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Monday, February 9, 2009
Great Monday Give: Umbrella
Without further yak yak, the winner of last week's give is Megan.... please send me your info to webe(at)soon(dot)com and I'll ship Pierre out to you today. Congrats and adios!
16 comments:
- Gretchen said...
Your review of Umbrella made me add this book to a growing list called "find this!", so I'd love to be the lucky one to win this Great Monday Give: will keep my fingers crossed. Thank you for the opportunity. Best,
Gretchen - February 9, 2009 at 7:19 AM
- Celeste said...
I definitely remember your post on this one--would love to own it!
- February 9, 2009 at 7:26 AM
- Elena said...
I remember seeing this book in the library when I worked there but I never was inspired to read it until I read your post.
- February 9, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- FairiesNest said...
I'd love to win this favorite from my past!
- February 9, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- Carm said...
Sounds great! Way to "sell" the book.
- February 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM
- Carrie said...
I have been looking for this one since you reviewed it, with no luck. What a treasure.
- February 9, 2009 at 11:19 AM
- heather said...
Wow, I love vintage books. Thanks so much for this.
- February 9, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- karen said...
I immediately added this to my "wish list" after your review- for some reason, I love umbrellas! This love took me completely by surprise, and I didn't realize it at all until my husband pointed out that two prints I had bought for our house both had umbrellas in them. And I've loved the other books I've tracked down that you've reviewed, so how could I not love this one, especially with my affection for umbrellas?!
- February 9, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- mj said...
I'd love a copy of this! We are big fans of vintage books at our house too. :)
- February 9, 2009 at 1:16 PM
- Hannah Q. Parris said...
I'll be a children's librarian soon, and I'm working on my personal collection. This would be a great addition. Thanks for sharing.
- February 9, 2009 at 2:17 PM
- maria said...
Loved your review and have been wanting to read this ever since. Cheers to books that make mamas cry!
- February 9, 2009 at 7:35 PM
- Superdumb Supervillain said...
The girl on the cover looks kind of like my mom... I haven't read this one but I would like to!
- February 9, 2009 at 11:31 PM
- tiff said...
I just found you.....and LOVE you. (Your shop and your blog.) Thanks for all the great opportunities and info.!
- February 10, 2009 at 12:42 AM
- Emerald Arts said...
I'd love to be in the draw, the book sounds (and looks) gorgeous.
-Emmeline - February 10, 2009 at 7:06 PM
- Amy said...
I am keeping my eyes peeled for this one too! Thank you fr the chance!
- February 12, 2009 at 11:21 PM
- Karin said...
Sounds like a charming book.
- February 17, 2009 at 10:21 AM

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The first wind turbines were often installed using existing jack-ups, originally built for civil construction or oil and gas service markets. Then the industry invested in a fleet of purpose-built wind turbine installation vessels (WTIV) jack-ups. Now, current trends and developments in the offshore wind industry are shaping the installation fleet of the future. An increasing volume of wind turbine installations and turbine weights, as well as the heavier and taller cranes require owners to modify existing jack-ups and invest in new, larger WTIV
jack-ups. At the same time, turbine installations are moving to deeper waters farther offshore, requiring jack-ups adapted for these conditions. Additionally, the offshore wind market has expanded into new territories, including Japan, Taiwan and the United States. US offshore wind faces particular challenges due to the Jones Act and a lack of suitable ports on the East Coast. Accordingly, the use of traditional self-transiting installation jack-ups is being challenged by alternative concepts, such as the new Steady Top Feeder Vessel from GustoMSC.
Addressing new challenges with an alternative model
The use of self-transiting WTIV jack-ups has been the predominant transport and installation (T&I) model for offshore wind turbine installation to date. The WTIV jack-up loads multiple turbines in port using its own onboard crane, which it then sails to the offshore wind farm. Next, the jack-up positions itself next to a turbine foundation and elevates on its legs to provide a stable installation platform. It installs the turbine components from its own deck on the turbine foundation, then jacks down, refloats and sails to the next foundation location. When the jack-up is empty, it returns to port for reloading and repeats the cycle.
An alternative to this traditional T&I model uses feeder vessels to transit components from port to site and use a separate installation vessel for the lifting operations. The feeder vessel is loaded with turbine components in port using an onshore crane or SPMTs and then sails to the offshore wind farm. The feeder vessel positions itself next to an installation WTIV jack-up that is already on site, which lifts turbine components from the feeder vessel's deck and installs the components on the turbine foundation. Finally, the feeder vessel sails back to port for reloading to repeat the cycle, and the WTIV jack-up moves to the next location.
Typically, two feeder vessels would be used to support an installation jack-up, but one feeder vessel may be sufficient when the resulting waiting time is not a factor or three feeder vessels may be required for projects that are located far from port.


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KR C4 – The control system for the future
The revolutionary concept of the KR C4 provides a firm foundation for the automation of tomorrow. The systematic elimination of limiting hardware and its replacement with commonly-used, open industry standards, such as multi-core and Ethernet technology, offers enormous performance and development potential. Based on these technologies, Ethernet-based field bus systems, such as ProfiNet or Ethernet/IP, can be simply integrated as software functions. In this way, the KR C4 concept will automatically benefit from future leaps in development and performance increases. This new systematic approach, implementing the control processes as software functions, reduces the number of hardware modules by 35% and the connectors and cables by 50%.
On-board safet
For the first time, the complete safety controller is seamlessly integrated into the KR C4 control system without proprietary hardware. Safety functions and safety-oriented communication are implemented on the basis of Ethernet-based protocols.
The safety concept in the KR C4 is centered on the multi-core technology used, thus ensuring the dual-channel system required for safety applications. Moreover, the system offers far more than mere monitoring functions. Instead, the concept makes it possible to influence the motion and velocity of the robot safely.
The elimination of restrictive hardware components and the limitless expandability of the software-based safety interfaces pave the way for the implementation of revolutionary new safety concepts in automation. Particularly in the field of human-robot cooperation, new sensors will be used in the future. These require large numbers of inputs and outputs, however. The architecture of the KR C4 gives KUKA Roboter GmbH the required flexibility to integrate them.
KUKA – Pioneer in safety
When it comes to safety, KUKA Roboter GmbH is taking another step towards safe control with the control architecture of the KR C4. With around 5000 safe robots already installed, KUKA has many years of experience in this area. The Safe Robot concept is set to establish itself as an industry standard given that it saves production area, simplifies manual loading stations without the need for additional safety equipment, and is the sine qua non for direct human-machine cooperation.
Building on the controller concept, KUKA is also presenting the new WorkVisual engineering workbench and the new KUKA smartPAD control panel.
Simply smart: The new KUKA smartpad operator panel
Weighing only about 1000 grams, the KUKA smartPAD offers not only service-proven operator control elements, such as the 6D mouse, but also a wide range of new user-friendly features, such as a USB port for convenient saving and loading of data directly on the control panel. Essentially, the smartPAD is operated using a large, high-resolution, 8.4" antireflection touch screen and few keys. It is now possible to control eight axes conveniently, as opposed to six previously, without switching. When working with the KUKA smartPAD, the user is only offered those operator control elements that he actually needs at any given moment, thereby enabling intuitive and efficient work.
KUKA.workvisual – The universal workbench for integrated engineering
The modular structure of the KUKA.WorkVisual software architecture groups all the steps of a project together in a homogenous software environment and can be used as a planning tool, for cell configuration and as a universal programming environment.
From configuration to programming and optimization, WorkVisual simplifies all automation tasks with a uniform look & feel for all tools. The individual tools of WorkVisual offer a degree of user-friendliness comparable with that of MS Office with a standardized user interface and menu navigation, e.g. Copy & Paste, Drag & Drop or code snippets. Catalogs and project data that are not program-specific ensure data consistency and seamless integration. With the decisive advantage that the program code is already checked for logic while these functions are used in the background. This means that project errors are nipped in the bud.


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SWAINSBORO, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say two men accused of escaping from a Georgia county jail and later caught in Iowa have now been returned to Georgia.
Sheriff's officials say they were part of a group of six inmates accused of escaping from the Emanuel County Jail on Nov. 10. All six have been recaptured.
Authorities say the last two missing inmates -- 24-year-old Matthew Findley and 26-year-old Jeffery Webb -- were found by the U.S. Marshal's Eastern Iowa Fugitive Task Force in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
The Augusta Chronicle reports that Findley and Webb on Wednesday made their first court appearance in Georgia on their escape charges.
Sheriff's officials in Georgia say the six prisoners had escaped from the jail in Swainsboro after a plumbing worker at the jail left a door unlocked.


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No One Says It Better Than Karl Rove
Normally what I do after reading a story or comment or watching a story on TV I will sit down and write my own commentary on the subject, but when it comes to Karl Rove, there is no way to do it justice. For those of you who do not receive his news letter, he wrote a piece about Obama-Care and the coming train wreck it is fast becoming.
Here is his article as only Mr. Rove can say it.
Steaming Toward the ObamaCare 'Train Wreck'
The implementation of this unpopular law is a story of missed deadlines and general bungling.
In congressional testimony last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius blamed Republican governors for her department's failure to create a "model exchange" where consumers could shop for health-insurance coverage in states that don't set up their own exchange.
Nice try, but GOP governors aren't the problem. Team Obama's tendency to blame someone else for its shortcomings is tiresome. The Affordable Care Act requires HHS to operate exchanges in states that won't operate their own. Since the act became law in March 2010, it has been abundantly clear that the agency would have to deploy a model exchange. It is Ms. Sebelius's fault there isn't one.
There is more to this failure. Even exchanges organized by Democratic and Republican governors may not be functioning by the health-law's Oct. 1 deadline, because HHS has been slow with guidance and approvals.
Last month Gary Cohen, an official with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services who oversees technology for the exchanges, told members of America's Health Insurance Plans (a trade association) that he was "pretty nervous" about implementation. He hoped enrollment is "not a third world experience."
Part of this problem stems from the way the law is crafted. For example, a subsidy to help small businesses provide insurance coverage while ObamaCare ramped up was so complicated and difficult to use that only 1% of its $40 billion budget was spent.
Other provisions have been poorly executed or needlessly delayed. Ms. Sebelius's HHS has missed dozens of deadlines for major rule-making or program start dates required by the law.
For example, ObamaCare created the Small Business Health Options Programs, where small businesses could select insurance plans beginning in October with coverage starting in January. The program has been set up, but employees are offered only one plan, not a choice among many. HHS announced a full range of plans would be delayed until 2015.
Then there is President Obama's promise that no American would be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. The Affordable Care Act set aside $5 billion to subsidize, through 2014, coverage for an estimated 270,000 to 350,000 people with pre-existing conditions and no insurance. So far 135,000 have been covered but the $5 billion is nearly exhausted. HHS stopped signing up people in February.
A long-term care entitlement, the so-called Class Act, turned out to be so fiscally untenable that Democratic support evaporated before its 2012 start date. The entitlement program was repealed in the December fiscal cliff deal.
Then there is the Independent Payment Advisory Board, the 15-person committee charged with reducing Medicare spending to a "target level" by 2015. Its recommendations take effect automatically unless overruled by a congressional supermajority.
By law, the board cannot "raise revenues or Medicare beneficiary premiums . . . deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments, or otherwise restrict benefits or modify eligibility criteria." This means that the board would likely have to cut reimbursements to health providers who already receive roughly 80% of what private insurers pay for the same procedures for non-Medicare patients. This will discourage doctors from taking on Medicare patients.
The IPAB's first recommendations are due Jan. 1, 2014 and are supposed to take effect a year after that. The president hasn't appointed anyone to the board, and it's unlikely he can come up with 15 nominees, get them confirmed, and have them in place to deliver recommendations in time. Maybe he plans to leave the recommendations up to the secretary of HHS, which is allowed under the health law, but that ought to concern anyone who's seen Ms. Sebelius in action.
Or maybe the president will just let the deadline for IPAB recommendations slide. An ugly battle in 2014 over Medicare cuts proposed by a committee he appointed might rile up seniors in the midterm elections, leading to the defeat of House and Senate Democrats who voted for the law.
Still, the administration is eager to get one health-care program under way. ObamaCare provides $54 million to hire individuals and groups to facilitate enrollment when the exchanges begin this October.
There are rumblings in Washington that HHS believes more money is needed for these "navigators" or "helpers." The House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote Ms. Sebelius this week asking what kind of groups are eligible, how they'll be selected, what standards must they meet, how they will be trained and supervised, and what the success measures will be. This program could turn into patronage for Mr. Obama's liberal allies such as unions and community activists.
The Affordable Care Act may be unworkable in the aggregate, but it is also dogged by incompetent implementation. Even Democrats are increasingly concerned. At a hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Max Baucus expressed his frustration about a variety of problems, including whether the health-insurance exchanges will be established on time. "I just see a huge train wreck coming down," he told Ms. Sebelius.
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"You can be for markets without being against redistribution," says Erik Angner, a philosophy professor at George Mason University. Angner argues that the Nobel-winning economist Friedrich Hayek offers an alternative to contemporary liberals and leftists on the one hand and conservatives and libertarians on the other. As Amanda Winkler notes,
In a controversial Politco op-ed published in 2012, Angner wrote that while Britain's National Health System and the price-rigging elements of Obamacare violate Hayekian principles, creating an individual mandate and giving poor Americans some amount of money to spend on health care as they see fit does not. To Angner, vouchers for health care would function similarly to vouchers for education, helping to create stronger market forces and spurring the sort of competition that would lead to a more efficient and robust system.
Economist Tyler Cowan is skeptical that Hayek's approach would work since, he says, "it is hard to have major government involvement in health care without price controls, or should I write 'price controls,' in some manner or another."
Perhaps more interesting than whether a Hayekian could support Obamacare is the question of whether a Christian who favors free markets should be in favor of income redistribution. Personally, for numerous reasons I'm in favor of encouraging individual redistribution and leery of state-mandated redistribution. One reason, as Arthur Brooks explains, is that "[It] just culturally makes it harder for people who believe in income redistribution to give intuitively, to take personal ownership of a problem." Believing that aiding the poor is the role of the government provides a disincentive for personal engagement with those in need.
What would most Christians consider a strong, compelling argument (assuming any exist) for free markets and government-mandated redistribution?


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OCEAN CITY – The Avenue of Trees program is on life support as the Recreation and Parks Department is on the hunt for sponsors to keep the holiday display alive.
According to Special Events Director John Sullivan, Mayor Rick Meehan started the Avenue of Trees program in 2000 to decorate Baltimore Avenue from 15th to 33rd streets with lighted Christmas trees.
The original trees are 21-foot lighted artificial fur trees decorated with a snowflake. The town buys, sets up, maintains, takes down and stores for a period of five years for the sponsor. At one time, the department had 17 trees sponsored by local hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and individuals.
Sullivan has announced that 10 years later the trees have succumbed to the weather and age.
"Well, the trees proved to be very strong and many have lasted up through last year," Sullivan said.
The town hopes to replace the trees to continue the Avenue of Trees on Baltimore Avenue during the Winterfest of Lights season each year.
"The town has added sponsors most years and several trees have been donated in the name of a deceased person," Sullivan said.
The program has stepped it up a notch as far as the trees replacements go. The department is asking for sponsors to purchase new Christmas trees with third generation LED lights. The cost of the tree with shipping will run the sponsor around $4,000.
"One family who sponsored a tree recently told me they want the tree to continue even though the cost might increase," Sullivan said.
Sullivan added, "Sponsoring a Christmas tree will not only promote your fine business but it will allow for a tax reduction."
For those who are interested in sponsoring a Christmas tree, the tree can be paid for anytime between now and June 30, 2011.


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Commemorated on September 20
The Holy Great Martyr Eustathius was named Placidas before his Baptism. He was a military commander under the emperors Titus (79-81) and Trajan (98-117). Even before he came to know Christ, Placidas performed acts of charity, helping the poor and destitute. Therefore, the Lord did not leave the virtuous pagan remain in the darkness of idolatry.
Once while hunting in a forest, he saw a stag which would stop now and then to look him right in the eye. Placidas pursued it on horseback, but could not catch up. The stag leaped over a chasm and stood on the other side facing him. Placidas suddenly saw a radiant Cross between its antlers. In surprise the military commander heard a voice coming from the Cross saying, "Why do you pursue Me, Placidas?"
Once while hunting in a forest, he saw a stag which would stop now and then to look him right in the eye. Placidas pursued it on horseback, but could not catch up. The stag leaped over a chasm and stood on the other side facing him. Placidas suddenly saw a radiant Cross between its antlers. In surprise the military commander heard a voice coming from the Cross saying, "Why do you pursue Me, Placidas?"
Once while hunting in a forest, he saw a stag which would stop now and then to look him right in the eye. Placidas pursued it on horseback, but could not catch up. The stag leaped over a chasm and stood on the other side facing him. Placidas suddenly saw a radiant Cross between its antlers. In surprise the military commander heard a voice coming from the Cross saying, "Why do you pursue Me, Placidas?"
"Who are You, Master?" asked Placidas.The Voice replied, "I am Jesus Christ, Whom you do not know, yet you honor Me by your good deeds. I have appeared here on this creature for your sake, to capture you in the net of My love for mankind. It is not fitting that one as righteous as you should worship idols and not know the truth. It was to save mankind that I came into the world."
Placidas cried out, "Lord, I believe that You are the God of Heaven and earth, the Creator of all things. Master, teach me what I should do." Again the Lord replied, "Go to the bishop of your country and receive Baptism from him, and he will instruct you."
Placidas returned home and joyfully recounted everything to his wife Tatiana. She in turn told him how the evening before, in a mysterious dream, she had been told, "Tomorrow you, your husband and your sons shall come to Me and know that I am the true God. The spouses then proceeded to do as they had been bidden.
They hastened to the Christian bishop, who baptized all their family, and communed them with the Holy Mysteries. Placidas was renamed Eustathius, his wife was called Theopiste, and their children, Agapius and Theopistus.
On the following day, St Eustathius set out to the place of his miraculous conversion and in fervent prayer he offered up thanks to the Lord for having called him onto the path of salvation.
Again St Eustathius received a miraculous revelation. The Lord Himself foretold his impending tribulations: "Eustathius, you shall suffer many misfortunes, as did Job, but in the end you will conquer the devil."
Soon St Eustathius was plunged into misfortune: all his servants died of the plague and his cattle perished. Brought to ruin, but not despairing in spirit, St Eustathius and his family secretly abandoned their home, to live unknown, humble and in poverty.
They went to Egypt to board a ship sailing for Jerusalem. During the voyage a new woe beset the saint. The ship owner, enchanted by Theopiste's beauty, cruelly set Eustathius and his children ashore, keeping the wife for himself.
In great sorrow the saint continued on his way, and new woe beset him. Coming to a tempestuous river, he went to carry his two sons across in turn. When he had brought one across, the other was seized by a lion and carried off into the wilderness. As he turned back towards the other, a wolf dragged that child into the forest.
Having lost everything, St Eustathius wept bitterly, but he realized that Divine Providence had sent him these misfortunes to test his endurance and devotion to God. In his inconsolable grief, St Eustathius went on farther, prepared for new tribulations.
In the village of Badessos he found work and spent five years in unremitting toil. St Eustathius did not know then that through the mercy of God, shepherds and farmers had saved his sons, and they lived right near him. He also did not know that the impudent shipowner had been struck down with a terrible disease and died, leaving St Theopiste untouched. She lived in peace and freedom at the place where the ship landed.
During this time it had become difficult for the emperor Trajan to raise an army for Rome to deal with a rebellion, for the soldiers would not go into battle without their commander Placidas. They advised Trajan to send men out to all the cities to look for him.
Antiochus and Acacius, friends of Placidas, sought him in various places. Finally, they arrived in the village where St Eustathius lived. The soldiers found Eustathius, but they did not recognize him and they began to tell him of the one whom they sought, asking his help and promising a large reward. St Eustathius, immediately recognized his friends, but did not reveal his identity to them.
He borrowed money from one of his friends and fed the visitors. As they looked at him, the travellers noted that he resembled their former commander. When they saw a scar on his shoulder from a deep sword-wound, they realized that it was their friend there before them. They embraced him with tears and told him why they were seeking him.
St Eustathius returned to Rome with them and again became a general. Many new recruits were drafted into the army from all over the empire. He did not know that two young soldiers who served him, and whom he loved for their skill and daring, were actually his own sons. They did not know that they were serving under the command of their own father, nor that they were brothers by birth.
While on campaign, the army led by Eustathius halted at a certain settlement. The soldier-brothers were talking in their tent. The elder one spoke about his life, how he had lost his mother and brother, and how in a terrifying way he had been parted from his father. The younger brother then realized that before him was his very own brother, and told him how he had been rescued from the wolf.
A woman overheard the soldiers' conversation, since their tent was pitched right next to her house, and this woman realized that these were her sons. Still not identifying herself to them, but not wanting to be separated from them, she went to their commander, St Eustathius, to ask him to take her to Rome with him. She said she had been a prisoner, and wanted to go home. Then she came to recognize the commander as her husband, and with tears she told him about herself and about the two soldiers who were actually their sons. Thus, through the great mercy of the Lord, the whole family was happily reunited.
Soon thereafter the rebellion was crushed, and St Eustathius returned to Rome with honor and glory. The emperor Trajan had since died, and his successor Hadrian (117-138) wanted to celebrate the event of victory with a solemn offering of sacrifice to the gods. To the astonishment of everyone, St Eustathius did not show up at the pagan temple. By order of the emperor they searched frantically for him.
"Why don't you want to worship the gods?" the emperor inquired. "You, above all others, ought to offer thanks to them. They not only preserved you in war and granted you victory, but also they helped you find your wife and children." St Eustathius replied: "I am a Christian and I glorify and give thanks to Him, and I offer sacrifice to Him. I owe my life to Him. I do not know or believe in any other god than Him."
In a rage, the emperor ordered him to take off his military belt and brought him and his family before him. They did not succeed in persuading the steadfast confessors of Christ to offer sacrifice to idols. The whole family of St Eustathius was sentenced to be torn apart by wild beasts, but the beasts would not touch the holy martyrs.
Then the cruel emperor gave orders to throw them all alive into a red-hot brass bull, and St Eustathius, his wife Theopiste, and their sons Agapius and Theopistus endured a martyr's death. Before being placed in the bull, St Eustathius prayed, "Grant, O Lord, Thy grace to our relics, and grant to those who call upon us a place in Thy Kingdom. Though they call upon us when they are in danger on a river or on the sea, we entreat Thee to come to their aid."
Three days later, they opened the brass bull, and the bodies of the holy martyrs were found unscathed. Not one hair on their heads was singed, and their faces shone with an unearthly beauty. Many seeing this miracle came to believe in Christ. Christians then buried the bodies of the saints.
Troparion - Tone 4
O glorious Eustathius,You were hunted from heaven and captured in the net of faith.Together with your wife and sonsYou were tested and tempted but triumphed in contest.You gladden those who cry to you:Glory to Christ who glorified you!Glory to him who has crowned you!Glory to him who proved you a second Job!
Kontakion - Tone 2
O Holy Eustatius,You were an imitator of Christ in His passion;You drank of His cup with courage and became a partake of His glory:Therefore the God of all gave you divine power to work wonders!
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Here is another new line we have in stock; it's called "Lemonade" by Basic Grey.
LEMONADE – THEME SET {Price: $7.00}
LEMONADE – GREETING CARD KIT {Price: $15.00}
LEMONADE – ALPHA STICKERS {Price: $3.00}
LEMONADE – BUTTONS {Price: $5.00}
LEMONADE – CHIP STICKER SHEET {Price: $7.00}
LEMONADE – FLOWER DOILIES {Price: $3.00}
LEMONADE – GREEN DOILIES {Price: $3.00}
LEMONADE – GLAZED BRADS {Price: $4.00}
12 large and 12 small glazed brads • Coordinating colors and designs
LEMONADE – POPS {Price: $4.00}
LEMONADE – RUB ON BOOK{Price: $7.00}
LEMONADE – TAKE NOTE {Price: $5.00}
Pack includes 4 printed, die-cut transparencies with matching die-cut cardstock journaling blocks
LEMONADE – WOOLIES {Price: $5.00}
HERE is some inspiration from the Basic Grey gallery…this being my favorite…
LAYOUT by KELLY GOREE
I think my favorite products are the "doilies" papers; love the intricate cut outs. Also, the Take Note die cut transparencies with the backing. Such a unique product…don't think I've seen anything like that before.
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text: Comet Elenin: Preview of a Coming Attraction Trajectory of comet Elenin. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech › Larger image May 04, 2011 You may have heard the news: Comet Elenin is coming to the inner-solar system this fall. Comet Elenin (also known by its astronomical name C/2010 X1), was first detected on Dec. 10, 2010 by Leonid Elenin, an observer in Lyubertsy, Russia, who made the discovery "remotely" using the ISON-NM observatory near Mayhill, New Mexico. At the time of the discovery, the comet was about 647 million kilometers (401 million miles) from Earth. Over the past four-and-a-half months, the comet has – as comets do – closed the distance to Earth's vicinity as it makes its way closer to perihelion (its closest point to the sun). As of May 4, Elenin's distance is about 274 million kilometers (170 million miles). "That is what happens with these long-period comets that come in from way outside our planetary system," said Don Yeomans of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "They make these long, majestic, speedy arcs through our solar system, and sometimes they put on a great show. But not Elenin. Right now that comet looks kind of wimpy." How does a NASA scientist define cometary wimpiness? "We're talking about how a comet looks as it safely flies past us," said Yeomans. "Some cometary visitors arriving from beyond the planetary region – like Hale-Bopp in 1997 -- have really lit up the night sky where you can see them easily with the naked eye as they safely transit the inner-solar system. But Elenin is trending toward the other end of the spectrum. You'll probably need a good pair of binoculars, clear skies, and a dark, secluded location to see it even on its brightest night." Comet Elenin should be at its brightest shortly before the time of its closest approach to Earth on Oct. 16 of this year. At its closest point, it will be 35 million kilometers (22 million miles) from us. Can this icy interloper influence us from where it is, or where it will be in the future? What about this celestial object inspiring some shifting of the tides or even tectonic plates here on Earth? There have been some incorrect Internet speculations that external forces could cause comet Elenin to come closer. "Comet Elenin will not encounter any dark bodies that could perturb its orbit, nor will it influence us in any way here on Earth," said Yeomans. "It will get no closer to Earth than 35 million kilometers [about 22 million miles]. " "Comet Elenin will not only be far away, it is also on the small side for comets," said Yeomans. "And comets are not the most densely-packed objects out there. They usually have the density of something akin to loosely packed icy dirt. "So you've got a modest-sized icy dirtball that is getting no closer than 35 million kilometers," said Yeomans. "It will have an immeasurably miniscule influence on our planet. By comparison, my subcompact automobile exerts a greater influence on the ocean's tides than comet Elenin ever will." Yeomans did have one final thought on comet Elenin. "This comet may not put on a great show. Just as certainly, it will not cause any disruptions here on Earth. But there is a cause to marvel," said Yeomans. "This intrepid little traveler will offer astronomers a chance to study a relatively young comet that came here from well beyond our solar system's planetary region. After a short while, it will be headed back out again, and we will not see or hear from Elenin for thousands of years. That's pretty cool." NASA detects, tracks and characterizes asteroids and comets passing relatively close to Earth using both ground- and space-based telescopes. The Near-Earth Object Observations Program, commonly called "Spaceguard," discovers these objects, characterizes a subset of them, and predicts their paths to determine if any could be potentially hazardous to our planet. JPL manages the Near-Earth Object Program Office for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, DC. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects is at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch , and on Twitter: @asteroidwatch . DC Agle (818) 393-9011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. firstname.lastname@example.com


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Much like the retail real estate sector, the hospitality/entertainment sector thrives on the discretionary spending of consumers whether for business or for pleasure. As such, it is a leading indicator as to the state of the economy. There has been an increase in leisure and hospitality spending over the past years with markets hitting peak demands and increases in consumer spendings. In 2015, investors spent over $40 billion in the US hotel market with total transactions over $23 billion and an expected $25 billion in 2016. When the job market is strong and incomes are stable, people tend to travel or spend more due to higher amounts of surplus income. However, when the economy is depressed, this type of real estate market feels the shock first. This sector tends to show larger, over-exaggerated gains and losses ahead of the gains and losses of other sectors. Unlike most other commercial asset classes, which have income based on long term leases, hotel rooms are essentially leased by the day, which makes income much more variable.
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Strong demand levels have encouraged new hotel construction in recent years, and this trend is expected to continue particularly at the upper end/luxury segment. The budget hotel segment has not seen the same improvements as guests look to a more engaged experience during their stay. The convergence of hospitality and residential trend in hotel-service-style apartments and other manifestations is expected to continue and innovate. Innovation in shared space technology also poses additional competition to the hotel industry as companies such as Airbnb expand into the market to provide alternatives to consumers.


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The Supreme Court's recent ruling overturning the warrantless use of GPS tracking devices has caused a "sea change" inside the U.S. Justice Department, according to FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann.
Mr. Weissmann, speaking at a University of San Francisco conference called "Big Brother in the 21st Century" on Friday, said that the court ruling prompted the FBI to turn off about 3,000 GPS tracking devices that were in use.
These devices were often stuck underneath cars to track the movements of the car owners. In U.S. v. Jones, the Supreme Court ruled that using a device to track a car owner without a search warrant violated the law.
After the ruling, the FBI had a problem collecting the devices that it had turned off, Mr. Weissmann said. In some cases, he said, the FBI sought court orders to obtain permission to turn the devices on briefly – only in order to locate and retrieve them.WI 1848 Forward: #WSJ : #FBI Turns Off Thousands of #GPS Devices After #SupremeCourt Ruling : #ACLU #Spying #BigBro


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Last year was the fifth year in a row that 10 or more weather and climate disasters in the US logged at least $1 billion of associated losses. If you think 2020 threw everything it had at us and will now ease off, think again. While we all have our hands full with navigating the new realities of life under Covid19, nature is relentless and doesn't slow down. Most Americans agree. According to a recent survey by American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), 61% or respondents said they were likely to be personally affected by a natural disaster in the next three to five years. Almost one in five said that prospect was highly likely. (see ThinkAdvisor: Few Americans financially prepared for a natural disaster: survey.)
Despite that, "… only 15% of respondents said they had created a disaster plan to protect their finances. Worse, 27% had not taken any steps at all to prepare for a natural disaster." That's rather daunting. Think about the problems and logistics in a hurricane, massive wildfire, or flood evacuation in the middle of a pandemic: public emergency resources are already strained. Plus, social distancing measures important to disease prevention will make things like finding emergency shelter and supplies even more challenging than normal at a time when many are suffering financial strain and economic strain from job loss.
AICPA has suggestions for financial emergency prep steps in their report on the survey:
Banking Without the Bank — If your bank branch is closed due to the pandemic, you may need some new options for accessing cash, depositing funds, and checking your account activity. Now is a good time to investigate alternative locations where you can use your ATM card to obtain cash without additional fees, and perhaps mobile banking which can allow most banking activities including check deposits and transfers between accounts.
Insurance Coverage — If you haven't recently reviewed your coverage with your insurance agent, you'll want to be sure your homeowner's or renters insurance is up to date for changes in value, valuable items you've added like jewelry or watches, and special risks you may face like flooding. As a first step, be sure you know how to contact your agent, who may be working remotely or with a reduced staff under current conditions.
Safe Deposit Box — If you have documents in a safe deposit box that you may need after a disaster, you may find that your local bank branch is closed or operating under restrictions. You can check with the bank's main office to learn how to access the box if local restrictions apply and may continue.
Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Health Care Proxies — If disaster results in incapacity, loss of a loved one, or serious injury, you'll want to be sure that your legal paperwork is up to date. Your attorney may be working remotely under pandemic- related conditions. If your papers need an update, it pays to get a head start in contacting the professionals you will look to for help and advice.
Employment-Based Programs — Visiting your human resources department to check on items that may help you manage through financial survival in a disaster, like your disability coverage or ability to borrow from a 401(k) or similar retirement plan, is likely not an option if your workplace is closed due to the pandemic. You can take steps now to learn how to get the information you need, and request any needed updates, by phone or online.
AICPA offers more help at the 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy portal – see Disaster Action Plan: 5 Key Steps to Protect Your Family and Finances.
Other emergency prep planning tools:
- Red Cross: Preparing for Disaster During COVID-19
- FEMA: Preparing for Hurricane Season During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- CDC: Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Ready.gov: Make a Plan
- And don't forget your local independent insurance agent!
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ComicsBreak Summertime
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Volley Ball by EthanQix:
For a feline, we know how far Djeneba loves water. With that, can we count her unusual strenght as cheating?
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Basket Ball by SSo-Robo:
In the other hand, Lucy is determined to get her revenge!!
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Finally, the group end the day on a buggy trip around the coast. Alice can finally take some rest. Too much emotion for one day.
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- In 2003, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated three million dollars to support a worldwide initiative that would provide measles vaccinations to children in 40 countries. The Church worked with the American Red Cross, United Nations Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United Nations Children's Fund, World Health Organization, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
- In 2004, the Church participated in a measles vaccination campaign in Madagascar. Some Church members volunteered their time by serving missions dedicated to the measles campaign.
- From 2004 to 2009, 62,503 Church members in 35 countries volunteered their efforts in canvassing neighborhoods and helping at vaccination posts
- In 2009, the Church participated in measles vaccination campaigns in Botswana, Cape Verde, Kenya, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, and Uganda.


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ClimateQUAL®: Organizational Climate and Diversity Assessment is an assessment of library staff perceptions concerning (a) their library's commitment to the principles of diversity, (b) organizational policies and procedures, and (c) staff attitudes. It is an online survey with questions designed to understand the impact perceptions have on service quality in a library setting.
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The Finesse TRD (The Real Deal) is designed specifically for the Midwest finesse style of fishing, more commonly known as the Ned Rig, which has been gaining momentum nationwide as a subtle and easy-to-master, yet amazingly effective, presentation. While savvy anglers have been modifying ElaZtech baits for years to create perfect baits for Midwest finesse fishing, the TRD possesses the ideal finesse profile in a ready-to-fish package. A softer ElaZtech formulation and custom salt content allow the TRD to exhibit the precise sink rate, lifelike action, and irresistible feel that expert finesse anglers have learned result in longer holds and increased hook-up ratios.
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Member Price: $130
Public Price: $170
Phone: 212.627.1111
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Nestled amid the peaks of Montana's mountainous landscape, Cafe Kandahar beckons foodies as well as outdoor enthusiasts to this rugged destination. For this Beard House dinner, chef Andy Blanton will pair his thoughtfully crafted cuisine with exquisite wines from Doubleback, FIGGINS, and Leonetti Cellar, all from Washington's Walla Walla Valley.
Event photos by Krishna Dayanidhi.
Tickets to events held at the James Beard House cover the cost of food and a unique dining experience. Dinners are prepared by culinary masters from all regions of the United States and around the world. All alcoholic beverages are provided on a complimentary basis and are not included in the ticket price.
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The EnerSys Cyclon 0800-0004 is a pure Lead-Tin rechargeable Cyclon X cell. The purity of the materials used is the key to supporting the Cyclon batteries performance benefits which include a longer service life, combined with higher reliability and fewer system failures, which results in an excellent cost-usage ratio.
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Anesthesia is a type of medicine to prevent pain. It's often used in labor. It may numb only one region of your body. This is called regional anesthesia. Or it may let you sleep during surgery. This is called general anesthesia. Only a trained specialist gives this type of medicine. When possible, your healthcare provider will use regional anesthesia. This is so you can be awake during your baby's birth. The type of anesthetic you have may depend on the hospital guidelines.
Your healthcare provider may use regional anesthesia to numb your lower body for a vaginal or cesarean section (C-section). It does not go into your bloodstream. This means that little or none of it will reach your baby. There are 2 kinds:
Epidural. This is most often given while you sit up or lie on your side. A needle with a flexible tube (catheter) is put into your lower back. The needle is then removed. The anesthetic is sent through the catheter. A small pump may be attached. This gives you a constant level of anesthetic. An epidural often affects only part of your muscle control. This means you should still be able to push for a vaginal birth.
Spinal. This is most often given in a single dose right before delivery. Your healthcare provider may use it for a C-section. It acts fast. You may sit up or lie down when it's injected. It may affect muscle control in your lower body. This includes your ability to push.
General anesthesia lets you sleep and keeps you free from pain during surgery. Itss most often used for an emergency C-section. Your healthcare provider may use it for a scheduled C-section. They may give it to you as an injection, as an inhaled gas, or as both. Delivery often happens before the medicine has reached the baby.


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The Probate Department of the Court handles decedents' estates, trusts, and conservatorships. These matters are filed and heard at the Fontana and Victorville Districts. The Probate Department also hears petitions to establish fact of birth, death, and marriage as well as elder abuse petitions. These filings are also heard in the Joshua Tree district.
Starting October 28, 2022, Probate Notes will be available through the Court Access Portal (CAP) for hearings scheduled November 15, 2022 and later. Notes are available two weeks prior to your hearing and for 7 days after the hearing, so print or save your notes for future references. For help accessing your notes, click here.
Petitions are set for hearing at the time of filing. Hearing dates are not reserved ahead of time. Refer to the fee schedule for filing fees or complete a fee waiver. To access Fee Waiver forms please click here and using the pull down menu select "Fee Waiver" and fill out the appropriate forms. Please note that an additional Court Investigator fee may be ordered after the filing for Conservatorship of the Estate.
Per Local Rules of Court 20-603, all supporting papers for every petition must accompany the petition or be filed within a reasonably short time thereafter; furthermore, all conservatorship filings must be accompanied by an additional copy of the entire petition for the Court Investigator. To ensure that approved orders are returned promptly, parties must include a self-addressed stamped return envelope with their filing.
All Judicial Council forms may be purchased at the clerk's office or obtained online from the Judicial Council website.
Ex Parte Petitions
Each Court has separate policies regarding ex parte petitions. Parties and counsel should contact the appropriate Probate Clerk for further instructions. A hearing fee may be due, refer to the fee schedule for filing fees. 24-hour telephonic notice must be given to those entitled thereto, unless the Court dispenses with notice for good cause. Proof of service of telephonic notice must be made at the ex parte hearing.
Consult with the Probate clerk in each Court for information regarding days, times and departments. Refer to the fee schedule for filing fees.
Probate Notes
The Probate Research department will review all petitions and orders for content and legal requirements before they are acted upon by the court. The research staff will publish probate notes itemizing any legal deficiencies and making recommendations for the Court. Starting October 28, 2022, Probate Notes will be available through the Court Access Portal (CAP) for hearings scheduled November 15, 2022 and later. Probate notes are available 2 weeks prior to the hearing date and for 7 days after the hearing, so print or save your notes for future reference.
The following is a list of commonly used acronyms in the probate notes:- CI (Court Investigator): The office of the Court Investigator is responsible for interviewing individuals who are subject to conservatorship petitions and conduct regular reviews for the duration of the conservatorship
- DHS (Department of Health Services): While not limited to estate matters, the Department of Health Services will become a party in a probate action as a creditor when there is an outstanding balance due
- FTB (Franchise Tax Board): The Franchise Tax Board is responsible for administering two of California's major tax programs: Personal Income Tax and the Corporation Tax
- RFA (Recommended for Approval): Parties and their counsel and expected to appear at all scheduled hearings, unless the probate notes indicate that the petition is "RFA"
Destruction of Filed Documents:
NOTE: Shredding/destruction of all Court documents filed and imaged before January 2011 will begin soon. All filed/imaged documents are shredded one year after filing pursuant to Court policy. Any filed original documents not retrieved timely will be permanently lost. (Wills and codicils lodged into the will vault will not be affected.)
Decedent's Estates
Probating an estate occurs so that the court may supervise the processes in which legal title of real property is transferred from the estate of the person who has died, also known as the decedent, to his or her beneficiaries. The following is a list of petitions that may be used to probate an estate:
- Petition for Probate
- Spousal or Domestic Partner Property Petition
- Affidavit re Real Property of Small Value
- Petition to Determine Succession to Real Property
An Affidavit 13100 may be used to transfer liquid assets; however the guidelines presented through Probate Codes 13100-13115 must be met in order to qualify. The Affidavit 13100 is not filed at the Court and must be presented directly to the financial institutions where funds are being held.


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Ali Larter sure knows how to make a first impression.
The actress, who celebrates her 37th birthday today, made her film debut in "Varsity Blues" ... where she famously made men very hungry by wearing that now-infamous whipped cream bikini.
And her career only got better from there.
Larter would later go on to star as the superhuman schizophrenic Niki on "Heroes" and bring video game character Claire Redfield to life in three of the "Resident Evil" films.
Larter's personal life hasn't been too shabby either. In 2009 she married comedian/actor Hayes MacArthur and the couple welcomed son Theodore in 2010.
But what about the rest of the "Varsity Blues" cast? Click the gallery above to find out what happened to Mox, Billy Bob and Tweeder since 1999 ... and see what they all look like now.
And yes ... we tried to track down stripping teacher Miss Davis, but she appears to have gone completely off the grid.


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I'm not sure if you can say this about your own designs, but I l o v e it. And the combination of mint and hot pink doesn't hurt either. ;-)
Let me first elaborate a bit about this yarn... A while back I was gifted g o r g e o u s Shiny Happy Cotton by Wool and the Gang. I've been wanting to try this yarn for ages and oh man, I did NOT disappoint.
Firstly: I simply adore these colours. And the other colours for this range look every bit as yummy. Secondly, the yarn worked up like a dream, it really did, very soft yet very strong (ideal for this bag!). Really loved it. I will definitely be using it more often as there are not many 100% cotton yarns out there suitable for 5 mm hook or up, don't you think? Have you worked with this particular yarn before?
Back to the bag! In case you like it: I'm working on a pattern for it (and pondering about a name for it). So stay tuned. :-)
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Capacity Needed: The capacity should match the operation's peak demand. A number of variables will help determine the best size rotisserie, including the number of seats, business hours and whether the foodservice operation will offer carryout service or catering.
Available Space: Before choosing a model, operators need to determine how much space is available for the oven. Placement is an important factor with rotisseries, as these units can be used in the back or front of house. Countertop models are available for operations with smaller footprints. Some units can be stacked while others offer wall mounting capabilities to save space.
Proper Placement: Another consideration is whether the rotisserie will serve as a merchandising tool. If this is the case, proper placement is key. Bringing cooking food items closer to customers will show off the product, create enticing aromas and increase impulse sales. Operators need to determine whether floor or counter placement is available and preferable.
Heat Source and Hookups: Units are available in either gas or electric models. Gas rotisseries tend to be larger and have longer spits than electric units. Both gas and electric rotisseries generally require ventilation. Ventless hood options available with some electric units allow operators to take the rotisserie out of the hood space and locate it closer to the counter or customer where product is sold. Self-cleaning units will require a water supply and drain.


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Bestselling Author Eric Metaxas Joins King's
Eric Metaxas, author, founder of Socrates in the City, and TV host, will bring his extensive experience and unique platform to The King's College in New York City as Senior Fellow and Lecturer at Large.
NEW YORK – March 25, 2014 – Eric Metaxas, author, founder of Socrates in the City, and TV host, will bring his extensive experience and unique platform to The King's College in New York City as Senior Fellow and Lecturer at Large.
"Eric is shaping this generation of young Christians. As he continues to write new books and speak into culture, we want to give our students face time with him," said College President Gregory Alan Thornbury.
The appointment adds to Metaxas' already notable list of accomplishments. His most recent book is 7 Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness. It presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely known but not well-understood Christian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel.
Metaxas is best known for two biographies, Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery about William Wilberforce and Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He has also written humor, children's books, and scripts for VeggieTales. He is the founder and host of Socrates in the City: Conversations on the Examined Life, a NYC-based event series, and is co-host of the nationally syndicated weekly Sunday morning program 100 Huntley Street.
In addition to guest lecturing and working with King's students on campus, Metaxas will use his platform to speak about The King's College with young Christians around the country. The King's College uses a focused curriculum in the liberal arts to train a new generation of principled leaders for America. Metaxas will be an important part of bringing the right students to New York City to take advantage of this education.
Emmanuel A. Kampouris is the publisher of the Kairos Journal and Biblemesh, and had this to say about Metaxas's appointment: "I am thrilled that Eric Metaxas is joining The King's College community. His clear thinking and prophetic voice is increasingly needed in our morally and spiritually adrift culture. I pray that Eric's boldness and courage will inspire a new generation of leaders to be salt and light in our world."
Watch the full interview with Thornbury and Metaxas.
Metaxas has been a longtime advocate of the education and experience provided by King's. "My appointment at King's is going to be an ongoing relationship that will, by the Lord's grace, help to shape this generation," said Metaxas.


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Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Wingspan 32-41 mm.
This species shows some variation in the intensity of the markings but is usually easy to identify.
Ranging fairly commonly over most of Britain, the single generation flies in July and August.
Occupying a range of habitats, the caterpillars show a polyphagous nature, feeding on a number of deciduous trees and bushes.


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Bethesda Softworks Brings The Elder Scrolls Online
Bethesda Softworks has just announced that their incredibly popular 'Elder Scrolls' series, which recently spawned Skyrim, will be continuing in The Elder Scrolls Online, an MMO being developed by ZeniMax Online Studios.
This will be the very first multiplayer game in the series, which is already known to have caused many a gamer to lock himself in his house for months on end, emerging pale and confused hundreds of hours later only to scamper away at the sight of the sun. If playing Skyrim for 200-300 hours (which many people have done!) isn't enough, The Elder Scrolls Online threatens to rule your life for years.
Console gamers won't be getting in on the fun – not yet, at least. It's currently being developed for PC and Mac under industry vet Matt Fior and takes place a millennium before the events of Skyrim, allowing you to play through stories you might have read in books in the last few installments. The main plot involves players trying to stop a daedric prince named Molag Bal from pulling Tamriel into his realm. Solo questing, public dungeons, and player-driven PvP that pits three different factions against each other await.
"We have been working hard to create an online world in which players will be able to experience the epic Elder Scrolls universe with their friends, something fans have long said they wanted," said Firor. "It will be extremely rewarding finally to unveil what we have been developing the last several years. The entire team is committed to creating the best MMO ever made – and one that is worthy of The Elder Scrolls franchise."
Here's the trailer- expect much more on the game in the upcoming months.


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Sony Xperia E review: E-lementary
Well, this sounds like an apt title really. The Sony Xperia E is among the cheapest packages on offer from Sony, second to only the Tipo. From the design theme of the first generation of Sony smartphones, to the familiar internals, the Sony Xperia E has little to no surprises. Especially that we've actually seen its twin already.
The Sony Xperia E and Xperia E dual are nearly identical, with the number of SIM slots the only notable hardware difference. It boils down to what makes more sense to you as a user - dual-SIM support or the more recent Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean.
Sony Xperia E official pictures
When talking entry-level smartphones, a single-SIM package usually has to try harder to make itself noticed. Dual-SIM versions are usually regarded as niche devices but they have the benefit of a clearly defined target audience. There's a lot of competition in Sony Xperia E's price bracket, and not just droids either. Yet, Jelly Bean right out of the box gives it a good enough start. Let's take a closer look at what else it has to offer:
Key features
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and -band UMTS support
- 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
- 3.5" 256K-color capacitive TFT touchscreen of HVGA resolution (320 x 480)
- Android OS v4.1.1 Jelly Bean
- 1 GHz Cortex-A5 CPU, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227A chipset
- 512 MB of RAM
- 2GB of user-accessible built-in storage (4GB total)
- microSD slot (32GB supported)
- 3.15 MP fixed-focus camera, geo-tagging
- VGA video @ 30fps
- Wi-Fi b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
- GPS with A-GPS
- Accelerometer and proximity sensor
- Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
- User-accessible battery, Li-Ion 1530 mAh
Main disadvantages
- Feeble chipset and uninspiring performance
- Mediocre screen quality
- Fixed-focus camera, No LED flash
- Video recording No front-facing camera
The Sony Xperia E is yet another Qualcomm-powered 3.5-incher for Sony in the entry level market. It's got the upper hand over the likes of the Tipo and Miro (clocked at 800MHz), and probably even the Xperia J which is has the exact same 1GHz chipset but a bigger and more pixel-rich FWVGA screen. Bottom line, no record-breaking speed is to be expected here but the Xperia E will most likely get the job done for first-time smartphone users.
So, the main thing to try and find out here is whether a reasonably good-looking basic smartphone will prove an equally reasonable performer. As usual, we'll start with our traditional hardware overview right after the break.
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AOL's focus on transitioning to an ad-supported web business leaves little room for the size of investment needed to get the Netscape browser to a point many of its fans expect it to be. Given AOL's current business focus and the success the Mozilla Foundation has had in developing critically-acclaimed products, we feel it's the right time to end development of Netscape branded browsers, hand the reins fully to Mozilla and encourage Netscape users to adopt Firefox.
End of Support for Netscape web browsers – The Netscape Blog
In many ways, it's surprising that Netscape survived until 2008. It fought giants both internal (AOL) and external (Microsoft) for much of its existence, and what few battles it won were too small and too late in the game to matter.
But, there was a time when I truly loved the browser. I stopped my ears so I wouldn't have to hear those who would point out its (many) flaws, which only grew more numerous as time passed. I groaned when it was acquired by AOL, but in my heart of hearts, I truly hoped that Netscape would transform AOL instead of AOL crushing the browser. It didn't take too long for reality to set in, and for the bastardization to commence. I am thankful that the Mozilla Foundation manged to escape, and hope that the upcoming release of Firefox 3 will reignite the joy I had when I first saw Netscape; but that is another post.
I wish Netscape a healthy rest, and think of it fondly in the future, if, for no other reason than the fact that it was instrumental in spreading so much knowledge and entertainment and launching so many careers, including mine.


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Movie Review: Hop
Directed by Tim Hill
Screenplay by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio
James Marsden as Fred O'Hare
Russell Brand as E.B. (voice)
Kaley Cuoco as Sam O'Hare
Hank Azaria as Carlos / Phil (voice)
Gary Cole as Henry O'Hare
Elizabeth Perkins as Bonnie O'Hare
Hugh Laurie as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
Running time: 95 minutes
Motion Picture Rating: Rated PG for some mild rude humor.
Bunny Talks, And B.S. Walks (All Over A Paying Audience)
Director Tim Hill certainly believes in setting the bar high for himself. His new Easter-themed fantasy Hop crowns a powerhouse trilogy of revolutionary children's entertainment. Who would have thought he could top both Alvin And The Chipmunks and Garfield: A Tale Of Two Kitties with this master stroke of candy-colored anthropomorphic animal mayhem?
Leftover April Fool's, anybody?
Perhaps the best way to take Hop is as an illustration of why Easter movies never eclipsed Christmas or Halloween pictures in variety, style, or enduring popularity. Leaving questions of religious observance aside, there is simply not enough mythology to be woven around a rabbit delivering candy to children once a year. This movie certainly tries, but its many small successes are too isolated and infrequent to hold any kind of story together.
Yes, this is a movie for children. Even so, it is geared toward children who are not very smart. The core premise – about a young rabbit who decides he has dreams beyond the job of Easter Bunny – would have been fun on its own. Add to that an uprising of fuzzy yellow chicks, who believe bunnies have controlled Easter for too long… okay, that's a pretty cute idea for a movie. Then the director threw his neat little fable about holiday icons to the dogs, by having little E. B. (Russell Brand) hop away from home, into the live-action Real World. Now the film is caught for good somewhere between Alvin And The Chipmunks and G-Force, without much promise of rising above either. What else would a cheeky, precocious young mammal do but latch on to free-spirited slacker Fred O'Hare (James Marsden? How was Nicolas Cage not begging for this role?) whose destiny is to fulfill his life's dream via Easter Bunny magic? It's a buddy comedy… sort of… as the bunny yearns to be a rock and roll drummer out in the real world, with a little help from talent guru David Hasselhoff (who does a delightful impression of William Shatner doing a delightful impression of David Hasselhoff).
The movie meanders at length through Fred's dead-end life, as E. B.'s antics continually sabotage his attempts to hack it in the working world. The animation of the bunny is so slick that it hardly seems necessary to introduce a human character simply to watch him take pratfalls. All the while we keep wishing we could go back to the story of the magical chocolate factory on Easter Island. That's where the Easter Bunny lives, you know. Not bad, eh?
Whichever chocolate vendor was the first to arrange a marketing tie-in with this film should profit handsomely. This is actually not a dig at the gross commercialization of Easter, but rather an observation of how irresistibly yummy all the mountains of candy in the movie look. Kudos to the animators and layout artists. When the story drags, you will probably find yourself daydreaming of the adorable little factory full of chocolate bunnies and marshmallow chicks.
Insistent cuteness is the only thing keeping Hop afloat. Countless little details and sight gags may keep you precariously perched in your seat, not quite bored enough to leave. Hugh Laurie and Hank Azaria round out a spirited voice cast, even as the real-world players including Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, and Chelsea Handler (really?) can do little but lame things up. The Easter chicks are the only consistently funny characters, and are animated with such physical nuance and attention to detail that it seems a crime they are not in the movie more. They paint Easter eggs with the care of artisans. They drive little egg-shaped trucks around the Easter factory, hauling pallets of gummy candy and cream-filled chocolate away for shipping. They ruffle their little tails and stubby wings in agitation. They consistently call attention to how thrown-together the rest of the movie seems to be.
The same goes for a trio of characters known as the Pink Berets, a search-and-intercept force of three dangerously huggable bunnies sent to track E. B. down in the real world. They flip, kick, and tumble with ninja-like precision, stopping only occasionally to let out a precious little sneeze. Unfortunately, like all the other highlights of Hop, they are momentary distractions from a bland and hastily realized romp.
Even children – in fact, especially children – deserve entertainment with a certain amount of thought put into it. Hop bears numerous clever touches, but this is not the same as having a story that builds, maintains itself, and ultimately goes somewhere. At virtually no point do these characters have anything at all to lose. They skip airily through brief episodes of conflict, and ultimately they don't seem to learn anything, except that following your dreams does not entail any sacrifice. It is never too early for kids to learn that giving up certain things may allow them to pursue even better things. They can handle it, trust me. Stop sending the message that you can have it all for free, and eat candy the whole time, if you dream hard enough. Aren't people always saying that is what's wrong with kids today? The only other conceivable message of this movie is "always make friends with talking animals," and what sane person would pass up that chance?
Off the soapbox now: the real problem is not an insipid and careless underlying message. The movie simply is not funny for more than a couple of minutes at a time. More slapstick, better dialogue, higher stakes… even if history only has room for one really entertaining movie about the Easter Bunny, the makers of this movie had the potential in their hands and blew it. No offense is meant to your kids if they like this movie. It is not, however, likely to stick in their minds or inspire them to tell great stories of their own. Parents, who presumably know better about what makes good entertainment, will find themselves tempted to snooze. Just bring enough chocolate to amuse yourself and the kiddos.


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I'm back in the writing groove this month, with a lot of work for ATG, and the voice project I mentioned earlier that went live.
Also: beginning in February, my friend Debra and I are offering the first in a series of eight e-classes to help boost your writing. Watch this space for more info or check out 30 Days to Creativity.
- Project Top Hat, 19 Nocturne Boulevard – June (voice)
- Sunday Brunch: Oranges are Winter Fruit, All Things Girl
- Jumping Across Deserts, All Things Girl
- Interview – Kelly Kathleen Ferguson: My Life as Laura, All Things Girl
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Australians give income tax cuts thumbs up.
It may only be $10 a week but the budget's tax cut has been enough to make Australians happy.
Consumer confidence jumped to the highest level since early February in response to Treasurer Scott Morrison's third budget released a week ago which had personal income tax cuts as its centrepiece.
The three-stage tax plan kicks off with a $530 cut for the average earner and comes at a time of slow wages growth.
The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index – a pointer to future retail spending – rose one per cent, the fifth straight increase.
In contrast, the index has dropped 1.2 per cent on average in response to the budget over the past five years.
"Consumers are in good spirits. And why not?" Commonwealth Securities chief economist Craig James said pointing to the tax cuts, a stronger sharemarket and a more settled property market.
And the Reserve Bank has again indicated it isn't about to pour cold water on the brighter mood with an interest rate hike any time soon.
Deputy central bank governor Guy Debelle told a conference in Sydney while the economy is expected to grow faster over the next couple of years, the Reserve Bank board does not see a strong case for a near-term adjustment in the cash rate.
He expects the jobless rate to gradually decline from here.
"The unemployment rate has declined 0.25 percentage points over the past year – we are expecting something similar over the year ahead," he told the CFO Forum.
The jobless rate was 5.5 per cent in March.
He said forward indicators like vacancies and hiring intentions remain positive, and with economic growth expected to pick up, he was reasonably confident that unemployment will resume a gradual downward trend which will also lead to a pick-up in wages.
Minutes of the Reserve Bank's May 1 board meeting were also released and again found its members predicting the next move in the cash rate will be up, rather than down.
The cash rate has held at a record low of 1.5 per cent since August 2016.
The latest wage price index – the central bank and Treasury's preferred measure of wage growth – is released on Wednesday.
Economists expect the index rose by 0.6 per cent in the March quarter which would keep the annual rate around 2.1 per cent and only just above the pace of inflation.
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Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion (SPECTRE) is a well-financed apolitical terrorist organisation with a low profile. It is equally apt at manipulating governments as gangs and has absorbed many lesser criminal organisations to rise to a state of shadowy supervillainy. No political allegiance or ideological position drives the organisation.
Born at the height of the Cold War, many of its enterprises have concerned the provocation of major geopolitical powers to the benefit of some mysterious business organisation, and almost always for profit for SPECTRE's membership. On other occasions the organisation collaborated with rogue states or developing states with grudges against the Global North. After SPECTRE first came to the attention of MI6 - and 007 successfully assassinated and shut down the operations of Chinese nuclear-terrorist Dr. No - the committee of high-ranking SPECTRE agents turned their resources to discrediting and blackmailing the United Kingdom in general, and MI6 and its 00-unit in particular.
SPECTRE missions have been known to require elaborate planning, major industrial resources and blackmarket acquisitions of anything from helicopters to rocket fuel. The organisation tends to prefer elaborate headquarters in out-of-the-way locales. On other occasions SPECTRE has infiltrated the workings of existing, multi-million dollar business empires and put their resources to work for evil means.
Criminals working for SPECTRE do not often know the extent or reach of the organisation backing their illegal enterprises. Petty smuggling rings are utilised to acquire resources or to shield SPECTRE's more critical operatives from scrutiny. SPECTRE uses a mixture of trained assassins, intellectual geniuses to oversee their projects.
SPECTRE are adept at turning high-ranking military and government agents and entice rogue generals, politicians and mid-level intelligence operatives to betray their nations for great financial gain.
Ernst Stavro Blofeld :: Number 1
Missions: From Russia With Love, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, For Your Eyes Only, Never Say Never Again, SPECTRE.
Role: Head of SPECTRE
Fate: Arrested in London.
Emilio Largo :: Number 2
Missions: Thunderball.
Role: Extortionist
Fate: Killed by Domino on the Disco Volante, Bahamas.
Rosa Klebb :: Number 3
Missions: From Russia With Love
Role: Executioner
Fate: Killed by Tatiana in Venice.
Kronsteen :: Number 5
Missions: From Russia With Love
Role: Planner
Fate: Killed by Morenzy in Blofeld's office, SPECTRE island.
Jacques Bouvar :: Number 6
Missions: Thunderball
Role: Advisor
Fate: Killed by Bond in Anet, France.
Helga Brandt :: Number 11
Missions: You Only Live Twice
Role: Assassin/Seductress
Fate: Eaten by Piranhas in Bofeld's volcano lair.
Dr. Julius No :: Number CLASSIFIED
Missions: Dr. No
Role: Nuclear Scientist
Fate: Drowned in his own reactor complex, Crab Key Jamaica.
Dr. No
James Bond investigates the mad scientist, Dr. No, who's double crossed east and west and is working for SPECTRE.
From Russia With Love
Again SPECTRE is playing Cold War enemies off against each other in attempts to steal cypher codes and discredit British intelligence.
SPECTRE procures two nuclear weapons and threatens to detonate the bombs at unknown locations unless their demands are met.
You Only Live Twice
The most ambitious SPECTRE plot finds Number One heading up the hijacking of Soviet and US space programmes for a profit.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
This time the mission is personal for Blofeld as he asserts his rights to the title Comte de Bleuchamp and threatens biological warfare.
Diamonds Are Forever
SPECTRE takes control of the Whyte empire and uses the billionaire's resources to smuggle diamonds and construct a space-based weapon.
Blofeld seeks to gain real-time access to multiple intelligence agency databases to stay one step ahead.


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The first orbital space launch from British soil is scheduled to take off on Monday.
A modified Boeing 747 airplane known as Cosmic Girl will take off from Spaceport Cornwall in England. Once it reaches 35,000 feet in the air, the converted aircraft will deploy a rocket, called LauncherOne, into space.
The LauncherOne rocket will deliver several payloads into orbit, including Wales' first satellite and the first ever satellite launched by Oman to observe Earth.
In addition to being the first orbital launch ever from the United Kingdom, it is also the first commercial launch from Western Europe.
"We cannot wait to see the rocket take to the skies soon, carrying Earth-benefitting satellite technology into Low Earth Orbit," Melissa Thorpe, head of Spaceport Cornwall, said in an Oct. 15 press release.
The converted aircraft, which will be operated by billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit, was originally scheduled to take off in December before it failed to meet all of its license terms in time.And while the historic "Start Me Up" mission — named after the Rolling Stones song — is scheduled to take off on Monday, there are several backup dates this month, just in case.
It's taking off as other parts of Europe are trying to get in on the spaceport action. There are new launch facilities in Scotland, Scandinavia and Germany.
"Spaceport Cornwall is already inspiring our young people to become the next generation of scientists and innovators — we look forward to the ground breaking research and exploration that will be undertaken in the years to come, which will help us to better understand and address the needs of our planet and in particular climate change," Linda Taylor, who leads the Cornwall Council, said in the same press release.
Virgin Orbit is planning to livestream the anticipated launch on Monday, and tickets to watch the launch from Spaceport Cornwall quickly sold out.People residing in the U.K. and Ireland should be able to spot the aircraft within 60 seconds of takeoff, while those in France, Portugal and Spain should be able to spot it quickly thereafter, according to SkyNews.
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The Pact
Enter the world of Will Lesterall, a boy who's grown up in the safety of his father's castle.
Tales of the outside world ruled by warring kings and creatures of nightmare have never seemed a threat, yet on the night celebrating the two hundredth year of the sacred Pact that has kept Fort Lesterall safe, a secret intrigue ripens, and in the course of a few hours Will is confronted with a choice greater than he can comprehend.
Join an unlikely hero as destiny pulls him into the middle of an ancient conflict between fallen gods and ambitious women, one that demands blood, both holy and wicked, and the power of an ancient fire bound in steel. As swords clash below a watching wood, hope and betrayal war as fiercely as fear and valor.
Whether he lives or dies, Will Lesterall will never be the same.
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Graeme Brown is has been enchanted by the epic fantasy genre since he was a child, and consequently he started creating his own world with its stories at the age of thirteen. Influenced by writers like J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Jordan, and George R. R. Martin, he has finally brought the first of those stories to life with his debut title, a short story called The Pact—48 pages that will whisk you away to a dark, medieval fantasy world with gritty realism. When he's not writing, he can be found exploring number theory problems or writing computer programs, training for a marathon, or unwinding in a yoga hot room. He has also explored other facets of art, both as a hobby and a profession, including vector graphics, pen and ink, classical piano, and web design. Despite being a full time student and a junior editor for Champagne Books, he makes sure to do a little writing every day. He is presently busy with the first of many sequels to The Pact, A Thousand Roads.
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