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kabocha creme carameldense and soft and melt in your mouth: eggs, whipping cream, kabocha pumpkin and caramelized sugar makes for a bite sized creamy snack.
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snow leopard, macports, drupal 6there is a port called php52, and so . . . sudo port install apache2 sudo port install php52 +apache2 +mysql5-server +pear +sqlite sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2.plist sudo port install phpmyadmin and all the normal stuff that goes with it: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/20410 http://2tbsp.com/content/install_apache_2_and_php_5_macports http://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/MAMP http://bangpound.org/node/7548 http://drupal.org/node/360605 etc . . .
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Launch Your Ministry
Six-Week Small Groups & Private Coaching
Lance loves to help other leaders launch their ideas and help them find the purpose-filled life he has found. LAUNCH is specifically designed to help individuals kickstart their ministries or nonprofits.
Through six-week small group training and/or private coaching sessions, Lance will help you take steps toward leading a life full of purpose.
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"Lance's years of experience and expert knowledge on operating a non-profit has given me so much hope for the future of The WTL House. He is full of so much wisdom and knowledge and always steers me in the right direction. God could not have blessed me with a better mentor/coach to get my sober living home for women with children started. What a huge blessing he is to our world!"
— Aimee Bowling, Founder, WTL House
"Lance has guided us through getting the foundation of our organization in order. He has helped us set goals, become financially healthier and restructure our organizational model. Our lead staff thrives off these weekly meetings. We are already seeing amazing results and it has only been three months. We hope to have his guidance for years to come."
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Badminton is a racket sport that involves hitting a shuttlecock over a net on indoor courts. Points are scored when the opponent is unable to return the shuttlecock before it hits the floor.
An Overview of Badminton
- Badminton is the world's fastest racquet sport, there's a raised net and you can play singles or doubles.
- The aim is to hit a shuttlecock, a cone shaped object usually made of feathers with a cork or rubber base, over the net with your racquet.
- If the shuttlecock lands inside your opponent's half, or if they fail to return it back over the net in the rally, you win the point.
- The first to 21 points will win a game, and a match is a best out of three games.
Courts can be found in schools, universities, leisure centres, badminton and mixed sports clubs.
- It's can be a great aerobic exercise but the intensity is up to you, it can be energetic or a light workout.
- Find a tough opponent for a full-body workout that tests your agility and stamina.
- The tactics make it a good all round work out for your brain as well
- Your flexibility, balance and reaction speed is enhanced by all the twisting, turning, jumping and stretching
- Hand to eye co-ordination is tested, as are your reflexes
Cost to hire a court can vary across the country but generally it will set you back somewhere between £6 – £12 per hour and in some cases badminton court hire comes as part of a wider membership offer with Leisure Centre's membership benefits. Alternatively, you can just turn up and play at any of the No Strings sessions for just £3-£5 per session, with sessions lasting from one to three hours.
You can play in a sports hall, or a school, leisure centre or social club even. You can also play outdoors - no court or net required - so long as the weather isn't too rough! If you're enjoying badminton and looking to make a bigger commitment, join a club. Most cater for social and competitive players at junior and senior level.
Adaptations and Equipment
For a beginner, badminton is a relatively low cost sport to start playing. If you want to buy your own equipment then you need to consider the racket and shuttles.
Racket: These are made of various lightweight materials. They come in many different makes and prices but If you are just starting the game you do not need to buy the most expensive racket. Buy a racket that suits you.
Shuttle: These are plastic or feathered. If you are just starting, plastic shuttles are ideal and cheaper. They come in three speeds - fast, medium and slow. Buy medium speed to start with until you know more about the game.
- Simon Archer and Jo Goode won Britain's first Olympic medal in Sydney 2000 - a bronze in the mixed doubles.
Find Badminton Clubs/Groups Near You
Use the search below to find local organisations near you.
National Governing Bodies
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Set of 6 table knives, mixed wood handles (from top to bottom on the picture: snakewood, rose wood, pistachio tree, heather, olive wood, birch), mat stainless steel bolsters.
Availability can vary online and in store. Please contact us to confirm the models in stock.
The logo is exclusive and attests that the products were manufactured by Forge de Laguiole. This is the trademark that guarantees the origin of the products.


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08/02/2019 / By Mike Adams
(Satire) Ben & Jerry's is rolling out a new ice cream flavor that tastes like communism. It's called, "Bernie's Back!" and has hints of used sandals merged with the pungent scent of disheveled poverty.
The new ice cream — which isn't a joke, by the way… it's really a new flavor offered by Ben & Jerry's — is free for everyone, but you have to stand in line for three days to get it. The goal is to get people into the practice of living under communism where everything is said to be free, but nothing is actually available.
Alternatively, a few lucky consumers will be allowed to go "full Venezuela" and dumpster dive for pints of the new ice cream in selected rat-infested cities like Baltimore, where "I scream" takes on a whole new meaning when facing giant, toe-biting rodents. (Not a good place to wear sandals, which is why Baltimore communists are missing so many toes.)
Every tub of "Bernie's Back!" ice cream raises a ten-cent donation to fund the jet fuel needed to power the private jet flights of Bernie Sanders as he warns America about the climate change "crisis."
Other flavors offered by Ben & Jerry's to help celebrate communism include:
All flavors will feature probiotics harvested from the actual sandals of Bernie Sanders.
Notably, this incredible variety of flavors and ingredients is only available for the Ben & Jerry's production factories because of the efficiencies of free market economics. If Bernie Sanders' ideas were actually implemented across America, there would be no ice cream for anyone. That's why communists who actually want to succeed as entrepreneurs operate in free market nations like America, even as they are trying to destroy the very system that allowed them to generate market success in the first place.
Ben & Jerry must be ROFL, thinking how stupid Americans are to support communist leaders by purchasing ice cream delivered to them at affordable prices thanks to free market economics that communism would annihilate.
So if you want to live in a country where ice cream is affordable for everyone, don't buy Ben & Jerry's ice cream dream of putting Bernie Sandals in the White House.
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About Owens Corning FOAMGLAS® business
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Owens Corning is a global leader in insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composite materials. Its insulation products conserve energy, improve acoustics and fire resistance in the spaces where people live, work, and play. Its roofing products and systems enhance curb appeal and help protect homes and commercial buildings alike. Its fiberglass composites make thousands of products lighter, stronger, and more durable.
Owens Corning provides innovative products and solutions that deliver a material difference to its customers and, ultimately, make the world a better place. The business is global in scope, with operations in 33 countries. It is also human in scale, with 20,000 employees cultivating local and longstanding relationships with customers. Based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, the company posted 2018 sales of $7.1 billion. Founded in 1938, it has been a Fortune 500® company for 65 consecutive years.
For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com
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FOAMGLAS® Insulation
In 2017, Owens Corning acquired Pittsburgh Corning, which produced FOAMGLAS® cellular glass insulation. FOAMGLAS® insulation systems cover a wide range of applications in both the commercial and industrial sectors and expanded Owen's Corning's product offering.
FOAMGLAS® insulation is produced in facilities located in Sedalia, Missouri, USA; Tessenderlo, Belgium; Klášterec, Czech Republic; and Yantai, China.
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with FOAMGLAS® cellular glass insulation
Two industry-leading American glass companies - Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company and Corning Glass Works - founded the Pittsburgh Corning Corporation. They focus on the production and sale of glass products for the construction sector.
Pittsburgh Corning launches a new glass product – FOAMGLAS® cellular glass, a material with exceptional properties. FOAMGLAS® insulation is lightweight and provides excellent protection against heat and cold.
FOAMGLAS® insulation was used on the restoration of the White House in Washington D.C.
FOAMGLAS® insulation is introduced to the European market.
Pittsburgh Corning Europe NV. is founded
Pittsburgh Corning builds a production unit in Tessenderlo, Belgium, to help meet the worldwide demand for FOAMGLAS® insulation.
A new European FOAMGLAS® production unit is set up in Klášterec, Czech Republic.
New technology optimizes the production process, while reducing energy and material consumption.
A new factory in Yantai, China opens, the first production unit of FOAMGLAS® insulation in Asia.
Owens Corning, a world leader in insulation, roofing and fiberglass-composite materials, acquires Pittsburg Corning.


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WARNING.— The person in whose name this vehicle is displayed may or may not be the current owner of the vehicle. Readers are warned, therefore, that this entry is not proof of ownership.
- Registration Mark
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- 1974
- (c) Colour:
- Miami Blue
- (d) Paint code:
- (e) Engine CCs:
- 1200
- (a) Country of origin:
- Ireland
- (b) County first reg'd:
- Tipperary South
- (c) Current or last known location:
- Waterford
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1200 Beetle Deluxe
This is a project Beetle with a family history. Eoin Mackey sent this into us and it was his father-in-law's father's Beetle so holds huge sentimental value for the family. It looks reasonably ok from here but up close it's a basket case but as there is so much family history there, Eoin is going to do his very best to save it. He is under no illusion that this is going to be an easy restoration but he has time, skills and friends with even more skills and that's half the battle. I'm sure Eoin will be in touch as his search for parts begins and we will happily help him out in whatever way we can, as will the VW community who are nothing if not generous with time, advice and parts. Best of luck with the restoration Eoin.
So, what of the Beetle itself? It's a 1974 Tipperary South registered 1200 model. The original engine is long gone but there was a fresh rebuilt motor installed not long before it was taken off the road so that should be one less job for Eoin to sort once he has replaced all the service items.
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Everything that comes into school should be clearly labelled with your child's name - including all clothing, bags, PE Kit and lunchboxes. We recommend 'Stikins' - One easy name label with multiple uses for all kinds of school items.
Launched in 2010 this advanced vinyl label can be stuck onto the wash-care label of clothes, and the same label can also be used on shoes, dishwasher items and general school items. They are so easy to use that Mr Waldron uses them for his own children's belongings!
Stikins New Name Labels have been successfully tested by an independent laboratory using BS EN ISO6330 wash test procedure at 40 degrees.
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Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker 47cmReference No: 220
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47cm Charcoal Smoker
The Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker 47cm is a speciality grill with a two level grilling system which allows you to hot smoke food slowly over charcoal and wood, slow barbecue or even cook casseroles if you use a Dutch Oven.
- Porcelain-enamelled bowl and lid
- 2 Triple-plated cooking grates
- Primary cooking area = 480 sq. in. / 3103 cm2
- Glass-reinforced nylon handle
- Silicone cap for use with thermometer probes
- No-rust aluminium vents
- Heat deflector
- Lid mounted thermometer
- Free premium cover included
- Height: 104cm
- Width: 50cm
- Depth: 48cm
- A deposit resembling peeling paint may collect on the inside of your bbq lid but these carbon deposits are non-toxic, but you might want to regularly remove the build-up. Simply brush off all loose particles with a brass brush or crumpled aluminium foil before you start grilling. To prevent future build-up, after every grilling session, while the barbecue lid is warm-not hot-wipe it with paper towels or a mild soap-and-water solution.
- Manufacturer's warranty: 10 years on the bowl & lid. 5 years on the handle, 2 years on the charcoal grate, cooking grate & all other parts.
FREE Mainland UK delivery on all orders Over £50 and £4.99 delivery charge on all orders Under £50. None UK deliveries quoted at checkout (if available).
Contactless Delivery – no signature required, see enhanced delivery details for full process.
- Whilst you cannot select a specific delivery date during checkout, once the order has been processed, a delivery window will be provided where possible, either the evening before or the morning of delivery.
- We can deliver to a different address than the billing address. This option is available during the checkout process.
- If you would like the order leaving with a neighbour or in a specific place, please indicate this during the checkout process.
- No need to worry about the hassle of returning faulty or damaged products. Hayes Garden World shall arrange collection, or exchange should it be necessary.
- Our courier will print returns label and attach when they collect.
- Ordered the wrong product or it is unsuitable and you wish to return it? No problem, we will enclose full details of the return address and process.
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Aromatic chunks with a powerful aroma that are suitable for cooking with gas and briquettes.
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Baked Salmon with Wine and Lemon Juice By: Ann R.
Recipe Story
I am the mother of a healthy man who has CF and weighs 180 pounds. He has always been a good eater and loves salmon prepared using this simple method. He often eats two or three servings of this salmon at one meal.
- 1 1/2 lb wild salmon fillet
- 3/4 c dry white wine
- 1/2 c lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 Tbsp canned capers
- 1/2 c chopped green onion tops
- 1 Tbsp paprika
- Add All Ingredients
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Wash salmon fillet and put in a Pyrex baking pan.
Pour white wine over the entire fish.
Pour lemon juice over the entire fish.
Cut thin pats of butter and distribute 2 inches apart over the fish.
Sprinkle capers over the entire fish.
Sprinkle chopped green onions over the fish.
Sprinkle paprika over the fish.
Place uncovered pan in preheated oven and bake for 18-20 minutes depending on the thickness of the fish.
Nutritional Information
- Servings: 6
Amount per serving:
- Calories: 213
- Fat: 9 g
- Sodium: 137 mg
- Protein: 23 g
- Calcium: 25 mg
The content on Chef4CF.com is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Brand names of any ingredients in a recipe on this site are the intellectual property of their respective owners. The ingredient brands mentioned on this site are for reference only and no brand has endorsed or sponsored Chef4CF.com and no affiliation exists. If desired, generic ingredients that have equivalent nutritional value to the brand name ingredients can be substituted.


text: When astronaut Neil Armstrong claimed that one small step for man was a giant leap for mankind, he captured a sentiment that all those who explore have known throughout their lives. It takes leaps of faith to venture and go forth and by doing so, we grow as human beings and our societies become more evolved. There are certainly arguments to be made that by simply visiting other places, we change them forever just by our presence. That is probably true for many reasons, it is a simple rule of quantum physics that observing a reaction by its very nature changes the interaction itself. Regardless of whether the world is better off for the increase in global interactions, it is certainly the way of the future. We have enjoyed seeing a variety of sights throughout our travels and perhaps we have changed the places that we have visited, but we know for sure that those travels have changed ourselves and shaped our lives. For this week's Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Crawling or Flying, we decided to select a few photos from our recent trips that inspire us to spread our wings and fly or simply take a few steps towards the future.


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The Australian Tax Office will conduct a Seminar on Thursday, 3rd December 2009 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. The seminar will cover tax issues relevant to owning and maintaining a rental property and answer any questions you may have.
Topics to be covered include:
– Purchasing a rental property
– owning a rental property
– deductible expenses
– repairs versus improvements
– capital and private expenses
– selling a rental property
– capital gains tax
– record keeping
Please contact the Economic Development Unit to book your place at this session.
DATE: Thursday, 3 December 2009 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
LOCATION: Moonee Valley City Council – 9 Kellaway Avenue, Moonee Ponds
CONTACT NAME: Economic Development Unit PHONE: 9243 8866
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I'm currently sat in the bedroom I grew up in for the first 18 years of my life writing this, I'm also sat on the floor because my charger doesn't reach my bed, how fabulous!As I said yesterday, I'm going to tell you some more stuff about me, I don't know if it'll be interesting or not though!
1. My URL is from my favourite song, Something Like Olivia by John Mayer, it's amazing and the acoustic version on YouTube is even better! John Mayer is a phenomenal musician and I've loved nearly everything he has done. Seeing him live last year was unbelievable and I can't thank my brother enough for buying my ticket for me!
2. I have one older sibling, Rob, he's 20 (18 months older than me) and because of the close age gap we either get on like a house on fire or argue until we're blue in the face, normally the latter!
3. I've never had a pet! Rob had some fish but they tragically died when someone (me) over fed them! I haven't been allowed one because of this and no matter how often i've begged my parents, they didn't budge!
4. My full name is Emily Jane Weall, and it's one of the most boring names I've ever encountered! Emily Jane, really mum? EVERY Emily I know is an Emily Jane!
5. I'm in my first year of university in Gloucestershire and I study Music and Media Management. Don't ask me what I want to do as a career, I have no idea!
6. I'm fussy when it comes to food and hate trying new things, but the foods I love tend to be sweets and chocolate!
7. Sport is a big no-no for me! I'll watch it on the tv but that's my limit! I have awful hand eye coordination and the thought of running makes me feel tired! I tried gymnastics in 2012 but only lasted 5 months, dismal!
8. Whilst I live with an amazing group of people (7 guys and 2 girls, including me!) living in halls can be a bit stressful, especially when everyone's practically on top of each other because the flat is so small! Because of this I've started to value peace and quiet and independency, I have no problem walking to the shops to get some food on my own - just to get away from it all!
9. Saving the best till last, I love London! Seriously, 100% in a magical love affair with my favourite city in the world! I love the rush of the people of the streets, the journeys on the tube, the atmosphere on south bank, the tourists taking pictures, everything! When I was in Hertfordshire I could be in Central London in half an hour, now, travelling from cheltenham takes hours and costs a fortune and that makes me so sad I could cry. It's not the city of love, but it's the city that I love! I could talk about London all day, but I'll save that for another post!
That's it from me, I don't know if any of this is interesting, But anyway I'll talk to you soon
Emily xo
The perfect version of the perfect song!
Rob and me, I told him to do the cheesiest smile, this is all he could muster up!
Rob and I at wembley a few years back before I saw my very first rugby game, Saracens vs Ospreys


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Missing Girl Found Dead
New Orleans Police say the results of an autopsy confirm the remains are those of missing teacher Terrilyn Monette.
26-year-old Monette was last seen leaving a New Orleans bar in early March.
A police diver located her car at the bottom of the bayou on Saturday. Police don't know how Monette ended up in the water. They had searched the same area twice before but came up empty handed.
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January 18, 2013
We are proud to announce CCS President Michelle Ollie's appointment as President of the Vermont Higher Education Council (VHEC) for 2013. VHEC is an organization of all the Vermont public, proprietary, and independent colleges with a mission to implement cooperative activity to strengthen higher education across the state. With Ollie at the helm, we know great things are in store.
To learn more about degrees and programs offered in Vermont, visit VHEC's consortium site: www.vtcolleges.org
Tags: Cartoon Studies, Michelle Ollie, Vermont, Vermont Higher Education Council, VHEC


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On this episode, we have Jessica Knoll '06 on the phone from Los Angeles. Knoll graduated from HWS with a degree in English, concentrated in creative writing, as an Arts Scholar. She is the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Luckiest Girl Alive and The Favorite Sister. Her first novel was optioned for film by Lionsgate with Reese Witherspoon set to produce and Knoll writing the screenplay. Before writing full-time, she was a senior editor at Cosmopolitan and the articles editor at SELF. A prolific writer, she has also contributed op-eds to The New York Times. Her post-graduation support of the Colleges includes participating as a panelist in Career Services' Los Angeles Behind the Scenes trip.
Career Journeys is a limited-run podcast from the Herald and the Salisbury Center for Career, Professional and Experiential Education, is designed to help introduce parents, students, alums, and prospective students to the wealth of opportunities and pathways that Hobart and William Smith alumni and alumnae have taken following their graduation. The show is produced and hosted by Alex Kerai '19 in conjunction with the Herald and the Salisbury Center. It is recorded in the WEOS (NPR) studio on campus and includes live in-studio and over the phone interviews.
We are very excited to have Jessica on this episode of Career Journeys!
Career Journeys is a bi-weekly podcast from the Herald and the Salisbury Center for Career, Professional and Experiential Education. It is produced by Alex Kerai '19 and recorded at the WEOS studio on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.


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Organisation Name: Frank & Oak
Industry: Online retail
Web references: https://ca.frankandoak.com/about, http://www.lesaffaires.com/secteurs-d-activite/commerce-de-detail/frank-et-oak-se-lance-aux-etats-unis/577390, http://blog.hashtagpaid.com/how-frank-oak-used-influencer-marketing-to-crowdfund-pop-up-shops/, http://collectiveimpact.frankandoak.com/
Have you already heard about Frank & Oak? If not, the only possible reason is that you are not a man between 20 and 35.
This Montreal-based menswear brand is one of Canada's fastest growing retailers and one of the most successful and innovative brands over the past few years. Frank and Oak is offering unique online clothing collections to men between 20 and 35 and in three years, they have built a community of 1.6 million members. (source)
Why are they so successful? Because they have brilliantly engaged their customers in a comprehensive experience that goes beyond the screen.
"We make sure to involve the online community in every step of our process. We ask them questions, we get their opinions on our product design, and we listen to and implement their feedback. Our members appreciate playing such a big role in what we do, and so they stay involved in the process – be it posting online, giving us suggestions, or shopping.", said Ethan Song, co-founder
Understanding the importance of social media for their customers
During the last year, the co-founders decided they wanted to expand their activities in the United States to bring the customer experience further. As almost 70% of their online purchases are from American, they wanted to offer them a physical experience to complement the online community.
Following their approach of involving the customer in every step of their process, they wanted to let them decide where the 6 stores would be established across the U.S. Therefore, they launched a crowdfunding campaign – when buying a gift-card or special package, the customers were allowed to vote for the city where they would like to have a Frank and Oak store. The first 6 cities to reach the target would get a pop-up shop. They were encouraged to share the news with their social network, using #FandOinMyCity so that their city could win.
The campaign has reached over 500,000 viewers, brings over 2,200 new followers with a total engagement of over 15,000. (source) It's been a huge success and now Frank and Oak have a community of customers looking forward to the opening of their store.
Frank and Oak clearly understood how to be creative and reinvent the online and physical experience for their customer leveraging social media to bring their success further.
Submitted By: Jessica Landry
If you have concerns as to the accuracy of anything posted on this site please send your concerns to Peter Carr, Programme Director, Social Media for Business Performance.


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The ultimate playing guide for Diablo 3. This ultimate online tip and tricks manual is written and updated by the players for you. Includes descriptions for all the maps, monsters, weapons, armors, gems, magic items, and classes. Provides strategies for each of the elements in the game.
User this app to read the online guide and gain a huge advantage in both the single player and multi-player version of the game.
This app will remember the last page you read before you switched task or quit the app. Next time you start the app again, it will take you right where you left it.
Menu Options:
Start Over - Takes you back to the main page.
Refresh - Reload the current page.
Find - Lets you look for a text passage on the current page.
Search - Allows you to search the wiki.
Share - Let your friends and family know of a neat tip.
About - Displays information about this app, such as the version number.
Quit - Shuts down the app completely.
Informational content shown in the screen shots are courtesy of Wikia and licensed under CC-BY-SA.


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Saturday 29 March 2014
Project 365 Days 82 - 88
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Oh my goodness I love that flower for mummy - so sweet :)ReplyDelete
Looks like you've been busy, lots of lovely moments captured xReplyDelete
Sabrina some stunning shots this week i love the chillaxing one best xReplyDelete
The park ones are my favourite, they bring out a wonderful smile on your boy.ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos - love the one with the daisy.ReplyDelete
Looks like your boy had a fun week. I love the one with the daisy too!ReplyDelete
lots of great outdoors photos this week - he rreally loves being outdside you can just tell from how adventerous he is.ReplyDelete
I am always being picked flowers by Burton - almost everyday infact! xx
Love the action playground shots, but especially him holding out the daisy for you :)ReplyDelete
Cute pictures! Love the daisy shot. I got a grape hyacinth for Mothering Sunday. Singular!ReplyDelete
Love the daisy shot, so cute :) And, love the smile on his face in the library xReplyDelete
Great to see so many park shots. Love that the weather means we can get out and about a bit more with our children.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1 April 2014 at 05:57
Looks like a you had a lovely week. All the photos are great :)ReplyDelete
These are stunning.... love the one with the daisy. XReplyDelete
its great to be getting the lighter nights, and I see you getting out and about even though I see you still needing hats and jackets as well. he seems to be following the lines well.ReplyDelete
I love to see how adventurous he's becoming in his physical exploits. The photo with the daisy is wonderful, as is the one of his back with him perched on the play equipment; think that's my favourite.ReplyDelete
Thanks for linking up to Project 365.
Love that daisy shot and the chillaxing - such amazing eyebrows. Great photos. Sounds like a good week (sorry late commenting!)ReplyDelete


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RealityServer 5.1 is here and it has something a lot of users have been asking about. This release adds the new AI Denoising algorithm for fast and high quality denoising of your images using state of the art machine learning technology. You really need to try it to fully appreciate the performance benefits however we'll show you a few images to give you a feeling for what it is capable of. We are also adding support for the new NVIDIA Volta architecture and as usual a range of other smaller enhancements.
Iray Photoreal mode has always had the issue that in quite a few use cases (e.g., complex architectural interiors) there can be some lingering noise in final renders that takes a significant amount of time to remove. While the overall image quality is very high this last little bit of noise can take from minutes to hours to remove depending on your scene. We finally have a solution for this problem.
The new AI Denoiser is based on an artificial intelligence technique known as machine learning. It has been trained to remove noise but not real detail using an extensive set of Iray scenes, many of which were provided by migenius customers. While training the denoiser is a time consuming process, this is performed by NVIDIA on a large number of GPUs so it comes pre-trained. After which you can run the denoiser at near real-time speeds on your own local GPU.
Unlike many traditional offline denoisers, the AI Denoiser is fast enough to be used interactively, typically less than 100ms to execute. During rendering some additional data needs to be stored, increasing memory requirements however the performance gains are substantial. Below is a constant time comparison.
Above you can see a crop of the bathroom rendering shown earlier in an area that exhibits more persistent noise. The top row is a conventional Iray rendering for various render times while the bottom row shows the same render time with the AI Denoiser activated. These renders were made on a TITAN X (Pascal) GPU. Even at the 30s end, the denoised image gives a much more useful result than even the 300s image without denoising, while at the other end, the 120s denoised image approaches the quality of the 1200s.
In practice the performance of the denoiser is going to depend on your content but for many use cases we are seeing a 5-10x speed up. Of course there are some trade-offs to get this performance, the denoising can introduce some smoothing and if there is insufficient information in the source image other artifacts, in most cases however these are preferable to the noise. Here is an example from one of our customers, Tapglance using their real-world content.
The AI Denoiser can be enabled for all rendering or only after a certain number of iterations have been computed which is useful for ensuring there is enough information for the algorithm to work with before applying it. Our pre-release customers have called this feature a game changer for producing final quality images in a fraction of the time. It's also fully automatic so there are no complex settings to tune, just turn it on and go.
The NVIDIA Volta architecture is finally starting to appear, with cloud providers offering access to the Tesla V100 card. RealityServer 5.1 includes full support for Volta based cards and our early benchmarking is showing an impressive 50-60% improvement in performance over the previous generation Pascal architecture when comparing similar cards (for example comparing the Tesla P100 to the Tesla V100). Look out for more Volta based cards in the future and once we can get our hands on more we plan to do more extensive benchmarking.
Many users have asked us how to go about getting data up to RealityServer. We have usually just relied on this being done either by programmatically creating the scene data or uploading it through a side channel to the file system of the server running RealityServer. In RealityServer 5.0 we added the image_reset_from_base64 command and the import_scene_elements_from_string command was extended to allow importing any data type supported by the standard range of RealityServer importers. However there are still many cases this doesn't cover and many applications require a general ability to upload.
This release adds a new built in upload server which you can optionally enable in your realityserver.conf to get content onto your server easily over HTTP/HTTPS. You can then use standard form based upload methods to get content onto your server. We plan to continue extending the upload server with new features for future releases such as automated unzipping.
In RealityServer 5.0 we added the server-side V8 engine and some basic canvas functionality came with that. This introduced some cool possibilities however it became evident pretty quickly that more functionality was needed. In RealityServer 5.1 we have extended the render_to_canvases command to return an array of canvases which can used directly in V8. This is great for automating rendering of multiple channels at once, perfect for automating Light Path Expression based compositing (spoiler alert, we are working on something in that area for an update).
We also found several use cases where resizing image canvases directly in RealityServer would be useful so we added a resize method to the Canvas object in V8.
This can be really useful if you need a smaller version of an image for some reason, for example producing thumbnails or passing to an image processing algorithm that works better at lower resolutions. The above (admittedly useless) example uses the resize method to prepare the canvas for conversion to ASCII art (this example is included in RealityServer 5.1 for your enjoyment).
All of this is great but we also found that once we had this functionality people wanted to be able to write the resulting canvases out to disk for later use or persistence. We have added a very basic fs module to V8 now so you can read and write binary data to disk and create directories. We plan to extend it in the future with additional functionality.
We have been shipping the Iray Viewer desktop application with RealityServer for some time and many users noted that it included a nice plugin based on the Assimp library which allows it to import (and export) many file formats. Some of you even found that you could copy this plugin out of Iray Viewer into your RealityServer installation and use it there. Enough people were doing this that we thought why not include it as a standard feature.
In the process we reworked things a little to make the plugin fully compatible with RealityServer and also updated the version of Assimp being used to 4.0.1. We enabled all formats supported by Assimp for import and export except for OBJ which we disabled in favour of our existing OBJ importer which is more complete. Your millage with different formats will vary significantly in terms of what gets imported. Some will do reasonable materials and geometry, others may just give you geometry. We still recommend building your system around our .mi file format but there are many use cases where this plugin can be helpful.
If you make use of the Assimp plugin we'd encourage you to support the project with a donation as we have done or by contributing. It is being actively developed and details of how to help support the project are available on their Github page.
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RealityServer 5.1 introduces a fairly major change to the way that MDL based materials are handled in the JSON-RPC API. These changes will unfortunately break some existing applications however they are required to ensure future compatibility with new versions of Iray and MDL and do also make things a lot clearer in terms of how MDL types are handled.
First up, we have added a new set of commands to get and set MDL material/function arguments. These new commands allow for getting and setting of all types of MDL arguments (not just those that had a natural mapping to RealityServer types as was the case before) and easy connection of MDL functions to arguments. The following commands have been added:
Refer to the command documentation for more details. These replace and deprecate the usage of element_get_attribute, element_get_attributes, element_set_attribute and element_set_attributes with MDL arguments. If your application is using these commands you will need to update it to use these new versions.
The mdl_get_definition command has been expanded to support obtaining the definitions of all MDL types: Module, Material_definition, Function_definition as well as custom types defined in modules. Additionally, when getting the definition of Material_instance's or Function_call's the command can return the definition details rather than just the name, potentially saving an additional command call. Additionally, the mdl_name argument of this command has been deprecated and replaced with element_name to match the other MDL commands.
You now also get all of the MDL annotation details when using these commands so you can use it to build more attractive user interfaces or validate soft and hard limits based on the various UI annotations available within many MDL files.
The following MDL commands have been deprecated as their functionality is now covered by the new get/set commands: mdl_attach_function_to_argument, mdl_get_argument_attachment and mdl_is_argument_attached. Also the following commands have been deprecated in regards to their usage with MDL: element_attribute_exists, element_get_attribute, element_get_attribute_type, element_get_attributes, element_set_attribute and element_set_attributes. Support for getting/setting MDL arguments with these commands will be removed in future versions.
When using the element_get_attribute_type command it now returns different results when getting the types of MDL arguments. Previously it returned the RealityServer data type name, now it returns the MDL type name.
The element_get_type command returns different names for MDL elements than in RealityServer 5.0. The new type names are: Complied_material, Function_call, Function_definition, Material_definition, Material_instance and Module. Previously these had Mdl_ prefixes.
We have started encountering quite a few cases where you might want to get the image space coordinates of a point in 3D world space. For example, let's say you want to draw a client side widget at the location of an object and overlay it on the rendered image. We have added the new project_point command for this purpose. It takes the scene name and a 3D point and will return the 2D image space location of that point or an error if the point does not project to the screen.
We are working on some great new features for RealityServer 5.2 but as always would love to hear more from our users on what you would like to see. If you want to know more about RealityServer, please contact us.
Paul Arden has worked in the Computer Graphics industry for over 20 years, co-founding the architectural visualisation practice Luminova out of university before moving to mental images and NVIDIA to manage the Cloud-based rendering solution, RealityServer, now managed by migenius where Paul serves as CEO.


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Speciality drugs are derived from living cells, often infused or injected and often require supervision. The prices for speciality drugs are much higher than branded or generic drugs.
For example in employer sponsored plans, speciality drugs usage is about 2-5%, yet they make up over 30% of the overall cost. In comparison, the generics are typically over 75% of the mix but less than 35% of the overall cost. Unfortunately, this trend is likely to accelerate in near future. The cost of specialty drugs is expected to increase by 63% before 2016 with a steady increase each year expected through 2023.
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August 2013: Following a successful debut in 2012, Gadget Show Live @ Christmas returns to London on 1-3 November at new venue Earls Court. VIP tickets have already sold out and both premium and standard Super Theatre tickets are selling fast. Tickets are available to buy atwww.gadgetshowlive.net.
27,280 visitors attended the Gadget Show Live @ Christmas last year and 2013 is set to be even busier. Hundreds of exhibitors will be showcasing thousands of pieces of the latest tech and gadgetry available to buy this Christmas.
Gadget fans will be able to get their hands on all the exciting and amazing tech and gadgets, from cameras to smartphones, tablets to laptops, home cinemas to fitness gadgets and games consoles to TVs. Visitors will also benefit from exclusive show offers and discounts, helping them to get even more gadget gifts for their money this Christmas.
As well as being home to tech and gadgets, Gadget Show Live @ Christmas will excite and entertain visitors with its array of features and live entertainment. Tech enthusiasts, Christmas shoppers and families will all find plenty to enjoy at the show.
The Toy Zone is bigger and better, building on the huge success of last year, and has introduced the Toy Zone Stage, where visitors will be able to take part in interactive sessions, getting up close and personal with the best and newest toys available to buy this Christmas.
With the imminent release of the XboxOne and the PlayStation 4 this autumn, the ever popular Game Zone is the place to be for the latest gaming hardware, console and PC titles. Everyone from casual to hardcore gamers can play the latest games and also take part in mass gaming competitions at the Game Zone Stage. Game has been confirmed as the official retailer.
The spectacular Super Theatre returns to Gadget Show Live @ Christmas: the perfect addition to an action packed day out. In the 2,700 seat arena the presenters of The Gadget Show will host an hour long tech and gadget extravaganzas. They will be joined by special guests and will entertain visitors with outlandish stunts and a Christmas themed performance. Visitors can expect to participate and be in with a chance to win tech and gadgets.
"Gadget Show Live @ Christmas has so much to offer everyone, whether they are gadget lovers, gamers or Christmas shoppers, visitors can see, do and buy everything gadget-related under one roof this November,'' commented Gadget Show Live @ Christmas event manager Katie Tozer
''With so much on offer, and after the success of the first Gadget Show Live @ Christmas, tickets are selling quickly so we recommend visitors book early to avoid disappointment.''
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The Gadget Show presenters will be putting on a spectacular show in the Super Theatre with performances at 1100, 1330 and 1600.
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With generous support from our donors, Snow Pond is making music and arts education more accessible to every student in central Maine.
Snow Pond Community Arts
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Snow Pond strives to offer music making opportunities to as many students as possible and is proud to partner with neighboring schools and organizations to offer music classes on site at the following partner locations.
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Snow Pond Center for the Arts is privileged to have the support of community partners who make it possible for us to present the artistic and cultural programming that enriches the quality of life in central Maine.
Sponsors receive a limited number of complimentary tickets to a Snow Pond Summer Series Concert and may also elect to host a private reception at Snow Pond Center for the Arts, prior to or after a performance.
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If Padres GM A.J. Preller is the "rock star GM," then Phillies GM Ruben Amaro may be the "pincushion GM," writes Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. Amaro has received plenty of criticism and scorn for signing veterans to prohibitive contracts that exacerbated the club's current woes. It's now widely believed that the Phillies will not renew his contract at the end of the season. However, Amaro does deserve some credit for leveraging his few assets as fully as possible. In addition to the return for Hamels, players acquired by trading Jonathan Papelbon, Chase Utley, Ben Revere, Marlon Byrd, and Jimmy Rollins are now among the club's top 20 prospects. The Phillies are also "battling" for the first overall pick in the 2016 amateur draft.
- For over a year, Cole Hamels has been a popular subject of our posts. Starting pitcher Jerad Eickhoff was the first of the five prospects to make his debut with the Phillies, writes Ryan Lawrence of the Philadelphia Daily News. As you're aware, the Phillies finally traded Hamels along with Jake Diekman at the July deadline for five Rangers prospects and injured veteran Matt Harrison. Among prospect afficionados, the names of Jorge Alfaro, Nick Williams, and Jake Thompson were recognizable. Eickhoff may have flown under the radar, but his debut was encouraging. Over six innings, he shut out the Marlins with five hits, five strikeouts, and one walk. Eickhoff's command and stuff suggest he may successfully support the rotation for years to come. Now Phillies fans will hope the name brand prospects also live up to the hype.
- The Marlins are open to bringing Ichiro Suzuki back next season as he chases the 3,000 hit milestone, reports Craig Davis of the South Florida Sun Sentinel (subscription required). Ichiro, 41, was originally signed as a backup outfielder. With 111 games played, he's appeared more often than any of the incumbent starters. He's now 77 hits from the milestone. He won't get there this season, but it could be within reach early next year. Given the publicity that comes with the achievement, other clubs may have interest in him.


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