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The full integration of the new INA plant into the existing petrochemical site of MPCC in Maoming will allow for a comprehensive system for managing energy as well as minimizing water use, emissions, and waste. The approval process has begun for the environmental impact assessment.
BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) have
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the establishment of a world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in
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Under the terms of the feasibility study, a new 50-50 joint
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partners expect to begin production at the new plant around the
middle of 2015.
The full integration of the new INA plant
into the existing petrochemical site of MPCC in
Maoming will allow for a comprehensive system for managing
energy as well as minimizing water use, emissions, and waste. The approval
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important milestone for our INA business, helping us serve the
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INA is used as feedstock for the production of next
generation plasticizers, including diisononyl phthalate (DINP)
and non-phthalate plasticizer Hexamoll DINCH.
BASF and Sinopec already jointly operate BASF-YPC Co. Ltd., a
50-50 joint venture between BASF and Sinopec in Nanjing, China.
As one of China's largest petrochemical joint ventures, it
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Is the new Amazon Android App Store just another marketplace or are there any specific features or benefits that the Google Android Market doesn't have?
Are there any specific advantages to using the Amazon Android App Store over the Google Android Market?
There are a number of differences between the two marketplaces and while "Advantages" may be somewhat subjective there are a few specific features that the Amazon App Store has that the Market place does not.
It should be noted that at the moment the Amazon App Store only works in the US (unless you are able to use a US Proxy in another country) and the service is blocked on AT&T devices.
The pricing model is nice. You can set a list price. They will sell the app for (almost any) price. You will either get 70% of list price or 20% of sell price , whichever is higher.
So occasionally they might give it for free and that increases your sales (without losing revenue) or they might sell for a high price (which is good if people ready to pay for it).
A nice feature of the Amazon App store is that it is tied to your Amazon account, not your google account. This means if you have two phones with different gmail accounts in the same house, you can share apps if they both log into the amazon app store with the same login. On Android Market, I've had to buy apps twice in that case.
Angry Birds (Paid/Ad-Free), Angry Birds Seasons (Paid/Ad-free), Angry Birds Rio. That's it, if you like Angry Birds, that is. These are currently exclusive to Amazon's Appstore, for the time being. There are probably other apps that are exclusive as well, I don't have a list.
The Amazon Appstore is be taking advantage of its recommendation engine and the one-click purchasing it is known for. In that regard it is leaps and bounds better than the current Android Market/Google Checkout system, must faster, however the recommendations will only take into account apps you've purchased through Amazon's system, so it might not be super useful at first.
The main advantage of the Amazon Appstore is that you don't need Google's blessing, meaning you can install this on any device (above a certain Android OS version) that doesn't come with the official Android Market, say one of those cheap Chinese tablets. You have access to many of the same apps, so long as the developer has uploaded them to both places, without the need for Google to okay the device.
Update: If you like to play games on your phone Gameloft's commitment to use the Amazon Appstore exclusively is significant.

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BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. Despite a massive manhunt that touched three states and Mexico, a heavily armed ex-Los Angeles police officer believed to be behind a rampage that left a police officer and a pair of soon-to-be newlyweds dead remained free Friday.
"We don't know what he's going to do," said Cindy Bachman, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, one of many law enforcement agencies whose primary purpose Thursday became finding 33-year-old Christopher Dorner. "We know what he's capable of doing. And we need to find him."
As darkness fell, the search that had extended across California from the U.S.-Mexico border through Nevada, from suburban streets to military bases, had narrowed in on a cold, snowy mountain 80 miles east of Los Angeles where Dorner's burned truck was found.
Tracks that surrounded the truck led to hours of door-to-door searching around Bear Mountain Ski Resort.
CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports from Big Bear that teams of police searched all night with no sign of Dorner, also a former Naval reservist and onetime college running back, and authorities admit that the truck could be an elaborate diversion or even a trap.
"He could be anywhere at this point," said San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon, who had 125 deputies and police officers and two helicopters searching the community of Big Bear Lake, where a snowstorm and plunging temperatures were expected overnight.
On Thursday, law enforcement officials were inspecting a package CNN's Anderson Cooper received from Dorner. CNN spokeswoman Shimrit Sheetrit said that a parcel containing a note, a DVD and a bullet hole-riddled memento was addressed to Cooper's office.
The memento was a coin bearing the name of former Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton, who appeared with Dorner in a picture taken years ago. On "CBS This Morning" Friday, Bratton described Dorner as "an incredibly dangerous individual" and reacted to the damaged coin.
"When you see that that coin that was given in friendship and respect has three bullet holes, it's certainly very chilling," Bratton said.
Bratton said Dorner's burned truck was probably a diversion to draw authorities to Big Bear while the suspect actually headed south, possibly to San Diego.
CBS News senior correspondent John Miller, a former top LAPD official, reports that Dorner cut off all his cell phones and other connections Jan. 31, indicating that he had spent time planning his alleged rampage.
The saga began Sunday night, when Monica Quan and her fiance, Keith Lawrence, were found shot in their car at a parking structure at their condominium in Irvine. Quan, 28, was an assistant women's basketball coach at Cal State Fullerton. The couple had no known enemies and there was no evidence of robbery.
The following morning in National City, Calif. near San Diego, some of Dorner's belongings, including police equipment and paperwork with names related to the LAPD, were found in a trash bin.
The LAPD was notified of the find, and two days later informed Irvine police of an angry manifesto written by a former officer and posted on Facebook.
"We didn't have it very long," Irvine police Lt. Julia Engen said. "Obviously it took us a while to digest."
The rant promised to "bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare" to police and named among many others Randal Quan, a former LAPD captain turned attorney who represented Dorner in his unsuccessful attempts to keep the police job he lost in 2008 for making false statements.
Randal Quan was also Monica Quan's father.
"Bing bing bing, the dots were connecting," Engen said. "These names are somehow associated to Mr. Quan, who just lost his daughter the prior day. The dots connected. OK, now we've got a name of somebody to look at. That's when the discovery was connected."
On Wednesday night, Irvine and Los Angeles police announced they were searching for Dorner, declaring him armed and "extremely dangerous." Hours later, they learned they were all too correct.
Two LAPD officers en route to provide security to one of Dorner's possible targets were flagged down by a resident who reported seeing the suspect early Thursday at a gas station in Corona. The officers then followed a pickup truck until it stopped. The driver, believed to be Dorner, got out and fired a rifle, police said. A bullet grazed an officer's head.
Later, two officers on routine patrol in neighboring Riverside were ambushed at a stoplight by a motorist who drove up next to them and opened fire with a rifle. One died and the other was seriously wounded but was expected to survive, Riverside police Chief Sergio Diaz said.
Diaz said news organizations should withhold the officers' names because the suspect had made clear that he considers police and their families "fair game."
Thousands of heavily armed officers patrolled highways throughout Southern California, while some stood guard outside the homes of people police say Dorner vowed to attack. Electronic billboards, which usually alert motorists about the commute, urged them to call 911 if they saw him.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck urged Dorner to surrender at a news conference held amid heightened security in an underground room at police headquarters.
"Of course he knows what he's doing; we trained him. He was also a member of the Armed Forces," he said. "It is extremely worrisome and scary."
While in the Naval Reserves, Dorner earned a rifle marksman ribbon and pistol expert medal. He was assigned to a naval undersea warfare unit and various aviation training units, according to military records, taking a leave from the LAPD to be deployed to Bahrain in 2006 and 2007.
He wrote that he would "utilize every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordinance and survival training I've been given," the manifesto read.
The nearly 10,000-member LAPD, a force Dorner was part of from 2005 to 2008, dispatched officers to protect more than 40 potential targets, including police officers and their families. The department also pulled officers from motorcycle duty, fearing they would make for easy targets.
The hunt also led to two errant shootings in the pre-dawn darkness Thursday.
LAPD officers guarding a target named in the manifesto shot and wounded two women in suburban Torrance who were in a pickup truck, authorities said. Beck said one woman was in stable condition with two gunshot wounds and the other was being released after treatment.
"Tragically we believe this was a case of mistaken identity by the officers," Beck said.
Minutes later, Torrance officers responding to a report of gunshots encountered a dark pickup matching the description of Dorner's, police said. A collision occurred and the officers fired on the pickup. The unidentified driver was not hit and it turned out not to be the suspect vehicle, they said.
In San Diego, where police say Dorner tied up an elderly man and unsuccessfully tried to steal his boat Wednesday night, Naval Base Point Loma was locked down Thursday after a Navy worker reported seeing someone who resembled Dorner.
Navy Cmdr. Brad Fagan said officials believe Dorner had checked into a base hotel on Tuesday and left the next day without checking out. Numerous agencies guarded the base on Thursday. Fagan said Dorner was honorably discharged and that his last day in the Navy was last Friday.
Nevada authorities also joined the search, because Dorner owns a house nine miles from the Las Vegas Strip, according to authorities and property records.
In Big Bear, Dorner's pickup was taken to be processed at a crime lab Thursday evening and examined by investigators from multiple agencies.
Jackie Holohan, who runs a vacation rental company in Big Bear Lake, said visitors weren't dissuaded from coming to the mountain resort despite the intensive manhunt.
"The only ones who have called want to make sure if they can get up the mountain," Holohan said.
The manhunt was affecting some local businesses. A couple of fast food restaurants shut their doors and only took drive-in customers, and the main shopping avenue had light foot traffic.
Sheriff's officials said deputies and officers had combed some 200 homes in the area and intended to search some 200 more, with extreme wariness knowing they were likely to be treated as targets as well as hunters.
Dorner's writings suggested he did not expect to live through the ordeal.
"Unfortunately, I will not be alive to see my name cleared," he wrote at one point in his manifesto, later saying, "Self-preservation is no longer important to me. I do not fear death as I died long ago."
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My app needs to show Google Maps directions from A to B, but I don't want to put the Google Maps into my application - instead, I want to launch it using an Intent. Is this possible? If yes, how?
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You could use something like this:
To start the navigation from the current location, remove the
You can use an actual street address instead of latitude and longitude. However this will give the user a dialog to choose between opening it via browser or Google Maps.
If you are in the US, you could use an unofficial way (Since it isn't official, I don't recommend using it). This will fire up Google Maps in navigation mode. Haven't played with it since where I live it isn't available.
This is a little off-topic because you asked for "directions", but you can also use the Geo URI scheme described in the Android Documentation:
The problem using "geo:latitude,longitude" is that Google Maps only centers at your point, without any pin or label.
That's quite confusing, especially if you need to point to a precise place or/and ask for directions.
If you use the query parameter "geo:lat,lon?q=name" in order to label your geopoint, it uses the query for search and dismiss the lat/lon parameters.
I found a way to center the map with lat/lon and display a pin with a custom label, very nice to display and useful when asking for directions or any other action:
NOTE (by @TheNail): Not working in Maps v.7 (latest version at the time of writing). Will ignore the coordinates and search for an object with the given name between the parentheses. See also Intent for Google Maps 7.0.0 with location
Although the current answers are great, none of them did quite what I was looking for, I wanted to open the maps app only, add a name for each of the source location and destination, using the geo URI scheme wouldn't work for me at all and the maps web link didn't have labels so I came up with this solution, which is essentially an amalgamation of the other solutions and comments made here, hopefully it's helpful to others viewing this question.
To use your current location as the starting point (unfortunately I haven't found a way to label the current location) then use the following
For completeness, if the user doesn't have the maps app installed then it's going to be a good idea to catch the ActivityNotFoundException, then we can start the activity again without the maps app restriction, we can be pretty sure that we will never get to the Toast at the end since an internet browser is a valid application to launch this url scheme too.
P.S. Any latitudes or longitudes used in my example are not representative of my location, any likeness to a true location is pure coincidence, aka I'm not from Africa :P
Well you can try to open the built-in application Android Maps by using the
try this
if you know point A, point B (and whatever features or tracks in between) you can use a KML file along with your intent.
for more info, see this SO answer
NOTE: this example uses a sample file that (as of mar13) is still online. if it has gone offline, find a kml file online and change your url


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Which does God prefer most, giving to the church or giving to the poor?
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(From an Evangelical, Sola Fide perspective)
The question is based on a false dichotomy. Neither is more pleasing to God.
Both types of giving are a sign of obedience to God, and an act of love and mercy if our motive in doing either is pure. If we are doing either simply to do so, or to "earn points" then neither is pleasing to God. If we're trying to earn points with God, then it isn't an act of love or charity, but rather one of selfishness.
Of course, love is the greatest commandment.
The verses supporting Sola Fide (Salvation by Faith Alone) are covered extensively elsewhere on the site, so I'm omitting them in the interest of brevity. Suffice it to say that the doctrine teaches that our "good works" don't get us to heaven, and are not, in and of themselves, pleasing to God. Isaiah 64:6 state that our righteousness is no more good than "filthy rags".
The giving a tithe or an offering can be compared the sacrifices brought to the Temple in Old Testament times.
In other words, it's the heart condition - the love that counts - what David calls the "Inner parts" in Psalm 51:6 (KJV)
Giving offerings is also an act of mercy (depending on what the Church actually does with the money.) In our Church, for example, there is a distinction between tithes and offerings.
Of course, not everyone gives for the same reasons.
There are those that give to the poor for similar purposes. I don't believe that God honors this either. What is pleasing to God is...
and a whole host of other qualities that have to do with the condition of our hearts, and not our external actions. Where people get confused is that if we do have those traits, we will naturally give because we love, have mercy, are humble, etc. Those are the "fruits" that grow out of the seed of our love.
People have both physical and spiritual needs. If we gave our lives only to meeting people's physical needs and never did anything for people's spiritual needs, the impact could be to give them comfort here but risk them having an eternity without God.
However, if we gave our lives to only meeting people's spiritual needs, then many people would die of hunger before they could ever begin a relationship with God.
In reality, people are both physical and spiritual beings with both physical and spiritual needs. The Bible specifically commands us to help the poor with physical needs.
Yet, the Great Commission Jesus gave to us all is to proclaim to the world how mankind may be reconciled to God, be forgiven of their sins, and enter into a relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ.
Now, giving to churches SHOULD result in both of these, since the church should itself be involved in both the Great Commission and meeting the needs of the poor. Many churches, of course, don't do one or the other of these that well, so giving to the church can fulfill one or both of these, depending on the particular church.
So, the answer is a resounding "YES!" God commands us to do both--give to the poor and give so that people all over the world can hear and respond to Jesus. Doing only one of them, regardless of which one we may choose, is inappropriate.
As Isaiah 64:6 says:
Put another way, even our good deeds in and of themselves do not curry favor with God. Any works we do are done as signs of the fact that we appreciate what God has done for us (John 14:12) and they are outflows of that appreciation. Our works do nothing except signify the transformation that has already occurred.
Thus, the question is not "What does God prefer?" but rather, "What makes the most sense.'
Practically speaking, Christians who give do so in order to alleviate suffering, because we know that God's desire is not that others suffer. We know from Matthew 25 that those who do more than just say "Lord, Lord," want to attend to the practical needs of their fellow man.
As such, the question is, how to best use that money to do so.
Two points are held in tension:
This is why Scripture tended to speak of "tithes and offerings" as separate categories.
Tithes were a levied tax in Ancient Israel to support the church, separate from the government. These tithes ensured there was a synagogoue in place that could, amongst its other activities, coordinate good works.
Offerings were free-will gifts (one could even call this "alms") above and beyond required "taxes" that could help in immediate cases.
Both categories were expected of all believers.
Short, mildly off-the-cuff answer here:
If you look at the New Testament, most (all?) of the references to collecting/offering/giving money were related to the material needs of poor Christians - either locally, or further afield.
Noting also Paul's attitude to being paid for his ministry, I'd say that there isn't a great New Testament precedent for giving the majority of whatever you give to the church for the church.
Contributing to the needs of the church is a precept of the Catholic Church.
Alms giving is a corporal work of mercy.
It may vary parish to parish, but when you contribute to the offertory, you are helping the poor who come to be helped and healed by the local Church.
Many times there will be a special collection for missions or charities. Then you know you're giving will directly help the needy, by those who can help them best.
Any act of charity helps build up within you the virtue of charity, but the most difficult acts are the ones that help the most. Giving one dollar to your Church is not a difficult act, steadily increasing your giving as you have the means will make you more charitable. Giving one dollar to a homeless person is not a difficult act, buying them a coat (or giving them your own is)
God must want us to increase in virtue, so whatever acts make us increase the most align us best on the path to seek the will of God.
We are commanded to do both.
Luke 14:12-14 Then He also said to him who invited Him, "When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
i.e. we should give to help the poor with no thought of reward.
Matthew 26:6 And when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table. 8 But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? For this fragrant oil might have been sold for much and given to the poor." But when Jesus was aware of it, He said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for Me.For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always.
i.e. we should give to glorify Christ.
To anyone who says that building a great cathedral or monument to God when the money could be spent on the poor, see the above verse.
Which is "more pleasing"? I don't know. Would God prefer that you help a widow or an orphan, or that you help a homeless person or a sick person? I'd say do all you can and don't worry about what's worth the most points.
Dittos to those pointing out that salvation is by faith and not works. I won't repeat that.


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Once a user taps a text field and then holds, the iphone's magnifier appears. When the user moves finger outside of the text field area - the keyboard and magnifier disappear. This is different from the default behavior in iphone. This happens also in the kitchen sink form example. Is there a way to control this? Looks like a bug in sencha.
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I just bought Postal III and played through most of the introduction level. At one point, the Postal Dude has to douse three zombies with gasoline and set them on fire. I took me a long time to get all three zombies because the gas just seems to dribble out of the can and onto the ground around the Postal Dude's feet.
How can I increase the range of the gasoline flow? I'm setting myself on fire more often than enemies.


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SAMInside is good program to read SAM files and it is not detected as any harm to pc by any anti-virus. I tested it with NOD32, kaspersky and AVIRA.
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I've been playing the Thunderspire Labyrinth adventure for D&D 4th edition, and at one point a character was grabbed by two different monsters.
Can two different creatures of different types grab and sustain a grab against the same creature?
Yes. It would be same two people holding/restraining you as long as both creatures want to cooperate. If they are into cooperating then the character is going to have a tougher job breaking the grab of both.
If they are not into cooperating then if both grabs succeed there may be a check for the first 'grabber' resisting having it's 'grabee' stolen away.
Can you say bungee cord character?
If you're grabbed by multiple attackers, to escape you make an ordinary escape check, with +2 to the DC for every attacker beyond the first. I don't have a page ref right on hand, but this happened with my group last weekend -- they were attacked by stirges (which were nasty!).


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I recently learned about Dirichlet problems and was wondering if there were similar solutions in the case where only few temperature points are known instead of a continuous temperature boundary.
For instance, say the temperature is known at the three points of an equilateral triangle, and is assumed to be at a steady state. Is it possible to derive a differential (and of closed form) equation that describes the temperature within the triangle?
Additionally, what are these type of problems called?


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28 Sep 2012 12:53 AM #1
Option in CodeEditor for tab to always insert tab rather than indent line
hello everybody I noticed that the indent code doesn't work well. Or maybe do I something wrong, does anybody confirm me that?
When I try to indent with tabspace, for example after the equals sign, the entire code line moves right. I would love use common tabspaces instead common annoying spaces.
28 Sep 2012 7:29 AM #2
Could you please clarify?
Did you change the spaces to indent configuration to "Tab"?Aaron Conran
30 Sep 2012 11:16 PM #3
nope, If I want to indent a single code line
For example:
var dummy = "1234";
var dummy = "1234";
Thanks anyway
11 Oct 2012 10:43 AM #4
No, this is by design in the code editor that tab triggers indentation.
We can look into adding an option to turning this off.Aaron Conran
11 Oct 2012 10:45 AM #5
I've changed the topic to something our team understands and have opened a ticket.
11 Oct 2012 11:47 PM #6
Oh brilliant Aaron, thanks a lot! It would be very useful for a developer indent variables after equal signs.


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Shank's Mare, Sunday 18th August
On Shanks Mare this week, Ella McSweeney walks Bilberry Rock to find out more about the unique goats that live there. It's thought that the animals arrived in Waterford with the Huguenots 300 years ago, and they're believed to be related to Maltese or cashmere goats. Ella meets goatkeeper Martin Doyle, and talks with Conor Kelleher and Emma Teeling who are doing genetic tests on the goats, and also Catherine Carroll who set up the Bilberry Goat Herd Protection Trust.
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We Tried It: A Tree Hugger-Friendly Replacement for Cotton Balls
Are reusable organic cotton rounds worth the extra hassle? One tester attempts to wipe away her carbon footprint guilt
But then I think about my not-so-earth-friendly habits. Every time I order takeout and see the five extra layers of paper, plastic or Styrofoam that go into packaging it, I can't help but imagine my little corner of a landfill growing that much larger. When I forget my reusable bags at the grocery store, I feel like a failure (not to mention judged by the Trader Joe's cashier). That's why I was super excited about S.W. Basics' Eco Cotton Rounds -- organic, reusable, machine-washable cotton pads for applying things like toner or makeup remover.
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The back story: Adina Grigore, founder of S.W. Basics Cosmetics, started the line of skin care products to help ease her own super sensitive skin. She develops all of the products and formulas herself, using only five ingredients or less. Grigore sources her cotton for the Eco Rounds from a mother-daughter duo (girl power!) in Colorado.
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Why I'm excited: The eco-nerd in me can't help but gush over the virtues of these little rounds, so bear with me. Here's the deal: All of those cotton commercials of people running through fields in flowy fabrics may have been misleading. Cotton is actually the world's "dirtiest" crop, because it requires such heavy doses of potent insecticides. Aldicarb, for instance, the second most commonly used insecticide for cotton, can kill a man with just one drop absorbed into the skin. (We're talking Walter White lethal!) Despite its relative toxicity, 16 states in the U.S. have reported the presence of aldicarb in their groundwater. So if there's a product out there that can help reduce the amount of pesticides we're ingesting, I'm all for it.
The process: I tested these rounds for two weeks, using them with my makeup remover. My first thought: These feel way better on my skin than a cotton ball. They're large, so one side of a single round was enough for a day's use. And they're so thick that the product didn't leak through to the other side. This means that I was able to make the entire 8-pack last for 16 days before I had to do a load of laundry (good news for those who, uh, recycle their dirty clothes before washing). Because they are less absorbent than a cotton ball, more of the product got onto my face, rather than being lost in a ball of fluff.
Now for the washing machine test. As I was stuffing those rounds into their little laundry bag (included with the rounds), I was skeptical. After all, they were covered in mascara, foundation, and waxy lipstick, and some of them had been sitting around for almost two weeks. I was afraid the makeup might transfer to my lighter-colored clothes, so in they went with the dark load. When I pulled them out, they were like new. All traces of makeup were gone, and I had another two-week supply of cotton rounds.
Final Verdict: These cotton rounds work well as a replacement for cotton balls, and I actually prefer them. But is it really cost-effective? I crunched the numbers:
I typically have to use two large cotton balls to remove my makeup. I get my cotton balls at CVS, where you can get 100 for $1.99. If you want to buy organic, you'll pay $3.49 for 80 cotton balls. That means I'm going through a little over nine bags of cotton balls a year, which amounts to nearly $32 on makeup-removing cotton balls. A bag of eight cotton rounds from S.W. Basics, on the other hand, is $22. These seem sturdy enough to last me over a year, so not only will they keep thousands of cotton balls out of the trash and reduce the impact of cotton crops on the earth, they'll also end up saving me money.
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SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – The Anderson University men's golf team slipped one spot from Thursday's second round, as the Trojans finished 11th at the three-day Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Championship, hosted at the 7,054-yard, par-72 Sevierville Golf Club in Sevierville, Tenn.
Carson-Newman (313-298-314=925) vaulted from third following Monday's second round to claim the team title by one shot over Wingate for the first time since 2004, while the Bulldogs (310-298-318=926) remained in the second spot for the second straight day. Newberry (313-302-316=931) jumped from fifth to third, while Lincoln Memorial (305-306-323=934) slipped from third to fourth. Tusculum (36-301=607), which held the top spot entering Tuesday's final round, dropped to fifth, with Queens (313-305-325=943) staying in the sixth slot.
Coker (316-304-330=950) was seven shots further back, while Brevard (316-310-337=963) and Catawba (316-316-333=965) placed eighth and ninth, respectively. Mars Hill (325-322-322=969) overtook both Anderson (316-319-338=973) and Lenoir-Rhyne (324-319-333=976=643) for the ninth spot, with the Trojans and Bears rounding out the 12-team field.
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Senior Sean Shelton carded a three-day (76-77-80=223) 17-over-par to lead AU and earn a share of 12th place, while fellow senior Arran Setro (80-80-82=242) finished nine strokes further back in a tie for 30th. Sophomore David Wachter (80-81-92=253) wrapped up the event in 54th, with junior CJ Messana (83-81-91=255) claiming 55th.


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Do daily spells (spells that include "once per day" the description) recharge after 24 hours, or could they be cast at 23:59 (just before midnight), and cast again at 00:01 (just after midnight)?
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Info gleaned from the section on Magic in the PRD.
Recharge Limit
Spells and Daily items have a recharge limit
"Recent Casting Limit: As with arcane spells, at the time of preparation any spells cast within the previous 8 hours counts against the number of spells that can be prepared."
So any spell cast recently counts against the number that can be prepared, and for daily spell-like effects this means once used they cannot be reused (effectively their 'slot' is used) until 8 hours later. This is why casters usually get a night's sleep before preparing their spells!
But why are daily items treated like spells?
How do daily items recharge?
Daily spell-like abilities recharge whenever the caster would normally be able to relearn spells as noted at the bottom of the Magic section by Special Abilities:
(Emphasis mine)
"Spell-Like Abilities: Usually, a spell-like ability works just like the spell of that name. A spell-like ability has no verbal, somatic, or material component, nor does it require a focus. The user activates it mentally. Armour never affects a spell-like ability's use, even if the ability resembles an arcane spell with a somatic component. A spell-like ability has a casting time of 1 standard action unless noted otherwise in the ability or spell description. In all other ways, a spell-like ability functions just like a spell."
Therefore daily spells will be recovered by the caster whenever they would normally recover a spell and daily items are limited by the recharge limit as well.
Relearning Spells (For completeness)
For arcane spellcasters this would be after an 8 hour period of rest, for divine spellcasters this would be at the set time that they recover spells. For non-spellcasters that have a spell as a special ability I would require them to complete a period of rest to regain their spells.
Added to this the caster needs a small amount of time to prepare their spells.
Wizards Require an hour, or a minimum of 15 minutes to add/remove other spells (proportionally lower)
Sorcerers/Bards Require 15 minutes of concentration to update their spells.
Divine casters have the same praying preparation time as Wizards (1 hour or 15 minutes reduced)
There is a wizard feat to prepare spells faster, I'm sure, but I can't find it at the moment...


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Electronics Disposal Efficiency (EDE): An IT Recycling Metric For Enterprises And Data Centers
By Evelyn Neumayr-Oracle on Mar 13, 2013
Guest author Steve Stawarz, Principal Solutions Consultant and Sustainability Lead at Oracle discusses a new white paper offered by the Green Grid
I had the privilege to be a contributing author to the newly released Electronics Disposal Efficiency (EDE) Metric White Paper, an offering from The Green Grid. The Electronics Disposal Efficiency (EDE) metric is the first universal metric launched by The Green Grid to help end users of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) measure their success in the responsible management of outdated equipment. EDE is a simple metric that helps organizations calculate and measure their progress in improving equipment disposal processes over time. This metric is a first-of-its-kind and will help ensure companies responsibly handle electronics and electrical equipment at the end of its useful life.
The Green Grid Association (TGG) is a non-profit, open industry consortium of end users, policy makers, technology providers, facility architects, and utility companies that works to improve the resource efficiency of information technology and data centers throughout the world. Over the past few years, TGG has developed a series of metrics for use in evaluating and enhancing data center operations. This series includes power usage effectiveness (PUE™), data center energy productivity (DCeP™), energy reuse effectiveness (ERE™), data center compute efficiency (DCcE™), and others. The Green Grid now proposes a new metric—electronics disposal efficiency (EDE)—to increase industry awareness regarding the responsible disposal of IT assets. By providing a simple metric that is easy to use, The Green Grid believes that organizations will be able to measure themselves and set goals to improve how they dispose of IT assets. The EDE metric complements the data center maturity model (DCMM), which contains clear goals and direction for improving energy efficiency and sustainability throughout a data center.
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I've seen a couple of web agencies using the term "War room" to describe a place where they sit and and brainstorm web projects. The room usually contains a lot of sketches on the walls and it all looks very impressive... What are the components for an effective war room environment?
If the war room is for making a tight deadline, then I'd say the comment from @Roger-Attrill is perfect. Especially the coffee. Don't forget the coffee.
However, if it's used for brainstorm sessions, there might be some other components you can use for an effective and most of all creative brainstorm session. Make sure people inside the room don't get easily distracted. Provide some of the basic needs in order to keep them focussed:
Might not be exactly the information you're seeking, but I sure hope my contribution will somehow help :) Also, if you need information on how to organize a brainstorm session, Wikipedia offers some kick-start information on the basic techniques: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming
And seriously, don't forget the coffee.
In describing a place where "where they sit and and brainstorm" the term think tank is perhaps more appropriate. The term war room originated as a term to describe the command and control center to wage a real war. The English war rooms that Churchill used in World War II are an example.
A key characteristic of any war room is the need to keep all participants constantly updated on rapidly changing situations. The emphasis is on effective display of real-time data. If you watch an old war movie you will see lots of people moving pins in maps or using grease pencils to show where the ships and planes are. Today a war room will have lots of phone lines, laptops, tablets, flat screen displays on the walls etc.
Today war rooms are typically used for a crisis of a limited duration, such as a natural or man-made disaster. Since when and the nature of such use is unpredictable, the room should be as flexible as possible. Think of a hurricane of a nuclear plant explosion. A perhaps less dramatic use for a company might be when the CEO is in a plane crash or the data-center with your web server was just destroyed.
Since people are often called in unexpectedly, and need to remain for an indeterminate amount of time, it is essential to provide them with everything required such as food, supplies etc so that they can operate at peak performance. Often sleeping and bathing facilities will be provided as well.
A think tank is similar to a war room but without the sense of urgency. People can work regular hours and go home at the end of the day. The is no external event driving the time line. What is in common is the requirement to effectively visualize and share ideas and information. Any tools from sketchpads or even backs of napkins all the way up to full blown 3D animations is appropriate.
To get the maximum benefit out of a think tank session provisions should be made to record and document the session. Use of both a facilitator and a scribe along with video cameras may be highly appropriate provided it does not inhibit information sharing (some things people don't want to say on camera).
The one constant reason for either brainstorm or war room being successful or not has always been the facilitator, in my experience at least.
This is the hardest job, this person needs to be able to sense where the discussion and keep everyone on task, keep the momentum going and also have a really good feel for when to let people go off on tangents and when a "direction-injection" is needed.
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The best experience I had was with a creative director who was way good about everyone having a lot of fun and being crazy and harnessing that to get out the good ideas. He was also a high-level "Why?" person who helped us think about the overall vision instead of only tactical approaches.
And the one thing he has consistently done better than anyone else is set direction and tell everyone (even half-way in to the ideation process) where we need to go. After sometime he would always narrow down our approach based on what we had come up with, he took what he thought had most potential and told us we would go down that path. We would then start working on that and then he would set more direction.
This way we had much freedom and fun but the direction was clear and everyone was happier for it. Not getting stuck and still giving the process the time it needs.


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I am developing an indie game together with my friend using Unity3D engine. I bought "Silo 3D" for modeling two month ago and for texturing I use 3D coat. We plan to sell our game in the future. For the animations I work with 3DS max (only animation part).
My question is, can I work with a students license? The license for the original version is too expensive for me. I am still at the university and I can not buy the 3DS Max license which costs 4000 €. As an alternative I have the choice beetween Blender (can´t work with this software and don't have time to invest for learning a new program) and Truespace (can´t export fbx animation and specially with bones) so for me, 3DS Max is the best choice to be effective and quick.
Is it possible to prove it when I export my fbx characters from 3DS Max to Unity3D? I mean can they find out that I have used the students license of 3DS Max for the animations after the release of the game? Maybe with help of DRM?
Can I solve that problem when I export the fbx from 3DS Max to Blender and after that export the same fbx to Unity3D?


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The December 2008 issue of School Reform News reports that the "most frivolous lawsuit ever" has been filed against the state's tuition tax credit programs. The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case.
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All Yomim Tovim we celebrate in Chutz Laretz an extra day because of A safek, why do we not do the same for Chanukah?
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Minchas Chinuch argues that indeed, when the Sanhedrin was functioning and we used an observation-based calendar, Chanukah in outlying places would have had to have been celebrated for nine days. "When the Beis Hamikdash is rebuilt, speedily in our days," he says, "and we go back to sanctifying the months based on observation - then faraway places (for Eretz Yisrael will spread out to include all other lands) will surely have to keep Chanukah for nine days."
We only add an extra day for a D'oraisa like the 'Sholosh Regalim'. Chanukah is a D'Rabbanan. (See Taamei Minhagim 864 in the name of the Avudraham)
In addition as Chanuka starts on the 25th day of the Hebrew month we can presume that the Sheluchei Beis Din would have arrived and everyone would know when it actually began.
I just heard another (Chassidic) answer in the Name of the Sfas Emes:
Being that Chanuka and Purim happened relatively recently we relate to them better. Hence we are able to achieve the spiritual boost from these Holidays in a shorter time relative to the De'orasia (Biblical) holidays which happened in the more distant past, to which we are less connected.


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The relationship between Bahrain and the U.S. Navy has evolved through a series of friendships between the ruling Al Khalifa royal family and senior Navy Flag officers who were assigned as Commander Middle East Force and later as Commander Fifth Fleet. David Winkler examines that unique relationship, from the Bahraini and American perspectives, and offers an overview of Bahraini history, the British role in the region, the entry of American humanitarian and economic interests, the establishment of the Navy presence in view of the Cold War, Arab-Israeli conflicts, and the downfall of the Iranian Shah.
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All the games at Walmart have already been set to their Black Friday sale prices. Just went and picked up Spec Ops: The Line for $15. If there's a game there you want I'd suggest getting it now.
All the games at Walmart have already been set to their Black Friday sale prices. Just went and picked up Spec Ops: The Line for $15. If there's a game there you want I'd suggest getting it now.
I saw Chivalry: Medieval Warfare in GAME today for 12.99 nice price for anyone in the UK that wants it. Cheaper than steam and is a physical copy.
For anyone on Europe, Gamefly is having a great sale, I just got Skyrim for 9.99 pounds or 12€
They have great prices, don't know if the American site is having a similar sale, but it's worth checking it out
ZOMG tis the season for Steam sales!
I hate Steam so fucking much.
Guys. Humble "THQ" Bundle: Darksiders, Metro 2033, Company of Heroes + Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor, Red Faction: Armageddon all for $1.
Paying above average will come with Saints Row The Third. (Floating around $5.50 at the moment of typing this.)
It's not indie, but it sure is humble. It's Windows only, but it's also a damn good deal. Also comes with soundtracks for all of 'em. (Except Metro 2033.)
Too bad all the games I want I already have, sorry THQ
At this moment is close to 14$
THQ is giving out free PC copies of Metro 2033 to promote Last Light:
GOG is having a sale atm, think it lasts till January, 50% off most things and 75% off in daily deals.
So gamestop is selling all of the far cry games in a bundle for a super cheap price of 6,59€/8.68$
Jump on that! It has Far Cry 3 Deluxe Edition!!!!
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Says it's £55 for me
Aw crap, they spoted it and changed the price too bad
For me it doen's even has a price tag, must've sold out all of the copies
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Well, damn.
Big XBLA sale detailed on the following link:
Sadly no prices on that link but generally stuff is half off over this period. Also as Tarvu posted in the Serious (Holy Fuck How Many Enemies) Sam thread, all those games are half off at 600 points each.
The new Humble Bundle is fucking amazing. The inclusion of The Binding of Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb is alone worth it.
gamestop/eb games is having a 12 days of xmas sale with a new game going on sale every day (at least up here in canucklehead land, dunno if it's the same for you yanks) I just scored ghost Recon future Soldier for $20 for the 360, woo!
According to my Twitter feed, The Walking Dead Episode 1 is free on XBLA at the moment. I don't have a 360, but y'all should definitely check that out!
Dang Turbo... you beat me to it.
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now what if the framerate of the game actually drops below 10 fps. then the player will have a disadvantage because his gun doesnt fire accordingly anymore.
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Prime Rib Sandwhich
1 1/2 to 2 lb Boneless Whole Rib Roast
3 tbsp cajun seasoning
1 tbsp season salt
2 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp Italian herb seasoning
2 tbsp chopped garlic
Cabernet or Merlot
Hard crusted sub bread
Au Jus:
Reserved juice from Rib Roast
Fat pieces from Rib Roast
2 tbsp brewed coffee or espresso
2 cups water
1 tsp Beef Base
Creamy Horseradish:
1 cup sour cream
1 tbsp horseradish
1 tsp lemon juice
1 to 2 dashes worcestshire sauce
1 dash tabasco sauce
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees, combine all seasonings for rib roast, then using a filet or pairing knife poke small holes in rib roast and pour wine nto holes, allowing wife to soak in. Rub chopped garlic on roast then rub with seasoning. Place on broiler pan with a rack and small amount of water in bottom of pan and place in oven for 45 min to 1 hour, less time for rare and longer for medium rare to medium. While roast is cooking prepare.
Creamy Horseradish by combining all ingredients until everything is mixed in and place in refrigerator for later. After removing roast from oven remove fat lip on thin side of roast and let cool for 20 to 30 min while making Au jus. For Au jus pour juice from roast pan into sauce pan with a piece of fat lip from roast. Add water, coffee, and beef base and bring to a boil. Reduce heat a let simmer while roast cools. Using very sharp carving knife, slice roast extra thin, if available use meat slicer for thinner slices. Toast bread in oven or on grill and smear the bottom with creamy Horseradish and place sliced rib roast on top. Serve with Au jus on side and chips or french fries.


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Since Ronnie Brown and his collaborators have come up with a general proof of the higher Van Kampen theorems, what impediments are there to using these to compute the unstable homotopy groups of spheres?
Here are some answers on the HHSvKT - I have been persuaded by a referee that we ought also to honour Seifert.
These theorems are about homotopy invariants of structured spaces, more particularly filtered spaces or n-cubes of spaces. For example the first theorem of this type
Brown, R. and Higgins, P.~J. On the connection between the second relative homotopy groups of some related spaces. Proc. London Math. Soc. (3) \textbf{36}~(2) (1978) 193--212.
said that the fundamental crossed module functor from pairs of pointed spaces to crossed modules preserves certain colimits. This allows some calculations of homotopy 2-types and then you need further work to compute the 1st and 2nd homotopy group; of course these two homotopy groups are pale shadows of the 2-type.
As example calculations I mention
R. Brown ``Coproducts of crossed $P$-modules: applications to second homotopy groups and to the homology of groups'', {\em Topology} 23 (1984) 337-345.
(with C.D.WENSLEY), `Computation and homotopical applications of induced crossed modules', J. Symbolic Computation 35 (2003) 59-72.
In the second paper some computational group theory is used to compute the 2-type, and so 2nd homotopy groups as modules, for some mapping cones of maps $ Bf: BG \to BH$ where $f:G \to H$ is a morphism of groups.
For applications of the work with Loday I refer you for example to the bibliography on the nonabelian tensor product
which has 144 items (Dec. 2015: the topic has been taken up by group theorists, because of the relation to commutators) and also
Ellis, G.~J. and Mikhailov, R. A colimit of classifying spaces. {Advances in Math.} (2010) arXiv: [math.GR] 0804.3581v1 1--16.
So in the tensor product work, we determine $\pi_3 S(K(G,1))$ as the kernel of a morphism $\kappa: G \otimes G \to G$ (the commutator morphism!). In fact we compute the 3-type of $SK(G,1)$ so you can work out the Whitehead product $\pi_2 \times \pi_2 \to \pi_3$ and composition with the Hopf map $\pi_2 \to \pi_3$.
These theorems have connectivity conditions which means they are restricted in their applications, and don not solve all problems! There is still some interest in computing homotopy types of some complexes which cannot otherwise be computed. It is also of interest that the calculations are generally nonabelian ones.
So the aim is to make some aspects of higher homotopy theory more like the theory of the fundamental group(oid); this is why I coined the term `higher dimensional group theory' as indicating new structures underlying homotopy theory.
Even the 2-dimensional theorem on crossed modules seems little known or referred to! The proof is not so hard, but requires the notion of the homotopy double groupoid of a pair of pointed spaces. See also some recent presentations available on my preprint page.
Further comment: 11:12 24 Sept.
The HHSvKT's have two roles. One is to allow some calculations and understanding not previously possible. People concentrate on the homotopy groups of spheres but what about the homotopy types of more general complexes? One aim is to give another weapon in the armory of algebraic topology.
The crossed complex work applies nicely to filtered spaces. The new book (pdf downloadable) gives an account of algebraic topology on the border between homotopy and homology without using singular or simplicial homology, and allows for some calculations for example of homotopy classes of maps in the non simply connected case. It gets some homotopy groups as modules over the fundamental group.
I like the fact that the Relative Hurewicz Theorem is a consequence of a HHSvKT, and this suggested a triadic Hurewicz Theorem which is one consequence of the work with Loday. Another is determination of the critical group in the Barratt-Whitehead n-ad connectivity theorem - to get the result needs the apparatus of cat^n-groups and crossed n-cubes of groups (Ellis/Steiner).
The hope (expectation?) is also that these techniques will allow new developments in related fields - see for example work of Faria Martins and Picken in differential geometry.
Developments in algebraic topology have had over the decades wide implications, eventually in algebraic number theory. People could start by trying to understand and apply the 2-dim HHSvKT!
Edit Jan 11, 2014 Further to my last point, consider my answer on excision for relative $\pi_2$: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/617018/failure-of-excision-for-pi-2/621723#621723
See also the relevance to the Blakers-Massey Theorem on this nlab link.
December 28, 2015 I mention also a presentation at CT2015 Aveiro on A philosophy of modelling and computing homotopy types. Note that homotopy groups are but a pale "shadow on a wall" of a homotopy type. Note also that homotopy groups are defined only for a space with base point, i.e. a space with some structure. My work with Higgins and with Loday involves spaces with much more structure; that with Loday involves $n$-cubes of pointed spaces. As with any method, it is important to be aware of what it does, and what it does not, do. One aspect is that the work with Loday deals with nonabelian algebraic models, and obtains, when it applies, precise colimit results in higher homotopy. One inspiration was a 1949 Theorem of JHC Whitehead in "Combinatorial Homotopy II" on free crossed modules.
Ronnie and collaborators' HHvK theorems are essentially all for crossed complexes and similar. These are, as I'm sure you're aware, partially linearised homotopy types. In particular, for a simply connected space, they are just chain complexes. So for $S^k, k>1$ it's not more useful than the homology.
I think it is important to remember that the Brown-Loday theorem concerns colimits of cat-n groups obtained from an n stage filtration of the underlying space. Moreover, cat-n groups can only provide information on the n-type.
So, if you wanted to compute pi_200 of the two sphere, you would need a cat-200 group (at least). And if you wanted to apply the Brown_Loday VK theorem you would need a 200 stage topological filtration of the two sphere. Any thoughts ? or do I have this wrong?


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Several weeks ago, I wrote about my godsons, Terry and Tyrone, who live in Beecher Terrace, one of the city's most violent areas. It was also the location for an event called Love Louisville that brought hundreds of people, including Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad, to the neighborhood park for an afternoon of fun, music and plenty of love.
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By the way, I intended to write a follow up about the initial event but have struggled with it a bit since my youngest godson, Terry, was arrested again days after the event and is now serving time in what I call "jail camp." Sometimes, love isn't enough, I suppose. But it doesn't mean giving up, either.
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The morning of The Voice-Tribune's Best Dressed is always a frenetic one. This year, I'm going to change it up – by running in the Louisville Underpants Run on Aug. 25. Hear me out: The grassroots event begins at 11 a.m. on The Belvedere. It's free – though donations are accepted – and benefits the KIDS Center, a nonprofit agency that teaches kids with physical challenges how to see the ability in their disabilities. The annual event is headed up by Kevin Brooks, who has a heart for fitness, fun and philanthropy. Pretty sure this 1.5 mile race will incorporate all of that. For the record, you don't have to look like – or dress like – a Victoria's Secret angel or Calvin Klein model to participate. The key is to be creative for a great cause. There will be awards given for Best Underpants, Most Creative, Biggest Team, and Most Colorful Undies. I'm thinking about donning a pair of long johns.
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I haven't read that book – have you? Well, plenty of others have. In fact, Publishers Weekly claims if you stacked up all purchased copies of "Fifty Shades of Grey" it would tower 51 miles high – the equivalent of 187 Empire State Buildings. Or, if you prefer an athletic analogy, you could fill 12 Olympic swimming pools with all of the copies sold.
I don't get it, but how could I, considering I haven't taken the time to read it. But, again, plenty of others have and the readers vary in demographics as vastly as the critics do about the merit, or lack thereof, regarding the tome.
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The focus of much of the solar cooking, and integrated cooking promotion is directed at helping poor residents in countries mostly located near the equator. However, interest in solar cooking is moving beyond novelty status in developed countries. Saving energy, and enjoying the cooking experience and tastes that solar cooking offers, is creating market share in more affluent countries. The decision to try solar cooking is relatively a much smaller risk for a higher income family, as a negative outcome will not significantly affect the prosperity of the household.
Hoping to give ecotourism a boost, Holms and Friends is a company in South Africa helping the more exclusive tourist destinations to become more energy efficient, and encouraging the use of solar cookers. This type of technology placement becomes a useful way to reach potential users with resources to buy solar cookers. The products will need to offer high efficiency, durability, attractive design, and convenience. Along these lines, The Delicias del Sol restaurant, known for serving excellent solar cooked food, has become a tourist destination for the village of Villaseca, Chile. Begun in 2000 with an initial seating capacity of sixteen, the restaurant, as of 2012, seats 120. The dry central valley area receives over 300 days of sunshine a year. The tourists enjoy viewing the solar kitchen at work.
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I really like being able to focus on one activity and only that for a prolonged period of time. I could spend days on end doing one type of activity as I feel that the longer I focus on it, the easier it becomes doing it because I sink into it and become absorbed by it. It feels like a locomotive picking up momentum and wanting to exploit it as much as possible rather than having to step on the brakes and change the tracks.
Conversely, I am pretty bad when it comes to shifting from one activity to another. It almost causes mental pain to have to shift and I see it as a logistical inefficiency. Examples include shifting between projects in the same day at work, shifting between types of work when I do home improvements (which I try to manage by scheduling so as to minimize shuffling because I have no boss there), shifting from work to home activities and vice versa, getting out of bed on weekends (transitioning that often takes hours) etc. Also takes me forever to get ready when I need to go somewhere.
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