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Until 2010, I had done no painting since I took a watercolour course or two at our local school in the late 1990's. In 2009, I made a New year's resolution that I would settle down and do some painting, but it never materialized. So early this year when I said to my wife that I was going to pick up my paint brushes again, she just laughed! Well, I meant it this time, hence this blog. It's a revival of my inner most desire to paint, in fact, it's my art revival!
Sunday, 11 July 2010
Painting for a Cause
Both my wife and my daughter-in-law will be celebrating a birthday this Sunday, and of course the same old question crops up "What on earth shall I buy for a present"! Well I managed to come up with something for my wife - eventually, and it came through the post this morning with just two days to go.
As for my daughter-in-law, I'd been thinking for some time before I thought "Why don't I do her a painting?". I mean, I've been doing quite a lot these past few months and my style and technique has improved a lot (I think?), so what shall I paint? A portrait of the two grandchildren would be nice, but I've got to get a reasonably good likeness, otherwise my offering would likely be tossed in the bin the moment my back is turned!
With only a few days to go, I set about the work. A couple of hours saw the drawings finished, and two or three more saw the paintings done. I was reasonably pleased with the likeness for Thomas, who's eyes I turned downwards a little as he was looking up in the photo, but William's proved more tricky. The lips, nose and eyes just didn't look right, so my best (and most honest) critic - my wife - helped me pinpoint the errors somewhat. While not being able to draw herself, she has a keen eye for detail and a remarkable knack of seeing where the lines are going wrong. Just for good measure, I took the painting along to art class for my tutor to look at too, and she came up with much the same advice as my wife.
With a little bit of 'lifting off' and trimming and shading here and there, the likeness improved somewhat, though some things still niggle me a little.
So that's it then, framed and all wrapped ready to go on Sunday. I just hopes she likes it, and it doesn't get consigned to the back of the cupboard or top shelf gathering dust!
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I'm sure she will love it! Darling portraits of both boys. The soft colors you've used are just right. And I think the likeness is a very good one. :)ReplyDelete
I think the painting is a lovely gift Frank .... and you have achieved their likeness. I agree with Crystal that the soft colours work really well.ReplyDelete
Thanks Crystal and Alice for your lovely comments. Seeing the look of complete shock and wave of emotion on my daughter-in-law's face as she opened the present, made it all worthwhile and any inhibitions that I had just melted away!ReplyDelete
Hats off to you Frank, these are great. You must have felt so pleased (and relieved) when you saw your daught-in-laws reaction. Well done. ;-)ReplyDelete
I think 'relieved' was more the case John, and to think that I nearly didn't give her the painting at all!ReplyDelete
Ahhh... What a very special gift! And of course she loved it! It's unique and special. It's a very good likeness too. You should be as thrilled with them as your Daughter in Law is!ReplyDelete
The one thing I didn't mention Sandra, is that when you are painting such beautiful children as this, you are scared that you may do them an injustice with a poor painting. It is thrilling when something turns out like this, you are right.ReplyDelete


text: Army Cadet Suffers Hearing Loss Of 80 Year Old After Injury In Training Exercise Workplace Injury Lawyers Secure Settlement As She is Forced to Quit Armed Forces 20.07.2012 A former Cadet forced to give up a Sandhurst scholarship and her dreams of an army career is now looking to move on with her life as she receives a five-figure settlement from the MoD after suffering from severe hearing damage during a firing drill in Norway. Workplace injury experts at law firm Irwin Mitchell secured a settlement of £27,500 from the MoD on behalf of former Army Officer Cadet Storm Rae, from Woodbridge, Suffolk, as she now suffers with hearing loss comparable to that of a typical 80-year-old. She also suffers with permanent and constant tinnitus. Miss Rae was just 19 when part way through a training exercise in 2008 she says she was told to remove her ear protectors by her commanding officers. Instead she was given a single ear plug and a headset radio which offered very little protection to the noise from gunfire going on around her. Although the MoD never formally admitted they were at fault, Irwin Mitchell agreed an out-of-court settlement with them on Miss Rae's behalf reflecting the impact this injury has had on both her life and future career. Lawyers representing her said that while the settlement will never replace her hearing, it is hoped that the funds will assist Miss Rae to move on with her life away from the armed forces as she is now in London training to work in the financial services industry. David Johnston-Keay, a solicitor and industrial illness expert at Irwin Mitchell, warns that this is not an isolated case as specialist lawyers at the firm have represented a number of armed forces personnel after they suffered injuries in training exercises due to inadequate protection from senior staff. Johnston-Keay said: "Regrettably, Miss Rae is not the only person to have come to us with significant and preventable hearing damage as a result of exposure to gunfire. "The MoD has been providing hearing protection for soldiers, sailors and airmen for many years and there are procedures in place to ensure staff are properly protected. However sometimes those safeguards fail and it is not just the individual's hearing that is affected as they can be downgraded on medical reasons, ruining their careers. "While we are pleased to be able to help Miss Rae move on with her life, it is crucial that all employers realise that hearing protection is there for a reason. The consequences can be permanent damage to hearing. At Irwin Mitchell we have repeatedly called for improvements to safety standards to prevent incidents such as this from occurring again." Miss Rae was a university student when she began training as an Officer Cadet. She held a scholarship to Sandhurst, the Royal Military Academy where all Officers in the British Army are trained to take on the responsibilities of leading soldiers. Following the incident, Miss Rae's scholarship was withdrawn as she no longer fulfilled the medical requirements for entry. Miss Rae, now 23, said: "When I got into Sandhurst I was delighted, it is the peak of army training and everyone dreams of going there. I was just completely devastated when I found out that I had suffered permanent damage and would no longer be able to go to the academy or even enter the army at all. We are always taught to respect our commanding officers and you put complete trust in them, especially on training exercises. "My dream of an army career is now over because of the actions of the officers who did not protect me. While it is now too late for me, I only hope that the MoD will learn from this and make sure that others do not suffer as I have." If you've suffered Hearing Loss due to a Military Training Exercise you might be entitled to claim compensation. See our Military Claims page for more details. Press contact Dave Grimshaw Press Officer 0114 274 4397 Email Dave Tags Personal Injury Workplace Injury Tinnitus Hearing Illness David Johnston-Keay Sheffield Related articles 22.08.2019Family Instruct Lawyers to Investigate Man's Legionnaires' Disease Death After Hotel Kalofer Bulgaria Holiday 20.08.2019Hull Woman Suffered Severe Blood Loss After Accident At Aqua Paradise Water Park In Bulgaria 20.08.2019Home Office Announces Freedom Of Movement To End In Event Of No-Deal Brexit 19.08.2019Hampshire Harriers Set For Funding Boost As Irwin Mitchell Renews Sponsorship For Third Consecutive Year 19.08.2019Holidaymakers Instruct Lawyers To Investigate Gastric Illness At Lanzarote's Holiday Village 16.08.2019Victory For Campaigners As Council Shelve Plans To End Break Time Service

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Welcoming an addition to our camera family, the Fujifilm X100S! This was a present to J so that we can snap pictures together when we are travelling in the near future. Besides, my heavy 5D Mark II and my lenses aren't for everyone. The camera looks gorgeous and it performs well too. It wasn't the easiest to get used to as the autofocus is no where near as quick as a DSLR but the quality and sharpness could put any SLR to shame.
Convinced? I am. But it's going to take some getting used to. I'm not used to using a camera that is so light ;) In all honesty, it is a great looking machine that performs impressively well in almost all conditions. Below is an example of what this camera outputs at 3200 ISO.
Not bad right? Well I think this camera has us convinced that it will stick with us as J's staple travel camera! Now it is time to find a good leather case... so many to choose from!


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The way that Moses questions God shows that God allows us to question him when we cannot understand how God is dealing with us. God's answer, however, shows that the help that we need in difficulties is not answers, but the promises that he has already given.
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My iMac 27 Intel Core i7 OS X Yosemite Processor 34 with 2 HD discs keeps restarting every time I turn it on.
My iMac 27 Intel Core i7 OS X Yosemite 10.10.3, Processor 3.4 with 2 HD discs keeps restarting every time I turn it on. Sometimes it doesn't get to the desktop before restarting, other times it restarts while I use it. But, it does not restart, when using disk utility program.
When it restarts, it randomly shuts off and then boots again automatically, sometimes over and over, sometimes five or ten minutes later. The problem has begun after test & video card replacement at Apple store service ("Gatortech" in Gainsville, Fl.) The guy replaced video card and asked me to replace power inverter. I didn't get it why and what for, until I got home and turn on iMac.
First of all, I didn't change anything in my iMac using it for 5 years without problems since I got it from the Apple factory. No external devices are connected. No new memory installed or replaced. No any software installed from manufacturers other than Apple. Always use the "Monster" power supply to connect to the wall outlet.
I have tried everything: diagnostic hardware, Apple Hardware Test, reset PRAM, reinstall OS to the initial, reinstalled previous OS X version, uncheck "Automatic restart...", recovery both HDs, Mount & Unmount HD, was trying to solve the Spotlight problem, even reformat drives making partitions - the problem exist. Never get alert message like "You shut down your computer because of a problem." Appear. Any meaningful advice would be appreciated. Thanks
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The Fort Smith Board of Directors will revisit the idea of possibly reducing the Convention Center's budget during a discussion Tuesday.
Tim Seeberg, general manager of the Convention Center, and Claude Legris, executive director of the Advertising and Promotions, will be at the board's study session to give a report on the Convention Center's finances and performance.
At-large Director Tracy Pennartz had suggested that the city cut its $777,000 subsidy planned for this year to the Convention Center by 10 percent, making it $699,300. When Legris and Seeberg met with the board at its Feb. 13 study session, she said she was not pleased with the lack of information provided.
While the Convention Center generates about half of its own funding through rentals, ticket sales and concession sales, about half of the convention center's funding comes from the city. How much of a subsidy from the city the Convention Center receives is decided on an annual basis, and the subsidy comes out of the general fund. Money in the general fund can essentially go anywhere with board approval.
The Convention Center's carpeting is "dilapidated and in disrepair," according to a presentation that will be provided to the board. A three- to four-year phased replacement program that will cost $250,000 is to begin this year. Replacing the 17-year-old banquet chairs is expected to cost about 300,000. Replacing the mobile scissor lift is expected to cost $15,000 to $35,000, while upgrades to the Performing Arts Center's lighting and sound system is expected to cost $200,000 to $250,000.
The Board of Directors' study session will be noon Tuesday at the Fort Smith Public Library, 3201 Rogers Ave.


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This weeks readings from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, which uses the New American Bible.
Mary, Mother of God (Year B) Jan. 1 (Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 67; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21)
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The Word on Fire
The Word On Fire – Fr. Robert Barron's internet site offers many interesting insights into all things Catholic. Fr. Barron has a full library of homilies that he has prepared and we will be featuring a link here to his 15 minute reflections on this week's readings.
This Sunday: ""There are three words that jump out at me from our Gospel reading for today's feast: ""haste,"" ""astonished"" and ""treasured."" Each one says something important about the spiritual life. When we know what God wants for us, we should act without hesitation; we should ""go in haste."" When God breaks into our natural world, we should be astonished. And then, like Mary, we should learn to treasure God's revelation in our minds and hearts.""
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Fr. Scott Lewis
Fr. Scott Lewis is an associate professor of New Testament at Regis College in Toronto. Each week Fr. Lewis writes a short reflection on the upcoming readings in the Catholic Register.
This Sunday: "What is in a name? For modern people a name reflects personal preference and is often modelled on popular culture or family traditions. The given name has to have appeal or pizzazz.. …. "
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Fr. Greg Friedman
Sunday Soundbites is a weekly, 90-second radio homily based on the Sunday readings, written and read by Fr. Greg Friedman, O.F.M. Sunday Soundbites is also heard on Catholic radio stations around the country.
This Sunday: "Check the link to see if this week has been posted. …."
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Join us for some square dancing in Darrington, WA this March! Potluck and jam prior, dancing starts at 7pm!
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Join us for the Saturday evening dance at the Tiffany Center in Portland, OR on Saturday, January 16th, 2016, and be part of this year's Portland Old Time Music Gathering!
January 9th – Bainbridge Island House Concert
The Barn Owls are looking forward to playing for the Wes Corbett and Simon Chrisman house concert on Bainbridge Island. Email us for a house address and more details at email@example.com!
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Put a Sweater On!
It's National Sweater Day in Canada. I'm wearing my jumper today, how about you?
Quick facts about National Sweater Day (February 7 in Canada)*:
- What is it? It's a campaign by WWF Canada (World Wildlife Fund) to educate Canadians about energy conservation, reducing their carbon footprint, while also shaping social behaviour in a way that's easy, fun and accessible.
- How does it work? Participants commit to turning down their thermostat (either at home or work or both) 2 degrees celcius on February 7, and put on a sweater instead.
- Why Canada? Canada is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impact of climate change, but as a nation it is one of the highest consumers of energy.
- Okay, so how is this going to help? Last year 1.5 million Canadians took part. If every Canadian lowered the heat by 2 degrees celcius this winter, it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 4 megatons!
*Quick facts from resource materials provided by WWF at SweaterDay.ca.
With my social issues marketing background hat on, I have to say that I think it's a pretty clever campaign. It's smart, fun, and easy. Easy = accessible. We all know that people want to do their part for a cause (in this case, the environment) but life can often get in the way of good intentions. This campaign breaks it down to the easiest possible thing you can do - turn down your heat and put on a sweater! Then make sure the educational resources for talking to folks are also easy to understand. That way it works both for kids and families, as well as corporations that want to participate.
It doesn't hurt either, that the fun and cheekiness of the message is ideal for social media. In the current global economy where marketing dollars are harder and harder to come by (not to mention all the messages that we're deluged by daily anyway), the campaign is easily sharable across multiple social networks. How about a Pinterest board of "ugly sweaters"? Sure beats all the red, white and pink pins about Valentine's Day out there right now, right?
There's an added quirk to this year's campaign though that has me scratching my head with my knitters hat on, and that is the addition of the "Granny Call Centre" where you can "Book a Granny" to call you on National Sweater Day with your reminder to put on a sweater. It's cute. I get it. Not only does your Granny knit, she's also the one most likely to tell you to put on a sweater. BUT FOR THE LOVE OF PETE PEOPLE!!! GRANNIES ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO KNIT!!!
And no, I don't think that at the age of 38 I'm just being overly sensitive about getting older. When I'm a Granny myself will I still be knitting? I sure hope so. In the meantime as a knitter do I identify as a Granny-type? Hell to the no. It's really the stereotyping that I object to, even though I realize it's not likely to happen that there would be a campaign that shows how hip, awesome, sometimes subversive, always cool, quirky, fun and even sexy knitters can be. But I think that would be very real, and just as accessible.
Of course, not everyone has a knitter. Whether she knits or not, everyone has a Granny, which is what helps to keep the campaign accessible, and with that grassroots feel. Don't you get a warm fuzzy feeling thinking about Grannies across Canada mobilizing their loved ones for the cause?
Go - hug your Granny, turn down the heat, and put on a sweater.
* Before I forget, I meant to thank Rachel in my post yesterday for gifting me the lovely Hello Yarn fiber for Christmas. Thanks bella!
** And hey! If you've got your own thoughts/comments on the "knitters are Grannies" conundrum that we knitters often find ourselves in, I'd love to hear them. Please leave a post in the comments!


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Bar building and painting!
I thought I had a few big weeks a ways back, this week was bigger and a lot more work – my triceps and biceps are still trashed a week later. This week we started the bar. It's a big bar with about 18 seats. 40 foot straight bars are a little more difficult than shorter ones as with several long, straight runs, you want to make sure that it can stand up without bending and falling over. What makes this more 'unbalanced' was that I wanted 16″ of table on the patron side and only 4″ behind the bar…so very unbalanced requiring much support.
I came acrossed Meniru Meadery's page, a meadery that is expanding in Canton. They showed some pics of building their bar. It was just what I needed, I wanted to see how they supported it. I browsed some other home bar builds on the web until I knew exactly how to build it. *Now, I don't know how I want to finish the bar, so I had to build it knowing that I still needed the final layers.
My Dad and I took another trip to Lowe's to load-up on 4×8 sheets of 3/4 inch particle board, 1/2 sheets of plywood, lot's of 2×4's and a few 2×12's. Now the last time I worked with particle board was when I was a kid – particle board was the wood of choice when building subwoofer enclosures to dampen any wood resonance. I built several for the trucks that I had back then. I forgot JUST HOW HEAVY those things are.
Building a bar
I called Jesse and he came down for the next two nights to start building this thing. Before he came my wife and I rebuilt the mockup-bar and took measurements again to make sure we got this right. 42″ tall with an 8″ wide by 10-11″ tall square footrest. The table overhand will be 16″ with 4″ on the backside. I sat in it. She sat in it. I later had Jesse (tall) sit in it before we started cutting wood. I was confident that these dimensions will lead to a very comfortable bar.
Now, I like to be able to take things apart so we screwed EVERYTHING together. No nails at all. This is what trashed my arms….two days of this…just constant force.
The above ended up being the easy part. Next was cutting the 2x12x8's into footlong pieces then cutting them to width AND THEN notching them. We screwed these into the bar wall with long decking screws and had to make sure every 2×4 we attached to them to was level.
It was amazing how the bar strengthened after getting the top on.
Making hot water
The Eemax on-demand electric water heater got installed so I had to plumb it to my brewing equipment. I would have had it done before it got installed but ran out of time doing the bar.
By this time it was late at night, all my Dad and I did was to check for leaks. Ironically I had ZERO solder leaks but some of the unions needed tightened a lot more. I needed a lot more teflon tape on some of the threaded joints too. We turned on the Eemax and got hot water!!! 40ish degrees to nearly 140 degrees will save a lot of time and unnecessary heat.
To any brewers, this is a hybrid electric/gas system. In theory, an hour before I start brewing, I start the water through the Eemax. It will take about an hour to give me 60-80 gallons of 120-140 degree water to start the brewing. As it's going into the right tank (hot liquor tank-HLT), I also have a small 12″ mini-jet burner under the HLT that is heating it up to finish it to 170 degrees. I have to run some tests to see how well this works. I may be able to shorten or may have to lengthen the cycle. I wanted to eliminate solely relying on a burner as that will put way too much heat into the air requiring a much more aggressive ventilation system. I am trying to keep the ventilation very minimal.
Time to get some color in this place!
This will NOT be the color. It came out looking wrong….too powdery blue – not dark enough and not grey enough. I also don't like the semigloss with the lights – I need a flat/matte finish to absorb the reflections. I will be repainting this soon.
Next week
- Run several Eemax/HLT water heating curves. Make sure the burner is adequate.
- Repaint the walls.
- Put the first layer of facing on the bar wall and footrests.
- Order large fermentor glycol system.
- Order draft tower, trunk lines and dispensing equipment.
….I want to start brewing some test batches soon…
Much thanks to:
Jesse. I'm sure his arms got trashed too. Thanks for driving down in the snow to help with this and getting back home way past your bedtime.
Dad. Dad helped a lot with the bar top – checking for straight edges and levelness and getting it cut.
The kids. They spent a night with 'big red' to vacuum up our mess.
My college 'Statics' class at Akron U. It was my dabble into engineering but it provided me with good intuition on stresses and torques on joints which I applied to making this a solid bar.
I have to give thanks to Eli at Trailhead this week. Bringing my own beer in a growler never was at the top of my mind in the afternoon. Luckily there is another brewery about 50 yards away! And I'm never too quick on returning growlers and glassware…thanks Eli.


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Limited Skill Deck-Building
Most MMOs have traditionally been of the model that every skill your character learns is available to you at will. Certainly, some skills require a particular item to work. And some MMOs don't really give you that many in the first place. In fact, most MMOs have a very hard time giving you convenient access to more than a dozen skills, because once you have one bound to every number, the rest generally have to be accessed via binds, macros, or clicking an icon with your mouse. WoW and now SW:TOR are the champions of this last fact: by max level you can easily have over 40 power icons on your screen, each of which is useful frequently enough to leave it there.
But, given the way your hands work, the only ones convenient to use are the ones within easy reach of your fingers. In games with dozens of useable powers, high-level encounters might be balanced to need a lot of them. So your ability to play the high level content really comes down to having an amazing spatial memory for your skill bar, good recall about what each of your abilities does, and tricks for getting there fast. I'm sure there are people that love this type of player competence being required to play well, but it's not really that friendly to a mass audience. I suspect the vast majority of players almost never use more skills than fit in their first row of quickslots.
The first place I saw this directly supported was Guild Wars 1: you can only have eight skills active on your character at a time (accessed with number keys 1-8). You might know literally hundreds of skills, but you have to pick eight to take into an adventure (you can freely arrange them in town). Theoretically, not many skills are drastically better than other skills, but each varies in cost, time to use, cooldown, and effects. Some skills are better if you can use other skills to cause an effect (e.g., a skill that does extra damage to burning characters, but doesn't, itself, set them on fire). Others are more valuable based on party composition (e.g., a skill that gives bonus HP to every party member for each enchantment is more useful in a party that uses a lot of enchantment buffs). Still others are more useful if you know what you're fighting (e.g., armor against earth elemental damage is incredibly useful against specific enemies but completely useless against most others). So choosing your skills is a lot like building a deck in a collectible card game: you're looking for synergy and strategy over raw power.
It's not surprising that Guild Wars 2 is keeping a similar system. But it's not the only MMO of this generation that's doing so: both TERA and The Secret World use a similar mechanism as well. GW2 has changed it up from the previous game: you still only have a limited number of skills, but half of them are based on equipped weapon, one is always a heal, and one is always a high-level elite skill (reducing the deck building complexity considerably). You also often have different class-based effects on F1-F4. This theoretically gives the player less freedom, but probably makes balancing content significantly easier for the designers (currently in GW1 there are skill decks with synergy so good they can allow a prepared player to safely solo elite group content). Meanwhile, TSW is much closer to GW1, in that you have complete freedom to choose your skill deck. Their variation is that skills are unlocked via a tree structure (rather than just captured or purchased individually) and you have an additional bar of skills that aren't activated, but give you passive bonuses. But all evidence points to skill synergy being at least as important as in GW1. Finally, I only played TERA briefly, but it seemed to be using a similar system more for ease of access than anything else: I recall that you could only put abilities on the first six number keys and the first four F keys, ensuring that you'd never have to reach across the keyboard to use a power.
In general, I really like the trend that seems to be happening. Having lots of skills available at once really makes it necessary to pay more attention to the UI than to the 3D world, even if you can manage all those abilities. It also seems to make a "gotcha" encounter design more common, where you'll normally be fine with just your first quickbar of skills, but you'll periodically hit a wall of difficulty if you don't remember some skill buried on bar six ("Oh, right, I can stun droids! That encounter could have been a lot easier!"). Knowing that you can only have a small number of your total skills available at one time makes it much easier to just pay attention to the 3D game and feel safe that, if a skill selection is doing well in an area, there will probably not be something you forgot to use in a later encounter.
The one downside to it is that it has no particular simulation rationale: it's entirely a game mechanic, and there's no explanation for why your character can't use any learned skill in a pinch. But, given that most MMOs have hugely more severe violations of such immersion, that's probably not worth getting annoyed about.


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A SciFi Honey Preview
What will I be watching in 2014? These babies, for sure! A couple of them are closer to pure Sci-Fi/Sci-Fi Action, but there is a good mix, I'm pretty happy with the prospects for Sci-Fi and Sci-Fi horror this year!
- April 2014
Johnny Depp starts as Dr. Will Caster, an artificial intelligence researcher who wants to create a sentient machine. Extremists who oppose technological advancement attempt to assassinate him, leading to his intelligence (his self?) being downloaded into the machine. The machine/Caster seeks more and more intelligence, and with it more power. Will it become unstoppable? Is it really him in there?
I am really stoked for this. Tom Cruise plays Lt. Col. Bill Cage, a 'rookie' officer who has never seen combat. He is dropped straight into a battle with invading aliens, and killed pretty much immediately off the top, but then wakes up right where he was dropped off, both location and time, Groundhog Day styles. He's in a time loop, living out the same battle over and over, each time getting more skilled, and partners with Emily Blunt's character Rita, a Special Forces soldier, as they get closer each time to defeating the invaders.
This is probably more pure Sci-Fi/Action, but I'm assuming people die, so death in space means it counts.


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ROBINSON, N.D. - A bar in central North Dakota battling for the title of "center of North America" is rolling out a new center, with the supposed scientific mission of finding the centers of cities, counties and anything else that may conceivably have a center.
The International Center for Determining Centers will be at Hanson's Bar in Robinson, about 60 miles northwest of Jamestown.
The bar has been in a year-long fight with Rugby, a town about 90 miles to the north of Robinson, over which spot can rightly claim to be the "Geographical Center of North America," with the owners of Hanson's Bar claiming the center was actually underneath its floors.
The trademarked title was recently won by the Rugby Chamber of Commerce.
In response, the owners of Hanson's Bar, Jeff Whitman and Bill Bender, decided to establish the International Center for Determining Centers, which will be dedicated solely to determining the geographical centers of cities, counties, states and countries.
"The goal is to scientifically determine the center of anything," Whitman said.
The organization will consist of a board of directors, members-at-large and a science board made up of scientists and professionals with a geographical background.
Both said they reached out the U.S. Geographical Survey to be part of the board but have yet to hear back.
For the grand opening Friday and Saturday, Aug. 10-11, Bender and Whitman decided to throw a party: "Center Fest. Moving forward." The festival will take place annually.
This year, there's a lineup of eight bands, an art installation, a 76mm propane cannon that shoots frozen pop bottles and a trebuchet, a catapult-like device used most commonly for sieges during Medieval Times.
The trebuchet worked at least once, Bender said. "It's somewhat dangerous, we hope no one gets hurt."
Bender said the bar had a Center Fest in 2017 to celebrate their efforts to claim being the center of North America and about 200 people showed up. He expects more to come this year.
"We just like odd, unusual things to happen; things happening out here is our goal," Bender said.
In line with odd things, the press release said the grand opening will also include a human sacrifice - on a strictly volunteer basis.
When asked if any person has stepped up to volunteer for the human sacrifice portion of the program, Bender said there was one individual who showed interest but did not want their name released.
Bender is skeptical a human sacrifice will take place but the bar printed out a waiver form for liability reasons.
"It's Center Fest, after all. Anything could happen," he said.


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Biogas production can be achieved from biogas plants of very different scales. They can be small plants to produce energy for local needs or gigantic centralized Energy Parks for gas and electric power supply to the national grid.
Specially grown energy crops, agricultural or industry wastes and many food wastes are all suitable for biogas production. Feedstock for biogas plants can be single material or a mixture.
Biogas plants are a constructed facility consisting of hermetically sealed digesters, which are equipped with a feedstock supply system, heating system, mixing devices, biological canalization, air, gas and electric systems.
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Adelaide's Latest Laneway Hotspot: Lindes Lane
Jamie Doran
It's official, Adelaide. Lindes Lane is your new go-to hotspot.
With a flurry of new places opening across Adelaide in recent months (2KW, Brew & Chew as well as eateries Sean's Kitchen and Madame Hanoi), Lindes Lane fits perfectly into what has become a revived scene in Adelaide.
Lindes Lane - just left of Rundle Place, has gone from a dingy, don't-walk-down-there lane, to one of the most vibrant and stylish that Adelaide has to offer. Wine cafe by day and bar by night, Lindes Lane aims to showcase the best that South Australia has to offer by focussing on local wine makers and produce, and local artists adding to the permanent installment.
With a casual but cool fit out by Adelaide design guru Jason Jurecky, an incredible menu designed by James McRae and a curated wine range from the original owner of Cork Wine Café Wes Gilson, Lindes Lane is made for Adelaide locals to get comfortable, enjoy the finest that their state has to offer and kick back in the heart of the CBD.
The best part? There's more to come with phase two opening this winter.
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"Can you see air you breathe? Can you see the force that moves the tides or changes the seasonsor sends the birds to a winter haven?" Her eyes welled. "Can Rome with all its knowledge be so foolish? Oh Marcus, you can't carve God in stone. You can't limit him to a temple. You can't imprison him on a mountaintop. Heaven is his throne; earth, his footstool. Everything you see is his. Empires will rise and empires will fall. Only God prevails." ― Francine Rivers, A Voice in the Wind
I read A Voice in the Wind years ago, but the story of a young servant girl's incredible heart and will to bring faith to her captors was forever seared into my own identity. It was a reminder that in the worst of circumstances there was a greater calling, and a higher purpose, and that we could walk boldly in the direction of our dreams.
I've been inspired by many things, but as Francine Rivers best explains, I am most touched by the beauty that surrounds me. The hillsides of Tuscany and the streets of Rome are clearly magnificent, but so is the look in my mother's eye when I make her proud, or the tussled hair of my son after a day playing in sprinklers. And when I started my own company, seeing how to place love into the very curves of leather, I knew at that moment I was living out my passions.
I once worked for my dear friend who is a successful jewelry designer, and as I handed her a design idea she'd look at it and trust her instincts about how it could be tweaked, or changed, and she'd sit down armed with beads and pliers and began twisting and curving the wire and allowing herself to utilize the very force within her. I learned a great deal during that time in my life to trust my gut, and trust that my instincts are rarely wrong.
You can't see the air you breathe but you know it's there, and you can't always see a higher power but you can feel His presence. I know in my heart that this company and these boots will change the world of women's boots, allowing for creativity and style to be meshed with personality and quality. It's my dream that we can all walk proudly forward in the direction our own heart is leading.


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SCSU ECIC Let's Code Workshop - Cohort I
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Morrill Hall - Room 13
Morrill Hall - Room 13
Meeting dates: Cohort I --- April 27 and April 28, 2019, Saturday and Sunday, 9am - 1pm
Cohort II -- May 4 and May 5, 2019, Saturday and Sunday, 9am - 1pm
Free workshops to introduce middle and high school students to coding. Limited seats, so please register soon!
Instructor: Mr. Andew Meislitzer, MobileCSP Master Teacher
Students will learn:
- Technology set up (classroom is equipped with computers & tablets)
- Building your own app using App Inventor
- Synching computer code with an android device (phone / tablet)
- Creating programs, saving programs, and share code with your team
- Potentially be invited back as peer mentors for future cohorts
Program topics will include:
- Learning logic constructs (conditional statements, loops, etc.)
- Designing user interface and using a variety of GUIs (text boxes, radio buttons, list pickers, etc.)
- Using canvas and sprite function to create animated backdrops
- Creating / using a database for data storage
- Creating socially useful apps as well as fun games
If there are questions, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Morrill Hall - Room 13
Southern Connecticut State University
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New Haven, CT 06515
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text: Maybe you can't tell from the photo, but this broccoli & cheese casserole was still bubbling with melty goodness when I took it out of the oven about an hour ago and snapped a few pics. The recipe comes from a book I edited with an apt title, Bake Until Bubbly by Clifford Wright. The book should be shipping out to stores next week, and it will be well stocked at Barnes & Noble. If you can't wait to buy a copy, check out their Web site. Another good Web site to check out is the author's — go here. As for the casserole, that photo doesn't do it justice. First you boil together some ziti and broccoli florets. Then you toss those with minced garlic and Parmesan (I used Pecorino Romano). If you can stop yourself from just eating that delicious combination right out of the pot before you transfer it into a casserole dish, then you add a layer of cheese on top (I used provolone), make a white sauce out of butter, flour, cream and milk and pour that over the cheese, and finally you sprinkle on some bread crumbs and drizzle olive oil on top of everything. Thirty minutes later, you've got a bit of heaven. This book is really worth checking out. Now I'm waiting for some banana bread to finish baking. It doesn't get much better than this.


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We often get the question "which content management system (CMS) do you recommend for [insert type of organization]?"
The answer is always "it depends".
There are many factors that go into choosing the right CMS, but one of the most important things to consider is what is the core functionality it must be able to provide for your website and organization. Sounds like a simple question, but it is critical to think about both your needs for today and your needs down the road when selecting a CMS, as once you make your choice you likely will not want (or have the time) to switch.
In this article, we'll explore two of the most common types of CMS systems: website builders and open-source systems.
Another type of CMS is the open source system such as Drupal and WordPress. Like Squarespace these systems can also come turnkey and many hosting providers even offer free installation / configuration of the systems with the purchase of a hosting plan. The advantage of using a system like these is that they are built to be modular and new functionality can be added at any time. This allows organizations to start-off with a basic site and then upgrade as their needs change. One thing to consider is that it can take more time and effort to set up these types of website and they often require the assistance of a professional to help configure any special requirements.
There is no "right" choice for every organization, and often the needs of an organization will change over time. The proper research and planning up front will save you many headaches in the future. Simply put, the answer to which CMS we recommend comes down to what you need your website to do, and thoroughly understanding that is the key.


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Pokémon is Copyright © 1995-2016 Nintendo / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK inc. / TV Tokyo
Pokémon Store on Amazon Japan where over 10,000 items are available for purchase. Amazon offers free shipping for most items to locations in Japan but many of these items can also be sent worldwide.
The official Pokémon Center Online in Japan also offers many of the products that are in their physical stores online for purchase. Exclusive items and gift campaigns are also available on the site. Free shipping is available for orders over 5000 yen but they only ship to locations in Japan.
The official Pokémon Center website also sells some of the merchandise to residents of the Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and APO/FPO.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Pocket Monsters XY 025 The Shoyo Gym Match! Pikachu VS Chigoras!!
Having arrived in Shoyo City, Satoshi finally challenges Zakuro to a Gym match at the Shoyo Gym. He sends out Keromatsu to counter Zakuro's Iwark.
Satoshi and Keromatsu have trained hard to come up with a countermeasure for Iwark's "Rock Tomb", which they saw at the Battle Chateau. Will their strategy work against Zakuro!? And then it's time for Pikachu's fight against Chigoras!! Will Satoshi get the gym badge in the end!?
NOTE: As mentioned earlier, XY 024 is being skipped for the time being due to its similarities with the recent tragedy in South Korea, with XY 025 airing in its stead. A new air date for XY 024 has yet to be announced.
Torrent Link: Click Here
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Thanks! It was Amazing... Can´t wait to see Ash face off Korrina later on...ReplyDelete
Now there´s no episode this week, so that means you get some spare time, right? :) Allways nice to have spare times, so folks can do other stuff... maybe IRL stuff or focus with the other episodes you are working on...
Not saying taht you should do so. that is up to you, but how is it going on thoose?
Thanks for latest release, PM.ReplyDelete
Thank you sooo much you guys are awesome!! XDReplyDelete
Thank you guys so much for all the effort by subbing and uploading all these :D Do you guys have a Facebook page or Twitter page that we could like or follow for more news update?ReplyDelete
I'm currently looking for Pikachu Short 25 about Eievui and friends did you release it already or planning to? Just asking since I can't find it anywhere online subbed... only dubbed...ReplyDeleteReplies
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winter at RUST
There's been a bit of a change around for the winter season at our RUST Yarmouth shop.
We are working on a new window display to show our new Floral carved chevron necklace and Laurel leaf carved wreath necklace (see later in the post).
Also, I have been making some more candles as they have been so popular in the shop. This time I used amber glass jars and some very old (perhaps 100 years old) pots that I found in the antique market. They are perfectly cracked and chipped! They were probably used for containing mustard or fish paste or something of that nature ; )
y candles are made with pure soy wax and essential oils, so there are no chemicals or synthetic scents. Soy wax burns for much longer than paraffin wax too.
This was my factory...
Our new wire shelf unit at the shop...
I have also updated the website so it looks a bit different and with drop down menu at the top.
I took these photos for the website slide show.
This is our new collection which will be available online and in store very soon. In silver, 9ct yellow and rose gold.
These leather and vintage Swiss army accessories are available online too, just click on the ACCESSORIES tab at the bottom of our website.
I will show you our new shop window display soon!


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- Turn the device on by pressing the Power/Lock key.
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- If the Hands Free Activation fails to activate successfully, up to 5 additional activation attempts will be offered. If all attempts to activate fail, alternate activation methods will be necessary.
- The Hands Free Activation process will begin automatically.
- Once the device is activated, tap OK.
- The device will reboot, then check for a firmware update. If an update is available, follow the on-screen prompts to install the update.
- If no update is available, tap OK.
- Tap DONE once the setup wizard is complete.
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Traversing an environment built for the automobile in anything other than an automobile stinks. Even if you can overcome the inhospitable nature of that, there are other people who cannot...people like your grandmother.
One of the first topics I ever wrote about was the side-effects of automobile dependency. Today, I'm going to focus specifically on social isolation and how that has a particularly negative impact on seniors living in suburban areas.
The majority of post-World War 2 suburban development has been oriented around the automobile. From the large suburban plots, to the hierarchical street system, to the strip malls and big box stores — they have all been designed with the assumption that everyone drives. When we create an environment around the automobile, where retail, jobs, and homes are segregated by vast automobile-scale distances, where streets are windy and/or disconnected, often forcing us to take the longest route between two points:
...it becomes an extremely spread out and automobile-dependent environment. Of course, nobody walks. And because nobody walks, there is no real incentive for developers to build sidewalks.
We have systematically built in this pattern for half a century now, creating an entire country (excluding some of our strong urban cores and historical neighborhoods) of automobile dependency. It is no wonder that we view the ability to drive as being a right, because in an environment built around the automobile, we see cars as symbols of freedom; we are dependent on them for mobility.
This may not seem like much of a problem if you are able to drive - you are of legal driving age, you are able to afford the average $9,000 per year cost to own an automobile, and you have no disabilities. Teenagers, seeking their own independence view getting a license as a right of passage. It is the only way they can make it to their job, to the movie theater, or the mall without being scooted around by their parents. As such, the United States has one of the lowest minimum driving ages in the world.
Often, we do not think twice about the lack of mobility that our children have. If they are 14 years old or younger, we do not care that much that we have to drive them around, because eventually they will grow out of it, and will be able to drive themselves. The perception that cars equal freedom may slowly be fading. Fewer teenagers today are interested in getting their license than a generation ago, despite being physically able to.
But what about Seniors?
Many of the elderly cannot (or should not) drive. Unlike children, it is not a phase that they will eventually grow out of. Are we to throw them into a retirement home, just because they are no longer able to drive and maintain their independence? Should we keep forcing them to drive, when we know that in their advanced age, their vision, judgement, and alertness is not what it use to be? Should we impose the burden of carting them around to their children? In my opinion, all of those are cruel and humiliating options, yet they remain our only options, as long as we keep prioritizing the automobile in the way we design and build our environments.
One of my grandmothers is in her mid 80s, and she lives in a modern duplex, but in a pre-war suburb. There is a park across the street and a bus stop in front of her house that shows up every 15 minutes on weekdays. She no longer drives, but the bus drops her right off in the heart of the city, where she can do her grocery shopping, visit her doctor, go to the bank, and virtually anything else she feels up to. She plays bingo twice a week, and used to meet me every second Wednesday for lunch. She has maintained her freedom despite no longer driving, and I do not think that she would want it any other way.
It would break my heart if someone told her: "You can no longer drive so we are moving you into a retirement facility where a shuttle bus will take you to the supermarket once a week to get your groceries." My grandmother is a cheerful, active lady for her age, and that would bore her to death (literally). Yet, it is the depressing fate of many of our seniors.
My grandmother on the other side of my family faced this fate. She lived in a 1960s-era suburb. Getting to the nearest bus stop required navigating windy, disconnected streets that eventually led to a highway, with a bus stop a few blocks up with 30 minutes frequency. It was an unpleasant commute for anyone, let alone an elderly lady with a hip replacement. She spent most of her time at home, dependent on her children and in-laws just to take her grocery shopping. She became very depressed, was eventually diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and was moved into a retirement facility where she passed away a year later.
When we plan our communities, we rarely accommodate, or even think about the elderly. We often build "retirement villages" in an attempt to solve a problem that should not exist in the first place, and while these retirement villages are walkable and accommodating inside:
...they are often built right in the middle of automobile-dependent suburbia, isolating those inside from the greater community:
Claiming that residents have the freedom to come and leave whenever they want clearly indicates that either they did not expect many of their residents to survive past driving age, or that they consider a scheduled shuttle bus once a week to the grocery store as 'freedom.'
The Problem of Suburban Poverty
I've already described the challenges of suburban life for any elderly person who can't drive, but let's talk specifically about those challenges for an elderly person in poverty. Because so many seniors are on fixed incomes, any increase in cost of living—whether that's rising rent or property taxes, food, gas or healthcare—could push them into poverty. According to the National Council on Aging, "Over 25 million Americans aged 60+ are economically insecure—living at or below 250% of the federal poverty level." Furthermore, NCOA reports: "Approximately 3.5 million older homeowners are underwater on their loans and have no home equity."
The typical challenges of aging—loss of physical mobility, disconnection from community, health problems—can be compounded in a situation of suburban poverty. The responsibilities of maintaining a large suburban home in an auto-dependent neighborhood present a burden for seniors, especially those who find themselves with a loss of income or increase in costs.
There is a fundamental change that needs to take place in the way we build our towns and cities in order to give our elderly (and the rest of the driverless population—including children, the disabled, and visitors) their freedom.
Is transit the solution?
The problem is not solved by simply adding a bus that comes by every 30 minutes. Especially in a suburban town where the bus drops you off at the parking lot of a single strip mall; you may want to visit one or two stores, but then you will need to stand along a highway for another 30 minutes waiting for the bus to pick you up again. It is not a very pleasant or safe experience.
Retrofitting transit on top of an environment designed to be driven from place-to-place results in catching a bus from place-to-place. It is neither a very pleasant or productive way to use your time if you expect to visit the bank, post office, head out for lunch, and get your hair cut all on the same day at different locations, with a 30 minute bus wait in between each. There is a gross inequity behind this model; those that can drive are entitled to a productive day, while those who cannot, are not.
I think that is one of the main reasons transit has such a bad reputation in the U.S. and why cars are viewed as freedom. To make transit pleasurable, we need a strong urban destination that we can take transit to. You may have to wait 30 minutes for the bus to head into town, but you should only have to do that once, because once you reach your destination you can have an enjoyable day out. You can accomplish all your errands and appointments without being late for anything. Transit is part of the answer, but I would argue that we need to focus on strong urban cores to even make transit useful, or we are simply wasting public resources on a service that nobody is going to use.
Even without transit, or if you live in a rural area, if you had a strong centralized urban core, you could take your elderly relative into town every Friday on your way to work, knowing that they would be able to do their grocery shopping, make their appointments, meet you for lunch, and perhaps they can see a movie and enjoy a coffee while you finish the afternoon at work. They would appreciate having their freedom back one day a week out of the house, without inconveniencing the family.
At Strong Towns, we have something we call the "Strong Towns Strength Test," which is a way to determine how strong your community is. One of the key questions that we invite people to ask about their community is: "Are there neighborhoods where three generations of a family could reasonably find a place to live, all within walking distance of each other?" Think about that. Next time you go to label a community as being 'family oriented' - do not just think about the parents or the recently retired that are able to depend on an automobile at a moment's notice. Ask yourself, would your 13 year old kid or elderly granny on a walker have their freedom, and be happy there? For many suburbs, the answer is sadly "no."
There is a reason I am a passionate urbanist. It is not because I like skyscrapers or crowds, but because I appreciate freedom.
A different version of this essay was originally published in 2013.
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The Documented Life Project - 1/5...
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January 5 Challenge - Say Cheese!!! This week's challenge is to incorporate a selfie into your planner. This can be done as simply as snapping a photo with your phone, printing it out and adding to your planner. Don't want to add your sweet face to your planner? No worries, why not sketch or paint a likeness? Can't sketch or paint? No worries, consider using words to describe yourself and add those to your planner. Not into the selfie scene? This challenge is optional!
In addition, if you are participating in One Little Word and would like to share that in your selfie or on your page, then add that as well. Not doing One Little Word? Then don't add a word. Have fun!
Visit The Art to the 5th blog for more inspiration.
I haven't ever officially followed along with One Little Word and I was talking to Sandi on Christmas Eve about it and I told her I wasn't realy sure how to choose a word. She told me it usually finds you and she was correct. My word for 2014 is CALM.
The background of my page is a scrap piece of watercolor paper I used when making monoprints. I was digging in my stash and found the plastic "C" and thought it would be perfect for my page. I added the rest of the letters with rub-ons.
I'm not sure if I can literally "swing" my calm but I do want it to show itself in my life through my actions, my words and how my heart feels.
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Sudbury Design Awards: Refined
The Sudbury Design Society presents the Sudbury Design Awards: Refined. This event is a biennial exhibition that displays the best in student and professional work across the full gamut of the Greater Sudbury's creative industries.
Refinement represents development or improvement, so as to be precise or subtle. With focus on our mining city, this term best reflects our design community's image. As designers, architects, illustrators and other creative professionals, we are always refining our work and the environment around us.
Exhibition showcasing locations:
Greater Sudbury Public Library
The Sudbury Design Awards: Refined exhibit is now up at South End and New Sudbury Greater Sudbury Public Libraries! We are so happy to have a supportive community that wants to show off the local design talent here. Thank you to the GSP Library staff for helping us arrange this and make our vision possible. For exhibit/library hours visit: http://www.sudburylibraries.ca/en/aboutus/branchhourscontacts.asp?_mid_=12618
Stay tuned for future exhibit dates and times. As well, if you would like to showcase the Sudbury Design Awards: Refined in your space please contact
Meggan Van Harten at firstname.lastname@example.com
the judges
The Refined jury panel was carefully composed to include industry leaders, educators, and the business community. Our dream team of jurors brought their own diverse background and experience to the judging table.
Winning Exhibition Pieces:
We invited Greater Sudbury local designers to submit their work that had been completed between January 2014 and December 2016. The submitted pieces were thoroughly reviewed by the expert panel of jurors we assembled. The result is an exhibition that showcases the best in student and professional work across the full gamut of the Sudbury's creative industries.
This is the Sudbury Design Awards: Refined.


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National Philanthropy Day (NPD) is celebrated around the world as a day to recognize the work of charities and remember the extraordinary achievements that philanthropy - giving, volunteering and social engagement - has made in all aspects of life.
On this day, which was first celebrated in 1986, volunteers, donors and champions of philanthropy are recognized for their philanthropic work. More than 100 NPD celebrations take place around the world.
In 2012, Canada was the first country to officially recognize National Philanthropy Day. The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), which is a primary sponsor of NPD, supported the bill in Parliament which permanently recognized November 15 as National Philanthropy Day.
In Manitoba, the local AFP Chapter celebrates National Philanthropy Day with the Manitoba Philanthropy Awards (MPA) which recognize Manitobans and organizations who have a tremendous impact on our province.Click below to watch a video on National Philanthropy Day.


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Be the Mule Blog
Conviction, Maybe?
My most common impulse in sharing thoughts on music and artistry here is to open my chest and let the doubts fall out. Insecurity, uncertainty, trials in being heard and wondering if you are any good. I'm thinking more recently, and perhaps as much as an exercise as for a convincing piece on my experience, that whatever doubt I experience is matched by an often out of conscience conviction. Why am I still here doing this? I've been ripped off and had records bought and not bought and people come and not come and torn up over songs I have and havent written. I would do that all again. I will do that all again. Its not going to go to plan. When you have experienced the impossible, all you can ever do is go there again.
Whatever Im doing here with music and time on Earth is driven by some wild and to experience the unattainable, to convince myself that we can be lifted by the miracle.
So I look at what is happening, and we are playing with heroes, and more people come to the concerts, people take pictures, but still sometimes no one goes, and I care less and less. Because the music is more and more. I can understand why it lands its lovers under bridges. Im fully convinced of what it can do. And if there is something to be proud of, its the ability to practice, create, and share with more conviction than before. I can mostly feel honest on stage, or alone in the corner now. Thank you for allowing that to happen.


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Well, what a night (and day)! Among other things, here we have been celebrating the defeat of South Dakota's abortion ban. Voters turned out to repeal this dangerous restriction on women's reproductive healthcare (breakdown is 56-44).
The ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project has been supporting the activists involved with South Dakota's Campaign for Healthy Families for months and some staff were able to join them late last week to help make phone calls and go door-to-door to make sure people were aware about what was really at stake. Sondra Goldschein, State Strategies Attorney, wrote in her blog entry:
Someone should tell my body that this race is now over. This morning, I woke up at 6:00am ready to put on my "No on 6" t-shirt and spring into campaign mode. But not today–today is the time to savor these amazing victories against attempts to interfere with our personal and private decisionmaking.
Yes, let's all savor this moment because we all know that there's still so much more work to be done. Thanks to ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, Campaign for Healthy Families, and all the volunteers who live in or traveled to South Dakota for all their hard work.
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The bit more comforting news that emerged 5-2 loss Blackhawks' for the Blues was also the most obvious - it was just a game.
Little has gone right for the Hawks in a game captain Jonathan Toews Jersey said: "Our energy, our speed and work ethic was not there."
The biggest question mark for the Hawks has been added as a new and young players performed.
Forwards a mixture
There were four rookies on offense playing on two basic lines for the Hawks. There was Tyler Motte-Marcus Kruger-Ryan Hartman on one line and Vincent Hinostroza-Nick Schmaltz-Jordin Tootoo to another.


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Here's the last installment of my interview with Sandy Petersen. We chat about his time on id, which includes a lengthy section on Sandy's philosophy of level design. Then we move on to Ensemble, with a discussion of team sizes and Microsoft's callous treatment of this hardworking and proven team. We wrap up with a chat about jobs and what Sandy likes to see on a resume.
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After a few distractions (including a bout of flu), I managed to get back to seeing to what extent I can transform this minimal hardware into a real PC...


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Thinking Outside the Boutonniere Box
Boutonnieres get no respect.
Imagine for a moment that you're a boutonniere. From conception, you and your band of boutonniere brothers are undoubtedly one of the less crucial elements of the wedding. You might say that you're slightly more significant than the guestbook on the wedding website … but still less important than the stationary hors d'oeuvres at the reception. Despite your potential, the only real purpose you serve is to "look nice but not as nice as the bouquet." You're an afterthought. Other groom attire elements have risen to varying levels of stardom (socks, ties, Converse sneakers), but sadly, you lag behind.
Last I week I stumbled upon a site called Fritts Rosenow, a company specializing in bespoke boutonnieres, and I thought — Now here's a glimmer of hope. Fritts' custom-made collection spans several styles and themes (nautical, vintage, bachelor pad) and even includes an impressive wall-mounted deer head. Per their "About" page, Fritts believes that grooms should express themselves through their boutonnieres.
But can't we go further, men? In the spirit of homemade crafts and handmade gifts, let's invest some time and design some boutonnieres on our own. Even TheKnot.com, in a wedding flowers how-to article, suggests that we leave the "tough stuff" to the professionals but perhaps tackle the groom's boutonniere at home.
Well, we've taken that advice, Knotties, and then we took it even further. And then we took it too far. And further still. We ended up giving boutonnieres WAY too much respect and a giant, unattractive ego.
Introducing, the RESPECTFULLY EGO-CENTRIC BOUTONNIERE COLLECTION, by The Groom Says. Shipping not included.
Toiletry Groom
A darling bouquet of toothbrush, cuticle scissor and razor, complemented by a cluster of chic Q-tips and a touch of Kleenex. It is fastened with a fine, mint-flavored dental floss and accented with an elegant white ribbon crafted from Charmin toilet paper.
Executive Groom
Nothing says "I'm a big deal" like a half-used roll of Scotch tape drooping delicately from the blazer that you wore to work earlier that day. Also available in double-sided and duct.
Techno Groom
An exquisite spray of both L and R ear buds. Sleek off-white cords may dangle or tuck discreetly into a chest pocket.
Pastel Groom
An array of bright yellow Craspedia (with elegant green stems), adorned with mini gladiolus bulbs and tied with an unobtrusive lavender string. Remove with lukewarm water.
Vintage Groom
A touch of the olden days — a crisp, timeless $2 bill that lets your guests know precisely who paid for their steak or chicken. Recipient of the Strip Club Boutonniere of the Year Award.
Gimme S'more Groom
On the "fun" side — a slightly toasted marshmallow, sandwiched between two pieces of Godiva chocolate, sandwiched further between two graham crackers, and all tethered to a branch of hand-whittled mahogany. Also available in bouquet.
All photos © Joanna Wilson Photography
Brian Leahy is founder of The Groom Says — a safe haven for grooms who need a hand with wedding planning and brides who need a hand with their grooms. Check out the blog for some laughs and inspiration, and be sure to follow The Groom Says on Twitter and Google+.
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Our mission is to design and construct high quality buildings, streetscapes, and neighborhoods that significantly enhance the social livability and environmental sustainability of urban communities. Our work incorporates mixed-use, walkability, and human scale development.
David Scheuer, Founder
David Scheuer founded the Retrovest Company in 1981. Under his leadership the Company built a reputation for design quality, environmental sensitivity, and healthy neighborhoods in the residential and mixed-use projects.
Since 1989 he was active in the Urban Land Institute, where he served on the Public/Private Partnership Council; He recently chaired ULI's National Convocation on Building Healthy Communities and was a frequent speaker on behalf of ULI's Healthy Communities Initiative.
David was former National Director of the National Association of Home Builders; a former Board Member of the Preservation Trust of Vermont and The Flynn Theatre for the Performing Arts; and was a co-founder of the Fund for Vermont's Third Century; he served as Vice President of Preservation Action, a Washington D.C. citizens' organization. He was a founding member of the Congress for the New Urbanism. In 1990 Mr. Scheuer was inducted into Lambda Alpha, the National Land Economists Society. He served on the Executive Board of the National Town Builders' Association and LOCUS, the developer arm of Smart Growth America. For ten years he served on the Board of Champlain College where he chaired its Facilities Committee. Mr. Scheuer was appointed by Governor Howard Dean to Vermont's Municipal Land Law Review Commission (2001-2003). His other activities included: President's Transition Team for Department of Housing and Urban Development (1993); and the Democratic Leadership Council Task Force on Energy & Environment (2000-2006).
In his other life endeavors, he had a passion for alpine skiing, bluegrass, horseback riding, and cattle ranching.
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2-LP / No Emb Blanc Records (Genetic Music) / 2012
CEREMONY is Paul Baker and John Fedowitz from Virginia, US. One half of skywave, a band that split up into A Place To Bury Strangers and CEREMONY after Oliver Ackermann (Death By Audio) had to move to New York.
'Safranin Sounds' is an album to be enjoyed for what it is.
It's not exactly ground-breaking stuff, and in fact, the sort of
disinterested vocal delivery on the slower tracks give much of the album
a distinct Eighties feel.
However, it's tracks like 'No Good For You,' and 'Without Your Love,'
where the pace is ramped up, that catch the attention. Think of the
sparks flying from a sheet of metal being cut in half. It's like that –
bright little violent flashes of buzzing guitar noise zipping off here,
there and all over the place.
In general, what we have here is an amalgam of sounds that catch the mood of Jesus and Mary Chain (obviously) mixed with the modern interpretation and droned backing noise of say, She's Hit and The Gaa Gaa's if we're to take a couple of my favourite UK exponents of this type of
dark, scuzzy music. Add to that the Eighties feel of say Depeche Mode and you've pretty much got it.
Yeah – a decent enough album, if a little uninspiring and if truth be
told, perhaps a little on the long side. Twenty tracks spanning about
sixty-six minutes may seem like good value for money, but it will also
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Marry Christmas!!!
I would like to wish everyone a happy holiday, hope you got to spend it with your family and loved ones. I do have to say I have been a very fortunate person this year. I have to say that I have never been part of a community as helpful and open as the security community. I got to change jobs for what I hope is one with more opportunities to learn and grow, I got to participate in several podcasts this year,mi got to present in 2 conferences, both by invitation and was able to code several scripts and share those with the community. Thank you for your kinds words of encouragement, for sharing, for teaching and for always being open to new ideas leaving egos aside. Marry Christmas Everyone!


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Posted by T. on April 30, 2004
What is meant by the phrase "circling the wagons"? A senior member of the firm where I work and I have a very friendly, professional working relationship, I thought, until someone made the statement that we were just circling the wagons.
What does that mean!?


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Charming Hotel in Granada
Casa Morisca Hotel is located in Albaicin, Granada Center, opposite to the Alhambra with a greats Alhambra Views from the Hotel.
It has acces by car, with possibility of parking.
The Alhambra is the most visited monument in Spain, with more than 3 million visitors over anuales.Situada Hill Sabika was founded by Alhamar, first monarch of the Nasrid dynasty, as palace city where his new kingdom to rule. It is the only Muslim medieval palace that has come almost entirely to our time.
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This year's TVBA TV Commercial Awards was held at The Star's Event Centre. Thankfully, the wet weather that day did not dampen the festivities. The amazing view from The Star's Event Centre. Sheba, CEO from Multicall and mummy. Little marshmallow boy! Raymond Wong, HK artiste and mummy. Simple centerpiece. And the Top Agency Award goes […]
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Yu Shang @ Nonya
It's funny how things turn out… We were starving after Gym and thought Hainanese Chicken Rice would be a good way to end our day out. So off to Nonya we went! Just the other day I was lamenting to Mummy at how terrible it is not have Yu Shang for CNY this year then […]


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Google Nexus Player is Google's equivalent of Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and ROKU 3, which are devices the deliver media content from the Internet to your TV.
The Nexus Player is manufactured by Asus. It allows you to watch programmes and movies, play games and use apps on your TV. The Nexus Player console has Android installed into the device so runs as a standalone player connected to the TV.
The Nexus Player also allows to cast your favorite entertainment apps from your Android or iOS device, Mac or Windows laptop, or Chromebook to the TV, in similar fashion as the Google Chromecast.
The Nexus player comes with a remote control, which has a built in microphone similar to the Amazon Fire TV, allowing you to use voice search.
The Nexus Player also has a gamepad available for playing games. The gamepad does not come with the Nexus Player and has to be bought separately.
By the looks of the specifications below that Google have announced the Nexus Player does not come with a HDMI Cable.
The success of the Nexus Player will come down to the content availability, which will be determined by the number of dedicated apps. At the moment Google have announced a small range of apps, which includes YouTube and Netflix. Apart from these there is nothing that really catches the eye so far but I am sure more will emerge.
There will also need to be a good variety of dedicated games for the Nexus Player. So far no games have been announced
Google Nexus Player Specifications
|1.8GHz Quad Core, Intel® Atom™
Imagination PowerVR Series 6 Graphics 2D/3D Engine
8GB storage*
|18W DC power
HDMI out (1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz)
Micro-USB 2.0
|802.11ac 2×2 (MIMO)
Bluetooth 4.1
|120mm x 120mm x 20mm
|2 AAA batteries (included in box)
Bluetooth Smart
40g (excluding batteries)
37mm x 140mm x 16mm
- Nexus Player
- Remote with voice search
- Power adapter
- 2 AAA batteries
- Quick-start guide
- Warranty, Safety and Regulatory booklet
Requirements (What you need)
TV with HDMI input
HDMI cable with male Type A connector on each end
Internet connectivity (Wi-Fi only)
Google Account
Google Nexus Player Release Date
The Google Nexus Player and Gamepad is available to pre-order in the USA in the Google Play Store. Shipment is expected on 3 November 2013. Release in other countries has not been announced. An announcement may follow after shipments of the product in the USA.
Google Nexus Player and Gamepad Price
The Google Nexus Player is available for pre-order from Google Play for $99 and the Gamepad is also available for pre-order from Google Play for $39 in USA.
Pricing for other countries has not been announced but expect it to be in the same region.


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To be a world class Wholesale Products and Services provider, offering outstanding quality services, excellent customer relationship management and value for money, through continuous improvement driven by integrity, teamwork and innovation.
To provide world class, diverse, and affordable wholesale products and services with excellent 24/7 after sales support.
Carrier Services Department (CSD) is the Wholesale arm of bmobile satisfying the needs of Service Providers, Other Concessionaires (OC), International Carriers, Internet Service Providers and Local Operators, in the market with Wholesale Products and Services that have the capabilities for Voice, Data and Mobility.
Wholesale Domestic Circuit [WDC]
Is the provision of domestic lease circuits between two points of the Service Taker network: between the Service Taker and another concessionaire or between the Service Taker and blink/ bmobile.
Wholesale Internet Access Service [WIAS]
It is the provision of domestic leased circuits that provide Internet Access to domestic Internet Service Providers, for resale by the Service Taker.
Wholesale International Circuit [WIC]
This is an internationally-leased circuit between the Service Taker and an international destination, from blink/bmobile's Central Office to an international half circuit or full circuit
International Backhaul Domestic Circuit [IBDC]
These comprise of domestic circuits that are used to provide cable landing or earth stations to switches or gateways located domestically,
Metro Ethernet
This is a general term used to describe an Ethernet technology network in a metropolitan area. Metro Ethernet is used for connectivity between corporate sites that are separated geographically.
- Domestic Interconnect Services
Facilitates the origination and termination of domestic voice services from a Concessionaire to TSTT and other Local operators.
- International Voice Interconnect Services
Facilitates termination of International Traffic to Trinidad and Tobago and Negotiation of International Settlement Rates.
- Offer of terms and conditions for Domestic interconnection
June 2nd, 2006 - Pursuant to section 25(2)(g) of the Telecommunications Act, 2001, TSTT's terms and conditions for interconnection are set out in the following PDF files
• Legal Framework, June 2006 download link PDF
• Schedule 1 - Definitions, June 2006 download link PDF
• Schedule 2 - Service Descriptions, June 2006 download link PDF
• Schedule 3 - Service Schedule, June 2006 download link PDF
• Schedule 4 - Parameter Schedule, June 2006 download link PDF
• Schedule 5 - Joint Working Manual, June 2006 download link PDF
• Schedule 6 - Tariff Schedule, June 2006 download link PDF
• Schedule F - Quality of Service Requirements for Trinidad and Tobago, June 2006 download link PDF
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LABADIEVILLE ñ Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Robert L. Foret, 51, of 115 Ash Street, Labadieville for not registering in Assumption Parish as a sex offender. Assumption Parish Detectives followed up on a tip that a sex offender, who was registered as residing in Lafourche Parish, was residing in Labadieville, LA. at 115 Ash Street. Through subsequent questioning and investigation, detectives learned that Foret had been residing in Labadieville for weeks, during which he did not update his registration to inform law enforcement of his residency in the area. This is required by law for all convicted sex offenders changing residency.
The address where detectives located Foret would not have been approved for him to stay due to its location in close proximity to an area school. Foret was booked into the parish detention center on one count:
This was the second time he has been charged for failing to register as a sex offender.
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We had not been backpacking this entire summer and with fall weather quickly approaching, we bought a dispersed camping permit ($5) in the Indian Peaks Wilderness' Cascade Creek Backcountry Zone. Our trip? A 12.8 mile overnight trip with 4,008ft in elevation gain to Pawnee Lake.
Ryan, Scott and I would begin our hike at the Long Lake Trailhead in the Brainard Lake Recreation Area, which is located near Ward, CO. It is worth nothing that entry to this recreation area requires a $10 entry fee which is good for 3 days, however we were able to use our America The Beautiful national parks pass to gain free entry. Yay!
This is a verrry popular area, so we got to the trailhead at 6:30am on Saturday in order to ensure that we would get parking. We slowed down on our drive in to get a good look at a female moose that was grazing beside the road before continuing on to the Long Lake Trailhead where we snagged one of the last ~8 available spots. Away we went!
The first park of the hike is very easy (we all consider it to be more of a walk, or stroll, than a hike!) and follows Long Lake on a nice, flat trail for two miles until you reach Lake Isabelle and the Pawnee Pass Trail junction to the right. We said our goodbyes to the flat trail behind us, and began to make our ascent. We quickly surpassed treeline, offering spectacular views of the front range behind and Lake Isabelle below us. At this point we had only seen one other group of people, making for a quiet morning to take this ascent at our own pace.
We soon made it to the top where the ground leveled out for a bit on the alpine bench (at 11,770ft in elevation). This offered panoramic views of Navaho Peak, Apache Peak, and Shoshone Peak. From here we made our way across the tundra, seeing many pikas and marmots (including an entire family of marmots– so cute!).
Standing at the base of our final ascent, we looked up towards the switchbacks across the scree field ahead of us. Slowly but surely we made our way up, stopping briefly at the top of Pawnee Pass (and the Continental Divide!) at 12,650ft in elevation to take in the breathtaking views of the valley to the west that we were about to descend in.
None of us were prepared for the trail that we were heading down. As we peered down into the valley, a "trail" was barely visible among the steep incline of unassorted, rocky rubble. Surrounded by scenery and terrain that I had never seen before, my breath was taken away as a precariously made my way down the slope. 40mph winds pushed me tight against the mountainside as I used my hands to carefully make my way around the rocks, as falling was not on option on this section.
We carefully made our way down and we finally reached the grassy bottom of the valley about 1.5 hours later. We were so relieved, and stopped for a quick break. The sun finally had begun to peek out from behind the clouds and the wind had ceased– I flopped down into the tall grass and took it all in. The grassy valley was riddled with wildflowers of all sizes and colors. I got very nostalgic as I took it all in; this scenery reminded me strongly of the Eastern Sierras in which I spent my time in growing up.
Onward, we went! We reached treeline just as our packs begun to feel heavy and our feet sore. We followed a few social trails along the lake until we came across the perfect spot. A pre-established camping spot beside Pawnee Lake, we threw down our packs and sprawled out on the rocks bordering both our campsite and the lake. Laying in the sun with no noise but some bluejays in the distance, it did not take long for us all to be immersed deep into a mid-day nap.
Upon rising, we set up the tent and then went about our afternoon. It was about 1pm, so we had plenty of time to fish, read, or nap. We even got into the lake and waded around for a bit, eventually gaining confidence to jump in for a swim! We heard cheering from the other side of the lake where a few other campers had situated themselves.
We sat by the lake and watched the sun set, and as the sky began to darken we cooked up some sausages and couscous with vegetables for dinner. We ate, laughed, and cleaned up before heading into the tent for a few games of Rummy 500. At about 10pm the temperature finally began to drop as we got ready for bed. Ryan and I in the tent, and Scott in the hammock (the stars out there were spectacular!).
We arose at dawn for some hot tea and oatmeal to fuel us for the re-ascent of Pawnee Pass. As the boys took down camp, I ventured back out to the lake where I was fortunate enough to catch the morning reflection of the surrounding mountains. Finally, around 8am, we threw our packs back on headed out and up!
Luckily, the ascent was no where near as difficult as the day before. The weather was perfect; all sun and no wind. We comfortably made our way up, taking in all the views before we reached the top of the pass.
We made our way back to the trailhead, passing many other hikers (and dogs!) on our way.
We reached the car around 1pm and said our goodbyes. Ryan and I stopped at a cafe in Lyons called the Stone Cup for some ice cream smoothies to properly refuel before heading home.
All in all.. we will most definitely be back. The serenity that we experienced down at Pawnee Lake was unparalleled by any place we had been before. The only regret that I have is that we didn't pack in on Friday which would have given us the entirety of Saturday to explore the area, which is home to several other lakes and peaks.
You could hike this as a full 12.8mi day hike, but I would suggest that you take it easy with a 6.4mi hike in each day and fully enjoy the beauty that this area has to offer. Sure, it was quite the trek to get there. But not one single part of it wasn't worth it.


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Library membership is free of charge and available to all community members. All libraries have Wi-Fi and public computers for use at no charge.
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