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2018 will be the last year we'll be selling The Big Garden preserves. When they're gone, they're gone!
Lemon Curd
We sell as much lemon curd as all the other preserves put together!
As with all our other preserves, there's a season for making lemon curd ; but, unlike the others, it's not a season that has anything to do with the ingredients: we make it only when there's customers to buy it. The season in question is the holiday season!
Unlike the lemon curd (or rather the product that is passed off as lemon curd!) found in supermarkets, which has a very long shelf-life, our lemon curd is a fresh product which is made in batches of just four jars, as and when needed, though these days we draw the line at one batch per day! Of course it's the quality and quantity of the principal ingredients that makes our lemon curd so special : eggs from our own hens – free to range over the land and shore of our croft and have big yolks rich in colour and flavour ; and lemons that are carefully selected for ripeness, juiciness and flavour. And then there's the recipe and method … but they are, of course, top secret!
Our lemon curd really is something special ; but we don't expect you to take our word for it, or the word of our many many delighted-and-back-for-more customers, but we do expect you to try it for yourself!
Details: Lemon Curd is sold in nominal 8 oz screw-top hexagonal jars, price £4.50 each
Serving suggestions: On white bread (made with a strong bread-flour and a good crust) and butter ; Served with dairy ice cream with real vanilla. Irresistable!
Jams and Jellies, Marmalades
Jellies are much more than jams without bits! The consistency and texture of all jellies are very similar, so it's all about the flavour – and not so much the richness of the flavour, as its purity and intensity. And physically, the clarity of the jelly. In fact, clarity pretty much sums it up! So, we make jellies only with those fruits that are best suited to the art of jelly-making. Here's some you may find on the shelves of our garden shop, depending on the time of year and many other factors, not least those who visit the garden shop before you! –
Blackcurrant, Uist Apple, Blackberry, Sweet Gooseberry, Rosehip, Japonica Quince, Mint
Rosehip, Quince and Mint jellies are traditionally eaten with meats, but also good cheese or a fruit salad, or on crispread, or … well, it's good to experiment!
Jams, are … well, we all know what a jam is! Don't we? Well, it seems not, because whilst most would rightly assume that the quality is largely down to the quality and quantity of the fruit, what is less obvious is that the quality and flavour are so much dependent on the amount of natural and added sugar. We aim to make as full use of the natural sweetness of the fruit: we know that if we get that right, we'll be on the right path for good flavour also – it won't be overwhelmed by sugariness. Quality like that isn't found on supermarket shelves, so as far as possible we use fruit we grow ourselves here in the walled kitchen garden, or on our croft – Gooseberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Rhubarb, Quince, Apple.
Marmalades are jams with citrus fruits: oranges, lemons, limes ; orange and lemon, lemon and lime. Then there's chunky, fine-cut. But not bits-free: if it hasn't got peel in it, it isn't marmalade – in our opinion. But there's more! We make marmalade with straightforward white sugar, yes ; but also with dark muscovy sugar. There really are so many possibilities with marmalades, so you never know quite what you'll find on the shelves of the garden shop. If indeed the previous customers have left anything for you to find!
Details: Jellies, Jams and Marmalades are sold in nominal 8 oz screw-top hexagonal jars, price £3.50 each
Chutneys and Pickles
Pickles are so important to our own winter larder that it is only very rarely that you will find them on the shelves of our garden shop. Fruit vegetables and herbs – whole, sliced or chopped – can be pickled in vinegar, of course, but alternatively in a vegetable oil, or a sugar syrup, or salt brine, often with herbs or spices added. If we do have pickles for sale, you'll no doubt find spiced pickled shallotts in brewed vinegar, or rosemary sprigs in olive oil.
Chutneys typically use the same ingredients as the pickles, but mixed to various recipes. Chopped, sliced and cooked with sugar and vinegar they're more likely to be chopped and sliced and cooked.
Details: Pickles are packaged and priced according to the contents! Chutneys are sold in nominal 8 oz screw-top hexagonal jars, price £3.50 each.
Dried Herbs
We grow a variety of herbs, primarily for our own use, but from late Spring to early Autumn there's usually enough to sell them fresh-cut to the visitors. As the summer progresses we often find there's so much of some herbs that they're likely to just go to waste, so we dry the leaves and store them in jars – both for ourselves for winter, and for sale. The dried herbs are nothing like what's sold in shops: ours are still rich in flavour and colour, with far more of the volatile oils remaining. Most commonly it's Rosemary and Sage that you'll find on the shelves of our garden shop. Details: nominal ¼ oz clip-top jars, £3.75 each.
Details: Dried herbs are sold in nominal ¼ oz clip-top square jars, price £3.75 each
And, lest we forget: In 2011, after two years of cultivating honey bees, we produce our first batch of jars of honey. Our Uist Machair Flower Honey was – almost certainly – the only honey ever to be produced and sold in Uist. Ever.
We'd got the first jars standing on a little table in the conservatory, not quite ready for display in the shop – as they were still to be labelled. They were spotted by a customer here to buy eggs, and – just as luck would have it, a flurry of other customers suddenly arrived and we had a queue of wildly enthusiastic honey-lovers! The whole production of that year was sold within just a few minutes.
Somehow we forgot to save any for ourselves! Well, except for this not-quite-full jar, which we labelled not just for this photo, but to get the full satisfaction from our own produce. Alas, ultimately, bee-keeping proved unsuccessful, partly due to the severe weather conditions, and partly because of the lack of other honeybees, whether wild or hived.


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Open from mid-September to the last day of October, Johansen Farms (known previously as Low-Land-Gardens) has been around for just around 85 years. The pumpkin farm and children's zoo features fun and safe rides, baked goods, taffy apples, cider and more for sale, a petting zoo, mazes and more. Guests pay one admission price ($7.50-$8.50 during the week, $11-$12 on the weekends and Columbus Day, free for children 23 months and under) that gives them access to everything the farm has to offer. Just don't miss the pumpkin patch – with 25,000 pumpkins on display, it's a sight to be seen.


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Guiding Philosophy
"…I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul."
— From "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley
You were born on this planet because of your soul. No matter what else that you do, you will not feel happy or genuinely successful until you connect with this innermost part of you, and with the source of all life.
Your life is the intersection of your soul and your body at in the present moment. There is a reason that you were born. It is to live out your soul's mission here on Earth.
As humans, we get distracted from our path. We are held captive like the monkeys grasping at shiny objects in a jar, afraid to let go.
To move forward, we must free ourselves from the beliefs and the conditioned thinking that hold us back, and heal the deep wounds that we all carry.
There is no "one way" to do this. Who ever tells you so is either lying or deluded.
Living from your soul does not mean being locked away in some mountain monastery contemplating your navel. It means living out in the world and sharing your unique gifts with others.
You choose how you want to do this, based upon your culture and what feels right for you. You don't have to join a religion, follow a guru or use the latest buzzwords. You do have to make an effort, and it helps learning from people whom you feel comfortable with.
We live in a time of rapidly accelerating change. The days ahead will present us all with many very serious challenges. The right people in the right places living in the right way can make all the difference..
Life is magical; it is not rational. Understand this and the universe will open up for you..
My job is to help you get connected and get you to the right place. I do this by teaching awareness and techniques.
Contact me if you are interested in working together.


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The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) would like to express its gratitude to all of the women whose pictures and stories appear in this handbook. They have shared their stories from the heart to help other women understand that heart disease is not just a statistic, but a disease that affects the lives of real women, of all ages and backgrounds, in every community in our country.
We are also pleased to announce that this edition of "The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women" marks the 20th anniversary of this publication. Since the first edition rolled off the presses in 1987, this best-selling NHLBI book has reached hundreds of thousands of women with a vital, empowering message: You can take action to protect your heart health. As always, we hope that the stories of courage and healing in these pages will continue to inspire readers to act to protect their own health and well being. Thank you!
The White House
Dear Friend,
I applaud you for taking the opportunity to learn more about women and heart disease. The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women, written and produced by experts at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of health as part of it's the heart Truth campaign, offers the most up-to-date information on women's heart disease and practical strategies for how to reduce your risk.
Like many women, I had always assumed that heart disease affects mostly men. Yet heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United States, killing more women than all forms of cancer combined. But the good news is that education, prevention, and even a little red dress can save women's lives.
Thanks to The Heart Truth®, the red dress has become the national symbol of women's heart health. Women all across the country are taking the message to heart, wearing The Heart Truth Red Dress pins, sharing the message with friends and family, and talking to their doctors about their personal risk for heart disease.
I am encouraged by the progress we are making in increasing awareness of women's heart disease, and I urge you to share the information that you learn in this easy-to-use handbook and help spread The Heart Truth.
With best wishes,
Laura Bush
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National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S. National Cancer Program and conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other activities related to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer; the supportive care of cancer patients and their families; and cancer survivorship.
|Agency overview
|United States
|Rockville, Maryland U.S.
|Agency executive
|Parent agency
|U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
On June 10, 2017, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint Norman Sharpless as director of the National Cancer Institute.
NCI is the oldest and has the largest budget and research program of the 27 institutes and centers of the NIH. It fulfills the majority of its mission via an extramural program that provides grants for cancer research. Additionally, the National Cancer Institute has intramural research programs in Bethesda, Maryland and at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research[2] at Fort Detrick, in Frederick, Maryland. The NCI receives more than $5 billion in funding each year.[3]
The NCI supports a nationwide network of 69 NCI-designated Cancer Centers with a dedicated focus on cancer research and treatment[4] and maintains the National Clinical Trials Network.[5]
- 1937 - Creation of the NCI by the National Cancer Act of 1937
- 1940 - First issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published
- 1944 - Congress made the NCI an operating division of the National Institutes of Health by the Public Health Service Act. Congress amended the Public Health Service Act with the National Cancer Act of 1971 to broaden the scope and responsibilities of the NCI "in order more effectively to carry out the national effort against cancer."
- 1955 - NCI established the Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program which included several research networks that conduct cancer clinical research primarily under the sponsorship of NCI.
- 1957 - The first cancer (choriocarcinoma) was cured with chemotherapy at NCI.
- 1960 - NCI began funding government-supported cancer centers
- 1971 - President Nixon converted the Army's former biological warfare facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland, to house research activities on the causes, treatment, and prevention of cancer.
- 1971 - National Cancer Act of 1971 declares "war on cancer", establishes the National Cancer Advisory Board, and allots additional funding for cancer research
- 1975 - The Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research opened in Frederick, MD as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center
- 1993 -The NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 encourages NCI to expand efforts in prostate cancer, breast cancer, and other women's cancers and authorized increased appropriations.
- 2009 - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $10 billion in additional funding for the NIH; the NCI received $1.3 billion in funds.
- 2016 - The 21st Century Cures Act increased funding for biomedical research. The "Cancer Moonshot" program promised additional support for cancer research.[6]
Anti-cancer drug investigationsEdit
The NCI played an early role in the discovery of anti-cancer drugs in the U.S. According to a 1996 NCI analysis of drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), two-thirds of the anti-cancer drugs approved as of the end of 1995 were NCI-sponsored Investigational New Drugs:[7]
- Chlorambucil (Leukeran) (1957)
- Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) (1959)
- Thiotepa (1959)
- Melphalan (Alkeran) (1959) (IV in 1993)
- Streptozotocin (Zanosar) (1982)
- Ifosfamide (Ifex) (1988)
- Mercaptopurine (1953)
- Methotrexate (1953)
- Thioguanine (1966)
- Cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) (1969)
- Floxuridine (FUDR) (1970)
- Fludarabine phosphate (1991)
- Pentostatin (1991)
- Chlorodeoxyadenosine (1992)
- Vincristine (Oncovin) (1963)
- Actinomycin D (Cosmegen) (1964)
- Mithramycin (Mithracin) (1970)
- Bleomycin (Blenoxane) (1973)
- Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) (1974)
- Mitomycin C (Mutamycin) (1974)
- L-Asparaginase (Elspar) (1978)
- Daunomycin (Cerubidine) (1979)
- VP-16-213 (Etoposide) (1983)
- VM-26 (Teniposide) (1992)
- Taxol (Paclitaxel) (1992)
- Hydroxyurea (Hydrea) (1967)
- Procarbazine (Matulane) (1969)
- O, P'-DDD (Lysodren, Mitotane) (1970)
- Dacarbazine (DTIC) (1975)
- CCNU (Lomustine) (1976)
- BCNU (Carmustine) (1977)
- Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (Cisplatin) (1978)
- Mitoxantrone (Novantrone) (1988)
- Carboplatin (Paraplatin) (1989)
- Levamisole (Ergamisol) (1990)
- Hexamethylmelamine (Hexalen) (1990)
- All-trans retinoid acid (Vesanoid) (1995)
- Porfimer sodium (Photofrin) (1995)
- Prednisone (1953)
- Fluoxymesterone (Halotestin) (1958)
- Dromostanolone (Drolban) (1961)
- Testolactone (Teslac) (1970)
- Methyl prednisolone
- Prednisolone
- Zoladex (1989)
- Alpha interferon (Intron A, Roferon-A) (1986)
- BCG (TheraCys, TICE) (1990)
- Interleukin 2 (Proleukin) (1992)
The NCI is divided into several divisions and centers.[8]
- Center for Cancer Research
- The CCR includes approximately 250 internal NCI research groups in Frederick and Bethesda.[9]
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
- DCEG is divided into the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program and the Human Genetics Program.[10]
- Division of Cancer Biology
- DCB oversees approximately 2000 grants per year in the areas of cancer cell biology; cancer immunology, hematology, and etiology; DNA and chromosome aberrations; structural biology and molecular applications; tumor biology and microenvironment; and tumor metastasis.[11] "Special Research Programs" falling under the aegis of the DCB include: Physical Sciences-Oncology Network, Cancer Systems Biology Consortium, Oncology Models Forum, Barrett's Esophagus Translational Research Network, New Approaches to Synthetic Lethality for Mutant KRAS-Dependent Cancers, Molecular and Cellular Characterization of Screen-Detected Lesions, Fusion Oncoproteins in Childhood Cancers, and Cancer Tissue Engineering Collaborative.[12]
- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
- Division of Cancer Prevention
- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
- DCTD supports eight research programs: The Biometric Research Program, The Cancer Diagnosis Program, The Cancer Imaging Program, The Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, The Developmental Therapeutics Program, The Radiation Research Program, The Translational Research Program, and The Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine.[13]
- Division of Extramural Activities
- DEA processes and supports the thousands of grant applications NCI receives each year and compiles reports on the progress of research funded by the NCI's programs.[14]
Office of the directorEdit
- Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology
- Center for Cancer Genomics
- CCG was created in 2011 and is responsible for management of The Cancer Genome Atlas and cancer genomics initiatives.
- Center for Cancer Training
- Center for Global Health
- Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives
- In the 1990s, the Unconventional Innovation Program was created to integrate interdisciplinary technology research with biological applications. It was reorganized in 2004 as the CSSI.[15]
- Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
- Center for Research Strategy
- Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials
- Technology Transfer Center
NCI-designated Cancer CentersEdit
The NCI-designated Cancer Centers are one of the primary arms in the NCI's mission in supporting cancer research. There are currently 69 so-designated centers; 13 clinical cancer centers, 49 comprehensive cancer centers, and 7 basic laboratory cancer centers. NCI supports these centers with grant funding in the form of P30 Cancer Center Support Grants to support shared research resources and interdisciplinary programs. Additionally, faculty at the cancer centers receive approximately 75% of the grant funding awarded by the NCI to individual investigators.[4][16]
The NCI cancer centers program was introduced in 1971 with 15 participating institutions.[17]
National Clinical Trials NetworkEdit
The NCTN was formed in 2014 from the Cooperative Group program to modernize the existing system to support precision medicine clinical trials. With precision medicine, a large number of patients must be screened to determine eligibility for treatments in development.
Lead Academic Participating Sites (LAPS) were chosen at 30 academic institutions for their ability to conduct clinical trials and screen a large number of participants and awarded grants to support the infrastructure and administration required for clinical trials. Most LAPS grant recipients are also NCI-designated cancer centers.[5] NCTN also stores surgical tissue from patients in a nationwide network of tissue banks at various universities.
Developmental Therapeutics ProgramEdit
The NCI Development Therapeutics Program (DTP) provides services and resources to the academic and private-sector research communities worldwide to facilitate the discovery and development of new cancer therapeutic agents.[18]
Under the label "Discovery & Development Services" several services are offered, among them the NCI-60 human cancer cell line screen and the Molecular Target Program.[19]
In the Molecular Target Program thousands of molecular targets have been measured in the NCI panel of 60 human tumor cell lines. Measurements include protein levels, RNA measurements, mutation status and enzyme activity levels.[20]
NCI-60 Human Tumor Cell Lines ScreenEdit
The evolution of strategies at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) illustrates the changes in screening that have resulted from advances in cancer biology. The Developmental Therapeutics Program (DTP) operates a tiered anti-cancer compound screening program with the goal of identifying novel chemical leads and biological mechanisms. The DTP screen is a three phase screen which includes: an initial screen which first involves a single dose cytotoxicity screen with the 60 cell line assay. Those passing certain thresholds are subjected to a 5 dose screen of the same 60 cell-line panel to determine a more detailed picture of the biological activity. A second phase screen establishes the Maximum Tolerable Dosage and involves in vivo examination of tumor regression using the Hollow fiber assay. The third phase of the study is the human tumor xenograft evaluation.[1]
Active compounds are selected for testing based on several criteria: disease type specificity in the in vitro assay, unique structure, potency, and demonstration of a unique pattern of cellular cytotoxicity or cytostasis, indicating a unique mechanism of action or intracellular target.
A high correlation of cytotoxicity with compounds of known biological mechanism is often predictive of the drugs mechanism of action and thus a tool to aid in the drug development and testing. It also tells if there is any unique response of the drug which is not similar to any of the standard prototype compounds in the NCI database.
|Carl Voegtlin[21]
|Roscoe Roy Spencer
|Leonard Andrew Scheele
|Served as the seventh Surgeon General of the United States from 1948 to 1956.
|John Roderick Heller
|Kenneth Millo Endicott
|Carl Gwin Baker
|Frank Joesph Rauscher, Jr.
|Arthur Canfield Upton
|Vincent T. DeVita, Jr.
|Samuel Broder
|Richard D. Klausner
|11th Director, left to become President of the Case Institute of Health, Science, and Technology and later Executive Director of Global Health for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[22]
|Andrew C. von Eschenbach
|12th Director, served from 2001 to 2006 before transitioning to a role as Commissioner of Food and Drugs.[23][24]
|John E. Niederhuber
|13th Director of the NCI, was nominated by President George W. Bush.[25]
|Harold Varmus
|Co-winner of the Nobel Prize for studies of the genetic basis of cancer.[26] He was director of the National Institutes of Health from 1993 to 1999.
|Douglas R. Lowy (Acting)
Notable NCI facultyEdit
- Kathryn Zoon, Principal Deputy Director, 2002 to 2004.
- Michael B. Sporn was the Chief of the Laboratory of Chemoprevention, 1978 to 1995.
- Susan Gottesman
- Sankar Adhya
- Ira Pastan
- Elaine Jaffe
- Michael Gottesman
- Robert C. Gallo
- Michael Potter
- Sandra Wolin
See alsoEdit
- American Cancer Society Center
- caBIG, the Cancer BioInformatics Grid, a National Cancer Institute (USA) initiative to link cancer researchers and their data
- Cancer Information Service (CIS)
- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
- Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network
- NCI-designated Cancer Center
Notes and referencesEdit
- ^ "Director's Page - National Cancer Institute". Cancer.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
- ^ "NCI-Frederick: NCI-Frederick Home Page". Ncifcrf.gov. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
- ^ "Funding Trends". National Cancer Institute.
- ^ a b "NCI-Designated Cancer Centers". National Cancer Institute.
- ^ a b "NCI's National Clinical Trials Network". National Cancer Institute.
- ^ "National Cancer Institute (NCI)". 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Affidavit of James Love". www.cptech.org. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
- ^ "NCI Organization". National Cancer Institute.
- ^ "About CCR". 21 July 2014.
- ^ "DCEG Home". Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics - National Cancer Institute.
- ^ "DCB Research Portfolio". National Cancer Institute.
- ^ "Division of Cancer Biology". National Cancer Institute.
- ^ "About DCTD - DCTD". dctd.cancer.gov.
- ^ "About NCI Division of Extramural Activities". deainfo.nci.nih.gov.
- ^ "History - Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives (CSSI)". cssi.cancer.gov.
- ^ "OCC Homepage - OCCWebApp 2.1.0". cancercenters.cancer.gov.
- ^ "History of the NCI Cancer Centers Program". National Cancer Institute.
- ^ "Welcome to the Developmental Therapeutics Program". Developmental Therapeutics Program. National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Discovery & Development Services". Developmental Therapeutics Program. National Cancer Institute. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Molecular Targets". Developmental Therapeutics Program. National Cancer Institute. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "National Cancer Institute (NCI)". 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Dr. Richard D. Klausner Named Executive Director of Global Health for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation".
- ^ U.S. Congress (7 December 2006). "Executive Session". Congressional Record. 152 (134): S11404–29, S11447–51. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
- ^ "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session". www.senate.gov.
- ^ "Emergent Biosolutions - Board of Directors bio". Retrieved 2013-12-06.
- ^ "Director's Page - National Cancer Institute (Archive)". Cancer.gov. Archived from the original on 2015-03-31. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
General referencesEdit
- National Cancer Institute Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- "NCI MISSION STATEMENT." National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 18 August 2004.
- "THE NATIONAL CANCER ACT OF 1971." National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 18 August 2004.
- Developmental Therapeutics Program (DTP)


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Steve Bruce is trying to complete Andrew Robertson's £3million signing before midnight to register the Scotland left-back for Hull's European campaign.
Bruce must submit his squad for Thursday's Europa League qualifier by midnight and hopes to include Robertson after Hull finally agreed a £3million fee with Dundee United last night.
The Tigers are now discussing personal terms with Robertson and hope to wrap up his transfer today.
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|Dev: 3000AD
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: 3000AD
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: March 7, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-32 (online)
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Teen
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
When the going gets rough, players can input commands and engage an auto-pilot mechanism to handle navigation or combat maneuvers. While this is an interesting and occasionally life-saving feature, it's not much fun sitting around waiting for the on-board A.I. to finish cleaning up whatever mess you got yourself into. Doing the dirty work yourself is not as engrossing as it should be. Unfortunately, teamwork doesn't pay off much either. Your squad mates are unreliable at best. Usually they'll follow your commands and provide needed assistance when going toe-to-toe against large numbers of enemy ships, but they have the unfortunate habit of getting themselves killed. Also, the enemy A.I. adapts and responds to your tactics on the battlefield. It's a nice way of saying it doesn't take long for them to find quicker ways to kill you.
One of Echo Squad's strongest points is in the graphical department. 3000AD did a great job of making space combat a colorful affair with a background of brightly hued nebula, gaseous anomalies, and other interesting visual elements scattered throughout the cosmos. After playing in similar regions of the galaxy for a while, it does begin to feel like you're looking at the same backdrop over and over again with little variety, but it is pretty.
The cockpit HUD is elaborate and colorful. It's not nearly as interactive as it looks, but it does contain important readouts on navigation, armament, and enemy vessels. Getting down to planetary surface is also quite stunning with beautiful water and cloud effects. In the tutorial, dipping down into a planet's atmosphere to cruise the surface is pretty cool, and it's expected to come into play in future episodes, but getting back into space from within the grasp of a planet's atmosphere is another story completely. If you've taken damage at all, you can forget about escape without repairs and refueling at a surface base. Even with a mint-condition ship it's difficult to breach the atmospheric barrier without a struggle.
Aside from the fact there's no one playing on the online servers, the multiplayer experience is buggy and unstructured. NPC vessels flit in and out of existence mysteriously, and playing against the computer offers little new from the main campaign. It's a free for all to be sure; it's just not an enticing one by any means.
Despite some substantive attempts to make the genre revival easier for new players to pick up, Galactic Command: Echo Squad SE remains a niche title through-and-through. If you hunger for oldschool space combat, then it's possible to derive a certain level of nostalgic enjoyment from the first installment of Echo Squad. However, the game fails in making the space combat experience more accessible to casual PC players.
Nathan Meunier
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Astro Monty
I wrote the code and Taj Mihelich whipped up the illustrations. It involves Monty flying through space, collecting bikes, and blowing stuff up. I even hid some little easter eggs in this… put on the rabbit box to find 'em all!
8/11/2018 UPDATE: I made the Easter Eggs easier to find and do. Put on the rabbit box to ride the car, the cow, and the cow on the asteroid.


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Sin City, the Entertainment and Gambling Capital of the World. Over the years, Vegas has earned a variety of nicknames all alluding to the quality of the gaming experience it provides to all who wander into its streets.
Gigantic casinos loom over the horizon of the famed Las Vegas Strip, and at night, the city comes alive with bright, flashing, neon lights and the lively music of the nightly parties going on in the various casinos. There are over twenty gigantic casinos in Las Vegas, each offering a unique experience of its own.
Most casinos also have their own theme carried into their facilities. In the early days of Las Vegas, there were casinos that carried pirate themes, ancient Egyptian themes, and even Alice in Wonderland themes. These themes have largely been stripped from the casinos in exchange for more modern themes, and even the exteriors of the hotels have also been renovated to showcase a more luxurious feel.
The first casinos sprouted in Las Vegas in the 1930s, with the first gambling license being awarded to the Northern Club. Las Vegas' history is closely interconnected with the mafia and other crime organisations, and for many years, the gambling industry in the city had been riddled with illicit activity. Today, however, the casinos in Vegas have become known for their security and discretion.
Most casinos in the Las Vegas area are more than just casinos; they're also integrated with a hotel and spas, lounges, and pools. The city is also home to some of the most innovative features and amenities ever seen in casinos, such as swim-up pools, exclusive high-limit areas, and also tableside drinks, food, and massages.
Of course, Las Vegas wouldn't be called the Gambling Capital of the World for nothing. Slot machines have varied denominations and some of the highest limits in the world, and the casinos also have great rewards programmes that are integrated into the rest of the hotels' amenities. Live performances by great bands, musical performers, and comedians are staples of the Las Vegas casino experience, with some casinos even having star-studded headliners.
There's no denying that a night spent in Vegas can be one of the best nights of your life. With dozens of casinos all lined up and offering unique experiences to every type of casino-goer, Las Vegas continues to mesmerise the millions of people that visit the city every year.
MGM Grand Casino
Living up to its name, the MGM Grand is one of the largest casinos in the world. Bringing a delightful mix of exclusivity and Las Vegas-style entertainment, the MGM Grand continues to amaze thousands with its superior features and amenities.
Monte Carlo Las Vegas
Alluding to the wonderful gaming environment of Monte Carlo, Monaco, this MGM Resorts International property is one of the more luxurious casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
New York New York Casino
Sin City and the Big Apple come together in MGM's New York New York Hotel & Casino, which offers a one-of-a-kind experience that brings together the best of these two iconic cities, integrated with the thrills of a high-stakes casino.
Palms Casino Resort
For a gaming establishment that's situated away from the Strip, the Palms Casino Resort is a veritable "new kid on the block," having opened just within the first year of the millennium, yet it still garners a lot of support. Its relative newness – along with its neo-retro aesthetics – is what makes it a prime vacation spot for the 20- to 30-somethings.
Paris Las Vegas Casino
Experiencing a taste of the French capital, in the heart of Las Vegas? Paris Las Vegas never ceases to amaze.
Planet Hollywood Casino
A striking mix of Hollywood's greatest features and Las Vegas entertainment, the Planet Hollywood Resorts & Casino is sure to be a memorable experience for all.
Rio Hotel & Casino
The colourful ambience and lively atmosphere makes the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino one of the most entertaining places to visit in Las Vegas. Over two decades of experience have made this Ceasars Entertainment property one of the most trusted casino resorts in the world.
The extreme rides at the Stratosphere ensure that the experience at this resort casino is one-of-a-kind. The adrenaline-pumping rides at this casino hotel result in guests who keep coming back for more.
The Mirage
Built by Steve Wynn in the late 1980s, the Mirage was the first resort to be built with money from Wall Street. It's been recognised for having ushered in the era of modern casinos and resorts in Las Vegas, with emphasis on luxury and entertainment.
The Venetian Palazzo
Ever wish you could lose yourself in Venice, without leaving the United States? The Venetian makes this possible, with sophisticated architecture that's truly a sight to behold.
Treasure Island Casino
Treasure Island has shed its pirate theme for a more adult-oriented casino ambience, offering guests a personalised gaming experience that no other casino on the Strip can provide. With exciting nightlife and a great gaming floor ensures that guests keep coming back to Treasure Island for more.
Often described as "breezy and beautiful", the Tropicana gives its guests an unbeatable experience with the friendliest staff, unbeatable shows, and great value for money.
Wynn Las Vegas
Offering world-class luxury and elegance to its patrons, Wynn Las Vegas is sure to bring a memorable experience to anyone who walks through its doors. With award-winning amenities and restaurants, this casino is definitely one of the best choices for a Las Vegas vacation.


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Submitted questions and/or concerns will not be answered individually. Instead, they will be posted here in the FAQ page.
9 March 2017
Q: Will there be a specific file size for all document submission?
Q: Can we add chapter separator for each category in addition to number of pages allotted to each category? If 10 pages are allotted for relevant experiences, Can we add a cover page to it so that it get separated from previous chapter?
A: Yes you may. The cover page/chapter separator will not be counted in the maximum number of pages.
Q: Can we put the proposed team structure for this competition as annexure?
A: Yes you may but me mindful of the page limitations.
Q: Is the 5 relevant projects all architectural or can be 1 landscape project?
A: Choose carefully what would best represent your company's work.
8 March 2017
Q: Can we put the PRC licenses of our proposed team leader and landscape architect in the annex instead of including this under Technical and Professional Capabilities?
A: Yes you may but stick to the allotted maximum number of pages.
Q: For the PRC of our Landscape Architect, it will be expiring this month in for the submission of Expression of Interest. May we know what attachment we can use as substitute? Maybe an Official Receipt?
A: You may provide a document that shows that your Landscape Architect passed the Licensure Exam.
7 March 2017
Q: Regarding the 5 built works: is it okay to tag it as 'confidential'? Our clients require us to observe confidentiality when it comes to construction costs.
A: If you cannot divulge the construction cost, make sure to include the floor area of the project.
Q: Our firm has been in existence way back 2002 but underwent a name change in 2007. Our SEC papers are dated October 2007. Can we include both SECs as proof that we have been in operation for over 10 years?
A: Yes make sure to include documentation of the name change.
6 March 2017
Q: Our architecture firm is a year short of the minimum 10 years requirement. Can we partner with an landscape architecture firm (that meets the 10 years requirement) and the Team Leader (architect) will be from our firm?
A: The Team Leader must be from the Lead Company.
Q: If we're planning to tie up with a foreign consultant, can we include their projects on the Relevant Experiences?
A: The five relevant projects must come from the Lead Company.
3 March 2017
Q: As a part of the eligibility criteria, we understand that the team leader should have designed a min of 5 Iconic Office Buildings. Just wanted to check if Projects under construction can also for a part of the submission or one is only considering Built Projects?
A: The Team Leader must have undertaken at least 10 architecture design projects. The Company must be in existence for at least 10 years. And as part of the EOI, show 5 relevant (and constructed) projects.
2 March 2017
Q: Can we request for a reconsideration for the 10 years requirements? As our company evolves and the current company was only establish last Dec. 2007. We are cited as one of the top architectural firms.
A: Unfortunately, we are strict with the minimum 10 years existence of the company.
Q: Can we add images for the 5 relevant projects as reference for the Selection Committee?
A: Yes that is allowed.
Q: Could you please confirm if the winning team will be awarded with the design contract for the project?
A: As was stated in the footnote of the Competition Mechanics: The Firm with the winning Design will have a chance to get the Detailed Architectural and Engineering Design of the Project, upon successful disposition and selection of BCDA's Joint Venture Partner for the development of the BCDA Iconic Building. However, in case BCDA is not satisfied with the entries, it may declare failure of competition or resubmission of entries.
Q: May we ask about the parcel of land on the east of the site. Is this area going to be a park, or it it going to be parcelled off and sold?
A: The land is PNOC property.
Q: Are we allowed to collaborate with another architect? For example there is going to be 2 team leaders in one group?
A: The Selection Committee will rate only one Team Leader.
1 March 2017
28 February 2017
Q: I'd like to re-confirm this is competition is open to foreign design consultant as well. On the website we didn't find any inclusivity for local (Philippines) practice only.
A: The Competition is calling for participants from both local and international firms.
Q: Could we provide more than five (5) relevant projects as long as we follow the maximum of ten (10) pages?
A: The Selection Committee will only review the First Five (5) relevant examples.
Q: As your mechanics have stated, STAGE 1 does not require any design yet. Will a team be disqualified if they provided initial design intents or any design related data?
A: Initial Designs included in the EOI will not be reviewed by the Selection Committee.
Q: If a firm is a single proprietorship turned partnership (therefore also changing Company name) that has collectively practiced for at least 10 years, does this fulfill the minimum requirement for company status?
A: The Firm must have proof that it has existed for a minimum of 10 years.
24 February 2017
Q: To qualify as a Team Leader, it states that he/she must have undertaken at least ten (10) Architecture Design. Does this mean that he should be in practice for 10 years? or he should have done at least 10 architecture design projects?
A: It means that the Team Leader must have handled at least 10 architecture design projects.
23 February 2017
Q: Should the consultants be exclusive to my team? Or can they be consultants of other teams as well?
A: Consultants must be exclusive to the team.
Q: What necessary documents are required as supplement / proof of Company Status? Will the SEC Reg docs suffice?
A: The documents must show that the Company has been operating for a minimum of 10 years.
22 February 2017
Q: We would like to ask the following questions:
1. What is meant by "main areas of activities of business"? How is it different from "main services" and "nature of business"?
2. For "Principal Customer Industries and Geographies", do we list down all the usual locations and types of our projects?
3. Should all the team members provide their CV? (or just the team leader and landscape architect?)
A: 1. Answer those as you see fit that would properly convey your Company and Business information. 2. Yes but be sure you stick to the maximum number of pages. 3. Prioritize the CVs of the Team Leader and the Landscape Architect. You may include the CVs of the other members as long as you stick to the maximum number of pages.
21 February 2017
Q: My company was formed in 2008, making it one year short of the competition's required minimum 10 years in operation. Are we then disqualified? Before I formed my firm, I was 20 years principal at another company.
A: Unfortunately, part of the minimum requirement is that the company must be in operation for 10 years.
20 February 2017
Q: What is the award for the winning project?
A: Please refer to the footnote of the competition mechanics.
Q: Do we have to include relevant documents/ certificates under professional awards and citations received by the Company, Team Leader and/or Project that the Team Leader and/or Landscape Architect was involved in?
A: As the maximum number of pages for the annexes is only 10, prioritize it for Items I and IV.
Q: A question regarding Expression of Interest Form Item no.5 (Company Status): What are the necessary documents that you would require as supplement / proof?
A: Provide documents that show that the company has been operating as an Architectural Design Firm/Company for a minimum of 10 years.
Q: For the list of Relevant Experiences, is it okay to include an ongoing project that will be completed by April-May this year?
A: The project must have been completed upon launch of the competition: 15 February 2017.
Q: May we ask if the Landscape Architect that will be part of our team can join other firms as well? Can he/she join multiple firms?
A: The Landscape Architect must be exclusive to the team.
17 February 2017
Q: We would like to verify if the terminology of 5 relevant "completed" projects means "constructed" projects? Or can we include completed concept design/ on-going construction projects and the like?
A: The requirement to have at least five (5) completed projects referred to constructed projects. It is the same reason, interested participants are required to include the Construction Cost and Construction Duration of the Projects.
Q: Does relevant works simply pertain to BUILT AND COMPLETE works? Or can conceptual that may lead to built works count? Do unsolicited proposals be applicable to 'relevant' works?
A: The relevant work must have been constructed.
Q: The 10 years business operation is mandatory for the team leader? Or is there a chance that a startup firm act as team leader and partner up with an established firm?
A: The minimum requirement for Item I-Company Information is for the company to be in operation for at least 10 years. Thus an established firm should be the LEAD Company and get the startup firm as a consultant.
Q: Under professional citations and awards, if say for example our studio gets in as MEMBER under an established firm as TEAM LEADER, will our awards and citations count?
A: The Professional Awards and Citations must be received by either the (LEAD) Company, the Team Leader and/or a Project that either the Team Leader or Landscape Architect was involved in.
Q: May we inquire to whom should we address the Letter of Intent to?
A: Please address the Expression of Interest to: Chairman, International Conceptual Design Competition for the BCDA Iconic Building Project


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Name: Dr. Holger Finkernagel
City: Bad Berleburg
State: NRW
Country: Germany
Nationality: german
Occupation: Giessen
Birthday: 15. sept.1943
Age: 57
T-Shirt: XL
Number of Years Running: 15
Number of Marathons: > 50
50k-german Ultra Marathon Championship 1999 and 2000
50mi-3 x 78 km Swiss-Alpine; 1 x 76 km Rennsteiglauf
100km-Biel (suisse) 2000
100mi-Verdon ultra run in south of france: 130 km and an high difference of more than 9000 m.
100mi+-2 x Marathon des sables
in Nov. 2000: 162 km Jordanien desert cup
Previous Badwater Racing:
Previous Badwater Crewing:
Previous Badwater Clinic
Best Ultra Run Experience:
Marathon des sables: 1999 and 2000; I like the desert runs; I will runn in 2000 Jordan desert run, in 2001 the sandmarathon in south algeria and the 3. marathon des sables. I like the silence in the desert, the people, livin there.
Weird Experience:
two times competition of "Verdon-ultra run" in south of france. It ist a likly landscape, amacing organisation by frensch people. But it is the most strong expirience I had done.
I run in primary reason for my healthness. Not only für my body but for my soul.
Why badwater:
I think it is an great challenge for me and I heard some thing by Eberhard Frrixe, Joey Kelley and Uli Weber, the three german competitors in 2000. They are good friends of mine.
Other Exp.:
In 1988 I was medical director of an Himalaya expedition. We climbt 2 7.000 m peaks by fear means. It was an very succesfull expirience. At last I practice kayaking on european fleets.
Some of german medias are interestet on this event. Especiality on the result of my competition. Running, Ultra Marathon, Westfälische Rundschau, third programm of German telvition, local radio station.
More Media:
It is possible but I decite this later.
I run for ARQUE (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für querschnittsgelähmte Kinder) It ist an charity organisation for childrens having an neurological hemiplegia, the most by spina bifida.
English: yes
Crew English: yes
Hike: yes
Permit: yes
Resume: I am an doctor of medicine. Daily I am confrontatet with the patiens, living in bad conditions. I will give them an example for an prospective live.


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It's May 20, 2034 and UNC is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the new Law School building at Carolina North. There are now six academic buildings on the Carolina North campus, which of course, is referred to as North Campus. In addition, there are several multi-family residential buildings that house more than 200 individuals and families, all UNC employees.
Although the national economy is seemingly stuck in slow growth mode, with unemployment rarely dropping below five percent, the State of North Carolina has experienced better than average growth for much of the past fifteen years. This growth, which has been fueled by in-migration of retirees from northern states, has swelled the population of Chapel Hill and Carrboro to more than 120,000 residents.
The relatively moderate climate, where northerners can still experience a taste of winter, has caused many retirees to relocate to Chapel Hill and other cities like Charlottesville, VA, Asheville, and Wilmington. Many of these newcomers were able to sell their former homes for prices that far exceeded the average price for a home in the Southern Part of Heaven. Since residents of Chapel Hill and Carrboro dearly love the open space just north and west of Town, they have steadfastly resisted calls to expand the urban services boundary.
This, in turn, has fueled denser development along urban corridors such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Fordham Boulevard, 15/501 and Main Street in Carrboro. Rosemary Street, which now features office buildings and five-story apartment buildings from Henderson Street to the Carrboro line, long ago ceased being an afterthought to the more popular Franklin Street.
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In fact Rosemary Street is now the preferred location for higher end restaurants that cater to the older demographic. Of course, Franklin Street still has lots of T-shirt shops, pizza joints and fast food options for the more than 24,000 undergrads at UNC.
Life is good in Chapelboro — if you are a student, a retiree or a professional who earns more than $200,000 annually. If however, you are a teacher or a public sector employee without a PhD or an MD, life continues to be a burden. Most of these individuals and their families are relegated to poorly maintained, yet expensive rental housing, or long and even more costly commutes from nearby (or not so nearby) counties.
Older residents continue to lament the loss of diversity in the resident population — wishing they could turn back the clock and do things differently.


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You should hear Malatesta's tale about making it to the Oct. 6 launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 with just seconds to spare. It's classic. Especially the part about surviving the dude playing jazz flute. But that's for another time.
Anyhoo, what got him there in time for the keynote was Google Maps, and its inclusion of NYC subway maps. They've been there for a while now, but Google's recently publicly announced them as a feature in the Layers. To turn it on (or just test it if you're outside the city), point the map to NYC, then go to Menu>Layers and turn on the Tranisit lines. Zoom in and you can get station info. It's That simple. [Google Lat-Long blog]


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NASA Awards Contract For Refueling Mission Spacecraft
// Aero-News Network
Restore-L Spacecraft Will Service Satellites In Orbit NASA has awarded the Restore-L Spacecraft Bus and Support Services contract to Space Systems/Loral of Palo Alto, CA. Restore-L is a robotic spacecraft equipped with the tools, technologies and techniques needed to service satellites currently in orbit.
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PETER FRANCESE'S People Pattern column Saturday was about a response he got to his Father's Day column about ''the phenomenon of 7.3 million men in their 20s who still live at home with their parents.'' A mother of a 24-year- old son living at home told of a one-sided arrangement in favor of her son. Her husband said that if the lifestyle of his son had been available to him in the 1950s, he still would be single.
Not everyone believes that having a 20-year-old at home is a tragedy, makes him ''ill-prepared for any future life with a working wife who may expect him to share the household chores equally'' and that this situation is typical of ''the last generation of traditional stay-at-home mothers who mend clothes, buy all the groceries and probably bake truly amazing apple pies.''


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Ian Somerhalder Brings BloodyCon to Barcelona Following Shocking 'Vampire Diaries' Season Finale
Malese Jow is one lucky girl — being sandwiched in between both Ian Somerhalder and Nathaniel Buzolic!
The three CW actors met up for the BloodyNightCon 4 press conference on Friday morning (May 16) in Barcelona, Spain where they met with fans and held a Q&A session.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Malese Jow
"In honor of tonight's final episode of #StarCrossed. Everyone involved with the show brought it for the finale, and I'm so pleased to know that at least we're going out with a huge bang. Thanks again to all of you for watching. We love you!!" Malese recently wrote just before the final episode of Star-Crossed.
And in case you missed it, find out what happened on the Vampire Diaries season finale!
10+ pics inside of Ian, Malese and Nate…
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When times get tough, it seems the scammers come out of the woodwork. Now there are several emerging mortgage scams hitting people where it hurts.
This one particular scam is a cash stealing system. It preys and targets vulnerable homeowners when they're at their weakest point and feel like they're cornered with nowhere to turn.
If you're behind on your mortgage, don't fall for one of these mortgage scams. Use a little common sense, and talk to someone if you've received a notice similar to the one Annette Coates received.
Never send money to anyone who makes promises that sound too good to be true, regardless of how legitimate the notice you receive looks. Mortgage scams are becoming more and more common.
If you think you've received a notice that might be one of these mortgage scams, call someone you know and talk to them about it. Preferably someone with some legal experience, or experience with mortgage scams, like your state's attorney general.
NEVER send cash to anyone promising to help you save your home or modification of a delinquent loan . Foreclosure help and mortgage modification advice is free.


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The reception is a large, airy room enhanced by a hand-worked and painted, 19th-century terra cotta tile ceiling, brought to light during the long, painstaking restoration. The fireplace room and library: here, you can relax reading a newspaper, leafing through a good book, viewing a collection, playing a game of cards or simply doing nothing… The meeting room, which has three windows facing a small garden, can accomodate up to 60 persons. Standard audio/video facilities available.
The Italian Garden: The villa's lovely old plants: a large magnolia, high palms, enormous pines, in a frame of box-wood hedges. The Cypress-Lined Path: The path once marked the entrance to the villa. With the rediscovery of an old map, the cypress trees were lovingly replanted to create a lovely place to walk among the scent of rosemary hedges. The Palm Grove: The palms were scattered throughout the old garden and, after laborious transplanting, they now form a lovely path accented by a large, simple fountain. The swimming pool: A large, overflowing swimming pool with a sand coloured bottom that doesn't clash with the villa's architecture, surrounded by roses, rosemary and oleanders.
Large, airy rooms with large beds, large bathrooms and large terraces … And, they are also all different, each with its own distinguishing style, worth discovering one at a time.
The room where grapes were treaded is now a dining room where you can enjoy simple, traditional cooking with homemade pasta and splendid legume and grain soups. The wine is the magnificent Montefalco Rosso or Sagrantino DOCG. Also known as the Winter Garden, it represents a vineyard with houses and birds and has a fabulous veranda on the Italian garden. A buffet breakfast with homemade sweets is served in this very relaxing and charming spot.


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CodeFire is up at ASE, Bangalore !
Project CodeFire is finally done and set-up on a node at the lab. It took a lotta time to finish off. Thanks to stupid lab timings and lack of dedicated HRs at systems group, we took more than 2 months to finish it. As the sems gonna end soon I won't expect much activity on CodeFire. Next sem its gonna be better with juniors and seniors combined participation.
I'v gotta run this project very well otherwise there will be no meaning to the efforts of me and Shaabi.Wait for a demo on my blog... I'v also plans to make it more portable and put it up on sourceforge and code.google.com.


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DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you'll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
The Late Late Show (RTE 1, 9.35pm)
Joining Tubridy tonight, we have GAA star Colm Cooper aka The Gooch, writer Stefanie Pressner, UFC coach John Kavanagh and his Snapchat star brother James, and broadcaster Ronan Collins.
The Graham Norton Show (BBC 1, 10.35pm)
What did we do without him? Tonight, he'll be chatting to Kate Winslet, Idris Elba, Chris Rock, and Liam Gallagher will be playing his tunes.
Republic of Ireland v Moldova (RTE 2, 7pm)
There's nothing else to say but, COYBIG. Kick off his at 7.45pm, live from the Aviva.
Everybody's talking about… Jackass
Could the insanely popular 00s stunt show be making a comeback? Three of the old cast members Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, and Wee Man were spotted hanging out together for the first time in almost seven years, according to Knoxville.
Quick, someone grab Steve-o.
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The Ugly Truth (TV 3, 9pm) Katherine Heigel and Gerard Butler star in this rom-com.
Gogglebox (Channel 4, 9pm) The opinions of every day people as they watch tv.
The Last Leg (Channel 4, 10pm) The controversial comedy show continues its new series.
Twilight, Eclipse (e4, 8pm) Bring out your inner tween.
First Dates (Channel 4, 11.05pm) In case you missed it on Monday, it contained the worst date EVER.
Tootsie (RTE 1, 12am) Dustin Hoffman plays a man who disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a TV soap.
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"Break-in" is a monthly paper, and is posted free of charge to all N.Z.A.R.T members. Any suggestions for the improvement of this bulletin would be welcomed by the committee. Kindly address all communications to the "Secretary, N.Z.A.R.T Box 779, Auckland."
Three and a-half years ago, on the twenty-fourth of October, 1924, F. D. Bell and C. W. Goyden of New Zealand and England respectively, carried an the first direct two-way communication ever held between their two countries. This was a crowning achievement for amateur radio, and is probably the greatest demonstration of the worth of the radio amateur which has ever been made. The years from 1922 to 1925 witnessed the greatest progress that amateur radio has so far recorded. From the time American amateur stations were first logged in this country by R. Slade till the fine accomplishment above mentioned, amateur radio history was a narrative of achievement in its largest snse (sic). By the end of 1924 European stations were being regularly worked from New Zealand, American and South American communication having been already established. This work was mostly performed on wavelengths near 100 metres, and in the case of New Zealand stations the power was in the region of 100 watts. On March the first, 1925, just three years ago, Mr. Simmonds, of England, established telephonic communication with a New Zealand station. Briefly the years 1922 to 1925 can be described as the most fruitful in all amateur radio history.
To-day, we can do everything these pioneers did yesterday-we can do it easier-short waves and hundreds of
stations all over the globe make long distance work easy even with low power. But do we still exercise the initiative which prompted their efforts? Where 4AG sent "double" do we work "break-in"? Our QSOs are easier to-day, but are they better? Can we do anything-can we do one thing-which was impossible three years ago?
Fellows, the progress in three years has been little enough. Opportunity is here as never before. Can not some advance be made by which we can remember 1928? We have yet to hear of a good duplex phone contact, or how about some directional transmission? In one direction or another, we owe it to ourselves to carry on the good work. Above all, we must not rest contented with past achievements or accept the present conditions as "good enough"-at any cost we must avoid stagnation.
We desire to draw members' attention to an important amendment to the rules which appeared in the February issue of "Break-in": "Before sending a test message to another station first ascertain that the said station is on Q.R.P. as points will be counted only, where both sending and receiving stations are working their transmitters at the correct plate voltage of 45 or less.
A complete log of all communications must be kept, and forwarded to the secretary at the close of the contest. It has been decided to post test messages to all financial members and "Hams" We appeal to you to make the second N.Z.A.R.T. competition a memorable success.
The monthly meeting of the headquarters' committee was held on March 8th at the residence of Mr. T. R. Clarkson.
Mr. Sexton was elected to the chair.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.
A discussion took place on the "N.Z. Radio" Shield Contest. Mr. White moved "that the rules be amended, drawing competitors' attention to the fact that before sending a test message to another station first ascertain that the said station is entered in the contest and on QRP." This was seconded by Mr. Waite and carried.
On the suggestion of Mr. J. Johnson, of Wellington, Mr. Clarkson moved "That the secretary be asked to send a letter to Lieut. De Avillez, of Portugal, stating our wish that he become an hon. member of the N.Z.A,R.T. for one year, and expressing our appreciation for his keen interest in the N.Z.A,R.T. Seconded by Mr. Waite and carried.
When the question of unfinancial members came up for discussion Mr. White moved, and Mr. Edwards seconded, "that unfinancial members be advised by circular that subscriptlons for 1928 are now due." Seconded and carried unanimously.
Mr. T. Clarkson moved "That the secretary and Mr. Edwards confer on the matter of having letter-heads and circulars printed." Seconded by Mr. Waite and carried.
The cost of printing "Break-in" was discussed at length, and Mr. Edwards was asked to confer with the "Philips'" representative on the matter of advertising.
This concluded the business of a very satisfactory meeting.
An Auckland member is anxious to secure
copies of May and June Q.S.T.'s 1927. Kindly advise the secretary.
That 'Break-in:' may "Break-out" with a cover soon.
(Evidently the Ed. (of Break-In) wishes to "warm up" the contents for the winter!)
That 1AN and 1AB are doing f.b. with their weekly Morse classes.
(This will mean "Mor (s) e" sets soon!)
That 1AS has rebuilt his Xmitter "Breadboard" style.
(Evidently he thinks he'll be able to "cut" through the ether "crust" better!)
That 2AH intends to try out a new "hook-up." (With a YL!) 73 OM.
1FW-E. Whitely, 1 Halston Rd., Dominion Road, Auckland.
2BI-C. Liddel, 45 Puru Crescent Lyall Bay, Wellington.
2BO-H. Dixon, 36 Devon Street, Wellingtoni
Mr. S. Hislop, Box 30, Napier, asks OZ "hams" to forward their qra's to him for insertion in "The Citizens' Amateur Call Book."
Miss B. Bell, of 4AA, advises that EG 20D has changed his qra to E. J. Simmonds, Barclay's Bank House West Drayton, Middlesex, England.
A schedule has been arranged between OZ and EG stations for the second week in April from the 7th to the 14th inclusive. The EG stations will call OZ on the 23-metre band between 0700 and 0800 G.M.T. daily. It is expected that 20 or 30 English stations will take part offering a splendid opportunity for DX on our new band. This test has been arranged through the courtesy of EG-5YX.
The term "station" is used because the shack stands upon a high "platform"-also one hears of "signals" there. Having climbed to reach there you are welcomed by 1AS, and the first thing that strikes you (if you are not careful) is the door frame. The exertion of the climb encourages you to sink into one of the chesterfields, set along the whole length of the shack (no matter which you choose they're both alike). After resting you are escourted to the extreme end of the shack, and 1AS points out his set (you wouldn't recognise it otherwise). Whether the "set" is on him or not he's never explained. There's neither anything out of the ordinary or anything in common with other sets of the same breed. The circuit is a "troubled harley." Now for constructional details: Secure two stout uprights and some threeply, nail them together and you have a frame. Obtain some air and wind on 'steen turns of wire, and you have a splendid "felix." Suspend this in the space between the two threeply panels, add a few other gadgets and a "bottle." (The arrangement depending upon the amount of transformer oil in the rectifier). Having assembled the set as per instructions you squeeze the lemon, in other words turn on the juice, press the key, if your transmitter is not locked the ether is open, and QSL's will come rolling in from all continents. But none addressed to you!
(By 1AB.)
1AC has been an holiday in VLD for a month, hence his QRT. He has visited many local boys, and has made many new friends. His outfit is remote, controlled about 80 yards, and using a 210 he gets out FB.
1AF still endures a lonli (?) existence at Raetihi.
1AL, using 2-201A's in liel, is doing fine wk among the NU's, his average report being R4PDC FB OM hope U WAC soon.
1AB put up a half-wave Hertz, and DX is rolling along OK, average reports are R4-RAC. Gud ole 20lA.
1AV, after a short appearance on the air, has disappeared again. Hw. Cum.
1AN, our wanderer, has again changed his QRA, and will be punching holes in the ether any time now.
It is rumoured that 1AY is giving up his call. We hope this is unfounded.
1FD and 1FE have been hrd on 8O lately. SA OMS WHERE U BN?
1AR's note is the envy of all the RAC birds. He is always QRV fer RC and was hrd QSO WI his OLE cobber 2AB, whose fone cums in HR, VY, FB.
1AS has turned dog on the Hartley for the split~colpitts, and is now engaged teaching it how to put it over.
1FJ is hrd evy Monday nite pounding away at DX. Poor ole Bill mite just as well not have a call. His 80 watts makes quite a noise in the Xtal sets locally and the RI has put his foot down.
1FU we cordially welcome to our midst X3AP who is now 1FU and can be heard every nite. He has applied for permission to carry out some QRP tests from the top of Mt. Eden. Pse qrx for him.
1FW is a new "ham" in Auckland, his sigs are FB. Good luck to you, om.
On Thursday March 1st, local "hams" made merry at the Farmers' Trading Company, the occasion being the three-monthly "beano" of the N.Z.A.R.T. (Auckland branch). The event, which was an outstanding success, was marked by the presence of several visitors from other parts. During the evening Mr. St. John, of OA-2RX, gave an interesting lecturette on Hertz Aerials, and was warmly applauded for his effort.
(By 2GO.)
We welcome to the air two new "hams" 2BI and 2BO.
It is now definitely known that 2AJ is in possession of a 250 watt tube, when he starts up look out for qrm.
2BX is doing good work on both 20 and 40 metre bands.
2AB, 2AW and 2BY have been
heard putting out some fb tone on 8O metres.
2AY is busy changing his qra, and will be qrt for some time.
Judging by the number of "hams" heard on the eighty metre band the coming shield contest should be a great success.
It is a pleasure to hear 1AV and 1FD on the air again and also 2AS.
2BC is doing great work with his low power transmitter. AJ4ZZ was successfully worked at 3 1/2 watts imput, (sic) fb om.
We regret to learn that 2AT is shortly leaving for Australia, but we hope to chew with him often from OA.
The loudest station in the third district just now is 3AJ, and with his 852 well under-loaded his sigs are reaching out to all parts of the world.
3AZ is a, good station to be reckoned with when DX is the topic. Good luck to you om with your further efforts.
3CI where are you om? Have the power board leave the juice on for you on Sundays, ob.
(By 4AO.)
Commencing a monthly report from Belgium EB4BC QSR's the following: For the last few days sigs. from OZ and OA come in much weaker` The spring sun causes sigs to fade out at 830 G.M.T. EB4BC is on daily at 0700 G.M.T. listening for OZ, and would he glad to give any OZ station the thrill of a first European contact. Will send regular news via 4AOl Many thanks to 3AU, 2BG, 3AW, 2AB and 2GO for their cards. 73 to N.Z. gang from EB4BC.
2AB, 3AU 4AM, and 4AE have all been heard at excellent strength on fone during the past month. 2AB put some fine fone over to U.S. 4AM gets reports of R8 from NU-6AM. 4XC has erected a full wave Zepp and is stepping out in fine style.
20 metre sigs are starting to some
in well. Heard NP4SA good strength at mid-day on this band.
4AE gets better reports from Europe on 20.
4AI was on for only four nights during the tests, and had his 852 pumping a wicked sig into the U.S.
On Sunday, 4th March, at mid-day 2GA successfully worked 4AO on an input of 0.096 watt. 2GA used a PM3 with a 45 volt battery.
(By 4AE.)
Conditions down south continue to be very good, and it is not difficult to raise U.S.A. or Europe in the evenings. The northern "hams" seem to be experiencing the same good fortune also, as several of the Wellingtonians have reported good contacts on extremely low power. They are, however, not coming through with such strength down here, and their average QRK is about R6 instead of R8 which was usual a few months ago. The first district don't seem to be as enthusiastic as they used to be, although 1AP, 1FE, 1AR, 1AC, and a few others are on the air fairly consistently. 1AN must be too busy with "Break-in" to worry about giving the "Yanks" a treat. The third district are beginning to get very weak at night, and are scarcely audible. In the daytime, however, they are about the loudest New Zealand stations heard. 3AU, 3AJ, 3AR, 3AZ, and 3AW appear to be the most active, all of these coming through R7, or better in the daytime. 3AW seems to have no difficulty in raising DX with his faithful 201a-what would you do with a 50 watter om (hi). 3AR has been putting out some very good phone lately, and was heard working OA the other night. What has become of 3AU and 3AJ with their phone lately? We are wondering if the members are still saying "the fourth district have lost their enthusiasm!" 4AM 4AO, and 4AE, are on the air practically every day. 4AI was heard the other evening also, and it is known that several others will be on the air soon. 4AM is the loudest station heard here, and his pure DC almost gives one a headache (excuse it om-it is never less than R8. His phone is very FB also.
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Ents are some of the most fascinating characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's universe. Ents are trees with souls, charged with protecting forests from destruction by dwarves and orcs. Fangorn (or Treebeard) is the most famous Ent, making his appearance in The Two Towers and giving protection to Merry and Pippin, two very adventurous Hobbits. Ents looked a great deal like the species of trees they shepherded, and their personality was exactly what you would expect of that type of tree.
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Three Fast-Growing Staffing Firms Merge as Alluvion Staffing
Jul 09, 2015, 08:40 ET
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Alluvion Staffing increases its market share with the additions of Reichard Staffing and RDW Professional Staffing. The three companies have combined under a single brand: Alluvion Staffing.
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As a result of the merger, Alluvion is one of the largest privately owned staffing firms in the Northeast Florida region. The merger increases Alluvion's revenues by more than 50 percent and significantly increases its capacity to meet the needs of clients.
"Our growth can be directly attributed to our talented team and our ability to deliver for our clients," said David Reichard, CEO and founder of Alluvion Staffing. "Our commitment to our clients and employees combined with favorable economic conditions has created an incredible opportunity for Alluvion. The need and demand for staffing firms, especially in the technology, healthcare, mortgage and logistics industries, has increased. Through this merger, we are well positioned for further growth."
The four partners, Macky Weaver, Robert Davis and brothers David and Sean Reichard, will remain active and continue to develop the Alluvion Staffing brand.
The combined company benefits its clients with more resources and a better platform that will allow it to serve its current clients and attract more in Northeast Florida and beyond.
Alluvion Staffing mostly handles long-term, contract-to-hire job placement and permanent placement. The merger provides access to a much larger client network as the company continues to place the most talented people with the best companies.
"By merging the companies, we are able to provide more depth and diversity to job seekers and our clients," said Weaver, formerly managing director of RDW Professional Staffing, now managing director of Alluvion Staffing. "We want to strengthen our clients' workforce as well as serve as a resource to them."
The Jacksonville Business Journal recently named Reichard Staffing, founded by Sean Reichard, to a top 10 position on its annual Fast 50 list. The Fast 50 program recognizes Northeast Florida's fastest-growing private companies. Alluvion ranked No. 11 in the 2014 Fast 50 and 24 on 2013's list; Reichard ranked No. 39 in 2012 and No. 16 in 2011.
Founded in 2001, Reichard Staffing has served as a strategic partner with RDW since 2014 with Sean Reichard, Davis and Weaver as RDW's managing directors. Last year, the partnership placed more than 350 people in job contracts.
Alluvion Staffing places individuals in jobs across the country with Jacksonville as the hub. Future growth plans include strategic locations throughout the U.S. to better serve customer needs.
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THE Series MP Mini-Photohelic differential pressure switch gauge from Dwyer Instruments combines the Minihelic 11 differential pressure gauge with two SPDT switching set points.
The Series MP Mini-Photohelic is extremely compact in size, saving panel space.
It is designed to measure and control positive, negative or differential pressures consisting of non-combustible and non-corrosive gases.
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Interactive Timeline
Check this site out! An interactive timeline of the past four hundred years!
Check this site out! An interactive timeline of the past four hundred years!
Infographics are visual representations of information intended to present information quickly and clearly. Infographics trends and visuals can greatly improve cognition. Infographics benefit all students, helping them to summarize main ideas and sub-topics.
Helpful Sites:
Pinterest Ideas of Infographics for US History
Canva – Design Infographics and Infographic Templates
This is a great idea for a Syllabus that I might adopt next year – it clearly gets the point across and is an example of a self-created infographic by Mrs. Sandoval.(https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/US-History-Infographic-Syllabus-1988310)
Examples of Classroom Expectations and Incentives:
10 Expectations of a Successful Student
Violation of rules 2-10 will result in the following:
Violation of rule 1 will result in the following:
Possibly realizing that you never reached your full potential. You build your own success, and your own story. It's ultimately up to you!
Required Materials:
Rewards and Incentives:
Quarterly Awards:
Dean's List Awards:
Each quarter students have the opportunity to earn an achievement and will be placed on the class "Deans List" which is similar to an award student would earn as a college student. Students will be placed on the honorable Deans List in the class if they obtain an 80% or higher during the quarter.
Yearly Awards:
Honorable "Degree"
If at the end of year a student receives a 95% or higher he/she will receive a Holly Springs HS Ph.D. of United States History certificate
If a student receives a 90% or higher he/she will receive a Holly Springs HS M.A. of United States History certificate
If a student receives an 80% or higher he/she will receive a Holly Springs HS B.A. of United States History certificate
Top Dog Award:
This award will be awarded to the top-performing student of the class who has the highest grade point average.
Outstanding Citizen Award:
This award will be granted to a student who actively participates in class and in the community and shows high leadership potential.
The "Go Getter" Award:
This award will be granted to a student who shows the most interest and worth ethic in the class and who never gives up, and always seeks improvement.
"Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting." – Edward de Bono, the father of lateral thinking and creativity.
Everyone has creative capabilities as a natural result of being human. The challenge, as Ken Robinson states in his book "Out of our Minds: Learning to Be Creative," is to challenge and develop a culture of creativity which has to involve everybody not just a select few.
Why is Creativity Crucial?
How can Creativity be Promoted in the Classroom?
Below are links to articles that describe the different methods in which creativity can be used in learning.
Odyssey of the Mind: an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college.
PowerPoint (as PDF file) on the many uses of the iPad for student learning and use. I created this presentation and presented it for an IUP educational methods class after I had experience working with iPads during student teaching.
*There is a variety of more information on student iPads, iTunes U, and the many uses of instructional techniques that can be used with this new technology. I will provide more information soon.
Great short video clip about how the socratic seminar can be used in Social Studies classes by students. A KIPP teacher describes how he implements this technique to get the most out of student learning. The socratic seminar gives students opportunity to use critical thinking skills in a positive environment by student discussion.
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Roberts broke the news to Fox host Bill O'Reilly in a report following Trump's presser.
"…the President was in fact fully briefed on the content of those conversations that General Michael Flynn had with the Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak by people who would know what the content of those phone conversations was," Roberts said.
"And under repeated questioning during an investigation by the White House Counsel's Office, General Flynn I'm told had a full recollection of what he talked about with the Russian Ambassador," Roberts added.
.@johnrobertsFox: @POTUS was in fact fully briefed on the content of those conversations that Gen. Flynn had with the Russian ambassador. pic.twitter.com/I70FlxuYCl
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Compounding Roberts' information was a Washington Post report published just before Flynn resigned, revealing that then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates told the White House about Flynn's alleged misleadings about his call in January and warned that he was "potentially vulnerable to blackmail." Flynn was nevertheless allowed to remain in his job for weeks up until his resignation.
Roberts' information is in direct conflict with Trump's claim that he asked Flynn to resign only after he discovered Flynn had misled Vice President Mike Pence about the details of the call.
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ATLANTA (WLOX) - Investigators say they have a new lead in the search for a bank robbery who shot and killed a Tupelo Police officer this week. FBI officials announced Friday night that the robber in the Tupelo case may be the same person who tried to rob a bank that same day in Atlanta.
Investigators said surveillance video from both banks shows the robber wearing the same jacket. They believe the man tried to rob the Atlanta bank Monday, then drove to Tupelo and robbed the Bancorp South there. He was seen leaving in a light grey vehicle, possibly a Chrysler 200, with no license plate displayed.
Sergeant Gale Stauffer was shot and killed in the Tupelo robbery. Another officer, Joseph Maher, was also injured. He was recently listed in stable condition.
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text: Competitive dad trips up rival in son's rugby final News & Gossip Family news 0 Caught on camera: dad can't help himself and lends a helping foot When your child plays sport it can be heartbreaking to watch them take a thrashing from a rival team. But one rugby-mad dad has been caught taking matters into his own hands – or feet - the Daily Mail is reporting. The dad was standing on the sidelines watching his son's team, the Fullerians U16 team, take a beating by Royston Rugby Club in a teenage rugby cup final. Opportunity then came knocking; an opposition player came running past attempting another try, and the dad stuck out his foot in the path of the player. The teenage player tripped over the foot and went flying. The referee of the Hertfordshire Shield cup final intervened and sent the spectator off from the side of the pitch and halted the match 10 minutes before the end of the game. Despite the incident the Royston Rugby Club U16 team was still awarded a 64-5 victory against neighbouring rivals, Fullerians. Outraged parents and players condemned the father, believed to be a parent of one of the boys playing, who has since been been banned from the touchline by the Fullerians club. Can you top that for competitive parenting? Read more... Your guide to toddler rugby classes Sport for kids - classes and beyond 10 awkward dad photos MadeForMums Writer - Jessica Gibb By Jessica Gibb 0 Comments Share Like this article? Showing of Uh-oh! You need to be logged in to do this... Sign In Sign Up Load more posts Write a comment