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Deep in a leather chair, the Kid sat looking out at where the rain slanted before the dull brown houses and hammered swiftly upon an occasional lonely cab. The happy crackle from the great and glittering fireplace behind him had evidently no meaning of content for him. He appeared morose and unapproachable, and when a man appears morose and unapproachable it is a fine chance for his intimate friends. Three or four of them discovered his mood, and so hastened to be obnoxious.
"What's wrong, Kid? Lost your thirst?"
"He can never be happy again. He has lost his thirst."
"That's right, Kid. When you quarrel with a man who can whip you, resort to sarcastic reflection and distance."
They cackled away persistently, but the Kid was mute and continued to stare gloomily at the street.
Once a man who had been writing letters looked up and said, "I saw your friend at the Comique the other night." He waited a moment and then added, "In back."
The Kid wheeled about in his chair at this information, and all the others saw then that it was important. One man said with deep intelligence, "Ho, ho, a woman, hey? A woman's come between the two Kids. A woman. Great, eh?" The Kid launched a glare of scorn across the room, and then turned again to a contemplation of the rain. His friends continued to do all in their power to worry him, but they fell ultimately before his impregnable silence.
As it happened, he had not been brooding upon his friend's mysterious absence at all. He had been concerned with himself. Once in a while he seemed to perceive certain futilities and lapsed them immediately into a state of voiceless dejection. These moods were not frequent.
An unexplained thing in his mind, however, was greatly enlightened by the words of the gossip. He turned then from his harrowing scrutiny of the amount of pleasure he achieved from living, and settled into a comfortable reflection upon the state of his comrade, the other Kid.
Perhaps it could be indicated in this fashion: "Went to Comique, I suppose. Saw girl. Secondary part, probably. Thought her rather natural. Went to Comique again. Went again. One time happened to meet omnipotent and good-natured friend. Broached subject to him with great caution. Friend said—'Why, certainly, my boy, come round to-night, and I'll take you in back. Remember, it's against all rules, but I think that in your case, etc.' Kid went. Chorus girls winked same old wink. 'Here's another dude on the prowl.' Kid aware of this, swearing under his breath and looking very stiff. Meets girl. Knew beforehand that the footlights might have sold him, but finds her very charming. Does not say single thing to her which she naturally expected to hear. Makes no reference to her beauty nor her voice—if she has any. Perhaps takes it for granted that she knows. Girl don't exactly love this attitude, but then feels admiration, because after all she can't tell whether he thinks her nice or whether he don't. New scheme this. Worked by occasional guys in Rome and Egypt, but still, new scheme. Kid goes away. Girl thinks. Later, nails omnipotent and good-natured friend. 'Who was that you brought back?' 'Oh, him? Why, he—' Describes the Kid's wealth, feats, and virtues—virtues of disposition. Girl propounds clever question—'Why did he wish to meet me?' Omnipotent person says, 'Damned if I know.'"
Later, Kid asks girl to supper. Not wildly anxious, but very evident that he asks her because he likes her. Girl accepts; goes to supper. Kid very good comrade and kind. Girl begins to think that here at last is a man who understands her. Details ambitions—long, wonderful ambitions. Explains her points of superiority over the other girls of stage. Says their lives disgust her. She wants to work and study and make something of herself. Kid smokes vast number of cigarettes. Displays and feels deep sympathy. Recalls, but faintly, that he has heard it on previous occasions. They have an awfully good time. Part at last in front of apartment house. "Good-night, old chap." "Good-night." Squeeze hands hard. Kid has no information at all about kissing her good-night, but don't even try. Noble youth. Wise youth. Kid goes home and smokes. Feels strong desire to kill people who say intolerable things of the girl in rows. "Narrow, mean, stupid, ignorant, damnable people." Contemplates the broad, fine liberality of his experienced mind.
Kid and girl become very chumy. Kid like a brother. Listens to her troubles. Takes her out to supper regularly and regularly. Chorus girls now tacitly recognise him as the main guy. Sometimes, may be, girl's mother sick. Can't go to supper. Kid always very noble. Understands perfectly the probabilities of there being others. Lays for 'em, but makes no discoveries. Begins to wonder whether he is a winner or whether she is a girl of marvellous cleverness. Can't tell. Maintains himself with dignity, however. Only occasionally inveighs against the men who prey upon the girls of the stage. Still noble.
Time goes on. Kid grows less noble. Perhaps decides not to be noble at all, or as little as he can. Still inveighs against the men who prey upon the girls of the stage. Thinks the girl stunning. Wants to be dead sure there are no others. Once suspects it, and immediately makes the colossal mistake of his life. Takes the girl to task. Girl won't stand it for a minute. Harangues him. Kid surrenders and pleads with her—pleads with her. Kid's name is mud.


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Metro: Do the Math
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Leveraging the back to school feel, Spider created the 'Do the Math' contest in which customers could log onto Facebook or the Metro website and enter using the number found on their Metro receipt. The grand prize winner would get $1,000 for themselves and $1,000 dollars for a local school of their choice.
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Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, together with Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Kamala Harris, have introduced an important bill to protect lands and waters in the Los Padres National Forest: the "Central Coast Heritage Protection Act." The bill, H.R. 4072 is officially co-sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Thousand Oaks.
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Perhaps more importantly, preserving the national forest lands makes Ventura County a great place to live and work, preserves the character of our county, and protects our critical watersheds from threats from mining, drilling or road building. All the proposed wilderness additions add on to existing wilderness areas, thereby amplifying their ecological and recreation value while leaving existing multi-use trails open.
It has been 25 years since the last wilderness addition in the Los Padres National Forest. The Central Coast Heritage Protection Act has more than 500 supporters, among them elected officials including the Ventura County Board of Supervisors, business owners, mountain bikers, veterans, faith leaders, anglers, conservation organizations and others who support permanent protection of these special places and waters.
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We knew you. Before. Before the promotion, the guy, the condo, the kid. Before the lay off, the IVF. Before the lawsuit, the cancer scare. Before you lost your dad.
Have you ever wished for something so much, that the illusion in your mind becomes the truth? That was me—2012—wanting so badly to be pregnant, that I fell in love with our embryos. I was about to have two of them transferred into my uterus. We'd have to wait 12 days, then I'd have a blood test to ensure that both or one of them had attached to my womb, and I would finally be what I had wanted to be for so long: pregnant.
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We talk about the embryo transfer, and I list worries that begin with "what if" and end in "miscarriage," in "birth defect." Jamie opens his eyes, pulls my face down towards his, and kisses me upside down. The stubble on his chin scratches my nose.
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High School Basketball
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The favorite to win the 11th Region boys' basketball title has good size, balanced scoring and a solid half-court defense.
That describes No. 1 Scott County.
That also describes No. 13 Franklin County.
If Scott County is the obvious pick to win the region and a trip to Rupp Arena, Franklin County is an obvious threat to pull an upset.
The Flyers are 21-4 (their best record in 13 years), and they gave Scott County a tough test last month.
Franklin County trailed Scott County 70-67 with less than a minute left in their Feb. 2 meeting. The Cardinals hit six free throws down the stretch and won 76-68.
"Any time you play somebody close who's very, very good, and you feel you had a chance to win, it's a motivating factor that you want to play them again," Flyers Coach Scott Chalk said.
Chalk realizes there's work to be done before Franklin County gets a rematch with Scott County in the region semifinals. The Flyers face Lafayette in their region opener Wednesday night.
Chalk called it a "tricky draw" for his team, considering the Generals just welcomed back 6-foot-4 senior Deron Linton, who sat out the entire regular season with a suspected heart condition.
"Having not had (Linton) all year, they're probably not even sure what they've got," Chalk said. "They're just finding out what they need to do, so they'll be different from anything you've seen scouting them in previous games.
"That makes it a tough draw for us."
But Lafayette has to consider Franklin County a difficult matchup, too.
The Flyers are led by 6-foot-3 senior Barrett Meyer (14.5 ppg), 6-3 junior Vance Hall (11 ppg) and 6-8 senior Andy Donovan (10 ppg). Deron Hicks, a 6-0 senior, and Ryan Conner, a 6-5 senior, average almost nine points apiece.
Since losing to Scott County, Franklin County has won eight in a row, including victories over three ranked teams — Tates Creek, Clark County and Anderson County.
"I think we're playing probably our best basketball of the season," Chalk said.
"Our half-court defense and our rebounding have been the most consistent things we've had. Plus, we've had balanced scoring.
"If somebody tries to take one thing away, we've got other people who can make shots. It's nice not having to rely on one or two guys to do all the scoring."
That's certainly true for Scott County, which has four big scorers in 6-8 Richie Phares (18.5 ppg), 6-2 Ge-Lawn Guyn (15.0), 6-8 Dakotah Euton (14.7) and 6-4 Chad Jackson (12.2).
What will it take for somebody to knock off the Cards, who are riding a 22-game winning streak into the region?
"You're gonna have to play well, and you're gonna have to limit them on the backboards because size is a big factor for them," Chalk said. "But I know our kids are excited about maybe getting the chance to play them again."


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The Hope of a Wheelchair: Kosovo
Imagine that your child was born with severe disabilities, requiring continuous care and attention. To make it worse, it was clear that your child would be confined to a wheelchair for the majority of their life.
As your child grew older and you learned to care for him/her, violent political conflict erupted in the city near your home. The local economy collapsed and your family was struggling to make ends meet, let alone stay safe from the conflict. As you tried to rebuild your economic stability, finances were increasingly tight--so tight that you realized you would not be able to provide the certain kind of wheelchair that your child would need. What would you do?
This is reality for certain families with children who have special needs in Kosovo.
The central Balkan country of Kosovo has a history of territorial disagreements that have severely affected its citizens. Between 1989 and 1998, Kosovar Albanian forces fought with Serbian forces over Kosovo's status of independence as a country. The conflict became violent between 1998 and 1999, with many ethnic Albanians living in Kosovo being killed by Serbian forces, and over 800,000 being forced to flee their homes. The conflict was not fully resolved until very recently in 2013 (The World Factbook).
These conflicts left many families in very poor economic conditions throughout Kosovo. Basic necessities were expensive, and access to proper healthcare was limited, especially for those who could be marginalized for any reason such as those with children who have severe disabilities.
As followers of Jesus Christ, we have a responsibility to be a voice for the voiceless, and to provide for those who are most needy in our communities. Throughout the Scriptures, we read about Jesus and his disciples consistently exemplifying how to truly see the needs of the "least of these," and to give healing and hope in whatever capacity God enables.
In Acts 3:1-10, the apostles Peter and John were on their way up to the temple to pray. Just outside the gate, they both noticed and paid attention to a beggar who had been crippled from birth. Instead of ignoring him as they passed, they blessed the beggar by healing him with the power of God and sharing with him the good news of Jesus Christ. We strive to follow this example at IDES.
This past summer, IDES was blessed with the opportunity to assist our partners in Kosovo in providing 17 specially-designed wheelchairs, and 60 regular wheelchairs to struggling families with children who have special needs.
The seventeen children that were identified as recipients of the specially-designed wheelchairs were fitted by seating professionals into the chairs that were purchased through the support of IDES. Another 60 individuals that were identified as needing only a standard wheelchair were also provided with suitable chairs for their needs.
"There was obvious joy in the faces of the parents...who received a state of the art wheelchair that was able to provide for their [children's] special needs," our partner in Kosovo reported. "The local response from the government and others working with us in the distribution was one of appreciation and thankfulness."
This simple act of kindness thanks to your generosity will make an impactful difference in not only the lives of the families, but also in the lives of the disabled children who received the wheelchairs. Their mobility will be significantly increased, which will in turn increase their quality of day-to-day life.
Our partners in Kosovo have gone on to build a relationship with a local aluminum production company, in hopes that they will be able to manufacture the specialized wheelchairs in Kosovo as opposed to importing them whenever there is a need for more. This will allow our partners to build long-term relationships with the families and the local businesses in order to share the Gospel.
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What picture comes to mind when you think of an island? Mine is of a plush and gorgeous spot of land, in the middle of water where plants and fruits grow in abundance. In my mind's eye, every time I picture an island, it's the closest thing to paradise I can imagine.
When I read Revelation and the fact that John the disciple was exiled to Patmos as punishment for preaching Jesus, I thought that isn't such a bad punishment. I was wrong. While further studying Patmos I discovered it was a barren island that was incapable of producing anything but rocks. No greenery, no delectable fruits and veggies, no trees even. Just caves and rocks. Prisoners were sent there to mine the caves. It was a place no one wanted to be. The Bible doesn't mention anything about anyone else being there but John so imagine with me, if the island was truly barren with no shade, nothing to eat or enjoy and on top of that, being there completely alone how it must have felt. Patmos actually means the title of this blog, "my killing".
It's not a stretch to some to imagine a place like this. It's not hard to remember a time feeling completely isolated and alone with no sign or site of any kind of relief. Some are there right now. In a split second, one's life can change forever and our normal flies right out the window. Devastation has come to live and sometimes we feel we can't recover or worse, we don't want to.
Out of the darkest, loneliest and most barren times in life, God can produce something amazing. If we tune in to him and tune out our feelings and how we perceive the place or the situation, it's possible for Him to produce in us many things. Faith can grow when nothing else can. Trust can flourish and begin to color the blandness of an ugly reality. The mind and heart can be forever changed when they know the God of our lives.
John could have spent his time mulling over every wrong done to him and how unfair it was for him to be a prisoner to start with, let alone exiled on an island no one wanted to be on but he didn't. Instead he chose to still – after all he had been through – look for and listen to God. I imagine he rattled the stillness of that place by singing to Jesus at the top of his lungs. From his faithfulness and steadfast heart, God gave John the most amazing gift – the Revelation.
We can receive beautiful things, comforting words, strength, joy, peace and a growing faithfulness from God during our darkest times. Stay close to the Father and keep staying close.


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Anime Characters
Naturally, since we're open to the vast and incredible world of anime characters, there have to be at least a few guidelines. Don't worry though...we're not too strict on our anime people. Just make sure that you roleplay sensibly and responsibly (and read the rules page!) and you'll do fine.
- Characters from medieval/fantasy series may need to be adjusted slightly for the present. If you're applying for Lina Inverse, please be aware that it might not be the best thing in the world to go Dragon Slaving around Hyper Metro City, because the Spectre will get ticked off, Superman will get ticked off, and undoubtedly the Justice League, the Titans, the Outsiders, the Avengers, the X-Men, and probably others will be after you in a flash for the destruction you've caused. Use your better judgement and discretion.
- Additionally, be aware that you may reserve a room (or a small group of rooms) for private TP-related roleplay, and so you need not necessarily apply for present/"reincarnated" characters (example: Fushigi Yuugi seishi), but be aware also that you will need other characters for RP unless a way opens through RP to enter the "real world". In the Fushigi Yuugi example, you could RP the world in the book, but only a miko would be able to travel back and forth with any regularity unless a reason were developed through RP. It is possible though, and might be an interesting idea to have the seishi for example step through to Hyper Metro City...play with these ideas and see what you come up with! Anything is possible through good RP!
- Characters with magic powers don't have to list every single spell they have in their arsenal. A brief listing of commonly-used spells is sufficient, and their casting methods. Indeed, with characters such as Lina Inverse, it may be impossible to make a comprehensive list without spending literally thousands of dollars in research. (example: A person apping Sylphiel would want to mention that she casts mainly healing/protection magic, and has only ever been seen competently casting one offensive spell.)
- If you're applying for a character with a mech, you don't have to abandon the mech, but please be aware that you may come up against people that can take on a mech single-handedly. Also make sure that you keep game balance in mind when you're going up against others or might provoke them to action against you. (example: Wonder Woman versus Psycho Gundam mk II.)
- In a kind of corollary to the last guideline, you might want to assume or establish a group that your pilot or fighter/specialist can associate with. Certain series might wish to locate themselves in the future setting established for the Legion of Super-Heroes characters, while others may wish to remain in the present. (example: UN Spacy, Nergal, NERV.)
- Saiyajins, if applied for, keep in mind the same things as stated before: massive destruction will be met with teams, most likely, and it's to be discouraged. Also, I want to say that Saiyajins for the most part will be on a Superman or Mon-El level of power.
- Characters with the ultimate power over everything probably should be avoided. Somewhat more 'down to earth' characters such as Belldandy and the Ah! Megamisama personalities are for the most part acceptable, while certain others are not outside of TP purposes.
That's it for now! If you're still interested, please return to the Theme page and fill out an application! We look forward to seeing you!!


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After going into remission, Ben created The Benji Watson Cancer Foundation to help families affected by pediatric cancer receive the financial support they need to stay afloat during the treatment process. From making a rent payment to providing food or gas cards, the foundation takes care of the little things so families can stay focused on the bigger goal: getting better and going home.
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(BLOOMFIELD) - The Bloomfield Schools are in the news again for more violent troubles, this time twice in 2 days.
Yesterday afternoon, Bloomfield Schools were placed on external lock down by Superintendent Dan Sichting due to the drive-by shooting at the elementary school in Brazil, Indiana.
Bloomfield High School Principal Greg Parsley says all exterior doors were locked, however, business remained as usual inside.
Clay County sheriffs say 2 males in a black van shot out a window of the Van Buren Elementary cafeteria yesterday. Bloomfield was shut down as a precaution.
Then, early this morning, Greene County sheriff's deputies eventually conducted a search of Bloomfield Schools due to a pair of reportedly armed men running around the school campus and Huck's Food and Fuel shortly after midnight.
Police say a slender man with blonde hair and a more heavyset man with dark hair were spotted, supposedly with a long gun, in the area.
Officers speculate they may have been casing the Huck's to rob it, but that is not confirmed.
Area law enforcement officials are still hunting for all for men, the 2 that shot at the Clay County school, and the 2 that were spotted around Bloomfield Schools. Officials ask that if you have any information, to please call either Greene County sheriffs or Clay County sheriffs.
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text: David, In the young generation there are 3 spaces - eden plus 2 survivor spaces. This organization is to enable the collection of the young generation. See http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/hotspot/gc/gc_tuning_6.html for more details. In calculating the total size of the heap, only 1 on the survivor spaces is being counted. That's because only eden + 1 survivor space is available to the application for allocations. That may be where the rest of the space is. If you add -XX:+PrintHeapAtGC you will see something like Heap PSYoungGen total 10752K, used 368K [0xf1000000, 0xf1c00000, 0xfbc00000) eden space 9216K, 4% used [0xf1000000,0xf105c308,0xf1900000) from space 1536K, 0% used [0xf1a80000,0xf1a80000,0xf1c00000) to space 1536K, 0% used [0xf1900000,0xf1900000,0xf1a80000) PSOldGen total 24576K, used 0K [0xdb800000, 0xdd000000, 0xf1000000) object space 24576K, 0% used [0xdb800000,0xdb800000,0xdd000000) PSPermGen total 16384K, used 1489K [0xd7800000, 0xd8800000, 0xdb800000) object space 16384K, 9% used [0xd7800000,0xd7974540,0xd8800000) Which will tell you the sizes of the survivor spaces. By the way, the perm generation is separate from the Java heap. Jon David Tavoularis wrote On 12/19/08 05:48,: >Hi all, > >According to GC logs in Java6u7 (with ParallelGC) : Young (4141888K) + Old (9601024K) + Perm (65536K) = 13808448K = 13484M > >But I have set in my application "-Xms15000m -Xmx15000m", so why is it using only 13484M and not 15000MB ? > >Here is the command line : >/jdk1.6.0_07/bin/sparcv9/java -Djava.rmi.dgc.leaseValue=900000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.checkInterval=2000 -Xms15000m -Xmx15000m -Dsun.rmi.dgc.ackTimeout=600000 -Dsun.rmi.transport.tcp.handshakeTimeout=480000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=900000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=900000 -XX:PermSize=64m -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+AggressiveHeap -XX:MaxPermSize=64m -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintHeapAtGC -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime -Xloggc:/logs/gc_20081218225025.log [...] > >Is it due to "-XX:+AggressiveHeap" option ? I thought that setting explicitely "-Xms15000m -Xmx15000m" would have priority over all other settings ? > > >I am asking this question, because about 80% of the time is spent in Full GC, because Old is full (and cannot decrease its used memory after Full GC) and Young has still about 4GB available memory (cf logs at the end of the mail), and the JVM is not using all the allocated memory (15000MB) I have set. > >Thanks in advance > > > _______________________________________________ hotspot-gc-use mailing list hotspot-gc-use at openjdk.java.net http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/hotspot-gc-use


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Dieter Rams' modular designs open a world of possibilities at the Vitra Schaudepot
When the designer Dieter Rams was at the height of his creative output – heading a team designing ground-breaking electrical appliances for German manufacturer Braun in the late 1950s – he decided to take up furniture design with a new, little-known company called (at the time) Vitsoe + Zapf. Today, this would be like Apple's Jony Ive going into partnership with a couple of businessmen in downtown Cupertino to design furniture while working on the iMac, MacBook, iPhone and iPad. You can't help but wonder how on earth he found the time – and why he felt the need to do so.
Rams' motivation to design furniture wasn't all that surprising. He trained as an interior architect before joining Braun in 1955, initially to redesign some of the company workspaces. While at Braun he soon met and began to work with Bauhaus-trained Hans Hirche, Fritz Eichler and a number of designers from Ulm on the development of a new kind of product language – notably Hans Gugelot, with whom Rams co-designed the legendary 'SK 4' phonograph, nicknamed 'Snow White's Coffin', from 1956.
The Vitsoe showroom in Frankfurt, c.1971. Photography: Ingeborg Kracht Rams
Gugelot also designed functional, modular furniture systems, notably the 'M 125' from 1950, one of the early systems of components that could be mixed and matched according to the user's needs. In the mid-1950s, Braun created its own modular trade fair stand designs, and also showed their appliances together with Knoll International, which produced Mies van der Rohe's furniture designs, highly popular at the time. Rams, too, was deeply interested in the idea of utilitarian furniture systems, which he saw as a liberation from the straitjacket of tradition.
So, with the blessing of his bosses at Braun, Rams began a collaboration with the company (now simply named Vitsoe), that has continued to this day. He began with a highly utilitarian wall-mounted assembly system called 'RZ 57', the launch of which was quickly followed by the 'RZ 60' (now the '606' universal shelving system) which is still in production today and can, without hesitation, be ranked as one of the most iconic furniture designs of the 20th century. Every single one of Rams' furniture designs for Vitsoe was conceived as a modular system of one form or another – be it lounge chairs that could be adapted into sofas (the '620' system) or a set of stackable plastic outdoor furniture ('740').
'740' stacking system. Photography: Christoph Sagel. Courtesy of Appel Design Gallery
Rams' designs for his furniture – as well as his appliances for Braun – adhered almost without exception to the maxim of 'good design is as little design as possible'. They are functional in form and 'quietly neutral' in appearance. He rejects 'loudness' in all it's manifestations. Our furniture, he believes, is there to fit to our needs, not the other way around.
This exhibition, curated by Heng Zhi at the Vitra Design Museum's gorgeous new Schaudepot building – designed by Herzog & de Meuron – is a fine opportunity to view Rams' design world in the interior context that he always intended: furniture and appliances as one in a home setting that leaves 'room for the user's self-expression'.


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I love the title of this post...it's been going through my mind ever since I read it on Saturday! So funny!
Hi Susan,I know Jerry and I can say that his eyes are definitely real; although he is often deceived by them. :-) I'd love to see a picture of your creatures. Carolyn


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An idyllic backdrop for Morro Bay, Morro Rock is the last of the (Nine Sisters) extinct volcanic peaks along Highway 1 from San Luis Obispo. This 576' tall landmark stands at the mouth of our harbor and is home to nesting Peregrine Falcons. You can drive to the base of Morro Rock by way of the Embarcadero Road and heading north (right). A large parking lot consumes the base of the Rock with restrooms and cold showers. Please note: climbing is prohibited. Leashed dogs are allowed on the beach up to the Atascadero Rd access trail.


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Photography is an art form that magically captures a single moment. The photographer freezes time for a split second allowing viewers to zoom in on details that may otherwise have passed us by. But what if the photographer not only captures a moment, but also creates it? This is a question ACAC member artist Andrew Smith addresses, particularly with his abstract photography. "One can pose individuals in a portrait or choose how far to focus in on a still life, but the photographer typically can't change the subject. [My] abstract work adds an extra dimension to the creative process," says Smith, who has manipulated and captured colored liquids in varying states with macro-photography to pleasing results. His pieces have been included in ACAC's annual Abstract Show for the past two years.
As a full-time middle school music teacher and band director at Susquenita Middle School, Andrew doesn't aggressively pursue photography as a career right now, but he feels fortunate to have been included in several juried shows, and has some items for sale in the Frame Shop & Gallery in Hanover. In addition to his macro-liquid shots, he has a great eye for landscapes, and hosted nine "photo-walks" in the area from 2008-2013, availing area participants to photograph interesting scenes and share their results on a custom Flickr page.
Regardless of subject matter, however, Andrew enjoys the entire process of his projects – from composition through printing and choosing the mattes and frames for finished pieces. Perusing his portfolio, you will find that in addition to nature, landscapes and abstracts, Andrew is also a foodie – enjoying the creation and manipulation of recipes, which he then captures in tantalizing images before sharing and eating his art.
Creativity obviously infuses all he does, and like most creative folks who know to value process over outcome, the results for the rest of us are quite good. You can see more of Andrew's work on his website, Visual Realia, and you can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.
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Land swap proposal for Chiltern Pools redevelopment
Chiltern District Council, with the support of Amersham Town Council, is proposing to build a fantastic new leisure and community facility in Amersham.
In order to make room for the new design and further protect green spaces in the town, both councils are proposing a 'land swap'.
In return for building on a small part of the King George V playing field which is currently owned by Amersham Town Council (ATC), Chiltern District Council (CDC) would transfer The Green in Woodside Close to ATC, protecting the land as open space through a Fields in Trust dedication.
The land swap will also result in the historic barn buildings being set in additional areas of green space, enhancing their appearance for the future.
Both councils are in full agreement with the land swap proposal, which offers a higher level of protection against any future development for Woodside Close.
There is also a good level of public support for the land swap with over 70 per cent of consultation responses in favour of the proposal.
The full results of the consultation can be viewed on the
From today, (Monday 26th March 2018), public notices from both Chiltern District Council and Amersham Town Council are being displayed on each site until 20th April.
Following this, the councils will seek formal agreement to complete the land swap.
Once the land swap is completed, CDC will work with users of the existing Chiltern Pools and community facilities to develop more detailed design plans, which, subject to financial viability, will then be submitted as a formal planning application later in the year.
CDC Deputy Leader, Cllr. Mike Stannard, said: "We are excited to be progressing this amazing new facility for Chiltern which will provide sport, leisure and community facilities with something for everyone across the whole District. We are very grateful to our colleagues at Amersham Town Council, who have been extremely supportive throughout the formative stages of the project, for their assistance in securing support for, and agreement to, the land swap and the transfer of land to the enhanced security afforded by Fields in Trust dedication."
Amersham Town Mayor, Cllr. Clive Morgan, said: "The current community complex has served us well over the last 60 years but Amersham Town Council recognises the need for progress so that we can best provide for all the people in our community.
"This will be undertaken in a sympathetic and dynamic upgrading of the existing facilities.
"The proposed 'Land Swap' will enable a prestigious facility to be achieved in our town, maintaining the surrounding historical buildings within additional areas of green space.
"Under the land swap proposal, the existing children's play area on the King George V field will be upgraded and incorporated in the new development, with the remaining facilities being relocated on the field, with no further intrusion onto the open space. There will be no loss of existing facilities.
"Amersham Town Council recognises the importance of all the contributions made by the community so far, and we hope that all interested parties will continue to provide feedback as the development progresses so that we can ensure the needs of the community are met."


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Newbie at sausage making, and today we are trying our first batch.
The tale may become a little convoluted.
The Lidl mincer was an impulse buy - but not a complete impulse as we have been underwhelmed by commercial sausages for some time. Thinking about making your own sausages and seeing a mincer with a sausage attachment makes for a very strong impulse.
So, first a word of praise for the mincer. It whaled through the meat very easily, and two passes (coarse and fine) produced a nice load of minced pork.
Secondly, a word of warning. There is only one sausage horn, and it is tapered. I measured it and thought 28 mm casings would fit. Turns out 32 mm casings just fit on the end. This is collagen casings. Being a German machine I get the impression they haven't really thought about any casings but stretchy animal intestines. I am looking at 34 mm collagen casings and thinking they might be a good idea unless I can go larger.
Anyway, it took a few attempts before we got the hang of feeding the sausage meat into the sausage casing; because you can't get all the casing onto the horn you have to work with short runs of casing with just the very end on the very tip of the horn. Takes two people and a lot of lubrication. However we managed in the end.
Digression; we won't be using animal casings because my partner worked in a butcher's shop as a Saturday job when young, and the smell of the casings still makes her want to heave. She spent quite a while vegetarian after that.
To go from mincing to sausage stuffing you basically set up as a mincer with a coarse {thing with holes in} and then fit the horn over the whole shooting match underneath the threaded locking ring. There are a couple of springs in the mix, and you can't see if things are properly located. As far as I can tell post sausage stuffing the metal hole thing probably wasn't seated correctly with the locking lugs in the notches in the body. The end result was that there was a leakage at the back of the mincer body and sausage mix forced down into the drive lugs. All cleaned out now but obviously not expected (from reading the cleaning instructions). This may explain why pushing the sausage mix through was much harder work than normal mincing. Had to remove a screw and take out a spring to be able to clean out the drive flange thing properly.
O.K. - recipe. We read quite a bit on line, and the mix seemed to be fat pork belly and pork shoulder. Into the supermarket(s) and pork belly was a ridiculous price. It also wasn't fat. Seems it has become a trendy "cheap cut of fatty meat" and has been re-imagined as an expensive cut of lean meat. Next time we will locate a decent butcher, but the budget option (had to be cheaper per Kg than store bought good quality sausages) was a shoulder of pork, and a smoked gammon joint. The most tedious part was getting the fat off the skin as we didn't want crackling in the sausage.
Quick test with a small patty of the mix (prior to seasoning) indicated that it was salty enough (gammon) and full of smoky flavour (gammon again). So we just used the minced meat and skipped the seasoning. Test Cumberland loop is cooking as I write, and smells pretty good. There seems to be adequate water in there, no doubt courtesy of the gammon again.
With the greatest respect to the recipes in the PDF, although a strong case was made for including rusk and water and other fillers into the sausage we usually buy sausages with nothing but pork in (up to 97% pork depending on supplier) and one thing that prompted us to think of making out own was visiting the USA a while back, and Australia and New Zealand more recently, and seeing "genuine English sausages" with up to 60% pork and loads of filler and water. The other thing that prompted us was noticing that the 90%+ pork seemed to include quite a few bits of chopped up bone and gristle. Nice to know more or less what goes into your sausages.
Anyway, we have at least 2.5 Kg of sausages (of various lengths and thicknesses) and hopefully we are embarking on a long and juicy sausage making career.
TL;DR - the Lidl machine seems pretty good, but you only get one horn and that is tapered, so collagen cases can be difficult.. Assembly needs care and practice. Sausage stuffing even more so.


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Stephanie Fendrick is senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Virtua. Her chief role is to explore, develop and manage relationships with other providers and organizations that support Virtua's imperative to manage the health of our community across the continuum of care.
Fendrick provides executive oversight for Virtua's service lines including: Women's and Children's, Oncology, Orthopedics, Neurosciences, Cardiovascular and Surgery. Through Virtua's service lines, Stephanie and her team will partner with our clinicians and operations teams to drive improved consumer loyalty, market growth, access to care and quality outcomes.
Prior to her current position, she was assistant vice president for the women's and children's service line. She was also Greenfield project manager (for the Voorhees replacement hospital) and director for accreditation and regulatory affairs.
Before joining Virtua, Fendrick held a number of administrative positions at Christiana Hospital, including administrative director of operations, coordinator of performance improvement/operations and administrative resident.
She is coach certified for Six Sigma and green belt trained. She also completed the Health Management Academy GE Fellowship program for senior executives. Stephanie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Franklin and Marshall College and her MBA with a concentration in health services from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business.


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A manager's day job isn't in front of a screen…
…but with colleagues and customers.
Before diving into the data each day, we would do well to a step back from our desks to review the nature of the problems our organizations are trying to solve.
The omnipresence of data doesn't make the management of our customers, teams or market shares any easier, for each data source constitutes yet another piece in the increasingly complex puzzle of business. Solving this riddle requires making sense of how the data reflects the larger picture of human nature, your business, and your market. What types of problems are we trying to solve, are these problems fundamentally different from those faced by managers in the past, what role can analytics play today?
If the data tells us anything, it's that the Taylorian vision of "one best way" has long outlived its usefulness. Because business by its very nature is "messy", operational management is largely about addressing processes, policies, and decisions that didn't work as planned. These challenges arise in part because consumer perceptions of value are based today more on their experiences rather than on the characteristics of a company's products or services. This complexity also comes from the fact that these experiences are evaluated differently based on each stakeholder's state of mind, cognitive biases, and context. This is also the result of the evolution of the information economy: the volume, velocity, and variety of data have influenced the veracity and visibility of the data at our disposal.[i]
David Snowdon and Mary Boone remind us that the nature of the problems we face today has evolved considerably over the years.[ii] They speak of levels of complexity that determine how managers evaluate the context of their business and where they look for data. They suggest that first level problems concern linear chains of events where process optimization provides pertinent and replicable solutions. Second level business challenges result from malfunctioning processes in which the correctives can be deduced from management's prior experience. Third level challenges require reformulating the problem, for neither the process nor prior experience provides sufficient data to deal with the problem. Snowdon and Boone argue that markets and organizations over the years have largely addressed the first and second level problems, leaving us today third level challenges of customer satisfaction, employee engagement and organizational effectiveness that are intricately woven into the way in which we envision work.
Addressing business challenges has less to do with the quantity of data at hand than our ability to use the data to incite collective action. Good, better, and great decisions depend upon the decision environment in which we operate.[iii] Good decisions are possible in deterministic decision environments in which the answer can be determined from the data at hand. Unfortunately, most business decisions are taken in stochastic environments in which the right decision cannot be found in the available data — but better decisions are possible in reducing the causes of uncertainty. Finally, great decisions are those in which the context, challenges, and solutions allow us to re-examine the nature of the decision-making process itself. Focusing first on the context in which the problems arise, before looking at the data, is one of the major takeaways of decision science.
If measurement is about reducing uncertainty, management is about elucidating complexity.[iv] Our business challenges arise from our illusions of well-structured organizations and organized markets and underpinned by ideal simplifications of how business "should" be run. Organizations and markets today are interdependent open and interdependent, consumer and business logics are more often than not self-generating. "Emergence" describes the resulting behavior that defies time tested business practices, and premises the difficulties of predictive and prescriptive analytics. If data science's role is to reduce risk, uncertainty, and ambiguity, we must take a close look at how consumers, employees, and management apprehend the problems before measuring their motivations, objectives, and actions. The bottom line, before zapping back to work, and the data behind your screen, take a good look at the world around you.
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[i] Marr, B. (2014), Big Data: the 5v's everyone should know, LinkedIn
[i] Snowdon, D. and Boone, M. (2007), A Leader's Framework for Decision-Making, HBR
[ii] Schlenker, L. (2017), Measure the Quality of Your Decisions and Not Just Your Data, Medium
[iii] Straub, R. (2013), Why Managers Haven't Embraced Complexity, HBR


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Black Democrat Louisiana Senator Switches Parties With Clarion Call, Cites Author Of Our DestinyJun 19, 2013
Louisiana Senator Elbert Guillory, a black Catholic who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, recently changed his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican (see LayCatholics.org). Make no mistake about his credentials. He is a devout Christian — a member of the Knights of Columbus and Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre — who decided that philosophy of life and principle trumps politics. In that vein, he decided a check of the box at the registrar's office and a news release wasn't enough. Instead, he released a video (see below) with an eloquent statement explaining his switch. So eloquent, in fact, in three days the video has received more than 425,000 views on YouTube and is being hailed as a conservative manifesto of sorts (see Matthew Clark at BearingDrift.com and RedState.com). Below is an excerpt regarding freedom and how liberalism limits it with its insatiable quest for control disguised as charity:
You see, at the heart of liberalism is the idea that only a great and powerful big government can be the benefactor of social justice for all Americans. But the left is only concerned with one thing — control. And they disguise this control as charity. Programs such as welfare, food stamps, these programs aren't designed to lift black Americans out of poverty. They were always intended as a mechanism for politicians to control the black community.
The idea that blacks, or anyone for that matter, need the government to get ahead in life is despicable. And even more important, this idea is a failure. Our communities are just as poor as they've always been. Our schools continue to fail children. Our prisons are filled with young black men who should be at home being fathers. Our self-initiative and our self-reliance have been sacrificed in exchange for allegiance to our overseers who control us by making us dependent on them. . . .
The idea of freedom is complex and it is all-encompassing. It's the idea that the economy must remain free of government persuasion. It's the idea that the press must operate without government intrusion. And it's the idea that the e-mails and phone records of Americans should remain free from government search and seizure. It's the idea that parents must be the decision makers in regards to their children's education — not some government bureaucrat.
But most importantly, it is the idea that the individual must be free to pursue his or her own happiness free from government dependence and free from government control. Because to be truly free is to be reliant on no one other than the author of our destiny. These are the ideas at the core of the Republican Party, and it is why I am a Republican.
Reliance on none other than the author of our destiny.
Senator Guillory is the latest prominent Democrat elected official, from a demographic group(s) associated with the Democrat coalition, to switch parties of late. Last year, former Congressman and Democrat nominee for governor of Alabama Artur Davis, also black and now a Virginia resident, switched parties. America has a growing list of prominent minorities willing to articulate conservative principles and call out the fallacies of liberalism, including U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, former Congressman Allen West of Florida, Dr. Ben Carson and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. The clarion call of foundational principles is resonating throughout America's minority communities because its beauty is robed in the splendor of universal truth — that government cannot substitute for God and that He alone is author of our destiny. Spokesmen such as Senator Guillory only speed up the day when the majority of mislead voters come home to these principles.


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In recent weeks, the Australian Coalition Government has continued to take steps to implement its "policy to help problem gamblers", as previously discussed here.
The Coalition's proposed Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 (Bill) repeals a number of the measures introduced by the Gillard Labor Government in late 2012 in the National Gambling Reform Act 2012 (Cth) (Act). In addition to rebranding the Act as the Gambling Measures Act, Schedule 1 of the Bill proposes to repeal the vast majority of the sections currently contained in the Act, including provisions relating to:
- the Gillard Government's proposed mandatory pre-commitment system;
- dynamic warnings (which relate to the use by a specific person of a gaming machine or the potential for harm from and cost of using gaming machines generally);
- ATM withdrawal limits for gaming machine premises; and
- civil penalty provisions for non-compliance with the reforms.
What will remain are some overarching statements about the Commonwealth's support for the encouragement of responsible gambling and the introduction of voluntary pre-commitment technology. If the Act is amended as proposed, it will also contain a non-binding commitment from the Commonwealth to work with state and territory governments, the gaming industry, academics, and the community to develop a scheme to implement voluntary pre-commitment on machines and across venues and a "realistic" timetable for the implementation of such measures.
Some of the provisions in the Act regarding research into gambling and the development of an Expert Advisory Group on Gambling will also remain.
Labor has recently indicated that it supports the Bill, backflipping on its formerly pro-reform stance. However, it has proposed that existing voluntary pre-commitment programs be connected to state-wide schemes.
The Bill is now before the Senate. We will keep you posted as to the progress of the Bill.


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Word of the Month: Index
My post on Christian Morgenstern from a few days ago suggested to me the current WoM, which is both a verb and a noun (when capitalized). It refers to a close-lipped smile that expresses good-natured joy, amusement, or satisfaction in response to something just encountered or remembered. Because of that, it is more specific than smile (lächeln in German)—you may bare your teeth when someone takes your picture or when you are kissing babies on a campaign stop without enjoying the situation. English "grin" comes close, but schmunzeln is less in-your-face and usually done without malice—nobody would ever tell you to wipe it off your face. "Smirk" is not the same because it always has negative connotations*, and "laugh" is different altogether because it's open-mouthed and usually accompanied by a sound track.
I have to admit that schmunzeln is somewhat old-fashioned, which is too bad because to me, it is the perfect response to a poem by Morgenstern.
As to its etymology, I had supected that it may have entered German via Yiddish, but Duden Online set me straight—it can be traced back to a Middle High German form.
* A friend on Google+, Laura Gibbs, just commented: "Something about smirk: I've noticed that my students often use it with entirely positive connotations, and they are surprised when I tell them it (usually) has negative connotations. So I think something is happening to that word in English...but I am not sure why it is happening. Smile and grin both seem like words in good health! Hmmm..."
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The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
Driver to pick up donated items from donors homes and stock floor.
• Greet donors promptly and courteously
• Assess and receive donated goods, assisting donor in moving the goods, or move them for the donor
• Assess and move donated goods to sorting areas, sales areas, or recycling areas as needed
• Assign prices to items as required, following given pricing guide
• Move stock to and from seasonal storage area (downstairs)
• Retrieve storage boxes from upper storage area
• Move wooden pallets as necessary
• Assemble and place "gaylord boxes" onto pallets
• Place recycled items into appropriate boxes/bins/bailer
• Assist Maintenance worker with mopping floors, sweeping (inside or out), trash basket changing and normal store cleaning or in his/her absence.
• Shovel snow, operate snow-blower or power mower
• Assist in bailing of items to be recycled.
• As needed, go along with truck driver for assisting in donation pick ups.
• Keeping receiving and sorting area clean and orderly.
Sorting Associate
• Sort donated items.
• Put appropriate clothing onto hangers, wrap or hang linens; process unusable items for recycling.
• As needed, price items for sale according to pricing guide.
• Keep sorting area clean and orderly.
• Assist with moving and maintaining Thrift Store displays.
• Provide back-up driving when needed
• Maintain good staff, customer and public relations, working with individuals, groups and organizations to cultivate donations and volunteer help.
• Attend mandatory staff meetings.
• Attend all training for Safe From Harm compliance.
• Support the mission statement of The Salvation Army.
• Other duties as assigned by the Store Manager and/or Corps Officer.
The individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required; the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Education and/or Experience
High school graduate or equivalent (based on position), experience in personnel management required, retail sales management preferred.
Language Skills
Read and interpret documents in English such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports; effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and employees.
Reasoning Ability
Understand and carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; deal with problems involving several variables in changing situations.
The successful applicant will demonstrate an understanding of The Salvation Army and a willingness to support its mission; an ability to work well with people, handle difficult situations, handle multiple tasks at one time; excellent communication skills, including an ability to be diplomatic in receiving donations from community members; demonstrate integrity in the use and protection of donations, confidentiality and staff relations.
Must posses a Valid Michigan Driver's License, and be able to pass the Chauffeur's driving test, and be cleared through The Salvation Army to drive a S.A. vehicle.
Must pass a state and federal background check and be trained in local Salvation Army Safe from Harm policies.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to handle or feel; hear well; talk. The employee is frequently required to walk and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. This job involves heavy manual labor and handling bulky/unwieldy items on a daily basis.
Must be physically able to:
•lift and carry up to 50 pounds at waist height to a maximum of 50 feet;
•lift up to 25 pounds overhead;
•stoop, bend and turn at the waist while lifting and/or moving items up to 25 pounds from car trunks, pickup truck beds, SUV storage areas, car back seats, etc.;
• lift and deposit clothing items up to 10 pounds into a bailer (height is approximately 53");
• carry bulky items weighing up to 25 pounds up or down an 18 step flight of stairs;
• work indoor or outdoor in heat and cold;
• work in a dusty environment, with musty or other odors;
• shovel heavy snow;
• climb an 8 ft. stepladder;
• safely load, unload and move shopping carts, hand trucks, flat-bed dollys, etc..
The work environment for this position is a store setting with limited temperature control. The noise level is moderate. Dust, mold and mildew are common.
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It just got hotter on the bayou. Louisiana has never been this steamy! When injured shapeshifter Malcolm, an Alpha running for his life, meets Cajun faith-healer Joie, their fates collide. Human to his wolf, she prefers dealing with the animals because animals love you unconditionally. Malcolm believes love is for weaklings and he can't afford to be weak. Hunted by his own Pack and having to face his own demons, he doesn't have time to cater to the sensitive feelings of a human female. Or the lust boiling between them. Still...there's something about this female that turns him inside out. Can Joie tame this predator in bed and out?Kane, Samantha is the author of 'The Courage of Love', published 2007 under ISBN 9781419955341 and ISBN 1419955349.[read more]
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News: Super A'can
Taiwan is better known for game piracy than game consoles, by and large, but an original legit console was released there in 1995 – Funtech's Super A'can. One of two main sources for information on this console is Wikipedia which has some interesting information, which is also impossible to prove. It is known that the system runs on the legendary Motorola 68000 chip, and has 12 confirmed games, with several more rumored to exist. The article also reports that the company lost U.S. $6 million on the venture, which is the cost of only 3/5 the cost of a modern game's development, so they shouldn't be crying! Control pads were Genesis-like in appearance, but not compatible with any Sega system.
The other main source is here, through the site of an eBay reseller. There's also a page with game boxes and screens. All references to this console say it's "nothing special," but it looks pretty neat to me in the visual department at least. There's actually one for sale on Singapore's eBay, for about U.S. $190, and two games as well. My stupid brain is tempted.
I can't find any evidence of Funtech anymore (possibly Fun Tech), so please share information if you've got it. Funtech.com.tw points to a different company, so that's a bust.
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Tsukihime (GN 1)
Title: Tsukihime
Volume: GN 1
Pages: 208
Distributor: DrMaster
Release date: 2005-07-27
Suggested retail price: $9.95
Age rating: 13+
A childhood accident has left young Shiki Tohno with a very special ability. He can now see the hidden lines or weak points in all things, be they organic or inanimate. By striking or cutting along these lines Shiki can slice through virtually anything like a hot knife through butter.
Unfortunately, the gift comes packaged with a nearly irresistible urge to kill using his new ability. A young girl falls victim to Shiki's killing lust. Yet she is apparently reborn unharmed and demanding Shiki's aid. Who is she and what could she want?
Story by Type-Moon and art by Sasakishonen.
(added on 2005-02-26, modified on 2015-12-15)
- Reviewed by Carlo Santos (January 9, 2006)
- Encyclopedia information about Tsukihime (manga)


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A noise survey report, otherwise known as a noise assessment, is conducted to measure and report on noise levels at various locations. This involves testing specific work functions and operator levels within the industrial workplace, providing an excellent and concise way of establishing sound energy levels. This method of noise measurement allows for the calculation of exposure time limits* for employees as well as determining the adequacy of current hearing protection in use. If exposure limits are exceeded, occupational health and safety obligations may not be met, making testing essential to maintain compliance.
* Noise Exposure Standard in Victoria: 85dBA noise level for 8 hours and peak noise level 140dBC. For every 3dB above this, the duration of exposure is halved, e.g. If the noise level is 88dBA, the maximum duration a worker may work is 4 hours. The appropriate attenuation rating of a hearing protector will result in keeping the exposure below the standard.
An individual's personal noise exposure for an entire shift can be calculated using a dosimeter (also known as a dosebadge). A dosimeter is an electronic sound recording device that can be fitted to an employee for the duration of their shift, giving an accurate noise assessment that can determine if harmful levels of noise are present. It can effectively measure and record sound energy levels experienced throughout an entire work shift. This type of noise measurement device is generally used for employees that have more than one job function, including workers who move about the premises frequently or who are exposed to intermittent noise sources. For example, an individual that works in a metal workshop using hammers may not be exposed to a constant noise, so should wear a dosimeter that will provide an accurate noise assessment measuring across the entire shift.
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Yes, another one. And once again an old woman was responsible for the final straw — in this case from an errant barbecue. Her cooking fire sent stinging noxious fumes straight into his poor sensitive eyes.
WULBARI was so annoyed, he upped and went, founding an entourage consisting only of animals and ANANSI, the God who was a spider anyway.
So WULBARI is probably the God responsible for setting the well-known curse on barbecues. Invoke him gently before unwrapping the sausages or risk a rain shower that will put your fire right out.


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