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Planning a special event is a difficult deal from the guest list, to the menu, party theme, and entertainment for the party and trying to plan a successful party can be time consuming and also stressful. People mostly don't know where they can get to start and can mostly throw things together but if people want their party to stand out from the rest, they can try to do so by hiring the right party rental service. In the past couple of years, there has been a big increase in party rental companies and each getting to hire their business and there are important tips that people need to follow to make sure that they hire the right one.
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This is one of my favourite dresses - being pink AND floral - my two favourite things together! The label is very cute - it reads 'Palm Island "Little Fittings" Specially proportioned American half sizes'. Like I need to be told I am short! (I am 5 foot and a half, 155 cm to those of us who are not familiar with feet and inches). Actually, I don't mind being 'petite' - particularly as I gives me access to lots and lots of vintage clothes (and its good on long haul flights)(gosh, I am really grasping at positives there aren't I!).
This fan is one of my best bargains ever - the grand sum of $4.80 from the Chinese junk shop in Oakleigh. Being made of wood it is very sturdy - quite important in the Melbourne winds.
And last but not least, one of my latest crazes - vintage sweater guards. If you haven't seen these before, do try them out, they really add a cuteness and unique factor to outfits. They simply clip onto your cardigan so are easy to use (called a sweater guard as they literally guard your cardie from falling off!).
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cardigan Laura Ashley 2011
sweater guard Etsy Rose Acre Cottage
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NetSol Technologies, Inc., a worldwide provider of global IT and enterprise application solutions, today announced that it has formed a new division, Vroozi , Inc., to help increase the sale and delivery of its smartOCI e-commerce product that helps facilitate the B2B procurement process for companies. Netsol's smartOCI product is a powerful search engine that improves purchasing efficiencies by allowing companies to access their global suppliers and retrieve competitive pricing information, as well as collaborate with suppliers to exchange and publish catalog content. NetSol made several announcements in August of Fortune 500 companies purchasing the smartOCI product to help streamline and improve their SAP eProcurement environment.
NetSol's new division is named after the word "vroom", reflecting speed to market, innovation and accelerating business operations. Vroozi, Inc. will work across all verticals to help companies find, negotiate and order goods and services from suppliers online. Vroozi will generate revenue by fees at time of implementation, monthly subscriptions and professional services.
"We believe Vroozi will help NetSol become an industry leader in B2B e-commerce technologies focused on optimizing information and data flow between corporate buyers and suppliers," said Shaz Khan, senior vice president of NetSol and COO of Vroozi in a press release on Monday. "Companies are in search of solutions that help streamline their day-to-day operations, and Vroozi is well-poised to take market share as smartOCI continues to gain traction."
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Karacter Krafts is owned and run by Hochanda's TV's co-presenter and demonstrator Kathryn Sturrock.
Kathryn is also the creator of the Sugar Buttons brand which has previously been launched as a papercraft product and more recently as a range of food grade silicone moulds manufactured by the award winning company Katy Sue Designs.
The moulds have been immensly popular and successful and the Sugar Buttons brand is still evolving with new products due to be launched in the future.
Karacter Krafts also sees the popularity of its laser cut Mdf and Plywood kits continue to grow. The designs are created and cut by Kathryn herself and make regular appearances on Hochanda TV.
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The official tour of the Divinity School ends, and I wander across the street to the glory of the sprawling Duke gardens. I wander and wonder. I pace beneath a tree heavy with shocking yellow sharp against the crisp blue sky, almost as azure as the one in New Mexico. Chest tight, teeth grit.
And if peace can hurry, it came in like a rushing wind. Or maybe it snuck in like a breath; I'm not sure.
Four months later, the letter came. The tears, the heart set to burst with so much right.
Then I lost the letter. Then I lost track of time. Then I counted down and realized that there are only so many sunsets left in this wonk-town, the cushion of this little year dissolving before me. The thought of leaving home after home left me aches in the ten minutes of extra darkness that keeps me in bed that much longer; I refuse to stir until hope peeks through the blinds.
I told someone recently that a big part of me wants to be free of all these anchors. I'm realizing again, that this means I must be pushed out to sea.
1,200 miles away, I return often to that space beneath all that golden canopy, to walk the carpet gilt. I wait to find the wind, my heartbeat then–again. The calm of that certainty, the terror of it, too.
The single leaf arrests me, arrested, at the end of a branch.
How difficult it must be to be so much beauty only in order to fall, to fall only to make way for newness of life?
But perhaps, no matter what sky you're under, this is the great glory:
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Weekly OPD Clinic At Press Club Rolls On
Nilakantha, a middle aged scribe of Assam, recently participated in the weekly evening OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club out of curiosity.
He had a brief discussion with the attending doctor, who advised him to check his blood pressure. Initially Nilakantha asserted that he had no BP (meaning no irregularity in blood pressure). But when the nurse in the camp measured his blood pressure, the outcome emerged simply shocking.
He had hypertension (180 by 110), which compelled the doctor to strongly advise him to take medicine regularly.
Meet Jyotiprasad, a contributor of news & features to local newspapers in the city, who casually came to press club on a Saturday afternoon.
He was asked to consult with the attending doctor and also check his blood sugar. The result was not comfortable for Jyotiprasad, as he reported high sugar level in body fluid.
The doctor, who preferred not to advise him any medicine immediately, but asked the young reporter to have a balanced diet and also do regular physical exercises.
There are many such case studies, one can find out from records of the press club's unique healthcare initiative titled 'Evening with a Doctor', where many lives were virtually saved on timely intervention.
Conceived and organized by the far-eastern press club of India, the Saturday health camp now emerge as a regular healthy hangout for the press club members along with their dependants.
It was launched ten months back with initial supports from Assam's Dispur Hospitals, when Dr Jayanta Bardoloi helped in raising a doctor's chamber at the club premises.
The last evening clinic on 3 June was conducted by a consultant urologist from GNRC Hospitals Guwahati, where Dr Samarjyoti Bora offered healthcare consultations to over 40 participants.
The practicing doctor was assisted by the hospital's nurse Easter and public relation officer Mrinal Ali Hazarika in conducting the program.
The previous camp on 27 May was attended by Dr Ashwin Rajagopal, a consultant on surgical oncology at Manipal Hospitals Bangalore. The participants also got their blood pressure checked in both the camps.
Till date, practicing doctors from Apollo Chennai Hospital, Medanta-the Medicity Hospital, Down Town Hospitals, Narayana Super-Specialty Hospitals, Swagat Super-Surgical Institute, Shankardev Nethralaya Guwahati, Wintrobe Hospital, Barthakur Clinic, Nemcare Hospital, Rahman Hospitals, Sun Valley Hospital, Dispur Hospitals, Sight First eye-clinic, Government Ayurvedic College, MMC Panbazar, Institute of Dental Science & Research Center etc have attended the camps.


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I am sad. Very Sad. I had been looking forward to "Important Things with Demetri Martin" for ages. Last Wednesday my wait was over, and I could bask in the silliness of one of my favorite comics! Or so I thought.
Alas, though it had some funny parts, many jokes weren't up to his normal level of funny. This alone would not prompt a negative response as I was a huge fan girl and would defend a poor joke in the name of "I-want-your-DNA-for-my-baby-ness." But check out the tense in that last sentence. "Was." It really pains me to say this, but I don't think I can support this new endeavor by my former hero. I remember being upset a couple of times by jokes but the one that sticks out in my mind nearly a week later was about a "time pimp".
a regular guy finds a time machine and goes throughout history "seducing" womyn to be a time pimp. "Seducing" is in quotes because it is really rape. at least a couple of the circumstances. Rape by circumstance of poverty.
The "regular guy" goes to Ireland during the potato famine with a sack of potatoes. He then approaches a womyn and comments on the famine and shows her his sack of potatoes. She is starving and in need of food and she removes her clothes and we learn he successfully "bangs" her.
This is supposed to be funny? A women is forced into sexual acts through her poverty and no one calls it rape, they call it comedy.
I feel so let down, I feel so betrayed. How could such a clever, kind person be such an ass. When I got to meet Demetri two years ago I was struck by his kindness and patience, speaking to every single fan, trying to sign each individual's shwag in a unique special way.
I understand we are all products of our culture, but this is someone who had the audacity to drop out of Yale Law School when they had a full scholarship so they could follow their dreams. This is someone who is looks at the world to find juxtapositions and the odd and eccentric in everyday situations. He does this for a living. how could he be so misogynistic?
I just wish I could talk to him about it. In my silly fan-girl-ness I keep hoping there is some sort of explanation. but how do you explain making rape jokes on the premiere of your national TV show?
I suppose it shows a lot about the culture. That if someone is starving, and you have food, it is ok to withhold that food until they perform sexual acts. This is normal, this is rape culture.


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A Safe Work Australia (SWA) report has found levels of bullying in Australian workplaces are substantially higher than international rates. SWA's Australian workplace barometer (AWB) project included responses from 5,743 workers from six states and territories, excluding Qld and Vic. Given a specific, concise definition of bullying, 6.8% of AWB respondents agreed they experienced bullying in the second half of 2012, compared to international rates of about 1% to 4%. The definition was offensive behaviour occurring repeatedly over time, and the victim experienced difficulties defending him or herself. The behaviour was not bullying if two parties of equal 'strength' were in conflict or the incident was isolated.
Ever longer hours a major problem
Safety Consultants Australia GM Linda Scott told OHN the figures were "rather concerning". "I knew there were things we weren't doing well in Australia, but I didn't realise it was that bad." She said a key issue was Australia's rising work hours. More than 40% of participants worked more than the national standard of 38 hours and 18% worked longer than 48 hours a week. The AWB project found nearly 42% of males reported being sworn or yelled at in the workplace; more than 20% of workers were humiliated in front of others; almost 20% experienced discomfort due to sexual humour; 6.9% of women experienced unwanted sexual advances; and 14.8% of women experienced unfair treatment due to gender. Scott said employers should not be blamed. They were not turning a blind eye to bullying, with most trying to do the best they could. Employers put much effort into developing support documents and guidelines. Scott said the AWB project gave employers an overview of key workplace issues. Employers must now begin to understand specific issues in their organisations by collecting qualitative and quantitative data. Employers should then collaborate with experts to design effective programs.
Bullying 'costs employers millions'
The SWA report (above) found depression cost Australian employers about $8bn a year because of sickness absence and presenteeism, of which $693m was due to job strain and bullying. It said workers who showed mild symptoms of depression took twice as many sick days as those who showed no symptoms. Academics predicted stress-related illnesses, such as depression and cardiovascular disease, would be the leading causes of the global disease burden by 2020.
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Electronic Document Management System Integration
Centralized management of the multiple documents and images associated with permitting and licensing processes is critical. CityView's distinctive framework for integrating with Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) has been used extensively with industry leading EDMS products such as Laserfiche, OnBase, SharePoint, PaperVision, eB, Fortis, Oracle IBPM and HP Trim.
Through the integration CityView can both post documents and images to the EDMS, populating the required metadata as well as dynamically retrieve this content from the EDMS based on related metadata. This ensures your CityView users adopt your corporate records management practices while working through their day-today use of CityView; they don't have to navigate away from CityView while adding or retrieving documents from the EDMS. This effectively eliminates the learning curve associated with implementing an EDMS.
Microsoft Exchange Extension
Making the most of your inspectors' time is key to servicing customer demands. CityView's integration with MS Exchange provides an automated feature for agencies to coordinate inspections scheduling so that inspectors are not double-booked, inspectors' workloads are balanced, and the most efficient use of inspectors' time is achieved.Back to Top
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Because much of your business is conducted via email, emails have become vital corporate electronic documents and they are now considered legal documents of record. Just as it is important to attach related PDFs, Word documents, images, recordings and other evidence and history to your CityView permits, cases, licenses etc., the same is true of emails.
The CityView Outlook Add-in allows data from CityView and Outlook to be easily shared between the two applications. Installing this add-in provides you with a rapid means to ensure complete document and communications histories with your CityView records and, in addition, delivers amazing productivity tools that enhance the productivity of your users by leveraging MS Outlook tasks, appointments and to-do lists.
Microsoft Word Add-in
Microsoft Word is the de facto word processing tool used by almost everyone. The CityView Word Add-in lets you create your standardized correspondence templates and use them within the CityView business process, capitalizing on user-friendly, powerful editing features and merging CityView data seamlessly into your letter outputs.Back to Top
Web Services Extension
CityView's Web Services Application Programming Interface (API) is used for programmatic integrations with third party applications. The most common use has been for integration with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems for inspection requests, status checks, fee checks and more. Our IVR partners include Selectron and Summation 360.Back to Top
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CityView Application Builder is a development toolkit that lets you develop additional applications to perfectly match your organizational needs. These tools provide an unprecedented level of customer independence and the opportunity to increase your return on investment.
When you use CityView Application Builder, you use development tools designed specifically to create applications for local government. This means that you use your own expertise and staff to create applications, rather than hiring expensive external programmers to write software for you. Whether you are adding an additional module to automate an area of your business that has no vendor-available solution, or simply creating an additional data entry screen, you capitalize on the inherent feature set of CityView, such as GIS integration, productivity-enhancing to-do lists, extensive ad hoc reporting capability, CityView's exceptional configuration tools and more, to deliver a low-cost, high return development experience.
With a set of tools like CityView Application Builder, you can do more than you ever expected. In fact, we used CityView Application Builder to create the CityView Suite. When you invest in CityView Application Builder, you invest in complete control, flexibility, and lower total cost of ownership.


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The Thinking Behind "Meet Our Amazing Friend" Night
I had the idea for "Meet Our Amazing Friend Night" over three years ago. But I knew we had to perfect the core Me So Far event before venturing into other formats. And it's finally time.
As with most everything at Me So Far, we do our best to take an insight, truth or obstacle about dating today, turn it on its head and make it fun. So, what's the thinking behind this latest event?
There's always something magical about wedding toasts. Whether they're hilarious or simply heartfelt, every guest leans in. But the key to a great wedding toast is the gem factor - the unveiling of a story or trait that the groom/bride would likely never announce themselves. It's that rare occasion when the narrative is in the hands of someone who knows another so well, in a moment that begs for the non-cliche, set in a semi-private forum.
There's another time when this kind of "I didn't know that about him/her - that's amazing" storytelling occurs - funerals. Not to get somber, but think about it. Eulogies are often packages of a person's forgotten shining moments. It's the stuff that didn't make it to the resume or online profile but stuck to memory.
Okay, back from the sad stuff. Here's what both of these occasions have in common: wonderful details of someone's true character being shared at the moment the person is no longer on the market. Come on, why don't we hear these gems when someone is both available and alive?
So there you have the thinking behind "Meet Our Amazing Friend Night". We're taking the wedding toast and swapping roles. It's time for couples to tell us about their amazing single friend while there's still time to scoop them up.
There's still time to nominate and toast your single male friend. Do it here by 4/15.
This is our first-go at the event and we're testing it in partnership with WBEZ on April 22nd as part of its Singles Series for High Fidelity members. If you're a HF member, tickets will be released soon and if you're not, you should! Seriously, if this one goes well it will be the first of many.


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Jean Katherine Wheeler Date de décès: 20 mars 2018 Corner Brook, NL It is with great sadness that the family of the late Jean Wheeler announce her passing on Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 at her residence at the age of 88 years. Leaving to mourn with fond and loving memories are her four children: Gloria George (Pat), Glen (Valda), Rod (Sharon) and Wayne (Vicki); four grandchildren: Nicole (Jason), Stephen (Erin), Cathy (Brendan) and Crystal (Dave); three great-grandchildren: Alexander, Logan and Riley; her sister, Rhodena Loder; as well as many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Joel Wheeler, 1994; parents James and Sarah Compagnon; brothers George, Eric, Jack, Fred, Harold and William; sisters Leona and Mae. Friends may visit Fillatre's Funeral Home, 218 Curling street on Thursday and Friday from 2-4 and 7-9:00 p.m. The funeral service will take place from St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church, Curling on Saturday, March 24th at 2:00 p.m. with Reverend David Taylor officiating. The interment will follow at Mt. Patricia Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, in lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Mary's Church. The family guest book may be signed by visiting our website www.fillatre.ca.
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So I decided to code up my own algorithm in Csound. I chose to build the tone out of six sine waves, at intervals of an octave. Each time rises six octaves before it is faded out. I wrote the code to gradually increase the frequency exponentially, so that it is constant-time with respect to octaves (in other words, it takes the same amount of time to go from one octave to the next at low and high frequencies). Below is my code -- first, the orchestra code:
And now the score file:
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1
1nstr 1
ifreq = 200 ; base freq * 2
idur = p3
iatk = p3 / 5
irel = p3 / 5
ireps = p4 - 1
kruntime init 0
; At the octave break point, start the next one
if kruntime < 1 kgoto keepgoing
schedwhen 1, 1, 0, idur, ireps
; If repeat count has decremented to 0, do nothing
if p4 > 0 kgoto dontquit
; Compute the exponentially rising frequency
; (necessary to make it linear with respect to half-steps per second)
ktime line 0, idur, idur
kruntime line 0, (idur/6), 1
kexp = ktime/(idur/6)-1
kpower = powoftwo(kexp)
kfreq = ifreq * kpower
;Envelope and Oscillator
kenv linen 1, iatk, idur, irel
aout oscil3 6000*kenv, kfreq, 1
; Output it
out aout
; Sine
f 1 0 16385 9 1 1 0
t 0 60
; inst start duration reps
i 1 0 30 20
Most of this is pretty straightforward to someone with just a bit of experience with Csound. The "powoftwo()" function is a bit weird since it only takes arguments in the range -5 to +5, so a bit of finagling was needed there. The tricky bit is that the score file only plays the first tone. After it has increased in frequency one octave, it uses the "schedwhen" to create a dynamic score event that starts the next tone. The line opcode and the kruntime variable do the timing for when to kick off the next tone. There is a repetition count given in the original score event that is decremented every time a new tone kicks off, and when it decrements to zero, the code quits generating new tones, which eventually brings the whole thing to an orderly end. I originally had the test of kruntime at the end of the code block, and I found that I had timing problems -- with the arguments given, the next tone kicked off a few milliseconds either early or late, depending on what value I used for the kr rate. That created noticable beating between the tones because the intervals between them weren't exact octaves. Once I moved the kruntime test to the start of the block, the timing was dead on after that.
I had Csound render this to a file, which created two minutes' worth of audio. I then loaded it up into two channels in Metro and panned the two hard left and right. I offset the start time of the right channel. Then I ran both through the Expert Sleepers phase shifter plug-in. Then, to give them more presence, I ran them through an ambient (small room reverb) algorithm on my Lexicon MPX500 and re-recorded the result to a stereo channel. Here is a brief sample of the result.
I think the results are pretty decent. The cycling isn't too terribly obvious, once all six tones get kicked off and running. I'm going to experiment with it more Based on some Youtube videos I watched today, I'm not sure there is anything special about the octave interval (contrary to theory); I'm thinking many closely spaced tones would produce a better effect with less noticable cycling. But I'm going to use what I've got for the tune I'm working on.


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Any parent can attest to the fact that right when you feel like you're getting into a routine with your child, they decide to change it up! My sweet, little Luca has been such a good sleeper. He naps between 2-4 hours both in the morning and afternoon and 12-13 hours at night. Then all of a sudden last week hits, and out goes our schedule! (Always tough when teeth are coming in!)
The cues he used to give me right before going down–gone. The ease in which he would be awake to feel me lay him down but then lay still and fall right to sleep–gone. The certainty that he would fall right asleep AND stay asleep for at least an hour–gone.
I don't know if and Micha discussed having an "off week" together, but Micha joined the 'change-routine-party'. She's normally a good afternoon napper too but not this week. She was fighting her naps, singing and talking to herself for 45 minutes before falling asleep and then only sleeping 1.5-2 hours and waking up unhappy.
All this meant Mama didn't get her daily "Mama time". By Thursday, I was tired, frustrated and a bit overwhelmed. I talked to Jeff and he said he'd be home early. That gave me comfort to push through a few more hours before sharing the load of our lovies.
While waiting, I kept reminding myself, "This too shall pass." I thought of phases I went through with Micha. She'd change things up too frequently for me being a first time mom. I didn't understand or want her to change a routine I'd gotten used to and just when I'd gotten it figured out, she did something new!
I've learned that everything happens in phases. The beauty is that once the new routine works itself out, you have a more alert, more interactive, more action-packed baby! Even though you might miss the quiet, snuggly baby against your skin, it's exciting to see how your child continues to grow and develop.
After a week of changes, I'm going to start this new week focusing on the positives. Micha may just start sleeping less. Luca is starting to regulate his new (later) bedtime and nap schedule. I'll keep doing my part and giving them each the time and space to sleep. If I don't get my Mama-time, I'll either make time for myself at night or accept that I'll get Mama-time back eventually.
I never feel ready for a new phase, but I always enjoy the more developed, growing baby/child. Once you get over a hump, there tends to be a smooth ride for a while… If your baby, toddler or child is having a 'change-routine-party' just remember it's a phase. "This too shall pass". Knowing that no phase is permanent can be the comfort you need to push through.
Hope your week's smooth sailing 🙂
*Notice first Luca's showing us his teeth and then he's like "Ha, ha. I'm having a change-routine-party! This is fun." 🙂
Angela M. Barbieri
I am a happy mother of two. I've written for as long as I can remember. Since becoming a mother, I've started sharing my writing to connect with others and share what I learn. I hope to support parents through my writing because parenting challenges us (understatement) but also allows us to relive innocent, new experiences through the eyes of our children (amazing!).
For more posts, (not all parent-related) check out: http://momange.tumblr.com/


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This section gives an overview
of financial accounting -- its interesting history,
its essential format, the principles that guide accountants
in presenting business information, and a critique of
current accounting practices.
Whether the business is a multinational conglomerate
(like General Electric) or a small publisher (like the
author of this book), the format for the presentation
of accounting information will be essentially the same.
You will find that even the most complicated balance
sheets and income statements for the largest, mos complex
corporations are simply more detailed versions of the
statements included here. If you understand these simple
statements, you can figure out the more complex ones
-- mostly.
- History of accounting
The first known accounting system was developed sometime
in the fifteenth century to keep track of daily business
transactions. Over time, accounting data has come to
be used to improve efficiency, find mistakes and spot
graft. Accounting data is also widely used in determining
a company's value -- both in securities markets and
legal contexts. (More 3.1.1>>)
3.1.2 - Accounting reports and
An accounting system involves keeping records of business
transactions as they occur and producing reports that
summarize the results of the transactions. The reports,
called financial statements, are typically prepared
according to generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP). The most basic and most frequently encountered
financial statements are the balance sheet,
the income statement, the
retained earnings statement, and the
statement of cash flows. (More
3.1.3 - Accounting principles
Financial statements are prepared based on several
common principles -- namely, accounting statements are
fixed in time, the business is assumed to be a "going
concern," businesses are separate and distinct
from their owners, financial statements reflect historical
costs (not current market value), all transactions are
recorded in one currency (such as U.S. dollars), companies
are expected to be consistent from year to year. (More
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Dialogue Dynamics
In a book I wrote, entitled Foundations of African Communication with Examples from Yoruba Culture (Spectrum Books Limited, Nigeria, 2008), I argue that communalism remains the feature of African communication. It has, among others, the following indicators: the supremacy of the community, the usefulness of the individual, the sanctity of authority, respect for old age and religion as a way of life. All these impact on the way the African communicates and orders his or her world. There is no doubt that western modernism is impacting on this culture. But because communalism remains the root paradigm of the African culture, what is being produced can best be described as hybridization or the inserting of what is borrowed from outside Africa on to the communalistic root paradigm.
Fr Joseph Oladejo Faniran, Centre for the Study of African Culture and Communication, Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.


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Though few details are available, various US music sites are reporting the death, at age 72 of soul man ROBERT KNIGHT.
Best known for his hits 'Everlasting Love' and 'Love On A Mountain Top', Knight was born Robert Pebbles in Franklin, Tennessee in 1945. His first foray into the music biz was with a group, The Paramounts who recorded for Dot records. Contractual difficulties forced the group to split and Knight/Peebles went on to study chemistry at Tennessee State University, though he also joined the Fairlanes vocal trio.
In 1967 an exec from Rising Sons Records saw the Fairlanes at university concert and, impressed with Peebles/Knight, offered him a solo contract and his first record – 'Everlasting Love' became a top 20 hit in the US where it had competition from a version by Carl Carlton. In the UK it was covered by The Love Affair and that version rose to no. 1 on the UK pop charts
Knight enjoyed two further US hits – 'Blessed Are The Lonely' and 'Isn't It Lonely Together' but in the UK his 'Love On A Mountain Top' became a, top 10 hit after regular exposure on the Northern soul scene; that success encouraged his label to reissue his version of 'Everlasting Love' and the gamble paid off; it became a top 20 hit.
Musically little is heard of Robert Knight after his recording of 'Better Get Ready For Love' in 1974. Reference works tell us that his most recent jobs were as a lab technician and grounds man at Tennessee's Vanderbilt University.


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SCOTLAND's Andrew Lemoncello became the first winner of a title at this year's Sainsbury's British Championships in Birmingham last night when he claimed the 10,000 metres with a storming sprint down the home straight.
The 30-year-old from St Andrews was originally on schedule for a Commonwealth Games qualifying mark of 29 minutes, but the race became a cagey affair and in the end he crossed the line in 29min 28.72sec, ahead of English pair Scott Overall and Keith Gerrard. The three-day event doubles up as the trials for next month's IAAF World Championships in Moscow, but no Briton is close to the qualifying time for that.
Lemoncello's race was the only final of day one, and incorporated the women's 10,000, which had just one entrant – Alyson Dixon from Sunderland. Dixon had to run most of the 25 laps in isolation, but stayed the course to cross the line in 34: 46.75 to become the second champion of the weekend.
Meanwhile, Chris O'Hare's dream of being selected for Moscow moved a step closer to real when he qualified in comfort for today's final of the 1,500 metres. The Scot, one of only two Britons to have recorded a B standard, stayed out of trouble in his heat at the Sainsbury's British Championships to go through in second place. O'Hare's time of 3mins 44.93 sec was almost ten seconds down on the personal best he set in Belgium last weekend, but, in humid conditions, the Tulsa University student knew he needed to conserve energy.
O'Hare's fellow-Scot David Bishop timed his strike for home well to win the first heat, while both Kris Gauson and 2010 Commonwealth Games competitor Alistair Hay went through as fastest losers. However, in the second heat, Edinburgh's Jake Wightman paid the price for trying to stay with the pace early on and was run out of the qualifying places. Sheffield's Lee Emanuel, the other man to have a B standard, was third in his heat and also went through.
In the heats of the men's 400m hurdles there was a nasty fall for Nathan Woodward, who was only just returning to action after an Achilles tendon tear in February. Rhys Williams was the fastest qualifier for today's final when he won the first heat in 50.37sec, while his fellow-Welshman, Dai Greene, took the third heat in 50.51.
Greene, who, as a defending world champion, has been selected automatically for Moscow, is, in fact, the only world or Olympic champion on show this weekend following the withdrawals of Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford. " Greene will be favourite to win the final, but Williams looks on better form this year than he was last, and is confident he has more in the tank
Inverness Harriers' Jamie Bowie ran a personal best of 46.32 to win his heat of the 400m, closing down Richard Strachan, of Trafford, in the home straight. Only heat-one winner Michael Bingham (46.28) ran faster. "Ten days ago I ran a personal best, so I'm really happy to improve it," Bowie said. "I'm just coming into good form. I'm going to have to go faster if I want to get from the semis into the final."
Bowie's training partner Gemma Nicol came third in her heat, behind former world champion Christine Ohuruogu and Kelly Massey. That was enough for Nicol to go through to today's final as a fastest loser, while her fellow-Scot, Kirsten McAslan, qualified by right, coming second in her heat, which was won by Shana Cox.
Emily Dudgeon, from Edinburgh, came second behind Marilyn Okoro in the heats of the 800, and that was also enough to progress to the final today. English teenager Jessica Judd gave further evidence of her substantial promise by winning her heat, and former Scotland captain Claire Gibson qualified behind Judd as a fastest loser.
The first event of the meeting, the heats of the men's 100m, saw some familiar names come to the fore, with Dwain Chambers the oldest and most well-known of them. Now 35, Chambers clocked the fastest time of the night in winning the last heat in 10.06sec. Other heat winners included Joel Fearon (10.27), Mark Lewis-Francis (10.29), Harry Aikines-Aryeety (10.31), and James Dasaolu (10.31).
"That actually came as a surprise," Chambers admitted after his win. "It's not going to be easy and I've still got two rounds to negotiate tomorrow. I have to have more in the tank."
Gemili wins under-23 gold
ADAM Gemili won 100m gold for Britain at the European Under-23 Championships in Tampere, Finland, last night.
Gemili clocked 10.20sec to finish ahead of team-mate Deji Tobais, who took silver in 10.29secs.
Gemili's time, though, was outside the 'A' qualifying standard for the senior World Championships in Moscow next month – 10.15s – leaving him relying on the discretion of the selectors to get a 100m place for the Russian showpiece. Jodie Williams won silver in the women's 100m, clocking 11.42 to finish behind winner Dafne Schippers of Holland (11.13).
Scottish high-jumpers Jax Thoirs and Allan Smith both made the high jump final, while Banchory and Stonehaven AC's Rhona Auckland was ninth in the 10,000m final.


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And on the fifth day of the Cannes Film Festival, women fought back.
This festival has always had a tricky relationship with women. In its 71 years history there have only been 82 female directed movies accepted into competition, and 1,688 men. Only two women have ever won the prestigious Palme D'Or - Agnès Varda was given an honorary award in 2015, and Jane Campion won for 'The Piano' in 1993. But Campion actually shared the award with a male director, Kaige Chen, who won in a tie for 'Farewell My Concubine'. This year, there are three women in competition - Eva Husson, Nadine Labaki and Alice Rohrwacher.Read More


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BIOSTAR is thrilled to introduce its latest 3nd-generation RACING series motherboard family, supporting the latest AMD 2nd Gen RYZEN processors featuring AMD X470 chipset. Gamers can enjoy superior gaming network optimization with DRAGON LAN for an optimal online gaming experience. The other whole new feature enhances the degree of overclocking performance with Digital Power+ for further performance enhancements on unlocked AMD RYZEN 2000 CPUs for the extra performance boost, so you can get more out of your system, perfect for overclockers!
Digital Power+
Digital Power+ uses IR's digital PWM controller and PowIRstage™ IC, offering the excellent precision in delivering stable power and 100% fixed voltage to critical components of the motherboard with the maximum performance and reliability. The PWM controller allows the CPU VRM to adjust power delivery speed much more quickly and the PWM spectrum supports power delivery rated up to 60A for each phase, providing enthusiasts with exceptional control over the maximum overclocking potential of the CPU.
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The exclusive Iron Slot Protection can reinforce PCI-E x16 slots to handle heavier graphics cards, prevent bending, and extend longevity of the slot, making the new-gen RACING Series much more robust.
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BIOSTAR new H/W design Lightning Charger supports the functions of USB port and quick charge with the amazingly fast charging time to help your mobile devices achieve up to a 75% charge in just 30 minutes; meanwhile, it supports QC2.0 (up to 12V/1.5A output), APPLE mode (5V/2.4A), and BC1.2.
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The brand-new 5050 LED Fun Zone comes with two 5050 LED headers to bring more colorful lighting options to DIY lovers. They can fully enjoy the DIY fun of modding their PCs with uniquely personal style and LED strip or any kind of LED product to adjust the color of LED and change system color scheme by VIVID LED DJ application.
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Pinnacle VideoSpin is a great application that helps users to create movies from videos and pictures. The user interface is both clean and simple. The application operates in a standard explorer fashion; users can import media by using the file browser or the "drag and drop" method.
Key features include:
- Supported video formats include: AVI (DV AVI), MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX and WMV.
- Supported audio formats include: Dolby 2CH, MPEG-1 Layer 2 and MP3 Audio.
- Simple design.
- Attractive user interface.
Overall, Pinnacle VideoSpin is an easy to use application with a simplistic design that is tailored towards new users. The application supports most popular formats and users can edit together photos and videos to sound effects and background music in order to create video presentations.
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Buddi is a finance managing program that's poised with potential. Open source and free, it offers an extensible experience for both Windows and Mac users that's wrapped up in a simple tabbed interface. As they say in the money biz, it looks great on paper.
The application can create new accounts from four credit types--cash, checking, investment, and savings--and five debit types--credit card, liability, line of credit, loan, and prepaid account. Users can create their own account types, too, and take brief notes on an account. Strangely, the notes don't seem to surface anywhere besides the window where you enter them.
Under the My Budget tab, you can add transactions under different default categories such as Salary, Auto, and Miscellaneous Expenses, or again you can create your own. To enter a new transaction, double-click on the account or budget category under which it has occurred. From there, pre-existing accounts and transaction titles have automatically been added to the drop-down menus to accelerate the new transaction creation process. Buddi generates reports and pie charts on command by income, average income, expenses, and net worth. You can encrypt your data, too, although I couldn't find documentation on the encryption method used.
This is a good start in terms of features, but the execution leaves much room for improvement. There's no context menu support, no drag-and-drop support, and the forced need to jump between tabs to see how expenses and income relates to specific accounts feels antiquated compared with newer financial management programs and Web sites.
Plug-ins, as always, immeasurably extend the potential of a program, and Buddi is potentially no different. The plug-ins that I tested included QIF and CSV import, export, and skins, and generally worked well. There were issues with QIF file recognition--the plug-in would only see QIF files when All Files was selected, and even then, I sometimes had to move up a folder level and then back again to get them to appear. Once imported, though, there were no problems.
Although I don't think skinning is essential, I'd argue that being able to import your financial database from a previous program is a must, so I'd like to see the extension rolled into the program at some point. The most obvious feature-deficiency is that there's no account synchronization available. This means that you must enter all new transactions by hand, which can be an enormous time-waster. Even though there's a plug-in that lets you synchronize with the financial management Web site Perfitrak, it doesn't replace the benefit of having native syncing.
Buddi's interface doesn't facilitate an intuitive-enough work flow to cut down on the immense effort that the lack of syncing will mandate from users, so for now I'd only recommend it to people looking for free financial management software or developers who want to improve it.


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Solubility: The Basics
Something is soluble if it dissolves in a particular liquid: picture stirring sugar into hot tea (soluble) versus cold water (not). Plant compounds that we use for medicine have to dissolve in the water/alcohol/honey/oil/etc. for medicine to be a thing.
Many plant constituents are polar, meaning they have a positive side and a negative side. The different sides are attracted to their opposites, so they can be pulled apart (dissolved) in a liquid that is also polar. The cliche chemistry rule is "opposites attract, like dissolves like." Polarity is a continuum of different strengths: water is extremely polar; alcohol has both polar and nonpolar bonds (so call it "medium"), oil and wax are nonpolar. There is a lot more to this, but this is enough fluency for medicine-making. (Please don't write me hate mail full of ionic and covalent bonds! If you do I will dip it in alcohol and it will dissolve!)
All plants contain both water-soluble and alcohol-soluble constituents. The question is how the medicinal compounds that you want extract best. The plants have a preference for the ideal balance to get the most well rounded medicine; make water-preferential or alcohol-preferential medicine based on what results you want (i.e. burdock tincture versus burdock vinegar).
Most plant medicine is best with a balance of both: dandelion, nettles, holy basil. Some really extract best in one or the other: slippery elm, marshmallow, echinacea. Remember that vinegar extracts water-soluble compounds (and in the case of minerals, is better than water at it) and oil extracts alcohol-soluble compounds.
How to Tell
Intuition, observation, and practice!
Where it's growing, how it's growing, when it flourishes: intuition from experience. Does is grow on the banks of a river? On a wind-swept prairie? Does it bloom only when it's very hot and sunny?
What worked last time? How does that season compare to this one? Is there a drought, or a late snow storm, or did the river jump its banks last fall and deposit fertile silt in your garden?
Taste, smell, & feel
Mucilage, berberine, tannin, resin: plants often directly tell you how to make medicine with them. Gooey demulcent mucilage is water-soluble, but sharp tingling berberine is alcohol-soluble.
The goop at the bottom of a tincture is the plant matter that didn't dissolve in the tincture. Think about the goop at the bottom of a burdock or elecampane tincture–that's the stuff that can't dissolve in alcohol. Actually, it's mostly fiber, which does for plants what bones and fat do for people (structure & food storage). Burdock and elecampane are both examples of herbs that tincture best at lower alcohol concentrations so their water-soluble compounds can play too. If there's way more precipitate than there should be, it often means your tincture had too much or too little alcohol in it. That said, most high alcohol tinctures, especially of roots, will have precipitate, since plant matter always contains water-soluble constituents (see up, second paragraph).
Look it up in a good herbal reference
I recommend the works of Michael Moore and Lisa Ganora
Energetics of Solubility
These are generalizations meant to give you a place to start, not definitive truths for all plants. I'm developing a graphic for this but it's not ready for the internet yet!
Plants that have very water-soluble medicine are often extremes on the wet-dry continuum:
Marshmallow Willow
Slippery elm Witch Hazel
Plants that do well with high alcohol tinctures are usually more in the middle of wet-dry, but on an extreme of hot or cold:
Echinacea California Poppy
Cayenne Skullcap
Remember, most plants make good medicine in both water- and alcohol-based preparations, but the individual effects still follow these basic guidelines.
For example:
Burdock tea: water-soluble medicine, benefits are dramatic on the wet-dry continuum with kidney & lymphatic actions
Burdock tincture: alcohol-soluble medicine, benefits are dramatic on the hot-cold continuum with liver & digestive actions


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Mastering marketing automation
Marketing automation brings with it many advantages, but the technology is not without its challenges. Here, we look at four aspects of marketing automation that can take some getting used to. But once you do, there's no telling where your marketing efforts will lead!
The benefits of marketing automation are well-documented. It:
- automates processes
- saves time.
- enables you to better personalise your leads.
- translates to more conversions (as a result of these more optimised leads)
- allows you to measure and report on everything
- creates a central hub for monitoring all of your marketing activities
- provides insights into which marketing campaigns are working so you can focus your efforts (and money!) there
But reaping these rewards means understanding, adjusting to, and accepting some of the tricky fundamentals of marketing automation:
1. It's hungry
You need to feed your 'marketing-automation machine' with a steady stream of content. What's more, you need to make sure this content is not only regular but also regularly refreshed. And it must target different customers at different stages of the sales funnel. While producing this content requires a lot of work, it ultimately pays big dividends. High-quality content marketing engages and informs customers and potential customers and can position your organisation as a true market leader.
2. It needs a healthy diet
This means you and your team need to feed your marketing-automation system properly, so that it's regurgitating what you need it to be telling you. If the quality of your data or processes is lacking, you won't accurately know when you have a genuine opportunity to move a prospect through the sales funnel or to convert a customer. This is true of your lead scoring as well. If the system is not properly recording data, your scoring will be faulty, and therefore your customers – at varying stages of the buying journey – will not receive the correct messaging, and you'll just be wasting time, effort, and money.
3. It needs you to keep up with it
Marketing automation is new to many and fast-paced for all. To stay up to speed, you may need to embrace a new mindset and learn new skills, such as the above-mentioned content marketing and other technologies, such as Content Management Systems (CMSs) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
4. It's daunting!
All this data you're collecting can be overwhelming. If you're running a range of campaigns, the information is often convoluted, and there's heaps of it! Even when your marketing automation software is operating smoothly, it's a lot to manage. It's important for you and your team to maintain thorough and ongoing documentation to track what you're doing, so that your marketing endeavours can be consistent and seamless no matter who is working with your marketing-automation system.


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- 800g chuck steak, cubed (or any good stewing steak)
- 6 lamb kidneys, remove any membranes from the kidney and slice each one in half lengthwise, cut out the hard core using a small sharp knife then cut into pieces
- 1 large onion, peeled and sliced thinly
- 200g mushrooms, I used large portobellos (double if you aren't
- 1 bay leaf
- 2-4 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1 cup beef stock
- 2 carrots, peeled & chopped - I used purple carrots just because they are in season
- 1 leek, sliced
- 2 tbsp cornflour, mixed with 1/4 cup of water
- salt & freshly ground pepper
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley
- 350g shortcrust or puff pastry
- Place steak, kidneys, onions, mushrooms, bay leaf, thyme, carrots, leek & beef stock in a pot, cover & simmer on lowest heat for 1 1/4 hours. Add some water if it looks like it's drying out.
- Stir in cornflour paste to thicken.
- Season well and add in fresh parsley. Cool then place in a pie dish & cover with pastry (enamel pie dishes are great with puff pastry).
- Bake at 200oC for about 30 minutes or until pastry is puffed & golden. Serve with mashed potatoes and enjoy!
inspired by Annabel Langbein


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Today's spotlight author: Angela Roquet
Novel featured in the Dark Fates boxed set: Death at First Sight
what any sane person would consider gifted. Her only consolation is that
Sheriff Saunders, her shady keeper, does what he can to change the outcome of
her visions—at least, the ones that might lead to a swanky promotion.
patients' maladies are not found in the average medical journal. As the head
therapist of Orpheus House in Spero Heights, he sees everything—and usually
before it happens. The one thing he didn't see coming was Lia, and all the ways
she would turn his fragile world inside out.
International bestselling author Angela Roquet is a great big weirdo. She collects Danger Girl comic books, owls, skulls, random craft supplies, and all things Joss Whedon. She's a fan of renewable energy, marriage equality, and religious tolerance. As long as whatever you're doing isn't hurting anyone, she's a fan of you, too.
Angela lives in Missouri with her husband and son. She's a member of SFWA and HWA, as well as the Four Horsemen of the Bookocalypse, her epic book critique group, where she's known as Death. When she's not swearing at the keyboard, she enjoys painting, goofing off with her family and friends, and reading books that raise eyebrows.…


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Attleboro, MA is a gem of a city -- and it's not just because it was formerly known as "The Jewelry Capital of the World." The city shines for its high standard of citizen services it provides it 43,000+ citizens. And now, Attleboro is pushing this standard by officially launching a new citizen mobile app as part of Massachusetts' regional shared service solution, Commonwealth Connect! By launching with Commonwealth Connect, Attleboro is also joining over 70 other towns using the platform.
Commonwealth Connect allows citizens and visitors to report issues such as potholes, graffiti, drainage, and flooding quickly and easily via web tools and mobile apps. These reports are then forwarded directly to the right departments in the town with all the information needed to get the job done. For the past month, Attleboro used Commonwealth Connect internally to log requests. And now they are excited to extend the use of Commonwealth Connect to their citizens as well.
Check out this video on Commonwealth Connect created by MassIT below!
The Commonwealth Connect mobile app is available for download on Android and iPhone. In addition to the mobile apps, citizens can send reports via the town's website, Facebook page, or through seeclickfix.com.
To learn more about SeeClickFix, explore the rest of gov.seeclickfix.com.


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Steel makers forming federation to fight challenges togetherMonday, May 12, 2014 l Source: PTI
Domestic steel makers are grappling with challenges such as land acquisition, delayed environmental approvals and raw material supplies, which have also affected foreign players.
Last year, Posco and ArcelorMittal pulled out Rs 80,000 crore of proposed investments in two big-ticket projects, citing inordinate delays, land acquisition problems and lack of secure supplies of iron ore, a steel-making ingredient.
NRI Lakshmi Mittal-headed ArcelorMittal's planned steel plant in Odisha was among the biggest foreign direct investment proposals India had attracted. Posco of South Korea scrapped a plant that it sought to build in Karnataka.
The grouping of domestic steel majors will also strive to promote steel consumption, which is low in India, and campaign for "infrastructure" status for the industry.
India's per capita consumption of steel in 2012 was about 57 kg compared with the global average of 217 kg, according to the World Steel Association.
The steel makers will seek exemption for steel from free-trade agreements, especially with Japan and South Korea, to ensure that the alloy is not "dumped" in the country.
The grouping will ask for ministerial help to ensure sustainable promotion of steel exports and to counter trade retaliatory measures on outbound shipments.
The federation also wants bans on the export of mineral resources and the use of asbestos.


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Last month, a federal judge ruled in favor of an individual in a lawsuit filed against First Unum Life Insurance Company. In doing so, the claimant was granted long term disability insurance benefits retroactively beginning in 1995. In addition, it was discovered that Unum operated under a conflict of interest by not only acting as the claim benefits payer, but also the claims administrator. The claimant in this case was insured through a disability policy purchased by his employer and later under a conversion policy.
Initially, Unum denied coverage citing that the policy had terminated and the conversion policy did not apply because the allowable time for filing a claim had expired. Unum unsuccessfully argued this point and in addition argued that the claimant should not be entitled to benefits because the claimant had tried to return to work during this time period. However, the attorneys for the claimant successfully argued that the attempted effort to return to work was involuntary due to his financial situation. The court agreed.
The Law Firm of J.P. Gonzalez-Sirgo, P.A. represents individuals that have had their valid long term disability benefits denied, delayed or terminated irrespective of whether the policy was purchased individually or issued through an employer group policy.
The firm is available to assist individuals with the initial application process, during the administrative appeals process, handling denials of claims or termination of benefits, litigation in state or federal court, and negotiating a one-time lump sum settlement or buy-out. Please contact our office to discuss your case in more detail.


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I am pleased to announce that the 1st 3ds Max 2012 Service Pack (SP) is now available for download, both in 32-bit and 64-bit flavours. This SP is targeted to many areas of 3ds Max functionality including continued performance and stability improvements. It is also worth noting that the SP includes a completely re-written core to CAT (Character Animation Toolkit).
Download Links:
Product Areas which have been addressed include:
- Animation
- CivilView
- Viewport Canvas
- InfoCenter
- Nitrous
- Quicksilver
- The Ribbon
- Unwrap UVW
- Viewports
- And of course, CAT
As with any additional download I recommend you view the below readme before installing on machines. If your in a large studio, then please check with your TD first.
This 7 page document is full of useful information and is certainly an important read for all.
Readme download link (PDF – 161kb)
I also want to take this opportunity to say a special thanks to all of you who continue to provide user feedback and improvement suggestions for 3ds Max. This information is always greatly appreciated.
Happy Max'ing


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In Texas this Santa was arrested for chalking
Join us
In By passing the "Chalk Laws" has Barry OFarrell started "The Chalk Wars??"
In creating this draconian legislation, has Barry OFarrell unleashed The Chalk Monster, ?
Will people take this chalk down? Or will they chalk up?
Will the People chalk up another one for Barry or another one for the people?
The Barry OFarrell Government has introduced "Chalk Laws" outlawing chalking in NSW. http://www.abc.net.au/
Chalk can be washed away by water and "The Chalk Laws" can be washed away by YOU THE PEOPLE
C'mon , you hopped didn't you?? YES and you had fun...but now Big Bad Barry wants to erase hopscotch from the dwindling list of Freedoms you once enjoyed.When enacted these laws will make making chalk hopscotch squares a criminal offence.
We strongly suspect that the reasons stated in Parliament for "Strengthening the Anti Graffitti Laws": The "Major damage to Trains" -is mere spin to soothe the public. The real reason is to make visual communication the exclusive prerogative of those who can afford to buy consent- or those singing a song which keeps a subservient public singing along .
Occupy Sydney question these laws as unnecessary impositions on our freedoms.Freedom of expression (including but not limited to political expression) and of course the freedom to play hopscotch....


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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is one of those books that I picked up from the library, but then sat on the pile staring at me through several renewals, before I actually managed to read it (yeah, I know 😉 ). But when I did, I was pleasantly surprised. Set in a fictious South American country, it is roughly based off the events that occurred in 1996 in Peru when members of the MTRA took individuals who were attending a birthday party for the Emperor at the Embassy hostage (more information about the actual events regarding the event can be found here.
Overall, I enjoyed the book, the development of the main characters (Roxanne, Gen, Carmen) was entertaining and I felt that they were fully developed. I had a few issues with some of the other significant characters in the story (specifically, the General's who were responsible for the incident), I just didn't feel that they were as developed as they could have been. And while I knew how the ending was going to be, I didn't quite see everything coming.


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Clarksville Cave and Ladder Dig Cave - 3/19/2012
Cavers: Amanda, dlaw, Jes, Keja, Mitch, dRachel, Steven, Tauntaun, TJ
Met at the SE corner of EC at ~8:35am. Everyone showed up about on time; divided into cars (drivers Mitch and dRachel, even though Mitch was discovered to be rather under the weather - ha, what a ch
amp). dRachel drove the musicals car. Cars were dubbed Goldfish and Redfish.
Goldfish missed the correct exit off the NY State Thruway. We decided to meet at the cave. Goldfish hit up a gas station and took some smaller roads and still beat Redfish. We double checked our gear, discovered that dRachel had forgotten her wetsuit, and ate some lunch while waiting for Redfish.
Redfish arrived, we got geared up and walked to the Ward entrance. Got inside to the Big Room and started exploring the squeezes and any other crawlable spaces on our way to the Lake Room. On our way we excitedly started to crawl up a rather promising-looking side path, but Jes yelled back to us, "You just found Thook! We'll come back to that later." We also passed a pretty little crevasse we fondly dubbed the Cave Vagina.
On our way to the Lake Room we passed a group or two of other explorers, who unfortunately carried with them cigarettes, beer, and no gear. Gross. We finally got to the Lake Room and we spread out to explore every corner of the watery chamber. Some of us explored a narrow squeeze that cornered sharply like a V, another that was wide but super low and full of large loose rock - the second squeeze was possibly the Twinkle Room? dRachel suggested chimneying a submerged tunnel that circled around the far edge of lake room, and Tauntaun couldn't figure it out coming from the lake side, but then figured it out coming from the other end. dlaw, TJ, and Tauntaun found a small plant at the mouth of the squeeze suspected to be Twinkle Room.
We all reconvened by the side of the lake to take a snack break and turn off all of our lights for some quality "true darkness" time. It got nice and quiet for a good 15 seconds before Jes shattered the silence with a hearty belch - hawt. After that we made our way back to Thook, just as Jes promised, and crawled our way through the passage until it branched. We decided to split the group to take the two different paths to the exit. Due to some confusion in map reading, the group that wanted to go with less chest compression actually ended up exiting along the Chest Compressor route. But everyone made it out successfully, and Jes was able to get to the surface before she pee'd in her wetsuit.
Once everyone was above ground, we headed back to the Ward entrance to try to explore in the direction of the Gregory entrance, but another, very large group was slowly entering the cave at the Ward entrance when we got back to it. Not wanting to deal with the crowds, we decided to check out the nearby Ladder Cave, a large gaping hole in the ground with visible ice still sitting on the bottom. We decided that the extremely sketchy ladder there wasn't worth using, so we decided to set up a haul system with the surprisingly extensive amount of webbing in Keja's pack. While most of the group focused on warming back up, TJ, Mitch, and Keja were lowered into the cave, after much fuss about how to set up the haul system.
At this point we were running low on daylight and energy, so everyone above ground huffed and puffed to get Keja above ground, then he joined the haul crew and managed to get the other two out of there in less time than we took to haul him up - showoff. And to continue the story of how Keja won 'wilderness man of the trip', when one of the knots in the haul system just wouldn't come undone, he whipped out his foot-long wilderness knife to get the job done.
By now we were all starving for red meat, so we got on the highway and drove til we saw an Outback Steakhouse. Much cow was consumed, and there was great rejoicing in the Goldfish and Redfish.
Trip report by Tauntaun


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Lousy weatherPapermodellingPosted by Johnny Svensson Thu, October 23, 2008 15:05:54
Darker evenings....lousy weather....perfect for papermodeling!!
At this time I have several projects going on.
I'm building the 10TP 1:25 from WAK, The LeFh18/40 1:16 from DrafModel, and the P51D 1:32 from Halinski.
The present stages on the different models presented below
Will be updating the builds regularly!!
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POLITICAL leaders from both sides of the Pennines called for the North to join forces to make sure the Government delivers its promises on transport improvements today.
{http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/transport-summit-north-tells-government-honour-your-promises-1-8718144 |A transport summit in Leeds heard calls for the creation of a Council of the North to balance the lobbying power of London and the devolved nations|read more}
The event also called for a major overhaul of the way the Government decides which transport schemes to fund to ensure the process is fairer to areas outside London.
Business and council leaders met in Leeds in response to a series of Government announcements which appeared to downgrade its transport commitments to the North.
Leeds City Council leader Judith Blake said: "We've done so much research, we've done so much thinking, what we have to do is make sure from now on we speak with one voice, one North, and really getting out there and making the case for the step change in investment in the North that we need."
She said transport improvements were the key to achieving the North's economic ambitions.
"You would not be having these conversations in the South-East," she said.
Greater Manchester metro mayor Andy Burnham, a cabinet minister in the last Labour government, told the summit the country was "inherently London-centric" but Brexit was an opportunity for change.
"We have to get ourselves organised so it is as easy for the Government to speak to the North of England as it is to speak to the London business community," he said.
Mr Burnham said his experience as a Treasury minister was that the system is "rigged" in favour of the capital because of the way major transport schemes and their potential economic impact are analysed by government officials.
He called for a "social weighting" to be included in the process so areas which already have strong economies do not enjoy an unfair advantage.
Greater Manchester's mayor said the extra money secured for Northern Ireland by Unionist MPs in return for supporting the Conservatives showed how political pressure could be exerted on the Government.
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These questions follow the report Dean's Farm Watermelons. Additional educational materials can be found in the post All About Watermelons.
2. How many seedling watermelon plants did the three kids plant?
3. The kids planted 15 plants per row. How many rows did they plant?
4. If each plant produces 4 watermelons, how many watermelons will the seedlings planted produce?
5. We know that bees must visit each watermelon bloom seven times to get it to produce a watermelon. How many times must the bees visit all the blossoms to get the watermelons in question 4?
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This recipe stems from one of those evenings when I was faced with a lean pantry and a fussy appetite, but now I go back to it regularly as it's very simple and quick, but yields impressive and colorful results. I realize there's a couple of ingredients included that might not be sitting in everyone's pantry – but don't worry.
1. If you don't have/can't find sweet soy sauce at your local supermarket, then try mixing in a spoonful of honey with some normal soy sauce instead for the same flavor profile.
2. I am a big fan of infused olive oils when done well, but fear not – a good quality olive oil will work just as well here, it just wont be quite as lemony, which might even be a preference for some.
Total time: 35 mins (10 mins prep, 25 mins cooking)
Serves 4 as an appetizer, 2 as a side/main
- 2-3 large zucchini, enough to yield 2/12 cups when chopped
- 1 tbsp of olive oil for frying
- 1 clove of garlic crushed
- 1 tbsp of kejap manis (sweet soy sauce)
- 1 15.5 ounce tin of garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed thoroughly
- 2- 3 ripe plum tomatoes or one large ripe heirloom tomato (depending on the season)
- 2 tbsp of lemon infused olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 1/2 tbsp roasted sesame seeds
- Sea salt and black pepper for seasoning
Wash the zucchini thoroughly so the skin is shiny and clean and then chop into slices the thickness of a dollar.
Now gently heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Test if it's ready for frying by adding one slice of the zucchini to the pan – it should start to sizzle nicely.
Now add all the zucchini to the pan and coat evenly with the heated oil. Allow the slices to fry on one side for at least a couple of minutes before flipping to check that they are starting to brown.
The zucchini should take about 7 – 10 minutes total to pan fry. When they are halfway done, you can add the chopped garlic – I don't like adding too early as it tends to burn and burnt garlic is not a good addition to any salad, trust me!
A minute before removing completely from the heat, add the Ketjap Manis to the pan. TIP!! Be sure to have your extractor/fan going as the pan is going to be hot and any soy sauce tends to smoke when heated like this. Adding the soy sauce and allowing the zucchini to fry in this sweet, bubbling mixture for a minute adds a a nice sticky char to the veggies, just watch them and don't let them burn.
Remove the zucchini from the heat and keep the pan covered while you assemble the rest of the salad.
Toss the garbanzo beans into a large serving bowl.
Chop the tomatoes into eighths or if you're using one of those mammoth heirlooms probably much smaller pieces. There's no hard and fast rule here – however you like to eat your tomatoes in a salad is fine, but ideally they'd be similar size chunks to your zucchini.
Add the tomato to the beans and now tip in the warm zucchini. Add the lemon olive oil, lemon juice, sesame seeds and season well. Combine thoroughly to ensure all the lemon and oils become infused into the warm veggies. Serve with hot crusty bread, plank salmon, seared halloumi cheese or even simple grilled chicken. Enjoy!


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BAL's unique product support network strengthened by industry expert
Building Adhesives Limited has appointed Hucknall-based Martin Pouncey as its Product Support Technician for the Midlands, strengthening its unmatched nationwide technical support capability. The PST concept is believed to be unique to BAL, which has placed strong emphasis on support throughout its history.
Martin's role encompasses personal interaction with fixers, contractors and distributors across an area stretching from Lincolnshire to Oxfordshire. This includes product training and demonstrations, advising on specifications, helping to resolve project issues and answering questions on all aspects of professional tiling.
"The hot topic right now is BAL Rapid-Mat, our new uncoupling solution," says Martin. "This has made such an impact that, whatever the main reason for my visit, everyone wants to talk about Rapid-Mat. Fixers certainly like the idea of getting everything for a project from just one supplier, all covered by a 25 year guarantee."
Martin has 20 years of tiling experience, from being a hands-on fixer to running tiling companies, and has earned a wealth of formal qualifications. His career includes lecturing at colleges in Nottingham and Birmingham and being a City and Guilds consultant. Between 2012 and 2014, he served as an active member of the The Tile Association Training Committee.
BAL Head of Marketing, Alex Underwood, says: "We created the PST position decades ago to be an amalgam of tiler, technician, specifier, salesperson and even scientist. It underlines our continuing investment in leading the industry in support. Our Technical Advisory Service resolves some 50,000 queries annually, and we always welcome enquiries online, but nothing matches personal contact. An expert like Martin Pouncey will travel hundreds of miles weekly to give on-site support and advice."
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