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By Gadgetto
SnipWire - Snipcart integration for ProcessWire
Snipcart is a powerful 3rd party, developer-first HTML/JavaScript shopping cart platform. SnipWire is the missing link between Snipcart and the content management framework ProcessWire.
With SnipWire, you can quickly turn any ProcessWire site into a Snipcart online shop. The SnipWire plugin helps you to get your store up and running in no time. Detailed knowledge of the Snipcart system is not required.
SnipWire is free and open source licensed under Mozilla Public License 2.0! A lot of work and effort has gone into development. It would be nice if you could donate an amount to support further development:
Status update links (inside this thread) for SnipWire development
2020-07-03 -- SnipWire 0.8.7 (beta) released! Fixes some small bugs and adds an indicator for TEST mode 2020-04-06 -- SnipWire 0.8.6 (beta) released! Adds support for Snipcart subscriptions and also fixes some problems 2020-03-21 -- SnipWire 0.8.5 (beta) released! Improves SnipWires webhooks interface and provides some other fixes and additions 2020-03-03 -- SnipWire 0.8.4 (beta) released! Improves compatibility for Windows based Systems. 2020-03-01 -- SnipWire 0.8.3 (beta) released! The installation and uninstallation process has been heavily revised. 2020-02-08 -- SnipWire 0.8.2 (beta) released! Added a feature to change the cart and catalogue currency by GET, POST or SESSION param 2020-02-03 -- SnipWire 0.8.1 (beta) released! All custom classes moved into their own namespaces. 2020-02-01 -- SnipWire is now available via ProcessWire's module directory! 2020-01-30 -- SnipWire 0.8.0 (beta) first public release! (module just submitted to the PW modules directory) 2020-01-28 -- added Custom Order Fields feature (first SnipWire release version is near!) 2020-01-21 -- Snipcart v3 - when will the new cart system be implemented? 2020-01-19 -- integrated taxes provider finished (+ very flexible shipping taxes handling) 2020-01-14 -- new date range picker, discount editor, order notifiactions, order statuses, and more ... 2019-11-15 -- orders filter, order details, download + resend invoices, refunds 2019-10-18 -- list filters, REST API improvements, new docs platform, and more ... 2019-08-08 -- dashboard interface, currency selector, managing Orders, Customers and Products, Added a WireTabs, refinded caching behavior 2019-06-15 -- taxes provider, shop templates update, multiCURL implementation, and more ... 2019-06-02 -- FieldtypeSnipWireTaxSelector 2019-05-25 -- SnipWire will be free and open source Plugin Key Features
Fast and simple store setup Full integration of the Snipcart dashboard into the ProcessWire backend (no need to leave the ProcessWire admin area) Browse and manage orders, customers, discounts, abandoned carts, and more Multi currency support Custom order and cart fields Process refunds and send customer notifications from within the ProcessWire backend Process Abandoned Carts + sending messages to customers from within the ProcessWire backend Complete Snipcart webhooks integration (all events are hookable via ProcessWire hooks) Integrated taxes provider (which is more flexible then Snipcart own provider) Useful Links
SnipWire in PW modules directory SnipWire Docs (please note that the documentation is a work in progress) SnipWire @GitHub (feature requests and suggestions for improvement are welcome - I also accept pull requests) Snipcart Website
By Sten
Till now I hacked something with the twig template but it works no more with new PW versions so I look forward to create a module. I am working on a site in multiple languages : French, English, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Russian. The new posts are entered in any language with a field for language. Till now, I got twig files to get the translations with constants defined for each part of the pages.
So I'd like to create a module to include theses files added according to the url /fr/en/...
Have you some observations to do before I begin about the direction to take ?
Thank you
By ukyo
Mystique Module for ProcessWire CMS/CMF
Github repo : https://github.com/trk/Mystique
Mystique module allow you to create dynamic fields and store dynamic fields data on database by using a config file.
ProcessWire 3.0 or newer PHP 7.0 or newer FieldtypeMystique InputfieldMystique Installation
Install the module from the modules directory:
Via Composer:
composer require trk/mystique Via git clone:
cd your-processwire-project-folder/ cd site/modules/ git clone https://github.com/trk/Mystique.git Module in live reaction with your Mystique config file
This mean if you remove a field from your config file, field will be removed from edit screen. As you see on youtube video.
Using Mystique with your module or use different configs path, autoload need to be true for modules
Default configs path is site/templates/configs/, and your config file name need to start with Mystique. and need to end with .php extension.
Adding custom path not supporting anymore !
// Add your custom path inside your module class`init` function, didn't tested outside public function init() { $path = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'configs' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR; Mystique::add($path); } Mystique module will search site/modules/**/configs/Mystique.*.php and site/templates/Mystique.*.php paths for Mystique config files.
All config files need to return a PHP ARRAY like examples.
Usage almost same with ProcessWire Inputfield Api, only difference is set and showIf usage like on example.
<?php namespace ProcessWire; /** * Resource : testing-mystique */ return [ 'title' => __('Testing Mystique'), 'fields' => [ 'text_field' => [ 'label' => __('You can use short named types'), 'description' => __('In file showIf working like example'), 'notes' => __('Also you can use $input->set() method'), 'type' => 'text', 'showIf' => [ 'another_text' => "=''" ], 'set' => [ 'showCount' => InputfieldText::showCountChars, 'maxlength' => 255 ], 'attr' => [ 'attr-foo' => 'bar', 'attr-bar' => 'foo' ] ], 'another_text' => [ 'label' => __('Another text field (default type is text)') ] ] ]; Example:
site/templates/configs/Mystique.seo-fields.php <?php namespace ProcessWire; /** * Resource : seo-fields */ return [ 'title' => __('Seo fields'), 'fields' => [ 'window_title' => [ 'label' => __('Window title'), 'type' => Mystique::TEXT, // or InputfieldText 'useLanguages' => true, 'attr' => [ 'placeholder' => __('Enter a window title') ] ], 'navigation_title' => [ 'label' => __('Navigation title'), 'type' => Mystique::TEXT, // or InputfieldText 'useLanguages' => true, 'showIf' => [ 'window_title' => "!=''" ], 'attr' => [ 'placeholder' => __('Enter a navigation title') ] ], 'description' => [ 'label' => __('Description for search engines'), 'type' => Mystique::TEXTAREA, 'useLanguages' => true ], 'page_tpye' => [ 'label' => __('Type'), 'type' => Mystique::SELECT, 'options' => [ 'basic' => __('Basic page'), 'gallery' => __('Gallery'), 'blog' => __('Blog') ] ], 'show_on_nav' => [ 'label' => __('Display this page on navigation'), 'type' => Mystique::CHECKBOX ] ] ]; Searching data on Mystique field is limited. Because, Mystique saving data to database in json format. When you make search for Mystique field, operator not important. Operator will be changed with %= operator.
Search example
$navigationPages = pages()->find('my_mystique_field.show_on_nav=1'); $navigationPages = pages()->find('my_mystique_field.page_tpye=gallery');
By Robin S
This is a module I made as an experiment a while ago and never got around to releasing publicly. At the time it was prompted by discussions around using Repeater fields for "page builder" purposes, where the depth feature could possibly be used for elements that would be nested inside other elements. I thought it would be useful to enforce some depth rules and translate the depth data into a multi-dimensional array structure.
I'm not using this module anywhere myself but maybe it's useful to somebody.
Repeater Depth Helper
This module does two things relating to Repeater fields that have the "Item depth" option enabled:
It enforces some depth rules for Repeater fields on save. Those rules are:
The first item must have a depth of zero. Each item depth must not be more than one greater than previous item depth. It provides a RepeaterPageArray::getDepthStructure helper method that returns a nested depth structure for a Repeater field value.
Helper method
The module adds a RepeaterPageArray::getDepthStructure method that returns a multi-dimensional array where the key is the page ID and the value is an array of nested "child" items, or null if there are no nested children.
The module doesn't make any assumptions about how you might want to use the depth structure array, but here is a way you might use it to output a nested unordered list.
// Output a nested unordered list from a depth structure array function outputNestedList($depth_structure, $repeater_items) { $out = "
"; foreach($depth_structure as $page_id => $nested_children) { $out .= "
" . $repeater_items->get("id=$page_id")->title; // Go recursive if there are nested children if(is_array($nested_children)) $out .= outputNestedList($nested_children, $repeater_items); $out .= "
"; } $out .= "
"; return $out; } $repeater_items = $page->my_repeater; $depth_structure = $repeater_items->getDepthStructure(); echo outputNestedList($depth_structure, $repeater_items);
By MoritzLost
Cacheable Placeholders
This module allows you to have pieces of dynamic content inside cached output. This aims to solve the common problem of having a mostly cacheable site, but with pieces of dynamic output here and there. Consider this simple example, where you want to output a custom greeting to the current user:

Good morning, <?= ucfirst($user->name) ?>
 This snippet means you can't use the template cache (at least for logged-in users), because each user has a different name. Even if 99% of your output is static, you can only cache the pieces that you know won't include this personal greeting. A more common example would be CSRF tokens for HTML forms - those need to be unique by definition, so you can't cache the form wholesale.
This module solves this problem by introducing cacheable placeholders - small placeholder tokens that get replaced during every request. The replacement is done inside a Page::render hook so it runs during every request, even if the response is served from the template cache. So you can use something like this:

Good morning, {{{greeting}}}
 Replacement tokens are defined with a callback function that produces the appropriate output and added to the module through a simple hook:
// site/ready.php wire()->addHookAfter('CachePlaceholders::getTokens', function (HookEvent $e) { $tokens = $e->return; $tokens['greeting'] = [ 'callback' => function (array $tokenData) { return ucfirst(wire('user')->name); } ]; $e->return = $tokens; }); Tokens can also include parameters that are parsed and passed to the callback function. There are more fully annotated examples and step-by-step instructions in the README on Github!
A simple and fast token parser that calls the appropriate callback and runs automatically. Tokens may include multiple named or positional parameters, as well as multi-value parameters. A manual mode that allows you to replace tokens in custom pieces of cached content (useful if you're using the $cache API). Some built-in tokens for common use-cases: CSRF-Tokens, replacing values from superglobals and producing random hexadecimal strings. The token format is completely customizable, all delimiters can be changed to avoid collisions with existing tag parsers or template languages. Links
Github Repository & documentation Module directory If you are interested in learning more, the README is very extensive, with more usage examples, code samples and usage instructions!


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Digital Photo
Interactive Photography manual to learn without even having to try
- $6.99
- $6.99
Publisher Description
Make learning practical and fun. Try out the functions on your camera using this book. This book makes use of the possibilities of your iPad to join theory and practice in a more entertaining way.
This book is for users who have a digital camera and who have sometimes wondered if having a better camera would help get greater results. I would say so, though I would have to add that learning to use the one they already have will yield even better results.
There are many printed books about photography out there. The possibilities that having this book in the form of an eBook offer makes it interactive and, therefore, easy when explaining them, and of course, when learning them.
This book doesn't assume that you have any experience in photography, just that you want to learn more.
1 Which camera should I buy?
1.1 Compact cameras
1.2 Bridge cameras
1.3 EVIL cameras
2 Parts of a Camera
2.1 Parts of a compact
2.2 Parts of a bridge
2.3 Parts of an EVIL
2.4 Parts of a DSLR
2.5 When the size is important
3 Automatic shooting mode
3.1 Landscape Mode
3.2 Portrait Mode
3.3 Night Scene Mode
3.4 Macro mode
3.5 Auto mode
4 Creative Shooting Mode
4.1 Program mode
4.2 Shutter speed priority
4.3 Tips for Image Stabilization
4.4 Shutter speeds
4.5 Aperture Priority
4.6 Manual mode
4.7 ISO sensitivity and noise
5 Framing
5.1 Framing
5.2 Composition rules
6 Focus
6.1 How to focus
6.2 Face detection
7 Exposure
7.1 Measuring the Light
7.2 AutoExposure-Lock
7.3 Overexposure and Underexposure
8 The Color of the Light
8.1 Correcting colour
9 Shooting Modes
9.1 Single shot
9.2 Continuous Shooting
9.3 Continuous Shooting
9.4 Remote control
10 Lenses
10.1 Multiplication factor and focal length
10.2 The kit lens
10.3 Tele zoom
10.4 Zoom
10.5 Multi-purpose lens
10.6 Fixed Lenses
10.7 Macro lens
11 Flash
11.1 Modeling with Light
12 Special Techniques
12.2 Panoramic photography
12.3 Simulating Miniatures
13 Storing and Printing
13.1 Downloading and Classification
13.2 Develop
13.3 Publishing photos
14 Video
14.1 Tips for Recording Videos
15 Accessories
15.1 Storage and batteries
15.2 Stabilizers
15.3 Transport
15.4 Filters
15.5 Geotagging
15.6 Underwater Accessories
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This is one of the best books I have about digital photography. Along the pages it teach the kind of things you thought already know but with finer details and a lot of interactive examples. As result, you really start to use a lot better (and with a lot more sense) the manual mode of the camera to obtain great pictures. I hope the author will write a more in-depth book continuation for advanced techniques!
Great book
Very easy to understand. Very useful, especially for beginners.


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So much for a nice, quiet date for Megan (Dana Delany) and Charlie (guest star Luke Perry) on Tuesday's episode of Body of Proof.
What starts as a romantic evening for the pair is derailed when a plane crashes into Philadelphia's main power grid and causes a blackout.
Get the scoop on Body of Proof and 38 other must-watch season finalesWith limited medical crews and other help unable to get to the area due to the blackout, it's up to Megan and her team — including her ex, Tommy ( Mark Valley) — to treat the survivors and figure out what caused the crash. And they quickly learn it wasn't just an accident.Check out an exclusive sneak peek of the episode, called "Dark City," below:
Body of Proof airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on ABC.


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I don't usually post unless I feel it would be of interest. Here goes.
My latest project - 3 months from conception to final video and stills off to the agents to catch the Xmas run.
Bike light 1800W. 100,000 lumens 18 x 100W LEDs.
(Front 12 x 100W white, one each red, blue and green LEDs, Rear one each red, blue and green LEDs)
Flashlight for 90,000 lumens. Uses same front array as the bike.
Cost including media $8000.
Should be visible from International Space Station at mag -2.5 (sim to Jupiter)
Guinness applied for.


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The UK Foreign Office is to transfer many overseas colonial administration files to the National Archives – from its website at http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/publications-and-documents/colonial-administration/:
The Foreign Office will be making available to the public a large collection of files from former British territories, sometimes known as the "migrated archives". The files will be made available between April 2012 and November 2013.
The Foreign Secretary made a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament on 5 May about these colonial administration files held by the FCO and subsequently informed Parliament on 30 June that he had appointed Professor Badger from Cambridge University as the Independent Reviewer.
Professor Badger has approved a timetable for the transfer of the migrated archive files to The National Archives (TNA). The first batch of files, representing around 16% of the total collection, is expected to be available at TNA in April 2012.
The files are being transferred in alphabetical order ofa the colonial territory concerned with the exception of prioritised release for Kenya, Cyprus, British India Ocean Territories (BIOT) and Malaya files where there has been particular interest.
The full timetable is available at the FCO website.
(With thanks to the National Archives at Kew)
Related articles
- Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies – John CUMPSTON (cumpstonresearch.wordpress.com)


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WASHINGTON — It was cold early Monday morning as I stood on the National Mall with hundreds of thousands of people. Not cold by New Hampshire standards, of course, but for D.C., 40 degrees was cold enough. I stood with a few friends in the ticketed section of the National Mall, not close enough to make out President Barak Obama's figure as he made his speech, but close enough to see the red of the carpet behind the trees.
The tickets meant we didn't have to get up at 3 a.m. like some others who filled up most of the expanse of people, but the cold and the sleep deprivation didn't affect anyone's mood. There may have been struggles with the video screens, some may have been jostled, the security checkpoints may have confiscated water bottles without previously warning inauguration-goers ... but no one cared.
Not a bad word was spoken, from my experience and friends' reports. Everyone was friendly with each other, we joked and laughed and smiled and some shed tears as politicians walked onto the carpet to take their seats, as Beyonc� sang, as Obama spoke.
That was why I went to D.C. for the inauguration. Originally from Madbury, I go to American University, am studying abroad this semester but haven't left for South America just yet. I flew down specifically to go to the festivities with no expectations of a ticket for a closer seat or to see Joe Biden grinning at the crowd as he walked behind the White House, surrounded by his Secret Service detail and police officers.
I went to see the smiles of the people in the crowd and hear the community in the crowd of people from all over the country.
I ended up with a ticket to the ceremony and one to the parade from friends who worked on the Obama campaign and non-profits, as is a perk of living in the nation's capitol for the past 2� years. At the parade, I stood 30 feet away, smiling and waving as military personnel, marching men and women playing instruments and our president, first lady and vice president walked past.
Having seen how nasty the bureaucratic mess in the capitol can get, how inhospitable people can be sometimes, it was wonderful to see everyone smiling and joking. As the bleachers filled and we waited for more than an hour for the parade to approach, the D.C. police officers joked with the crowd and we shouted "Fired up" "Ready to go!" back and forth across the street. We did the wave. Earlier, when politicians emerged from the red carpet during the ceremony carrying cameras to take pictures of the crowd stretched out along the mall to see them, we laughed and booed good-naturedly.
Even my friends who woke up at 3 a.m. and ventured downtown on the crowded Metro with no hope of being close to the "action" had fun. Anyone can watch the ceremony on television or see hilarious pictures on the Internet or gossip about who rolled their eyes at who.
However, the best thing about the inauguration wasn't about being with the famous politicians we revere and criticize every day. It had nothing to do with them. It was about being with my fellow Americans, my fellow countrymen, to joke and laugh and be in each other's company, to celebrate our everyday existence and to remember that we all are a community that works together to make our country that we love so much a better place for ourselves and our children.


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I found a story of a boy who took a picture with flash light near 40,000 voltage lines. When it flashed, current came to his camera (as a spark may be) and passed through his body making him dead.
Is it possible? Someone said that flash light can ionize the air to an extent that it can happen.


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DVD secret material
Discuss this movie. Available on DVD and Blu-ray.
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DVD secret material
hi!!! i saw the dvd on saturday and i discover in the 2cond disk bonus materials on some of the graphics in the menu...one was the eye of count olaf drawing ,,,that one take you to a bonus material, like an interiview of the director, Jim Carrey taking photos, and in the disk no 1 Jim Carrey as the count olaf telling a ghostly story...is fun...... theres more???? or just that
Jim Carrey FAN
Where can you find the interview and the Jim Carrey taking pictures one? All I found is an explanation about the eyes
did. Didn't find it. Then what? Like, when you click the eye in the image it will get you directly to the little documentarylike thingie on the eyes in the movie and that's it. Nothing else seems clickable.
Cableclair all you do is go to the orphaned scenes then go to the bottom were it says special features and then click the left arrow. That circle thingy by Olafs knee will light up.
The one of Jim having his picture taken is on disc 2 in the Gruesome galleries. Just go to the bottom of the screen where it says main menu and click on the right arrow. The swirly thing should light up. I LOVE THIS SCENE.lol But where is the interview with Brad???
there's another on the second disc, but it's not with Jim, forgot how to access it, but I'll show you when you get here on Friday Claar
~*~J.T. Carrey~*~
"I was sitting back in my chair thinking 'this can't be about urine'" - Jim talking about the musical Urinetown
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Eric Dane & Rebecca Gayheart: Chanel Pre-Oscars Dinner 2013
Eric Dane and his wife Rebecca Gayheart don matching black suits at the 2013 Chanel Pre-Oscars Dinner held at Madeo Restaurant on Saturday (February 23) in Los Angeles.
The couple was joined at the event by Balthazar Getty. Earlier in the day, they were spotted taking their daughters Billie and Georgia to a park.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Rebecca Gayheart
Last month, Eric and Rebecca attended the IWC Schaffhausen Race Night Event during the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland.
35+ pictures inside of Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart, and Balthazar Getty arriving at the Chanel Pre-Oscars dinner…


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Yeah sure! Here's the original model, I'm not 100% about painting and texturing in 3D yet, so I'm just doing that in photoshop atm:final_fight said:If this is paint-over where's original model from Zb?
Ahhh, I don't know about that... I'm not a beginner, just new to 3D, have been drawing for yeaaaaaaaarsxetra11 said:beautiful...am jealous that your already that talented as a beginner...I personally suck
Draw every single day! I do, and post something on instagram every single dayxetra11 said:I want to have those drawing skills aswell...but coding takes up most of my time
Any tips how to raise skills ?
Yep! Scott Robertson's How to Draw approaches it with a technical standpoint. Basically I take what he does in there, and apply it to organic forms (fish shapes etc.), as a lot of the stuff in the book is focussed on vechicle and architecture images.Staubkopf said:Hi there Tudormorris
Nice sketchbook, i especially like your pencil drawings. And the fish looks awesome
Im currently teaching myself drawing (in general) and im sort of stuck. I do have some tutorials that i follow, but what im really not getting around are the techniques to make my drawings looks 3 dimensional. By that i mean my drawings look flat and have no depth. I dont know how to start applying light and shadow, when i dont understand how to make it feel real... Im having a hard time learning this stuff and i wondered if you know about some tutorials that show this to me?
Some environment thumbnails. Pretty uncomfortable with Environment work, but I forced myself to bash some shapes out. Some of these I quite like, and the colours are working fairly well in some of them too methinks...
Cool! Thanks!ArtofScott said:Loving this Batman! I'll be back soon to comment on more of your work!
Yeah it stands out as some of my favourite work that I've done. What I'm really trying to focus on is reaching the same level of quality in digital at the moment, often I find I can have a really dynamic sketch and then kill it when I bring it onto the computer. It's just a matter of practice really I guess.ArtofScott said:Alright I'm back, I ran out of time last time but I wanted to comment on the Giant Snapping Swamp Turtle: Those sketches have so much personality and life, do you have more work like that? I really love the design and the thought behind it!
Thanks! Not sure it's deserved, but here we are!Elithenia said:Congrats on making the first page
Love the shading!
Cheers Mehran, I stick to an image every day on there and I always love to do these structural studies so expect to see lots!Mehran Khan said:Lovely sketches man, following you on insta now.
Final design of 'The Dunk' - low poly model painted over (scars and fin edge fraying) as well as effects (ambient lighting, water caustics etc):
Thank you! I took a cue from Andy Baker and did a paintover of the 3Dlittleclaude said:Love the finish on 'The Dunk'


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The coal industry's mouthpieces in Washington are getting desperate.
This week, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) had this to say about the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon pollution standards for power plants:
"You talk about terrorism — you can do it in a lot of different ways."1
Here's a good rule of thumb in political debate: when someone invokes terrorism out of the blue, you know they've lost the argument.
Because the environmental movement has it right — pollution from coal-fired power plants kills communities and cooks our climate. That's why the EPA's long-overdue carbon standards, announced last month, are so important.
This new rule is a welcome step, but we need more. Tell the EPA to strengthen its limits on carbon pollution from power plants.
We already limit arsenic, mercury, soot and other air pollution from power plants—but, until now, not carbon pollution. Power plants are the single largest source of carbon pollution in the United States. Setting the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution is an essential step to address global warming and here at RAN we absolutely support a national carbon pollution standard.
No matter what the fossil fuel industry-funded politicians like Mike Kelly may say, communities across the nation are already seeing and feeling the impacts of global warming, from increased health risks like asthma attacks and lung disease, to devastating extreme weather events like Superstorm Sandy and wildfires across the American West. The science is clear: inaction will only increase these deadly and costly threats.
This is exactly why communities from Chicago to North Carolina, from New England to New Mexico, have spent years fighting to shut down the polluting power plants in their neighborhoods.
The EPA is now accepting public comments on its proposed rule. Write the EPA today—say we need a stronger rule for a stable climate!
To be clear, the proposed carbon pollution standard is just one step. To keep our climate stable, we must rapidly shift our energy production away from the highest-polluting fossil fuels and accelerate our transition to truly clean, renewable energy generation.
The proposed rule is not yet enough to slow global warming and not yet enough to inspire the world to make the necessary deep cuts in climate pollution. That is why we will be working hard next year to include much deeper cuts in the final rule.
We know that the coal industry and the politicians it funds will work to undermine this rule and doom communities to years of future pollution.
Please urge the EPA to ignore the naysaying polluters and do even more to address global warming and set limits on carbon pollution from power plants.
Together, we can meet our obligation to protect our climate for our children and future generations.
1. "Congressman Compares EPA's New Climate Rule To Terrorism", ThinkProgress, July 28, 2014.


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Allahabad MFI Sonata Finance raises $6.35M from Creation Investments, others
SONATA currently operates in four states in India: Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Uttaranchal. Despite operating in one of the most underserved and poorest regions in India, SONATA enjoys client confidence and profitable operations with a portfolio of approximately Rs.110 crore.
Anup Kumar Singh, Promoter and Managing Director of SONATA, said, "We welcome the support of like-minded stakeholders like Creation Investments which has endorsed our efforts to ensure quality services to the BoP population."
This is Creation Investments' first MFI investment in India. Ken Vander Weele, Chief Investment Officer at Creation Investments said, "We are excited to partner with SONATA for it's growth. We are long-term partners who will provide them with all the necessary support to achieve their mission."
With offices in Austin, TX and New Delhi, as well as Cape Town, South Africa, The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation funds programs such as SONATA that improve the economic stability of families living in poverty. SONATA impressed investors at the Dell Family Foundation with their performance during the Indian microfinance crisis.
Representatives at both Creation Investments and the Dell Foundation voiced their support of Indian microfinance. Geeta Goel, Director of Microfinance at The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation said, "Despite the crisis, we have remained committed to the sector and continue to support investees that have retained their focus on being client centric, transparent and financially viable."
"This transaction validates the fact that there is strong interest in [the] Indian microfinance sector," said Abhijit Ray, Co-founder and Director of Unitus Capital, the sole financial advisor and arranger to SONATA and its shareholders for the transaction.


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Illustration for The Temptation of St. Anthony 1965
"O bliss! bliss! I have seen the birth of life; I have seen the
beginning of motion. The blood beats so strongly in my veins that it
seems about to burst them. I feel a longing to fly, to swim, to bark, to
bellow, to howl. I would like to have wings, a tortoise-shell, a rind,
to blow out smoke, to wear a trunk, to twist my body, to spread myself
everywhere, to be in everything, to emanate with odours, to grow like
plants, to flow like water, to vibrate like sound, to shine like light,
to be outlined on every form, to penetrate every atom, to descend to the
very depths of matter--to be matter!"
The Temptation of St. Anthony or A Revelation of the Soul -
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IMI is a leading provider of workforce management and installation services with over 20 years of experience in the industry, our main goal is to provide hard working individuals with great jobs for some of the most progressive material handling companies in the world.
We're hoping you trust us with your career, as it's just as important to us as it is to you.
Who We're Looking for:
IMI is looking for someone who's driven, and result-oriented for upcoming contracts as a Mechanical Conveyor Installer/ Technician.
We're hoping you are mechanically inclined, willing to accept instruction and a variety of new tasks with a positive attitude. Additionally, we would require applicants to be comfortable working at heights of up to 30 feet or higher, most importantly we hope that you have a high degree of safety awareness.
The ideal candidate for this position must have a verification of their high school diploma or GED & certifications, as well as one or more years' experience as a mechanical technician or apprentice working with industrial conveyors or commercial conveyors.
If you suit the above, you could be responsible for:
- Assembling mechanical conveyors.
- Using hand tools, cordless power tools and mechanical assembly of tools while handling materials and fasteners.
- Verifying accuracy and quality in accordance with established standards.
- Installing Guard rail, racking systems equipment, air piping (aluminum, copper, black iron).
- Operating Forklift / Scissor lift safely.
- Maintaining or cleaning operating equipment
Worksites can be dangerous, so in order to ensure your safety at all times, we require you always possess a hard hat, steel-toe boots, work gloves, safety vest, and work goggles.
Due to the many responsibilities we are tasking our employees with, we ask they have some or all of the following:
- Any or all basic hand tools, and a tool bag or box
- Band cutters or tin snips.
- Tape measure.
- Standard wrench set.
- 2LB small sledge hammer.
- Set of standard Allen wrenches.
- Level (7 – 10 inch).
- Line up pin or drift-pin.
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I contacted a good number of photographers in your website and the majority were higher in price than listed in your website. Quite frustrating to be excited about a photographers work only to realize they're outside of your price range.
Thank you for sending in this feedback. We continue to work with our vendors, asking them to provide updated pricing information for their storefronts. Unfortunately, we are beholden to them providing this information. I will make sure our Vendor team is aware that this is a pain point for our couples.


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The Murder City Devils @ Slim's w/ Big Business, Smokers - SOLD OUT!
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 8:00 PM (PST)
Door 8 / Show 9
What a way to ring in 2018!
***Champagne toast & balloon drop at midnight!***
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• No refunds or exchanges are permitted, except in the case of headliner cancellation or date change. Opening acts are subject to change.
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The Faster, Easier Drobo for Your Network
Designed with one purpose in mind: to deliver the ultimate experience in sharing storage and accessing data on your network. From the moment you plug it in, you'll be able to have instant access and start sharing data. With its Gigabit Ethernet port, the Drobo 5N is perfect for any connected home, home office, or small office environment in need of a simple, safe device for sharing and backing up every piece of data over your network. Just plug it into any switch or wireless router and you're ready to go. When you need dedicated performance for uploading of large media files, you can even connect the Drobo 5N to your Ethernet port on your computer without any configuration! The Drobo 5N is easy-to-use, expandable, flexible, and most importantly… keeps your data safe.
Built on our award-winning BeyondRAID technology, the Drobo 5N protects your data without any intervention – even in the event of multiple drive failures. You can even switch from single to dual disk redundancy with a single click, ensuring enterprise-level dual parity data protection when required. Drobo's with BeyondRAID are also self-healing and have virtual hot-spares. If a drive happens to fail, Drobo will automatically re-layout the data to return to a protected state without disruption.
Drobo takes the up front guess work out of determining the amount of capacity you require. Buy the capacity you need today, and when you need more storage, simply replace your smallest drive with a larger one and immediately use that capacity in seconds. You can even mix and match drive brands, capacities and speeds.
To further enhance your experience, every Drobo comes with Smart Volume technology. Smart Volumes® are thinly provisioned volumes that automatically utilize capacity as needed from a common pool of storage. Additionally, as data is deleted, free capacity is returned to that common pool, immediately increasing the available capacity.
BeyondRAID along with Smart Volumes deliver next-generation storage technology by bringing together enhanced data protection, reliability, expandability, and ease-of-use.
Expanding your storage capacity with a Drobo couldn't be easier. There's no long, risky process to add capacity to a Drobo – no need to go through the time consuming and complex administration of destroying your RAID sets and recreating with larger drives; and then finally restoring from your backup. When it's time to add storage capacity to a Drobo, simply insert additional disk drives or replace the smallest disks with larger ones. The unique compact, carrier-less drive-bay design results in an attractive, efficient storage array that won't dominate your valuable desk space.
If you're running low on space, the lights on the front of the Drobo 5N tell you exactly what to do. The innovative, user-friendly industrial design allows you to add or hot-swap larger capacity drives, without tools, on the fly, for storage expansion with zero downtime. Expand your capacity without missing a beat while safely storing and backing up all personal data with ease and peace of mind. It's that simple!
Usually reserved for larger enterprise-class storage solutions, the Drobo 5N gives you the option to implement Hot Data Caching through the Drobo Accelerator Bay. This feature intelligently uses high-performance flash to accelerate performance, allowing the fastest possible access to your data.
To keep capacity of your Drobo 5N at a maximum, the Drobo Accelerator Bay accepts an industry-standard mSATA SSD, leaving all five 3.5" drives bays available for high-capacity HDDs.
If getting the fastest performance possible is your thing, you can also load up every drive bay with SSDs. Drobo 5N gives you the flexibility to choose!
Drobo Apps are embedded applications that extend the capabilities of the Drobo 5N. Partnering with strategic application vendors and solution providers (e.g. Barracuda Copy & Plex), Drobo now offers enhanced features that augment user data interaction. Drobo Apps are designed to be simple to install and configure – just like a Drobo! Installation is performed from within Drobo Dashboard, and all applications are fully supported by Drobo and our technology partners.
The Drobo 5N enables you to centralize your network backup for Mac and Windows users in small offices or workgroup environments. With the most seamless support for Apple Time Machine by any network storage system on the market, backing up your data is as easy as clicking a box in the Drobo Dashboard!
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CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb kicked off the landmark Sports Summit 2013 on Tuesday with a reminder of the growth of the game in the region.
Webb highlighted the rising numbers of people playing the game, with 43 million players at various levels in the CONCACAF region. He noted the rising numbers attending games and watching on television and that CONCACAF has more women players per capita than any region in the world with 23% of the 26 million female players world-wide playing in the CONCACAF region.
Noting the presence of Mexico's Liga MX as the fourth league in the world in terms of attendance and the growth of Major League Soccer, which is also part of the top ten leagues in the world in terms of average attendance, Webb said the amount of people engaged with the game was only going to grow.
"Does anyone seriously think that with CONCACAF now taking an active, innovative and dynamic approach, these numbers are going to get anything other than even bigger?" asked Webb.
Webb also said it was time the Caribbean started to work on developing a professional league.
"The Caribbean faces particular challenges when it comes to developing the game at a professional level. One of the main goals for the Caribbean has to be to develop a sustainable football league. It is time we make this happen," he said.


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Annual to subshrub
Leaves generally basal and cauline, alternate, generally simple; stipules 0
Inflorescence: generally raceme
Flower bisexual; sepals 4, free; petals (0)4, free, generally white or yellow, often clawed; stamens generally (2,4)6, generally 4 long, 2 short; ovary 1, superior, chambers generally 2, septum membranous, connecting 2 parietal placentas, style 1, stigma simple or 2-lobed
Fruit: generally capsule ("silique") with 2 deciduous valves, sometimes breaking transversely or indehiscent
Seeds 1many per chamber
Genera in family: 300+ genera, 3000+ species: worldwide, especially cool regions; some cultivated for food (especially Brassica, Raphanus ) and ornamental
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Capparaceae [Rodman et al. 1993 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 80:686699; Rollins 1993 Cruciferae of Continental North America. Stanford Univ Press]
Family description, key to genera by Robert A. Price.
MUSTARD, TURNIPAnnual, perennial herb; hairs simple
Stem erect, branched, glabrous above
Leaves: basal and lower cauline petioled, dentate to pinnately lobed, lateral lobes < terminal
Inflorescence terminal; bracts ± 0
Flower: sepals erect; petals generally yellow
Fruit linear; valves 1-veined; beak conic or cylindric, with seeds 0 or rarely 12
Seeds many, 1 row per chamber, spheric, finely to coarsely netted
Species in genus: ± 35 species: Medit, Eurasia, some naturalized ± worldwide
Etymology: (Latin: cabbage)
Naturalizing CVS soon lose desirable food properties. B. oleracea L., cabbage, with thick, glaucous leaves and open inflorescence, is established on se-facing seacliffs, n CCo, c&s NCo.
B. nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch
BLACK MUSTARDAnnual; hairs sparse to dense, stiff, especially below
Stem 420 dm, generally branched above
Leaves: basal pinnately lobed, serrate-dentate; cauline similar to basal but upper smaller, sessile, base tapered
Flower: petals 711 mm
Fruit erect, 12 cm; pedicel erect, ± appressed
Seed ± 2 mm wide, coarsely netted
Chromosomes: 2n=16
Ecology: Abundant. Fields, disturbed areas
Elevation: < 1500 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province
Distribution outside California: native to Europe
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Belden Stool
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A Good Furniture design example, the Belden is a creative Stool design. Belden was designed in 2008, and here is a how it is described by its designer: An industrious stool this one is, as it will last long years before it gives in carrying people.. Belden stool has two versions, a regular one from Injection molded plastic, and a solid wood as a limited edition. The stool is painted automatically in the molding process. After the painting each stool has its unique design thanks to our generative design algorithm, the limited edition piece is carefully painted by hand.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882 / Portland, Maine)
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Uganda Police Force: Public Security Warning ahead of Independence Day Celebration (28.09.2018)
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Hello torque people!
Its been a few weeks since our last blog post and progress have been going steady since then with content getting added regularly. Today we have another video for you and this time we are showcasing some of the coastal areas of enduring lifes ingame world. As enduring life is a hardcore survival experience the ingame world plays a crucial part in the game balance and as such is subject to change.
Or visit Youtube directly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PckebRnMc7M
Introduction to enduring life:
Enduring life is a player versus player driven persistent open world survival game based in Europe around 50 years after the current day civilizations decent and end in nuclear war. Now 50 years later you as players once more inhabit a world that although have regrown in nature is still contaminated and a harsh place to survive. The game lands in the FPS survival genre and focus heavily on the players impact on the world through player building, crafting and player versus player siege warfare either conquering each others towns or destroying them. The game world will be a vast 18km2 of landmass at launch with plenty more to come.
As always you can find us and more information about the game from the sources below:
website: enduringlifegame.com
Jonas Twitter: Zweshi – Lead programmer / 3D artist
Ilias Twitter: Badsik1k - Lead 3D artist / Lead 2D artist
Patrick Twitter: PatrickComan - 3D artist


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Covid-19 Update 15th June 2020: Our Headington shop is now open for collections. We are currently allowing a maximum of 4 people in at one time, with a 2m distance within the shop. You can now order online for collection. Our Jericho shop remains shut for now. Our opening times are 10am-5pm, Mon-Sat for the time being. You can still request delivery. Hope to see you soon!
Frog Orange Balloons has been delivering bouquets and transforming halls and hotels throughtout Oxfordshire since 2005. We are renowned for our vast array of dazzling balloon displays and decor. We supply helium balloons for weddings, parties and corporate events. Our corporate clients include Film Education, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Asda, Tesco, British Gas, Jack Brunsdon, Retail Value Management (Bicester Village), Skanska UK PLC, Welcome Break, as well as various schools, charities and the NHS.
We only use the best quality balloons, helium and equipment and all of our staff are fully trained. As a small, family-run business we believe we can offer the best possible customer service. We've never let a client down and have even delivered on time in deep snow!
Also, because we are not a big corporation, there is not much we will say no to! We will happily deliver filled party bags, balloons with money or vouchers inside, champagne, chocolates, cupcakes etc.. Just ask.
In our two stores we see every day the happiness balloons bring to people. Faces and smiles light up when they see the arrangement we have made for them. Inquisitive children (and adults) ask how we get the little balloons into the big balloons and watch with amazement as we create something just for them with their name and age on. Balloons prove increasingly popular in hospitals, as so many hospital wards have banned flowers. We provide balloons for funerals and memorials too. When it comes to balloon releases we only use 100% latex balloons which are completely biodegradable.


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A great theater is more than a building with a stage. A great theatre company is dedicated to building and connecting communities through outreach and educational programming.
Here at CSC, we uphold our mission by performing in nontraditional spaces and reaching out to audiences that do not have easy access to the arts. We build partnerships with organizations that share our understanding of the power of the arts to illuminate the human condition, address society's major questions, and change lives for the better. We are excited about creative place-making, and the opportunity to contribute to improving downtown Baltimore for its 9-to-5 workers, growing residential population, and visitors.
Your support of our imagination makes this possible. Give now!
We cannot do it without partners, including the Friends of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, our leadership circle. We are also incredibly indebted to our friendly CSC Volunteers, who give their time and talent for our community outreach efforts.
How much fun is community outreach with CSC?
- One of CSC's best-known initiatives is the annual Free Shakespeare for Kids program, which provides complimentary tickets for children under age 19 to see our outdoor performances in Ellicott City. These tickets are underwritten by corporate sponsors.
- We have had Pub Nights — informal evenings spent discussing Shakespeare over a pint.
- We have shared our summer stage with young artists, university interns, and emerging talent in the community. Each summer at our outdoor performances in Ellicott City, our Show Before the Show features local performers, including spoken word artists and children's dance troupes.
- Last year, CSC advised two Howard County Girl Scouts as they earned the prestigious Silver Award: They created "Salute to Independent Women," a children's activity book about women in literature, history, and contemporary society.
- At Artscape 2014, CSC provided a stage combat demonstration at the tent of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. Kids and families learned about the choreography of sword-fighting for the stage.
- In collaboration with Maryland Public Television's airing of the Hollow Crown series, CSC led "flash mob" audience participation readings of the St. Crispin's Day speech at the 2014 Baltimore Book Festival.


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Horse Jump a Tesla Roadster
Horse Jump a Tesla Roadster
Next, do it with a Model X!
Do what? Jump over Roadster? I don't think Model S suspension allows quite that big jumps. ;-)
Make that Model X. (need that edit).
Nooooo, Timo. Jump the horse over the Model X! The X could jump the Roadster easy with a small ramp.
Small ramp doesn't count as proper jump, it's just ballistic trajectory of the car. Horse can also jump the Model X if you just put the Model X into deep enough hole.
There are electromagnetic suspensions that make drive really smooth and allow car to jump (also hydraulic ones, but I like electromagnetic more because way faster response times). Model X just might have that.
"It's not the fall (jump) that hurts you; it's the landing."
It would be remarkable if the Bose car could get to the height required to clear a Roadster! ;) 8-0


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Ars Technica has a great right up on Evony, who you probably know for their annoying ads…
In response, Evony LLC filed suit against Everiss last September in New South Wales, Australia. Since Bruce lives in England and Evony LLC is officially based out Delaware, this legal logic has more than a few people scratching their heads; one of the biggest points of confusion about this suit's legitimacy stems from the fact that Evony LLC was established as a Delaware company (which can easily be done by anyone as long as they're willing to pay $99 plus some state fees) a week after Everiss was threatened with legal action over the content of his posts.
Reading the claim against Everiss is more than a little surreal. Aside from denying any association with WoWMine or the Microsoft lawsuit, the document states that Evony LLC is the owner of Evony, and that the company is not based out of China. However, there's a method to the plaintiff's seeming madness: Australia is pretty hospitable to "the defamation tourist."
It gets even better. Read the story of the advertisements, or their intellectual property fraud.


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I've been saying for a while that there's nothing inherently expensive about 3D printing technology…at least not the FFF type. Assuming the technology becomes more popular over the next few years (which I do) I don't see any reason why 3D printers couldn't become as cheap and ubiquitous as 2D printers.
However, 3D printing has weaknesses, not the least of which is that it can't work in metal.* You can take the plastic parts and cast metal parts from them, but the heat and gases have side effects that nobody in their right mind would ever allow inside a house. It is possible to work metal by machining it in a small CNC mill, as demonstrated by the ease of finding a desktop mill on Google. Since 3D printers and CNC mills function so similarly, why not combine both functions into one machine?
QU-BD is working on that. Openalia interviewed them back when they were coming off of a successful effort to Kickstarter their own thermoplastic extruder. Now they've arrived at the main event, the beta Rapid Prototyping Mill (RPM) pre-order. This design is important because it has the potential to create all of the (non-electrical) parts for a 3D printer, including its own extruder. Read through the interview with Chelsea Thompson after the jump to learn a little bit about the RPM and the Revolution, which is an all-metal frame 3D printer.
* I'm limiting the analysis to current technology. Sure, there might be an unforeseen breakthrough in materials science in the near future, but that's a different discussion.


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Marseille, France, 13 March 2012 – Cross-border water management not only benefits water security but it also promotes dialogue, peace and cooperation – even in geopolitically unstable regions, according to IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
IUCN's BRIDGE project (Building River Dialogue and Governance), which aims to improve water management in transboundary river basins in South and Central America and in the Mekong region in Asia, is addressing local water challenges while creating new opportunities for dialogue and cooperation between countries.
"Reducing poverty, achieving economic growth and conserving biodiversity all depend on sustainable water management," says Mark Smith, Director of IUCN's Global Water Programme. "Countries sharing waters in transboundary basins need to cooperate. As the project has shown, sharing information or having communities solve local water problems together helps build a way forward. It can also bring benefits that go beyond water management issues."
Peru and Ecuador – countries that have a history of military conflicts – have come together to agree on maps of the Zarumilla and Catamayo-Chira river basins, which they share bewteen them. Basin maps have also been completed for Lake Titicaca, bordering Peru and Bolivia. This has set a common scientific basis for tackling water management and for broader discussions, such as how to strengthen official cooperation.
In Central America, the project has promoted cross-border cooperation among communities. This has created opportunities for them to solve local disputes and look after their shared resources, while building confidence on a national level that cooperation is the way forward.
In the Mekong region, IUCN is working with the governments of Cambodia and Lao PDR to support new, practical steps in the management of the Sekong river basin. A comprehensive profile of the basin is being prepared with both countries, along with a website for sharing information and developing common solutions to problems. This experience will be used as an example for the rest of the Mekong basin.
With more than 270 transboundary rivers worldwide, and increasing threats such as climate change, there is a growing need to improve water management across the globe.
"Rivers often set boundaries between countries and cultures, giving rise to fears over water conflict," says Alejandro Iza, Director of the IUCN Environmental Law Centre. "But diplomacy and wise resource management are a source of peace and cooperation. Better collaboration among countries sharing water is vital to improving water security and protecting nature."
"The BRIDGE project complements high level treaty-type processes by bringing together all those affected on a local level and building consensus across all levels", says Ganesh Pangare, Head of the IUCN Water Programme in Asia. "Trust is key to all negotiations and decisions regarding shared water resources."


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Did you know that 27% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 have doubts that NASA astronauts really landed on the Moon? (1) And that 4 of 10 parents in the United States refuse to give their children one or more traditional vaccinations for fear of autism? (2) These are two of the surprising revelations in a new book by science writer, Guy P. Harrison, entitled 50 popular beliefs that people think are true. In this book Harrison examines dozens of beliefs which, despite their hold on millions, lack one important ingredient – evidence. (3)Let's focus here on beliefs about the Moon landings and vaccinations.
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Lapsang Souchong has an incredibly calming and intricate taste. Its strong, robust character reflects against its deep, relaxing smokiness. Twining's decent Lapsang Souchong calls for a shorter steeping time than most Lapsang souchong because Twining's tea can occasionally be somewhat bitter. Either way it's without a doubt worth drinking. A rolling boil adds to the smokiness of the tea.
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Mission and History
Furkids' Mission:
Furkids, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization that operates the largest cage-free, no-kill shelter in the Southeast for rescued cats and Sadie's Place, a no-kill shelter for dogs. Furkids also operates one of the only facilities in the Southeast dedicated to the care of FIV positive cats. The Furkids mission is to rescue homeless animals, provide them with the best medical care and nurturing environment while working to find them a forever home. Furkids heals the whole animal, physically and emotionally, restoring its health and its spirit. Furkids has rescued and altered more than 35,000 animals since its founding in 2002. Approximately 1,000 animals are in the Furkids program today, in the Furkids shelters, 13 PetSmart and Petco adoption centers, and more than 400 foster homes in the Atlanta area.
Furkids is the only animal rescue organization in metro Atlanta that allows children of all ages to volunteer. Furkids volunteer programs are designed to restore the health and spirits of injured and homeless animals while providing healing opportunities for volunteers who are strengthened by the bond of love and care between humans and animals.
Furkids' History:
2002 – 2004
Founder Samantha Shelton finds a stray mother cat with kittens. Unable to find a shelter that will take them in, she establishes Furkids. We begin as a network of foster homes conducting adoptions through the Petsmart Perimeter location. We rescue 216 animals in our first year. In our second year, we are invited to manage the PetSmart Smyrna location.
Furkids signs the lease on our current main shelter and begins the buildout on the 5,000 square foot facility that will eventually house up to 275 cats on a daily basis. The shelter allows us to increase the number of cats and kittens we can rescue and provides a colorful, cage-free, one-of-a-kind environment for our cats.
We celebrate the grand opening of our shelter and additional adoption centers are established with PetSmart Midtown and PetSmart Northlake, bringing our collaboration with PetSmart to four stores. In 2007, Furkids celebrates five years, and Ms. Shelton, Founder and Executive Director, receives a commendation letter from Governor Sonny Perdue congratulating Furkids on our success and important service to the community.
We celebrate our 5,000th adoption! We build an in-house spay/neuter surgical suite and hire a part-time veterinarian. We partner with our 5th PetSmart store at the Mall of Georgia, and we open our FIV House, a stand-alone facility to exclusively house our FIV+ cats.
We establish a benchmark of caring for 450 cats, as well as many dogs, on a daily basis. We begin a new partnership with PETCO, managing their in-store adoption programs at their Holcomb Bridge and Edgewood locations. We establish Cat's Meow Marketplace, now known as the Furkids Thrift Store, a store we own and operate to generate funds to care for the hundreds of animals in our care.
We place approximately 620 cats into loving homes and celebrate our 6,000th adoption! We earn our 6th consecutive Best in America Seal of Excellence award, solidifying our rank as a top local community charity by Independent Charities of America. In its November 2010 "Pets!" issue, Atlanta Magazine names us among the leading animal shelters in Georgia.
We acquire and assume total responsibility for the management and operation of Small Dog Rescue and Humane Society, founded in 1995 and dedicated to finding loving families for homeless dogs in Georgia. The union of the organizations greatly extends the reach of Furkids, expanding operations to include the rescue, no-kill care, and adoption of both homeless cats and dogs.
Furkids celebrates our 10th anniversary! We add a tenth adoption center at the Buckhead Petsmart and we close the year adding two Petco adoption centers in Smyrna and Buckhead – for a total of 12 full-time adoption centers throughout Georgia!
Furkids saved close to 1600 animals! Our largest number in a single year! We secured a major matching gift from the Choate family and Choate Construction Company to renovate our 34 year old building that is our dog shelter!
We increased the days our cat and dog shelters were opened to the public. We saved 2,400 animals and achieved 2,200 adoptions. We signed the lease on a second thrift store. We doubled the size of our cat shelter to accommodate our FIV+ cats, a quadrupled surgery suite, work space for staff, a kitten pod room and a special room for Purrkids program cats.
We launched a new logo and a new website, opened two additional thrift stores, and secured a gift to create a customized software program for animal management, We raised the funding to purchase additional surgery equipment for our expanded surgery suite, increasing our capacity to serve more animals. We contracted with a veterinarian to perform high-volume, high-quality spay/neuter surgeries at our shelter. We were also honored during Petco Foundation's 50th Anniversary National Adoption Weekend in October as having the highest number of adoptions in the country that single weekend.
Furkids had the best adoption numbers it has ever seen in 2016. During Petco Foundation's 2-day National Adoption Weekend in July, we found homes for 114 animals, helping with our July grand total of 344 animals. These figures made July 2016 Furkids' BEST MONTH EVER, until November 2016. We finished out the year with nearly 3200 total adoptions. On Georgia Gives Day, Furkids raised over $100,000 for animals in need. We raised enough money to purchase dental x-ray equipment for our surgery room, and we were chosen as one of a handful of shelters to partner with the Jackson Galaxy Foundation in their Cat Pawsitive program.
Celebrated our 15th anniversary with Jackson Galaxy as our special celebrity guest. Responded to Hurricane Irma by rescuing 120 cats and dogs from coastal towns in Georgia. Began a new program for out of state transport with a no-kill shelter in Minnesota and began the first of many transports to relocate and save the lives of thousands of cats in Georgia county shelters.
We focused on expanding our Georgia Interstate TransFUR Coalition to transport to more northern states. Launched a capital campaign for a more natural shelter and sanctuary, and to create a preferred community destination to benefit and educate more humans, raise more awareness, and ultimately, save more Furkids.
Furkids' Long-Term Goals
Our long range vision is to create a peaceful, unique destination, carved out of nature, where visitors can walk dogs along a nature trail, play with cats in their indoor/outdoor home, enjoy tranquility in a memorial garden, and all of our animals can experience sunlight and fresh air. Our stand-alone shelter would also include a low-cost, high-quality spay/neuter clinic open to the public.


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Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
 Friday Workshop Series
 Benjamin Schmidt, Northeastern University
Abstract: How does--and how should--new technology change the ways historians conduct and publish their research? What does it take to responsibly and creatively work with the huge collections of primary sources coming online for historical use? Tools like data visualization, mapping, and text analysis hold great potential for historians; but they can sit uneasily with established modes of research. By exploring these fundamental issues through individual cases involving millions of books and tens of thousands of shipping voyage, this talk will explore the ways historians fit into the emerging "digital humanities."
Biography: Benjamin Schmidt is an assistant professor of history at Northeastern University and core faculty at the NuLab for Texts, Maps, and Networks. His research interests are in the digital humanities and the intellectual and cultural history of the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. His dissertation, "Paying Attention," described how new ways of measuring attention in early 20th century psychology found unexpected uses in teaching, advertising, and media. His digital humanities research focuses particularly on text mining and the potential of large historical datasets for humanistic research. Recent work in topic modeling, visualization of historic data, and thematic mapping. More details are available at benschmidt.org.
Prior to coming to Northeastern, he was the graduate fellow at the Cultural Observatory @ Harvard, in Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; he earned a Ph.D. in history at Princeton University, and an A.B. in Social Studies at Harvard University.
Lunch provided. Free and open to the public.
This program is part of the Friday Workshop Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg with additional support from the Department of American Culture.


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Decongestants can be taken by mouth (oral) or
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and provide longer relief, but they cause more side effects. There are only two
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medicine that contains pseudoephedrine is kept behind the pharmacist's counter
so you will need to ask the pharmacist for it. In other states, you have to
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2011 Nissan Quest LE Long-Term Update 5
Recall service and new shoes
With 22,500 miles on the odometer, the Quest went in for its third scheduled maintenance visit, which consisted of an oil change, tire rotation, and full inspection. The bill? A somewhat pricey $113.85. Thus far, the Quest has tallied a service tab of $425.23.
A couple months back, I took the Quest along a curvy stretch of Mulholland Highway on my way home. The low-fuel warning light had come on a few miles earlier, but with an indicated range of about 30 miles, I figured I was fine -- after all, the nearest gas station was only about three miles away. After a medium-fast left-hand sweeper that leads uphill, the Quest sputtered and stalled. It was only about 6 p.m., but it was completely dark and there was not another car in sight. Obviously, I figured the Quest had run completely out of gas. I coasted it back downhill to flat ground, and on the second restart attempt, it fired up. I drove it ever so gingerly to the gas station, filled it up, and figured that was that. Not quite. About a month later, photographer Mike Shaffer called to tell me that the Quest, parked in front of his apartment, wouldn't start. He phoned the local Nissan dealer, who sent out a guy to take a look. Assuming it was a dead battery, the service technician attached cables and attempted to jumpstart the Quest. Nothing. So he towed it into the dealer, who informed us the fuel tank needed replacing. Apparently, when the Quest is parked downhill with a quarter tank or less of gas, the fuel is not reachable, which, yes, makes it impossible to start. Thankfully, that's all behind us now, as the dealer performed the no-cost NTB11-068A service bulletin, which included the installation of a new fuel tank and pump.
At the Quest's 22,500-mile service, I also had the original equipment Toyo A22 tires replaced, as their wear bars had become even with the tread. For the replacement set, I opted to try another set of Toyos, this time the Versado CUV, a tire designed specifically for crossovers and minivans. Compared to the T-rated (top speed of 118 mph), 300-treadwear A22, the Versado boasts a V speed rating (149 mph) and a treadwear of 440. Thus far, the $720 set of Versados are delivering comparable ride quality and slightly sharper handling and steering response.
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|1.01 lb/mile
|Energy conumption
|175 kW-hr/100 mi
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|$425.23 (3 x oil change, tire rotation, inspection; 1 x replace cabin air filter)
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|$720.00 (four Toyo Versado tires)


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All too often, if you have a garbage disposal, you may be guilty of trying to put something in it that could result in costly repairs down the road. As we engage in carrying out our spring-cleaning tasks, we are sometimes stunned by the repulsive stench coming from our kitchen sink drain or garbage disposal. When it begins to smell as if something died in there, it probably did.
We tend to think that the powerful motor and blade of the garbage disposal can grind and dissolve just about anything that is shoved down the narrow opening. As a word of caution, the following things should not go in your garbage disposal that could cause irreparable damage:
Things that can easily become trapped, wedged or cause damage to the motor and blades of your garbage disposal: Bones from meat or poultry, Seeds or stone fruit pits from plums, avocados or olives.
Things that could wrap around the blades of your disposal and prevent water from flowing through it: The thin membrane of eggshells, stringy vegetables and starchy vegetables such as potato peels.
Things that can expand and clog: Rice, pasta and coffee grinds could continue to expand and create a water flow problem in your drain or disposal.
Things that could solidify: Cooking grease is a definite no-no. As it cools, it can solidify in the drain, create a massive clog and back up excess kitchen scraps in your sink.
The garbage disposal is not a trash compactor, but designed to get rid of harmless kitchen scraps. Along with damage to your garbage disposal, you may experience a strong foul odor that comes from food and grease being trapped in your disposer or sink. The Summit Disposer Care Garbage Disposal Cleaner is a foaming lemon scented cleaning pack that features a bleach alternative, which helps to reduce and remove odors permeating from your garbage disposal unit. These garbage disposal-cleaning packets are designed to use weekly and are safe on septic systems, because they do not contain phosphates.
Stay away from the verdict of being found guilty for abusing your garbage disposal. Avoid the urge to throw something down the drain that could harm operable components. To keep your drain and garbage disposal smelling fresh and clean, try the Summit Disposer Care Garbage Disposal Cleaner for that pleasant lemony scent.


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Obama Needs to Stay the Course in Afghanistan
A faster pullout would be an insult to the U.S. troops who died fighting terrorism.
Afghanistan is looking a lot less like the hunt for Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda and a lot more like an untenable occupation, but playing politics with a war can be a dangerous game, especially when the mission has yet to be accomplished.
A U.S. soldier's alleged massacre of Afghan civilians soon after the explosive aftermath of the accidental burning of the Quran by Americans in Kabul has rekindled public desire to see an end to a war that is becoming mired in mistakes and missteps. The remaining GOP presidential candidates, at the very least, want to take another look at plans to withdraw all U.S. troops by 2014, and perhaps speed it up a bit.
Politically, it would be pretty easy to get out now. Trust between U.S. forces and their Afghan counterparts has been compromised, and the government of Hamid Karzai has ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces from villages back to their large bases. With an expanding majority of Americans ready for the war to be over, the door is open to a more immediate -- and popular -- retreat.
But even in an election year, President Obama has to tune out the noise and make sure the strategic objectives for Afghanistan are carried out before American forces pull out. It's the difference between being commander in chief and a politician up for reelection: The oath of office trumps politics. Obama has no choice but to ensure the goal remains to hunt down and eliminate battlefield leaders of al Qaeda and make it nearly impossible for them to run terrorist operations out of Afghanistan.
Coalition forces in Afghanistan will be on high alert for the foreseeable future, but will remain there, even as surge forces steadily leave the country during the next two years. Amid the outcry in America and backlash in Afghanistan, there may indeed be some change in the order or speed of the withdrawal of some battalions.
Congress will hold hearings and invite expert testimony from those who argue that the war should end now. But don't expect much to come of the theatrics, other than a few classified briefings to placate hawks and doves alike.
The reality is that U.S. special forces will be in Afghanistan well beyond the formal 2014 troop withdrawal deadline. The elite U.S. forces will work hand in hand with their Afghani counterparts, many of whom they have trained and already team up with on clandestine operations. The U.S. forces will likely be under the CIA's direction after 2014, when all other U.S. troops have been withdrawn. They will also continue to operate in Pakistan, as long as al Qaeda or other terrorists are allowed safe harbor there.
At the same time, Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and top U.S. and European diplomats on the ground must seek to rebuild the relationship with Karzai and the Taliban, in order to lay down the ground rules for what Afghanistan should look like after coalition troops withdraw. It will take time. Even talking about the prospect of holding talks is off the table right now.
Even though Western leaders have no appetite for his two-timing, amateurish leadership, Karzai is all the world has to work with in terms of a pro-democracy leader in Afghanistan. Trust building with the Taliban will be a tricky task, but an exit without a deal agreeable to all parties would threaten the progress made in the country since September 11, 2001. That would be an insult to the more than 1,900 Americans killed and another 19,400 wounded in the line of duty in Afghanistan.
Obama has no choice but to finish the job, no matter what it takes. And no matter the political stakes.