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16th October 2014
Hello and welcome to ENews 2014-06.
The headlines this time round:
Ex Lockkeeper's house on the market,
But you'll need a few bob to complete.
The recent Quiz Night was successful,
So there's likely to be a repeat.
Update on progress with 1A,
Things really are moving along.
Income from the flow at Dudbridge,
A stream that is proving quite strong.
300 Club payout this quarter,
3 lucky people to share.
The AGM happens next weekend,
Trust Members are most welcome there.
Please read on for the stories behind these headlines.
Quite a rare opportunity to own a Thames & Severn Canal lock cottage has arisen.
The one at South Cerney has recently come onto the market, but you'll need deep pockets as the asking price is £475,000. Agents' details can be found at http://goo.gl/8L70WN
The Cotswold Canals Trust owns some of the garden between the filled in lock and Claymeadow Cutting – so any prospective purchasers will need to be aware of this and of the Trust's long-term plans for this particular stretch.
A very enjoyable Quiz Night was held at Frombridge Mill a month or so ago. A total of 9 teams competed for a Trophy by answering questions on water related topics.
The Quiz ended with the presentation of the Trophy and Certificates. Although the Quiz was primarily a social event, team entry fees contributed £90 to Trust funds and a further £46 was raised by the raffle held during the half-time interval. It is likely to become an annual event in the Social Calendar.
Once again I have Stroud District Council's Dave Marshall to thank for the following update.
Dudbridge: A contract for repairing the winter storm damage to the bypass channel should be awarded shortly, although the start date is not yet available. Before it does start volunteers will be repairing the brick 'invert' (base of the lock) where some bricks were washed out by high flows. The contractor may well need to route river flow directly through the locks whilst the bypass is repaired, hence the need to carry out the invert repairs first.
Wallbridge Lower Lock: The post and mesh revetment along both sides of the channel is now complete. The contractor has also completed temporary works to protect the fish/eel pass excavations from flooding. This excavation work has now started. Land & Water Services has completed dredging work between the lock and Lodgemore Bridge. The company also cleared the lock chamber and removed the dangerous overhanging wall.
Work along this stretch is being funded with the assistance of a £100,000 grant from the Veolia Environmental Trust. Two webcams covering this section have been installed – see www.stroud.gov.uk/canalcams.
Towpath Work: As always, volunteers are doing sterling work on the towpath. The surface between Arundel Aqueduct and Bowbridge is now complete – this work was funded by Newland Homes as part of a S106 planning condition. At Capels Mill, they are adjusting the camber on the sloping sections of towpath to address erosion issues, whilst on the flatter sections, problems with puddles are being resolved.
Bowbridge Lock: Rebuilding of the collapsed wharf wall just above the lock is nearing completion and by the end of this month the towpath behind it will have been restored. The stonework is of a very high standard and credit is due to the volunteer team that undertook the task. This section will double as a landing stage to serve the lock and will include the provision of mooring bollards. Meanwhile, stripping of defective brickwork from the lock offside continues. Water flowing through the lock has been piped.
Griffin's Mill: Temporary fencing around the site has been removed and permanent field fencing installed. Work to rebuild the nearby Jubilee Wharf wall is now complete; this has virtually stopped a long-running leak from the canal into the adjacent River Frome.
Ham Mill Lock: Restoration of this Listed structure has been taken on by a team from the Cotswold Canals Trust's Western Depot at Eastington. They have already prepared the site and we look forward to working with them to see this project through to completion.
An excellent suggestion has been received from my other reader; it was felt that you may like to be kept abreast of how the Dudbridge Hydro Scheme is working and have some idea of what it's actually generated since its inception. And, of course, some idea of what this means in cash terms to the Stroud Valley Canals Company (SVCC).
SVCC Director and CCT Chief Executive Ken Burgin tells me:
"Total generation to date is approx 62 Megawatt hours which, when all the receipts come in, is worth about £15,500. This is in spite of some quite long outages caused by restoration work, including the Dudbridge Locks, not forgetting last December's serious flooding.
"The hydro scheme income goes to SVCC and SVCC puts money into CCT either in the form of supporting costs, buying materials or providing capital kit on which SVCC is able to claim back 20% VAT (unlike CCT). Examples are the Wookey Hole work boat and the weed cutter. Part of the hydro income has to go to pay off a loan provided by SDC."
For some background to SVCC, have a look at http://goo.gl/Ur2I9k
300's 3 WINNERS
The 300 Club Quarterly Draw took place on Thursday 15th October at the Trust's Wallbridge Visitor Centre. Once again the prize fund exceeded £1,000 and a total of £1,046 was shared by the 3 lucky winners.
The first prize of £627 was won by Mr Jenkins of Bristol, the second prize of £314 by Mrs S Attwood of Stroud (That'll help pay for the holiday, Sue!), and the third prize of £105 went to Ms Watson of Cirencester.
If you would like to find out more about the 300 Club and would like to join or just increase your existing stake, please visit http://goo.gl/eC904v
It's AGM time again; next Saturday (25th) is the date, New Memorial Hall Lechlade is the venue and 10:30 is the start time.
Links to last year's Minutes, this year's Agenda and copies of the Trust's accounts can be found at http://goo.gl/ph1Am0
Once the formalities are complete Chief Executive Ken Burgin will provide a restoration update and hot on his heels will be Val Kirby (Chair of the 1B Bid Team) with her update on the funding process for 1B.
All this should take until 12:30/13:00, after when members are invited to visit the CCT's Eastern Maintenance Depot at Alex Farm and the Weymoor Bridge restoration. Directions will be available at the AGM.
For further information (including contact details) about any items marked by an asterisk, please go to www.cct.teamconnect.org.uk and the Message Boards that can be found on the Activities and Rosters page. To become a registered volunteer follow the Register Me Now link.
Mondays and Wednesdays from 09:00*: Maintenance activity at Western Depot Eastington.
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 09:00*: Maintenance activity at Eas
tern Depot Eisey.
Tuesdays from 10:00: Work Parties at Griffins Mill Lock
Thursdays from 10:00: Introductory volunteer sessions aimed at those new to volunteering. Meet Wallbridge Visitor Centre. Existing CCT volunteers more than welcome.
25th – CCT AGM at New Memorial Hall Lechlade from 10:30am
28th – Construction Action Group Meeting at Down Ampney Village Hall, 19:30
4th – Noggin 'n' Natter at the Alehouse Stroud from 19:30
19th – Eastern Branch meeting Trout Inn Lechlade from 19:30
25th – Construction Action Group Meeting at Brimscombe Port, 19:30
9th – Noggin 'n' Natter at the Alehouse Stroud from 19:30
17th – Eastern Branch meeting Trout Inn Lechlade from 19:30
23rd – Construction Action Group Meeting at Down Ampney Village Hall, 19:30
If you have any item you consider newsworthy then please send me an email, although I would ask you to bear in mind that I always look for a connection with the Stroudwater, Thames and Severn or the CCT before considering any article for publication.
Any and all feedback – preferably good, but bad as well – is more than welcome.
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Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger has tied the nuptial knot with Serbian tennis star Ana Ivanovic on Tuesday – having been in a relationship since 2014.
Schweinsteiger looked dapper in a navy blue suit while Ivanovic looked elegant in a white dress.
The newlyweds were a picture of happiness as they left Venice City Hall hand in hand.
Also known as the Palazzo Cavalli, the Venice City Hall has been dedicated to wedding ceremonies since 1990.
The high and old Venetian style windows with the Grand Canal as a backdrop make it a picturesque setting that clearly caught the eye of Ivanovic and Schweinsteiger too.
The couple had to let friends know to keep the dates from July 11 to 13 free for a celebration – one that Australian Open winner Angelique Kerber had let slip in January was to be a wedding.
And it was understandably for the married couples families too as Ivanovic's parents, Mirsolav and Dragana, beamed with pride – with the former taking a photo on his mobile.
Schweinsteiger's father, Alfred, and older brother, Tobias, were also in attendance.
Tuesday's wedding comes less than a week after Schweinsteiger failed to inspire Germany to the final of Euro 2016 as they succumbed to a 2-0 defeat by France in the last four.
The 31-year-old was penalised for handball to concede the penalty that brought the first of Antoine Griezmann's two goals as hosts France eliminated the 2014 World Cup winners in Marseille on July 7.
Schweinsteiger may well have played his last game for his country, with reports he is considering immediate retirement from the international game, but he did not touch on that in an open letter posted on the German Football Association's Facebook page last week.


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A high signal to noise ratio (SNR) indicates a cleaner and better quality image.
For more more details on how to interpret our test data, check out our full explanation of our noise and dynamic range tests.
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JPEG signal to noise ratio
These results show that the Nikon Coolpix P330's JPEG files have a very similar signal to noise ratio to those from the Nikon P7700, but show a stronger SNR than those from the Olympus XZ-2 throughout the sensitivity range. The P330's JPEGs show a weaker signal to noise ratio than those from the Canon PowerShot S110 at most sensitivities, although the P330's images creep ahead at ISO 6400.
Raw signal to noise ratio
This time, the signal to noise ratios of the TIFF images (after conversion from raw) from the Nikon Coolpix P330 are the weakest of the group at ISO 80. The P330 creeps ahead of the Nikon P7700 at ISO 100 and 200, before falling behind again for the rest of the sensitivity range. Similarly, the P330 picks up its performance in the mid-to-high sensitivities and shows a greater signal to noise ratio than the Olympus XZ-2 at ISO 800 and above. The P330 shows weaker SNR than the Canon PowerShot S110 at every sensitivity except ISO 3200, where it slightly outperforms it.
JPEG dynamic range
JPEG results for dynamic range are closer together than those for signal to noise ratio, with the Nikon Coolpix P330's JPEG images showing similar dynamic range to those from the Canon PowerShot S110 and Nikon P7700 at ISO 80-400, after which point the other cameras' images overtake it. Conversely, the P330's JPEGS show weaker dynamic range than the Olympus XZ-2's at the lower sensitivities, but after ISO 1600 they produce very similar scores.
Raw dynamic range
This chart indicates that TIFF images (after conversion from raw) from the Nikon Coolpix P330 show the greatest dynamic range of the group at ISO 80, if only barely. At ISO 100-800, the P330's raw images show significantly less dynamic range than those from the Olympus XZ-2 and Canon PowerShot S110, before this changes again at ISO 1600 and above, putting the P330's raw images ahead again. The P330's raw images show very similar dynamic range to those of the Nikon P7700 at ISO 100, 200, 1600 and 3200, with the P7700 surging ahead in the mid range.


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Internship @ People's Union for Civil Liberties PUCL, Jaipur : Good Work, No Stipend
Name. College. Year of Study
Shikha Sinha, Chanakya National Law University, III year.
Name of the organisation. City
PUCL, NGO. Jaipur
How big was the office? Team strength?
Office is small. There is one office secretary out there who handles all the work.
Application procedure. Internship contact details
Application can be sent to either office secretary or direct to the general secretary (Ms. Kavita Srivastava) at
[email protected] or [email protected].
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I have worked at PUCL, Jaipur for 3 weeks, 6 days a week.
Office timings are strict 9 in the morning till 8-9 p.m. depends on amount of work to be done.
Accommodation: how, where, how was it?
There are many P.G.'s around, so finding P.G. is an easy job. I have contacted the office secretary itself and he arranged the P.G. nearby.
First impression. First day, formalities etc.
First day of the work at PUCL, Jaipur was very nice, meeting different people and having interaction with them was indeed the best thing but it also included the various details about our internship and the strict timing which is to be followed.
Main tasks
Usually we were asked for research work which mostly included field work, we went to schools, NREGA, night shelters, had interaction with them and prepare the report and submit it to the General Secretary who was very hardworking and expected same from us.
Work environment, people
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Best things?
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Bad things?
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What did you do to chill? Co-interns, colleagues
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Russian Foreign Ministry sees no preconditions for resuming disarmament dialogue with US
The Russian side does not see preconditions for resuming a dialogue with the United States on strategic nuclear arms, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a review on "Russia's Foreign Policy Activities in 2015" posted on the ministry's website on Tuesday.
"There has been stagnation in our dialogue with the United States on arms control issues. Those contacts were incidental in view of the previous decision of Barack Obama's administration to stop bilateral military interaction," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"We steadily tried to bring our point home to the Americans that we do not see any preconditions for resuming a concrete discussion on strategic nuclear arms issues except for the continuation of regular sessions of the Bilateral Consultative Commission (BCC) to discuss issues related to the implementation of the START treaty," the Russian Foreign Ministry noted adding that the sides had continued working jointly in multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation formats.
US deterring policy erects barriers to normal relations
According to the ministry, the Washington-pursued policy of "deterring" Russia is erecting barriers to normal relations and is destabilizing the world situation.
"Despite the well-established interaction on most vital issues on the international agenda, Washington has, on the whole, refused to give up its policy of pressure and 'deterrence' of Russia. It continues imposing its policy line on the European allies relying on countries with the most pro-Atlantic thinking," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"The fact that the United States has enshrined these goals in its strategic planning documents and military policy is erecting long-term barriers to normalizing the relations and is undermining the basic for security and stability globally, including the Euro-Atlantic region," the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed.
It added that Russia had always been open to cooperation in the solution of global and regional problems on the basis of equality, mutual respect and concern for interests in compliance with international law.
Attempts to put pressure on Russia futile
The ministry has drawn Washington's attention to the fact that attempts to exert pressure on Russia have no prospects, the US should adhere to the principles of mutual respect and non-interference in internal affairs.
"During our bilateral contacts, we consistently pointed to the Americans that attempts to exert pressure on Russia are futile and demanded complying with the principles of equality, mutual respect and non-interference in internal affairs," the ministry said. "At the same time, we continued practical cooperation in the areas that meet Russia's interests and the tasks of ensuring international security."
"We continued to demand solving bilateral problems from Washington, many of which were created artificially by the US prior to the Ukrainian crisis," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "We insisted that the US law enforcement agencies should stop hunting for Russian citizens travelling abroad bypassing the existing agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters."
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I received a phone call from the Dr's office this morning saying that my results from the Fetal Fibronectin Test came back positive and that I was high risk for possible pre-term labor. I was told to head to the hospital and check in to Antepartum.
So here I am - at the hospital with a killer headache. They hooked me up to machines for an hour to monitor contractions. I had lots of small 10-20sec Braxton Hicks and one strong 90 sec contraction. Dr said I have a UTI which could be what's causing the contractions. They gave me IV antibiotics and fluids and they are keeping me over night to see the high risk Dr in the morning for an u/s. I asked my Dr why she wanted an ultrasound with a high risk doctor and what exactly they were looking for. She said with that type of u/s they are able to see exactly where my water is located, where the baby is positioned and whether my cervix is short or long. The location of my water and baby will allow them to determine whether they need to worry about my water breaking and if my cervix is short, that would be something for them to worry about also (as far as pre-term labor goes). My doctor also said that they may give me a steroid shot to speed up baby's lung development in case he is born a preemie. She said they normally stop that at 34 weeks so she isn't sure if he will give it to me or not. So, we will know more in the morning after the ultrasound, I suppose.
My doctor also wants me to take the albuterol (she has been wanting me to take it since 31 weeks - I am 34 weeks, 1 day) but I turned it down. I had a bad experience with that stuff when pregnant with Ava and would prefer avoid it at all costs. Obviously, if I am having consistent contractions, etc then I would take it. But just don't feel like its needed right now. My body is doing what it should be doing, so long as the process doesn't speed up any. This is my last baby and I would like to experience going into labor naturally so I really don't want anything that is going to stop my body from doing that.
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These intricate and beautifully detailed line drawings of the world of birds are ready for you to bring to life. Relieve stress, practice your mindfulness, and discover your creative side as you unplug and slow down by filling these exquisite pages with color.No matter our age, useful mindfulness techniques can help re-center us amidst a world of noisy stimuli constantly vying for our attention. Coloring can act like a tranquil meditation—relax and unwind with this calming coloring book for adults featuring beautifully detailed line drawings and designs of birds and their idyllic environments. Make your mark—inside or outside the lines—with these fifty beautiful black and white illustrations of birds soaring through the sky, nesting comfortably, and resting serenely amidst the tree foliage, just waiting for your gentle touch to bring them vibrantly to life. Don't miss the other adult coloring books in the Color Me Mindful series: Color Me Mindful: Underwater, and Color Me Mindful: Tropical, Color Me Mindful: Seasons; Color Me Mindful: Enchanted Creatures, and Color Me Mindful: Butterflies. Join the coloring craze!
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Rae Armantrout's most recent book of poetry, Versed, was published in Feb. of 2009. Next Life (Wesleyan, 2007), was chosen as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2007 by The New York Times. Other recent books include Collected Prose (Singing Horse, 2007), Up to Speed (Wesleyan, 2004), The Pretext (Green Integer, 2001), and Veil: New and Selected Poems (Wesleyan University Press, 2001). Her poems have been included in anthologies such as American Hybrid (Norton, 2009), Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology (1993), American Women Poets in the 21st Century: Where Language Meets the Lyric Tradition, (Wesleyan, 2002), The Oxford Book of American Poetry (Oxford, 2006) and The Best American Poetry of 1988, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2008.. Armantrout received an award in poetry from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 2007 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008. She is Professor of Poetry and Poetics at the University of California, San Diego.
Laura Sims is the author of two books of poems: Practice, Restraint, winner of the 2005 Fence Books Alberta Prize, and Stranger, forthcoming from Fence Books in 2009. Her book reviews and essays have appeared in Boston Review, New England Review, Rain Taxi, and The Review of Contemporary Fiction, and she has recently published poems in the journals Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, CAB/NET, and Crayon. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches writing at Baruch College in Manhattan.


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David Via plays bluegrass music at Center City Park in Greensboro from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Later in the evening, the Josephine Collective, After Midnight Project, En Serenade, Love and Reverie, 100 Yorktown and Sinking the Shoreline mash it up at Greene Street in Greensboro on Wednesday.
Certified blues legend Bob Margolin hosts a guitar clinic at the Flatiron in Greensboro on Thursday, while former Doobie Brother and Steely Dan alum Michael McDonald covers old soul tunes at War Memorial Auditorium.
Mike Garrigan and Mark Kano, formerly of hometown heroes Athenaeum, join Civil Twilight, a South African Band adrift in America, at the Blind Tiger in Greensboro on Thursday. Wait, there's more: The Waybacks appear at Triad Stage on South Elm Street as part of the EMF Fringe series.
Catch Aaron Lee Tasjan, an Ohio songwriter relocated to Brooklyn, at the Garage in Winston-Salem on Thursday with local host Joe Blevins.
The Rob Massengale Band plays Friendly Friday Melodies at the Friendly Center in Greensboro on Friday. Concertgoers are asked to bring canned goods for Second Harvest.
The Solcetfre Project holds residence at Renaissance Jazz Café on Friday, while over on Walker Avenue Hot Politics simmers the funk at the Blind Tiger.
Fresh from the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, Okla., New York City-based singer-songwriter Amy Speace lands at the Garage in Winston-Salem with her band the Tear Jerks on Friday. Opening honors go to Lee Terry & the Near Strangers, a local experimental folk-rock group not to be confused with the Republican congressman from Nebraska.
Rubberband, Chuck Folds' party machine, takes off at Summer on Trade in Winston-Salem on Saturday.
Goodnight Man, continuing its indie-rock gospel evangelization campaign for world domination, joins forces with Transmission Fields and Sleepsound at the Garage on Saturday, while Terrence & the Tall Boys, Lovely Leaves and Love Craft work it on out at the Werehouse.
Bluegrass mayhem and innovation takes place at the Blind Tiger on Saturday when the Family Eversole teams up with Swampboat on Saturday.
George Clinton, the funk renegade and Kannapolis native who freed Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker and the Collins brothers from James Brown's unrelenting soul tyranny, steers the mothership into the Millennium Center in Winston-Salem on Sunday, July 20. The SoloS Unit Band will be riding shotgun.
The Carter Brothers bring their stylized Nashville country soul to the High Point Arts Splash on July 20, and another Nashville exile Tori Sparks shares the stage with Greensboro's Karla Davis at the Blind Tiger.
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The Rotary Club of Accra Labone on Saturday inaugurated an eight-unit toilet facility with an adjoining urinal worth an estimated $50,000 to the Bepoase Basic School in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region.
A hand washing facility was also installed on the premises of the school to encourage the pupils to wash their hands after using the toilet.
This forms part of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Health (WASH) project jointly collaborated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Rotary International and Global Communities, a not-for-profit organization engaged in social services and humanitarian activities.
Under the project, boreholes and toilet facilities are being constructed across the country to improve sanitation and health practices in deprived communities.
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Speaking at the inauguration, President of Rotary Club of Accra Labone, George Agyekum said the toilet facility was built for the school because children are most vulnerable to water borne and hygiene related diseases.
He explained that lack of toilet facilities pose serious health risks that lead to infectious diseases like diarrhoea and cholera which can lead to death if not quickly treated.
Already global development priorities; water, sanitation and hygiene feature prominently on the list of the United Nations and other non-governmental organizations whose efforts are geared towards alleviating diseases caused by poor sanitation and unsafe water.
Mr Agyekum expressed optimism that with the provision of the toilet and hand washing facilities the incidence and exposure to such diseases will be reduced.
A pupil washes her hands following the demonstration of the immediate past president, Mr Lamptig Apamga
Mr Isaac Otutu Awuah, a retired teacher and representative of the Odekro of Bepoase commended the organisations that made the construction of the facility possible.
He said as a retired teacher, he was happy to see the facility constructed in the town and on behalf of the community expressed gratitude to members of the Rotary Club of Accra Labone for their support.
Mr Awuah said a decent toilet facility is something worth appreciating and urged the teachers and pupils to properly manage the facility to ensure its sustainability.
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Assembly woman for the Bepoase electoral area, Esther Teiko said the construction of the facility will be of immense benefit to the community and school children due to previous incidents encountered in the bushes where the children usual go to defecate.
"So, with the one that you have constructed which is so hygienic, we know the incidence of cholera and diarrhoea will reduce and will enhance the image of the school and community," she said.
She noted that female students will not have to miss school when they are menstruating as a separate unit was constructed purposely to cater for such needs.
Some of the pupils of the school at the inauguration ceremony
While expressing appreciation for the construction of the facility, she said poor roads and lack of social infrastructure are among the many challenges faced by the community and lamented its neglect by past and present governments.
She said important facilities like a science and computer lab are non-existent in the school which affects the performance of the pupils in national examinations.
She therefore appealed to well-meaning Ghanaians and organizations to come to the aid of the school.
Rotary Club of Accra Labone President, George Agyekum, the chief's representative, Mr Isaac Otutu and the assembly woman for the area ready to cut the tape to inaugurate the facility
Lamptig Apamga, the immediate past president of Rotary Club of Accra Labone educated the school children and guests on the importance of hand-washing.
He demonstrated to the students how to wash their hands with soap under running water and highlighted the serious health consequences of non-observance.
He added that hand-washing helps to remove germs and prevents infection from bacteria causing illnesses.
A cash donation was made by the club to enable the school purchase disinfectants and soaps.


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Fort Bend ISD's Safe and Drug-Free Schools staff extended a heartfelt show of appreciation to the dedicated men and women who partner with the District to provide much-needed services and resources to students and staff. Their annual appreciation reception gave the staff the opportunity to officially thank and recognize community partners for their ongoing commitment and dedication to students and staff throughout the school year. The reception also allowed the honored guests to speak about their roles and experiences in the educational process and the many services and resources they provide to help implement student programs.
The community partners in attendance represented such groups as the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office, the City of Missouri City Police Department, UnitedHealthcare, Student Health Advisory Council, Lifetouch, Tobacco Free Fort Bend Coalition, Fort Bend Regional Council on Substance Abuse, and FBISD's Athletic Department.
Welcoming guests to the occasion were Dr. Bob Conlon, Director of Student Support Services; and Annette Henderson, Safe and Drug-Free Schools Facilitator. They both commended the partners on the valuable services they provide. Dr. Conlon also shared results of the High Hope Schools Gallup Student Poll of fifth, seventh and tenth graders, which measures the amount of hope, engagement and sense of well-being that our students have. Conlon attributed the positive survey results to the community partners, saying "You clearly have a positive effect on students' overall well-being and directly contribute to them having hope."


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Rocky Mountain Institute's Commercial energy+ Initiative aims to develop and scale a new, innovative, and cost-effective retrofit approach to reduce energy use by 20 percent across more than a billion square feet of commercial building space saving 9.2 million metric tons of CO2.
The U.S. commercial buildings sector is incredibly diverse in building types and uses—from luxury hotels to office buildings to distribution centers. But commercial buildings do in fact have one thing in common: They consume an enormous amount of energy, cumulatively accounting for more than 20 percent of total energy by end use, and more than 35 percent of the generated electricity in the U.S.
According to a 2009 McKinsey & Company analysis, efficiency improvements using existing, net-present-value-positive technologies could reduce commercial building sector energy use by 29 percent by 2020. But in spite of this opportunity, the diverse nature of commercial buildings, combined with significant barriers such as availability of capital, split incentives between landlords and tenants, the opaqueness of the savings, and the cost of customer acquisition, have resulted in slow adoption of energy saving measures—a mere 2.2 percent historical annual rate of energy reduction.
While deep energy retrofits are proven to have as much as 50 percent energy savings (as shown by the Empire State Building) when timed in conjunction with building renovation or capital refresh cycles, RMI believes there is an immediate need to rapidly increase the scale of retrofits. To do so, the market requires a new approach to retrofits that moves from individual building custom solutions (which can be time intensive and difficult to scale) to a new platform that can provide immediate, low-cost, and rapidly scalable energy savings.
This scalable approach to commercial building retrofits will provide a package of configurable, ready-to-deploy efficiency measures and technologies that can be procured and deployed at scale to make buildings immediately smarter, more energy efficient, and more interactive with the electricity grid. This approach has the opportunity to more than double the rate of adoption of cost-effective energy efficiency measures by 2020, scaling to achieve a 20 percent energy reduction across a cumulative billion square feet of commercial building space over this period.
The creation of an integrated, mass customization model for commercial energy efficiency fills a unique market need. By bringing cost-optimized components together into configurations that take advantage of economies of scale, building owners can access practical low-cost integrated solutions that deliver consistent results and enhance overall building value and shareholder returns.
Within the first year, RMI is working closely with important market actors including technology providers, building owners, engineers, and electric utilities to develop a team of experts to provide rigorous insight and oversight of the mass customization model. The expert review team will ensure the approach incorporates the best current technologies, future-proofs client investments (or supports future anticipated changes to the industry and evolving customer demands over time), outlines a strong value proposition, and will result in successful market deployment.
The mass customization model is configurable to local market conditions, leveraging location-specific financing vehicles, utility incentives, available tax credits, and energy markets to optimize the offering. Thus, while the approach is broadly applicable, the model is optimally implemented at a city scale to tailor the solution to the local market and maximize cost savings.
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By 2016, 50 of Chicago's commercial buildings will be selected as pilots to demonstrate the first proof of concept, with an eye toward expanding to two large commercial building portfolios. When successfully demonstrated, the Commercial Energy+ Initiative will be further scaled in Chicago with a planned deployment in three additional cities within the next three years.
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The return of the Flying Crank Ghost. See more photos at Flying Crank Ghost
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Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX says it cannot repay most of $190 million after its founder Gerald Cotten unexpectedly died
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Early photography in China had a uniquely Chinese aspect- inspired by the traditional painting techniques of the era. Some photographers actually painted calligraphy over their photos, in the style of the Literati painters. Since then Chinese photography has evolved to encompass a wide variety of genres and styles, and become an essential tool for expressing dissent and revolt.
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I was deeply disturbed by this video and felt the need to share. Not really safe for anyone.. I am now afraid of clowns.
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Four people were injured in a six-car accident outside out Dallas this Sunday afternoon in the westbound lanes of the LBJ Freeway.
The chain-reaction car accident took place near the Valley View Center and between the Preston Road exit and Montfort Drive exit. The crash, which sent four people to the hospital, closed down all westbound lanes of LBJ Freeway until late afternoon. Texas Police aren't sure what started the chain reaction crash, but say that the collision is under investigation.
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Most of the time, remasters tend to come off as cash grabs. Take a classic and well-loved game, update some textures here, throw in some half-baked multiplayer there, and voila: You have a new money-making machine. Sometimes, though, a well-crafted remaster or remake can drum up more anticipation than a new game or sequel. These are the seven remakes and remasters that we simply cannot wait to get our hands on. Mark your calendars; these are going to kick a lot of ass.
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It was a lot of fun. We ate and talked and visited and laughed together. We stayed up very late. I was worn out by the time we left - I even had to take a stop for a nap on the way back!
|Driving through Mepkin Abbey, a former plantation
|A Civil War era gown at the exhibit. It is festooned with sequins.
Moe kayaked many times in the brackish lake behind my sister's home. We also observed the neighbors fireworks out back on the 4th. And it was HOT.
Seen and heard while there:
While I was driving near Columbia SC, Moe looked at a a sign and said, "Goo is love!?! What does that mean? Oh wait - that's a D."
My brother saw a sign for a clothes washing business. The sign read "Laundry Mat".
While driving back from Mepkin, Mom and my Charleston sister and I had a discussion about food quality of American vs. European grocers. (We were discussing Aldi.) Mom said, "Well, the quality of the food seem to be better, and if there is a problem, European vendors will commit suicide or hari-kari in shame, unlike Americans."
Finally, Moe and I saw these big cows in a chicken sandwich chain. The cows were hanging from the ceiling, and the girl cows looked, ahem, unusual with their tails between their legs. I went over and spoke discretely with a cashier, saying they may wish to move the tails of the cows. She said, "Why? I don't see any - Ooooo." And she got a manager right away.
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A good night's sleep would help Daniel far more than sympathy, Eleanor knew. But sympathy was all she could offer him right now. He looked like he was dead on his feet as he led them through the maze of broken granite outcroppings. He seemed to have only a vague sense of his own surroundings, but his link with Virricul meant that he had to be the one to head the group in order for the sword's watchful eye to alert him of any trouble ahead. The exhaustion showed on his face and in his every movement, but Eleanor didn't need to look at him to know that he was suffering.
It might help if he would stop to rest more often. She had unsuccessfully asked twice already this morning if they could stop for a break, but he could tell that she herself wasn't really tired - that she was asking for his sake. Daniel could sense Eleanor's thoughts and feelings as well as she could sense his, even if he wasn't really sure why or how.
Eleanor understood all too well what had caused their psychic link - the two of them were soulbound. It was a process of connecting two people on such an intimate and spiritual level that they could feel each other's feelings and sometimes even read their thoughts. Soulbinding was a powerful and complicated magic, and only the most formidable wizards were capable of creating such a link between two people. Yet somehow, Eleanor had managed it without any understanding of magic at all. Despite having neither the proper magical training nor any inclination towards the magical arts, she had unwittingly initiated the binding between her and Daniel out of sheer instinct.
They had been soulbound for a year and a half now, ever since just before they passed through Venture Gate into the Fifth Realm. Eleanor had used her link with Daniel to help rescue him from the dangerous forests of Ghost Valley. Afterwards Provost Alva, the head of the Academy of Magic, told her the truth of the inherent power she somehow had inside of her. In all the time that has passed since then, she had never managed to bring herself to tell Daniel about how she had soulbound them without his consent. Nor had she found the courage to tell him about the promise she had made to Alva to return to the Academy of Magic to accept training to become a wizard.
Passing through the magical gates that connected the realms was a one-way journey. A person could only move forwards through the sequentially numbered realms, unable to cross backwards through the gates until they reached the Eleventh Realm. Entering the land called Skyrealm granted a human traveler the ability to freely pass through all of the gates, backwards and forwards. Eleanor had promised Alva that, once they reached Skyrealm and completed her 'forward-quest', she would immediately turn back and return to the Academy.
Alva had even assigned Oka, their friend and an aspiring wizard himself, to ensure that she kept her word. Oka's very presence on their journey was based on the two conditions he was given in order for him to be allowed admission into the Academy of Magic. Along with ensuring Eleanor's return, Oka had to learn how to read.
Unlike Eleanor who was a fellow Realmsborn, Oka was not bestowed with the gift of Realmspeak at birth. Realmspeak was the oral and written language used by all humans in The Realms, including the humans who came from the Otherworld, like Daniel. Newcomers all enter The Realms at the same point in the First Realm, and every human who is ever in the First Realm is granted the same realm gift. They can speak, hear, read and write the language of Realmspeak. Even for newcomers who arrive there from the Otherworld, a place of many different languages. For them and realmsborn alike, Realmspeak instantly becomes as instinctual as if it were their native tongue.
Even those who were born in Cherry Landing, such as Eleanor, are born with this gift. She was able to read and write Realmspeak for as long as she could remember. But humans born in other realms were not granted this gift. Oka, who was born in the Third Realm, learned to talk in Realmspeak as he grew up, but could not know how to read it unless he was instructed. Illiteracy was not much of an issue in the simple town of Commonstock, where Oka grew up. But when he applied for entrance into the Academy of Magic he was refused, despite his tremendous aptitude in the magical arts.
In their time wandering through the Fifth Realm, Eleanor and the others had been attempting to instruct Oka on how to read Realmspeak. He made decent progress at first, but as the months went by he began to grow frustrated and resentful towards his companions, all of whom had gained their literacy by means of passing through the First Realm. Oka spurned their attempts to tutor him, and for the past year wandering The Labyrinth, his studies had slackened. Nevertheless, he has held fast in his determination to deliver Eleanor back to the Academy, whether she intended to return willingly or not.
Fortunately, the Eleventh Realm was still very far away, and Eleanor had plenty of time to decide what she was going to do. If Daniel was still searching on his knowledge-quest by then, she wasn't sure if she could bear to leave him. But she couldn't ask him to go with her back to the Fourth Realm - to forgo his mission to find out why he was brought to The Realms. If Daniel knew about the promise, or about Oka's role in bringing her back to Ghost Valley once they reached Skyrealm, he might make a rash decision as she knew he was capable of doing from time to time. Eleanor knew that she had put off telling Daniel about her promise for much too long. She just needed a little more time to decide what to say to him.
Today however, there was little conversation during their travel. Oka was in one of his dark moods, and had not said more than a few words to anyone all day long. Albert had been making less-than-helpful suggestions such as burning their way through the foliage and suggesting that they vote for a new leader besides Daniel. At first, Eleanor had tried to explain why Daniel needed to be in charge, but it was clear that their newest companion was not interested in listening.
Even Immy was not her usual talkative self. She and Oka had had yet another argument during breakfast, and it ended when she angrily threw the remnants of her brown stock stew at the irritable initiate. Daniel and Albert had to separate them, as it nearly came to blows. As the day wore on, tempers had cooled, but so had the atmosphere within the party of travelers.
Spirits were very low. The morale of the group had suffered a steady decline over the past several months, as their time in the Fifth Realm dragged on seemingly without end. Back in May, they 'celebrated' their first anniversary of entering The Labyrinth, and here it was now in October, with no escape in sight.
The only way for them to leave the Fifth Realm was to find Jester Gate. Unfortunately, Jester Gate looks exactly like Venture Gate, which they have stumbled onto on three separate occasions. Venture Gate was the portal which brought them here from the Fourth Realm, and which for now, was unable to carry them back. The only thing that could deliver them from The Labyrinth into the Sixth Realm was Jester's Gate, and its elusiveness was trying even Eleanor's patience. Just a few days ago, Eleanor had marked her 17th birthday - the second birthday she had spent here in the Fifth Realm. That night, Daniel had solemnly sworn to her that she would not have to celebrate her next birthday in this gloomy land.
It had been drizzly on Eleanor's birthday. There were thick clouds and a misty haze on and off for the past week. Autumn was quickly forming in The Labyrinth, and if it was anything like the previous year's, the adventurers were in store for another damp, dreary fall, followed closely by a brutally cold winter. All the more motivation to find their way out of here.
Finally, sometime after the sun set behind the thick layer of clouds, Daniel called the day's traveling to a halt. Sighs of relief came from everyone in the party, including Eleanor, who felt her pack burdening her shoulder like a great lead weight. As Oka knelt down and focused himself to create a magical campfire, Eleanor began sifting through her pack, searching for the ingredients for their modest supper.
Daniel was utterly exhausted. It had been a miserable day, and they had not made very good time. It didn't matter much, he supposed, since they couldn't be sure that they were even traveling in the right direction. The area did not look familiar to him, however, and that was a good sign that they were on the right path. They had been on the wrong path now for far too long.
He had hoped that his exhaustion during the course of the day would help him sleep better tonight, but now that they were making camp, Daniel bitterly noted a feeling of restlessness already creeping into his body. He was hungry, but he knew that supper would do little to diminish his appetite. With their traveling rations run out long ago, the party had been forced to subsist on whatever they could find. Daniel's intuitive knowledge of realm botany helped spot edible plant life, and Virricul's eagle-eye would spot for them the occasional small warren hare for a bit of meat. But given the sparse pickings here in The Labyrinth, they were forced to conserve their food and water supplies as much as possible. Breakfast was usually adequate to give them the strength for a day's travel, but supper was almost always very light on the protein, and sometimes had to be skipped altogether. Fortunately, a fresh supply of tasteless but edible brown stocks unearthed yesterday had replenished much of their food reserves and so they could afford a few gulps of Eleanor's stew before bedtime tonight.
Eleanor was preparing the stew in a small tin pan which they had had since she and Daniel left Cherry Landing. Daniel saw that she had fatigue in her eyes, but she labored intently on adding some flavor to the fibrous stalks boiling in a bit of water over Oka's magic fire. She carried a few herbs they had unearthed, along with a set of bottled spices which they had found on the badly mutilated body of a vole shark's victim no more than a few weeks ago.
The new spices had rekindled the party's interest in meal times, and everyone seemed to have a favorite. There was a red-colored spice which had a somewhat sour taste which Albert preferred. The green spice was extremely bitter, and only Oka seemed to like it. Alas, it was the most abundant, and so was almost always included in the stew. Daniel and Immy both enjoyed the tangy flavor of the gold-colored spice while Eleanor's personal favorite was the sweet brown spice. Eleanor was determined to experiment with the various spices along her supply of herbs in order to find a combination which everyone enjoyed. It was proving to be a formidable culinary challenge for her.
As Eleanor worked on her latest recipe, Albert gazed out into the misty hills that lay ahead of them, groaning in frustration.
"Those mountains are going to be brutal to cross tomorrow." He complained to Daniel. "I told you we should have taken that pass I saw earlier. We could be on the other side of them by now."
"There was a nest of cloppers in that pass." Daniel answered wearily. He had no desire to debate Albert's not-so-subtle challenge to his leadership during their travels. They had tried following Albert's suggestions about which way to go for a time, but quickly found that his sense of direction was almost comically inept. He seemed to have an incredible knack for guiding them in circles, and often not very wide circles, either.
Albert shrugged off Daniel's reply and quickly shifted topics. "Why are you still reading that thing, anyway?"
Daniel had just pulled Master Circle's journal from his bag and opened it up at the place he had marked. He was reading though the borrowed journal for the fifth time now, but still couldn't make much sense of what Master Circle's thought process was while he had written it so long ago.
At the time he had scribbled his thoughts into the thick book, Harry Baum wasn't one of the legendary Masters of The Realms yet. Back then, he was just a young newcomer who, like Daniel, was obsessed with discovering the secret of why humans were in The Realms. The morbid conclusion that young Harry had reached was that some force or entity was bringing humans into The Realms in order to facilitate the world's eventual destruction. Being proclaimed a Master made him effectively a genius by universal consensus, so it was difficult to argue semantics with him. It was something akin to Daniel debating physics with Albert Einstein.
Master Circle had claimed that his theory was the natural conclusion of his life's work in investigating the matter, and he gave Daniel his old journal which contained all of his notes and challenged the young doubter to go out and disprove him.
Daniel tried to ignore Albert's casual prying, but was quickly irritated to find him poking his inquiring fingers into Daniel's bag.
"Knock it off." Daniel growled at him.
Albert looked up at him with an innocent smile. "Sorry, I was just curious. When are you going to tell me what's in the jar?"
"Nothing worth your interest." Daniel insisted.
Daniel glanced down at the mason jar in his bag. It contained the only evidence he had to go on in order to possibly disprove Master Circle's destruction theory. Inside was a small growth of illuminati moss, a luminescent fungus which only grows in the Seventh Realm, and yet Daniel had found some in the Fourth Realm. Unlike other plants and animals from The Realms, the moss had survived passing through Venture Gate, and Daniel hoped that he could somehow use it to prove that humans were not meant to destroy The Realms.
Albert smiled and shook his head. "You're always so secretive. I didn't mean anything by it. I was just-"
He stopped suddenly and looked skyward with an alarmed expression. Daniel looked up at him with concern.
"What is it?"
"Did you hear that?" Albert asked, still looking up into the darkened layer of clouds.
Daniel paused for a moment to listen, but aside from the occasional gust of wind, could hear nothing unusual. "What did you hear?"
Albert's normally jovial voice grew low and tense. "It almost sounds like … something's flying up there. Something big."
Daniel and the others listening all cast their gazes into the twilight. The layer of clouds was low and very thick. If there was something flying above them, it could easily be concealed from their view.
"Virricul?" Daniel muttered.
Albert looked back at Daniel. "A what? Oh, you mean your talking sword."
There's nothing up there but some soupy clouds. Virricul told Daniel, with a tone of annoyance in his voice.
"Virricul says there's nothing up there." Daniel repeated.
"To hell with your magical buddy." Albert said. "I know I heard something up there. It was a thumping sound, like the flapping of wings. What makes you think your sword can hear it better?"
"Virricul's not my sword." Daniel answered coolly. "And he can detect any living animal bigger than a rat within about a hundred yards of us."
"How far is that?" Albert asked quizzically.
"About 90 meters." Immy answered, still gazing skyward. "Could there be something higher up that's out of Virricul's range?"
"It's possible." Daniel admitted. "But it'd have to be pretty enormous if Albert can hear it from that far up."
"A firehawk?" Immy asked hopefully. Daniel shook his head silently.
"A dragon?" Eleanor suggested with a breathless fear. She, Daniel, Oka and Immy had stumbled on a dragon while trying to repair a dam in the mountains of the Third Realm.
If there's a dragon up there, it's too high up to even know we're down here. Virricul said inside Daniel's head. Somehow, Daniel found little comfort in that. It was only through an incredible stroke of inspiration and dumb luck that they had managed to kill the dragon back in the Thundering Plains. Out here in the open wilderness, the five of them were sitting ducks to a creature that powerful.
Suddenly, there was a distant, but utterly terrifying sound far in the horizon. It sounded at first like thunder, but it reverberated with an oscillating roar that could only be made by an incredibly large creature. Fortunately, the sound seemed to come from very far to the northeast, probably many miles away. Still, the distance of the unearthly, moaning roar did not prevent all five of the campers from looking off into the horizon in utter horror. Eleanor muffled a quiet whimper, and Daniel couldn't help but shudder at the eerie wail.
"Told you so." Albert whispered, his fear blunting his smugness.
"Maybe it was something else." Eleanor offered. "It sounds so far away."
"You know it was just over our heads a minute ago." Albert insisted, still keeping his voice to a loud whisper.
Daniel sighed quietly. "Even if it was, it's miles away now. And whatever it is, I think we can be sure that it didn't see us."
"How can we be sure?" Albert demanded.
Oka spoke up for the first time. "Because if it had seen us, we'd all be dead now."
Daniel looked down at the sword hilt which he clung to tensely. "Virricul, was that a dragon?"
I'm not sure. Virricul answered after an unsettling pause. I don't think so. I've never heard a dragon sound like that.
"Who do you suppose he meant?" Immy asked with breathless wonder. Everyone looked to her with confusion.
"What do you mean?" Daniel asked her.
Immy looked about her companions with surprise. "Didn't you hear him? He said 'She's dead, she's dead!'"
Daniel looked at her, stunned. "It was just a roar, Immy."
She shook her head determinedly. "No, I heard a voice. You didn't hear it too?"
The others looked to each other, shaking their heads. Immy looked at them with bewilderment.
"Are you saying I'm the only one that heard that horrible voice?"
Eleanor looked at her worriedly. "All I heard was the dragon's roar."
"Virricul says he doesn't think it was a dragon." Daniel told them.
"How the hell would it know?" Albert demanded.
"Because Virricul's encountered dozens of dragons in his eons of life." Daniel snapped angrily. "Nobody knows better what a dragon sounds like than him."
I can't say definitely that it's not a dragon. Virricul corrected him, without any hint of gratitude for Daniel's defense of him. All I can say is that I've never heard a dragon roar like that before.
"Well, if it wasn't a dragon, then what was it?" Eleanor asked.
"And why do I hear it as a voice?" Immy added.
Oka frowned and lowered his head. "Perhaps it was a devil."
Daniel glanced over at him. "What, you mean like some sort of demon?"
"There's no such thing as a demon." Oka dismissed him.
Daniel shook his head in bemusement. "Yeah, well, a couple of years ago, I'd have told you that there's no such thing as dragons, or magic, or knobwalkers, either."
"It's a new normal." Albert agreed.
"I'm talking about a devil." Oka snapped irritably. "It's an entity of living magic that they say can enslave the mind of its victim. It will speak to them and command them to do things, and haunt them until they go insane."
Immy's eyes bulged in disbelief. "Are you saying that the devil was telling me that I'm dead?"
"If there's a creature trying to possess Immy, then how is it that we would hear it as a loud, distant roar?" Daniel asked dubiously.
"I don't know." Oka admitted, glancing warily at Immy. "Maybe it's something else."
The momentary glimpse of fear in Immy's face quickly turned to her usual smirk as she responded with a sarcastic jab. "Yeah, maybe it's the Tooth Fairy looking for revenge on all of us. Do you really think that you can scare me with your ghost stories, Oklahoma?"
Oka's eyes flared as Daniel spoke up. "There's no sense in making idle speculations at this point. Whatever it was, it seems to have gone, so let's just keep extra alert for now. All right?"
Eleanor nodded loyally, and Immy chuckled to herself as she sat back down to warm her hands near the campfire. Oka watched her thoughtfully for a moment before returning to his own spot by the fire. Albert continued to look apprehensively out towards the northeastern horizon, and Daniel couldn't help but gaze out that way as well.
"I think we should take turns keeping lookout tonight." Albert suggested to him quietly.
Daniel shook his head. "No, everyone needs to rest. Besides, Virricul can keep lookout better than any of us. In all this time in The Labyrinth, nothing's ever snuck up on us while we slept."
Albert glanced disapprovingly at him. "Well, this thing out there isn't some clopper or vole shark. If your little talking sword didn't see that thing while it was flying over our heads, what makes you think it can see it when it's swooping down on us while we're asleep?"
Daniel frowned. "Like Oka said, whatever it is, if it decides it wants us dead out here, there's not much we can do to prevent it anyway."
Glancing over at the bright flicker of the campfire, he added quietly. "Even so, it'd probably be a good idea if we doused the fire after supper tonight."


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Cure Segregation & Improve Blending
What Are Segregation & Blending?
Segregation results when particles separate due to differences in their size, shape, or density. Segregation can result upon handling of a powder blend or material with varied particle size. Common segregation mechanisms include sifting, fluidization, and dusting.
Blending (or mixing) is the opposite behavior of segregation. The process of blending occurs when a collection of particles is homogenized or multiple ingredients are mixed to obtain a uniform product. Some materials require gentle tumble blending in a controlled batch mode while others require high shear to continuously blend highly cohesive and tough-to-mix ingredients. A well-blended material does not guarantee production of a quality product due to segregation effects that may result during powder flow.
When & Where can Segregation Occur?
Segregation often results during filling of a container, silo, or hopper. It can also be caused by vibration, agitation, or other unique forces acting on particles.
With sifting segregation, the fine particles concentrate under the point of pile impact, while the coarse particles roll off to the pile periphery. Click here for a video demonstration of sifting.
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The effects of segregation are strongly influenced by the type of discharge pattern occurring in a silo, bin, or hopper.
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Play Free Rider
Free Rider is an Online based game. It is a track drawing game. That means you have to draw your own tracks and ride your own bike. Well, basically you get to ride more than just bikes there are choppers. Just draw your tracks and you are ready to Play Free Rider. The control of the flash game is very simple like the paint option in windows. You need to draw roads; more specifically, maps. This game will be a totally new experience for you. As I said you will have to create roads and ramps and drive your bike through them. You can actually control the bike as you move along. To top it all you may place collectable stars along the way in the levels.
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Free Rider is an adaptation of Line Rider with few tweaks but it is great as you can control your rider and build the infrastructure at the same time. The creator of this game is Pete from OneMoreLevel. He added these interactive elements to the game which lets it stand out of the lot. You can control the rider by pressing Up, Down, Left, Right (the movement keys). You can use 'X' to change direction of the bike. The concept of racing a dirt bike and that too in self made courses is rare. It became a huge hit as soon as it came out. But the ability to control the bike can be both good and bad for you. Even so, you must Play Free Rider even if only once to enjoy the experience and experiment with the tweaks. You can even build your own coded maps to play which takes a short time with the editor.


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Searching For Tom ART EXHIBIT
I have a group of 20 small paintings on display until May at The Museum in Kitchener, Ontario. Searching For Tom – Tom Thomson: Man, Myth, and Masterworks, brings together original works by Thomson along side pieces by contemporary artists who have been influenced and inspired. My paintings are of the WAV files, or digital recordings of my vocal tracks from my soon to be released CD Turpentine Wind – which is a song cycle inspired by Thomson's life. I will be performing the suite at The Museum on April 13th with my band – Maury Lafoy, David Matheson and Mark Mariash. Time and ticket details will be posted closer to the date.


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3 sweet potatoes, unpeeled
1 tablespoon Kosher salt
2 teaspoons grated lime zest
Pinch of cayenne pepper
1/4 cup canola oil
Freshly ground pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
Honey for drizzling
Place potatoes in a pot of water and boil until fork-tender, let cool. Slice each potato lengthwise into eighths.
Preheat a grill to medium or place a cast-iron grill pan over medium heat. Mix 1 tablespoon salt, the lime zest and cayenne in a small bowl.
Brush the potato wedges with the oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill until golden brown on all sides (including the skin) and just cooked through, about 1 1/2 minutes per side. Transfer to a platter; immediately drizzle with honey and sprinkle with cilantro.
*For and added kick sprinkle with some extra cayenne pepper!
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From the 'behind-the-scenes' side of things, the blog aims to give readers a more wholistic idea of the thought processes that go on behind closed doors, and to offer more understanding into the ideas behind Iksarra Linguistika.
Apart from this, physicaly information such as site construction dates and so on will also be published for those wanting to track progress and remain updated.
Construction of the site had been halted for a long period of time due to many unforseen circumstances. However, after last night, I decided that I need to develop and promote the site for its own sake, as well as for that of the languages and creations that I have swimming around in my head. If I don't get them written down somewhere, chances are they'll disappera forever, like so many have before, and I wish not to kill off any further.
Thus, prepare for a massive overhaul and extension in the next few weeks!
The first official day of Iksarra: Linguistika!


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I live in an active subdivision full of pedestrians. A regular stream of runners, walkers, neighborhood kids and couples pass by our house at various times of the day. The foot traffic has grown tremendously in the 20 years I�ve been there as more houses are built and more folks move in.
I live in an active subdivision full of pedestrians. A regular stream of runners, walkers, neighborhood kids and couples pass by our house at various times of the day. The foot traffic has grown tremendously in the 20 years I�ve been there as more houses are built and more folks move in.
But the new age of multitasking parents among this group have me concerned. They like to incorporate exercise with other activities like pushing their child in a stroller while jogging or checking their heart rate or texting or walking the family pet, or listening to some electronic gadget the buds of which are lodged in their ears.
Or all of the above all at once.
I recently witnessed a young woman traveling in front of my home with a child in a stroller which was designed to shield the child from behind, meaning she would have had to walk to the front of the stroller to check on the baby. The woman�s ears were plugged with ear buds leading to an electronic apparatus attached to a band on her arm. She was steering the stroller with one hand in which she was also holding three leashes attached to three dogs of various sizes. With the other hand, she was holding a cell phone she was staring at intently as she busily moved her thumb across it. All of this while jogging along the busiest street in our subdivision paying no attention to where she was going, or the child or the animals.
If there was something wrong with the baby � if it was crying or slipping out of the seating or anything � she would not have even heard or noticed. If something spooked the dogs or lead them to chase, her choice was to either help the dogs or stay with the child as there was no way to do both. There did not seem to be any wisdom used in the orchestration of the whole activity.
Unfortunately, these massive multitaskers are becoming all too common and they are creating consequences for others.
The Wall Street Journal said there is a growing concern among doctors who are seeing an uptick in visits from injured young children. They believe parents, who have become distracted by hand-held electronic devices, aren�t keeping as close an eye on their children and the results are harmful.
After nearly a decade of decline, �nonfatal injuries to children under age five rose 12 percent between 2007 and 2010,� according to the WSJ. The number coincides with the growth of those who own smartphones and other electronic devices.
No studies have been done to link the two, the article states, but the association is close enough that doctors say it�s �a question that begs to be asked.�
At playgrounds, swimming pools, athletic events, indoor gymnasiums and other facilities where hands on guidance is needed, the article notes that parents are turning to their phones and tuning out their kids.
Sociologists say that mobile technology removes people from the current situation while also reducing the ability to anticipate a problem. Staring at a child and then a device means a constant refocus of attention, which takes time, each time. An oncoming mishap would not necessarily click in the mind of a parent distracted by technology as it would if they were wholly focused on the moment.
And missing those moments may be the biggest concern of all.
Kids (and pets) are already competing with jobs, household tasks and other grown up responsibilities involving the adults in their lives, they shouldn�t have to compete with technology as well.
Enjoy the walk. Enjoy the playground and the time with your kids and family in general. As a practicing empty nester, I can testify that those moments are fleeting. They�re gone before you know it and need to be savored.
Push the baby in the stroller or walk the dog. Enjoy them both.
But leave the stupid phone in the car.
Timmi Toler is city editor of The Daily News. Contact her at 910-219-8458 or email@example.com, or join the conversation at facebook.com/JacksonvilleDailyNews or twitter.com/JDNews.


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Cut 2'' wide strips of paper, making a total of 14 strips.
Arrange papers and then trim lengths from 3/4'' - 5 1/2''.
Wrap each strip around a pencil, then glue the paper along the edge and press it firmly to hold the shape. Slide the paper off of the pencil and arrange it on the canvas.
Glue the rolled papers onto the canvas in the form of a tree.
Punch out a small square and glue it slightly under the bottom roll for the trunk.
Punch out a small circle, center it and glue it slightly under the top roll.
Punch out a large and a small circle. Stack them with a foam dot between and glue them onto the bottom left section of the tree.
Embellish the circles with a white sprinke.
Wrap the right side of the canvas 4 times arounf with the bakers twine and tie it in place.


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Eastern Wake News
Mudcats planning Carlos Danger Night on Aug. 15
The local minor league baseball team will celebrate a different type of catfish next week.
Aside from being a fish commonly caught in these red clay rivers, a catfish, in Internet slang, is someone who creates a false persona or identity on social media.
Anthony Weiner, meet Muddy the Mudcat.
The Carolina Mudcats, a single-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians in Zebulon, will hold Carlos Danger Night on Aug. 15 to celebrate the infamous online alias used by Weiner. The former U.S. congressman resigned from office in the wake of a scandal after he sent inappropriate messages to a woman who is not his wife. Weiner is now running for mayor of New York City, but new reports of Weiner's escapades have surfaced once again.
The Mudcats are offering a discounted $5 box seat ticket to anyone who comes to the game against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans with a mustache – real or fake. The Mudcats also plan to give away prizes to fans with the best mustaches.
"It's a fun, tongue-in-cheek thing that will have people talking when they come out," said Joe Kremer, general manager of the Mudcats. "It'll be something different to spruce things up in the middle of the week."
Aaron Bayles, director of game productions and creative services for the team, is a native of Rochester, NY who says he thought of the idea one morning while listening to Howard Stern on his way to Five County Stadium.
Weiner doesn't have a mustache. But that doesn't mean his alter-ego can't, Bayles said: "I'm trying to get Muddy a mustache."
The Mudcats aren't the first minor league baseball team to try to capitalize on the heightened Weiner exposure.
The Richmond (VA) Flying Squirrels, a the double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, sold hot dogs for $1 during the team's "Salute to Scandal Night" on Aug. 1.
"We encouraged people to take pictures of their wieners and tweet them at our account during the game," said Jay Burnham, media relations manager for the Flying Squirrels.
"It was the most (social media) correspondence we had with fans this year," he said. "And it still remained family-friendly despite the salacious nature of it all."
Burnham said the Flying Squirrels considered the promotion a success because attendance was only 300 less than the 6,400 season average despite a two-hour rain delay before the first pitch. National media attention on the promotion was key, Burnham said.
"They were talking about us on Mike & Mike in the Morning," he said, referring to the show on ESPN Radio. "Anything that gets us a national headline like that is a success."
The Mudcats, who finished the first half of the season with the worst record in professional baseball (22-48), are averaging about 3,200 people at each game.
Kremer insists Carlos Danger Night isn't a gimmick to boost ticket sales, "but to give people a chuckle, something to talk about at the water cooler."
Bayles, who runs the fan-cam during Mudcats games, plans to measure success by the number of mustache-wearing "Carlos Dangers" he can get on the screen.
As long as they keep their clothes on, he said.
A spokesperson for Weiner's campaign did not respond to a request for comment.


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