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Educational services include state and county initiatives (shown in the right column) as well as resources where families can learn more about advocacy and tools to help children learn.
Alternate Education Providers
Connecting for Kids maintains a list of alternate education providers in our Service Provider Directory for families with children who struggle in the traditional public education environment. To show alternative schools that accept students with attention issues, visit the Service Provider Directory page, click Anxiety under the Concern heading and click Alternative School under the Program/Service heading.
Education Advocacy
Center for Parent Information and Resources
National support center for state-level parent dissemination centers (the state level organization for Ohio is OCECD - see right column). While different states have different special education policies, this site has great resources from a high level, including webinars and news.parentcenterhub.org
Free mobile application, developed by the Syracuse University School of Education containing strategies, a compilation of approaches that parents can pursue as advocates and resources. Available for iOS and Android.
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) Parent's Guide to IDEA
This online guide (via the NCLD's Understood portal) covers important topics under IDEA in easy-to-understand question/narrative format, from requesting an evaluation to handling discipline and disputes.
Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) and Section 504
This NCLD Parent Advocacy Brief (via the NCLD's Understood portal) will help you understand the changes brought about by the ADAAA, how they apply to Section 504 and how these changes may impact children with learning and attention issues.
WorryWiseKids Educational Rights and Accommodations Articles
Brief article explains how anxiety can be classified under IDEA and the process for requesting an evaluation for a child with anxiety. Additional resources on this site include sample accommodations and what schools can do.
Accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
Note: The Westlake Porter Public Library's special-needs section also keeps a print copy of "Wrightslaw." To check availability, search for "Wrightslaw" in the library's online catalog.
Education Tools
Online educational games for grades K-5 that reinforce many skills such as sight words, spelling, math facts, money and typing.
Provides thousands of free social skills, fine motor, academic and behavioral regulation activities along with guidance, songs and games, communication cards, academic materials and transition guides for employment and life skills.
Ohio Scholarships
Two scholarships (The Autism Scholarship and the Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship) are available through the state of Ohio which allow students to waive public education and use state reimbursement to cover education and supportive services. For more information see the Scholarships section in our Funding Therapy Guide.
A Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education
Prepared by the Ohio Department of Education, this guide can help families understand their rights and their child's rights according to IDEA and the Ohio Operating Standards. It also gives families information and resources to help understand their child's special education supports and services.
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities (OCECD)
This state-level program offers programs to help parents become informed and effective representatives for their children in all educational settings. One-to-one support available.


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EICCAlert FAQs
What is the EICCAlert system?
EICCAlert is a system for quickly delivering emergency messages by email or text (cellphone) to students, faculty and staff on all EICC Campuses. EICCAlert is built upon the RAVE Wireless platform.
The system will be activated when there are immediate threats to the safety of those on an EICC Campus or weather related closings. Notifications will be sent to email and cellphones of those who add their numbers to the system. Messages will be brief, include basic information and provide instructions on how to obtain more details.
All announcements will still continue to be posted on EICConnect.
How do I sign up to receive EICCAlert?
Student, faculty and staff EICC issued email address (i.e., email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com) in the EICC system are automatically put in the EICCAlert system. Students, faculty and staff need to log in to EICCAlert and add additional email and cell phone numbers, up to three each. Your EICCAlert Username is your EICC issued email address (i.e., email@example.com or email@example.com) A computer generated password has been sent to all students, faculty and staff at their EICConnect email address. To reset a password click the "Forgot username or password" below the login area and follow the directions.
For what types of emergencies will I be notified via this system?
EICC will send out EICCAlert in potentially dangerous situations and weather related closings. The system would be activated for events reflecting immediate pending danger such as a violent person on campus, a dangerous chemical spill or a bomb threat evacuation.
What is the time in which I should expect to receive an EICCAlert?
An EICCAlert will be broadcast in a timely manner as soon as all appropriate information is reviewed and a decision is made to send out an alert.
Will www.eicc.edu and EICConnect contain information about the emergency?
Information regarding an EICCAlert will be posted on the EICC website and EICConnect.
Other members of the EICC community received emergency (or test) EICCAlert messages, but I did not. What should I do?
If you did not receive an EICCAlert notify EICC Help Desk @ 563-336-3456 or email@example.com.
What action should I take if I do receive an EICCAlert?
EICC students, faculty and staff should carefully follow any instructions given in the EICCAlert.
Who can I contact with additional questions?
EICC Help Desk @ 563-336-3456 or firstname.lastname@example.com

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Who says woman who are expecting cannot look stylish? Here are few celebrities who have rocked in every type of silhouette while proudly showing off their baby bump.
Embrace layers but don't go overboard with adding too much of fabric in order to hide the baby bump. You might just end up making it look more prominent. Try the traditional silhouette like an 'Anarkali' which will help you to show off the bump in a subtle manner. Lara Dutta does look graceful in the 'Anarkali' above at a recent event.
Opt for brighter shades to peep up your mood since one might get alot of mood swings during this happy. Channel happy mood by wearing cheerful colors like yellows, reds and pinks. You can also try wearing floral prints but avoid larger prints and gloomy shades. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who has recently delivered a baby girl, knew how to look cheerful & glowing in a rani pink saree.
Avoid too fitted silhouette since you might wanna announce to the world in a delicate manner. So try flowy fabric like crepes, silk, chiffons, cotton instead of clingy ones. Padma Lakshmi definitely knows how to flaunt her baby bump in a satin top paired with black leggings & boots.
Show of other assets as well which you might end up not focusing on like your legs, your toned arms or your sexy decolletage. Put on your best accessories and shoes while you walk out that door beaming with confidence. Love Karisma's look wherein she gave emphasis on her legs by wearing a churidhar that also helped her look slimmer.
Shoes play a very important role for all 'mother-to-be' since during these times comfort is top priority. Try platform which do not exceed more than 1 & 1/2 inch, ballerinas or flat sandals. Proper grip of the shoe is a must since that minimizes the risk of falling. There are so many variety of shoes available for expecting mothers in a wide variety of colors. Kajol wore comfortable golden platform slip-ons at a book launch while she was expecting.
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The Popo Agie Conservation District received funding for the Popo Agie Watershed Poster and the Popo Agie Watershed Project by a Section 319 Clean Water Act Grant administered by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. The goal of the Popo Agie Watershed Poster was to create a colorful, artistic educational tool for students, local business, and other residents to enjoy. In addition to wonderful artwork, the Popo Agie Watershed poster contains resource information such as climate, vegetation, geology, water quality, land ownership, land use, hydrology, and much more.
The poster illustration was provided by local Lander artist Scott Greenig, while the graphic design was completed by Julie Darby with Black Dog Design. Stop by the PACD office today to receive your FREE copy of the Popo Agie Watershed Poster!
Copyright © Popo Agie Conservation District. All Rights Reserved.


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I grew up in California's central valley – a place known for its hot summer days. I'm pretty sure my brother and I spent more time in our neighbor's pool than in our own house during the summer months. We spent endless hours playing marco polo, diving for rings, and seeing who could hold their breath the longest under water. We stayed in the cool water as long as possible to beat the heat.
This week we share five condolences about memories from hot summer days:
- I would say my favorite memory of Aunt Christine was sitting on the door rock helping to make strawberry ice cream on a hot summer afternoon while all who could were out helping get the hay in. [Published in Morning Sentinel]
- Billy was a very special person to me! I would go to his store a few times a week and he became a familiar neighborhood friend. He knew everyone's name and he was always personable to all that came in. On those hot summer days I would visit him and bring him a cold beverage of appreciation. [Published in Philadelphia Inquirer & Philadelphia Daily News]
- I have fond memories of him and his kindness. On many a hot summer night, as a young man he would join in with the neighborhood kids by participating in kickball games held in his father's backyard. [Published in The News & Advance]
- I remember your mom as always being fun. I still tell people about the day that she convinced Greg that she stored her ice cream I the stove. We didn't believe her at all but went next door and had an ice cream straight from the stove on a really hot summer day. [Published in the Toronto Star]
- Your mother was one of the warmest, most caring and pleasant people I have ever had the privilege to have known. Our neighborhood and community at large was quite blessed to have her as part of it. She gave a small, 5 year old me a nice, cold cup of Koolaid one hot Summer day. Boy, I can still taste it right now. [Published in Rochester Democrat And Chronicle]
Legacy.com reviews one million condolence messages each month. In our "5 Condolences" series, we highlight messages with a common theme.


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So I had been out for a drive in search of some abandoned places. I had basically given up when I caught the site of what I thought was a body to an old car. I parked up and wandered over to take a closer look. Well it seems I was about twenty years too late to this vehicle graveyard which mainly consisted of the remains of trucks. Dual wheeled ones it seems.
Mainly rusty framework and the odd dial here so I had to think a bit differently about my shots. Instead of going wide as I normally would I mostly used my 50mm lens to capture some details.
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The St. Petersburg Swans improved to 5-1 on the season after sweeping a matinee double-header over the Tigers in blazing late Spring conditions in St. Pete Saturday.
Doing so required not one, but two, dramatic comebacks.
Played as two games on an 'AFLX' game clock (two 10-minute halves), the first match saw the Swans eke out a 4-point lead at the break, after falling behind by 13 in the early going.
St. Petersburg eventually won out over a wilting Tigers side, pulling away to a 10.3.63 – 6.7.43 result.
The second contest saw the Tigers power to a 30-0 lead before St. Pete answered with a goal and supergoal inside the final minute, to close the stanza trailing by 14.
In the second frame was all Swans, however, as the heat took its toll on Lakeland.
St. Petersburg notched a shutout for the final half, running out 18.104.22.168 – 4.4.30 winners.
That result was the first shutout half for the St. Petersburg defense since 2016.
While Kyle Roun, Austen Kugler, Jason Blackbourn and Robbie Scallaro stood tall for the Tigers, the Swans were able to power to comebacks on the legs of Major League Footy scoring leader Ben McIntosh, with big contributions from Nick Whiteside and Jake Keglor.
'Feels like' temperatures for the 11 AM first match were just under 100 with intense humidity.
The result pushes the Swans to a 5-1 season mark as they head into a 3-week break in the competition.
The MLF schedule will see the Tampa Bay Bombers (1-0) face the Clearwater Kangas (0-2) in a double-header in Week Nine.
Tampa Bay (1-0) can pull into the second spot on the 2018 Major League Footy Premiership ladder with a sweep, while Clearwater looks to dig out of the competition cellar.
Ball up is 4 PM, June 9 at Crescent Lake Common in St. Petersburg.


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Find in our website the solution for Large ceremonial gun. You have seen this clue on Puzzle Page Daily Crossword November 15 2018. This crossword game is created by AppyNation Ltd which has created many other crosswords games like World's Biggest Crossword.
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text: Though quite effective in the paint, the Denver Nuggets' bricks from beyond the arc cost them dearly last night in Portland. The Blazers took home a 101-93 win after watching the Nuggets miss all 22 three-point attempts. Per the Denver Post: "According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that's the most 3s missed in a game without one make in NBA history. Moreover, the Nuggets only made one shot clearly outside of the paint, a Ty Lawson jumper in the final minute (two of their basket were right on the left edge of the paint). So they finished 38-for-98 from the field (38.8 percent), making 37 baskets in the paint (for 74 points in the paint, a team season-high). Unreal. And from Stats Inc. — since 2006-07, the fewest field goals made by a team outside the paint was four. Denver made one at Portland."


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We have to give our robot some sources to derive truth values from, we do this with Testing Statements.
The simplest form of testing statement is testing a value of a variable representing a sensor.
Remember when we talked about Truth Values, I said that true had a value of 1 and false had a value of 0.
However, when you test a value of a variable it will always be true if the variable has a non-zero value.
g=3 [g is assigned the value of 3]
g is true.
f=5 [f is assigned the value of 5]
f is true.
h=0 [h is assigned the value of 0]
h is false.
You are more likely to use them when incorporating sensors.
So these examples will look more like these:
A=analog10(3); // A is true when the analog sensor 3 detects anything.
black_button as well as the digital sensors are true when being pressed.
Other, common forms of testing statements arecomparisons using logic andinequalities.
- Is A equal to B? [A==B]
- Is A greater than B? [A>B]
- Is A less than B? [A<B]
- Is A greater than or equal to B? [A>=B]
- Is A less than or equal to B? [A<=B]
- Is A not equal to B? [A!=B]


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SANS' Digital Forensics and Incident Response Private Training programme is ideal for organisations with over 25 students who require DFIR cyber security training.
Private Training sees a SANS Instructor deliver our DFIR courses directly to employees in a HQ, training space or offices.
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information about Private DFIR Training.
For organisations with fewer than 25 students, please see our Training Events & Online Training options.
Hands On DFIR Learning
SANS DFIR Security Training is, by design, a hands on learning experience. Students are immersed in practical forensic and incident response work across systems ranging from Windows to Apple.
Our DFIR Courses are built around lab exercises, live code samples and test systems. Students don't just learn theory they work with key technologies.
The work is challenging, enlightening, rewarding and all designed to make students a tougher DFIR practitioner.
DFIR Private Training Benefits
SANS knows that security is paramount. By delivering SANS training behind closed doors we can ensure the maximum level of discretion.
SANS Training offers employers and managers efficiencies including:
- Cost - Budget holders can avoid paying for a whole team's travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses.
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Read what previous students taking DFIR security training have to say about their course on our Testimonials page.
DFIR Security Certification
GIAC Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) is a widely respected provider of cyber security certification all over the world.
GAIC and SANS share a common belief in the importance of hands-on skills. GIAC Certification examinations test a professional's technical abilities and not just their factual knowledge.
SANS offers several DFIR courses that align with GIAC Certifications:
GIAC Certification Attempts are taken in a proctored test centre - an accredited, external establishment nominated by GIAC.
For any questions relating to training, read our FAQs or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Jack Wilshere has admitted that he feels uncertainty about his place in England's World Cup squad and believes that he still must produce his "top form" to be among Roy Hodgson's 23 for Brazil.
The performances this season at Arsenal of Aaron Ramsey and Mathieu Flamini have restricted Wilshere's opportunities in his favoured central midfield position and he is well aware that other players could also emerge on the England landscape.
Ravel Morrison and James Ward-Prowse are among those to have excelled for Gareth Southgate's Under-21 team.
Asked if he was "nailed on" for one of the 23 World Cup places, Wilshere said: "No, not at all. You have seen over the last couple of months, the talent there is, even in the Under-21s, Ravel Morrison and all these players coming through. You are never guaranteed, and cannot rest on your laurels. You are only as good as your last game, they say. So, when the time comes, I have to be on top form and there will be a lot of players looking to be as well.
"There are some big games coming up for the club at the moment, so I am just concentrating on that. By playing well for your club is where you are going to get into the England World Cup squad."
Wilshere played in the Wembley defeats against Chile and Germany but, with England delivering when it really counted in qualifying, he hopes that there will not be an overreaction to recent results.
"We had two good results last month, so we cannot be too hard on ourselves now. If you look through the two games, we had chances in both. I think they will be forgotten about by the time the next games come around. We won't want to lose again at Wembley, that is for sure."
Steven Gerrard, the England captain, has also called for some perspective after the two Wembley defeats but believes that England might actually benefit next summer from rather less expectation.
"After two defeats, everyone is going to be down and give us no chance and no hope," Gerrard said. "But when you look at the big picture, at our performances in the qualifiers, you can be upbeat. I think it's important we're not too hard on ourselves and don't write our chances off.
"We're not one of the favourites. We know that. Of course there are better teams out there than us. But, at the same time, you've got to go into the tournament with a bit of belief and confidence, and give it your best shot.
"I think these results will bring people a little bit down from where they were after Poland and Montenegro, there will be a bit of realism and perspective out there. I think it's important people are not too harsh."
But might it be helpful to have rather less expectation?
"I think it will be," Gerrard said. "You go into a World Cup where people judge you fairly, and they're not blowing you up to what you're not going to be, and there's not too much pressure and expectation on the players. I'm sure that will help us."


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Speak Of The Devil
Released 1982
Type - Live
Track Listing
Symptom Of The Universe
Black Sabbath
Fairies Wear Boots
War Pigs
The Wizard
Sweet Leaf
Never Say Die
Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
Iron Man/Children Of The Grave
Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Rudy Sarzo - Bass
Brad Gillis - Guitar
Tommy Aldridge - Drums
Don Airey - Keyboards
This album is sometimes also called "Talk of the Devil".
The album of "Sabbath covers" was Ozzy's idea, as he was contractually obligated to deliver this, and he didn't want Randy's name & work on an album called "Speak of the Devil".
Recorded live at the Ritz, New York, New York on September 26 & 27, 1982.
The band had only a couple of days to rehearse and learn all these songs.


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Graham Hardy (trumpet), Alastair Lord (trumpet), Jamie Toms (tenor saxophone),
David Gray (trombone), Mark Ferris (trombone), Phil Rosier (tuba), Rob Walker (snare drum) & Brendan Murphy (bass drum)
For the last eleven years we've been updating the world about jazz in the north east of England and updating the north east of England about jazz in the world. WINNER of the Jazz Media Category in the 2018 Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
Aubrey Logan: "I chose trombone because trombone just kicks my ass, and I needed to do something that was hard" - (DownBeat June 2019).
Rendezvous Jazz - Monkseaton Arms, Front Street, Monkseaton NE25 8DP. Tel: 0191 251 3928. 1:00pm. Free.
Giles Strong Trio - Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Market Place, Bishop Auckland DL14 7NP. Tel: 03000 269 524. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Dave Kelly & Christine Collister - Gala Theatre & Cinema, Millennium Place, Durham DH1 1WA . Tel: 03000 266 600. 8:00pm. £18.00.
The Hookahs - Billy Bootleggers, Nelson St, Newcastle NE1 5AN. 9pm. Free.
Groove-a-matics - Lindisfarne Club, West St., Wallsend NE28 8LG. Tel: 0191 262 4258. 9:00pm.
To the best of our knowledge, details of the above events are correct but may be subject to alteration.


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Here's your chance to tell the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) how much you care about our local animals and habitats.
Jim Unsworth, WDFW Director, has announced an exciting new multi-year initiative, Washington's Wild Future: A Partnership for Fish and Wildlife. The idea is to seek public comments and ideas to strengthen the department's relationships with communities, increase support for conservation and outdoor recreation, and help ensure the department meets the public's needs.
|Woodland Park Zoo has partnered with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for nearly 25 years, including on the recovery of the endangered western pond turtle. Photo by Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo.
Four regional public forums have been scheduled for October. Each meeting will begin with a presentation about the importance of fish and wildlife to Washington's quality of life and the economies of its local communities. Participants will then be invited to speak with department representatives, as well as Dr. Unsworth.
Four upcoming Wild Futures meetings are scheduled for 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the following dates and locations:
- Oct. 6 – WDFW Mill Creek Office, 16018 Mill Creek Blvd, Mill Creek.
- Oct. 8 – Saint Martin's University, Norman Worthington Conference Center, 5300 Pacific Ave. SE, Lacey.
- Oct. 14 – Water Resources Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver.
- Oct. 20 – Port of Chelan County Confluence Technology Center, 285 Technology Center Way, Wenatchee.
It is very important that Dr. Unsworth, who is new to Washington and WDFW, hears from the public their strong support for wildlife conservation. I hope you can attend one of these meetings, or alternatively, leave written suggestions and comments on Washington's Wild Future webpage.
|On October 6, zoo staff will release about 750 headstarted, endangered Oregon spotted frogs into their wetlands habitat in Pierce County. Photo by Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo.
Woodland Park Zoo for nearly 25 years has worked closely with WDFW on a variety of species and wildlife issues, including western pond turtles, Oregon spotted frogs and carnivore conservation. We are grateful for our partnership with WDFW and for their hard work protecting Washington's rich diversity of fish and wildlife, but at the same time we are concerned about the future of wildlife in our state. Dr. Unsworth's call to work with the public to build a stronger and more effective Fish and Wildlife is both timely and urgent.
As human numbers inevitably increase in coming years, development will likely cause significant habitat loss and fragmentation, and as a result we will witness an accelerating number of threatened species. From our perspective, the department should be less reactive and more proactive in addressing biodiversity conservation. Best management practice suggests taking actions before species become endangered. But this will require additional funds for the department and more strategic and stronger partnerships between WDFW, academia, businesses, civic leaders, citizens, non-profit organizations and other state agencies. In the long run, a more proactive approach to protect all species will cost less and is much more likely to protect human wellbeing and our local economies than trying to rescue endangered species.
|Plans are being considered by federal and state officials to restore grizzly bears in North Cascades National Park. In coming months, when the final proposal is submitted for public review, we will be asking you to speak up for Washington grizzly bears! Photo courtesy of Western Wildlife Outreach, a Woodland Park Zoo Partner for Wildlife.
At Woodland Park Zoo, we believe that protecting wildlife is essential in order to build a resilient and sustainable Washington for our children and future generations. Here are a few points I will make to Dr. Unsworth and Washington's Wild Future initiative:
• A healthy, sustainable Washington for people and animals requires that WDFW and its partners proactively manage and protect "all species for all constituents."
• WDFW is currently underfunded and in urgent need of additional financial resources.
• Wildlife management decisions ought to be based on science and expert advice, not political compromise. This is especially true for carnivores like wolves, grizzly bears and cougars.
• Protecting wildlife in Washington would benefit greatly by WDFW increasing the number and variety of its strategic partnerships, as citizen participation from a broad group of stakeholders will be necessary to demonstrate the public's strong desire to invest in wildlife conservation.
• Woodland Park Zoo stands ready to help WDFW in its efforts to protect our state's precious wildlife heritage.
Please join me in sharing your support for wildlife by participating in the Washington's Wild Future. Speaking up is one of the most important actions you can make to both save animals and create a sustainable world!


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News Ticker: August 9
All the news that's fit to blog
By Brandon Watson,
4:00PM, Fri. Aug. 9, 2013
Louie Gohmert chooses his own adventure, Rick Perry makes a catty remark, and Cathie Adams prepares for end times. Catastrophe is on the News Ticker.
• Oops. Sen. Ken Paxton was forced to issue a correction when Empower Texans' Michael Quinn Sullivan revealed to the Texas Tribune that he has yet to endorse any attorney general candidate. The revelation also calls into doubt some of Paxton's other purported endorsements, including Ronald Reagan and the Snuggle fabric softener bear.
• Controversial performance artist Rep. Louis Gohmert is still on his crusade to expose the multilingual subterfuge of "radical Islamists."
• Meanwhile, Tea Party activists are trying to get Gohmert to run against Sen. John Cornyn in the next election. Gohmert spurned those advances, telling The Washington Examiner that, "It's not on my radar."
• Texas energy aggregator cum climate change apologist Electricity Bid is boasting that former V.P. Al Gore will not like their 3,000 Facebook likes, which is a bit like a runner bragging about being ahead just as the race's victor laps them.
• The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin has ten ideas for making Gov. Rick Perry a viable 2016 presidential candidate. We only have one, but we're a little fuzzy on how he can become Hillary Clinton with such short notice.
• Perry was not impressed by yesterday's Texas visit from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, delivering the withering bon mot "It's not that Americans don't understand Obamacare, it's that we understand it all too well." We always suspected he had a little Dorothy Parker in him.
• Former Texas Republican Chair Cathie Adams fears that immigration reform will lead to Armageddon, which is a disappointing because she really hoped that the GOP would bring about the end of the world.
• We are looking forward to the debates between new Democratic challenger Michael Cole and incumbent Rep. Steve Stockman. We always wondered how things would go down if the McLaughlin Group suddenly wondered onto the set of the Gong Show.
• As gotcha journalism goes, The Weekly Standard's getting Sen. Wendy Davis to say "I don't know what happened in the Gosnell case" isn't exactly on the same level as Katie Couric's infamous Sarah Palin interview. It's more like that time your nephew got you to sit on a partially deflated whoopee cushion.
• In case paranoia profiteer Alex Jones makes up some story involving the Illuminati, Leslie Cochran, and Screech from Saved by the Bell, rest assured that the upcoming homeland security exercise planned by the Texas Department of Public Safety probably has nothing to do with establishing a new world order.
• That said, it's no coincidence that BMW introduced its electric car in Austin. Open your eyes, people!
• State Comptroller Susan Combs's page for this weekend's sales tax holiday is bursting with useful information. Before today, we didn't know that "a backpack is a pack with straps one wears on the back." We've been wearing them as codpieces for years.
• We don't mean to gloat, but the Chronicle is, like, totes besties with Rachel Maddow.
A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austin's independent news source for almost 40 years, expressing the community's political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands.
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Adorable Headboard Design For Your Bedroom
Author: Lorraine Hopkins
Decorating your bedroom with a headboard is a good idea. There are some headboard design ideas for your bedroom are available. These headboard design ideas can make a statement in your bedroom. Choose one of headboard design ideas according your personality or your bedroom theme. One example of the ideas; leather headboard. Leather headboards can create a sophisticated look for your bedroom area, making it look expensive and tasteful. They really draw attention to themselves as the center focus of the room, so other elements don't need to be as strong as with some other styles.
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Vision the Kid and Tru recently dropped a video for the title track of their new album Somewhere in a Dark City.
The song takes the listener back to when Vision was, literally, a kid and growing up in Milwaukee. Vision raps about his high school years where there was "lots of skateboarding, smoking things we shouldn't and being amateur kleptos," Vision said. "not my finest moment, but I wanted to speak on that part of my life."
The themes of growing up and now living in a city carry through a lot of the album and that's why the duo chose this song as the title track. "The more we worked on it, the more we saw it was revolving, lyrically, around my experiences in Milwaukee and Minneapolis and the idea of using a city as a larger theme really gave us a lot of room to work in, while at the same time giving us just enough focus."
"Somewhere in a Dark City" features Minneapolis band Taj Raj vocalist Ben Burwell on the hook. Vision and Tru originally connected with Burwell through mutual friends in Milwaukee, according to Vision.
Vision the Kid and Tru's album Somewhere in a Dark City is available to stream and download. Make sure to follow Vision and Tru for more updates and more new music in the near future.


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Original blog post: https://www.continentalcars.co.nz/news/womens-finance-wellbeing-seminar/
A full house of 120 women attended the event, at Continental Cars' Audi showroom on June 20.
Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell spoke about her own financial journey, from spending up large on shoes and luxuries, to smart financial decisions for her future.
Maxwell said she was concerned that women were not adequately preparing for the challenges of retirement. They needed to overcome issues like being reluctant to ask for more pay and time out of the workforce, considering they're likely to spend longer in retirement.
Sarah Laurie spoke about her research into women and stress, and offered some simple tips for reducing the 'fight or flight' response in day-to-day life.
Then entrepreneur Cecelia Robinson of My Food Bag explained how she went from being a rookie at starting up companies, to becoming a true leader, who can bring out the best in a team. She's learning the value of investment since selling My Food Bag.
JUNO publisher and editorial director Jacqueline Taylor thanked the audience for attending and announced the winners of the prize draws.
The next in this series is the JUNO and Continental Cars Men's Finance & Wellbeing event on October 5.


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Barriga, Caluag picked to end PH medal drought
(The author is sports editor of the Philippines Daily Inquirer)
LONDON—The chief of mission of the 11-man Philippine delegation is basically looking at only two possible sources of Philippine medals at the London Olympics here.
Manny Lopez, also the Philippine Olympic Committee vice president, said he sees just boxing's Mark Barriga and BMX racing's Daniel Caluag as the two athletes who could end the country's medal drought in three Olympics.
"They have a chance and we are praying that Lady Luck also smiles on them," said Lopez late Thursday night. "Barriga and Caluag are two gifted athletes who just could spring a surprise."
Barriga's first-round opponent in boxing's light flyweight division would not be known until late Friday night (Saturday morning). Boxing official Ed Picson said his ward could have a stronger chance of progressing into the later rounds if he does not draw any of the weight category's top three, including defending Olympic champion Zhou Ziming of China.
Incidentally, it was Barriga's defeat to Zhou in an Olympic qualifier in Uzbekistan last year that landed the Filipino a berth in the Games. The international boxing federation, in a qualification quirk, put Barriga in the Olympics for losing to the tournament champion (Zhou).
No other Filipino boxer—man or woman—managed to nail an Olympic spot, with featherweight Charly Suarez getting closest to qualification by settling for the silver in another tournament that rewarded the gold medalist a London berth.
Caluag, the Filipino-American who reigned for four years as the United States No. 1 BMX rider, earned his spot in the Games by accumulating enough points in the international circuit. He will be handicapped, though, by his unfamiliarity with the race course.
Shunned by a secretive US team at its practice course in Chula Vista, California,
Caluag went to the Netherlands for last-minute training. He will be the last Filipino athlete to check at the Olympic Village here.
"I believe Caluag knows what to expect from his rivals," said Lopez.
His biggest opponents will come from the British and US teams. The Americans won half of the gold medals at stake in cycling in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Me: Gracie, do you have a dirty diaper?
Grace: Yes. It's lucky.
Me: I know…it's yucky.
Grace: It's 'GUSTING!!
Me: Totally disgusting….
Gracie is learning her ABC's:
"ABCDEXYN now I know my abc's, next time won't you sing with me." (We're working on it.)
I inquired about the "talk" that Joshua had with Daddy about hitting. He said, "I'm under punctuation. If I hit my sisters again, it doesn't matter what time it is, I will be sent to my room for the rest of the night. But if one of my sisters hits me, they should go under punctuation too!"
"Where in the TRUMPET are we going now?" Joshua asked when we turned down an unfamiliar street.
(They have more fun picking the paper wrappers off than actually coloring!)
At the pre-school play, Kaylee and Jack were Native Indians.
I overheard this conversation on the drive home:
Kaylee: Jack, I want to marry you!
Jack: Friends don't marry friends!
Grammy's friend brought over 7 Dalmatian puppies that were 4 weeks old.
Awwwww! Puppies and kids...
"I just love monarch butterflies.
They are so beautiful. I really miss them.
(BIG SIGH) I haven't seen them in YEARS!" (She's 4.)
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Things heard around my house: November 2011
1 comment:
- Neabear said...
I missed this post! I have to laugh at the funny things your kids say! So cute!
- December 8, 2011 at 9:51 PM
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Another Cap For Cab
Written by Newcastle Utd
Yohan Cabaye starts for France in their draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina, while a number of other Newcastle players were on international duty on Tuesday
By Anthony Marshall - Newcastle United Journalist
Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye won his eighth international cap for France on Tuesday night, as they sealed their qualification for Euro 2012.
Samir Nasri's late penalty earned Les Bleus a 1-1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina, meaning they topped Group D and consigned their opponents to the play-offs.
And Cabaye's impressive form in the black and white stripes of United has obviously not gone unnoticed by national head coach Laurent Blanc, who handed the 25-year-old his second start in five days.
Cabaye played for 61 minutes before being replaced by Marvin Martin.
In Group E, Magpies keeper Tim Krul was an unused sub for the Netherlands, who slipped to a 3-2 defeat away in Sweden. The result had no effect on Krul and Co's qualification hopes, however, as they had already sealed top spot.
And Jonas Gutierrez remained on the bench throughout as Argentina lost 1-0 away in Venezuela in their second 2014 World Cup qualifier.
Elsewhere on Tuesday night, Davide Santon got another 90 minutes under his belt as Italy Under 21s beat Turkey 2-0.
Riccardo Saponara and Mattia Destro netted either side of half-time for the hosts as they maintained their 100 per cent record in Group Seven of their Euro 2013 qualifying campaign.
United boss Alan Pardew will have been delighted to see the full-back come through the match unscathed, after he recovered from a slight knee injury suffered soon after signing from Inter Milan in the summer.
Teenage defender Paul Dummett was an unused substitute as Wales Under 21s lost 1-0 at home to the Czech Republic.


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The Commanders in Chief over at the New York Times soon will call for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq, some suppose, to be deployed in New York City to prevent… Well, everyone knows what they will prevent.
"Lamb: Do you think you'll eventually call for us to get out of Iraq?
"Andrew Rosenthal- Wow, should I answer that question?
"Lamb - Absolutely.
"Rosenthal- I think its becoming more likely. I mean I don' t know what George Bush is going to say. We've been going through this very odd spectacle this week of all these meetings and I'm not quite sure what to make of it. We actually wrote about it this week. I mean, are we really supposed to believe he just started thinking about it this week? What are these meetings about? Are we supposed to believe the Army just started thinking about it this week? I mean its crazy. It has to be true that he's just going through this for some crazy public relations stunt.
"It depends on what he says - if he comes up with a plan that could lead in some reasonable period of time to an orderly withdraw than that's one thing. If he sticks to these fictions about achieving victory and all the other things that he keep talking about then we may have to change. It really does depend, I mean, we're going to withdraw our troops from Iraq and we're going to do that without initiating a fully functioning government that serves as a beacon of hope for the Middle East. I mean its interesting and very instructive to go back and look at last year's strategy for success in Iraq strategy included: defeating terrorists, establishing full democracy in Iraq, an independent army, and an Iraq that is part of the international economic system, I don't know what that means. Are they supposed to join the IMF or the WTO? I don't know what the heck that means. And this kind of burgeoning democracy throughout the Middle East well none of that 's going to happen, I think that's pretty clear - at least not in George Bush's timeframe."
And isn't it comforting to know that someone out there takes threats of sexual molestation seriously?
Coming fast on the heels of that discouraging word are reports that ex-president Jimmy Carter has disarmed.
"BOSTON Jimmy Carter has decided not to visit Brandeis University to talk about his new book "Palestine: Peace not Apartheid."
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"Carter's book is controversial because the title's inclusion of the word "apartheid" appears to equate the treatment of Palestinians with the state-sanctioned racial segregation that once divided South Africa.
"The Nobel Peace Prize winner who brokered the 1978 Camp David peace accords says the goal of his book is to provoke dialogue and action.
"Dershowitz asks if Carter wants to encourage more debate, 'then why won't he debate?'"


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support offered by Past & Present Post-Doctoral Fellowships and more
The Society and the Institute of Historical Research will next year offer up to three two-year postdoctoral JRFs in History tenable at the Institute.
Each Fellowship will be awarded to a graduate who expects to have submitted his/her doctoral thesis in history (broadly defined) by 1 October of the year of the Fellowship. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate a broad
interest in processes of social, economic, political and cultural change, as manifested in their particular field of study. The Society wishes to promote work of a kind that might be published in the journal and the P&P book series.
Applicants may be of any nationality, and their PhD (or equivalent) may have been awarded in any country.
The Past and Present Society is able to award grants to organisers of conferences and workshops. It supports scholars of any status and is particularly keen to fund events that bring together senior scholars with early career researchers. The grants are intended to subsidise registration fees, and cover accommodation and travel costs. Amounts of up to £5,000 can be applied for. Please note that the Society will NOT normally offer funding to annual conferences; and that grants cannot be sought retrospectively.
Applicants should note that the Society will not normally meet the full costs of the event and that they are expected to approach their own institutions as well as well as other funding bodies where possible. Economy fares should be used.
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I checked in to a couple of the pre-conference sessions yesterday. Most of them appeared to be the standard format, with a presenter speaking from the podium, but in the one on project management, I found attendees actually managing projects! They were gathered in groups around the tables with charts, Post-It notes, and then they were putting some of the charts on the wall for discussion. Hands-on practice is one of the best learning experiences! (In the picture at right , you see Mary Auckland, the instructor, helping a group.)
Below is Greg Notess, who we saw in an earlier post getting fueled up with breakfast. Evidently, he was well fueled–notice how he doesn't need the microphone!
Pre-conference and post-conference sessions provide valuable learning experiences and are a feature of most ITI conferences. Perhaps you should consider attending one in the future. They even include lunch–a great networking opportunity.
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On December 15, 1939 in Atlanta, Georgia, Gone with the Wind premiered at the Loew's Grand Theatre. One million people attended. They had three days of festivities in honor of the movie and they even had a parade. There were limousines and people dressed in costumes like confederates. Mayor William B. Hartsfield hosted the event and Eurith D. Rivers, the governor of Georgia attended, and declared December 15 a state holiday. Clark Gable attended the event under direst, he wanted to boycott the event, but somehow someone convinced him to attend.
This would have been a great event to attend around the holidays. People in other states would have been able to give tickets to the premiere at gifts for the holiday.
To get in to see Gone with the Wind was quite expensive. There were limited seats, and it cost a $1 to see the movie. This was more than double the price. They charged this price for the show from December 1939 through July of 1940. The movie only played at a limited number of theaters.
Gone with the Wind cost 7 million to make including advertising they only had a budget of $3.85 million.
Adult tickets are usually $11 now for an evening show, so imagine paying $22 a ticket to see one movie per person. The Hobbit is offering Super Tickets where they are charging people $35 a ticket with Fandango with that purchase you get a copy of The Hobbit Unexpected Journey (2012). Would you pay that much money to go to the movie theater? We are lucky we have more to keep us entertained. If they could not go see the movie, they could read the book.


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Shamanic HealingHealing the Soul from Boulder, Colorado
The word 'shaman' comes from the Turkic, Turko-Mongol and Tungusic cultures of ancient Siberia. It refers to an individual who travels into spiritual realms and receives information about healing the spirit through divination, returning lost souls, cleansing excess negative energies, restoring balance to individuals and their communities.
Shamanic healing is comprised of a range of beliefs and practices concerned with communicating with the spirit world. It is not a religion but an ancient method of spiritual healing that addresses the spiritual aspect of illness.
Shamans are intermediaries between the physical and spirit realms and treat illness by mending the soul. By drumming and rattling in her Boulder office, Rosa alters her consciousness and journeys to the spirit realms for the purposes of healing or divination: this altered state is referred to as the 'shamanic journey'. Once the problem is identified, the goal is to restore balance and vitality to an individual, their family or community.
From the shamanic healing perspective, illness is caused by:
- A loss of power: resulting in depression, chronic illness, or a series of life misfortunes, and remedied by a power animal retrieval
- A loss of essence: resulting in a piece of one's vital essence (soul) being lost due to physical or emotional traumas, such as suicide, abuse, accidents, surgery, long-standing illness, and remedied by a soul retrieval
- A spiritual blockage or intrusion: where a foreign energy enters an individual who is in a state of soul or power loss. As a result, this energy is lodged in an area of the body and must be cleared so harmony can be restored, remedied by a clearing or removal of spirit entity.
To effectively cure the root cause of illness, heal soul traumas, and release patterns of suffering, shamanic healing is used to restore health in the following ways:
Power Animal Retrieval
Power animals are spirits who are willing to devote themselves to the betterment of our lives by becoming our spiritual allies and offering us their power. When we are faced with what feels like a difficult or dangerous time in our life, a power animal retrieval restores well being by imbuing us with an animals particular strengths, knowledge, and talents. We are invited to forge an enduring relationship with our power animal through meditation or rituals, as revealed in the shamanistic power animal retrieval journey.
Soul Retrieval
The process of Soul Retrieval restores the use and ownership of our vital essence (a soul part) that has separated from us due to a perceived traumatic experience. The soul part flees in order to survive the experience as a means of self-preservation. Our gifts, abilities, skills, and often memories of the trauma are gone and we experience this loss in very real ways; some common examples:
- Something feels 'missing' from our life – we are in a perpetual state of being detached from life
- Depression, suicidal thoughts, addiction(s), and/or prolonged chronic illness or grief
- Post-traumatic stress syndrome; immune deficiency disorders
- Difficulty in navigating life
- The feeling "I have not been the same since…."
In shamanic healing, your shaman uses drumming or rattling to enter into an altered state of consciousness and travels to the spirit realms to heal the trauma and retrieve lost soul parts. They are returned to the individual, free of the originating trauma. Once returned, an individual is able to reconnect with their gifts, fully restored to a state of well being and wholeness.
What might a Soul Retrieval look like? Click here for more information.
Healing Extraction
Healing extraction removes displaced energy from the body: it can take the form of a foreign energy that has occupied a person's auric field, experienced as a constant pain or discomfort, or literally an energy blockage in the body. This is energy that interferes with your power and the extraction simply removes this displaced energy and returns it safely to Source.
Removal of Spirit Entities
When a person suffers from any of the above forms of illness, they may become susceptible to energies that are not their own- referred to as suffering beings or Entities.
Sometimes these energies are in the form of recurring, negative thoughts, or even energetic thoughts directed to us by others.
These beings feed off an individual's personal energy and may influence them in a variety of ways. Often experienced as a lack of energy, depression, anxiety, or other negative emotions, we may assume these emotions or behaviors are our own. Usually these suffering beings are people whose own death experience was derailed and were unable to successfully journey into the Light. Removal of these suffering beings is an opportunity to assist them to cross into the Light and continue on their spiritual journey.
Shamanic Healing as a Way of Life
Core shamanism is a system of fundamental cross-cultural principles found in all shamanic cultures. These methods are easily integrated into contemporary life and provide easy, safe, reliable means to manifest positive life-changing results. Shamanism is a path that allows us to achieve our soul's desires.
Shamanic Healing is more than a set of sacred tools and techniques: shamanism is a way of life.
Shamanism offers us an authentic alliance with those that inhabit the spiritual realms. This understanding allows us to entertain the possibility that the laws of the spiritual and physical realms stem from One Source and we can always bring ourselves into alignment with that Source.
Why not take a leap of faith and try it? You'll be surprised at what you discover.
"Rosa journeyed to discarnate spirits, offer their messages, and channel healing energy into my body. On my 4th visit – WOW- Rosa pulled out excess energy from my lungs. I woke up the next morning for the first time in over a year without pain."
– L. Casson, NY
"Rosa, your shamanic guide, travels alongside with you. I always felt and our journey took me to places I was meant to see and experience. When we were done, I literally felt the purge of all toxins from my body."
– E. Sanfiz, NJ


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VAIS member schools must be "independent." We define "independent" in the following fashion:
VAIS documentation 7.b which supports Standard 7 calls for a current audit, management letter, and opinion letter which means that on an annual basis a "full opinion" audit is conducted by a certified public accountant independent of the school, according to the principles of "Statement-of-Position-7810," issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, entitled "Accounting Principles and Reporting Practices for Certain Non-Profit Organizations." SOP-7810 audits require an accountant's opinion certifying the audit to be conducted in accordance with "generally accepted accounting standards and principles," (i.e., random testing of transactions, investigation of internal controls), a balance sheet, a statement of support/revenues, expenses, capital additions, and changes in fund balances.
Nonetheless, the by-laws should state that outside of those limitations explicitly stated or powers explicitly denied, all other powers of the day-to-day and year-to-year operations are reserved to the school's administration and the school's governing board.
A church-related school may have some of but not all of the membership of its governing board, but at least one-third of the school's independent governing board must be comprised of members not a part of the parent institution's governing board.
To be "a legal entity organized not-for-profit," the school should be nonproprietary. A majority of the Board members should have no financial interest in the school. If a Board member receives remuneration for school services rendered or facilities provided, such remuneration should not exceed fair market value.
Many VAIS schools affirm a religious mission or a particular educational philosophy and continue to be considered "independent" schools. When a school's philosophy, however, dictates that all teacher and textbook selections are predicated upon a single dogma, (e.g., philosophical, political, religious, etc.), then that philosophy no longer espouses the idea of schools as a marketplace of ideas. In that case academic freedom is considered by VAIS to be absent and that school, accordingly, is considered not to be independent.


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Dock Seals
DSS Foam Dock Seal with Head Pad
Ideal for smaller doors (9' wide x 9' high or less), the Foam Dock Seal with Head Pad model provides a positive seal between internal and external environments. It seals automatically as the vehicle is backed against the foam pads. Built of heavy-duty construction including roll-formed TufSteel® galvanized steel, it offers long life with minimal maintenance.
Design Highlights
- Standard Base Projection: 10"
- Standard Base Fabric: 22 oz Vinyl
- Roll Formed, Galvanized Steel Side & Head Pad Backing
- Unit Projection Should Not Exceed Twice the Size of Side Pad Backing
- See Bracket Chart for Bracket Selection
- 114" Minimum Unit Width Recommended
- 93" Clear Opening Recommended for Cold Storage Applications – Increase Unit Width by 3"
- Increase "Standard" Unit Height by 6" When 14' Trucks Are Present (Western States)


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Samsung I8910 Omnia HD Preview
HD Mobility
Just slightly over a year back, Samsung made its definitive move into the smartphone segment with the unveiling of the Samsung Omnia. Call it what you may, the iPhone killer, the sexy Windows Mobile device, the Omnia was the Korean conglomerate's golden goose in terms of popularity amongst consumers. Its upcoming successor, the Samsung OmniaHD I8910, will definitely be worthy of the Omnia name - at least that's the impression we've had since the unit came into our labs yesterday.
Holding the unit, the first thing that came to mind was the sheer size of the Omnia HD. The device measures in at a lengthy 123 x 59 x 12.9 mm, and it felt long in our hands. Plus it weighs in at a hefty 148g. Nonetheless, from its huge 3.7-inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen and the sheer joy we get out of viewing videos and surfing web pages on it, its bulk might just be worth it. In fact, it is almost the size of a mobile internet device (MID)!
The Omnia HD gets a full makeover treatment on both the hardware and software front. Hardware-wise, you get a larger screen as mentioned earlier on, a new 3.5mm audio jack for easy headphone connectivity, and a bumped up 8-megapixel imaging sensor. The device still retains its original memory capacity in two versions: 8GB and 16GB. For its software, the Omnia HD retains the TouchWiz interface, albeit it's now a skin on top of something new: the latest Symbian S60 V5.0 OS. This places the Omnia HD as the second device that utilizes the touch-screen based Symbian OS. More importantly, the interface is swifter than what we've experienced earlier on with Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic.
Samsung users will probably find themselves more attuned with the Symbian interface, seeing as how both its proprietary interface and the Symbian OS have a lot of similarities with their interface layout. Plus, the interface is extremely speedy and responsive throughout our usage of various functions - this is a rare trait on smartphones by the way.
There are some new updates to the TouchWiz interface though. Firstly, we spotted a cube interface that resembles what we've covered in our LG Arena review . By swiping the screen to the left or the right, we were able to access separate menus such as the Photo Contact, the main TouchWiz UI or the Symbian S60 menu. Secondly, the TouchWiz UI is now split into three distinctive pages. The downside lies in accessing the separate pages as we had to go deeper into the TouchWiz settings and click on the next page to access widgets that are placed amongst the pages. Widgets are aplenty on the Omnia HD, but we noticed that most of them, such as the Lonely Planet or Facebook widgets, are basically URL links that brings you to the web page on the Omnia HD's web browser.
Taking a cue from the recent imaging powerhouses such as the Samsung PIXON and its INNOV8 series, the Omnia HD also sport a similar 8-megapixel imaging sensor. What's no longer similar, is the device's ability to record videos at resolutions up to 1280 x 720, or as normally referred to as HD recording in the 720p range.
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RuntimeDNA is a large digital community in the 3D Poser industry. It provides a wide selection of digital content and provides a great learning environment for its members with a very active forum who are from all over the world. A large user art gallery also reflects the vibrant community. The store boasts over 2500 products with more than 100 content creators!
Syyd Raven is an award winning 3D artist who began the journey of creating this community back in 2001, with Colm Jackson and Eric Van Dycke. 3D Art Direct is very pleased to have just interviewed Syyd for this tenth session of our podcast.
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In this interview we learn:-
- How Syyd delighted in sketching from an early age and her first efforts at digital art.


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Lifestyle factors may have more to do with a child's unhealthy cholesterol test scores and weight than his or her genes, according to a new study from University of Michigan researchers, which found that overweight children share many of the same habits.
Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic in the U.S. This is having major consequences on the heart health of the nation's youth. While some recent studies have shown that many of these adolescents have been genetically programmed to be overweight, the new findings suggest that the condition is far more controllable.
The researchers surveyed a group of more than 1,000 sixth-graders from Michigan. The questionnaire asked about the type of food they eat and how much time they spend on certain activities.
The results showed that overweight and obese children were more likely to eat unhealthy school lunches and spend two hours or more each day watching TV or playing videogames.
The researchers said that genetic factors may still play a role in extremely obese children. However, they suspect the majority of overweight children who have unhealthy cholesterol test scores simply need to improve lifestyle factors.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
Beard Facts
I would add:
* Keeps the chin warm
* Hides a weak chin
* Makes shaving much faster
* Small children wonder if you're really Santa Claus
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Pakiri Beach Horse Rides
Fabulous riding, through beach, bush and farmland. From 1 hour to 7 day coast to coast rides. Horses to suit all rider abilities - Fun in the rain and awesome in the sun.
- Adult
- $65.00 - $5,999.00
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Imagine the sun on your skin, the wind in your face and only the sound of hoof-beats and surf on the white sand of an unpopulated South Pacific beach. Here at Pakiri you can experience the best horse riding on horses suited for first time novices to experienced riders, with friendly guides trained to help you have a safe and fabulous time on horseback.
What ever your ability we will give you the ride of your dreams…exciting or tranquil just how you like it!
Be refreshed and rejuvenated and leave feeling empowered, invigorated and wanting more! Glorious country setting - Farmland, native rainforest and white sand surf beaches with views to the islands beyond.
1 & 2 hour rides, half & full day treks. 2 day, 3 day & 5 day Warrior Trail
Physical address
Pakiri Beach Horse Rides, Rahuikiri Rd, Pakiri, Pakiri, Auckland, 0972, New Zealand.
Opening times
- Business hours:
- Open every day 9 am to 5pm Closed Tuesday and Wednesday in July, August only. Closed Christmas Day 25 Dec and New Years Day 1 Jan. Open all other days.
- Months of operation:
- All months of the year
Pricing and Conditions
|$65.00 - $5,999.00
- Age restriction:
- 5
- Further pricing information:
- Price range relates to one hour to seven day treks.


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Spinnakers Blue Bridge used to be labelled a Double IPA, but they have renamed it a Double Pale Ale, perhaps because it is not as much a hop explosion as some Double IPAs. It still has a good dose of hoppiness though, but seems to be carefully balanced with the malt, which makes this beer a refreshing change from the wealth of similar double or imperial IPAs on the market.
Spinnakers is one of those breweries that are hard to find outside of its local neighbourhood (Victoria, British Columbia) but are well worth the effort as the line-up includes some great Canadian takes on some classic British Ales.
This is a very enjoyable strong pale ale that hides its alcohol well, has some grainy sweetness and a good herbal hoppy finish. Although this won't blast your taste buds away, it may well tickle your fancy, especially if you serve it at the correct temperature – too cold and you'll miss half the flavour!
Best Served: 10°C