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Crea una lista per la riproduzione del tuo show durante la post-produzione. Le lavagne contengono i dettagli più importanti sullo stato dello show per una revisione, come il titolo, l'episodio, il tipo di montaggio, la data, la durata totale e le note sullo stato dell'audio, del colore e dei vfx.
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|Season and episode number of the project (if applicable)
|Type of Cut (e.g. Editors Cut, Directors Cut, Locked Cut, ...)
|Date of export
|Total runtime of export
|Status notes
|- Titles (none/temp/final/...)
- Color (none/temp/final/...)
- Music (none/temp/final/...)
- VFX (none/temp/final/...)
- Audio mix (none/temp/final/...)
- Subtiteles (none/temp/final/...)
|Relevant notes on the file version to be delivered
To make post-production easier and to clearly communicate export details of an export, you can add a post-production slate and countdown. They are used only during the post-production process and are removed later for final exports. The slate and countdown does not change the program timecode of your show, instead it is placed in front of it. A good length for the slate and countdown is about 10 seconds. A typical sequence during post-production could look like this:
The countdown and slate will be added to the beginning of the program, but to prevent messing up the program timecode it requires changing the start timecode of your edit sequence.
Learn more about the SMPTE Frame Leader on smpte.org.
To make it easy for everyone, your program should start at a full hour. If you want to use a 10 second countdown with an info slate your project could look like this:
Some TV stations prefer a timecode of 10:00:00:00, so you can use 09:59:50:00 as the start of the sequence.
If you are working on a series, it makes sense to have unique timecodes throughout the season. For example, if all your episodes are certain to be less than an hour (including credits), you can simply start with a full hour for each episode. This makes it easier to avoid mistakes in the VFX and music workflows and during reviews. It also allows sound designers to have all episodes in one session if they work with a similar scheme. The first episode set at 01:00:00:00, the second at 02:00:00:00 (sequence start at 01:59:50:00), and so on.
If you are working with episodes that are longer than one hour, it makes sense to use two hours for episodes to avoid overlap. For example, the second episode starts at 03:00:00:00 and the third at 05:00:00:00.
Netflix, for example, also has its own rules for starting a program. Because of the automatically added intro and the required 1 second of black, the main program does not start until 01:00:01:00.
An example of a bad program start would be 00:00:00:00 in case you want to add a post-production countdown before. You could argue that the sequence start timecode could be set to 23:59:50:00 (which might work for some NLEs like Premiere Pro), but it could raise hell as your workflow progresses in tools like Avid ProTool or Avid Media Composer and potentially crash your project. This is one of the reasons why Avid Media Composer and Avid ProTools sequences start at 01:00:00:00 by default.
Premiere Pro makes it very easy to change the start of the sequence and also to change the system's default start timecode of 00:00:00:00.
Click the three-line burger menu on the sequence and select "Start Time...". Set the new start timecode and click "Set as default for future sequences" to make it the default setting.
Right click on the sequence and open "Sequence Report...". Change the "Starting TC" value and click on "Apply Changes" to save the settings.


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text: While many functions have migrated to the cloud, data storage remains very firmly on premises due to the cost of cloud storage, regulations or simply the desire to retain control over a firm\u2019s data. That\u2019s reflected in two new announcements.\nDell EMC launched PowerStore, a storage-array line that unifies its overlapping midrange products that Dell owned, along with products from EMC. PowerStore hardware and software has been redesigned from the ground up and comes with new consumption business models, a reflection of the growing popularity of pay-per-use hardware.\n\nMuch as HPE unified its multiple storage acquisitions under the Primera brand, PowerStore unifies multiple storage-hardware products over the years, including Dell\u2019s EqualLogic and EMC\u2019s Compellent and XtremIO, not to mention Dell\u2019s own acquisition of EMC. And PowerStore comes with migration tools to help move the contents of old Dell EMC hardware to PowerStore.\nIn consolidating the best of breed, Dell claims PowerStore is up to seven times faster and three times more responsive than previous Dell EMC midrange storage arrays and is designed for six-nines (99.9999%) of availability. It can house up to 96 SSDs in a 2U chassis and uses both NVMe flash storage and Intel Optane SSDs. Dell promises a 4:1 compression and deduplication ratio.\n\u201cCustomers tell us a main obstacle keeping them from achieving their digital transformation initiatives is the constant tug-of-war between supporting the ever-increasing number of workloads \u2013 from traditional IT applications to data analytics \u2013 and the reality of cost constraints, limitations and complexity of their existing IT infrastructure,\u201d says Dan Inbar, president and general manager, storage, Dell Technologies in a statement. \u201cDell EMC PowerStore blends automation, next generation technology, and a novel software architecture to deliver infrastructure that helps organizations address these needs.\u201d\nPowerStore uses machine learning and intelligent automation for faster delivery of applications and services, claiming up to 99% less staff time by automating many features, like load and volume balancing or migrations.\nPowerStore is available through Dell\u2019s Flex On Demand consumption model.\nPure Storage Upgrades its Software\nAlso reflecting the importance of software in storage systems, Pure Storage Inc. has introduced a new version of Purity, the software that powers its FlashBlade systems designed specifically for holding unstructured data.\nFlashBlade has always been an all-flash storage system focused on storing unstructured information formatted as objects or files and aimed at performance-intensive use cases such as business intelligence, machine learning, and analytics.\nPurity is the operating system for the file and object FlashBlade arrays. The updates to Purity 3.0 are focused on data management and protection as well as data replication and recovery of file systems.\nThe file replication aspect of Purity 3.0 allows scalable snapshot-based protection between two FlashBlade arrays, to protect against failure or ransomeware. Object replication allows data objects to be replicated between two FlashBlades or a FlashBlade and Amazon Web Services S3 storage.\nPurity 3.0 also introduces file-system rollback, which takes file-system snapshots, so if files are accidentally deleted or lost, administrators can select the version they want to roll back to.\nMore analytics products are supporting cloud-based architectures, and Pure claims internal tests show that FlashBlade delivers 80x faster query performance than traditional object storage platforms that disaggregate storage and compute.\nPurity 3.0 is available now to FlashBlade customers.


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Simple (and free!) ways to get more likes for your Facebook business page
Even if you have been living under a rock for the past decade, you would still probably be aware of Facebook. Over the years Facebook has changed and grown into the powerful social player it is today.
Many people use Facebook for personal reasons as well as another way for their business to communicate with consumers. Businesses now understand the true potential that Facebook holds and they are constantly looking for ways to improve the total number of likes for their page.
If you are in control of managing a business Facebook page you are probably already aware of the challenges of attracting new likes to your page. However, despite this challenge, it is definitely worth your while. Facebook likes have the ability to create higher levels of page engagement and could also result in more people visiting your website and purchasing your products and/or service.
There is an easy way to get more likes for your Facebook business page; by using Facebook's paid ad platform or even using external companies and purchasing likes (however, this is not recommended as these likes are usually fake likes and will not result in higher levels of engagement etc.).
However, if you do not have the funds required to run an ad campaign or pay for likes, do not fear!
Listed below are some excellent ways that will help you get more likes for your Facebook business page that won't cost you a cent!
Ask contacts to like you on Facebook
Ask and you shall receive! Ask as many people as you can to visit your Facebook page and like it. From clients to other businesses to friend and family, every like counts!
On your website you should include information about how your website is on Facebook and users should go and like you. You should communicate as much as you can to your customers letting them know you are on Facebook. If they don't know about your Facebook page, how are they going to like it?
Post the right amount
This is easier said than done, because who knows the right amount?
You should aim to post often enough that your website is visible on your follower's timeline therefore meaning less likelihood of being ignored or overlooked. But not too often that you bombard your followers with constant posts.
It can be difficult to find the right balance between being noticeable and clogging up your follower's newsfeed. Analysis conducted by KissMetrics explains that a good guideline to stick by is 1 (or sometimes 2) posts every day. This is because engagement increases by up to 40% when posting 1 (or even 2) times a day. This will ensure that you are posting enough to make it easier for people to find (and like you) when searching.
Source: KissMetrics
Offer an incentive
Incentives are a good way to get more people to notice your business and like it. Many businesses are using this tactic to strengthen the amount of followers for their Facebook page. Incentives could include a coupon, a special offer or something else of value. This incentive would only be offered to those who like the page, which would encourage more people to click the like button!
Additionally, you could also encourage followers to share the post and your page with an incentive. This way your page will be shared with all of that individuals Facebook friends and that will hopefully result in extra likes for your business page.
No matter the type of business you run, you have the ability to offer an incentive.
For example, if you run an online clothing store, you could offer the individuals who like your page a 10% discount. Alternatively, if users like and share your Facebook page they will go into running to win a summer wardrobe. The incentive can be anything you can think of, however, it is a good idea that the prize actually relates to your business. So, for example, if you run a florist, don't offer a new iPad as the incentive prize!
Post length
Facebook allows for the one of the largest amount of character limits for posts out of the social media networks. But that doesn't mean you should use it! These days there has been as distinct shift towards more pictures and less words. I mean look at Instagram, the photograph is first and then the caption or post is after. This is because people are becoming more and more impatient and lazy. They don't want to read an essay of a post, they want to be entertained.
You must remember that Facebook is not a blog, so it shouldn't be treated that way. Short and to the point posts are much more likely to grab the users' attention (especially if there is a good picture to accompany it). Short posts that are quick and easy to read have a greater chance of grabbing people's attention and can hopefully result in more likes for your page.
A good guide to go off for the length of your post is the Twitter character limit, 160 characters. Anywhere between 100 and 230 character is long enough to make your point, but also short enough to ensure the post grabs the users' attention. So, for Facebook it is recommended to write 1-3 sentences.
Quality pictures
As said in the fourth point, photographs are become much more important. These days, users tend to look at the photo first and then, if they are intrigued by the photo, they will read the post. If you are looking to capture people's attention and get more Facebook business page likes, then your photograph must be of high quality.
It is also a good idea to introduce variety into your photographs, so your followers aren't seeing similar pictures over and over again. Find a high quality photograph for your business Facebook page can be difficult especially due to copyright reasons.
Free & Quality Images
If you are looking to find free images that have no copyright attached then here ➡ is a list of free stock images Have a look and start downloading free and high quality images! Alternatively, if you are willing to pay a little money, then Bigstock has good quality photos that you are able to use for Facebook posts purposes.
Promotional content
No one likes to be constantly bombarded with direct advertisements as Facebook posts. This will usually result in a drop in likes for your Facebook page. I'm not saying you shouldn't post promotional content on your page, but there should be a happy balance.
A good guide to go with is 80% non-promotional posts and 20% promotional posts. This adds some variety to the type of posts on your Facebook page and it is more likely to keep users interested to see what you are going to post next. The worst thing you can do is become predictable!
Know the best time to post
It can be difficult to know when the best time to post is. This is because different followings usually have different times they are online and there is no one clear cut answer. However, it would not take you very long to figure out the best times; all you need is a little trial and error to get you started!
You should always pay attention to when the most amount of people are online (this therefore being the best time to post). However, it is important to note here that post reach and post engagement are two different things. So, you should understand what your goal is and this could therefore determine the actual time you will be posting.
As a guide, most people tend to check their Facebook in the morning (i.e. when they wake up, or on their way to work) and in the evening (i.e. after school or work and before they go to bed). Therefore, you should always try to schedule posts at around these times to achieve the greatest reach. The more people you reach the greater chance that someone will engage with what you are posting about.
Times you should always try to avoid (generally speaking) are very late at night or early in the morning (i.e. when people are still asleep) or weekend afternoons or nights (i.e. when people are usually busy or out with friends/ family).
Interactive and interesting content
This is certainly one of the most important ways that you can gain new followers (while also keeping your existing ones). If your post content is deemed valuable and interesting, therefore meaning people want to see more, then they are sure to like your business page. However, creating this like worthy content is easier said than done!
Asking questions can be a good way to get more people to engage with your post or even post about something that is happening in the world today that people can relate to. Check our Facebook Page and of follow us as well :-)
You should think about what you would like to see on your news feed and what you think will get shared. Facebook is the place of viral trends and sharing, so it is important that your content is so interesting that your followers have no choice but to share it!
Many businesses have mastered the use of humour, however these days; humour can be a slippery slope. Something that you may find funny, someone else could find tacky and offensive. Nonetheless, people do like to be entertained through humour and something to lighten their day from all the seriousness.
I have personally found that humour posts that include a meme of some sort, tend to get shared a lot more often than normal posts. To create your own amazingly fantastic memes you will need a meme generator! Meme Generator is a great website that has all the photographs of memes and you can easily and quickly create your perfect meme.
If you are having trouble coming up with your own original funny posts, you can also just look up funny things celebrities have said. You can quote them in your post and even ask what everyone thinks about it (therefore inviting people to comment and engage!).
Facebook Insights
Do know about Facebook Insights? And if you do, how many times do you actually check it? Facebook Insights is where you can find all the information and statistics about how your Facebook business page is tracking. From things like page views to total engagement, everything you could need to make a decision about future posts can be found on here.
Above is what Facebook Insights looks like for the five most recent posts (you do have the option to few all of your past posts as well). By analysing this data you can have a better understanding on the type of posts your followers are more interested in. By giving your followers what they want, you are opening yourself up to the higher chance of shares etc. which has the possibility of bringing in more Facebook likes to your page.
Hashtags do not work as well on Facebook as they can on Instagram or Twitter; however they are still a good way for new users to find you. Hashtags act as keywords that people type into the Facebook search bar. By using the right amount of hashtags, users have a higher chance of finding you. However, it is important to note that you shouldn't go overboard with the hashtags on Facebook, leaving the excessive amounts of hashtags for Instagram and Twitter!
In Summary
Facebook can be a difficult place to conquer for businesses, especially if you don't have the necessary resources to maintain a good campaign. Increasing your Facebook business page likes is always going to be one of your top goals because you can understand the true importance (and power) of Facebook for your business.
There are a lot of different ways you can go about bringing more likes to your page. However, if you want genuine likes by people who could actually be your potential customer (and all while not costing you a cent!) then you should follow the eleven above points. Gaining Facebook likes when first starting is tricky business, but it does slowly become easier as you obtain a better understanding of your followers and what you have to do to get more people to like you! If you don't have time or you would like to consider outsourcing your social media management, you might choose one of our social media packages available on our website.
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text: For whatever reason, some memories just stick with us for the rest of our lives. I'll never forget this one – glued to my television set as a teenage gymnast, watching in absolute awe as the Olympics that had come to America were about to begin. I didn't want to miss a moment.


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Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] rolled out an updated version of the proposed Formula One cockpit protection system known as the Halo for testing purposes during this past weekend's 2016 British Grand Prix.
The system was tested by Sebastian Vettel during one of the practice sessions. Compared to the original Halo tested by Ferrari in March, the updated design features a more streamlined shape and is also said to be lighter.
The Halo, which consists of a stiff, tubular structure housed over the driver's head, is one of the various systems up for consideration by F1 organizers to help improve the safety of the sport. Because of the proximity of the central strut to the driver's head, the safety device has little effect on visibility.
Red Bull Racing has its own solution called the Aeroscreen, which the team recently demonstrated deflecting various high-speed projectiles. Another, less popular solution being looked at is a jet fighter-style canopy that would completely enclose the driver's head.
Organizers hope to introduce one of the solutions soon, possibly as early as next season.


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Architects: Vitor Seabra Mofase Architects
- Area: 6600 m²
- Year: 2009
Photographs:José Campos
- Collaborators: Ana Vaz, Nuno Strecht, Patricia Sá
- Structural Engineer: Luis Seabra, Victor Rebelo
- Owner: Município De Arganil
- Program: Auditorium, Swimming Pool, Health Club |Shopping Mall, Supermarket
- Architect In Charge: Vítor Seabra
- City: Arganil
- Country: Portugal
The Concept
The proposal submission, seeking a line of intervention which respected the existing matrix, either as regarding the building (as an architectural references relevant for its design and quality construction), and of its history or the marks which were being imposed. Thus, the intervention was based on the creation of an inner structure, independent of the existing building as it materializes in the body of the pools and the auditorium. This option helped maintaining a consistency of language in the overall intervention, either in the recovery or the remodeling of the old plants. On the other hand, the existing building stripped of all building components accessories, allowed to see is space in a more real way, enhancing its spatial structure. The choice of language and the material was also reduced to the fundamental elements - language in the search for a rhythm, suggested by the existing building, which translates into the creation of a facade modulation, reducing the materials: the structural elements and glass
The Program
It proposed an organizational structure that divides the program into three groups, corresponding to three volumes of construction, articulated from a common point which will be the "hinge" that articulates the entire building. In existing construction, which maintains the structure of the furnaces, pillars and ceilings emphasized by triple created, located throughout the shopping area with restaurants and similar support.
In the central body, where it makes the entry and interaction, we find the auditorium and the supermarket. This space, which is intended to act as the reception area is endowed with some characteristics that emphasize their character, as are the high ceilings with overlapping volumes released, the visual framing of the chimney in the building structure and easy visual domain of the key points of the building. The aim is also here that the inner tracks are dynamic in order to provide an always walking through the building, realizing his multifaceted character not only as regards the diversity of the proposed program, but also appealing and commercial interest in this option awakes.
The third body for the swimming pools and health club, presents itself in continuity with the rest, respecting the functional characteristics that are intrinsic, such as changing rooms that are separated by groups of activities - swimming pool and gymnasium and by sex in each activity; routes for users and autonomous public circuits suitable for bare feet and shoes.


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"Why Not Me?"
It almost never fails. Every time I raise the question of "Why me?" I hear the kind, mild and well-intentioned rebuke that perhaps I should ask the question "Why not me?"
I understand the point–I think. Of course, why should it not be my child that dies? Why should it not be my wife that dies? Did my son and my wife deserve to live while others do not? Of course not! My son no more deserved to live than any other child (including thousands in China) nor does my wife deserve to live any more than anyone else's spouse (including thousands in Myanmar). In that sense "why not me?" is a good question as it reminds me that my family has no privileged standing in this chaotic world. It forces a certain humility upon me which I often need.
But "why did my son die" (etc.) is a totally different question and the two are not mutually exclusive. This question asks why did my son die while others lived. It asks why was my son the 1 in 100,000 births with his genetic condition. It asks why is my wife a statistic where she is the 1 in 10,000 who dies ten days after her back surgery.
"Why not me?" does not undermine the intensity or legitimacy of the question "Why me?" or "Why my son?" or "Why my wife?" That question is not about what anyone deserves or does not deserve; it is not about the assumption of privileged position. Quite the contrary–given the reality of the situation, the question seeks the meaning of the event. "Why this?" "Why now?" "Why me?" are questions about meaning, purpose and significance.
Sometimes I feel some want to deligitimize the question "Why?" I have even heard people gently (sometimes not so gently) hushed in the midst of their grief or, worse, judged for asking the question as if the question is an arrogant and distrustful one. Rather, they are told to ask "why not me?"–so I have heard people told and I myself have been advised. Supposedly, it is a more noble and faithful response to suffering.
In my experience this suffocates the sufferer. It covers the sufferer with guilt for feeling the question and wanting to throw it in God's face or simply express it to other believers. Instead of asking "why not me" within the story of Scripture, faithful lamenters in Scripture asked "why this?". They wanted to know the purpose and meaning of their suffering. The question was certainly a venting, but I think it was more. It touched the deepest desire of a sufferer, that is, to understand and "make sense" of what is happening. It is a question that belongs to faithful lament. Listen to some of their questions.
Psalm 10:1, Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Psalm 42:9, I say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk about mournfully because the enemy oppresses me?"
Psalm 44:23-24, Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever! Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
Psalm 74:1, O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
Psalm 88:14, O LORD, why do you cast me off? Why do you hide your face from me?
Job 3:20, Why is light given to one in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
Job 7:20, If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target? Why have I become a burden to you?
Job 10:18, Why did you bring me forth from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me,
Job 13:24, Why do you hide your face, and count me as your enemy?
Ex. 5:22,Then Moses turned again to the LORD and said, "O LORD, why have you mistreated this people? Why did you ever send me?
Judges 21:3,They said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, why has it come to pass that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?"
Isaiah 63:17, Why, O LORD, do you make us stray from your ways and harden our heart, so that we do not fear you? Turn back for the sake of your servants, for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.
Jeremiah 5:19, And when your people say, "Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?" you shall say to them, "As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours."
Jeremiah 14:19, Have you completely rejected Judah? Does your heart loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We look for peace, but find no good; for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.
Lamentations 5:20, Why have you forgotten us completely? Why have you forsaken us these many days?
The question "why" presumes that God has his reasons and purposes. I believe that; otherwise, I would be forced to believe that the deaths in my life are purely arbitrary (and thus subject to meaninglessness) or they are the chaotic results of a disinterested, perhaps apathetic, God who does not get his hands dirty in his own creation.
I prayed for the health of my wife; we prayed for a successful surgery and recovery; we prayed that she might be able to bear children to full term (we had already lost one in a miscarriage). Barbara and I prayed for a healthy child; we prayed that he would grow into a leader among God's people.
Now here's my problem. When I petitioned God for those healthy and seemingly "within the will of God" kind of outcomes, what did God do or say to me? Did he say, "Well, John Mark, I would like to do that for you but I just don't do that kind of stuff. We will have to see how it all turns out. We'll hope for the best." Or, did he say, "Well, John Mark, I will do what I can and work for that goal because I also think it would be great, but there are some things just outside of my control." Or, did he say, "No."
No? How could God say "No"? Is this an arbitrary roll of the dice or was my number was just up? Is it the apathy of a God who really does not get his hands dirty in the details of life? Or, is this a purposeful, meaningful and mysterious answer?
I prefer the purposeful, meaningful and mysterious answer. The "No" is not arbitrary but a reflection of divine wisdom and purpose. "John Mark," God might be saying, "this is gonna hurt, but I have a purpose in this. I know it won't make sense to you, and I know it will be painful, and you might even deny there could ever be any purpose worth the price, but I have a special interest in this matter. I am doing something beyond your imagination–something you would not believe if I told you. John Mark, my beloved, trust me on this one."
Why do I prefer that answer? Well, it gives meaning to my suffering even though I don't know what that meaning is. But, more importantly, I think it is consistent with the story we have been given. As God deals with individuals and communities in his story, he deals with them out his purposes and invests meaning in their lives. He actively engages their stories and integrates them into his story.
Why did these tragic events happen to me? I don't know, but I keep asking, exploring and searching. In this I am following faithful lamenters and exemplars in Scripture. In this I follow Jesus himself who cried "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Given his cry, I think I can ask the same question with full legitimacy!
Why shouldn't it happen to me? There is no reason it should not–I have no privileged position in the universe; nothing in my life–including my own life–can make any claim on God. Why did it happen to me? I don't know but I trust God has his reasons. And I trust God–though I am often frustrated with him. I wish I knew the reasons, but I doubt if it would lessen the pain. There is just too much that I don't understand and if God explained it to me I would probably end up as confused as a three-year old to whom a Lipscomb Physics professor is trying to explain quantum mechanics.
In the end, I don't really need to know the reasons why; I don't really need to understand the divine goals in each specific situation. I want to know them but I don't need to know them for the purposes God has in mind for his creation, that is, communion with him and with others. In the end, it is not about rationalizations or deductions or inductions or syllogisms. In the end, it is about faith, about trust. It is about communion, about relationship.


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A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Tuesday for the new Door County Distillery, located next to the Door Peninsula Winery in Carlsville. The distillery, operated by the Pohlman family will soon join the family's beer & wine producing operation. Rob Pohlman spoke about when the distillery will open & the products that will be offered…[audio:http://wdor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Products.mp3|titles=Products]
Bill Chaudoir, executive director of the Door County Economic Development Corporation said the new facility will be an important asset to Door County…[audio:http://wdor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Chaudoir.mp3|titles=Chaudoir]
The ribbon cutting ceremony also included tours of the distillery & an open house. The Door county Distillery is located on highway 42 in Carlsville.


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The envelope is a form of automation (automatic movement) built into synthesizers to control the value of a parameter (usually volume or filter cutoff frequency) over time. Envelopes are critical for giving synthesizers a more natural and interesting sound, as they can be used to simulate the volume envelopes of a real instrument. However, envelopes are also great for creating special effects. The most common type of envelope is called ADSR (Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release), referring to the different functions of each part of the envelope. You will see in FL Studio some envelopes are enhanced with additional elements, to suit some particular requirements for the specific instrument, however the principle remains the same.
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"Kelps" are a class of brown algae that can grow to large sizes. They are attached to the ocean bottom, and many have flotation devices to buoy themselves to the water's surface. A number of species can be found in the intertidal, but far more impressive are the large forests of kelps that grow in water about 25 to 70 feet off shore. Much like terrestrial forests, these strands are made up of various species. In Point Loma they are dominated by giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Giant kelp is aptly named; it can grow up to 150 feet long as it forms a dense canopy after reaching the surface.
Kelp forests, such as the one off the coast of Cabrillo, are particularly appreciated for their high productivity and diversity. These thriving communities harbor an amazing variety of organisms because of the high productivity of these algae (kelps), the number of microhabitats (specialized living spaces characterized by their physical or biological structure) they provide, and the frequent disturbances that prevent domination by only a few species. Holdfasts, the convoluted structures that anchor kelps to the bottom, shelter more than 150 species of invertebrates seeking hiding places, food and living space. Other organisms live on the blades (analogous to leaves) and stipes (analogous to stems) of the kelp in different depths of the water column; some are associated with the surface canopy. Other animals shelter and hunt near the kelp. The net result is that more than 800 species have been identified in and around kelp forest communities of southern California.
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Saadat Hussain Manto's has been Pakistan's celebrated story writer of Kashmir origin. But not many people know that the great story-teller has written a lot of political prose and essay's as well. Here is one of the letters that he had written to Pandit Nehru.
Assalamu alaikum!
This is the first letter, I am sending you. By the grace of God you are considered very handsome by the Americans. Well, my features are not exactly bad either. If I go to America, perhaps I will be accorded the same status. But you're the Prime Minister of India, and I am the famed story writer of Pakistan. Quite a deep gulf separating us!
However, what is common between us is that we are both Kashmiris. You're a Nehru, I am a Manto. To be a Kashmiri is to be handsome, and to be handsome … I don't know.
I have a long-cherished desire to meet you. (We might yet meet during our lifetime.) The older people from my side often meet those from yours. But so far I have not had any opportunity to meet you. What a great pity that I have not even seen you! Of course, I've once heard you on the radio.
As I said, I have long harbored this desire to meet you. Being Kashmiris, we are bound together. But now I wonder where the need is. One Kashmiri does run into another in bylanes or at crossroads.
You settled on the bank of a nahr [stream] and came to be known as Nehru. I ponder how I became a Manto. You may have visited Kashmir a million times. I could just go up to Banihal. My Kashmiri friends who know the Kashmiri language tell me that Manto means "manut," i.e., a measuring stone weighing one and a half ser! I am sure you know Kashmiri. If you take the trouble to write a reply to this letter, do write to me about the origin of the word "Manto."
If I am just one and a half ser, then there is no comparison between us.
You're the whole stream while I am just one and a half ser! How can I take you on? But we both are the kind of guns that—as the well-known proverb about the Kashmiris goes—"take a shot in the dark." Please do not take it amiss. When I heard this so-called proverb, I felt terrible. But I mention it light-heartedly because it sounds interesting. Otherwise we both know that we Kashmiris have never accepted defeat in any field.
In politics I can mention your name with pride because you know well the art of contradicting yourself. To this very day, who could beat us Kashmiris in wrestling? Who can outshine us in poetry? But I was surprised to learn that you want to stop rivers from flowing through our land. Pundit-ji, you are only a Nehru. I regret that I am just a measuring stone of one and a half ser. If I were a rock weighing thirty or forty thousand maunds, I would have thrown myself into the river so that you would have to spend some time consulting with your engineers about how to pull it out.
Pundit-ji, there's no doubt that you are a great personality. You are the Prime Minister of India. You are the ruler of the country that was formerly mine. You are everything. But pardon me if I say that you have never cared for this humble person.
I would like to tell you an interesting anecdote. Whenever my late father—who was, obviously, a Kashmiri—ran into a hato, he would bring him home, seat him in the vestibule and treat him to some Kashmiri salty tea and kulchas. Then he would tell the hato proudly, "I'm also a kosher."
Pundit-ji, you are a kosher too. By God, if you want my life, it is yours for the asking. I know and believe that you have clung to Kashmir because, being a Kashmiri, you feel a sort of magnetic love for that land. Every Kashmiri, even if he has not seen Kashmir, should feel this way.
As I have already mentioned, I have been to Banihal only. I have seen places like Kud, Bataut and Kashtwar. I have seen their poverty alongside their beauty. If you have removed this poverty, then keep Kashmir to yourself. But I am sure you cannot do it, despite being a Kashmiri, because you have no time.
Between us Pundit brothers, do this: call me back to India. First I will help myself to shaljam shabdeg at your place and then take over the responsibility for Kashmiri affairs. The Bakhshis and the rest of them deserve to be sacked right away. Cheats of the first order. For no reason you have given them such high status. Is that because this suits you? But why at all … ? I know you are a politician, which I am not. But that does not mean I don't understand anything.
The country was partitioned. Radcliffe put Patel to do the dirty work. You have illegally occupied Junagarh, which a Kashmiri could do only under the influence of a Maratha. I mean Patel. (God forgive him!)
You are a litterateur in English. Over here, I write short stories in Urdu, a language which is being wiped out in your country. Pundit-ji, I often read your statements which indicate that you hold Urdu dear. I heard one of your speeches on the radio at the time the country was divided. Everyone admired your English. But when you broke into so called Urdu, it seemed as though some rabid Hindu Mahasabha member had translated your English speech, which was obviously not to your liking. You were stumbling on every sentence. I cannot imagine how you agreed to read it aloud.
It was the time when Radcliffe had turned India into two slices of a single loaf of bread. It is regrettable that they have not been toasted yet. You're toasting it from that side, and we, from this side. But the flames in our braziers are coming from outside.
Pundit-ji, this is the season for babbogoshas. I have eaten lots of goshas, but I long to eat babbogoshas. What injustice that you have given Bakshi all the rights over them and he does not send me even a few as a gift!
Well, let the gift go to hell, babbogoshas too…. No, on second thought, let them be. Actually, I wanted to ask you: Why don't you read my books? If you have read them, I am sorry to say that you have never appreciated them.
However, it is more regrettable if you have not read them at all, because you are a writer yourself.
I have one more grievance against you. You are stopping water from flowing in our rivers, and taking a cue from you, the publishers in your capital are hurriedly publishing my books without my permission. Is this proper? I thought that no such unseemly act could be perpetrated under your regime. You can find out right away how many publishers in Delhi, Lucknow, and Jallundhar have pirated my books.
Several suits have already been filed against me on charges of obscenity.
But look at the injustice that in Delhi, right under your nose, a publisher brings out the collection of my stories and calls it The Obscene Stories of Manto. I wrote the book Ganje Farishte. An Indian publisher has published it as Behind the Curtains.… Now tell me, what should I do?
I have written a new book. This letter addressed to you is the preface to it. If this book, too, is pirated, then by God I will reach Delhi some day, catch you by the throat and will not let go.… I will cling to you in such a manner that you will remember it your whole life. Every morning you will have to treat me to salty tea along with a kulcha. Shaljam shabdeg, in any case, will have to be there every week.
As soon as the book is out, I will send you a copy. I hope you will acknowledge receipt and let me know your opinion of it.
You may smell the scent of burnt meat in this letter of mine. You know there was a poet in our Kashmir, Ghani by name, who was well known as "Ghani Kashmiri." A poet from Iran came to visit him. The doors of his house were open. He used to say, "What's there in my house that I should keep the doors locked? Well, I keep the doors closed when I am inside the house because I am its only asset." The poet from Iran left his poetry notebook in the vacant house. One couplet in that notebook was incomplete. He had composed the second line but could not do the first one. The second line ran thus: "The smell of kebab is wafting from your clothes." When the Iranian poet returned and looked in his notebook, he found the first line written there: "Has the hand of a blighted soul touched your fore-cloth?"
Pundit-ji, I am also a blighted soul. I've taken issue with you because
I am dedicating this book to you.
Saadat Manto
27 August 1954
(Translated from the Hindi version of the original Urdu by M Asaduddin)


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1/6 scale models
Pinball and arcade cabinet
Promotional models to the 1/6 presented
on our stand at exhibitions.
At the time of exhibitions, we realized that several people did not know yet the existence of our site ! It was necessary to cure that and we decided to improve the visibility of our stand on the exhibitions. For that, we produced two models on scale 1/6 which will not fail to attract the glances.
The plate is illuminated by of Leds, supplied with a simple battery of 4.5 volts. The backglass is also lit by seven frosted Leds. The blue DOT matrix display, is actually a name's badge on which messages are programmed via an USB port.
This cabinet has a genuine touch screen color, on which are displayed promotional messages or realistic screens of games of the Eighties (Pacman, Qbert, Phoenix, Galaga, Dig Dug, etc…).
Built around an Arduino Méga 2560, it has many functions of which a real clock timer and a thermometer. We pushed realism until equipping it with a TILT and an audio board (with the orignals sounds, of course).
Do you want to play with us ?
To supplement the scene, we added a touch of poetry…
Acidulated version
This model has a display of assorted color, the LEDs animation is driven by an Arduino Nano.
Figurines used
These mannequins are collection dolls of the Phicen brand, they measure approximately 30 cm on scale 1/6. Made out of flexible materials, they have a true stainless steel skeleton provided with 26 articulations. The great interest of these mannequins is that no joint is visible, except on the level of the hands and the head which are removable.
We used the latest models from Phicen (released at end 2014).
The internal skeleton look similar to a T-800 !
To emphasize our models, we also use carpets on scale 1/6 of brand Rolodapi. They are genuine carpets woven in wire, very realistic.
This achievement is not publicly available, in any form whatsoever (free or paid).
Figurines also than mini-pinballs and mini-arcades are not for sale.


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Austria's conservative People's Party celebrates election win as the country lurches to the right
It was smiles all round at the headquarters of Austria's conservative People's Party (ÖVP). Most had been quietly confident of securing a win even if they have fallen short of an over all majority.
Reporting for Euronews Bozsik Daniel said there was huge applause for the ÖVP's results: "The eventual make up of the new Austrian government is as yet unknown, but one thing is for sure: the winner of the election with its young leader is undoubtedly the People's Party."
"I am very happy with the result, … we've got what we wanted in that we have won the most votes. And yes I think it's time for a change, I think the voters want it," said one ÖVP supporter.
Coalition talks will begin once the battle for second place is confirmed between the Social Democrats (SPO) and the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), although before the vote the SPO had ruled themselves out of such talks.
"We the Social Democrats are the rock against this shift to the right. We will strongly oppose any move in that direction," said a SPO supporter.
Riding a wave of anti-immigration sentiment most far right FPO supporters are already celebrating the possibility of their party entering government for the first time in over a decade.
"For me it is a good result tinged with disappointment," said an FPO supporter. "I had expected us to get around 30 percent of votes or at least finish in a clear second place, but it is what it is."
The populist wave that is a backlash to mass uncontrolled immigration continues to sweep Europe. Still hope? https://t.co/op37V4xZaA
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) October 15, 2017
Here's hoping he forms a coalition with the Freedom Party. Having seen the demographic changes Austria has now to put it's own people first https://t.co/V4kQwa0dGI
— victorshannock (@victorshannock) October 15, 2017


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Alright well I think it's working as well as it ever will. I don't necessarily need to go into all the details on the theory of this project, as Ben Heck covers it pretty well in his video. But I am happy to share what I learned:
1) the .030" default drill size used for the default pin headers footprints in KiCAD is just a bit to small (at least on boards made by OSHPark). All my other components were fine but my pin headers could have been .035, maybe bigger even.
2) You need to double check the keep out zones on your footprints per IC. One of my IC's was only as long as the pins, but another stuck out about 15 or 20 mills. It's a miracle that my pots still fit.
3) I think I know why my setup is having weird issues with flashing and off colors. On the WS2812 datasheet, it specified timing tolerances for high time and low time for both the 0 and 1 pulse. So it listed four times, each with a tolerance of ±150 nanoseconds. I took this to mean that it could run at a frequency of between 625 kHz and 1.17 MHz, but the datasheet also specifies on 800 kHz data transmission frequency. Oddly enough, it specifies the nominal 0 code as taking 1150 ns but the nominal 1 code taking 1300 ns. But I think that because I am not transmitting very close to 800kHz, the end of my transmission is being skewed slightly. I will probably try and design a V2 of the board, with its own onboard clock, and see if that fixes these issues.


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No matter how kids spent their summer, the first few weeks of school are always about brushing up on essential skills from the year before. With this in mind, we've supplied downloadable worksheets for Kindergarten through 7th grade, specifically geared towards reminding kids of where they left off in June. As always, we encourage teachers to reproduce Brain Quest worksheets for classroom use!*
Downloadable Brain Quest Worksheets
- First weeks of Kindergarten
- First weeks of 1st grade
- First weeks of 2nd grade
- First weeks of 3rd grade
- First weeks of 4th grade
- First weeks of 5th grade
- First weeks of 6th grade
*By purchasing a workbook, the buyer is permitted to reproduce pages for classroom use only, but not available for commercial use. Please contact the publisher for permission to reproduce pages for an entire school or school district.


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I'm writing a talk for PyData NYC right now, and it's the first talk I've ever written about what I do at work.
I've seen a lot of "training a model with scikit-learn for beginners" talks. They are not the talk I'm going to give. If you've never done any machine learning it's fun to realize that there are tools that you can use to start training models really easily. I made a tiny example of generating some fake data and training a simple model that you can look at.
But honestly how to use scikit-learn is not something I struggle with, and I wanted to talk about something harder.
I want to talk about what happens after you train a model.
How well does it work?
If you're building a model to predict something, the first question anyone's going to ask you is:
"So, how well does it work?"
I often feel like the only thing I've ever learned about machine learning is how important it is to be able to answer this question, and how hard it is. If you read Cathy O'Neil's blog posts about why models to measure teachers' teaching are flawed, you see this everywhere:
we should never trust a so-called "objective mathematical model" when we can't even decide on a definition of success
If it were a good model, we'd presumably be seeing a comparison of current VAM scores and current other measures of teacher success and how they agree. But we aren't seeing anything like that.
If your model is actually doing something important (deciding whether teachers should lose their jobs, or how risky a stock portfolio is, or what the weather will be tomorrow), you have to measure if it's working.
There's no fixed answer to how to do this – if it were easy, statisticians wouldn't have jobs. If you looked at the notebook I linked to, we looked at the confusion matrix for our classifier:
[[8953 3508]
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We could have instead calculated a score (0.2, 0.8, …) for each data point and looked at something called the ROC curve (one day maybe I will explain how Steven Noble told me how to read one of these even though I thought I understood them already)
Here's the ROC curve for the model we just built. It's much prettier than a real-life ROC curve will normally be, with no jagged edges.
This graph shows you the tradeoffs you're making between catching the stuff you want (true positive rate) and dealing with the stuff you don't want (false positive rate). It's a Very Useful Graph.
You might have a notion of how much money this model would save you, and want to graph that. Or maybe you care that some data is classified correctly more than other data, and you need to express that in some way. Or you're predicting the weather for sailors and you need to make sure that really extreme weather is handled well so that nobody dies.
This also isn't quite what I want to talk about, though! It's more than I feel that I can really do justice to, and I'm still learning how to think about it slowly. Here's what I actually want to talk about:
How well did it work in April?
Right now it's November. I'm working on a project that I started in October or so. I have some metrics we've decided on to measure whether the project is going well, and I want to know that it's making progress, and that the models we're building now are better than they were a month ago.
These are some questions I want to discuss in my talk:
- How do you design a system where you can look up your model's performance from 6 months ago?
- What if you change your mind after the fact about what metrics you wish you'd measured?
- What if you use a lot of different tools to train models? (R! Python! Scala!)
- How can you make it easy to use so that people, you know, actually use it?
- And not spend a lot of time on building it.
More on this later, maybe.


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In last night's season finale of HBO's Game of Thrones, the stage was finally set for an all-out war for next year; one that is unprecedented for televised drama, let alone fantasy.
Everyone's favorite Targaryen, Dany, is a character who has had one of the simplest motivations presented amidst the large cast since Season 1. She aims to reclaim the Iron Throne, and in the process, upend the corruption that preceded her birth and resulted in the widespread war that killed her entire family.
Fast forward six seasons, and the seven kingdoms have become a smaller number, and the great houses that clashed during the first three seasons have dwindled into something completely different. In this new order of Westeros, where the children have essentially taken over and powerful women have replaced the aggressive patriarchy (see Lady Olenna, Queen Cersei, Ellaria Sand, Yara Greyjoy to an extent, and Sansa Stark), who will stand behind the Mother of Dragons, and who will attempt to challenge her as the Night's King continues his long march to the Wall?
On Movie Pilot, I composed a full breakdown of where each House and Kingdom stands and how likely it is they will ally with Fire and Blood. Click here to read the article.
Extra Credits:
- Overall, I really enjoyed this finale and believe it to be the best season ender in the show's history. Leave it to director Miguel Sapochnik for delivering three of the best episodes of the series, including last year's "Hardhome," along with "Battle of the Bastards" and now "Winds of Winter."
- Time for the nitpicks: Some of the episode's quick progression was jarring and inconsistent with how alliances and "big moments" of the show usually play out. It's odd to see characters teleporting from place to place, quickly negotiating huge plot developments without much resistance. It just doesn't feel quite as earned as we would expect to hear Jon referred to as "King in the North," the reveal of Jon's true parentage even, the Dornish/Tyrell alliance with Dany, and more. But I will lend the show credit for how King's Landing wrapped up in probably the best way possible.
- One of the questions on everyone's mind is whether or not Rhaegar Targaryen is Jon's father, now that it's been revealed (finally) that Lyanna is his mother and Ned is his uncle. I firmly hold to the uncomplicated theory that Rhaegar indeed impregnated Lyanna and out of love at that. There's even credence to the idea that they were lawfully married during Robert's Rebellion, despite Rhaegar's marriage to Elia Martell, which would make Jon a legitimate Targaryen.
- Last note: if you're interested in reading the books but have no intention of starting at the beginning (though you absolutely should), I suggest you start with Storm of Swords, the third book in A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. There are certain deviations the show makes from this book in particular that you will want to be savvy on before reading Feast for Crows and Dance with Dragons.


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The five Black and Hispanic men wrongly convicted of beating and raping a female jogger in 1989 will receive a $40 million settlement from New York City, according to The New York Times.
The men, known as the Central Park Five, had their sentences vacated in 2002 when an investigation conducted by then-Manhattan district attorney Robert M. Morgenthau uncovered DNA and other evidence linking the beating to another man, Matias Reyes. Reyes, who was already imprisoned for other crimes, confessed to the attack.
The five men filed a $250 million lawsuit against the city for false arrest, malicious prosecution, and conspiracy with a racial motivation. They have now agreed to accept the $40 million.
The settlement will pay the men roughly $1 million for each year of imprisonment. Kharey Wise served the longest sentence at 13 years. Kevin Richardson, Anton McCray, Yusef Salaan and Raymond Santana Jr. were imprisoned for about seven years.


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R. Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD
Clinical Trials
Dr. Stulting is the co-founder of the Stulting Research Center, a pioneer in corneal disease research and LASIK, and serves as the Director of Corneal Disease & Research at Woolfson Eye Institute. With an illustrious career spanning more than 40 years, his basic research efforts have opened the doors to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of corneal transplant rejection and herpetic ocular disease and new treatment paradigms. He chaired the Ophthalmic Devices Panel, an advisory group to the FDA, for three years and served as a member for 10 years. Recently, Dr. Stulting was also selected to present the prestigious Binkhorst Lecture, which you can read more about here.
As an experienced surgeon and medical monitor, Dr. Stulting is overseeing a clinical trial using a new intraocular telescope for patients with cataract and severe central vision loss from macular degeneration. He is one of the most frequently cited investigators in the field, authoring more than 200 publications and countless other articles based on his extensive clinical research in corneal transplantation, laser treatment of refractive errors, LASIK, the management of dry eye, and cataract surgery.
He is a revered authority for patients with complex issues that generate difficult questions about refractive surgery outcomes, and is a sought-after speaker on both refractive surgery and cornea topics.


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Southern Mothers drill the basics into their children from the time they can talk and toddle: You hold the door open for a lady, you say "please" and "thank you", you look someone in the eye when they are talking to you, you do not wipe the grease from Mothers homemade fried chicken on your Sunday pants.
In Park Cities, when you reach the 5th grade, we Mothers like to herd our darling children through "Cotillion". The definition of cotillion is "a group of young people assembled to develop, appreciate and respect their role in society through dance and social skills education". Yep, I like it. And, for the next 6 weeks, I get a built-in date night while he's at class - BONUS!
After the first night, I asked the boy if he had fun. "Sure did," he smirked "I danced the Foxy Trot with 3 girls." The Foxy Trot. Awesome. Here's a little sample of what I saw at the end of class:
I think it's a tad outdated that the girls have to wear gloves. I don't think anyone has worn gloves since 1969... but who am I to argue etiquette! I do love seeing all the boys in a coat and tie. Chivalry will never be dead!


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The following case study and niche marketing idea is courtesy of Cheryl Ellemberg of ABD Promotions!
A while back I was able to land a great customer that was looking for a full color mug to give away for an anniversary event for their organization. This group knew they wanted a coffee mug to give away, but the rest was up to us. We directed them to the Norwood 4-Color Process Ceramic Mug (item #45541). We were able to quote it for the same price as other one color printed mugs, but could take advantage of the full color wraparound print. Our graphic designers spent time putting together a beautiful design, even though we all thought this would be one time order.
A few months later we received a call from the same organization with a re-order for the mug. No, they were not celebrating another anniversary, but they decided to put a few of the leftover mugs for sale in their gift shop and they sold like crazy!
This reorder peaked our interest. How can we encourage this type of purchase? Since this product is now being sold in their gift shop, they will continuously reorder.
With the customers permission, we printed an additional run of mugs. Then we created a template, similar to the first mug. Using this template our designers put together prototypes for similar groups. The designs were printed on card stock, cut out and laid over the original full color mug. When presented to potential customers the mugs appeared to be spec samples until the overwrap was removed to expose the beautiful original design below.
These "spec" samples helped us secure many other orders for the full color mugs. All with great reorder potential.
We couldn't have done it without the great quality and price offered by Bic/Norwood. Thanks guys!
Cheryl Ellemberg
ABD Promotions
DISTRIBUTORS, BE A GUEST BLOGGER OR SEND US A CASE STUDY! WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CONTENT AND WOULD LOVE TO SHARE YOUR SUCCESSES WITH NORWOOD & BIC GRAPHIC PRODUCTS! Submit your ideas by emailing me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
~Margit Fawbush


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Problem Of Pain – Burn What My Hands Wrought review
Where do my demons hide?
Let this false god die.
I won't let you linger.
Let this false god die.
Burn what my hands wrought.
Burn. – "Burn What My Hands Wrought"
I've been a longtime fan of the chaotic resonance found with The Chariot. The demise of the band left a enormous hole in the music scene. But now that cavity has been filled by the metalcore of Problem Of Pain. The Michigan duo (Garrett Finch – guitar, vocals, Jake Beaver – drums, vocals) have released an exceptional debut full-length. The album brings a maturity of musicianship that is astounding considering both their young age and that the band came together just over a year ago.
The forceful nature of Problem Of Pain's, Burn What My Hands Wrought is expressed with a brevity usually seen only on a punk release. Yet the album remains unhurried, gathering time to structure each song while forging abrupt time signature changes.
Lyrically, Burn What My Hands Wrought, doesn't just ask for the listeners attention, it demands it. The album travels a rough ride, filled with the uneasiness of a life bound in conflict.
The blade remains, your hand the same.
Tell yourself it's worth the pain.
Hammer strike, feel no pain.
Calloused like the rest.
Whetstone, ease the pain; a dull edge will take days, (Refine).
Make the incision, nothing but blood.
Give the pain. (Regret).
Take the bad, cut the noose,
fall to your face, it's worth the pain. – "(Forge) – Feed The Flame"
Musically, the album breaks momentarily from harshness during the melodic, "I Cursed the Sun for the Darkness" and "Regret // Empty". But Problem Of Pain is out to deliver their message with an aggression that's unsurpassed.
No easy solution is provided when the album closes with "Breathe Easy // Barely Breathing".
The martyrs' grave lies under my feet.
Their cries heard through gnashing teeth.
Planting seeds. harvest. Lying down. Shorted out.
Justify standing by. Stay home.
Breathe easy. Barely breathing.
With such a stellar debut from Problem Of Pain, it's difficult to imagine how the band's music will progress or surpass what's been crafted on Burn What My Hands Wrought.


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The vast majority of world leaders and members of parliaments — the same politicians who are shuffling their feet when it comes to taking action on climate change — are men. But it's women, particularly young women and women of color, who are at the forefront of climate-justice activism.
At New York City's Global Climate Strike on Friday in Battery Park, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, who has gone from unknown teenager to movement leader in just a year, took the stage to address the crowd, which was made up of every imaginable demographic, but primarily young women. There were college students in "Destroy the Patriarchy" shirts, high school kids in cutoffs and white sneakers, and even children being pushed in strollers holding signs like "More Gretas fewer Trumps."
"This is what people power looks like," Greta said in her speech, looking every bit like someone who is beginning to take command of her presence in front of such a huge crowd. "We will rise to the challenge. We will hold those who are the most responsible for this crisis accountable, and we will make the world leaders act. We can and we will. And if you belong to that small group of people who feel threatened by us, then we have some very bad news for you. Because this is only the beginning."
We spoke with women in the crowd about their role in the fight against climate change.
Abby Terrigino, 20
A student at the New School, Terrigino (right) says she believes that "climate change is disproportionately affecting low-income communities, communities of color, and women of color."
"I think throughout history, you see women leading all sorts of social movements, and being the real reason why any progressive change is being addressed in our society. But I think the liberation of women is especially connected to climate justice. Women cannot be liberated until our earth is liberated from the system of capitalism and exploitation, because women's bodies have been taken over by capitalism and used to produce for the patriarchy, for the need of men."
Shirley Aparicio, 19
Also a student at the New School, Aparicio (left) says she believes more people need to be made aware of ecofeminist thought, which she says provides an intersectional look at climate change.
"I think it's not a coincidence that these things are happening disproportionately to minorities, women, people of color, marginalized communities. I feel like it's a direct effect that has happened through racist science and racial capitalism that has targeted these communities, because in the patriarchy and white supremacy these people, these marginalized communities, are expendable, they're discardable. That's what needs to change."
Taryn Matusik, 48
Matusik says she chose not to have children because of the climate crisis. She is a teacher and says she joined the movement because she is afraid for the future of her students. She says she admires women like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who introduced the Green New Deal, as leaders against climate change.
"I definitely think that women are leading this movement. Young women like Greta who are stepping forward and being brave, and just not taking it anymore — not taking people stealing their future."
Nayla Nernekian, 9
Nayla has been interested in politics since kindergarten and wants to be a lawyer. "Of course it's women leading this movement. Girls can change the world. They're leading this."
Nayla's mom, 48, anonymous
"I do think women are more protective of the environment. We're more preservationist by instinct, which is probably a combination of biology and history. I think it's time for women to run things. I think this is a critical time to preserve, protect, and nurture Mother Earth."


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WINSTON-SALEM — This was supposed to be a special season for the NC State football team.
As it turns out, it does still have the potential to be special.
Just not for the Wolfpack.
Instead, it's Wake Forest that seems to have everything falling into place for it as it continues its upward mobility under fourth-year coach Dave Clawson.
The margin between victory and defeat was slim. Just a couple of inches, to be exact. But that's all it took for the Deacons to come away with a 30-24 victory against the Wolfpack at BB&T Field on Saturday in a game that will likely define the seasons of both in-state rivals.
"When two really good football teams play a game like that, it's going to be a game of inches," Clawson said after his 7-4 (4-3 ACC) team matched its win total from last season with two games still left to play. "We are very fortunate to be on the right side of that. God's been with the Deacs this year in a lot of ways and we feel very blessed that our kids keep playing hard and keep battling."
The most graphic example of that fighting spirit came on the play that essentially decided the game. It happened with just under two minutes remaining and Wake clinching to a six-point lead.
On a first down play from the Deacons 11, State quarterback Ryan Finley completed a pass to freshman receiver Emeka Emezie along the near sideline.
The young receiver, who scored his first career touchdown earlier in the second half, put a move on his defender and appeared headed into the end zone. But as he reached the ball out in an attempt to score, Wake rover Demetrius Kemp came in from behind and jarred the ball loose just before Emezie broke the plane of the goal line.
Kemp then stayed and pursued the ball into the end zone and recovered it for a touchback that preserved the lead and eventually the game.
"That was just a pure hustle play," Kemp said. "I was all the way in the box. I saw the quarterback throw and I just burst to the ball. That's something we preach every week, every day. Giving up is something we don't believe in."
The same could be said for the Wolfpack, since it was Emezie's extra effort on the play and his desire to get into the end zone is what ended up getting him in trouble.
"You know he's broken-hearted as you'd expect him to be," State coach Dave Doeren said. "It's obviously not intentional, but he didn't have good ball security as he was swinging it going in. He'll learn from it, but it's too bad, because that would have been the play that put us up by one."
State (7-4, 5-2) actually got another chance to pull the game out when it forced Wake to punt with 41 seconds remaining. But a bad decision by Finley, throwing short over the middle with no timeouts remaining, cost precious seconds and his final throw was intercepted in the end zone by Essang Bassey to seal the deal.
Finley finished the game by going 34 of 52 for 327 yards and a touchdown. Despite being forced to throw more than usual because of an injury that sidelined leading rusher Nyheim Hines early in the third quarter, the Wolfpack still managed to outgain the Deacons 502-334 and roll up an incredible advantage in time of possession.
State held the ball for 41:07 compared to just 18:53 for Wake, the second-lowest time of possession in its school history.
The reason that disparity didn't matter was the quick-strike capability of the Deacons' suddenly potent offense.
With John Wolford throwing for 247 yards and three touchdowns, Wake picked up where it left off last week when it used a second-half blitz to score 64 points in a come-from-behind win at Syracuse.
The Deacons scored the first two times they had the ball and made it look easy — driving 64 yards on five plays for a Matt Colburn rushing touchdown, then going 67 yards on nine plays with Wolford hitting Tabari Hines for the first of his three scoring catches.
Even though Wake was forced to punt on its next series, ending a streak of 10 straight possessions in which it put points on the scoreboard, it bounced right back to score again the next time it got the ball.
State managed to keep pace in more methodical fashion, staying within 21-14 at halftime, then tying the game on Emezie's 11-yard touchdown catch on its first possession of the second half.
But while the Wolfpack's defense managed to adjust and hold Wake to just a field goal in the third quarter, the Deacons got their groove back for one more decisive drive, on which Hines barely kept his foot in bounds for the go-ahead touchdown.
"We hit a little lull there," Wolford said. "I was missing a few throws because my hand was hurting a little (but) we were able to push through it.
"They were giving us a chance to take the lead in the fourth quarter and we have a lot of senior on our offense, a lot of upperclassmen. That's what you have to do, step up and we did it."


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The first thing I was going to do was dive right into my spiritual reading list. But it dawned on me that I have to backtrack for just a moment and discuss the importance of spiritual reading.
Did you ever have that good friend that you can always go to for advice? Or when you weren't even in need of advice, they share their life's story and journey with you? They tell you what they went through, how they did it, and who helped them along the way.
Spiritual reading is like that. You see, when we pray, we talk to God. But when we read, we hear Him talk back to us.
Spiritual reading is important for building up a good conscience. To listen to the words of God and to meditate on them. What is even great about spiritual reading is that we have an abundance of writers from Saints to Popes, to theologians to read that will help us on our path the holiness.
After all, that is why we read spiritual books — build ourselves up, and to help us on our path to holiness.
So now that we have the why sorted out let's get straight to the how.
How To Read Spiritually
Pick the spiritual book. The most common book is the Bible, but there are many books out there that will help you on your spiritual journey. You don't have to be a theologian or a philosopher to read these books, spiritual books are found at any (intellectual) level that works for you. One of the best ways I like start is to read what it is you believe in the first place.
Begin with prayer. To start to read spiritually, I believe that we must start with prayer. To open our hearts and minds to hear the Words of God, but to open our hearts to accept it. You can say a small prayer, put on soothing music to get your mind and your heart ready to listen. In our days, we are usually busy running to one appointment to the other, but when we spiritually read, we are taking time out in our day to listen to what God has to say to us.
Read a little at a time. When you come across a passage that strikes you stop for that moment. Re-read it again and take a moment for it to absorb in you. Dwell on it. When you find your mind wondering, go back to reading and continue to do this process for as long as you like. There are countless lessons that I have read, and learned from by doing this.
Don't demand too much too soon. I am a person who needs learn from this! When I started spiritual reading, I figured that I could just zoom through the books, but I found that it takes me much longer to get through my books. However, after reading and realizing that it is no ordinary book and there is depth and richness on each page, I had to slow down, and absorb it.
Just remember, this is nothing like fiction. While reading fiction books, I find that you can zoom through it, and in a month you may or not remember the story. When we read for our souls, we don't usually run through the books (there will be days where a book just can't be put down) but we slowly absorb it.
In order for me to better absorb it, sometimes I would share a passage with my family and we'll discuss it. Or if you're not ready to discuss it, you write it down.
Things to Remember
- Spiritual reading is reading for our soul. It's not bashing other people's religion. If you're reading something that seems to demonize someone's religion, I urge you to seek out the truth. Pick up a book from that person's faith, and try to understand it. One of the most common misconceptions we have today is people do not understand what it is others believe, but feel entitled to tell others about their own faith and what's wrong with it. This way does not open us up for dialogue.
- Be open to the Holy Spirit. Pope Francis always reminds us to be open to the Holy Spirit and how He may surprise us. The same thing goes for spiritual reading. Try your best to read with an open mind and heart.
- Sometimes not all spiritual reading is fun, but it is fruitful. Ever had that class that had that text that just kept putting you to sleep? Yeah, I've had that as well. What I've learned is that what's turning us off could be our minds not ready to absorb the text, or we precondition ourselves to say that "it's boring." The way I see it, is that there are many things that we must do in our lives that may not be fun, but has a good outcome. We must keep this is mind. Just like the soldier has to go through boot camp to be a good soldier, we too must read through things that makes us uncomfortable in order to be better Christians and followers of Christ.
Next post, I will be discussion one of the books that I'm currently reading: The Imitation of Christ and what lessons I have learned from it, and why it should be on your list to read.
What are some things that you do when you read spiritually? What was the last book that you've read?


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Need to be Needed
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Certainly a girl doesn't need to be nothing more than an accessory to someone who sees her as a sign of success, not as a person. When you are in a real relationship, both parties do begin to need each other, if not for survival, for quality of life. Someone who makes you feel your best self, and brings out your best qualities is a keeper!
As we think about needs, we recognize that some of our needs are emotional and spiritual, not just simply what we need to survive. I look at it like the RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) of vitamins. This is amounts of each of the nutrients they knew about during WWII that were required to keep soldiers (male, young, fairly healthy) from showing symptoms of deficiency diseases. (More recently they've been checking to see where these requirements may differ for women or other groups.) But note that this is the level where if the subject didn't get that daily amount, they began to manifest symptoms of disease. So this is NOT what you need to be healthy, if that's what you are getting, you are walking on the fine line above showing symptoms of disease. They've never been able to figure out what we need to be optimally healthy, probably because it varies from person to person and what they are doing at the time.
When you think about your emotional needs, do you think about the need to be needed? They have discovered that older people in "homes" are much healthier when they have pets. Not only do the pets show them affection, having someone to care for gives the person who has had almost all agency removed a reason to look outward. An infant naturally needs someone to care for it for several years, and gives parents or caregivers an awareness that they are keeping the baby alive and (we hope) happy.
Some people have a distrust of "needs" that may come from having seen the interaction between a dependent and whoever is taking care of them abused. The parent-child relationship is a beautiful thing, so is a loving couple making each other's lives better. "Paying it forward" is the natural way to keeping the species alive.
What we want to avoid is any relationship where the balance of power is off not naturally, as in the case of an infant, but unnaturally- such as in a culture where men and women (or other groups within the population) are given different levels of self determination. In the musical Oliver (source of this picture and quote), Nancy was both dependent because women didn't have the options for financially supporting themselves, and also because her boyfriend, Bill, used violence to keep her with him.
In this case, Nancy, and those like her, convince themselves that their abusers need them because otherwise awareness that she's contributing to her own abuse would hurt her more. We do have a need to be needed. We need to feel that there is something we are accomplishing in the world more than just eating, sleeping, and breathing. When Oliver's needs from Nancy exceeded Bill's imagined needs, Nancy was able to break away from her unhealthy fantasy. When a parent gradually leads his child to become more independent until he no longer physically needs his parent, but maintains the relationship for the emotional and spiritual benefits, that's good parenting.
The theme this year is need, so as we examine that, let's also let's look at our relationship with the "Weird". While I'm comfortable asserting that we should look at supernatural phenomena more closely, open to the possibility it's real, that doesn't mean that we should ditch our critical thinking skills. It's exciting to learn new things, we mustn't get dependent on these activities. Dowsing is a wonderful tool, but you shouldn't use it to make all your decisions for you.* Keeping a dream journal can help you remember and understand your dreams, but if you are spending over an hour a day on it, you can probably cut back to an hour. If you're a medium, unless you have some people who'll pay to watch you do it, you probably shouldn't be spending so much time talking to spirits that you are missing work. As with any activity, don't go overboard. Don't let it interfere with relationships between you and your family and friends. Don't let it interfere with work, or adversely impact your health. Don't let any system or group make decisions for you. Somethings we need to do regularly- like breathing. Doing anything successfully is going to make you feel good. But don't become dependent upon any single source of satisfaction. You haven't always done it, you won't always be doing it, it's just one of many good things in your life, but only one. Do what you need to do for you.
*Don't ask "Should I take this vitamin?" ask "Will I be significantly healthier if I take this vitamin". Taking it is your decision, dowsing can tell you if it's going to have a subtle effect you can't predict.


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|Abused Kid
Posted by Abeykumara Wijesooriya on November 24, 2011 at 22:12:42
Judge to child: Do you want to live with your Mother ?
Child: No
Judge: Why ?
Child: She beats me.
Judge: Okay, so you want to live with Dad ?
Child: No.
Judge: Why not ?
Child: He beats me too.
Judge: So, who do you want to live with ?
Child: Sri Lankan Cricket Team.
Judge: WHY ? ?
Child: They never beat anyone!


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Wednesday 30 May 2012
Rule Britannia!
It was a really quick card to make. I stamped the ship's chart twice onto Whisper White card, lining it up with my trusty stamp-a-ma-jig. The clipper was stamped in Night of Navy, with a sentiment added from the massively useful Teeny Tiny Wishes. I fastened two eyelets down the left hand side and threaded some baker's twine through. I think it adds nicely to the 'sea-fayrer' look, at least to my land-locked eyes!
Stamps: The Open Sea, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Real Red, Night of Navy
Card: Night of Navy, Whisper White
Other: stamp-a-ma-jig, eyelets, Crop-a-dile, baker's twine
I'd like to enter this card into the Stampin' Royalty and Tuesday Throwdown challenges where it's all things masculine this week, together with the patriotic challenge at the Glitter Geeks.
Yesterday I shared a photo of our gorgeous little nephew and promised more info about what I've been up to the past few weeks. Well, my second most exciting news is that come September, I will employed!! Last week I was interviewed for a part-time teaching job at a lovely school where I did one of my initial teacher training placements... and I got the job! I am thrilled to bits, over the moon, happy happy happy.....! The fact that it's part-time means I will have chance to carry on with my Stampin' Up! business - which I absolutely love doing - as well as have more time at the weekends to spend with my husband. Teaching full-time meant I hardly ever saw the poor man! And of course some of the pennies might find their way to being spent on more crafting goodies......
Thank you so much for visiting today and thank you for all your lovely comments yesterday. I have missed you all! A special 'hello' to you today if this is the first time you've visited my square metre of blogdom.
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Another fab card using this set. I love the chart in red and the twine is a great addition. More congratulations, I'm very pleased for you. Good luck in your new job come September. xReplyDelete
You really are rocking this set Victoria! I love the patriotic colour scheme of this card and the way you're using that wonderful chart image as a background strip. Many congratulations on getting the job you wanted as well as being able to carry on with your SU business you love. Hugs, Vicky xReplyDelete
Big congrats on your new job Victoria - now you can sit back and enjoy the summer! Another fab card, I just love the eyelets and the twine! xxReplyDelete
Congrats on the job! Way to go! Another great inspiration for this set! I really, really love the eyelets with the twine pulled through. What a great idea!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card, I love the image, and the way you have used the twine :) Thanks for joining us at Glitter Geeks this week, Carol :) xReplyDelete
Thanks for entering our challenge at Stampin' Royalty! I love that stamp set, I almost used it on my creation for this challenge! Thanks again for playing along!ReplyDelete
This is another great card Victoria, this stamp set is certainly versatile.ReplyDelete
Everything in simplicity. Bravo ! It's very successful !ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at Charisma Cardz this week.
Hugs from France.
Well done Victoria on getting your new job! Love this card, perfect for a man. I have some stamps similar to this I think I may have to find them and produce something like this! If i do I'll be sure to credit you hun! Karen xReplyDelete
I love everything about this! I thought yesterday's card was stunning, but I love this one even more. It's so great to have you back creating and inspiring us! And, Jacob is such a perfect doll! I hope you'll get tons of time to love on him and vice versa!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your new job! That is certainly exciting news too! And I love this new card you created with this same stamp. Great, great card!!ReplyDelete
Lovely card - and congratulations on the new job :) thanks for joining the glitter geeks challenge this week xReplyDelete
Hi there Victoria ~ Thanks so much for popping over and it is so very nice to be blogging again and checking other folks things out - wow do love these few cards you have made whole feeling in the Rule Britannia mood - always have a problem with that only remember the first few lines that is all! brain goes dead and hate that! happy 3rd birthday of WOYWW! thanks for sharing, Shaz in Oz. x #30ReplyDelete
Oh, this is wonderful, Victoria! What a great choice of both image and dp. :-D Thanks for playing in the Masculine challenge at Tuesday Throwdown this week and I hope we see your creative work again soon.ReplyDelete
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Huge congratulations on the job and also on becoming an auntie too. He is gorgeous! I hope work goes well. Your cards are really beautiful on this and yesterdays post. It is good to have you back - I missed you. I have just finished SATs with my class, so lots of number crunching to do over the holiday. I treated myself to a couple of stamps as a reward - any excuse!!!ReplyDelete
Fabulous card.ReplyDelete
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Brilliant card - love the image and the colours too.
Thanks so much for your kind comments - I really do appreciate it - alot!
Have a great week.
Hazel xx
Fantastic card Victoria I love the design of this and the ship image is super , great idea with the ships log print and the twine to match in red super work Hugs ElaineReplyDelete
L-O-V-E the red white and blue with that set! This looks so crisp and clean--gorgeous!!! :)ReplyDelete
Victoria I really love this card - I love the colors and the simple design. Very effective I must say and just in time for a wonderful celebration. I have been watching on the "tube" all the comings and goings over the pond. I love the royals and Queen Elizabeth looks grand. Oh to age as well as she has. I hope Prince Phillip will be okay.ReplyDelete
This is terrific. I love your style. xReplyDelete


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KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Two teens were left hanging for hours on Thursday after a cable failed on a Slingshot ride at Old Town Amusement Park in Kissimmee.
All Slingshot rides in Florida have been shut down as a precaution while the manufacturers conduct an investigation, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture [FDACS]. The other rides are located in Daytona Beach, Orlando and Panama City Beach.
Fire crews were able to rescue the teens, who were suspended 30 to 40 feet in the air, Osceola County Fire Rescue and EMS reported. Thankfully, no one was injured, crews said.
The Kissimmee ride was last inspected on March 19, 2021, and no issues were found, FDACS reported. Park management reported that a cable failed, while a redundant safety cable remained intact. The ride was originally permitted in 2001.
All Slingshot rides in the state will remain closed until FDACS consults with the manufacturer and until the bureau conducts its own subsequent investigation, officials said.


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