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Old Tom named April the cruelest month of all. We don't know if that had anything to do with kicking things off with April Fools Day hijinks or not. Actually, it was probably more the vernal emergence of lilacs and other flora stirring up a combination of memory and desire that got him so exercised. Whatever, the label's pretty much stuck and we're more than willing to attribute it, at least in part, to the perpetual yuckfest that takes place on the first of the month. Practical jokes are almost invariably neither. Not that we're above them ourselves on occasion. Still, fans of the boyz at Defense Distributed and their new(ish) site, defcad.org have been burning up the intertubes (and our inboxes) today with news of the government crackdown they just knew was coming all along. Relax. Glance at a calendar. And get the hell off of our lawn.
OMG! The Jackboots Have Stomped on defcad.org! OMG!
So what law were they breaking again? Oh, right…
I was pretty impressed with this one, simply because it's genius, and many people don't get that it's a joke and react accordingly. Even funnier is the people that don't believe that it's a joke after being told.
When he finally does poke the dog enough to bite him, it will ruin my shadenfreude, because we will all be paying the price.
I was thinking along those lines myself.
I damn near had a heart attack until I compared this to the real seizure notice Megaupload got slapped with.
(Yet still scary that it is entirely plausible)
It says a lot that we live in a world where this is entirely plausible.
The sad part is, I wouldn't put it by the current administration to do just this.
I fell for it. Lol
CNN just reported this as breaking news.
Still nothing on their (CNN's) website.
For some reason defcad.com isnt in on the prank.
It's funny until it happens for real. Which I kinda think it will.
Ralph must have been reading my mind, and I believe it will happen for real. I wouldn't have been surprised to see the Feds bust them on April Fools day just for kicks.
I went to all of the various links on the web. They all have the same thing. Since there are 3 or 4 web url's, must be really good April fools joke. I have Cody Wilson's Email address and will ask him.
Fooled the crap out of me. The perpetrators should be hunted down and made to have dinner with a denture-less Di Fi. f'ers.
Still might happen for real, but I already downloaded everything defcad.org has months ago, just in case.


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Each day, United Way works with individuals and organizations across Toronto to build a better city for us all. It's something we're deeply committed to and passionate about. But even as we work it's good to take a step back and reflect from time to time — to think about the kind of city we're working to create.
And it's in this spirit that United Way is trying something new, something we haven't done before, but something we believe is important. We are engaging people across our city in a conversation about the Toronto they want. Working together we want to make our city not only a good city, but a great city.
We're motivated by a desire to see a city where every single person is reaching their full potential. Where families are thriving and where young people are succeeding. And we imagine this city to be a place where all neighbourhoods are vibrant, strong and resilient.
But it is not enough for us to just imagine a city, we need to work together to build it. As events this summer remind us there is still more to be done. Our youth need a city where they can grow and prosper — a place where they have access to mentorship, employment supports and resources to complete their education. And we need each and every one of you involved to make this a reality.
During the month of September, I'd like to invite you to join me and other guest bloggers in this dialogue about youth and the challenges and opportunities they face. We've also asked youth service providers, and more importantly, young people themselves to offer their thoughts and insights.
Over the next few months we'll ask you questions such as: How do we build healthy people and strong communities? How do we help kids be all they can be? And how do we move people from poverty to possibility? I hope you'll join us and share your ideas through our comment's section, Twitter, and Facebook.
Thank you for being part of what I hope will be a valuable conversation about the Toronto you want to see.

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About Us
www.BasedOnBass.com was first opened and launched in 1999 by Jason. The website was a migrated hybrid of an idea which populated from another website project Jason owned by the name of Jungle Kidz; which became very popular but needed more expansion. Jason also worked for the Drum And Bass Arena from the UK. He was a reporter, reporting on local San Francisco events, raves, and music. All these elements created the need for a new website which offered robust content and knowledge sharing. Hence the birth of Based On Bass.
Based On Bass started off as an online mag-E-Zine (magazine), covering many aspects of the rave culture, underground music, and digital arts; a concept we tagged as "The Futurism". The site has covered a lot of grounds since the official launch in 1999. Some notable mentions: Online magazine, scene reports, art and photography projects, online forum / BBS, and much more. Through out the now 14 years of Based On Bass, one thing has stayed solid with, the focus on music, knowledge sharing, and art.
Some interesting bits about www.BasedOnBass.com
- We have hosted/promoted several parties, club nights, and rave events in our times.
- Based On Bass was one of the first online sites to host a weekly live radio show, streaming via webcam with guest DJ's.
- We are one of the first online music magazines to have featured a lot of artists and art both digital/photography.
- In early times, Based On Bass was heavily focused on Jungle and Drum and Bass.
The website has launched many projects and on going adventures. Some of the noteworthy projects which you may or may not have heard of, such as 45 Amp Recordings, Urban Drums, SFRaggaJungle.com, and many more. Regardless, they are all projects which live/lived under Based On Bass throughout the many years of promotions and online adventures.
45 Amp Recordings
Based On Bass is also the home 45 Amp Recordings. 45 Amp Recordings is a super small independent multi genre record label formed and operated by Jason. Today we release several projects, both physical (CD, Vinyl, Dubplates) as well as digital releases. Rather than hosting yet another web site, we decided to roll the two together.


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February, 2014 — For two years in a row, RBC was named the Best Trade Finance Bank 2014 in Canada by Global Finance Magazine.
"Receiving this prestigious honour is a testament to the hard work and dedication of Trade Operations, Trade Finance Product, Trade Finance Specialists and our Relationship Managers," said Chitwant Kohli, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Ops & Payments. "This award is a tribute to their combined commitment to, and engagement in their work, as well as their commitment to always put the client first."
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Strengthening of cooperation with neighboring countries in the Asian region, including Pakistan, is one of the key vectors of neutral Turkmenistan's foreign policy, said the country's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at a government meeting.
The Turkmen Dovlet Habarlary state news agency reported that President Berdimuhamedov also spoke about the high level of interstate relations, dynamically developing on a multilateral basis and through authoritative international and regional organizations.
Reportedly, a delegation of the country's Foreign Ministry will pay a working visit to Islamabad on Jan. 15-16, where the Turkmen-Pakistani foreign policy consultations will be held.
It is expected that special attention will be paid to the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, as well as other important joint projects, particularly, in the power and communications, transport and communications sectors.
Turkmenistan started to construct its TAPI section in December 2015. The foundation laying ceremony for the Afghan section of the TAPI gas pipeline is planned to be held in the second half of February 2018.
Earlier, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Japanese government expressed their interest in financing TAPI.
The Islamic Development Bank has already allocated a loan worth $700 million for Turkmenistan to construct its TAPI section.
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Jess Franco and Lina Romay both directed this hardcore flick, although it seems all Franco with his slow moving camera and constant zoom shots. A woman (Romay) notices a man spying on her from a hotel room across from hers so she gives him something to look at. This is basically three short films, ala three sex acts, put together with a short running time of 54-minutes. You can tell this is one of Franco's quickies that he filmed in a day or two but it features a nice score from Pablo Villa as well as being somewhat erotic. Making this erotic might be Franco's greatest directing work considering Romay certainly wasn't in top form here. She's packing quite a bit a weight, which is rather strange because I've seen other flicks from Franco in 1986 and her look is quite different. Oh well, the crazy world of Franco.
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Junior Suite for 2 – 3 guests
Our junior suites are located on the first and second level of our hotel complex, and they can accommodate 2 to 3 guests. They all have a private terrace, and you can pick the view you desire the most, whether that is the pool, sea, or garden.
The junior suite consists of a bedroom with a double bed, and a living room with a couch that turns into a single bed.


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Florida Fine Cars used cars sales are hot. So hot the family-owned dealership turned over its entire inventory in just two months!
Used car sales for June and July 2016 totaled more than 1,400 used cars with repeat winners snagging the honor of top sales consultants in both West Palm Beach and Hollywood.
Once again, West Palm Beach salesman Moe Eisa was the top seller for his store and also the top sales consultant overall for Florida Fine Cars for both months. This prolific salesman sold an amazing 41.5 used cars in June and another 34 used cars in July. Leo Rivera was Florida Fine Cars' top Miami salesman in June with the sale of 31 used cars and Luis Baigorria was the store's top seller for July with the sale of 20.5 used cars. Hollywood salesmen Jimmie Lee Chatmon III and Juan Contreras tied for Hollywood's top June honors by each selling 14.5 used cars. Hollywood sales consultants John Ansari and Adrian Alejo tied for top July honors in Hollywood with the sale of 16 used cars each.
The West Palm Beach store sold a total of 200 used cars in June and another 250 in July; the Miami store sold 379 used cars in June and 384 in July; and the Hollywood store sold 115 used cars in June and 124 in July. That's a lot of used cars!
Eisa is consistently the company's highest achiever, a feat he accomplishes through hard work, great customer service and lots of referrals.
Florida Fine Cars West Palm Beach sales manager Torrey Lunn attributed Eisa's continual success to a consistent work ethic.
"Day in, day out it doesn't change. He understands the system and just applies the same methods over and over again: working with his customers, working hard following up with his appointments and not giving up with his customers, no matter what the deal. He is going to follow through to the end."
Lunn said Eisa also looks outside of the dealership for leads and gets a lot of referrals.
"He is doing his thing. He is humble guy," Lunn said.
Florida Fine Cars is known for its quality inventory, its wide selection of luxury cars and its fair pricing. Florida Fine Cars does not charge dealer fees and does not negotiate price. The mix is attracting a lot of customers.
Florida Fine Cars Hollywood dealership had two top sellers for June and two for July, with a tie between Jimmie Lee Chatmon III and Juan Contreras for June with each selling 14.5 used cars. John Ansari and new employee Adrian Alejo tied for July sales, each selling 16 used cars.
For Chatmon, the honor was a milestone. Chatmon has only been selling used cars for about six months and attributed his win to lots and lots of hard work.
"I did my process. What I mainly do is make sure I make a minimum amount of calls each day and have a minimum amount of appointments each day," Chatmon said. "You do your business every day whether it's going good or not. In the long run it's going to be good for you."
Chatmon said great customer service is the key to getting customers to come back.
"It's like the most important thing," Chatmon said. "how you treat the customers is basically going to dictate whether you are going to get the sale. Just treat people the way you want to be treated. You want to feel like your not getting cheated, that you are getting a good deal. When you do that you get referrals."
Contreras is a repeat winner with many years in used car sales.
The story of Ansari and Alejo is one of true teamwork. Alejo, a new employee, has only worked for Florida Fine Cars about three months and is new to car sales in general. He and Ansari met in a kosher supermarket in Aventura where Alejo worked stocking shelves and doing inventory. Ansari saw potential in Alejo's customer service skills and helped him get a job selling cars at Florida Fine Cars. He picked well.
"I brought him in. I showed him the ropes," Ansari said smiling. "He had potential."
Alejo seems to be a natural.
"You have to sell yourself. Customers buy the salesperson. Then they buy the car," Alejo said. "You have to be friendly with the customers, tell them the truth and be transparent."
Florida Fine Cars top Miami seller for June is Leo Rivera, a 9-year employee who sold 21 used cars in June. Rivera said many of his used car customers come from referrals. Luis Baigorria is Miami's top seller for July, with 21 used cars.
Rivera said he gets referrals because his customer service is so great.
"Customer service is number one. I am the type of salesman that customers will always remember. I have the opportunity to treat you good and you always remember me," Rivera said. "I can put it together."
Baigorria, a pro with 29 years experience selling cars, said there is no real secret to being successful. It's all about hard work and following up.
"I know the business. In the end, the bottom line is about being nice to the customer and being friendly. It's all about the customers," Baigorria said.
Florida Fine Cars offers nearly 1,500 quality used cars for sale priced thousands below retail at its three locations combined. Florida Fine Cars dealerships are conveniently located in West Palm Beach near Palm Beach International Airport and just off Florida's Turnpike, and in Hollywood and Miami.
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The child is at the center of all we do in the ECLC. Our goal is to nurture each child's natural sense of curiosity, creativity and persistence and to help them develop the critical thinking skills necessary to become independent and enthusiastic life-long learners.
Our philosophy and curriculum are based on our understanding that each child develops at an individual pace. We are deeply immersed in the developmental stages and needs of young children, and seek to create a secure and exciting place for children to expand their imagination and grow confident in their abilities. Every child participates in daily discovery based, hands-on learning experiences through a range of large group, small group and individual learning activities. Our classrooms are filled with play, art, music and literature; and our expert faculty works to help children develop the abilities to create, ask questions, problem solve, express themselves and work well with others.
Our curriculum is planned so that children are consistently exposed to the foundational concepts of literacy, math, writing, science and social studies in ways that are meaningful for them. This means that teachers build curricula around the interests of the children in the class, giving them the opportunity to co-construct along with their teachers.
Community and inclusion are values highlighted by building relationships for children, for our families and within the Temple. We offer opportunities for parents alone – and for families to come together outside of school hours for education, social programming and community service.
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This is something not many people know we do... BOATS! We actually do quite a few boats and even dedicated a section of our site just for boats, but we don't have a lot of pictures of boats we've built or worked-on to show, and the one's that customers take and send-in sometimes aren't useable or clear enough for us to put in a gallery.
This particular beast of a jet boat belongs to Fred Jenke out of Stockton. It has a pretty nasty big block Chevy in it with a Kryptonite billet crank, Carrillo rods with CARR bolts, Arias pistons, nicely ported rectangle port heads, a pretty nasty solid roller cam and all kinds of other "go fast" goodies in it. It ate a lifter and a lobe on the cam so Fred brought it in to us for a go-through, so out came the engine and it got a complete going-over with some clean-up machining. In went a new set of HX series bearings, a new set of plasma moly rings, a new solid roller cam and lifter set, a billet roller timing assembly, etc., etc., plus we added Comp Cams billet stud girdles to help the valve train stay more stable and live longer. Now this 90 MPH boat screams better than it ever did before. Fred made sure to call us to let us know how much he appreciated everything we did and how much he likes the way this beast screams now!


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January 3, 2016
Hello. How are you? I'm just writing to tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done and for breaking your heart.
It's been a long time. Too long. How can it be 2 years since I paid any attention to you? I guess I'm busy, LilSis is busy, we're all busy.
I haven't had a chance to tell you that I bought a house that needed work inside and out, and adopted a couple more furry kids. You would love them, if I took the time to introduce them to you. And then there's that job thing I do all week.
And fitting in family, laundry, house projects, workouts, fundraising, cooking, poop scooping, work travel, socializing, church…it's a lot. I'm just busy. All that is no excuse for abandoning you though, and I know it. You didn't deserve that.
We had some good times. Some great times! I learned a lot from you, and I want to keep growing. I think I have more to give, so I'm not quitting you. Isn't that what life is about, sharing what we've learned along the way? I don't want to lose that.
I still love you. I think about you all the time; things I want to tell you and photos I want to share. I can't imagine letting you go for good. If you'll forgive me, I want to come back. I miss you. I want to give it another try, and this time, I mean it. I promise.
Give me a chance, and I'll prove to you that I can be trusted. Can we meet once or twice a week to go over everything? I do love you, my dear blog, and I want you back in my life. xoxoxoxo
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Jordan has an excellent telecommunications infrastructure with three mobile networks: ZAIN; ORANGE; and UMNIAH. All of them offer prepaid GSM cards, which you can easily obtain from their showrooms at the airport and throughout the country.
You will also find paid and free WIFI in most of the hotels, as well as internet cafés throughout the cities.
Besides Arabic newspapers, the Jordan Times is a daily English newspaper that can be found in all cities. Some hotels will also provide a wide variety of foreign newspapers and magazines.


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Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 ~ Bailey's Review
Hey everyone. So this week I'll be reviewing "Tokyo Magnitude 8.0″
As you may have guessed, this anime is about a giant 8.0 earthquake that hits modern day Japan. We follow a young Junior High girl named Mirai and her younger brother Yuuki as they travel to Odaiba from their home in Setagaya to view a robot convention. Mirai is very annoyed she has to take her brother in the first place. While they are there, a huge earthquake hits Japan and they must somehow walk their way home along with putting aside their childish differences. Luckily, they find aid with a young woman named Mari who lives pretty close to them. The three of them travel together across disaster struck Tokyo to get home.
This anime is a very realistic portrayal of how an actual large-scale earthquake would effect Japan. At the beginning the creators even give a disclaimer saying they've done their research. Now obviously, this anime hit a little close to home for me in a few ways. 1) I live in Setagaya ward, the same ward that the children are from. And in this anime, a good portion of Setagaya ward is burned down. 2) I have been to Odaiba many times and know exactly how far it is from my house to there (about 8 miles). 3) There have been a lot of actual destructive earthquakes happening all over the world lately. 4) I'd say we average about 2-3 earthquakes a week here in Tokyo. You get a little immune to them. And 5) I nearly died in a major disaster in 2001. I'm sure you can figure out which one I'm talking about. That all said, it was very difficult for me to finish this anime at times.
OK, so the good points about "Tokyo Magnitude 8.0." Odaiba and all the different areas they walk through are completely realistic. It's actually really bizarre seeing a spot I've stood in exactly and eaten an ice cream being completely destroyed. The opening credits have these AMAZING pencil drawings of famous Tokyo spots in complete ruin. They show the 109 store in Shibuya, and then today I was there shopping. It's strange. Secondly, the characters are believable. They aren't "anime-y" at all. In fact, I almost wish they would make this into a live action movie or TV series because I think emotionally it would work a lot better.
The bad points: This series lags a bit in the middle. At times you wonder how much more stupid these two kids could get. Really? You're going to climb into another busted up building? However, the last 4 episodes really pack a punch. I was actually crying for those final 4 episodes and I NEVER cry for animes. So definitely don't give up on it. It is only 11 episodes after all.
The music…during the actual show there is little to no music which is great in my opinion. At first, the opening theme song is really awesome (called "Kimi no Uta" by Abingdon Boys School) but as the series progresses and it gets more and more darker, it just doesn't fit anymore. In fact, I had to skip it because I felt like it took me out of the show completely. A good song, but a terrible choice for this anime.
And I guess my biggest issue with it was the way people behaved. I thought the behavior of the main characters was mostly fine. But this series only spans a couple days and I felt like the citizens of Tokyo were dealing with this whole destruction thing awfully well. As I said earlier, I was part of a horrible disaster in 2001. From a first hand experience, people did not behave this way. People were in shock. And I don't think I smiled or had a coherent thought for about a month. But everyone in Tokyo in this anime bounces right back. I think it would have been better and more realistic if they had spent more time researching how people handle shock and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
To wrap it up, I think you should definitely check out "Tokyo Magnitude 8.0." But be prepared for some fairly disturbing imagery. If you aren't into that kind of thing, then I suggest you don't watch it.
Alright everyone, time to let me know what you think.
One Response to "Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 ~ Bailey's Review"
02. May, 2010
I really loved this anime! It's one of my all time favorites and i didn't really have a single problem with it that i remember. I've never really been directly affected by any sort of huge disaster so i wouldn't know how i would react to something like that, but I would imagine that since the Japanese people go through so many earthquakes they would be able to better handle a situation like that which is why they were shown bouncing back so fast. I quess it could also have been trying to show how they hoped the people would respond. In any case, I thought this anime was really well done and i cried through those last couple of episodes too, especially when reality finally hit mirai. T_T


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Roadway Fatalities Increase in Maryland and Across Nation
Officials Unveil New Strategic Plan to Reduce Traffic Crashes and Fatalities
Maryland's Goal: Toward Zero Deaths
Linthicum Heights, MD (April 26, 2016) – With several hundred federal, state and local traffic safety experts meeting at the 2016 Strategic Highway Safety Plan Summit to develop solutions to save lives on Maryland roadways, officials from the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), Maryland State Police and National Safety Council today announced that in 2015, 520 people died in traffic-related crashes on Maryland's roadways. According to data collected by MDOT, the preliminary figure represents an increase from the previous year when 443 people were killed and follows a trend that has seen roadway deaths increase nationwide.
"This tragic increase in people killed on our roadways is unacceptable," said Deputy Transportation Secretary Jim Ports. "For all of us dedicating our lives to highway safety, this increase in fatalities is a call to action to strengthen and expand our efforts to save lives on our roads."
Along with a rise in overall fatalities, Maryland experienced the following increases:
- 35 percent increase in commercial vehicle-related fatalities;
- 26 percent increase in young driver-involved fatalities; and
- Double the number of bicycle fatalities from 5 in 2014 to 10 last year.
"Police officers in Maryland recognize the important mission we have in reducing traffic crashes," Maryland State Police Superintendent Colonel William Pallozzi said. "Our strict enforcement of traffic laws is a daily reminder to drivers that our laws are in place for their safety and violation of those laws impacts the safety of everyone on our roads. Our goal continues to be changing driver behavior by enforcement that is focused on those areas and driving behaviors where the need is greatest."
The data was announced at an event to formally kick off Maryland's implementation of a five-year plan to combat traffic crashes and the resulting serious injuries and fatalities. Known as the Maryland Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), the effort brings together local, state, and federal partners and organizations such as the National Safety Council, AAA, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, AT&T, and numerous other corporate, non-profit, and public sector partners. The SHSP contains more than 30 separate strategies to reduce overall roadway fatalities by at least 50 percent in the next two decades. The Plan emphasizes solutions from the "Four Es" of highway safety – Engineering, Enforcement, Education, and Emergency Medical Services – and comprehensively addresses the troubling increase in roadway fatalities.
"We lose 100 people every day on our nation's roadways, and every single one of these deaths is preventable," said Deborah A.P. Hersman, president and CEO of the National Safety Council. "This uptick in crashes is serving notice: We need to prioritize our safety. Driving defensively and staying alert can help us reverse this trend in 2016."
To reduce congestion, enhance roadway safety and fix all structurally deficient state-owned bridges, Governor Larry Hogan allocated nearly $2 billion in highway funds targeted to long-awaited improvements throughout the state. These improvements, along with recently announced roadway investments, include:
- $24 million to improve 11 Salisbury Bypass bridges;
- $81 million to reconfigure the MD 175/MD 295 interchange;
- $86 million to widen US 113;
- $100 million to reduce traffic gridlock along I-270;
- $120 million to widen MD 404 from US 50 to the Denton Bypass; and
- $152 million to widen a nine-mile stretch of MD 32.
The Hogan administration also is investing millions in targeted law enforcement strategies aimed at catching and arresting drunk drivers and educational campaigns focused on impaired driving, pedestrian safety, seat belt use and distracted driving. MDOT recently expanded a statewide campaign to help fight driver distraction by installing 26 signs prior to 13 rest areas alerting motorists of Maryland's law that prohibits the use of handheld electronic devices while driving. "It Can Wait!" is written in large letters on the signs to remind drivers that their call/text can wait until they reach the next rest area.
Officials at today's event highlighted areas that have historically been leading causes of deaths on Maryland's roads, including:
- Impaired driving;
- Speeding;
- Distracted driving;
- Not wearing seat belts; and
- Not using crosswalks.
MDOT and its partners remind everyone of a few simple rules that will help save lives:
- Always drive sober. Use a designated driver, call a cab or rideshare, or use public transportation but never drive if you are under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
- Park the phone before you drive. Driver distraction contributes to nearly 30,000 injuries and more than 200 deaths per year in Maryland.
- Always buckle up! It's the single most important way to save your life in a crash.
- Slow down. Speeding will not get you where you want to go that much faster, but will contribute to a much greater likelihood of injury or death in a crash.
- Use crosswalks and bike lanes. Being visible on the road is especially important for pedestrians and bicyclists. Wear bright clothing, obey the rules of the road while on a bicycle, and cross where drivers expect to see you. When driving, always look for pedestrians and bicyclists.
- Look twice for motorcyclists. Motorcycles are sometimes more difficult to see so please look twice for them when changing lanes or pulling into an intersection.
- Respect Maryland's work zones. Speeding and distracted driving through work zones is dangerous to workers and to other motorists.
- Move over. Drivers approaching from the rear of an emergency vehicle that is stopped on a highway must move over into the other lane, if possible, and slow down.
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Note: Maryland's Toward Zero Deaths campaign focuses on preventing impaired driving, aggressive driving and distracted driving and promotes seatbelt use. For more information on the Toward Zero Deaths campaign, please visit towardzerodeathsmd.com.
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- Maryland - Fatal Crashes / Fatalities By County
- Common Causes of Roadway Fatalities
- Maryland Roadway Fatalities 2006 - 2015


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This video shows God's grace.
Life may knock you down, you might not know what to do, you might be tempted to give up, but God has a plan.
Isaiah 40:31 – But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.


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Pupil Premium Strategy 2017/18
'Bringing out the best in everyone'
For a small rural primary school Brassington School has a relatively high number of pupils (23%) who qualify for pupil premium. The majority of these pupils are achieving at or above expected standards, although some, especially younger pupils, are not. Maintaining small class sizes and limiting the age range within classes ensures pupils are well known and get appropriate targeted support within a whole class situation.
The school is mindful of East Midlands and Derbyshire priorities to ensure good outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in both the short and long term, including the priority to secure good long term outcomes for the disadvantaged more able pupils, as this is especially relevant to the school.
The school's strategy is to ensure all children have appropriate levels of challenge and those identified as more able are expected to be working at greater depth through quality, well targeted teaching in small classes.
In addition the school is committed to ensuring disadvantaged pupils have a rich range of opportunities and a breadth of experience that might not be available to them outside school. For example; the chance to learn an instrument, learning to sail, participation in residential trips. The purpose of this is to inspire confidence and raise aspirations in order to sustain good learning habits and attitudes as they move into secondary school. The school has a culture of encouraging high aspiration through teacher conversations, links with local industry and a commitment to a rich and happy experience of education.
In addition those pupils who are not keeping pace with their peers are provided with additional targeted one to one, small group, or external specialist support based on a thorough analysis of what is needed to enable them to make good progress and diminish the attainment gap year on year.
Pupil Premium Strategy will be reviewed in June 2018
Pupil Premium Statement 2017/18E
Amount received by the school £17,740
Currently Pupil Premium spending is being used to
- maintain small class sizes in order to sustain high levels of individual support for children
- increase TA time in relevant classes to allow more targeted individual support for pupils and small groups of pupils both to support identified academic needs and to build confidence.
- provide 1 to 1 or small group (3) teacher support at an appropriate level to build success and confidence
- support attendance on trips to enable full participation and avoid isolation
- purchase a suitable tracking system to support proper recording of achievement and effectiveness of interventions
- support small scale, short term additional opportunities for enrichment
Analysis of data shows that the Pupil Premium is successfully narrowing the performance gaps for the vast majority of disadvantaged pupils.


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Lameness Examination Diagnostics
Nerve or Joint Block Procedure
A dynamic motion and static physical examination lay the foundation that help determine which diagnostic processes will be of value.
Particularly in cases of limb lameness, nerve or joint "blocks" are used to further localize and rule out a myriad of other possibilities.
Blocking can be a vital part of the diagnostic process. You should expect to have this procedure included in your lameness evaluation.
After a sterile preparation of the skin called "scrubbing", a small amount of anesthetic, similar to Novocaine that is used by human dentists, is injected under the skin near the nerve or nerve bundles or directly into the joint. The horse is then evaluated in motion to determine if there is improvement due to "blocking" of the pain signal. The amount of time we wait between administration and evaluation depends on which block we are using. We may evaluate the horse right away or we may wait 15 minutes. If there has been no improvement in lameness, we go onto the next level of blocks. The first block will always be the lowest on the limb and we work our way up the limb as needed. Most nerve blocks and some joint blocks do not require bandaging but there are some joint blocks that are protected by a bandage.
How much time does it take?
Blocking can take a half hour or 3 hours, it just depends on how far up the limb we have to go. Occasionally, it is necessary to block again on another day to prove the location of pain has been adequately identified. If multiple blocks have been done, most horses will get intravenous phenylbutasone "IV bute" to minimize tissue inflammation from needle insertion.


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Full name
Travis Mangaoang
Illustrator CG Artist
Los Angeles, CA
I am a illustrator/CG designer based in Los Angeles, CA. I grew up on a little rock called Hawaii, being around the ocean and lush environments have given me creative influence in my art. I now reside in Los Angeles, CA where my passion for drawing and painting has led me to the digital world to bring visual ideas to life. My goal is to work in feature animation in visual development and CG.
Gnomon – september 2012 - present
The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles
Santa Monica, CA 2005- September 2008
Bachelor of Science Degree - Media Arts & Animation 3.5 Cumulative GPA
05/2008 – 07/2008: Dean's Honor Rol
01/2007 – 03/2007: Dean's Honor Rol
Lighter/CG/Visual Development Artist
Graphics:Photoshop,Illustrator,Flash,After Effects,Nuke,Maya,3D Studio Max,Zbrush,Mental Ray, Vray
Work Experience
Petrol Advertising – Lighter/CG Artist
Projects: UFC, Falken Tires, Turtle Beach, MIB3, South Park
-CG Lighting for broadcast, commercial spots, and key art.
-Create environments and modeled game assets for production art.
-Responsible for compositing various render passes.
Deluxe Digital Studios – 3D Depth Artist/Comp Artist
Projects: The Last Airbender, Gullivers Travel, Jackass 3d,
Green Hornet, Thor, Captain America, John Carter or Mars,
-Create Depth mattes from Live Action plates using nuke
-Composited CG with live action shots and convert live footage into stereo
using proprietary.
9k9 Studios – Lighter/CG Artist/Animator
Projects: Inniti, Puma, Tacori, Everlong rings, Criminal Minds
Taco Bell, Grand Marnier
-Look development
-CG Lighting to create Hi-end renders for Commercials and broadcast
-Matched studio lighting and composited CG with live action plates
-Responsible for managing renders through renderfarm.
Mythos – Lighter/Visual Development
Projects: Mythos
-Responsible for creating color keys for lighting
-Setup lights for cinematics shots
Canyon Design Group –Digital Artist/Animator
Projects: Movie Titles
Code Particles– Illustrator/Designer
Projects: Iphone apps and web
Direct Message Lab– Illustrator/Designer
Projects: Widget apps and interface¬¬
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The VELscope® Technology
The VELscope® Vx Enhanced Oral Assessment System is a handheld scope that can help detect oral tissue abnormalities, including cancer and pre-cancer using a harmless, bright blue light. This technologies extreme sensitivity to tissue changes helps the team at Susquehanna Dental Arts provide our patients a better outcome if tissue abnormalities are detected, since they can be detected in earlier stages. Unlike other similar devices used for examinations, the VELscope® Vx doesn't require dyes or prolonged testing procedures, which means it can be performed at our office during a routine exam in just a few minutes.
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With a degree in music you can pursue a variety of careers. Many of our music graduates are employed in music-related roles, including: singing teacher, musician, performer, music teacher and music therapist. Others work in the publishing, media and performing arts sectors, as well as within the fields of education, health and information services.
You can use the transferrable skills you gain to enter careers that are appropriate for graduates from any discipline, including management and administration.
Some of our graduates go on to further study (see our postgraduate opportunities below) leading to careers in research and higher education.
Skills you will develop during this course include:
- creativity
- team work
- communication
- performing under pressure
- commercial awareness
- critical reflection.
Relevant work experienceWork experience demonstrates your commitment to, and awareness of, the realities of your career choice. Career paths in the music industry rarely follow a structured route and are highly competitive so you'll need to be flexible and dedicated. If you are interested in teaching try and gain some experience in local schools while you're studying. If you want to pursue a career in performance, why not set up your own band or orchestra, and gain some valuable performing skills and experience alongside your degree?
Postgraduate opportunities with Plymouth
Once you graduate, you will be equipped with the relevant skills and knowledge to move onto a postgraduate qualification. Here at the University we offer a unique course in computer music.Visit the careers and employability pages for more careers information, or call in to see the Careers & Employability Team in Gateway in the Roland Levinsky Building.


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Windows 10 RTM All Editions Full Version
Download Windows 10 RTM All Editions Full Version
Windows 10 RTM All Editions Full Version is here! – Windows 10 is the latest generation of one of Microsoft's products (Windows Operating System). Windows 10 is an easy to use operating system, the Start Menu is back in an expanded form, you'll more easily how to operate it and you'l feel like an expert. Windows 10 is amazing, faster, smoother and more user-friendly system, you will never find an operating system as sophisticated and as good as Windows 10.
Windows 10 is comes with lots of similarities to Windows 7 including the Start menu but with more fast at starts up and resumes, more built-in security, and it is designed to work with most familiar software and hardware. Windows 10 is everything Windows 8 should have been such as built-in Maps, Photos, Mail, Calendar, Music, Movies and many more.
What's new in Windows 10:
- The starts up and resumes fast
- Has more built-in security
- Work with familiar software and hardware
- The Start Menu is Back
- Fast, Smooth and extremely easy to use
- Has more built-in Apps, and so much more.
- 1 GHz processor
- 1 GB (32-bit) 2 GB (64-bit) RAM
- 16 GB (32-bit) 20 GB (64-bit) disk space
- DirectX 9
- 800 x 600 display
- Keyboard and Mouse
How to Install?:
- Download Windows 10
- Extract the archive
- Burn the iso to DVD or USB
- Now boot and install the windows
- Choose and enter Product Key
- Activate using Windows 10 Permanent Activator
- Windows 10 (x64) (Tested)
- Enjoy Windows 10 RTM MSDN
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325 Series Overview
The Incon Lighting 325 Series wall fixtures are impact resistant. With a sturdy build and a light directional eyelid, the 325 Series is a great choice for residential, commercial and industrial exteriors. This fixture is American Compliant.
The 325 has an impact resistant polycarbonate housing that comes in white, black, or bronze and an impact resistant polycarbonate lens that comes in white & clear prismatic.
Depending on your wattage the 325 Series can be equipped with a 120V 60Hz Magnetic NPF or Electronic NPF, or 120/277V 50/60Hz Electronic HPF ballast depending on which bulb you choose. This fixture is wall mount only and is wet location listed. Lamps are included unless ordered with the no lamp (NL) option.
The available color temperatures for compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs range from warm (2700K & 3000K), medium (3500K) and cool (4100K) white to full spectrum (5000K) kelvin temperature. This fixture can also be equipped with:
- 120-277 Volt Ballast
- Philips Advance Ballast
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- High Power Factor
- Set of 3" Black Vinyl Letters
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Most people refer to uncut carpet pile as Berber or loop pile. The entire loop is left intact on this type of carpet surface. Uncut carpet pile is highly durable, cleans easily, and resists stains. It is a perfect carpet for commercial applications and high-traffic areas. Vacuum marks and footprints do not show indentations on uncut carpet pile. The biggest drawback to the uncut pile is that it has less padding and softness compared to cut pile carpet. The loops may be hazardous to small children and pets because of a snagging potential.
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Kayla Frazier was your average High School student working hard and gleaming for a bright future that would satisfy her and financially support her. She was popular in school and had a very loving family who would always support her. However, life decided through a curve ball her way and one day when she went in for a check-up they found out that Kayla Frazier had a rare form of cancer and it had spread to her lungs. She battled cancer for over 6 months and one of the things that kept hope alive was her dream of going to New York City to Broadway to see the magical live action performances!
Little did she know, Thanks to Dr. Mark Mckenna and his organisation OVME as well as Make-A-Wish Georgia, that dream was about to come true and her and her family would spend a week in New York City sightseeing and also they would get to watch 3 live Broadway shows and meet the cast and crews. You can bet this really made her cry tears of joy! Dr. Mark Mckenna must really love children and love helping medical patients to do what he does.
Personally, as I read through the article it made me break into tears because it's just so wonderful that Dr. Mark Mckenna and his organisation were able to get together and help make Kayla feel some happiness in her time of darkness. OVME was founded by Dr. Mark Mckenna and it's purpose is to make the medical field more convenient and better focused on the patient using technology to enhance procedures. So it makes sense that OVME would use Make-A-Wish Georgia to help make Kayla Frazier's dream come true. People helping people, especially those in times of need is the real and true beauty of humanity. Make-A-Wish Georgia tries to make at least 300 to 400 wishes come true each year which is just magnificent! Even if they only made 100 to 200 wishes come true, it all makes a difference.
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Hi all,
after a long time with Ubuntu I decided to install Arch (KDE).
I set almost everything up except for the audio on Youtube, that still does not work. ((I created the new directory for browser-plugins in lib and lib64 ad copied the .so file of the flash [and did the remaining part of the installation]). Observe that in order to make the audio work on the laptop I added a file .asoundrc into the home directory with the lines
pcm.!default {
type hw
card 1
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 1
On the other hand on the KDE standard browser I cannot even watch any video.
I would be grateful if someone of you could tell me how to solve these problems,
There is a flashplugin package in these parts. Just install it from the repositories.
as WonderWoofy just said, there is no need for you to try to manualy install flash plugin, just do a "sudo pacman -S flashplugin"
additionaly, be sure to first delete everything you did manualy before running pacman
try unmuting channels in alsamixer
"type hw" bypasses dmix and goes straight to the hardware. So I wouldn't recommend that as the default.
With KDE, check what Phonon is doing - apparently, that can keep the soundcard open.
Actually I made everything work by a manual installation of the plugin... and now after pacman -Syu it does not work again. Actually this should not happen... I use to trust linux update in general!
Anyway many thanks for the replies
i recomend you to try gnash player, is another flash plugin developed by the GNU. In my opinion works better than the adobe plugin and more important is more secure.
pacman -S gnash-gtk gnash-common
pacman -R flashplugin
But it look more like a hw trouble.
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Farcry 4 : Google Maps library.
I've been playing with Farcry 4 code name Gonzales since November last year and its now coming along with leaps and bounds. The form tools are a joy to behold! Creating custom data types is now an utter delight! All you have to do is run set up your properties, deploy the type, scaffold the admin and you're all set to use your new type! But I digress! This is something I'll have to write about another day.
One of the other new features of Farcry 4 is libraries. A lot of the CMSs you see out there, postnuke, e107, mambo etc. all have the ability to plug in new modules developed by the swathes of unwashed php developers out there. ;oD Farcry has always had this ability through custom types, but in FC3 its all a bit embroiled in the specific project or the core code. The new library functionality makes it much easier to create discrete applications that can be easily plugged into Farcry.At the minute, there are only a couple of libraries officially available. There's the farcrycms library, which provides the news, events, links and facts content items that are available in FC3. There is a farcrycfximage library, that overrides the built in Java image manipulation stuff (currently based around the imageJ cfc) and, lastly, there's a googlemaps library.
Daemon's Michael Sharman put together two custom types, googleMap and googleMapLocation.
The googleMapLocations type allows you to add locations using geocoding or specific lat/long figures along with a description that will be displayed in an info box and you can specify a icon from the image library that will be used for that location.
The googleMap type allows you to set up the controls for your map; the height and width of the map, will the map type control be displayed (Map/Hybrid/Sat), the zoom level at which your map will start being displayed, what if any map controls will be available and whether the map overview will be displayed.
Lastly, when you're editing your map record, there is an "open library" button. Clicking on this will open a window that allows you to drag and drop locations you previously entered or add a new location. When you've selected or added all your locations and returned to the editor you'll find a these locations. The top item in this list will be the centre point of your map. You can drag any of your locations to the top of the list courtesy of the joys of AJAX.
The library has a couple of webskins for maps, one of those is the actual display of the Map (displayMap) and the other is a standard display page for the map (displayPageStandard), but there is also a rule, so you can either add the map to your navigation using the standard page or use the rule to include the map in a container on a page.
A quick note about the icons, and a little brag: I added the icon selection to the library, which I was quite pleased about, but I've just been having a chat with Geoff Bowers. Its looking like another type will be added to the library. This will be a googleMapIcon type. This will allow you to set up a library of icons, including their shadows, anchor points and other icon properties, which you will be able to assign to a map location.
If you want to see the maps in action, Geoff has one on the WebDU site and my colleague Claire has put one together for the Dott Projects with another soon to come that will show all the schools taking part in the ECO Design Challenge.
Also Geoff has just posted a blog entry and a video showing just how easy it is to set up and use the google maps library.
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Medieval window.
Today is the feast of Saint Frances and I visited the Tor de' Specchi monastery here in Rome, Saint Frances was a great Roman saint who received her calling to a religious life after her two sons died and her husband got ill. She founded the monastery in 1443 as an oblate community - these sorts of communities were rather common in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. The oblates conducted simple lives - working and helping the sick and the poor. On 15 August 1425 on the day of the Assumption, ten women led by Saint Frances offered themselves as oblates, founding this community at Santa Maria Nova al Palatino - the Olivetan monks' basilica - they were dedicated to charitable works while still living with their families - often rich and part of the new bourgeois or nobility.
On 25 March 1433 they rented an house in the Rione Campitelli near a tower called Torre degli Specchi (now lost) - here the oblates begun to live a fully common life.
Here during an ecstasy, Frances with the inspiration of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Saint Paul, Saint Benedict and Saint Mary Magdalene dictated the rule of the order, based on the Benedictine one.
On 4 July 1433, Pope Eugene IV recognizes the order and gives them the right to choose a president and their confessor. In 1439 also the Olivetan monks recognize their order and give them authonomy as well as the right of honorific burial in Santa Maria Nova for each sister.
This community still survives and through the centuries it has never stopped helping the poor and the sick, following the example of Saint Frances. Today they share their beautiful house with poor students and the elders.
When I entered the XV century house today it was like going back to the Renaissance, the nuns kept the place unchanged since the day of its foundation, everything is at it was then. The glorious frescoes by Antonio Aquili known as Antoniazzo Romano, the main Roman artist of the Renaissance - are absolutely splendid.
The frescoes were executed in 1468 and represent the life of Saint Frances, in the first room and the refectory. Interestingly, most frescoes also have a description in old Roman dialect.
Saint Frances with the Madonna and child with Saint Benedict.
Saint Frances' funeral at Santa Maria Nova.
Saint Frances and the miracle of the grapes.
Detail of the funeral.
Saint Frances resuscitates a drowned man.
Detail of the description in old Roman dialect.
Saint Frances and the miracle of the bread.
Appearance of a light orb above her during communion.
Appearance of an angel with her deceased son.
Detail of Christ enthroned.
Saint Frances heals a sick man with a bad leg.
Vision of Christ who holds her hand.
Miracle of the vineyard.
Saint Frances receives the child Jesus from Mary.
Saint Frances heals a man with nine wounds.
Vision of Saint Frances.
Detail of the miracle in the vineyard.
Saint Frances heals a young dying man.
Saint Frances heals a young hunchback.
Saint Frances and the miracle of wheat.
Saint Frances heals a young man with a head injury.
Saint Frances and the miracle of wine.
Saint Frances heals a young man with a foot injury.
Saint Frances receives communion at St. Peter's.
Saint Frances resuscitates a young boy.
The original Renaissance ceiling.
The original Renaissance ceiling and windows.
Saint Frances heals a young paralytic.
Saint Frances' vision of hell.
Detail of the vision of hell.
Saint Frances heals a young man's arm.
Saint Frances oblation to the Virgin in the church of Santa Maria.
A detail of Saint Frances' funeral.
Risen Christ.
The Blessed Virgin Mary with Saint Frances and Saint Benedict.
The refectory has frescoes of the visions she had of evil spirits, from which her guardian angel, with her son, saved her.
The refectory has frescoes of the visions she had of evil spirits, from which her guardian angel, with her son, saved her.
Demons beat Saint Frances while she is at prayer in her cell.
Saint Frances in her cell is tormented by demons while she prays.
While doing laundry for her infirm husband she meets three demons in disguise as monks.
Saint Frances in her cell is tormented by demons.
Saint Frances finds a rotten corpse, Satan tries to push her on it.
Saint Frances is going to her infirm husbands's room when a serpent and a lion attack her.
The demons visit Saint Frances while she is at prayer, dragging her out.
Saint Frances meets Satan in disguise as her patron saint.
Satan appears to Saint Frances as a dragon with several heads, Saint Paul saves her.
Saint Frances meets a flock of sheep, then they become wolves and dragons.
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Tooley's historic boatyard, situated behind Banbury's Castle Quay Shopping Centre, is looking for a team of volunteers for a variety of new positions.
The working dry dock currently exists as two parts acting as one. One one hand it continues to be a fully functional narrow boat repair business and on the other it is a tourist attraction, a working museum that allows visitors to tour the dry dock, learn about the history of the site and watch owner Matthew Armitage and his skilled team at work.
Tours and tourist visits are currently free of charge and the boatyard receives no funding at all for providing these services.
Matthew, however, is looking to delineate the two aspects of the yards services and classify one half as a charity which could allow the yard to receive grants and other funding.
As part of this Matt wants to recruit a team of volunteers to offer tours, demonstrations and boat rides.
Matt said: "I'm looking at running the boatyard differently. What I'm looking to do is set part of it up as a charity and run it as the none profitable side of the business."
"In the short term I'm going to look for volunteers for three specific roles within the boatyard; blacksmithing, helmsman and a tour guide."
Matt is looking for a number of men or women for each role so the tourist attractions can be offered on a regular basis and full training for each role will be offered.
Matt said: "We'll teach basic blacksmithing skills, so no experience necessary. For the helms person we will teach them how to handle a boat."
For more info contact Matt at firstname.lastname@example.com


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The other week our local police department hosted a Public Safety Day for the entire community. The highlight of the day, besides for getting to explore all the different police/fire vehicles, is the Kiddie Police Academy. My son is at the age where his dream jobs are to be a: fireman, police man, paramedic and construction worker so this was a perfect way to spend the afternoon. Not to worry, my daughter had a great time too.
First they had to go through an obstacle course (didn't get any pictures of that unfortunately). Then they learned CPR.
Next activity was to get a description of a suspect from an officer and draw a police sketch. It was so cute to see their completed drawings and how different they were from each other.
Then they had boot camp and practiced their push-ups and sit-ups.
The cadets from the academy were really running most of the activities and they looked like they were having as much fun as all the kids were! Here they are chasing after a "bad guy" and then snapping hand-cuffs on him before leading him to "jail."
Last up was practice at the "shooting range" where they had to throw balls into a box. My son is actually a pretty good shot! When they completed all their activities, they got a special certificate.
There were a bunch of booths from different agencies like the FBI and local government offices giving out freebies so you can't go wrong there! :-) Outside they had all sorts of cool emergency vehicles, police horses and dogs, and helicopters, but this bomb robot was my favorite.
The summer has gotten off to a great start and we are all enjoying the more relaxed, lazy days. The kids are in day camp and loving it and my office has changed to "summer schedule" so what could be better?!
How are you spending your summer? Any vacations coming up?


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Has it only been five years since I almost lost it all, giving new meaning to the "literary pitch?" I'd flown to Albuquerque to collect my very first win in a Romance Writers of America, chapter contest; this one with the Land of Enchantment Romance Authors in New Mexico. The moment I saw the contest posted in the RWA Report—the Rebecca Contest—I had to enter something, since Rebecca is the name of my oldest daughter. It's a sign, I thought; hopefully a sign of good things to come. Darn if it wasn't! My third completed manuscript, Matchmaker, Matchmaker, won!
You would think that when given the opportunity to make a pitch to editors at the LERA Conference, I would pitch my winning historical romance, Matchmaker, Matchmaker. Nervous and naive, I sat down with the likes of NAL and Five Star-Gale, and rambled on with another manuscript. I still don't know what I was thinking . . . but I do know I wasn't thinking! Russell Davis, the-then-Five Star-editor, actually congratulated me on my contest win at the beginning of my pitch, and I still didn't get it! When politely asked to submit my manuscript of choice to Five Star-Gale, I snail-mailed my second, completed novel and not my contest win.
Months went by before I got "the call," saying thank you but . . . no thank you. It's the answer I expected, being rejected. But wait, the call wasn't over. Five Star-Gale asked if I had something else I might want to submit. When given this golden opportunity, you bet this time I sent in my contest winner! Some time later I got the call again, saying thank you and let's talk sale!
That one moment will ever withstand the test of time as "the moment" in my writing life . . . five years and counting.
Joanne Sundell's first sale was in 2005, to Five Star, Gale, Cengage Learning. The prime market for Five Star Expressions is the library market, but Five Star's books are also available on-line at Barnes & Noble and all bookstores. The Five Star Expressions line is a combination of romance and women's fiction. Joanne's particular interest is in historical romance with suspenseful elements.
To date, Joanne's sales to Five Star include: MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER (06), A…MY NAME'S AMELIA (07) also out in Large Print, THE PARLOR HOUSE DAUGHTER (08) also out in Large Print, MEGGIE'S REMAINS (09), & THE QUAKER AND THE CONFEDERATE upcoming series (5/10, 9/10). Joanne's first sale was reviewed nationally by Booklist, her second by Library Journal and Publisher's Weekly, and her third by Publisher's Weekly and Booklist. A…MY NAME'S AMELIA garnered a top 4&1/2 star rating from Romantic Times Magazine.
History is always a strong character in Joanne's books, with her first four stories set in colorful, turbulent Colorado history and her next, a two-book series set in Civil War Virginia. As important as it is for Joanne to convey a strong, credible, historical flavor of the time, it is equally important for Joanne to portray strong, credible heroines and heroes. A strong, determined heroine deserves an equally strong and determined hero. Joanne grew up reading romance, historical and contemporary, falling in love with heroes and heroines from Regency England to the American West, from London's pubs to Colorado's ski slopes, loving that moment when the hero and heroine meet and fall in love. That moment to Joanne is the moment when Jane Eyre meets Edward Rochester, when Elizabeth Bennett meets Mr. Darcy … that's the heart-stopping, passionate moment for Joanne in romance. That moment is what led her to attempt traditional, old-fashioned historical romance.
With her three, Colorado-mountain-raised-children grown and off on their own adventures, Joanne lives part-time in Colorado and California, with her husband and their entourage` of felines and huskies.
Joanne is a member of Colorado Romance Writers, Romance Writers of America, Women Writing the West, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and Los Angeles Romance Authors.
e-mail Joanne: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Bringing new customers and convert them is the most challenging and expensive task now a days. All the online store owners have core focus on improving shopping experience of customers in order to inspire them making purchases.
Accepting Refund Request is necessary component for a great customer service. Customers are tend to buy from the store which offers a flexible Refund Policy. Your loyal and potential customers expect this kind of service and highly appreciates it. Therefore, this process should definitely be easy to manage.
Refund Request system is one of the most important factor for the better shopping experience for your customers. With Magento Refund Request extension by MageComp now your customer will be able to request for refund right from his account dashboard. With just one click, he can submit the refund request to the admin for the particular order.
Admin can see all the refund requests from the admin panel in one grid only with all the information of the customer like order id, email id, customer's name, refund id and status. If admin has already refunded to the customer, he can select the status as "Completed" so he can track every refund request right from the same grid.
Why choose MageComp's Magento Refund Request extension:
Configure Refund Days
Every online store has its own refund policy, with this extension now you will be able to set the days for refund in which customer can request for the refund. Let say you have refund days of 15 days from the purchase, so customer will be able to request for the refund in those 15 days only, after 15 days button will automatically disabled and he won't be able to send the request.
Configure Admin email id
Extension allows you to configure your email id to receive the refund request on. You will get refund request email on that email id. So let's say if you have different email id to manage the refund request like firstname.lastname@example.com you can manage all the emails there.
Customizable Email Template
It is very easy to customize the email template as per your imagination. You can go to System > Transactional Emails > Select Refund admin template > Edit and save it.
Improve customers' experience
To increase visitors' satisfaction you should offer them an easy and clear way of making Refund Request.
- Customer can create request from his Account section
- One click and request will be sent.
No Product Type Limitation
It doesn't matter what type of products you are selling on your online store, customer will be able to send the refund request to you by just one click.
Effectively manage Refund requests
Magento Refund Request helps track queries history and process all incoming queries timely. Request Management grid in backend allows you find and process requests based on status. Thus extension helps managing customers return requests and retail clients by building trust.
Provide customers with more reasons to stay
Online store should run in such a smoother way that provide customers reasons to stay. If your refund system lacks to be friendly enough for customers to easily use, there are chances you may lose numbers of customers.
Magento Refund Request extension easily provides you with an efficient Refund process to bring additional points to your customer service to make it appreciable by them.
Review by Jeff T. Constance
RatingsThis extension is really helpful to me and I gained many customers just by having this extension.
Review by Marisa D. Boyce
RatingsVery essential extension for any ecommerce store. Good extension and service by Magecomp.
Important Extension
Review by Kimberly J.
RatingsI have just started an ecommerce website,and having this extension in my store was important for me to win trust of customers. Highly recommendable
Happy Customer
Review by Elias Jonsson
RatingsI liked the extension a lot and its concept of defining days and hiding button concept.
Really specific
Review by Pauline Bergqvist
RatingsThe extension allows you to set the days for the refund as per your store policy in which the customers can request for a refund, and after specified days the refund request button will be disabled automatically. This feature has saved a tremendous amount our time.
Great development
Review by Kim Cảnh
RatingsThe extension has provided us with a system where we can efficiently manage all the refund requests from our potential customers and give them excellent customer service.
Simply Awesome
Review by Royce
RatingsThis extension is really helpful to make refund process lot easier for customers.
Lovely development
Review by Maddison
RatingsAfter integrating this extension, I got so many positive feedback from my store customer loves this functionality. Thanks, Magecomp for making it.
One Click Refund
Review by Kristina R.
RatingsAfter implementing this extension, My customers are really happy by getting one click refund request. Code quality and Support is also Great.
Excellent refund module
Review by Aisha Freeman
RatingsI have put a lot of efforts to find easy refund request for my customers and after using this extension for a month, I found that this extension did very good job upon my expectations.
Really overwhelmed with the extension and support.
Quick refund process
Review by Noel Stephenson
RatingsPreviously we are mostly getting refund request through email or contact but after installing this extension it saves lots of time in the processing of a request. it's really helpful extension for processing refund request.
perfect refund tracking and management
Review by Michael charlebois
Ratingsrefund request extension has the perfection of tracking refunds by customers even if I'm not online, i get details through email. wonderful extension it is!
Very easy to made requests
Review by Suzanne
RatingsI got very positive response after installing refund request in my magento. It's very easy for customers to make requests and for me to easily get notified and manage them. Highly recommended.
easy requests collection and management
Review by Aaron
RatingsRather than getting refund requests through phone calls or other contact medium, refund request extension helped me to get all stored in backend and manage as per the requests queue. It made it very easy to collect and manage requests in such a way.
quick refund requests
Review by ann
Ratingsrather than contacting my store, customers can directly request for refund by cancelling orders. I have got this extension a bit customized to work with store credits. No issues, simple awesome extension.
Ideal to manage refunds
Review by Gerald B.
RatingsThe extension changed the tendency of my customers to contact directly for refund requests. Refund Request helped me to improve user experience of my customers, thank you guys.
No more manual returns
Review by janice d. matos
RatingsModule installation has automated managing refund processes. Customers call for refund requests has decreased to none after implementation of it. No more manual returns or requests, everything goes so smooth without any fuss. Thumbs up !!
Streamlined refund process
Review by Dana Erazo
RatingsThe extension proved to be best and works like a charm. It meets all our requirements to streamline refund requests and process them. Excellent module, keep up the good job.
Must buy
Review by Aretha D.
RatingsExtension helped me in a great way to deal with all refund requests on my store. My customers have a clear understanding of making refund requests. My support queries and call reduced greatly after installation of magento refund request by magecomp.
Reliable return system
Review by s. f. santiago
RatingsBefore my purchase of refund request module, managing and processing all the requests was a tough cookie to crack. But now, I can easily manage them all. Customers are happier with reliable and friendly refund system. I appreciate the efforts by Magecomp. Highly recommended.
Easily manageable refund requests
Review by June Backer
RatingsAfter installation of refund requests in my magento, all the requests are easily manageable through the data stored. I can process all incoming requests timely using the data. Thanks magecomp for this great plugin. Well done!
Version : 1.0.1 Date : 11-04-2018
- Now, Customer can refund for selected prdouct from an order.
- Added Refund request form for getting detailed product refund information
- Minor Bug fixing and User Improvements


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Sean Spicer has arrived in Hollywood. He was on Jimmy Kimmel Live and he was on the Emmys. Surely there's been a conversation about Dancing With the Stars. Perhaps a guest stint on Madam Secretary? Maybe, when all else fails, a uniquely autobiographical episode of Drunk History?
Spicer appeared onstage early in this year's Emmys, declaring, "This will be the largest audience to witness an Emmys, period. Both in person and around the world!" The camera kept cutting to Melissa McCarthy, who looked surprised, if not a bit disappointed. You could say Spicer was engaged in an act of self-parody, but it's more accurate to say that Spicer was imitating McCarthy imitating Spicer. A dutiful poltroon to the end, the former White House press secretary is unwilling to actually say anything negative about the administration that so spurned him. But he so badly wants the world to know that he's got a sense of humor.
His appearance was controversial, the sort of thing that has normalized the word "normalized." But I think it was part of Colbert's grand, failed plan. The host's opening sequence was bait for all demographics, Anthony Anderson and Allison Janney, niche-weird Archer and critic-weird The Americans, insta-phenomenon Stranger Things and beloved daddy death-dirge This Is Us, song and dance, a joke about Bill Maher, a serious thank you to our first responders! Colbert had a gag about all the networks and platforms – a joke that went out with Seeso – but Spicer was an extension of his genuine impulse to cover everything. Wasn't he the star of the White House Press Briefing, the most popular new series of the year? (I don't have precise viewership numbers, but neither does Hulu.)
I don't envy anyone who tries to paint a complete picture of television circa now. It didn't really work. Colbert's opening had too many thin gags stretched thinner. (Millie Bobby Brown can dance, we get it!) It took some time, but he got to the elephant in the nation. "The biggest TV star of the last year is Donald Trump," he said. "Every show was influenced by Donald Trump in some way." This feels true, yet isn't quite. The Handmaid's Tale was a book 30 years ago, was adapted and already in production when November came. Big Little Lies was a book more recently, but the miniseries wrapped last June. Veep conjured a venal and morally bankrupt Washington mid-Obama. Saturday Night Live was doing broad pointless wig-department political gags decades ago.
More accurate to say: The reaction to every show was influenced by Donald Trump in some way. The Handmaid's Tale looked much less futuristic, Veep more accurate. And Saturday Night Live said Steve Bannon was the Grim Reaper, ho ho ho, what laceration! I loved Big Little Lies, but thought the final act was weirdly abrupt, a complex human epic suddenly so dependent on Alexander Skarsgard as the NorCal coast's avatar of toxic masculinity. But, dammit! In 2017, who didn't want to see all our favorite actresses gang up on an avatar of toxic masculinity? Push, Zoe Kravitz, push! And so what if the show seventh-wheel'd you behind Adam Scott's beard and Ah-ma-BELL-ah?
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I don't want to say that current events somehow made those shows better and don't want to sound like I'm giving credit to anyone but the creators. The Handmaid's Tale would have felt just as vibrant in the universe where internet trolls hurled insults at a female president, instead of merely hurling insults at all human females. But Trump has been business for television – good, weird business. Compare, say, Colbert on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter last year ("Late night's onetime king of political satire") to Colbert on the same magazine's cover this year ("10 weeks at the top"). Donald Glover won two prizes at this year's Emmys, a remarkable moment of ascension for a remarkable creative mind, and even he seemed a bit deflated. "I want to thank Trump for making black people number one on the most-oppressed list," he said. "He's the reason why I'm probably up here."
I think Glover was joking. (Hell, Atlanta should've won more.) But he's a wry, ruminative soul. The tone of this Emmys was more celebratory and proudly political. Winston Churchill, Hillary Clinton, and the Innocence Project all received shoutouts. Stranger Things and Westworld won nothing, maybe because their settings and central ideas felt a bit too abstracted from current events, but more likely because the Emmys have a history of ignoring science-fiction. (The Handmaid's Tale slipped in under the Lost Season 1 Exception: No robots, no superpowers!)
Once the awards show got going – once Colbert and the hammy Billy Crystalite parodies disappeared – it was a delight! There were soft sweeps in each category, lending the night a sense of triple momentum. The Big Little Lies train rewarded Laura Dern and Nicole Kidman, but it also gave a win to Skarsgard – the only real howler of the night, I thought. (No offense to Tarzan, but I preferred Bill Camp channeling Jerry Orbach on The Night Of, not to mention David Thewlis on Fargo as a vastly more convincing looming avatar of toxic masculinity.)
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There was a wondrous and strange moment reuniting the great women of 9 to 5. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, who star on Mom's beloved Grace & Frankie, seemed to have preplanned a bit without informing Dolly Parton. It was a gag about refusing to be controlled by a sexist egotistical lying hypocritical bigot, the plot of 9 to 5 and of 2017. This was funny, but give some credit to Parton for overreacting madly, a kind aunt at an explosive Thanksgiving dinner, backpedaling with stunning professionalism. Say what is going on with ol' Dabney Coleman? Support you say, hey I know something about support, wink wink! She demanded to get a Grace & Frankie vibrator in her swag bag, and so here we are, America, it's less controversial to talk about vibrators than to talk about the President of the United States.
There was a mini-sweep for "San Junipero," the beloved episode of Black Mirror, in the Movie-Miniseries categories. There were a couple of prizes for John Oliver, who worshipped Oprah and demanded that the band play him off. The band was unusually aggressive, I thought, the play-off music often booming in mid-sentence. The band gave Kidman enough time to praise how Big Little Lies shined a light on domestic abuse. But they cut off Sterling K. Brown in the middle of what sounded like a profound bit of TV history.
Sterling K. Brown! This was his second straight year winning an Emmy, after his tense performance as Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson. Brown took the opportunity to guide the crowd through TV history. "Walter White held this joint!" he said, marveling at his Best Actor in a Drama prize. "Dick Whitman held this joint!" he said, and then he remembered not everyone watched Mad Men, and added, "I may've lost some of you all. Google it!"
Most importantly: "Detective Frank Pembleton held this joint!" That was Andre Braugher's character on Homicide: Life on the Street, a great show that should be easier to find online. Braugher was the last African American actor to win the Best Actor in a Drama Prize, in 1998. I could've heard Brown fanboy out about TV history for hours, but the band started playing, and he refused to leave, and the lights went out. (He did manage to conclude his speech in the press room though — watch it here.)
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Whatever: His joy was infectious, and the night got more joyous as it went along. There was Cicely Tyson, 92, taking her time, persisting. There was Witherspoon and Kidman, sharing the stage to give a superteam speech about great roles for women. I teared up when Ann Dowd walked onstage to accept her Supporting Actress in a Drama Prize, never knew I loved Hulu until I heard her explain how lovely Hulu is. Master of None's Lena Waithe was the first African American woman to ever win a Comedy Writing prize, and there was another tear when she said, "The things that make us different, those are our superpowers."
My stealth MVP of the night was Jermaine Fowler, the Superior Donuts star, who served as the show's official announcer. No, I don't know what Superior Donuts is either, and some of his introductions were rushed, but they trended stream-of-consciousness, personal, and outright absurd. When Don Roy King won for Directing a Variety Series, Fowler explained, "His first directing job was on The Michael Douglas Show. My grandmother loved that show." After Witherspoon's triumphant speech, the disembodied Fowler yelled, "Tell 'em, Reese!" His delivery suggested a playful interest, or lack thereof: He sounded bored saying "Lea Michele," but turned "Kumail Nanjiani" into a symphony.
Colbert was funny, loosened up at last, in a short bit with Jimmy Kimmel. They were both mourning their loss by sampling a special Last Week Tonight cocktail ("It's so high quality, apparently they can only make one a week.") A fun game to play with each Emmys is to try and spot the ascendant comedian who'll host twice next decade; James Corden was sizing up the stage, Billy Eichner killed from the seats, Rachel Bloom danced about accountants, and there was a whisper on the wind that sounded like the voice of Jimmy Fallon, an echo from some long-gone time when people didn't loathe distractions.
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I was happy to see Handmaid's Tale win so big, was surprised again to remember that Elisabeth Moss never won for Mad Men. The series showrunner, Bruce Miller, closed the night on a line that summed up the general feeling of these Emmys. "Go home," he said. "Get to work. We have a lot of things to fight for." Too true. But there's actual importance, and then there's self-importance. Bless Alec Baldwin, winning an Emmy for playing a gasbag nincompoop, going method in his acceptance speech with a joke about babymaking (SMILE, WIFE!) and this peculiar line:
I always remember once someone told me that when you die, you don't remember a bill that Congress passed or a decision the Supreme Court made or an address made by the president — you remember a song, you remember a line from a movie, you remember a play, you remember a book, a painting, a poem.
Sure, well, I would imagine that there are some people who remember some Supreme Court decisions, Alec? And perhaps certain transformative Congressional bills? There are presidential speeches that still make grandparents tear up in memory – though of course, they probably watched that speech on television, in the early days of the Grand Faustian Bargain between American politics and American entertainment. Television in 2017 is the primary battleground for so much in our culture, and the breadth of quality demonstrated by all the Emmy winners speaks to how engaged the medium has become.
But if you're looking for wisdom, look to Chance the Rapper. He turned a cameo into a supernova during Colbert's opening number. Turns out he's the very best sort of TV critic, someone who knows his favorite shows well enough to see clearly what they're missing:
I love television, it's a pleasant distraction
But just imagine taking action.
I like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, in fact, I'm addicted
But where's the cop show where one gets convicted?
I miss the classics, I still think M.A.S.H. rocks
But if Hawkeye can be a soldier, why not Laverne Cox?
Bob's Burgers makes me smile, but please don't ignore
The decline of the independent family-run store.
I get it, them finales, they got you focused,
Just record the show and try to show up at the protest.
The 2017 Emmys had bold statements, triumphant victories, a sincere dedication to the uncontroversial notion that all voices should be heard. But here was a clever, provocative idea. Television is great! Now, turn it off!