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Recently, my husband, son and I packed up for a road trip from Virginia to Minnesota (with plenty of stops in between.) Among other things, we visited my grandpa, aunt and uncle and cousins, which meant we ate plenty of food that I can't always readily get in Virginia (Number one: squeaky cheese curds!)
Although in his 80s, my grandfather is still very active and one of the things he likes to do is pick fresh blueberries from a local farm (I guess my love for local is a family thing!) Minnesota has a great climate for growing blueberries both on farms and in the wild so since we were visiting during July, the prime blueberry season, he had buckets of just-picked goodness to snack on. We ate them for breakfast with cream, in muffins, in a peach and pie and we ate handfuls of them plain because they're just that good.
I've written the muffin recipe here exactly as my grandfather gave it to me, but I've added some notes at the bottom of the post with modern updates. All I know is he got it from the blueberry farm years back, so if anyone recognizes it please let me know!
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 8 oz sour cream
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, unthawed
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tsp lemon grated lemon peel
- 2 tbsp sugar
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a muffin pan (I used a 24 cup mini muffin pan, but a regular size 12 cup muffin pan is fine too.)
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the 1/2 cup sugar and butter. Beat at medium speed until well-mixed (1 to 2 minutes.)
- Add sour cream, lemon juice, 1 1/2 teaspoon lemon peel and egg. Continue beating, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
- In a separate medium bowl stir together flour and baking soda. By hand, stir flour mixture into sour cream mixture until just moistened.
- Fold in blueberries by hand. Spoon into greased muffin pan.
- In a small bowl, stir together 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon lemon peel, and sprinkle some on each muffin.
- Bake for 20- 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes, remove from pan.
- If freezing, cool completely before loading into freezer-safe containers.
The blueberries give these muffins sweetness; the sour cream makes them creamy and moist; and the lemon gives these muffins a bright kick. Finally, the crispy sugar topping ties it all together and I'm kind of addicted!
Notes on the recipe:
- The muffins have a darker color when finished because I used raw sugar to keep them vegetarian, but the original recipe calls for white sugar. Either one works fine depending on your dietary needs.
- Whole wheat flour can also be used in place of the all-purpose flour.
- The recipe says you can use butter or margarine, but honestly, I don't think we've ever used margarine.
- Whole fat or reduced fat sour cream works, but fat-free sour cream really changes the consistency and makes them a little too runny. Plain Greek yogurt would also work (and then you could use the rest of the sour cream or yogurt to make Katie's delicious 3 Go-To Quick Dips, or my Dill Party Dip with lemon. Seriously, I couldn't get enough of her "Smokey Southwest" dip this past weekend during our RWC bloggers meeting.)
- Funny story: The recipe calls for one 8-oz container of sour cream. The first time I made this I misread it as one container of sour cream, which these days is 16 ounces. So I don't know exactly when this was written, but back then sour cream containers were smaller. The muffins were edible but somehow also flat, crumbly and extra moist at the same time, so I edited the recipe slightly to be more modern.
What's your favorite muffin recipe? Leave your muffin ideas in the comments. I'll be over here eating more muffins.
Have a great week, RWC!


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Fleetsolve's bio fuelled technology and systems were selected for a number of pioneering projects:
In conjunction with New Holland, Fleetsolve developed the UK's first bio diesel tractors for operation by our client The Eden Project who benefited from a carbon reduction of over 70%.
Fleetsolve designed a bio-fuel combustion system for clients Stagecoach. Working alongside the bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis, our engineers integrated Fleetsolve's unique bio-fuel management system at production stage onto fifty new buses which operate in Cambridge.
Partnering with government department Energy Efficiency in Motorsports, Fleetsolve converted a standard diesel truck engine to bio-fuel and further developed the engine to reach unprecedented levels of performance for racing. This achieved a significant reduction of emissions and increased power output leading to race wins and podium positions for Jenkins Motorsport race team. This project became the first alternative fuelled vehicle to win at a major FIA sporting event.
With a successful history of high powered, low carbon engine solutions Fleetsolve scaled this knowledge and expertise to be utilised into power generation. Our long understanding of bio fuels together with our bio engine development experience led to the introduction of engines with a high heat to power ratio that really sets Fleetsolve apart from the competition. Combined with our innovative engineering designs and in house manufacturing techniques we really are the best in bio fuelled combined heat and power generation.

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Obama Praises Welfare Expansion
No 'welfare-mom' bashing here. President Obama proudly included "social-welfare programs" on a list of 29 of his accomplishments in an email sent to supporters on Thursday. No. 9 on the list reads: "His tax cuts, social-welfare programs, and economic policies lifted nearly 7 million Americans above the federal poverty line in 2010." Mitt Romney has repeatedly hammered Obama on the growth of welfare. A recent Romney campaign ad said, "Under Obama, millions of people can't find work. And more families on welfare and a record number of Americans on food stamps."


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Finalist: Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1
What if Internet applications could inherently communicate, letting you piece them together like lego blocks? If you signed up a new partner, you could snap his Web applications into yours painlessly. Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), an XML messaging protocol, allows Web servers to communicate in ways that transcend operating systems.
Businesses are just beginning to roll out Web servicesapplication modules that talk to the outside world via SOAP. But these modular pieces of software will soon change the way we use the Web. Building a brand-new application may become as simple as using several preexisting Web services and letting them exchange information via SOAP. (World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org/tr/soap.)


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I have this book and I love it. It is an oldie, but goody. I bought it years ago and there are several quilts in it that I have always wanted to make~especially the one on the front. It is called Paducah Nine Patch and I just love the scrappiness of it. All of the quilts in the book are made using 5" squares of fabric~hence the name Nickel Quilts.
About 2 years ago a friend of mine and I decided to exchange blocks and make this quilt. We used only Jo Morton Civil War fabrics and all of our "lights" were tan or cream. Every month we made 8 blocks-4 to keep and 4 to mail to each other. We made 80 blocks total~so it took us 10 months.
I loved having them on my design wall and watching the quilt come together. Every month new blocks would arrive in the mail and I would quickly add them to the others. I finished piecing the top together last Thursday. This quilt is everything I dreamed it would be. And it is even more special because every time I look at it I am reminded of my friendship with Pam and all the months we spent making and mailing blocks to each other.
I have ordered several quilting stencils that I am going to audition to "quilt as desired". I may end up just doing a stipple, but having a stencil collection for future quilts will be great too.
Here are all 80 blocks on my design wall
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By MIKE CORN
The third and final comment period on a proposal to list the lesser prairie chicken as threatened won't end until Aug. 8, about a week after the final draft on a five-state conservation plan is expected to be released.
It's also going to be about the time the results of an updated helicopter and ground survey will be released, participants in a conference call learned last week.
A draft report of the survey found numbers were down on both counts.
"We got it a couple days ago," said Sean Kyle, a member of the lesser prairie chicken interstate working group, put together under the auspices of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Kansas is a member of WAFWA, as are Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.
Kyle didn't give any idea how much of a decline there might have been.
"It would have been better if it rained earlier," he said. "The numbers were down on the ground survey and down on the aerial surveys as well."
Jim Pitman, the small game coordinator for Kansas and the state's point man on lesser prairie chicken, said the report is under internal review.
"The decline from last year appears to be pretty substantial, as expected," Pitman said in an email "That's all I can tell you at this point."
Participants also talked about the Conservation Reserve Program, both in terms of how many acres were signed up in the latest enrollment period and the reopening of haying and grazing.
As it turned out, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its was accepting 1.7 million acres of land into the program.
It's not yet known how many Kansas acres were accepted.
However, Pheasants Forever voiced concerns about the program total, now standing at 26.9 million acres -- a 26-year low.
"Pheasants Forever calls this depletion a modern low point for conservation, one which will have serious ramifications not only for wildlife, but for the nation's soil and water quality as well," a statement from the wildlife group said.
USDA also has released some CRP acres in Kansas for haying and grazing.
It is, however, restricting its use to land that wasn't hayed or grazed in either 2011 or 2012.
"We're limiting it to people who have not hayed or grazed the last two years," said Mark Witecha, a Pheasants Forever farm bill wildlife biologist based in Ness City.
About 950,000 acres of CRP was grazed in the previous two years, the Kansas Farm Service Agency said, leaving about 1.3 million acres that can be grazed.
CRP hayed must leave half of the land untouched as cover for wildlife while grazing must be stopped when the average height reaches 5 inches.
Hay can't be sold, but the land can be rented for either cutting hay or grazing cattle.
Northwest Kansas counties approved for haying and grazing are: Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Logan, Ness, Norton, osborne, Phillips, Rawlins, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Thomas, Trego and Wallace counties.
Last year, nearly 175,000 acres in northwest Kansas were either hayed or grazed as a result of the drought.
That's out of nearly 675,000 CRP acres in the northwest Kansas counties, a number down sharply since 2007.


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Rookie winger Bobby Ryan, whom the Ducks are counting on to play among their top-six forwards this season, got off the a flying start in Wednesday night's exhibition opener against the San Jose Sharks at Honda Center.
Ryan scored the first goal of the season, just 3:45 into the first period. A Sharks turnover in neutral ice enabled Ryan Dingle to feed Ryan on the right side, and Ryan blew a wrist shot from the top of the faceoff circle past San Jose goaltender Thomas Greiss.
Brian Sutherby had the first Ducks fight of the exhibition season, a first-period go with Brad Staubitz of the Sharks.
Perhaps of note, given the fact that Coach Randy Carlyle doesn't plan to announce the Ducks' captain until shortly before the Oct. 9 regular-season opener at San Jose, is the fact that defenseman Scott Niedermayer and wingers Brad May and Travis Moen wore 'A's' on their jerseys.
Niedermayer was the Ducks' captain from 2005-07 but surrendered that distinction when he sat out the beginning of last season. Defenseman Chris Pronger, the Ducks captain last season, did not play Wednesday night.


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KACHEMAK BAY BIRD ALERT INFORMATION October 23, 2014
On the 18th there were 3 HUMMINGBIRDS reported out in the Fernwood Rd. area (about 7 miles out East End Rd). Species was not reported. On the 19th one was seen at Maura's in Old Town but again the species was not determined.
On the 23rd there was a report of possible PECTORAL SANDPIPERS (7) in Mud Bay. On the 18th a GREAT BLUE HERON was seen on the Spit, but not exactly where. There was only one report and unfortunately they don't stick around too long usually.
Several reports of WILSON'S SNIPE from far flung areas. A pair was digging worms in the lawn near West Homer Elementary on the 14, some up on Skyline, others near Miller's Landing. And an interesting report on the 11th of one walking up East Hill Road, actually in the road which was covered with an inch of snow! (Aaron Lang said that they will hang around so long as there is some open fresh water, and occasionally in Cordova they stayed all year.)
At the upper end of Beluga Lake on the 21st and 22nd WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, TRUMPETER SWANS (3), BUFFLEHEAD, EURASIAN WIGEON, COMMON GOLDENEYE, RED-NECKED GREBE, many SCAUP, and a possible PEREGRINE FALCON.
On the Calvin and Coyle Trail on the 14th and 16th the following were seen: RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BOREAL CHICKADEE, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, STELLER'S JAY, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, HAIRY WOODPECKER, GRAY JAY.
Near Miller's Landing, large groups of SCAUP (500+) and MALLARDS (500+) have been seen recently, PINE GROSBEAKS and NORTHERN SHRIKE also reported on the 22nd . And a Shrike was reported up on Diamond Ridge last week.
A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK was seen flying over the Blackwater Bend area north of town on the 14th.
A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen flying over the Spit on Sept. 23 (late report) near Green Timbers; it seemed tame, the report stated, getting close and flitting from beach to driftwood.
A CASSIN'S AUKLET was seen in Eldred Passage near the mouth of Sadie Cove on the 5th.
At the Anchor River on the 6th, ROCK SANDPIPERS (3) and a DUNLIN were seen.
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Karnivool have seen themselves dominate the charts in the last few years with their last 2 releases, Sound Awake and Asymmetry (both respectively reaching #2 and #1 on the Aria charts). As well as seeing success in the studio, the band have also seen massive success on the road, selling out show after show and playing some of the worlds biggest stages and festivals. Now Karnivool have embarked on their latest tour in support of their first ever #1 record, Asymmetry. We got the chance to see the band perform in Brisbane and as usual, it was an impressive spectacle….
The lights go dim as the Vool' enter from side of stage. The familiar sight of the shaggy haired, nordic bearded guitarists, the powerhouse gentleman drummer and their charismatic, always eccentric vocalist, receives a wave of thunderous applause. Our first taste of the Asymmetry album in a live setting then begins with the opening track 'AM War'. This track (for me personally) fell a bit short on excitement (especially as a set opener) as it was a bit too relaxed but hey, I'm sure the band are sick of opening up with 'Goliath' or 'Cote' every night.
The set goes on and never ceases in intensity. The Brisbane crowd is treated to a good mixture of both old and new songs from the Karnivool back catalogue. Songs such as 'Simple Boy', 'Goliath', 'Set Fire To The Hive' and the always epic, 'Deadman' gave the fans some nostalgic and energetic moments whilst songs from the new album like 'We Are', 'Alpha Omega' and 'Naschash' were received with audacious cheers. The Vool' just never seem to stop churning out dem hits.
Production for this tour is some of the best I've seen at a Karnivool show. They just step it up every year. Although I was singing praises for their production on the Sound Awake tour in those smaller venues (where the sound was amazing…but we'll get to that later) I was very impressed with what they brought on this tour. It was like a mini arena show.
If I could have one negative comment about the show it'd be that niggling issue of sound (in particular for one member of the band). Throughout the night the soundman just couldn't get Kenny's vocals right. They were extremely trebly and just never cut through the mix. It's a shame because not only was I right next to the sound desk (which should be where the gig sounds best!) but the rest of the band sounded amazing! Judds drums sounded lethal, Stockmans bass was incredible and the guitar sounds from Hosking and Goddard was phenomenal. Don't get me wrong, Ian Kenny was killin' it on stage, you could tell he was on par as usual, but the sound just didn't carry through. Could have been that it was the first time Karnivool had performed at Eatons Hill or it could have been a shit night for some of the crew. Reports from the crowd at the front indicate a superb mix, so who knows?
Karnivool is just one of those bands that you fall in love with. Not for their looks, nor for their gear (here's lookin at you gear nerds) and nor for their celebrity status. People fall in love with the music. It speaks to you on a level that only some music can. And besides the fact that the band tours Australia and the world relentlessly, that they up their game every year and that they inspire thousands of people all over the globe, in the end, it's the music that makes us love them. Thanks for another great run of shows, guys. Cya next time!
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As part of your gym membership, you will receive a personalised programme tailored to your specific needs and goals. This one to one consultation can be reviewed every 6 -8 weeks to make sure that you keep on track and get the best out of your sessions.
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The Renaissance Art Gallery is home to many area artists.
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If you have any questions, come into the gallery any time. We are open Friday, Saturday, 12-4 pm and Sunday, 1-4. Call us at (304) 525-3235. Our President, Fern Christian (304) 453-3187, would love to hear from you.
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Someone gifted my church with an Autoharp and I was asked if I wanted to use it!
I have been thinking about harps a lot (according to Wikipedia the Autoharp is really a type of zither) and this instrument seems like it will be a lot of fun and get me started with string instruments. I was having a lot of resistance to learning guitar for some reason.
I'll post some audio examples after I get the thing tuned and play around with it a bit.
Here's a video of a gorgeous June Carter playing one with her husband Johnny Cash on mandolin:
one of her mother, Maybelle Carter
& a new video from modern master Jo Ann Smith
beyond preaching with words
Last Sunday I played at church and it was one of the best musical experiences of my life.
A peaceful energy descended and it felt as if a huge amount of emotional anxiety and sadness was being cleared from the room.
Afterwards I needed to cry for quite some time.
Despite the darker feelings that moved through me, there is nothing I love more than the experience of being a vessel for healing music!
obvious now
it's obvious
changes are happening
let go of how you "wanted" it to happen & relax
trust that you're being delivered to where you need to go
let go of all goals except the most general
whatever floats your boat
relax about the specifics
who are you to know what you'll enjoy most?
and anyway
real Joy beyond happy/sad is already available 24/7
all:ways superimposed on top of every arising
it might take awhile to feel it fully
as the body takes awhile to adjust to the new frequencies!
so until then
cry if you want to
bears & icaro
Two videos from my evening at Serenity by the Sea...
& a message from the teddy bear guru Chocobear
The Illuminated and Glowing ChocoBear Travels
Light Kin Teddy Bear Style
I am a universal being
Illuminated and Glowing
On an adventure of Heart discovery
As you are
I am loving the concept of using humour to talk about spiritual concepts.
These Puppetji videos are great examples...
the heart nebula
Desktop wallpaper of the day (click on the image 2x for the big version) from the Astronomy Picture of the Day archives:
"The Heart Nebula is located about 7,500 light years away toward the constellation of Cassiopeia."
heart opening
I made more music yesterday! Listen and/or download here.
It's a meditative track "remixed" from the Heart Chakra track @
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I am remembering two years ago when I felt I "didn't know how to improvise" and now it flows so easily!
pure melody
After yesterday's recording session with incredibly complex software & electronic equipment, today's music project was quite simple in comparison.
I made this in one take & decided it was perfect as is, enjoy!
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I spent the day in the studio with Akhentek working on the next Pharoelidae track for the upcoming Entheos Conference and Festival soundtrack.
We decided to base the track in the key of E because it closely matched a 528 Hz drone I wanted to base the track around.
I learned about the 558 Hz frequency (said to repair DNA) via Facebook, in a comment to the (crossposted) Hz so good post above.
We started out with minor however flute-wise it felt right to use the unusual Locrian mode. The bassline is especially interesting.
I look forward to sharing the track with everyone soon!
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musical reference site of the day
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"what is the point to life?"
A classic from the late great Bill Hicks, who was quoted as calling himself "Chomsky with dick jokes."


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Uninspired Perfection
It's amazing sometimes the memories, or a place in time, that a particular song, or a distinct smell can bring a person back to. And just now I got hit with a one-two punch from my music player, armed and loaded with over twenty-four thousand tracks, and set to shuffle. And just like that – epiphany. Just now (actually a week ago today, as of this posting) I was listening to Jonathan Coultan/Ellen McLain's Still Alive, followed by Godley & Creme's Cry, and a thought that has been brewing in the back of my mind for sometime now, finally bubbled up to the top – and then as I said before, epiphany; sad, sad epiphany actually. The best gaming moments of this console generation, have very likely already come and gone . . . years ago.
The Online Pass Problem
Jason Roberts over at Lens of Truth, wrote a great op-ed about the trend of game publishers forcing gamers to have to buy into online passes. I would highly recommend taking out the time to read the original piece, titled, The Online Pass Strikes Again, before continuing beyond this point.
I've been seeing this piece linked around quite a bit over the past 24 hours: saw several links for it shared on my Twitter feed, a couple shares for it on my Facebook wall, seen it show up at Reddit, among other places. The piece really seems to be striking a raw nerve with gamers everywhere. And it should, as quite frankly, the piece is spot on, and paints a pretty grim picture for the future of the hobby. Especially as costs associated with game development (currently between $30 million to $50 million for the average multi-platform game) are due to double, and potentially triple with the release of next-gen hardware right around the corner. (more…)


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"...The sources believe that Netanyahu's main reasons for early elections are political, rather than budgetary. Besides the fact that a decision to approve an austerity-filled state budget before elections would mainly hurt the Likud, sources increasingly believe that Olmert plans to return to politics, which could undermine Netanyahu and remove him from power. If elections are brought forward to February, Olmert will not have enough time to prepare, and his return to politics will be delayed. The likely reelection of US President Barack Obama is also part of Netanyahu's calculations. Netanyahu's aides fear revenge by Obama against Netanyahu for supporting the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, throughout the campaign. ..."
"'America is something that can be easily moved. Moved to the right direction.They won't get in our way'" Benjamin Netanyahu
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Zoe McLellan as Meredith Brody and David Hoflin as Daniel Nolan
NCIS Special Agent Brody believes that a sailor hit by a party bus in the French Quarter is connected to her sister's death after the NCIS team discovers similarities between the two. Also, the team prepares for St. Patrick's Day festivities in New Orleans.
"If It Bleeds, It Leads" (Episode 18, Season 2 of NCIS: New Orleans)


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|'Weland forges the Sword' - by H R Millar, from 'Puck of Pook's Hill'
* The Uffington White Horse, a bronze age chalk figure cut into the hillside.
My friend Penny Dolan is a Yorkshire lass like me, a storyteller as well as a children's writer, and we share a delight in that feistiest of fairytale heroines, the beautiful and dauntless Lady Mary from 'Mr Fox'. We're also both members of 'The History Girls', a blog devoted to the discussion of historical fiction.
Penny has an adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol' coming out this autumn for the Collins Big Cat series, and a story appearing in a winter anthology "On a Starry Night", Stripes Publishing, Little Tiger Press.
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In case of a hypothetic severe accident in a PWR, the loads generated by the hydrogen combustion process increase the containment atmosphere pressure and temperature and may threaten the containment building, internal walls and equipments integrity or availability. The evaluation of such loads needs 3D CFD codes. However, before such codes can be used with a high level of confidence, a thorough validation process on well-instrumented experimental data is necessary. The original vertical facility ENACCEF (Enceinte d'Accéleration de Flamme) has been built to fulfil these objectives. This facility is highly instrumented and divided in 2 parts: the lower one, acceleration tube, measures 0.15 m i.d. and 3.2 m long while the top one, the dome, is 0.75 m i.d. and 1.7 m long. The present work deals with TONUS validation based on ENACCEF flame acceleration tests characterized by a H2 gradient. Comparison between experimental data and full multi-dimensional calculations is given.
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We did not receive any applications for the Rehab and Replacement Program for the month of May. We have completed forty-five (45) projects.
The progress on the new construction project in Miami has now moved to the inside of the home. They are working on sheet rock, painting, trim work and cabinets. The project will be to construct a new 3-bedroom, 2-bath home in Miami, Oklahoma. Size approximately 1,400 square feet with concrete slab, 2 x 4 exterior walls, vinyl siding, composition shingles, ½ inch sheetrock on walls, ½ inch high strength sheetrock on ceiling, R-36 insulation in attic. All work to meet HUD building requirements.
We are waiting on responses for the environmental reviews for the next two projects on the waiting list. The Oklahoma Archeological Survey Office has requested an archeological field inspection for one of the projects. It is the second of the next two projects. That will take more time, but we still have one project ahead of it, so it will more than likely be complete before we need to start on it.
The revision to the Service Area for the NAHASDA Program was approved by the Business Committee at last month's meeting. The Service Area has been revised to: all of Ottawa County and within fifty miles of the Quapaw Tribal Complex into Kansas and Missouri.


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Hyderabad, January 11,: The Executive Board of the Indian School of Business – ISB confirmed the appointment of Ajit Rangnekar as the Dean of the ISB for a term of five years, with immediate effect.
At the Executive Board meeting in Mumbai on Friday, January 8, 2010, there was unanimous support for naming Rangnekar as the new Dean of prestigious business school.
Several candidates were reviewed for the position of the Dean ever since it fell vacant in January 2009. The Executive Board, based on the recommendations of the Dean Search committee, and extensive discussions with the faculty, students, alumni, partner schools, and other key stakeholders, found Ajit Rangnekar to be the best suited for the job.
Making the announcement on behalf of the Board, Rajat Gupta, Chairman, ISB, said: "We could not have asked for a better outcome. Ever since Ajit joined the ISB nearly 7 years ago, he has become indispensable to the school. He has played a crucial role in the school's growth over the years, and embodies the ISB's vision and values in everything he does. We are excited and privileged that he has accepted this responsibility, and extend to him our full support in strengthening the ISB's position as a top ranked global B School."
The former Dean of the Kellogg School of Management, and a member of the search committee for the selection of the ISB Dean, Professor Dipak Jain said, "The ISB, in the present stage of its evolution, has the opportunity of becoming a pivotal school in the emerging region. In Ajit Rangnekar, we have found someone with a keen understanding of the business of B School education, rich experience in the Asian region, and above all, a zealous conviction in making business schools relevant to the communities that they operate in."
Ajit Rangnekar has a background spanning over thirty years in Consulting and Industry, across different countries in Asia. Prior to being formally appointed the Dean, he was the Deputy Dean of the school from March 2003 to January 2009. Before joining the ISB, he was the Country Head, first for Price Waterhouse Consulting and then for PwC Consulting, in Hong Kong and the Philippines. He was head of the Telecom and Entertainment Industry Consulting practice for PwC in East Asia (China to Indonesia). Rangnekar completed his undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and Post Graduation in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
The ISB was established in 2001 and, over the years, has made rapid strides towards achieving its vision of becoming an independent top ranked global B School. Some of the highlights in its journey are:
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nourishing :: grace
today, grace meant being tired and letting myself be tired.
today, grace meant looking around at last minute travel ideas because Remy has a three day break next week and it is going to be the cost it had been this winter.
today, grace meant accepting that the choices I make means going to Cancun or Miami for a long weekend (the best deals I was able to find) isn't feasible because I want that epic May 10th birthday adventure to be truly epic more than I want to have four days of warmth.
today, grace meant buying a spur of the moment - hopefully awesome - present for M. Just because. We don't always do valentine's day gifts but I randomly found something perfect for him.
today grace meant suggesting a posible get-warm (close to home) adventure idea (indoor water park).
today grace meant sitting in the sun as long as possible, before the day turned gray again.
today, grace meant looking at myself with love.
today, grace meant gentleness.
today, grace meant love.


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This Aquarius-inspired lunar cycle* is dedicated to community. I invite you to journey along with me, noticing the role of community in your evolving life, noticing the role of community in the evolution of life on this planet, noticing the importance of community regardless of your love or hate for community. The choice to make our communities more vital, joyful, and more in service to all creation might be the most important choice we could make. The road is not simple, but it can be very rewarding.
Perhaps we need to rethink our common understanding of what community is. In my dictionary, the first three definitions involve human communities—people living, working, being together, the fourth definition goes to nature: "community is a group of interdependent organisms of different species growing or living together in a specific habitat." The picture of community in nature shows us how we are linked in complex, diverse systems that depend on and impact one another. The complexity is so dense that every single action affects the whole. Everything depends. Everything we do will impact everything else, and every action taken by another impacts me and you. That's a big concept. The mind can be overwhelmed by the complexity; the heart understands it intuitively. My heart says, of course we are all connected; don't you feel it?
The heart is a useful tool to cultivate while we invoke a mindful, non-judgmental, stance towards our communities. The predominant planetary energy right now comes from Pisces—several planets occupy this sign and Mercury will be stationing retrograde on February 23rd in Pisces too. Don't be alarmed if your heart, feels a little more expansive while this is going on. At least, everyone is in the same boat. As mystic poet, Rumi says to us: "So the sea journey goes on, and who knows where! Just to be held by the ocean is the best luck we could have. It's a total waking up!" Here's to that awakening.
Forecast February 17, 2013 – February 23.
Moon enters Gemini 3:50 pm**
February 17—First Quarter Moon: Manifesting. This Moon phase is about the first challenges of the lunar cycle. What challenges your intention? If the intention is to cultivate the tool of the heart in learning to be mindful in our communities, then the Gemini Moon presents the first challenge. Gemini is the Mutable air sign that is square to Pisces, Mutable water. Both are Mutable, both want understanding, integration and wisdom, yet the methods they use to get there are so very different. The air approach creates distance, feels more comfortable with some perspective. The water approach is to merge and lose the distinction between things. Notice how these two approaches create friction with each other but also give needed balance. The evening is a great time to notice what we assume to be true and investigate whether it really is.
Moon in Gemini
Monday, February 18. This day is a strange combination of greasing the chute to let everything flow and putting the brakes on big time. Flow comes from the Sun's entry into Pisces and the Moon, still in Gemini, contacting Jupiter to expand our social instincts. The Moon is square to Mars and this increases some of the friction I wrote about in yesterday's forecast. The brakes come from Saturn stationing retrograde today at 11 degrees Scorpio. If that degree impacts your own chart, you will be feeling the Saturn pressure more strongly. Energetically, the sometimes frenetic Gemini Moon creates friction with this somber Saturn energy. If we let it, Saturn helps us focus and ground when mental stimulation is overwhelming. And if we are ready, we receive new ideas that help us in our Saturn quest for mastery.
Moon in Gemini
Tuesday, February 19. It may have been hard getting to sleep last night. The stimulating Moon in Gemini contacted Mercury early this morning. Could you stop the mental chatter? Today the Moon goes void-of-course midday, this presents a perfect opportunity to slow down and release yourself from the pressure of getting too much accomplished. Time for integration.
Moon enters Cancer 4:45 am
Wednesday, February 20. More water in the forecast. The Moon enters a water sign and the Sun conjoins Neptune today. After some mental stimulation from the last few days, notice what you are feeling. And that just might be that you want to stay home tonight and make a nice soup. Find where you feel emotionally supported and restore yourself there. Any distress felt in the day can be assuaged by self-care. As we hone the tool of our hearts, pay attention to what you feel about the larger communities you belong to. Where does your heart lead you today?
Moon in Cancer
February 21—Gibbous Moon: Perfecting. What is the lifeblood of community? Some say that every community needs a communal hearth around which to gather, celebrate each other, and feel welcomed and at home. With the Moon in Cancer, what role do you see the hearth playing in community? Does your communal hearth need tending? A grand water trine between the Moon, Mars, and Saturn presents an opportunity to tend to the needs of self and community in an energetic yet sustainable way. If you need something, you can be sure others do too. Welcome the wisdom of water.
Moon enters Leo 4:12 pm
Friday, February 22. The last aspect that the Moon made yesterday was a trine to Mercury in Pisces at 8:08pm. After that, the Moon is void-of-course until it enters Leo this afternoon. There are no other aspects today. We are invited to pay special attention to Mercury as it slows down to station retrograde early tomorrow. Mercury rules the stories we tell ourselves about what is happening. Many of these stories are based on past wounds. If we let the wounds be in charge of telling our stories, we may miss what is really going on. Mercury's retrograde journey through Pisces is an opportunity to practice ways of knowing based on what we feel and then getting clarity by asking others if they see it that way too. Attention paid to communication will help us feel more connected.
Moon in Leo
Saturday, February 23. The days surrounding the station of Mercury (both retrograde and direct stations) are the strongest parts of the retrograde cycle. Today, Mercury stations retrograde. Around the Spring Equinox, Mercury will station direct. From now till the equinox, we can devote ourselves to the refining the skills of sending and receiving messages in all the realms. With Mercury in Pisces for this extended period, we can expect our psychic antennas to be more open to picking up signals. But notice what happens when the signals get mixed-up. We will have the opportunity to understand each other on a much deeper level if we also are patient and aware that this business of intuitive, feelings-based communication is very subjective and hard to interpret clearly. How do you know what you know? Where does this knowing come from? What are the gifts and the challenges for community? With the Moon in Leo, our messages may be influenced by a need to be welcomed, seen, and appreciated by our communities. Can you extend that welcome to others? With the Pisces compassion, we understand much better how everyone needs to be seen and affirmed.
* To follow along with this lunar cycle, please read the New Moon forecast of February 10.
** All times are CST.


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Our customers can now deploy bare metal servers in minutes to our Dallas data center at a price that's comparable to cloud servers.
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) May 11, 2016
RootBSD expands the bare metal server presence of its rock solid *BSD-based hosting service to its Dallas data center, with its latest MaaS release and platform available to its customers now.
The company's facilities in Dallas are based in a secure facility that was designed for the Federal Reserve. Improvements include backup generators, biometric security, a datacenter-specific HVAC center and network uplinks to Level3 and Zayo. The data center is located in Dallas' business district and offers connectivity to companies, banks and organizations in the city, Texas and the American southwest.
"Our customers can now deploy bare metal servers in minutes to our Dallas data center at a price that's comparable to cloud servers," Mark Price, RootBSD's CEO, said. "This is in addition to the existing cloud services we offer at the location. No matter what their service needs are, whether it's MaaS or IaaS, we can offer the best service on the *BSD platform of their choice — OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD."
In addition, all RootBSD services come with a native IPv6 connection. RootBSD has provided *BSD IPv6 capable services for years. With the exhaustion of older, legacy "IPv4" address space, IPv6 capability is becoming a critical requirement for any online presence and RootBSD is able to bring that to the *BSD world.
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Frustrated by the haphazard *BSD hosting options of other providers and that did not meet their demands for business reliability and scalability, the founders of RootBSD established the company to provide reliable, flexible and supported BSD-based hosting services for professionals and businesses. RootBSD is part of Tranquil Hosting and has access to its 25 data centers throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit https://www.rootbsd.net.


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Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will mark his new-found commitment at Old Trafford by breaking the club's all-time scoring record, according to legends Sir Bobby Charlton and Denis Law.
United rejected two bids for Rooney from Chelsea during the summer transfer window after the England international handed in a transfer request at the end of last season.
Despite reportedly wanting out of United, Rooney remains an integral figure in David Moyes' first season in charge and has already scored five goals this term - the latest coming in the weekend defeat to West Bromwich Albion - to take himself beyond the milestone of 200 goals for the club.
Jack Rowley (221) Law (237) and Charlton (249) are the only players ahead of Rooney in the all-time United scoring charts and the latter pair are convinced the 27 year old's rediscovered commitment points towards their records being broken.
"I've spoken to Wayne and I've told him he's doing really, really well. Fantastically well," Charlton told United Review.
"I'll lose no sleep over it at all if Wayne beats my record. It will be something else for the club to be proud of. And he can buy the drinks!"
Law added: "One thing that Rooney's always shown since he's arrived at the club is that he's not only a goalscorer, but a person who tries, no matter what the scoreline is.
"I wasn't surprised to see Wayne reach 200 goals for United. I said years ago that as long as he stayed fit he would become the highest scorer and I have no doubt he'll break the record."
Rooney's tally currently stands at 202 goals from 409 matches and while his status at United has been damaged by recent rumours regarding his future, the England striker remains as important a figure to the Premier League champions as when he joined the club from Everton in 2004.
After marking his debut for United with a hat-trick against Fenerbahce in the Champions League, Rooney's career has gone from strength-to-strength while he has claimed a host of silverware during his time at the club, including five Premier League titles and the Champions League won in 2008.


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David Cameron argues that the country needs a decisive Conservative victory because that is the only way electors will see real change.
"Would it be real change," he asks, "if we ended up with a hung parliament and Gordon Brown as prime minister? That's not change. That's more of the same."
I think I understand real change in a different way.
The problem of the broken trust between the electors and their representatives is no mere question of expenses scandals. I am not excusing fraud. I think fraud is wrong and fraudsters should be prosecuted, but to me, the real point of the recent scandals was that they were evocative of a closed club; a club whose members are so detached from the ordinary world that they assume themselves entitled to their inflated claims and their power.
I think that the various proposals of both Conservatives and Labour with regard to parliamentary reform – whether to cut the number of MPs, or to elect the House of Lords, or insist that an unelected prime minister face an election within six months of entering Downing Street – entirely miss the point.
On the morning of the second party leaders' television debate, I watched an interview with a handful of young people at some drop-in centre in Bristol. They weren't interested in the election. The phrase of one girl particularly resonated with me: "I don't think [the politicians] think about the people in the background."
It reminded me of what Fanny Kemble (1809-1893) used to say about politics. She and other formidable women like her powered the anti-slavery movement in the 1830s and on through to abolition. And yet she, along with the majority of her fellow female campaigners, had no interest in acquiring the vote. They took it for granted that politics was a game played by prosperous men for their own interests.
It seems to me that we haven't moved very far from those days. If we are to restore the bond of trust between the electorate and its representatives, we need to allow more voices to speak out from the elevated heights of Westminster. We still have far too many people unheard in the background.
Even if voting follows the present polls, with the votes distributed more or less evenly between Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems, the Reds and the Blues will still hold on to a disproportionately high number of seats.
I am convinced that this is wrong.
We are living with a parliamentary system designed by men in power in the 19th century. The last major reform bill in Great Britain was in 1928, when at last women were given equal voting rights with men. We need reform. We need a Parliamentary system fit for the 21st century. And that means an end to our first-past-the-post system of voting.
So, unlike Cameron and Brown, I am hoping for a hung Parliament. I don't see Nick Clegg as the Messiah; I don't think the Lib Dem programme is without flaw (although I am persuaded by the good sense of many of their policies). I want to register my desire to see the duopoly of the Reds and the Blues broken. And I shall be voting in the hope of a hung parliament as the best first step available.
Rebecca Jenkins was an undecided voter who is writing for Cif during the election campaign


text: The Role of Antioxidants Antioxidants, Antioxidants, Antioxidants Why do we hear so much about Antioxidants? Do we really know what they are and how they work? The most important thing to know is that NATURAL PREVENTION strategies are extremely effective against free radicals and provide the best antioxidants. The human body contains trillions of cells, each cell has a central core, called the nucleus, inside the nucleus is our DNA – yes the same DNA that is damaged by microwaving our food. DNA contains the genes that cells need to replicate itself. DNA can be damaged by toxic atoms we know as free radicals. Free radicals are created from a poor diet, chemicals, cigarette smoke, too much sunlight, microwaved foods, etc…. A free radical is a highly reactive atom that destroys body tissue. Atoms contain electrons, electrons come in pairs but, when one of the electrons get stripped away, the electron now becomes a free radical. The unpaired electron starts searching for another electron to complete its set. It grabs on to any electron it can find. By stealing electrons, a process begins of free radicals destroying other molecules. Much like small bullets, free radicals shoot through a cell's membrane, tearing holes and putting the cell at risk. Free radicals can also tear DNA, this leads to mutations and the development of cancer. The good news is that nature counteracts free radicals through a process we know as antioxidants. In natures wisdom, antioxidants donate one of their own electrons to the Atom that is searching for its second electron. This helps stop the free radical growth by stabilizing the Atom. The antioxidants protect cell integrity and are therefore our most powerful weapon in fighting and preventing cancer and other degenerative diseases.


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Is there a way to change my Linksys router password in Lynux? I set up my linksys router under Windows, but it works fine with Lynux. However, I need to change my router password, but the setup file on the CD is written for Windows.
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In a Linux terminal run:
netstat -nr
Copy the number you see in the "gateway" column to your browser's address bar, this is your router's address. This will take you to the administration menu of the router. You will probably need your username and password handy.
Yes. You need to Google the make and model of your router to find the number...
Yes. You need to Google the make and model of your router to find the number which will enable you to communicate with it. Then use your browser. Put the number into the address bar e.g. http://192.168.1.1
You should now be communicating with your router...
Yes. The easiest way is to open a web browser and go to the URL or IP address of your router. You will be presented with your routers web GUI. From there you can log on and change your settings.


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Workman Nydegger has been recognized in the 2016 Chambers USA Guide: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a Band 2 law firm in the field of Intellectual Property. Chambers commended Workman Nydegger for their substantial capabilities regarding both prosecution and litigation. Clients were noted as being "impressed by [Workman Nydegger's] responsiveness and small-firm feel even though they are a high-level, nationally recognized IP firm." The most outstanding law firms and individual attorneys are chosen annually and placed in ranking bands from 1-6.
Attorneys Rick Nydegger, Brent Lorimer and John Stringham were also recognized by Chambers USA as Notable Practitioners. Receiving a Band 1 ranking, Mr. Nydegger was recognized for his expertise in patent matters, particularly related to the electronics, software and medical devices industries. Mr. Lorimer was noted for his "experience and skill in IP litigation matters" in a variety of technological fields, awarding him with a Band 3 ranking. Mr. Stringham also received a Band 3 ranking, with high remarks on his diligent and effective approach to IP prosecution matters. A firm's placement on the published list is determined by specific qualities valued by clients such as technical ability, professional conduct, industry knowledge, commitment, and others. Attorneys are ranked individually on the basis of their legal knowledge, capability, experience and efficiency.
Founded over 30 years ago, Workman Nydegger specializes in intellectual property (IP) law and complex litigation. The firm represents a wide array of clients in all areas of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, litigation and prosecution, unfair competition and related licensing matters, and possesses expertise in a diverse range of technologies, including computer systems, software, e-commerce and information technology; electronics and electrical engineering; pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, chemical, biotechnology, and medical and life science technologies; physics and optics; mechanics and mechanical engineering and alternative energy.


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Nov 16, 2015
Hunter Parrish of Snead State has been named the ACCC Player of the Week for the week of November 9-15.
Parrish led the Parsons to a 2-0 week, with victories over Cleveland State (TN) and LaGrange College JV. For the week, Parrish averaged 15 points, 12.5 rebounds, four assists, and 1.5 blocks per game, while shooting 72% from the floor and 50% from three-point.
The freshman from Oviedo, FL and The Master's Academy is currently ninth in the ACCC in rebounding at nine per game and 16th in scoring at 13.4.
The Parsons return to action November 17 when they travel to Motlow State (TN).


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By Greg Roumeliotis and Svea Herbst-Bayliss
NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Third Point LLC is meeting with some of Campbell Soup Co's largest shareholders to seek support for changes at the U.S. consumer company, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
The meetings come after Campbell Soup Chief Executive Denise Morrison unexpectedly stepped down in May, as the company issued a bleak forecast for the year and said it would embark on a review of its many brands.
Third Point, which has a sizeable stake in Campbell Soup, is hoping to win enough support from the family clans that collectively own 41 percent of the company to call for its sale or a major break-up, the sources said.
It is not clear whether Third Point will win enough support, and the hedge fund may choose not to make any public demands, the sources added, asking not to be identified because the matter is confidential.
Campbell Soup did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Third Point declined to comment.
The New York Post first reported earlier this month that Third Point was targeting the company and was in talks with family members.
The descendants of former Campbell Soup Chairman John Dorrance own big stakes in the company: Mary Malone owns 17.72 percent, Bennett Dorrance has 15.41 percent, and Archie van Beuren 8.59 percent. They have traditionally been attached to the company and resisted a sale.
Food companies like Campbell have been pressured as consumers increasingly move away from processed food toward healthier options. Shifting consumer tastes are partly to blame for four straight years of declines at Campbell's U.S. soup business, a period that Morrison oversaw.
Campbell in 2015 reorganized into three divisions, creating the Campbell Fresh unit after combining what was a Packaged Fresh division with soups sold to supermarket delis. But Campbell Fresh struggled, resulting in a two-year decline in organic sales.
Campbell expects to discuss the outcome of its strategic review when it reports fourth-quarter results in late August, the company has said. Analysts have said that the most logical path for the company may be to separate its profitable but debt-laden snack business from its slower-growing soup business.
Third Point, a $18 billion hedge fund run by billionaire Daniel Loeb, has made a number of investments in food-related companies over the years. Most recently, it has called for Nestle SA to shake up its business. (Reporting by Greg Roumeliotis in New York and Svea Herbst-Bayliss in Boston; Editing by Richard Chang)


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Aurora: Best places in the world to see the Northern Lights REVEALED
AURORA – otherwise known as the Northern lights – is on many traveller's buckets lists, thanks to the natural light display being one of the most beautiful celestial events to watch with the naked eye. So where is best to go in the world to see the Northern Lights?
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And I'm finally back! How's everybody's summer going? I don't know about yall, but that trip to India was exactly what I needed. I feel so refreshed and I'm ready to get back to business. I made so many friends and memories there. Exotic is not a strong enough word to describe it.
I ended up going to 4 places in India. First, of course, it's capital, Delhi.
It was an amazing city and all I did was shopped till I dropped. There's no dearth of malls and the exploding variety in Delhi. I was totally floored.
The night life in Delhi was a sight to behold. The energetic vibe was all you needed to get high off the atmosphere. It was enough to keep me going all night! All in all, Delhi was just astounding.
Next stop, Lucknow. Now, unlike Delhi, this was not a metropolis. It was more of a cultural city. It's rich heritage and history was palpable in every street, building and monument.
Museums, parks and architectural sites filled me with so much wonder and I gained a lot of unforgettable information about this ancient city's past. I was pleasantly surprised at the kindness, generosity and friendly nature of the people in this city and I was less than willing to leave.
After that I flew to Mumbai, the city where all the magic happens. They say Mumbai is the city of opportunities. Where everyone gets a second chance. It is an industrial hub. Luckily for me, it rained a lot in the few days that I visited, so it kept me from being too homesick. It was a very busy city with so many people with so many stories. In one word? Incredible.
And last but definitely not the least, the highlight of my trip, Goa. This was, without a doubt, my favourite place in India. With its unending and refreshing greenery, rolling hills and breathtaking lakes and beaches, it was certainly a sight to behold.
From cruises to improptu flash dances and the fun and frolic that the peoples' vibes emit, this place was unforgettable.
Not to be outdone culturally, Goa also offered a variety of forts, museums and churches brimming with interesting historical backgrounds.
And let's not forget the stretches of beach and all the fun that comes with it!
And believe me, you have not truly lived until you have ridden an actual elephant. My mind was literally blown.
I even went kayaking, hiking and paddle-boating! Not to mention, the churches and museums. Only Goa could make field-trip-like spots like that interesting.
And of course, some days, all I did was lie out by the poolside with a drink.
From little streets and allies, to malls and spas, India truly had me blown away. I hated leaving.
I can't wait to go back…
Stay adventurous,
Deliya x 🙂
P.S. Unless stated otherwise, all pictures have been personally shot by me. Please refrain from using these pictures without due permission.


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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced it will hold the official cash rate at 2% in April.
This is the tenth consecutive month that the official cash rate has been left on hold, despite a persistently strong Australian Dollar (AUD) threatening a cash rate cut.
The AUD reached an eight month high of USD $0.77 early this week. The strength of the AUD is partly due to a global currency battle, where many central banks around the world are simultaneously trying to lower the value of their currencies relative to others, in order to attract more exports. This mitigates the ability of the RBA to devalue the currency in Australia through further cuts to the cash rate. Even though Australia's cash rate is at a historically low level, it remains high relative to other countries such as in Japan, where rates are in negative territory.
Another boost to the AUD came from rallies in commodities over March. While most commodities are still well below the high levels in 2014, the last month saw increases in the index of natural gas (21.1%), iron ore (3.1%), coal (1.2%) and crude oil (1.1%).
Increases in price for Australia's export commodities may help boost economic activity in the short term, as well as increase demand for the AUD, thus aiding its buoyancy.
Growth in resource revenues may have offset a need to try and reduce the currency value for April, which in turn may have contributed to the hold decision.
Further movements in the AUD, which will impact future cash rate decisions, will be contingent upon cash rate movements in the United States as the USD is a major currency competitor.
Other positive indicators coming from the Australian economy include an increase in the number of job vacancies, which trended up sharply by 3.1% in the February 2016 quarter. However, the robust nature of Australia's economy in the face of increased job vacancies also depends on the skill level in the workforce and whether these vacancies can be fulfilled.


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Thanks to the excellent House To Home I've found them. These are the light grey, non-bevelled, rectangular tiles that I've been looking for. With one snag: they are by Fired Earth, which I imagine means that they will be excellent quality, but also makes them rather out of this squirrel's price range (at 79p / £69.70 per sqm). So, it's now the mission to find something similar.
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How the Facebook-WhatsApp Deal Got Done
On Valentine's Day, Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg planned on having dinner with his wife. Instead, he bought a company for $19 billion.
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We continued taking turns in the hole until the pit was cleaned at about the 5 ½ ft. level. There were a few more decent finds, but
nothing too exciting. This wasn't the pontiled pit we were looking for, but the good news was that Jason had already probed another pit right next to this one and with 3 of us, we could easily knock out another one today,
we? We filled back in the hole as fast as we could and did the repair, still making sure to do a really good job. Then we decided to take lunch and come back to dig the next pit.
Pit Number one Finds
I ran to the house and ate as daydreams of bitters and flasks danced in my head. I looked at the clock and it
. 1:45! Oh no, we would really have to hustle if we were going to pull a second dig off. I quickly got back into my digging clothes and headed out. When I arrived Jason and Bryan had not yet made it, but
looking back down the road I seen them walking my way. When they got within talking distance a debate immediately arose as to the shortage of daylight hrs. left and what to do. I had probed a 4th pit in this yard
last week, but it seemed to be really shallow, maybe about 4 ft. Should we dig this shallow pit and let what we felt could be the best pit in the yard go for another week? Sounded like good common sense, but then again, I
was pumped up with bitters and flasks mania and who gives a big rats tail for common sense in that state? With indecision hanging thickly in the air and bringing on a general state of chaos , Jason suddenly declared
that he had flipped a coin and the deep and possibly best pit had won. We snapped out of our confusion and in a matter of seconds tarps were spread and sod was being cut. We could do this! We were down in ash at
about 3 ft. and convincing pieces of glass and artifacts were surfacing. Only minutes had passed and we were making big progress. Then matters took a turn for the worse, Jason started feeling ill, but decided he could
go on. After we got down about another foot, bottles started rolling out. One of the first was one we hadn't seen yet, a ground top jar embossed 'McAllisters Mocking Bird Food'.


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I had a dream about Shorty Saturday night. I dreamed that I was at a party and overheard someone talking about her being there. I ran frantically around the house, my mind racing a million miles an hour. I finally found her laying on a bed. I immediately confronted her. What the hell was happening? She said that her whole family had rigged the entire situation, that she'd fallen madly in love shortly after her divorce and needed to escape for a while to get herself together and start a new life with this guy.
I was dumbfounded. Visions from her funeral flashed through my mind, images of her family, devastated, crying, angry, her brother's eulogy. I demanded answers. Her whole family had made up the suicide story? The entire funeral was faked, even the open casket (which incidentally isn't that hard to believe since I've only looked in an open casket once, at Shorty, and no part of it looked real)? They'd even made up the suicide note. Didn't I wonder why there wasn't an obituary in the newspaper?
She looked so sheepish and guilty, yet happy and content at the same time. I was angry. But then I was glad she was alive, glad she was happy, an unusual emotion for her. I had to leave the room, take a minute to process this.
That's all I remember, and I didn't remember it until well into the day on Sunday. I don't know what reminded me of it, but I'm glad it came back. It's amazing how one tiny dream (they last like a couple of seconds, right?) can awaken feelings I've shelved for a while. Honestly I haven't thought of Shorty in some time, and the triggers that cause me to remember her come less and less.
If only she had faked the whole thing. There are so many things I want to tell her, to share with her. What's so strange is that we probably wouldn't even be friends now if she hadn't done this and life went on like normal. So weird to think about.


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Serving as board chair at any time in ISACA's history would be incredible. To be able to serve in that capacity right now – as ISACA nears its 50th anniversary and with so much riding on the work of ISACA's professional community – makes the opportunity ahead even more of an honor.
In an era when technology is driving digital transformation in just about every imaginable way – impacting all geographic regions, both the public and private sectors and industries of all types – ISACA's professional community is facing challenges like never before. Heightened focus on data security and privacy, a shifting regulatory environment and an expanding threat landscape mean more is expected of practitioners in audit/assurance, governance, risk, information and cyber security, and related technology disciplines.
ISACA is here to be a trusted partner in your professional journey. Together, we will navigate the changes that artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, quantum computing and whatever comes next will bring to the enterprise landscape – and to society at large. We are laser-focused on providing the industry-leading practices, knowledge resources, training, credentials and networking opportunities needed to advance your career and help your enterprise deliver on the positive potential of technology.
For nearly 50 years, we have helped practitioners make sense of the latest forces impacting the technology workforce. As we approach the half-century mark as an organization, it is important to recognize what brought us to this point – the combination of an exceptional community of volunteers, members and staff professionals who have worked in concert across decades to ensure that ISACA continually progresses to meet the needs of our ever-changing technological landscape.
If ISACA wishes to remain relevant for the next 50 years, we must commit – as a global community – to continuing to adapt and evolve, to showing the world, today, the technology that will be arriving and impacting their lives tomorrow.
Ultimately, though, ISACA isn't only about technology – it's about people.
Even more important than preparing for the advancement of technology, we need to ensure ISACA retains the right culture as a community of volunteers, members, and professional staff, all working together toward common goals. ISACA's community culture needs to be rooted in adaptability and agility, while retaining its half-century of demonstrated commitment to excellence in everything it undertakes.
We are well-positioned to do exactly that, with recent initiatives such as the CMMI Cybermaturity Platform, a rich compilation of resources that helped our professional community prepare for and implement GDPR, the advancement of ISACA's SheLeadsTech program and the opening of a new office in Beijing serving as promising examples of the organization's growing reach and impact. There are exciting opportunities to build additional momentum in the year ahead, including developing and executing on a plan for an ISACA charitable foundation and continuing to innovate with our training, certifications and CSX platform.
I want to thank my predecessor, Theresa Grafenstine, for the excellent work she did as board chair during the 2017-18 term. Fortunately, Terry will remain part of the 2018-19 board, which features a tremendous range of talent and expertise from around the globe:
I am proud that we are all part of an organization that devotes itself to aiding the world in recognizing the positive potential of technology. Together, with our members, certification-holders and incredible network of volunteers, we will celebrate ISACA's proud, 50-year history, while simultaneously helping to position our professional community for its most important contributions yet. I can't think of a better, or more exciting, time to propel ISACA forward.


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Lembeh Manado
One of the richest areas of marine diversity in the world, Lembeh Strait is now a popular dive destination for lovers of all critters great and small! Along the strait's 12 kilometers are packed an uncountable number of rare critters : octopuses, frogfishes, shrimps, nudibranches and seahorses — at more than 20 dive sites between the mainland of North Sulawesi and Lembeh Island. But this colorful, pristine environment is also home to smaller but no-less-spectacular creatures nestled in the sand or among the coral flowers. LEMBEH STRAIT is a MUST for MUCK-DIVING LOVERS! So where do you stay?
Bastianos Lembeh Diving Resort
With beachfront view of Lembeh Strait, your rooms are minutes away from some of the best dive-sites on the planet. It's a no-brainer. The Restaurant serves fresh and hygienically prepared meals by a qualified chef and kitchen team. Our ocean view restaurant's menu offers a mix of traditional and international dishes. One more thing: learning the secrets to diving or just relaxing by the resort is a lot easier now, with the completion of the Bastianos lembeh swimming pool. Then there is the dedicated Camera Room for our underwater photography buffs-decorated with their images of Lembeh Strait's flora and fauna ( more of which can be found on this website ). There is also a library with a comfy reading area to better inform our guests about the strait's marine life and other useful information.


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8 million TNT sphere explosion
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Beautiful Realistic Minecraft Castle
This fantastic Minecraft mountain looks great and about as realistic as Minecraft gets. Not so sure about the lens flare though
Our rating:
9 out of 10 creepers
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|Tephra Castle and the town of Noxshire
Our rating:
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Saturday, 8 September 2012
Floating Castle
This one's really epic and dreamlike though that could just be the vasolene smeared on the camera lens...Love the endless waterfall, though.
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Saturday, 1 September 2012
Enormous Colourful Minecraft Castle
This one is a nice minecraft castle, almost reminiscent of some Russian architecture. The nice thing about this is how it fits in with the landscape, and feels more natural as a result
Our rating:
8 out of 10 creepers
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This machine is a large planer CNC milling and boring machine,mainly used for processing large,medium-size,large,medium weight large variety of basic,plate,disc-type parts,housing parts,molds,and other varieties of parts,aworkpiece after clamping automatic,efficent,continuous high-precision machining to complete milling,drilling,boring,reaming,and other processes for aerospace,heavy machinery,locomotives,shipbuilding,power generation,machine tools,printing,textile,mold and other manufacturing industries.
X/Y/Z servo axes adopt the servo motor with the direct connection of precision planetary gear box to drive the large diameter and high precision duel nut preloaded ball screw. The machine tool adopts the linear rolling guide way, where X-axis and Z-axis adopt the design of three guide ways to guarantee the high loading and high stability of the machine tool.
The spindle adopts the high precision SKF bearing,using the techniques of spindle ring external cooling and spindle bearing thin oil lubrication cooling to guarantee the long-time high precision operation of spindle .The boring spindle is made of the advanced material, After the careful heat treatment, It promotes the stiffness of W axis and its precision durability.
The gear box adopts the two-shift and four-speed transmission .The maximal rotation of spindle can reach 2500rpm/min. It can meet the large-torque requirement during the rough machining and the high rotational speed during the fine machining.
It adopts the servo motor to control the duel gap-eliminating gear box to drive the imported precision gear ring for the rotary motion. It is equipped with the angular grating ruler to meet the requirement of high positioning precision of ±6" for any indexing of the rotary table. It is also equipped with the four-point positioning device to meet the requirement of high positioning device to meet the requirement of high positioning precision of ±4" for 90°indexing of the rotary table.
All fundamental large parts have received the finite element analysis and they are all optimized through the static analysis, dynamic and thermal stability analysis, which greatly improve the dynamic and static stiffness and thermal stability. The column adopts the form of inclined double wall,which can meet the requirement of high stiffness during the large torque output of spindle.