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Captain Robert Killian's recent win at the Best Ranger Competition isn't his most surprising fitness victory. In 2015 he won the Spartan World Championship (only his second Spartan event) as a relative unknown in the sport of obstacle racing. But Best Ranger may be his most hard-fought title. This weekend-long, two-man team competition for active military is a grueling, 60-hour test of endurance, strength, technical skills, and mental fortitude that makes the Spartan's 13-mile Beast look more like a kitten.
For such an extreme athlete, Killian's approach to working out is pretty straightforward and even applicable for guys with fitness goals that don't include 11 straight hours of land navigation on zero sleep. Below are the training tips that keep Killian in "ready for anything" shape, plus one of his 10-minute, military-inspired workouts you can do from home or at work when a trip to the gym just isn't happening.
Focus on Function, Not Vanity
Killian works out to maintain endurance and build functional strength that will help him move more efficiently in the field — getting big isn't the goal. Five days a week he alternates between ruck running (hiking or jogging up to 16 miles with a 40- to 60-pound backpack) and old-school circuit training. Grip strength is a priority, so most circuits include a 50-meter farmer's carry using 45-pound dumbbells (grab the weights, hold them at your sides with your shoulders down and back, and walk). Other key movements include bodyweight exercises like pull-ups and push-ups.
Aim for Quality Over Quantity
Ask Killian what gives him his edge, and he'll point to consistency and a focus on good training versus blasting your body in a workout. "A lot of people will run eight miles and then take a day off when they probably could have benefitted more from running four miles two days in a row," says Killian. Like cramming for an exam, doubling up on half-assed workouts won't lead to long-term results.
Dig In to Your Muscles
Killian works with a physical therapist every Friday, but he utilizes self-myofascial release techniques throughout the week to maintain flexibility and a full range of motion. Positioning a lacrosse ball against a wall, he'll use his bodyweight to dig in and loosen muscles that have a tendency to seize up, specifically the hip flexors.
Prioritize Recovery
Swimming and cycling are two of Killian's preferred active-recovery options. Both are intense enough to get the blood pumping, but their relatively low level of impact helps offset the pounding that comes with ruck running and weightlifting. And at least one of Killian's weekend days is dedicated to pure rest. He may be walking around and engaging in everyday activities, but there's no programmed exercise on his schedule.
Try Peer Pressure
A strong partnership is paramount in the Best Ranger Competition, and the power of teamwork bleeds into Killian's regular fitness routine too. "I think it's important to have a training partner, someone you can count on. A lot of people will go to the gym if they know someone is relying on them," Killian says. "Not only that, you're going to push each other a little harder than maybe you would if you were just by yourself." Bottom line: A partner will hold you accountable, and the friendly competition will keep you from slacking.
Listen to Your Body
For all his discipline and intensity, Killian puts little stock in strict regimens or fitness "prescriptions." He's worked with coaches in the past, but ultimately rejects the idea of one-size-fits-all formulas, preferring to use a more intuitive approach. He has no problem cancelling a workout or adjusting his training schedule based on what he thinks his body needs. "A lot of my recovery days aren't even planned," he explains. "I really base a lot of my training on how I feel."
Killian's 10-Minute Bodyweight Workout
This three-move circuit hits everything — your core, back, glutes, arms, chest and legs — and requires no equipment. Add it to the end of a workout when you want to finish with a burner, or use it as a stand-alone routine when you're stuck in a hotel or trapped at work.
What to do: For 10 minutes, complete as many rounds as possible of the following three movements. Rest as little as possible.
- 10 push-ups
- 10 sit-ups
- 5 air squats
Want to increase the intensity? Killian recommends wearing a weighted vest or squatting with a sandbag.
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Honey Ham Cheddar Chive Biscuits
Diced ham, shredded cheddar cheese and chives are added to a simple biscuit dough for a great twist on a classic recipe.
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Ham lunchmeat, from the deli, thick sliced
|2 cups
Bisquick baking mix
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Shredded cheddar cheese
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Chopped chives
Pre-heat oven to 450° Fahrenheit. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl just until combined and forming a ball.
Turn dough onto a surface, dusted with a small amount of dry Bisquick baking mix.
Knead about 8-10 times then with a rolling pin roll out dough to 1/2 inch thickness.
With a biscuit cutter or a glass, cut into 9 rounds and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown on top.

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Remember these shoes? From my latest post-shopping post I GOT YARN?
Well, it turns out that they are Not Good. I've been wearing them around the house for days and today I ventured out on to the street wearing them for the first time. Ouch. They are fine on soft (eg. carpeted, laminated) surfaces, but my heels hurt when I walk on concrete, tarmac, and other hard surfaces. They're from Office. Don't buy them. I'm going to take them to the shoe repair place and see if they can make the sole a bit thicker or something, because now I've worn them outside I can't return them. Not that Office let you have a refund - they give you a credit voucher instead. I wonder if this problem is enough of a problem to be able to get a refund by law?


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Welcome Home this breathtaking custom built home set on 7+ acres . Meticulously maintained property features outstanding craftsmanship with a fantastic floor plan, exquisite attention to detail and includes all premium appliances (see documents). This 2 story home welcomes you with a grand entrance to an open concept floor plan featuring a stunning open staircase that draws you into 6000 sqft living space, 5 bed, 4 full bath, 2 1/2 baths, 3.5garage, granite countertops, 10ft ceilings, red oak cabinets&trim throughout, 6 panel door & electric fireplace. 1st floor master bed w/ en-suite bath, separate shower&tub, walk-in closet. Lower level finished rec room, 3.5 car attached garage w/epoxy floors, heated, hot/cold water, with basement entrance. Photos have been Digitally Enhanced & Staged.
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|Garage Size: 3.5
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|Zoning: Residential
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Living Building Challenge
What if every single act of design and construction made the world a better place?
LBC 4.0 has been developed based on two goals: to simplify the program so the level of effort of teams is better aligned with their impacts at both project and market scales; and to fill the gap between the highest levels of mainstream green building certifications, and the entry point to the Living Building Challenge.
The resulting standard is streamlined and also raises the bar by requiring that teams address basic issues in all petals. A number of new performance-based compliance paths have been added to increase flexibility for teams.
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Imagine a building that is as efficient as a flower; a simple symbol for the ideal built environment. The Living Building Challenge is organized into seven performance areas.
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What does good look like?
Living Buildings are:
- Regenerative buildings that connect occupants to light, air, food, nature, and community.
- Self-sufficient and remain within the resource limits of their site.
- Create a positive impact on the human and natural systems that interact with them.
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The Easter holiday remembers the greatest event in human history; the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Everything Jesus taught about God, sin and man was proven true when he rose from the dead. The resurrection is the foundational truth of the Christian faith and if the resurrection didn't happen, then the Christian faith is a joke (1 Corinthians 15:12-19).
The fact is that Jesus rose from the dead and there is power in the name of Jesus. The gospel of Jesus is no fairy-tale story. It is the story of every person. The challenge of the gospel is to bring it out of the book and let it change your life.
Jesus died and came back for you.
Listen as Casey gives reminds us why there is power in the name of Jesus.
Scripture references: Matthew 28:1-8
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First, performing a copy onto a harddrive inside the same system is hardly a backup. If the power supply fries the entire systems and all harddrives are gone, your backup is gone, too.
I strongly suggest using a firewire drive and the firewire stack "Helios" . This can be a simple external harddrive or some unused mini (or other Mac hardware).
Personally I do not trust USB in any way, as I had issues from vanishing during backup till inserting of bitflips while claiming data is stored properly.
Speaking of a tool to create a backup, "Copy CLONE" is a good solution as mentioned here, however it takes ages to copy several gigabytes everytime you want to backup. This will cause you to get lazy and at the end you do not make any backups again.
There is a solution for this. (Not for your lazyiness, I am sorry!)
MirrorCopy is performing a diff copy from one drive to another. So a simple
MirrorCopy ALL CNT NOSOFT NOHARD FROM SYS: TO Backup:
in Shell, or stored inside an script, will copy your data.
NOTE: Any data on the backup drive gets lost when using this line. Make sure it is empty or copy into a drawer on that drive.
The first run will, like normal Copy, take ages as all data need to be copied.
The second run however will only transfer the changes. e.g. if you just changed some preferences, it will only copy these preferences files and nothing more. Only modified or new files will be copied. File you deleted on your system, will be deleted on backup. At the end you have a 1:1 copy after every backup session.
Instead of transfering 100GB each time, you will be down to a few MB each time you run the mirrorcopy/script. -> Backup done in a few minutes (drive scan takes some time).
Launch the script, get some coffee and once you return the backup is already finished.
MirrorCopy has some additional features to preserve files, but there is a readme explaining all the features of this great tool.
All mentioned drivers and tools are available via Grunch.


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Hook N Ladder Moab 2006
Hook N Ladder Moab Utah from Crazy Lady on Vimeo.
Behind the Rocks Moab 2007
Behind the Rocks 2007 from Crazy Lady on Vimeo.
In Memory of Kyle
Memories of Kyle from Crazy Lady on Vimeo.
June Ride
Monk's Hollow June 2008
Monk's Hollow June 2008 from Crazy Lady on Vimeo.
Fillmore Ride October 2008
Fillmore Ride Oct. 2008 from Crazy Lady on Vimeo.
Manti Ride July 2008
Manti July 2008 from Crazy Lady on Vimeo.
May Ride Report
best Trail I have ever
been on. You just can't believe that we were in Delta. up to 9600 ft
with snow around the Rocks. Big green grass, Mine cabins, & Stories
about the the area from Larry & Jerry.
One loop on the way down Sue got out, I entered the drop area, ( Black
Diamond) I heard
Sue Scream, I felt like I was falling in the right direction, Bob was
on my left rear handing on
to to me as the RZR lifted both rear wheels into the air. I slid down
between the rocks, like
a Pro that was out of control, Larry was directing my front wheel to
fit the trail and I slid into
a safe drop on the trail. My Heart was pounding. Jeannie Said. oh, I
didn't think about it and
just went down threw it.
Great trails, Caves all over the mountains. Large Granite Rock
formations. the top let us
look all the way to Hay Stack mountain, 50 miles north was Calio,
What a view.
We Stopped off at the the Rock Quarries & 2000 year old Chalimijtes &
families with buckets. hammers, busting the rocks to find them. We
got 2 perfect ones & 6 others in 30 minutes.
We went up a side canyon and had lunch in a cave, then on to Death
Canyon and over
the top to the salt flats on the north. Yes we found a l953 Dodge
truck full of bullet holes
and a wooden floor board. We all got in the truck for our group Photo.
Our Breakfasts, were Eggs, Bacon, Ham, Sausage, Larrys special
Potatoes, French toast,
Cantaloupe, Dinner was perfect with the input from all. Meat was
Pork, steak, chicken.
Yes All Who did not come missed 3 great times together. Jerry
brought a picnic table
and we all sat around the fire and eat Hot Cobbler from Larrys dutch
oven & Ice Cream.
Over all I give us a AAAA for a perfect Trail, eventful ride, with
challenge to all
My Thanks go out Sue, Larry, Marylynn & Jerry, & Ned for a great week
end. Doug Nielsen
drove from Calif. to get there on sat. Ride. Larry took him back on
the Friday trail.
a big smile was on both there faces as we passed them on the Road
coming off the hill.
Larrys Dutch oven is a must on every ride. Lets look forward to the
next one and thanks
to all who came to Delta. Ned.
Bob, Nan,Paul,Karen,Larry,Jennie,Jerry, Marylynn,Doug, Sue, Ned. &
Five Mile Pass to Eureka April 2008
Five Mile to Eureka from Crazy Lady on Vimeo.


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Chillers as well as other bright products take a finite lifespan but many us are hesitant to improve our gadgets because of the charge involved. But what if keeping your old refrigerator is costing you more money in the long run?
For those who detect troubles along with your family fridge such as decayed and seeping door noises, seals and rattling out of the back or lowered chill point, it's a confident warning sign that a refrigerator is required to be possibly fixed or substituted. You could be unsure whether or not it will be easier to bring in a maintenance particular person or go out and buy a new home appliance. The solution to this is dependent upon some variables.
If it is and old appliance and its worn out parts are hard to replace, refrigeration repair can be expensive - particularly. Having said that, a result of the age of the freezer, you have no secured permanent strategy to the difficulties. If you wish to investigate the option of repairing your old fridge, a refrigeration repairer will be the best person to advise you but be aware that this service may end up costing you almost as much as it may to purchase a new refrigerator.
If your current fridge is around ten years old, a new model with an energy star rating will certainly be more efficient for you to run, saving on your electricity bill and also reducing your household carbon emissions. Today's fridges use a smaller amount power than aged models and characterize far better value for money ultimately. All new refrigerators are required to minimise environmental harm and must pass industry standards before achieving their energy rating so before you opt to repair your old fridge, consider its impact on your energy use.
Think of your fridge to be a amazing pet cat - have a standard life time of 15 years. And both normally set you back much more as old age creeps in.
A lot of factors enter in to enjoy when choosing which fridge to obtain, and not the very least is definitely the required expected life. This is why materials and components are usually more critical than looks and model rank. You could correctly expect an excellent, modern-day refrigerator to past at least 10 years. With tender and maintenance caring attention, the popular manufacturers of fridges offered right now will last close to 2 decades.
However as the fridge even now seems very good and will keep things freezing - and hi it's grown up while using boys and girls - that doesn't indicate you should not replace it. Consider how a freezer is doing the job every second of any working day and each night-time. It truly is immersing up a big portion of your energy application, and much more in the summer months. As time passes, the seals need replacing plus the refrigerant slowly but surely leakages, bringing about the freezer operating more complicated to stay cool. There will come a factor as it creates economical feel to change the earlier freezer with all the most recent, power efficient product. A fridge made before 1992 will use twice the amount of electricity as one of today's fridges, as a rough guide.
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In San Francisco, the birthplace of Uber, the largest traditional taxi company has filed for bankruptcy.
But Yellow Cab Cooperative doesn't call out the ride-hailing giant as the reason for its woes. Instead, the company said that lawsuits filed by passengers had finally forced it to restructure its business.
Last year, The San Francisco Chronicle reported, a San Francisco Superior Court jury found that the company was liable for a crash allegedly caused by a Yellow Cab driver. The jury awarded $8 million to the injured passenger.
Not that the Ubers of the world are immune from such pressures. In one tragic instance, an Uber driver on New Year's Eve 2013 ran into a family in a San Francisco crosswalk, killing a 6-year-old girl and seriously injuring her mother and brother. In July, Uber reached a settlement with the family, the terms of which were kept confidential.
But ride-hailing services do have an advantage over traditional taxi companies, at least for now, in the form of billions of dollars in funding.
Yellow Cab declined to comment on whether competitive pressures from app-based services like Uber were a factor in its filing.


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A family farm invested in soil conservation practices to increase its capacity to store water and its microbial biomass activity.
Projects & Practice
Total results: 4.
The project took nature-friendly vine cultivation on a family farm a step further to develop zero-waste processing methods that valorise all by-products of grapes in a sustainable and fully circular way. The resulting seeds, oil and flour have proved very popular with customers.
A young farmer used RDP support to expand and diversify the range of products and services offered by her beekeeping holding.
An ambitious entrepreneur used business start-up aid for young farmers in order to modernise his farm and create a series of innovative products.


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The Client
A top New England multi-specialty, primary care practice, located in Greater Boston, is a group of more than 60 physicians and operates in multiple locations through the area. It has area's top medical professionals with concentrations in areas such as Cardiology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology and Sleep Medicine. It is the recipient of multiple awards and has been recognized by Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set as having 4 stars (highest rating) in areas such as quality of care, access to care and member satisfaction.
The Challenge
The client is a rapidly growing practice. New laboratories, new doctors and new specialties are all technology dependant. This rapid growth lead to a unstable network environment. In addition, the Client was utilizing Citrix XenApp as the presentation layer for all of its applications, and was experiencing significant downtime, corporation-wide printing issues and other problems that lead to a general dissatisfaction with the service levels. Furthermore,the Client was in the selection process for an EMR system and planned on rolling it out to the entire practice in record short time frames.
The Solution
The Client teamed up with StratusPointIT to provide it with a full IT outsourcing and IT management service. StratusPointIT, through its' Complete IT outsourcing package, was able to streamline the healthcare IT support process and greatly improve and speed up the response times. StratusPointIT's engineering department, in conjunction with Citrix, brought in Citrix XenServer as the virtualization platform, as well as Netscaler Load Balancers, and completely re-architected the Citrix XenApp environment. Furthermore, the core network infrastructure was rebuilt to include redundancy. StratusPointIT was also instrumental in helping with Enterprise EHR rollout to all providers across different modalities of the practice. In addition, StratusPointIT participates in high-level meetings to provide CIO strategy, budgeting, and cost cutting measures.
The Results
Officers, managers and users are now happy with their IT. They are getting the response they need, as fast as they need it. Networks are up, and applications are being delivered to users with no downtime. Through innovative cost cutting measures, StratusPointIT was able to save the client close to $100,000 of savings in the first year of service. And, the Client is able to move into the digital age of healthcare with their new EHR system.
What our customers say
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As a financial firm we are required to adhere to strict compliance rules and regulations with a focus on data/email archiving, protection and retention. StratusPointIT provided us a solution that met all those requirements and offered the peace of mind that our firm was looking for.
We engaged StratusPointIT to help us ensure our Amazon Web Service deployment was always available and properly protected. The StratusPointIT team helped us understand and overcome the risks, and showed us best practices and cost savings that we took advantage of. We are happy with the result.
We outsourced the business of running our network to StratusPointIT. The wide variety of expertise they bring to our company not only in running the existing network but in the telecom area, planning for growth and budgeting has been a tremendous asset. Our company is no longer reacting to adverse network issues; instead we are in a proactive mode of operations. I'm very pleased with our decision to outsource to StratusPointIT.
We chose StratusPointIT in October 2010 as our outsourced information technology provider. We were looking for a company that would serve as a true business partner with us as we continue to grow our business. In addition to replacing our front office system we moved our headquarters location last year. The team at StratusPointIT served as a tremendous resource as we selected a new internet service provider, new phone system provider and moved our servers to a new location. They have provided consistently good support and have become a trusted advisor.
If you are pondering on should I hire or outsource my IT department look no further than StratusPointIT. Here is a company that will keep your business technology running smoothly and continues to bring new opportunities to your business. We are extremely satisfied with StratusPointIT and all their employees, this has been the best decision and direction our company has gone, I only wish we did it years ago. They are very professional, responsive and give you everything you need to improve your business.
StratusPointIT was able to offer SCS Energy an extremely cost-effective and functional set of solutions to our rapidly changing Information Technology needs. We have been extremely pleased with the implementation process for our ITAnyWhere Cloud and Egnyte systems and look forward to continuing our long-standing successful working relationship with StratusPointIT.
Since switching to StratusPointIT outsourcing services about 2 years ago, my team was able to realize the expertise and agility of a true outsourced partner to accomplish our projects faster and get the right level of support when needed.
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Other than the network and server management, which is huge, having our own full time help desk resource on site at our main office as well as your ability to get hands on help into any of our remote locations from New Hampshire to Alaska has been key to providing the support our uses have needed and deserve.
The time had finally come for our accounting firm to overhaul our operating system & network. Though a seemingly daunting task to us, StratusPointIT seamlessly integrated our current software with the new system with minimal down time. Couple this with knowledgeable & responsive support makes StratusPointIT the right choice for us.
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StratusPointIT took over managing our IT and migrated our insurance firm to the ITAnyWhere Cloud platform. This has enabled us save money by not having to maintain on-premise hardware, and allowed my agents to work easily from anywhere. As a senior executive at the organization, StratusPointIT removed the IT headaches completely, and allowed me and my team to focus on my business. I would recommend ITAnyWhere Cloud to other firms in my industry.


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Stat Shot: Competitive or Not, Mobile Prices Decline
I write a lot about broadband competition, but for the most part I stick to wireline service. Wireless Intelligence, the analyst arm of the GSM Association, recently took a look at how competition has fared among the wireless industry worldwide. In general, it found that markets with a large number of mobile operators saw price declines commensurate with markets that had a more concentrated number of wireless carriers. According to Wireless Intelligence, the effective price per minute decreased from $0.25 in 2000 to $ 0.11 in 2010 in concentrated markets and from $0.33 to $0.13 over the same period in fragmented markets (see chart).
The effective price per minute takes the total ARPU of a carrier divided by the number of minutes used. It primarily reflects voice costs, although as data makes up a greater percentage of the average revenue per user the numbers become a bit skewed. However, this also lends credence to the idea that voice is losing value. The study also determined what makes markets more competitive, with number portability and compulsory SIM card registration helping out. However, the biggest competitive drivers are mobile virtual network operators offering lower prices that established operators have to respond to, especially in markets with a few dominant players.
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April 16th at 10pm on NJTV
Narrated by actor Avery Brooks, this hour-long documentary tells the story of New Jersey's Raritan River, a water source profoundly contaminated for over 200 years, and the extraordinary efforts to clean it up. The film reveals how government agencies, corporations, environmentalists, developers, scientists, and lawyers have clashed for years in their attempts to deal with the aftermath of extensive pollution and environmental neglect.
Rescuing the River takes viewers down the lower ten miles of the Raritan, giving them a close, unflinching look at four notoriously toxic sites to see how they became so abused and why it is so vexing to fix the problem.
Filmmaker NotesThe Raritan River runs through the center of New Jersey, with upper reaches that are incredibly beautiful, providing forests, hiking trails, and a valuable source of water for more than a million people. However, the lower 14 miles of the river, which flow to the Atlantic Ocean next to New York City, have been profoundly contaminated with 200 years of industrial pollution.
Throughout most of the 20th Century, it was standard practice for businesses to simply dump their waste into the river or into landfills along its shores. In 1972, the federal Clean Water Act mandated that America's waterways should be fishable and swimmable, and while new regulations put a stop to reckless dumping, that goal has still not been achieved.
While most of the factories along the Raritan River are gone, more than a hundred toxic waste sites were left behind – sites like the notorious Kin Buc landfill, where pesticides began to seep into the river in the 1970s, or the Sayreville factory whose owner, the National Lead Company, left behind radiological waste among other poisons.
At the heart of this issue is a community left with many unanswered questions. How clear are the links between birth defects, cancer, and other diseases and exposure to toxic waste? How clean is clean? How safe is safe? Who's going to pay for the clean ups? How effective are our current solutions? In Rescuing the River, we hear from many of the people most concerned: environmental activist Robert Spiegel, real estate developer Brian O'Neill, Department of Environmental Protection official Irene Kropp, and former Governor and an author of the original Superfund legislation, Jim Florio, among others. While the environmental impact of wide-spread pollution is staggering, considerable progress towards restoring the area has been made. At Kin Buc, the EPA constructed a massive treatment plant which pumps out toxic waste 24 hours a day. At the Horseshoe Road Superfund site, where arsenic, PCBs, and dioxin were left behind, the EPA has excavated the soils right down to the bedrock. And now, one of the largest brownfield redevelopment projects in the country is underway, set to convert hundreds of acres of contaminated land once owned by the National Lead Company into safe and clean condominiums and retail space. All positive steps indeed, but there is still much more work to be done. Restoring the Raritan River to its safe and natural state is an extraordinary task which will require many millions of dollars and years of effort from businesses, government agencies, scientists, and developers. Rescuing the River: The Raritan provides a behind-the-scenes look at the daunting road ahead and whether the dream of a truly restored Raritan River can ever be achieved.
Rescuing the River: The Raritan was produced, directed, written, and edited by Eric Schultz. The producer/writer was Lynn Kosek-Walker and the executive producer was Nila Aronow. Additional production credits include director of photography, Paul Horvath; on-line editor, Bob Herman; and graphic designer, Charles Starkey. Rescuing the River: The Raritan is an NJN Production; the film initially aired on New Jersey public television in 2011.
Rescuing the River: The Raritan was made possible with support from the Cape Branch Foundation, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities*, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Mushett Family Foundation, which believes that we are all one family in protecting the environment.
*Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
Community ConversationsKeep the conversation going about Rescuing The River: The Raritan – attend a free local screening and discussion at your local library, courtesy of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. Click here for an event location list.


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Virtual Touch: Inside Technology That Makes VR Feel Real
In a series of experiments in the 1980s, Roland Johansson, a professor of physiology at Sweden's University of Umea, demonstrated just how important touch is. In one, he filmed a woman picking up a match and lighting it in just a few seconds. Then he numbed her thumb, index finger and middle finger. Even though she could see the match, she couldn't feel where the match was touching each of her fingers or when it was touching the matchbox, and that same simple task took 25 seconds.
Touch is the most underrated of all of our senses. From walking to sitting to sleeping, you are constantly using your sense of touch to adjust your motions so that you complete the task you're working on, whether that's swiping your tablet screen to read this story, adjusting the chair you're sitting on or picking up a mug to take a sip of coffee.
"Most of us have experienced a temporary loss of touch – perhaps when your leg falls asleep, or when we have local anesthetic for a dental procedure," says Katherine Kuchenbecker, an associate professor of computer science, mechanical engineering and applied mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania, who is recognized as one of the leading authorities on haptics, or the science of touch. "That's what current virtual reality is like: you can't feel anything."
After getting her PhD in robotics at Stanford, Kuchenbecker was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a way for virtual robots to "glance around any scene and accurately estimate how it would feel to grasp or step on all of the visible surfaces." She did this using something she's called "haptic photography – a way to capture how the surfaces feel to the touch and then recreate them." In September 2014, she partnered with tech entrepreneur Steven Domenikos to create a compact device that introduces the sense of touch onto the digital world. Together they founded Tactai, with Domenikos as CEO and Kuchenbecker as Chief Science Officer. After a couple years and a few million dollars in funding and grants, that device – the Tactai Touch – is almost ready for prime time.
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"The lack of touch breaks the suspension of disbelief in VR," says Kuchenbecker. "Your brain knows what to expect when you touch something." Kuchenbecker's work centers on the touch-based interaction between a person and objects that may be real, far away – touched through a remote-controlled robot – or entirely virtual.
Kuchenbecker's lab has been working for years to create realistic haptic interfaces for virtual reality. These research-based systems are usually expensive, complicated, delicate – maybe even a little dangerous – but they let the user touch virtual objects that feel very similar to the real objects we all touch every day. Most people still haven't been exposed to how good haptic experiences can be and how much touch feedback can add to an interaction.
But now that's set to change. All of that research with expensive and complicated equipment led Kuchenbecker to focus on existing or low-priced technology that will open up touch to the masses. Tactai has created a prototype touch controller to work with existing virtual reality platforms like Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR, though since touch is independent of the headset, any existing or future device will be able to use the technology.
The Tactai Touch controller looks like a high-tech thimble and clips onto your finger. It can be worn on any and every finger, but only one index finger is required to trick your brain into feeling things. "Most of our experience comes through our fingertips, with the index finger driving touch," Kuchenbecker says. How users employ Tactai Touch will depend on what they're doing. For example, shopping in VR can be done optimally with one index finger, but opening a virtual water bottle in VR would require a device on each index finger.
"Three devices per hand is a good option, and five devices per hand [one per finger] is an even more exciting configuration, where you could move all of your fingers independently and feel what they each are interacting with," Kuchenbecker says. "That might be nice when petting a virtual cat or playing a virtual piano. We will be working to determine what configurations make the most sense for the different applications we are pursuing."
Kuchenbecker says that when you pick up an object like a pencil in real life you have pressure on two fingers, but if you're wearing only one Tactai, the brain tricks itself into feeling pressure in the thumb even though you're not wearing the device on that finger.
I was able to test out this technology at the Kuchenbecker's U Penn lab. Sliding the Touch onto your index finger, it fits snugly but comfortably. It's not unlike clipping on a pulse oximeter on your finger at the doctor's office, which measures your heart rate and the level of oxygen in your blood.
Once my finger was hooked up, a bulky prototype headset was secured and Domenikos appeared in a white virtual reality room talking about the importance of touch. I looked to the right and saw a fully inflated football sitting on a counter next to a slightly deflated football. Using Tactai Touch, I can not only feel the detailed, worn leather texture of the football, but also the indentations of the slightly deflated football compared to the tightness of the air-packed football.
"I've always pushed my team for solutions that could get to the market in the next few years," Kuchenbecker says. "Our solution is more powered by unique data and software, and the hardware is pieced together with off-the-shelf components."
Kuchenbecker explains how the sense of touch is an extremely complex a network of cells that detect different types of physical contact – some tell you how hard you are pressing on an elevator button, while others react mainly when the interaction changes, like at the start or end of the touch or when something slips in your grasp. All of these sensations are constantly streaming to your brain. Even though the information is coming from a lot of different sources, your brain weaves it together into a consistent touch experience that you're able to use to decide which piece of fabric feels nicest or type without looking at your fingers.
With that in mind, the Tactai software constantly reads where your finger is in space using sensors such as a camera on the headset or an external measurement system. Each time it has a new measurement, it figures out where your real finger is located in the virtual environment. If your finger is in virtual free space, the software commands the platform inside the device to move away from your fingertip, so you don't feel anything. And if your finger is inside a virtual object, the software calculates a proprietary waveform – or Dynamic Tactile Wave – that makes the platform inside the device press into your finger and vibrate in a way that matches what you would feel if you moved your finger the same way over the surface of the corresponding real object. These calculations happen many dozen times per second so that the experience of the user is seamless.
The magic inside the controller comes in the form of two actuators, or mechanical systems. The first moves a platform in and out of contact with your finger and lets you know when you're touching an object. Kuchenbecker says when you first barely touch something in VR, you will both see your virtual finger touch the object's surface and feel the start of contact on the surface of your real finger. Even though the Tactai Touch can't physically stop your finger from moving inside the object, the sensations on your fingertip give you the illusion that there is a physical object there. You can move your finger away and feel the platform leave your fingertip and then touch again and feel it again.
"As you press deeper into a solid object, the pressure on your finger increases accordingly even if it is nothing really there," says Kuchenbecker. "Essentially, if the VR technology provides just enough information to suggest the presence of an object, your brain fills in the gaps of what isn't there."
"We employ pseudo-haptics [manipulating what you see in VR to match what we want you to feel] by never showing your hand going inside a virtual object says Kuchenbecker. "Instead, we make the finger stop right at the surface, while you are feeling the contact, to help persuade your brain that the object is there. In essence, we are distorting the displayed movement of the user's hand to help strengthen the illusion created by the haptic feedback."
The second actuator is a small vibration motor. Unlike the vibration motors in a cell phone, this one functions more like an audio speaker. It can output vibrations at a wide range of frequencies, to create vibrations that match those you feel every day when interacting with real objects. Kuchenbecker says that vibrations are how the brain recognizes texture.
"Your fingers can feel up to 1,000 hertz, which is a lower frequency than ears can hear," Kuchenbecker says. "This enables the user to feel the textures when touching different virtual objects like rough stones and smooth paper and woven fabric."
Kuchenbecker explains that if you drag your fingertip across different surfaces in a quiet room, you can hear the sound they produce. Corduroy would sound different from rough stone, terracotta, or silk, and you could also easily feel the difference between these materials. Similar to how you can hear the difference between different voices or different notes in a musical scale, your brain can separate tactile vibrations into the different frequencies that they contain. Each material has its own particular combination of frequencies for a given way that you are touching it (slow and soft, for example), and your brain quickly learns this response pattern from just a couple of seconds of interaction.
"Our technology recreates the blend of vibration frequencies for the way you are moving, so that we can fool you into thinking you are touching a real object even though it is VR," says Kuchenbecker.
But what's perhaps most impressive about Tactai's technology is that it's already affordable, with current prototypes costing less than $12 to make. And Domenikos says that if a large technology or consumer electronics company licenses their technology and manufactures it at a large scale, it could push costs even further down. Theoretically, Domenikos believes a tech giant could earn money on content and give away the device for below cost or even free, like Google has with Google Cardboard.
Backed by Tactai, Kuchenbecker and her lab have also begun to create a library of touch sensation data. By gathering less than a minute of data on an object like a table using a scanner, anyone can capture the important characteristics and put them into the library, meaning there will be plenty of content that works with Tactai. "We also take existing content and auto-recognize how it looks so you can reach out and touch it," says Ilann Derche, head of device development at Tactai. "It takes minutes to convert existing video game objects to add touch. We recognize the object based on visual experience and apply textures from our database."
Using proprietary algorithms, each feeling in the library is assigned Haptic Object Properties (HOPs). "Each HOP currently includes the softness of the surface, its texture, how difficult it is to move along the surface [friction], and how it feels when you tap on the surface," explains Derche. "This is the key part of the process that results in making the object feel real, so that the user can touch, feel, grasp and interact with it." The HOPs library currently has over 100 objects in it.
But there's also another opportunity for this touch controller beyond existing headsets. Derche says Tactai is working on a virtual movie theater, where you can watch a video and pause it to check out a new pair of Nike shoes by feeling the texture of the shoes, lifting them in your hand, and even playing with the laces. And the company could reward consumers for doing that by offering a coupon. Tactai could also help educators, adding touch capabilities to the 2D and 3D multimedia tools that have become mainstream in classrooms.
And unlike the devices that researchers have been experiencing for several years, Tactai Touch isn't a sci-fi wish. The technology is nearly ready for mass production today, just as companies are laying the groundwork for consumer VR platforms.
The power of touch is something we all take for granted, but it's the fact that it's so ingrained in everything we do that makes true touch in the virtual world a huge step forward. Just as some early adopters don't want to leave VR games and universes – even at this early stage – Kuchenbecker believes Tactai Touch will make the illusion of virtual reality more like real life. It will allow shoppers to feel what that t-shirt they saw online feels like before clicking "buy," or let gamers grip their goalie stick for better control as they attempt to keep the puck out of the net in a virtual hockey game. Tactai might finally bring the missing link to VR: true interaction.
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Wow, just WOW!! I am honored to be representing Coeur Sports again in 2016 as part of their ambassador team!!
I am overjoyed to be a part of this badass group of strong, courageous women who encourage women in sport and inspire me to be the best version of myself everyday!! They challenge me to #dreambig, #pushmylimits and to even push past them on occasion 🙂
Not only do I love Coeur Sports's apparel (hello #stylishspeed, seamless chamois and #noangrykitty), but I love what this amazing company and the people behind it stand for: community, kindness, strength, positive sportsmanship, giving back (1% of sales go to the Challenged Athlete Foundation), #heartandcourage, and encouraging more women to lead a life of health and fitness.
Coeur Sports, founder Kebby Holden, and co-founder Hailey Manning stand for these Coeur values and aren't afraid to #dreambig, while positively impacting the world around them. They put #heartandcourage into everything they do – while racing, training and behind the scenes.
I am beyond excited to represent a brand that embraces strong women and be a part of this badass group of courageous women who are full of #heartandcourage!
And Now…My tentative race schedule for 2016:
St. Louis 1/2 Marathon – April 10, 2016
Drake 1/2 Marathon – April 30, 2016
Tour de Cure Central Iowa 75 mile ride – June 11, 2016
Wisconsin Milkman Triathlon – June 19, 2016
Okoboji Triathlon – July 16, 2016
My "A" Race is: Ironman Wisconsin – September 11, 2016
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Cheddar and Cider Fondue
I made this fondue with Natural & Kosher cheese and a crispy hard cider, but you could use any beer or even apple juice for the liquid. We really had fun with the dippers: fresh soft pretzels, green apples and blanched broccoli florets. I figure if we are going to eat a bowl of cheese at least we have to get our vegetables in.
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- 1 cup hard cider, apple juice, or beer
- 2 teaspoons chopped garlic
- 8 oz. shredded cheddar, such as Natural & Kosher
- 8 oz. shredded Monterey Jack, such as Natural & Kosher
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- Heat cider and chopped garlic.
- Add shredded cheeses, half a cup at a time, whisking with a fork until smooth.
- Blend in black pepper and Worcestershire sauce.
Serve with choice of dippers. I used Soft Pretzels, fingerling potatoes, apple cubes, blanched broccoli florets, and mushrooms.


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MUMBAI, INDIA—Afreen Karim is doubled over, gasping for breath, cramps in her legs, feeling light-headed.
It's 9:30 p.m. on a recent muggy evening and the 18-year-old has spent the past two hours playing alongside five female friends in a spirited, chippy even, game of basketball against a team of local boys.
While most of the local boys in this gritty Mumbai neighbourhood have played basketball for much of their lives, Afreen first picked up a ball in 2009, only a few weeks after the National Basketball Association paid to renovate and repair the court, which is encircled by aging British Raj-era apartments and tin-roofed hovels.
Three years on, if she's not one of her community's best players, Afreen is certainly among its most aggressive.
As sweat drips from her forehead, Afreen turns to a friend standing nearby. "I will be here tomorrow for some more practice at 7 a.m. Will you come?" she wheezes.
Local coaches say Afreen has developed into a good athlete with a smooth jump shot, a skill for sensing open lanes to the basket, and an unrivalled desire to be the best player in any game. She has a chance this year, some say, to make it to Maharashtra's state team.
If that happens, Afreen may be in line for a life-altering payoff.
Playing for her state would increase her chances of winning a coveted and rare position on a club team.
While India doesn't have a pro basketball league, it does have a semi-professional circuit of club teams. Various government agencies — railroads, the army, police and income tax departments — offer full-time jobs to talented players, who typically receive salaries of more than 20,000 rupees ($430 Canadian) a month, lodgings, and a lifetime job, even following their retirement from basketball.
But Afreen's story of success is about more than sports and money.
It's also illustrative of how families in orthodox neighbourhoods can challenge social mores. Nagpada is a community of Muslim families. Seven mosques are within a stone's throw of the outdoor basketball court and on the dusty, noisy streets here, where chickens and goats run free, most locals still say girls like Afreen should not be playing basketball.
In the world's biggest democracy, there are no laws preventing women from playing sports, but as with customs about marriage dowries, which remain prevalent even though they've been illegal for a half century, traditions here have a grip on the local community that are as strong as any legislation.
"These girls should be staying in their homes," says Imam Saeed Gulam Sarwar, the spiritual leader at a mosque across the street from the court. "Everyone here knows that girls who are 18 should not be playing sports. They should be home observing purdah," the Islamic custom of secluding women from men.
Sarwar, whose beard is dyed with henna a fiery red, says he's included Afreen and her teammates in his sermons. He's also confronted Afreen's father, demanding she and her 16-year-old sister Sumaiya stop playing.
The paint on the green and rose-coloured court is faded and rats scurry along the drain troughs that run along the edge of the playing surface. Three years ago, after the NBA visited Mumbai and replaced the pre-existing potholed court, installed new backboards, and handed out a case of new basketballs, Afreen cornered her father in their one-room home here.
"I really wanted to play," she pleaded.
If she was expecting a confrontation, she didn't get one.
Sheikh Karim, her father, nodded his approval.
He and his wife Mumtaz have lived a life typical for most lower-class Mumbai residents. The daughter of a local real estate broker, Mumtaz was 7 when she stopped attending school. By the time she was 16, she was married to Karim, a local taxi driver.
"I was lucky," she says over a lunch of rice biryani in her family's home. "He's a good man."
With a ruddy face, kind eyes and a good command of English, Karim doesn't see much of his family. He works six days a week driving the chaotic streets of this city of 16 million. He starts at 10 a.m. and finishes his shift at midnight. He pays 350 rupees to rent his taxi, and another 200 for fuel. In a shift, he's lucky to make 900 rupees, making his take-home pay about 350 rupees, or $7.50, a day.
But Karim says he's tried to instill in his four children the belief that just because they're poor doesn't mean they can't be happy.
So why not let them play sports?
"I am not less of a Muslim because my girls play basketball," Karim says, tightening a royal blue sarong around his waist. "Life is tough here and what is there for kids to do? Why can't they play? Afreen's a good girl, and smart."
The family still reminisces about the time six years ago when Afreen returned home to find her older sister Rehana, then 14, lying passed out on the concrete floor. She had failed a test at school and taken poison. Afreen lifted her older sister over her shoulder and carried her to the closest hospital, saving her life.
"When she first started going onto the court, the imam came to me and said this was wrong," Karim says. "I didn't want to argue or disagree with him so I said, 'Okay, we'll see. I'll consider it.' "
Early on, the girls struggled on the court.
"There were a lot of air balls, they were not very good," says Taha Khan, a 16-year-old who has played for Maharashtra state's boys team. "But you can see now they are playing more confidently. And parents are becoming more open to it as well. Even those who said girls could play said they had to be home by 7. Now, they are letting them stay later."
Steadily, their skills improved and by last summer, the girls from Nagpada advanced to the state semifinals.
Now, the girls have become a mainstay on the court and a curiosity for spectators. As the girls practised one evening this week — they wore track pants to cover their legs, and short-sleeve shirts — some residents watched from their nearby balconies.
Afreen and her sister Sumaiya dribbled balls near centre court, both trying to maintain control of their own ball while knocking away the other's. They walked confidently, smiling often, and exchanged high-fives with boys, most of whom grinned when they saw the girls coming.
"It's a new generation, and I like them being out here with us," Khan says.
Zarin Rangwala, a 16-year-old forward who wore a light blue jersey and her long black hair pulled back in a braid, may be the best female player on her team. Last year, she was selected to represent Maharashtra, but says she has no ambitions for playing for a club.
"I'm going to medical school," Rangwala says. "I'm out here to refresh my mind and body."
A report released this week concluded obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes are becoming increasingly common in urban India. Over the past seven years, the prevalence of diabetes in 1,100 young women in the study has doubled to 7 per cent.
Sports, Rangwala says, is a great way for locals to increase fitness levels.
Still, some locals frown at the changes.
As the girls practised, 43-year-old Farhat Khan sat in his shop nearby with a group of friends talking about cricket and local politics. Khan clucked his tongue when a visitor asked whether most residents were pleased with the new court, which some say has helped cut down on crime because it has kept teenagers occupied.
Nagpada, locals are eager to mention, has been a well-known hub for organized crime in Mumbai with the nickname "den of the dons."
"Maybe it has helped," Khan shrugged. "I have two girls, 17 and 13 and they know not to ask me about basketball. They want sports. They can do as much studying as they want. I won't have my daughters playing with their whole bodies exposed out there."
To be sure, that sentiment is hardly unique in many conservative Muslim countries, where some say women playing sports is immoral and immodest. Increasingly, public opinion is forcing a number of those nations to reconsider the issue.
Three Muslim countries — Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei — have never sent a woman to the Olympic Games. Phys-ed is banned in Saudi Arabia's state-run schools for girls, and local fitness centres are not advertised to avoid drawing scrutiny.
Last year, a Washington-based dissident named Ali al-Ahmed started a campaign called "No women, no play." He is lobbying the International Olympic Committee to ban Saudi Arabia from the Olympics until it allows women to participate.
For years following the revolution in Iran, women were allowed to attend the country's few golf courses. But they were expected to play while wearing long black robes known as the chador. Those restrictions have since been lifted and women in Iran now line up their putts wearing head scarves, pants and long-sleeved tunics.
In Iraq, women's wrestling teams were formed in 2009, with the support of the country's wrestling federation. While some women have competed wearing veils, others have reportedly grappled in shorts and soccer jerseys — but only when there are no male wrestlers in attendance.
In Kenya, where about 10 per cent of residents are Muslim, some girls have chafed over being ordered to wear the long-flowing hijab while playing volleyball, prompting the United Nations to ask Nike and others to help design something more comfortable for athletics that is still conservative.
Even in India, there have been unlikely and high-profile showdowns over women in sports. In 2005, a group of Muslim clerics issued a fatwa, or Islamic judgment demanding that Sania Mirza, the first Indian woman to break into the top 50 in pro tennis, cover herself during matches.
Mirza, then 18, temporarily bowed to the pressure and traded her skirt for shorts.
A few days after her evening practice in Nagpada, Afreen sat up on a thin yellow mattress in her family's lone twin-sized bed and stretched.
As her mother prepared tea, Afreen yawned and admitted she hasn't given much thought to what she'll do if basketball doesn't work out. She's currently taking general courses at Burhani College, an English medium school that costs her father 2,400 rupees a year.
"Maybe teach," she said after a pause. "Maybe teach basketball."
But that may depend on whether her eventual husband is as open-minded as her father.
Karim says he's been saving to pay dowries for both of his two teenaged daughters after paying 100,000 rupees for his eldest daughter's marriage.
"I won't take a single rupee for his wedding," Karim says, ruffling his 15-year-old son Amirhamza's tousled hair. "But traditions are strong. Change comes slow."
Maybe so, but thanks to a taxi driver father, it is coming.


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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has confirmed the death of a female Nigerian pilgrim in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The Head of the Medical Team of NAHCON, Dr Ibrahim Kana, confirmed the development while speaking with newsmen in Makkah today Wednesday August 8th.
He said the deceased, an indigene of Ungogo local government area of Kano state, is a diabetic patient and was taken to the King Abdulaziz Hospital where she died yesterday.
Kana said the identity of the deceased is yet to be released because her family is yet to be informed.


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Don't worry Windows 95 Plus! enthusiasts, Microsoft hasn't forgotten about you and your themes. A recently updated MSDN Library document shows that Microsoft hasn't just brushed themes under the carpet, but instead dusted it off, added some new polish and is even putting it under the spotlight.
The document "Creating and Installing Theme Files" (now edited) has been updated with several "additions to the .theme file format were made for Windows 7". They include:
The [Theme] section of the file contains the following two attributes:
Icon=module,-iconId (example: themeui.dll,-123) or pathToIcon (example: MyTheme.ico)
Windows 7 and later. The icon to show in the theme gallery, either an embedded resource or a path to an .ico file. Paths are relative to the directory of the .theme file.
Desktop Appearance
You can create custom wallpaper for the desktop and specify a path to the graphics file. Additionally, this section of the .theme file can specify whether the screen saver is active. The following example shows how to do modify the desktop appearance. Windows 7 and later: If the slideshow is active, the path can be a path to a folder containing multiple images, or a colon-delimited list of image files.
Windows 7 and later. The following attribute is set to "1" to enable a slide show as the wallpaper.
Theme Packs
Windows 7 and later. A theme pack is a .cab file that contains not only the .theme file but also the files needed to implement the theme on another computer, such as sound files and images. Users can create theme packs through the Personalization application in Control Panel.
This sudden rejuvenation in themes excites me and puzzles me at the same time. On one hand, I have a lot of fond memories with themes in Windows 95 Plus! – the sound effects would always be so bizarre. On the other, OS GUI customization is becoming much less common – much less so in Vista than compared to XP.
Personally, the idea of using a third party visual style in Vista has never even crossed the mind and I'm someone who wouldn't think twice about using a custom style in XP. Does anyone else still use custom styles or even custom themes (cursors, sound effects)?
Update: The Windows 7 information has now been removed. Oh come on Sinofsky, give me a break.


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Motion detection and definition of motion type
Quota workup estimation system
This software system uses several smart data scrapers which collects actual prices and abilities of parts on websites of manufacturers.
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Sort My Photos!
Sort My Photos can process several folders with source photos, find similar and double photos, sort photos in required order, rotate and copy in folders by dates when the photo was made.


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As published on finance.yahoo.com, Tuesday 9 June, 2020.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Hong Kong's status as a global financial hub is important not only to China but the rest of the world, a senior IMF official said on Tuesday as the Chinese territory faced renewed pro-democracy unrest.
"Hong Kong is underpinned by a very strong financial sector...and a monetary system that is anchored to rules, and well governed and well understood by the world," International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Geoffrey Okamoto said at a roundtable teleconference.
"Hong Kong is important not just to China but to the rest of world. We want to retain Hong Kong's (status) as a financial hub," he said, adding that the IMF expected to issue a revised update to its world economic outlook on June 24.
China's parliament has recently approved a decision to go forward with national security legislation for Hong Kong that democracy activists, diplomats and some in the business world fear will jeopardise its semi-autonomous status and role as an international financial centre.
Okamoto spoke as hundreds of protesters gathered in Hong Kong's city centre to mark a year of sustained pro-democracy rallies amid fears of renewed unrest over the national security legislation.
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed economies around the globe to the verge of deep recession, forcing the IMF to cut its world economic forecasts.
Okamoto said that while the immediate response should be to deploy all necessary tools to protect lives and jobs, policy support needed to shift when countries end lockdown measures imposed to contain the pandemic.
"The reopening of economies...and a return to a growth phase will require different policies. Removing some policy support (may be necessary) because keeping them in place could have more distorting effects," he said, without elaborating.
Asian economies have deployed extraordinary fiscal and monetary measures to cushion the economic blow from the pandemic.
Some countries with huge overseas borrowing have suffered from massive capital outflows in March, though market volatility has subsided since then.


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National Night Out Brings Police, Community Together
Murrieta residents are invited to meet and communicate with members of the Murrieta Police Department at the annual National Night Out, to...
The event is free. According to a news release from the police department, the event is designed to heighten crime prevention awareness, strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community relationships, and send a firm message to criminals, letting them know that the Murrieta community is organized and will fight back.
The Murrieta Police Department is collaborating with Target, which is a national corporate sponsor and coordinator of the event. Local Target stores will sponsor a barbecue with free hot dogs and drinks. Target will also have some giveaways sponsored by local businesses and will host a raffle.
In addition, Murrieta police will have several displays and informational booths available for the public, including the department's SWAT team and equipment, the Traffic trailer, Off-Road Enforcement Motorcycles and the Police/Fire Mobile Command Post vehicle. There will be police K-9 demonstrations as well.
There will also be a "kid zone" with children's activities. Public safety departments and service organizations, including the Murrieta Fire Department, Code Enforcement, U.S Border Patrol, California Highway Patrol, Mercy Air Ambulance, the Community Emergency Response Team, Police Volunteer Program, and Michelle's Place, will have displays and personnel on hand to answer questions.
The public is invited to bring lawn chairs and pop-up style shades and picnic in the park. Questions related to the police department's role in this event should be directed to Lt. Tony Conrad at 951-461-6309.


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Mother Meera
Mother Meera
Kamala Reddy
26 December 1960
Chandepalle, Telangana, India
Mother Meera, born Kamala Reddy (born 26 December 1960) is believed by her devotees to be an embodiment (Avatar) of the Divine Mother (Shakti or Devi).[1]
Life account[edit]
Born in Chandepally a small village in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana, India, she allegedly had her first samādhi, a state of complete spiritual absorption, at the age of six, which lasted for a whole day.[2] When she was 12 her uncle Bulgur Venkat Reddy met her for the first time, and was convinced that the girl had already appeared to him in the form of visions. He came to believe that she is the Divine Mother and started to take care of her, allowing her to unfold her inner experiences. Her parents Antamma and Veera Reddy live in Madanapalle, Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.[3]
In 1974, uncle Reddy brought Mother Meera to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, of which he was a member.[4] There she first met Westerners and started to give darshan. She is however not associated with the Sri Aurobindo Ashram today. In 1979 she was invited by her first devotees to Canada, where she went several times. Meanwhile, uncle Reddy's health started to deteriorate.
In 1981 she made her first trip to West Germany, where she, together with uncle Reddy and her close companion Adilakshmi, settled down a year later. She married a German in 1982. Uncle Reddy died in 1985 and was buried in the local cemetery in Dornburg-Thalheim, Hesse.[5] For some years now, she has been giving darshan (literally seeing, primarily in a spiritual context) at Schloss Schaumburg in Balduinstein, a small town in Germany. Previously, in the early 1990s, she gave darshan in a house in the town of Thalheim, some 5 km northwest of Hadamar in Germany. She also visits the United States on a regular basis (see links below).
Mother Meera receives thousands of visitors of all religions for darshan which she conducts in total silence. Her darshan consists of a ritual, where she will touch a person's head, and then look into their eyes. During this process, she reportedly 'unties knots' in the person's subtle system and permeates them with light.[6] She doesn't charge any money for doing so and she will not give lectures. Mother Meera's reported task on Earth was in calling down a dynamic light-force from the Supreme (Paramatman – the supreme Self) in collaboration with other saints and divine beings, as she says, making spiritual progress on earth easier.[7] About this light she says:
Like electricity, the Light is everywhere, but one must know how to activate it. I have come for that.[8]
Through Japa, the mental remembrance of any Divine Name or Mantra, which may be done informally, and whenever convenient, people could open themselves up to this Light.[9] She does not claim to be a guru or have followers. To be connected to her work, people do not have to recognise her. Her teaching is mainly related to Bhakti, that is devotion to God, and in that she accepts all denominations.
Mother Meera does not belong to any particular tradition, except for a certain closeness to the work of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother,[10] whom she was reported to have met in their subtle bodies, when she was a child, visiting their Samadhi (grave).[11] She teaches the unity of all religions. Everyone can go their own ways. It is only important to be connected with the light (the personal spiritual role model) every day by praying, reading or meditating.
After splitting from Mother Meera, the writer and former follower Andrew Harvey wrote The Sun at Midnight.[12] In it, Harvey accused Meera of homophobia, saying that Mother Meera disapproved of Harvey's marriage to another man. In his first book about her, Hidden Journey, Harvey had originally praised her as an avatar, attributing his own claimed enlightenment to her. Harvey's accusation of homophobia is disputed. One of Harvey's former lovers, the writer Mark Matousek (1997),[13] said that: "I do know that the idea that she's homophobic is completely ridiculous. For God's sake, we were served breakfast in bed together in her house."[14]
- Answers, Part I – by Mother Meera, ISBN 0-9622973-3-X
- Answers, Part II – by Mother Meera, ISBN 3-9805475-5-8
"One common mistake is to think that one reality is the reality. You must always be prepared to leave one reality for a greater one." – Answers, Part I
See also[edit]
- ^ Adilakshmi Olati, "The Mother", page 4
- ^ Adilakshmi, 'The Mother', page 9
- ^ Mother Meera, "Answers, part II", page 21 -23
- ^ Adilakshmi, 'The Mother', page 10
- ^ Adilakshmi, 'The Mother', page 7
- ^ Adilakshmi, "The Mother", pages 87 -88
- ^ Adilakshmi, "The Mother", pages 38 – 40
- ^ Answers, Part I
- ^ Mother Meera, "Answers, Part I", pages 89 -98
- ^ See 'Sri Aurobindo Research Academy' in Mother Meera, "Answers, Part II", pages 189 – 195
- ^ Adilakshmi, "The Mother", pages 10 – 12
- ^ Harvey, Andrew, The Sun at Midnight: A Memoir of the Dark Night, 2002, ISBN 1-58542-179-0
- ^ Mark Matousek Homepage www.markmatousek.com, accessed 16 May 2021
- ^ Mark Matousek, "Sex, Death, Enlightenment"
Further reading[edit]
- The Mother – by Adilakshmi, ISBN 3-00-000241-3
- At the Feet of Mother Meera: The Lessons of Silence – by Sonia Linebaugh, ISBN 1-4134-1053-7
- Hidden Journey: A Spiritual Awakening – by Andrew Harvey, ISBN 0-14-019448-7
- In Search of the Divine Mother: The Mystery of Mother Meera – by Martin Goodman, ISBN 0-06-251509-8
- Sex Death Enlightenment – Mark Matousek (1997), Riverhead books, ISBN 1-57322-581-9
External links[edit]
- 1960 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Hindu religious leaders
- 21st-century Hindu religious leaders
- 20th-century Indian women
- 20th-century Indian people
- 21st-century Indian women
- 21st-century Indian people
- German Hindus
- German people of Indian descent
- Indian Hindu saints
- Indian women religious leaders
- People considered avatars by their followers
- People from Nalgonda
- Telugu people
- Women mystics


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Published July 29, 2009 at 10:23 a.m.
New York State has more than 50,000 miles of rivers and streams, and more than 7500 ponds, lakes and reservoirs. Over the centuries, they've been used for trade, travel and recreation by everyone from Native Americans and early European settlers to extreme kayakers and inner-tube floaters.
It's surprising, then, to learn that the public's right to navigate these waters is hidden deep within a thicket of legalese, in the form of two state court opinions. An effort is underway by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to codify those common-law principles into an easy-to-read statute, but opposing private-property owners and a poorly functioning state senate suggest the process won't be smooth sailing.
At issue is proper interpretation of the public-trust doctrine, an ancient legal precept that prohibits private ownership of certain natural resources, such as air and water. A subset of that doctrine is the right of the public to navigate the waters, which has existed since New York became a state. But which waters are considered "navigable," and for what purpose? And in what kind of craft? And to what extent does it allow portaging — carrying a small boat over land — around obstacles such as rapids and beaver dams?
Since 1866, the law has been clear that navigation for commercial purposes is permitted and that waters are "navigable in fact" if they are of public use in the transportation of property. That decision, however, said nothing about recreational navigation of public waters in canoes and kayaks.
Enter the Sierra Club. On a late spring day in 1991, a few members of the Atlantic chapter of the environmental organization, along with a reporter, paddled two canoes and a kayak 27 miles along the South Branch of the Moose River in the Adirondacks. Twelve of those miles flowed through private property owned by the Adirondack League Club. Two weeks later, the ALC sued the Sierra Club as well as each paddler individually. Claiming civil trespass, they asked for $5 million dollars in punitive damages.
After years of litigation that cost the ALC upward of one million dollars, conservationists got what they were looking for: a court decision that proclaimed recreational use to be an adjunct to commercial use. The court also secured the right to enter upon the land next to a body of water, when absolutely necessary, for purposes incidental to navigation, such as portaging and scouting ahead.
Although that was all good news for recreational boaters, it didn't totally clarify the situation. Charles Morrison, the former director of Natural Resources Planning for the New York DEC, knows there's a better way. "We need to have this written down in one place," he says. "Because right now it's scattered and very difficult to find." The law, he asserts, should be part of the New York statutes.
In fact, Morrison, 80, has been working on this issue since the late 1970s, when he started receiving letters at his DEC office from Paul Jamieson, the late co-author of the popular guidebook Adirondack Canoe Waters: North Flow. Jamieson recognized the murky status of navigability, and his letters begat a campaign by the DEC to get a bill through the legislature. The first try was in 1989, but by then the issue had become politically controversial. Then the Sierra Club won its case, and the plight of paddlers was all but forgotten. "Nobody was talking about it anymore," Morrison recalls.
Morrison revived interest in a new statute in 2006, using the connections he gained while working in the state government for most of his career. The assembly introduced a bill in the current session, but this time it's pared down to bare essentials: "All we wanted was a clear-cut statement of the right of public navigation and a definition of navigability," Morrison explains. The bill also allows the DEC to make a list of the waters that are "navigable in fact."
Not everyone is going with the flow. Speaking for the Adirondack Landowners Agency, Ross Whaley, the former chairman of the Adirondack Park Association, says the opposition is focused on "issues of emphasis in the wording rather than substance." Whaley is a canoeist.
The ALA wants to make sure that the "right to navigate" isn't broadened into the "right to recreate." The bill seems to respond to this by prohibiting the public from using navigable waters to access private land on which to hike, picnic and camp. But the ALA wants to also prohibit waterborne recreation on private land, such as swimming, jetskiing or floating in an inner tube — none of which is closely related to travel and navigation.
In response to this, Morrison says that the opposition "has an ungrounded fear that people are going to go in places they've never been before and picnic and camp and crap. And it's just ridiculous."
In any event, the bill won't likely make it through this year. "It's my hope," says Whaley, "that next January we can get a couple of interested and wise legislators to hammer out a better law."
New York's Adirondack Park provides the rugged backdrop for Burlington's killer sunsets. But there are many more dimensions to the region, which comprises 6.1 million acres, 11 counties and 46 peaks that rise above 4000 feet. An outdoorsman might say everything's bigger, steeper, longer and colder over there. A sociologist might note the juxtaposition of hardscrabble poverty and blue-blood entitlement, correction facilities and priceless historic camps. The North Country doesn't beckon with some bed-and-breakfast come-on. It's real. And it's real close.
Our stories this week offer a small glimpse into the place that gives Vermonters our most majestic view.
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DPC Photo Trip to Cambodia
Thailand and Combodai Trip. April 2018
This gives me Immense pleasure to Invite you for the next DPC Photo Trip to Thailand and Combodia .
As usual we have the history of exploring the unexplored . So this time we thought of doing a Road trip to Bangkok to Cambodia and so on .
Here is brief plan to just know you thoughts on the same
How are we travelling: Plan for the Trip
14th April Day 1 Delhi Bangkok. Flight
15th April Day 2 Bangkok Local. Taxi and Local Transport
16th April Day 3 Bangkok to Saim Reap. Direct Bus
17th April Day 4 Angkor Wat
18th April Day 5 Angkor Wat
19th April Day 6 Angkor Wat
20th April Day 7 Local Siam Reap Taxi and Local Transport
21th April Day 8 Siam Reap to Bangkok. Bus
22nd April Day 9 Fly to Delhi from Bangkok. Flight
About Cambodia
Cambodia lies entirely within the tropics, its low-lying central plain bordered by low mountains and uplands. In its transitional plains, forested elevations are found as the landscape extends outwards. And it is in these geographical changes that you will find some magnificent temples, royal palaces and other ancient architectural marvels by which to be enthralled.
Despite centuries of political turmoil, depredation and horrors of war, this nation stands as yet another testimony to the essence of endurance, a vital spirit of the human condition. Not only is its culture rich in lowland ethnic majority but also in its diverse hill tribes. In its enchanting landscapes, Cambodia has temples and beaches that attract seekers of raw elegance.
Meanwhile, renowned for the Angkor Wat ruins, Siem Reap is a province in which ancient temples exist amidst natural geographical beauty.
Like most Asian countries, Cambodia too comprises centuries of history in its varying terrains. So you may breathe its air, bathe in its light, and return with many memories to fill you travel memoirs.
What to see and photograph:
Trip to Thailand and Cambodia will begin at New Delhi Airport. Buddhist monasteries there will make for interesting photography subjects and kindle your vision and imagination, coaxing you gently into making evocative images.
Dedicated to Shiva, the pink limestone walls containing the best bas reliefs of any temple at Angkor, Banteay Srey will charm you. The wooden houses on tall stilts in Kampong Kleang are a delight to watch. At the Tonlé Sap Lake, floating houses and people's way of living are some amazing details you would want to record as photographs.
The magnificent remains of the Khmer Empire, the Angkor Archaeological Park will be a breathtaking encounter visually, architecturally and artistically. Explore and photograph the hidden temples, temples of Bayon, Baphoun and Terrace of Elephants and The Leper King. Visit the main temple, Angkor Wat, which is arguably the main reason many visit Cambodia.
In the remains of Roluos Group of Temples, the first major capital of the Angkorian-era Empire, visit the Lolei, Preah Ko and Bakong temples. In Bakong temple area, the largest and the most interesting of the Roluos Group of Temples, there is still an active Buddhist monastery.
Other Important Details
Stay: will be on twin sharing basis in 3 star Hotels and guest houses of that repute (Remain assured) .
Mode of travel: We will be traveling by Flight and local travel will be in taxi and mini buses and state transport .
Fee (per person): Rs. 75,000/- (including registration fee)
For Members : Rs. 68,000/-
Cost are inclusive of Flights ( to Bangkok by Indigo or Jet Airways)
Travel & group transfers, stay and meals
Visa fee Thailand and Cambodia
3 Day pass to Angkor
Does not include tickets for camera and equipment if any)


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