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Mechanical Luxury Watches
The mechanism for mechanical watches, weight is hung on the rope or chain holds the short intervals and a v layout is a feature of all modern watches and a partner. Thus, the short intervals and a weight from the length of the day or the watch mechanism depending on short, I dreamt of being.
This mechanism is known as the oldest of the type "wedged". As the two sides depending on the weight on the end of a metal rod and hopping with quotes a mile horizontally of a nail at each, typically from a layout mechanism was created and a weight on the end of the outer shaft acceleration was checked. Weight away when emissions are accelerating, zoom is also slowing. Thus, at the beginning of the minutes and then seconds has been able to identify.
History of Mechanical Watches
Measuring direction of mechanical time as first steps has chaplains. The monks had to know the exact time to pray. The first mechanical watch, it displays not to announce the settlement. Those are the watches they worked and, depending on the weight of each specified time intervals with gonga consisted with the gavel struck. In earlier centuries, to give a warning voice of old time system efforts to provide positive either. The number of small particles of stone throwing or whistle sounding indicates that the complex mechanisms that were built.
Sundial, water watch and the watch glass, the purpose of this watch is the quest for the show the time within different ways to the quest. Mechanical watch is a mechanical function in the life of the monastery, to fulfill a hammer through the certain time intervals and thus produce sound in order to specify that on. In that period it was believed that the Bell of the luxury watches that should play.
The most famous of the mechanical luxury watch in Giovanni di Dondi depending on the mechanism that handles the design, weight, pendulum, and time gear consisted of and watch from dial was not provided.
Do not conform to the watches of daylight watches night time system, 14. Century mechanical watch continued to be made of. Dividing into equal watches on first time, Milan's Saint Gottard Church is on the watch. The great cities of Europe toward the middle of the century in the towers had been seeing mechanical watches and increasingly widespread. V pattern running of these watches has continued for 300 years.
1500 in Nuremberg Peter Heinlein has a strong track record, putting up the big weights winder portable small watches was made possible. In the first watch on the dial, the Scorpion and the quadrant shearwater was not provided. The low rate of literacy, will understand that people look into the articles instead of putting the bells required to be marshaled. The amount of time to demonstrate visually to dial first uses and makes 24 slices of time in 1344 is Dondi.
Another major step taken in the development of time also is the presence of the pendulum. Rocking on the dais while listening to the pastor at the Church of the lamp is fixed of the oscillations of the pendulum oscillation period, weight, Galileo noticed or not, has found that depending on the length of the width. Galileo, his death, could not perform a running time that's designed. The first produced pendulum watch in 1656, Galileo's death 14 years later, German astronomer Christian Huygens and others. Huygens ' time less than a minute a day before was the error data. The first work of this precision is provided, as Huygens to 10 seconds a day, reducing the error, has increased.
For the first time with the pendulum watch was added to the arms of the minutes and seconds in the mid 1670 Huygens is a true portable publication improvement of balancing times are provided representations into a pocket watch. Spring mechanism should exist; both on land and at sea, at the same time accordingly areas provided. Balance with the development of the publication, successively watches pocket or sleeve carried has begun, the first cheap pocket watches manufactured in the United States, wrist watches is emerged in the 1890s. Initially only women use watches during World War I, is also common among men.
Time on the land and on the sea is the same as the units of time with this new time that can measure the accuracy has been questioned. What was the length of a second? A simple calculation of the 1/60 second, minute, watch 1/60 and time te is one of the 24: 00 of the day of the Sun an average of one second, to 86 400 ' also occurs as one. In 1820 according to this account, the time intervals have been standardized.
Many of the present day luxury watch manufacturer continues to manufacture of mechanical watch. This time, though not necessarily as flamboyant or simply producing differentiated luxury watches brands, find them in an intense competition. As a result of this hard competition, the different styles and tastes that appeal and superior technological equipped eye-catching luxury watches are revealed.


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ABRC is reaching out to the educational community to enhance the awareness and visibility of plants in grades K-12. The Center is creating partnerships with educational organizations and making our extensive experience and Arabidopsis resources more easily available to teachers and students. Many high school science classes around the country have already started to use Arabidopsis in their curricula as a way to introduce basic concepts in plant biology, development and genetics.
Our "Greening the Classroom" initiative is composed of a series of hands-on activities, illustrating biological concepts and processes like inheritance, development and response to environmental conditions. Teaching materials for this program are available through our Education website. We also distribute education materials developed by other researchers and educators, which can be used for undergraduate classes. At the local level, we have partnered with the Columbus City School District to bring the "Greening the Classroom" program to classrooms as part of the middle and high school curriculum.
A grant from the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) funded "TRAINED: Translating Research on Arabidopsis into a Network of EDucational resources" - a central hub for linking, searching and ordering Arabidopsis educational resources, and integrating K-12 and undergraduate education initiatives.

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Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce announces new partnership Program promises "Fortune 500 insight" to businesses of any size Jacksonville, AR– As of today the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce members have access to a new program promising "Fortune 500 consumer insight on a small business budget." The chamber is partnering with ChamberLeads.com to offer members consumer research and customer prospect lists. "This product instantly gives our business-to-consumer members access to same consumer intelligence used by more than half of the Fortune 50 companies," said Amy Mattison. "We want to help our members market with that same level of insight."
ChamberLeads.com partners with chambers of commerce around the country to provide consumer intelligence to small businesses. "Today's chamber members want expert advice and they want new customers," said ChamberLeads.com co-founder Jamie Gates. "The small businesses of Jacksonville can now look to the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce for both."
Through a partnership with consumer intelligence company, Acxiom, ChamberLeads.com helps business-to-consumer businesses identify and reach their "best prospects." The finished product is a file of names and addresses of prospective customers who are custom matched to each business. Acxiom maintains information on approximately 240 million American consumers.
Member businesses will be able to order customized lists that identify potential customers by name and by more than a thousand demographic and consumer characteristics like age, gender, estimated net worth and home equity, presence of children, and more. "We're committed to helping our members grow their business. Giving them access to consumer "big data" is just our newest way of doing that," said Mattison.
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Bruce Springsteen fans who bought tickets for his appearance at Madison Square Garden last night — only to see the show postponed thanks to a massive winter storm — can now have a free download of the January 19th show in Chicago. Heck, you can all have it. But only for the next 24 hours.
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a day appointed for giving thanks for divine goodness.
Giving thanks is looking back and expressing gratitude for what we have and what has been done for us. The opposite of this is to become distracted by things to buy and things you want.
I hope you find thankfulness in what you have. I hope you show the ones close to you how thankful your are for them. I hope you are filled with joy to share this day with them.


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A holistic approach to pregnancy and childbirth has the following characteristics:
A holistic pregnancy and childbirth recognizes the impact of the mind and spirit, as well as the physical body, on the experience of pregnancy and birth. Physical health, values and beliefs, relationships, emotional well-being, and spirituality all affect pregnancy and birth. In turn, the experiences of pregnancy and birth influence body, mind, and spirit.
A holistic approach to childbearing includes both low-intervention approaches and the appropriate use of technology in a thoughtful and well-considered manner. Each situation is unique, requiring individual choices and care. A holistic approach respects the normal processes of pregnancy and birth, but recognizes the need for assistance if appropriate.
The Holistic approach incorporates all of who you are and all you know about pregnancy and childbirth. You and your support team recognize your innate capabilities and seek to enhance them. You deliberately make choices that maximize your potential to have the healthiest pregnancy and the most natural progression of labor possible.
Pregnancy and birth is a time of new experiences. Mums-to-be will know that during pregnancy most women feel some discomfort and added stress on their bodies at the different stages in their pregnancies and that a woman's body undergoes many changes both physically and emotionally. .It is really important for a woman to feel connected to her body and baby. If a woman is connected to her body, then the chances are she will experience the pregnancy as a great time in her life and be stronger for it.
A pregnancy massage by a therapist who has received specialist training in the field focuses specifically on these needs and as part of any woman's prenatal care routine this therapeutic treatment will relax and revitalise you, in turn nurturing the new life that grows within you.
Muscular discomforts, such as cramping, tightening, stiffness, tension, and knots, can all be alleviated.
Massage can help relieve depression or anxiety caused by hormonal changes one is experiencing.
Massage relieves many of the normal discomforts during pregnancy, such as backaches, a stiff neck, leg cramps, headaches, oedema, and sore, swollen ankles and feet.
Massage increases local and general blood circulation, which brings more oxygen and nutrients to the cells of both the mother and foetus. This means greater vitality and less fatigue for mother and better nourishment for her baby.
Easing aches caused by muscle tension and shifts in posture as your body accommodates increasing weight
Lessening pain in the pelvic/hip area
Increasing circulation and lessening swelling in such places as hands and lower legs
Reducing fatigue
Promoting deep breathing, thus increasing oxygen supply to your baby
Greatly increasing your sense of well being and calm, thus increasing flow of endorphins to your baby
You can start having massage treatments in your first trimester, depending on how you feel It is then important to have regular treatments throughout the pregnancy and postnatal ranging from weekly to monthly. Your therapist will advise you accordingly.
All treatments are carried out in the side lying position which is generally considered the safest and most comfortable for most pregnant women,with bolsters and cushions allowing for additional support.ensuring no pressure is put on either your bump or your back. However,alternative positions can be used if they are more comfortable to you (e.g. seated massage). Indeed, the position you find most comfortable may keep changing as your pregnancy advances
After the birth and your six-week check-up, massage will help the body back into shape and relieve the stress and tiredness of coping with a new baby.
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Today we rented a car and went for a trip to the past, back to RAF Laarbruch (which is now Weeze airport). First stop my old house on Stettiner Strasse…..
After almost twenty two years a lot has changed and what was once loads of green space is packed with housing. The block of flats was still there though!
Next we headed over to where Jackson used to live. His street wasn't named the same anymore and there had been even more building work in his neck of the woods, but he could still track down the block of flats.
We went in search of a late breakfast/early lunch as we had had an early start and stumbled across a nice place where we stuffed our faces (well I did) and much to my delight I realised it was only down the road from the ice cream shop we used to cycle to when I was a child there. With anticipation I scoffed the last bit of food, paid and headed off to Alpago's….
Memory had only served me partially….I forgot the bit where they close for the winter – doh!
With pouts had, we got back in the car and headed back to "camp" to see the old sights like our school, the old pool and cinema, the gate etc…
Being Sunday, nothing was open so we got back in the car and went to the next stop where Jackson lived in Elmpt.
Memory lane thoroughly visited we headed back to Cologne to return our faithful steed.
We popped back to the hotel for what was supposed to be 5 minutes but turned into a glorious two and a half hour nap and then headed out for some food (bratwurst nom nom nom) before calling it a night.


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|Event Programme
|Registration with Morning Refreshments | Viewing of Technology Showcases
|Gaining Visibility & Control: Securing Your Organisation from Internal and Outsider Attacks
Controlling and monitoring privileged access is extremely important to mitigating the risks posed by insider threats, preventing data breaches, and meeting compliance requirements. But security and IT leaders have to walk a fine line between protecting the organization's critical data to ensure business continuity, and enabling users and administrators to be productive.
Ho Nam Hoebeke, Channel & Strategic Alliance Director APAC, BeyondTrust
|The Future of SOC , Actionable Threat Intelligence
Threat intelligence involves learning about new attacks, adversaries, campaigns, and malware families through distinct pieces of information often referred to as indicators of compromise, or IOCs. The more we make relevant information available to network defenders, the better the odds are that they will find answers to their questions.As security awareness in organisations of all sizes begins to expand, most people realize that they want to know which alerts should be made a priority and which threats the organization is subject to. Who are the threat actors? There is a big difference between commodity and targeted attacks. Answering these questions can lead you to implementing new controls that allow you to better secure the environment.
Gelo Castro II, Solutions Architect, Palo Alto Networks Philippines
|Addressing Compliance and Emerging Security Threats
Organizations today face increasing regulatory and compliance issues from nation and state levels to ensure the network and security infrastructure is continuously monitored and overall risk is reduced to an acceptable level.
This presentation will highlight the problematic issues surrounding continuous security in today's market, along with the need to comply to various regulations, and how Tenable solutions has helped organizations across the world gain control and full visibility of their networks and security program to address these challenges.
Robert Healey, Senior Marketing Director, APAC, Tenable
|Coffee Break | Viewing of Technology Showcases
|Learn how SolarWinds is changing the way IT professionals monitor and manage IT infrastructure
Learn how SolarWinds is changing the way IT professionals monitor and manage IT infrastructure with unexpected simplicity. During this interactive discussion, you will learn about SolarWinds top products, discuss new features and gain insight from real market use cases. The following product will be discussed:
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|See what matters.™ The Gigamon Visibility Platform
Organizations face increasing volumes of data, traveling faster and faster across diverse networks that span physical, virtual, and cloud environments, connecting to billions of devices. At the same time, they face more—and more varied—threats like cyberterrorism, malware, ransomware. The result is an ever-expanding universe of complexity, cost, and risk. Current approaches to managing, monitoring, and securing critical infrastructure only increase that complexity, cost, and risk. The solution is to simplify and provide pervasive visibility.
Ng Yeok Chong, SE Director, APAC, Gigamon
|Lunch | Viewing of Technology Showcases
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|Panel Discussion: Top Security Challenges and Best Practices when Moving to the Cloud and Securing the Cloud
With an increased reliance on the cloud and more and more valuable data moved to it, CISOs, CIOs, senior info security and technology professionals must work swiftly to secure the data and protect from possible firewall breaches, on or off premise, from the shadow IT enemy within or external cyber threats.
The weakest link in cloud security, however, is not in its architecture. It lies in the millions of remote devices accessing cloud resources. Cloud security depends on controlling who is let into the network and how much they are trusted.
Archie Tolentino, Information Security officers Group (ISOG)
Ho Nam Hoebeke, Channel & Strategic Alliance Director APAC, BeyondTrust
Gelo Castro II, Solutions Architect, Palo Alto Networks Philippines
Richard Bussiere, Technical Director, Tenable
Chris Tan, Regional Sales Manager, SolarWinds
Ng Yeok Chong, SE Director, APAC, Gigamon
|The Pains of Growing with Technology
Today, with the release of smart phone and technology advances, such as IoT (Internet of Things or Internet of Threat), Cloud, all-of-sudden we are living in a hyper-connected world, which is a new era after globalization.
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Edwyn Goh, Sales Engineer, ASEAN, FireMon
|Coffee Break | Viewing of Technology Showcases
|The Rise of the IoT sourced DDoS attacks – A Focus on IoT/Mirai botnet
The IoT security issue has become a very serious concern, and the Mirai botnet was one of the largest IoT-based DDoS attacks observed. In this presentation, our security expert will talk about:
Sachlany Kasman, Consulting Engineer, Arbor Networks
|Transforming Security Through Visibility
New devices join your network every hour. Unmanaged notebooks, smartphones and tablets. Internet of Things (IoT) devices of all shapes and sizes. Rogue endpoints. Servers. These devices significantly expand your attack surface yet are invisible to many security products. ForeScout will share how you can see them, control them and orchestrate system-wide response.
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Rosita Armytage
Position: PhD candidate in Anthropology
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Research Interests: anthropology; social class; elites; power and privilege; masculinity; economic anthropology; Pakistan; South Asia.
Thesis title:
The Business Elite: the Creation and Protection of Privilege and Power in Pakistan
'Blurred lines: Business and partying among Pakistan's elite,' Tanqeed: A Magazine of Politics and Culture, February 2015.
Available at: http://www.tanqeed.org/2015/02/blurred-lines-business-and-partying-among-pakistans-elite/
'Seeking accountability and failing to find it,' East Asia Forum, Australian National University, 2013.
Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/09/17/seeking-accountability-and-failing-to-find-it/
'Is there a role for foreign development assistance in middle income Asia?,' DevPolicyBlog, Australian National University, 2013.
Available at: http://devpolicy.org/is-there-a-role-for-foreign-development-assistance-in-middle-income-asia-20130718/
'Pakistan's Transition to Substantive Democracy,' East Asia Forum, Australian National University, 2013.
Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2013/04/13/pakistans-democracy-is-yet-to-be-substantive/
'Why Are 10 Million Women Missing from Pakistan's Electoral Rolls?,' In Asia, The Asia Foundation, 2012.
Available at: http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2012/04/04/why-are-10-million-women-missing-from-pakistans-electoral-rolls/
'At U.S.-Islamic World Forum, Turbulent Middle East Examined for Implications for Muslims across Globe,' In Asia, The Asia Foundation 2011.
Available at: http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2011/04/13/at-u-s-islamic-world-forum-turbulent-middle-eastexamined-for-implications-for-muslims-across-globe/
'Sweet Words in Cairo,' In Asia, The Asia Foundation 2009.
Available at: http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2009/06/10/sweet-words-in-cairo/
'Cops, Crime, and Working with Women,' In Asia, The Asia Foundation 2009.
Available at: http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2009/03/04/cops-crime-and-working-with-women/
'Safety, Security and Accessible Justice: Participatory Approaches to Law and Justice Reform in Papua New Guinea', Pacific Islands Policy, East-West Center 2008. Monograph. [Author listed as: Rosita MacDonald]
Available at: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/search-for-publications/browse-alphabetic-listof-titles/?class_call=view&pub_ID=2715
Academic Conferences and Invited Lectures
'The value of South Asian studies: looking up from down under,' Roundtable Public Lecture, South Asia Research Institute, Australian National University. March 24, 2015. Keynote speaker: Ashis Nandy, Center for the Study of Developing Societies


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Fred. Olsen Windcarrier's jack-up Bold Tern is completing its fifth run on Ørsted 's Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm and is currently installing the 19th MHI Vestas 8MW turbine at the site in the German North Sea.
The 20th turbine is expected to be installed on Saturday, 09 June, after which Bold Tern will return to the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark to load another four units. The return to the port is scheduled for Sunday, 10 June.
The photo below shows Bold Tern completing the fifth turbine load-out at the Port of Esbjerg.
The vessel installed the first units in early May. According to Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, one of the turbines was installed in less than 15 hours.
The 450MW Borkum Riffgund 2 offshore wind farm is located some 57 kilometres off the north-west coast of Germany.
The wind farm comprises 56 MHI Vestas turbines being installed on 36 monopile foundations and 20 suction bucket jacket foundations.
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Diamonds are a naturally occurring stone, but unlike the image you might have in your mind of a frontiersman panning for gold in wild west, diamond mining is much more of a high tech science than a speculators bonanza. Before we get into how exactly diamonds are recovered from the earth, it is interesting to note that of all the diamonds mined each year, a surprisingly small amount, about 50% are high enough quality to turn into jewelry.
Types of Diamond Mining
There are two common types of commercial diamond mining, Kimberlite Pipe Mining and Alluvial Mining.
Kimberlite Pipe Diamond Mining
This process is how diamonds are extracted from volcanic ash, otherwise known as Kimberlite. The pipe refers to the fact that Kimberlite naturally occurs in vertical structures, hence the tube moniker. A large area of land is excavated, using large hydraulic shovels, and all of this material is sorted through to find any diamonds. It is the depth at which the earth creates Kimberlite that is believed to be the reason that so many diamonds travel to the earth's surface in their pipes.
Alluvial Diamond Mining
This process is much more like the panning for gold depicted in movies. Rivers and streams can carry diamonds which have been brought to the earth's surface through a Kimberlite pipe, and deposit them somewhere downstream. At this point they are rather easy to find, although alluvial mining can be done on a large industrial scale with a large amount of automation, but it is often done on a small scale as well, due to the large geographic area diamonds can be carried via flowing water.


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The story is told wonderfully through the perfectly balanced combination of songs and script. They are cleverly interwoven so that we are treated to a huge variety of hit songs that never once take away or distract from the plot.
The show takes us on Carole King's journey, from a young, driven schoolgirl to becoming dependent on her partner both in her career and in her personal life and then to being a strong, independent woman who has made her way in life despite some awfully difficult situations.
Not only are we taken on that journey, but also on a journey through the ages. The subtle changes in costume and the development of music takes us from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. The set is vibrant and colourful, giving the musical an extra dimension.
With a fabulous selection of songs and a truly inspirational story, this musical is simply "beautiful"!
Catch it while you can!
Catch it while you can!
Unfortunately, the Aldwych have no student offers at all, but the chances are high that if you buy cheaper seats in the Grand Circle at the side for £15, you will get moved down a level into the better seats!


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Hotel Paris
Ancha, 18, 24003 Leon, Spanje.
The Paris Hotel is a friendly establishment perfect to spend the time in Leon. This hotel is located in the same old town of the city, in a pedestrian and monumental area next to the Cathedral. The Paris Hotel offers 63 comfortable and large rooms. All of them have complete Bathroom, telephone, satellite TV or Wi-Fi, among others. Among its modern facilities, stands out the La Pausa de París Spa, with jet swimming pools, Jacuzzi, sauna, booth and an unending number of relaxation treatments. Moreover, the establishment offers elegant lounges and an exquisite typical tavern, where you can taste the best roasts and dishes from the region. The Paris Hotel is the perfect place to celebrate working reunions or conventions, disposing of lounges equipped with the up-to-date technology. Due to its facilities and location, the Paris Hotel is perfect both for business trips and holidays.
WiFi is gratis aanwezig.
Betalende overdekte parking aan het hotel (10.70 €), Reservatie verplicht.
dichtbij/in de historische binnenstad.
Indien geen gebruik gemaakt wordt van de reservering zonder te annuleren: 1 nacht te betalen.
Kinderen minder dan 2 jaar oud: gratis.
Huisdieren zijn niet toegelaten.
Visa, Diners Club, Maestro, Mastercard, American Express, Red 6000.


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The Tally Ho II in the Crescent City HarborOur dock is conveniently located in the Crescent City Harbor.
Current Conditions in Crescent City
Tally Ho II Sportfishing Ocean Charter
Bottom Fishing Season is May 1 - December 31, 2018
Contact Us
Tally Ho SportfishingCrescent City HarborCitizen Dock R, Slip D29Crescent City, CA 95531(707) 464-1236
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Information about us and our fishing experience can be found by clicking here.
The 2012 and 2013 Fishing Seasons were Great Ones - Also See Our Gallery Here
41-Pound Ling CodCaught by Tyler Bower on September 9, 2012This
is the largest Ling Cod caught around Crescent City this season! A
total of 4 large Ling Cod were caught on this great day of fishing (see
others below).
Largest Ling Cod Caught in Crescent City in 2012
The Best Sportfishing in Crescent City
The Tally Ho II is based in the Crescent City Harbor at Citizen Dock R, Space D29.
provide all necessary fishing equipment but feel free to bring your
own. Just be sure to bring current fishing licenses for everyone in
your party.
Once the trip is done, we will clean and prepare your catch for travel, so do not forget your cooler and ice.
Rockfish caught by Bob Roberts on June 14, 2013
Nice Ling Cod caught during the 2015 seasonWe reach our catch limits on over 95% of our trips and this season is no exception.
More nice bottom fish caught during the 2014 season.
California Fishing Liscense Information
Price of fishing licenses:
1 Day: $15.12
2 Day: $23.50
10 Day: $47.01
Yearly for CA resident: $47.01
Non resident: $126.36


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A Brief Love Letter to Elementary
By AlexToday, I am called upon to reflect on the glory of Elementary. The majesty of Lucy Liu's existence, the splendor of Jonny Lee Miller's hideous t-shirt wardrobe. How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel!
I exaggerate slightly. But ever since the show was announced and the internet collectively flipped its shit, I've been on team OMG this looks amazing, side-eyeing the overwrought Sherlock fans crying plagiarism in the distance. (Full disclosure: I both watched and mostly liked Sherlock, but with a continual sense of dread in waiting for Moffat to slip us some fresh new awfulness.) I knew there wasn't much point in getting too excited before Elementary aired. What if it sucked? And so I waited for autumn.
My patience was rewarded. To be fair, there have only been two episodes so far, but I'm sold. We're given the marvelous gift of Lucy Liu as a competent, shrewd Watson who's empathetic, but not a pushover. While it is, technically, her job to "take care of" Holmes, we see her frequently refuse to bend to his whims and tell him quite clearly when his behavior is inappropriate or hurtful. At the crime scenes, she's not just a helpful add-on to Holmes, but often notices things he doesn't. Moreover, she is a character with her own distinct trajectory that, while intertwined at the moment with Holmes', is not inextricably bound to him. The interplay between the two is wonderful, with Liu entirely believable and sympathetic without falling into gendered stereotypes of a woman running around cleaning up a man's messes apologetically.
Jonny Lee Miller is a rather wonderfully flawed Holmes who, although still something of a manchild, is frequently called on his bullshit and faces more consequences for it than Sherlock's Sherlock ever was. We're still granted a fairly copious amount of "but he's a genius" flailing, but we are also shown quite clearly that he's someone who continues to struggle with addiction and, frankly, needs someone like Watson around, both to keep him from relapsing but also to remind him that he's still human.
The other cast are excellent as well, and the show's overall diversity makes it feel distinctly modern in a way that Sherlock never quite did for me; after all, New York and London are highly heterogeneous cities, and a similarly varied cast lineup just feels right. In Sherlock, besides an Orientalist subplot about a Chinese gang, the only character of color we're given is Sgt. Donovan: Vinette Robinson, who is excellent, but the viewer is clearly meant to sympathize with Sherlock's constant denigration of her instead of seeing her as a woman who is just doing her job and (in my opinion, rightfully) frequently finds his behavior suspicious. There are way more people living and working in London who aren't white dudes than we see on screen in Sherlock. Besides Liu, Elementary has Jon Michael Hill as Detective Bell in the main cast, and both the crime scene crew and people working at the precinct have a better-than-average-for-TV percentage of people who aren't white or men or both.
Some people have been saying that the show is all right but nothing spectacular, and we should be careful to not be too reactionary in heralding it as a work of genius if it's no better than your average crime procedural. Fair enough. But I do think the show has great potential and I'm eager to see where it goes this season. Elementary's had a lot of hype, but I think the show might just be able to meet it.
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Our Spring session of Morning Music starts February 7th and runs through April 25th! Join us on Wednesday mornings from 10am - 11:30am for this high energy music and movement class for children (ages 5 and under) with their caregiver(s). Please note: If Winona or Rushford-Peterson cancel school due to weather, our class will also be canceled.
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text: Utah's Hogle Zoo dates from 1931 and is located at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. The Zoo is one of the most visited attractions in Utah and the top paid-for tourist attraction in Salt Lake City. Its natural terrain covers 42 acres of tree-lined pathways where visitors can view over 800 animals.


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One of the most singularly affecting musical voices (literal and figurative) of the last 35 years, Tracey Thorn has often found her truest métier breathing warmth into glistening electronic soundscapes (Massive Attack's epochal "Protection," Everything But The Girl's immaculate Walking Wounded), so it's a thrill that her first proper album since the ruminant mid-life balladry of 2010's Love And Its Opposite marks an emphatic return to synth-pop. It's a largely uncharacteristically lighthearted affair comprising, per Thorn's pithy summation, "nine feminist bangers." That's a decent gloss—and Ewan Pearson's productions certainly bang, shimmer and simmer resplendently as called for (though, only nine?!)—but these are hardly the pro forma femmepowerment anthems it might suggest.
You'll find ample sisterly solidarity in the album's righteously smoldering, Corinne Bailey Rae-abetted centerpiece ("Sister"), but overall you could handily replace "feminist" with "human" or just "honest." Like Saint Etienne's similarly nostalgia-tinged Words And Music, Record is essentially a chronicle of a life lived through music and love, an episodic autobiography in song that takes us from schoolyard gender trouble ("Air") to planned and blissful parenthood ("Babies") to Facebook-stalking at 50-something ("Face.") Meanwhile, "Smoke" deftly intertwines family history with contemporary political unease, and "Guitar" brilliantly remembers the anonymous anyboy who taught Thorn her first chords: "And though we kissed and kissed and kissed/You were just a catalyst … Thank God I could sing/And I had my guitar." Amen to that!
—K. Ross Hoffman


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The VPN can be found in workplaces and homes, where they allow employees to safely log into company networks. Telecommuters and those who travel often find a VPN a more convenient way to stay "plugged in" to the corporate intranet.
The key feature of a VPN, however, is its ability to use public networks like the Internet rather than rely on private leased lines. VPN technologies implement restricted-access networks that utilize the same cabling and routers as a public network, and they do so without sacrificing features or basic security.
A VPN supports at least four different modes of use:
The main benefit of a VPN is the lower cost needed to support this technology compared to alternatives like traditional leased lines or remote access servers.
VPN users typically interact with simple graphical client programs.
These applications support creating tunnels, setting configuration parameters, and connecting to and disconnecting from the VPN server. VPN solutions utilize several different network protocols including PPTP, L2TP, IPsec, and SOCKS.
VPN servers can also connect directly to other VPN servers. A VPN server-to-server connection extends the intranet or extranet to span multiple networks.
Criterion ICT Solutions can help your organisation put this technology to use, helping your company the ability to communicate better and safer.
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Christmas crafts with the kids are great fun, it makes them even more excited! The best thing about the handprint crafts if you can use them for cards for grandparents, aunties, uncles and friends.
1) Reindeer Handprint
Otherwise a more simple but just as cute and fun are fingerprint crafts
5) String of Christmas Lights
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ThursdayMar 4, 2010
OEN Workshop: Valuing Your Company
– Lane Powell
Join OEN and speaker Naomi Derner for an OEN Workshop Thursday, March 4th from 4:00-6:00 P.M.
As an early stage entrepreneur looking for the first round of funding, one of the most daunting tasks may be determining the valuation of your company. In this workshop, we will cover the basics of valuing a seed or launch stage company, and answer some questions, such as:
We'll explain the terminology, demystify the math and explain some of the ways that valuation is set during the funding process. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so come armed with your questions and be ready to participate in a lively discussion about valuing early stage companies.
To sign up for this workshop, or for more information visit http://www.oen.org/events.aspx?id=133
WednesdayOct 14, 2015
Cooperative Workspaces Trending in PDX
– Lucky Labrador Beer Hall
Sick of working out of coffee shops but can't afford your own workspace?
We love coffee shops, but let's face it: launching a startup while competing for electrical outlets and trying to block out the din of coffee grinders is not always ideal. Access to a quiet conference room and your very own electrical outlet are just two benefits of a coworking space. Learn about the other benefits, including what's available here in Portland, at our upcoming PubTalk!
Join us for FREE pizza, drinks and a fantastic networking experience + panel.
Date: 10/14 Time: 5:15-7:00pm Cost: Members: $10
(walk-ins welcome!)
MondaySep 18, 2017
Marketing Loves Sales
through The Leftbank Annex
Marketing Loves Sales is the only event where marketers can focus entirely on generating, developing, and closing marketing-led opportunities. Generate more revenue, refocus on sales, and learn from other B2B marketers. The two-day event, hosted at the beautiful Leftbank Annex in downtown Portland, brings together the top B2B marketing minds and thought leaders to share how marketing departments can better coordinate with Sales and drive revenue. Marketing Loves Sales 2017 will focus on Event Marketing, Landing Page Optimization, Sales Development, Programmatic and Social, and Search. Join us in discovering what strategies and tactics most effectively drive revenue.


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Photo via the Boston Irish Reporter
Julia Oliver O'Neil's ten daughters sported matching outfits in every Commonwealth Avenue Easter Parade from 1940 to 1959. Julia, a native of Jamaica Plain, saved and scrimped to make the outfits herself each year, and present her daughters in style alongside the daughters of the city's Yankee elite.
Photos of the O'Neil sisters appeared throughout the world, including on the cover of LIFE Magazine (see the great LIFE photos here, including the arrival of the sisters' matching hats and gloves).
They even featured in a math textbook: What are the odds of having 10 girls in a row? (1-in-1,024).
The sisters appeared once more in the parade 1983. They have a WONDERFUL website full of photos and articles which you can find here. In 2007, they appeared in the Boston Globe, all grown up.


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Geneva 2013: first pictures of the Renault stand
The Geneva Motor Show is about to open its doors to journalists...Before anyone gets to see it, here are exclusive pictures of the Renault stand, in Hall 4 of Palexpo.
Clio, under Captur's eye, will be spicing things up at Geneva Motorshow 2013
Captur, in different combos of colours, will be revealed to the public tomorrow.
The Renault press conference will be eventful and full of surprises. Hope you're ready for it!


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an #event9 runner may be,I'll read you later on , my job's callin!
another one for #event9, it's gonna be a tough one!
a good contender for #event9
Bloomin' flies! :D
I think that's one for the "Weirdest find" category #event9
The big #mechanical-noise sounds oddly like a horse blowing air through its lips. #event9
Hi everyone,
after viewing some recent posts on the forum and recalling some of the great clips found by detectives in the past; I thought we could have a bit of fun by seeking out contenders for the Bat Detective Olympics :P
During your time classifying, if you find any clips that are...


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More News on Priests of the Aeons and Deluxe Corebooks
In our last update, we said we'd fulfill Priests of the Aeons and deluxe corebook slipcase sets the week of March 18th—that is, the week that's just coming to an... Read more
Priests of the Aeons in PDF, and Deluxe Corebooks
We have great news about Priests of the Aeons and the long-awaited deluxe corebook sets: Both titles have reached us and are in our US warehouse!
That said, the timing... Read more
Priests of the Aeons, Deluxe Corebooks, and a Big Rewards Roundup
In an update about a month ago we told you that Slaves of the Machine God was about to ship. Well, things have been busy, and now we're excited to... Read more
Slaves of the Machine God is in, and Priests of the Aeons is Off!
Today we have two great pieces of news to share.
That's a first-off the presses copy of Slaves of the Machine God. This 144-page hardcover (plus poster map) two-part... Read more
The Ruin Deck Is on the Way
As we reported in our last update, the Ruin Deck shipped from our printer back in November. It's now on US shores, and is scheduled for delivery to our warehouse... Read more
Shiny Shins (and Priests, Slaves, and Ruins)
It's a little bit of the Ninth World you can hold in your hands. Shins are in the house!
We've received the shin sets from our friends at Campaign Coins,... Read more
We Invite You into the Actuality (plus Shins and Other News)
On Tuesday we launched a Kickstarter campaign to reprint Invisible Sun, Monte's radical, visionary game of surreal fantasy and magic that is truly magical. Invisible Sun is an incredible production,... Read more
Building Tomorrow Is Now Out!
Wow, it seems like just two weeks ago we were celebrating the street date of the Numenera corebooks, and now Building Tomorrow has reached the public. Wait, what? That was... Read more
Numenera Street Date and Building Tomorrow—Today!
It's a super-exciting day for Numenera: Not only is it the street date for the new corebooks, but we're also beginning fulfillment on Building Tomorrow!
We started fulfilling Numenera... Read more
Check Out Building Tomorrow!
Today we launched preorders for Building Tomorrow, and you know what that means: Release of the first supplement following the new Numenera corebooks isn't far away! You can download... Read more
Delivery Updates, Player's Kits, & Your Best Game Ever!
Iacade, friends,
Slipcases with Numenera Discovery and Destinyare flying out of our warehouses to backers and preorder customers. And we've got more exciting new about products shipping, but... Read more
UK delivery, deluxe editions, and Ask-Monte-Anything
Just a very quick update on some fulfillment news!
UK Delivery
Some UK backers are experiencing a "shipment pending" notice after they place their order. This seems to be a... Read more
Discovery and Destiny Print Books are Here! (And More!)
Iadace, travelers, and well met.
We have a new Kickstarter and we think you'll be really interested in it because it's for a book aimed at anyone and everyone who... Read more
Discovery and Destiny PDFs Are Here!
Did You Get Your PDFs?
The PDFs for Numenera Discovery and Destinyare ready for backers! You're the first to get them (hurray!). If you didn't get an email from... Read more
Discover Your Destiny!
We are closing in on the delivery of the new Numenera corebooks. Updates on that below, but first:
Discover Your Destiny
Discover Your Destinyis headed your way this week!... Read more
A Preview of Discovery and Destiny!
Numenera Destiny and Numenera Discoveryare both off to press! Now that layout and proofing are fully complete on both books, it's time to give you and the world a... Read more
Adding Choices While Staying Compatible
Lots of exciting news this week! Numenera Discovery, Numenera Destiny, and the Numenera Player's Guide are off to the printer, and we're working closely with them to finalize the... Read more
Player Intrusions & New Types!
A message from Shanna: It has been a very busy month on the Numenera front! The gorgeous slipcases are at the printer right now, as is Numenera Discovery, and... Read more
The Core of Numenera Discovery & Destiny
Numenera is two books: Discovery and Destiny. Numenera Discovery is a revision of the original Numenera corebook. While it's still the same game—and still compatible with all the previous products,... Read more
Preorders Are Open and Other Cool News
At MCG's offices scattered across North America, we see the early signs of an approaching summer—blossoms on the trees; the chatter of birds; grass turning green and starting to run... Read more
Medallions, Questions Answered, and a Look Inside
Here's something you might find cool:
These are actual Numenera medallions from our good friends at Campaign Coins. If you're backing at a level that gets you the Numenera corebook... Read more
Tonight: Live Numenera 2 Discussion with Monte, Bruce, & Sean
Darcy fell ill with a nanite-scourge and can't GM our live online Numenera game, Echoes Linger, so the team decided to pull back the curtain and talk about some... Read more
Numenera Stream Coming Your Way
On February 27th at 5 p.m. PST, we're launching a Numenera streamed game series that will be played completely live on Twitch, with Monte in the player's seat as Darcy takes... Read more
Progress, News, and a Quick Look at Crafting Cyphers
It's been nearly three months since we closed the Numenera 2: Discovery and Destiny Kickstarter campaign, and we here at MCG have been busy. We thought you might enjoy a... Read more
Thank You!
Well, after an exhausting and exhilarating five or so weeks, I think the team at Monte Cook Games has recovered thanks to some restful days of playing games, watching Stranger... Read more
The Campaign Has Reached Its Amazing Conclusion. Now What?
Thank you for your amazing levels of support in making Numenera Discovery, Numenera Destiny, and all of the other books we unlocked a reality. This has turned out... Read more
We Did It! The Deck Box Is Happening!
This is MCG's tenth Kickstarter. We've been around the block with Kickstarters once or twice, but I don't think any of us have seen an ending quite like this one.... Read more
A Couple of Things for the Final Day of the Campaign
Wow! What a campaign this has been! It's the final hour, and we're still charging toward an additional stretch goal!
Before the campaign reaches its end, I wanted to give... Read more
Ellomyr: The Aftermath and the Future
Thanks to you, the raging automaton has been stopped! Despite the machine's strength and power, the people of Ellomyr, using bravery and skill, face this final threat head on.... Read more
Creature Deck 3 Is Happening—Is the Deck Box on the Way?
Wow! Am I seriously writing the third stretch goal update of the day? I am! We've hit the $810,000 goal to make the Creature Deck 3 a reality, and we... Read more
Explorer's Keys Unlocked!
Another stretch goal is unlocked—Explorer's Keys: Ten Instant Adventures for Numenerais now a thing! If you're getting all the titles, this is part of your rewards for... Read more
Let's Make This Cool Deck Box!
We are already closing in on making Explorer's Keys a reality—with your help, we could be there in less than an hour!
But there's something else we'd really like to... Read more
The victory over the mutated margr is a short-lived joy. The tumultuous conflict has disturbed something ancient beneath the city itself!
How can we stop this surprising rampage? Ellomyr needs... Read more
Ninth World Bestiary 3 Is Upgraded—Let's Do Another Book!
Don't miss these very cool add-ons, most of which are exclusive to this campaign. To get an add-on, simply increase your pledge amount by the cost of the item, without... Read more
The Horde Descends Upon Ellomyr!
We did it! With your great help spreading the word, we gained enough backers to call forth not just one follower to aid the city, but four! Only through your... Read more
The Io Deck Is Happening!
This is it, everyone—the final two days of the campaign. For a big campaign—and this is now officially MCG's biggest, and one of the top few RPG campaigns ever—the final... Read more
Priests of the Aeons Is Upgraded!
Things usually get pretty fast-paced in the final few days of a big Kickstarter campaign. Nonetheless, when I posted this morning's update announcing the tenth stretch goal, I didn't... Read more
Who Will Step Up for Ellomyr?
There's no one to call for help this time. We have to defend Ellomyr ourselves. But there's good news: we reached 3100 backers yesterday (easily, in fact), so the basic... Read more
Tomorrow's Bones is Unlocked!
Thank you, backers, for an incredible day yesterday. Well, really, for several incredible days recently! We've had a great influx of new backers (welcome, new backers!), and as a result... Read more
Followers in Discovery and Destiny
All player characters in Numenera 2 have the option to gain followers as they advance in tier. Followers do not need to be paid or housed, though a character who... Read more
Help Defend Ellomyr from This New Threat!
Hail, defenders of Ellomyr—
The city of Ellomyr really needs to improve its defenses, as the iron wind-mutated margr gather their forces. Walls and towers may have helped years ago,... Read more
How Will You Hold All Those Books?
Hi, Numenera backers!
Throughout this fantastic campaign, as it keeps surpassing our expectations, we've been motivated to offer additional items that we think would be fun and exciting for your... Read more
Ellomyr Faces an Evolved Threat
Hail, defenders of Ellomyr—
Years have passed, and things have been quiet in Ellomyr. In case you missed it, there's a lovely image of the town, showing how much it's... Read more
We Have Upgraded Slaves of the Machine God!
Wow! Thank you, backers—those who recently joined us and those who have been with the campaign since day one! We have unlocked our latest stretch goal in what seems... Read more
Ellomyr: A Few Years Pass
Iadace, Numenera backer—
Yesterday we unlocked the Ninth World Bestiary 3, and we're already well on our way to the next stretch goal—a big upgrade to Slaves of the... Read more
We Love Your Creativity!
Hello, defenders of Ellomyr—
At a number of points during this campaign we've asked you to contribute your creativity, in the form of stories, artwork, and even video and... Read more
The Ninth World Bestiary 3 Is Unlocked!
The beasts and creatures of the Ninth World are rampaging everywhere—and it's all your fault! Great job, backers—we have unlocked the Ninth World Bestiary 3! This 160-page hardcover, with... Read more
The Iron Wind Reaches Ellomyr
You have spoken! Those participating in our poll chose to value the insight provided by the strange energy creatures from yesterday's update. Let's see if that was a good choice.... Read more
Ellomry Finds Help—Maybe
Iadace, Numenera backer—
Thanks to you, we crushed the goal we had set for ourselves and far surpassed the backer total we were hoping for to give Ellomyr's Wrights and... Read more
Shins! The Iron Wind! Hark, A Game!
Iadace, Numenera backers—
Over the course of this Kickstarter, we've had the good fortune of being able to unveil a number of items that aren't stretch goals or otherwise directly... Read more
Ellomyr: The Blowing of the Iron Wind
Iadace, defenders of Ellomyr—
The Iron Wind is on its way! But Ellomyr is not without resources, and if we can hit 2600 backers by this evening, the community will... Read more
Ellomyr Prospers—but the Iron Wind Nears
Ellomyr recently learned that the Iron Wind approaches. This destructive cloud of slowly moving nano particles reshapes matter, energy, and even reality, so the people of Ellomyr are doing everything... Read more
Announcing the Ninth World Bestiary 3!
Good morning, Numenera backers! Great news: overnight you unlocked another stretch goal. The Ruin Deck is now a reality! It's an official reward for anyone backing at a level that... Read more
A Look at the Delve!
Numenera 2 allows players to choose from a total of six different character types: the Glaive, Nano, and Jack described in Numenera Discovery, and the Arkus, Wright, and Delve... Read more
Ellomyr Gets a Vehicle!
Iadace, defenders of Ellomyr—
In yesterday's update, we learned that the expedition to the Valley of Sins did not go as hoped. But for better or worse, the lone survivor... Read more
A New Threat Descends on Ellomyr
The expedition to the Valley of Sins hasn't been heard from for months, and the people of the town have started to lose hope. But at least it's been peaceful.... Read more
We'd Like to Make This Thing
If you joined us for our Kickstarter Live Q-and-A this evening, then you already got a good look at this.
This is the Numenera Player's Kit, and it's a set... Read more
A Look at the Arkus!
Numenera 2 allows players to choose from a total of six different character types: the Glaive, Nano, and Jack described in Numenera Discovery, and the Arkus, Wright, and Delve... Read more
The Trilling Shard
We have been loving the whole Ellomyr narrative associated with this Kickstarter. It's been fun setting up scenarios like the margr attack, the expeditions to the Valley of Sins,... Read more
Salvaging and Crafting the Numenera
Defenders of Ellomyr, we were hoping and expecting that the party we sent to the Valley of Sins to return no later than today. There has been no sign of... Read more
Ellomyr Is Becoming a Hub of Trade
Iadace, defenders of Ellomyr—
These are days of peace and prosperity in Ellomyr. The community continues to grow—and the Wrights continue to tinker with building a vehicle to further enhance... Read more
Ellomyr: Into Danger
Iadace, defenders of Ellomyr—
In Numenera Destiny, in addition to building cyphers, artifacts, and even larger installations that can aid a whole community, PCs will be able to design... Read more
Ellomyr Sends Messages into the Datasphere
Iadace, defenders of Ellomyr—
Have you been catching the snippets for datasphere video sent from Ellomyr via the Trilling Shard?
Iona was a self-proclaimed acolyte of the datasphere and master... Read more
A Couple of Cool Things to Show Off
Iadace, travellers—
I have a couple of cool things to show you. First, take a look at this handsome fellow:
OK, that's not a handsome fellow—it's me. But look at... Read more
A Loss for Ellomyr
Hello, defenders of Ellomyr—
Ellomyr is building! As I type this, we're at 2344 backers. We unlocked a single upgrade to the town at 2300, and are now working on... Read more
Another Expedition from Ellomyr
Hello, defenders of Ellomyr—
The people of our town want to send another expedition to the Valley of Sins to get materials for all the things they dream of building.... Read more
Ellomyr Grows—and a New Backer Level!
Hello, defenders of Ellomyr!
Your engagement with Ellomyr—in the shape of stories, ideas, artwork, audiocasts, and more—has been inspiring, and the choices we've made together are helping to shape The... Read more
A Look at the Wright!
Character type is the core of a character. Type helps determine a character's place in the world and relationship with other people in the setting. It's the noun of the... Read more
Ellomyr Builds (and a Cool Surprise!)
Hello, defenders of Ellomyr!
Before we get to events in our favorite Ninth World community, here some really cool news:
Our friends at InXile, who made the incredible, critically acclaimed... Read more
Another Book: Priests of the Aeons Is Unlocked!
Great news: We've unlocked another stretch goal, and Priests of the Aeonshas been funded! This book, which explores the Order of Truth, contains loads of new character options,... Read more
Rebuilding Ellomyr
Ellomyr survived the margr attack, and weeks have passed, the survivors busy rebuilding and burying the dead.
Meanwhile, we are very quickly approaching the stretch goal of Priests of the... Read more
Ellomyr in the Aftermath
Hello, defenders of Ellomyr—
The battle is over. The community survived. How did we do it?
We built strong walls (with the help of 1950 backers, plus ten pieces of... Read more
The Margr Horde at Ellomyr's Gates
Worse than we were told.
Worse than we saw in the nightmares that had woken us, night after night these last few weeks.
Worse than even than what Kelem the... Read more
Look How Ellomyr Has Grown
Iadace, defenders of Ellomyr—
The good folk of Ellomyr have been working hard on their defenses. Look at how much the village has changed since word of the margr horde... Read more
The Margr Approach Ellomyr!
The Margr approach!
Our campaign's backer numbers are the resource we have to help the community of Ellomyr. We needed 1950 for just the basic defenses, which you helped us... Read more
A Look at Discover Your Destiny
Hi, backers! Can you believe that we're poised to cross over the $400,000 mark? And we have, as of this writing, nearly 2150 backers—good news for the defense of Ellomyr,... Read more
Stories from the Valley of Sins
The explorers are off to the Valley of Sins—and you have helped them on their journey. We received a ton of wonderful creations about the expedition to the Valley of... Read more
Panic in Ellomyr
There's trouble in Ellomyr. All signs say the abhuman hordes could attack at any moment, and people are beginning to panic. A few loud voices forecast utter doom for the... Read more
Ellomyr: Embassy to Othmar
Can you believe the day we've had today? Thanks to you helping spread the word, we've seen a surge of backers—as we write this, the total is over 2050. That's... Read more
A Look at Numenera Destiny
As interested as you probably are in the kinds of updates we're planning for Numenera Discovery (our first one is here), it's possible that Numenera Destinyis something you're even... Read more
Ellomyr and the Valley of Sins
Iadace, traveler, and welcome back to Ellomyr!
The village elders have decided to send some particularly brave souls into a nearby vale where, reportedly, they might find some numenera devices... Read more
The Pen is Mightier than the Sisk: Ten Ellomyr Stories
Iadace, traveler, and welcome back to Ellomyr!
The defenses are going up—we've already passed 1,950 backers, which takes Ellomyr's defenses to level 4. We also asked you, the backers, to... Read more
Building Tomorrow Is Upgraded—Time for a New Book!
Wow! What a great way to wake up on a Monday morning—to another unlocked stretch goal. We have unlocked the upgrade to Building Tomorrow, making that book a 192-page... Read more
Ellomyr: The Wind Rider
Iadace, traveler, and welcome back to Ellomyr!
The margr are getting closer, but work on the community's defenses continues apace! We now have well over 1900 backers. At this rate,... Read more
Strangers Come to Ellomyr
Iadace, traveler, and welcome back to Ellomyr. Before we get started, a short note: Due to popular demand, we've added a deluxe corebook set upgrade option. If you're getting a... Read more
Ellomyr and Brucha One-Hand
Iadace, traveler, and welcome back to Ellomyr. The margr are coming, and the people of Ellomyr need to prepare. As part of our ongoing story of Ellomyr, which will be... Read more
A Look at Numenera Discovery
Iadace, defenders of Ellomyr!
Are you curious about what sorts of changes we're going to be making in Numenera Discovery? Here's a short list to whet your appetite.
We're... Read more
Dark Clouds Gather over Ellomyr
Iadace, traveler, and welcome back to Ellomyr. Yesterday we left off with the glaive Nieten, and that's where we pick up today. If you're just joining us, Ellomyr is the... Read more
Slaves of the Machine God!
When we launched this campaign, back in our first update, I mentioned that we were focusing on fewer, larger stretch goals. Things that would be really exciting for us and... Read more
A Deluxe Corebook and Slipcase Set
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Monte has talked a lot about some of his favorite memories of the original Numenera Kickstarter campaign, and one of them was the excitement and thrill of... Read more
The People of Ellomyr
Iadace, traveler. Today we return to Ellomyr with a little more background on the village and its people. Ellomyr is the centerpiece of The Trilling Shard, and we (you... Read more
Corebook and Slipcase Upgrade!
Hello, again, Numenera backers! What a delight it is to write an update first thing in the morning—because you have driven us through yet another stretch goal! That's right: You've... Read more
Welcome to Ellomyr
Iadace, traveler. Today we begin our story of Ellomyr, a small, quiet village in the Ninth World. In the days and weeks to come, Ellomyr will face the kinds of... Read more
We Have a Player's Guide!
Wow, what a day it's been—and it's far from over! Thanks to your astounding support, we have blown through our second BIG stretch goal already. The Numenera Player's Guideis... Read more
A New Book: Building Tomorrow Is Funded!
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We Are Building Something Wondrous!
Wow! We are funded!
To be perfectly honest, for the past couple of weeks as we worked more and more on this Kickstarter campaign, all of us here at MCG... Read more


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|Miriam Schmierer
|20 August 1899
Queensland, Australia
|29 September 2011
Queensland, Australia
|112 years, 40 days
Miriam Schmierer (née Baker) (20 August 1899 – 29 September 2011) was an Australian supercentenarian who became the oldest living person in Australia after the death of John Campbell Ross on 3 June 2009. She is also the oldest person from the state of Queensland. She was the last-known surviving Australian born before the founding of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.
Miriam Baker was born in Queensland. She was married to Grenville Schmierer. In 1961, she retired with her husband to Hervey Bay, Queensland to live near their two sons, Austin and Mervyn. Thirty years later, she moved alone to the Master's Lodge, a retirement living home where she resided in up until her death. She outlived all of her siblings, including her oldest sister Mary, who lived to be 103.[1] She died on 29 September 2011, at the age of 112 years 40 days.[2] Her death left 110-year-old Eva McConnell as the oldest living Australian until her death on August 12, 2012 aged 111.
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#cleanuptheFword Campaign with Digital Mums
Over the past two years I've thrown myself into building up my blogging and freelance writing business. I spend hours each day working hard, striving to achieve. I also spend hours each day bringing up my children, who at two and one are with me full-time. How do I do it? Flexible working!
I knew as soon as our first daughter was born that I would have to give up work, but with a husband who works long shifts for the NHS I had very few options as far as my work life went. I could either give up work altogether, or figure out a way to work flexibly from home around the children. I tried the stay at home mum role for a little while, but I struggled not working at all. So armed with a notebook and a laptop I decided to give the flexible working thing a whirl!
Did you know? Out of 68% of people who would like flexible working options, only 12% have actually dared ask for them?
I found almost immediately that flexible working opened so many doors for my family. Working from home, during hours that suit me, means that I'm always there for our girls. When they go to school I'll be the one that does the school run and who helps them with their homework. I'm here for to see all of their firsts and I'm here to comfort them when they need me. The extra income I earn means that we aren't restricted financially and working gives me the release I need from motherhood. It gives me chance to be me and to achieve my goals outside of being a parent.
Did you know? 51% of employees in the UK think that asking for flexible work would be viewed in a negative light by their employer?
I know that after giving flexible working a try, I would find it difficult to go back to fixed hours. That's why I feel so passionately about the Digital Mums #cleanuptheFword campaign. Raising awareness around flexible working is key to making it more acceptable in the eyes of employers and giving employees the confidence to ask for flexible hours. To find out more information on the Digital Mums #cleanuptheFword campaign visit their site HERE! It's time everyone did #WorkThatWorks for them!
*This post was written in collaboration with and contains figures from research conducted by Digital Mums.


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to think i'm so naive
How dare you play with me
I gave you heart and soul yeah
Tell me baby please
Why you screwing with my head
I dont think you understand
I wont take your(gasp) no more
Dont knock on my door
Not this time because i recon i've
I've heard it all before
And i-i-i
I think of all the time that i've wasted
I think of all the times that i took you back
Ain't no way i'll be lonely
I dont want to let you back in
Let's just face it
I'm better off alone and i won't turn back
You thought that i would be lonely
I dont want to let you back in
Don't tell me how to feel
Or say that your for real
My minds made up im cool without you
You got no more appeal
Now this girl dont need no man
Say what she can, do what she can
Now i live for me
Boy does that make you weak
Not this time because i realize
I heard it all before
And i-i-i
Think of times you made me cry
You had me so confused
I'm tired of trying
Leave behind this....
Whats a girl to do
Think of all the times you made me sick
I use to think i couldn't handle it
What you think i'm just another chick
Lost your grip boy you must of tripped
What were you thinking when you lost my trust
You had it all and now your left with noth-thing
Oh baby now i know you want my touch
And now your lonely and you still want me
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to think i'm so naive
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Furniture in our houses covers up the major amount of space and expenditure. One has to be very careful while choosing it. Various things affect its selection. The most important being space and budget. Big bungalows and farm houses are a part of fiction and movies or perhaps a dream in this constricted city life. Only a microscopic percentage of the population may own such and may not need my free advice. A small apartment is the ground reality today. Our dream-houses are now restricted only to a few thousand square feet area.
Before you plan buying new furniture for your house, stop and think. Can you/Why not revamp and restore old furniture and change the look of your house? If you happen to inherit an ancestral house and you don't seem too happy with the furniture's condition, then here is what you can do.
You can, for example restore your upholstered sofas, chairs and couches. If the upholstery of the furniture is damaged and you are working on a low budget restoration plan, then I'd suggest you to go for Slipcovers. As the name suggests, they cover the existing upholstery of your chairs and sofas. For this you need a lot of fabric, grommets and ties or ribbon.
Step 1 Remove the loose cushions from the sofa.
Step 2 Measure the length, breadth, depth and height of the sofa.
Step 3 Now spread the fabric over the sofa. Make sure you have extra 10 inches longer and wider fabric than the measurements of the sofa. This extra allowance is for the curves of the sofa. Of course the extra fabric can later be trimmed and hemmed as per the shape.
Step 4 Drape the fabric neatly over the sofa, centre it and tuck it tightly around the seat.
Step 5 Gather the extra fabric at the corners and make neat pleats. This is where you will tuck your pleats with ties or ribbon.
Step 6 Mark the tie positions behind the fold and insert grommets (eye-lets) at the marked points.
Step 7 Hem the fabric neatly to give a finishing touch. You can add lace if you want.
Step 8 You can use matching ties/ribbons for the fabric and use the same fabric for upholstering the loose cushions as well.
A single seater sofa may require as much as 7-8 metres of fabric. Make sure that the fabric is thick and drapes well. A thorough market survey will definitely help. Plain or big floral prints can be opted. Slip covers can be made for beds or diwans as well. They can be custom made by the tailors as well. If you like to play with colours and like to change the look of your room regularly, you can opt for two or more such sets of slipcovers for your furniture. Go in for some neutral colour scheme like cream or beige and the other set of loud floral prints or checks. Experiment with the patterns if your budget allows. But make sure you have at least one colour or element common with the other sets and also with the entire theme of the room. After all, you wouldn't like your newly 'groomed' sofa to look like an alien sitting in your room!Happy Restoring!!!


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Almost anywhere in America, a cop can pull you over if you're texting while driving. But not in Florida.
Here, you can be stopped for a broken taillight or an expired license plate, but you're free to text and drive unless a police officer has another reason to stop you.
The Florida Legislature has refused repeatedly to toughen the law. Despite agreement that texting can be deadly on the road, legislators have bowed to concerns that a stricter law would chip away at drivers' rights and give police the power to stop drivers unfairly.
State Rep. Emily Slosberg, D-Boca Raton, isn't giving up. Slosberg — whose twin sister died in a car accident — plans to submit a bill in coming days to make texting while driving a primary offense, meaning police wouldn't need to spot another violation to stop you.
That's the law in every other state except Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota.
If you text while driving, "you are putting other people's lives at risk," Slosberg said. "As a government our job is to protect the residents." Tragedies that result from texting and driving are "preventable," she said.
There's no question texting while driving can be dangerous.
In March, a driver lost control of his car while texting and struck and seriously injured a Florida Highway Patrol trooper, authorities said.
The trooper, Carlos Rosario, a 12-year FHP veteran, had just stopped his patrol car on the side of the Dolphin Expressway to clock speeders. He was standing beside his car when Hugo Olivares hit the trooper and his cruiser at 35 mph, the Highway Patrol said.
The driver was arrested in May because "during the course of the investigation it was determined that Mr. Olivares was texting prior to the accident," said FHP Lt. Yosdany Veloz.
Cellphone records show he was "actively engaging in a text-message conversation," sending his fourth text within seven minutes at the time of the crash, authorities said. Police haven't specified what he was texting about.
Olivares has pleaded not guilty to reckless driving, court records show.
Some of the pushback to enacting a new Florida law has come from black legislators, who fear it could give police officers a reason to pull over black drivers unfairly — "even though we clearly understand it saves lives," said Sen. Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale.
Thurston, the head of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus, points to a study by the American Civil Liberties Union that showed black drivers in Florida were stopped and given tickets for not wearing seat belts nearly twice as often as whites who drove on the state's roads in 2014.
And he said he fears making texting while driving a reason to be pulled over could give ammunition to "bad-apple" officers who racially profile.
"You should not text and drive, that's a no-brainer," Thurston said. "The problem comes in how the law is applied. [If police are] using it as a pretext to stop them, therein lies the problem."
He points to a case pending in court: Records show that the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office pulled over a black man in June for not wearing his seat belt. After the deputy asked permission to search the car, he found a gun. The man was charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, records show.
Slosberg, in response to Thurston's concerns, said her proposed bill would require police agencies "to adopt policies to prohibit the practice of racial profiling in enforcement."
Slosberg's efforts at a texting bill failed earlier this year when it didn't get a hearing in the transportation committee.
In 2014, state Rep. Rick Stark, D-Weston, filed a bill to allow police to pull over and give drivers $30 fines — the typical penalty for a nonmoving traffic violation — for texting and driving.
Worried it would fail, Slosberg's father, former Rep. Irv Slosberg, D-Boca Raton, also filed a bill that would make texting while driving in a school zone a primary offense, but leave it a secondary in other locations.
Both bills failed, as did Stark's efforts again in 2016.
Irv Slosberg blames several reasons. He thinks there's little money supporting road safety. "Lobbyists don't pass money around for road safety," he said. "It's lobbyists who give all the money."
Road-safety legislation also historically takes time to get approved, he said. He was behind Florida's 2009 seat belt law, which made it possible for police to pull over drivers specifically for not wearing their seat belts. It took him 14 years to get the law passed.
"You have to take a little bite of the apple," he said.
"Public safety should be our No. 1 priority. ... And that's not how it is," he said. "Something is wrong. The leadership in the state of Florida is way out of touch."
In 2009, then-state Sen. Ted Deutch waged his own effort to enact a statewide ban in Florida.
Four years after becoming a congressman in 2010, he tried to lure Florida to join other states in cracking down on texting and driving, suggesting Florida could become eligible to share federal grant money.
That didn't work, either. He said the issue now rests again with state lawmakers to join "virtually every other state capital in America."
"This is common sense. It could help save lives, and Florida should finally act," Deutch said. "When you tell people Florida is one of the only states in the country. ... They don't understand why the state Legislature won't take reasonable action to help save lives."
For Nebraska, Omaha Sen. Rick Kolowski proposed a bill this past spring, but it failed. He said he'll try again. "You've got to be patient. Pressure mounts from the public, and they want to be safe."
Kolowski was opposed by the Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, which said the bill would give too much discretion to police officers. He said he'll study other recent laws to see how lawmakers pulled it off. Iowa made texting while driving a primary offense just last month.
In Florida, Emily Slosberg is picking up where other lawmakers haven't succeeded. This time, as part of her push to get the new law passed, she is lobbying City Halls, asking them to support her to help it be approved in Tallahassee.
Four counties — Manatee, Calhoun, Franklin and Marion — already signed resolutions of support. Cities that have endorsed her efforts include Delray Beach, Boca Raton and Miami.
Traffic safety is important to Slosberg. Her twin sister, who wasn't wearing a seat belt and was a passenger in a speeding car, perished in a 1996 crash along with four other teenagers.
"Not wearing your seat belt, you're putting your own life in jeopardy," Slosberg said. But texting while driving puts everybody else's lives at risk, she said.
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel supports efforts to try to stop texting behind the wheel. "If left up to me, I think texting while driving should be a primary offense," he said. "It causes horrific consequences, catastrophic accidents."
It's time for change in Florida, said Delray Beach Police Chief Jeff Goldman. "We've all seen too many drivers with their phones in their hands not paying attention to the road," he said. "Distracted driving costs people their lives."
Staff Writers Ryan Van Velzer and Jayda Hall contributed to this report.
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Soaring above the beach on a parasailing adventure; discovering magical marine life in the deep; riding waves on spectacular beaches - in Lanzarote you can do it all. This Canary Island is absolutely perfect for anyone after a beach-based holiday that involves a little more than laying on the sand - and I've got some great tips in store for you.
My first is that it's well worth bearing in mind that plenty of the island's hotels and resorts will either offer water sports onsite or nearby, while others might even throw the cost of these in with all-inclusive packages - http://www.sovereign.com/ is a good site to check out for examples. Plus, there are loads of water sports centres dotted around Lanzarote, many of which specialise in individual sports, and these are well worth looking into if you fancy learning something from scratch.
My next tips are all about what you can actually do while you're here - prepare to feel inspired!
Thanks to its combination of warm water year-round (averaging 20 degrees C), visibility of up to 40 m and fantastic variety of both marine life and landscapes, Lanzarote is a scuba diver's paradise. What I love about diving here is that there are so many different kinds of dive to try - and that there's plenty out there for beginners as well as those with experience.
Photo Credit: Diving Puerto Del Carmen by: DanTheBeastMan, on Flickr
For instance, a good spot for novices is Playa Chica Reef at 6 to 16 m, while Chaco de Palo (12 to 35 m) gives the seasoned divers among you the chance to explore atmospheric caves.
In terms of scuba diving companies, there are several to choose from, including the Aquatic Diving Centre (which is based on Costa Teguise) and Canary Island Dives, which you'll find at Puerto del Carmen.
If you'd rather keep your head above water (well, most of the time anyway!), then give surfing a go. This sport is actually easier to pick up than you might think, and it's particularly great fun to learn with friends or family.
Photo Credit: surf_thunders_nico2 on Flickr
Famara is a decent beach for beginners to head to, and you'll find it on the north-west coast. By the way, this is a particularly pretty beach, so I'd recommend spending a few hours here even if you don't plan to surf.
Those after something more challenging can make their way to La Santa on the north coast to chase some of the island's most famous waves, like La Izquierda and Quemao.
If you fancy cranking the adrenaline up a notch, wakeboarding, jet skiing and parasailing are great activities to try - and local water sports centres often specialise in all three (Aquaticket Lanzarote and Paracraft Lanzarote are two examples).
Photo Credit: Holiday transport at Playa Blanca beach, Lanzarote , on Flckr
What I love about these sports is that they also give you the chance to admire the island from a totally different perspective. This is especially true of parasailing, which'll lift you so far into the air that you can enjoy some impressive vistas across the island's interior, as well as the coast.
Water sports aren't the only way to get active on the coast. Lanzarote is an absolutely brilliant place for cycling, particularly as it offers routes for people of all abilities. Hire a road bike and you can pick one of the many dirt roads along the shore to follow, which means you'll have the chance to soak up amazing coastal scenery while you pedal. Plus, the ultra-sporty among you can always stop off for a quick swim whenever the urge takes you.
Photo Credit: gran canaria by Mikelo, on Flickr
Cycle hire companies include Papagayo, which has two centres on the island. You'll find one on Costa Teguise and the other on Costa Blanca.


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The concept of slow fashion and sustainable fashion is taking over the fashion retail world. A lot of brands and companies have considered this an important decision in their production and operations. What this means is that the directors and employees of such companies are being educated on what it means to actually have an impact in the lives of everyone involved in the process.I caught up with Michelle Johnson, the creative director and owner of Kenyan clothing brand, One Hundred Years to learn more about her brand and her thoughts on sustainable fashion . With the impact of globalization, we see more international brands and local brands take part in the movement. Where brands from different countries are considering ways that they can make their brands eco-friendlier and overall more sustainable.
F.A: How long have you been running One Hundred Years? Was this something that you had always wanted to do?
M.J: I come from a long line generation of tailors, I learnt how to sew at the age of 7. I always made clothes for myself, my dolls and it was something I have always been passionate about through the years. Setting up One Hundred Years took one year, because I had to get everything right. It has currently been operating for one year.
F.A: Tell us about your products.
M.J: I am keen on every detail and it comes down to the pieces we create. I ensure that every piece is identical and something special about One Hundred Years is that the bits and pieces are made sustainably. For instance, the buttons which are custom designed are from Madagascar and I ensure that I visit the factories to have an idea of what actually goes into making the pieces. Some of the cotton we use for our t-shirts and henleys are from Uganda.For some fabrics, I have them custom made, for instance some of our shirts are made specifically for the Kenyan market, where it gets hot and cold anytime of the day.
F.A: Why One Hundred Years?
M.J: The name reflects what we do; what will matter in one hundred years. We believe that consuming in a sustainable way will be crucial for our future. When you purchase an item from One Hundred Years, you can wear it for a long time. You will also be supporting Cotton made in Africa-Initiative. We also consider the health of the consumers and buyers , unlike other products that induce hormones , all our clothing is good for consumers and good for nature.
"When you buy an item from One Hundred Years you buy a piece of Kenya. Buy Kenya , Build Kenya"
Find One Hundred Years Kenya
At the Made In Kenya Store
The Alchemist , Parklands Road, Nairobi