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Nursing Highlight: Emergency Room
Have you ever thought about becoming an emergency nurse? These individuals are quick thinkers that work in the ER to provide critical help to individuals experiencing a wide range of medical issues. Learn more about what emergency nurses do and where they work here:
What do emergency nurses do?
These nursing professionals monitor patient's vital signs and perform physical and mental assessments. They gather medical histories and work with doctors to determine a care plan. Emergency nurses administer medication and monitor test results. They also are the main point of communication with the patient, answering questions and discussing possible treatment options. These nurses also discharge patients after completing the necessary course of care. This includes fully charting the visit and issuing instructions to the patient to continue their healing process.
Emergency nurses must have strong stomachs and be able to stay calm in chaotic situations. Excellent communication skills are necessary for them to talk with patients, fellow nurses and doctors. They must also be able to quickly and efficiently assess patient's needs and help decide the proper course for care.
Where do they work?
There are many jobs for registered nurses in the emergency medical field. Emergency nurses can be found in critical care clinics, emergency rooms, on helicopters and planes. They also work in prisons, in the military, and at poison control, trauma and triage centers across the globe.
How can I become an ER nurse?
It is necessary to become a registered nurse by earning an associates or bachelors of science in nursing before entering the emergency nursing field. Once they have earned their degree, nurses must have at least two years of experience in order to apply for a certification from the Board of Certification for Emergency Nurses. Some choose to specialize, earning a flight, critical care ground transport or pediatric emergency nursing certificate to allow them to learn more circumstantial care.
According to the Emergency Nursing Association, many employers expect these nurses to have experience in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, emergency nurses' pediatric courses and trauma nursing core courses. These teach quick assessment and treatment of medical issues often seen by these nurses.
This article is sponsored by Western Governors University, a nonprofit, accredited, online university. WGU offers online RN to BSN, BSN to MSN, and RN to MSN degree programs to working nurses who already have a current RN license. To find out more, please visit www.wgu.edu/wisecareers_nursing


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Few businesses have the ability to become instantly endeared to the community around them like a first class bake shop. Let's face it, such a place gets all the love deserving of a place that produces fantastic food creations, without any of the dieting guilt. Everyone enjoys the fresh bounty from their neighborhood bake shop. Of course, with our schedules today, who has time to stop in and see what new masterpieces from the baked goods world are available? That's why places like Tate's Bake Shop took their business online. The response was overwhelming and the owner only encountered one problem: the e-Commerce of the company website was not powerful enough to meet the needs of customers. They were popular, but they were also losing a lot of business. With the help of Dotcomweavers, the bakery is now a leading example in it's industry for order processing, handling and convenience.
When we first evaluated the current e-Commerce system Tate's Bake Shop was running, we found it was a classic ASP with only basic store management features in place. In other words, it lacked any kind of options on the customer end and accessing those transactions for processing and shipping was anything but convenient. They were looking for a far more robust and scalable platform for their website which would serve their customers as well as make life easier for their employees in processing orders. Our Miva Merchant programming team went to work right away with this goal in mind. After a complete overhaul, their e-Commerce system is now setup on a Miva platform, with all their existing customers and product information imported to the new store. The platform allowed us to give them several new functions for their online store, to the benefit of customers and employees.
It's all about giving the customers options and providing seamless versatility, giving your customer base choices in their shopping they didn't even know they needed. Now the customers of Tate's Bake Shop can keep their own Address book with the online store when they sign in, allowing them to store multiple shipping addresses. Now, each item in any order can now be shipped to a different location, along with individual gift messages. Customers are free to enjoy unlimited customization to each purchase, without having to go through the checkout process more than once, regardless of the size of their order. They can even control when each item in their order ships, by assigning future shipping dates for each. The process could not be easier or more convenient for their customers now.
On the administration end, apart from the standard Miva features, we customized a special area to use features even Miva Merchant does not directly support. Unique reporting options, as well as, packing lists and UPS batch processing exports were included in the new administration area. Not only did Dotcomweavers make it easier to handle the back-end of order processing, it also gave Tate's Bake Shop the ability to place orders on behalf of their customers and much more. Their online store has the built in features that eliminate the difficulty of increasing their product base, allowing them unlimited control over the scale of their website.
This is why seeking the help of a true team of experts is so vital for any online business. Only professional e-Commerce developers have the combined talent, skill and resources to provide original and innovative online business solutions for your company. It's all about bringing your business into harmony with the latest in technology to produce the greatest results.

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Nation & World
Fed's zero interest rate policy burns savers
Rock-bottom interest rates shored up banks, turned around the stock market and steadied the economy. They also put 82-year-old Wayne Wagner behind a lawn mower.
Wagner, a retired engineer, mows and sprays for weeds at an Independence fourplex he rents out to make ends meet. He bought the property two years ago when the interest rates on his savings dropped so low he couldn't get by.
Instead of collecting interest, Wagner now collects rent, fills vacancies and spends more time figuring out his taxes and the other paperwork that comes from being a landlord.
"I should be fishing more," Wagner said.
Savers of all stripes have had to make other plans since the Federal Reserve embarked on its zero interest rate policy more than two years ago. They have little tolerance for the gyrations of the stock market, choosing instead to save through federally insured bank accounts and government-backed bonds. And that has meant less and less income as rates tumbled.
Then, at its early August meeting, the Fed vowed to keep rates this low at least through mid-2013.
Two more years of scant income for those who've lost work and had to turn to their savings unexpectedly. Two more years of pressure to take on more risk for little reward that can be passed on to the newest generation. Two more years to worry whether gasoline or food prices will finally outstrip fixed incomes in retirement.
"It certainly is hurting anybody who was responsible, that saved. And it's certainly hurting seniors who may be relying more on the interest to live on than me," said Dave Wininger, a business owner who has staked his retirement plan on savings.
Pain but no gain
Savers have gotten used to seeing their interest earnings dry up periodically.
Under then-Chairman Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve repeatedly drove down interest rates to offset some jolt — the 1987 stock market crash, the Asian contagion, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Typically, the Fed brought rates back up quickly as conditions improved, and savers again were paid for their thrift.
That hasn't happened the last two times the Fed slashed rates.
Greenspan's Fed held its benchmark rate below 2 percent for two and a half years. Current Chairman Ben Bernanke's Fed has held it near zero for just as long.
And the Fed's vow last month to keep rates low has only added to the anxieties of just about anyone who prefers the safety of earning income from certificates of deposit, money market accounts and other safe, fixed-income investments.
And for what?
"I don't see how it's helping anybody with the rates down," said Billie Wilson, a 78-year-old retired teacher hoping to leave money to a collection of great-great nieces and nephews. "Maybe I don't know enough about the economy. All I know about is my own economy."
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How much does it cost to rent a limo for a concert?
Well, we offer various Limo Concert Packages. It's not much for such a priceless lifetime experience.
Renting a limo for a concert is widely hailed as one of the coolest things you can do for yourself, your friends and your loved ones.
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Major components of a circuit board
Understanding the raw materials of printed circuit board is a must to understand how its whole system works. A circuit board is generally composed of diodes, resistors, circuit chips, transistors and more.
Its substrate is mostly made of glass fiber with copper foil connected to both sides. The copper used is either plated or non-plated; the plating process covers it with lead to prevent rusting.
Methods of connecting its components
Printed circuits are composed of numerous components that have to be linked together. Connecting these circuits is made possible by either of these two methods:
• Through-hole technology –
This requires a drilled hole where wires and leads pass through and soldered to connection pads of the circuit components on the other side of the board. The combination of friction and gravity keeps everything in place while all circuits and wires are soldered.
• Surface-mount technology –
This method requires the circuit components to be glued and soldered at the contact points, holding all parts in place. This goes on until everything is connected after the fusing point is melted and all components are finally interconnected.
The second method undoubtedly requires more precision and accuracy during component placement. However, it saves you time from drilling small holes and the space in the board for pads. Nevertheless, both methods are simultaneously used in electrically connecting all components of a printed circuit board.
Process of manufacturing
Manufacturers have different ways of creating circuit boards. Ideally, the manufacturing environment should be clean and free from any materials and chemicals which may cause contamination.
• Creating a substrate –
Fiberglass is imbued (either by spraying or dipping) with epoxy resin. Afterwards, it is rolled in a roller to determine the thickness of the substrate and remove excess resin.
Afterwards, it passes through the oven again and is cut into panels. The cut panels are heated to finally melt the resin and have the copper foil merge with the surface of the substrate.
• Drilling and plating holes –
The panels are stacked one on top of the others and drilled according to the patterned size of the holes using the CNC machine. This is followed by plating the part of the hole designed to be a circuit conductor.
• Making the printed circuit pattern –
There are two ways on how to create patterns in the substrate. First is additive method where coppers are plated according to the preferred pattern, leaving the rest of the holes non-plated (the number of plated or non-plated holes depends on the manufacturer). Second is the subtractive method, in here, the whole substrate surface is plated first. Afterwards, the plate on areas not included in the pattern is removed.
• Fastening contact fingers –
Printed circuit and the substrate are connected by fastening the contact fingers at the brink of the substrate area. This is also plated with tin-lead, nickel, and gold.
• Fusing the tin-lead coat –
The tin-lead coat are melted in oven with hot temperature to turn into a thin, shiny surface. This method prevents it from oxidizing.
• Sealing, attaching and cutting –
Panels are covered with epoxy to prevent damage while all its other components are being attached. This is done through the use of different machines and technology. When everything is in place, the panels are cut into pieces.
• Packaging –
Each printed circuit board is individually packed in plastic cover.The printed circuit board industry is dynamic as it responds to the demands of the consumers and electronic manufacturers when it comes to size and capacity. Therefore, it's safe to say that more developments in manufacturing are in store.
Pcbnet commitment to customers and constant awareness of high standards in service and quality has brought about a steady growth. For brief detail visit www.pcbnet.com.


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I've posted previously that a friend of mine, Nathan, is building and repairing guitars in Brighton. Nathan's now got his web-site, Brighton Guitar Workshop, up and running so you can check out his work.
JPF Amplification
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Hours: Monday-Saturday 11.00 am – 6.00 pm
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Individual Medication Preparation (IMP) is a process whereby medication, individualized per patient on the basis of a current medication program, is prepared by a pharmacist (RD 24.09.2012) The process has made steady progress in healthcare in recent years, considering that it offers a number of important advantages to all parties involved in the process, not to mention the person needing care himself. If correctly implemented, IMP extends the self-reliance of vulnerable persons needing care who live at home thanks to proper use of medicine, increased therapy compliance and patient safety. This is one of the innovation objectives of the project.
Ambulant IMP is on the rise in home healthcare. In ambulant IMP, local pharmacists provide sets of medication to vulnerable people needing care who live at home, or IMP patients. The role of the pharmacist in this must be developed and determined further. Providing IMP for ambulant patients, however, is a logical step in the development of the profession of pharmacists because it answers to the will to offer high-quality care with an added value for the patient.
If applied manually, however, IMP is a labor intensive and expensive process that comes with no guarantee that it will work without error. There are significant barriers to applying IMP in an ambulant manner. Should the process be automated, the result is usually a rigid and non-flexible system with significant limitations that furthermore demand significant investment from the parties involved. For this reason, it is only available in an automated form for large organizations (i.e., hospital networks) and not for local pharmacists.
Objective and valorization
The IMP project aims to realize the advantages of both approaches with a single solution by means of a semi-automatic concept: a flexible, cost-efficient and mistake-free concept that can be used locally by pharmacists. Furthermore, by means of this concept, the pharmacist can spend less time on the technical act of IMP and thereby raise the quality of care.
IMP – if set up properly - can effectively lead to cost savings for the organizations and groups that are active in healthcare and for the authorities in general. One of the innovation objectives of the project is to demonstrate this.
The living lab project "IMP for the vulnerable person needing care who lives at home" is thus in the first instance intended for ambulant healthcare, i.e., offering IMP sets to vulnerable people needing care who live at home via the local pharmacist. Central to the project are the requirements and needs of the vulnerable person in need of care who lives at home concerning IMP so that the self-reliance of the vulnerable person needing care can be extended.
The starting point is that these needs can be fulfilled with the help of an innovative 'Supply Chain' process whereby medicines can be conditioned in 2 steps. The 1st step of the process will be conducted at a central location. The pharmacist can conduct the 2nd step locally. This innovative 'Supply Chain' process enables the pharmacist to effectively offer high-quality, personalized and user-friendly IMP sets to vulnerable people needing care who live at home in a safe and reliable manner and in a way that realizes cost savings.
Within the main group of vulnerable people needing care who live at home it will thereby aim at 2 specific populations in the Genk/Hasselt region: Patients with type 2 diabetes and informal caregivers of people with dementia needing care who live at home.


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Mouse: Knock knock.
Jeff: Who's there?
Mouse: Mouse that lives in a tree out front. I'm chewing on the doormat.
Jeff: Let me just come outside and we can discuss it.
Mouse: (giggles and runs away)
That mouse will never know just how lucky it is…
That mouse has huge ones!
Good to know El Jeffe's still got it.
Hey, El Jeffe's got the same doormat as me! I'd love to hear Jeff's "discussion' with the mouse.
I'm betting it wouldn't have been a long discussion.
Had there been a discussion, it would have ended with Jeff hugging the mouse… with his jaws!
Indeed, Emily. Conversing with a mouse can leave one hostile enough to bite the mouse's head off. In Jeff's case, that biting the head off is literal.


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Rep. Tom Tancredo plans to withdraw from the GOP presidential field tomorrow, the Denver Post has learned.
Sources close to the Tancredo campaign confirmed this afternoon that the Littleton Republican intends to officially announce his exit from the race at a Thursday press conference in Des Moines, Iowa.
Read complete coverage of the Tancredo decision at PoliticsWest.com.


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RuPaul's Drag Race was a charity case last night, arranging its eight remaining queens in a supergroup (a la USA for Africa) and forcing everyone to croon a bombastic ballad called "Can I Get An Amen?" Queens like Ivy Winters and Jinkx Monsoon proved they could've sung right alongside Cyndi Lauper and Kim Carnes, but other queens felt short — especially Jade Jolie, a.k.a. Josh Green of Gainesville, FL, who seemed to shrink next to the stronger singers in the competition. Eventually Jade faced off in a tough lip-sync against Coco Montrese, but Coco's explosive connection to the Pointer Sisters classic "I'm So Excited" kept her in the game. That meant Jade Jolie sashayed away, back to the adorable land of Lite Brite-colored wigs from whence she came.
We caught up with Jade Jolie to discuss her fights with Alyssa and Roxxy Andrews, the terror of public singing, and being perhaps the nerdiest queen in the competition.
AfterElton: Sometimes certain challenges just aren't suited to a particular queen's skill set. What was it about the singing challenge that sank you?
Jade Jolie: First of all, watching that was mortifying. [Laughs.] I thought to myself, "I can't help but laugh!" When I joke around, I always sing. I'll just sing random things. I didn't think I sounded that bad! But when I actually tried to sing, it was a whole different story. I was really excited to be with Jinkx and Ivy not just because I just love them, but because I knew both of them were talented singers. I thought, well, this will work perfectly! I thought, they'll sound good, and I'll be quietly tone deaf and try to sink in with them. But I stuck out like a sore fish. I wasn't intimidated, but you can tell I was a little in my head that day. I brought that up on Untucked. I should've had more fun with it. Instead of just letting loose like I normally would, I was actually trying to be a real singer. Clearly that was not the case!
AE: Ivy and Jinkx seemed to be purposely alienating to you. Do you think that was part of your undoing?
JJ: It kinda is! Not so much a part of my undoing, but I didn't realize that Ivy felt that way. When you see the confessionals, it does make you wonder about things. I was very positive going into the challenge. You could tell that Ivy wanted to work with Jinkx, and I was trying to get ideas across, but I felt like — it's not that I wasn't being paid attention to, but I felt like they were on a roll. I almost felt like a third wheel. I don't know why that was. I have to say, in every challenge I felt underestimated. I tried to put my all into it, but I guess this is how the cookie crumbles.
AE: There was that shocking moment on the runway once where Alyssa named you out of nowhere as a queen who should be eliminated, even though you weren't up for elimination that day. Do you think that tainted you in the eyes of the judges?
JJ: Yeah. A lot of people have underestimated me since the beginning. Thing is, I'm a thick-skinned person. I feel like being in drag you have to be, if you're going to survive. I'm cute and bubbles, but I know how to hang with the best. It's very tiring, though, you never know how much work goes into it until you're there. Eighteen hour days! Not that I would've traded it for anything, but after awhile, after being underestimated so much, I think I almost started underestimating myself. You know what I mean? I was doing well in challenges, I was overcoming stuff, and then I would still — there was never any acknowledgement. I felt a little defeated, and I think it showed that day. I was kind of my own demise.
AE: I always thought you deserved more credit for pulling off so many different looks. Did you feel your versatility went uncredited?
JJ: I do. I would've loved some acknowledgement for that fact. Some of the girls, they have a style, and they stuck with that a lot, and you can tell they stuck with that a lot. Now, I do love unicorns and rainbows, and trust me that is me to the core, but I do have many sides, and I feel drag is many sides. So every week I try to do something different. I never ever got feedback as far as trying different things or entirely different looks, but I think it is very important to be diverse as a female illusionist or a drag performer. So I agree with you! [Laughs.]
AE: There were some nasty arguments among the queens this season. Did you have any lasting hurt feelings throughout the season?
JJ: With all the queens, especially with Roxxy, [the editing] can make things look so much more dramatic than it was. Because at the end of my argument with Roxxy, we made up. We got to the core of it. We made an attempt to get to know each other, and after that day, we were wonderful. I actually really enjoyed getting to know her. The only person who left a bad taste in my mouth with was, initially, Alyssa. In all honesty, it hurt my feelings more than anything. I'm somebody who gives anyone the benefit of the doubt. If you want to be friends with me, I'll be friends with you. The moment we got there initially, she warmed up to me incredibly quickly, and I'd never met her. She just seemed awesome. She wanted to be next to me, and we were little buddies in the workroom. We were great until she actually called me out on the runway, which was a huge shock to me. You would never do that as a friend! If you really felt I was so mopey, wouldn't you just ask me or come to me? I thought it was pretty ridiculous that they wanted me gone. I felt their sole reason was, "She keeps the morale down." Like, "She does great in challenges, but the morale…" Well, I'm not anyone's morale officer. [Laughs.] I'm not there to keep everyone's morale up! I avoid conflict; I don't like conflict. I'll be argumentative if I have to be, but sometimes I'll just be reserved and quiet. I feel like they took that as being mopey, but I'm not going to always be in the corner laughing at everyone's jokes. Sometimes you've got to focus on yourself, but people took that to mean I was being mopey, or whatever they said.
AE: Last night's lip-sync was excellent. You and Coco were both fierce and eye-catching. Did you think you were going home?
JJ: I didn't know. It was 50/50. I've known Coco and have been friends with her for a long time, and one thing I've always prided Coco on — and I live for her — is she's an amazing lip-syncer. I knew it was not going to be easy. It was going to be a fight. I lip-synced for my life, but at least if I had to go home, it was [thanks to] my sister. At least it's somebody I know is an amazing lip-syncer, you know? She was amazing.
AE: Some have argued that the judges place too much emphasis on fishiness now. Would you say that's true?
JJ: I feel like if anything, being fishy is kind of a hindrance. People put you in a box instantly. My dress style is very strange; I appeal to certain people. I know I can be pretty and fishy, but I'm not pageant-y. I also like funny and Adventure Time-y kind of stuff, but I'm not a full camp queen.
AE: If I'm not mistaken, you wore an Adventure Time hat last week. Are you nerdier than we realize?
JJ: Oh, absolutely! Me and my brother? We grew up on cartoons, video games — literally, I was watching Adventure Time last night. I'm super nerdy. I love cosplay. I actually wish I'd brought more of that to the show so people could see that. I love costumes, Mortal Kombat costumes, bringing those people to life — even characters people don't even know, unless you are a nerd for Final Fantasy and things like that.
AE: Mortal Kombat, eh? Do you dress as Sonja Blade or Mileena?
JJ: Well, Jade.
AE: Oh, of course! What planet am I on?
JJ: [Laughs.] She's always been my favorite. I named myself for her! I always have to give her tribute. I also love Kitana, but I could do without the sticks.
AE: Lastly, who are you rooting for now?
JJ: I love all my sisters, but if you were forcing me to make one decision —
AE: And I am.
JJ: I just love both of my sisters — Coco and Jinkx. But if you were forcing me to make one decision, I just love Jinkx so much. She is genuinely a sweetheart, and her personality just shines. She has a heart of gold, and I feel like that's what a drag superstar should be. She's humble, sweet, and amazing. And talented! And it's new. She's something we haven't heard before. So I'd be proud if she were the next drag superstar.


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As Dogfish Head's supply catches up to demand, the Milton, Del.-based brewery continues to announce details on its re-entry into states that it had exited in March 2011.
In a blog entry posted today on the brewery's website, a Dogfish Head spokesperson writes that beer is on the way to wholesalers in Wisconsin and will ship to Rhode Island next week.
The first wholesaler partners in Wisconsin include Frank Beer in Madison, La Crosse Beverage of La Crosse, Kay Distributing in De Pere and Green Bay and Lee Beverage in Oshkosh and Eau Claire. The brewery previously worked with Specialty Beverage in Wisconsin.
The truck headed to Wisconsin was stocked with 90 Minute IPA, Indian Brown Ale, Midas Touch, Palo Santo Marron, Burton Baton, Tweason'ale, 75 Minute IPA, Namaste, Hellhound On My Ale, Sah'Tea, Theobroma and Kvasir.
Just as Dogfish Head will return to Rhode Island, it will also revisit business with C&C Distributors, which previously worked with the brewery.
To coincide with the revival of distribution, the brewery will host pouring events in La Crosse, De Pere, Madison, Oshkosh and possibly one more location in Wisconsin. On Dec. 18, Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione will host a launch event at Doherty's Ale House in Warwick, R.I., with proceeds supporting the beer education program at Johnson & Wales University.
The blog post also noted that the brewery is moving forward with assigning wholesalers and negotiating state and local regulations in Indiana and Tennessee.
"Our fingers are crossed that we'll have news to share on Indiana right around the very end of the year and Tennessee soon after that," the blog notes.
In conjunction with its $52 million expansion, which will open up about 300,000 barrels of capacity, Calagione announced in June his intention to return Dogfish Head to the four aforementioned states. Today's blog post narrows the brewery's plans in two of them.
Tomorrow morning at Brewbound Session San Diego 2013, Calagione will deliver the keynote address: Transcending Liquid: Branding Beyond Beer.


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I went to the bank today. Not exactly the bank, but an administration building of Chase. Big banks here are getting the blame (deservedly) for a lot- including 'foreclosing' and chucking people out of their homes, and causing the destruction of neighbourhoods.
Part of a community organiser's job is to organise 'actions' when protests can be made. And this is a practical course. So we organised a protest, got into school buses, and went off to Chase to hand a letter protesting about their policies.
I'm glad to say that no-one was arrested and I haven't been deported. Apparently it was all entirely legal! First Amendment, and all that…
There's also some video:
In the lobby as bemused bank workers look on
A former student talks about student debt


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Roe v. Wade Turns 39, Will It See 40?
I admit I came to the reproductive rights movement a little late, in large part because, like many women my age, I assumed my right to bodily autonomy would always be there. What a miscalculation that turned out to be.
Roe v. Wade turns 39 today and there are some real questions as to whether or not it can make it to 40. With over 1100 anti-abortion bills introduced at the state and federal level last year alone and with 2012 starting off with an enormous personhood push, women's rights are under assault like never before.
So now would be a good time to just chill out and not worry about it so much, right ladies?
That's what Dana Milbank argues, embracing the most predictable form of mansplaining about abortion rights that I've seen in a long time. The problem with the abortion debate is that we keep talking about it, says Milbank. The sky is not falling, ladies, so just stop worrying about it.
Milbank's clumsy attempt to take both the left and the right to task for the "circus" that the Roe v. Wade anniversary has become shows just how little he understands the attacks on choice. Milbank blithely suggests the right needs to stop attacking birth control and comprehensive sex education without grasping, for a second, the reason the right attacks birth control and sex education is equal parts religious dogma and a fundamental belief that women's only real purpose is to breed.
But Milbank doesn't really have to acknowledge this truth because he doesn't really have any skin in the game. This kind of appeal of equivalencies, of suggesting the right's attack on choice is part of "legitimate concerns" that Americans have about abortion while simultaneously claiming to support abortion rights does nothing, not a thing, to support women.
Sadly, Milbank is typical of the kinds of false allies women have to deal with as we try to hold onto basic rights. If it's not Milbank's appeal to a faux-moderation in the abortion debate then it's progressives on the left supporting Ron Paul, a man who shamelessly peddles his "medical" experience in the form of out right lies (babies in a dumpster but Paul as a mandatory reporter never calls the police–really?) but who progressive embrace because of an anti-war pro-pot platform.
It was friends like these that made me realize I simply didn't have the privilege to be quiet in the face of the attacks on abortion rights. So on the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade my pledge is to make sure Roe makes it to 40.
Who is with me?
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Oh dear. Another case of "think before you tweet" has come to light. This time it involves BBC talent show The Voice and '80s pop icon Boy George.
Unfortunately for Boy George, the recent news of his new role as a coach on The Voice has been tainted somewhat by the revelation that, two years ago, he was less than complimentary about the show that will be paying his (no doubt substantial) wages for several months.
The Culture Club frontman publicly announced that he was "thrilled" to be joining the programme but fans have pointed out that he used to hate the show, reports The Mirror.
More: Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams dishes on her super awkward sex scene
After watching The Voice in 2013 Boy George, 54, tweeted: "The Voice, it's a TV show and these pointless vocal battles are proof that it's nothing to do with creativity or growing! It's drama!"
After the tweet was brought to the attention of The Voice bosses they responded publicly on their own Twitter account, posting: "Thanks for watching." Boy George replied: "Well, I am paying for it!"
Shortly afterwards one of Boy George's Twitter followers joined in the conversation, commenting: "You didn't get asked to be a judge then?"
The singer hit back: "Yeah, consider yourself judged and blocked!"
Since his role on The Voice was announced a few days ago the "Karma Chameleon" hitmaker has received a mixed response from Twitter users (and has yet again been making good use of the "block" button).
In response to messages of encouragement from fans, he tweeted: "Ha. Don't confuse and handful of 'naysayers' with a sea of love! 🙂 (sic)"
More: Jamie Oliver gushes about family but women are judged for doing the same
Boy George is taking over from Tom Jones on the show, with the Welshman wasting no time in making it clear that he was rather unceremoniously dumped from the panel and, to make matters worse, he only found out he was being let go on the same day as his replacement was announced.
"It's not that I was let go, it is how it was handled," he told The Mirror. "If indeed the producers were planning a cast change back in March/April, after the most successful year of the series in terms of viewer numbers, a warm and civilised conversation was in order at that time. We would have been mutually appreciative for what we did for each other over the last four years. That the executives in charge couldn't be ladies and gentlemen about it, that they were filled with paranoia about a 'leak' above all, is deeply insulting to our professionalism."
More: Elton John makes a great point about why gay books shouldn't be banned
Boy George isn't the only new coach on The Voice 2016 — Paloma Faith has been confirmed as Rita Ora's replacement while Ricky Wilson and will.i.am will be returning for next year's lineup.


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Oh Boy? another deploy! This is what I always feel before trying to move a dbQwikSite database web site to a hosting server. I?ve got to worry about file folders, file transfers, connection strings, data base installs, file permissions and none of it is as easy as I would like it to be.
I?m not the only one that does not look forward to sorting out all the differences between my perfect PC test and some distant server looming out there in cyberspace. Users have been asking for help deploying for quite some time now. That time has arrived with the release of dbQwikSite version 5.4. They say necessity is the mother of invention, I say laziness is a close second. I therefore confess that my laziness is the driving force behind this most recent release. ?Just make it easy for me.? was the mandate I gave to the development team. And about 6 weeks later I am happy to report that I can be lazy as I like and STILL get my site to deploy!
So what magic do we get in this version? The Highlights are: a new, smarter deploy wizard, a better more robust FTP, and on-line administrative pages. The new deploy wizard now is smarter a producing working connection strings for your host. The all new folder based file selection for deployment is a breeze to use. Say ?bye-bye? to dbQwikFTP, I doubt too many users will shed a tear over that. Say ?hello? to FileZilla (free open source) file transfer tool. Simply put, it just works better than the now depreciated dbQwikFTP. Smooth integration between the Deploy Wizard and FileZilla makes short work of file transfer; all I have to do is click the start the queue button and all my preselected folders are moved to the right place on my server. A cool feature at the end of deploy, let?s me launch my site in my browser for easy testing. One option is to launch the all new dbQwikSite ?Site Admin? console. Arriving in the console, I can install MySQL tables if I had generated the scripts, I can see what scripting languages are supported on my server, I can troubleshoot connection strings. Neat, I think I like being lazy! This version make it much more of ?a joy to deploy? my sites.
While the team worked hard to make sure I could be a real sloth, not every deployment task can be automated. So to accompany all this new software wizardry is the infamous ?missing deployment guide?. It?s not missing anymore! You can access the new on-line deployment guide from the either the ?Help? or ?dbQwikHosting? menus.
There are other new features in 5.4 along with the regular batch of bug fixes. Details can be found in the release notes. Version 5.4 is a free upgrade for all version 5 users and is available via live-update.
This Wednesday, then I opened my morning paper I was pleasantly surprised to find that Thailand's largest newspaper had done a review of dbQwikSite by their resident Web Design columnist. It's quite a positive review so I thought I would share it with you.Read the full review here. (updated link Jun 9 2008)
I do not normally get excited about a code generation tool but I have watched this local product evolve and it just keeps getting better.
Remember this is a local Thai product that rivals the bigger US equivalents and is of course a lot less expensive
If you are looking for a deceptively inexpensive web site builder and don't want to pay someone to build one for you then I recommend that you try dbQwikSite.
If you are wondering: No I'm not on the board or payroll - this is just a great product.
dbQwikSite Developer Edition is now available for download. Developer Edition makes its debut as part of the release of 5.3. In a nutshell, Developer addition let?s you add your own custom code into your website projects. The concept is simple, but the ramifications are profound. It means that you can now extend and enhance your generated pages. Developer edition opens the door to a realm of possibilities.
I have been pushing for Developer Edition for almost a year now. I knew that I wanted it, I knew that it would be kewel (cool). What I didn?t know was exactly what it meant to web developers and web designers until I started testing it. It was like having my hands untied, or taking the rev limiter off your sports car. Now, I could do things that I had seen on other sites, but were beyond the capabilities of code generation.
Don?t get me wrong, I love the other editions of dbQwikSite, and every time I use them I am grateful that I don?t have to hand code thousands of lines of code. I always amazed what I can do in 10 minutes with this software. But, being the overachiever I am, I always want more! More features, more cool stuff, more flexibility. That?s exactly what I got with dbQwikSite Developer Edition. To date, I had to wait for the developers to have the time to code new features. I know from emails of our users that I am not the only one that wished that we could provide features faster. With Developer Edition, the game changed overnight. The only one that was holding back features was me, not the developers. I wanted graphs, I added graphs! I wanted conditional highlighting, I added conditional highlighting! I wanted a search on the data lists page, I added it! You get the idea, I am sure. It was instant gratification. It was the freedom to do much, much more without giving up all the ?cushy? benefits of my beloved code generator.
Here is a copy of the promotional video I made to introduce Developer Edition.The quality a bit blurry here, there is bigger one on the home page of dbQwikSite
If I have caught your interest, then you likely want to know more about what?s inside the new edition. Developer looks the same as other editions. What?s new is a ?In-line code editor?. When you are working with a page, you click the ?custom code? option in the popup menus. What you see is the generated source code. Inside the code, there are input boxes we call ?insert points? in which you can type your own custom code. There are over 150 of these insert points at key places in the processing. Some are ?events? like ?after open dataset? and ?on focus? of a control. Others do not related directly to an event, but more to places in code where you may want to add your own code, an example is ?CSS Includes? it is not an event, but you may wish to include your own CSS files at this point in the source code. As you may have gathered, there are insert points for both client and server side scripting.
Besides the code editor, there are several reports designed specifically for web developer in mind edition such as the custom code report. You don?t need to hunt through each page looking for custom code in your project. Just run this handy report, and you?ll know exactly what custom code you have in your project. Another powerhouse feature is a complete custom code versioning mechanism built right into dbQwikSite. Every time you modify a custom code block, a new version is saved into your project. You can use the Version Management Interactive Report to view a complete history of your custom code blocks. What?s more, you can even ?revert? back to previous versions if you discover you somehow messed things up along the way. Behind the scenes there have been some changes to the way pages are generated to allow better control of presentation by JavaScript. Ids are assigned to page elements; the contents of the page are now embedded in layout matrix of divs that let you insert content around generated elements. Variable name abstractions have been added to let you code using variable names that are readable and do not get changed when you do design changes.
If you want to give developer a try, you need the new executable program file. To get the most recent exe new users can download PE and existing users can run live update. All editions let you preview Developer?s entire user interface. If you want to test drive the code generation, just run in Full Trial mode. Upgrade pricing is available to all version 5 users. Details can be found on the web site.
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The program is very simple to use. Enter your MySQL login details or browse to a MySQL Dump File. The tables are listed, and you just pick the tables to import and all rest is done for you.
This program is great for creating local copies of local or remote MySQL databases. Local copies can be used as back ups, or ?off-line? copies for reporting and anlysis. The advantage of MS Access is that it is highly portable and integrated into MS Office. There is no need to install MySQL in end users PCs. This is a handy little utility that you can use again and again if you have data in MySQL.
dbQwik?MySQL2Access is available for download from our software store: www.TheDevShopOnline.com. There is a free trial version. The trial has an import limit of 25 records per table. You can buy the full version for only $19.95.
dbQwik?MySSH is available for download from our software store: www.TheDevShopOnline.com. There is a free trial version. The trial has a limited connection time. You can buy the full version for only $19.95.
This week we released dbQwikSite version 22.214.171.124. As usual there are a number of bug fixes, and some new features. The new features include a new delete behavior in generated pages, FTP can now be stated from the tools menu, On-Demand plug-ins are introduced in this release.
The new Delete Page behavior was originally a work around for the delete page not offering a query for a dataset, but it actually is quite cool and in most cases, eliminates the need for your visitors to use the delete page. We call it ?in place delete? what that means is you can now set up your delete page so that is deletes the record but never shows the delete page itself. The net effect is that your users can delete records directly from the Data List Page or from the More Page. You can set up a confirmation message, or just delete ?in place?. For users that want to show the record before deletion from the Data List Page, you can link your delete button your More Page to show the record using a query, and do a silent delete from the More Page?slick!
We are also working on the plug-ins extensions framework. In this release we introduce ?download-on-demand? plug-in support. The plug-in menu shows plug-ins available at time of publishing. When you select a plug-in that is not installed you will be directed to the download page for that plug-in. Right now, there are only two download-on demand plug-ins, but we expect that list to grow. Visit our plug-in page from time to time to see new offering of free and trial plug-ins. At this time you can download: CSS Merger and dbQwik?MySSH. CSS Merger is free and combines identical CSS files generated by dbQwik?Site as well as updating links in your pages to reference the merged CSS. dbQwik? MySSH is a new trial offering, allowing you to connect to remote MySQL servers using secure SSH connections, great for data security and for those hosting companies that block remote MySQL connections, but permit SSH connections.
Finally, you will see a new menu option ?dbQwik Hosting? that gives you direct access to our hosting services, where you can get everything you need for hosting and great prices. You will find, Hosing from $3.99 a month for Windows or Linux, Domain Names now on promotion for only $1.99, SSL certificates, Mass Mailing services, Traffic Tools for your site and other essentials of web hosting. Just a final note, you don?t have to host with us, generated pages will run on all standard hosting accounts. But, if you are in the need of hosting, domain names etc, we appreciate your business. Our hosting is all managed by one of the world?s largest web hosting providers so you can be assured of excellent, dependable service. Low risk, great service, and low prices are yours when you choose dbQwik? Hosting. (Ok, enough of shameless plugging of our new business! I am sure you get the picture.)
We just released dbQwikEdit 184.108.40.206. In this release many of the functions of the program have been enhanced to cover a wider variety of databases, particularly desktop databases such as Dbase and Paradox but some additional Oracle work is also in this release. We also fixed a bug that caused the program to seemingly hang if you allow it to auto adjust your myODBC settings. Now the auto-optimize of myODBC settings works better. Optimizing your ODBC settings will address the dropping of MySQL connections resulting in ?MySQL server has gone away? errors.
All an all this is a pretty limited release as far as new features, but it adds a ton of stability and is worth the live update.
Through our new dbQwik branded partnership we are able to offer a full range of services that round out our software offerings. Services available at www.dbQwikHosting.com include:
Because of the huge user base of dbQwikSite users, we are able to negotiate some of the best prices in the industry. When we were selecting our partner, we went through a careful screening process. It seems that there are thousands of hosting companies out there and all are not created equal. We wanted to be sure that dbQwikHosting was going to deliver the best possible service to our clients and be able to offer stability, excellent service and competitive pricing.
We evaluated on the basis of:
dbQwikHosting is your one-stop-shop for on-line presence. There is no need to wade through thousands of search results to try to find a web hosting service you can trust. With dbQwikHosting, you know you have found a name you can trust when it comes to websites and data bases.
We now include a limited X-Gen capability in the single language editions. The special edition generates local scripts that run under the dbQwik Web Server allowing you to test locally without installing support for your purchased language on your PC. Prior to this release, if you bought a PHP generation option, you can only generate PHP. In this case you would have had to install PHP support on your PC before you could test locally. With this release the X-Gen engine has been enhanced to generate code compatible with the included dbQwik Web Server. You can transparently test on your PC no matter which language you have subscribed to for deployment. X-Gen will make testing with single script editions a whole lot easier.
Also in this release you will find a new, single dialog to hide and show pages. Previous editions had separate dialogs, to show and hide pages in the explorer. I for one, welcome this change, a small but helpful tweak the program interface.
Other improvements have been added in this and lesser releases. There is better internal image handling while working on projects; this should result in slightly better performance. We still have more to do on image management, with the objective of improving the program performance while designing. There have been a few minor releases under the 5.2.0.x that address a wide variety of issues in the designer and in code generation. So if you are a multi-scripting language user there are plenty of small fixes for you too.
This is a free upgrade to all version 5 users. It is available via the Live Update menu option found in the Help menu.
Today we release dbQwikReport version 1.3. It is a both an important release, and a boring release. It is important in that, it is now compatible with windows Vista, and boring in that there no great new features for me to write about.
Anyone already using Windows Vista, or planning a move to Vista, can rest assured that their investment in dbQwik products is a sound one. dbQwikSite, dbQwikReport and dbQwikEdit all will run on your Vista machine. Only one left to migrate: dbQwikSync Pro and you should expect that one shortly.
There is one significant enhancement in dbQwikReport 1.3. It is a bug fix, of sorts. Actually the bug is with Microsoft ADO, it simply will not handle MySQL Timestamp data types. So, our fix is that we catch the error, and we allow you to continue designing, but without any data in your preview. When you deploy to PHP/MySQL all your data will appear. There are a couple important things to note here. It is far better to use DateTime data types in MySQL if you want your tables to be accessible by any tools that are based on MS ADO, technology (like the dbQwik Products and ASP). The resulting data storage is the same. Users of dbQwikSite should note that we have not fixed this issue yet in dbQwikSite? so best to avoid Timestamps in MySQL all together.
dbQwikReport 1.3 is a free upgrade available via live update. You access live update from the help menu of the program.
While we are on the topic of technical ?stuff? and version numbers there is an important tidbit I have to share with you. I was using dbQwikEdit on my laptop lately. I could not believe how unstable it was; no matter what I did it seemed to go wrong. After firmly scolding all the developers with harsh words about quality and the likes, I was asked the question:?What database?? ?MySQL, and we are supposed to support it! Nothing new here folks!? I retorted.?What version of myODBC are you using?? ?I just updated maybe a couple weeks ago, 126.96.36.199? was my reply as my confidence began to fade.?Can you try 184.108.40.206??
I returned to my desk, and about 2 minutes, later I was both humbled and happy. It was like dbQwikEdit had magically transformed from a ?clunker? to a ?cool tool?. I learned two things: 1) go easy on the staff and 2) make sure that my ODBC drivers are stable. I share this with you in case anyone out there is using myODBC 126.96.36.199. and thinking: hey, the TheDevShop software doesn?t work at all. Please, please upgrade your myODBC to 3.51.15! It will make a major difference and bring serenity to your query building.


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The compact is pale pink, and made of plastic. It's quite bulky, but lightweight so it won't be heavy to carry around.
|13 grams of product!
The two star ingredients are mineral powder, and Jeju green tea (an island province of South Korea)
I like that there's a separator for the sponge and foundation, as it's neater and cleaner overall.
The cons of this packaging is probably that once you start using it, the foundation doesn't look so pretty and smooth any more, from all the pressing and dabbing. Also, it's prone to gathering fluff from the sponge.
|Heavy and light swatch of the highlighter, and the foundation separately
|This much on the sponge is nearly enough for 1/3 the face! You don't need a lot at all~
The one main con I have about this foundation is that it can look cakey on the dry patches on my face, which is around my nose, and around my eyebrows mostly. So I wouldn't recommend this foundation to those with very dry skin. Otherwise, have a clean, moisturised base and you won't have any problems.
I also definitely agree that it's a foundation with lasting power - not as long lasting as something like my Revlon Colorstay, but still really decent. On me, it's got a velvety, almost semi-matte texture, that isn't sticky or easily rubbed off. It may be more semi-dewy on oily skin tones I think.
|Left: Just foundation section swiped onto my arm (no highlighter)
Right: Patting the foundation - that's about 2 layers there, but 1 layer is normally enough!
|Natural indoors lighting shot~
Skin is even, brighter, and glowy - but it does make my face fairer in colour
|All the products I used for this look~
The lipstick shade is JPK003 (Hot Pink)
|Only the foundation applied - no highlighter mixed in
It looks more natural, yet it still has a brightness
|Products used for the above look - the brow kit doubled as my eyeshadow for the day~
I'm not too much a fan of how much paler the highlighter makes the foundation apply overall, but I think I can get away with it by blending into my neck, and applying less, or just applying them separately.


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"Guccifer" sentencing leads week's crime stories
''Guccifer'' the hacker who exposed Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, is sentenced, a swimmer convicted of rape is released and a gang member shoots deputies at a California jail in this week's crime wrap. Diane Hodges reports.
Leading this week's crimes.. a federal judge in Virginia sentenced a Romanian man known as "Guccifer" to 52 months in prison for computer hacking. "Guccifer" whose real name is Marcel Lazar, claimed that, among the email accounts he hacked, was the one used by Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state. Law enforcement officials said he didn't but his claim exposed her use of a private server, miring her in controversy as she vies to become the next president of the United States. In California, the former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault left a Santa Clara county jail after serving half of his six-month sentence. 21-year-old Brock Turner had been convicted of assaulting an unconscious and intoxicated woman. His release from prison sparked fresh outrage and demonstrations from critics. Two Fresno County deputies were rushed to the hospital in critical condition after they were shot by a man who came to visit an inmate at the Fresno County jail. Police have charged a 37-year-old man with the shootings. They say he is a known gang member who was released from prison in 2004 after serving a 14-year-sentence on multiple charges of rape. And that wraps up this week's crimes.


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This is an application ONLY to vend with the TPRFM on August 11, 2018. Filling out this form DOES NOT guarantee you a spot. You will be notified no later than May 25, 2018. Tables are $80 and you may register for up to 2 tables. Please note, this venue offers no wall space or electric. If approved, you will be sent a link to pay online.


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Friday, 25 February 2011
Move to tackle racism on the gay scene: Pink News
A new push to tackle racism on the gay scene is encouraging people to be "switched on" about discrimination.
Gay men's health charity GMFA, which is leading the project, says discrimination inside the community will make it weaker.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that some black and ethnic minority gay people face prejudice on the gay scene.
Phyll Opoku, a black lesbian, said: "Many, many years back, when I first came out, I went to this club and I thought 'wow, this is great!' The women all dancing with each other.
"[I was] hoping that someone would just ask me to dance and. It didn't happen but I got up and I danced just by myself. And then someone said, 'You stupid, beep, beep, beep. Why don't you just get off this dance floor? You're in my way'."
"They were drunk but when I say 'beep, beep, beep…' it was quite derogatory towards black people. So I realised that maybe that place was not for me; I didn't see anybody that looked like me, to be able to sit there and feel comfortable with them."
Read more at http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/02/25/move-to-tackle-racism-on-the-gay-scene/


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Experience fantasy in the filmy ambiance of this luxury hotel in the sprawling landscape of Ramoji Film City. All the 170 elegantly designed rooms which include royal suites, theme suites and deluxe rooms are furnished with different themes. The Galaxy - a restaurant-cum-bar serves multi-cuisine restaurant and near to the pool area is Sholay - a barbeque corner, which serves delicious kebab. With perfect ambiance and unmatched service, Hotel Sitara is indeed a perfect holiday retreat.
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My cats keep coming in from the garden with those little stickley (seed) balls on them, that I have to pull off every night. Well I used one of those for the door handle! Us crafter's are resourceful if nothing else!
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Fear the Midnight Hour cooked challenge canvas
My cats keep coming in from the garden with those little stickley (seed) balls on them, that I have to pull off every night. Well I used one of those for the door handle! Us crafter's are resourceful if nothing else!
12 comments:
- inkypinkycraft said...
Wow buddy! You really are the canvas queen, love the colours and textures you have created...amazing!!!!
Just love this piece..loved the challenge..cannot wait for the next...trace x
- 20 October 2012 at 11:40:00 BST
- butterfly said...
So full of funky texture and atmosphere - what an unbelievably cool canvas!!
Alison x
- 20 October 2012 at 11:59:00 BST
- Marjie Kemper said...
Ooooh! LOVE this! That background is screamingly gorgeous and the scene is terrific. Ths is such a fun Halloween piece!
- 20 October 2012 at 14:47:00 BST
- Redanne said...
Oooh Michelle this is fabulous, gorgeous pops of colour all over, spooky but beautiful all at the same time, love that cat and the pumpkins are amazing, love it all! Trace is right, you are the canvas Queen! Crafty hugs, Anne x
- 20 October 2012 at 16:41:00 BST
- ...the yorkshire fox... said...
...awesome canvas Michelle, so many textures, love how you've captured the moonlight on the tree boughs and pumpkins a really nice touch, fabulous as ever, you just get better and better...Mel :)
- 20 October 2012 at 20:10:00 BST
- Meggymay said...
Wow, amazing background as well as an awesome detailed canvas for Halloween.
- 20 October 2012 at 21:34:00 BST
- Heike said...
This canvas is stunning Michelle. So full of texture and details.
Heike x
- 20 October 2012 at 22:04:00 BST
- Sandy said...
Hey you cute thang - that's southern talk in case you didn't know. Southern United States that is. I love following you Michelle - you are do talented and creative. You help inspire me!! Love this sugar (that too is southern) By the way, I still owe you pence!!!!!!
- 20 October 2012 at 23:29:00 BST
- julie case said...
Awesome, Michelle! I love your colors and textures! This is such a great, spooky piece. I just discovered you through Trace, and now I'm a follower :)
- 21 October 2012 at 03:57:00 BST
- Silvia(Barnie) said...
How cool, this canvas is breathtaking.
- 21 October 2012 at 09:06:00 BST
- Helen said...
Great challenge! Really like what the rock candy does to the tree and pumpkins.
- 22 October 2012 at 08:32:00 BST
- Lucy Edmondson said...
This is just fab! Love all the layers and depth and the contrasting colours. I had better come back later to continue my trawl through your blog now I have found you, as I am starting to look like a mad stalker with all these comments,
Lucy x
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Rays fans, it was incredible to witness an average of +40,000 fans turn out the last two days to watch the Rays battle the Cubs at Wrigley Field. It was loud and raucous, and it made me wish our home games were again like that. Guess what? The Tampa Bay Rays are in contention, and they deserve your support.
Personally, I traveled from St. Petersburg to Chicago — almost 2,000 miles, mind you — to attend the series. From there, it took me 45 minutes to travel from Bucktown (where I stayed) to Wrigleyville, by rail, and then back again. I didn't complain when I was cramped like a sardine on the Blue and Red CTA Lines. Matter of fact, I hate being touched by strangers, although I remembered where I was and why, and I was thankful for the opportunity to watch may favorite baseball team take on the World Series champions some 2,000 miles from home — give or take 30 miles.
I wasn't alone.
S/O to all the Rays fans who came out to support us in Chicago! Awesome to see! Big series at the Trop gonna need the place packed out!
— Steven Souza Jr. (@SouzaJr) July 5, 2017
Friends, Steven Souza Jr. is right! The upcoming series against Boston is HUGE, and the good guys can make up some ground in the AL East and postseason standings going into the break. They
want need it rockin' and loud under the big top this weekend.
Not to pat myself on the back, but if I can literally stand on my feet for the better part of seven hours, from Tuesday morning into the late afternoon — including the ingress and egress into and out of the Friendly Confines, as well as the time spent standing in the bleacher section, under the centerfield scoreboard — then you can make the short or longer trek from wherever you live (be that in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, etc) to the Trop, to root on our team.
Boo-hoo, the bridge is long.
Suck it up, and show up late if you have to.
But the traffic is terrible!
No shit! But it's not Rays fault that the City of Tampa and/or FDOT designed an intentional bottleneck on the east side of the Howard Franklin Bridge, which makes it hard to get into and out of Hillsborough and Pinellas counties during rush hour. Pro tip: show up a little late, or take the Gandy Bridge, which has been made much quicker on the Pinellas side.
In the end, the players shouldn't have to deal with the embarrassment associated with an apathetic fanbase. Quit making excuses, and get out to the Trop!


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UNEP DTU Partnership has emerged as a leader and pioneer in developing tools and methodologies for undertaking actions that result in sustainable development. Examples include tools for implementing the Clean Development Mechanism, and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions. This Tool box presents a list of all the tools produced or supported by UNEP DTU Partnership that can better assist developing countries in addressing climate change and achieving sustainable development.
Guides for Climate Change Mitigation Action Planning
Valuation of climate change mitigation co-benefits
UNEP Pledge Pipeline
The Pledgepipeline hosts the Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs/NDCs) that are submitted to the UNFCCC. UNEP DTU Partnership updates the NDC & PledgePipeline as soon as new INDCs/NDCs are submitted.
Climate Initiatives Platform
The Climate Initiatives Platform (CIP) is an online data base/portal for collecting, sharing and tracking information on international cooperative climate initiatives driven by non-state actors such as business, cities, and regions. Currently, the collection consists of more than 200 initiatives.
CDM Methodologies and Technologies Selection Tool
The CDM Methodologies & Technologies Selection Tool provides:
• Easy access to a complete overview of all methodology options based on the specific project characteristics
• Easy access to general economic sector overviews, the relevant technologies applied in a given sector for emissions reduction – and statistics on CDM projects in the sector
• A discussion forum that allows practitioners to exchange experience on the practical application of methodologies for specific technologies
The UNFCCC CDM Bazaar is a Web-based facility which serves as a platform for exchange of information on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project opportunities.
The CDM Bazaar
• Covers supply of and demand for CDM projects, i.e. the actions taken by project sellers, buyers and service providers (in a broad sense).
The key objective of the Bazaar is to facilitate the creation of an efficient global CDM market through sharing information related to project activities and transactions of Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) among stakeholders worldwide.
• Is a global "virtual information exchange place" open to all interested parties. It aims to be a facilitating initiative that will help to reduce transaction costs in the CDM project cycle as well as to encourage increased information exchange and dialogue among current and potential future project participants and other market players. As such, the Bazaar will generally enhance the capacity of Non Annex 1 members of the UNFCCC.
• Functions as a cost-free service.
• Is not a "deal-maker" as this function lies within the realm of private sector intermediaries and service providers.
The UNFCCC Loan Scheme for CDM is an electronic loan application system. Loans are offered to provide financing for the CDM validation, registration and verification process. This includes: a) the preparation of the Project Design Document (PDD), b) the validation by a 'Designated Operational Entity' (DOE), c) the registration of the project with the UNFCCC, and d) the monitoring and verification of the first issuance of 'Certified Emissions Reductions' (CERs).
NAMA Pipeline Analysis and Database
The NAMA Pipeline Analysis and Database contains all submissions to the UNFCCC from developing countries and countries in transition for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions. Such submissions have not yet been formalized and succeed in a bottom-up process induced by the current developments in international climate negotiations.
GNESD Energy Access Knowledge Base
The GNESD Energy Access Knowledge Base is an ongoing collection of energy access cases in Africa, Asia and South America. It includes policies, projects or programmes which have lead to increased access to energy services for households, communities or small scale businesses. The main purpose of the knowledge base is to provide easy access to well structured and searchable information about energy access initiatives globally. Each case illustrates how a specific demand among the energy poor has been met through sustainable provision of modern energy solutions.
AfriCAN Climate is an interactive knowledge platform, providing targeted scientific research, indigenous knowledge and policies related to climate change in Africa. AfriCAN Climate provides information about research projects, reviews of publications, good practice cases of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, links, tools and more.
ClimateTechWiki offers a platform for a wide range of stakeholders in developed and developing countries who are involved in technology transfer and the wider context of low emission and low vulnerability development. ClimateTechWiki offers detailed information on a broad set of mitigation and adaptation technologies.


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BEIJING (Reuters) - Tata Motors' (TAMO.BO) Jaguar and Land Rover unit is in talks with top Chinese sport utility vehicle maker Great Wall Motor Co (2333.HK) about a potential China tie-up, two executives told Reuters on Monday.
Jaguar and Land Rover are among a very few top-line global brands that do not have manufacturing arrangements in China, where BWM (BMWG.DE), Audi (NSUG.DE) and others have already racking up stellar sales.
"The two companies are exploring opportunities for a cooperative effort. Senior executives of Jaguar and Land Rover came over and visited our plant earlier this month," a Great Wall executive said.
"It's fair to say that contacts between the two parties have already passed the initial stage, but no final decision has been reached so far," a second executive with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters.
Great Wall chairman Wei Jianjun met with Jaguar and Land Rover's senior executives during their China tour, said the second executive.
The Jaguar and Land Rover unit, which Tata bought from Ford Motor Co (F.N) in 2008 for $2.3 billion, was initially loss-making, but it made a turnaround in the last few quarters and posted a profit of 19.58 billion rupees for the three months ended December.
A tie-up in China, the world's top auto market, would help solidify Jaguar and Land Rover's longer term growth, industry insiders said.
Tata Motor units have had contacts with other potential partners in China, including Chery Motor and Jiangling Motors Corp (000550.SZ).
Fuji Heavy Industries (7270.T), Japan's smallest carmaker, said late last year it was in talks with Chery to make Subaru vehicles in a planned $360 million plant in northern China.
A partnership with Jaguar and Land Rover would also be complementary for Great Wall, which currently makes mass-market products, including sedans and pickup trucks.
Reporting by Fang Yan and Ken Wills


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If you feel like starting a new character, but you want to get him or her off the ground more quickly, head to the Arena after escaping the character generation sewer. The entire arena quest line will take you a few hours to beat if you've sharpened your fighting skills. In the process your character will probably gain several levels, and a good bit of gold to move around on some equipment upgrades before heading out to do some adventuring. Don't forget to check the Arena coffer on the way out. This is the best way to get a character into the mix quickly.
Buying a house is not just a good way to kill some time. It instantly gets rid of the need to part with those oh-so-valuable items to avoid being over-encumbered. Especially if you have finished a Daedric quest or two, and you don't want to have to carry around those rare artifacts, but you don't want to sell them either. Try to purchase one that can be easily accessible by fast travel. The on e in the Imperial City waterfront is quite accessible, and fairly affordable (though it is not much to look at). You can purchase this house at the Office of Imperial Commerce, in the Market District, assuming Vinicia likes you enough.
Invest in your character early on. It may seem expensive to pay for training at low character levels, but later in the game when you have more money you will level up slower and won't be able to train as much. Pick a minor, non-specialty skill that would level slowly through use alone, and you can be a journeyman by level 10. In no time your pure mage can swing a mean sword.
Want to max out your level? Choose a race that doesn't give bonuses to your major skills and a specialization that doesn't include your major skills, and all of your major skills will start out at 25, allowing you to achieve the highest possible level. Of course, it will be slow going.
A tip for persuading that NPC a couple more points when their disposition is at its max: Take off that Arena garb (or anything that boosts your personality) and draw your weapon. Persuade them again, then put away your weapon and put on your personality enchanted accoutrement. You'll notice you'll have squeezed a little more disposition out of them.
Sigil stones are among the most useful items in the game. They can be used to enchant weapons, armor, and other items with special abilities, and they scale up in level as you do. Be aware that once you enchant an item, you can't repair it yourself without a high Armorer skill.
If you are specializing in the Marksman skill, don't bother taking Blade or Blunt skills, because you will be better off standing and shooting your bow than swinging weapons you aren't skilled with.
Varla Stones that recharge all of your enchanted weapons can be found in the depths of most Elven Ruins. Use them with care, however. There are only 50 in the game!
Advancing far enough into the Mages Guild to create enchantments can open the door to a super suit of armor by enchanting each piece with a 10 percent shield spell. Don't forget rings and amulets.
When you wait, your allies heal up at the same time you do. When you're fighting alongside allies, take every opportunity to wait to allow your allies to heal themselves.
Watch your fatigue when fighting, you do about 50 percent damage when your fatigue is low. In addition, check the condition of your weapon. You may lose many fights when you have a damaged weapon and low fatigue.
If your enchanted items keep running out to quickly, seek out the Shrine of Azura after you're level two or higher. Azura's Star can do wonders for keeping enchanted weapons effective.
Clannfear staggers can be lethal! No matter how much armor you've got , learn to circle them, and do as much damage as you can before they get close.
If you exit a city on foot or fast travel to a stable, keep your eyes open for a Khajiit in a dark grey robe. M'aiq the Liar has some of the most "interesting" rumors in the game. Talk fast! If he leaves, you can't catch up!
Be sure to use your shield often in melee combat. It's easy to forget to use it in the heat of battle, but it's not just for emergencies, and it makes a huge difference. Try alternating between attacking and defending, even against weak enemies. Shields are much better than weapons for blocking.
In combat with most melee opponents, a good thing to do is block the first attack then sidestep around the enemy while attacking them. They'll turn to face you, so you can keep sidestepping and hitting with the occasional block.
If you ever find yourself getting killed by something you can't beat, jump to a higher level just out of the opponent's reach and chip away at their health with whatever is available, like spells or arrows.
Out of arrows? If you are facing off against and archer, dodge his arrows and then collect them later. You'll get more this way than killing him right away and looting his corpse.


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The United States doubled in size just two decades after winning its war for independence. Striking a deal including over 800,000 square miles for $15 million, the fledgling country made the most important property purchase in its history at a rate of about four cents per square mile. This Louisiana Purchase included not just the present-day state of Louisiana but also Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. At the time of the 1803 purchase, Louisiana territory belonged more or less to the French, who had named the property after Louis XIV. From 1686 to the late eighteenth century, both the French and Spanish colonized holdings in the Louisiana area as well as Texas and Florida, and Louisiana itself changed from French to Spanish allegiance and back again in the years following the 1754-1763 French and Indian War between Britain and France. By the time President Thomas Jefferson decided to make a bid for New Orleans in 1802, the French controlled the region again. The President was interested in New Orleans because of its importance as port city and center of trade. If the United States controlled New Orleans, it could avoid duties on commerce carried across its busy docks. To start negotiations, President Jefferson sent James Monroe and Robert Livingston to Paris with $10,000. When Livingston arrived first and held a private meeting with diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, otherwise known as Prince de Talleyrand, the Frenchman asked why the U.S. government was not interested in buying all of Louisiana. Livingston had no answer.
Soon after James Monroe arrived in Paris, however, he and Livingston began considering de Talleyrand's question, and soon they made contact with another key figure in the French political game. One evening, Livingston happened to spot Napoleon Bonaparte's finance minister, the Marquis de Barbé-Marbois, strolling through the gardens at the U.S. Embassy. He rushed out to greet the marquis, who invited the American to a secret meeting later that night. The two began negotiating a price for all of Louisiana Territory, requiring Livingston to pledge much more money than he had been authorized to spend. Napoleon was eager to sell Louisiana because he had lost control of his colonies in Haiti and Santo Domingo, where slaves had put up successful rebellions. Without either of the two islands, Napoleon had no base close to the coast from which he could access Louisiana. Knowing it would be impossible to control the territory without such a base, he gave up on the foreign venture and decided the least threatening way to dispose of it would be sale to the Americans. As a new country, the United States was still weak on the international scene, maintaining a friendly relationship with France in any case given her support of the American Revolution. And for Napoleon, pitting the young United States against his old enemy, Great Britain, was a bonus: "I have given England a rival who sooner or later will humble her pride." Across the Atlantic, President Jefferson fretted about the constitutionality of the purchase. Congress could well have refused to ratify the acquisition treaty as there was no provision in the Constitution for buying property. Spain also complained about the deal, raising doubts over the French government's right to sell Louisiana in the first place. The House of Representatives voted down the Spanish complaint, affirming France's legitimacy by a margin of two. Congress, moreover, bypassed Jefferson's doubts and accepted the Louisiana Purchase agreement in 1803.
Yet the borders of the Louisiana Purchase still lacked definition, for Napoleon, like Kings Charles I and II of England, was unconcerned with boundary lines, choosing to haggle over price instead of define just what he was selling. It took fifteen years for the United States to determine the exact borders of the purchase, establishing Louisiana's western border relative to Spanish Mexico according to the terms of the 1819 Transcontinental Treaty. The same treaty settled the American purchase of the Spanish Floridas, adding even more land to a country some critics considered too large already. According to popular theory in Jefferson's time, big republics could never be successful, because the communication structures necessary for a republican governing style could not be sustained over a large area. The classic example of choice was Rome, a powerful empire that crumbled after it began expanding. Jefferson's contemporaries worried the same would happen to the United States, but thanks to innovations like the railroad and telegraph system, it has so far held together.


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Batman is the hero Leamington deserves says a bar owner but he is not what it needs right now according to council regulations.
Kevin Murphy, of Murphy's Bar, has been asked by Warwick District Council to take down the statue of the Caped Crusader, which stands above the front window of the pub in Regent Street.
The council is also requesting that other additions are removed from the front of the Grade II listed building including a large Guiness poster, the large black lettering painted on the front elevation and five flag pole holders.
But Mr Murphy has set up a petition to 'save Batman' - which has already gained more than 700 signatures - and says he is also making a stand to help other neighbouring businesses keep alterations to their frontages as well.
He said: "Each premises to me looks far better than a place that is closed. The council should tun a blind eye and let us flourish so that we can employ local people and pay our business rates which have increased by 20 per cent for all of this year.
"On Saturday I'm going to be dressed as Batman and my four-year-old grandson will be dressed as Robin and we will be stood outside the bar, campaigning, to stand up to them.
"We want lots of publicity, for the council to say 'OK, we have made the wrong decision' or maybe allow us to apply for retrospective permission and relax their planning laws a little.
"I can see their point of view but it doesn't work, that's why we have 14 or 15 shops empty."
A council spokesman said: "Alterations and additions to Grade II listed buildings before receiving permission is unlawful and we work closely with businesses in our town centre to avoid having to take any formal action.
"It is unfortunate that 'Batman' has been installed on the building together with other works carried out, and we are in conversation with the owner to seek its removal as soon as possible so that we retain the character and appearance of this attractive area.
"It is perhaps not the most appropriate location for a super hero."
To view the petition online search for Keep Batman at Murphy's Bar at www.change.org


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Mackay Marina Village is located in Mackay, North Queensland, at the gateway to the Southern Whitsundays.
As well as being twice named Marina of the Year
we are a certified Clean Marina and the only marina in Qld to qualify for Fish Friendly Status.
Not just a marina, we also offer accommodation,
food and drink, and shops and services.
Our precinct includes a Residential Village of townhouses and apartments.
Mackay Marina Village is part of the Port Binnli
Group, a Queensland owned company.


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Sen. Durbin Pledges to Follow Up On Menu Foods
They have confirmed with the Illinois senator's office that he "pledges to hold Congressional hearings when the Senate resumes after Easter break."
They are also holding a press conference tomorrow 4/5/07 at 2:30pm Central time and is looking for victims of the Menu Foods tragedy. Please contact the senator's office if you are a victim.
The press conference will be at: 1425 N. Damen, Chicago, IL. See this PDF for details. (Itchmo lived 1 block from that park and its dusty little off-leash dog park.)
Kudos to Pet Connection.


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Cleaning HouseBy Brian P. Watson | Posted 2007-02-02 Print
Say goodbye to the Web you know and hello to the Web you've always wanted. A variety of frameworks for building rich Internet applications are helping companies save time and money.
User experience also was vital to Jonathan Jaffe, software development manager with Weitz & Luxenberg, a medical malpractice and personal injury law firm.
For Jaffe, client-server applications were easy to deploy and use; still, they lacked drag-and-drop features and needed to refresh pages from the server. "They didn't offer that immediacy that a rich Internet application offers," Jaffe says.
The firm, a longtime Microsoft shop, began using its .NET application framework four years ago and in 2005 upgraded to ASP.NET, a development platform for Web sites, applications and services. Using the platform, Jaffe and his team rewrote the firm's proprietary enterprise resource planning system, which held more than 100,000 components including client records and accounting applications.
For some major litigation, the firm receives 60 terabytes of medical records and correspondence. To sort through that load by hand would be impossible, according to Jaffe. With the Web-based system, built in 2005, he says lawyers and support staff can search the firm's ERP systemvia an interface built into ASP.NETand instantly obtain case-related details.
Some recent projects with ASP.NET, including an ordering system for medical documents, took about a week to create, Jaffe says. Using older technologies, he says they could have taken six months. And that, he adds, helped save the firm $150,000 in outsourced software development costs.
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It is important to have a reliable checklist when polishing concrete. This is because you will be able to tell whether everything is perfectly in shape when you finish your project. If you overlook certain aspects of polishing concrete, you may end up with disappointing results. You need to know that the devil is in the details. Essentially, the structural aspect of the slab is one of the most significant concern of an engineer as it determines the integrity of a project. In that case, you need to understand certain elements that come into play to determine a perfect level when polishing concrete.
Finish consistency between slabs
It is important to deal with visual looks between the slabs. To ensure everything works out well, check out the difference in heights at the expansion joints. The variation in heights result from the settling of concrete. You can make a visual change by simply working on one of the joint sides to level it out. In that case, it is important to pay attention to the grinding steps when working with mini mix concrete. Grinding steps determine whether one side will turn out with fines and the other side creamy.
A birdbath is usually a degree of depression on the concrete floor. In that case, a depression of about an eighth inch (or a quarter inch) in an area that is actually greater than the width of your machine head rarely leads to problems. However, if specifications require working on a completely flat floor, you may have issues with regard to birdbaths. In the case of numerous birdbaths, you will have quite a trouble because the machine diamonds will barely reach them on the floor. In certain cases, the metal bar diamonds may dig deep into the sides of the birdbath causing more problems.
High metal decks
There is usually an inherent defect when you choose to elevate the metal decks. This is because you tend to focus on the flatness when measuring flatness. The visual concern in this case is actually the tendency to incorporate additional map cracking while focusing on the potential of having significant height differences at the expansion joints. As compared to a slab-on-grade, metal decks will have great waves that tend to manifest when there is a rippled reflection.
High spots
This is the exact opposite of the birdbaths. As you grind, high spots will expose greater aggregates than the other proportions of the floor. Mostly, engineers recommend totally flattening the entire floor to ensure that there are no high spots. You can accentuate both the high spots and the birdbaths by adding acidic stains. If you use dyes, the birdbath will pool the color. The high spots, on the other hand, will not uphold much of the color.
These are some of the recommendable ways for determining a perfect level when polishing concrete. People want the best product when it comes to polish concrete. This is because there are different application of polished concrete. Therefore, it is important to ensure that everything is perfectly alright when you are done with the concrete polishing project.


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There is something to be said for the steady pace of a semester and the studio ritual of rethinking, redesigning, losing faith in a project, regaining it and, ultimately, bringing something to a final review that, in truth, represents two weeks worth of hustle. But there is also something to the architectural tradition of a charette, of a timed drawing or a mad dash to the finish line that does not indulge in re-anything, but identifies a gut reaction and relies on an agile skill-set to make the photo finish.
The opportunity Lebbeus Woods, Winka Dubbeldam, and I had in organizing two studio modules this past summer was an opportunity for us as educators to test the core skills of exiting graduate students and push them to realize their true creative metabolism which can no longer be wed to the idyll of a semester crawl, but to an office's impacted timetable. It was also our chance to look at a curriculum's ability to edit and get mercilessly to the point.
Architecture = architecture
What you see in the coming pages is a test of wills, reflexes, and identity. Students come out of their first module with what Lebbeus called unmediated work, schemes to connect the city to to the sky (from "Earth to the Stars") where the section's scale became silhouette. The seminar interim before the second module energized the students enough to propel their next work which dealt with the site and a program of the student's choosing. This could have been a disaster, choice always slows things down, but the metronome ticked quickly and the options were clear: finish of fail. Everyone finished.
Our approach could not be applied to a core education, not anymore. It was appropriate for a last graduate studio where a thesis is not entertained, where research is rooted in the city and the seminars that treat it as preludes to a creative exercise. The stunning thing, of course, is that work could stand up next to the output of a semester. But that was not our goal. We wanted to give these students – on the eve of taking their post-professional degrees – supreme confidence. There is no better way to accomplish this than showing them what they can do in three-week sprints. That is the span of schematic design in an indulgent office.
Architecture ≄time


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There is no need for many words to point out that the latest news from Fukushima, calling it a "worst case scenario", is just beginning to reveal the terrible truth.
However, the still as yet unrevealed, real magnitude of the situation was first told to Billy Meier on March 19, 2011, just days after the event occurred.
To be clear, at that time the Plejaren told him that the "super worst-possible-case-scenario has already occurred". He was then told that the "ultra super worst-possible-scenario" was only a matter of time.
What we still aren't being told, and refuse to realize, is that that time is now upon us and will continue to manifest the still incomprehensible consequences of the human insanity that knows no limits – the use of the inevitably catastrophic, super-ultra-deadly atomic energy.