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The Myth about Camel Humps
Camels get a bad rap, ridiculed as horses designed by a committee, and with a reputation for a terrible temper. They're almost never acknowledged as hardy survivors in some of the toughest terrain on the planet. And there's much more to their desert survival than those ungainly humps on their backs.
Water is stored in camel humps to tide the beasts over prolonged periods in arid conditions, right? Wrong. The humps instead hold reserves of fatty tissue. But camels do store water for their bodies to draw on over an extended period. The question is, where do they keep it?
The water is absorbed by their red blood cells which are oval in shape (no other mammal has red blood cells this shape, although reptiles, fish and birds do) and can hold water in large volumes which would destroy the blood cells of other mammals. This is handy for an animal which easily drinks up to 150 litres of water at a time.
Less of a surprise is the great insulation that camels get from their thick fur. They can reach a body temperature of at least 41°C/106°F (a temperature at which humans experience dangerously high fevers) before breaking into a sweat, and they can safely lose up to 25% of their body weight through sweat. But camels are so good at holding onto their water reserves that their urine is passed as a thick syrup!
3 Responses to The Myth about Camel Humps
Who knew! I sure didn't. Very interesting.
Cool facts on the camels, now you should do a post on camel spiders! Found you from the MDBP by the way, great blog, I'll be looking forward to your updates!
Thanks Israel. I will do some reading on camel spiders as I hadn't heard of them before. I'm glad you're enjoying the blog.


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Alexander Mckenzie Opens Brand New Art Exhibitions in Sydney 'ACARSAID' this week at the Martin Browne Contemporary Gallery in Paddington.
Sydney based artist Alexander Mckenzie's sublime paintings explore the world between the real and the imagined, the temporal and the spiritual, a place of unease as well as the sublime. The meticulous archadian landscapes depict imagined lakes, rivers and mountains that echo a romantic lineage whilst tackling contemporary issues of belonging, confusion, memory and mortality in a strong narrative that runs through his painting.
This latest exhibition ACARSAID follows last year's sell out show THE CAIRN and features Mckenzies large dramatic landscapes in his signature greens, blues and greys. In ACARSAID, meaning anchorage in Scottish Gallic, McKenzie deals with ideas like refuge, safety, and reclusiveness. An inner shore to escape to amongst the turmoil of an emotional life.
Having seen his brilliant works at last year's exhibition I cannot wait to see the new works in person this week and I hope you like today's sneak peek. I particularly love the ornate lush green gardens and stone bridges featured in this series. Alex's paintings are truly captivating and if you get the chance you I urge you to check out his latest exhibition. I trust you will not be disappointed. I had the pleasure of taking some pics of Alexander in his home studio last year. You can read the full interview here on the blog.
Alexander Mckenzie is also well known for his multiple Archibald prize portraits of actors Toni Collette, Richard Roxburgh and singers Richard Clapton and Sarah Blasko.
Alexander recently completed a large commission for the Australian War Memorial in Canberra to be in the permanent collection in the first world war gallery as part of the 100th year anniversary of Galipolli taking place next year in 2015.
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Cricket 2007 ea sports cricket
When I am open the game its asking to browse the folder but when I browse it doesn't open
Thank you very much
When I am open the game its asking to browse the folder but when I browse it doesn't open
Thank you very much
Try to remove the game completely and then reinstall it back. Remove every components of the game so when you reinstall, the folders will be replaced with a new one.
From where did you download the game? Maybe the game you have installed is damaged or corrupted. Try to download again from other website and then install it again to your computer. You can find more information about the game from the link below:
The game Cricket 07 is a computer simulation of the cricket game from EA Sports designed by HB Studios. The game is available in PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. It was released in November 14, 2006 in Australia and in November 24, 2006 in the United Kingdom. The game cover features Lancashire and England cricketer Andrew Flintoff.
You can also download patches that will convert Cricket 07 into Cricket 08, Cricket 09, Cricket 10, Cricket IPL 5, Cricket 11, Cricket 2012, and Cricket 2013. In your case, it was unfortunate that you did not mention anything about your operating system. Remember, to make the program or the game work you must be running one of the following operating systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
If you are running it on a different operating system like Linux or Mac OS X, then it wouldn't be possible to play it. If you are running a supported operating system such as the ones mentioned above and you still can't play it, try to uninstall it and then install it back. Click Start, Control Panel, and then Add or Remove Programs.
Find and select Cricket 07 and click Remove or Uninstall to remove it. After that, restart your computer. After booting, open Windows Explorer and go to "C:Program Files", find and delete the Cricket 07 installation folder. There are programs that don't completely delete the folder after uninstalling it. Once deleted, empty your Recycle Bin and install Cricket 07 again.
You may also download a fresh copy of the Cricket 07 installer from EA Sports Cricket.


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For those who have seen Shawerma sold in a restaurant or even a little joint have probably seen the impressive way it is cooked. You can hardly reproduce the same thing at your home, but you can get a nice taste from the version you make yourself.
It is a very simple thing to make actually, all you need to do is chop some onions, wash tomatoes and marinate the meat and voilà!
For those in Lebanon the spices for the marinade can be bought from any supermarket or even small store in your street. For the rest who do not have access to this, you can make a mix of the spices and keep them in a sealed container for ease of use. This is what I did, it makes it less tedious than to mix all each time.
I am not going to give a recipe Per-Se for this dish but I am going to point the steps leaving the amounts to your judgement.
What you need first is meat sliced in strips, it does not matter if beef or lamb (it is pretty versatile). You can buy this at the store or cut the meat yourself. The last time I made it, I used Carne Asada that I cut myself. It does not have to be extra lean because the fat that is already in the meat tenderizes it. And let us face it, originally Shawerma is made with a lot of fat that drips along that huge skewer!
Marinate the meat for at least an hour (better overnight) in about 2 to 3 Tbsp vinegar per 1 Kg (2,2 lbs) and the Shawerma spices. The mix can be made using salt, all spice, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, garlic and sage. You can use the ratios you want for this, but I tried to keep them more or less even. I recommend using powder spices for this mix.
Chop a small onion (medium by non American standards) in strips. When the meat is done marinating, pour the mixture in a baking dish adding the onion strips and 2 or 3 whole tomatoes.
Bake until the meat is brown and tender.
Serve in Pita, Lebanese bread or even Kaakeh like I did in the pictures. I don't know if it is possible to find these here in the US, but if you do the taste is worth it. Nothing says you can't nibble at it with a fork either.
In some places Shawerma is served with Tzatziki, in Lebanon we serve it with Tarator (you can find the recipe here) and sometimes a sprinkle of chopped parsley.


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Elizabeth Steel Genné papers, 1952-2008 (Bulk: 1957-1980)
4 boxes (1.75 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 605
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Elizabeth Steel Genné papers, 1952-2008 (Bulk: 1957-1980)
4 boxes (1.75 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 605
YWCA volunteer, Reproductive health advocate. The Elizabeth Steel Genné Papers are primarily related to her professional and public life. Types of materials include biographical materials, correspondence, minutes, reports, news clippings, notes, press releases, speeches, and memorabilia. The bulk of the papers date from 1957 to 1980 when Genné was a member of the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A., including a term as President, 1973-79. There are significant materials generated by Genné's committee work in the College and University Division of the YWCA in the 1950s and 60s. Genné served on the influential Committee to Study YMCA-YWCA Cooperative Experience (1959-60) which worked with Professor Dan Dodson to examine whether the YWCA should merge with the YMCA. There are also materials from the YWCA's Teen Sexuality Education Advisory Committee from the early 1980s.
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"Benesch always does a good job of explaining what our options are and giving us counsel from a very pragmatic approach aimed at keeping matters moving forward and reaching effective agreements."
Fritz KohmannCFOShearer's Snacks
Not every company has an on-site legal team, but the right legal partner can make you feel as if you do. Fritz and the Shearer's team rely on Benesch to help them handle a wide array of legal matters touching all parts of Shearer's business — from contract negotiations, M&A deals and IP protection to leases, litigation, employment and more. They know they can count on the Benesch team for a practical, risk-intelligent perspective that cuts through legalese and focuses on the business. It's the convenience of in-house counsel with the advantage of wide-ranging business experience and deep legal knowledge.
Many people associate Shearer's with potato chips, but there's so much more to it.
We are certainly most known in the region for our Shearer's branded products, but while that's an important part of our business, it's a relatively small one. We have about 4,800 employees along with 10 manufacturing facilities around the U.S. and one in Canada. We do a lot of contract manufacturing. We are the largest private label and contract manufacturer of salty snacks in the U.S. and the largest kettle potato chip producer in the world.
How did you get started working with Benesch?
My relationship with Benesch came through Bob Ross and Eric Baisden, who joined the Benesch team in 2016. Shearer's has been working with Bob and Eric since I started with the company back in 2002. They have represented us in a wide variety of disciplines. Bob serves as a single point of contact and complements that by bringing in the legal subject matter specialists on Benesch's team as needed. He's an effective liaison between the deep, technical legal points and the business points and makes sure we understand situations without having to be legal experts.
What kind of things does Benesch help you with?
Bob has been the lead contact for us on anything that's not employee related, from contract negotiations to M&A activity to IP matters to leases to litigation—really any type of legal work other than employment. Eric leads all of the employment-related matters. We ship products internationally, and Benesch helps us with that as well in terms of dealing with international customers and suppliers.
Do you have an attorney on staff, or does Benesch serve as your in-house counsel?
I am the point person and all the legal work comes through me. We do not have any full-time legal counsel on staff. Because I "play a lawyer" at work and deal with legal matters so much, I do have a reasonably in-depth understanding of the legal aspects of our business. But when other business people here are engaged in legal situations, Bob and his team do an excellent job of talking through those in an understandable fashion and distilling them into the key decision points. They truly understand where risks lie and take a very even-keeled approach. If there's a real business risk, they make sure we understand it. But they don't make more of situations than needed.
Benesch always does a good job of explaining to us what our options are and giving us counsel from a very pragmatic approach. They aim to keep things moving forward and work toward reaching effective agreements in contracts, deals or disputes.
Why have you continued to work with Bob and Eric for so long?
We really value them not only as attorneys but also business partners. Bob and Eric truly understand our business and our business strategy and objectives and apply that across the board to the different legal matters that come up in our day-to-day business. They have an extremely practical approach and help characterize legal matters in a very digestible manner for non-attorneys to understand.
One of the other things I appreciate is that Benesch is always mindful of the legal costs of different matters we're dealing with. They put our interests first, and look to strike a balance between the right economic outcomes of issues and the potential legal costs. They don't try to overly litigate things or dig deep into areas that aren't a meaningful risk for us and would burn through legal costs.
Are you facing any unique challenges to your business?
One of the larger, industry issues we're dealing with is the packaging labeling requirements—new legislation that is either recently implemented or soon to be implemented. Oftentimes it's difficult to sort through what it all means in terms of practical execution and what we actually have to do. Benesch has been a good resource for us as we think it through and plan for the changes coming down the road.
Any closing thoughts?
Lawyers go to law school and get paid for a reason; it's not always simple. Benesch does a good job of helping us understand what the real, critical pieces are that we are dealing with without having to be technical lawyers.
There's also a reality, too, that they're good people to be around—we like them. You need to make sure you're getting the right technical/legal skills and competencies, but you have to enjoy the people you're working with as well. We like Bob, Eric and their team. Often when you're calling your lawyer, it's not a fun topic, but I don't dread picking up the phone and touching base with them.


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An employer can fail to meet the employer mandate two different ways.
Employer Does Not Offer Health Insurance
Employers can choose to not offer health insurance at all. In this case the employer will be subject to an assessable penalty if at least one employee receives a premium tax credit on the Individual Marketplace. If no employee qualifies for a premium tax credit, then the employer will not be assessed any penalties.
The penalty will be equal to $2,000 times the (# of full time employees less 30). Therefore an employer with 130 full time employees would be subject to a penalty of $200,000. No penalties will be charged for part time employees.
A full time employee is one who works 130 hours in a month. The actual penalties will be determined and assessed on a monthly basis.
Employer Does Offer Health Insurance
If an employer offers health insurance but does not meet one of the additional requirements of Minimum Value, Affordability, and is offered to 95% of all full time employees, then this employer will be subject to an assessable penalty of $3,000 times the number of employees who receive a premium tax credit on the Individual Marketplace.
This penalty will never be more than the penalty for an employer who does not offer health insurance coverage.
Please note
- If an employee makes more than 4 times the federal poverty level, he is not entitled to a premium subsidy so there is NO employer penalty.
- If an employee does not get insurance on the Individual Marketplace, there is NO employer penalty.
- If an employee has NO health insurance, there is NO employer penalty.


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KURBITS business development program
Kurbits business development program, designed especially for small businesses in the tourism industry, is nominated by the European Commission as a best practice in the framework of the EU strategy "Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination."
Kurbits is the first national business development program that caters specifically to small-scale tourism enterprises with industry-specific methodology, content and tools. Over 400 entrepreneurs have completed the program across the country (Sweden) with a result of developing their business and increasing their profitability.
Kurbits has been nominated as a pioneering example in the EU for cross-sector initiative and innovation in the field of tourism as a means to boost competitiveness in the sector with the involvement of small and medium enterprises. The award is announced at the beginning of autumn 2013, when the European Commission aims to establish recommendations for the use of common models and transferring best practices within the tourism sector at European level.
Kurbits started as a pilot project in Dalarna, Sweden, and has now evolved into a national innovation system identified in Europe. Now, Kurbits can be an innovation system to increase development within the tourism industry even outside the country.


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| Home Internet Services
Good question!
If you don't really know what the Internet or a website is, don't feel bad. It's really incredible how many people who have websites don't have a clue what it is or what to do with it. They just got one because they heard it's the latest thing or were convinced by their staff or technical consultant to get one. To find out what it really is read on, if you already know all about websites then this article is not for you, please continue with what you were doing.
In its simplest form a website is merely a medium for communicating. This concept doesn't seem like anything new, does it? If this is true then why do we see so much fanfare about this thing called the Internet and websites that don't seem to give us anything that we do not already have?
Ever since man learned how to communicate with fellow inhabitants we have continuously developed different mediums to expand this concept of communicating with each other. We have found that each new method will give us different capabilities that may have been lacking in previous methods. We first developed gestures and sounds that gave us the ability to express basic human needs and emotions.
The next step evolved to the creation of words that were spoken. Then pictures that were drawn to express concepts and the pictures would remain or be persistent after a spoken word would diminish after just the instant that it was spoken. Written words would come next and now we were able to express very long and complicated information that the mere picture was not able to do. Written language also had the ability to be portable. The words of one person could be written down and then delivered to another great distances away. We also learned to improve our capability to express information in the form of images also. In the form of artwork included with the written word and then finally pictures or photographs. We also discovered that some communicating did not lend itself well to the newly recorded writing method.
We discovered that the way that things were communicated could be just as important if not more important to the true message as was what was said. Music and performances were not well represented by the written communication. We then discovered ways of representing the actual waves that were generated by music and speech. At this point we were now able to speak, record images and duplicate sound waves.
The next limiting factor involved the portability of this information. We wanted to be able to move the information more rapidly from one place to the other. We discovered new ways of moving our information. The telegraph was developed, radio was created, the telephone put into place. Television had a major impact on our ability to communicate. We invented fax machines and computers. Communication is now growing at an ever increasing pace.
Even with all of this we have still discovered limitations. To communicate inexpensively we still needed to bring the communicator and the communicant together at the same time. To make our communication sessions persistent required a monetary investment. This investment could make some information cost prohibitive. Another drawback to persistent information is that it is static in nature. Once information is created and disseminated changes require a reinvestment. The real expense in information change is the dissemination method. All of the books must be reprinted, catalogs, video tapes, etc. Consequently, change is not an easy thing to do. The problem stems from the way we disseminate information. This is where the Internet comes in.
All along we have been storing information and disseminating it using atoms. That is to say we are storing our communications on physical, tangible mediums. What is revolutionary about the Internet is the way that we store and disseminate information, we use an intangible medium called bits. A bit is a non physical, reusable, storage medium that is capable of representing written word, images and sound representation. A bit can also travel at the speed of light from one location to another and it has persistence until it is changed. Now we only need to maintain the original master copy of our information and dissemination is a copy of the master at that instant in time. What's so great about the Internet, bits versus atoms.
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Websocket endpoint¶
While websockets are still being specified, a draft specification for XMPP over websockets has been published at http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-moffitt-xmpp-over-websocket-00. Websockets enables web browsers to establish duplex communications with servers with very little overhead.
Vysper provides a websocket endpoint. The easiest way to use the endpoint is to simply add it as a regular endpoint:
XMPPServer server = new XMPPServer("vysper.org"); server.addEndpoint(new TCPEndpoint()); server.addEndpoint(new WebSocketEndpoint()); server.start();
That's it. The default configuration will start a web server on port 8080 and supply websockets on http://vysper.org:8080/.
The port and context path can be configured:
WebSocketEndpoint wsEndpoint = new WebSocketEndpoint(); wsEndpoint.setContextPath("/xmpp"); wsEndpoint.setPort(9000); server.addEndpoint(wsEndpoint);
Commonly, there's a need to use websockets within the context of a web application. For that purpose, there is a servlet available that can be configured in web.xml inside your regular application.
Vysper currently supports this for Jetty and Apache Tomcat 7.0.27 or later.
For Jetty, add the following to your web.xml:
WebSocketEndpoint wsEndpoint = new WebSocketEndpoint(); wsEndpoint.setSSLEnabled(true); wsEndpoint.setSSLCertificateKeystore("keystore.jks", "sekrit"); server.addEndpoint(wsEndpoint);
For Tomcat, add the following to your web.xml:
<servlet> <servlet-name>WebSocket Servlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.apache.vysper.xmpp.extension.websockets.TomcatXmppWebSocketServlet</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>WebSocket Servlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/ws</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping>
Also, when using the servlet, the main Vysper XMPP server needs to be started by some other mean, typically via a context listener. The ServerRuntimeContext of the Vysper server needs to be made available within the servlet context under the key "org.apache.vysper.xmpp.server.ServerRuntimeContext". There's an example application included in the Vysper distribution which does this. The source code is available here: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/mina/vysper/trunk/examples/embedded-war/


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CELTIC boss Neil Lennon admits he would be happy to see the back of the Old Firm fixture as a manager.
But he remains torn on the need for Rangers to survive in the Scottish game because the Glasgow derby means so much to so many.
Lennon insists he is right to comment on the cash crisis at Ibrox because it affects his biggest challengers.
Celtic go into today's match at Hibs with a 14-point lead in the SPL after Rangers were docked 10 points last week for entering administration.
Lennon said: "Does Scottish football need Rangers? I don't know. Most people would say yes.
"I have been asked if we need a strong Rangers and our answer is no.
"However, if you lose the derbies you are losing the best fixture in Scotland and one of the best in the world.
"As a player I'd miss it but not as a manager. They are pretty fraught as a manager."
Lennon took to Twitter on Thursday to say the press conference involving Gers' administrators was as clear as mud.
He said: "People say it is none of my business but I have a vested interest as boss of their biggest rival."


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I have Garza and H. Hendrick coming of the DL this week or early next week. I need to drop a couple players or make an upgrade somewhere to make room.
Are any of my pitchers obvious drop candidates out of that list?
I was thinking about CJ. Wilson or Cole Hamels.
HTH Points Daily Changes
These are my players, not necessarily my lineup.
C Alex Avila
1B Albert Pujols
2B Neil Walker
3B Alex Rodriguez
SS Jose Reyes
OF Andre Either
OF Colby Rasmus
OF Mike Stanton
OF Jose Tabata
DH Victor Martinez
Util Brendan Ryan
BN Bobby Abreu, Justin Turner, Maicer Izturis, Rajai Davis, Ben Zobrist
DL --Howie Kendrick, M. Garza
SP J. Chacin, J. Lester, J Weaver, M. Latos, H. Kuroda, J. Garcia
RP J. Walden, B. Wilson, K. Farnsworth
Singles-1, Doubles-2, Triples-3, Home Runes-5, Walks-1, Runs Scored-1, RBI's-2, Stolen Bases-2, K's- -2, Hits-1, Hit by Pitch-1, Sacrifices-2, Game Winning RBI-4, Caught Stealing--2, Ground into Double Play--1, Hitting for Cycle-20, Grand Slam-7, Outfield Assist-1, Errors-1
IP-3, Wins-10, Saves 7, K's-1, Walks--1, Hit Batsmen--1, Wild Pitch--1, Pick Off-1, Complete Game-5, No Hitter-10, Earned Runs--1, Loss--5, Blown Save--4, Hit Allowed--1, Shutout-10, HR Allowed--1, Balk--1, Hold-2, Quality Starts-3, Perfect Game-20


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CEAPA Constitution
Section 1 - Name
1.1 The Association will be called the Canadian Employee Assistance Program Association (hereinafter referred to as "the Association" or as "CEAPA"
a) To represent the interests and breadth of the Canadian EAP Community, geography, language and culture to ensure appropriate representation of participating groups.
b) To mobilize the Canadian EAP community to provide effective assistance to employees and their families, through the promotion of standards, education, information and advocacy.
c) To ensure the standards, education and information are provided to Association members.
d) To promote the concept of EAP in Canada
e) To provide effective liaison with appropriate provincial, national and international groups who have an interest in EAP.
Section 3 - Registered Office
Section 4 - Seal
a) The business of the Association shall be managed by the Board of Directors, which shall consist of not more than nine members nor less than five members.
b) The Directors shall formulate the policy of the Association, subject to the approval of the membership.
c) The Directors shall be authorized to spend whatever monies that are necessary to carry out the aims and objectives of the Association.
d) The Directors shall be responsible to the membership of the Association for all business transacted or any actions taken by them.
5.2 Eligibility:
a) An individual must be a member in good standing of the Association and must support the Associations objectives.
b) No more than one (2) employees from the same organization may hold office on the Board of Directors at any one time
5.3 Quorum:
A Quorum of Directors may exercise all of the powers of the Directors. A quorum shall be made up of five Directors.
5.4 First Directors:
The applicants for incorporation shall become the First Directors of the Association.
5.5 Successors to the First Directors:
a) The Past-President shall serve as an ex-officio member.
5.6 Election of the Directors:
Subject to the previous section, Directors shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Association. The procedure to be followed is to be established, for example
a) The President shall appoint a nominating committee at least three (3) months prior to the Annual General Meeting, at which time elections shall be held.
b) The Nominating Committee shall send nomination forms to all members of the Association. Completed forms shall be returned within a time frame specified by the Nominating Committee. Each from shall be signed by the proposer.
c) At the Annual General Meeting the Nominating Committee shall report to the members willing to stand for election. Additional nominations may be lead form the floor at the Annual General Meeting. Nominations must be consented to in writing by the nominees.
d) Election of the Directors shall be conducted at the Annual General Meeting. They shall then elect the officers at the first opportunity.
e) A defeated candidate may be nominated for a subsequent position. Any member in good standing may be nominated or elected as an officer of the Association.
5.7 Term of Office and Filling of Vacancies:
a) Directors shall be elected for terms of three (3) years. Terms of office begin the first day of the fiscal year immediately following the year in which the election occurred.
5.8 Vacation of Office/ Removal of Directors:
a) In the case of resignation, the departing Director shall appoint a successor to fulfill the remainder of the term; subject to ratification of the Board.
b) In the event of resignations and vacancies, the Board of Directors may appoint members to fill the position until the next election.
c) The membership, in a special meeting called for this purpose, can remove a Director by special resolution and a majority vote.
Section 6 - Officers
6.2 Duties of Officers:
a) The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer and spokesperson for the Association.
b) The Vice-President shall perform the duties of President in the President's absence and other duties assigned by the President.
c) The Secretary shall notify members of meetings, record minutes of meetings in permanent form and distribute them and conduct correspondence as may be required.
d) The Treasurer shall collect and deposit, in a recognized financial institution, all monies pertaining to the Association, shall pay accounts as approved by the Executive, maintain and update a statement of receipts and expenditures, provide an audited financial statement at the close of fiscal year for inclusion in the Annual Report, and invest funds as approved by the Executive.
e) The Committee Chairpersons shall perform such duties as assigned by the President
6.3 Election of Officers:
a) President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected to the Board of Directors for a one-year term, not excluding further terms.
b) The election of officers shall take place at the Annual General Meeting and shall be conducted prior to the election of Directors.
c) The nomination process described in subsection 5.5 for Directors shall be used for the nomination of officers.
d) The election for the office of President shall take place first, and the election of the other officers shall take place in the following order: Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary.
e) A defeated candidate may be nominated for a subsequent position.
f) Any member may be nominated or elected as an officer of the Association.
6.4 Powers of the Executive:
a) The President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer shall constitute the Executive. They shall carry out the functions delegated to them by the Directors of the Association.
Section 7 - Meetings
7.2 Meetings of the Executive, the Board of Directors, of all the Committees and of the general membership shall be scheduled in consultation with the Executive.
7.3 The Board of Directors shall meet at least four (4) times a year, either directly or by means of conference calls.
Section 8 - Membership
a) signs and abides by the Association's code of ethics; and b) completes a membership form, as required by the Association; and c) is approved as a member by the Board of Directors of the Association
8.2 Membership fees shall be established by the Executive, and will be announced at the Annual General Meeting. To maintain membership, and current members are required to pay membership fees within the first ninety (90) days of the fiscal year.
8.3 A membership can be terminated by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors, if the member in question has proven to have intentionally acted in a manner detrimental to the welfare of the Association.
8.4 Each individual member in good standing shall be entitled to one vote on each question arising during any special or Annual General Meeting of the members.
8.5 Employers, practitioners, groups representing employees\unions who abide by the CEAPA's code of ethics, others involved or interested in the delivery of EAP programs.
Section 9 - Committees
Section 10 - Finances
10.2 All payments are to be made by cheque.
10.3 Signing officers include the Treasurer and any one of the following. President, Vice- President, Secretary.
10.4 A financial report shall be made regularly to the Executive and to members.
Section 11 - Memberships
a) Deeds, transfers assignments, contracts, obligations, certificates and other instruments may be signed on behalf of the Association by any one of the Directors of Officers. In addition, the Board may from time to time direct the manner in which and the person or persons by whom any particular instrument or class of instruments may or shall be signed. Any signing officer may affix the corporate seal (if any) to any instrument. Any signing officer may certify a copy of any instrument, resolution, by-law or other document of the Association to be a true copy thereof.
Section 12 - Property of the Association
12.2 Power to Invest:
a) To invest funds of the Association in such manner as the Directors may determine in those investments authorized by law for Trustees.
b) To invest and re-invest the funds of the Association in such manner as determined by the Directors, and in making such investments, the Directors shall not be limited to investments authorized by law for Trustees, provided such investments are reasonable, prudent and sagacious under the circumstances and do not constitute, either directly or indirectly., a conflict of interest.
12.3 Power to Solicit Donations and Grants:
a) To solicit and receive donations, bequests, legacies and grants, and to enter into agreements, contracts and undertakings incidental thereto.
12.4 Power To Receive Personal Property: a) To acquire, by purchase, contract, donation, legacy, gift, grant, bequest or otherwise, any personal property and to enter into carry out any agreements, contracts or undertakings incidental thereto, and to sell, dispose of and convey the same or any part thereof, as may be considered advisable.12.5 Power to Hire:
a) To employ and pay such assistants, clerks, agents, representatives and employees, and to procure, equip and maintain such offices and other facilities and to incur such reasonable expenses as may be necessary, provided that the corporation shall not pay any remuneration to a Director in any capacity whatsoever.
12.6 Power to Co-operate with Other Charitable Organizations:
a) To co-operate, liaise and contract with other charitable organizations, institutions or agencies which carry on similar object to that of the Association.
12.7 Power to Issue Cheques:
a) To draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue cheques and other negotiable or transferable instruments.
12.8 Power to Pay Cost of Incorporation:
a) To pay all costs and expenses of, or incidental to , the incorporation.
Section 13 - Amendments
Section 14 - Rules of Order
Section 15 - Dissolution
15.2 Upon dissolution the remaining property of the Association shall be distributed or disposed of to an organization in Canada, which is charitable or beneficial to the community and whose purposes are most similar to those of the Association at the time.


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The 70-year-old, who would be the oldest first-term president in United States history, announced on the popular Tonight Show with David Letterman last month that he would seek the White House.
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He is also a vocal opponent of the war in Iraq and ran against George W Bush in 1999 for the Republican candidacy in the ill-fated election of 2000 when Bush won after a wrangle between himself and Democrat candidate Al Gore that went up to the Supreme Court.
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Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones," including speculation of future events.
HBO just released new images from the upcoming "Game of Thrones" season seven episode, "Stormborn." Fans have high hopes for an epic reunion between Arya Stark and her direwolf, but what else can we expect?
The official (and maddeningly vague) synopsis for the episode reads: "Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) receives an unexpected visitor. Jon (Kit Harington) faces a revolt. Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) plans the conquest of Westeros."
Let's take a closer look at the new photos to see if we can glean some clues about what's in store.
In the north, Jon Snow and Littlefinger will face off in the crypts of Winterfell. This is cause for serious speculation, given scenes from the trailers.
We believe Jon could learn about his true parentage in the crypts, and Littlefinger could be the one to tell him. Either way, Jon will shove Littlefinger up against a wall in the crypts for some reason. We can't wait to see this showdown.
Regardless, it looks like Jon will travel in this episode. The synopsis said he faces a revolt, though, so why would he leave in the middle of tumultuous times?
On the previous episode, Sam Tarly said he was going to write to Jon and let him know about the dragonglass in Dragonstone. Could that be where Jon is headed? Or is he going south to try and recruit more allies for the way against the Night King?
Speaking of Sam, he's still toiling away in Oldtown. Hopefully we don't get anymore montages of his unpleasant work duties.
To learn more about how that season seven premiere moment came to life, read our interview with "Game of Thrones" director Jeremy Podeswa.


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Whenever I say something to my mom in a normal voice, she says thats my tone is rude and disrespectful. When to me its just the way that I talk.
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The NZ Dollar falls while Strength returns to the Pound – Currency Strength and Weakness for Friday 23rd September 2016
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Overall there is weakness in the NZD and JPY
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Blázquez Pérez, Ricardo
Order in College:
Cardinal Priest
With Title:
Santa Maria in Vallicella
Native Country:
Appointed by:
Pope Francis
on 14 February 2015
Ecclesiastical Office:
Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
Papal Elector:
Ineligible on 13 April 2022
Ricardo Blázquez Pérez was born in Villanueva del Campillo, Spain on 13 April 1942 to a family of humble farmers. At the age of 13 he entered the minor seminary of Avila and later continued at the city's major seminary. He was ordained a priest on 18 February 1967. He was sent to Rome to continue his studies, earning a doctorate in theology. His thesis was entitled:
The Resurrection in Christology according to Wolfhart Pannenberg
. During this period he spent time in Munich researching, studying with Prof. Pannenberg himself. In his 21 years of ministry as a priest, he served mostly in accademia. From 1972-1974 he served as secretary of the Theological Institute of Avila, then from 1974-1988 as professor, and from 1978-1981 as dean of the Faculty of Theology and then vice-rector of the Pontifical University of Salamanca. He was ordained a bishop on 29 May 1988 following his appointment as titular Bishop of Germa di Galazia and Auxiliary of Santiago di Compostela. On 26 May 1992 he was appointed Bishop of Palencia and then on 8 September 1995 he was transferred to the Diocese of Bilbao. From 2000-2005 he served as grand chancellor of the Pontifical University of Salamanca. He has served on various commissions within the Bishops' Conference of Spain including the Doctrine of the Faith from 1988-1993 and the Liturgical Commission 1990-1993. He then served as president of the Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1993-2003 and of the Commission for Interconfessional Relations from 2002-2005, when he was elected president of the episcopal conference. At the end of his mandate as president, he served as vice-president until Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Valladolid on 13 March 2010. On 29 March 2014 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for Institutes for Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. He has participated in various Synods and has collaborated in drafting various documents of the bishops' conference.
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Water heating amounts to nearly 20 percent of a home's energy costs, so when it's time to replace your water heater, you need to make sure you get the most bang for your buck. But with so many new options out there, what do you need to know when replacing a water heater?
1 – What capacity do you need? You can use this handy chart to determine what capacity will best serve your home. How much water you need can also be a factor in determining whether a tankless water heater would work well in your home.
2 – What type do you need? There are many types of water heaters to choose from. Many of them will help cut emissions and utility bills, but cost more up front. For more information on the different options, the Consumer Reports buying guide gives a quick rundown on each type of water heater and recommendations for best use scenarios. If you decide to change things up and install a different type of water heater than the one you are replacing, make sure you have the infrastructure to make that change. You may need to do some retrofitting of pipes and lines to make it happen.
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E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: +44-7780-660753
Facebook: Ernest W. Adams
Skype: ewadams
Read my books!
I offer fun and informative workshops on various aspects of game design.
These are intensive, hands-on experiences for anyone who wants to learn about designing computer and video games. All the workshops begin with a lecture, then challenge you to apply what you've learned to flesh out a new game concept. They're suitable for anyone from undergraduates to industry professionals. Most are paper-based, no computers required! Click on the titles to learn more about each one. For the logistical requirements of the workshops,
please scroll to the bottom of the page or click here.
Fundamental Principles of Game Design
The most popular workshop. It's a day-long exploration of the basics of the craft, covering core mechanics, gameplay, user interface design, concept art, level design, and even a small story. Designed for teams of 5 or 4.
Character Design WorkshopA one-day workshop devoted specifically to character design, concentrating on creating a believable game hero and giving him or her exciting things to do in a richly-imagined world. Intended for teams of 4.
Fundamentals Mini-WorkshopA scaled-down version of the Fundamentals workshop, this lasts anywhere from a blinding-fast 90 minutes to four hours. It concentrates on designing the primary gameplay mode for a new game.
Intended for teams of 2 or 3.
User Interface Design WorkshopA one-day workshop. Each team mocks up several different gameplay modes for a hypothetical game that I give them, using PowerPoint. We discuss them afterwards.Computers required.
Introduction to Interactive StorytellingA one-day
introductory workshop intended for people who know something about storytelling, but aren't familiar with video games. It's ideal for people from other media, such as writers and animators. It consists of two mini-workshops back to back. For teams of 4.
Interactive Storytelling 5-Day WorkshopThis is the big one. Five days of deep, serious, thought about creating interactive stories. The participants learn to design characters and integrate player actions with a plot line to create an emotionally compelling experience. Computers required.
Designing for Accessibility
This short workshop introduces participants to the essential issues of making games accessible to players with a variety of handicaps. After the introductory lecture, they are assigned a disability and a game genre at random, and design a game for that condition.(Dedicated web page under construction)
Serious Games WorkshopUsing the same techniques as in the Fundamental Principles workshop, participants work to design a game with a message -- be it educational, advertising, or political. They have to decide how the mechanics and user interface of their game convey the message.(Dedicated web page under construction)
Motion Gameplay WorkshopThe Nintendo Wii was the first motion-sensing video game controller to really catch on, and it has revolutionized game design for games that involve physical activities such as sports, dancing, and martial arts. This 3-hour workshop challenges participants to design the primary gameplay mode of a new game using motion
gameplay. For teams of 2.
Casual Free-to-Play Games Workshop* NEW! *By letting players pay only when they want to, casual free-to-play online games make far more money than conventional subscription-based games. This short workshop teaches how these games entertain and how they
are monetized. Participants will devise a casual free-to-play game based on a given theme.(Dedicated web page under construction.)
Some of my clients:
SonyBioWareCrytekUbisoft CanadaCornell UniversityRutgers UniversityDublin Institute of Technology, IrelandArtificial Mind and Movement (A2M)Rochester Institute of TechnologyRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteUniversity of Gotland, SwedenGames Academy, BerlinFuse 04 Conference, New ZealandUniversity of Art and Design, FinlandArt Futura Festival,
BarcelonaSAGAS Writing Interactive FictionGame Developers' Conference
Read about some of the best results!
A Lead Designer presents his team's new game.
How the workshops operate.
"A great workshop! I found Ernest Adams to be a well-spoken, sympathetic and experienced lecturer. The single day with him was a great learning experience I wouldn't want to miss – and it was over all too soon. After a few hours I found myself and my teammates with an idea for a computer game we would never have thought of."
— Nicolaas Bongaerts, Student, Games Academy 2003
Read more testimonials.
After the opening lecture, I organize the teams, usually by lottery. I give each one a different game idea in a sealed envelope (except in the User Interface and Interactive Storytelling workshops). Each idea is unique and is something that has never been developed
commercially. This guarantees that every team has something different to present at the end of the day.
The worksheets guide the teams through the process and help them to document their thinking. Most workshops are divided into collaborative, individual, and consolidation phases. In the final phase, the teams assemble their results into an informal presentation or poster. Throughout the workshop, I visit each team in turn to see how they're doing and offer guidance. But nobody
gets too much help! My role is to discuss alternatives, not to give "right" answers.
After they have finished work, each team either gives a presentation to the group, or if there are too many teams, a poster session where everyone can mingle and see what the others have done. I then wrap it up with feedback on each game and a few final thoughts.
There are no pre-requisites. The only experience you need is a love of games.
I critique each team's work.
I do workshops both for companies and universities, and at public events such as the Game Developers' Conference. If you'd like me to run a workshop at your school, company, or event, send me E-mail to arrange a suitable location and time. Please get in touch early—my time can be booked up as much as six months in advance.
Logistical Requirements - please read carefully!
Fees and Expenses
I normally charge a flat fee to the workshop sponsor based on the workshop length, not on the number of attendees. In addition to my fee, it will be up to you to supply travel, lodging, and other expenses unless otherwise stated. Send me E-mail to work out the details.


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New EMC Innovations Bring Enterprise-Grade Scale-Out Data Lake to Life
Isilon Delivers 2X the Performance at Half the Cost; Isilon and Pivotal Unite To Deliver Hadoop Analytics for Data Lakes
Story Highlights
- Updates to EMC Isilon storage deliver the industry's first enterprise-grade, scale-out Data Lake, enabling next-generation workloads such as Hadoop analytics, cloud and mobile.
- Order of magnitude more scalable than other approaches for data consolidation into a single file system, single volume Data Lake.
- New Isilon S210 and Isilon X410 platforms feature 2X performance
- New SmartFlash flash-cache capabilities and support for next-generation workload protocols.
- EMC and Pivotal launch new Data Lake Hadoop Bundle that unlocks insights from unstructured data.
Connect With Us:
- Live Streaming: To view the live streaming of the Redefine Possible event, visit: http://www.emc.com/redefinepossible
- Social: Join the conversation with #RedefinePossible. Stay engaged with EMC by following EMC Corporation on Twitter @EMCCorp and on Facebook.
- Live Chat: Ask Jeremy Burton anything during a live chat today. Click here to register and use #RedefinePossible to join in.
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced a major upgrade to EMC Isilon OneFS, new Isilon platforms and new solutions that reinforce the industry's first enterprise-grade, scale-out Data Lake. The new products and capabilities, which include ongoing support for HDFS, will help customers significantly advance their ability to ingest, store, protect and manage massive amounts of unstructured data. By leveraging HDFS for the Data Lake, EMC enables customers to bring Hadoop to their Big Data rather than vice versa—avoiding the time and costs involved with moving petabytes of data.
Data Lakes are gaining popularity as the go-to, highly scalable repository for storing data from a wide variety of sources, generated by traditional and next-generation workloads, and consumed through a range of mechanisms without needing to be managed by separate, multiple silos of storage. Data Lakes are an order of magnitude more scalable than existing approaches for consolidation into a single file system, single volume Data Lake and, with today's Hadoop capabilities, the Isilon Data Lake is analytic-ready.
New EMC Isilon software, hardware and solution offerings enable customers to build an enterprise-grade, scale-out Data Lake that leverages EMC Isilon storage and enterprise-grade services including data protection, data management, performance management and security. Core to its Data Lake offering, EMC has redefined scale-out NAS through two new EMC Isilon platforms – the Isilon S210 and Isilon X410 – and OneFS software, delivering 2X the performance and heightened agility over previous generations.
Long known for its near-limitless scale, EMC Isilon easily handles petabytes of Big Data in industries that create massive amounts of sensitive data that directly correlate to their bottom lines, including Media & Entertainment, Financial Services and Life Sciences. The new EMC Isilon offerings work together to further enhance scale per cluster, performance, agility and cost-effectiveness in these most-demanding environments.
Other solutions create "islands" of storage that are difficult and costly to manage, resulting in hot spots, inefficiencies and poor storage utilization. They also require heavy lifting to scale. The Isilon-enabled Data Lake supports multiple protocols and access methods such as NFS, SMB, NDMP, HDFS, OBJECT via ViPR and OpenStack SWIFT native Object, supporting both traditional workloads such as home directories and file shares as well as next-generation workloads such as analytics, cloud applications and mobile sync-and-share.
New Software and Platforms
EMC Isilon's operating system, OneFS, is a core building block for Isilon Scale-Out NAS. The new version (OneFS 7.1.1) includes new SmartFlash, a flash-based cache enabling customers to get to their data more quickly which can scale up to one petabyte in a single cluster. The result is optimized performance with simplified management, 100% flash efficiency and reduced latency for traditional and next-generation workloads.
EMC also unveiled the Isilon S210 and X410. The Isilon S210 runs up to 3.75 million IOPS per cluster and provides flexible configuration and deployment, making it ideal for high transactional workloads ideal for industries such as media and entertainment and financial services. The Isilon X410 offers 70% increase in throughput at 33% less $/MBPS, and its versatility easily supports Hadoop analytics, high performance computing and enterprise file applications.
New Hadoop Big Data Analytics Solutions
Also announced today, EMC and Pivotal revealed a new Big Data Analytics Solution, reinforcing EMC's position as an industry leader in Hadoop storage infrastructure. EMC is the first scale-out NAS provider to natively integrate HDFS for Big Data analytics, and the #1 market leader in enterprise shared storage for HDFS. The solution is offered as a Data Lake Hadoop Bundle, providing the ability to gain powerful analytics capabilities quickly and easily with the cost advantages of a highly efficient scale-out platform.
In related news, VCE today announced that it will offer Vblock Systems with EMC® Isilon® for scale-out VDI and Hadoop analytics through new technology extensions.
EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.1 and the S210 and X410 storage platforms and all solutions will be generally available in July 2014. Support for enhanced HDFS and OpenStack SWIFT Object protocols are expected to be available by the end of 2014.
Analyst Quote:
Terri McClure, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group
"The rate of innovation in unstructured data storage has accelerated significantly over the past five years. Scale-out architectures that used to be considered cutting edge technology used only for high-performance computing have been applied to core data center operations, giving us a base to build new scalable IT solutions on. Now EMC, with its next-generation Isilon product, is delivering on the promise of shared data across applications and accessible anywhere, any time."
Customer Quote:
Saker Klippsten, CTO, Zoic Studios
"EMC has shown its commitment to pushing design forward with the new X410 and X210 platforms by increasing performance and capacity for Isilon, giving companies like ours the room to grow intelligently. We tend to push these products well beyond what most industries could test against, not only from a performance standpoint, but in actual production usage. Like some of our peers in media and entertainment, we're already delivering shows in 4K, which has a profound impact on our infrastructure. With data growing what seems exponentially, there are very few platform choices we can trust our data with that can give us the performance confidence of delivering our projects on time. Isilon is agile enough to optimize for many different types of access patterns, which is why it's our product of choice."
EMC Executive quote:
Sam Grocott, Vice President of Product Management and Product Marketing, EMC Isilon
"The Isilon scale-out Data Lake is EMC's strategy to solve the world's biggest storage challenge, the growth of unstructured data created by traditional and next-gen applications. This rollout of the new EMC Isilon software, platforms and solutions are designed to help our customers address these challenges while driving faster time to results and reducing costs."
About EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Public Safety De-escalation Tactics for Military Veterans in Crisis
This course provides public safety personnel (i.e. law enforcement, fire, EMS and 911 dispatchers) with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to defuse crisis situations that can arise when veterans reintegrate into their communities. Military veterans experience a unique set of circumstances upon returning to civilian society post-deployment. They can suffer physical and psychological aftereffects from traumatic experiences that can lead to injury to themselves, their families and public safety/law enforcement personnel.
Agencies who send trainers for the train the trainer component will be able to bring the course back to their own organizations for ongoing delivery.
Training Day 1 – Designated agency trainers, along with general public safety personnel, may attend this 8 -hour, "Public Safety De-escalation Tactics for Military Veterans in Crisis" course. Topics include:
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A Moralmatters reader remarks on Obama speaking to the college crowd:
"This [Obama's] speech is total nonsense and lies. Take everything you read here and think the opposite. That is the REAL truth."
White House Occupier Obama speaking with forked tongue [again]:
Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works. They'll warn that tyranny always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, and creative, and unique experiment in self-rule is somehow just a sham with which we can't be trusted.
We have never been a people who place all our faith in government to solve our problems. We shouldn't want to. But we don't think the government is the source of all our problems, either. Because we understand that this democracy is ours. And as citizens, we understand that it's not about what America can do for us, it's about what can be done by us, together, through the hard and frustrating but absolutely necessary work of self-government. And class of 2013, you have to be involved in that process. – Obama To Grads: Reject Voices That Warn About Government Tyranny – realclearpolitics.com/
Obama's lies the State of the Union Address and Americans who love Obama's lies – moralmatters.org/2013/02/12/
Also related, as Obama won't be able to snake oil sell the Triune God:
- Hell to Pay: Believing that something is a figment of the imagination doesn't change its hereafter reality – thechristianmessage.org/2010/10/
"When did big government and big media ever tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
A thinking person will question what he hears; examine what he sees; and evaluate what others would have him believe."
– Pastor emeritus Nathan M. Bickel
Note – The following link provides contact information to our nation's top political personalities.They are the elected leaders:
The Complete List of Email Addresses and Fax Numbers for the U.S. Congress and Governors – conservativeusa.org/
Also –
U.S. Constitution Online – usconstitution.net/
Posted by:
Pastor emeritus Nathan M. Bickel
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Accidents and odors
After I got them potty trained, they still would sometimes have accidents.
At night was probably the worst for my son Caleb. If I forgot to remind him to use the potty before bedtime, sometimes he would have an accident in bed.
What's worse is the stains left behind by accidents. It didn't matter how many times I washed things the stain still lingered.
I have tried many sprays that are supposed to contain odor fighting ingredients. Some just cover it and others do not have such a pleasant smell like they claim.
Then I came across a spray called S.O.S which is a smoke, odor, and stain eliminator. I was skeptical this would even work. It is made by a company most people have not even heard of.
I tested it on my furniture, in my garbage can, and on my oldest children's bags and things- their father smokes. So when they come back from dad's house everything smells like cigarette smoke. It's embarassing for us to be smelling like that.
I love S.O.S because it really does eliminate the odors. They don't come back after awhile either.
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It was on my carpet for two days before I used S.O.S. I sprayed it on the stained area. I let it sit. I came back a few hours later and sprayed some more then I started working on it with a wash cloth. At first I was concerned I was just spreading it rather than cleaning it up.
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There are 2 set available, 6 figure in each set. but i only buy one set to try. I choose this set because i love the white ironman =p
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Don't get confused with the blog name. I did register the blog with the intention to sell stuff but turn out i'm not good at business.lol Just sharing, my obsession towards toys especially lego Please do not hesitate to contact me if u wanna have talk about lego and other stuff =)
There are 2 set available, 6 figure in each set. but i only buy one set to try. I choose this set because i love the white ironman =p
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Cool! Can i know what is the price?ReplyDelete
In malaysia, i got them at rm5 per figure =) postage is another rm6 for all 6 =)Delete
Do you know where these can be purchased online?ReplyDelete
mudah.com.my or lelong.com.myDelete
Hey guys, thanks for replying =). Yup, if in malaysia, use mudah is easier. But china website such as taobao have much more choice =). Its just the delivery might take long time to arrive your house.Delete
In malaysia i bought that 7rm. From 10rm the seller offers me��Delete
I'm sure you enjoy them very much. who doesn't love toys with light =)Delete
Those sites won't work so well for me since I am in Canada. Can't find these Iron Man Flash Lights on EBay or on Aliexpress. Taobao isn't so easy to use lol! Thanks for your help though!ReplyDelete
Hi there! Thanks for your time to visit my blog. About tabao, I also have difficulty to use it, since I don't know Chinese language/character at all. Lol. But I manage to order some stuff with help by Google Chrome browser (auto convert Chinese to english) =)Delete
Does that Taobao website ship to the USA?Delete
I live in Laos and I bought Spider-Man and Superman of those a few days ago. They were packaged in normal size minifig boxes though. I did not realize they weren't normal figs until I got home :-)
Thank you for blog. I am glad I found it before I got the JLB DragonBall figs.
hi thanks for visiting.. i'm glad some of my pics can assist your decision =)Delete
Your blog is great, please keep it up. If you see the new minifigure set by JLB, the Simpsons set, could you please get it and do a review. I would be very appreciative!ReplyDelete
Hi there, thanks for visiting my blog. sure, i will try get some of them and do a review too =)Delete
Hi, Thanks for your blog. Your site is very useful. Could you please provide some links directly to buy the full set (12 pieces) of those LeTai Iron Man? I've been googling and found nothing... I've also tried Taobao, Mudah dan Lelong without any luck... Thank you.ReplyDelete
Hi there. I try to search in mudah too but cannot find any. Im so sorry. This is not very famous brand so i doubt many place will have it. =(Delete
DO u have the photo of another set with patriotic and war machine? Thanks for sharingReplyDelete
Oh so sorry i only have these 6 =(Delete
Hi, how to buy it? I'm in Indonesia, there is nothing like that here, i love these things 😍ReplyDelete


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Edgar Rice Burroughs Holding, that owns the rights to this literary character, has finally signed the contract with the British developer Microgaming. The Creative Licensing Corp company took part in the transaction. We do not know for sure what the price of the agreement was, but we do know that the new online pokie will […]Will the gambling industry survive?
Probably the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of gambling are the showy, bright and high buildings that dot the horizon in Las Vegas. The multibillion-dollar industry is well-known and controversial: making some rich, it makes others empty their wallets and leaves them with literally nothing.Online pokies game Goal! is already available at online casinos
A well-known online casinos software provider Realistic Games, was proud to announce the release of its new product Goal! More than that, almost instantly after the announce the new online pokie game became available for play.In Australia, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike might be treated as gambling
An Australian parliament representative Nick Xenophon suggested that such computer games as Dota 2 and Counter-Strike should be considered gambling games. This initiative is basing on the fact that both Dota 2 and Counter-Strike offer paid services that allow you to win prizes while using the system of random presents. And this, according to Nick […]Casinos and gambling in Australia
Australia is known as a tourist country, famous for its tourist attractions and strange flora and fauna. In addition this, the land is also recognized as a continent that loves sports. And one of the most common types of sports is, quite surprisingly, considered poker. There are about 18 major casinos and 30,000 slot machines […]Flash online pokies
The most popular format with online pokies machines players is probably flash. To start with, one does not need to download software or meet special established system requirements. Specially for the numerous players they developed a huge number of flash games for casinos, but we'll still recommend only the leaders from Microgaming. They have flash […]Charms and Clovers online pokies game
One of the leader of 3D online games development Betsoft Gaming is proud to announce the release of a new product – a slot machine Charms and Clovers. New slot adds up to the wildly popular Slots3 collection. It has a sixth reel, which allows players to make a profit of four unique bonus features. […]New online slot game
Birds! is the newest video pokie game released by Betsoft software manufacturer, known for developing games with 3D-graphics. Details on the slot Birds! is a modern 5-reel online pokie with 25 paylines with funny-looking birds on them. They arrive on the left side of the screen and sit on stylised telephone wires. In the game […]Microgaming launches a football tournament
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The popularity of online gambling in Australia has increased exponentially over the past 10 years since the inception of the industry. Given that 80% of Aussies gamble at least once a year, making sports betting, playing online pokies and table casino games. According to The Economist the number of adults who gamble in Australia is […]


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Hummer Wheels
Hummer Wheels
Hummer custom aftermarket wheels are one of the best looking modifications anyone can do to their vehicle because they say so much about the type of owner you are. You can choose something flashy if you just want to cruise in style, you can select some really tough looking rims if you hit the dirt paths frequently or you can choose a sick combination of the two!
Hummer wheel packages are a great way to go because you save money on high quality rims made from forged aluminum. Most of the time the aluminum wheels weigh much less than you Hummer OEM rims which will let you accelerate slightly quicker and even save you some money in your wallet but cutting gas costs, something we'd all like to do.
Hummer custom rims are a popular upgrade because of the variety of styles there are available to choose from, it's hard to choose just one set. Also you'll have to decide which size of Hummer wheels package you'll want to go with because there sizes available from 17 inches all the way to 26 inches.
Hummer rims sets are designed so anyone can install them. The installation takes a few minutes. All you do is safely secure your car, remove the stock rims and toss on your brand new wheels and you'll be cruising in style in no time. Street Beat Customs has a full line of cool Hummer custom chrome rims for you to choose from so you can get your project looking fly right away!


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Are you ready for spring? Tired of these last few weeks of the winter doldrums (even in such a mild winter as this one has been for much of us)? Then get ready to laugh, because Gilda's LaughFest in Grand Rapids, Michigan is on a mission to make you – and your kids – chuckle, guffaw, or just outright burst out laughing.
This year's LaughFest will be held from March 8 through March 18, and events will be held at various locations throughout downtown Grand Rapids. A full schedule (and venue map) can be found on their website, but there is definitely something to appeal to everyone – whether you're looking for stand-up comedy, humorous artwork, parties, dance, film, theatre and more.
As with last year's inaugural event, there are a lot of options either specifically aimed at kids, or which are family-friendly with clean humor. Below are a few highlights that families should be sure to check out:
Baby Loves Disco – March 9 and 10, 10:30am and 2:30pm.
This fun dance party not only features real music (DJs blending classic disco from the 70's and 80's) but also gets the little ones moving with bubble machines, egg-shakers, scarves and more. There's a chill-out room plus healthy snacks and diaper changing stations. What a fun way to get parents and kids moving and grooving together!
Super Saturday Kids Zone – March 10, 10:0am to 2:00pm and Saturday Night Teen Zone – March 10, 7:00 to 10:00 pm
During the day, come for kid-friendly activities, including laser tag, boulder dash, moon bounce, face painters, sand and spin art and more. Then bring your teens back in the evening to enjoy laser tag, a live DJ with dancing, a mechanical bull and more.
Family Improv Workshop – March 10 and 17, 11:00am
Gather your family and have a blast doing improv together!
Don't Let The Pigeon Fall Down Laughing – various dates and times at area libraries
Come hear stories, do fun crafts and activities, and enter a funniest caption writing contest. Prizes will be awarded to each library's most amusing young author!
The Laurie Berkner Band – March 11, 1:00pm
Definitely a kid favorite (and one of mine as well) – her music is fun and silly and speaks to the inner child in all of us!
Barrel of Monkeys: "That's Weird, Grandma" – March 13, 10:00am and 1:00pm
A play written by Chicago school children and performed by an arts education theater ensemble who has worked with under-served children in the Chicago Public Schools since 1997.
Kids' Joke Night – March 13, 6:00pm
A chance for kids aged 5th grade or younger to get up on stage and tell their best jokes!
People & Pets – March 17, 9:00am
Bring your pet for costume contests, games, entertainment, giveaways and treats!
Green Eggs & Ham – March 17, 10:15 and 11:30am
The classic Dr. Seuss story brought to life by the Grand Rapids Symphony. A great way to introduce music to kids aged 4-7.
Seriously Funny Adventure Challenge – March 17, noon
A fierce competition, pitting man against woman, child against parent, friend against friend, competitor against rubber chicken. Teams of 2 or 4 compete in a unique challenge through downtown Grand Rapids.
For more information, schedules, ticket information and more, check out the LaughFest website, or follow along on Twitter or Facebook.
Deb is Traveling Mom's Social Media Manager and writes as West Michigan TravelingMom, as well as at Just a mom's take on things…. You can also find her on Twitter – she's @DebMomOf3.


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The CM02 module, together with its companion RF04 module, form a complete interface between your PC and our range of I2C modules. You can send commands down to your robot and receive telemetry data back up to the PC. Now you have all the modules necessary to control your robot from your PC. The CM02 is powered from your robots battery, which can be anything from 6v to 12v. The CM02 can monitor battery voltage and report this back to the PC (so your robot knows when its hungry!). There are four I2C connectors on the CM02, but your not limited to four I2C devices. In practice, you may only need one connector and route the I2C bus around all the modules you wish. Bit rate on the I2C bus is approximately 100KHz.
Uses EasyRadio Modules, no need to write encoding/decoding software.
Power Requirement - 6v - 12v Battery
Over Air Data Rate - 19200 bps.
Default Frequency - CM02-400 433.92MHz, CM02-900 869.85MHz
Range - Up to 250m line of site, Up to 150m for CM02/900
Use with - Any I2C device
License Exempt Frequency Bands
The CM02 is available in two versions. The CM02/400 uses the LPRS EasyRadio ER400TRS module which operates at 433-4MHz. The frequency allocations between 433-4MHz are Pan European and also extend to South Africa, Australia & New Zealand.
The CM02/900 uses the ER900TRS module for EU (868-870MHz) or USA (902-920MHz) markets. Power output up to 10mW. NOTE restrictions in USA to 1mW and 5mW EU.
Be sure to order to check which type may be used in your country, and order matching RF04/CM02 modules, either the RF04/400 and CM02/400 or the RF04/900 and CM02/900.
In 2005, LPRS updated the EasyRadio module, Here are the data sheets for the original ER400TRS and the latest ER400TRS-02.
A 3pin header is used to supply the power for the CM02. A 5v regulator on board supplies the CM02 and other modules. The regulator can supply 1Amp, but in practice this is limited more by the power dissipation, which will be worse, the higher the battery voltage used. Just make sure the heat sink doesn't get too hot! Our test robot, which comprises of CM02, an MD22 motor drive, I2C LCD display, SP03 speech module, CMPS03 compass and eight SRF08's requires 155mA in operation and with a 14v supply the regulator heat sink is just detectably warm. (155mA for the 5v logic - the motors take a lot more, but that doesn't go through the regulator). The slide switch is on the battery side or the regulator. This doesn't switch off the motor power to the MD22. However since the MD22 only takes leakage current when the 5v power is off (we measured 1.5uA) we use it as the robot power switch. If you do that, remember to disconnect the battery before working on your robot. The regulator is a low drop type, so you can use battery voltages of 6v to 12v.