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In our shared pursuit to push the web to do more, we're running into a common problem: performance. Sites have more features than ever before. So much so, that many sites now struggle to achieve a high level of performance across a variety of network conditions and devices.
Performance issues vary. At best, they create small delays that are only briefly annoying to your users. At worst, they make your site completely inaccessible, unresponsive to user input, or both.
Performance is about retaining users
We want users to interact meaningfully with what we build. If it's a blog, we want people to read posts. If it's an online store, we want them to buy stuff. If it's a social network, we want them to interact with each other.
Performance plays a major role in the success of any online venture. Here are some case studies that show how high-performing sites engage and retain users better than low-performing ones:
- Pinterest increased search engine traffic and sign-ups by 15% when they reduced perceived wait times by 40%.
- COOK increased conversions by 7%, decreased bounce rates by 7%, and increased pages per session by 10% when they reduced average page load time by 850 milliseconds.
Here are a couple case studies where low performance had a negative impact on business goals:
- The BBC found they lost an additional 10% of users for every additional second their site took to load.
- DoubleClick by Google found 53% of mobile site visits were abandoned if a page took longer than 3 seconds to load.
In the same DoubleClick by Google study cited above, it was found that sites loading within 5 seconds had 70% longer sessions, 35% lower bounce rates, and 25% higher ad viewability than sites taking nearly four times longer at 19 seconds. To get a rough idea of how your site's performance compares with your competitors, check out the Speed Scorecard tool.
Performance is about improving conversions
Retaining users is crucial to improving conversions. Slow sites have a negative impact on revenue, and the opposite is also true. Here are some examples of how performance has played a role in making businesses more (or less) profitable:
- For Mobify, every 100ms decrease in homepage load speed worked out to a 1.11% increase in session-based conversion, yielding an average annual revenue increase of nearly $380,000. Additionally, a 100ms decrease in checkout page load speed amounted to a 1.55% increase in session-based conversion, which in turn yielded an average annual revenue increase of nearly $530,000.
- DoubleClick found publishers whose sites loaded within five seconds earned up to twice as much ad revenue than sites loading within 19 seconds.
- When AutoAnything reduced page load time by half, they saw a boost of 12-13% in sales.
If you run a business on the web, performance is crucial. If your site's user experience is fast and responsive to user input, it can only serve you well. To see how performance could potentially affect your revenue, check out the Impact Calculator tool.
Performance is about the user experience
When you navigate to a URL, you do so from any number of potential starting points. Depending on a number of conditions, such as connection quality and the device you're using, your experience could be quite different from another user's.
As a site begins to load, there's a period of time where users wait for content to appear. Until this happens, there's no user experience to speak of. This lack of an experience is fleeting on fast connections. On slower connections, however, users are forced to wait. Users may experience more problems as page resources slowly trickle in.
Performance is a foundational aspect of good user experiences. When sites ship a lot of code, browsers must use megabytes of the user's data plan in order to download the code. Mobile devices have limited CPU power and memory. They often get overwhelmed with what we might consider a small amount of unoptimized code. This creates poor performance which leads to unresponsiveness. Knowing what we know about human behavior, users will only tolerate low performing applications for so long before abandoning them. If you want to know more about how to assess your site's performance and find opportunities for improvement, check out How to Think About Speed Tools.
Performance is about people
Poorly performing sites and applications can also pose real costs for the people who use them.
As mobile users continue to make up a larger portion of internet users worldwide, it's important to bear in mind that many of these users access the web through mobile LTE, 4G, 3G and even 2G networks. As Ben Schwarz of Calibre points out in this study of real world performance, the cost of prepaid data plans is decreasing, which in turn is making access to the internet more affordable in places where it once wasn't. Mobile devices and internet access are no longer luxuries. They are common tools necessary to navigate and function in an increasingly interconnected world.
Total page size has been steadily increasing since at least 2011, and the trend appears to be continuing. As the typical page sends more data, users must replenish their metered data plans more often, which costs them money.
In addition to saving your users money, fast and lightweight user experiences can also prove crucial for users in crisis. Public resources such as hospitals, clinics, and crisis centers have online resources that give users important and specific information that they need during a crisis. While design is pivotal in presenting important information efficiently in stressful moments, the importance of delivering this information fast can't be understated. It's part of our job.
Where to go from here
While the lists below may seem daunting, understand you don't need to do all of these things to improve the performance of your site. They are just starting points, so don't feel overwhelmed! Anything you can do to improve performance will be helpful to your users.
Mind what resources you send
An effective method of building high performance applications is to audit what resources you send to users. While the Network panel in Chrome DevTools does a fantastic job of summarizing all the resources used on a given page, it can be daunting to know where to start if you haven't considered performance until now. Here are a few suggestions:
- If you use Bootstrap or Foundation to build your UI, ask yourself if they're necessary. Such abstractions add heaps of CSS the browser must download, parse, and apply to a page, all before your site-specific CSS enters the picture. Flexbox and Grid are superb at creating both simple and complex layouts with relatively little code. Because CSS is a render blocking resource, the overhead of a CSS framework can delay rendering significantly. You can speed up your rendering by removing unnecessary overhead whenever possible.
- JavaScript libraries are convenient, but not always necessary. Take jQuery for
example: Element selection has been greatly simplified thanks to methods like
querySelectorAll. Event binding is easy with
setAttribute, and
getAttributeoffer easy ways of working with classes and element attributes. If you must use a library, research for leaner alternatives. For example, Zepto is a smaller jQuery alternative, and Preact is a much smaller alternative to React.
- Not all websites need to be single page applications (SPAs), as they often make extensive use of JavaScript. JavaScript is the most expensive resource we serve on the web byte for byte, as it must not only be downloaded, but parsed, compiled and executed as well. For example, news and blog sites with optimized front end architecture can perform well as traditional multipage experiences. Particularly if HTTP caching is configured properly, and optionally, if a service worker is used.
Mind how you send resources
Efficient delivery is vital to building fast user experiences.
- Migrate to HTTP/2. HTTP/2 addresses many performance problems inherent in HTTP/1.1, such as concurrent request limits and the lack of header compression.
- Download resources earlier using resource
rel=preloadis one such resource hint that allows early fetches of critical resources before the browser would otherwise discover them. This can have a pronounced positive effect on page rendering and lowering Time to Interactive when used judiciously.
rel=preconnectis another resource hint that can mask the latency of opening new connections for resources hosted on third party domains.
- Modern sites ship a lot of JavaScript and CSS on average. It was common to bundle styles and scripts into large bundles in HTTP/1 environments. This was done because a large amount of requests was detrimental to performance. This is no longer the case now that HTTP/2 is on the scene, as multiple, simultaneous requests are cheaper. Consider using code splitting in webpack to limit the amount of scripts downloaded to only what is needed by the current page or view. Separate your CSS into smaller template or component-specific files, and only include those resources where they're likely to be used.
Mind how much data you send
Here are some suggestions for limiting how much data you send:
- Minify text assets. Minification is the removal of unnecessary whitespace, comments and other content in text-based resources. It significantly reduces the amount of data you send to users without impacting functionality. Use uglification in JavaScript to get more savings through shortening variable and method names. Since SVG is a text-based image format, it can be optimized with SVGO.
- Configure your server to compress resources. Compression drastically reduces the amount of data you send to users, especially text assets. GZIP is a popular option, but Brotli compression can go further. Understand, however, that compression is not a catch-all for performance woes: Some file formats which are implicitly compressed (e.g., JPEG, PNG, GIF, WOFF, et cetera) don't respond to compression because they're already compressed.
- Optimize images to ensure your site sends as little image data as possible. Since images make up a large portion of the average per-page payload on the web, image optimization represents a uniquely large opportunity to boost performance.
- If you have time, consider serving alternative image formats. WebP enjoys reasonably broad browser support, and uses less data than JPEG and PNG while keeping visual quality high. JPEG XR is another alternative format supported in IE and Edge offering similar savings.
- Deliver images
The huge diversity of devices and their screens presents a tremendous
opportunity to improve performance by sending images that are the best fit for
the screens that view them. In the simplest use cases, you can add an
srcsetattribute to an
<img>element to specify an array of images the browser can choose from. On the more complex side of things, you can use
<picture>to help the browser choose the most optimal format (e.g., WebP over JPEG or PNG), or serve altogether different treatments of images for different screen sizes.
- Use video instead of animated GIFs. Animated GIFs are massive. Videos of similar quality are far smaller, often by 80% or so. If your site makes heavy use of animated GIFs, this is probably the most impactful thing you can do to improve loading performance.
- Client hints can
tailor resource delivery based on current network conditions and device
characteristics. The
Viewport-Widthheaders can help you deliver the best images for a device using server-side code and deliver less markup. The
Save-Dataheader can help you deliver lighter application experiences for users who are specifically asking you to do so.
- The
NetworkInformationAPI exposes information about the user's network connection. This information can be used to modify application experiences for users on slower networks.
For a more holistic guide on improving performance, check out our writeup on the RAIL performance model, which focuses on improving both load time and application responsiveness. Our PRPL pattern guide is also an excellent resource for improving the performance of modern single page applications.
If you're excited to learn more about performance and how to make your site faster, browse through our performance documentation for guides on a variety of topics. We're constantly adding new guides and updating existing ones, so keep coming back!
Special thanks to Addy Osmani, Jeff Posnick, Matt Gaunt, Philip Walton, Vinamrata Singal, Daniel An, and Pete LePage for their extensive feedback in improving and launching this resource!


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You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
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"Hello, Mr.Alexandru,
Yesterday we received our hardtop. It looks good, very good, with no signs from the previous colour.
I found the invoice - on the box. Installation kit and a pair of Serious 890 reflectors in the package.
Thank you for your job and fast reaction for delivery. Really appreciate it !
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The stream of holiday titles has only just begun to die down, but publishers are already gearing up for the new year. One of Microsoft's big guns for early 2009 is Halo Wars, an Xbox 360-exclusive RTS based on the popular Halo franchise. With the intent to get your mouth watering in anticipation, Microsoft has dished some new details on the RTS including confirmation of a March release.
Slated to ship on February 27 in Europe and March 3 in North America, Halo Wars will receive the same Collector's Edition treatment that all the recent first-party Microsoft games have enjoyed. The $79.99 CE will feature a special in-game "Honor Guard" Wraith unit, the official Halo Wars graphic novel, six "Leader" cards and something that is called the "Spirit of Fire" patch. As an added bonus, the CE will also come with a code that grants early access to the Halo 3 "Mythic Map Pack."
Halo Wars looked good when we saw it last, but we're somewhat concerned that the game hasn't been made available for hands-on play. Nevertheless, what we know about the game's controls makes it seem like Ensemble has paid close attention to what companies like EA have done to make RTS games more viable on consoles. Ensemble still has its work cut out for it if it hopes to win over the RTS elite, and one wonders if any console RTS can rival the controls of Endwar. We'll find out in March.


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The House proceeded to the consideration of Bill C-300, An Act respecting a Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention, as reported without amendment from the committee.
House of Commons Hansard #123 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was copyright.


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I Google'd for a solution to my problem, but I couldnt find anything
I want to add a MouseClickEvent for my GUI, but only for a small part of my JFrame.
I made it work with a Invisible Button, but for several reasons I'd like to add the Event in the JFrame.
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Mets sign veteran Abreu to Minors deal
NEW YORK -- The Mets inked a big name to a small deal on Monday, signing veteran outfielder Bobby Abreu to a Minor League contract.
The Phillies cut Abreu, 40, last week after he hit .244 with no home runs in 41 Grapefruit League plate appearances. He did walk 10 times, however, and finished with a .404 on-base percentage.
In Las Vegas, Abreu offers the Mets inexpensive insurance behind the top four outfielders on their organizational depth chart: Curtis Granderson, Chris Young, Juan Lagares and Eric Young Jr. A 17-year veteran of the Astros, Phillies, Yankees, Angels and Dodgers, Abreu is best known as a patient hitter who made two All-Star teams in Philadelphia.
The left-handed-hitting Abreu last played in the Majors in 2012, hitting .246 with a .361 on-base percentage in 230 plate appearances for the Dodgers. He does have a prominent Mets connection, hitting .322 with three home runs in 50 games for the Caracas Lions of Venezuela's winter ball league. Hitting coach Dave Hudgens managed that team, and the Mets nearly signed Abreu over the winter before the Phillies scooped him up on a Minor League deal.


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Digital Gateway:national Bank of Greece's I-Bank by Allen International
Allen International Presents The National Bank of Greece's I-Bank Digital Gateway
Allen International, the maker of the displayed project National Bank of Greece's i-bank - Digital Gateway by Allen International points out, Concept store that houses and provides guidance on it's online, mobile and telephone banking offers. There is no counter - instead customers use in-store computers to complete daily banking transactions eg. setting up orders and viewing statements, with the support of the store's 4-person team. The NBG app is available on iPads and iPhones at the central 'Great Ideas' stands, private booths can be used for internet and phone banking, and touch screens within the Interactive Zone enable visitors to access banking services and play games. .
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|Map Showing Site of Palo Alto Plantation - Sander's 1840-1860 Farm and Distillery
|Isaac Sanders 1777-1821 Sanders Family Cemetery
Francis Sanders 1676-1744, born in Isle of Wight, Virginia, married Mary ____.
John Sanders 1690-1751, born in Virginia, married Mary Neal.
John Sanders 1725-1796, born in Virginia, married Rebecca Shepherd.
Isaac Newton Sanders 1777-1821, born in Onslow County, married Ruth Ward.
David Ward Sanders 1800-1860, born in Onslow County, married Alice Mitchell.
Children of Isaac Newton Sanders and Ruth Ward: David Ward Sanders 1800-1860, Daniel S. Sanders 1800-1854, Benjamin W. Sanders 1807-1880, John A. Sanders 1809-1880, Edward Ward Sanders 1811-1854, Nancy Sanders 1813-1846 and Isaac Newton Sanders 1817-1866. (Jones Family Tree on Ancestry.com)
In his 1821 Will, Isaac Sanders "loaned to his wife land he had purchased from John Sanders including house and salt works; after her death to Isaac. To son David, three hundred acres lying on the southwest prong of the New River. To Daniel and Benjamin lands bought from John Sanders including house, salt works and one hundred acres of land adjoining the wood place together with my Inland lands near Bear Inlet. To John A., Edward all my land not otherwise disposed of including my piney lands."
His marker in the Sanders Family Cemetery in Hubert reads: "In Memory of ISSAC SANDERS who was born the 19th day of May 1777, and died the 8th day of Sep. 1821, & was the Father of 11 Children." This cemetery is on private property off Bear Creek Road.
His marker in the Sanders Family Cemetery in Hubert reads: "In Memory of ISSAC SANDERS who was born the 19th day of May 1777, and died the 8th day of Sep. 1821, & was the Father of 11 Children." This cemetery is on private property off Bear Creek Road.
Portrait circa 1852
Artist: William Carle Brown
TN State Library and Archives
August 20, 1800 – August 26, 1860
- NC Clerk of Superior Court
- Representative 1855
- Constitutional Convention
- Grandson Daniel L. Russell Jr. was NC governor 1897-1901
- David's wife Alice Mitchell was the daughter of George Warren Mitchell 1770-1830 and Phoebe Ogden Starkey 1790-1857 of Onslow County.
Children of David W. and Alice Mitchell Sanders: Caroline Elizabeth Sanders 1825-1845 (mother of Governor Daniel Russell), Isaac B. Sanders 1829-1851, twin of George Edward Sanders 1829-1836, J.B. Sanders born 1829 and Benjamin Sanders born 1831.
1820 Census, Onslow County, North Carolina:: 4 Persons in Household
1830 Census: 31 Persons in Household including 23 Slaves
1840 Census: 87 Persons – 82 Slaves – 57 Engaged in Agriculture
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
1850 Census, White Oak, Onslow County, North Carolina:
Farmer D.W. Sanders, 49, Alice 44, Phoebe O. Mitchell 70, J.B. Sanders 21 "sawyer," Oden Taylor 20 overseer. Value of real estate owned was $28,000.
1850 Slave Schedule, White Oak Township: D.W. Sanders - 134 slaves including children of slaves. The 1860 Slave Schedule noted D.W. Sanders with 188 slaves and 32 slave houses.
1850 Manufacturing Schedule – Turpentine Distillery: $4000 Capital invested; Raw Materials – Quantity 30,000, Value $37,500; Steam Power; 6 hands employed; Wages $72 per month; Annual – Quantities 25,000, Rosin and Turpentine, Value $35,800.
1860 Census, White Oak, Onslow County, North Carolina – Post Office Palo Alto:
Farmer David W. 64, Alice 54 and M.W. Draughn 26 overseer.
|Part of D.W. Sanders 1859 Will
In his 1859 will, David Ward Sanders left a great deal of money, for that time, to his wife and children along with "my plantation & Negroes to be kept together under the direction and control of Danl. L. Russell, one of my Exr. for two years at least, after that he to act with them at his pleasure either to farm or rent out the lands and hire out the Negroes."
The following were buried in Hickory Hill (D.W. Sanders Cemetery) located adjacent to 3210 Belgrade-Swansboro Road, Maysville, Onslow County, NC:
- Alice Mitchell Sanders and David W. Sanders
- 1) Isaac B. Sanders son of David W. and Alice Sanders, age 22 yrs 5 mos 6 days 2) George E. 1836 twin brother of Isaac B. Sanders age 6yrs 11 mos 5 days 3) Carolina E. 1842 wife of Daniel L. Russell and daughter of David W. and Alice Sanders, age 20 yrs 3 mos 9 days
- 1) Daniel Lindsay Russell* 1845-1908 son of Daniel Lindsay Russell and Elizabeth Caroline Sanders—Statesman – Jurist – Soldier. Gov of NC 1897-1901. CAPT CO. G 2NC ARTILLERY CSA 2) Sarah Amanda Sanders Russell, 1844- 1913 daughter of I.N. and S.C. Burns Sanders, wife of D. L. Russell - Inspirer of educators, temperance advocate, woman suffrage pioneer
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|Daniel L. Russell 1845-1908 - Sanders-Hickory Hill Cemetery
By the early 1890s agrarian unrest and economic depression split the Democratic Party. An alliance with Populists resulted in victories in 1896 that removed control of the legislature from the Democrats and placed Republican Russell in the governor's office. During Russell's administration, the Railroad Commission gave way to a Corporate Commission and a new law provided for popular election of the Commissioner of Agriculture. Some of the greatest gains came in education.
One of Russell's disappointments was his inability to recover the North Carolina Railroad from its lease to the Southern Railway. In the last two years of his term, the Democratic Party resurrected the racial issue and staged the "Red Shirt" campaign, capturing the legislature and many state offices. The Democrats virtually negated any gubernatorial powers, witness Russell's ineffectiveness in using state troops to quell the 1898 Wilmington race riot. Further insult followed when Russell was forced to accept the "grandfather clause" effectively prohibiting blacks from voting.
After leaving office, Russell returned to Brunswick County to try to recoup financial losses due to agricultural failures. At his death in May 1908, his estate cleared only $1,000. Russell is buried in a family plot at Belgrade in Onslow County. Source
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- In 1874 (Bk. HH, p. 49), James and William Hatsel bought from D. W. Sanders land known as Hatchell's Point lying at mouth of Hadnot's creek. This land included the mill site and the Dudley Cemetery.
- PALO ALTO PLANTATION was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The house at 1706 Belgrade Swansboro Road, Maysville, is noted as having Federal and Greek Revival elements. Periods of historic significance 1825-1849 and 1850-1874.
Mr. & Mrs. David Ward Sanders
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Nyhetsbrev fra Vietnam
Our staff in Vietnam regularly put together a newsletter which is sent to volunteers working in Vietnam at the time, those signed up to join a project in Vietnam and to previous volunteers. The newsletters contain information about the country and our projects, stories written by volunteers, advice on what to expect when volunteering abroad in Vietnam and much more. If you're considering overseas voluntary work the newsletters are a great way to gain a better idea of what to expect.
1,75MB Vietnam Nyheter - Februar 2015
There are more than 3400 reasons to love turning up to help with the teaching of conversational English at Nam Thanh Cong Primary School, Hanoi.
1,88MB Vietnam Nyheter - Januar 2015
Volunteering abroad is an incredible and life-changing experience, that exposes us to seeing and doing things differently. By immersing ourselves into different cultures outside of our home countries, we develop a deeper understanding of the country,such as it's history, daily life, people and their interactions.
1,77MB Vietnam Nyheter - Oktober 2014
Today was my last day as a volunteer in the surgery department at the National Hospital of Traditional Medicine. Three weeks ago I knew almost nothing about proctology, hemorrhoids, or even what it was like to spend a day in the life of a surgeon.
1,79MB Vietnam Nyheter - September 2014
My name is Michele. I'm a 31 year old Italian guy and I am currently living in Brussels in Belgium. This summer, I decided not to spend my 3 weeks of holiday in a "conventional" way so I traded beaches, sun and mojitos for volunteering in Hanoi.
2,43MB Vietnam Nyheter - August 2014
Third year undergraduate student majoring in Physiology at the University of Arizona (United States), Kimberly Pham (21), will be doing her honors thesis on acupuncture and the differences between eastern and western medicine.
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To the next volunteers I would recommend building up a good relationship with the doctors and the surgeons because they will show you many things and explain even more. Besides that, I would recommend asking for a supervisor or contact person who you can discuss your expectations and wishes with and their expectations of you before starting the project. Finally, if you have questions or would like to do things, don't be shy and just ask them. In gen-eral, everybody is very friendly and would like to teach you a lot.
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The children thought it was hilarious to see, but found it less appealing when they were asked to come with their own new toothbrush to brush their teeth. Here we also had beautiful films made to show to parents. Also, every time a child went to the toilet, there were a teacher and me stand at the sink to let them wash their hands. I really hope they will keep this up.
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We were allowed to put our luggage in the reception (we could only check in later), so that we could jump into our bikinis and go lay down on the beach. What a beach! It was like something out of a movie, the blue water, white sand and palm trees were as far as the eye could see!
1,38MB Vietnam Nyheter - April 2014
Happy was my little partner and she was so good. She made it up and down all the stairs by using her feet to feel the way, I'm so proud. Can I please adopt her?! She's just too cute for her own good. It was such a rewarding afternoon and a perfect end to another week at Bo De.
1,26MB Vietnam Nyheter - Mars 2014
With a strong belief in the positive effects of sports, Milad Popalzay (21) – a second year student majoring in Exercise and Sports Science at Sydney University – was eager to bring his interest and experience to students in Vietnam through the Projects Abroad Sports Project.
1,79MB Vietnam Nyheter - Februar 2014
Caitlin Jutsum (24 from Australia), is a recent Psychology graduate of the Curtin University of Technology when she came to Vietnam to volunteer in a care project with Projects Abroad. She finds herself "very lucky to have met such amazing people and leave with so many fantastic memories" after her 4-week volunteer journey.
2,21MB Vietnam Nyheter - Januar 2014
Vietnam is a place that will stay in my heart forever, and I will undoubtedly be returning.The children at Bo De Care centre taught me very valuable life lessons that will never be forgotten.They taught me how to smile at every point in the day and night, and that in life there is an endless supply of hope, all you have to do is search somewhere that you haven't looked before.
1,28MB Vietnam Nyheter - Desember 2013
When you ask a random child how he or she imagines a shark, the answer will very likely be like: "Sharks have very sharp teeth; they are scary creatures because they eat humans and fish!" We doubt that this kind of answer comes from children only... One minute think about sharks, friends! Are you having these impressions on your mind now, too? :)
1,59MB Vietnam Nyheter - November 2013
Just like in every fairytale the main character has to go through a lot before everything ends well, and I feel that my two and a half months here in Hanoi has been some of the hardest, but also best months of my life – nothing will end as I planned and expected before I left Denmark, but for a control freak like me, I guess this was the perfect training!
1,48MB Vietnam Nyheter - Oktober 2013
I moved to Hanoi in April 2012 with no real future plans. My return ticket for July, was soon forgotten about. I had been working in London as a Glass Artist, and a volunteer Art Teachers Assistant at a small charity for recovering addicts and adults with learning disabilities.
1,66MB Vietnam Nyheter - September 2013
I have always liked to challenge myself and do things out of my comfort zone as I believe that is when you learn the most about yourself and you see your true potential. So when Diep emailed me before my trip and asked if I would be interested in going to a government-run centre for homeless people, which was in desperate need of help, two hours out of Hanoi to work with children, people with disabilities and the elderly – I couldn't think of anything better.
1,36MB Vietnam Nyheter - August 2013
When I decided to go to Vietnam to teach English I decided to do a lot of things for the first time in my life. I had never been to South-East Asia before. I never travelled on my own before. I had no teaching experience. What if I wouldn't make any new friends? I was really nervous! A couple of days before my departure, I almost regret the whole thing.
2,22MB Vietnam Nyheter - Juli 2013
Being a teacher was something completely new for me and so was Asia. The language, people, the culture... It was all a bit too much and laying in bed the first night, I was already missing home. The days went by and I got more and more comfortable with Hanoi.
3,13MB Vietnam Nyheter - Juni 2013
we started our trip to Sapa on Friday the 10th May 2013, which we had really been looking forward to. Our expectations were high, as many people had told us that a wonderful place Sapa is and that it was one of the "must see" attractions of Vietnam.
1,66MB Vietnam Nyheter - Mai 2013
Vietnam was my third destination with Projects Abroad and I was ready for a new adventure... which is exactly what I got! I am only 18, so when I was offered the opportunity to live in the tiny rural village of Mai Chau, as the sole western volunteer, I was a bit unsure.
1,35MB Vietnam Nyheter - April 2013
I was warmly welcomed to Vietnam by Thao who picked me up at the airport after my flights all the way from Australia. The first shock I got was that the cars are driven on the left side and we travel on the right hand side of the road in Vietnam. Something I'm definitely not used to! It was a chance for me to have a good look at the city of Hanoi.
5,55MB Vietnam Nyheter - Mars 2013
If you can ever imagine the happy and excited faces of the kids at Bo De placement when we told them that they would be given a trip to the zoo to see the lively animals which they were only able to see in the cartoon books or sometimes on television, you will understand how meaningful and unforgettable the trip is to both our volunteers and the kids.
1,70MB Vietnam Nyheter - Februar 2013
Danish volunteer Sofie and me resigned from work this afternoon to go visit the Traditional Flower Market in Hanoi, together with Duong from Projects Abroad and three other volunteers.
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Talking about the old year, which is also an amazing year to us, we had the pleasure to greet in total 130 volunteers from different parts of the developed countries.


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A weary Ashton Kutcher took to - what else? - Twitter to - what else? - vaguely, sort of, but not really address the rumors that are swirling around about his alleged infidelity and the state of his marriage to actress Demi Moore.
Sporting a baseball cap and a beard, a soft-spoken Kutcher appears on camera and launches into a discussion about how the cost of printing meant that those responsible for printing had to be extremely judicious in what they chose to publish.
"Because publishers had a limited amount of inventory, they held great scrutiny over what they would be willing to print," Kutcher attempted to explain. "They were, sort of, the gatekeepers of the truth."
U.S. & World
What does this have to do with, well, anything? He's getting to that. Kutcher goes on to say that, because blogs and Twitter accounts and other social media essentially allow people to publish for free, there are no longer any "gatekeepers" to the truth.
"People can essentially bastardize the truth and spread that around the world," says Kutcher.
In other words, the internet is full of lies. Kutcher ends by imploring his followers to take responsibility for their own, to borrow a phrase from Stephen Colbert, "truthiness."
Like the couple's other maddeningly vague Tweets regarding their relationship, this video leaves everything unsaid and between the lines and, well, open to interpretation and speculation. Moore and Kutcher are the gatekeepers of their own truth, and it seems as though opening it up would be a more effective way of quelling the lies.
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Postdoctoral Research Position: Molecular biologist Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK A two year postdoctoral position is now available to construct channel-low affinity aequorin fusion proteins for transient expression in Arabidopsis suspension cells, with the aim of identifying channels in the Arabidopsis genome that function as significant Ca influx pathways in intact cells. The project is in close collaboration with Dr Marc Knight (Plant Sciences, Oxford), funded by a joint grant from The Leverhulme Foundation. The successful applicant will be primarily based in Cambridge, joining a dynamic young group, in which a range of techniques is applied to investigate the mechanism and control of plant transport processes. Applicants must have a Ph.D and experience in molecular biological techniques. Salary will be on the age-dependent research associate scale. Applications, including a CV and names of two referees should be sent to: Dr Mark Tester, Dept of Plant Sciences, Univ. of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EA, U.K. (fax + 44 1223 333953, e-mail mat10 at cam.ac.uk). The University is an equal opportunity employer. ***************************************************************************** Dr Mark Tester, Tel: + 44 1223 333918 Department of Plant Sciences, Mobile: 0411 826743 University of Cambridge, Fax: + 44 1223 333953 Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EA, e-mail: mat10 at cam.ac.uk U.K. Also visit our web site, at http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/Tester/home.html NOTE, THIS IS A NEW ADDRESS VISIT THIS TO READ A NEW DISCUSSION ON GM FOOD! *****************************************************************************


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At VCES, faculty and staff foster a caring learning environment that is patient, encouraging, and tailored to the unique needs of each and every student. Teachers challenge students at their individual levels of learning through differentiated instruction, project-based learning, and the most up-to-date and effective digital learning tools. Our core academic program includes Bible, reading, language, writing, math, science, and social studies, and is designed to meet and exceed California state standards in the various academic disciplines. An extensive offering of pullout-classes and after-school programs, created to identify and nurture each student's God-given potential, enhances the general curriculum.
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Time is slipping away and the Around the World event is drawing to a close. If you have not attended, you still have a bit of time left in the day to fly over to see what wonders await you!
During my travels in Western Europe, I picked up some fabulous poses from the Purple Poses booth. All the poses are very well created and extremely useful for any photography needs. I ended up coming home with the Kate and Keira packs!
Also in Western Europe, I found the most amazing outfits at Ciao Bella's booth! There were so many affordable and imaginative outfits that it was very difficult to choose! When you visit the booth, you will understand!
As I mentioned in my last post, I found several hair styles at the Alice Project booth. I paired the outfit with the sassy and lovely Tiffani hair. I was very happy with the HUD from the Infinity pack to change the colors to suit the ensemble.
Now, not to rush you out the door, but time is running out for you to visit the Around the World event presented by the Ego Co.! There are only a few hours left! Hurry!
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Dazhaus Design Team-escala 1/100 Under Plate
At Design Interviews
Interview with Dazhaus Design team : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Dazhaus Design team : Architecture .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Dazhaus Design team : Scale and proportion .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Dazhaus Design team : Export to Switzerland. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Dazhaus Design team : 5 month, we need to go a lot of times to the factory for making changes for the prototype. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Dazhaus Design team : The free time at work gave us the economic crisis that is happening Spain (which is affecting much to the field of architecture and interior design) decided to devote this time to that dream of designing furniture that we had ever had .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Dazhaus Design team : We dont have a plan but we prefer .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Dazhaus Design team : Marketing for our architecture .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Dazhaus Design team : No .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Dazhaus Design team : Furniture dealers .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Dazhaus Design team : It is a concept of furniture that does not exist. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Dazhaus Design team : The furniture is the 1/100 scale of a building, part of a collection of furniture that all scales are based on things inspired by the construction. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Dazhaus Design team : Starting with pen and paper, veneer, fire to measure heat gets the material, autocad, prototypes (laser, bending, welding, sanding) .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Dazhaus Design team : Distinctive .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Dazhaus Design team : People from different factories .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Dazhaus Design team : The design has a technological point more in terms of design, we could say that in this regard is the trend Hi-tech .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Dazhaus Design team : In dazhaus projects there is always based on the number phi study and the golden section that accompanies us throughout our work. To never lose harmony with nature. Beside this the study of building structures led to this design. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Dazhaus Design team : Meticulous be with proportions that give harmony to both design and that would be consistent with the idea of a building scale .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Dazhaus Design team : When I was born the studio we were in a very bad economic times in Spain and as a result we were able to devote much time to this dream. A process for six months to a year dedication . And now we thought it was time to bring out this work of 2012 and try to have repercussions abroad. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Dazhaus Design team : As I mentioned , we were a way of being unable to make architecture to continue to evolve as an artist creating a design that is useful , without losing requiring a contest like this that is design and a deep base in architectural training. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Dazhaus Design team : Just say that this work is the reward for a few years traveling around the world , training in architecture, and an appreciation for the furniture and fine arts. .
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Published 23 September 2013
Kristina från Duvemåla at the Göteborg Opera 2014
The musical Kristina från Duvemåla [Eng: Kristina from Duvemåla] is opening at the Göteborg Opera in autumn 2014 – just in time for the 20th anniversary of the opera house. The production is being done in collaboration with Blixten & Co who are taking the musical on to Stockholm in autumn 2015.
Kristina från Duvemåla is a musical constructed by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Lars Rudolfsson around author Vilhelm Moberg's epic emigrant story. The action is centred around Kristina, Karl Oskar, their family and friends from the region of Småland who, like a million other Swedes, emigrated to North America from the mid-19th century onwards. It was first performed in Malmö in 1995. After that, the musical played at the Göteborg Opera and at Cirkus in Stockholm during the period 1995-99 and was seen by more than 1 million people.
Kristina från Duvemåla was the first musical played at the then new Göteborg Opera, premiering here in 1996. It is the most successful production of its kind to have played in the house.
"Now that the Göteborg Opera is celebrating its 20th anniversary, it feels fantastic to be able to present Kristina från Duvemåla again with a new generation of artists," says Stephen Langridge, Artistic Director Opera/Drama at the Göteborg Opera.
In February 2012, the musical premiered again, this time at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki. The role of Kristina was played by Maria Ylipää, Karl Oskar by Robert Noack, Ulrika by Birthe Wingren and Robert by Oskar Nilsson. Lars Rudolfsson directed. The same team and principal players will be in the production being staged in Gothenburg and Stockholm.
"After five years of performances in Malmö, Gothenburg and Stockholm in the 1990s, and after its recent run in Helsinki, it is really great that Kristina från Duvemåla is coming to the Swedish stage again," says Benny Andersson.
"It is a huge honour to work on a modern classic like Kristina från Duvemåla. We are really looking forward to giving Gothenburg and Stockholm the greatest Swedish musical experience of all time," says Leif Blixten Henriksson of Blixten & Co.
Premiere at the Göteborg Opera on 25 October 2014 and at Cirkus in Stockholm in September 2015. Tickets for the Göteborg Opera are planned for release in April 2014.
Press photos for Kristina från Duvemåla, is available for download from the Göteborg Opera webbpage.
For further information:
Jenny Jernberg, Press Officer, The Göteborg Opera direct: +46 (0)31 10 80 35 mobile:
+46 (0)768 01 80 35
Vera Tjärnå, Blixten & Co direct: +46 (0)8 4409228


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God's Answers for the Graduate: Class of 2019 - Brown NKJV: New King James Version
by Jack Countryman
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Dear Graduate,
Growing up in a solid Christian family has given me a firm foundation on which to stand. But when I left home after graduation, I took the fast track of life and started running with the wrong crowd. I did this for quite a while and, as time went on, I became worn down mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. During that tumultuous time, I lost someone very near and dear to me. I believe I lost even myself. At times, fear and anxiety gripped my life, and I thought there would be no tomorrow. I allowed others to lead me down a very destructive road.
It took many years of strife before I turned back to God. However, I know that all along, God 's love for me never wavered. He patiently waited for me to wake up and grow up. Fortunately, I did.
Now I spend my time celebrating how He 's redeemed the time I lost and truly appreciating the fact that without Jesus Christ at the helm of my life, I would be nothing.
As you read the Scriptures in this book, may your journey be forever changed. And may you always know this: God is waiting for you. He has big plans for you. Realizing this and really knowing your identity in Christ is a very mature thing to do.
Congratulations on your graduation. May you always seek Him and His ways for your life.
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Who is God?
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
- Revelation 1:8
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;
By understanding He established the heavens;
By His knowledge the depths were broken up,
And clouds drop down the dew.
My son, let them not depart from your eyes—
Keep sound wisdom and discretion;
So they will be life to your soul
And grace to your neck.
Then you will walk safely in your way,
And your foot will not stumble.
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Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!
- Deuteronomy 6:4
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He ponders all his paths.
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
- Genesis 1:1-5
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- Genesis 1:26-27
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
- Genesis 2:7
Commit your works to the Lord,
And your thoughts will be established.
The Lord has made all for Himself,
Yes, even the wicked for the day of doom.
- Proverbs 16:3-4
The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Keeping watch on the evil and the good.
- Proverbs 15:3
Where Do I Seek Truth
Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart,And so find favor and high esteem
In the sight of God and man.
- Proverbs 3:3-4
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your heart to my knowledge;
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
Let them all be fixed upon your lips.
- Proverbs 22:17-18
Show me Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.
- Psalm 25:4-5
He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
- Psalm 91:4
Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Laud Him, all you peoples!
For His merciful kindness is great toward us,
And the truth of the Lord endures forever.
- Psalm 117:1-2
Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
Know that the Lord, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
For the Lord is good;
His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.
- Psalm 100:2-5
Hesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
- John 14:6
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
- John 8:31-32
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In recent exoplanet meeting "The Next 40 Years of Exoplanets", there was much discussion of the inablity of the community to agree on whether to support coronagraph missions or interferometer missions, with white papers for the decadal survey contradicting each other, saying only their preferred method would work and the other method wouldn't work, with the result that both SIM and TPF have been cancelled. Geoff Marcy said he was unhappy about the last ten years and unhappy about the next ten years and said the title of the Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey which is "New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics" is disingenuous in the use of "New Worlds" because SIM and TPF were cancelled.
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nmhunate wrote:Speak English... It is the language that God wrote the bible in.
Gilligan wrote:I'm behind you 100%, carins.
I just think you should finish your other maps first
edbeard wrote:I'm interested in seeing what you have in store for the next version.
One small thing I'd change. Even though I spell it with a U as well, I'd spell it Harbor because it's American.
Also, I'm hoping this is the small version?
mibi wrote:good start, but i think this map should be as big as the cairns coast... no point it making it gameboy size.
plysprtz wrote:yea looks great but the names are kinda goofy
DiM wrote:the map is extremely cramped. either make it bigger or remove some territories.
i take it this is just a draft so i'm not going to comment on graphics.
the names are probably temporary also.
the bonuses are strange.
combatants 57!!!! probably a typo.
airplanes A 6?? with only 3 borders?
i like the map. it needs work but it's looking good and i'm sure it will be great.
A territory marked as a "TRUE" Teleport territory in the XML would provide actual troop movement how a teleport works.
Why It Should Be Considered:
Currently the closest thing we have to teleports is the 1-way border. The issue with this is that if you attack from a 1-way with 18 on 7 and you win, you only need to put 1 army in the conquered territory. This is not how it should be. How did the 18 guys you attacked with get back to the attacking territory if it is a 1-way?
A "TRUE" Teleport territory would allow an attacker to attack but all of the troops sent through would be stuck. So if the attacker had 20 vs 6 and chose to attack with 12. Those 12 would be sent through and there would be a 12 vs 6 auto attack on the other side of the teleport. If the attacker wins the remainder of the troops are now stuck on the other side.
Epideme wrote:now this idea i like. could you make the sea a little more like a realistic water colour
Thanks Dominationnation...that's encouraging after a weeks work!dominationnation wrote:looking good
frood wrote:The oil tanks are 6 with only two borders? Or am I missing something?
cairnswk wrote:V2 - please refer to P1 for the lowdown on what's what.
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Hi everyone,
my Name is Christoph, and i just started Modelling in Gn15.
Until now, only a pice of Track (not in the photos) and a little car have left my workbench, but let the photos talk:
Until now i was modelling in H0, H0e, G, 2i (26,7mm Gauge).
In a few german Internetforen* you can find me under the same Nickname (like Buntbahn.de, die Feldbahnsinnigen or others).
I'am also an aktive Museumrailroader at the 600mm- Gauge Railway in Deinste (Germany) www.kleinbahn-deinste.de
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Hello, this is my first post here...please bear with me, I'm an amateur at this...
I want to write a program that can display any nonnegative floating point value as a decimal number with exactly two digits to the right of the decimal, because we are dealing with monetary quantities.
This is pretty straightforward, so I have something to the effect ofThis works in most but not all cases, namely when pay < .01. Even when setprecision is 0 or below it still displays one significant digit (i.e. 0.003). I could get around this by placing a check to display the quantity as 0.00 when precision < 1, I suppose, but then a quantity like 0.009 won't be rounded up to 0.01. Maybe multiply by 100 and round to the nearest integer, then divide by 100 again?Code:float pay; int precision; int main() { ... cout<<"Enter the pay\n"; cin>>pay; precision=floor(log10(pay))+3; cout<<setprecision(precision)<<"\n\nThe pay is "<<pay<<"\n" ... }
As well, when an integer quantity like 123 is inputted, it is redisplayed as an integer though the value for setprecision will be what I want it to be (5 in this case). I could tack on ".00" when pay is an integer, but that doesn't account for situations where 123.006 can be displayed as 123.01 but 123.004 -- a non integer value -- will be regurgitated as simply 123. Maybe I should follow my own suggestion again, multiply/round/divide with 100.
I have a feeling I'm making this a lot harder than it needs to be or missing something obvious. Maybe I should forgo setprecision altogether, and display the integer quantity and then calculate/display the rounded quantity to the right of the decimal.
Oh well, even if no one responds to this thread, typing it out helped me think the problem through


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Hundreds attend rally supporting path to citizenship
Citizens United for Citizenship planned rally
Hundreds of people gathered at Woodward High School to celebrate America's diversity.
Organizers planned a rally to encourage lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for immigrants.
Attendees also said they supported President Obama's DREAM Act which allows people who entered the country illegally as children a chance to become citizens.
Immigration reform is one issue gaining bipartisan support in Washington, D.C.
"Part of what is really important right now to keep in mind is that we have a window of opportunity in the country where Republicans and Democrats both see the need for immigration reform. We want to make sure there is a straightforward path to citizenship for the 11 million Americans who are not documented right now," Communities United for Citizenship representative Troy Jackson said.
The group was still waiting to hear Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's position on whether to issue driver's licenses to young, undocumented immigrants.
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Some schools stay open despite the winter weather
Schools in the Ouachitas close, others stay open during Tuesday's snow
Officials with the Booneville Public Schools faced some tough decisions in the middle of a winter storm Tuesday morning.
"There's no question that we made the right decision waiting because as you can see the roads are better now," said John Parrish, Booneville Schools Superintendent.
The snow was falling, the roads were slick and temperatures hovered around the freezing mark.
"We knew that several of our buses could not get home when the weather was it's worst and we were getting all phone calls at about 9:30 a.m. or 10 a.m. , 'when are you going to release school?' And we felt like after looking at the local forecast that we were going to get up to 36 or 37-degrees," said Parrish.
Instead of releasing students early and back onto the slick roads, school officials decided to keep their schools open.
Other schools districts in the Ouachitas decided to either close or let their students out early.
Waldron schools were one of the first to close early.
Parrish said their decision to keep kids in school was the right one to make.
"This is the worst case scenario to where there's a 30% chance that it may snow but there really wasn't a lot of talk about it," said Parrish.


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SEATTLE, April 8 (UPI) -- President Barrack Obama announced plans Tuesday to visit Washington state in late April to assess the damage caused by the March 22 mudslide that swallowed the small town of Oso in Snohomish county, wiping away homes, claiming over 30 lives, and leaving over a dozen people still missing.
The president will visit on April 22, the one-month anniversary of the disaster, to survey the damage and devastation caused by the mudslide and pay his respects to residents and survivors. He will meet with families, first responders, and recovery workers, according to a White House spokesperson.
According to the Seattle Times, the president made the promise to visit in calls to Gov. Jay Inslee and Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Medina), "whose 1st District includes the hard-hit communities of Oso and Darrington."
In the immediate aftermath of the landslide, Obama's administration was quick to respond to Gov. Jay Inslee's request for emergency aid. The president quickly declared Oso a major disaster, and expedited financial assistance to help victims and support first responders through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
"In addition, the Internal Revenue Service has extended tax-filing deadlines for victims to Oct. 15, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has pledged help with new mortgages, including zero-percent down borrowing for new homes," the Seattle Times reported.
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The Fourth Round Rumble (くさのフィールド!いがいなきょうてき! Grass Field! An Unexpected Powerful Enemy!) is the 77th episode of Pokémon: Indigo League.
As Gary lost his recent match, Ash battles an opponent named Jeanette. While Bulbasaur managed to defeat her Beedrill and Scyther, Ash's luck goes down as Jeanette sends Bellsprout, who evades attacks and can repel Pokémon's moves. However, Ash has a secret ace he has not used in quite some time, which turns the side of the battle back to him.
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Gary faces Melissa, using Nidoking against her Golem. Nidoking uses Horn Attack, but Golem stops him and uses Seismic Toss. Nidoking is defeated and Melissa wins, striking Gary hard for this defeat. The heroes saw the event. Later, Ash approaches Gary, who goes to his car. Gary tells him he was distracted by his cheerleaders. He tells the girls they will get over it, then goes in the car and goes away. Ash tells Pikachu if Gary lost, wouldn't they quit. Brock tells him he will not quit, as he and Pikachu believe in him. Misty tells that his match is soon to be on the grass field, making Ash surprised.
Jessie and James sell the souvenir, while Meowth reminds them they are here to steal some Pokémon. James is happy for this normal job and waters his Victreebel and gets latched by it. A customer appears, wanting to buy some badges, but Jessie and James reply they have none left. Meowth tells they have and going in the back, Jessie and James see that he is making the badges out of bottle caps. Ash goes to the stadium, while Misty and Brock watch him battle. Misty hoped they would have given him advice, but Brock tells Ash wanted to win by himself. Misty thinks a Bulbasaur would be a good Pokémon to battle and asks Brock who is Ash's opponent. Brock says that he only knows the woman's name is Jeanette Fisher.
A red carpet emerges from the hall and Jeanette appears, with a lot of cheerleaders. Misty sees she has a lot of cheerleaders while she and Brock cheer for Ash. Brock seems dazed by Jeanette, so Misty yells to have him remember they are on Ash's side. Ash sends the Pokémon Misty mentioned, Bulbasaur, while Jeanette her Beedrill. Beedrill goes to tackle, but Bulbasaur dodges. Bulbasaur uses Razor Leaf, but Beedrill dodges and retaliates using Twineedle. Bulbasaur dodges, including the Poison Sting. Misty hopes Jeanette does not have Pokémon like Beedrill and Brock hopes she does not have a boyfriend, making Misty yell at him once more. Beedrill gets entangled by Leech Seed, making Brock Jeanette is losing. Bulbasaur tackles Beedrill and wins.
Jeanette calls Beedrill back and sends Scyther. Scyther goes to slash, but misses, so uses Quick Attack, hitting Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur uses Vine Whip, but Scyther's attacks repel the move. Scyther uses Double Team, making Bulbasaur to be in a difficult position. Bulbasaur uses Vine Whip and banishes the illusions, though the real Scyther charges and attacks Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur uses Razor Leaf, but misses. Scyther uses Double Team and attacks Bulbasaur, as it misses with Vine Whip and gets hurt. Bulbasaur uses Vine Whip to banish the illusions and attack the real Scyther, defeating it. Misty and Brock are impressed, as Ash won two battles without their help. Team Rocket are having the balloon as decoy while they go to get the people's Pokémon. Officer Jenny-s see this and Growlithe uses Flamethrower to burn the balloon down. James goes to start the hose, but Officer Jenny-s made the machine turned off and chase them. Team Rocket trip over and bump into a stand, but quickly stand up as salesmen.
Jeanette sends her last Pokémon, a Bellsprout, making Ash, Pikachu, Misty and Brock surprised. Ash believes Jeanette does not have any strong Pokémon and sent Bellsprout. Ash believes this battle is going to be the shortest one in the Pokémon League history, as Bulbasaur goes to tackle. Surprisingly, Bellsprout lifts Bulbasaur and sends it behind. Bulbasaur attempts to attack once more, but gets thrown away. Bellsprout comes to Bulbasaur and trashes it, then bangs it to a wall and wins. Ash calls Bulbasaur back (quite shocked how Bellsprout won) and sends Pikachu. Pikachu uses Thundershock and misses. Bellsprout uses Razor Leaf and, though Pikachu dodges, the leaves cut some nearby rocks in half. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt and hits Bellsprout, but it does not seem hurt, as Jeanette says that the legs were binded to the round and did not conduct electricity, hence no damage. Piakchu goes to punch and kick Bellsprout, but misses and gets hit when Bellsprout kicks it with its roots.
Misty and Brock are baffled how can Ash win this, as Bellsprout is Jeanette's strongest Pokémon. Suddenly, Oak and Delia appear to watch the match, sitting next to Misty and Brock. Oak knows his grandson lost, but it taught him some experience. Ash's mom and the professor yell that since Gary lost, everyone in Pallet Town cheers for him. Ash sends a Pokémon he hadn't seen in a lot of time, his Muk. Jeanette is disgusted, while Oak says that Ash wanted Muk and asked to get it yesterday. Oak admits he underestimated this choice. Bellsprout uses Jump Kick, but lands inside Muk. Bellsprout kicks, punches and throws Muk away, but Muk does not take damage. Bellsprout uses Razor Leaf, but Muk is not dealt damage. Muk retaliates with Body Slam, engulfing Bellsprout. Bellsprout attempts to free itself, but gets defeated. Ash runs to Muk, who hugs him, making Ash say that he now knows how Bellsprout felt. Jeanette lifts Bellsprout and goes away.
Jessie and James admit it was much more fun and profitable selling than stealing stuff. Meowth thinks they would open a fast-food restaurant. Jessie and James admit it is not a bad idea and think about a motto. Misty tells Ash he won, but without Muk he wouldn't have no luck. Muk hugs Misty for this sentence and everyone laughs.
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- This is the first time James's Victreebell latches onto his face.
- The "Who's that Pokémon?" in this episode is Bellsprout.
- Officer Jenny calls her Growlithe "Arcanine" as she orders it to flamethrower Team Rocket's balloon.
- When Oak said that he underestimated Ash's choice for Muk, his eyebrow was miscolored.
- Jeanette's Scyther used Double Team and Swift, moves it cannot learn.


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The Loterie Nationale was created in France in May 1933. Its dividends were slated for a retirement fund in favor of the war veterans. Beginning in 1952 the Loterie Nationale faced a tough competition from the PMU (horse races). The last drawing of the Loterie Nationale took place in December 1990, when it is was replaced by the more and more popular Loto. This poster was done in 1940 for the drawing of the History of France.
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Wall Street investors are trying to figure out why Twitter's growth seems to be stalling, so Deutsche Bank polled 1,100 users and found out that people found it difficult to get information or was too confusing.
Eight-two percent who quit said they were already getting their information from another source, while another 77 percent said "there was no useful information on Twitter," according to Quartz. Seventy-six percent also said there were too many tweets to sort or filter.
Other reasons varied from forgetting to have a Twitter account to less photo-sharing, to not having enough contacts on the social network.
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Still others said the would come back if Twitter would address some of these concerns, namely filtering and sorting the barrage of tweets and ease photo-sharing. Unfortunately, the biggest reason people left the service (58.5 percent) seems to be that they had less than 10 followers.
With such little engagement, it makes sense they would go elsewhere where they felt they belonged or at least had friends. This is a much more complex problem for Twitter than filtering or sorting tweets. How does a company get their users to be friendlier? Once Twitter can solve that, then it will have no problems growing.


text: Hi I have installed sites with ispconfig before and havent had any problems. Im changing to a new server and want to install a staging site on it. So im adding the website staging.mydomain.com. I have changed the dns records. But when i go to staging.mydomain.com i just get the standard apache "it works" page which is located in /var/www/. Any ideas why im not getting redircted to the new website? Thanks


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More than 60 moons are known to orbit Saturn, but few of them are as visually striking as Iapetus. Named formally after the Greek mythological Titan, Iapetus is sometimes referred to as the "painted," or "yin-yang" moon, due to puzzling variations in its surface composition.
The moon's trailing hemisphere, shown here, is so bright and reflective as to resemble snow (click here for a much, much closer look); but if you direct your gaze eastward towards the moon's leading hemisphere, you'll see a material, dark as freshly poured asphalt, start to dominate its surface.
The composition of this dark material is unknown, but infrared spectra suggest it comprises some dark form of carbon. Also unclear is how this soot-colored substance came to paint Iapetus in the first place. According to NASA:
Close inspection indicates that the dark coating typically faces the moon's equator and is less than a meter thick. A leading hypothesis is that the dark material is mostly dirt leftover when relatively warm but dirty ice sublimates. An initial coating of dark material may have been effectively painted on by the accretion of meteor-liberated debris from other moons. This and other images from Cassini's Iapetus flyby are being studied for even greater clues.
[Photo by The Cassini Imaging Team, via NASA]