text:
Retaliation Against A New Enemy Essay, Research Paper
The face of war has changed in the 21st century, a change that the United States is not totally prepared for. Our new enemies are not citizens of countries, they have no face, and they do not abide by any ?rules of war.? Because of this, there is not a person safe from their attacks, from the President to military personnel to a college student in west Texas as now everyone is a target. They succeed by their element of surprise and their surprising ingenuity in creating their terror. Before someone can propose policy regarding terrorism, we need to begin to understand what incites these people to perpetrate such heinous acts and what they hope to gain by their actions. There are many possible reasons for their actions, some of which may need to be taken into account in order to create policy that is as much protective of the country as it is of the individual?s rights. One of their largest concerns may be gaining recognition for their cause, harassing or weakening countries, embarrassing governments by showing an inability to protect its citizens, prevent or delay legislation, and possibly even causing government reaction, overreaction, and possibly repression of its people by overzealously trying to protect them. However, in regards to the United States, changes must be made in the areas of domestic policy, foreign policy, and the military.
The United States government faces a strong dilemma when it comes to creating changes in domestic policy. In exchange for better protection of the citizens, the citizens must be willing to also give up or abridge certain rights, the problem being the United States founded on freedom. Another issue is how far are we willing to go to ensure our safety. One idea being pondered is the issuance of a national smart card with detailed information about the carrier. This in itself would make the average American scream an invasion of privacy. However, this card is no worse than a driver?s license that most Americans already carry. However, the main perpetrators of new terrorism are of Middle Eastern decent. Should only those of Middle Eastern decent in the United States be required to carry these cards? On the surface this would make sense except for the equality and discriminatory issues involved with this option. But, those from the Middle East are not the only ones that may be involved with terrorism, such as the Oklahoma City bombing conducted by Timothy McVey and possibly others. There are thousands of people of other decent in this country in militia groups and even racial groups that are probably more than willing to create terror themselves, and with these people, they probably have even greater means and resources than those who attacked on September 11. Therefore a smart card would make much more sense to be issued to all of those in this country, and it seems that a majority of Americans are willing to accept this idea. Another issue, which has many, parts and has been battled over in government and the courts for years, and this is the area of civil rights. There are many court cases already that involve police methods of obtaining justice, with most of these cases barring many of these types of investigation. One method is the monitoring of phone calls and other forms of communication. The question is whether or not the government should allow the greater use of and more freedom in the use of these techniques to weed out possible terrorists. Americans seem to be about half and half on this issue. Another problem with this is the fairness of application of these powers if given more freely. However, the best solution to terrorism is prevention, and these tools would definitely help in finding those involved in terrorism related activities. Whether or not this is mostly used on those of Middle Eastern decent is trivial, as these are drastic times where the criminals are effective and faceless. All those of this decent should be monitored, as one could not tell otherwise if one of these people could possibly be involved in certain activities. They are a minority in this country, and if the greater good is protecting the rest of the people in this country then that alone should qualify a few inconveniences for middle eastern people residing here. Another question involves giving certain government agencies such as the FBI, CIA, and the NSA greater opportunity to investigate and to gather information about people without the pressing oversight of congress, which in itself could be one cause of a rise in terrorism as these agencies did not have the means to find out information that might have stopped the latest attack. Bush has already proposed the formation of a new agency called the National Homeland Security Agency that has powers not unlike the National Security Council. However, others such as Gary Hart who originally was involved with a Commission on National Security in the 21st century under Clinton, believes the agency?s powers so go far beyond what is planned now. He proposes the new agency having powers of the Coast Guard, Customs Service, border patrol, Federal Emergency Management Agency and elements of at least three dozen other federal offices. This would essentially centralize the domestic security powers creating one strong agency eliminating lack of communication and loopholes. The new border powers would strengthen out border and target cargo that is suspicious and hopefully prevent weapons from even entering the country. Also it should not have intelligence gathering capabilities but it should have the power to focus intelligence on domestic threats. Also this agency should have final authority and accountability. All this together would make an agency that eliminates the need for other agencies and would make domestic safety much more efficient and effective instead of having many different agencies attempting to communicate with each other with a heads that are powerless, ineffective, and lacks accountability.
Another arena that changes need to be made is foreign policy. The United States needs to interact with its allies and create new international rules and possibly agencies that deal with terrorism and to act with the allies on these changes. There are several countries with hostile regimes that condone and feed the terrorism such as the Taliban that are harboring Bin Laden. Now there are other possibilities to combat these regimes without military action. One method is already being used now in Afghanistan. In these countries with radical Islamic fundamentalist regimes have opposition in the country they control. The main problem is these opposition groups do not have the resources to overthrow these powerful regimes. Therefore if the United States gives money to these opposition groups and the people of the country, hopefully then they would have the resources to overthrow the controlling party. This way the people are empowered and then we would have their support after they gained control without numerous American lives lost. In addition the US government should also help strengthen the other ally countries in the Middle East such as Saudi Arabia both making them stronger than the opposing countries and keeping our allies from having similar fundamentalist regimes from gaining power. With our stronger allies such as Britain and France the US needs to form multilateral international agencies to approach the terrorism problem. Already an International Criminal Court has been created which would be used to try accused terrorists. This court should be dominated by the United States and its allies with the harshest punishments carried out as a warning to other terrorists. However, there is a catch 22 situation created by this as punishing terrorists would only make them more zealous in their hatred of the United States and result in an escalation. A possible answer is a simpler one and that is to pull out from the Middle East all together and let the countries fight among themselves to settle their differences without having the United States as a big brother interfering. This is probably the single most important reason for the rise in terrorism. Terrorists more than likely target us because of their resentment against us for our intrusion into their world, especially when the United States is on the side of a country that opposes the countries home to terrorists. One instance of American involvement is Israel and Palestine who have been at ware for years and will probably be at war for years to come regardless of American involvement. The hatred shown by Palestine was evident as its citizens cheered when the World Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked. As lone as the United States is on the side of Middle East countries that are not Islamic then the terrorism will continue. American involvement in countries trying to overthrow a hostile regime also feeds the proverbial fire. The United States has already decide to send 40 million dollars to the anti-Taliban groups in Afghanistan, supra, this of course ties in with more American involvement and this alone will cause more terrorism against the United States.
A third arena that needs treatment is military involvement. Americans have already shown their near unanimous support for military action against those responsible. But all out military use is not quite needed as of yet as there are other methods that would result in less loss and have the same effect. However, first, the United States military and the militaries of our allies need to be taught about a different style of warfare. The last thing the world needs is another Vietnam as guerilla fighting would probably be the most used method of war in these underdeveloped middle-eastern countries as the terrorists training is probably based on such tactics. History shows advanced armies, as in Vietnam, do no fare well against the archaic yet effective guerilla warfare. Before full military effort is administered however, a different approach should be taken first. Highly trained and specialized teams of Seals and Special Forces should be sent in first to knock out with pin point precision terrorist installations and people of stature and power within these terrorist groups such as Bin Laden?s Al-Quaeda. Without their leaders most of the terrorist groups would probably disband without having their unifying voice. This type of precision would be fast and efficient with as little intrusion on international rules as possible. However, if this method is found ineffective then a full deployment of troops should occur. With this the objectives should be precise and swift rendering the hostile regimes useless and allow for the eradication of those involved in terrorist acts, as a very potent point should be made to others that oppose the United States.
It is certain that changes need to be made in the areas of domestic policy, foreign policy, and the military. However, the answer to terrorism is not an easy one. The United States has already created a catch 22 situation with the middle east by its obsessive intrusion into the affairs of the middle east which is the main reason that terrorism has rose to what it has today. The government needs to be careful in who it accuses as those responsible. But when there is no doubt, swift, accurate, and just punishment should be used whether it be with a small special forces team knocking out those in power or a full scale war against the countries that harbor the terrorists. With this the government should have full support of the people, and should not back down to any country responsible for bringing death to our home.


text:
A therapist discloses to a patient the dream she had about him the night of their previous session:
I was sitting next to you on the couch in my office. You were sitting in the middle of the couch and I was to your left. We were facing each other. I reached over and touched your face. Your skin was soft. You then reached over to me and I felt guilt and sadness. So I turned away crying, feeling that loss. I wondered if you felt I was rejecting of you. I turned back to you and you said, "I love your father."
The therapist recognized the resurgence of familiar feelings: her love for her patient, the patient's love for her, and how it could not be; also familiar feelings with the therapist's father. The therapist knew she also loved her father, and he, her, and it could not be. So, said the therapist, I am in touch with my sadness.
The patient shares his dream:
I was in the backyard. There was a helicopter overhead. It started coming down, through the trees. I could see the pilot, we made eye contact, and waved, two men with white hair. Then the fence disappeared. Then it changed to the backyard of my childhood home and there were fields with no end.
The patient quipped [associated], Why can't I dream about sex instead of about benevolent old men with white hair?
The therapist mused aloud, Maybe this is about your father, the unspoken lifelong wish that there were no longer barriers between the two of you, instead of your usual, professed indifference toward a preoccupied, distant and disdainful father.
The patient and therapist had long since past been in the throes of an erotic transference- countertransference. The patient, old enough to be the father of the female therapist, had, before therapy, used extra marital affairs to help him feel desired and competent. The female therapist had lost her own father when she but was a toddler. Now there was more honest, intimate relating between therapist and patient, able now to uphold boundaries without the presence of fences between them, and without the fear that boundary violations would occur. The patient, now able to talk about sexual desires without the urge to have to act on them. He no longer could accept hurting his wife with his infidelities.
Bromberg writes that the feelings stirred up in the therapist about the patient are not the personal property of the therapist, but belong to both.
The therapist, having understood about co-creation, no longer felt ashamed about her dream. She was able to feel the mutuality of her own father's love. The patient said, "There is something so romantic about recognizing feelings that one can't act on." The therapist felt sadness, not romance.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
In 2009 the government will start deporting all the mentally ill people.
I started crying when I thought of you.
Run my little crazy friend, run!
Well, what can I say?? Someone sent it to me, and durn it, I'm NOT going alone!!
I'm taking you all with me !!


text:
Our emphasis at MPS is on "True Food" made from fresh, wholesome ingredients. We feature local fruits, vegetables, meat and other products in your school meals! We also connect students with their food through taste tests, Minnesota farmer visits and other hands-on activities. MPS is proud to support our local farmers and provide fresh, healthy options for our kids.
Download our True Food of the Month informational flyers. Each one has interesting facts and beautiful images to help you and your child learn more about the "True Food" MPS is serving each month.
Click on an image to view the PDF.
Right-click on an image to download the PDF.


text:
|from Spokane, Washington
Head east on Interstate 90 towards Idaho. From the Washington/Idaho border, it is 73 miles to Lookout Pass on the Idaho/Montana border. At this Montana border interchange, follow the signs right into the parking lot. The parking lot is 200 yards from the I-90 Exit 0 (zero) offramp. It will normally take about 90 minutes to get to Lookout Pass from downtown Spokane.
After leaving the lake resort town of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (elevation 2187 feet), you climb over Fourth of July Pass (elevation 3081 feet) and drop into the beautiful Silver Valley. The town of Kellogg and access to Silver Mountain Ski Area are mid-valley at Exits 49 to 51. The historic mining town of Wallace (elevation 2736 feet) is nestled beneath the freeway between Exits 61 and 62. The ski area is located eleven miles further east on I-90 at (Montana) mile marker 0 (elevation 4725 feet).
|from Missoula, Montana
Head west on Interstate 90 towards Idaho. Lookout is located on the Montana/Idaho border at exit 0 (zero). There is a sign showing the offramp for Lookout Pass shortly before you get to the Idaho border. The parking lot is 200 yards from the I-90 offramp.
It is 100 miles to Lookout Pass from downtown Missoula. So after a long day of winter fun, don't drive home... spend the night in historic Wallace Idaho, only 11 miles west!
|2001 Official Idaho Highway Map
the portion indicated at 300 dpi using Acrobat Reader.
Click on map to see expanded view in separate window.
Move mouse over map to see greatly expanded view.
Return to the
Lookout Pass index page
at wallace-id.com,
or go to another of Greg's Lookout Pass or Silver Mountain pages:
|Please visit skilookout.com for more information about this Silver Valley attraction.
Please Note:
©1998-2018, Marsh Scientific Services, Greg Marsh, Ph.D.


text:
National Forum On Judicial Accountability
A quick insight into the 2008 "Citizens Forum On Judicial Accountability" which prompted NFOJA and our proposed model legislation, "Citizens' Panel On Judicial Misconduct Act"
Views: 112
There is no judicial accountability, when it comes to elder abuse. The fraudulent deprivation of assets from thousands of elders in this country, is a national disgrace, and the ourageous appointments of Trustee's, Wards, and Conservators, often without legal standing..
© 2019 Created by NFOJA Administration. Powered by


text:
Len BUllard wrote: So far, this discussion seems to have only two alternatives: TEI or HyTime and HyTime is a standard which Eliot assures us is able to express TEI comfortably. I'm sure it is, but will it be understandable by people who want to implement systems using XML? I know many people with many decades experience in the text and computing fields who have grave doubts about getting HyTime understood, whereas the TEI extended pointer notation is a concrete implementation which can be grasped in half an hour. I am by no means dismissing HyTime, but I really, badly want to be convinced that an XML which uses it is going to be comprehensible by the user and the implementor. ///PeterReceived on Sunday, 29 December 1996 14:45:42 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.1 : Tuesday, 6 January 2015 21:25:21 UTC


text:
Fresh Quality Leads
This insures you are getting in contact with people that recently showed interest, by filling out a form, calling, Emails, Websites or requesting information from one of our networks.
Priced at an affordable rate
Bulk Purchase insures you will receive fresh leads at a lower cost, this allows you to get in contact with more prospects at a fraction of the cost it would be for higher priced single lead purchase.
All Types of Leads Available
Real Estate, Mortgage, B2B, B2C, Payday Loan, lawyer, Repairs, Seo, Web Design, Insurance, Vacation, HealthCare, Fitness & wellness , Nutrition, software, volunteer & donation info leads, and so much more.
Simple Ordering
Select the quantity you require then place the order through our PayPal account, once we receive your order we will contact you via email for the details of the leads you require. Then the customer support agent will compile the list you require and email it to you. We provide Customer Support via Email Between the Hours of 9:00am to 6:00pm all orders place After hours will be set up the next morning.
Sale On Bulk Leads
Our Leads are Fresh and can help to generate success, Our goal is to build a lasting relationship with our clients. These leads are great for new startups, or veteran businesses, whether you are a small business with a few callers or large call center our leads price will benefit you.
Live Transfer Leads Generation
We offer leads Generation for your business
Requires Contract for 1 year, receive exclusive leads for your business.
Requires upfront cost, plus monthly maintenance.
contact us for more details.
Our leads can help create a Secure Financially Stable circumstance for you and your business, our leads are fresh and price to create a lower impact on your budget, allowing you to get more quality leads to enhance your chances of succeeding in your business. we offer the option of getting you the specific industry leads you would require if available, Our quality leads will certainly help to boost your chances of creating profits.
3030 N. Rocky point Dr, Tampa, Florida, 33607


text:
World Cafe Live welcomes aggressive indie folk outfit Brethren to its stage tonight. The Lancaster, PA natives released their latest single "There's No Use" at the end of September. The track is just as pretty as it is melancholic but it works. Its harmonies and guitar melodies bring to mind the smooth sounds of the Beach Boys. Stream it below and get tickets here.
Tonight will also find country rockers Frog Holler at Johnny Brenda's. Watch them play "Not Like Us" below and get tickets here.
Long-running jam band Gov't Mule plays the second of two nights at The Tower Theater tonight. Warren Haynes and his bandmates this fall released the album Shout! on Blue Note Records, and the double disc set includes collaborations with Elvis Costello, Steve Winwood, Ben Harper, Dave Matthews, Dr. John, Toots Hibbert, Grace Potter and Jim James. Get information on the show here and watch an album trailer below.
Also tonight…
The Felice Brothers at Ardmore Music Hall (9:00 p.m., $15-$35, 21+)
Ryan Tennis at MilkBoy (8:30 p.m., $12, 21+)
Ben Vaughn Quintet at Tin Angel (7:30 p.m., 21+)
Trout Fishing in America at Ephrata Main Theatre (12:00 p.m., $25)
- Categorized Under:


text:
What is an articulated strategy?
The Foundation supports projects that recognize that there are a variety of approaches and/or methodologies for achieving a desired outcome, such as community organizing, media outreach and public education, leadership development, research, policy advocacy and direct service. Direct service programs will be considered only when the services are linked to a long-term systems change strategy.


text:
MOSUL, Iraq, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi government forces on Monday gained more ground in the western side of Mosul amid heavy clashes against the Islamic State (IS) militants, the Iraqi military said.
The elite forces, known as Counter Terrorism Service (CTS), freed the small neighborhood of Sikak and the remaining part of the adjacent Yarmouk neighborhood in west of Mosul's old city center, after days of heavy clashes with the extremist militants, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Yarallah, from the Joint Operations Command (JOC), said in a statement.
The latest advance is part of slow advance that included the nearby neighborhoods of Tanak, Aabar, Matahin and Urouba. The troops are pushing toward the western edge of Mosul's densely populated old city center, where roughly 400,000 residents are believed to still be trapped under IS rule.
Meanwhile, the federal police and interior ministry special forces, known as Rapid Response, continued their battles on the southern and western front lines at the edge of the old city center, a security source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The troops are trying to advance through the narrow streets in the old neighborhoods around the historical al-Nuri Mosque in the middle of Mosul's old city center, the source said.
The progress in the old city center is much slower than the early phases of the offensive after the troops restricted the use of bombs and increased sniper fire against terrorist militants holed up in densely populated old city center, the source added.
The fierce battles brought the total number of civilians who left their homes in the western side of Mosul to 281,630 people, according to latest statement by the Iraqi Migration and Displaced Ministry.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, announced the start of an offensive on February 19 to drive extremist militants out of the western side of Mosul, locally known as the right bank of Tigris River which bisects the city.
Late in January, Abadi declared the liberation of the eastern side of Mosul, or the left bank of Tigris, after more than 100 days of fighting against IS militants.
However, the western part of Mosul, with its narrow streets and a population of between 750,000 and 800,000, appears to be a bigger challenge to the Iraqi forces.
Mosul, 400 km north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, has been under IS control since June 2014, when government forces abandoned their weapons and fled, enabling IS militants to take control of parts of Iraq's northern and western regions.


text:
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - When Mark Zuckerberg worries, investors should listen. The Facebook founder and chief executive has been flagging for months that ad revenue was set to slow. Now, tweaks designed to make the social network less divisive are hindering engagement and stifling user growth. Facebook has rarely disappointed investors; this could be the year.
Zuckerberg's Harvard dorm-room creation has had a remarkable run since it went public in 2012, its value ballooning to more than $540 billion. Financial results reported on Wednesday show the party continues. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2017 rose 47 percent to $13 billion, while earnings increased by a healthy 20 percent, even with a tax haircut from Uncle Sam. Facebook has beaten analyst estimates for full-year earnings every year since it went public.
Sill, several issues point to a day of reckoning. Zuckerberg's usual peppy statement that accompanies earnings releases was less so this time around. Changes to Facebook's news feed feature meant that time spent on Facebook – an important metric to sell advertisers and investors alike – declined by 50 million hours every day.
The tweaks are definitely necessary. The idea is to address Facebook's role in presenting fake ads that may have swayed the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Moreover, the Silicon Valley firm has inadvertently helped to entrench partisan divides, through the "filter bubble" phenomenon, where users are bombarded with ads and posts that reinforce their existing views.
But the changes are also painful. Zuckerberg recently posted a series of messages on Facebook promising content that is "good for your well-being and for society." It sounds like serving steamed broccoli to a group hungry for chocolate.
Facebook has come down to earth in more ways than one. Three years ago, it traded at roughly 40 times forward-year earnings, twice the multiple of more mature rival Google. Now, the two have converged at around 28 times. Zuckerberg may be helping make Facebook more helpful to society, but the changes that entails may do the opposite for investors.
Reuters Breakingviews is the world's leading source of agenda-setting financial insight. As the Reuters brand for financial commentary, we dissect the big business and economic stories as they break around the world every day. A global team of about 30 correspondents in New York, London, Hong Kong and other major cities provides expert analysis in real time.
Sign up for a free trial of our full service at https://www.breakingviews.com/trial and follow us on Twitter @Breakingviews and at www.breakingviews.com. All opinions expressed are those of the authors.


text:
Terren Hall Hired as Husson Softball Coach
Bangor, ME - Terren Hall, a graduate of the University of Maine at Orono, has been appointed as Husson University's Interim Head Softball Coach for the 2015 season. She will take over an Eagles program that has won six-straight North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Softball Championships and has made six consecutive NCAA Division III National Softball Tournament appearances.
Hall said of her hire, "I'm excited to be joining the Eagles softball program and the great tradition that the program has established. I look forward to building on that success, and I'm eager to get started, meet the team, and establish the plan for the upcoming season."
Hall is the General Manager and Director of Softball at Sluggers in Brewer, Maine, and has served in both roles since 2012. At Sluggers, she also coaches the Under-18 Maine Sluggers travel team and instructs individuals in pitching, hitting, catching, and fielding. She has her American Softball Association Level 3 coaching certification.
No stranger to Husson, Hall served as a volunteer assistant softball coach for the Eagles for stints in 2012 and 2014, primarily working with the hitters. She also volunteered as an assistant softball coach for her alma mater, Maine, in 2011 and 2013-14, and worked with the outfielders and hitters.
As a student-athlete for the Black Bears, Hall earned a B.S. in Kinesiology and Physical Education with a minor in Business Adminstration. A standout third base player, she was twice selected to the America East All-Conference Team and also named to the All-Academic Team. She set five Maine softball records: most home runs as a freshman (9), most RBI's hit in a season (53), most career home runs (35), most career doubles (43), and most consecutive games played (204). She attended high school at Bucksport and was named the Class B Player and Pitcher of the Year during her time there.
Frank Pergolizzi, Husson's Athletic Director, commented, "We are pleased that Terren has agreed to serve as Interim Head Softball Coach. Her background as a player and coach as well as her familiarity with many of our players makes Terren well-qualified to take on this role. We look forward to continued success this coming season."
A full national search will take place at the end of the 2015 season.


text:
Dragon Christmas 2 by sandaraWatch
©2012-2019 sandara
Dragon on a tree
I LOVE it, very charming, whimsical and cute.
Your Christmas dragons are so cute! I think this one is my favorite! I love the colors you used and his expression, he has a nice face. I don't get bored of him over the years!
Aww I love your traditional art!
I would totally buy this if it was on a t-shirt.
I would totally buy this if it was on a t-shirt.
so sweet
Nice design!
I want to give the dragon a cookie...
Cute! I think this one's my favorite out of the three!
Very nice I love the dragon's color scheme
The details and colors look great!
So cute!!!
I love the colors on this one!
I think I like this one best of the three.
These are so cute!!
Adorable! I want to snuggle it!
These are all so cute!
Cute! I love the blending you did with the wings!
AAAAAW, really cute dragon :333 I love the contrast of colors
That's adorable.
What!? Dragons don't grow on trees, silly!
I like the mischievous look on its face.
I like the mischievous look on its face.
So cool!
Aww, so cute! This would make a great Christmas card design
i like this one best outta your 3 dragon & tree designs
,w, I want these dragon christmas on coffee mugs....<3
Of the three Christmas dragons I like the color combination and the expression on the dragon's face.
That's the biggest Christmas ornament I've ever seen. XD
He's like "heyyyyy! I'm a dragon on your tree!" LOL!
oh gosh it's so cuuute
So cute
Both of your dragon pictures would make lovely Christmas cards. They're so fun.
Wow, all three of your dragon/Christmas tree pictures are so cute. DA Christmas card event? If so, that is going to be a very hard pick. Oh wait, I forgot, you can send more than one. Silly me~
Cute! Love his face!
AHHH so cute!! They're all so adorable! These should so go on Christmas cards haha
Hah aha too cute gotta love that expression!!
Yaayyy, they're just perfect!!!! All three of them!
So cute! And I love the dragons colour
Whaha nice too!
This is so cute
Colourful, humorous and very well drawn of course. Fantastic work
This should be on a Christmas card!
I love it! Thank you very much for doing that dragon!!!
I'm loving this new style!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


text:
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F.
Sprinkle steaks with kosher salt and crushed black pepper. Heat butter in a 12-inch, heavy bottomed saute pan over medium heat. Once butter is hot, add steaks and cook until browned on both sides, about 2 minutes per side for medium-rare and 3 minutes per side for medium. Remove steaks from pan and place on a rack set on a sheet pan; place in oven to keep warm.
Add the stock to the saute pan and whisk until the crispy bits release from bottom of pan. Allow the liquid to reduce for 3 to 4 minutes over medium-high heat. Add cognac, heavy cream, and green peppercorns to the pan. Increase heat to high and cook, whisking continually, until sauce thickens slightly, just enough to coat the back of a spoon; this will take 5 to 7 minutes.
Season the sauce, to taste, with kosher salt. Place steaks on plates, top with sauce, and serve immediately.


text:
Architect's Master Class
IDesign's goal is to affect a change on the software industry, to help it mature into a modern engineering discipline. We focus solely on the design and architecture
phases of software projects. As such we are unique in the market. Software design today (if practiced at all) is still practiced as a craft, rather than a repeatable
engineering methodology, in spite of the availability of an established well-known body of knowledge and design patterns. IDesign managed to literally mechanize the
act of designing software systems. Design is not time consuming or even expensive, but done poorly it has drastic detrimental effect on the overall cost, time to market,
maintainability, extensibility, quality, and even the developers morale and turnover rate. Using an analogy from the civil engineering industry, IDesign is really the
engineering company that provides the building's blueprints. While designing a building can be done in weeks, constructing it may take a couple of years. The same is
true with software design: our engagements are relatively short, as little as two to five dedicated, effective days, where we analyze the requirements and produce the design.
All of IDesign's architects have unmatched experience with designing systems and frameworks, as well as world-renowned reputation as industry leaders.
We also believe that design and architecture are inseparable from the underlying methodology, process, and technology, just like civil engineering architecture is
inseparable from building materials and building codes. To that effect, we offer our customers advanced training and mentoring
demonstrating the use of our original ideas, techniques, patterns, tools and frameworks. IDesign has mentored hundreds of architects and project leads the world over, contributing
directly to both their project success and professional growth.
We find there is no substitute for the in-person guidance, attention and long terms relationship with our customers, the architects and project managers. Our Master Classes, internal Alumni
forum and clinics aim to produce not just experts, but leaders, who can head their team and projects across design, technology and process.
Another unique quality of IDesign is our commitment to a mature software development process. Done properly, the process will maximize your team productivity, binding
the team members with technology and with each other, allowing you to repeatedly meet your goals and requirements - on time and within budget and quality. Much as you
to design the software system, you must design the project to build the system, from accurately calculating the planned duration and cost, to devising several good
execution options, scheduling resources, and even validating your plan. Doing that properly is a hard core engineering task –
designing the project. IDesign offers a comprehensive approach for project design using a combination of well-known
methods and original techniques and tools.
By focusing on design and architecture, great user experience, and the process, we provide our customers with the latest state-of-the-art practices, reducing the overall
technology, design and project risk, thus allowing the customer in turn to focus on their domain and to add value to the application, rather than be slowed down by
the technology or the design challenges.
Juval Löwy is the founder of IDesign and a master software architect specializing in system and project design.
Juval has mentored hundreds of architects across the globe, sharing his insights, techniques, and breakthroughs, in architecture,
project design, development process, and technology.
Juval had participated in the Microsoft internal strategic design reviews for C#, WCF and related technologies.
Juval is a frequent speaker at the major international software development conferences.
Juval published several bestsellers, and his latest book is the fourth edition of
Programming WCF Services (O'Reilly 2015).
Juval published numerous articles, regarding almost every aspect of modern software development and architecture.
Microsoft recognized Juval as a Software Legend as one of the world's top experts and industry leaders.
Billy is internationally known for his work on user experience design and native software development.
He has created modern apps hailed around the world for innovation and effective use of advanced user interface technologies.
Billy offers at IDesign one of the first classes available on the Universal Windows Platform.
Billy is a Microsoft Regional Director, an MVP for Windows Platform Development, and was named a Software Legend in 2002.
You can see Billy at major conferences all over the world, usually doing sessions to help developers to become more focused on designing and
developing software that users love.
Michael 'Monty' Montgomery is a master architect focusing on distributed systems,
enterprise system architecture, SOA and mentorship. Monty has over 20 years of software-engineering experience across a broad spectrum of market segments
including real-time control systems, scientific applications and healthcare. Monty's passion is energizing organizations to successfully deliver
sustainable innovation through the expert application of modern process, practice, and technology. Through this pursuit, Monty has operated as the chief
software architect of a large corporation, managed, mentored and trained countless teams and led several effective architecture revolutions. Monty offers
unique insight and experience with the IDesign's original methodologies and techniques and has successfully employed them with numerous systems. Monty has
written many articles on architecture sharing his unique From
the Field perspective. Monty speaks regularly at .NET, IASA and industry related events around the US.
The winter war, Thermopylae, the mythical man month, for Jarkko it is all the same.
Software is war. With proper planning, design, preparation and the creation of great team morale magnificent outcomes can be realized with minimal resources.
With over 30 years of experience in software and an equal amount of time in the martial arts Jarkko has merged these two paths into one way in the IDesign Method.
Today Jarkko is the Principal and Chief Architect of IDesign Europe where he specializes in system design, project design and project recovery.
A leader of men, mentor and an inspirator, Jarkko personifies all that is good about IDesign: professional integrity, passion, dedication, and a unique set of skills honed for years under the tutorage of the IDesign Masters.
Jarkko's experience spans police force, government, education, automotive, financial and gaming industries. He has created user groups specialized in Software Architecture and Project Design in the Netherlands, Norway,
Sweden and Switzerland. Expect to see him and hear him speak in a city near you.
Petar Vučetin is a veteran solution architect focusing on line-of-business SOA applications. He has built distributed systems and applications
for over twenty years. Petar became involved with computers at an early age--writing his own decompilers, hardware analyzers and micro-controller code.
He has worked in manufacturing, financial, large scale retail, and other industries from which he draws his inspiration to deliver big-picture solutions
for his current clients. Throughout his career, he has mentored teams and business leaders on how to deliver various projects on time and on budget.
He continues to pursue his passions in practicing IDesign architecture and project design methods as well as building cloud-based solutions and utilizing
them in connected systems. Besides his technical excellence, Petar is renowned for his application of mature and practical process, all the way from users personae to architecture and process design.
Will Anderson specializes in architecting modular systems comprising of microservices that deliver true business agility.
According to Will, the key to long term success is the combination of the system design with project design.
Will has designed dozens of systems and projects, and has always delivered on schedule and on budget with uncompromising quality.
On the technical front Will focuses on the Azure Service Fabric, microservices, actors and dynamic workflows.
While being able to sling code with the best of them, Will knows that success depends much more in the transformation of corporate IT culture into one that values solid engineering, quality, measurable results, repeatable process and the people it employs.
Besides being a veteran architect Will is also a certified project manager, and is the Enterprise architect of a large corporation in the logistics and shipment area.
© 2019 IDesign, Inc. All rights reserved. | Hosted by OrcsWeb.


text:
office: 918.355.3699
Our South Tulsa campus first opened its doors in 2016 to welcome the members of a vibrant, burgeoning community. Prior to establishing the South Tulsa campus, many of our dedicated attendees would drive to our other campuses (BattleCreek, Midtown, Downtown) each week from their South Tulsa homes to worship and participate in community events. While a worthy journey, we knew that the members of our South Tulsa community would love to have a church home nearby where they could invite their friends and neighbors to worship. The result is our South Tulsa campus—a grace place where friends and families can celebrate in the comfort and convenience of the community they love.
Monday – Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CST)
Friday – Saturday: Closed


text:
LoginSign up Forgot Password?
6th International Conference on the Geology of the Middle East (ICGM)
Venue: The Conference will be held in the Ballroom and Lecture Room of the Rotana Hotel, Al-Ain, U.A.E
Location: Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
|Event Date/Time: Mar 20, 2006
|End Date/Time: Mar 23, 2006
|Registration Date: Oct 01, 2005
|Early Registration Date: Sep 01, 2005
|Abstract Submission Date: Oct 01, 2005
|Paper Submission Date: Dec 01, 2005
The main objective of the conference is to strengthen the scientific cooperation among the geologists who have interest in the geology of the Middle East. It will include presentations aiming at a fruitful exchange between scientists from all over the world. The conference will focus on improving knowledge among participants that may help establishing multidisciplinary research programs. An exhibition of technical equipment, literature and scientific instruments will be accommodated within the premises of the conference venue. There will be keynote speakers from notable international institutions (details will be posted soon!).


text: Hi all, I promised I would write an article on the GT Academy National Final. Feel free to use this as a RD news article if you wish... As promised: I wanted to give you guys an idea of the Swiss Final so I'm writing a little report for you to have a look at. First of all is was a bloody long journey! I was picked up in Lausanne and 10 hours later we arrived at circuit de Castellet. What a phenominal place. As the bus pulled up to the hotel there were 2 cars convieniently placed outside the hotel. A Nissan 370z and a Nissa GTR. Beautiful. We got dinner and a free bar!? (I'm English I took full advantage) and then off to bed for a 06:30 start. Got up, got breakfast then we were promptly whisked away to the track for some "track exercises" While the French guys competed. The setting was truly amazing, blue skies, warm day even in Feb and 2 Nissan 370z parked on the track ready to go. Our briefing was: Go through the slalom course in the car in the quickest time possible, take care of the gearbox in your change to 2nd gear. That was pretty much it, we all got about 9 laps each through the slalom course. In the vids it looks slow but trust me, those cones were set to a tight slalom. The second vid is me driving. That was an immense amount of fun. Then we went to a different part of the track and the fun truly started! Our new exercise was to accelerate flat-out up to 3rd gear (i can't remeber how fast) then brake at the orange cone, change down to second at the blue cone, then turn into the corner and hit the apex, gradually applying the gas to speed up for the straight. (I actually was good at this getting the quickest exit speed of my group). I was only beaten by the overall winner Oliver. Again it was amazing!! Here are some vids. This is Dmitiri (Baboun) in the 370 on the corner exercise. I was in the car with him, the idea was that we swapped after about 9 attempts each. It was a lot of fun being in the car with a fellow gamer, we both did pretty well too. Next we just followed the pace car (a GTR) around part of the track. However, the pace car was pretty much flat out most of the time and we just had to keep up. They placed cones out so we knew where to brake and change gear, but other than that it was just keep up, taking turns to be the car directly behind the pace car. So after the amazing morning at the track we went to the paddock for lunch which was nice then we were straight into the compitition. You could tell people were nervous but everyone was in good spirits. My first race was a complete disaster. I broke late and spun on the first corner, I knew I needed to be 2nd or 1st to qualify for the semi's so I put my foot down and luckily ended up 2nd. The semi was time trial around Fuji. I was simply too slow and was beaten by about 2 seconds by the 4 finalists. My 1 minor complaint is that I didn't fit in the pods. It was too small and my knees were by my chin. Really I have no excuse as Oliver the winner was about 6'4 and an inch taller than me! To conclude, the organization was truly amazing, in true Swiss style all timings were kept to the minute, all the hardware and software worked perfectly and things were all very fair, only 1 minor incident in the compitition which was just put down to racing incident. Big thanks go to Sony, Oreca, Nissan and anyone else involved in making it a very memorable day for me! Congratulations to Oliver the Swiss winner. He'll be training hard for the final!


text:
Live – Hublot's Magic Gold Ferrari Unico
So if you've been following the watch scene for a while you may have heard of a new alloy developed by Hublot. This alloy is a supposed mixture of gold with ceramic and it promises to be the first version of something every clumsy show off like me has prayed for…scratch-proof gold!
[Click images for hi-res versions and slideshow]
We got to handle a fully working prototype last week, and I can say that while the colour will be something that people will complain about (it looks nothing like gold as we know it) the actual technical aspect of it is fantastic!
I really tried to get at this case using various abrasive instruments! My best attempt was with a set of keys that I really thought had done some damage, until I saw that the only damage was the metal had come off the key onto the watch case, which was easily rubbed off *sulk*
Above you'll see a comparison of the colour with that of the rose gold Big Bang. It's very much muted, and more brown/green than any type of gold that we are used to seeing on watches or jewellery. This I imagine is caused mainly due to the added ceramic and whatever techniques Hublot have used to fuse the 2 materials together. Having come this far I would guess we will eventually see new shades of the metal which will probably aim to take the colour back to the shiny substance we are used to.
The problem in most peoples eyes will be that there is not finishing of the case as such…it is sandblast finished at every angle with no alternative polishing or brushing…how you polish a case that can't actually be marked is another question, though they manage it with ceramic so I'd have hoped it could have translated into this also. Hopefully that will be the next stage of development.
In the meantime, it is a very big step in the right direction towards solving the problems of someone with lots of disposable income! *wish that was me*
Anish Wears:
- Jacket – Reiss
- Shirt – Zara
- Scarf – Dalton of Piccadilly
- Belt – Hermes
- Jeans – Dior Homme
- Shoes – Zara
Oliver Wears:
- Jacket – Barbour
- Shirt – Thomas Pink
- Jeans – Dolce & Gabbana


text:
pretty as a picture
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia.
(as) pretty as a picture
Very visually attractive or appealing; having a picturesque beauty. The girls Alex dates are always pretty as a picture, but don't have much going on between their ears. This part of the country looks as pretty as a picture in the summertime.
*pretty as a picture
very pretty. (*Also: as ~.) Sweet little Mary is as pretty as a picture. Their new house is pretty as a picture.
pretty as a picture
Very attractive, as in She looked pretty as a picture in her new hat. The noun picture alone was used to describe beautiful objects from the early 1800s on; this locution, however, dates from about 1900.


text:
Last updated: May 3rd, 2017 at 09:58 pm
The dollar has come under some selling pressure in the past day and the move seems to have been data driven. The ISM Non-manufacturing data looked to have been slightly positive, but the employment component of the data dropped below 50 which suggested contraction and this hit the dollar. Traders are now looking ahead to the US Employment Situation report today to see if what impact this may have (if any) on the number of jobs created. Markets are seeing the usual cautious approach taking hold ahead of the key Non-farm Payrolls report, with traders unwilling to take a view ahead of such an important number. Aside from the headline consensus expectation of 190,000 jobs, there will also be attention paid to the average hourly earnings which are forecast to show a +0.2% month on month improvement and continued improvement in wage growth which is important as with inflation beginning to come through in the US, wages need to track that move. Unemployment is expected to stick at 4.9%.
Wall Street closed slightly higher yesterday with the S&P 500 up 0.4%, whilst Asian markets have also been trading around the flat-line today with the Nikkei +0.3% and European indices following Wall Street and are also trading mildly higher at the open. In forex trading we see a slight rebound from the dollar which is looking to claw back some of yesterday's losses, although this is unlikely to amount to much in front of the big data release. In tune with this slight dollar rally, the gold price is marginally lower, whilst oil is showing slight gains.
With the oil price rising the Loonie continues to strengthen in front of the Bank of Canada rates decision next week (in which they are expected to stand pat on rates). The large technical correction subsequently on USD/CAD continues as risk appetite improves. I spoke last week about the big downside break from the descending triangle below 1.3635, which has now hit the conservative target of 1.3380, whilst an aggressive downside target now comes in at 1.3170. As the market consolidated in front of the Payrolls report, rallies should be seen as a chance to sell. Having broken decisively below the support at 1.3455, the next band of support comes in at 1.3210/1.3280. The momentum indicators are certainly backing further weakness with the RSI towards 30 and the Stochastics especially bearish now. With even the intraday rallies being sold into, the resistance has been coming in throughout this week at lower levels, with the old support of 1.3500 from last week now the basis of resistance. Key near term resistance is now at 1.3585 and the old neckline support at 1.3635. A move below yesterday's low at 1.3367 opens the next band of support 1.3240/1.3280.
There was a sharp move against the dollar yesterday afternoon in the wake of the ISM Non-Manufacturing data and this has pulled EUR/USD strongly higher with its best day of gains since 9th February. Does this materially change the outlook for the chart though which had been a consistent bearish drift? I would need to see another day of gains today to suggest it is anything other than a move that is corrective to the bear phase. The trouble is that it is Non-farm Payrolls today and hence the early caution which is likely to continue to the data release at 1330GMT. Technically the rally is now hitting the underside of the old uptrend which is now a basis of resistance. I discussed yesterday of the resistance band around $1.0950/60 and this is around where the consolidation is taking place today after yesterday's rally started to run out of steam around $1.0970. However, looking on the hourly RSI and MACD lines there may be something more to this rally as the hourly RSI is looking stronger than it has since the selling pressure resumed a few weeks ago. Another positive close today and this could change the outlook. The recent resistance at $1.0890/$1.0910 is now a basis of support.
The dollar weakness from yesterday has accelerated the counter trend move for a second consecutive strong bullish candle on Cable. The bulls will now be eying the resistance at $1.4235, which interestingly is around where the falling 21 day moving average is today (an indicator which has previously been used as a basis of support and resistance). The RSI has unwound to the mid-40s and the Stochastics are rising now. I am getting ready now for what I expect to be the next sell signal within the downtrend since mid-December which today comes in at $1.4340. The market is slightly lower in the early moves today but it is unlikely that there will be too much direction in front of another important Payrolls report. The configuration on the hourly chart momentum looks positive although has just turned a little weaker as the overnight moves have drifted lower. The previous resistance around $1.4045 has now turned into the basis of support for Cable meaning that from yesterday's trading there is now a 60 pip band of near term support $1.4045/$1.4105.
Are the bulls running out of steam already? The last two candles seem to be knocking the wind out of their sales. After Wednesday's negative candle the bulls could only muster very minor gains, a mood that has continued into today. Perhaps this cautious approach from the bulls can be excused in front of Non-farm Payrolls, however it is beginning to impact on the momentum. The RSI seems to be flattening off around the mid-40s, whilst the Stochastics are now threatening to roll over. However the consolidation is coming around the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement at 113.50, whilst looking on the intraday hourly chart the pivot at 113.15 seems to be continuing to provide the basis of support over the past few days. I am taking the recent consolidation as caution in front of Payrolls and we await the next catalyst. For now I am still looking at a continued recovery and a retest of 114.55 before the key overhead resistance starts coming in at 114.87. A move below 113.15 re-opens 112.15 support.
Although my longer term belief is that I feel that gold has limited upside potential, the near term outlook has sharply improved following yesterday's breakout. After the consolidation that has been seeing gold drift only mildly higher for the past three weeks, suddenly it was as though someone pressed the accelerator peddle and gold shot higher. The move has resulted in an upside break above $1261 resistance for levels not seen since February last year. Although there is minor resistance at $1285, the next real resistance comes in at $1306. Clearly the price is moving higher, but I am still a cautious bull. The momentum indicators are still not what I would expect to see from a market breaking to 13 month highs, with potential bearish divergence still on the RSI and MACD lines not especially strong either, however the sensitive Stochastics have reacted higher. The breakout resistances now become supportive with the market trading around $1261, but also with $1252.90 and $1248.60. Non-farm Payrolls will tend to have a significant impact on gold so expect elevated volatility in the wake of the data release today.
Standing on the brink of completing a 2 month base pattern, it would appear that traders on WTI have become somewhat more circumspect. An inside day range was seen yesterday to reflect the uncertainty, whilst we have also seen another poke above the $34.80 resistance without the required closing breakout that would suggest the bulls are happy to make the move. Momentum indicators however remain bullish and suggest that it should only be a matter of time, but for now we still await the break. The uptrend since the February low at $26.05 remains intact and is supportive today at $34.20. I still see minor corrections as a chance to buy, with the hourly chart showing initial support at $33.35 and $32.30, whilst the rising 144 hour moving average is again still supportive, today at $33.65. A closing breakout completes the base to imply $43.50 in the coming weeks, whilst the initial key resistance is a band between $37.75/$38.40.
At Hantec Markets Ltd we provide an execution only service. Any opinions expressed by analyst Richard Perry should not be construed as investment advice or an investment recommendation. This report does not have regard to the specific investment objectives, financial situation and needs of any specific person who may receive it. Forex and CFDs are leveraged products which can result in losses greater than your initial deposit. Therefore you should only speculate with money that you can afford to lose. Please ensure you fully understand the risks involved, seeking independent advice if necessary prior to entering into such transactions.


text:
We've jumped into the writing pool and the water is just fine!
I revised my student writing journal to incorporate the Common Core focus on the three types of writing: opinion, informative and narrative. Last week we started by doing an opinion piece about fall. The sentence stem was either: I like fall because, I love fall because or I don't like fall because. Then, after reading 2 non-fiction books about leaves during Storytime, we started an informational piece on leaves and will wrap that up today. Tomorrow we'll start writing a narrative piece about an autumn memory.
Before we even started writing, Writing Dude visited us and taught us about the 3 Types of Writing. I also have a poster that I display at our Writing Station to remind us of the types of writing.
It's a freebie that I'm sharing over at
If you'd like to see what my writing journal looks like and what it's all about click below


text:
With reveal night passing on Friday over in Therapy I realized that I forgot to share last Fridays project so today you will get two.
All is bright.
My step post layout. You can find the post in the forum here.
Christmas card set.
Both using some yummy goodies from the All is bright range which you can find in the shop here.
It has been a relaxing day here today doing some stuff around the house but Missy has been so excited. She is of to school camp tomorrow. Her bags are all packed waiting near the door and you can bet your last dollar that it will be like birthday and Christmas morning here. Up way too early. She has been talking about it non stop for a few weeks.
Till next time thanks for popping in, any comments and happy creating.


text:
COBWEB CORNERS: When coal was the main fuel
By Mel McFarland
If you could look down at Colorado Springs from way up in the air, starting near Centennial and Vindicator, swinging around in a big "C" toward the airport, underground is a layer of coal. In some places it is barely inches thick, but in others it measures a hundred feet. It was mined starting in the 1860s by Colorado City people. The first residents used wood for heat and cooking, but coal was the main source of fuel from the 1870s up to the 1950s. The old mines were in use in the 1930s and '40s, but as Colorado Springs grew they were lost in housing developments. The mines still cause problems in Colorado Springs as they collapse. They leave big sink holes in yards and streets.
Franceville was a coal mining town south of Colorado 94 (the "Farmers Highway") and east of Marksheffel. It was started in 1878 by the mayor of Colorado City, Matt France, as a single mine, with a few shacks for his miners. It grew to several mines in the late 1880s and early 1890s when two railroad lines were built in to haul out coal. The big railroad customers were gone by 1920. The mines gradually died out; however, there was some activity until about 1950. One of the last non-mining buildings was the one-room school.
In the 1950s there were still several coal yards in Colorado City. One large yard was on Cucharras just west of 26th. I remember another one up on Arch Street where my dad would go to get our coal. It was regularly delivered to most houses. Many houses had a little rectangular door on the side of the house, by the driveway. Which raises an interesting point: The first driveways were built to let the coal truck drive in to unload their coal! In some neighborhoods, there was a building out back where the coal was delivered. The Midland off and on had problems with the theft of coal from their big coal trestle, which sat by the roundhouse. Kids regularly raided the area, but the bucket or two of coal they grabbed was mainly a safety concern. In my book on the Midland Terminal there are a couple of pictures that show young boys with buckets picking up coal! The night watchman had to occasionally run off thieves who tried to get a wagonful.


text:
Easter 2017/
There could not have been a more beautiful weekend to have been surrounded by family and celebrating Easter.
The joy a basket filled with small trinkets brings a child is absolute perfection! So fun to watch them discover everything.
These little nuggets, I can't get enough of them together.
2016 & 2017 - Nola has her priorities. Had to post this cause it's too funny to have the exact same pic 2 years in a row!
We were outside all weekend long, which really was the true blessing (especially around here at this time of year). The nice weather helps to bring out the very best in everyone and more importantly, gives us the space to run off all the chocolate we have all eaten.
Hazel has taken to hanging from the bars on the play ground lately. She watches her friends at school and comes home eager to practice on our swing set. Well, this weekend, with a little help, she figured out that she can hang from trees too. Her joy was palpapble.
Two days that both ended the same. With beautiful skies to remind us to be grateful for our lives, families, health and good fortune. Tucking our kids in their warm, cozy beds with their bellies full, smelling faintly of fresh air and chocolate. Knowing that they felt love, joy and comfort while creating new memories and honouring old traditions.
Hope you all had a very Happy Easter!


text:
By: Julie Kagawa
Release Date: April 30th, 2013
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren. The call of blood leads her back to the beginning—New Covington and the Fringe, and a vampire prince who wants her dead yet may become her wary ally.
Even as Allie faces shocking revelations and heartbreak like she's never known, a new strain of the Red Lung virus that decimated humanity is rising to threaten human and vampire alike.


text:
The Immunize Europe Forum belongs to you, its users. Many professionals in the field of immunization have voiced the need to share information, resources and lessons learnt among their peers. This space is provided for this purpose by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. The views expressed here are those of the content providers and not WHO.
This Forum is moderated, and any posts considered to be unlawful, defamatory, obscene, threatening, offensive, harmful or otherwise objectionable will be removed. For further information please read the site's Principles and terms of use.
Why create an Immunize Europe Forum?
For over five years, the European Immunization Week (EIW) campaign website has served stakeholders throughout Europe as a place to share resources, plans and outcomes related to the annual EIW campaign.
But the need to share information does not stop there. It continues throughout the year and encompasses a broad range of immunization-related topics. The new Immunize Europe Forum is designed to meet this need.
All individuals interested in promoting immunization through their work or volunteer activities are encouraged to join, interact, share experiences, resources and lessons learned. The Forum is yours and its content is yours to create. Your peers are eager to hear from you!
Edited by WHO/Europe


text:
*NEW* idTech 4 (aka Doom 3 tech) Discord Server! https://discord.gg/9wtCGHa
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Yeah right... I "command" my "worshipers" to up-vote me just to have the Karma System removed in the next moment... what a flawed logic From the looks of a quick investigation it seems more like it is you who is actually subject of multiple manipulation disputes on the internet/steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/noxteryn/recommended/96200/God must it be painful not being able to simply delete those reviews/statements about you and your "games" being publicly visible to literally everyone on steam This deals more damage and punishment to you in a day than I could personally do to you in a year
As ridiculous as it may seem... I have now witnessed multiple people getting discouraged by this pointless karma system. I remember the user zombie having returned to this page after quite a long abstinence just to delete his username/account again shortly after from this site... after receiving multiple negative karma points... after showcasing some of his latest work...
No-one at TDM could answer for months. So I look to old guard and find instantly by asking.
I went to their download page. Says right on the top.
Quote from: The Happy Friar on August 01, 2016, 07:46:22 PMI went to their download page. Says right on the top.If it is - it is only because you told me, who then told an admin - I can't see it.
Yeah, I was confused by carma points, too. I've learned to ignore it once VGames told me that sometimes he just runs through the forums giving random people negative karma for no reason
One of the early TDM developers found that they could output a screen-capture to memory thenuse extensions to the SDK game code to analyze it and use it for a visibility system.
This fully realtime approach used in Doom 3, combined with the use of shadow volumes permitted more realistic lighting and shadows than in the previous generation of id's engines. The method used to create the shadow volumes is the subject of a patent by Creative, which Creative granted id permission to use in the Doom 3 engine, in exchange for supporting Creative's EAX advanced sound technologies.


text:
All Inclusive Luxury Holidays
Travel in style. We create one-of-a-kind Luxury Tours. Portugal is now the Meca of the Wine Tourism, delivering unique and inspiring experiences. We collected the best, just for you.
The Tours includes hotels, chauffeurs, guided tours to the best experiences and unique wine and gastronomy experiences.


text:
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The Egg-xact List
For those stitchers who are ordering my latest BARGELLO EGG and would like to get stitching on it as soon as possible, here is the exact materials list so you can order the threads and have everything ready to go as soon as the pattern arrives:
13" x 16" 18 ct. mono canvas, in white (or any other color you want to try, and if you get a fancy type of canvas - like the ecru with gold bits or white with opal bits you wouldn't have to even stitch a background around the egg - just a time-saving thought...)
Caron Watercolours 270 - "Easter Egg"
DMC #5 pearl cottons (1 skein each): 209, 435, 605, 604, 744, 745, 989, 3348
YLI Ribbon Floss 148-048 (which is a very soft ecru and gold metallic)
[A similar Kreinik thread would be Kreinik 1/16th RIBBON in 5555 or 9100]
[Also, if you want to use a brighter, truer gold metallic ribbon, use Ribbon Floss 148-021 or Kreinik 1/16th Ribbon 210.]
And for the background, I used Rainbow Gallery's Hi-lights H623 (which is very fragile, I must admit, so for a sturdier thread, use Kreinik #4 or #8 Braid 9100 or 091 - both pale yellow)
Also, here are the different design dimensions, so you can be thinking about which finished design size you prefer:
Just the Egg design size is 9" high by 7.5" wide, so if you have a 3" border around the egg, you need a canvas at least 13" by 16".
Egg with a 1" background surround area has a design size of 11" high by 9" wide, so you need a canvas at least 13" by 16" all the same....
Okay, all you happy stitchers, let's get hoppin' on all those Springy projects!
Labels: bargello, easter egg
1 comment:
- Tatkis said...
Such a lovely Easter Egg! Colors are fantastic :)
Best wishes,
- March 24, 2011 at 1:09 PM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Hi everyone! Unfortunately my nails are still short, so I am still doing swatches for the time being.
I bought this polish and a few others about two months ago from Kitten Nails' blog, and I have to say, for an orange nail polish, this color is amazing! It is a neon pearl, if that makes any sense. It is a pearly color with neon vibrance, it definitely stands out. However, this is a neon for neon haters, (especially for neon orange haters!)the pearl gives it a pretty, soft edge. It really is the color of orange sherbet, like having it on your fingertips. This is my first Models Own polish, but I definitely will be buying more!
Models Own Orange Sherbet swatch, a photo by KitaRei on Flickr.
I will be putting on these awesome Japanese 3D false nails for a party tomorrow (Erika remembers these, she was with me last year when I bought them in Tokyo). I will try to get a good picture of them!


text:
Justin Bieber didn't show a whole lot humility when he accepted the 2013 Billboard Music Awards' fan-voted Milestone Award, which is given to an artist who shows the most musical ingenuity and innovation. The Canadian pop star beat out Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars to be the first recipient of the award, and he made it clear that he feels he deserves it.
RELATED: See Bieber being booed video here
"I'm 19 years old. I think I'm doing a pretty good job," Bieber says in his speech. "Basically from my heart I really just want to say it really should be about to music. It should be about the craft that I'm making. This is not a gimmick and I'm an artist and I should be taken seriously."
RELATED: 2013 Billboard Award best and worst moments
The crowd in attendance actually booed for Bieber because of those comments as he went on to thank his manager Scooter Braun, his mother and family and Jesus Christ for his success. While the camera scanned the crowd for reaction shots, Swift could be seen clapping for Bieber's win while his ex, Selena Gomez, sat down almost immediately after Bieber's name was called. This was Bieber's second win of the night.
At least host Tracy Morgan tried to negate the situation, saying, "Don't be booin' nobody, this ain't 'Showtime at the Apollo.'"


text:
Call for a Free Consultation
(907) 201-0897
Dedicated to Addressing the Legal Needs of Families
Meet Lindsey Dupuis
Practice Areas
Unbundled Services
Unique issues exist when one or both members of a divorcing couple are on active military duty. We understand the special considerations involved in a divorce where one or both spouses are in the military. We represent service members and former military spouses alike, which includes service members living in Alaska, service members currently deployed on Temporary Duty (TDY) in another state, or those who have a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) to another state, but who may be able to file for divorce in Alaska.
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act protects military personnel from civil legal actions, like divorce. It is important to understand that any legal actions against a military service member spouse may be placed on hold while the spouse is serving the United States. Alaska law provides additional benefits and protections to service members who may be deploying and desire to delegate their custody and visitation rights to a family member.
A divorce action will ultimately affect a service member's obligation to pay family support and the division of the service member's military retirement, whether it is a Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) or a military pension since these accounts are subject to property division. The length of military service and the years of marriage will determine whether a former military spouse receives lifetime health benefits. Military status may also play a role in the outcome of a child custody and child support action.
We understand the unique issues that arise in military divorces and have the hands-on experience needed to handle the legal complexities of a military divorce.


text:
You are invited to join us for this very special event. We have designed the day to be a "ministry spa" for our members and their special guests. A variety of speakers taking rapid-fire, shorter sessions have been lined up so you can get the most out of the day. Post lunch will be a time for personal ministry for all in attendance.
Every detail for the day is designed to be of the highest quality – from the setting, the food and the ministry so you can REFRESH, REVIVE, RECONNECT!
9:30am: Arrive & Light Breakfast
10:00am: Session one speakers
12:30pm: Catered Lunch (included)
1:30pm: Session two – Ministry Time
3:00pm: Session three speakers
5:00pm: Close
We are aware that some of our members are bi-vocational and may have to travel a considerable distance but we guarantee it will be worth it. Why not plan to spend the night at one of the many hotels in St Cloud and make it a true break. Please set the time aside NOW so you don't miss out. Registrations are now open online HERE. Take advantage of the early bird prices until April 7th!


text:
Ingrid Bacci
About the Author
Ingrid Bacci, Ph.D., is a writer, alternative health care practitioner and motivational coach. In addition to her private practice, she lectures extensively to health maintenance organization, hospitals, and corporations. She has written for Family Circle, New Age, Natural Health, and has appeared on numerous radio and television shows.


text:
Areca Palm Care
Common Name: Areca Palm
Scientific Name: Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
Lighting: Moderate to Bright
Watering: Heavy
Feather-like green fronds radiating from several trunks characterize the Areca Palm. This houseplant is beautiful when new, however overtime the Areca Palms attractive appearance can diminish slightly. Fronds when bigger may droop and bend over. The Areca Palm is a slow grower. It will grow wider before taller.
Tips of the Areca Palm may also turn brown. The browning tips of the palm are normal. All of the Areca Palms that I have had, the tips did turn brown eventually. One main area to beware of with this palm is that you should only prune off dead branches. If you clip the browned tips you will stop the growth of that branch.
Requires bright indirect light so keep it within 5 to 8 feet from a sunny window. If put in too much direct light, the fronds may get burnt from the sunlight. When a frond becomes yellow or dead like in appearance be sure to remove the entire frond.
The Areca Palm requires heavy watering; however do not allow the plant to sit in water because this could lead then to root rot. The Areca Palm will wilt drastically if you allow the soil to dry out completely. On a good note, once you water it, the plant will stand back up. This houseplant is extremely sensitive to salts and minerals, so if your home uses a water softener, water from a source that does not go through the softener first, such as an outside faucet. As most tropical plants, an occasional misting will make your plant look and feel healthier.
A common pest to this plant is the spider mite. If the appearance of spider mites is present, try misting the plant twice daily with a soapy water mixture. If this does not work, go to your local plant or hardware store and try a professional grade pest remover.
Overall this plant requires a great deal of attention to maintain its beautiful appearance. However with its majestic like appearance and ability to fit into any decor all the work may be a great payoff.
Please feel free to share your comments and experiences with this plant.
Labels: palms


text:
EDELSTEIN, Ill. — The body of a missing Peoria woman has been found stuck in a farmer's combine in a central Illinois cornfield.
The Journal Star reports the farmer found 24-year-old Tashyra McDowell's body on Tuesday. McDowell was the mother of a 7-year-old autistic son, who was found unattended Monday morning in Peoria. Later that day McDowell's car was found abandoned. Her mother, Twila Rutherford, says she last had contact with her daughter Friday.
McDowell's son is now with Rutherford, who says the boy was her daughter's "pride and joy."
The Peoria County coroner pronounced McDowell dead Tuesday afternoon. It took authorities about two hours to disassemble the eight-row corn picker to remove her body.
An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday and Peoria County authorities are investigating.


text:
To coincide with the fifth anniversary of The Two Sheds Review, I'm going back in time to 1989 for my latest retro review, and the first ever WWF pay-per-view I saw, Wrestlemania V, held at the massive Trump Plaza in Atlantic City.
The show begins with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan's charge, King Haku, taking on the mighty Hercules. This was just after Herc finished his feud with Ted Dibiase. It's a battle of powerhouses, a good but short opener as Herc gets the pin, pinning Haku after a bridge suplex.
David v Goliath in tag action form follows as The Twin Towers take on The Rockers. Despite brief flurries, the sheer power of Akeem and the Boss Man is far too much for Michaels and Janetty. After the Boss Man catches Michaels as he comes off the ropes with a sidewalk slam, Akeem finishes him off with a big splash.
Backstage, Fat Tony interviews Ted Dibiase about his upcoming match. The Million Dollar Man compares himself to Donald Trump, as well as the usual hyperbole stuff.
Then it's on to the battle of the sleeper holds as Ted Dibiase goes up against Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. With Virgil by his side, this was a great example of just how good a worker Dibiase was, and of how good Beefcake was as well. Both guys try their versions of the sleeper hold, but after interference from Virgil, both men are counted out while brawling at ringside. Afterwards, the Barber attacks Virgil, and goes for his tools, but the rich guy runs for cover.
Backstage, Bobby Heenan and Rick Rude talk to Mean Gene about Rude's upcoming Intercontinental title bout with the Ultimate Warrior. Rude promises to win the belt later.
Comedy time next as the Bushwhackers go up against the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers. A scrappy match sees the Rougeaus control the majority of the bout, only to lose after a battering ram/gut buster combo.
Sean Mooney then appears on the arena floor, about to talk to the fans, but gets licked by the Bushwhackers instead.
A battle of the technical masters next, as Curt Henning takes on Owen Hart, or rather, Mr. Perfect takes on The Blue Blazer. A short bout, with the Blazer dominating until he misses a splash off the top rope. Moments later Perfect gets the win with a Perfect-pled.
A recorded interview then airs, as Strike Force hype their match against the Brain Busters, before Run DMC come into the ring with the Wrestlemania rap. Time to fast forward…..
Mean Gene interviews Mr. Perfect, who tells us, well, basically how perfect he is. Perfect then hypes a future match with Bret Hart - which didn't actually happen on pay-per-view for over two years. I guess the creative team had a change of plan.
It's then a battle of the powerhouse teams, as Mr. Fuji and The Powers of Pain take on Demolition for the tag-team championship. It's nothing more than a brawl, but that's to be expected with these two teams involved. Fuji proved to be the weak link for his side. As a salt toss goes wrong, Demolition gets the win after crushing their former manager with their finisher. Good brawl here.
Mean Gene interviews Slick and The Twin Towers. Slick issues a challenge to Demolition for a future bout. Fat Tony then tries to interview the Macho Man. Guess who gets thrown out of the dressing room?
Dino Bravo, along with his manager, French Martin, then goes up against "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin. Before the bout begins, "Superbly" Jimmy Sneak makes a special guest appearance. When the match finally begins, Bravo simply overpowers Garvin, until the rugged on fights back with some hard fists. But Bravo soon fights back and gets the win with a side slam. Afterwards, Garvin attacks French, taking him out with his trademark stomp.
Tag action next as The Brain Busters take on Strike Force. This would be the mast match as a team for Rick Martel and Tito Santana, as halfway through the match Santana accidentally hammers Martel with the flying forearm. Moments later, Martel leaves his partner alone. This match had it all, great drama, and great tag action, with Arm Anderson and Tully Blanchard showing just how great a team they were, ending the bout after taking Santana out with a spiked piled river.
Afterwards, Mean Gene interviews Martel. The future Model slogs Santana, saying he carried the Strike Force team, starting a feud that would run for the rest of the year, and beyond.
Then it's time to take a rest from the action with Piper's Pit, with guests Brother Love and Morton Downey Jar. After humiliating the faux preacher, ripping off his kilt and sending him running to the back, the verbal exchanges between Piper and Downey are great, with the rowdy one eventually putting paid to the loud mouth's smoke blowing by putting his lights out with a fire extinguisher.
A video package then plays, chronicling the downfall of the Mega-Powers, from their formation at Wrestlemania IV to their break-up at The Main Event in February '89. Mean Gene then talks to the Huckster about his feud with the Macho Man. I think you can guess what Hogan's last line was here.
It's the second of our David v Goliath matches next, with Jake "The Snake" Roberts taking on Andre The Giant, with "Big" John Stuff acting as special guest referee. Tons of drama in this match, and given Andre's medical history, it was amazing that he was still competing in 1989. It was also in this bout that Roberts' feud with Ted Dibiase began. With Andre deftly afraid of Jake's python, the Million Dollar Man rushed down to ringside to take Damien away. As this happened, Andre attacked Stud, earning himself a disqualification. Sadly, Andre v Stud, Chapter Two, which this bout was meant to set up, never happened.
Sean Mooney then joins us from the cheap seats, interviewing the fans, namely, a Jake Roberts mark.
We go back to tag action next, as The Hart Foundation take on the future Rhythm 'N' Blues, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and The Honkytonks Man. A short bout, but enough to make you realise what a great team the Harts were. The Hitman pinned Honkytonks after clobbering him with Jimmy Hart's megaphone while the reef's back was turned.
Time for our second title bout of the show next, as "Ravishing" Rick Rude challenges The Ultimate Warrior for the Intercontinental Championship. The guy may take a lot of stick these days, but there's no denying how over the Warrior was back then, or how good his series with Rude was. Although this wasn't up to the standard of their Summer slam re-match. Rude walked out with the gold after he pinned the Warrior as he attempted to suplex him back in the ring, Rude's manager, Bobby Heenan, tripping the champ and holding on to his leg. The Warrior then attacked the Brain for his actions after the final bell.
Brawling time next, as judo expert Bad News Brown takes on "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. If you're looking for a technical classic, then don't look here, as Brown and Duggan literally beat the crap out of each other. With Brown bringing a chair, and Duggan bringing in his 2X4, the ref disqualifies them both.
Then it's one of the moments that Terry Taylor would probably want us to forget, as the Red Rooster takes on Bobby Heenan, who brings the Brooklyn Brawler down to the ring with him. Having taken a beating from the Ultimate Warrior earlier, the Rooster quickly pins the Brain after he misses a shoulder barge, and rams his shoulder into the metal post. The Brawler attacks the Rooster afterwards, but the thug is soon chased off.
Mean Gene then interviews Miss Elizabeth, who'll be in a neutral corner during the main event. Elizabeth never really was that good at interviews.
Then it's time for our main event, as Hulk Hogan challenges "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the WWF title. A worthy main event, and probably the best match I've ever seen between these two. All these years later, this match seems a lot fresher than their countless re-matches over the years. Of course, Hogan walked away with the gold, kicking out of Savage's pin after his top rope elbow, and finishing him off with the leg drop of doom.
In conclusion - some great memories here, a show that seems as great today as it did way back in 1989. But two things really stuck in my mind while I watched this video;
Firstly, the number of stars who were on this who are sadly no longer with us, from referee Joey Marella to announcer Gorilla Monsoon, to manager Miss Elizabeth, to wrestlers John Studd, Andre The Giant, Curt Hennig, Owen Hart, Hercules, Dino Bravo and Rick Rude. Man, it's a great shame that so many of these greats are no longer with us.
Secondly, the matches themselves. Only a handful of these bouts had an in-depth storyline behind them. If a pay-per-view like this was promoted today, 21st century wrestling fans would be up in arms about the lack of intricate back stories and sub-plots. They would demand that the wrestlers should have a reason to go up against each other. It just shows that every aspect of the wrestling business has changed so much since my fist WWF pay-per-view.
But Wrestlemania V is still a great show, and from time to time I'll continue to dig out this old tape and relive these great memories.


text:
News Corp is a community of main companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, schooling, and knowledge companies. We want to make gingerbread males starting with white and including a touch of black to the next and so forth till the last one is black, after which place all of them in a circle holding palms. If you are going to make a movie highlighting Black tradition, please, PLEASE have the hero be successful on their very own deserves and onerous work. I nearly never exit and fight the crowds on Black Friday…or the remainder of the vacation season.
Nevertheless, there are also four new airlines that are wanting to start out up – Pak Africa Aviation needs to resuscitate 1time Airline, FlySafair, fastjet and Skywise Airline. Fares embody return flights from Perth to Venice from $1324, and Melbourne-Milan from $1381. In addition to black friday and cyber monday when retailers provide heavy discounts, there are many different occasions when you can seize a very good deal.
The more flights you pre-pay for, the decrease your individual flight costs will probably be. The Mattel Toy Company introduced Barbie Doll to the world in 1959; the primary Ponytail Barbie wore a black and white zebra swimsuit with gold hoop earrings, white sun shades with blue lenses and black open-toed excessive heel shoes. BA also has a sale on flights to Africa – £569 for a return to Johannesburg and £696 for a return to Cape City.
I counsel utilizing some stimulus funds to rent homeless black males and black thugs, costume them up in pilot uniforms and get them to shuck and jive by way of airports all day longHave them be seen chatting up fancy white flight attendants similar to on television commercials. Backside line: It is not essentially that the best offers on flights will happen on August 23 — although they could — however rather that flights will drop around that point.


text:
|New Glasses & Goldfish Top!
My glasses arrived today. They look so awesome. At the moment they're still hard to wear, but I'm getting used to it. They're "wear all the time" glasses so there are going to be a few people that have to get used to me having them. :D
I saw The Hobbit yesterday night. It's freaking amazing! I will try and do a proper post in the future :)
Hobbit Lego!
I can't wait to put it together. I still have some The Lord of the Rings sets to put together :D
Good Night :D


text:
Keywords: renewable energy region, 100% renewable energy self sufficiency region, Pellworm Island, renewable energy in Pellworm Island.
Pellworm is one of the North Frisian Islands located in the North Sea coast of Germany (Figure 1). It is a part of the Nordfriesland district in the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein. Its area is 37 km2 and the population is around 1,200 inhabitants. Together with some smaller islands, Pellworm forms "the Amt Pellworm".[1]
Figure 1. Pellworm Island in the North Sea coast of Germany[2][3]
Background of Renewable Energy Development
Pellworm Island has pioneered the utilization of renewable energy since early 80's. After that period, the development is increasing. The island economy is based on farming and tourism, with an overwhelming predominance of the service sector. Due to the acute seasonality of the tourist industry, its energy needs are one of the major conditioning factors of the energy self-sufficiency project. Another essential aspect that defines the case of Pellworm is the fact that the island is connected to the mainland electricity grid in Germany via submarine cables. The idea was to break this connection in the immediate future and create a self-sufficient, 100% RES system.[4]
Renewable Energy Plan
In 1997, a renewable energy plan for Pellworm was drawn up. The title was "Energy Supply on the Basis of Renewable Energy Sources Using the Example of the North Sea Island Pellworm - A Local Development Plan". The goal of the development plan was to present model concepts for energy supply based on renewable energies and to access a broad spectrum of applications. Special emphasis was given to wind power and biomass and to ways of storing energy. Pellworm's strategy for the future is based on fully exploiting its main sources of renewables: wind, sun and biomass.[4]
Wind Power
Wind power has the greatest potential of the island's renewable energy. In the late 70's, experiments were started with wind generators. There were 16 wind generators (2001). These generators represented an installed power of 5.9 MW. The output was 15,100 MWh/year. Potential of wind power in the island was estimated around 91,500 MWh. It leaved a wide enough margin for the project of wind power in the future. The study indicated that the longest periods of recorded calm (with no wind) did not exceed 74 hours.[4]
Biomass Resources
Basic biomass resources are focused on harnessing energy from straw and manure to offer energy complement to cover the eventually of variable winds. The inventory of available biomass even includes harnessing grass cutting from the edges of the roads. The renewable energy plan calculated that biomass potential in the island was around 7000 MWh/year. This biomass potential could be used to produce moderate heat and to supply electricity. The proposal of renewable energy plan was based on power station with capacity to produce around 1 MW of heat and 200 kW of electricity.[4]
Photovoltaic Energy
There were nearly 8,000 m2 of photovoltaic installed (2001). In 1983, the first plan of 300 kW was installed. This plant stopped to operate in 1989 and was undergoing re-organisation. In 1992, the new photovoltaic plant was installed. The plant had the same power and resulted a production of 225 MWh/year.[4]
Heat Pumps and the Increase in Energy Efficiency
One aim of the plan was to bring heat pumps to be used in at least 500 of 674 residential buildings of Pellworm which consumed around 13,000 MWh/year of heat. By utilizing heat pumps, electricity requirements could be cut into around 4,300 MWh/year. It was an essential step in the design of energy self-sufficient model.[4]
Solar Thermal
Advances of the studies done for Pellworm suggested that almost half of the hot water requirements could be met by solar thermal energy. Those study results increased the number of solar installation. There were 28 solar installation with a total area of 318 m2 (2001). By producing hot water in this way, there would be an approximate energy saving of 127 MWh/year. The plan intended to install solar thermal energy in 270 buildings (40%) of the total buildings (674 buildings) in the island, which would provide 390 MWh/year of heat.[4]
Available liquid manure (slurries) was around 11,000 m3/year. This number was based on the possibility of concentrating the effluents of 70% of the livestock holdings. Cost analysis suggested that the generation of biogas would only be feasible with a centralized system using methane digester. Within the context of 100% RES for Pellworm, two biogas production have been analyzed (46 kWel and 200 kWel). The smaller version gave better continuous performance. The larger version would provide greater storage power with sufficient capacity to cover windless days.[4]
Current Status
Total energy resulted from renewable energy is around 22.5 million kWh/year. That is about twice of the island's power need. The energy is used not only for recreation but also for power supply. The excess energy is supplied to the mainland through the grid.[6]
Electricity from Solar Energy
As a region which is rich with the sun light, energy resulted from solar per year is around 1,000 kWh/m2. In the reason of solar cell efficiency about 16%, energy resulted from solar is around 160 kWh/m2. The whole island obtains energy from solar totally around 2.2 million kWh/year. It is equal to 220,000 liters of oil.[6]
Electricity from Wind Energy
There are 12 wind turbines currently in the Pellworm Island. These wind turbines produce in total 15.85 million kWh electricity or equivalent with 1.585 million liters of oil.[6] Only a few wind power generators were erected in the north-east and are not likely to extend beyond the actual confines, due to restrictions by regional planning. However,[5] one of the largest hybrid renewable energy plants in Europe is located in Pellworm (Figure 2). It combines photovoltaic and wind energy[1][5] to provide over 700 MWh/year electricity.[1] This largest hybrid plants has been operated by E.ON Hanse AG.[6]
Figure 2. Power plants combining solar and wind power[5]
Electricity and Heat from Biomass
Fermentation of cattle and pig manure and plants produce methane (CH4) created by internal combustion engine. A generator convert this biomass into electricity. Pellworm Island obtains 4.2 million kWh/year of energy from biomass, only 30% of this energy can be converted into electricity. The waste heat is used for heating in the resort.[6]
Information Related
- Island 100%. http://www.insula-elhierro.com/en/islands1.htm. Assessed November 21, 2009.
- Nordsee-Insel Pellworm Official Homepage. http://www.pellworm.de/. Accessed May 4, 2010.
- Services - Pellworm Energy: Energieversorgung mit erneuerbaren Energien am Beispiel der Nordseeinsel Pellworm - Ein lokaler Entwicklungsplan (Download). http://www.pellworm-energy.org/html/Services.html. Accessed May 4, 2010.
List of References
- Pellworm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellworm. Accessed May 4, 2010.
- Inselkarte 2008. http://www.pellworm.de/fileadmin/downloads/Inselkarte_2008.pdf. Accessed May 4, 2010.
- Nordsee-Insel Pellworm: Weltnaturerbe. http://www.pellworm.de/926.0.html. Accessed May 4, 2010.
- The Pellworm Experience. http://old.insula.org/islandsonline/pellworm-1.pdf. Assessed November 21, 2009.
- Cultural Entity Pellworm. http://www.lancewadplan.org/Cultural%20atlas/SH/Pellworm/pellworm.htm. Accessed May 4, 2010.
- Nordsee-Insel Pellworm: Energie für die Zukunft. http://www.pellworm.de/fileadmin/pdf/Flyer_Energie_Pellworm.pdf. Accessed May 4, 2010.


text:
Our "baby" son left to go back to school...after first staying a few days with some friends in College Station. (He'll go back to Austin on Sunday.)
I enjoyed watching the Big Game Monday night to watch my Buckeyes win the National Championship. The victory was especially sweet because of all the nay-sayers out there. Also, because of injuries, we played out third string QB and it was only his third "start" for this game! Amazing! To celebrate, I made some buckeyes. (Peanut butter mixture dipped in chocolate.) DH took some to a meeting and I took some to choir practice. It's a good thing...it's dangerous to be in the house alone with these. Yum!!
Here's a picture of real buckeyes:
While on the subject of food...I had the TV on one day and saw Ree (Pioneer Woman) making spinach soup. Since we had a good bit of spinach left from another dish (DH makes a pasta dish with it.) I thought this might be a good way to use up the spinach. It was tasty! I'm claiming that it's good for you because of the spinach (....and not talking about the butter, whole milk, cream, and cheese). It was quick and easy to prepare too. This recipe will be "a keeper" in my recipe file.
Here's a link to the recipe if you're interested:
Spinach Soup
On the stitching front: I've been mostly concentrating on a model this week that, of course, I can't show.
I'm in a blog where we're stitching monthly Halloween ornaments with January's theme a witch. I finally decided on a freebie by subrosa that's a little on the Prim side. (I'm also in a Prim group...I like to stitch things that work for more than one of my groups.) Not long ago I snagged a big bag of 25 count fabric. I don't normally stitch on that count but thought it would be good for some over one projects so that's what I'm doing with this piece to make the design small enough to work as an ornament. I like how it's turning out so far:
Last up: here's my wip of a BBD freebie. I was moved after the terror attacks in France to stitch an Eiffel Tower.
That's it for this week.
Happy Stitching!