease or if they will ever even develop this serious disease," said Shoulson, who chairs the Huntington Study Group. "The enthusiasm and commitment of these individuals to participate in this type of long-term research is gratifying. We expect that the knowledge from this observational study will be put to good use when we begin clinical trials to delay the onset of Huntington's disease."
Huntington's is an inherited disorder that affects about 30,000 people in North America; another 150,000 people or so may have the gene that causes the disease. The defective gene, a sort of genetic stutter, leads to the destruction of brain cells, causing involuntary movements, cognitive problems, and often psychological problems like depression and paranoia. The disease usually strikes in young- to mid-adulthood, in a patient's 30s or 40s.
The study is relevant for many physicians and patients who have increasing access to information about the specific genetic causes of many diseases, even for conditions like Huntington's for which there is no cure or approved treatment. The issues these patients face portend concerns that nearly everyone will confront eventually, as researchers ferret out the genes that predispose some people to heart trouble, high blood pressure, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, stroke, and other diseases. People at risk for Huntington's disease today present a unique opportunity for researchers to examine the psychosocial, ethical, and practical issues faced by people who have chosen not to know whether they will develop a serious disease or not.
"The experience from PHAROS also informs us how persons at high risk to develop a disabling genetic disease deal with lingering uncertainties about their future health and complex choices about their participation in research," said Shoulson, part of a Rochester team that treats Huntington's patients from more than 200 families.
The group that has signed up is remarkably healthy, with more than 99 out of 100 participants either showing no detectable signs of Huntington's or a symptom not necessarily tied to the disease. Nearly all participants are employed, with the majority in professional or managerial jobs; overall the group of participants is highly educated, with nearly half having at least four years of education after high school. For reasons that researchers don't understand, more than twice as many women as men, 689 compared to 312, have signed up for the study.
PHAROS is being carried out by the Huntington Study Group, a non-profit, cooperative group of Huntington's disease experts from medical centers throughout North America, Europe and Australia who are dedicated to improving treatment for persons affected by the disease. The group is based at the University of Rochester Medical Center. More information is available at www.Huntington-Study-Group.org.
The study is funded primarily by the National Institutes of Health (National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) and the High Q Foundation, with support from the Huntington's Disease Society of America, the Huntington Society of Canada, the Fox Family Foundation, and the Hereditary Disease Foundation.


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Your eyes and your brain can play tricks on you. The mind's eye can be easily tricked into imagining lines or images where they don't really exist. Hence, we have optical illusions (also known as visual illusions) that are characterized by visually perceived images that are deceptive or misleading like the one on the left, which can be either two faces or a candle holder depending on how you choose to visualize it.
This Amoeblog includes various optical illusions for you to take a look at. You can observe the altered images as the information is gathered by your eye and processed by your brain to give you a perception that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. You follow?
Anyways -- according to the experts in these matters, there are basically two main types of illusions. There are the physiological illusions that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type -- brightness, tilt, color, or movement. And then there are cognitive illusions, where the eye and brain make unconscious inferences. That is why you may see something in an image that the person standing right next to you doesn't comprehend equally.
The optical illusion immediately above, which is one of the most commonly known, is a same color illusion in which Square A is exactly the same shade of grey as square B. The image shows what appears to be a black and white checker-board with a green cylinder resting on it that casts a shadow diagonally across the middle of the board. The black and white squares are actually different shades of gray. The image has been constructed so that "white" squares in the shadow, one of which is labeled "B," are actually the exact same gray value as "black" squares outside the shadow, one of which is labeled "A." The two squares A and B appear very different as a result of the illusion.


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... Scottish, that is. Highland/Gaelic practice, to be specific.
It didn't escape my notice that my ancestor Margery McIntyre was also referred to in some Quebec records as Mary, Marion or Margaret.
▪ Margery: marriage 1808; baptisms of sons Samuel, John, and Hugh 1819; son Daniel 1824.
▪ Mary: baptisms of daughter Elizabeth in 1821; daughter Mary in 1822.
▪ Margaret: baptism of daughter Ann 1812.
▪ Marion: burial of son Charles 1845.
I won't even mention that she was strangely identified as "C." McIntyre in the 1851 census with her husband and many children.
That Margery/Marjorie derives from Margaret seems quite straightforward. Marion is a version of Mary. Marion is also a form of Sheila, I'm told, and could be a diminutive or substitute for Morag and Sarah. Googling can be dangerously hypnotic and I got as far as Marsaili and Marcail as versions of Margaret/Marjorie/Marjory, both meaning "a pearl," before I snapped out of the trance.
In the wildly optimistic hope that after "Margery's" birth a minister was in the vicinity with a sessional clerk somewhere in his wake to record it, I searched ScotlandsPeople for baptisms 1782-1788. Her Quebec records of marriage, one census, and death indicated 1785-1786 as her year of birth.
Ever tried searching for a Mary Anybody in a large database? Yes, I see sympathetic heads bobbing. How to narrow the results when you don't know who her parents are--the very item you seek? Creative fallback, it might be called. Since Margery had five sons, I persuaded myself that one of them bore the name of her father. Each variation of her name had to be used with each of the five male names. "Refine your search" over and over again sure used up the SP credits faster than you can say where's my credit card.
The results from all this switching, examining, saving, printing, and too much coffee took at least a day. Not to forget that most Highland parish registers have erratic, dismaying gaps. The names Margery and Marjory were hopelessly unproductive. I confess, I didn't get to Marion yet. Lowland parishes and unlikely mothers' names were eliminated. Down to my selected winnows:
▪ d/o John McIntyre & Sarah Graham, Kilninver & Kilmelfort, Argyll, baptized 27 June 1785
▪ d/o John McIntyre & Elizabeth Cameron, Kilmallie, Argyll, baptized 14 September 1779
▪ d/o John McIntyre & Elizabeth Cameron, no location given but RD 525, baptized 1 October 1777
▪ d/o John McIntyre (mother unnamed), Cornaigbeg, Isle of Tyree, Argyll, baptized 9 February 1785
▪ d/o John McIntyre & Elizabeth Cameron, town, Kilmallie, Argyll, baptized 29 December 1784
John and Sarah are dark horses; Sarah is quite an alien forename in my families but the surname Graham caught my eye because of previously-discussed potential connections. Tyree (Isle of Tiree) got my attention too, only because (irrationally) I have a weakness for its sister Isle of Coll.
But John and Elizabeth! Cameron AND Kilmallie! even though Camerons are a dime a dozen in Argyll. I'm very partial to these entries. John was the name of Margery's first son, Elizabeth was her second daughter. Here we have daughters Margaret and Mary possibly born to the same couple. Examination of the actual parish pages showed the 1779 Margaret baptized in Maryburgh (the town settlement at Fort William) according to the page. When I checked the full entry for 1777, the parents of that Margaret were from Achnacroish, a tiny place on the Isle of Lismore (which corresponds to Registration District 525) about twenty miles southwest of Fort William.
A screen shot of Mary's baptismal entry would go nicely here and as soon as I get the hang of it, who knows what might appear.
So it seems that we have two separate couples in different locations. Of course there is no marriage available <SIGH> for either couple. Only the daughter Mary's baptism in "town" at the end of 1784 is close to the target year of birth. Some other nickname might have been preempted for Margaret of 1779, leaving "Margery" for her younger sister Mary ... then again, all that googling may have messed with my head. Searching for other children 1770-1800 of a couple called John and Elizabeth did not yield any further baptisms. In other words, no evidence of a child Catherine, potential sister of my Margery and future wife of John Cameron.
Cameron collaborator Nancy has pointed out that close inspection of the parish register in that period reveals the likelihood of post-facto recording. Year after year of entries are made in the same hand, as if copied from a prior source, and are not signed by the officiating clergyman. Nancy has found two conflicting items in her own family, with one entry appearing in the wrong year and a mother's name misplaced in another.
It's known that some parishes began recording baptisms and marriages in their Kirk Sessions minutes, so I can understand the transition to keeping a separate register and perhaps copying what went before (the Isle of Coll is an example). Moreover, Don Steele said, "As the maintenance of Parish Registers depended on the Session clerk, they vary considerably over the years as one clerk succeeded another. As in England, the entries in Scottish registers were often no doubt written up from some rough notebook kept by the clerk, and in some cases this is all that has survived."[1]
The ifs, maybes, and howevers continue to multiply.
[1] D.J. Steele, Sources for Scottish Genealogy and Family History, Vol. XII of the Society of Genealogists' National Index of Parish Registers (London and Chichester: Phillimore, 1970), 72.
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What are the practicalities of solution focused organizational change? Working with them for over 12 years using the solution focus framework at center of my client offering demonstrates why it's one of the best ways to help organizations make progress on change. This thinking applies to all organizations and all functions therein…from bankers to children's aid, from actuaries to architects.
1. Solution Focus asks, it does not tell. The consultant does not present the solution – the client arrives at the change via the consultant's better questions
Why? I tell clients they know what to do, it's just not clear to them because they've become muddled in their thinking through problem focus in both strategic and tactical discussions. Solution focus pares away the non-productive discussion, helps understand what they want to be better (vs. the problem).
"In business we all know we have problems, but it is progress on the problems we need. Solution Focus is very effective at getting people to think and act on the right things, the possible solutions. It is a wonderful tool at getting people unstuck and making progress happen." ~ Tim Hammond, General Manager, Fuel2. The client is the expert in the change they want
Why? I have watched many clients realize that they already have expertise in making change happen by surfacing consciousness of what they already do well. That's the platform of expertise they have to build upon.
"I realized that there are so many smart, creative people around the table, and when you give people the opportunity to come up with their own solutions, you get much better and richer solutions.' ~ Margaret Eaton, President, ABC Life Literacy Canada3. The client has the answers to make progress. They work with what they have in order for change to present itself
Why? In getting stuck discussing the problem, my clients can lose sight of the answers that sit in front of them. They may see the answers, but can't be decisive because the research or SWOT analysis about threats and weaknesses make them fearful.
"The outcomes were extremely positive for the organizations involved and for the management teams within them." ~ Norm Bolen, President, Canadian Media & Production Association4. By self-identifying the resources for change, the client can scope out a preferred future. From this, the small steps will appear
Why? When the client (vs. consultant) identifies what they want to be different from the problem, they paint a clearer picture of the future they do want. They make progress right away, often implementing change immediately.
"…You give people the opportunity to come up with their own solutions…you get much better and richer solutions." ~ Margaret Eaton, President, ABC Life Literacy Canada5. When the client sees small steps happening right away the bigger change has begun
Why? When a client experiences immediate change – sometimes large, often small – they start heading down a decision-making and learning path. Not everything will work, but it will be progress. More often than not it becomes not only sustainable, but often substantial.
"There are big wins in the small steps." ~ Anthony Alfred, ABC Life Literacy Canada6. Change as little as possible
Why? Many clients who become clear about where they want to get to discover that the huge change they previously felt was necessary was simply a construct and that the small changes they have made lead to much bigger, real change.
"Instead what we have is understanding – if not always agreement – and an environment of trust and knowledge on which to move forward." ~ Valerie Creighton, President & CEO, Canada Media FundDoes solution focus produce miracles? Actually, some clients literally say it does. Is it a miracle cure for every client who feels stuck? No, but it produces lots of tiny miracles that at least do no harm and often simply give the client confidence that they are on the right track.


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How Private Policing Trumps Government Law Enforcement
[Editor's Note: The following post is by TDV Editor, Gary Gibson]
To see how the private sector outperforms public policing in the real world, just take a look at Detroit.
Yes, Detroit of all places. So ruined by government planning, Detroit is becoming a hotbed of spontaneous order…of the market stepping in to do what the government has never managed to do properly. Frustrated with the poor service from their tax-funded overseers, Detroit residents have turned to the private sector for security and protection, like the customer-satisfying efficiency of private protection as provided by Dale Brown and his organization, Threat Management Center.
Managing Threats for Money with Love
Dale got his start in 1995 trying to help a Detroit community during a wave of home invasions and murders. What he found among the police force were complacent, uninterested officers. And why shouldn't they be uninterested in murderous home invasions? They get paid no matter what and are more incentivized to write traffic tickets and terrorize people in their own homes for buying plants. Sure there were some officers who were motivated to help and it was such officers that Dale used to get his start. (Click on the above video image to hear Dale tell his story.)
Today, Threat Management Center has a client base of roughly 1000 private residences and 500 businesses. And TMC also provides free service to those who cannot afford their prices. That free help is available because of the healthy profit margin left from providing excellent services to the bigger corporations. (Ah, the evils of the for-profit world…)
The key to effective protection, says Dale, is love. Not guns, not violence, not laws. His employees have to love their customers. They have to care about their customers' safety more than their own. They also have to be the kind of people who would rather not use violence first. This is the exact opposite of what the government advocates for its police officers. Government teaches police that their own safety is paramount, and in these late stages of the degenerate empire, local governments are also recruiting recent war veterans who have become well used to using violence against the people whose land they occupy to keep them in line.
Dale's protective services are fundamentally different from those of the government police not just because of his loving philosophy, however, but because of the source of his funding. Dale's services are market-driven. If he doesn't provide protection in the way his customers want, he will go out of business. This is not the kind of pressure the government's tax-funded sentries have to worry about. So while "to serve and protect" may be emblazoned on their squad cars, their real purpose is to enforce brutally. Their actions are funded by money extorted from their victims. They only happen to protect now and then…and practically by accident. And note that it's their employer the state which creates the poverty and prohibitions that result in crime in the first place. (Government, after all, is like a self-licking ice cream cone; it creates its own demand.)
What Kind of Protection Do Customers Really Want?
Sane people don't want no-knock raids, surveillance cameras and drones, and the general fear and loathing that comes from armed, violence-ready thugs with a sense of "authori-tah!" marching through the streets. They simply want to feel safe, to have someone watching out for them, not spying on them, invading their homes and pushing them around.
But the state can't give people what they want. The state can only cartoonishly, violently approximate the market. This is because the state is based on violence, not the feedback of profit and loss. It can never beat or even match the market when it comes to satisfying consumer demand. The market is negotiation that responds to economic incentives while the state is just a blunt force weapon brought to the surgery room. Sure, its violence is dressed up as the "will of the people" with words like "democracy" and "republic"…but in the end the state's only will is its own. The market is the true will of the people. Providers have to respond to the people's will or else they will be out of business. The state has no such pressure. At most it has to worry about its image a little, sort of the way a serial killer has to worry about mimicking human emotion so his victims will let their guard down.
So while the market provides protection and peaceful resolution –because those are what consumers really want– the state can only provide a para-military praetorian guard with varying levels of officious aggressiveness. This guard is paid for with money stolen at gunpoint (taxes) and can only ever fundamentally violate property rights, not protect them.
The police aren't around to help recover your stolen property or protect you from harm. They are here to enforce the law. Even when they capture thieves and murderers and rapists, no resititution is made to the victim. Instead the violator is jailed for his trangressions in order to repay his debt the mythical collective called "society". He may be sent to a rape camp that itself is paid for with stolen money.
But catching dangerous offenders is a secondary goal at best for the police. The majority of their resources are thrown at generating revenue by enforcing the freedom-limiting prohibitions that the politicians set up in the first place (though the revenue generation is secondary to reminding you that you are state property conditionally allowed certain privileges that can be taken away). The cops ticket you for driving above absurdly low speed limits and for not wearing seatbelts and for driving after downing two beers. They invade your homes and rough you up on the mere suspicion that you might own plants that politicians don't like. Is this what you would pay for if you had the choice?
Oh, and if you really want to see the police marshall their resources, by all means organize a protest to exercise your right to free public speech. Do it in opposition to a politician or government policy. Then you'll really get to see the kind of "protection" your stolen money pays for.
In a free market, people get what they want. What people don't want doesn't get funded enough to survive very long. In a free market, producers respond to consumer demand. Or else those producers have to find another line of work. So that's why Dale Brown's Threat Management Center uses peaceful protection based on love and sacrifice. The consumers have spoken. Dale's services are what they want, not bullies and war-scarred, testosterone junkies who enforce prohibtion, invade homes, harrass innocents, get off on exercising authority and occasionally shoot "civilians" but who fail to actually serve or protect them.
[Editor's Note: Look at the above video only if you have a strong stomach. It contains just some of the evidence of the kind of brutal police state into which the US is rapidly devolving. If you have the means to get out before the US becomes indistinguishable from the former East Germany –including the use of deadly force against those who try to escape– then start planning your permanent escape by clicking here.]
Instead, consumers want people who will bravely protect them without policing them. They do not want enforcers to treat them as subjects and regulate their behavior according to some state-imposed policy. They want valiant guardians of their bodies and other property who respect their other rights of self-ownership. They want people who are also willing to put their customers' safety above and beyond their own and who are willing to find the most peaceful and least violent solution possible to disputes and danger. What the market would have is protection, not policy enforcement. Servants, not overseers. Peace makers and keepers, not police.
Gary Gibson, The Dollar Vigilante's Editor, cut his teeth writing for liberty and profit as the managing editor of the now-defunct Whiskey & Gunpowder financial newsletter. He now writes for and edits The Dollar Vigilante. In his capacity as managing editor of TDV's monthly subscription letter TDV Homegrown, Gary insists on playing Russian Roulette by basing himself in the USSA heartland so he can round up information on how the TDV readers stuck in the USSA can best survive and profit in the increasingly turbulent times in the morally and financially bankrupt empire.
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Georg Schmidt, a German missionary from United Brethren (Moravian Church), founded the first mission station in the Baviaanskloof (today known as Genadendal) in 1738.
When he arrived in South Africa, Schmidt found that the Khoi were a poor and disadvantaged people. Many thought that mission work among the Khoisan (Hottentots) was attempting the impossible, but in spite of this Schmidt prevailed. He became acquainted with an impoverished and dispersed Khoi people who were practically on the threshold of complete extinction. Apart from the few Kraals, which still remained, there were already thirteen farms in the vicinity of Baviaans Kloof. Within a short while Schmidt formed a small Christian congregation. He taught the Khoi to read and write, but when he began to baptise his converts there was great dissatisfaction among the Cape Dutch Reformed Church clergy. According to them, Schmidt was not an ordained minister and as such, was not permitted to administer the sacraments. Consequently, he had to abandon his work, and in 1744, after seven years at Baviaans Kloof, he left the country.
When he arrived in South Africa, Schmidt found that the Khoi were a poor and disadvantaged people. He started teaching them to read and write and preached the Gospel to them. But the Cape dominees, steeped in the traditions of the Dutch Reformed Church, were not impressed when he started baptising his converts. In 1744 he returned to Germany.
The work was resumed in 1792 when three other missionaries were sent out to Baviaanskloof. When they arrived at the mission station, Marsveld, Kühnel and Schwinn found the ruins of Schmidt's house and garden. Near a pear tree that had been planted by Schmidt decades ago, they encountered an old woman, one of Schmidt's converts who, although virtually blind, still regularly held church services for the congregation under the pear tree by praying and reading from the Bible. She handed the missionaries a pocket Bible in a small leather bag. Schmidt had given it to her years before. Soon, the mission station was on its way to revival. At some stage, opposition was encountered from the Stellenbosch church, which, among other things, prohibited the ringing of the church bell because – so they said - the ringing disturbed the Stellenbosch people. Some of the illiterate Strandveld farmers also tried to interfere with the work at the mission station, because they resented the fact that the Khoi-Khoin enjoyed the privilege of being educated. Many of them had also lost farm labourers to the mission station.
The number of residents increased gradually. During a visit to the mission station in 1806, Governor Janssens changed its name to Genadendal (meaning Valley of Grace). The residents were taught many different trades. The well-known herneuter knives and the furniture manufactured there were much sought after. The teachers' training college, the first in the country, was built in 1838. Today the museum is housed in this building.
Over the years, the missionaries have really exerted themselves to help create employment. The print shop at the mission station is one of the oldest in the country and is still churning out printed material. Genadendal has a large primary and high school with a spacious hostel. Pupils come from many other towns to complete their schooling at Genadendal. The town has a good library. In 1980, the church grounds with their historical buildings were declared national monuments.


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Furniture Garden UK is a website looking at lots of garden design ideas with links to products you can buy online to bring these ideas into your own garden.
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InTouch brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 54 Designs von 25 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Attractive, modern web site needed for online art company.
More work will be offered to the winning designer.
InTouch Gallery
Central Appeal
Attract individuals who want toconduct their own art selling business. Theseparticipants will be purchasing a website and a starting inventory of art fromour company through this website. Theywill also be offered training videos, catalogs, business cards, promotions andother business aids. The participantsmay use this business to supplement an existing line of business such asdecorating, furniture, etc. Or, it canbe a stand-alone in-home business. Ourprimary target is the individual entrepreneur who desires to own and controltheir own business.
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Colorado Pols: Pueblo's Sal Pace roots for Denver's Aaron Greco
Pueblo County Commissioner Sal Pace normally doesn't pay close attention to Denver City Council races, but there are several good reasons he's rooting for Aaron Greco in District 7.
Pace and Greco were roommates at Fort Lewis College and worked together for Congressman John Salazar, a Manassa Democrat. Greco served as best man at Pace's wedding to Marlene Valdez in 2006 and he is godfather to Wyatt, the eldest of the couple's three children. Pace is a former House minority leader and a 2012 congressional candidate.


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These greeting cards are printed on 100% cotton cover paper and paired with a kraft envelope. They are hand letterpress printed the old fashioned way, one at a time, on our vintage printing presses. Designed, printed and packaged in our Lawrence, Kansas studio. Packaged individually in a clear protective sleeve or in sets of 6 in a clear plastic box.


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Every girl since childhood dreams of an original wedding dress, lazaro blush wedding dresses, which someday put on a crown. The perfect wedding dress for each charming bride is different, it reflects the ideas that have been formed by an exquisite lady during her life. However, in the life of every beautiful girl comes the moment that makes a meeting with the lazaro blush wedding dresses of her dreams inevitable – this is the happy day in her life when she says the cherished Yes !
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The Dynamo played to a tame scoreless draw in their first home league contest in more than a month, even though D.C. United finished with 10 players after a red card.
D.C. United (10-14-4) vs. Houston Dynamo (11-5-11)
October 12, 2008 -- Robertson Stadium, Houston TX
Scoring Summary:
D.C. United -- Louis Crayton, Bryan Namoff, Greg Janicki, Gonzalo Peralta, Marc Burch, Devon McTavish, Clyde Simms, Jode Vide, Ivan Guerrero (Gonzalo Martinez 87), Boyzzz Khumalo (Francis Doe 65), Santino Quaranta.
Substitutes Not Used: James Thorpe, Pat Carroll, Rod Dyachenko, Luciano Emilio, Craig Thompson.
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Richard Mulrooney, Bobby Boswell, Eddie Robinson, Wade Barrett, Brian Mullan (Corey Ashe 80), Ricardo Clark, Stuart Holden (Geoff Cameron 58), Brad Davis, Dwayne De Rosario, Nate Jaqua.
Substitutes Not Used: Tony Caig, Mike Chabala, Patrick Ianni, Craig Waibel, Chris Wondolowski.
Misconduct Summary:
HOU -- Dwayne De Rosario (caution; Dissent) 53
DC -- Bryan Namoff (caution; Delay of Game) 62
DC -- Devon McTavish (caution; Reckless Tackle) 65
HOU -- Eddie Robinson (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 65
HOU -- Geoff Cameron (caution; Reckless Foul) 71
HOU -- Brad Davis (caution; Dissent) 71
DC -- Bryan Namoff (ejection; Second Caution) 73
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Referee's Assistants: Craig Lowry; Peter Balciunas
4th official: Jasen Anno
Attendance: 17,531
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Adrian Cristea necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 437 diseños de 74 diseñadores freelance.
Adrian Cristea Photography
I am a 30 y o romanian photographer that needs to stand out from the fellow crowd photographers. I use to shoot events, mainly weddings and christenings but i also do portraits, corporate and indoors photography.
I am trying to get through this business without a website for quite a while but it`s been hard without one. But before the website, i need to have a logo. My brand. When i have my logo i will start building the website and my blog.
Future clients (60-70% women), basically 20-50 y old, starting with future weds, parents and ending with business clients for corporate shots or business event organisers. The women must fall in love with the logo and the men should like it enough to forward the link to friends and families, saying what great photographer they chose.
I need you to design my logo as if it were for your own business !
I like the type of logos that have like "adrian" and "cristea" with different thickness and fonts, but the fonts need to say: "event photography". You can try mild loops and curves in font as long is easily readable.
I dont want common used symbols like aperture, cameras etc
I want a symbol that is classy and stilished yet simplistic, fresh, cool, hip and must tickle a bit the 65% lady clientelle. I tried one with my initials "A" and "C" and tried to mix them up of some sort but failed miserably. Is not mandatory that the symbol to be with my initials.
I like fades and even glows. I like gradients too but i feel like it takes the meaning of the logo away from my photography business.
The colors should be some that mix perfectly as yellow-white-dark grey, orange-white-black, turquoise, light green blow me away. I don`t want more that 3 colors, tops, you can do with 2 as well.(something like http://www.adriancristea.ro )
Based on my logo, i will make the website and blog on the same colors so dont throw some colors that can make photography websites look at least akward.
I will use this logo on stationeries, watermarking and social platforms
I'll need the logo in a vector format for scaling and also a large raster file, maybe 8.5x11 canvas at 300 dpi in psd format. I also want the font for it please.
Be imaginative !
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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – Around 1 in 10 kids has some form of dyslexia. For many children, there's trouble in reading, spelling or paying attention in midst of distractions. But can you imagine what it's like?
One family and a teacher were all trying to better understand what 9-year-old Lydia Rubenzer is dealing with.
The Children's Dyslexia Center in Eau Claire hosted 'Experience Dyslexia: A Learning Disabilities Simulation' that focused on increasing awareness of the difficulties and frustrations kids with reading disabilities like dyslexia encounter each day.
And for 9-year-old Lydia Rubenzer, words don't come too easy.
"W…X…Y, I'm doing capital and lower case," said Lydia while taking part in the simulation with her mom, dad, two brothers and her teacher.
She said at times, it gets frustrating at school or at home when doing homework.
"And if there's a really hard sheet (worksheet), I get scared sometimes," said Lydia.
Now her family has a better idea of where she is coming from. Her brother, 14-year-old Jameson, said he noticed it would take Lydia "forever" to do homework and now, he can finally understand why.
"I have a little bit more sympathy for hard she has to work. I can't believe how hard you have to do just to do one thing," said Jameson.
The simulations were divided into six stations focusing on listening, reading and writing.
Among the simulations, the group got to write and trace letters and shapes with their non-dominant hand and read a story that was written in reverse and flipped.
Tammy Tillotson, the director of the Children's Dyslexia Center said the simulation gives siblings a chance to know more about dyslexia.
"They have no real appreciation for the struggles that their little sister was going through and hopefully through the simulation they have a better idea and can empathize with her a little bit more," said Tillotson. "It was an opportunity for people to experience first-hand what it would be like to have dyslexia."
Jamie Labs is Lydia's reading specialist at Elk Mound Elementary. She said she came to the simulation to also better understand her student and how to teach other dyslexic students.
"With all the things going on in education these days, just trying to help them do their best. So this is one of the ways I'm learning how they learn," said Labs.
Tillotson said teachers go into the field with the best of intentions, but don't always have the best training in affective intervention.
"So if we can help empower teachers to know what the red flags are, what the characteristics are, what it would feel like to be that child or to be that student that makes them a better, well rounded teacher as well," said Tillotson.
If you're interested in finding out more about the Experience Dyslexia: A Learn Disabilities Simulation, just head to http://wicdc.org/ or call 715-598-4986.
Right now, Tillotson said there's a need for tutors at the center as there are 22 kids on the waiting list to get free tutoring at the Children's Dyslexia Center. If you're interested in helping, contact the above phone number.


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Emily Badger
Emily Badger is a former staff writer at CityLab. Her work has previously appeared in Pacific Standard, GOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently published a projection in the journal Science of what it would take for California, by 2050, to reach the state's goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels. Their vision would make any environmentalist swoon: They see workers locking the door to their net-zero homes, hopping in battery-powered cars, then heading to uber-efficient offices powered by solar panels.
In the methodical build-up to this world, first buildings, lighting and appliances become more energy efficient. Then the energy sector shifts wholesale to renewable and cleaner sources. Then vehicles and heaters that today run on fuel will become electrified.
This vision sounds great, if not technically daunting. But it falls prey to a common assumption about how we're going to address climate change: that we have to do it all with technology.
A significant – and seldom noticed – part of the solution lies with some fairly low-tech infrastructure: our houses, and the relationship they have to each other and where we want to go. A growing body of data has mapped the carbon footprint in sprawling suburbia of a single-family home, which is located nowhere near the grocery store, the job center or the shopping district. We can now compare that footprint to a multi-family home in a walkable urban neighborhood. And it turns out the gap between those two models may offer a serious – and perhaps more palatable – place to start thinking about the problem of climate change.
Proponents of this strategy aren't talking about lithium-ion batteries, carbon capture and storage or smart grids. They're talking about land use (and inviting to the climate change table urban planners who are seldom mentioned in the same breath as electrical engineers).
"It's got to be the number one way we're going to address both energy security and greenhouse gas emissions," predicts University of Michigan professor and Brookings Institution senior fellow Christopher Leinberger. "And it is a structurally sustainable reduction."
Other solutions, like increasing the efficiency of cars and appliances, have been shown in some research to have a perverse side effect: Give people a hybrid, and they drive more. Give people a state-of-the-art home heating system, and sometimes they turn up the temperature. But there's no backsliding with land-use changes.
Some smart-growth advocates put this even more bluntly, suggesting that suburban lifestyles represent one of the most serious threats to the climate. Real estate developer and planner Jonathan Rose has done modeling that puts data to this claim, some of which is corralled in this chart from the Center for Clean Air Policy report "Growing Wealthier."
The chart underscores a growing realization among environmentalists: It doesn't solve the problem to buy a hybrid and retrofit your house if all of that takes place 20 miles from your job. You'd still consume more energy ("suburban single family green") than an urban household without the latest green tech ("urban single family"). And that has as much to do with associated transportation emissions as the size and efficiency of your home.
The implication is that if more suburbanites opted to move out of their low-density detached homes and into walkable, mixed-use urban communities (or if we retrofitted suburbia to better resemble such places), right there we'd be on our way to taking a real whack at carbon emissions.
We'd still need to increase the fuel standards of cars, and change the makeup of fuel itself. But what if we could also simply reduce the miles people drive by in a sense pushing their many destinations closer together?
"Engineers and economists say, 'get the right technology, set the right price signals, and you're done,'" says Steve Winkelman, one of the authors of "Growing Wealthier." "I've been working in planning circles, and this is a lot messier. That's why regulators don't like it. Really, it's much more of a planning approach, and people have to find their own self-interest in this to get to a [higher] penetration level."
This messy approach, though, has several things going for it that technological solutions to climate change don't. For one, urbanizing communities comes with a whole host of co-benefits: it saves people money on utility bills, it improves public health, it reduces congestion and improves air quality, and it may even make communities happier (as walkability has been shown to do).
The need to shift to low-carbon, denser living also parallels where the market is heading anyway. There's no need to forcibly decamp suburbanites for inner-city condos. People are doing this anyway, with demand in particular growing for housing located near transit.
"I wish that 30-50 percent of people wanted to drive a hybrid, but that's not whatever the couple-percent penetration is now," Winkelman says. Many more people do, however, want to live in low-carbon communities (although most of them don't put it that way). "Right here," Winkelman says, "it's clear that there's unmet market demand."
Peter Calthrope has taken some of these calculations even further, as part of California's scenario planning for the state law that set those 2050 emissions-reduction goals. He's projected the impact of changes in housing stock and land-use planning into the year 2050, examining shifting ratios of supply for large-lot single-family homes, small-lot single-family homes, attached homes and multi-family apartments, under varying degrees of energy efficiency.
On the neighborhood level, an average household in a high-density urban San Francisco-area community produces 6 metric tons of carbon emissions a year from transportation and household heating. A single-family household in a nearby suburban area produces 21 metric tons. Like other practitioners, Calthrope concludes that we can't get where we want to go in cutting emissions without bringing that second number closer to the first.
"There's a lot of built cities that basically are not going to be able to change, and you have to do technological change," says John Fregonese, a veteran planner based in Portland. "But that being said, this is important. If you're going to live in a situation where energy use and carbon emissions are going to be important and something you want to reduce, the kind of community you build is really important."
Like Calthorpe, Fregonese has been peddling this message to cities and states that now want to begin crafting master plans for regional land use decades into the future. California, Oregon, and Washington state are all at the forefront of this, as is, surprisingly, more conservative Utah. Communities there are beginning to get the connection between housing style, location, associated transportation and carbon emissions.
"On the other hand, when we were working in Texas, we mentioned to one city that I won't name that this downtown plan would reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent," Fregonese says. "And they said, 'Don't mention that, just don't bring that up. Tell people they're saving money.'"
This may be one of the best arguments in an era of fraught climate politics for land-use planning as a part of the solution: No one has to call it that. Especially not when market forces are heading this direction, too.
"Sometimes it really helps," Fregonese says. "Sometimes you're better off just to list the co-benefits."
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To help flatten the curve in the Covid-19 outbreak, officials at all levels of government are asking people to stay home. Here's what's worked, and what hasn't.
Will COVID-19 change how cities are designed? Michele Acuto of the Connected Cities Lab talks about density, urbanization and pandemic preparation.
Because of coronavirus, millions of tenants won't be able to write rent checks. But calls for a rent holiday often ignore the longer-term economic effects.
We must prepare for a protracted battle with coronavirus. But there are changes we can make now to prepare locked-down cities for what's next.
There's a fatal history behind the claim that African Americans are more resistant to diseases like Covid-19 or yellow fever.