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Hi mate, how do I renew my membership. I cannot seem to get it to work.
Accident damage.
teamdoa replied to Tiddles's question in General Celica DiscussionLike others said, I think it depends what the crash has done to your car underneath the body panels as to whether it is worth keeping. The repair/body shops that these insurance companies use charge a fortune to do the work, so even if you have a very small scrape, they factor in the cost of the vehicle/age etc and then the cost the repair/body shops charge and go by that. Sometimes it is best to just get the car back from the insurer and source the parts yourself and take it to some other good repair/body shop of your choosing if you really want to keep the car. In fact most of the time, the very same repair/body shops will do the work for half of what they originally would have charge doing it through your insurance. That might be worth doing if the car is special to you, but remember it will always be tagged as written off in your documents.
Celica return?
teamdoa replied to silver gt's question in General Celica DiscussionDo you have some insider knowledge? work for Toyota?
Worst/funniest/oddest car comments thread
teamdoa replied to Spaff's question in General Celica DiscussionNegative one depending on your view of hairdressers lol. The classic "Hairdressers car" muttered as I drove by some young scally getting into a Civic, but apart from that nothing ever. I get loads of compliments mainly saying how new it looks. Also as someone else said, a few none car people seem to think it is a new model Toyota occasionally.
Anyone looking for a Sports M
teamdoa replied to Freeman558's question in General Celica DiscussionSeems like a weird thing to do, strengthen the body and have a sun roof. Doesnt seem to be in all that good condition to me. Fair few dents in the doors and missing a few of the TRD goodies.
Did anyone see this car?
teamdoa posted a question in General Celica DiscussionNo doubt I am late with this, but I will throw it out there anyway for those who missed it. http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/hma_6_9_16
Spark Plug Cover for Gen 7 VVTLI.
teamdoa replied to teamdoa's question in General Celica DiscussionLooks good thanks.
Spark Plug Cover for Gen 7 VVTLI.
teamdoa posted a question in General Celica DiscussionDoes anyone know where I can buy one? I see there is a possibility the Lotus one fits? Cheers
what do you think i mite get this bumper for mine
teamdoa replied to brig's question in General Celica DiscussionHorrible.
Look at this beauty
teamdoa replied to James300's question in General Celica DiscussionIf it is mint with that mileage, it is probably the right price.
Restore or start over? Advice please :)
teamdoa replied to Ibeef's question in General Celica DiscussionI'd get rid and get a 190, miles more fun and cheap.
Wheel/Rim Colour
teamdoa replied to teamdoa's question in General Celica DiscussionYeah, that does look nice. I think I will either go gold, or gloss black as it matches my colour scheme.
Wheel/Rim Colour
teamdoa posted a question in General Celica DiscussionHello. I am looking at changing my wheel colour from the rather common gun metal to something different. My car is a red Celica GT with OZ ultralegerra. I was thinking of gold, but am finding it hard to find a paint code/colour that looks good in none sunny/light conditions. Has anyone out there and recommendations for colour with the possibility of a colour code. Anyone who has sprayed gold etc? Cheers
Salt on roads
teamdoa replied to ams's question in General Celica DiscussionI try to clean mine every weekend during winter. Spray it down, and spray underneath.
Celica GT Interior, good price?
teamdoa replied to lovelock's question in General Celica DiscussionDrivers bolsters always wear.


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The Sharknado movies have really built a franchise around the whole so bad it's good mentality. Well it's time for the franchise to move into the video game world, and more importantly in virtual reality. Does the game tie in manage to pull off being decent or even the same mentality gained by the movies?
The game gives you a tiny little bit a the story. You start in a bar with the news reporting on the sharks on the area, and it quickly brings in the line of 'they ain't turkeys, these are people' when talking about the poor people they are eating. Soon the storm starts and sharks begin to fly into the bar and eating the patrons, and soon your are in the eye of the tornado and taking on these sharks.
This is where the gameplay comes in, as you take on waves of these sharks, in what is essentially a wave based shooter. It will tell you how many you have to kill to move one to the next wave. Basically it is just mindless shooting at these sharks flying at you in the storm.
Each level in the game will grant you a new gun or weapon for taking out these waves, and in most cases they are better than the last gun provided. However, I found I didn't use the rocket launcher much apart from the final large boss fight, mainly I just kept to using the automatic rifle. As well as these new weapons you might unlock some new ammo types depending on your performance from what I could tell while playing it, but these might just automatically become available.
The levels also throw in the little extras of needing to dodge objects that are flying about in the storms like surf boards for an example, and also protecting civilians that for some reason decided to go out in this storm. This is where the whole ridiculousness from the movies come into play, as you have to protect a woman with a baby stroller to the President in these scenarios.
This makes up all the elements of the gameplay, outside of the ability to fail by running out of lives – although the game does provide a steady flow of these throughout the waves, the same for health. Really bringing the idea and feeling of this mindless shooter.
To say that Sharknado VR looked good visually would be an overstatement. With it offering the sort of visuals you came to expect close to the launch of the PS3 generation of consoles. The levels will trap you in the area using some debris, with the environments not looking overly entertaining. The only part of the visuals I thought had some clarity were the sharks. But, given the games base material and what they were working with, you wouldn't come to expect anything fantastic in the presentation department.
When it comes to audio this does what it can with the idea of the franchise, you will mostly be hearing the sound effects from the storm, the thuds as the sharks hit you or the environments and the noise of your weapons firing. Other than these sounds, you are treated to some music, voiced lines from protesters, noises from the civilians you are protecting if they are hit and by animals or people trapped in the storm flying about. Again meaning the game does as little in the audio department as it does the visuals – but at least in this part it does what you would expect.
The game can be played standing, using room-scale or seated. I found no benefit from standing while playing the game, just played it seated most of the time. When it comes to the controls you use the tracked motion controllers, with the gun and turning being assigned to one hand and the movement and weapon wheel being assigned to the opposite hand. There is no manual reloading in the game, it's all just about dodging and shooting.
Each playthrough of the game will take around forty-five minutes to an hour and if you just accept the game is mindless fun you will may be go back to the game again. This will happen when you just want to sit back and not have to think about what you are doing and just take the opportunity to shoot or slice sharks with a chainsaw.
- Mindless fun
- Stays true to movie franchise
- Poor presentation
- Price point
Sharknado VR brings a wave based shooter to VR that is more just about mindless fun, than needing to concentrate and aim for objectives. If you approach the game with the mindset that it stays true to the movie franchise, you might just find it could also fall into the so bad it is good category the movies are tagged with. However, it also comes with some glaring issues. The first being the presentation of the game leaves a lot to be desired, and takes away from the experience. Then the games price point of £13.99 is very steep for what you getting overall, but I would say may be consider it if goes into the Steam sales for less than half of that price.
Also now on Oculus Rift and coming to PSVR
Developers: Autumn VR
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Still Human
A paralysed and hopeless Hong Kong man meets his new Filipino carer, who has put her dream on hold and come to the city to earn a living. These two strangers live under the same roof through different seasons. As they learn more about each other, they also learn more about themselves. Together, they learn about how to face the different seasons of life.
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Director: Oliver Chan
Actors: Anthony Wong, Cecilia Yip, Crisel Consunji, Sam Lee
Country: Hong Kong
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Release: 2018
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Updated on December 3, 2016
Introducing Trustroots
Yay! Trustroots.org is now out of the first testing/bugfixing round. It's time to join us and spread the word!
This post was originally published at Mikael's blog.
Me and other hospex activists are creating a new volunteer based gift/free-economy project. While hosting will be at the core of Trustroots, it's not limited to it.
Hitchwiki Hosts
This project started from an idea to create "Hitchwiki Hosts". We were frustrated with CouchSurfing and later with BeWelcome not really moving forward, and thus we decided to act.
For now Trustroots is very simple. You can create a profile and see other travellers willing to host or meet on the map. Map format works great for hitchhiking and for rural hospitality.
Eventually Trustroots will be "suitable" also for broader audience but at first we're focusing mostly on hitchhikers. In the future you could join other communities such as "geeks", "digital nomads" or whatnot. You could choose to host travellers from, say "hitchhikers" and "geeks" only. We've been running something called "hackercouch" for geeks inside GitHub. It's a fun hack but shows well how there's a need for all sorts of specialized hospex platforms.
Open source and not for profit
Trustroot is a non-commercial open source project with strong ideals, just like our other projects Hitchwiki, Nomadwiki and Trashwiki. While our wikis are projects for collecting knowledge, Trustroots will be the community platform for them. It's not a startup.
Our aim is to create a more solid non-profit legal base later down the road. Hitchwiki is backed by German hitchhiking club Abgefahren e.V. and Trashwiki/Nomadwiki are independent projects run by Kasper, me and Philipp. Kasper and Philipp started Hitchwiki back in 2006 — I joined the gang in 2008.
Help us build this project
We will need a lot of help from everyone to test, code, design, plan, organise volunteering and legal base structures, and so on. Please let me know if you would like to help in any way!
For those wondering why I'm not helping BeWelcome anymore; I'll be elaborating more about this later. In short; we were doing our best volunteering for BeWelcome. While it's an awesome project, it has its problems behind the curtains. After a year or so me and many others left the project. We thought we can be way more efficient on our own.
I wouldn't like to call this an alternative for CouchSurfing or BeWelcome (although it de-facto is), because it sets a little bit negative and rebellious tone for the project. Additionally in the future Trustroots might be more than just a simple hospex-map. I'm thinking in terms of combining data from our other projects, free ridesharing, borrowing bikes etc. But that's the future and I have my long term vision:
Somebody said: "i would love to see hitchhikers leave CS and FB for their chats". — I promise to work hard to make this happen. Might take a year or two but eventually, slowly. *
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It's genuinely nice to be nice
Way back when, in the dim and distant past, when smartphones were still only a dream…
CouchSurfing crashed, Casey wrote the famous "so long folks" letter. The community rose up and said we want this to continue. We value our gift economy, we want to keep this journey going. It started in Montreal, then continued in Nelson. There was a sense of possibility in the air. The sky was the limit. Here we were, a community of maybe 100k people dedicated to free exchange.
Ideas abounded, from the practical to the downright wacky. People wanted to build all kinds of weird and wonderful things on top of a fundamental premise, a gift. From the gift of a place to stay for a night, to the gift of a ride somewhere or an hour's wifi.
That's where it started.
A lot has changed in the last 7 years. Smartphones are the norm in much of the connected world. CouchSurfing is getting its ass kicked by Airbnb. Facebook has won the web.
The fundamental premise remains. It's genuinely nice to be nice. CouchSurfing and Airbnb have proven that there's a fundamental trust between humans. Given the right circumstances, millions of people will welcome a stranger into their home. Fundamentally, people are good, and at our very core, we trust each other.
Our vision is to build systems that enable that latent trust between humans.
Will you join us on the journey? There's a signup form in the sidebar…


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54: Cataclysmic collision helped shape Uranus - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 21 Episode 5412 Jul 2018, 12:17 UTC
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Cataclysmic collision helped shape Uranus: A new study claims Uranus was hit by a massive object roughly twice the size of Earth causing the planet to roll over onto its side. Listening in on an interstellar visitor to confirm it's not an alien spacecraft: When the interstellar visitor Oumuamua was observed failing to slow down as much as it should be due to the Sun's gravitational pull -- scientists explored several scenarios to try to explain what was happening.


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Paul McCartney's Continued Passion For Music! He's 76 years old, born in 1942 – but Paul McCartney keeps releasing new music, and his latest album is one of his best! "Egypt Station" is Paul's 17th solo album. The name "Egypt… Read More ›
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"Thrillington!" Paul McCartney's Brilliant "RAM" – Orchestrated ! The Story Of A Big Band Recording Of His Masterpiece!
Are You A Fan Of Percy Thrillington? The odds are you own a LOT of his music…take a look and this and let me know… Check Out Paul McCartney's Musical Catalog! I love this wallpaper, which shows the incredible catalog… Read More ›
Paul McCartney's "Rockestra!" The Last "Wings" Single – In France! First New Grammy! Macca Rocks Kampuchea!
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"Pipes Of Peace!" Paul McCartney's Rap! Ringo's Drumming! Misunderstood Classic Or "Tug" Leftovers?
Paul And Ringo's Mini-Beatles Reunion! This funny image is from the music video for "So Bad", one of the playful songs from "Pipes Of Peace". Ringo and Paul recorded together again after years apart. "Pipes" is a "debated" entry in… Read More ›


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Plastic and reconstructive robotic surgery: 5 cases and a systematic review
Epublication WebSurg.com, Feb 2014;14(02). URL: http://websurg.com/doi/lt03ensaleh001
Introduction We sought to determine the feasibility of robotic microvascular surgery in reconstructive surgery. Additionally, we performed a systematic review to assess the current developments in robotic plastic surgery. Methods Between February 2009 and June 2010, five patients underwent robotic microvascular anastomoses for delayed, free-tissue breast reconstruction, using the deep inferior epigastric artery (DIEP) flap. A PubMed and MEDLINE search was also performed using specific search terms. Results Mean patient age was 55.4 years. Mean robotic anastomotic time was 96 minutes. There were no additional errors of management (EOM). Figure 1 shows anastomotic times. No intraoperative or postoperative flap-related complications were encountered. The literature search yielded 338 articles. Only 19 publications were relevant and further analyzed. The majority of authors report outcomes of microvascular surgery in laboratory conditions. Robotic microsurgery is accurate but consistently takes longer than with the microscope. Investigators consistently report poor haptic feedback. Conclusion Robotic microsurgery is safe in our experience. The current literature illustrates comparable vascular patency rates at the cost of longer operative times. Comparing robotic and standard microsurgery may be hampering the evolution of robotic plastic surgery because of this focus. The ability to perform microsurgery in confined anatomical spaces will reduce patient morbidity and potentially reduce in-patient stay. The ability to raise and inset flaps and explore neural and vascular structures, whilst avoiding large access wounds at both donor and recipient sites, is very attractive. Consequently, we believe that there any many reconstructive applications, and collaboration to produce meaningful clinical outcomes is required.


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Today's lackluster performance in the Dow cost us 26 points but still keeps us riding along the top edge of the ascending regression trend channel as you can see in the daily chart. At this rate it would take four more days of sideways action or a one day close at 11,646 to signal an end to this uptrend. Given the recent action, I think this is unlikely tomorrow. Also note that today brought us just a bit under the pivot point at 11,706. And the Dow has not traded meaningfully below its daily pivot since last November, indicating a continuing bias to the upside.
It's also unlikely, with just one day left, that the S&P will close out the week below its Monday open. That would confirm the historical "first five days" indicator. We'll find out tomorrow. As of this writing (12:30 AM EST), all three futures are up modestly leading me to keep my long hat one and the green arrow in place. There is no indication yet that this uptrend is over.
Many people have commented that we're due for a pullback based on the indicators currently at overbought levels. However, in extended trends, the indicators eventually become "broken" and lose their predictive power. For example, the RSI has been showing overbought since December 3rd, and yet December was a terrific month. I think the RTC will be a more accurate predictor of the trend change when it comes.
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Convergence India: Speed, connectivity, affordability, Value = Broadband Revolution in India
NEW DELHI: Affordability. Connectivity. High Speeds. Value. Four things that the impending broadband revolution in India needs to focus on to become a reality. Chaired by Trai chairman Pradeep Baijal, the inaugural session of the 13th Convergence India discussed topics like access technology, last mile operators, affordability, penetration and reach of broadband.
Along with the Trai chairman, the other panelists included MTNL chairman and MD RSP Sinha, BSNL director-finance S B Saxena, Motorola VP for South and South East Asia Amit Sharma, GTL Ltd CEO Michael Clark, Alcatel CTO Olivier Baujard, Lucent Technologies CMO Soum Mukherjee and UTStarcom Inc VP Brian Caskey.
Stressing on affordability, Baijal began his speech saying "Unless the price is right in India, there can be no services." These sentiments were echoed throughout the session. Motorola's Sharma pointed out that there was a direct relation between decreasing of tariff and rise in penetration. In his seven point agenda that he put up, GTL's Clark recommended that the Internet connection regime rates should be liberalised.
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Lucent technologies CMO Soum Mukherjee pointed out that today VOIP did not only mean Voice over IP but meant Value over IP. The more the value added services provided, the more the consumption would grow.
Making an interesting statement, MTNL's Sinha said that, "We are keen to tie up with content providers and are looking at having at least a 100 TV channels including VOD so that the entertainment oriented consumer is attracted to our broadband services"
One of the major issues surrounding broadband is the issue of the Last Mile Operator and how much it should be opened up. Considering the huge potential of the market when and as it develops, there is a lot of insecurity amongst the players as to who will get to cream the milk. BSNL's Saxena pointed out that inspite of the tough ground realities it faces in taking connectivity to the rural areas, it was focusing on the concept of a Cyber Dhaba.
Even as the discussions bordered around the technical at times, the essence of the discussion was very well stated by Utstarcoms Caskey. Said Caskey, "The consumer does not care about technology. All he wants is simple connectivity, simple hi speed access and he wants this at a simple affordable price."
Organised by Exhibitions India, the 13th Convergence India seminar will be held in New Delhi's Pragati Maidan from 22 to 24 March. The event shall feature concurrent sessions discussing the latest issues around development of converging technologies even as 300 exhibitors from 25 countries across the globe showcase the latest at the exhibition centre.
Speaking at the conference, Exhibitions India managing director Prem Behl said, "Convergence India has moulded lasting alliances, and has brought together a talented group of conceptualizers, developers and executors - the technology specialists, industrialists, buyers, sellers and visitors, who will together initiate a dialogue on technologies and services of tomorrow."
Also present at the panel were MTNL chief general manager for business development T R Wadhwa, Fraccaro (Italy) CEO Nello Genouese, Scientific Atlanta director of sales (Asia) Brent Smith, TEMA chairman N K Goyal, Andrew Corporation director - system engineering (Asia Pac) Ben Cardwell and Veraz Networks country head Yogesh Bijlani.
Even as technology to deliver and distribute across platforms and formats is the backbone of the B2B event, Behl indicated that next year onwards, the event would also focus on B2C including content and devices.


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Festival Report フェスティバル レポート 2016
Colourful indivisualities / SPAC-ENFANTS
"Angels" showed sparkling dance. Audience were touched with hopeful smiles.
photo by Atsumi
SPAC is the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center, the pioneer of publicity-funded performing arts organization in Japan.
Actors and staffs are employed by public foundation of Shizuoka prefecture. One of the masterpieces of SPAC is "Mahabharata (directed by Miyagi Satoshi)" which has been performed various places all around the world.
SPAC started the project for teenagers "SPAC-ENFANTS" in 2010 with Merlin Nyakum, a Cameroonian dancer and choreographer.
The project purposes that world's teenagers find their hope for the future via dance.
Especially in Japan, students tend to cover their indivisual chalacters,
so director hope that participating dancers open and express their chalacters.
Furthermore, he also want to connect the young dancers in Shizuoka to the wide world.
Every two years, around 10 teenagers are auditioned. The choreographer creates the piece looking at their indivisual chalacters.
They reveal the project at Shizuoka Performing Arts Park in Nihondaira.
This performance in Nihondaira is very gorgeous and well-known in Shizuoka,
but San Yoshida, one of the dancers, told us that they want to get more opportunities to perfom in various places.
San had been taking lessons of ballet since she was a child, then she survived the audition of SPAC-ENFANTS.
It was a casual try. She didn't think to get involved in the project at that time.
After 4 years, she became an attractive dancer and now she is planning to participate in the workshop in Cameroon.
She was successfully connected to the wolrd via the project.
photo by Atsumi
In this festival, audience found the newpleasure to enjoy the progress of close small artists in Shizuoka.


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After a busy beginning to the 2017-2018 term in April, in which Clemson University's Student Government finalized the fiscal year budget, approved emergency spending, and passed a controversial resolution to establish a LGBTQIA+ "resource center" on campus. The 2017-2018 student government will return to normal operation in the coming weeks and members of CUSG are already preparing to resume their duties with high hopes.
When asked about his vision for CUSG for the upcoming year, Leland Dunwoodie, current President of the Undergraduate Student Senate, emphasized initiative from Senators. "I'd love to see Senate move in a more project-based direction," Dunwoodie said. "We are here to better the Clemson experience for students. I'm excited to collaborate with administrators and all of CUSG to focus our efforts on student-based initiatives while maintaining our history of effective funding approvals." The Senate President also stressed efficient operation; all-too-often, Senate has passed legislation and sent it to administrators only to find that it was already in progress or not possible at the time. Under a new legislative model, Dunwoodie advertises, "we draft legislation and meet with relevant administrators and student groups to discuss the matter. Once administrators and students are satisfied with the draft, the legislation is presented at Senate with relevant administrators and student groups in attendance to answer questions. Therefore, if the legislation is passed, Senators, administrators, and student groups have been collaborating for quite some time and have a clear future direction."
Joseph Whitaker, occupying the newly-created position of "LGBTQIA+ Engagement Director", central to Student Body President Killian McDonald's platform, highlighted communication as essential to CUSG's future success. "My main goal is to listen and fulfill the needs of the Clemson students whom I represent," Whitaker stated, "A goal I keep hearing is to bridge the branches of CUSG so that we are all working together for the Clemson students. I completely agree, thus I intend on ensuring an open dialogue with all members of CUSG so we can all help one another in making Clemson's next year the best yet." Emma Hume, newly appointed Chief-of-Staff, also hopes for more effective communication between all branches of CUSG and administrators.
When asked about her vision for the coming year, Hume stated, "My vision for CUSG and the broader campus in general is to strengthen communication and unity by working for a common purpose. Different leaders within CUSG and across campus are working on exciting projects that should engage a wide variety of students. . . I hope to see some progress made towards the development of more regular meetings with administrative and student leaders." TTO also reached out to the Student Body President, Vice President, and Attorney General, but did not receive a response in time for publication.


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Update: Upgraded to the AOC G2460PF 144Hz monitor as my main. It is a FreeSync monitor and I have a team green GPU, but I am in love with the 144Hz. Simply beautiful. Wanted my desk space back so I grabbed a Wali VESA mount. Brought the Ghostbusters out to protect my rig from ghosts, ghouls, and goblins.
Update #2: I finally grew some bawls and after my CPU spiking over 80°C while playing some PUBG I ordered a freaking Hyper 212 EVO and a few new static pressure Thermaltake Riing case fans to replace my aging and loud SickleFlow fans. Installation of the Hyper 212 was rough and I admit that I went the lazy and most difficult route. I did not pull out the motherboard and I left the GPU installed while I installed the 212. I do not recommend doing this method of installation. It sucked. It is installed nonetheless and it is keeping my CPU temps at or below 60°C. Beautiful! The static pressure Riing fans are a dream compared to my screeching SickleFlow fans.
Images show the evolution of my rig from left to right. I apologize for the poor picture quality.
We're Goin' Back in Time(admit it, you sang it); I built this little ditty way back in February of 2013. I received my big fat (not really) check from Uncle Sam after doing my American duty of filing my taxes and proving to the government that I was a broke SOB for most of 2012. With a budget of $1000 I set out to build me a mid-range gaming PC for the first time in my life. Microcenter had a deal on the Core i5-3570K, so I opted to build around that. I chose an ASUS board(pictured in image 1 & 2) originally to pair with my mighty 3570K but 'twas a dud. So I switched to ASRock Z77 Extreme4 and haven't looked back (ASUS does make quality boards from what I understand though so no knock on them). After watching a video review of the Cooler Master HAF912 by LinusTechTips, I decided that was the ATX mid-tower case for me! I ordered the windowed panel and the USB 3.0 header for the front of the case directly from CM to give my case a little more pizazz! Now, the GPU I wish I would have done more research on. The GTX 660 was a good card for me at the time but I really wish I would have spent a little more scratch and got a beefier card to last me a little longer. Since I was playing mostly WoW and other titles that weren't very demanding at the time, I opted to cheap out and get the least expensive "current series" card I could. I later regretted that decision when I could not play all the pretty games my friends were playing. The RAM I honestly thought that I would eventually OC the CPU one day and wanted to make sure I had headroom for either an air cooler or an AIO. Welp, I never OC'd the bad boy (I know, I know). Also, being the noob that I am I had it running at 1333 instead of 1600 for the longest time. The PSU was another cheap-skate move. The first PSU I picked up turned out to be a paperweight. Exchanged it for another one and boop we've got a running machine! I wanted some brand consistency throughout the case so I ordered a few Cooler Master 120mm SickleFlows (side panel intake and rear exhaust) and 200mm MegaFlows (front intake and top exhaust). Slapped some case badges on, tossed a 1TB WD in there, ordered a fancy new 24" ASUS monitor, and called it a day!
To the Future!; Now, little has changed since the initial build of my beloved rig. I ran to Microcenter and nabbed the Corsair SSD about a year after the build to have a quick boot drive. I have also since added the AOC IPS monitor as the main source of visual pleasure of killing things and scoring goals with an RC car. The CM Devastator combo was added just a few months ago and most recently I decided to get myself back into the current gen game by convincing my wife that I "needed" a EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SSC. The plan is to change up the home for the guts and transplant them into a Phanteks Eclipse P400S to once and for all move away from having an optical drive and a side panel mounted fan with a grill. I will be adding a Corsair H100i v2 liquid cooler to finally overclock my unlocked CPU past the stock 3.4GHz (I know, I know - get off my back already!). A 500GB or more SSD to store my games. And last but not least, an EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold PSU to not only make my system a bit more efficient, but also get rid of those awful ketchup and mustard cables. I also want to move away from the LED case fans and throw in some regular ol' get-the-job-done fans that are not blingy. Because I'm a boring *******. From what I understand, the P400S comes with an LED strip that syncs up with the LED on the front of the case. That will be enough to illuminate the guts.
She may not be pretty or powerful but she gets the job done for what my needs/wants are at the moment. I want to upgrade my monitors for sure. Noticing some tearing in some titles. Maybe in 6 months to a year I'll throw in a GTX 1070 or 1080. Who knows, Morty! All I know is I NEED that szechuan sauce, Morty!
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Been kicking since beginning of 2013 for me. It has treated me well even though I'm only running a stock cooler. That seems like CPU abuse, right?
Great board. It's not pretty but it's pretty awesome! Plenty of features that are practical. I'm a fan of ASRock boards.
A low profile 16GB kit. Not flashy, just awesome!
Pretty quick little thing. OS boots in a heartbeat.
Not even 50% full yet. Performs great.
Video Card
The newest addition to my rig. Running GR:Wildlands on Ultra and getting just shy of 45 FPS. Perfect performer for the 1080p gamer who doesn't need 4K or VR. It came down to this card or the MSI Armor series 1060. Very glad I chose this one.
Air flow through this case is great. I wanted an inexpensive case that looked good and was very practical. This case checked all the boxes.
Power Supply
For an "enthusiast" PSU the cables sure are an eyesore.
Glossy surround that is scratched to high heaven after owning for a few years. Dead pixel. Only 60Hz. It has been reliable though and it easily mounted to my VESA mount.
Oh my word! What they say about 144Hz is all true! Once you make the switch to 144Hz or higher, you will never wanna go back. I have this mounted on a VESA mount along side my 60Hz Asus and the difference is very clear. So much so that I absolutely need to get a companion to replace the lowly 60Hz guy. Even if you have a team green GPU and you're looking for a budget 144Hz monitor - look no further.
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The answer is a bit different to all people as a result of, in fact, labor is as particular person as the ladies who expertise it. To start deepening our understanding of labor, let's talk in regards to the primary phases of labor as outlined by medical professionals, usually, after which describe common methods women describe the texture" of every a part of labor. Most women really feel contractions as cramping sensations in the groin or again, though some experience more ache in their sides or thighs. Some experts on maternity say that eating spices trigger contractions by boosting digestion, and thus growing the availability of prostaglandin. If contractions come frequently every 10 minutes or less slightly than intermittently, chances are you'll be in preterm labor. Contractions in the course of the third stage of labour detach the placenta so that it may be pushed out. Pushing contractions usually area out with 5 or so minutes between them, giving mother an extended break to recover. These normal contractions may be mild, or they could be sturdy sufficient to make you stop what you might be doing. Acupressure: Hoku, Bladder 32, Spleen 6 are a few of the stress points that when pressed, stimulate cervix dilation and contractions.
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Many contractions that happen after week 34 are random and irregular; these are often known as Braxton-Hicks contractions. To work out if the contractions you feel are the real thing, ask your self the following questions. When you will have contractions, whether or not Braxton Hicks or true labor, you will really feel your uterus, lower stomach area, or groin tighten or squeeze, and then calm down. Unlike pre-labor contractions, early labor contractions are common, will not cease with eating , ingesting water, or relaxation. The pain of contractions is normally a sign that your body is doing the best thing.
This is understood to trigger spasms in the intestines which put pressure on the uterus and trigger it to cramp which leads to contractions. Though irritable uterus contractions usually are not thought of preterm labor, call your physician you probably have more than eight contractions in an hour. Contractions are often described as a cramping or tightening sensation that begins within the back and strikes around to the front in a wave-like manner. Although they're usually called apply contractions, they do not really play an element in dilating or effacing the cervix , like real contractions do. Contractions in active labor generally last between forty five to 60 seconds , with three to 5 minutes of relaxation in between. It could feel like the contractions are not separate however operating into one another. Regular uterine contractions accompanied by other indicators of labor is perhaps the real deal.


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Hmong film festival shows new ways of storytelling0
ST. PAUL (May 9, 2014) — On May 15–16, Metropolitan State University hosts the Qhia Dab Neeg Film Festival.
The festival screens films that take the tools of contemporary American storytelling and place them in the hands of Hmong artists. The event includes a Hmong photography show by In Progress Hmong youth artists, exhibited in the university's Founders Hall reception area through May.
An opening reception takes place on Thursday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m. at 700 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul, to introduce the filmmakers and photographers and to honor the storytellers selected to share their stories. The reception includes previews of the films to be presented during the festival.
Friday, May 16, features youth and family friendly screenings from noon-1:30 p.m., and educational and cultural workshops at 4 p.m. (led by the Hmong Cultural Center, 3HmongTV, 690AM Radio and Hmong Radio). Concurrently, a filmmakers' group discussion will take place, led by Porsha Chang, Yengtha Her and Thuy Dihn, to discuss the successes, challenges and the importance of Hmong storytelling through filmmaking and the difference it makes in the community.
Friday's evening screenings begin at 7 p.m and include the films Triumph, Leaving a Legacy and Sacrifices. All films are in English or subtitled. A brief question and answer session will follow each screening. Photo Exhibition artists are available to give tours and answer questions about their artwork. More information is available at the In Progress website, http://in-progress.org/qhia-dab-neeg/.
The Qhia Dab Neeg Film Festival is a program of In Progress, a nonprofit media arts organization in Saint Paul and is cosponsored by Metropolitan State University. The festival is funded through the support of individual contributors, funds awarded to the university's Asian Student Organization, Gordon Parks Youth Outreach initiatives, and the Institute for Community Engagement and Scholarship.
From In Progress, a dedicated force of volunteers, along with community members, and Metropolitan State students, faculty and staff, make the Qhia Dab Neeg Film Festival an annual success.
In Progress is a nonprofit media arts organization in St. Paul, Minnesota. In Progress' goal is to pave the way for young artists to tell their own stories through the art of digital media, using the tools that best suit their creative abilities.
Incorporating professional mentorships, leadership training and access to contemporary design tools, In Progress artists can now fully embark on a life long journey of gathering and telling the stories closest to their hearts.
An initiative that started in 2009 called Digital Journeys was developed to help newly developing digital arts leaders define and meet their goals.
Qhia Dab Neeg Film Festival invites the Hmong community to write their own stories through filmmaking and to write their stories now before it is forgotten. Find out more at http://qhiadabneegfilmfestival.blogspot.com/?view=classic.


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From MSNBC: Marco Rubio projected to win Florida Senate race in a walk. Rubio with 50 percent of the vote this far, with now-independent and former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist in second with 29 percent, and Democrat Kendrick Meek trailing with 20 percent.
In New Hampshire's Senate contest, Tea Party favorite Kelly Ayotte projected to win.
In Maryland, Democratic incumbent Barbara Mikulski projected to win re-election to the Senate. Same for Republicans Richard Shelby in Alabama and Tom Coburn in Oklahoma.
And from CNN at 8:32 p.m.: Pending results from the witch and coven counties, conservative Christian, Tea Party wingnut and constitutional scholar Christine O'Donnell, is losing to Chris Coons, by deep double digits — at this point, 64 percent to 33 percent. Down goes Frazier.
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School Buses with WiFi & More
One of the most common and beneficial uses of 4G LTE connectivity for K-12 school districts is on buses. With an LTE-based mobile router installed aboard a school bus, students traveling home on their regular route or to and from an out-of-town event can use WiFi to complete homework. Also, studies show that when students have access to WiFi on buses, their behavior improves because they are focusing on educational activities.
4G LTE makes it possible for a bus driver to alert school administrators and/or stream live surveillance footage back to district headquarters when a dangerous incident is taking place. Secondarily, by having a router on the bus, the district can automatically offload less-essential footage via WiFi the next time the vehicle rolls into the bus barn.
Some fleet managers require in-vehicle connectivity to enable AVL solutions and to reap insight from rich telematics data that can deepen cost-efficiencies. They also use GPS to keep track of where their buses are at all times. Some schools even offer phone apps that show parents and kids where their bus is located at all times.
Main School Building
The drastically differing sizes of school buildings call for purpose-built connectivity solutions. In a small building, an all-in-one router might be perfect for multi-WAN connectivity and seamless failover through a single device. On a much larger campus, the school's IT team might need a branch continuity solution that converts LTE into an ethernet connection, providing four-nines uptime.
Digital signage is an increasingly common technology at K-12 locations, and not just for the readerboard in front of the main building. Schools are beginning to implement digital signage throughout campuses because the messaging can be adjusted remotely, at a moment's notice, and without physical intervention. An LTE-enabled IoT router makes it easy to place digital signage anywhere on campus without having to extend fiber or ethernet connections to support the sign.
District IT teams benefit from solutions that also provide Out-of-Band Management capabilities through the cloud, allowing them to use LTE connectivity to remotely access either a primary router or any LAN-connected devices. Remote troubleshooting saves schools the time and expense of physically sending IT specialists to affected sites.
Temporary Classrooms & Portables
Temporary classrooms require connectivity for multiple reasons. For instance, at least once a year, some schools set up makeshift standardized testing areas in gymnasiums and other large spaces. Many school districts are using portables or modular buildings on campus for temporary or even fairly long-term classroom space to address overcrowding. These buildings are usually connected via the existing infrastructure, but when that is too difficult or time-consuming, using a 4G LTE or WiFI-as-WAN connection via a router expedites deployment of the portables.
Campus Security
To help keep children safe, some districts install cloud-managed IoT solutions to maintain a constant connection to security cameras. In addition, some districts have their own police force and install mobile routers within their law enforcement vehicles to maintain data and video connectivity between officers and the district.
Special Events
Most schools host dozens of special events throughout the year, including sports, plays, musical performances, and much more. These days the ability to accept credit card payments is essential, so schools need the ability to provide secure and reliable network access for Point-of-Sale (POS) at a moment's notice.
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I was going to write a post today about my daughter's performance at her meet yesterday (she got her first 36 score, and came in FIRST in the All Around!!!), but the following email from Cooper Munroe has me seeing red:
Hey Donna!
A quick update on an issue, and maybe you can help me get the word out? Recently I saw the documentary film, The Motherhood Manifesto, and through the film I learned that in Pennsylvania, where I live, it is legal to ask someone in a job interview if they are married or have children. Yep, dark ages. As you can guess, this hurts mostly moms and single moms. PA is one of 28 states that is in this predicament, and we, and the other states, aren't covered by the federal regs either.
I have been working with Joan Blades (co-founder of MoveOn.org) and others at MomsRising.org, as well as women in Pennsylvania to help get legislation passed (it has been stalled in the state house and senate -- for 6 years!) that would make this practice illegal.
I wrote an article about it that ran today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, please read it if you get a chance, it explains the problem: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06260/721997-109.stm
Anyway, if Pennsylvania can do this, it means so much to moms everywhere, and could create momentum for many critical issues involving moms and families, and on this type of discrimination. PA could start a chain reaction, and we need to drum up some noise. Momsrising has create a web page for this, and we have been blogging over there too. We have information, links to PA legislators phone/email info and a petition. You don't have to be from PA to send a message that this is important.
Thank you!
Cooper Munroe
I followed the link to read Cooper's article, and I'm outraged. It is hard enough to be a single mom and have to struggle for pay equity, but to be shut out of the job market altogether because employers don't want to pay health insurance on families is unbelievable. Of course, the problem is much bigger than discrimination against women (who bear the brunt of this -- I bet they don't ask men if they are married and have kids right off the bat). We need universal health coverage in this country. The current system is broken, the custom of leaving health coverage to business is making us less comnpetitive (think of all the recent long strikes, which have been less about labor and more about workers trying to keep their benefits packages).
The problem is big and won't be solved easily - but we can take small steps, and the first one is to show the legislators that we are not going to roll over and allow them to marginalize us, that we have a voice and more important, a vote -- and that allowing this kind of discrimination is not just wrong, it's BAD BUSINESS.


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okeducation Vouchers aren't so great gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com/2017/02/24/vou… #oklaed
TParks WOO HOO! 9 days until #EdCampOKC! Register TODAY & encourage your friends to attend! C U THERE! edcampokc.org #OklaEd pic.twitter.com/HGSTT9EW92
TParks Don't miss veteran #EdCampOKC planners @MrsBeck25 & @JonnyCurriculum as mod's of this wk's #OklaEd chat to "KICK OFF" this 5th annual event! pic.twitter.com/u1q9WDKMzX
MrRogersTech 1st attempt @makeymakey. #oklaed come to #EdCampOKC for your chance to win one. pic.twitter.com/MrVxvsGJrK
@jonathanwylie thanks for sharing that link Jonathan! :-)
jonathanwylie Famed Hacker Kevin Mitnick Shows You How to Go Invisible Online bit.ly/2lETkbc cc @wfryer
#edtechchat #privacy pic.twitter.com/A92XJMXy0r
#BringIt "…the world is entering an era of clean, unlimited & cheap power" economist.com/news/leaders/2… #stem pic.twitter.com/gUUC75fskk
iReading: Wind and solar power are disrupting electricity systems economist.com/news/leaders/2… by @TheEconomist #STEM
iReading: FCC to halt rule that protects your private data from security breaches arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… by @jbrodkin #privacy #edtechSR
@JMakins79 @RoverChallenge Wow it was amazing to spend even more time with you and in your inspiring #MakerSpace :-) Thanks for sharing!!!
[VIDEO] F-35 Lightning II 2016 Year in Review youtube.com/watch?v=PfGuwS… #STEM cc @taf1958
NewScienceWrld The Star That Looks Like the Eye of Sauron goo.gl/68NeNB pic.twitter.com/P8YFHyO2Tx
Ashley_Read3 "Stop answering kids questions with answers." @dlaufenberg #LLIChat
larrykahn @dlaufenberg Choose words carefully. Instead of "research", call it investigation, discovery project, etc.
@CTMSBulldogs You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Inspired by STEM Learning at Parish Episopal School" storify.com/wfryer/inspire…
@parishcribbs @cfarmer You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Inspired by STEM Learning at Parish Episopal School" storify.com/wfryer/inspire…
@SheilaGreene11 You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Inspired by STEM Learning at Parish Episopal School" storify.com/wfryer/inspire…
@scoopit @JMakins79 You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Inspired by STEM Learning at Parish Episopal School" storify.com/wfryer/inspire…
@parishepiscopal You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Inspired by STEM Learning at Parish Episopal School" storify.com/wfryer/inspire…
@MakerPlayParish You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Inspired by STEM Learning at Parish Episopal School" storify.com/wfryer/inspire…
My tweeted learning from our @casadyschoolokc team visit to @parishepiscopal today in Dallas. So inspiring! storify.com/wfryer/inspire… #STEM
Photos from our amazing & inspiring tour today of @parishepiscopal in Dallas flickr.com/photos/wfryer/… #STEM
@DrHarrisonMcCoy @njwillia @Ashley_Read3 You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Learning at LLI Southwest 2017" storify.com/wfryer/learnin…
@dlaufenberg @AdvanceLausanne @fundmc01 You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Learning at LLI Southwest 2017" storify.com/wfryer/learnin…
@christyfenne @jasonmkern @oakridgeowls You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Learning at LLI Southwest 2017" storify.com/wfryer/learnin…
My @Storify archive of tweeted learning from the LLI Southwest Conference at @oakridgeowls this week #LLIchat storify.com/wfryer/learnin…
My photos from the LLI Southwest Conference at @oakridgeowls this week #LLIchat flickr.com/photos/wfryer/…
fundmc01 We need to collaborate as co-learners to guarantee we are helping to refine Ss learning @MrChase @dlaufenberg #LLIChat #llisw pic.twitter.com/vwkueG2z8t
beauchamp_adam Boats in harbor are safe, boats were not built for harbor. Guitars are not built to stay in the case. Get out of your comfort zone. #omlea17
sarachrisadams Our Ss are all singing from different sheets of music. They're all rocking out to their own tune. @DruTomlin_AMLE #omlea17 #oklaed
Jmann405 "How can you be burned out if you've never been on fire?" - @DruTomlin_AMLE #OMLEA17
beauchamp_adam If you don't sing the song someone else is…what songs are being sung about your school? Promote the good things going on. #omlea17
jsynbrown When a child is learning to walk and falls down 30 times, we never say: "Maybe this isn't for you."
We pick 'em up and keep encouraging.
MrsBeck25 More shots of the amazing @WeAreWallerLib Ss!! This is what all conferences should be about!! The Ss! #omlea17 #OklaEd pic.twitter.com/hKYGBrfVwK
@SplixIo is an online multiplayer game I saw a student playing today splix-io.org/splixio
EdTecHere So excited to engineer with paper! With Jonathan Auger and Kim Bullard @LausanneLearn #LLIChat pic.twitter.com/03F6h9ys9d
fundmc01 We need Service Learning in Lower School grades. It is as foundational as Math, English… #llichat #llisw pic.twitter.com/Ngw5KYOS1D
@aboatman @TeachFromHere wish I could have been there this year! #omlea17
jkellam34 LLI SW @oakridgeowls winding down. 275 educators…90 sessions…53 schools…2 keynotes…1 super PD experience. #LLIChat @ISASouthwest pic.twitter.com/eWX3cTQZXc
LED lit acrylic laser cut sign by student of @parishcribbs at @parishepiscopal #STEM #ParishSTEM pic.twitter.com/NaUqzuFyBZ
Very cool: Several different student design groups created rover components @parishepiscopal #STEM #ParishSTEM pic.twitter.com/lIeR7WMeld
Telemetry System 360 Live Stream Test by Bates Detwiler youtube.com/watch?v=yuEzD2… (to be installed on @parishepiscopal NASA rover!) #STEM
From 3D Fusion design to rover tire strengthened with Line-X bed liner by Drew @parishepiscopal #STEM #ParishSTEM pic.twitter.com/jwykdNyS5w
lbkirner @parishepiscopal @JMakins79 More 7/8 MAKE projects from our talented Parish makers! LED sign and tabletop game. pic.twitter.com/bPgbMNsO93
Cloud Powered 3D CAD/CAM Software for Product Design: Fusion 360 #MakerEd #STEM via @parishepiscopal autodesk.com/products/fusio…
DanielGolemanEI The left hemisphere of the brain lights up at the mere thought of achieving a meaningful goal, this is the neuroscience of purpose in life.
The landscape of private / independent schools in north Dallas is amazing on many levels. A bit overwhelming 2 take in, experience & process
m_addington Science club meeting at lunch using liquid nitrogen to superconduct and make ice cream! @parishepiscopal pic.twitter.com/oKXw4PlScG
Ga6 MS Digital Media classes put 2nd grade Wax Museum characters in context. Connecting campuses, divisions, and curricula. @parishepiscopal pic.twitter.com/QozVs56Gc0
RivenJay Love connecting Middle School and Lower School work! twitter.com/Ga6/status/832…
LOVE dialog abt GAP years, internships, multiple pathways to your future after high school @parishepiscopal #ItsNotJustAboutCollegeAdmission
Today I am seeing & visiting the school of the future today: @parishepiscopal. #Inspiring on so many levels. @JMakins79 is the Yoda of #STEM
JMakins79 Love getting 2 share #parishstem w/ my dad! I grew up in his garage now he comes 2 "play" in the #DesignDen w/ @parishepiscopal students. twitter.com/dmonaco/status…
JMakins79 Wicked cool @parishepiscopal MS MAKE student projects. #studentchoice #studentpassions #parishstem #DesignDen #creativethinkers @lbkirner pic.twitter.com/7ed0gFMW2P
OKCPS Prospective teachers: Don't miss out OKCPS teacher fair 👨🏾🏫👩🏻🏫We are looking for PreK-12 teachers, nurses, princpials & more! pic.twitter.com/LldMsOje3Z
WIRED 🎥 NASA scientists discovered 7 new Earth-like planets out there in the void bit.ly/2l1p1JJ pic.twitter.com/4AQX98earB
Learning about @parishepiscopal ParishVirtual parishepiscopal.org/page.cfm?p=1419 virtual learning model / approach
A water jet cutter" costs about $200K en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_jet… (so practically, its best to borrow one!) #stem pic.twitter.com/Nw1Ti4w22r
MakerPlayParish Great fun today w/ our kits at @ericksonliving Highland Springs w/ @parishepiscopal 8th grade & #parishserves #parishstem #seniorsplaytoo pic.twitter.com/IwPyflcs9v
"Water jet cut" NASA rover component on a local field trip! @parishepiscopal @JMakins79 @MakerPlayParish pic.twitter.com/ZHyTJltIIR
Equipment every MakerSpace needs: a plasma cutter! #STEM @parishepiscopal @JMakins79 @MakerPlayParish pic.twitter.com/MNbBwtE4C6
#sign Danger - Hot! pic.twitter.com/6s5L6q50fn
MakerPlayParish School's that want 2 raise students 2 be impactful people must make an impact beyond their own constituency. @GrantLichtman @rose_rosecolby twitter.com/dmonaco/status…
4 years of continuous #STEM iteration: NASA Rover Competition @parishepiscopal @JMakins79 #DesignDen @MakerPlayParish pic.twitter.com/ATbajbk6Ej
Before Line-X and after, gr8 NASA rover tire design (cardboard) @parishepiscopal #stem pic.twitter.com/7bYTYipfIe
7 layers of corrugated cardboard laser cut & sprayed w pickup truck bed liner (lunar rover) @parishepiscopal #stem pic.twitter.com/u9pNUYZh3M
Robotics Zone @parishepiscopal #stem pic.twitter.com/aZ1hAa7keq
"A visionary can find their way by moonlight…" #quotation @parishepiscopal #stem pic.twitter.com/25Eeq52pEb


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Mangaluru, Nov 03, 2014: Addressing the media representatives on arrival at the Mangaluru International Airport on November 2 Sunday , chief minister Siddaramiah stated that a task force committee will be formed within two days, which will hold parleys and devise strategies with parents and management.
The priority of the committee will be in preventing all types of immoral assaults of minors in schools/institutions. The constituted committee members will be from police, educational, women and child welfare departments. This committee will ensure that all institutions follow the guidelines issued by the government. The incidence of sexual attacks on school children will not be tolerated in any way by the Govt.
He emphasised that the sexual assaults on minor girls took place chiefly at private institutions. Employees of these institution seem to indulge in offence in their premises, the management selects and supervises the induction of school staff. The government neither has control nor is aware who these staff are. Hence while appointing the employees, the management should check their antecedents and so on.
The chief minister said law and order in state has not deteriorated as alleged by certain mischievous elements and it is stable as any time befor. He said that the government is definitely in control of the law and order in state and strict action has already been taken against culprtits. It can not enter into homes/houses and enforce law.
Mentioning kidnap and sexual assault over a school girl at Thirthahalli, chief minister said " The investigation is going on and the truth will surely prevail."
Responding to queries from media representatives on the escalating murder, kidnap and moral policing in DK district, he said that during the BJP's tenure there were excessive moral policing incidents. BJP has no moral right to demand resignation of any one in this scenario. Law and order was comparatively normal and under control now.
The Chief minister taking a call on invoking the Goonda Act against the sexual offenders clarified that as of now amendment has been enacted, it will effectively be implemented. Goonda Act may also be invoked on sexual offenders if the case demands. If a case is registered under Goonda act, bail will not be granted and incarceration in prison for a year is certain. Under the chairmanship of MC Nanaiah, expert committee has been constituted. Government will consider the committee's recommendation on preventing the sexual assaults and crimes.
The move by the government to include sexual predators under the Goonda Act will certainly act as a deterrent, CM stated, with amendments to section 376 of Indian Penal Code, people who commit such acts even for the first time as against a repeat offense earlier, will now be liable to be booked under the said Act.
Regarding appointing the Mangalore City Corporation Commissioner, CM said that "Government has not followed the law on implementing MCC commissioner and it will be done in due time soon.
State minister B Ramanath Rai, UT Khader, Abayachandra Jain, MLC Ivan D' Souza, MLA Moideen Bhava, Deputy Commissioner AB Ibrahim, Mayor Mahabal Marla, Deputy Mayor Kavitha, ZP CEO Tulasi Maddineni, Police Commissioner R Hithendra, SP Dr Sharanappa and others were present. The CM received a warm welcome and a guard of honour at the MIA on his arrival at Mangaluru.


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August 7, 2016 Message delivered at Durham Friends Meeting
You'd think that someone standing up to bring a message would talk about something he knew. Wouldn't you? That would be reasonable. But this morning I want to talk about what I don't know and how important it is to me to accept my limitations – especially my limitations on understanding.
So to give it a title, we might call this message "Two Cheers for Lack of Understanding", or better even, "One Cheer for Ignorance and one for Confusion." I even have a prop for today to help you follow along. I have this T-shirt "I'm With Stupid." That's me.
Or Really what I want to say is 'that's me and the Disciples,' because I'm really struck by how much Jesus's Disciples are confused. I take comfort from the Disciples in their ignorance and confusion. I learn from that.
I didn't always think this way. I grew up thinking that being a good person, being a religious person, meant believing certain things. And by "believing certain things" I took to mean "knowing certain things." Knowing their truth. The cornerstones of religion were "beliefs," I thought, and I needed to learn those things and know them.
What beliefs? Well I wasn't very sure, but there seemed to be a lot of things. The Presbyterian Church I grew up in had a worship service in which we read together or recited together statements of belief. There was nothing uncommon about that. That was true of most Christian churches you could attend then (Catholic or Protestant), and true of must churches you could attend today.
For example, we recited the Apostles Creed. This is a statement accepted as authoritative by most Christian Churches, Protestant and Catholic. Here's how it goes:
Apostles Creed: Traditional English Version
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. AMEN.
That's a lot of beliefs to believe. This Apostles Creed is a very old statement of Christian beliefs. It's called the Apostles Creed because some people have thought that it originated with the Apostles – that is, with Jesus's Disciples. We're pretty sure that's not true. This Creed may come from the 3d or 4th century, but it doesn't come directly from the Apostles.
It took me a very long while to realize reciting statements like this wasn't going to work for me. As a young man I realized I couldn't succeed at knowing spiritual things in the same way I had come to know geometry or the causes of the American Revolution or the parts of speech or even how to row a boat. Those were things I could learn, be confident I knew, and feel good about knowing them. But I realized spiritual knowledge was different. Trying to have spiritual knowledge in the form of certain, creedal beliefs was just going to lead to dead ends and frustration and failure. At least for me.
This realization has something to do with why I was drawn to Quakers. From their beginnings, Quakers have refused to subscribe to Creeds like the Apostles Creed. For Quakers, it is what God says to us directly, not what others tell us God wants us to think.
So let's talk about the Disciples: what they knew and how they knew it. They are hand-picked by Jesus, they follow him around, they hear him preach, and sometimes they make the necessary arrangements. They're like advance men in a campaign.
We don't notice them much in the story, or at least I don't, unless we really focus attention on them. They're in the background, and they never do anything that's particularly praiseworthy.
"And they were amazed at Him." How often do we hear that said of the Disciples? They are with him day and night. They hear every word that he says; witness every healing; wrestle with every parable. Over and over again, despite all this preparation, Jesus says something to the Disciples "And they were amazed at Him." "Amazed." They seem never to know what to expect, no matter how much they have heard him before.
Often they don't even get it after Jesus has tried to help them understand.
In Mark 4, for example, (and I'm going to stick to that Gospel, today) Jesus tells the parable of the Sower to a large crowd. It's the one about seed being scattered and only some of it thriving. Afterwards, he has a private meeting with the Disciples. Jesus explains the parable, something he didn't do with the crowd. And then he asks, "Do you not understand this parable?" (Imagine him looking at blank faces, dismayed.) "How then will you understand all the parables?" (Mark 4:13). Jesus sounds a little frustrated.
A little later, in Mark 7, Jesus has a dust-up with some Pharisees about what makes a man "unclean." Again, Jesus speaks to a big crowd, and then afterwards he talks with the Disciples alone. Again he seems frustrated. "Then are you also without understanding?" (Mark 7:18).
Not long after that we come to the story of the loaves and the fishes, when a great crowd listening to Jesus preach is fed with seven loaves and two fishes. (Doug Gwyn has preached about this here at Durham recently.) Right after this, Jesus and the Disciples get in a boat to cross the Sea of Galilee. The Disciples forget to bring any bread on this trip, and they start fretting about this. Jesus again gets a little frustrated. "Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear. And do you not remember?" (Mark 8:17-18). There's that note of frustration, again.
At the end, as he nears his death, Jesus asks three of his Disciples (Simon, James and John) to be with him while he prayed. All Jesus asked was that they stay awake. But they don't. Three times they fall asleep (Mark 14: 32-42).
Hand-picked, the Disciples don't appear to do a great job. They regularly misunderstand what Jesus is teaching, even when they get special make-up classes that aren't available to the multitudes. They don't understand. The Disciples aren't pictured as the sort of people who would write the "Apostles Creed" with its list of specific beliefs and its tone of certainty.
Why are the Disciples so dim? I can think of two possibilities.
One is that they're just characters to draw us into the story. In Plato's dialogues, for example, Socrates does his teaching not by lecturing about things but by asking questions of young men who follow him around – sort of like disciples. Socrates regularly provokes these discussions in the middle of a walk, or a in the midst of a party, about big topics like piety or justice or knowledge. Somebody will say something casually, in passing, and Socrates will say, "so you think justice is 'giving every man his due?' And the person will respond yes, that's what I think. And Socrates will ask them a question: do you mean this, or do you mean that? Do you mean justice is what "seems" to be their due, or what "really" is their due?
Every time, whoever Socrates is talking with will take the dumbest alternative. They'll pick "appearances" (what seems to be the case) over "reality" (the heart of the matter) every time. Reading Plato gets to be like watching The Price is Right. You'll find yourself shouting at the page "don't take Door Number 1." Don't take the first choice. Don't take "appearances." Down that road, you know, Socrates will make them look stupid. But they always take Door #1 first." Socrates winds up making everyone look a little dim-witted. You start thinking you know the right answer, and then Socrates will show you that you're wrong, too. But he's drawn you in.
I don't think this is what is going on in the Gospels, however. I don't think the Disciples look stupid in the Gospels because the Gospel writers were using the same story-telling device. Rather, I think the Disciples regularly get it wrong because spiritual understanding is hard. The Disciples were good folk, they were trying hard, but what they were trying to learn is hard. The y just didn't get it right much of the time – most of the time.
Jesus teaches in parables, because what he's trying to teach can't be written down in a formula or a paragraph we memorize and recite. He's trying to get us to approach life in a very different way. Love your neighbor, even your enemy. Fear not, even though the world is a scary place and death even scarier. Welcome the stranger. Be grateful and approach the world with humility. All these lessons run against our instincts; they even run against common sense. (And I can't help but notice that none of those lessons are even mentioned in the Apostles Creed.)
Even at my best, I've come to think I'm like the Disciples. I regularly don't get it, don't see it or hear it. Regularly, I don't understand. Sometimes I fall asleep in Meeting. Perhaps you've noticed and were too kind to mention it.
Me? I'm with Stupid.
Paying attention to the Disciples should help us see that none of us are likely to have this all figured out.
Nevertheless, the Disciples stay at it, and that's what I've learned from them. Spiritual understanding is hard and elusive, even when we have good teachers. The important thing is to stay at it.
Listen patiently for God to speak to us if and when God will. We may not hear much, but what we hear we can trust.


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International Waffle Day
This Saturday, those of us with a sweet tooth will be rejoicing as it's International Waffle Day! They make the most delicious treat that's perfect for any time of day -including breakfast, lunch or dessert! To mark the occasion, we did a bit of research to find out exactly where the day originated from and also some of our favourite toppings….
What is Waffle Day?
Well, in actual fact there are two Waffle days - one that falls on March 25th and one that's celebrated in August over in America.
The tradition originates from Sweden, and is celebrated across the country. It's now catching on around Europe and, in celebration, people rejoin in eating waffles all day!
Over in America, the day is celebrated on August 24th honouring the anniversary of the first US Waffle Iron that was created by Cornelius Swarthout from New York.
We've pulled together a couple of Waffle facts that we thought you'd love to know...
Favourite waffles
No waffle is complete without a delicious topping, whether it's sweet or savoury. Here, we share with you our top three toppings...
Ice cream - We know this is such an easy topping but add a bit of whipped cream and throw some fruit into the mix and you'll create the most amazing taste!
Scrambled eggs - Perfect for a breakfast or brunch delight, simply add scrambled eggs for a simple and easy to make morning delight. You could even spice it up with a bit of bacon.
Nutella - There's nothing more perfect than melted Nutella on warm pancakes...delicious
What's your favourite Waffle topping? Tweet us over at GB Hospitality #gbloves
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November 2017