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This is Ken Ham, president of the apologetics ministry of Answers in Genesis.
There are certain laws that govern nature. Evolutionists believe that these laws have been around since almost the beginning. But where did these laws of nature come from? How do chance, natural processes create invisible and immaterial laws of nature? They can't!
In a mindless universe, how could we know that these laws would stay the same? And yet the only way we can do science is by assuming that the laws of nature are constant.
So for evolutionists to do science, they must assume that the laws of nature exist and are constant. But they have no explanation for them. The good news: the Bible provides the answer—God created natural laws and uses them to uphold the universe.
Ken Ham is the CEO and founder of Answers in Genesis-US, the highly acclaimed Creation Museum, and the world-renowned Ark Encounter. Ken Ham is one of the most in-demand Christian speakers in North America.
Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.


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Hello guys! Thank you so much for all your posts.
I just want to tell you that today is my third day that I am fighting against my three genital warts. In the beginning I thought I had 2 but soon I noticed the third one. First two were biger and the third small. So I decided to destroy them with ACV like you described here. I have to say that in the beginig( first day) they became bigger but today(third day) I see that they are smaller and became black and very dry.I also saw those black dots coming out. I really hope that this will destroy them all & that I will continue my normal life without them. As it look with ACV it will.
I also use probiotics & vitamin C to have better imune system.
A BTW, I put ACV every 3-4h, fresh one and of course after the shower and drying out my skin down there. During the night I leave them open on the "fresh air" only on the area - the skin - around the warts I put some bepanten cream, which helps to recover my burned skin.
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Top your Rachel Zoe-endorsed underwear with your Rachel Zoe-designed outfit.
When you get to work, check out "The Zoe Report" for all the news you need.
Once you've gotten bored again, cruise Trippy.com, a travel-oriented social network for which Zoe serves as a celebrity advisor.
Buy a large carry-on bag that will fit all those things Rachel wouldn't travel without.
When you severely tire of work again at around the 3 p.m. hour, turn to Zoe's Twitter feed for amusement.
When it's FINALLY time to leave the office, take your outfit from day to night with the addition of a few accessories.
But before you put any extra earrings on, consult your handy copy of "Style A to Zoe."
Look up the restaurant you're having dinner at — with Bing.
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Being social
It's fairly easy to get started on social media, yet brands still struggle to be social. They want visibility, engagement and they want their efforts to pay off.
So how do you get people to say what you want?
You don't.
Online relationships work pretty much the same as offline. It takes time and effort to build them and they won't last without a real commitment. The best you can do is provide meaningful experiences for your audience.
It boils down to three things.
1. Take the time
There are no shortcuts and no tools will compensate for actual human outreach. You can schedule posts, curate content, but when it comes down to social, you need to take time. This means putting audience's needs before your marketing messages.
If you're only interested in being heard but not listen, why should people care?
2. Be useful
Many brands wrongly assume their audience is automatically interested in what they have to say. This is why much of corporate communications sounds like broadcasting.
"Check out our new product! Guess, what, we won an award! Oh, and did you check our latest blog?"
It's like that guy you met at the party who wouldn't stop talking about himself. Sooner or later, everyone gets tired and stops listening. You don't want to be him.
Without listening, any communication is destined to fail.
3. Being social
While brands wait to get action at their nicely designed social media doorsteps, they're missing out on important conversations that are happening elsewhere.
You can't always make people come to your party. Sometimes you can also join theirs.
Social is more than just online chatting or promoting your brand. Any social tool is meaningless if turned into an automatized marketing machine.
It's not about being social, it's about being human.


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Kent State's Aviation Hackathon, SkyHack, is a one weekend competition in which students compete in teams to solve real industry problems. The competition had a grand prize of $10,000 and challenge stream prizes of $1,000. To be involved, all participants had to be 18 or older and a current student and could form a team of one to six students. The project ran from Friday, October 13th starting at 9 pm and ended Sunday October 15th at 9 am. Twenty-nine projects were submitted and nine winners awarded, one team taking home the grand prize and eight teams awarded individual stream prizes. The judging was based on technical difficulty, execution, usability, and presentation. Many teams attended from colleges in various states and some were even sponsored by companies to attend such events.
A current student in the Cleveland State's Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate program, Suzanne King, was a leader in one of the winning teams. Her role in the project was as Chief Engineer. Ms. King designed the process to obtain relevant test data to analyze and then applied known methods of processing that data. The team consisted of David Jordan from Kent State's Software Engineering program; Kaitlyn Marsey from Cleveland State's Civil Engineering program who worked on the physics and structural dynamic portions; and Ronald Simpson from Akron's Chemical Engineering program who worked on the materials science portions. They worked on the project for 36 hours. Their team won a stream award for Aerospace Innovation and took home $1,000.
The team's project was titled: Aerospace Diagnostics System: A sophisticated software system that gets real time data from a jet engine and puts it in a database for analysis. The system will be on board the jet liner and acquire real time diagnostic data from the jet engine. It will then parse the data effectively sorting relevant data from irrelevant data such as idling. If there is an engine alert, it would send data to control centers to discover an immediate problem. Otherwise, it will temporarily store the data on the plane and upon landing transmit the data to a global database. The global database will allow other companies access to analyze our data in order to improve the life of a jet engine.
Image (Left to right): Ronald Simpson (Akron Chemical Engineering); Suzanne King (CSU Chemical Engineering); David Jordan (Kent State Software Engineering); and Kaitlyn Marsey (CSU's Civil Engineering).
The team participated in Challenge 5. Aerospace Innovation. Click here to view a copy of the problem statement for Challenge 5.
**All information obtained via SkyHack 2017 website: https://skyhack1.devpost.com/submissions.


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A Tour of Wieliczka Salt Mine
Quite a few portions of the mine are out of bounds for the tourist. Even then the tour takes a mammoth two hours. The structures and monuments are all below the ground and the tour involves a lot of crawling.
The mine at Wieliczka is a veritable city in itself, complete with churches, chapels, recreational rooms, houses and castles. The mine is a crisscross of tunnels connecting all these structures. In addition, various underground lakes and rivulets traverse the length and breadth of the mine.
The museum exhibits are on show on the 3rd level of the mine as well as in the castle itself. Some of the exhibits are mining tools and machinery, geological samples, paintings depicting the work and lives of the miners, replicas of ancient buildings and a recreation of Wieliczka as it looked 350 years ago.
The Salt-Works Castle is a treasure trove of sorts in that it is the only one of its kind in Poland, which has on display mining structures prevalent in the period from the 13th century to the middle of the 20th century.
"The House Amidst the Salt Mine" used to be the seat of power in the days of yore, for it was home to the administrator of the salt mines. The house consists medieval style cellars and a Gothic architectural style with vaults, coffers and tie beams. It is interesting to note that the original keystone, some ribs and stonework have been preserved and displayed for posterity.
For the history buffs, there is a slice of Wieliczka's history preserved in the rooms of the house, right from the prehistoric to the modern era.
The northernmost edifice is the "Salt-Mine House" consisting underground dungeons, a chapel and utility rooms on the ground floor and the dwelling quarters of the high ranked officials on the first floor. Though presently devoid of all furnishings, the portals, window frames and the coat of arms of the salt mine administrators still exist.
In the castle are the remnants of Poland's very first instance of employee canteen. This canteen to provide free meals to the permanent staff of the salt mines.
There is a tower in the castle, which dates back to the 14th century, and it has been preserved in its originality. Along with the walls, it constituted the northwest defence scheme of the castle. The tower also comprised a jail, a gallery for shooting practice and the temporary residence of the salt-works chaplain.
During the archaeological excavations, numerous martial artifacts like knives, cannon balls, stirrups had been recovered from the site of the tower.
The castle inside the salt mine also bears the distinction of harboring the oldest shaft in Poland. The mining shaft is supported by wooden beams and pillars.
Breathtakingly beautiful are the sculptures made out of salt that embellish parts of the mine, the castle and the chapel. There is even a chandelier that has been carved out of rock salt.
However, the icing on the cake is the chapel dedicated to patron saint princess Kinga. The chapel, "Blessed Kinga", is the largest among the three and is situated 101 meters below the ground. It is made wholly out of salt and is lavishly adorned with salt sculptures, bas-reliefs and ornate chandeliers, made of salt crystals.
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SweetXO in Agoura Hills Closed Its Doors Last Month/
I remember it well when SweetXO opened at the former Blockbuster Video location in the Twin Oaks Shopping Center, 5825 Kanan Road, Agoura Hills on April 1, 2012. The frozen yogurt, fresh baked items, candies, interesting assortment of gift items, made this store unique. They opened a second store at The Oaks Mall on Black Friday 2013 which subsequently closed I believe in the late 2015 time frame.
Well, the original SweetXO store closed its doors in January. They had a decent, nearly seven-year run serving the local community.


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KINGS POINT, N.Y. (April 16, 2019) – The Skyline Conference announced on Monday that U.S. Merchant Marine Academy sophomore Andrew Hunt (Severna Park, Md.) was named to the league's weekly honor roll for baseball for the week ending April 14. The recognition comes after his performances in two of the Mariners' three wins last week in a 3-2 week for the squad.
Hunt earned two victories on the mound, as he tossed a scoreless inning of relief on Wednesday in USMMA's 6-2 darkness-shortened victory at William Paterson, and then fired 4.2 strong innings in an emergency situation on Saturday in a 4-3 home win over SUNY Maritime, giving up a run on three hits with five strikeouts. He now sits at a team-best 5-0 on the season.
For the complete release from the Skyline Conference, click here.
Hunt's five wins ranks second in the Skyline Conference and 50th in the nation. Five other Mariners rank in the top-30 in the country in a statistical category. They are listed below.
- Senior Andrew Spinnenweber (Pasadena, Md.) is eighth in the nation with 0.81 walks and hits per innings pitched (WHIP), while also ranking ninth with a 1.00 ERA, 11th with 13.5 strikeouts per nine innings and 14th with 5.0 hits allowed per nine innings.
- Classmate Kyle Cunningham (Panama City Beach, Fla.) ranks fourth among all Division III pitchers with eight saves.
- Fellow senior Jesse Reinebold's (Sagamihara, Japan) 52 hits are eighth in the country.
- Sophomore Joe Raab (Edwardsburg, Mich.) ranks 22nd in the nation with 12.55 strikeouts per nine innings.
- And classmate Vincenzo Alteri (Watertown, N.Y.) ranks 28th in Division III with 49 hits.
As a team, the Mariners rank in the top-25 among all DIII team in eight different categories listed below.
- Second in the nation with 20 triples
- Fifth in the country with 0.65 triples per game
- 13th in DIII with a .338 batting average
- 15th in the nation with 348 hits
- 18th in the country with 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings
- 21st in DIII with 74 stolen bases
- 22nd in the nation with a 3.20 ERA
- And 22nd in the country with a .422 on-base percentage
To view the Mariners' complete NCAA ranking summary, follow this link. (Note: Team rankings are on page 1, while individual rankings are on page 2.)
The Mariners will travel to the College of Staten Island tomorrow, Wednesday, April 17, for a non-conference game at the Dolphins' CSI Baseball Complex. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Live stats and a live video feed of the game will be available with links on the USMMA Baseball Schedule Page.
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Food labels: Read between the lines
Tips to decipher what's written on a food labels... and also what's not
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The selection of suitable specifications play an important role in controlling the cost of construction of the building. However, the choice of specifications should be such that the building remains structurally sound, functionally efficient and durable. Techniques for low cost housing construction is discussed in this article.
Low Cost building Construction Techniques and Speedy Construction:
Foundations for Low Cost Building Construction
The factors which influence the choice of specifications for this item of work are
1. Nature of soil and its bearing capacity.
2. Depth of sub-soil water table.
3. The intensity of load on the main walls.
4. 15 to 20 cm thick lime concrete with 40 mm normal size stone over burnt brick aggregates and 40% mortar comprising of 1 lime : 2 sand/surkhi or 1 lime : 1 surkhi : 1 sand.
5. In case the region is infested with termites, it would be necessary to provide termite proofing treatment in accordance with the IS:6313.
6. In case the sub-soil at the site is moist with high sub-soil water table (1.5 m or less below foundation level). It is necessary to provided bed of cement concrete of richer proportion (to function as a lean concrete bed).
7. In case the building is to be cited on soils of filled up nature or on black cotton soil, it would be necessary to give special treatment to the foundation to ensure safe transfer of load from building to the supporting ground. However, in case of black cotton soil, under reamed pile foundation normally proves to be economical.
8. For single storeyed building the depth of foundation under normal conditions of soil should not be less than 60 cm below ground level.
Masonry in Foundation and Plinth
Load bearing wall type of construction can have walls made out of bricks or stones. Hence the specifications for this item of work comprise of brick masonry or random rubble masonry in cement mortar 1:8 (1 cement : 8 sand) or in lime mortar 1:2 (1 lime : 2 sand) or in cement lime mortar 1:1:8 (1 cement : 1 lime : 8 sand).
Following aspects pertaining to this item need special attention:-
1. In case of multi-storeyed load bearing wall type of construction richer mix of mortar should be used to suit the loading conditions on the masonry.
2. In case the sub-soil at the site is moist with high sub-soil water table (1.5 m or less below foundation level), the masonry should be in cement mortar 1:6 or cement lime mortar 1:2:9.
3. In regions where building stone is available at reasonable cost it is desirable to adopt stone masonry is less effected by sub-soil water.
4. For single storeyed construction the width of the foundation under average soil conditions should not be less than 2 bricks.
Damp Proof Coarse (D P C)
Damp proof coarse is provided at plinth level of the building to check the rise of moisture from ground to superstructure. The specifications for this item of work depend upon the intensity of rainfall in the area, the depth of sub-soil water table, and the quality and nature of masonry used in the superstructure.
Economical specifications for this item of work consist of providing 35 mm thick cement concrete (1:2:4) using 10 mm nominal size stone aggregate and painted on top with one coat of bitumen of penetration 80/100 using bitumen @ 1.7 kg/sqm.
Masonry in Superstructure (Load Bearing Wall)
Load bearing walls perform the function of carrying the load from roof and upper floors and transmit the same to the soil through foundations. The walls are also required to withstand the wind and seismic forces besides providing thermal comfort against outside temperature, resistance against rain penetration and insulation against noise. The thickness of the wall to be adopted in a particular situation depends upon the strength of the masonry units (bricks, stone, concrete block etc.) to be adopted, type and mix of mortar used, unsupported length and height of the wall (slenderness ratio), location and dimensions of the openings, location of longitudinal and cross wall, intensity of loading on the wall etc. The method of designing the thickness of the walls based on these parameters is given in the National Building Code.
The strength of masonry depends on the crushing strength of the building blocks and the type of mortar used in the work. It is observed that under normal conditions and moderate spans (as in case of residences etc.) it is possible to provide one brick thick load bearing wall up-to four storeyed construction. Up-to three storeyed residential buildings one brick thick load bearing wall made out of good quality bricks having crushing strength of 75 kg/sq cm can normally be provided without special treatment. However, in case of 4 to 5 storeyed construction with single brick wall there is possibility that in some walls in ground and first floor the stress developed in masonry may be of the order 9 to 10 kg/sq cm. Such walls should be constructed with first class bricks having crushing strength of 105 kg/sq cm and in cement mortar 1:3 (1 cement : 3 sand).
In case, good quality bricks are not available in the area, the thickness of the wall should be designed as per provisions in National Building Code. Under normal conditions brick masonry in superstructure can be constructed in lime mortar 1:2 (1 lime : 2 sand) or ( 1 lime : 1 surkhi : 1 sand) in cement lime mortar 1:1:8 (1 cement : 1 lime : 8 sand) or in cement mortar 1 : 8 (1 cement : 8 sand).
In case the building is to be located in an earthquake zone special provision are required are to be made in the brick masonry in the form of lintel band, vertical steel bars at the jambs of openings, corners and junctions of walls.
In case of stone masonry wall it is observed that 30 cm thick random rubble masonry wall can safely be provided up-to two storeyed residential quarters.
Partition Walls
Partition walls are non-load bearing walls which are provided to perform the function of space dividers and to cut off noise. In areas where bricks are easily available , half brick partition walls should be provided in cement mortar 1 :4 (1 cement : 4 sand) with reinforcement comprising of 2 Nos. of 6 mm dia bars at every 4th course and the reinforcement should be bounded and secured at each end adjoining walls.
Depending up-on the climatic conditions, building can be have a sloping roof or a flat roof. The roof should be structurally safe, durable and should provide adequate protection against adverse effect of elements like rain, snow, sun and wind etc. It should provide desired insulation against heat and sound and should have efficient water proofing and drainage arrangements. In areas having rainfall or snowfall sloping roof is preferred to flat roof. In other areas flat roof is provided and it has the added advantage that the roof can be used as terrace for sleeping purposes. Sloping roof can be made by use of timber, structural steel or tubular trusses provided with covering of AC sheets or brick tiles etc. Flat roof can be in the form of cast in situ R.C.C slabs or precast units ( cored units, channel units, cellular units, Waffle units, funicular etc.).
In case of sloped roof it is necessary to provided false ceiling made out of insulating materials like asbestos sheets, timber, fiber-boards etc., to meet the requirements of thermal comfort. In case of flat roof it is necessary to provide terracing required thermal insulation and for drainage of rain water.
Doors and Windows
Doors are provided to perform the function of access to a building and for inter-communication between different rooms. The normal height of door is taken as 2 m and its width varies from 80 cm (for bath room and WC,) to 90 cm for other rooms in residences. In case of public buildings the normal width of door can be up-to 12 m. Windows serve the purpose of providing light, ventilation and vision. The area of windows varies from 10 to 15% of the floor area for buildings in hot and arid regions. In case of humid climate it is necessary to provide excessive ventilation to meet requirements of comfort and as such the area of windows in such regions should vary from 15 to 20% of the floor area.
Filling in Plinth
The function of filling in plinth is to raise the height of the ground floor above the level of the outside ground with a view to prevent ingress of dampness in the ground floor. Under normal conditions the plinth in filled with excavated earth and finished with 15 cm thick layer or sand on top. This layer serves the base on which the layer of base concrete under ground floor is laid. A plinth height of 45 cm is considered adequate for normal construction.
Flooring is provided to have hard, durable smooth, easy to clean, impervious and dust free surface and the materials used in flooring should be strong enough to resist its wear and tear that take place during use. The treatment to flooring for the ground floor is some what different to that for intermediate floor or structural floor. In case of ground floor the water from adjacent ground is liable to rise up by capillary action and make the floor damp. The specification for the floor should therefore be such that the flooring remains free from dampness. It is normal to provide a layer of base concrete under ground floor over 15 cm layer of sand over earth filling in plinth.
Terracing treatment is given over flat roofs to perform the combined function of providing thermal insulation and water proofing simultaneously. It is necessary to provide the layer of terracing materials in slope varying from 1 : 48 to 1 : 60 so as to ensure quick disposal of the rain water. Prior to laying terracing the top of the roof slab is painted with layer of bitumen of penetration 80/100 using 17 kg bitumen for every sq.m. area and impregnated with a coat of coarse sand @ 60 dm³/10 sqm.


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- Price$589,000
- Beds3
- Baths1
- SQ. Feet1,146
- Acres0.21
- Built1930
2304 E 13th St, Austin
Adorable East side house with extremely high ceilings, original hardwood floors French doors lots of natural light huge double lot mudroom and updated kitchen. Stainless steel appliances, new paint, modern fixtures, shed and patio seating area. Minutes from downtown walkable to bars and coffee shops!
Essential Information
- Price$589,000
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1.00
- Full Baths1
- Square Footage1,146
- Acres0.21
- Year Built1930
- TypeResidential
- Sub-TypeHouse
- StatusPending - Taking Backups
- UtilitiesElectricity Available, Natural Gas on Property
- Parking Spaces4
- Parking3+ Reserved
- ViewNo View
- RoofComposition Shingle
- ConstructionFrame/Brick
- FoundationPier & Beam
Community Information
- Address2304 E 13th St
- RegionAustin - East
- SubdivisionGlenwood Add
- CityAustin
- CountyTravis
- StateTX
- Zip Code78702
- Interior FeaturesBuilt-in Book Cases, Ceiling-High, French Doors, Low/No VOC, Security System - Leased, Smoke Detector
- AppliancesCook Top Gas, Dryer, Exhaust Fan Vented, Microwave Oven
- HeatingCentral Heat
- CoolingCentral Air
- # of Stories1
- Stories1
School Information
- DistrictAustin ISD
- ElementaryCampbell
- MiddleKealing
- HighMcCallum
Price Change History for 2304 E 13th St, Austin, TX (MLS® #7076496)
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New video I made for "Yggdrasil" coming soon on Ragnarok August 6th
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Firm Taqtics "Green Eyes" (OFFICAL MUSIC VIDEO)
new music video by Firm Taqtics "Green Eyes" off Time To Invest EP available on iTunes
Directed by Sick Six
Produced by Vibe
Cortez – "Know My Hood" (Music Video) Prod. by Vibe
im a little late on this but heres the link for my homie Cortez video "Know My Hood" that i produced off his mixtape "Exception to the Rule". Keep an eye out for some possible Vibe production on his upcoming mixtape. @Cortez_HSP


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word of mouth
Who better to give you an idea of the island, than from those who came here and took part in our Meet The People program. From first-hand experience of our culture, to the little tips and tricks they picked up along the way, they know what they are talking about.
Great conversation
"We just wanted to say thank you and to compliment you on your program. We enjoyed our conversation and learning more about Jamaica, its history and its people. Again our thanks for setting this up."
Carol and Dean, USA
Making memories
"Thank you very much for the arrangement with the family Foster. They are so nice. I will never forget my stay there and what they did for me. Especially I will miss Milly's fine food!"
Martin, Germany
Wonderful experience
"What a wonderful program - Meet The People! Keep it up!"
J. Whyte, Brazil
Worth sharing
"We will definitely pass on your contacts to other interested persons. Thanks a lot for everything!"
Mueller Family, Germany
Networking opportunities
"This was a great opportunity to network with a similar professional."
C. Stone, Spain
Meeting of minds
"Quoted from the Miami Herald "Kathie Cooke unhinged the gate to her house in Montego Bay and opened her arms. I strode into her embrace and then into her home. Cooke, new pal to many, is one of about 300 ambassadors who volunteer with the Jamaica Tourist Board's Meet the People Programme.""
Andrea Sachs, Washington Post Service
Family bonding
"Thank you for the wonderful experience my husband and I had on your Meet the People program. Donald was an excellent host and he and his family made our visit to Jamaica so special."
S. Taylor, Canada
New perspectives
"We appreciate your hospitality and time. We would like to encourage anyone to try and participate in this program. It increases our understanding of Jamaica and its people. It was one of the highlights of the trip."
B. Dawson, USA
Culturally rich
"Being a part of the Meet the People program truly offered more than just going on a vacation. Meet the People enlightened and broadened our perspectives of Jamaica and its peoples."
L. Collins-Haynes, USA (see full article in Potent Magazine )
Life-long friends
"I had such a wonderful time during my stay in Jamaica; in addition, I would definitely like to participate again in the "Meet the People" program for another chance to meet someone else for a day.""
C. Hannah, USA


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Easy Pleasin' Oat Bars
Easy Pleasin' Oat Bars
2 cups ground oats (blend quick oats in food processor)
1 cup quick oats
1/2 t sea salt
1/4 t cinnamon
1/4 pure maple syrup
1/3 cup fruit sweetener or other thick honey alternative
1/4 vanilla or plain non-dairy milk
2 T canola oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients into the dry mixtures, stirring until well combined. Transfer the mixture to a lightly oiled 8 x 8 or 8 x 12 baking dish and press down until it's evenly distributed. Using a sharp knife, cut to mark out the bars before you bake them to make it easier to fully cut and remove the bars once baked. Bake for 19-21 minutes, then remove and let cool in pan. Once cool, use a sharp knife to fully cut the bars, then remove with spatula.


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Tengiz Field
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Tengiz field (Tengiz is Turkic for "sea") is an oil field located in northwestern Kazakhstan's low-lying wetlands along the northeast shores of the Caspian Sea. It covers a Template:Convert project license area which also includes a smaller Korolev field as well as several exploratory prospects.
Sizewise, Tengiz reservoir is Template:Convert wide and Template:Convert long[1] Discovered in 1979, Tengiz oil field is one of the largest discoveries in recent history.[2] The city of Atyrau, Template:Convert north of Tengiz, is the main transport hub of Tengiz oil. Many nations are involved in a large geopolitical competition to secure access to this source of oil.
Tengiz is operated by Tengizchevroil, a 40-year partnership planning to produce billions of barrels of oil from the field. The Tengizchevroil (TCO) consortium has developed the Tengiz field since its founding in April 1993. The partners in Tengizchevroil are Chevron[3] (50%), Exxon Mobil (25%), the Kazakhstan government through Kazakhstan Petroleum (20%) and Lukoil (5%)[4]
In 2001, the partners opened a US$2.7 billion, Template:Convert Caspian Pipeline Consortium pipeline to export oil from Tengiz to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk in Russia. The pipeline which was inaugurated in March 2001 (and loaded its first tanker in October 2001) carried Template:Convert with planned output of Template:Convert for 2010 and an eventual maximum output of Template:Convert.
Kashagan, which is located approximately Template:Convert west of Tengiz and is world's largest discovery in the last 30 years, and Tengiz combined, compete with the Template:Convert of the US oil reserves.[5] Kazakhstan also considers building new export routes such as Trans-Caspian Oil Pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey or through Iran to reduce dependence on Russia.[6]
Kazakhstan finalized the consortium agreement with Chevron in 1993.[7] In 1997, Lukoil purchased 5% in the Tengiz project from Chevron,[8] and in 2000, Chevron built up its interest in the project to 50% by acquiring additional shares[9] from Kazakhstan.[10] In 2003, Fluor was awarded the rights[9] to develop the Second Generation Plant (SGP) and Sour Gas Injection (SGI) project, which were expected to double production.[11] In 2004, the Tengiz Consortium raised $1.1 billion in senior secured bonds to finance these two projects. These two projects were expected to finish in 2006. [12] The SGP and SGI expansion projects (worth over $6.9 billion) were completed in the second part of 2008.[11] In 2012, TengizChevroil began a new project, called the Future Growth Project (FGP), whose aim is to continue to increase the field's production.[13] In 2014, Chevron and its partners, KazMunaiGas, ExxonMobil and Lukoil began the process of selecting engineering companies to work on the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Future Growth Project, which will further expand the TCO oil field.[14]
Reserves and production
Estimated at up to Template:Convert of oil originally in place, Tengiz is the sixth largest oil field in the world; recoverable crude oil reserves from Tengiz and Korolev fields combined have been estimated at Template:Convert. Korolev field alone holds Template:Convert of oil making it one-sixth the size of Tengiz.[1] Like many other oil fields, the Tengiz also contains large reserves of natural gas. The field is one of the world's largest oil fields, rivaling the Gulf of Mexico in reserves of oil.[15]
Since the oil from Tengiz contains a high amount of sulfur (up to 17%), an estimated 6 million tons of sulfur byproduct were stored in the form of large sulfur blocks as of December 2002. At the time, about 4,000 tonnes a day was being added.[16] On 3 October 2007, the Kazakh environment ministry was reported to be considering imposing fines against TCO for alleged breaches in the way the sulfur is stored.[17]
In 2002, TCO produced Template:Convert, or one third of Kazakhstan's daily production. In January 2003, after contentious negotiations with the government of Kazakhstan, the TCO consortium members initiated a $3 billion expansion project designed to boost production to approximately Template:Convert by 2006. In September 2008, Chevron Corporation announced that the major expansion of Tengiz field was completed and it would boost the production capacity to Template:Convert.[18] In 2012 Chevron announced the field will see its total daily production increase by 250,000-300,000 barrels,[19] bringing production above 500,000 barrels per day.
An area of major geopolitical competition involves the routing of oil out of this oil field. Oil from the Tengiz field is primarily routed to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) project. The Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline is an alternative pipeline developed by U.S. and UK interests originating in the Southern Caspian which is the principal export route for crude from Azerbaijan and bypasses dependence on the Russian pipeline. In addition, Total S.A. is interested in developing a pipeline south through Iran, which is theoretically the cheapest route[20] due to the geopolitical climate involving Iran, however, the United States does not favor this route.
Environmental concerns
The oil from Tengiz field comes out of the wells hot and at a very high pressure, believed to be the highest in the world. It also contains large proportion of gas which is rich in the compound hydrogen sulfide yielding poisonous sulfur. A 1985 explosion in which one man was killed caused a Template:Convert-high column of fire visible from Template:Convert. The deadly gas made it impossible for Soviet firefighters to quickly extinguish the fire. The well burned for a period of one year and was finally capped[2]
The government of the Kazakhstan imposed stricter guidelines for handling the sulfur.Template:Citation neededTemplate:Specify In 2006, Kazakh government threatened TengizChevroil with imposing fines. In 2007, the government imposed a $609 million (74.4 billion tenge) fine on TengizChevroil. The violations included a slow progress in dealing with vast sulfur stocks at Tengiz. The company had reportedly been fined $71 million in 2003 for open air sulfur storage as well, which was then reduced to $7 million on an appeal.[21] According to the Environmental Protection Ministry, over 10 million tonnes of sulfur was accumulated near Tengiz oil field as a by-product of crude oil production.
Government had also set a requirement to relocate the village of Sarykamys which had 3,500 residents to new homes in the vicinity of Atyrau. The relocation program was funded by TengizChevroil and was done in 2004-2006. It cost the company $73 million.[22]
In his book Poor People, published in 2007, William T. Vollmann dedicates a significant amount of his attention to the native peoples living in Sarykamys and Atyrau and the effects of TengizChevroil's presence in these towns. Vollmann's account suggests that serious and widespread health risks were imposed upon the people of Sarykamys. Vollmann also suggests that in the corporation's efforts to displace the natives, many were not compensated fairly, so that upon being forced to move from their existing homes, they were unable to find or afford comparable housing in a new town.[23]
The sedimentary section of the pre-Caspian basin varies between 5 km to 24 km and is dominated by the Permian Kungurian salt, which is overlain by the later (post-salt) deposits of Upper Permian, Mesozoic and Cenozoic all deformed by salt tectonics and earlier (pre-salt) Paleozoic and upper Proterozoic carbonates and terrigenous sediments.[24]Template:Rp Reflection seismology in 1975 revealed the Karaton tectonic uplift, which was 400 km2 in area and 1 km in relief, at a depth of 4 km.[24]Template:Rp An exploratory well was drilled in 1979, discovering "significant oil flow" from the middle Carboniferous carbonates overlain by Lower Permian clays and the massive Permian salt.[24]Template:Rp
Stratigraphy starts with the Upper Devonian Famennian Stage consisting of homogeneous biogenic limestone and some thin dolomite interbedding, followed by Lower Carboniferous deposits consisting of Tournaisian, Visean and Namurian Stage limestones.[24]Template:Rp Next comes the Middle Carboniferous Bashkirian Stage limestones, and then the Lower Permian Artinksian Stage argillaceous sediments.[24]Template:Rp The carbonate buildup is up to 4 km thick and form an angular unconformity to the overlying Permian sediments.[24]Template:Rp
In pop culture
The Tengiz oil field was mentioned in the film Syriana (2005) starring George Clooney.
See also
- Kashagan Field
- Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline
- Oil and gas basins of Kazakhstan
- Trans-Caspian Oil Pipeline
External links
- Kazakstan Field's Riches Come With a Price - The St. Petersburg Times October 23rd 2001
- Stratigraphy, facies, and reservoir distribution, Tengiz Field, Kazakhstan - (2003) L. James Weber, Brent P. Francis, P.M. (Mitch) Harris, and Michael Clark. In: SEPM Special Publication 78: Permo-Carboniferous Carbonate Platforms and Reefs, Edited By: Wayne M. Ahr, Paul M. (Mitch) Harris, William A. Morgan, and Ian D. Somerville.
- Sulfur Pads in Google Earth
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|The Snookering of America
President Obama laid out his campaign strategy for the 2012 Presidential elections.
President Obama in the well of the House of Representatives spoke in his full bully pulpit mode.
"Pass this bill", "Pass this Plan right away!" Similar demands were used as rhetoric 17 times during the Jobsapalooza Campaign stop on Capitol Hill. Demands to "Pass this plan right away" were followed by threats from Obama reminiscent of socialist regimes, and speeches one would expect from behind the Iron Curtain the Politburo. Threatening to take the Jobsapalooza Plan nationwide, which he did on Friday, with a Jobsapalooza Campaign stop targeting Eric Cantor's Congressional District.
Obama is trapped in Keynesian Wonderland and he continues in his pursuit of the failed economics polices of ivory towered professors and elites of the left. From an article at Forbes, "...And since Obama remains oblivious to how his Administration's weak dollar policies and resulting high rates of taxation weigh on the economy like no other policy, his proposal from Thursday is doomed to fail. Sadly for all us, it will do more than fail. Not only will it not work, but for its stated objective being one of extracting even more capital from the private sector to destroy, Obama's plan is quite simply harmful."
Missing from the Jobsapalooza Not Jobs Plan is how to revitalize the manufacturing sector, or creating jobs and securing energy independence by drilling for oil and natural gas.
The government now accounts for over 35% of the United States economy, and has replaced the manufacturing sector. The United States has lost 32% of all manufacturing jobs since October 2000.
Included in the Jobsapalooza Not Jobs Bill, is more of the same from the first stimulus bill,
Political payoffs. Nearly one-quarter of this latest stimulus package — sorry, American Jobs Act — is aid to state and local government, to keep teachers and other public-employee union members on the job and paying dues to the unions. Altogether, unions gave Democrats some $400 million in the 2008 election cycle. Pretty good return on their "investment," eh?"
And Obama still wants his high speed bullet trains in his Jobsapalooza Not Jobs Bill, ..."Pathetic promises. Perhaps he hoped people wouldn't notice, but Obama did put in two words — "faster trains" — as a plug for his pet project of high-speed rail. Liberal blogger Kevin Drum calls California's HSR project, the largest in the nation, "a fantastic boondoggle," likely to cost three or four times estimates and with ridership estimates that are "fantasies." "We have way better uses for this dough," Drum concludes.
The Jobsapalooza Not Jobs Plan is however funded with over $400 billion in new taxes.
"The White House objective is to put lawmakers in a difficult spot: Back Obama's jobs package or risk being portrayed as doing nothing to improve the U.S. unemployment crisis heading into the November 2012 elections.
But the Democratic president's proposals to pay for his $447 billion jobs plan will be hard for Republicans to swallow. They said the idea of taxing the wealthy and corporations was not in keeping with a bipartisan path he was seeking.
White House budget director Jack Lew said the biggest item in Obama's plan would raise $400 billion by limiting deductions and exemptions on individuals who earn more than $200,000 per year and families who earn more than $250,000.
He also proposed raising $18 billion by treating the earnings of investment fund managers as ordinary income rather than taxing it at lower capital gains rates.
He would eliminate many oil and gas industry tax breaks to raise $40 billion and change corporate jet depreciation rules to bring in another $3 billion.
Obama stepped up his campaign to sell his proposals to American voters as he prepared to send the jobs bill to lawmakers later on Monday.
"This is a bill that is based on ideas from both Democrats and Republicans, and this is a bill that Congress needs to pass -- no games, no politics, no delays," Obama said in an appearance in the White House Rose Garden, holding up a thick text of the legislation held together with a black clip.
The president, who pushed through an $800 billion economic stimulus package in 2009, will see his re-election chances hinging heavily on his ability to reduce stubbornly high unemployment above 9 percent.
The bottom line for Republicans was that Obama is now trying to pay for his jobs plan entirely with tax increases.
"It would be fair to say this tax increase on job creators is the kind of proposal both parties have opposed in the past," said Brendan Buck, spokesman for House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress.
"We remain eager to work together on ways to support job growth but this proposal doesn't appear to have been offered in that bipartisan spirit."
Here is an overview of the Jobsapalooza Not Jobs Plan from Obama: and it is not a pretty picture. The Jobsapalooza Not Jobs Plan is just a re-run of the misspent first stimulus bill, which did not stimulate the economy, and did not save or create any jobs.
"...1. Temporary Tax Cuts. The president wants to extend and expand the temporary reduction in the Social Security payroll tax that Congress enacted last December. The president also called for a grab-bag of tax credits for businesses that buy new equipment, hire veterans or even give workers a raise. There is obviously nothing wrong with letting workers keep a bit more of their money. And some of the tax breaks might encourage businesses to speed up otherwise planned hiring or purchases, providing a short-term economic boost. But neither people nor businesses tend to make the sort of long-term plans needed to boost production, generate growth and create jobs on the basis of temporary tax changes. This is especially true when businesses can look down the road and see tax hikes in their future.
2. Further Extending Unemployment Benefits. The president wants to spend $49 billion to provide another extension of unemployment benefits to 99 weeks. Of course everyone can sympathize with the plight of the long-term unemployed. But, the overwhelming body of economic evidence suggests that extending unemployment benefits may actually increase unemployment and keep people out of work for longer. In fact, many economists believe that current extensions of unemployment benefits have already extended the average length of unemployment by three weeks or more.
3. Bailing Out the Teachers Unions. The president's plan calls for spending $35 billion in grants to states to hire or retain some 280,000 teachers. The president wants to spend another $30 billion to repair and modernize school buildings, with the catch that school districts that accept the funds are prohibited from laying off any teachers. Spending on school building and repair has already increased by 150% over the last two decades, without either improving education or generating many jobs. And the greatest threat to teacher retention is not a lack of federal aid, but burdensome labor contracts.
4. More Infrastructure Spending. Like all the stimulus bills before it, the president's latest proposal calls for still more pork barrel spending for "infrastructure." One begins to wonder why we haven't paved over the entire country by now. No doubt there are roads and bridges in need of repair, but the ability of the federal government to sort out good projects from bad is debatable at best. And the president is once again planning to plow money into such dubious projects as high-speed rail.
5. More Tax Hikes. Worst of all, the president plans to pay for all this new spending by -- you guessed it -- raising taxes on businesses and high-income Americans. The president, once again, referred to "millionaires and billionaires" in his speech, but his actual proposal calls for raising taxes on families earning as little as $250,000 per year. In places like New York, that's not the "super rich." In addition, many of these tax hikes would fall on small businesses. The president's jobs plan, then, is to tax exactly those people and businesses that create jobs. And all this is on top of the new taxes and regulations that the Obama administration has already pushed through.
It's not just the details of the president's proposal that are wrongheaded, it's the basic concept. The real drags on our economy have nothing to do with the failure of government to spend enough. The federal government is now spending roughly 24% of GDP. State and local governments are spending another 10% to 15%, meaning government at all levels is spending roughly 40 cents out of every dollar produced in this country. If government spending brought about prosperity, we should be experiencing a golden age..."
Obama fully intends to increase the top marginal tax rates and he and his party have set a minefield for Republicans to cross in order to come up with a bill that Reid will not table and that Obama will sign, with many opportunites for Obama's strawman arguments.
"...By inviting House Republicans to stumble into this trap, the president is also hoping to preempt the congressional super-committee's option of reducing deficits by trimming tax loopholes. President Obama is trying to lay claim to any potential revenues from cutting loopholes (or legitimate deductions) for his own pet projects, which include grants to hire more state and local government workers and extended unemployment benefits for the private sector.
This is no "jobs plan." It's a tax-and-spend plan, and a bad one..."
Here is a background article that links to a study by the Mercatus Center that explains some of the reasons the first stimulus bill failed. ..."The Keynesian theory was that a burst of new government spending would take up some of the slack in aggregate consumer demand. This was justified in 2008, again in 2009, and is still defended now based not on real-world observation but on abstract macroeconomic models that depend on the assumptions of the authors. The Congressional Budget Office's quarterly studies--often cited to claim the stimulus created tens of thousands of new jobs--are based on such a model. By informative contrast, Messrs. Jones and Rothschild interviewed actual people who received stimulus dollars and asked how they spent the money.
In the first paper, the authors survey 85 different businesses, nonprofits and local governments across the country and conclude that "As is often the case when economic models are transferred from the blackboard to actual public policy, there was a gap between theory and practice."
One of the major patterns Messrs. Jones and Rothschild uncovered was that the top-down stimulus was poorly targeted. In one redolent example, a federal contractor said he was told to use smaller, nonstandard tiles that are harder and more expensive to install in order to increase the cost of the project. That way, the government could claim the money was moving out the door faster. The famous Milton Friedman line about government ordering people to dig with spoons to employ more people comes to mind..."
Once again Thomas Sowell has nailed Obama, "...Obama says he wants "federal housing agencies" to "help more people refinance their mortgages." What does that amount to in practice, except having the taxpayers be forced to bail out people who bought homes they could not afford?
No doubt that is good politics, but it is lousy economics. When people pay the price of their own mistakes, that is when there is the greatest pressure to correct those mistakes. But when taxpayers who had nothing to do with those mistakes are forced to pay the costs, that is when those and other mistakes can continue to flourish -- and to mess up the economy.
Whatever his deficiencies in economics, Barack Obama is a master of politics -- including the great political game of "Heads I win and tails you lose."
Any policy that shows any sign of achieving its goals will of course be trumpeted across the land as a success. But, in the far more frequent cases where the policy fails or turns out to be counterproductive, the political response is: "Things would have been even worse without this policy."
It's heads I win and tails you lose.
Thus, when unemployment went up after the massive spending that was supposed to bring it down, we were told that unemployment would have been far worse if it had not been for that spending.
Are we really supposed to fall for ploys like this? The answer is clearly "yes," as far as Obama and his allies in the media are concerned.
Our intelligence was insulted even further in President Obama's speech to Congress, when he set up this straw man as what his critics believe -- that "the only thing we can do to restore prosperity is just dismantle government, refund everybody's money, and let everyone write their own rules, and tell everyone they're on their own."
Have you heard anybody in any part of the political spectrum advocate that? If not, then why was the President of the United States saying such things, unless he thought we were fools enough to buy it -- and that the media would never call him on it?"
This great snarky satire says what every Conservative heard when Obama was in the well of the House giving his Jobsapalooza Not Jobs grand campaign speech during the Joint Session of Congress:
My favorite article I found for the President Obama's Jobsapalooza Not Jobs Bill can be found here : Arrogance is no substitute for experience. That is why the country is in the mess it is in now.
..."Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, do-nothing members of Congress, Tea Party terrorists, handmaidens of the media, and all you little people out there in TV land:
Tonight we meet at an urgent time. The economic crisis you hired me to fix has gotten even worse. As unemployment rises and my poll numbers sink it's harder to blame George Bush. Reporters keep asking, "What will this speech mean for the President?" TV viewers ask, "Will this windbag shut up before the game starts?"
Many people in this country work hard to meet their responsibilities. The rest are happy to take handouts from me. The question tonight is, can we stop the political circus long enough for Congress to spend another half trillion dollars so I can buy the votes I need to get re-elected? And if not, can I leverage this speech to blame my opponents?
So I am sending Congress a plan that you should pass right away. Call, email, fax, and tweet right now, operators are standing by! I call it the American Jobs Act, although around the West Wing the interns are drawing little Charlie Brown placekick cartoons captioned This Time For Sure."
The Jobsapalooza Not Jobs Plan is just more snake oil that will not cure this nations unemployment epidemic any more than some of the concoctions cured sick and ailing that were sold from the backs of wagons in the Wild Wild West, and often the cure could be more poisonous than the symptoms.


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Years ago I searched online for Harry Potter fan art. We only had three movies but more books and I was dying to see images of those great book scenes that had not yet been captured on film. As I saved tons of drawings for my collection a silly thought crossed my mind.
What if someday aspiring artists created masterpieces of my books? I knew it was far off because after all, I was still massively editing book 1.
Guess what? That day has arrived! The following are two great pieces from Elizabeth Hansen.


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The new Decew and Merrittville multi-use Trail was opened Wednesday at the north-east corner of the Regional Headquarters property (oh, and the unveiling of the Brock Business Plan). If you were inconvenienced over the past year while using either Decew Road or Merrittville Highway to escape to St. Catharines' west end, the trail is why. If you never paid any attention to it, it's a nice, wide path for pedestrians or bicycles along those two roadways (except over the Highway 406 overpass, of course) that will allow people to get safely from the end of Richmond Street to Brock University.
It was, in part, due to a plea from Brock Student Union members to find a safe way to school for those alternative transporters among them
and funded jointly by the City of Thorold, the Niagara Region, Brock University, and the Province of Ontario. Decew Road was urbanized (curbed and drained) and had new LED streetlights put in (the latter in part due to an energy grant). If you cross the Highway 406 overpass, though, there are signs telling you to dismount. That's because the railings on the bridge are too low to stop you should you fall and the MTO wouldn't spend the money to fix it. Merrittville Highway had the ribbon of pavement installed all the way to the corner of Isaac Brock Blvd., formerly St. Davids Road.
The ribbon cutting, which was followed by an "Outspokin' Slow Ride" along the new route, featured speeches by both Regional Chair Caislin and Thorold Mayor Luciani. The speeches were pretty boilerplate, but I found that there was a disturbing element to it: Rankin Construction
was singled out for doing the work "on budget and on time". The disturbing part is that, where government contracts are concerned, coming in on schedule and on time are a matter for praise. That should be a given, although we all know it isn't but, although I tip my hat to Rankin for doing so, meeting the terms of a contract should be an expectation, not a cause for praise. Oh well.
In any case, the path seems well-used if you go that way. Personally, I find it a much safer, if somewhat longer, route to the Timmy's near Brock.


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While it is true one in three people will be affected by cancer in their lifetime, the statistic does not reflect the impact the disease has on the loved ones of a cancer patient. Cindy Boardman has experienced the fear, the struggles, and the heartache associated with a cancer diagnosis. In 2002, Cindy's mother, Carol Duncan of South Burlington, was diagnosed with breast cancer and although she survived five years, lung cancer ultimately claimed her life at age 66 in 2007.
Even though cancer is unpredictable and alarming, Cindy and her family were optimistic about Carol's treatment plan for breast cancer since the cancer was detected early during a routine mammography screening. Following a mastectomy and chemotherapy, Carol returned to good health, enjoying gardening and cooking, a few of her life's pleasures.
"We are a very close family," said Cindy, 51, wife and mother of two, "and we were all there for each other even more through this process."
Cindy's children, sister, aunt, and father were among the relatives who formed team 'We Are Family' (pictured above right) and joined Relay For Life of Chittenden County in 2006 to fight back against cancer, one year before her mother would lose her 6-month battle with lung cancer. They've walked every year since to help raise awareness and money for the American Cancer Society and honor Carol's memory.
"I still have a hard time not having her around," Cindy shared. "I miss her every day. I have gone to pick up the phone many times to fill her in on things happening in my life."
For two years, Cindy, a life-long SB resident, has served as the volunteer co-chair of the Food Committee for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk at Dorset Park. This year's event will be held on October 16, 1 p.m., to help educate women—and men—on the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women and raise money to help save lives.
"I became involved as cancer has touched so many friends and family," Cindy said. "I wanted to be able to help in some way. I can raise awareness and help bring information about the various American Cancer Society programs to people."
Cindy, a life-long SB resident, believes a healthy lifestyle and routine cancer screening will help prevent breast cancer, a disease diagnosed in nearly 200,000 people in the U.S. in 2010, but one which impacts us all.
For cancer information 24 hours a day, seven days a week, call 1.800.227.2345 or visit cancer.org. To join Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, visit www.cancer.org/stridesonline.
Source: American Cancer Society


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New version, now constructed from Nitrilon. The perfect backpacking inflatable kayak in a tandem option - only 29 lbs and sets up in 5 minutes!
The Innova Twist 2N is one of the lightest and most portable inflatable tandem kayaks on the market. At only 29 pounds, the Twist 2N arrives in a small nylon bag no larger than a child's schoolbag -- easily backpackable.
The newly updated Innova Twist 2N inflatable kayak is now constructed from Nitrilon, a high-strength PES fabric that is single coated with an outside synthetic rubber coating and an inner natural rubber-blend coating to increase air retention. Nitrilon is the same material used in the traditional Innova Sunny, Helios and Safari models. A specialized manufacturing process vulcanizes the natural rubber compound on the interior of the fabric, resulting in a durable construction that tolerates high interior pressure, improving longevity as well as making the kayaks more rigid, water and abrasion resistant, without substantially increasing the kayak weight. The main chambers can be inflated to 3 PSI, translating into a stiff inflatable boat that handles responsively. Nitrilon has minimal PVC content, making it more environmentally friendly than standard inflatables using PVC bladders - there is no out-gassing. It also stores compactly when deflated and folded.
New features of this portable tandem kayak includes improved seating with removable, inflatable seats and beefed up foot brace. The new seating arrangement makes it easier to reposition the paddling positions, optimizing paddling performance and comfort for both one or two paddlers.
High-quality military-style valves are used in the main chambers while a rear storage chamber wth gear bungees allow you to bring extra gear. The removable fin "keeps you on track" offering stability and performance for hours of paddling on the water.
The Innova Twist 2N kayak is a great choice for recreational paddling on calm to slow-moving waters, and perfect for backpacking, RVs and travel.
- Environmentally-friendly Nitrilon material construction
- Removable tracking fin
- Rigid I-beam floor construction
- 3 PSI high pressure main bladders
- Removable, inflatable seats offers adjustable support via inflation
- Bungee rigging on stern deck stows extra gear
- Pressure release valve integrated into floor
- Inflatable foot rest
- Two carrying handles
- Approximate inflation time with standard pump is 5 min.
- Good for day touring, backpacking, vacation travel and fishing.
- Made in the Czech Republic
- River rating: Class I
- Length: 11ft. 10 in.
- Width: 33 in.
- Weight: 29 lbs.
- Air chambers: 3 Main (Military style) & 3 Twistlok
- Capacity: 396 lbs (2 persons & gear)
- Folded dimensions: 21x14x8 in.
- Includes tracking fin, repair kit, instructions, valve adaptor, 2 seats, brace.
Need more info?
- Read our Detailed Twist 2N Product Review with photos on our Wordpress Blog.
- Read the Instruction Manual.
- Watch our Innova Twist II LN YouTube video - this features the prior version:
The new Innova Twist 2 - now constructed from Lite Nitrylon - is an environmentally-friendly, PVC-free inflatable kayak for one or two people. At a mere 26 lbs, it is one of the lightest tandem inflatable kayaks on the market. With a near 12-foot length, the kayak is roomy enough for many sizes, it's stable, and turns on a dime. The main chambers can be inflated to 3PSI, making it quite rigid. The kayak quickly converts from two paddlers to one person - with plenty of room for gear. It's a great choice for recreational paddling on calm to slow-moving water.
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PhpStorm is an IDE for PHP from JetBrains. The IDE provides an editor for HTML, PHP, CSS, and JavaScript, and works with major frameworks like Laravel, Symfony, Yii, etc. PhpStorm also supports relational databases and SQL to use for your project.
There are a couple features in PhpStorm to make web development easily manageable. On the navigation bar, there is a link where you can create a new project from a set of existing files by rooting the main directory. You can refactor a directory, file and image by renaming moving, copying, or deleting it. If you rename a file or image, you will be notified of the code in your files that is using it and will give you an option to rename the code with the file or image you've renamed.
PhpStorm supports Version Control and Git by simplifying merging with other branches. The IDE has a push and pull button that represents Git's commands on the navigation bar. It also simplifies merging with other branches. If there is a conflict with merging other branches, conflicted files will be displayed and specifically in the line of code that's happening, something that Git Shells lacks, making it easy for the developer to resolve the conflict. Remote server configuration is also featured and supported through FTP, SFTP, or FTPS which allows for accessing the server via these protocols. This makes uploading files from the local environment to the live server at ease.
PhpStorm is our main IDE for website and web app development for Laravel and PHP files; it helps us manage our directories of the projects thanks to its user-friendly interface. We can upload our files live thanks to the IDE's option to deploy the files live by implementing the FTP code in the Settings. We utilize Git easily with PhpStorm's implications of the Version Control and push the code onto a branch for other users to pull from. Conflicts are easy to solve when the files display the line of code that's happening from.
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When Japa is not done with love and attention there is often no observable
spiritual or material result. However this same Japa, done with love and
attention, will enable us to perform all other devotion practices in pure a
manner, also with love and attention. - Srila Prabhupada
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