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Trial of the Decade / Amy Senser
Last August a man was struck dead on a freeway exit ramp in Minneapolis, and the driver who hit him fled the scene of the incident.
The man killed was Anousone Phanthavong.
He was the lead chef at the True Thai restaurant.
At 38 years old, Anousone had worked his way up the ladder the old fashion way...by exerting plenty of elbow grease.
He was a leader in his work place, enjoyed in his community, and from what I've heard....was a hell of a chef.
Anyways, he was heading back to work even though it was his day off, but he wanted to give the cleaning crew rides home.
But his car ran out of gas and began to sputter so he had to pull off the side of the ramp.
When his vehicle was placed in what was thought to be a safe spot, he jogged a little over 100 yards where a gas station attendant who had just shut down his pumps, found pity on him and reopened them so he would be able to move his car off the ramp and get to safety.
Anousone went back and while pouring the petro in.....the police estimated he was hit at 55 miles an hour.
His body was dragged leaving a visual that I don't want to consider...let alone describe.
It was after 11 pm so not many people were aware of the tragedy until the next morning.
The Laotian community was in despair because there was no information as to who hit this emerging presence in their community.
Tick-Tock goes the clock and the Talking Heads news flashed the Twin Cities that Amy Senser, wife of former Minnesota Vikings legend Joe had gone into questioning with her husband and lawyer.
Now I have a tough enough time baking bread, I would never try to pass myself off a a journalist or a lawyer.
I'm just reporting the facts to you as I know them so you can hop on the internet and follow this case with us in the Twin Cities.
As you can imagine, quite a bit of controversy is brewing.
Apparently Amy fled the scene of the crime and said it isn't breaking the law if you didn't realize that you hit somebody.
Then reports hit the media airwaves that Anousone had some issues with chemical dependency, and supposition was cast out that perhaps he was (and these are my words) ALL COKED OUT and moving with an unpredictability on the ramp.
Many people feel that information was tossed into the air to buffer the fact that she bolted.
Our local newspapers have unveiled information slowly, but today I read that after the crash, over the next 1 hour and 19 minutes (and remember, this is around midnight and she is a 45 year old wife and mother) that she made 1 outgoing call and received 15.
Why would somebody call a mom on her way home 15 times????
Other reports declared that Amy mentioned to one of her daughters that she had been drinking that night.
Most of the people in my income bracket think Amy is at fault and because she is married to a local legend, she just might skate on this one. I mean lets face it, after the OJ trial, would any verdict surprise you?
However, friends and colleagues of mine in a higher income brackets have tossed the Hmong chef in with all the other minority / food service riff raff. They are claiming that Amy is being picked on by a liberal media.
Hear me well L.A.B. RATS -
I don't know if Amy Senser actually killed the dude while she was drunk and then bolted, but "O-M-G"... if she is innocent, it would of been in every bodies best interest for her to stay until the cops arrived.
So like I said, tomorrow the trial starts. I hope you will join me in paying attention to this case and if you are persons of faith....I am guessing that the family and friends of Anousone Phanthavong would be grateful for your prayers.
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This case made my blood boil since the first article was written in the paper. It's a class clash at it's best; rich, white, affluent woman his and drags 38 year old Hmong chef across the highway "not realizing it" despite the blood all over her car and could not bother taking him to the hospital/calling the cops etc. I know some had tossed out there that she was covering for her young daughter. I DON'T CARE and neither should most people because that will not bring Anousone Phanthavong back.ReplyDelete
I look forward to following this trial while at the same time preparing to be disappointed in the outcome.
Thanks for sharing this. I haven't followed this closely but even without close scrutiny it had a certain odor from the beginning and now the smell is even worse when exposed to sunlight.ReplyDelete
I met Anousone two times. My friend Mark is the restaurant's publicist. This war of expectations is an evil thing -- everyone has a drug problem by this measure. It is poison injected into the public mind without trial or corroboration.ReplyDelete
I work for lawyers now so I understand the game. The person with the best lawyer always wins, even if she is found guilty it will be a walkaway.
I have started and erased comments a few times today...ReplyDelete
First, let me say that people who leave the scene of an accident should be punished. People who kill someone should be punished. People that are under the influence of drugs or alcohol who kill people should have a quadruple punishment. A remarkable chef was killed and is missed greatly by those who love him.
I think all of us would use all of our resources if we are thrust into the legal system whether of our own doing or not. Unfortunately, the more resources you have the better off you will be. It is not an equitable system.
I believe attacks on Joe and boycotting the restaurants are misplaced anger. Some people have rejoiced at the closings. Joe's holdings in the restaurants is a minority share. The people who have been most hurt by the closings are hourly employees much like Anousone Phanthavong.
For many years, my brother was often driving impaired and/or without a license. My family tried everything to keep him off the road. Thankfully, he did not hurt anyone. But, it makes me think - if he did would all the people who are blasting Joe be blasting me? Would every good thing I have done in my work - volunteering, be pushed aside because of what my brother did? We aren't defined by one action. We definitely should not be defined by the actions of others.
I am certain no one is suffering more than Anousone Phanthavong's friends and family. Others are suffering, too. This impacts so many people and it breaks my heart.Replies
Sara, well stated, but I think most of the people who are blasting, are not blasting Joe. People are upset with his wife.Delete
I am thinking there is going to be a lot of evidence unveiled that we havent heard. The bottom line is poor people simply get tired of the wealthy buying their way out of situations.
Had Sue McGleno hit & run, I have to wonder if she would have got the same treatment.
It sounds like we are on the same page as far as consequences...but the question I really have been thinking about....how would "I" react if Sue McGleno hit some dude and killed him?
She's my wife, so no matter how I handle this, there is going to be a huge loss attached to this.
Thanks for shouting out Sara


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Location: Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Event: 24 March 2013
Report: Andy Whitehouse/Snowdon Sports
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Sweden's Matthias Wengelin revelled in the snowy conditions at Sherwood Pines as he saw off the home challenge in the opening round of the British Cycling National MTB Cross-Country Series.
Forcing the pace from the start of the five 5.5-km laps, Wengelin (pictured) showed his strength over the last two laps to pull away from second-placed Paul Oldham (Hope Factory Racing) and Grant Ferguson (Superior Brentiens Mountainbike RT) on a thawing course more usual to cyclo-cross.
Flying in from South Africa on Friday, Mariske Strauss (Giant/Contego) had her first experience of racing in snow as she won the four-lap elite women's race from Hannah Barnes (MG-Maxifuel Pro Cycling), who was racing off-road at national level for the first time in four years.
Starting on the fourth row of the grid, Barnes surprised herself by matching Strauss for the first half of the race before losing ground in the closing stages as she finished well clear of third-placed Lee Craigie (Cannondale Racing).
The majority of riders made it to the event despite the poor travelling conditions, vindicating British Cycling's decision to go ahead and the work put in to prepare the course.
Elite men
With the temperature rising slightly to a little over freezing, conditions were becoming very sticky and the elite men's race would become a battle of the strongest.
Wengelin started well and opened a modest gap on the rest of the field, a gap which was hovering around ten seconds by the end of the first lap. Ferguson was heading up a chasing line of who's who in the race, Oldham, Dan Fleeman, Seb and Hamish Batchelor, Steve James, Van Der Heijden and Oli Beckinsale all looked strong but it was Ferguson who made the jump to the leader on the third lap, Oldham was out in front of the chasers by a handful of seconds but was making inroads to the lead two.
Van Der Heijden tried to go with Oldham but couldn't make the gap and was riding solo but with a useful gap of some fifteen seconds over Didier Bats who had worked his way through to the front end of the race.Fleeman was still in with a shout of a high finish but had Seb Batchlor close on his wheel putting the Forme Coaching rider under pressure.
Oldham put in a big effort to close the gap to Wengelin and Ferguson and coming into the finishing arena to complete their penultimate lap made the jump over the two previous leaders and took the bell on the front but Wengelin wanted the win after finishing second to Liam Killeen in 2012 and put in the effort t to retake the head of the race coming into the finish are alone and crossing the line ahead of Paul Oldham And Grant Ferguson
After his win Wengelin said: "I think that was a good win for me, I was thinking about last year's results coming second to Liam (Kileen) so I wanted to go one better today and win.
"When the two guys caught me with two laps to go I think, I felt under pressure, they tried to ride away from me so I had to give it everything I had and got round them. I knew I had to be in front of the race from the start because of the conditions. It's much easier to pick my own lines and control the speed of the race. I've spent all winter riding in Sweden so I am used to the snow and today was fun to ride."
Jack Ravenscroft took victory in the junior race, his first at a national level holding off a strong field that saw Sam Stern crash on the opening lap and effectively start his race from the back but the current National Champion rode a blinding race and stormed through the field to take fourth spot.
Michael Thompson finished his outing in second spot, one place to the good of Orange monkey's Billy Harding. Josh Asquith took a narrow win in the Sports race keeping Matthew Dewis into second spot by a mere nine seconds. Nick Baxter took the last step of the podium by one second just getting a tyre width over Ashley Evans.
In the expert race AW Cycles's Issac Pucci got his arms in the air crossing the line just over a minute ahead of Aron Marshall who finished his four laps in 1.23.21. John Cruickshank took third place.
Elite women
Mariske Strauss flew in to the UK on Friday to race in the elite women race and took the honours with a strong ride virtually from the gun. The South African who had never raced in the snow revelled in the wintery conditions pulling away on the opening lap from Hannah Barnes and Annie Last who dominated the course the previous year.
2012 overall series winner Lee Craigie was sitting in fourth place some thirty seconds back but had pulled out a good lead on a chasing pair of Beth Crumpton who moved up from junior this season and Mel Alexander, Jessie Roberts and Rebecca Preece were a few bike lengths back riding in seventh and eighth respectively.
Coming into the arena to finish the second lap the crouched figure of Strauss was still heading up the race and looking strong but Barnes had put the power down in the forest and had pulled a twenty five second gap on Last and was making inroads to the leader. Craigie was riding a measured race and had Last in her sights and would take the Trek rider on the penultimate lap.
Crumpton was riding a steady race in fifth spot keeping Alexander at twenty seconds. It would be on the third lap where Last would retire and Barnes would close the gap to Strauss and the two would pass the pit area and enter the finishing arena wheel to wheel, Barnes riding her first UCI mountain bike race in four years took the race to the South African crossing the finish line for the final lap, it would be the visitor's race to lose but by her own admission
Strauss was too strong for Barnes taking the lead again on the back of the circuit and crossing the line a minute ahead of the MG-Maxifuel rider. The demanding circuit was showing on the field with Lee Craigie crossing the line to take third almost two minutes down and Beth Crumpton some three and half minutes adrift in fourth.
Strauss said: "The weather today is a little bit cooler then I'm used to but riding in the snow was a blast, it's my first time riding in these conditions. I flew in on Friday to race today, there are good UCI points to get here and we are having a short break from racing in South Africa.
"Hannah (Barnes) gave me a really good workout today, I was in front on the early laps, then she caught me but on the last lap I just had to give it everything I had and see if I could get a gap but my legs held up and I made a break. I'm flying back to South Africa tomorrow (Monday) and I'm looking forward to some warm weather."
Barnes commented: "I started pretty much from the back of the grid and I knew I had to get up towards the front if I had any chance today so I worked through the field and got up to sixth wheel just as we got to the first single track on the first lap.
"I think I need to practice my handling skills, I think they let me done a bit in the woods but I really wasn't expecting second place today. I got my new bike last Sunday so I'm getting used to it but it is so good to ride. We worked out it has been four years since I rode at this level so I really didn't know what to expect today, I may be doing a few more mountain bike races after today's result."
In the youth male race it was Jake Poole who took a fine victory in the closest race of the day. The Dirtwheels Cycle youngster took his first National race victory by a mere four seconds from Lewis Champion and Tom Craig, a victory made all the more impressive knowing Poole crashed heavily eighteen months ago breaking three vertebrae in his back. Dan Tulett stormed away from the rest of the field in the juvenile race taking the victory some four minutes ahead of second place Joe Barker. Lichfield's Harry Yates rode a solid race to take the third spot on the podium.
In the junior female race Alice Barnes went one better than her sister taking an emphatic win from Lucy Grant. The Scott Contessa rider took the victory by a little over three minutes and spent most of the race riding in the top ten of the elite race. Isla Short secured the third step of the podium.
Ffion James got her series off to a good start taking the win in the youth female race. The Welsh youngster who was runner up in 2012 fought off a close challenge from Amira Mellor and Martha Gill who finished their two laps in second and third respectively. Beeline RT's Emily Wadsworth took the victory in the juvenile girls race crossing the line almost two minutes ahead of Abergavenny's Megan James. Ffyona Booker finished in third spot.
Julie Elder crossed the line ahead of Fern Henry to take the expert's race while Lichfield's Helen Clayton dominated the sport race crossing the line almost five minutes ahead of Fiona Innes. Gillian Pratt took a decisive win over Donna Morris in the masters race while in the veterans Caroline Goward took the win from Helen MacGregor by a couple of bike lengths. Kim Long took the honours in the Grand Veterans race almost a minute to the good of Elizabeth Clayton.
With the temperature taking a downwards turn for the last race of the day it would be the strongest legs that saw the riders struggle their way through the now hardening mud. Cycle Tec's Jonathan Pugh proved to be the strongest on the day but after a dominating opening three laps his win margin over Philip Morris was cut to eighteen seconds.
Pugh took control on the opening lap pulling out a useful looking twenty seconds by the time the race got to the slight downhill fire road on the final part of the circuit, Morris struck a lonely figure sitting in second spot some two minutes ahead of third placed Grant Leavy, Kim Little and Robert Purcell.
By the mid way point of the race Pugh had increased his lead over Morris to just over a minute and looked as though the victory was all but tied up. A group of seven were sitting in effectively third place, some three minutes adrift of second place but were now, barring any incidents racing for third place. Approaching the final lap Pugh had again increased his lead to a little over two minutes and it was his to lose but an attack on the last few kilometres from Morris brought the gap down drastically and Pugh had to make a last effort to ensure the win was his. Grant Leavy took third place ahead of Robert Purcell
"I got off the line in second but I kept getting a face full of mud which I didn't appreciate so I put the effort in to get on the front," Pugh said.
"I had a strap break on my shoe which didn't help my peddling and that got worse as the race went on. The conditions meant my gears didn't work very well, they kept clogging up with mud and it became a real slog. I lost a lot of time on the last lap and Phil (Morris) almost caught me, I think he got the time down to ten seconds at one point. I was stuck on the big ring so it was slow going in the mud.
"The conditions were awful today, a lot worse than I expected to be honest but I'll be happy when I've warmed up."
A big field in the veteran's race saw Jedi Cycle Sport's Ian Taylor come out on top riding Paul Hopkins into second spot by some forty seconds. Andrew Peace took third spot to complete the podium.
National Champion and 2012 series winner Pete Harris took victory in the Grand Veteran's race holding off a strong challenge from Gateway's Peter Turnbull and Roland Tilley who finished in third place. Vic Barnett again took the spoils in the Super Vet's race but only just holding off a strong challenge from John Lloyd. Team 300's Denis Smith took third spot.
Results - Full results (NB - results are provisional with some queries being verified)
Elite men:
1 Matthias Wengelin (Ck Naten Sater/Specialized Conceptstore) 1-34-22
2 Paul Oldham (Hope Factory Racing) at 29 sec
3 Grant Ferguson (Superior Brentjens Mountainbike RT) at 37 sec
4 Didier Bats (Toka Print MTB Team) at 1-12
5 Michiel van der Heijden (Giant Pro XC Team) at 1-58
6 Sebastian Batchelor (Fluid Fin RT) at 2-04
7 Hamish Batchelor (Fluid Fin RT) at 2-18
8 Olivier Bruwiere (MTB Team Langdorp VZW) at 3-18
9 Nick Craig (Team Scott UK) at 3-33
10 Dan Fleeman (Forme Coaching-Pactimo) at 3-34
Elite women:
1 Mariske Strauss (Giant/Contego) 1-23-14
2 Hannah Barnes (MG-Maxifuel Pro Cycling) at 1-04
3 Lee Craigie (Cannondale Racing) at 2-47
4 Bethany Crumpton (Hargroves Cycles/Specialized/Trant/Next) at 6-20
5 Melanie Alexander (Contessa Scott Synchros) at 6-55
6 Maddie Horton (Certini) at 7-27
7 Rebecca Preece (Red Rose Olympic CC) at 8-08
8 Maxine Filby (BC Private Member) at 8-45
9 Jessie Roberts (Torq Performance) at 9-18
10 Annabel Simpson (Team Hope Factory Racing) at 11-43
Please credit www.britishcycling.org.uk and link back if you use any of our race results.
British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.

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This book takes a rather unique approach to introducing SQL. Instead of picking a particular implementation of SQL and instead of introducing the parts of the language in the order they are written, this book deals with things in the order that SQL actually processes things.
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At the June 17, 2015 Ecma General Assembly in Montreux, ECMA-408 3rd edition - the Dart programming language specification - has been adopted
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Dart is an open-source programming language for building web, server, and mobile apps.
On June 17, 2015 the 109th Ecma General Assembly approved the Standard ECMA-408 3rd edition "Dart Programming Language Specification". This is the third edition of the Standard since work in Ecma's TC52 started in early 2014 and we expect Dart to continue to evolve at this rapid pace.
Mr. Anders Sandholm, the TC52 Chair, explained the new features to the Standard: "As for the third edition, the main additions are null-aware operators and generalized tear-offs. Null-aware operators potentially shortens syntax. E.g., we have introduced the "safe navigation" operator ?., which for o?.m returns null if o evaluates to null and returns o.m otherwise. With generalized tear-offs we have added explicit syntax (#) to allow closurization of not just methods but also constructors, operators, getters and setters."
ECMA-408 (Dart) is one of the Ecma Standards that has been developed under the new Royalty-Free (RF) patent policy regime. ECMA-408 is also a Standard that so far has been updated every 6 months. Such rapid development and approval are aiming to meet the marked demand of this popular web scripting language.
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United will pay Everton a guaranteed £20m, with that sum rising by as much as £7m, according to the 18-year-old striker's appearances and achievements.
Rooney has signed a six-year contract which will tie him to Old Trafford until 30 June 2010.
"I'm excited to be joining a club as big as Manchester United. I feel this can only improve my career," he said.
Sir Alex Ferguson said he was delighted to sign a player who he claimed last week would make United's squad as strong as that which won the European Cup in 1999.
"I am very excited. I think we have got the best young player this country has seen in the past 30 years," he said.
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Rooney's representatives, Pro-Active Sports Management could be paid up to £1.5m - depending on the player's loyalty to United - for their role in the deal.
The England star, who suffered a broken metatarsal bone in Euro 2004, passed a medical earlier on Tuesday.
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Bill Kenwright, the Everton chairman, met United chief executive David Gill for talks on Monday as the two clubs met for a Premiership game at Old Trafford, which finished goalless.
The big fee will be a boost to Everton's finances and will help reduce debts estimated to be in the region of £30m.
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Running radiologist Rob Bradley is set to pull on his trainers to raise cash for charity.
Dr Rob Bradley, 35, is running the Great North Run to collect money for children's charity Barnardo's in what will be his first half marathon.
Rob, who is a consultant radiologist in Scunthorpe and lives in Doncaster, said "I'm running for Barnardo's because my grandfather spent the majority of his childhood in a Barnardo's home in the early 1900s.
"I feel both I and my own young children have benefitted from a comparatively privileged upbringing and want to help raise funds for those who have a more challenging childhood.
"I have not done any regular running for several years. As a Consultant Radiologist a lot of my time is spent sitting at a reporting station, so wanting to get back into regular exercise, and to give myself the motivation of an achievable target, I signed up for the Great North."
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In 2014 study published in the BioMed Research International journal it was shown that neem extract fed to rats helped reduce damage to renal tissue and oxidative stress after they were injected with cisplatin - a drug normally used in chemotherapy.
4 groups of rats were injected with cisplatin. This caused damage to renal tissue as evidenced by microscopic examination of kidney tissue. There was an increase in serum uric acid, urea, and creatinine, malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO). The level of glutathione and activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were seen to be reduced. There was also an increase in the number of cells dying in kidney tissues and the expression of nuclear factor kappa B - a protein that causes inflammation.
Two groups of rats were given Neem leaves (Azadirachta indica) extract for 5 days before or after the cisplatin injections.
It was found that the administration of Neem extract before or after cisplatin injections significantly improved the kidney function. Nephrotoxicity was reduced and there was less histological damage in renal corpuscles and renal tubules. The Neem extract also attenuated malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO) levels in kidney tissue.
After being injected with cisplatin the kidney's ability to scavenge toxic H2O2, O2−, and lipid peroxides is reduced causing a drop in
SOD, CAT, GPx, GST, and GR activities as well as decrement of GSH content. The Neem extract was able to restore these levels in the kidney tissues.
The study conjectured that the protective actions of Neem against cisplatin induced nephrotoxicity in kidneys may be due to its flavonoids (rutin and quercetin, flavonoglycosides, polyphenolics, tannins). Neem flavonoids have the ability to scavenge free radicals and inhibit lipid peroxidation. Moreover Neem leaves have polyphenols that are known for their potent antioxidant and free radical scavenging properties.
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Are you a web or mobile developer? A Real Opportunity for You Here and Now!!
The Southern Africa Innovation Support (SAIS) Programme Zambia has planned to hold a 2-day National Hackathon in Lusaka focusing on Mobile Applications from February 21 to 22, 2013.
To participate, please register by submitting your idea(s) via Eventbrite page here [ http://saiszambiahack.eventbrite.com/# ]
Event Title: SAIS Programme Zambia Innovations Hackathon: Enhancing Productivity through Mobile Apps.
Challenges for the Hackathon:
1. Energy: More effective usage, awareness on clean energy
2. eCommerce: Reducing Transactions Costs
3. Health: Low Access to Healthcare
1st Prize:
A Return Trip for the Team to a Mobile Apps Hub or Innovation Summit
One Laptop
Three Smart Phones
One Year 4G Broadband Subscription
2nd Prize:
One Laptop
One Smart Phone
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3rd Prize:
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Event organised by Southern Africa Innovation Support (SAIS) Programme Zambia and will be hosted at BongoHive.
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Today the 24th of Cheshvan is the Hilula of Rabbi Avraham Azulai – a Kabblistic Sage and Tzadik who lived from 1570 to 1543. He was born in Fez Morocco. He is the author of a famous Kabbalistic Sefer known as the "Chesed Avraham". One of his most well known teachings from this book has to do with one of the periods of opportunity to bring Machiach as well as other changes of circumstances.
This year a candle should be lit on the evening of the 10th of November as close to sundown as possible.
to read about this teaching see below:
To learn about Hilula go to this link:
Rabbi Azulai teaches in Chesed Avraham that the size of the Mikva which is a minimum of 40 Seah relates to part of the process known as the birthpangs of Massiach. He teaches that a Seah is the volume of approx 1 gross of Eggs. 40 times 144 = 5760. This was the year that 2000 in the common era. His teaching is that starting in 5760/2000 one does not have to die. It takes a change of consciousness to accomplish this and that is what the teachings of Kabbalah assist one in acheiving and manifesting in their life.
For more information about learning Kabbalah and more about oneself go to http://www.yeshshem.com
Additional information from Wikipedia about Rabbi Azulai follows:
The expulsion of the Moors from Spain brought a great number of the exiles to Morocco, and these newcomers caused a civil war from which the country in general and the Jews in particular suffered greatly. Abraham Azulai, in consequence of this condition of affairs, left his home for the Land of Israel and settled in Hebron.
In Hebron he wrote a commentary on the Zohar under the title Kirjath Arba (City of Arba; Gen. xxiii.2). The plague of 1619 drove him from his new home, and while in Gaza, where he found refuge, he wrote his cabalistic work Chesed le-Abraham (Mercy to Abraham; Micah vii.20). It was published after the author's death by Meshullam Zalman ben Abraham Berak of Gorice, in Amsterdam, 1685. Another edition, published in Sulzbach in the same year, seems to be a reprint, although Steinschneider, in Cat. Bodl. col. 666, thinks the reverse. Azulai's commentary on the Zohar, Zohore Chammah (Rays of the Sun), was printed in Venice, 1654. He also wrote: Or ha-Lebanah (Light of the Moon), Ma'asse Chosheb (Cunning Work), and Kenaf Renanim (Peacock's Wing). He died in Hebron on November 6, 1643 which is the 24th of Cheshvan.
Of the numerous manuscripts that he left and that were in the hands of his descendant, Hayyim Joseph David (No. 4), some are still extant in various libraries. Only one was published, a cabalistic commentary on the Bible, under the title Ba'ale Berit Abraham (Abraham's Confederates; see Gen. xiv.13), Vilna, 1873. His most popular work, Chesed le-Abraham, referred to above, is a kabbalistic treatise with an introduction, אבן השתיה (The Cornerstone; see Talmud Yoma 53b), and is divided into seven "fountains" (see Zecharia iii.9), each fountain being subdivided into a number of "streams." Here is a translated sample from the fifth fountain, twenty-fourth stream, p. 57d, of the Amsterdam edition:
On the mystery of metempsychosis or Gilgulim (reincarnation) and its details: Know that God will not subject the soul of the wicked to more than three migrations; for it is written, "Lo, all these things doth God work twice, yea thrice, with a man" (Job xxxiii. 29). Which means, He makes him appear twice and thrice in a human incarnation; but the fourth time he is incarnated as a clean animal. And when a man offers a sacrifice, God will, by miraculous intervention, make him select an animal that is an incarnation of a human being. Then will the sacrifice be doubly profitable: to the one that offers it and to the soul imprisoned in the brute. For with the smoke of the sacrifice the soul ascends heavenward and attains its original purity. Thus is explained the mystery involved in the words, "O Lord, thou preservest man and beast" (Psalms xxxvi.7 [R. V. 6]).
– Abraham Azulai, Chesed le-Abraham


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text: Barbara Lawson, Curator of World Cultures, has retired after more than 30 years at McGill University's Redpath Museum. Under her curatorship, the collections were expanded in size and scope and a World Cultures gallery was inaugurated in 2004. This was the first time an exhibition area specifically designated for cultural materials was established since the Redpath Museum's founding in 1882. She has been instrumental in developing documentation for the Museum at the national and international level and an inspiring lecturer and devoted mentor to numerous students and volunteers. Her research, publications and collaborations with other institutions have expanded our knowledge of the Redpath collections and the history of ethnographic collecting and have brought international attention to cultural artefacts within the Museum's prominent natural history orientation.


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Happy Friday!
I know, this topic might not be relevant to everyone, but I still want to talk about it since I'd like to know what your thoughts are. Not sure if this is true, but when it comes to the final trimester of the pregnancy, I hear a lot of experienced mommies saying that being pregnant in the winter time is way better than in the summer time. Like I mentioned before in my previous posts, being pregnant can be challenging sometimes. Your body is going through a lot of changes during this period. Not only your body changes a lot, but also your way of thinking, mood, eating habits and so on.
// Summer pregnancy
Let's talk about summer pregnancy first. It may come with a lot of unexpected surprises such as the heat, sweat, body temperature, swollen feet and so on. Some women, including my mom who was (heavily) pregnant with my older sister, felt miserable and sweaty all the time because of the heat. She got swollen feet and she had a hard time standing and walking on hard surfaces. She also felt dehydrated so she kept drinking water and ate loads of water-rich fruits at that time. These might sound familiar as many mommies told me about these "issues" as well. One of my friends couldn't focus at work and she even claimed her pregnancy made the summer seem hotter. However, there are also pros for being preggo during the hot season.
– The sun, also known as vitamin D is a great benefit. We all know vitamin D is important for everyone (even when you're not pregnant). We need this since it helps you to regulate and absorb essential minerals such as calcium and phosphorus in your body. Also, it supports the development of your baby such as building healthy teeth and bones.
– Long summer days are a plus too. We get more hours of daytime which can affect your mood in a positive way. You can do more outdoor activities such as joining a BBQ backyard party or you can do some exercises. Going to the pool sounds like a great idea, don't you think? A happy mommy means a happy baby!
// Winter pregnancy
When it comes to winter pregnancy, I can't really complain to be honest. But if I really have to mention a few cons, I'll come up with the following:
– Winter days get shorter and colder. For me, sometimes I find it hard to get up for work since it's so cold and dark outside. It makes me feel like I want to stay in bed all day long.
– For as long as I can remember, I always have dry skin issues in the winter. During my pregnancy, my skin seems to be getting drier, though I drink lots of water, give my skin an extra boost of moisture from time to time.
– Avoiding a cold or a flu seems almost impossible (unless you are staying at home the entire winter and you're not surrounded with people). You can get easily sick, whether it's in the gym, at work, in the train or even when you're running errands.
– I feel less motivated to exercise though I love doing workouts. But when I think of getting in the car, driving to the gym in the cold, doing warming up before I can really start my workouts, it makes me feel like "it takes a lifetime to get there, I'd rather stay at home."
– People don't always see I'm pregnant. Don't get me wrong, it's not because I want to get attention, it's because I don't want to ask for a seat every time when I travel by public transport. I'm all bundled up in my winter clothes just like everyone else. But when I travel by train and I want to get a seat, it can be frustrating sometimes. People can't see I'm pregnant which I don't blame them. Luckily, I do have a solution for this (thanks to my little sister), but I'll save this for the next mommy to mommy post :)
Moving to the pros of a winter pregnancy. My winter pregnancy has been great so far.
– Unlike my mom, I don't have swollen feet so far. I can still wear my regular shoes.
– I don't get sweaty and I don't feel constantly too hot.
– This may sound gross, but I don't have to feel ashamed when I'm not able to shave my legs. Hey, I know what you're thinking now – I'm not a hairy monster if you ask me hehe, but sometimes I just forget to shave my legs.
– I've already mentioned the con of winter layering, but I can actually see more pros than cons. You can hide your bump or the extra kilos whenever you want. Layering your clothes keep you warm and look stylish at the same time.
– Getting tired doesn't always suck. It's no secret I love shopping. But I've noticed I don't want to shop as I get easily tired now. Plus, I don't like to shop when it's cold outside. This means I can save some money which is a huge yay!
– I've been craving sweets a lot lately! Nothing beats a nice cup of hot bittersweet chocolate with a chocolate chip cookie or a Dutch tompouce during the colder days. Yumm!
If you're a February girl like me, your birthday will feel more special as you're carrying your baby :)
Alright, that's it for today! For the mommies or mommies-to-be out there, I'd love to hear your experience! Please share them with me! For the ladies who are not pregnant (yet), if you could choose, would you go for a summer or a winter pregnancy?
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Pull & Bear striped sweater (old)
Mango cotton shirt (old, but find similar styles here)
Mango maternity jeans
Manfield suede OTK boots (old, but find similar styles here)
Leather winter gloves, purchased in Italy (old)
H&M scarf (old)
Céline bag (similar here)
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A crowd of Windsorites will join with science lovers around the globe Saturday in the March for Science.
Windsorites to join people from around the globe in the March for Science
A crowd of Windsorites will join with science lovers around the globe Saturday in the March for Science.
More than 400 marches and rallies are planned in 37 countries.
Objectives of the march include advocating for evidence-based policy making, promoting better and more inclusive education, celebrating Canadian scientists and ensuring scientific research is free from politically motivated vetting.
According to organizers, the March for Science will be an "unprecedented gathering of citizens and scientists standing together to champion science that serves the common good, and the indispensable role it plays in our lives and communities."
The Windsor march will begin at 1o a.m. at Assumption Park with some speeches from science advocates including Dr. William Baylis, president of Canada South Science City, and Dr. Tanya Noel, a faculty member from the University of Windsor's department of Biological Sciences.
After the march, there will be science-based activities for children and other "learning experiences."
For more details follow @WindsorScience on Twitter, @marchforsciencewindsor on Instagram or search for March for Science Windsor on Facebook.


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Article Contents
- 1 Featured App
- 2 Games
- 2.1 Horizon Chase - World Tour
- 2.2 Soda Dungeon
- 2.3 Lost Echo
- 2.4 Artificial Defense
- 2.5 Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
- 2.6 RAVENMARK: Scourge
- 2.7 Crimsonland
- 2.8 Call of Champions
- 2.9 Lifeline 2
- 2.10 Tales of a Viking: Episode One
- 2.11 Digfender
- 2.12 Blendoku 2
- 2.13 Le Havre: The Inland Port
- 2.14 Samurai: War Game
- 2.15 Heal Them All
- 2.16 Pro Strategy Football 2015
- 2.17 Car Toons
- 2.18 Word²
Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so.
Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.
Featured App
DigiCal Calendar
Today's roundup is presented by DigiCal Calendar & Widgets from Digibites. DigiCal is a complete calendar solution that integrates with Google Calendar, matching it feature-for-feature and then some. A wide selection of calendar views (agenda, day, week, month, text month, list) and great tablet compatibility means that your calendar will look great and be easy to use no matter what device you're using. DigiCal also includes a variety of widgets, all of which put the stock Google Calendar to shame, and integrated location search within the app. DigiCal even checks Google Now for travel and traffic time, letting you know when you'll need to leave to avoid being late. The standard DigiCal is free, but the $4.95 DigiCal+ includes month widgets, extra visual options, custom snooze options, and zero ads.
Our diary planner and organizer offers multiple calendar views, stylish calendar widgets and integrated worldwide weather forecast for quick and efficient scheduling on your phone and tablet.
DigiCal's diary planner and organizer provides a clear and beautiful overview for your events and appointments.
• Conveniently switch between 7 calendar views (day, week, week agenda, month calendar, text month, year and list view in portrait and landscape mode).
• The slick dark theme allows for better visibility in low-light settings and night mode.
• Event keyword image matching available in all 27 languages.
• 6 highly customizable widgets with different theme styles and views: (FREE: list, day, day list, day grid widgets; PREMIUM: 2 extra widgets –text month and month calendar widget)
• Intuitive navigation between days, weeks and months with zoomable day and week view.
• Syncs across all devices and with all calendar servers that are supported on Android such as Google Calendar, Outlook.com and Exchange,
• For extra privacy, you can create local calendars that are not synchronized and is only accessible on your local device,
• Seamless event color sync with Google Calendar or choose DigiCal's pre-set colors for your events,
• Combined date & time picker for faster scheduling,
• Easily schedule an event across multiple time zones with date and time display in both local and foreign time zone,
• Faster address entry with Google Places Autocomplete,
• Instantly plan and reschedule with the cut, copy, paste function,
• Easily share events with friends and family,
• Manage invitations with RSVP and reply to organizer or all guests of an event,
• FREE 3-day local and worldwide weather outlook in all calendar views and widgets,
• Pop-up notifications with quick action buttons for snooze, map and navigation,
• Available in 27 languages.
Horizon Chase - World Tour
Android Police coverage: Horizon Chase: World Tour Is A Retro Racing Game That Will Revive Your Nostalgia For Outrun And RoadBlasters (Without Eating All Your Quarters)
Horizon Chase is a retro racer in the purest sense of the term. The visual design and come-from-behind structure lean heavily on the standards of arcade racers from the 80s and 90s, but the graphics have been updated into quite fetching low-poly designs for the tracks and cars. You'll start out in last place in each race, and getting to first requires excellent reflexes and passing skills. The one thing this game doesn't have in common with the old racers is that you pay just $3 to unlock the entire thing.
Horizon Chase brings back the graphic context of the 16-bit generation and creates a style that is inspired in the past without letting go of its contemporaneity. The apparent polygon and secondary color aesthetic accentuate the visual beauty of the game, resulting in a unique and harmonic atmosphere. You'll feel the retro soul of the game on a completely modern body. Horizon Chase is a race around the world. With each new cup you'll pilot your car through extraordinary places, watching the sun setting, facing rain, snow, volcanic ashes and even severe sandstorms.
Soda Dungeon
Android Police coverage: Soda Dungeon Comes To The Play Store Hoping To Lure Brave Heroes With A Bubbly Drink
Soda Dungeon is an old-school dungeon-crawler. With soda. The soft drinks form a curious core of the game: you're a tavern owner who lures local adventurers to the nearby dungeon so you can (ahem) inherit their loot. You'll have to keep them stocked with weapons, armor, and of course, soda, to keep raking in the gold and luring new meatheads to their doom.
Manage your team of adventurers as you raid the local dungeon for treasure. Upgrade your tavern, purchase new sodas, and attract new party members. Gold, legendary items, and more await you.
Lost Echo
Android Police coverage: Adventure Game 'Lost Echo' Gives You A Girlfriend To Find And A Gorgeous Sci-Fi World To Explore For $2.99 With No In-App Purchases
This iOS pilgrim and former Kickstarter project is a futuristic point-and-click adventure that looks absolutely stunning. The story follows a simple missing person case through an array of interesting environments and puzzles. The graphics alone probably don't justify a purchase if you're not a fan of the point-and-click style, but those who like the genre will be enthralled... and won't be hit up for extra purchases.
In the near future Greg's girlfriend Chloe mysteriously disappears in front of him. He starts a desperate search for her. What happened? Why does no-one else remember her? In this indie, story driven adventure game you explore fully 3d environments using an intuitive point and click interface. Solve puzzles, explore, play minigames, interact with numerous characters and find out what really happened.
Artificial Defense
Android Police coverage: Artificial Defense Is Part Real-Time Strategy And Part Tower Defense Inside A Computer
Imagine Tron as a combination of tower defense and real-time strategy. Now imagine it with 100% less Jeff Bridges. That's the idea behind Artificial Defense, which brings the somewhat tired tower defense genre to a new battlefield. As you upgrade your systems you'll progress through the computer age, graduating from antiquated mainframes to modern supercomputers. A tablet is recommended.
Artificial Defense is a real-time-strategy, orbital-shooter game in an artificial, virtual reality setting. You are the machine, a mighty computer-system, defending its servers against swarms of intruding creeps. Fire off miniguns, launch hellfire missiles, drop incinerating hades-bombs and asteroids, deploy mighty railgun and acid towers and spawn your own Intrusion Counter Measures (ICMs) to re-conquer corrupted databases and firewalls.
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Android Police coverage: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Brings Its Uniquely Weird 3D Platforming To Android For $5
Munch's Oddysee was the first Oddworld game to make the transition from 2D to 3D... hey, it was a big deal at the time. Though the game is almost 15 years old now, the Oddworld characters and environments have lost none of their charm. You'll play as protagonist Abe and fishy newcomer Munch through a collection of stages that focus on puzzle-solving and some mild combat. Thank goodness the game supports external controllers - it was originally designed for the Xbox.
Players guide Mudokon champion Abe, and his aquatic Gabbit partner Munch, in Oddworld's third adventure, using special psychic powers, cool power-ups, and other special abilities to deliver payback as they reclaim the last gabbit eggs on Oddworld, which have been packaged in a can of gabbiar. Experience the classic game Munch's Oddysee in high definition. Improved graphics and sound make for an even more thrilling ride. Play as the Munch the Gabbit as he hops and swims his way to bringing his species back from extinction.
RAVENMARK: Scourge
Android Police coverage: Turn-Based Strategic Fantasy Game Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion Invades The Play Store
Ravenmark is a turn-based tactical strategy game - imagine Final Fantasy Tactics or X-Com if you controlled entire battle groups instead of individual units. The game revolves around a medieval setting with some fantasy elements sprinkled in, and the hand-drawn 2D graphics are bursting with charm. The UI, specially made for touchscreens, is worthy of special attention. The game is $10 with no in-app purchases.
Experience the award-winning wargame, Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion, where epic fantasy and turn-based strategy unite. Upheaval and chaos approaches the ancient Empire of the Raven. In the world of Eclisse, the ruling Empire of Estellion is besieged by a scourge of embittered zealots from the swamp nation of Kaysan, erased from history by the Empire's hubris.
Android Police coverage: Crimsonland Is Basically Starcraft As A Top-Down Shooter, Complete With Four Player Local Co-Op
Crimsonland is an unapologetically antiquated top-down shooter. The game supports just about everything you could want from an action-packed shoot-em-up: unlimited aliens to kill over sixty missions, 30 weapons, more blood than a vampire kegger, and support for external controllers. It's relatively expensive at $10, but there are no ads or in-app purchases.
Thousands of aliens, mutant lizards, giant spiders and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is an intense and gratifying top-down dual stick shooter from the golden age of arcade action games. Your screen will be filled with literally hundreds of monsters, and must blast them to bits or die trying. Complete sixty quests to unlock a massive array of awesome weapons and abilities, then unleash your arsenal in Survival modes with online leaderboards.
Call of Champions
Android Police coverage: Fast-Paced MOBA Call of Champions Now Doing Battle On Android
Call of Champions is a multiplayer online battle arena, following in the well-trodden footsteps of games like League of Legends. It borrows the top-down 3D battlefields, widely varied and "goofy" player characters, and basic tug-of-war online RTS gameplay, but shrinks the round times down to five minutes to make them more palatable on mobile. The AI also instantly takes over for any players who drop out. Of course it has $100 in-app purchases, because that's how mobile MOBAs work.
Call of Champions is the most intense real-time multiplayer battle arena (MOBA) on the phone and tablet. Choose a Champion, recruit a team, smash the enemy, and compete against millions worldwide. The heart-pounding five-minute matches in Call of Champions distill the best of old-school MOBA mechanics like lanes, minions, and item shops into fast-paced tactical brawls, game-changing power-ups, and a tug-of-war with an Orb of Death.
Lifeline 2
The original Lifeline was an interestingly unique take on Choose Your Own Adventure-style storytelling, advancing the narrative through teal-time "talking" with the characters. Lifeline 2 expands on that idea with a new story that follows a young woman on a quest to rescue her brother. The new tale is about twice as long, and the notifications can be read and responded to via Android Wear.
The second story in the Lifeline series connects you with Arika, a young woman on a deadly quest to avenge her parents and rescue her long-lost brother. Your choices will keep her alive and help her succeed as she faces mortal danger on her way to a final, fateful showdown against the forces that threaten all of humanity.
Tales of a Viking: Episode One
Tales of a Viking is a hexagonal turn-based tactics game, sort of like Great Little War Game with a lot fewer pixels. The setting is a fantasized version of ancient northern Europe - think Marvel's Thor without the aliens - and the combat focuses on space and direction rather than pure power. A single $1 in-app purchase unlocks the full first episode.
Tales of a Viking: Episode One is a small-scale turn-based strategy game with rpg elements.
- Tactical battles where every move decision counts.
- Strategy choices when leveling up your heroes.
- Random loot from chests and randomly generated levels provides rich replayability.
- Up to three constant party members under your control.
- Some vicious bosses to fight with. Teamwork is advised.
If you can't go through, go under. That's the philosophy behind Digfender, or at least it's the approach that the enemies take. You'll have to dig out the basement of your fortress in Dig Dug fashion, searching for gems and other goodies. Then the game shifts into tower defense mode as you use your riches to build defensive turrets while the bad guys attack from below. It's an interesting setup, and though IAPs for currency are present, there are no timers.
Beneath your castle an enemy lies waiting. Grab your shovel and prepare your defenses. Dig deep into the ground and find valuable treasures and ancient relics to help you on your mission. Then use your loot to build powerful towers, set clever traps and unleash spectacular magic on your enemies.
- Over 60 challenging levels
- 5 upgrade trees to customize your defenses
- Survival mode - challenge your friends to beat your high score
- Leaderboards and achievements
- No paywalls or wait timers
- Digging. Everyone loves digging
Blendoku 2
Blendoku, a novel mix of grid-based puzzles and color theory, is back with a sequel. Like Sudoku, the point is to create a very specific combination of tiles both horizontally and vertically, but this time it's all about blending shades from dark to light or vice versa. The stages are crossword puzzle-style columns and rows instead of a simple grid. The game is free including 500 levels and multiple play modes, but also has a few in-app purchases.
Blendoku 2 is a game about colors. Are you a color master? Color virtuoso? Are colors the reason you get up in the morning? If so then you'll love Blendoku, the palettes and layouts are all hand designed and crafted to test your color skills. Or maybe you're a color novice? Does the idea of picking colors make you break out in a cold sweat? Well Blendoku is here to help you conquer that fear. Before you know it you'll be a Color Savant.
Le Havre: The Inland Port
Le Havre is a digital adaptation of a board game that's all about economics instead of warfare. You play as a trader in a French seaport, competing against another trader, where the only goal is to get as much money as possible. The Android version includes AI opponents and online turn-based multiplayer that allows you to play as quickly or as slowly as you like, a la Words With Friends. It's five bucks with no in-app purchases.
Le Havre - The Inland Port: Finally on mobile devices. In the award-winning board game, Le Havre: The Inland Port, you and your opponent compete in order to amass the most wealth by building up the iconic French port of Le Havre. The game can be played locally against the computer, in hot-seat mode or online -- competing against friends or global players in order to advance in the rankings. Drop in and out of play anytime and play an unlimited amount of games with your friends simultaneously, when you want, where you want.
Samurai: War Game
This lane-based, real-time strategy game adopts the the tap-and-drag stronghold style that makes more sense than controlling individual units on a touchscreen. The simplified graphics in Samurai: War Game lend themselves well to the simplified gameplay, and the game includes online multiplayer battles. In-app purchases are included, but with a top limit of $10, they're not all that unreasonable.
Live the Way of true commander in this free dynamic real-time strategy Samurai: War Game. A long time ago, far far away, samurai land was peaceful and quiet but things have changed. It's time to fight and choose the best samurai. Attack enemy castles and be ready to stop enemies from getting close to yours. Power up your troops and wisely combine your warriors with powerful cannons. Take on a challenging multiplayer war campaign and develop your conquest strategies in real time. Make your army the strongest.
Heal Them All
Most games have you kill enemies in some form or another. Heal Them All had you helping people instead... by killing a bunch of germs. You're in control of an artificial immune system fighting back an army of germs in Plants vs. Zombies fashion. The game's mechanics are pretty simple with only a few power-ups and boss fights mixing it up, but the proceeds from the relatively cheap in-app purchases benefit the Cape of Hope Foundation, a charity that helps kids fight cancer.
Defend the organism. Vicious germs strike again. Face them and repel the invasion in Heal Them All – an addictive Tower Defense game from the creators of warmly received Sugar High. Commanded by Lieutenant Sicko and General LaPlague, armies of microbes are threatening to attack children and infect their organisms. Face the invaders and wipe them out with medical micro-towers. Smash the waves of bacteria, complete special missions, destroy germ Commanders and use mighty power ups to prevent the fever from rising.
Pro Strategy Football 2015
Most of these sports manager games tend to be either for soccer or some other non-US sport - who knows why Americans prefer pretending to be athletes rather than administrators? In any case, Pro Strategy Football gives you the rare opportunity to manage pigskin team, complete with player drafting, offensive and defensive formation selection, and clock management. The graphics aren't much, but the in-game field looks a bit like Tecmo Bowl. Unlike offerings from SEGA and Square Enix, this game is $5 with no in-app purchases.
You've been waiting for a *strategy* football game, a game where you win by knowing football, not by having the twitchiest fingers, a game where you're not limited to canned plays in someone else's playbook, but where you can tweak any part of your offense or defense every single down. If you love American Football strategy, welcome to Pro Strategy Football 2015. If flexibility, strategy, realism, and stats are what you're looking for, you've found it all here.
Car Toons
Car Toons is a physics-based puzzle game - it's a bit of a mix between Trials and something like Amazing Alex. The objective is to knock the "bad" cars off the stage to their untimely deaths (which raises some interesting moral questions, if these are Pixar-style sentient machines) or simply to cross several obstacles and get across the stage. IAP for "tow trucks" allow you to easily clear tough levels.
Clear the Road with a Wicked 80's Rescue Squad. After more than a decade of service, the CAR TOONS have been written off as scrap metal. However, today an emergency call from the government brings them back into action. Gangster Cars are all around and terrorizing the streets. This situation requires some serious measures, which only the CAR TOONS and their "unconventional" methods can deliver.
Word² is an interesting mix of crosswords and word searches, tasking the player with finding and unscrambling one or more words in a grid. But the trick is that each word appears twice, both horizontally and vertically, making each puzzle a process of elimination as well as a linguistic conundrum. $2 gets you in with access to 80 puzzles (so far), but hints can be purchased to get past the tougher boards.
Word² is a challenging game where you must unscramble each word not just once, but twice. Inspired by word squares which date well into ancient times, each square contains words in pairs that can be read both horizontally and vertically. Words are scrambled and your objective is to use hints, clues and logic to decipher each square.
▪ Each row/column pair have the same word
▪ Colorful, minimalist aesthetic
▪ Brightness and pastel color options
▪ Beautiful, meditative custom soundtrack
▪ 80 puzzles ranging from 3x3 up to 6x6 ones
▪ Near-impossible 7x7 squares coming soon.


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Recently I've been making mini kokeshi dolls. This is "Baby". She's made out of a clothespin.
Kokeshi (jap. 小芥子 or こけし) are Japanese dolls, originally from northern Japan. They are handmade from wood, have a simple trunk and an enlarged head with a few thin, painted lines to define the face. The body has a floral design painted in red, black, and sometimes yellow, and covered with a layer of wax. One characteristic of Kokeshi dolls is their lack of arms or legs. The bottom is marked with the signature of the artist.
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Articles Archive for November 2006
Internet Goodness »
Here's a quick list of my favourite "can't live without" firefox extensions.
ColorZilla – In-page Colorpicker / Advanced EyedropperFireftp – A fully featured FTP Add-onTab Mix Plus – Better Tab control & Session SupportWeb Developer – A brilliant array of tools for Web developers, can't live without it.Mouse Gestures – Can't surf without mouse gesturesInfoRSS – Scrolling RSS feeds in your Firefox status barPerformancing for Firefox – Blog fast, blog easy, just do it.
Now, that's why I am hooked on Firefox – no other browser can do that for me – …
Linux Administration »
I have this weird line wrapping issue when using putty on CentOS so that when path names exceed 80 characters, it wraps onto the same line and deletes the text showing me my current path.
I am no Termcap guru, but the old-school Unix Termcap gurus here at work gave me this fix that they used when migrating from SCO to Suse.
Windows Administration »
Troubleshooting Slow Logins on Windows 2000 Terminal Services with roaming profiles / Outlook freezing when opening an attachment from Exchange Server (On Terminal Services and Fat Client).
How are these 2 problems related? First let me describe the environment.
Windows 2000 Active Directory
1x Raid 1 / Raid 5 with 2x Pentium 3 / 1gb Ram server that acts as Windows 2000 Exchange AND File server with SP3 (100Mb/s network)
4x Raid 1 with 2 x Pentium 3 / 1gb Ram Terminal Servers (Load Balanced with 3rd party software, RDP only / no Citrix). …
Internet Goodness »
Last week, I finally bowed down to the power that is Firefox. So where have I been, you may ask? I have been hanging my Internet based washing on Opera (Linux) and Maxthon (Windows) for the last couple of years.
Let me explain why:
First at work, I (still) use Windows 2000 as my workstation. There's a host of reasons for this, which I won't go into – but the main one that keeps me using Maxthon is that our intranet uses integrated authentication, which means one less login for me each …


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Seating arrangements are being finalized for the New England Radio Discussion Society annual Christmas holiday party.
On Tuesday, December 20th, at 6-PM, we'll gather to celebrate Amateur Radio, the camaraderie, and friendship that NERDS participants have been sharing now for more than half a decade.
Dinner will be served at The Maple Leaves Garden restaurant on Route One in Wells, Maine.
If you still plan on attending please RSVP by replying to email@example.com e-mail no later than this coming Sunday, December 18th. All PCARC Radio Amateurs are welcome!
Thanks, Merry Christmas, and very 73,
== AI2Q, Alex


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✱ Watch out for the April launch of ex-Wag Club supremo Chris Sullivan's book Rebel Rebel for £11. It runs to 320 pages with his own illustrations of the likes of Bowie, Iggy and Robert Mitchum. Cheapest bought from Waterstones
✱ Latest from legendary Blitz Club deejay and remixer Rusty Egan: Welcome to the Remix at Bandcamp, plus Welcome to the Beach in which Austrian producer HP Hoeger and Egan have taken last year's Welcome to the Dance Floor and transformed it for the beach with additional musicians joining in and adaptations and spoken word. . . More Egan mixes at Mixcloud. . . and personal playlists at Soundcloud. This man seems to own the interweb.
✱ Jeff Young on Jazz FM last year made the new 18-track Siren his album of the week. This January it won the Bright Star Music Award for Best Soul / R& B Album 2018, brainchild of Colourful Radio. It was superbly crafted by Londoner Robb Scott, with strong supporting lineup, for the Expansion label. Soul Brother Records says: "A collection of classy soul/jazz grooves on that has jazz at its heart but with some superb soulful brushstrokes applied." Purchase directly from the artist's store
✱ If you thought there was no more to know about the birth of Blitz culture in 1980 then get your hands on a sensational new book by an obsessive music fan called David Barrat. It is gripping, original and epic – a spooky tale of coincidence and parallel lives as mind-tingling as a Sherlock Holmes yarn. Titled both New Romantics Who Never Were and The Untold Story of Spandau Ballet! Sample this initial taster here at Shapers of the 80s
➢ Search for all on Bowie here
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✱ "I'm not a rock star" Bowie often said – No, David, you were a messiah – Obituaries and key videos on the godlike one
✱ Prince Rogers Nelson RIP: 'A funny cat' and 'sole authentic genius' of the 1980s
✱ 2015 – Original Blitz Kids say farewell to Steve Strange – read exclusive tributes to the King of the Posers


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There are not words to do this photo justice, so let me just say that if the Mayans were right but just off by a little bit, I will be fine dying in terrible fiery circumstances just knowing that this exists.
Tim, the submitter, has made this blog completely worth all of the work that I have put into it.
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There are folks out there that get great organic home-grown vegetables without having a garden, and fresh, free-range eggs and meat straight from the farm without making a trek to Whole Foods or Fresh Market.
These folks are "buying into" a new concept called Community Supported Agriculture or CSA farms. Each farm's operations are supported by the consumers who "buy" a share in the farm and for that share they receive fresh products, straight from the field or barn, on an ongoing, weekly basis, as long as the shares last. Incidentally, most CSAs have spring sign ups and they have only a set number of shares.
Serenbe was the first local farm I know of that started this program and it is still up and running and doing well, by all accounts. Serenbe is not in our county, but just over our northern border in Fulton county. We have two local farms that are CSAs. One, Country Gardens Farms and the other, 180 Degree Farms. Both of these farms are within a short distance of each other in the eastern part of the county.
I can't say I know too much about 180 Degrees other than I have looked at their website and know a couple of the people on their board. They have an interesting story and I would love to visit their farm to see their practices.
Country Gardens Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned business that used to be a garden center but they have turned their growing expertise into a CSA venture because they think it is the wave of the future -- locally-grown, organic vegetables, meat, milk, eggs and farm products.
I must admit that I was inspired last spring when I toured their gardens. I was there for an organic farming class taught by owner, Mike Cunningham and at that point they had started their CSA but were just shutting down the gardening center. I must say their operations are very impressive. They have beautiful fields with great-looking vegetables and I have changed the way I look at organic gardening because of that visit and the class I took.
Each week I receive a newsletter from Country Gardens Farms letting me know what fresh farm products they have for sale, and though I don't have a share, I look with great curiosity at their products. If you own a CSA share, you get the cream of the crop, then they fill online orders and whatever is leftover is trucked to local farmer's markets in the Atlanta metro area.
That is about it. I think it is a growing business and if you like organic and free-range foods but don't want to get your hands dirty, you may want to look into a CSA. It is expensive, but so are organic foods in the grocery store.
I won't provide links, but you can google the names and find the local farms. You may also want to look on Facebook for a CSA. I plan to grow my own vegetables, but if I didn't, I would think a share of a farm could be a great way to get local, seasonal products without getting your hands dirty.


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Trade Support Scheme
The Trade Support Scheme provides financial help to Northern Territory (NT) businesses to offset the costs of international marketing activities.
The scheme can provide funding for up to 50% of the cost of approved activities.
Funding is offered as a taxable cash reimbursement.
Who can apply
Businesses, industry groups or other organisations with a substantial presence in the NT can apply for the Trade Support Scheme.
To get funding, you must show:
- your proposed project is likely to be successful
- and the trade and economic benefits the project will bring to the NT.
You must have made less than eight successful applications for the Australian Government's Export Marketing Development Grant.
What you can claim
You can claim the following expenditures as part of the scheme.
You can claim up to 50% of the cost of a return economy class airfare out of the NT.
The airfare must be on the most direct route available at the time of travel.
Your claim can include travel taxes, insurance, and visa fees if those costs aren't included in the airfare.
It can cover the cost of travelling from a regional area to Darwin to catch an international flight.
Funding is available for two people from one company. You will need to justify travel for more than one person.
You may be able to get a part reimbursement if you want to undertake personal activities on your trip.
Marketing and promotion
You can claim up to 50% of marketing and promotion costs up to $10,000.
You will need to give a detailed description and formal quote of individual items in your application. You will need to give an external supplier invoice for each item.
Web design
You can claim up to 50% of website design costs up to $5,000.
For example, you can claim to update your website with information on products for export or write a web page in another language.
You can claim up to 50% of freight costs up to $2,000.
You can claim for international freight related to export marketing, such as transporting trade show materials or product samples.
You will not be reimbursed for goods brought into the Territory unless bringing back samples taken out of the country.
Trade exhibitions and conferences
You can claim up to 50% of the cost of attending international trade exhibitions and conferences up to $6,000.
You must provide receipts for all expenditure considered for reimbursement.
You can get funding for up to three events.
You can claim up to 50% of international accommodation costs up to $200 per person each day.
You must provide receipts. Personal expenses such as dry-cleaning are not covered. Overnight travel where there are no accommodation costs are not covered.
You can get a fixed payment of up to $150 per person each day for on-the-ground expenses.
This payment is available to all approved applicants. You do not need to provide receipts.
You can claim up to 50% of training costs related to export marketing up to $1,000.
You must show the training will help your business generate export revenue.
Inbound buyers
If your company brings in a prospective international client or business partner, you may claim from the funding categories listed above.
This includes bringing clients to the NT to assess goods, services or facilities.
How to apply
To apply for the Trade Support Scheme follow these steps:
Step 1: Fill in the form
Fill in the Trade Support Scheme online application form.
Step 2: Attach supporting documents
Attach supporting information and documents. This could include any of the following:
- professionally prepared financial statements for the last two years of trading
- an export marketing plan
- your business plan
- a detailed itinerary of activities
- details of expenditure items.
You must give clear details of the marketing project, including the total budget, timeframe and results you expect.
Step 3: Submit the form
Submit the online application form with your attached supporting documents.
If you downloaded the form, you will need to submit it by email to email@example.com.
You must submit the form at least 14 days before you travel or your inbound buyer arrives in the Territory.
Government staff will contact you.
If your application is successful, you will need to show that the marketing expenditure you are claiming has not been, or will not be, claimed under any other trade scheme.
Step 4: Claim for reimbursement
Fill in a claim for reimbursement within 30 days after your travel using the trip report form.
Trade support scheme trip report form (42.7 kb)
Trade support scheme trip report form (26.5 kb)
You must submit the form with all applicable receipts to email@example.com.
For more information, phone the Trade Support Scheme office on (08) 8999 5329 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I have, in some ways, a storybook life, where I mostly get to do whatever I want all day. I play my Harps & keyboards, sing, compose, workout, garden, make & eat awesome food, write, etc. It's all wonderful, and although I don't always have a lot of money, I manage to make ends meet and I am immensely grateful for all that I have, all that I am, and all that I am yet to be. My life is awesome.
Then there is little terri. little terri is my inner child. She looks innocent enough, but in reality she's a crazy 4 year old, who wants what she wants and wants it right now. She's compulsive and unwilling to listen to reason. She's smart, precocious, and prone to Obsessions, with her current obsession being "The Wheel of Time", a series of high fantasy books by Robert Jordan, 15 books in all! We, and by We, I'm referring to the Me, Myself, and I known as Terri HarpLady, little terri, and Ms. Theresa (my personal inner Secretary/Office Manager/Parent), started reading the books back in July and are currently on book 8, The Path of Daggers. It's a wonderful series, and we can't put it down! This means I'm not sleeping enough, or doing many of the things I need to do to keep my life flowing in a manageable way, and luckily, I don't really have a lot going on right now, or I'd be in trouble!
little terri is somewhat unruly, but she is also filled with joy, wonder, playfulness, & adventure. She likes to lock Ms. Theresa in a closet somewhere in the recesses of my mind, because Ms. T is kind of bossy, and not really very much fun. Ms. T likes to organize things & create systems, dreams of creating a beautiful orderly life for us, and when she finally picked the lock and broke out of the closet, she took one look around and screamed! Here's what our office looks like, or at least half of it.
This panoramic view is primarily focused on our desk, which is where much of the mess lies. Granted, even when things are neater, it's really a mix of chaos & order. We have a special system, designed especially for us, by Ms. Theresa, which includes elements of various other systems. Years ago Ms Theresa read a book, "The Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradise" by Pam Brace & Peggy Jones. That book formed the cornerstone of her ongoing attempts to create order in Our lives, and her efforts continue to this day, pulling elements from "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey, "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" by Marie Kondo, "The Passion Planner" by Angelia Trinidad (The best calendar ever, and yes, you need one!), and even the 12 Steps of NA.
Here is the card file, the same one I purchased back in 1983, as recommended by Pam & Peggy (known by some as the "Slob Sisters"). It's filled with a variety of daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, and yearly tasks, each written on 3X5 cards. Each day has it's tasks, and when I actually complete each card, most of which take very little time to do, then I've accomplished something! Clearing off my Desk, for example, is a weekly task, meant to be done on Tuesdays, but today is Wednesday, and as you can see, I didn't do all the Tuesday jobs yesterday. Not because they were difficult, but because I did other things, including playing a gig, teaching a few students, and then spent the rest of the day reading. Luckily, this system is kind of flexible. Although for me, that can also be it's downfall, LOL.
Thanks to this card system, I've realized that I work best in cycles, and although I'm chronically right brained, my alter ego Ms. Theresa, has developed certain left brain tendencies that have helped expand upon this system. Each day of the week has a special quality to it, that instills a sense of order into my meandering life, and helps me to focus on the tasks at hand.
Maintenance Mondays consist of a few hours of concentrated housework, with all members of the house participating. The kitchen always gets cleaned, and especially on the first Monday of the month, which focuses on the first floor, with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th mondays being dedicated to the 2nd floor, basement, and front yard. The 5th Mondays are for special projects, like the garage. Monday is also my cookup day, where I make some staples to enjoy for the rest of the week, and plan some meals. It's all about doing those things that will help the rest of the week flow smoothly.
Techno Tuesdays are dedicated to my desk work: clean my desk, balance checkbooks, pay bills, and other 'businessy' kind of things. I have plans to designate each Tuesday of the month to a specific task as well, such as updating my website on the first tuesday, etc.
Writer Wednesdays – In theory, Wednesday is the day for writing my Blog, which I'm finally doing today. I'm also a songwriter, and I have a few NaNoWriMo novels that I hope to eventually move from First Draft to something more, and a few other unfinished projects. Of course, there will also be a rotating Wednesday monthly schedule, and a part of Wednesdays is Wandering Wednesdays, my weekly errand excursion, which usually happens in the morning. Sometimes, especially in the Spring, it becomes Wild Wednesday, a full day of gardening.
Tidy up Thurs, which fits because it's my laundry day, also rotating through personal monthly tasks, like vacuuming my bedroom, changing my sheets, straightening up my studio, etc. It is also Tie it Up Thursday, meaning finish any projects that were started earlier in the week, so I can end the week with a feeling of completion. I also get to plan my creative ideas for Friday.
Freedom Friday! Yes, Fridays are dedicated to music & creativity! Recording myself, learning how to use Logic better, playing my Harp with wild abandon. Of course, I play music most days for an hour or 2, working on orchestra parts, or special pieces for an upcoming gig or another, but Friday is for being original and just having fun.
When I don't have gigs on the weekends, we're talking Slackerly Saturday and/or Slackerly Sunday. Sleep in, have a late breakfast, take a hot bubble bath, and do whatever I want, which usually includes wearing PJs all day.
This is the basis for my system, although there are many other elements. Each day I try to get through all the dailies, like practicing, working out, gardening. Then I move on to the weeklies, monthlies, etc. I also have students on and off, gigs here & there, and a variety of projects I'm juggling (way too many, to be honest).
From Chaos to Creativity…more or less!


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