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Kotlin Developer Starter in Android projects
During our STX Next's Lightning Talks I'd given a presentation about Kotlin. It's a quick starter about the language. The idea was to create a short talk that would fit in a timeframe of 45m-1h. I assumed that attendees had basic skills from Android development, functional programming, java JDK and some JVM languages like - scala, closure or groovy.
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Kotlin - one of the popular programming languages built on top of Java that runs on JVM. Thanks to JetBrains support and excellent IDE integration, it's an ideal choice for Android development. 100% Java compatibility, interoperability and no runtime overhead is just the beginning of a long list of strengths. Kotlin is supposed to be a subset of SCALA, on one hand covering major advantages for developers and keeping short compile times on the other.
This presentation is a Developer Starter - a set of hand-picked information allowing a person with no knowledge of Kotlin to start writing basic Android activities and set up a kotlin-based Android project. It starts with language background, reasons for its creation and advantages. Then presents basic use cases, syntax, structures and patterns. Later on Kotlin is presented in Android context. Simple project structure, imports and Kotlin usage with Android SDK is explained. In the end cost of Kotlin compilation is presented and the language is compared to SCALA and SWIFT.
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Finding the hidden letters in the given pattern is very interesting visual puzzle type. In these kind of puzzles one has to find the hidden letter in set of another letters. In some of the similar puzzle type one has to find the different letter in the given set of letters or numbers. There are one more similar type of puzzles for finding mistakes in the given puzzles.
Sometimes it is very easy to find these hidden letters. However sometime there are tough finding letters puzzles in which it is extremely difficult or may be tricky to find the these hidden letters. Today's puzzles are easy in which one has to find letter C in all the given patterns. These puzzles are for kids. However challenge for teens and adults is to find these hidden C as fast as possible.
In these puzzles one has to find hidden C in the given patterns. Some of the puzzles contains only one hidden letter C. However in some puzzles there are more than two C which you have to find it out. Try to solve these puzzles as fast as possible and may be try to finish all the puzzles in one minute.
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|1. Try finding c in one minute
|2. Find hidden letter C quick riddle
|3. Find 3 hidden Cs in group of Os
|4. Hidden letter finding brain teaser
|5. Can you find hidden letter c in each group?
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Here is answer to 11th Brain Teaser Question of post titled "Fun Brain Teasers For Kids, Teens and Adults with Answers to Challenge your Mind".
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Recently, a friend who is battling cancer penned these words. They reflect peace in the midst of uncertainty.
The Western Gate
We enter this life through the Eastern gate . . . as a sunrise.
A life as new as the day . . . without the burdens of having lived.
We live, on an arc of growth, joy, disappointment, elation . . . constant change.
At the end, we depart through the Western gate . . . as a sunset.
We march to the Western gate . . . sometimes heavy with burdens resulting from bad choices.
Sometimes heavy with burdens we did not choose . . . but light in spirit knowing we did our best . . .
Or at least, are forgiven for our human errors.
But, as surely as the sun sets . . . we will pass through the Western gate.
Just as we cannot look back and see what came before we passed through the Eastern gate . . .
We cannot see ahead to learn what comes beyond the Western gate.
That should not cause us to fear the passage.
Nor should we waste a moment regretting what we cannot change.
Just as we were before the Eastern gate . . . so shall we be beyond the Western gate.


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OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI® Printing Solutions brand, today announced the availability of the ML600 Series SIDM printers, including the dual 9-pin ML620/621 and 24-pin ML690/691. The ML600 Series is newly designed to offer the following improved features: new print-head delivering fastest-in-class print speeds of up to 700 cps, new front paper path, longer-life ribbon, lower stand-by power consumption and best in class MTBF (mean time between failures) at 25,000 hours. This improved feature set coupled with field-proven reliability help make OKI Printing Solutions' MICROLINE printers the most widely-used impact printers in North America, and demonstrate the company's continuing commitment to product innovation and satisfying the needs of its loyal customers.
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Enjoying a Responsible Gaming Environment
Mar 20th, 2013 by Jennifer Lynn
Enjoying a Responsible Gaming Environment
Being able to find something that helps you relax after a long day at work is incredibly important to living a happy and fulfilling life. Be it playing football for a five a side team each week or making something using arts and crafts, as long as it make you happy that's all that matters. Recently many people have taken to playing in online casinos as they give many people a great buzz of excitement when they win and it can also be done from home easily as all you need is a computer connected to the internet. But there are a few things you must take into account before you get too involved in casino games in order to make your time spent the best that it can be.
A budget is the first and most vital thing you should come up with when starting to play online casino games as spending too much money on them will make you regret playing as well as make you get into debt which no one wants. There are very easy ways to stop this from happening though as a budget solves all these problems. All you have to do is work out how much money you are willing to spend out of that which you get paid and then make sure that when you have spent that much you don't put any more money in. This is easy to do these days as many of the best online casinos offer free to play games too so it doesn't mean you have to stop playing.
With everything that we do we have to give up time to do it, it is very important that you spread your time evenly between different things in your life. Casino games like may well be incredible fun but if you play them for too long you will both enjoy them less and be able to spend less time with family and friends. So it is very important that just like with your money you make sure you don't spend too much time playing casino games.


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The UK's biggest and best Dog Friendly mobile app has just got bigger and better!
First launched in November 2010, the Dog Friendly UK app has become a favourite for thousands of dog owners looking for the best places to take their dogs
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Unity 3d heart rate button and monitor
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I need a unity script/plugin created in which the player touches a button on the screen and leaves it there and then their heart rate is reflected on the game (gui). Whenever the player increases their heart rate so to does the games heart rate increase, if the player gets to a certain number then an action will appear (game over), though they will gain points for simply having a low heart rate. It does not have to be complex and 100% accurate, but at the very least attempt to work.
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You've heard people say their lives changed overnight, right? They woke up and heard the lottery numbers and knew they were millionaires. They fell in love at first sight.
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It is all fucked up.
I read once that Marie Antoinette's hair turned white overnight in jail while she awaited the loss of her head.
What people don't think about is that the overnight device is a saying. Nothing but a cliché. It hardly ever takes that long: eight hours, twelve hours, or however you define overnight, for a life to be transformed. Most of the time, it happens in one or two seconds.
I bet Marie's hair betrayed her during a few seconds of a nightmare when she saw the guillotine's blade slice through her own milky neck.
How many seconds does it take to purchase that lottery ticket or to decide to stop someplace for ice cream? These decisions may be part of a change that's a long time in the making, but when the hair whitening attacks, it happens in a flash.
And the flash of the blade in the sunlight can be so bright it nearly blinds you.
Chapter One
She shook free of El's sweaty grasp so she could pull the paper out from under the wiper and unfold it. "ASSHOLE" it said, printed neatly in red letters on a scrap torn from a legal pad.
"Mom!" Elliot pawed at her, as Ruth Ann's head drooped onto Aggie's shoulder. Aggie stood rooted to the asphalt next to the car so she could check out the area. What had she done now?
White painted lines of parking spaces, empty now, spread out across the parking lot like whitecaps on the ocean. White, white, white, except around her car, where she now saw yellow lines. Two yellow lines on each side of the van and an arrow underneath it that marked the route to exit the lot. The only route between the parking spaces.
Drivers must have woven around her van for hours before the lot cleared out. Tire tracks in the mud provided evidence that they ran her blockade by driving off the asphalt and into the landscaped border along the sidewalk. Flowers and juvenile trees had been flattened.
Aggie pictured the line of vehicles and hated herself. The waiting cars stretched for miles. An imaginary driver, his face contorted in righteous indignation, jumped out of his expensive car with a legal pad in his left hand and a red pen in his right. Angry lawyer. Furious lawyer. Late for an appointment and it was her fault. He held the pen in the air, a sword that dripped bloody ink, chose the perfect word, wrote it, and jammed the note in place.
Then sedans, sports cars, and pickup trucks careened around the sidewalk as pedestrians dragged their children out of the way. Jam-packed cars held drivers and passengers drawn as cartoons. "ASSHOLE" filled every balloon above their mouths because they all knew what she was.
"I am an asshole."
The words played as though they were a stuck record in her mind and fixed themselves to the tune of a children's song about being a pizza.
IIIIIIIII am an assss-hoooole.
She wanted to laugh at her song, but she forgot her pleasure as soon as it struck because being an asshole wasn't funny at all. Then she wished she could bawl along with El, but someone had to be in charge, and that someone was Aggie. Aggie alone.
She had rushed to the urgent care center to have a cut on Elliot's chin seen to and parked in a hurry. She thought the yellow lines marked a parking spot. They sat in a dingy waiting room most of the afternoon and into suppertime before an arrogant doctor looked at El for two seconds and informed a nurse, who then told Aggie, that the cut didn't need stitches. A butterfly bandage would do. She could have put that on herself and never left home, but if she'd been wrong, there would have been hell to pay. She'd never hear the end of it from John.
When her husband did see the cut, he would probably complain that the doctor had been wrong, the cut needed stitches. Nobody, especially Aggie, did anything right in John's hallowed opinion. The sound of his voice criticizing her for going to the wrong doctor replaced the "asshole" song playing in her mind.
But then her own angry voice took over. Dr. High-and-Mighty was never around to take care of his own kids. He'd throw a fit if Aggie bothered him at work, so she had to go to the nearest urgent care center and wait for hours until somebody looked at this damn kid who fell off his bike every two seconds.
She guessed that had been her license plate announced over the loudspeaker. The whining voice had demanded over and over, "Vehicle number hrrm-hrrm-hrrm must be moved immediately."
She hadn't been able to hear anything over Elliot whining that his chin hurt and Ruth Ann begging to have a story read to her.
"Don't touch those books. They've covered in filth from sick people," she'd told Ruth Ann.
By the time Elliot gave up complaining and Ruth Ann fell asleep, the announcements had stopped. All the patients had been treated and gone home, the center was about to close, and it no longer mattered where her mini-van was parked.
Elliot grabbed Aggie's arm and pulled on it so she remembered she stood in a parking lot staring at an ugly word. She crumpled the yellow paper and flung it toward the arrow under her car.
"Mom, you're littering," Elliot accused her in a whine.
"Just get in the damn car," she barked back. "A storm's coming. We need to go home before it gets any darker. I don't know how I'll find my way as it is."
Thunder boomed as the children crawled into the mini-van. "Sop it! Sop it!" Ruth Ann screamed as Elliot (her toddlerese for "stop it") when he stuck his butt in her face as he slid past her on the seat.
At eight years old, Elliot already knew how to torture Ruth Ann––and Aggie. He sneered, satisfied with Ruth Ann's screams. Aggie wanted to lean over to smack him as she buckled Ruth Ann into her car seat, but she didn't dare. John didn't allow her to spank the children, or punish them in any other way, because he claimed it would destroy their spirits. Elliot's wonderfully free spirit was a punishment for Ruth Ann and for Aggie. She had no options for dealing with his obnoxious behavior.
And there would be hell to pay when Elliot told his dad that she'd said to get in the damn car. Cursing wasn't allowed, either.
She also knew Elliot moved as slowly as he could, the way he always did because it irritated her and she couldn't do anything about it, couldn't give him a time out or take away his TV privileges the way other moms did with their children.
She used the back of her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead and turned away so she could say what she pleased. "I hate this fucking town. Maryland is hotter than hell."
Here she was in a strange town after years in cool, green Seattle because John had a new job, Big Chief Medical Director, at a hospital in Western Maryland. The hospital was about forty miles from the Central Maryland suburb of Columbia where John had bought a house. He had a long commute, but he refused to lived in Haven with the "local yokels."
In fact, John rarely visited the home he had selected without consulting Aggie. Six weeks after their move, John already spent most nights at the hospital because he claimed he was overworked and too tired to drive home. Aggie wondered why the locals didn't bother him enough to make him come home at night. And funny, he never sounded tired when he called to say he wouldn't be home. Sometimes Aggie heard a woman laugh in the background. He claimed it was the nurses fooling around at their station, but the sound––the same laugh, one laugh from the same person, every time––frightened Aggie.
No time to think about it now. With Elliot seat belted in at last, Aggie started the car and headed for the street. At least I'm already in the exit lane, she thought wryly. She had called for directions before they left home and had found the center without too much trouble, but getting home would be another story. She could never retrace her steps. It infuriated John, but it just didn't work out in her mind.
Right or left out of the lot? With no one waiting behind her, she had time to stop and think. She decided it had to be right. She could see the traffic light where they had turned to get to the medical center.
But when she pulled into the left turn lane at the light, she didn't know if she was supposed to be there. Maybe she belonged in the right turn lane. Which way home?
Aggie felt the headache that had started on the way there spread from the top of her head to her forehead and face. Out of habit to try to ease the pain, she ran her hands through her short, curly gray hair, and pushed hard against her scalp.
A sign pointing left said it was the way to D.C. Aggie feared getting sucked out onto the beltway. She had been on it with John in the driver's seat and had closed her eyes to the traffic wooshing around them, too fast for her to bear.
She decided to turn right. Aggie put on the right-turn blinker and twisted the wheel, waiting to see if the driver of a small, dark car pulling up behind her would allow her to get in the right lane. It was getting dark and hard to see, difficult to judge what others in this strange territory might do.
This person surprised her by waiting while she moved into the right lane and then out onto the highway as the light turned green. At the same time, the storm began in earnest. Rain poured down in sheets as lightning lit the sky.
Nothing looked familiar. Aggie, terrified, could barely see, and other drivers zipped and zoomed around her. One truck pulled up behind her. The driver flashed his lights. She knew he meant "get the hell out of my way," but where would she go?
Then, the brightly lit sign of the Hilton invited her into its parking lot and offered a familiar escape. They had stayed in the hotel for a few days before their furniture arrived from Seattle in the moving van.
They could wait out the storm in the lot. Or maybe they could dash into the coffee shop and have supper. Aggie knew she looked horrible. She had been down on her knees scrubbing the kitchen floor when Elliot dashed in with blood dripping from his chin onto the white carpet John had selected ("Oh, Lord, I'll be up half the night cleaning up this mess," she said at the sight of him). The droopy sweat pants she wore made her large butt look extra large. But she was starving after their long afternoon, and the kids had to be hungry, too. The desire to eat and get out of the storm overcame her dread of displaying her derriere in public.


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- The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Library and Archives.
- Heritage Burnaby.
- The United Farmers Historical Society.
- The Ontario Jewish Archives - search interface and Landmarks mapping.
- The College of Registered Nurses of B.C. Archives.
- The Collections of the Burnaby Art Gallery.
- The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network.
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Arnprior Archives' Virtual Exhibit: 150 Years of Living Off the Land
Richmond Archives Adds Name Origins Resource to Online Search
Stanford's King Institute Launches New Documents Search Engine
Elgin County Museum Joins Archives in Launching Upgraded Search Interface
Refresh for the Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives website and collections search
Explore Heritage Resources with a Map Interface
Automating Municipal Records Transfers to an Archives
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Bulkley Valley Museum Collection Now Online
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Heritage Burnaby Website Wins Heritage BC Award
King Institute at Stanford University Upgrades DB/TextWorks Archival Solution
New Search Options for the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Library and Archives
Canadian Jewish Heritage Network Now Offering a Single Search Across Multiple Data Sources
Collections of the United Farmers Historical Society now online
New website for the Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre
Elgin County Archives Launches New Archival Search Interface
Galt Museum and Archives Artifacts Collection Now Searchable Online
Omeka CMS for Virtual Exhibits
College of Registered Nurses of BC Offers Digitized Archives
Celebrating our history: City of Burnaby launches new heritage website
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Heritage BC Award for Burnaby oral history project
Canadian Jewish Heritage Network Launches
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West Vancouver Archives Gives Search Website a "Tune-Up"
Société historique de Saint-Boniface Upgrades Archives Search Interface and Launches Voyageurs Contracts Database
New Westminster Archives Database Now Online
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text: Back to News INDIANA COACHES RECOGNIZING RENE MEULENSTEEN ACADEMY COACHING CLINIC CERTIFICATION May 8, 2012 07:37 PM Thank you to all who have registered to the RMA Coaching Clinic Course. Indiana Soccer exceeded the expectations set for the 1st Renee Mueulensteen Coaching Certification. Over 100 of coaches came on June 9 & 10 to the Carroll Stadium at IUPUI campus to take advantage of one of the best coaching philosophies in the world. Several people that attended the camp were thankful for the approach that Indiana Soccer is taking to enhance the development of players in Indiana. "I just wanted to say thank you for hosting the Rene' Meulensteen coaching course this weekend. I had an absolutely amazing time. It felt like I just couldn't get enough. My son, Oren, thanks you as well for allowing him to attend even though this was a course just for coaches. He really appreciated the one-on-one time you spent with him on teaching him how to create space between him and a defender. This class not only taught me how to be a more effective coach with a larger arsenal of coaching tools, but my son, Oren, has renewed spark and desire to practice the things that were taught by you and Erwin van Elst. It's been many years since I've seen him have the desire to practice on his own (selfishly that brings me great joy)" Chris Kolditz - Tri-West Bruins "I had inquired a few times attempting to get my E & D licenses however; I keep missing courses dates due to prior obligations. Having this option for technical training, & ultimately RETHINKING soccer coaching has been COMPLETELY REFRESHING & just what I needed. I can't wait for my next season to begin. This was a GREAT session & I can't wait to further my knowledge with future sessions! I have coached for years at the U10-U15 level. 3 years ago I created Clay Youth Soccer Club, with the help of some leery parents. I have been on a mission to better our soccer community & this Diploma is a nice pat on the back." Ron Kiernicki - Clay Youth Soccer Club I wanted to commend you on your willingness to look at another training program for developing players. I would imagine that as the state director for soccer, you are approached with a variety of new ideas which to make players better, however, you have done well in bringing in a simple solution to an ongoing problem. Meulensteen has developed a simple solution that offers a visioneering goal and not a quick fix to winning. John Wooden would say that winning is a by-product of doing the right things consistently, however, winning may not occur but success is still a viable option. I know this all too well due to my brother edited two books for John Wooden prior to Wooden's death; "You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned" and the same book in a second edition, which I was allowed to add a personal word regarding Wooden's impact on me as a coach. I look forward to implementing Meulensteen's teaching format as I take the position as Girls Director of Soccer at Blue River Soccer Association and once again, thank you for thinking outside of the box and taking the risk on something that could be deemed as another new fangled idea to soccer. Jack Hamilton - Blue River Soccer Association Once again, Indiana Soccer is thankful for believing in what the association has to offer to club members. The mission is to continue providing services and benefits that can satisfy the needs of all those that are part of the sport and affiliated to Indiana Soccer. To see action pictures, please click on the following link: RMA Coaching Certification For more information about future coaching clinics, please contact Indiana Soccer Director of Coaching Education Steve Franklin at email@example.com or by calling the Indiana soccer offices at 317-829-0560.


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William Westley School has a dress code and we are very proud of the overall impression this gives, both in and outside the school gates.
We expect all our children to come to school wearing clothes and footwear that show high personal standards. School sweatshirts, cardigans and T-shirts etc, are on sale and can be ordered twice termly through the PTA.
Order forms are available from the School Office or alternatively download an order form here.
Recommended clothing for:
- Polo shirt or white blouse
- William Westley sweatshirt or cardigan
- Grey skirt, pinafore dress or trousers.
Blue and white checked or striped dress or grey shorts for the summer
- White, black or grey socks
- Black shoes
- Polo shirt or white shirt
- William Westley sweatshirt
- Long or short, grey or black, trousers
- White, grey or black socks
- Black shoes
Recommended clothing for:
- Children should have black or royal blue shorts and a William Westley T-shirt (or plain royal blue equivalent). These can also be ordered through the school. PE kit should be kept in a small bag that will then be on your child's peg. Younger children will require plimsolls in the summer term for outside PE. Older children need trainers.
- Children need an art apron or an old shirt to protect their clothing when they are doing art or craft work.
Please ensure that all clothing is named. We have a lost property bin outside the Reception classroom. At the end of each term, any un-named and unclaimed items will be washed and sold in aid of PTA funds.


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1. Grab your phone and head over to paperplanes.world. (Seriously, you should do this right now...)
2. Make a digital "paper plane" stamped with your location.
3. "Fly" your plane, along with the thousands and thousands of others that have been thrown out there from across the globe.
4. Use your digital net to catch planes others have thrown, and see where else they have been "caught."
What do you think? Is this just fun and games? Or could there be real learning that happens here?


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Hi guys! Today I have an adorable little tag featuring oodles of Lawn Fawn goodies! I gotta tell ya, fall is my absolute favorite time of year. I love when the leaves change color, the days get shorter, the fluffy scarves and sweaters come out, the inviting pumpkiny smells, the football, and, of course, STAMPtember!! This month is a cardmaker's paradise as stamp companies everywhere celebrate creativity through stamping and all kinds of exclusive products come out. I loved last year's Lawn Fawn and Simon Says Stamp Exclusive set and as soon as I saw this year's I knew I had to have it!
This Merry Christmouse set features these adorable little mice all ready for Christmas and whole load of pun-y sentiments to go with them! (*I just saw that this is sold out on Simon Says Stamp! I still linked below just in case they decide to carry any more. Sorry guys!) Today I just wanted to play with this set, along with some other new purchases from the Lawn Fawn fall/winter release, to create a nice simple tag. I'm hoping to motivate myself enough to get a jump on Christmas crafting this year (I always wait too long and can't make half of what I want to!).
This project uses some simple Copic coloring and fun, glittery heat embossing to create a sweet tag perfect for the hoidays! I think these Stitched Circle Tags dies are going to be a staple this season! For a full list of all the goodies I used, see below. You can also check out the full tutorial on my YouTube channel (I'm oh-so-close to 200 subscribers and a MAJOR giveaway, so head on over and check it out!).
Thanks so much for stopping by! See you all soon with more crafty fun! Bye!
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- Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink
- Scotch Advanced Tape Glider
- Best Creation Foam Tape
- Copic Markers: YR14, YR68, YR18, C1, C3, R20, G09, YG09, R29, R89
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I had two major lines living in Nebraska at this time. Oscar F. Brown and family represent my paternal side, residing in Colfax County. Farther north were the family of Eilert Heerten, farming in Keya Paha County. Eilert was the first of my mother's Heerten line to immigrate from Germany. Both of these groups would have seen this historic storm, and both would have certainly told stories of it later in life.
This is the comment published on the inside cover of the book, and when I first picked it up, this is what nearly forced me to purchase it and immediately sit down with a cup of coffee to devour this text:
"In three minutes, the front subtracted eighteen degrees from the air's temperature. Then evening gathered in, and temperatures kept dropping the northwest gale. By morning on Friday, January 13, 1888, more than a hundred children lay dead on the Dakota-Nebraska prairie..."
The problem with this storm, from what I've been able to decipher so far, was the timing. The morning of January 12 was unusually warm and sunny, so many of the children went off to school, most walking, in lighter clothing, not worried too much about good coats, boots and other typical winter gear. When the storm started to approach, teachers frantically sent their students home, and many were lost in this fast moving weather. When I say they were "lost", I mean that literally. They got lost in the blinding snow and wind, could not find their way to shelter of any kind, and died from exposure. It's a sad tale, tragic. And it begs the question: where were they?
Always curious to know more about the daily lives of my ancestors, and facing the reality that this could possibly explain young deaths in my tree, I begin my journey.
Eilert Heerten immigrated to the United States on the vessel "New York". Family legend and his obituary tell us that he was a stowaway. Three brothers came over together, but they only had enough funds for two, so the other brothers sneakily got Eilert on the ship and managed to keep him hidden for the duration of this voyage. I have no idea if this is really true or not, or even if it was feasible, but it makes for an interesting story.
When Eilert arrived, he originally settled in Mason County, Illinois, and this is where he met and married Amke Dirks Rademacher, also immigrated from Germany. Between 1875 and 1887, though possibly earlier, he had moved the family onto a farm in Keya Paha county, along the northern edge of the Nebraska border with South Dakota.
John, born 1875, Illinois
Dick, born 1878, Illinois
Annie, 1880, location unknown
Herman, 1884, location unknown
Frank, 1887, Nebraska
Edward, 1890, Nebraska
Bessie, 1896, Nebraska
The storm hit 12 Jan 1888, so all but Edward and Bessie would have been alive for this event. Thankfully, none of the family members have corresponding death dates. No matter what they were doing that day, they all survived. *whew*
|Headstone of Eilert & Anna Heerten.
Springview, Nebraska
Enter the Brown family. I know them best, so I'm fairly confident I'm not going to find anything here, either.
Oscar F. Brown, veteran of the Civil War, homesteaded in Colfax County, Nebraska. There he married Frances Elizabeth Lawrence, originally from Ohio. Together, they lived in Nebraska until his death in 1906. After he passed, Frances followed her oldest son to Orting, Washington, where she resided for many years, finally living with daughter Carrie in nearby Tolt.
All of their children were born in Nebraska:
William, born 1876
Elizabeth (Bessie), born 1878
Sarah Alice, born 1880. Died February 1881.
Mortimer, born 1882
Carrie, born 1886
Warren, born 1892
|William & Bessie Brown.
Richland, Nebraska.
Image: Private holdings of author.
The only child to die young was Sarah Alice, and she was not quite a year old at that time. Again, no one in the family appears to have suffered too greatly during this event. All but Warren would have lived through it.
Another of my Nebraska lines is the family of Charlotte "Lottie" Lee, whose memoirs I have transcribed and posted on this site. She certainly would have been affected, also, and because I have spent so much time on her recently, here is her family situation.
Cyrus Homer Lee and Mary Josephine Lawrence (sister to Frances, wife of Oscar, above) married 13 Aug 1872 in Columbus, Nebraska. Both transplants from Ohio, they ended up in Nebraska for very different reasons, and based on Lottie's memories of her parents, they lived a happy and fulfilling life; devoted to their religion. During the winter of 1888, they were on their land near Silver Creek in Merrick County, not too far from the Brown family in Colfax County. Cyrus ran the local store and served as post master for a time.
Their children include:
Charlotte, born 1873
Lawrence, born 1874
Bertha, born 1877
Florence, born 1879
Mortimer, born 1881
Lucy, born 1882
Elmer, born 1884
Roy, born 1886
Out of the group, Roy was the only child not born in Nebraska, he is a native son of Colorado. He grew only to be 15 years of age, but died in a drowning accident. Mortimer also died young, passing in July of 1881 at only 4 months. It would appear that the Lee's did well during the storm, also, and did not lose any immediate family.
Lottie does indicate that she and her siblings attended school regularly, as that was important to her parents. So I wonder how they managed to avoid getting trapped in the weather that day? Did Mary have a "sixth sense" as some stories describe in the book; feeling that the morning's warmth was too good to be true, and kept her children home? Did their teacher shelter the children in the school, rather than send them home when the weather turned?
I suppose we'll never know, but it is certainly interesting to profile my ancestors with a historic event. I think I feel a series coming on...
I would love to hear where your folks were on 12 Jan 1888. Please feel free to comment, or share on your own blog. Just be sure to leave me a link!


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Useful Links for Rome
Guests may find the following links helpful:
- Rome Airports - timetables and transport information for Ciampino (CIA) and Fiumicino (FCO) - the two airports of the city
- Atac - the public transfer system in Rome offering bus & metro times and routes
- MetRoma - Metro, lines and general info
- Trenitalia – Information on the Italian rail network and services, including train times from Fiumicino Airport in addition to throughout the rest of Italy
- Scooter Hire - See Rome on 2 wheels and zoom to wherever you want to go in style. Beep beep!
- Orange Limos - Orange Limos Rome provides luxury airport transfers and other destinations in Rome for those wishing to travel in style.
Things to do
- Rome Avenue Tours - Personal & professional guided tours around Rome.
- City Lights Tours - Top class and affordable guided tours in Rome and Italy – Excellent 5 star rating on TripAdvisor
- Eternal City Tours - Catholic Guided Tours, Pilgrimages and Study Abroad courses for adults on the history of Rome and Western Civilization.
- Italian Tourist Board - The Italian Tourist Board
- The Holy See - Official website of the Vatican and Catholic Church.
- The Vatican Museums - The official site of the Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
- The Christian Catacombs - don't miss to visit at least of one the Christian cemeteries of the Roman time
- Rome nightlife guide - get out and about and enjoy the fantastic social life of Rome
- Wanted in Rome Magazine - online magazine with Rome news and events
- Timeout Guide to Rome - some information of what to see and where to go
- Rome Explorer - Guide to Rome
- Dining - List of restaurants in Rome
- The Comune di Roma's official site
- Capitoline Museums - all the ancient Rome in this museum
- Olympic Stadium - for sports fans
- AS Roma Football Club Official Site
- SS Lazio Football Club Official Site


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Ernie Lopez, Released
Clip: Season 29 Episode 16 | 1m 47s
"You hear the door open and they say, 'Lopez. You're going home.'" Ernie Lopez walks out of prison to greet family, friends and reporters after a Texas court threw out his 2003 conviction of sexually assaulting 6-month-old Isis Vas. Joint reporting from FRONTLINE, ProPublica and NPR in "The Child Cases" raised questions about the evidence used against him.
Aired: 03/05/12


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I used ArtDeco Americana Paint in REFRESHING which is a very light mint green color. I just set the cleaned brass hardware on top to see how I liked it and I've decided I'm going to go with this as long as all the other hardware cleans up just as nicely.
Since I only painted one drawer so far, I set the glass knob on to see how it looks and I'm very happy with the look.
I cannot wait to get one whole dresser done!! I think even Tom was surprised how nice this turned out. When I told him I was painting the furniture light green, he made a face. lol


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Light and Shade Challenge Wednesday 3rd June 2015
Welcome to this week's Light and Shade Challenge!
Every Wednesday we put up a new Challenge. There is a picture, a quotation and a 500 word limit. The Challenge is to take whatever is sparked by the picture and/or the quotation, however tenuous or remote the connection, and see how much fun you can have in 500 words. We never count the words. The main thing that is important to us (Lyssa Medana and Thomas Marlowe) is the fun. You have until midnight GMT Tuesday.
Here is the picture prompt. Please credit if you show it on your blog.
Image from WikiCommons, taken by JPS68 and used under the Creative Commons Agreement
Instead of a quotation I would like you to imagine running your hands over fabric. It could be silk, or soft cotton, or rough sacking, whatever sparks to mind with the idea of running your hands over fabric - and have fun!
It is really encouraging to have comments on your work and it can give people a real lift. Sometimes it is nice to just let someone know that their writing hit the spot. Sometimes you can give a little help with a suggestion or hint. Please comment on the other writers as much as you feel able. The rule with that is the quote from WB Yeats, 'I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.' These posts are someone's dreams.


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Our History.
Establishment of BUA International Limited
Establishment of BUA International Limited as a trading company to undertake importation of iron & steel, importation of rice.
Today the Group is into: Manufacturing, Port Management,Flour and Oil Milling, Oil & Gas, Iron & Steel, Shipping & Real Estate.Read more 1988
Acquisition of BUA Oils
The company has two refinery plants and matching fractionation plants with a combined installed capacity of 700 TPD. Both plants are fully automatic PLC-operated based on the finest technology and process engineering in the world.
BUA Oil Mills is the biggest vegetable oil processing company in West Africa. Read more 1991
Acquisition of Golden Oil Limited
Golden Oil limited is acquired by BUA Group and renamed BUA Oil Mills. The factory is located in Ikeja.Read more 2000
Establishment of BUA Sugar Refinery
BUA Sugar Refinery was established. It is the second largest sugar refinery in West Africa.
BUA Flour Mill Lagos was incorporated and milling commenced in August of the same year.Read more 2005
Incorporation of BUA Ports & Terminals
BUA Ports & Terminal was incorporated- a subsidiary of BUA International Limited.Read more 2006
Establishment of BUA Flour Mills Kano
BUA Flour Mills Kano sited at Bompai Industrial Estate with a capacity of 500 metric tonnes per day2007
Laifiagi Sugar Company Acquired. BUA Cement Incorporated. BUA Pasta Plant Commissioned.
Laifiagi Sugar Company was acquired by BUA Group to serve as a self-consistency in response to the Nigerian Government backward integration policy. It has installed capacity of 2,000 metric tonnes per day and the plant operates with gas supply from Gaslink Nigeria Limited.
BUA Cement was incorporated and commenced operations in the same year. It owns and operates a floating cement terminal, the BUA Cement 1, which is designed specifically for bulk and bag unloading for BUA International Limited.
Contract to build the BUA Pasta Plant was signed and work commenced within the same year.2008
Sokoto and Edo Cement Acquired. International Quality Award Received. BUA Sugar Received MANCAP. WAWCMC Award Received. CICAN Award Received
Sokoto Cement and Edo Cement Companies are acquired by BUA Group. Sokoto Cement had an initial capacity of 100,000 metric tonnes and makes use of the wet process technology.
International Quality Award 2009 by Business Initiative Directions (BID).
Mandatory Assessment Certificate Programme, (MANCAP), presented to BUA Sugar Refinery by Standard Organization of Nigeria in 2009.
West African World Class Multiservice Conglomerate Award by the Institute of Direct Marketing 2009.
Commerce and Industry Correspondence Association of Nigeria (CICAN) awarded BUA Group with a CICAN Crystal Award for Excellence, 2009.2009
MANCAP Presented to BUA Flour. Gaslink Nigeria awards BUA Group.
Gaslink Nigeria Limited awarded BUA Group with the Most Consumer Award 2010.
Mandatory Assessment Certificate Programme, (MANCAP), presented to BUA Flour by Standard Organization of Nigeria in 2010.2010
BUA Pasta Commissioned. BUA Group/FLSmidth sign $500m contract for new production line.
BUA Pasta was commissioned and integrated with BUA Flour Mills. The factory produces semolina and a pasta production plant including a water treatment plant with the capacity to supply the entire factory with purified water.
BUA Group/FLSmidth sign contract of US$500 million for a 2.5 million new production line in Edo Cement resulting in a 2.9 million metric tonnes total installed capacity after completion.2011


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WWF has passionate people doing important work. We have many stories to tell. Whether it's protecting the Reef, saving threatened species, or advocating for action on climate change, there is media interest in what we have to say. My job is to present our stories in a way that engages people and stays true to our identity as a science-based organisation.
I was a television journalist for 20 years in Brisbane and Sydney and then a Queensland Government media advisor with the privilege of working for a Premier.
My time at WWF has re-enforced a lesson from journalism. People power, fuelled by information, can achieve amazing things.
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Adding to my collection of profiles for climbs I've done, here's one for the Axalp climb, approximately 10 km west of Meiringen, Switzerland, on the south shore of Lake Brienzersee.
First the profile. I used my Garmin Edge 500 for position and altitude. On the climb up, I lost GPS signal for a bit, which resulted in a data gap. Since I take the data straight from the FIT file, I rely on Garmin's distance determination, which would normally be good if my Powertap had been functioning, but the super-cheap alkaline LR44 batteries I got off Amazon don't last as long as silver oxide 357's with which the Powertap ships. As a result, I needed to rely on the Garmin's GPS distance determination, which doesn't interpolate across gaps, unlike Strava's distance determination. It was easy enough to convert latitude and longitudes into distance, but the Garmin's smarter than that: local variation in position turn straight paths into zig-zags, and the result is a persistent overestimation of total distance. Honestly I don't know how Garmin does its position->distance conversion, but all I know is it doesn't handle gaps well.
But I was saved. I descended the same hill I'd climbed, so I was able to use the data from the descent, reverse the order of the points, and presto-magicko, I have climb data. Of course this isn't strictly accurate because I climb the opposite side of the road as I descent, so switchback insides become outsides and vice-versa, but on the narrow roadway the difference is small.
Using the descending data offers an additional advantage, which is that if barometric pressure changes due to weather, or temperature changes, corrupt the altitude data, these changes will likely be a lot less at descending speed than at much slower climbing speeds.
Anyway, here's the profile:
My profiles all end up looking fairly similar because I use the entire plot from lower left to upper right. I then take characteristic subsets of the curve and do nonlinear regressions to fit a gradient and an offset to the segments, providing a feel for how the gradient of vairious subsets of the climb behave. But it's also useful to consider the grade extracted on a local basis. For this I first do a smoothing operation using a convolution function with characteristic length of 50 meters:
Yes, this one is steep, peaking out in the middle at over 15%, but fairly consistenly hanging out at 10% or steeper. There was some relief through and beyond Axalp itself. I continued to a T-intersection with a street sign:
It rated out at 160% of Old La Honda using my formula, as I rode it. However, the climb can be ridden a bit further, taking the right-hand option, until it turns to gravel/dirt.
But the light was fading and I wanted to reach the bottom of the descent before I needed my headlight. So I didn't dally too long, or explore the way further. I did, however, stop long enough to take this photo, not far from the top:


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It originally had 1-1/2 cups of uncooked oatmeal
Oatmeal, as well as raw sweet potatoes, contains enzyme inhibitors. Before serving them
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2015 Dodge Challenger and Charger teased for New York
Preparing to kick off the marque's 100th Anniversary celebration this summer, the 2015 Dodge Challenger and 2015 Dodge Charger will be making their debut appearances at the New York Auto Show later this month. While withholding specific details, Dodge has now confirmed both will be sporting significant updates and upgrades as part of this mid-cycle refresh.
Also: 12 Best Family Cars of 2014
Drawing inspiration from its classic forebear, Dodge says the 2015 Challenger is "new from the inside out" and includes a new powertrain combination it promises will set enthusiasts "abuzz." Given that statement and the stylized bee-centric logo seen in the teaser pic, that motivation seems more likely to revolve around some variation of the new Mopar Scat Pack upgrade kits for the existing naturally aspirated 5.7-liter Hemi V8 rather than the much-anticipated supercharged 6.2-liter "Hellcat" Hemi alternative now under development.
Class of 2015: New Vehicles Ready to Roll
Changes to the 2015 Dodge Charger will be even more extensive. Dodge says the revamp of this sporty sedan involves "a full body makeover" that will see nearly every panel re-sculpted to give the car a more contemporary appearance. It's believed the Charger revamp also could involve some cabin tweaks. Full details on both of these new Dodge vehicles will be revealed on April 17.
More Dodge News...
The Dodge Dart SXT adds a new Blacktop Package for 2014
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It doesn't take a, uh, scientist to come to the conclusion stated in the title of this post. That said, it's nice to have some quantitative evidence to support the significance of the live performing arts experience.
The NYT's Tierney Lab blog posts about a study conducted in conjunction with the Dance Your PhD contest (in which scientific studies are interpreted through dance). Live audience members were given the four finalists' abstracts and had to guess which dance matched up to which study. The same challenge was given to the online readers of Gonzo Scientist. The data were analyzed and the results are discussed here.
The most compelling finding of the study is that the live audiences did much better at correctly matching the study topic to the dance. As John Bohannon, the study's author and Gonzo Scientist blogger, says, it is true that many in the live audience had a dance background as well as worked in the sciences.
"But it doesn't solve the mystery of why live audiences seem to be smarter in general. It's unlikely that the online experiment systematically attracted people with less science or dance expertise. Nor is access to information likely to make the difference. (Probably few online participants took the time to read the full papers.)
I propose a simple explanation. Being part of a live audience focuses your attention in a way that staring at a lonely computer screen never can. It's equally true of art and science." [emphasis added]
Google Labs keeps me entertained with its constant flow of new ideas. The newest one to catch my eye is Similar Images. It works like google images, but rather than relying on keywords to find what you need, once you find an image that approaches what you're looking for, this app will find ones from around the internet that contain similar attributes.
This is what the front page looks like. Let's try a search for my favorite subject, dance.
A variety of different results come up. Let's say I'm looking for a dramatic photo of dancers mid-air against a stark background (as seems to be the fashion these days). We clock on the "similar images" link under that picture…
Et voila`, lots of mid-air dancers on stark backgrounds.
I can think of so many applications for this labs creation, particularly for bloggers like me who are looking for just the right image to accompany their posts. While the example I show above only resulted in dancers (though in one case it was not a photo but a drawing, which is neat too), I clicked through to other results that did not contain dancers but similar colors, backgrounds, and configurations of images. This could be a positive or a negative depending on what you're looking for, but nonetheless it's a new toy to play around with.
A telling 2003 New England Journal of Medicine report showed a lower risk for dementia among people over 75 who regularly danced during leisure time. But what was so surprising about the report is that other types of physical exercise didn't affect dementia risk — dancing was the only physical activity that made a difference.
I'm slightly skeptical of the benefits of the type of dancing the guy is doing in the youtube video shared in the NYT blog post on dementia (though the benefits of promoting intercultural understanding through all his travels balance it out I'm sure) …but seriously, this is good news, indeed.
My own anecdotal feeling on this is that dancing not only physically good for you, but it forces the brain to create and strengthen new connections as it learns to coordinate movement with music, rhythm, control, and left/right awareness. I have seen this study cited before, and wonder if more follow up research has been done on the reasons for dance being a protective factor for dementia. The study abstract can be accessed here.
(Curious…if dancing is good for my brain, I wonder what dancing in a musical theater production is going to do for me to counterbalance the sleep deprivation; that is some serious brain multitasking! [see: My First Musical, parts I and II])


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1. That my job is simply to keep your pet happy and healthy.There is no sense in any veterinarian taking advantage of you. Should you ever feel this way ask them to explain what they are doing and why they are doing it. Some of us are better at explaining things to client than others, but every veterinarian understands that the only way your pet is going to get help is with you at the other end of the leash walking them in our front door. Those vets who are reserved, quiet, or lack a good bed side manner are still highly trained and experienced experts in the area of pet care. But every single successful relationship starts with both parties ability to work together with a common goal. Trust is the cornerstone to every successful endeavor. Trust your vet or move on and find another. I really want nothing more than to practice the skills I have honed and help you build a better, stronger, and happier bond with your pet. There is no hidden motive. Find a vet you identify, understand, and trust. They are the guide to help you make every decision to keep your pet happy and healthy.
2. That most of the veterinary care your pet needs can be done at your home.Most clients understand that a happy healthy pet is a pet on a good diet (food), in a home free of stress, with people who care about them, and a good exercise plan. It is the same formula for a person to thrive. There has to be balance, protection, and love.
If your pet has an ailment, illness, or injury, your vet can help you treat and manage almost every aspect of their care. Talk about what you are feeding your pet, and every item that your pet eats. Obesity is an epidemic, talk about snacks, food offered, lifestyle, and consequences. Diabetes is a preventable disease in pets, avoid it with diet and exercise. Dental disease is the most common and most over looked pet ailment. If you can brush daily, you can avoid, r at least minimize the need for costly dental cleanings and extractions. If your pet has an ear infection, skin infection, wound, etc., there should be both a short AND a long term plan for BOTH resolving it AND for preventing it in the future. If your vet doesn't provide you with both ask them to do so. Better yet, ask for it in writing. Going home with written (legible) instructions will help you take better care of your pet. It will also help you not use any medications incorrectly.
If your pet has an infection (especially those pesky ear infections, paw lickers, butt scooters, hotspot, and urinary tract infection victims), there is a very good chance they will get it again. Ask your vet for something to help you avoid, or recognize it sooner, the next time.
3. That the guy at Petsmart has no credentials to be giving you advice on what to feed your dog, or put in his ears, treat his intestinal parasites, or assist in your behavioral issues.OK, that guy is probably trying to help you, but really what credentials does he have to do this? "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." If he is wrong about his diagnosis and treatment plan who do you have to blame? Is your pet's health and ability to recover quickly going to be compromised by waiting, or even perhaps worsened because you waited and treated on your own?
I'll give you an example, ear medications. The HUGE majority of over the counter products are worthless, and many of them are detrimental to your pets ears. Why? because you do not have the ability to diagnose the problem. Dogs rarely (I want to say 'Never' but we are trained to never say 'never') get ear mites. A dog shaking their head needs a vet to look inside their ears..waiting leaves you more likely to BOTH infection AND ear hematomas. This equals twice as expensive to treat.
Food/diet advice is best left to your vet. I am almost at the end of my sanity with the random unfounded advice from every salesperson, friend,,,,etc., about what to feed. It is crazy. Literally.
4. That the breeder does not have a medical license.They may be experts as breeding, but their ability to provide a diagnosis and treatment plan is better left to a person who can examine your pet, perform diagnostics, and discuss treatment options with you. When you sit in the exam room with your pet and tell your vet that "the breeder recommended...." it is equivalent to telling your general practitioner that "your psychic told you that you have a brain tumor." In general, we ignore it. Sorry.
If you have followed my advice with number 1 then number 5 is easy. Every vet that I know will help you find a way to help your pet if disaster hits IF you want to help them. Be the person that you would want to help. Be nice, be honest, and be reasonable. For my longtime good clients I will offer payment assistance, contact rescue groups that help pets in need, or even do pro bono work. There are options and resources for people. They are in limited supply, but most veterinarians are in practice because we care about people who care about their pets.
5. That my ability to help your help is directly proportional to your desire to do the same.
For clients who want to help their pets and are on a budget we can offer discounted generic drugs, multiple treatment options, and if you ever feel uncomfortable, skeptical, or unsure about what to do, get a second opinion. It is my hope that this is what you would do for yourself should the patient be you.
If you have any pet questions you can ask me free at Pawbly.com. Meet people who can help, offer advice of your own, and meet people who share your same pet interests.
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Eleanor Miller is the third of The Chipettes, younger than Brittany and Jeanette. Her last name is Miller in the 80's cartoon and CGI series, but she does not have a stated last name in the CGI films. It is presumed to be Seville in the films because of The Chipettes being taken in by Dave. However, this naming would be controversial, as this would make her Theodore's adoptive sister rather than his love interest.
80s Series
Eleanor is self-assured, cute, sweet, confident, obedient, and extremely maternal. She is a gifted athlete, despite her larger physique. Eleanor is quite strong-willed and is far more likely than the timid Jeanette to stand up to her sister Brittany when she feels that she is wrong.
Eleanor gets along great with Theodore of The Chipmunks. They are very open about their relationship and have many similarities. For example, they both love food and are interested in cooking.
CGI Films
Eleanor has a much softer and childish personality; she acts almost exactly like Theodore and seems extremely naive.
In the second film, Eleanor arrived, along with Brittany and Jeanette, in front of the residence of former big-shot manager Ian Hawke. He agreed to manage them, as well as adopting them. Eleanor expressed the most interest in meeting the Chipmunks, especially Theodore, but was discouraged to do so by Ian with his lies. After enrolling in West Eastman, she finally got to meet him face-to-face, falling in love with Theodore. She continued to show eagerness in hanging out and getting to know him and the other Chipmunks, but her hopes were constantly being squashed by her manager. Ian was very cruel to her, making a rude comment about her weight and making her feel bad about her height. She and Jeanette were pushed further away from Brittany because Ian showed favoritism toward her. Though she was hurt by this, she held nothing against Brittany and decided to keep quiet in order to reach their dreams of becoming big.
CGI Series
Eleanor in the ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks series is much like the Eleanor of the 80s series. She lacks the insecurity about her weight as was portrayed in the CGI films and once again shows off her cooking abilities (Jeanette Enchanted), maternal instincts in treating the injured (What A Gem), athletic fitness (Family Spirit), and disdain for Brittany when she acts to dismiss Jeanette (My Sister The Weirdo). Despite being tomboyish (and the maturest of The Chipettes), she has shown several traits more commonly found in typical girls: she cries for sappy moments (Summer Camp), wears a skirt, has taken ballet lessons along with her sisters (Ballet Boys) and can be scared easily, even when she knows she was part of a scheme of scaring someone (Monster Madness).
In the Alvin and the Chipmunks series, she has blonde hair in pigtails and brown eyes. Her signature color is spring green. She usually wears a light green/blue dress with a white long-sleeved shirt, sometimes with a striped tie, and knee-high socks with black shoes.
In the CGI films, Eleanor has green eyes. She has blonde/yellow hair in pigtails. In Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Eleanor wears a darker green sweater over a light green dress and a silver sparkle dress. In Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, she wears a green and white striped shirt with a green skirt with black dots, as well as a green-sparkle dress and green-flowered garments. In Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, she wears a green and white striped shirt with a green skirt with dark green and light green dots.
In ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks, her hair is blonde/yellow in pigtails, and she has green eyes. Her attire frequently consists of a light green and dark green striped shirt, with a spring green skirt, and light green shoes with white laces.
Eleanor always stands up to Brittany when she tries to push Jeanette around, and always defends her when anyone says something negative. For example, refusing to help Brittany join a group that called Jeanette a 'nerd'.
Eleanor always stands up to Brittany when she tries to push Jeanette around, and is generally the only person that tries to stand up to Brittany (besides Alvin). The two of them do share a very nice sisterly relationship.
Eleanor and Theodore are the most open about their relationship. They spend lots of time together and enjoy the others company. In Meet the Wolfman, Theodore gives Eleanor a necklace. They are shown to be married as adults in Big Dreams.
Eleanor and Alvin are friends. They both are very athletic and energetic. When Alvin needs help winning a soccer game or paintball tournament, Eleanor will be there to help win.
Eleanor and Simon are friends, but they don't interact very much.
|Eleanor: Higher, Jeanette! Higher! - (The Chipmunk Adventure)
|Eleanor: Oh, uh, just some cold drinks and sandwiches. - (The Chipmunk Adventure)
|Eleanor: Just one little bite for auntie Eleanor. - (The Chipmunk Adventure)
|Eleanor: He needs his mommy, Brittany. She'll know what to do. - (The Chipmunk Adventure)
|Eleanor: We want to introduce ourselves! - (The Squeakquel)
|Eleanor: And hang out with the Chipmunks! - (The Squeakquel)
|Eleanor: I think Theodore was looking at me! - (The Squeakquel)
|Eleanor: So...what do we do now? - (Chipwrecked)
|Eleanor: That looks like fun! - (Chipwrecked)
|Eleanor: Sometimes I just forget my left from my right. It's that way! - (Chipwrecked)
|Eleanor: He's so smooth! - (The Road Chip)
|Eleanor: Bye Theo-dorable! - (The Road Chip)
- Eleanor's outfit for the 2015 TV series is similar to her outfit she wore throughout the first half of Chipwrecked.
- Eleanor is the only main character chipmunk to not have her name in a title of an episode of any series.
- She is the only one of her siblings that does not wear eyeshadow in ALVINNN!!!
- She is the only one of The Chipettes that wears a skirt with legs exposed in both the 80s and ALVINNN!!! series.
Also see
- ↑ Vanessa Voices Eleanor In ALVINNN!!!, Facebook.com, Retrieved 2014-11-11.


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A. Yes of course you can, we have systems that compliment your refurbishment our designers are experts in ensuring that you have the correct system for your property. You can even add to the system at a later date, by designing the correct system at the start, will save you money in the long term and fit in with your refurbishment budget over time.
Q. Can I fit underfloor heating myself? I have heard its really easy and have watched a couple of videos.
A. Underfloor heating is a specialist job and our experienced technical engineers know exactly how to install your pipework at the correct centres for your heat source. Together with the correct manifold locations and balancing and pressure testing of your system prior to screed is extremely important. Costs that are cut in the preparation and installation of underfloor heating will be costly in the future, you only put your floors in once and you wouldn't want to have to dig them back up.
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A. There are forms of underfloor heating to fit every type of floor construction (screeds, fully floating timber floors, battened and joisted floors), as well as floor constructions that incorporate acoustic components.
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Agent Orange has nothing to do with the weaponised chemical payload used during the Vietnam War. If anything, she is the polar opposite. Agent Orange is a highly sought after and much loved strain from the 90's that took center stage at the High Times Harvest Festival upon its emergence.
A blend of Jack The Ripper and Orange Velvet
The original Agent Orange is thought to be the handy work of Subcool, a renowned connoisseur and grower who founded the TGA seed bank. Legend says, the strain was created by Subcool in an attempt to recreate Juan Moore's strain known as 7Up. He did so by blending one of his famous Jack's Cleaner clones with an orange skunk strain known as Orange Velvet. It was later developed further to be a blend of Jack The Ripper and Orange Velvet, Jack The Ripper being a blend of Jack's Cleaner and Space Queen.
The Experience
The resulting hybrid, Agent Orange, is one that produces some top shelf bud. If the experience had to be described in one word, it would be happy; but the main draw of Agent Orange that has veterans and connoisseurs chomping at the bit is it's unique taste - there is nothing quite like it. There are very few strains out there that can boast to being easily identifiable in a blind taste test, but the unmistakable flavour of well grown Agent Orange is one of the few exceptions. It has a strong sweet and citrusy flavour, that as the name suggests, puts forth a zesty orange taste.
As mentioned, the high induced by this indica/sativa mix is one that is undoubtedly euphoric. A strong hit instills a vibrant cerebral buzz that lasts for hours. It makes for a perfect daytime smoke, and for sharing with friends - its excellent mood elevating qualities will have you all giggling and chatting the day away as you watch the world go by. It should be noted, the strong punch that Agent Orange packs may be a bit overwhelming for the unexperienced, and first time smokers should approach with caution.
Agent Orange in the grow room
Agent Orange will grow well both in a grow room and outdoors - although she can grow to some towering heights, making her a bit of a handful in space constrained areas. If grown outdoors, she is best suited to warmer climates, such as those found in Spain, Italy or California. In these prime conditions, Agent Orange can reach up to 3 meters in height! And will produce a yield in line with such a mammoth size. When grown indoors, you get best results when topping and trimming the plant during the vegetative stage, to push it to the limits. In terms of flowering times, indoors Agent Orange has a flowering time of roughly 60 days; outdoors she will be ready for harvest in October. The potency of Agent Orange moves in the range between 15-20% THC and around 0.3% CBD. The average yield for Agent Orange when grown under an experienced hand will normally vary anywhere between 600 - 800 grams/m2 – it is a yield of epic proportions!
In conclusion, we have to give this strain the credit it deserves. It may not be the easiest for novice cultivators to grow, but the strong and unforgettable experience on offer by Agent Orange is not one to be missed.
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One of the primary problems that waiters, especially in fine dining restaurants, face, is customers ordering items without understanding what they are, and then sending them back, or even becoming angry that they weren't informed of what they are actually ordering.
Yet, for the waiter, it is not always clear when to explain something and when not to explain it. Sometimes, a guest will let you know that they are unsure. They may not tell you verbally but they will show you in other ways. If you are paying attention and 'reading the table' you may pick up on it. Other times, a guest may seem to know exactly what they want, but then turn out to be ordering blind. Menus try to explain what dishes are, but there is limited space, and some menus may fall short or even fail to explain the dishes at all.
It is the waitstaff's job, after all, to know the menu and be able to explain it. This doesn't mean that knowing how much you should explain is always clear. You don't want to assume ignorance that is not warranted, and so embarrass a guest or worse yet, make them angry.
When someone orders the steak tartare, and you're not sure that they realize this is raw beef, should you ask them? What if they order a type of cold soup? Should you let them know? And if so, how do you impart this information without appearing to be pompous?
The best answer I have seen comes from the Culinary Institute of America's Guide to Remarkable Service. It is normal to repeat an order back to a guest. When you need to gently and subtly find out if a guest ordered something they may not actually want, you can simply rephrase the order. "You would like the chilled soup and…"
For the example of steak tartare, you might try "You would like the raw minced (or chopped, etc. depending on how the steak is prepared) beef seasoned with…"
Those with advanced food knowledge will know what a dish is by its name. If they don't, it can be awkward. You have to find a way to inform them without necessarily speaking down to them, or seeming to be patronizing, unless you're a waiter in a high-end French restaurant on a sit-com. But sometimes menus fail to describe very pertinent aspects of original dishes.
I once ordered a chicken dish, based on the menu description. It came to me ice-cold. The plate, the strips of skinless poached chicken breast, and everything else. I personally do not like cold food. I especially do not like a plate that was prepared in the morning and placed in a refrigerator for hours to await my order. Yet, there was nothing on the menu to indicate that this dish was chilled. Some dishes have certain components chilled, while others are warm. Few would expect an ice-cold plate for the entree. In this instance, I would have welcomed a little heads-up from our waiter. I would advise any waiter to be aware of short-falls in menu information and simply inform the diner when something is unusual about the dish, unfamiliar, or exotic.
Other times, when it is hard to be sure what to do, use the method described above, and rephrase the order to describe the dishes, but don't be too obvious about it. This method is often used, and there is probably not a better way.


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The Death Knell of Brown v. Board of Education
The weapon wielded to strike its death blow? The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. See 'cuz integration measures to counter the increasing re-segregation of our schools - schools are less integrated now than they were in 1970 - are just as offensive to the Constitution as segregation. At least, that's the argument which is garnering sympathy among 5 members of the Supreme Court.
Let's talk bitter, bitter irony.
Update: A better, similar article on the same topic. I've always liked Linda Greenhouse's explanations.


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Comment Spam: "Sponsored Links"
Here's an edited bit of comment spam that I found on one of my other blogs. Essentially, the blog spammer has "helpfully" recharacterized a dropped URL as a "sponsored link":
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There are some VERY creative spammers out there.
I've seen one that actually extracts part of the post content, puts it in quotes, and below says something like "I'm not sure I completely with that. Consider checking for more information."
They're witty. :)
Yep, you're right.
Interestingly, when we had the comment spam blocker, I'd see a particular type of comment spam. Now, with Akismet, I'm seeing another type of comment spam. Not sure if that's new, or whether I just wasn't seeing it before.
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Even if the technology had been there, Lohanthony couldn't have happened until recently. The YouTube persona of Anthony Quintalthe littlest big divaso confounds what society traditionally has expected from 15-year-old boys that it's unlikely that the world would have been ready for him. Quintal has been making videos in his mother's New England homemostly discussing his life and pop-culture loves in a manner that manages to be enthusiastic and world-weary at once, full of gasps, wigs, and pregnant pausessince at least age 10. His most famous video, CALLING ALL THE BASIC BITCHES, is a nine-second burst of flamboyance in which Quintal wears sunglasses and pink suspenders and twirls his green-tights-clad leg like a propeller while chanting, Calling all the basic bitches, calling all the basic bitches / There is a new announcement: You're basic.
Lohanthony gets called gay a lot. He's not interested in confirming or denying. I'm 15there's no time to explore anything, he says. Quintal's YouTube moniker is a portmanteau of his first name and the last name of his idol, Lindsay Lohan. Last year, Lohan herself joined the growing number of Lohanthony's celebrity admirers, tweeting at him, I love you more! thanks for the love and support. Quintal posted a 36-second video reaction, in which he fanned himself, squealed into the camera, and pretended to cry. Someone call 911, he gasped. Life Alert. Someone, please.
Lohanthony might be a savant of camp, but Quintal says that he is definitely unfiltered in his videos, as opposed to putting on an act. At school, I say little to no words. It's not about anything but my work at this point. It's like America's Next Top Model: I didn't go there to make friends, I just go there to get my shit done. Online, he explains, I'm alone, and I feel so much more comfortable with myself.


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