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UAV Outback Challenge
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The UAV Challenge - Outback Rescue, often referred to as simply the UAV Outback Challenge or UAV Challenge, began in 2007 and has been held every year since. The event is aimed at promoting the civilian use of unmanned aerial vehicles and the development of low-cost systems that could be used for search and rescue missions.[1] The events have been cooperative efforts between a number of organisations with interests in furthering the use of unmanned aircraft in civilian applications. There is a thorough scoring system with a clear emphasis on safety, capability and technical excellence.[2] The format of the Challenge changed in 2011 with the Search and Rescue Challenge moving to a two-year-long event.
The event is one of the largest robotics challenges in the world and one of the highest stakes UAV challenges, with $50,000 on offer to the winner of the Search and Rescue segment of the Challenge. The Search and Rescue Challenge takes place in Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia at the airport.
- 1 Challenges
- 2 Outback Joe
- 3 Rod Walker
- 4 The Kingaroy Triangle
- 5 Annual challenges
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Search and Rescue Challenge[edit]
The Search and Rescue Challenge is open for worldwide participation by universities and hobbyists.
'Outback Joe' is lost in the Australian outback and in need of assistance. Teams must develop a platform to accurately pinpoint the simulated target and accurately deliver an emergency package via an airdrop. The mission area is nearly 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the airport and is approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) x 6 kilometres (3.7 mi). Teams must not fly greater than 1500 ft above ground level (AGL).
The overall mission requirements are targeted towards safety, excellence of the platform and innovation. There are a number of milestones leading up to the challenge dates.
Airborne Delivery Challenge[edit]
This challenge is open to Australian high school students. The objective is to create a future generation of aerospace professionals with a focus on UAVs.
An airframe has to be built and the mission is executed by two persons who will not communicate during the mission and will have technological targeting solutions in place:
- UAV Controller in charge of piloting the airframe (or programming the mission in case of the Robotic challenge)
- Mission manager in charge of the mission package drop
Other team members are permitted and many teams have roles for a team manager, media manager and safety manager.
In 2009 and 2010 a Robot Airborne Delivery Challenge was also held in parallel to the main Airborne Delivery Challenge. The Robot competition was dropped in 2011 in favor of bonus points for autonomous payload dropping in the Airborne Delivery Challenge.
It was reported, just prior to the 2011 event, that the UAV Challenge had inspired nineteen-year-old Chelsea Redman to become an aerospace engineer.[3]
Outback Joe[edit]
Outback Joe is the target of the Search and Rescue and Airborne Delivery Challenges. Joe is a mysterious local bushwalker that tends to get lost near Kingaroy airport every September. He is represented by a 50 kg mannequin dressed in jeans, a work shirt, work boots and the iconic Australian hat, the Akubra. In 2010, Outback Joe was spotted from the aircraft of the University of North Dakota team lying next to his broken down "ute". This was the first time he had been located by a Search and Rescue team. In 2012, the Canberra UAV team's aircraft automatically located Outback Joe - the first fully automatic detection during all events. Teams, spectators (at the event and remote) and media keep up-to-date with Outback Joe's antics by following outback_joe on Twitter and Outback Joe on Facebook.
Rod Walker[edit]
The UAV Challenge was conceived in late 2005 by Rodney Walker (QUT), Jonathan Roberts (then CSIRO) and George Curran (CSIRO). Their idea was to create an annual event that would help develop young people's enthusiasm and skills in the UAV industry and help educate the general public on the potential roles of UAVs in non-military situations. Rod Walker, a Professor at Queensland University of Technology, died in October 2011, aged 42.[4] Canberra UAV, the first placed team in the 2012 Search and Rescue event were awarded the inaugural Rod Walker Trophy. A memorial fund was set up to support individuals and organisations that try to enhance the use of UAVs for civilian purposes.[5]
The Kingaroy Triangle[edit]
The term The Kingaroy Triangle was coined during the second UAV Challenge event in 2008 when it was noticed that aircraft and systems that had worked perfectly well before the UAV Challenge suddenly appeared to have problems at Kingaroy. The term is a reference to the more famous Bermuda Triangle and also a reference to the general shape of the competition boundary area, which is roughly triangular in nature.
Annual challenges[edit]
2014 competition[edit]
The 2014 event is again being held in Kingaroy, Queensland, is being organised by QUT and CSIRO and has support from government, industry and the airspace regulator in Australia. The international Search and Rescue competition will see twenty teams competing for the $50,000 grand prize.[6]
2013 competition[edit]
2013 was a high-school only event with the international Search and Rescue Challenge starting that year but running for two years (with its own event at Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia planned for September 2014). For the second time, the Airborne Delivery Challenge (High-School teams) championship was held at Calvert Radio Aero Modellers Society flying field (approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Ipswich, Queensland). The Challenge took place between September 24 and 25. The competition was very close and was notable because for the first time a high-school team (The Hexfactor for Mueller College) managed to achieve a successful autonomous drop of a chocolate bar to Outback Joe, landing within the required 10m distance to be award bonus points. Although the Hexfactor did not win the event, the fact that they succeeded with some autonomy was a milestone for the UAV Challenge.
|Airborne Delivery Challenge
|First place
|Calamvale Raptors II
|Second place
|MUROC Hawks 2.0
|Third place
|MUROC Crazy Cubz
|Search Phase
|Calamvale Reapers
|Insitu Pacific Airmanship Award
|Fletcher Thomas (Riverton and District High School)
In 2013 the UAV Challenge was organised by ARCAA (a QUT research centre) and CSIRO. It was sponsored by Insitu Pacific, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Mathworks. The Challenge was also supported by the Queensland Government, the Australian Association for Unmanned Systems, and UAS-Pacific. The event also had the assistance of personnel from VTOL-Aerospace and Aviation Australia.
2012 competition[edit]
The 2012 event was held at Kingaroy October 1–3 and followed a similar format to the 2010 competition with both a Search and Rescue and Airborne Delivery Challenge. The 2012 Search and Rescue competition actually began in 2011 when the competition was lengthened to 18 months in duration. 2012 saw the introduction of the Search Phase as part of the Airborne Delivery Challenge competitions.
Over 70 teams registered for the Search and Rescue Challenge, with 63 passing the first checkpoint. Over the subsequent 18 months the field was reduced to just six, the rest having either failed to pass certain milestones or withdrawing due to technical difficulties such as crashes. At the event in Kingaroy, four teams launched their aircraft into the range. The main task was not completed by any of the teams.[7] However, two teams did manage to complete a significant portion of their search phase and successfully returned their aircraft to the airport. Team Canberra UAV achieved automatic detection of Outback Joe - the first team to do so in the history of the event.[8] They did not manage to drop the bottle of water due to an in-flight incident prior to the Outback Joe detection when it appeared that the water bottle became loose from the aircraft and fell off.
Thirteen teams competed in the Airborne Delivery Challenge with a winner declared for its Search Phase.[9] The Airmanship Award was sponsored by Insitu Pacific and was awarded to Nina Clark for her outstanding team leadership.
|Grand prize
|Encouragement awards
|Search and Rescue Challenge (Rod Walker Trophy)
|(not completed)
|First Place: Canberra UAV (A$10,000 and the Rod Walker Trophy), Runners-up in order: OpenUAS (A$5,000), Forward Robotics (A$1,000) and CompassUAV (A$1,000)
|Airborne Delivery Challenge
|MUROC Hawks
|Airborne Delivery Search Phase
|MUROC Raiders
|Insitu Pacific Airmanship Award
|Nina Clark (Team Captain of Aviation High Thunderbirds)
In 2012 the UAV Challenge was organised by ARCAA (QUT and CSIRO), AUVS-Australia and Aviation Development Australia Limited. It was sponsored by Insitu Pacific, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, CASA, Mathworks, Aviation Australia, Stanwell Corporation Limited and DSTO. The Challenge was also supported by the Queensland Government, South Burnett Regional Council, UAS-Pacific, the U.S. Office of Naval Research Global, the Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development, and Australian Defence Magazine. The event also had the assistance of personnel from Raytheon, the Royal Australian Navy and the Victoria Police Air Wing.
2011 competition (new format)[edit]
On 16 March 2011, the UAV Challenge organizers announced major changes to the format of the Challenges.[10] Stated changes included a new longer format Search and Rescue Challenge that results in an event at Kingaroy being held every two years instead of every year (as was done from 2007 to 2010) and the development of Australian State Championships for the Airborne Delivery Challenge. The organizers were quoted as saying that they believe this will lead to "more participants competing with a very high standard of UAV capability".
For the first time, the event was not held at Kingaroy. Instead an Airborne Delivery Challenge (High-School teams) championship was held at Calvert Radio Aero Modellers Society flying field (approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Ipswich, Queensland) between September 27 and 28.[11]
|Airborne Delivery Challenge
|First place
|Calamvale Lightning
|Second place
|MUROC Masters
|Third place
|Aviation High Team Spectrum
|Airmanship award
|T-shirt and Mars Bar
|Jordan Tonges (Aviation High Le Phoenix)
In 2011 the UAV Challenge was organised by ARCAA (QUT and CSIRO) and AUVS-Australia. It was sponsored by Queensland Government, had the assistance of Ipswich City Council, and technical staff from Boeing, UAS Pacific and Skills Queensland.
2010 competition[edit]
The 2010 UAV Challenge took place between September 27 and 29. In the Search and Rescue competition a team from the University of North Dakota became the first in UAV Challenge history to successfully locate Outback Joe, managing to pinpoint his location to within 15 m (from 800 ft AGL).[12] However, they failed to drop a water bottle within 100 m (as required by the rules) and hence did not win the A$50,000 prize.[13] Team Robota, from Texas, was awarded second place after their aircraft successfully entered the search area but had to abort the mission due to a technical issue.[14] A total of 49 teams entered the Search and Rescue competition with only six flying at the event.
|Grand prize
|Encouragement awards
|Search and Rescue Challenge
|(not completed)
|First Place: University of North Dakota (A$15,000), Second Place: Team Robota (A$5,000)
|Robot Airborne Delivery Challenge
|(not completed)
|Airborne Delivery Challenge
|Calamvale Hornets
|Documentary challenge
|Latitude 38 UAV
In 2010 the UAV Challenge was organised by ARCAA (QUT and CSIRO), Queensland Government and Aviation Development Australia Limited. It was sponsored by Insitu, CASA, Australian Defence Magazine, AUVS-Australia, Boeing, CAE Inc. and South Burnett Regional Council.
2009 competition[edit]
The 2009 UAV Challenge was announced in the December/January 2008 issue of Aviation Business Asia Pacific magazine. The 2009 event took place between September 28 and October 1. The combined challenge award funds were A$70,000.00. In addition to the traditional Search and Rescue Challenge and Airborne Delivery Challenge, there was a new Robot Airborne Delivery Challenge open to high-school students. The two separate documentary challenges of the previous years were combined into a single Documentary Challenge.
2009 was the first year that teams managed to enter the search area. Team Galah suffered an engine shutdown just inside the search area and made an emergency landing less than 100 m from Outback Joe (although they were not aware of this at the time). Team Melbourne UAV were en route to the search area when high wind conditions flipped their aircraft causing it to enter flight termination mode. The airframe was lost due to high impact with the ground.[15]
|Grand prize
|Encouragement awards
|Search and Rescue Challenge
|(not completed)
|Melbourne UAV (A$7,500), Team Galah (A$7,500)
|Robot Airborne Delivery Challenge
|Look mAh! No Hands!, Brisbane Grammar School
|Airborne Delivery Challenge
|Cloud 9, Aviation High
|Wynnum North State High School (A$500)
|Documentary challenge
|Melbourne UAV
In 2009 the UAV Challenge was organised by the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (a five-year-long partnership between CSIRO and Queensland University of Technology), the Queensland State Government, and Boeing Defence Australia.
2008 competition[edit]
The 2008 UAV Outback Challenge was held between September 22 and 24 and had a combined prize fund of A$70,000.[16] The prize for completing the Search and Rescue Challenge was increased to A$50,000. 51 teams from 8 different countries expressed an interest in entering with 17 finally qualifying for the event. As in 2007, teams failed to complete the Search and Rescue mission, with no teams passing stringent flight scrutineering and hence no flights left the airport for the search area.
|Grand prize
|Encouragement awards
|Search and Rescue Challenge
|(not completed)
|Telemasters (A$5,000), Missouri S&T UAV Team (A$3,000), QUT SRUAV 08 (A$1,000), Missouri S&T UAV Team (A$500)
|High School Payload Delivery Challenge
|Mueller College - MUROC Bush Pilots
|TSHS Mt Lofty (A$500)
|Search and Rescue Documentary Challenge
|Mueller College - MUROC Bush Masters
|High School Documentary Challenge
|Brisbane Boys' College – Bash, Burn and Crash
In 2008 the UAV Challenge was organised by the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (a five-year-long partnership between CSIRO and Queensland University of Technology), the Queensland State Government, and Boeing Defence Australia.
2007 competition[edit]
The first event was held between September 24 and 27.[17] It attracted interest from 43 teams from 6 countries[18] of whom 20 submitted full entries. No teams passed flight scrutineering although Team Dionysus from the USA did demonstrate some autonomous flight at the airport. MUROC I, a high school team from Mueller College, won the inaugural Payload Delivery Challenge.
|Grand prize
|Encouragement awards
|Search and Rescue Challenge
|(not completed)
|High School Payload Delivery Challenge
|MUROC I (Mueller College)
|Search and Rescue Documentary Challenge
|High School Documentary Challenge
|MUROC Combined
In 2007 the UAV Challenge was organised by the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (a five-year-long partnership between CSIRO and Queensland University of Technology), the Queensland State Government, and Boeing Defence Australia.
See also[edit]
- Multi Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge a land-based search, mapping and tracking competition.
- Robocup Rescue Robot League a ground-robot search and rescue competition.
- ^ "UAV Challenge - Outback Rescue". ARCAA and Government of Queensland. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "UAV Challenge - Outback Rescue Search and Rescue Competition 2010 rules document" (PDF). uavoutbackchallenge.com.au. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ "UAV Outback Challenge Inspires Chelsea to be an Aerospace Engineer". sUAS News. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ "Professor Rodney Walker co founder of The Outback Challenge passes away". sUAS News. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ "The Rod Walker Memoria Endowment Fund".
- ^ "Will They Finally Rescue Outback Joe". South Burnett Times. 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
- ^ "UAV CHALLENGE 2012 RESULTS". UAV Challenge Website. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ^ "Drone finds dummy 'bushwalker' in world-first". Sydney Morning Herald. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ "UAV CHALLENGE 2012 RESULTS". UAV Challenge Website. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ^ "New format for international UAV Outback Challenge to boost competition". sUAS News. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ^ "Location Announced for the Airborne Delivery Challenge 2011". UAV Challenge Website. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ^ "UND team ranked on top in the UAV competition". Topnews. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "UAVs take flight in Queensland". ZDNet. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "Flying robots on the up and up". Shephard. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ "Pilot-free planes used in mock rescue". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "Teams compete in pilot-less plane challenge". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
- ^ "Red Flamingo UAV demonstrates Australian rescue challenge missions". Flight Global. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
External links[edit]
- UAV Challenge - Outback Rescue - Official site. (Retrieved 6 September 2013)
- Official UAV Challenge Outback Rescue 2008 Overview (Retrieved 31 March 2009)
- Official UAV Challenge Outback Rescue 2009 Promotional Video (Retrieved 31 March 2009)
- UAV Outback Challenge 2007 video (Retrieved 16 February 2009)
- TV documentary of 2012 UAV Challenge - "Robots in Flight" (Retrieved 6 September 2013)


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The supposed materialisation of a spirit-girl called Katie King, late 1850s {x}
We saw Mr. Poitevin hoist up in the air, successively, two or three horses, a carriage, a gondola filled with fifteen people, and I don't know what else…
From Histoire des moyens de communication (History of the means of communication), by Edmond Audouit, Paris, 1851.
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From Hand Shadows To Be Thrown Upon The Wall by Henry Bursill, 1859
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Behind the mask: Syphilis; poëme en quatre chants, Paris, 1851
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Photograph by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
"The Ghost" (the Barry children) c. 1857
Glove map of London, 1851, by George Shove. Printed map on leather.
Long before Googlemaps on an iPhone or handheld GPS devices, there was the very analog Victorian Glove Map.
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Fox writing with a quill pen, 1852
Little Red Riding Hood Arrives at the Door of Her Grandmother's House
Albumen print, 1858, by Henry Peach Robinson
Religous tableau entitled "The Guardian Angel" by unidentified Victorian photographer,1855
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Holyhead's recruitment drive
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Two bodies recovered from sea in Anglesey search
North Wales Police have confirmed that the bodies of two men have been recovered from the sea off the Anglesey coast.
It follows major search operation for two missing climbers.
The bodies have not been formally identified, but the discovery follows a search for two climbers - a 48-year-old man from Sussex and a 21-year-old man from Hampshire, who had been climbing in the North Stack area of Holyhead yesterday.
They were reported missing around 10.15pm last night. A search operation involving RAF 22 Squadron, the Coastguard and North Wales Police was halted at 1am this morning and resumed at first light.
The bodies were located in the sea shortly after 7.15am today. The North West Wales Coroner will be informed.
Major search overnight for Holyhead climbers
A major search has taken place overnight for two climbers who went missing near Holyhead on Anglesey.
Two RNLI lifeboats went out at around 10pm last night, alongside the coastguard and a search and rescue helicopter from RAF Valley.
The search was suspended at 1.30am due to poor weather conditions and resumed at 4am this morning.
The two men are understood to be in their 50s and 20s.
150-year-old Princess steam locomotive heads to Dublin
People on Anglesey have been given a reminder of the age of steam today with the shipping of an ancient steam locomotive from Holyhead to Dublin
Princess was built to serve the slate quarries of North Wales. Now, she's being sent to Ireland to encourage visits between the two countries.
Ian Lang reports
Ffestiniog Railway built with Irish investment
The steam engine was on display in a north Wales pub until November last year, when it was put on show in London. 'Princess' will travel to Dublin by ferry from Holyhead Port later today.
The original investment in the Ffestiniog Railway was with Irish money so we thought it fitting that 'Princess' should travel to Ireland as part of The Gathering Ireland where she can be enjoyed by thousands of people at Heuston Station in Dublin.
'Princess' will be positioned at the ticket barriers so everyone who visits the station will get the chance to see her in all her glory as we have lovingly restored her to her former condition.
150-year-old Princess engine heads to Dublin to encourage Welsh links
A 150-year-old steam engine is being shipped to Dublin to encourage more people to travel to celebrate the links between Wales and Ireland.
'Princess' will take pride of place at Heuston Station in Dublin for The Gathering Ireland festival.
The engine was built in London in 1863 and named in honour of Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who married King Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales. 'Princess' was originally built to be used in slate quarries in Blaenau Ffestiniog and was one of the world's first narrow gauge steam engines.
Makeover for Holyhead storefront
The Holyhead Townscape Heritage Initiative says a unique Art Deco storefront in the town centre will be restored to its 1930s glory as part of a £3 million redevelopment scheme.
Number 19, Stanley Street was unveiled as a shop before the Second World War with its rare black vitrolite coloured glass frontage.
It has lain empty for several years but is currently being refurbished with a Holyhead Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) project to repair and encourage the reuse of many of the town centre's historic buildings.
THI says the mid-Victorian terraced property backs onto the Roman wall of St Cybi's Churchyard and finds have come to light as work has begun on the building.
An old butcher's delivery bike was found in the cellar and, in a back room, an old well more than ten feet deep.
Ferry job cuts: 'Too early to say how many in Wales'
The ferry operator Stena Line - which operates out of Holyhead - says it's too early to say how many jobs will be lost in Wales follow a decision to make 200 workers redundant across Europe.
The positions under threat will be shore-based and not affect operations, says the company.
The RMT Union says around 50 staff will lose their jobs in the UK and they have been identified as clerical, call centre and managerial positions.
New Wylfa owners meet politicians on Anglesey
The company behind a new nuclear power station at Wylfa on Anglesey have met with politicians on the island.
The Horizon project would create thousands of jobs if a new power station is built.
First Minister arrives at Anglesey meeting
First Minister Carwyn Jones and MP for Anglesey, Albert Owen, have arrived at a meeting in Holyhead. They will be joined by Welsh Secretary David Jones as well as business leaders on the island.
The meeting is taking place on HMS St Albans which is docked in the town's harbour.
Welsh Secretary: Event recognises Hitachi's 'important investment'
"Not only does this reception provide us with the opportunity to mark the very important investment Hitachi has made in North Wales, it also allows us to demonstrate the value we place in the Royal Navy, and the role this ship in particular plays in keeping our international waters safe.
"I'm delighted to show Mr Hanyu and his Hitachi colleagues the significance of their investment in Horizon to our local and national economies."


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Still, the temple announcement had a big impact.
"Baptisms increased even as the number of missionaries decreased," he says."It gave the missionaries an added push in excitement."
Italy's Mormons by the numbers
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The American-born faith has been especially attractive to a large number of immigrants, especially those from South America. They seem to be filling up pews in LDS chapels such as the one that houses the Rome Second Ward. Most members take public transportation to the area, but cars are packed in tightly on the streets surrounding the meetinghouse. The chapel is overflowing, with the speakers piped in to an upstairs classroom and believers leaning in through patio windows.
Serving in Italy is definitely "as hard as you think," says Mary Celeste Lewis, a Mormon missionary from Morgan, after a service in Rome. "But these are the most amazingly strong people I've ever seen; they deserve their own temple."
Indeed, Italian Mormons have been avid templegoers for years, taking time off from work to travel to Switzerland, Acerson says. "Some 80 percent of temple work done in the Swiss temple was done by Italians."
And young LDS couples seem to be leading the way.
"They were taught in their youth, embraced it," says Acerson, who lives in Lindon and teaches leadership at Utah Valley University, "and now form a strong foundation for the church going forward."
Alessandro Dini Ciacci was very religious, an altar boy who went to Catholic school and loved it. He learned "great principles and met great people," he says. "But when Mormon missionaries came, I started wondering about lots of things."
He read the signature LDS scripture, the Book of Mormon, he says, "in order to refute it."
After about eight months, Dini Ciacci joined and later was called to the Athens, Greece, mission, where he met his future wife, Sara Squarcia, a third-generation Mormon, whose mother also served a mission. They've been married for six years and have two children and another on the way.
"When the temple comes," Dini Ciacci says, "it will be our weekly date night."
Daniele and Norma Salerno are second-generation Mormons who met at church young-adult activities. The couple were "sealed" for eternity in the Swiss temple, immediately after being married in an Italian public wedding.
When the Rome temple opens sometime in the second half of 2014, the husband and wife plan to attend often to participate in sacred ceremonies.
"Now we won't have that long journey," Norma Salerno says. "We really think, as a family, we will be blessed to go each week. We want our children to love the atmosphere of the temple grounds."
Having a temple close by is "the dream of the dreams," DeFeo says, "both to practice temple work more easily for all members from all over Italy, but also as a missionary tool to let the church come out of obscurity."
He added: "It will greatly improve the image of the church among the people of Italy — not only the image in Rome but Europewide."
That, he says, is "true happiness."
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Leon Cambeen became a MD by completing his medical school in his home country The Netherlands. To be as broadly educated as possible, he worked in Accident & Emergency, Orthopaedic Surgery, Urology, General Surgery and Plastic Surgery before he completed his GP training in the UK in 2000. As a GP and avid traveler, Leon Cambeen decided to combine both these passions to pursue the practice of medicine in several countries including Germany, Caribbean, UK, New Zealand and Canada. He has also spent the last 3 years in the Accident & Emergency Department in the Out Back of Western Australia. He still holds his registration as GP with the Medical Board of Australia to this day.
As demonstrated in his medical career, he supports a holistic approach to his clients and life in general, giving Leon Cambeen an edge that is sought after by his colleagues and patients.
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CEDAW: A Treaty Awaiting U.S. Ratification Prepared in summer, 2009 by UNA-USA East Bay Advocacy Committee members Daisy Liu, UNA intern and University of California Berkeley student; and Rita Maran, vice president for advocacy
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has been coined the international bill of rights for women. Thus far, 186 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty since it was opened for signature and ratification by the UN General Assembly on December 18, 1979. The eight UN member states that have not become parties to the treaty include the United States, Iran, Nauru, Palau, Somalia, Sudan, Tonga, and the Holy See (the Vatican). Although the United States signed the convention under the Carter administration on July 17, 1980, the U.S. remains the only country that has signed but not ratified it. However, CEDAW is currently on a priority list of 17 UN treaties that the Obama administration sent to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 11, 2009, urging ratification. Two U.S. cities have implemented CEDAW locally: San Francisco and Berkeley, in 1998 and 2004 respectively.
The controversy over CEDAW has centered on claims that it is a promotion of "radical feminism" as well as being culturally biased toward western values. A number of Islamic states have claimed that CEDAW's culturally-biased stance is a fundamental contradiction of Shari'a law.
Overview of CEDAW
Part I of the convention lays out the duties of the state, guarantees of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms, and calls for the elimination of sex role stereotyping and prejudice. Article 1 defines discrimination against women as any "distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of marital status, on the basis of equality between men and women, of human rights or fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil, or any other field."Part II protects the political and civil rights of women while Part III seeks to ensure equal social and economic opportunities especially in the realms of education and employment. Part IV, in addition to according "women equality with men before the law," secures marital and family rights for women. Oversight is laid out in Part V, which introduces the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the role of specialized agencies in protecting the aforementioned rights. CEDAW concludes with Part VI, which defines its effect on other treaties, commitment of party states, and the administration of the convention.
CEDAW Actions
April 1998 - San Francisco became the first U.S. city to adopt an ordinance implementing CEDAW locally (November 17, 1997, Resolution No. 1021-97.) A Task Force, working with City departments, identifies cases of and solutions to discrimination facing women and girls.
20 July 2004 – Berkeley City Council adopted Resolution No.62,617, directing that the operative articles of CEDAW be made part of Berkeley Municipal Code; also, urged ratification of CEDAW by the US government.
July 20 to August 7, 2009 - the 44th session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women took place at the UN in New York. The 45th session is scheduled to take place in Geneva in January 2010.
March 2012 - The City of Berkeley adopted Ordinance No. 7,224-N.S.
into Berkeley Municipal Code, thereby adopting the principles of
CEDAW into Berkeley law.
Berkeley and San Francisco are the two US cities that have legislated
new city law based on CEDAW principles. http://ci.berkeley.ca.us/
Resources Treaty Text: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw.htm
OHCHR Website: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/index.htm
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report for Congress on CEDAW: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33652.pdf
The Human Rights of Women: A Reference Guide to Official United Nations Documents http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/women (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish) 2007


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Following the success of the gas-fuelled versions of the Bergen K and B-series engines, a gas version of the reliable C-series the C26:33 has now been developed.
It retains the maintenance features of the diesel parent including the two-piece con rod, which gives the option to exchange the liner, piston and cylinder head as a single unit, significantly reducing the time and cost of major overhauls.
Bergen C gas engines are available with powers from 1440 to 2,430kW. Learn more about the Bergen C26:33 gas engine.
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Green Bay, WI (Sports Network) - The Green Bay Packers signed tight end Matthew Mulligan on Tuesday.
Mulligan, 28, started nine of 16 games with the Rams last season. He posted eight receptions for 84 yards and one touchdown.
Prior to joining the Rams, the Maine product played three seasons with the Jets, where he had six catches for 60 yards in 34 games.
Mulligan entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Dolphins in 2008.
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HALLOWEEN ASK LIST. THIS IS BETTER THAN EVERY ASK LIST EVER. ASK ME EVERYTHING AHHHH.1. Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever seen one?
2. Favorite candy?
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4. Parties or Trick-or-Treating?
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Who Will Care for New U.S. AIDS Cases?
Caretakers Struggling to Keep Up
The problem is evident in the Birmingham AIDS clinic run by University of Alabama researcher Michael S. Saag, MD.
Saag notes that most of his clinic's patients don't show up for HIV tests until they already have AIDS.
Such patients' treatment costs are vastly higher than those of patients diagnosed earlier in the disease. Yet their drug costs -- the costs most likely to be reimbursed by government AIDS funds -- are only a fraction of their health care costs.
"The reimbursement to providers is extremely low," Saag said at the news conference. "We collect $360 per patient per year. Clinics like ours have been flat-funded for years, despite a 60% to 70% increase in patients."
That means Saag's clinic loses a staggering $1.1 million a year -- before the effects of routine HIV tests are felt.
Saag said routine testing -- followed by effective treatment -- will cut long-term costs. But treatment, he insisted, has to be part of the equation.
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, agreed.
"It is not what we are doing that is wrong; it is what we are not doing," Fauci said.
"As we expose this societal lesion -- having more people infected than in care -- I would not slow the momentum of testing," said Fauci. "I hope that is the engine that ignites more activity in getting more people into care."


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Instructive ECGs in Clinical Context ----Archives, Popular Posts, and an Index of all ECGs are down the right-hand side.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Inferior STEMI: can we predict the infarct related artery?
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Teel ya the truth. I was thinking that 3 was higher then 2, which would make it a RCA. I am interested in your scoring system. Have you done post cath procedural studies on its accuracy?ReplyDelete
We derived this in a group of 139 angiographically proven occlusions, 29 of them circumflex and 110 RCA. We are in the process of validating this.ReplyDelete
could you tell a bit more about how to use this tool???ReplyDelete
Just answer each of the 4 questions. If the answer is "yes", assign the indicated number of points. Add the result for the 4 questions. If the total is greater than or equal to 5, then it is probably a circumflex lesion (15 of 17 with such a score were circumflex). If less than 5, then probably RCA (14 vs. 105 had RCA).ReplyDelete
Hi Dr Smith.ReplyDelete
A great post as usual.
In this ECG, there's no reciprocal depression of ST segment in lead I, but there's depression in aVL. Does this make a difference ?
Thank you.
That was the first observation I made above, and it is important. As a single criterion, absence of ST depression in lead I indicates that a circumflex occlusion is more likely than it otherwise would be.ReplyDelete


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A Community prayer vigil will be held at Community Clubhouse in Crisp County on Sunday, September 14,2014 at 7pm.
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Albany-- Albany hotels are ready to handle extra guests a hurricane could send their way. The Days Inn already has reservations from guests from Miami to Tallahassee.
The hotel is busy stocking food and drinks and making sure rooms are available for the extra influx of customers. They learned lessons from Hurricane Katrina.
"Last year because it was unexpected, we didn't allocate enough rooms so this year, we're not hoping that something worse will happen but we're making sure we have enough rooms available for everybody," says Director of Sales Emma Katigbak.
Many Albany hotels saw a huge increase in business because of busy Hurricane seasons the last two years.
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Like any good knife, a santoku should not be dish washed or kept in a drawer. Proper care will allow for years of enjoyment.
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In an effort to combat the spread of H1N1 flu, an Italian has invented an electronic holy water dispenser, which functions like the automatic soap dispensers found in public restrooms. (Click link to view.)
This is good news for me whether it's flu season or not—those communal holy water fonts always grossed me out!
So how does it work? Churchgoers wave their hands under a sensor and the machine spurts out holy water. See? Awesome!
Some churches have banned traditional holy water fonts—in which churchgoers dip their hands into communal fonts full of water—because of an increase in deaths related to the swine flu.
But these sanitary dispensers would allow churchgoers to continue their holy water traditions.
What do you think of this invention? If you go to church, are you grossed about the traditional holy water fonts full of water like I am?
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That made me giggle.
Ummm...LOL....ummmm...I know our church is low on money, my first though was that is a good way to get electrocuted!
MomIWant, I didn't even think of that! LOL!
What great idea. I know what you mean. You can see the dust and other gross things hanging out in the holy water font. Our Catholic church has a main one only and it is filtered. You don't see all the gross dust, etc. hanging out.
I go to church but not Catholic church so we don't have them.
Im not Catholic either but its a great invention and helping the aid to not spread the virus. Filtered or not.
I would be grossed out by the fonts, everyone dipping into it.
NO blessing can fix that. At least the sensor spraying a litlte bit of water is more sanitary!
I'm sorry... I find this absolutely hilarious!!!
im Catholic and am not grossed out by the communal holy water fonts. this is a pretty comical and unnecessary invention.
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m:lab By John Kieti / June 24, 2012
Rates for Application Testing at m:lab Revised
Its been 7 months since we launched our mobile application testing services to the developer community in Nairobi. Thanks to Samsung, Nokia, RIM and HTC we have over 80 mobile devices for developers to test their application on multiple devices and multiple platforms. Over 160 hours application testing time has been spent in the facility by developers so far. Developers within have also checked devices out of the facility for a cumulative of over 190 days.
For the team at m:lab East Africa, it has so far been a learning process. There has been many factors to consider on how to improve our testing services and achieve sustainability. It is based on those considerations that we are revising the rates for time at the testing room as follows :-
Rate Plan A – InMobi Publishers
Access to devices in the testing room will be at the rate of Ksh100 per person per hour for developers integrating inMobi's mobile advertisement infrastructure in their apps.
Rate Plan B – mLab Consortium
Access to devices in the testing room will be at the rate of Ksh 150 per person per hour for constituents of institutions in the mLab consortium. Those include, iHub Red & Green Members, students of University of Nairobi School of Computing and Informatics, and students of eMobilis Academy.
Rate Plan C – mLab Partners
A rate of Shs 250 per hour per person applies to developers who are existing publishers in the following application distribution platforms belonging to our partners :-
- Samsung Apps
- Google Play
- Nokia Store
Rate Plan D – The Greater Mobile Ecosystem
A rate of Kshs 500 per hour per person applies to developers in the greater mobile ecosystem and includes corporate bodies and organizations in the region.
m:lab East Africa incubation clients and trainees continue accessing devices in the testing facility as part of their client package.
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Renault Megane Sport Tourer estate
Renault Megane Sport Tourer estate
Price £17,750 - £24,245
- Handsome looks
- Interior materials have a quality feel
- Comfortable to drive
- Poor resale values
- Lower powered engines struggle
- GT version not sporty
At a glance
- The greenest
- GT Line TomTom Energy dCi 110 S/S eco2 5dr £21,745
- The cheapest
- Expression+ 1.6 110 5dr £17,750
- The fastest
- GT 220 S/S 5dr £24,245
- Top of the range
- GT 220 S/S 5dr £24,245
"The Renault Megane Sport Tourer isn't overly sporty. This is an estate that's first and foremost practical and comfortable."
The Renault Megane Sport Tourer is an affordable, practical family estate car. It may not be quite as grand as its name suggests, but it looks attractive and offers a comfortable driving experience with the added space that estate dimensions bring to any car. On space alone, it easily rivals the likes of the Volkswagen Golf estate and Ford Focus estate. With its light-yet-accurate steering, it drives nicely enough, but its real appeal lies in the comfort offered by its smooth suspension set-up. The range of engines on offer has been reduced in recent years to six engines, with various manual and automatic gearbox combinations. The diesel engines are the best choice, with all of them bar the cheapest 1.5 dCi 86 model offering plenty of performance, even with the boot stacked full of luggage. It comes in three specifications – the entry-level Expression+, mid-range Dynamique TomTom and the top-of-the-range GT Line TomTom. Sporty GT Line models do look smart and are more fun to drive, but the firmer suspension does somewhat spoil its appeal as a family car.
MPG, running costs & CO2
Diesels offer best mix of performance and low costs
One word – diesels. The dCi 110 diesel equipped with stop-start to further boost fuel economy offers the cheapest running costs in the Megane estate range, returning an excellent 81mpg in fuel consumption and emitting only 90/km of CO2 – which makes it exempt from road tax. By comparison, the 110bhp 1.6-litre petrol can only manage to return a significantly lower 41mpg. Servicing and insurance costs should also be reasonably affordable, so the Megane Sport Tourer genuinely does offer a good combination of style, comfort and affordability.
Interior & comfort
The Megane is one of the most comfortable estates
It may not be the most fun car to drive, but the Megane estate is easily one of the most comfortable small estates that you can buy right now. There's loads of leg and headroom, up front and in the back, while the seats themselves are comfy and supportive, too. The GT Line car comes with tighter-fitting seats that are designed to clamp you more firmly in place for a faster drive. Generally, interior comfort is as excellent as the ride, with all wind, road and engine noise kept to a minimum, making it a very calm car indeed.
Practicality & boot space
False boot floor boosts practicality
With the back seats in place, the Megane Sport Tourer offers 524 litres of space, while also having a secure storage compartment hidden away under a false boot floor, which is ideal for storing any valuable out of sight of prying eyes. If you fold the rear seats flat, the boot capacity expands to 1,567 litres of space, which about on par with the Ford Focus and VW Golf estates, but is dwarfed by the frankly enormous 2,149 litres offered by the class-leading Peugeot 308 SW. Inside, rear passengers do get lots of space, with plenty of leg, shoulder and headroom for three adults to fit comfortably. There are also lots of storage cubbies and cup-holders dotted around for easy family use.
Reliability & safety
Renault's reputation isn't great
Renault may well have had a poor reputation for quality and reliability over recent years, but it was one of the most improved manufacturers in the 2013 Auto Express Driver Power customer satisfaction survey, rising six places in the manufacturers rankings to place 21st – beating Citroen and Ford in the process. In line with this improvement, the current Megane is something of a revelation. It may have dropped from its original fifth place in the top 100 cars in the 2010 poll, but it actually climbed back up 11 places to rank 20th in 2013. This kind of improvement is rare.
Although the Megane Sport Tourer hasn't been crash tested by Euro NCAP, the Megane hatchback has. The hatchback originally scored a full five star rating, but has since been downgraded to just three stars - among the lowest of cars of this type. The car was heavily criticised for its rear seatbelt warning system, but Euro NCAP said that with improvements to the technology, the car could score four stars.
The Megane Sport Tourer is fitted with a full range of airbags, electronic stability control and ISOFIX child-seat anchor points fitted as standard across the range.
Engines, drive & performance
Handling doesn't live up to Sport Tourer name
The use of the word 'Sport' in its name is a bit a misleading, because the Megane estate is, in fact, a very comfortable cruiser rather than a peppy performance model. The sportier GT Line model does offer a bit more power, but at the expense of its key appeal to families. When driven at higher speeds, the Megane isn't as controlled as many of its rivals, and winding, undulating roads prove particularly taxing. It does have light steering and a smooth, easy-to-use gearbox, while the engines are generally powerful and quiet, too. We'd recommend steering clear of the cheapest 1.5 dCi diesel and 1.6-litre petrol engines, especially if you intend to use this car as a real workhorse, as they are simply not powerful enough for dealing with a fully loaded family car.
Price, value for money & options
Dynamique TomTom models are well equipped
You'll find a decent level of equipment across the whole Megane estate range, with even the cheapest Expression+ spec offering a reasonable amount of accessories. All cars get air-conditioning and Bluetooth connectivity, and if you fork out a little extra cash on a Dynamique TomTom version, you'll also get lots more luxuries, including automatic headlights and windscreen wipers, cruise control, LED daytime running lights and sat-nav. Overall, the Sport Tourer keeps pace with the Golf estate and Peugeot 308 SW on list price, but you may find the Skoda Octavia estate offers better value for money. Plus, Renault's offer a mixed bag in terms of resale value on the used car market.
What the others say
"They're not as fashionable as SUVs or MPVs, but estate cars shouldn't be crossed off buyers' shopping lists. The new Mégane Sport Tourer sticks to the tried and tested formula of offering a large boot and ample passenger space. Add in an impressively efficient diesel engine, and it makes a lot of sense."
"Renault's Megane Sport Tourer does a decent job of combining load-lugging capability with stylish looks. It's not something that can be said of similar cars of this size which often tend to lack one or the other. The boot itself is enormous and almost as big as you'll find in the more expensive Laguna Sport Tourer, while extra room in the back compared to the hatchback means rear passengers should be more comfortable. Keen pricing, a wide range of petrol and diesel engines and a clean, modern interior makes it a tempting proposition for family buyers."


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THE GRIZZLY BEAR may well be said to be the most famous of all wild animals native to western United States. At one time this species ranged from Mexico to Alaska. With the settlement of the western United States and the resulting persecution of this animal, the species has been exterminated over much of its original range. Today most of the remaining grizzlies are found in the national parks, where they receive adequate protection.
Although the grizzly bear was chosen as the State mammal of California, and although Dr. C. Hart Merriam, foremost authority on this species, lists seven different kinds of grizzlies from California alone, all are now believed to be extinct within the State.
Because of its cinnamon color or phase, the common black bear has frequently, but erroneously, been called "grizzly." It would be well, therefore, to set forth some of the outstanding characters of the grizzly and compare them with those of the black bear. In general, the large size, massive legs, heavy robust form, distinct hump over the shoulders, "dished" face, long, slightly curved claws, and the silver tipping to the hairs of the head and back are all good characters of the grizzly. Contrasted to this we find that black bears are smaller in size, the hump over the shoulders is less pronounced, and the old males, especially, tend to have a Roman nose instead of the "dished" face of the adult grizzly. The claws of the black bear are shorter, usually about one-half the length of a grizzly's, and much more curved. This last character is the one that enables even an adult black bear to climb trees, whereas adult grizzlies rarely, if ever, do any tree climbing. Grizzly bears show a somewhat greater variation in color than do black bears. Late in the evening of September 13, 1929, near Lake Lodge in Yellowstone National Park, I saw 16 grizzly bears all ranging in color from a light straw to nearly coal black.
I know of one instance where a black bear was caught in the act of robbing a grizzly's store of food and as a result was torn into small pieces by the grizzly. It is my opinion that many of the so-called "unprovoked" attacks on human beings by grizzlies take place because the bear fears it is being robbed.
Black bears usually make way for grizzlies whenever they appear on the scene. However, at Yellowstone I found one rather large black bear that tended strictly to its own business and fed unmolested within 2 feet of some grizzlies without their paying any attention to him. Contrasted to this, most black bears have their perches in trees all picked out long before the grizzly bears arrive. Visitors to the national parks are advised to keep a safe distance from grizzly bears and to try to see the "bear situation" from the animal's viewpoint as well as their own.
ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING ATTRIBUTES of the female grizzly is the wise care she gives her cubs. In the afternoon of September 11, 1929, near the canyon in Yellowstone National Park, I hid near a spot where grizzly bears were known to feed. About 3 o'clock an old mother grizzly with her two cubs came and fed peacefully within 50 feet of me. (See illustration.) This mother kept her eyes fixed intently on me, and although she could not talk, she said as plainly as any animal could, "keep your distance." I believe it would have been suicide not to have obeyed her warning. Persons should never get between a mother grizzly and her cubs, or go too close to any mother bear when she is accompanied by her cubs.
A grizzly bear's litter usually numbers two; however, one to three cubs are not rare and, occasionally, as many as four may be born in one litter. On September 13, 1939, in Yellowstone National Park, near the Lake Lodge, I found two female grizzlies, each with three cubs. One group of cubs was born that year and stood about 16 inches in height at the shoulder, and were estimated to weigh about 75 pounds each. The other litter had been born the previous year and already had a yellowish color about the head. These yearling cubs stood about 24 inches high at the shoulder and were believed to weigh about 150 pounds. A grizzly bear frequently wears a white "collar" around its neck during the first year or two of its life. About the time the cub is 3 years old this "collar" gradually disappears.
Grizzly bears are extremely fond of ground squirrels and in many cases these rodents are their chief food supply. Near Sexton Glacier, in Glacier National Park, on August 29, 1931, I found many of the characteristic craterlike mounds made by the bears in digging out ground squirrels. On less than half an acre I counted six of these places where grizzlies had been digging. One large grizzly had left a track measuring 6-1/2 inches in width by 12 inches in length. In this track the claw marks showed plainly 2 inches ahead of the front pads of the toes.
It is my belief that about the only place in North America where we may reasonably expect to keep a native population of grizzly bears living under natural conditions is in our larger national parks, such as Mount McKinley and Yellowstone. These parks are of sufficient size to provide an adequate food supply and also room for the grizzlies to wander about without going outside the park to be shot by some hunter or stockman.
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Hey my dear readers and followers! A new post for you! I just wanted to share the things I got during the first week of this month (an update too for my haul tag :P).
Teal peplum top & a dress from @Exztraplus clothing on instagram.
I admit it. I've been buying clothes non-stop for the past few weeks. I'm also revamping my closet since I started my OJT. I mean, come on, I am not a "formal" person so what to expect inside my closet? Casuals, casuals, laid-back clothes, edgy and stuff that are far from the "professional style". Did I mention casuals? I don't even have a blazer, so I have to borrow my mom's. HAHA! I do have versatile dresses but without a blazer, no professional look for me. boo.
I was so ecstatic to buy clothes from them ever since I discovered their account. They sell lovely clothes for big girls like me for a very affordable price! Check out their store asap because stocks runs out fast! @Exztraplus So excited to wear these out!
Penshoppe reversible belt
This was a random buy while we, my sister and I, were at the mall yesterday (August 9, 2013). I did not intend to buy this leopard belt but it was freaking on sale! 350 pesos was the original price but I got it for only 149.00 pesos! Also, I didn't know it was reversible until I checked it just this morning. I thought that the yellow part was just for the lining. You know for that added oomp. Oh boy. I surely got lucky with this purchase!
Reverse side of the belt.
Bracelets and a necklace from our relatives abroad.
and some other stuff. This was a simple gesture reminding us that they still remember us. How sweet of them. :)
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Come on, vámonos.
Everybody let's go.
Come on, let's get to it.
I know that we can do it.
Where are we going? ….
So, you sang it, I bet. Uh okay. Dora The Explorer, here. hahaha! Nah, just kidding. I just thought the song was appropriate for the "travel" part of this post. No? Okay. Let's just set aside my lame attempt to get a nice pun and get down with the post shall we?
Here's a brief recap of what I wore during our short vacation in the Lion City, Singapore. I wanted to make this a series of posts but, man, we were to busy being tourists that time that I didn't have the chance to take proper "outfit of the day" kind-of-photos. So I was left with these "touristy" photos of myself. Okay, here it goes.
Day 1
Denim Button Down hand me down | Black Liquid leggings Vixen SM Department Store | Leopard Loafers Apostrophe Trinoma | Swoon Bag | Jeremy Scott x Swatch Opulence Watch | Charlie Sunnies
Comfort is the key when travelling abroad so I opted for this casual outfit for our first day in Singapore.
Day 2
People are People top | Greenhills skirt | Solemate flats | Swoon Bag | Two K's Closet spiked bracelet
A day at Universal Studios calls for this skirt. I know it will be hot that day (which wasn't because it rained) so I wore a loose top with this skirt that has been hiding in the corners of my closet for quite some time now.
Day 3
Girlshoppe top | Cotton On studded shorts | Apostrophe loafers | Swoon Bag
Day three was shopping day in the morning and sightseeing at night. I worn these pieces while we were on tour at the Marina Bay Sands. I wished I took a better photo of this UK flag top because the back was really cool. It's actually like a poncho but the frills are on the back.
Day 4
Giordano tee | Cotton On shorts | Swoon bag | Apostrophe loafers
It was time to head back to Manila and a 3-hour plane ride is not comfortable. I wore a simple and comfortable outfit that day which I regret because I forgot it was a bit chilly on the plane. I guess it wasn't a comfortable outfit after all. :P
Check out my Singapore Trip posts here: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3
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I'm very much fond of arm candies ever since they were just called as bracelets and bangles. I've been also collecting (or should I say more like hoarding) these since like forever thus I find it really hard to store them given that I have tons of them. I tried storing them in boxes and it works nice but I always ended up messing them altogether. Such a pain. I always thought on buying those bracelet/bangle holders that are used in store displays and the likes and luckily, I found places where they sell these things in a very good price. BUT right now, I am on a very tight budget and wouldn't want to spend anything unless it is of real importance.
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The premier Signal exercise, Grecian Firebolt, added yet another notch in its belt of successes after this year�s iteration. GF �02 provided the same level of support to the same number of subscribers spread across the United States with literally one-quarter of the tactical-communications equipment.
GF, an annual Signal exercise, is normally directed on alternate years by the two Reserve Component theater Signal commands: 311th Theater Signal Command at Fort Meade, Md., and 335th Theater Signal Command at Fort McPherson, Ga. Two to four Active Component Signal brigades and two Army National Guard brigades � as well as an assortment of operationally attached RC Signal battalions and companies � normally execute the exercise.
However, contingency operations following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, precluded 335th Theater Signal Command and all the AC brigades from participating in this year�s exercise. This left Signaleers at 311th Theater Signal Command with a daunting dilemma: how to provide communications support to eight independent exercises spanning 32 continental U.S. sites and Puerto Rico without AC tactical-communications support and sponsorship from Network Enterprise and Technology Command.
Facing these challenges, 311th Theater Signal Command � with the support and funding of U.S. Army Reserve Command � not only provided communications support to all the concurrent exercises but also expanded the mission to include interoperability tests with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The solution was to combine tactical and strategic (commercial) communications into an integrated architecture that wove tactical communications from the ARNG in the form of switches and troposcatter links, satellite-communications capabilities from the Air National Guard and 311th Theater Signal Command�s new AN/TSC-93C SATCOM van, with strategic directorate-of-information-management support provided by the AC�s 1110th Signal Battalion and various DOIMs at exercise sites.
A network-operations stack was built to ensure data confidentiality, integrity and availability. It combined commercial firewalls, intrusion-detection systems, routers programmed with access-control lists and military-encryption tools to meet its goals. The netops equipment was installed, operated and maintained by a team of NETCOM and 311th Theater Signal Command data engineers. The resulting network architecture optimized using the CONUS-based Defense Information Systems Network infrastructure and standard tactical-entry point facilities.
Many valuable lessons were drawn from GF �02 as well as many successes marked. Highlights included integration with FEMA�s mobile-emergency-response communications teams in all areas of command, control, communications and computers, as well as successful integration of tactical and strategic assets to provide seamless communications.
Information-assurance and netops training were conducted through a partnership with the Army Reserve Information Operations Command headquartered in Adelphi, Md. This provided an opportunity for 311th Theater Signal Command communicators to receive valuable training in both these areas, with the promise of more interaction in future exercises.
Plans include continuing to build on the IA infrastructure and training in netops equipment and software, as well as follow-on integration with FEMA, the DOIMs and the information-operations commands.
Task organization for Grecian Firebolt '02.
|311th Theater Signal Command's Defense Information Systems Network "cloud" and exercises supported.
|Ground Mobile Forces satellite network for Grecian Firebolt '02.
|FEMA videoteleconferencing and interoperability test.
|Switching systems for Grecian Firebolt '02.
|Multiplexing and videoteleconferencing plan for Fort Meade, Md., during Grecian Firebolt '02.
1LT Herron is dual-hatted as the network systems engineer and public-affairs officer for 311th Theater Signal Command.
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