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Water Your Hydrangeas
So, I have these hydrangeas in front of my house. We moved into our new home last May and the plants outside were flourishing. This past spring in particular we received a lot of rain, much more than usual. When we moved in, the hydrangeas out front were spectacular-- unlike anything I'd ever seen! They were getting what they needed-- lots of shade and tons of water. As a result I didn't yet know how to care for them, and I certainly did not realize how much water they truly need.
During the first month for instance, I didn't even water them! I figured the sprinkler system twice a week was enough. And it certainly was, especially with the 2+ weeks of rain we were getting in the months of May and June. Like I said, very unusual. As the summer progressed, and the days grew hotter and hotter, I should have made an adjustment in the care of my hydrangeas. I still at this point had not realized what they needed.
What were once vibrant, lush, tall bushes had become droopy, thirsty and sad. I was beginning to see a noticeable difference, but still did not catch the signs they were throwing me! The bright pink blooms were turning green and brown. The thick, full foliage was floppy and falling flat. What was once sufficient water and care for them due to weather and the season was now simply not cutting it.
As the temperatures rose and sun exposure escalated quickly, this new season was forcing me to reassess their needs. Upon research and advice, I found out my precious hydrangeas were needing watering every day, instead of barely twice a week. To my horror, I thought I had killed them! Some dear friends reassured me, simply go out each day and be diligent to soak them thoroughly in water. They will have what they need and bounce right back. Cut off the dying or dead blooms and leaves-- prune away anything that is taking up the essential nutrients the plants need to thrive. As I was consistent in going out daily to prune and soak these hydrangeas in 100+ degree weather, they somehow made it through a Texas summer.
Yesterday evening, as I was preparing to go out and water, the Lord spoke to my Spirit. My mind was drifting to how there is a noticeable difference in the hydrangeas depending on if I watered them the day before. If they receive the water they need each evening by the next evening they still look good and healthy. If I forget to go out one night and they don't get the water they need by the next evening they look dry, weary and neglected. The Lord spoke, "And so it is with your soul."
Shocked at the parallel, I began to see the patterns in my own life of neglect and drought-- a lack of self-care and drinking deep of the water of life. I began to recognize the stark difference in my attitude, countenance and heart on the days I drink deep verses the days I run on yesterday's supply. Can you relate? By the end of today will you still look vibrant, healthy and strong? Or will you resemble my hydrangeas after a day without water—wilted, tired, weary?
You see, there are certain seasons in life where you need to run to the well of life to drink more deeply and regularly than others. There are seasons when 15-30 minutes a day simply isn't enough. There are seasons you need to soak. When is the last time you soaked in the water of life? Right now is one of those seasons for me. I can't operate on yesterday's devotional time. Each day demands me to drink deeply of the well of life and saturate myself in the presence and word of God.
Are you adapting with the season God has you in? Your soul needs it. It is important to recognize and correctly analyze what will bring you the most life in each season, and to be diligent to care for yourself accurately. Just as I needed to prune my hydrangeas, are there areas of life not bearing fruit you need to cut away? Self-care is important-- so, so important. But a massive part of self-care is putting yourself in the hands of God and caring deeply for the health of your own soul. So I invite you to ask God to reveal what kind of season you're in, what kind of care is best suited for your soul in this season, and ask him for the grace to be consistent and disciplined. May God bless you richly with his presence as you seek out such things.
"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food." -Isaiah 55:1-2
"O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me." -Psalm 63:1-8
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It is no secret that the housing market is as hot as the July weather we are having here in Utah County. Mortgage rates are lower than they have been in a long time, making it a great time to buy. But the reality is, the inventory of homes that are available for sale is low. There are plenty of homeowners that are selling, but there are still more buyers than sellers right now. So, you could involve yourself in dozens of bidding wars for houses that may or may not fit your needs, or you can build your own and design exactly what you want! Here are four reasons why you should build instead of buy.
Get Exactly What You Want
Because housing inventory is so low right now, not only is it difficult bidding against other buyers, it is also more difficult to find a house that fits the needs of your family. The floor plan you want is not something that you should compromise on. Buyer's remorse is the last thing you want to happen when it comes to a home. When you build, you know you are going to get exactly what you want in a home. (Visit our Floor Plans page to find the perfect one for your family!)
No Surprise Old House Quirks
When looking into buying a home, there is always the risk of big expenses that you might not know about until it is too late. Maybe the inspector missed something and you will have to buy a new water heater a few months after you move in. When you build, the risk of something like that happening reduces substantially because everything is brand new. You can rest much easier knowing that!
Cheaper Monthly Bills
Buying an old home will likely cost you more in utilities that you want to spend. Having an older air conditioning unit or furnace could put you out hundreds each month. If you build new, it is easy to go green right off the bat. The appliances being new will already make them more efficient, but you can also choose to install smart home equipment to make everything run even more smoothly, and save you money every month.
Higher Value
A home is a long term investment. If you invest in something that is higher quality, that investment is going to work for you more in the long run. Later on down the road if you need to sell, you will get a much higher price than if you bought an older home.
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As Illustrated Designs, Inc.'s copywriter, Marissa brings a love of words, and a passion for helping clients express their vision in a meaningful and authentic way.
Building on 17 years of experience as a teacher and a decade of work with student journalists, Marissa develops and edits copy for websites, blogs, brochures, and other collateral marketing materials. She believes it's possible to marry marketing savvy with authenticity, and seeks to deliver content that is as genuine as it is smart.
One of things Marissa enjoys most about being a copywriter is immersing herself in the diverse and fascinating worlds of her clients. Along the way she's written for a functional neurologist, a hair dresser, an interior designer, an architectural engineer, a fitness instructor, a Himalayan salt cave, and a visibility strategist, to name a few.
Marissa lives in Quakertown, and likes to spend her free time reading, daydreaming, taking road trips, cooking, and spending time with family, friends, and the world's happiest German Shepherd, Max.


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Featuring flautist Anna Urrey and cellist Caleb van der Swaagh, Reverie is my latest chamber music project featuring the stunning and innovative arrangements by harpist Carlos Salzedo of two classic French piano works: Debussy's Children's Corner and Ravel's Sonatine. The program also includes works by Jean-Michel Damase and Gabriel Fauré.
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Earlier Event: February 17NY Philharmonic: Van Zweden Conducts Wagner's Die Walküre (Act 1)
Later Event: March 11Dessoff Choirs: Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms


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The biggest game craze of the year is undoubtedly the smash hit mobile game Pokémon Go. Fans young and old got out of their homes and on the move to hunt down their favorite pocket monsters all over the world.
On the heels of a very popular Pokémon Go Halloween holiday weekend event, Niantic has just announced new sweeping changes to the bonuses that Pokémon trainers can earn. The new system will provide great rewards for more active players and continue engagement in the coming winter months.
Niantic posted a blockbuster update today to let fans know about the new and upgraded levels of XP and Stardust that they will be able to soon earn by staying engaged in the game. The breakdown of what you can get is below:
We want to provide you a detailed look at a new feature coming soon to Pokémon GO - Daily bonuses! Trainers will soon be able to receive a bonus for certain daily activities, including catching a Pokémon or visiting a PokéStop once a day. You'll earn a larger bonus if you do this seven days in a row!
Catching a Pokémon every day will earn the following bonus:
- 600 Stardust
Catching a Pokémon every day for 7 days straight will earn the following larger bonus:
- 2,400 Stardust
Visiting a PokéStop and spinning the Photo Disc every day will earn the following bonus:
- A number of additional items
Visiting a PokéStop every day for 7 days straight will earn the following larger bonus:
- A greater number of additional items
If you catch a Pokémon at any time on Tuesday local time, you'll be eligible for the next daily bonus on Wednesday at 12 AM local time.
This is great news for players, as the higher you go in the game, the more XP is required to jump from level to level. Also, Stardust is always in great demand. You get 100 Stardust for every Pokémon you catch now and it can take thousands of Stardust to power-up a Pokémon when you get to higher levels of the game. The extra bonus items, like potions and balls, will be helpful too. The amount of balls needed to catch Pokémon just keeps growing.
The last big update from Niantic was on October 24th to announce their Halloween holiday event, which spanned from October 26 to November 1. Trainers were able to earn double the amount of Candy for every Pokémon that they caught, along with each time they hatched or transferred Pokémon, as well. They also were able to earn Candy for their buddy walk-along Pokémon four times as quickly, which really added up. There was also a changing of the guard when many of the common Pidgey, Rattata and Weedles were replaced with ghost Pokémon and other types that aren't normally as common in each players particular region.
Niantic is no doubt starting to combat the impending winter, which will no doubt affect the level of engagement of their users. A good portion of the United States will soon be dealing with bitter cold, snow and ice. The dedication of the Pokémon Go trainer is about to be tested in a major way. Its one thing to walk around catching and battling gyms during the summer when the warm winter sun is shining, but to keep that momentum going the game will need to keep player interest and make it well worth their while.
Players have been growing more and more restless as they continue to get to higher levels, catch most or all of the Pokémon available, and deal with Niantic's various sanctions. Niantic has spent an inordinate amount of time battling and shutting down third-party apps and maps that allow players to "cheat" and find the Pokémon without playing the game as designed. Niantic has also imposed speed regulations recently that drastically limit a player's ability to play in a vehicle. Previously you could still read Pokémon at nearby at higher speeds, but now you can't go over 25 miles per hour or your tray may go blank.
There is no denying the frenzy that Pokémon Go cause upon its initial release this past July. The game was an instant hit, but the downloads and level of player engagement have all been steadily dropping since August. Pokémon Go once firmly held the number one most downloaded spot. The game is now, for example, the third most downloaded mobile app in the Google Play Store, behind Rolling Sky and Taps to Riches. It remains to be seen if updates like this one can carry the game through to Spring and retain players.


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Every time you buy something on credit, there's a chance your purchase will raise or lower your credit score. This includes cars. But how does buying a new (or new-to-you) car affect your credit score? A lot of that depends on you.
How Credit Works
In case you're new to buying stuff on credit, or you need a bit of a refresher, your credit score is basically a way of telling potential lenders how much of a risk you might be when borrowing money.
There are six main things that credit bureaus consider when coming up with your credit score:
- Your payment history (especially whether you make your minimum debt payments on time)
- How much debt you currently have
- How long you've had your debt with each account
- The kinds of debt you have
- The number of credit inquiries you've had
- Judgments on public record (bankruptcies, tax liens, etc.)
A score of about 700 to 800 is generally considered good or low-risk. A score of 800 or higher is excellent. Most people fall somewhere in the 600 to 700 range, which is considered fair.
So, What Happens When You Buy a Car?
If you plan to lease or finance your vehicle, you'll have to apply for credit, typically at the dealership or through a bank. When this happens, your potential lender will check your credit score. These credit checks are sometimes called "hard inquiries," which get included on your credit report—even if you don't end up taking out the loan.
An occasional hard inquiry will likely not make a significant impact on your overall credit score. But be warned: Too many hard inquiries over a short period of time may lower your credit score.
If you decide to take out a loan to buy a car, the new debt will be added to your credit report. You may even notice an initial drop to your score until you start making regular payments. As long as you make your minimum payment on time each month, you'll establish a good payment history, and your score will likely increase. Do that for long enough, and your vehicle purchase may end up being an overall positive item on your credit report, rather than a negative.
Before You Buy …
Before buying a new or used car, there are a few things you should take into consideration.
First of all, if you have a lower credit score, that doesn't necessarily mean you can't buy a car or get insurance for it. However, a lower credit score will most likely mean a higher interest rate on your auto loan. In other words, you may end up paying more money over the life of your loan, maybe even thousands of dollars more.
In addition, having a car loan on your credit report may affect your ability to buy other big-ticket items with credit, especially things like a house. If you plan on buying a home in the near future, you might want to wait to purchase that new or used automobile until after you're able to secure a mortgage. If you need a car sooner than you need a house, however, that's OK. Just make sure you can establish a solid payment history on your car loan first. A history of late or less-than-minimum payments on your car may make some mortgage lenders think twice.
Lastly, keep in mind that some auto insurance companies may check your credit score as part of determining your insurance rate. Getting your credit in better shape before you buy a car may help you get a more affordable quote on your auto insurance premiums.


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Bored by his aimless life, 66 year old Marc decides to take his cat and his grown-up daughter, Anne, on an impromptu road trip. Despite its promising start, the journey soon takes a turn for the bizarre, and easy-going Marc comes to realise he does not really know his daughter at all.
Shocking, hilarious and poignant, this final book from Pascal Garnier, published shortly before his death, is the author on top form.


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A Rambling Thought On: WitchBlade. the anime
A Rambling thought
I first got into this series mainly because the DVD cover had a Badass red head girl, with demon hand and lots of cleavage that and the MA Rating with a nudity tag… I was 16 at the time can you blame me? Yeah probably yes…
Anyways the story, there's this middle age lady just going about her business doing her normal thing when suddenly she is jumped by this Demon that almost kills her. When suddenly she hears this voice (never seen this before) and gets this awesome demon hand called the Witchblade (amazing). But moving on she uses her new demon hand to kill the demon that attacked her and gets this weird orgasm face while doing it. I'm just noticing I don't actually remember much about this anime series and I mostly remember the; art style and the fact that the series is based on a western comic published by Top Cow. Oh, and despite the nudity tag, there isn't any actual nudity just a lot of cum faces and people screaming the work ecstasy… oh and an absolutely un-godly amount of violence.
I really should re-watch the series, I have it on DVD after all, maybe I should put it on in the background while I'm working at home to try and jog my memory :P But maybe you should check it out as well, I hear it has lots of murder, orgasm faces and a great art style lol.


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Cognitive Cybersecurity Intelligence (CCSI) Group - Cognitive Security Intelligence
We are researching and developing techniques and methodologies to apply cognitive analytics and IBM Watson technologies to challenging security problems.
Cognitive Security Analytics
Security analysts in a security operations center (SOC) investigate many cyber security incidents every day. Many of them may be originating from false positives of a detection system, whereas for others, they spend significant amounts of time on identifying relevant information and data mining surrounding events or incidents to understand the bigger picture.
We are researching on how we can support SOC analysts in providing them a companion (or co-pilot) assisting them with recommendations and suggestions based on cognitive reasoning, i.e., to reduce the analysts' workload and provide them with insights about a given incident that they would not be able to produce under existing time and complexity constraints. The methods and tools we research on perform activities such as understanding, learning, and reasoning over on-going and past security incidents and events in a SIEM system (IBM QRadar) and combining them with insights obtained from the Security Knowledge Graph (Watson for Cyber Security).
Key challenges and technologies: AI, machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), reasoning, deep security knowledge.
- 02/2017: IBM announces IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson at the RSA Conference 2017.
- 05/2016: Sandy Bird, IBM Fellow and CTO Security Systems Division presenting the results of our research and the offering at the IBM Security Summit 2016: Cognition and the Future of Security - Sandy Bird
Our chair, president, and CEO Ginni Rometty shares the statistics of Watson for Cybersecurity. Our initial vision and direction became her keynote speech at the 2017 IBM Security Summit.
Security Knowledge Graph
A tremendous amount of security knowledge resides siloed in different repositories, such as threat intelligence databases, malware sandbox reports, threat reports released by security vendors, or blogs. Security analysts are required to search these systems manually, keep track of the findings, and correlate over them to identify actionable insight.
We are researching on methods to consolidate, correlate, and reason over vast amounts of security intelligence data extracted from hundrets of millions security documents (unstructured and structured) leading to billions of facts.
Key challenges and technologies: Graph mining, NLP, signal flow, belief propagation, machine learning, ontologies, scalable graph computing.
- 12/2016: Press coverage of the beta release of our research: IBM Watson for Cybersecurity Inches from Research to Reality
- 05/2016: IBM Security turns our research into an offering: IBM Cognitive Security (Watson for Cyber Security)
- 05/2016: Ginni Rometty, CEO, Chairwoman, and President of IBM, announcing Watson for Cyber Security at the IBM Security Summit 2016: Outthink Threats - Ginni Rometty


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New Music: VanJess "Touch the Floor (feat. Masego)"
Sometimes the worlds align and to my delight I'm sent something I'd already had my eye on. VanJess are an incredible duo with a back catalogue that'll turn the heads of new listeners. Their new track, Touch the Floor, is an incredible example of their masterful approach to interchanging vocals, with the kind of melodic phrasing that'll melt your heart. Super tasteful percussion, jazzy rhodes and those perfectly mixed horn lines contribute to one of their strongest tracks yet.
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Shop local for winter gear that will stand up to the frigid temps, as modeled by our own senior editor, Matt Hrodey.
- Block the wind with a pair of heavy trousers roomy enough to allow for a layer of long underwear.
- A sturdy down-filled jacket is a must for when the temperatures dip below freezing. This one, which has a lifetime warranty, can keep you toasty in temps as low as 15 below.
- Look for gloves that work double duty. This goat-leather pair is tough, and its terry wool lining will keep your phalanges extra-warm.
- Let your shovel do most of the work, instead of your back. Try one with a durable aluminum blade and ergonomic handle, and tell your Advil bottle to take the night off.
Yukon cap in earth/cafe by Outdoor Research, $39 at Yellow Wood. Chateau parka in red by Canada Goose, $900 at Yellow Wood. Half-snap blanket sweater by Woolrich, $165 at Yellow Wood. Plaid Flannel by Undefeated in rust, $50 at Moda3. Alpine Pro gloves in army leather and red by Hestra, $140 at Yellow Wood. Jones trouser in rifle green by Raleigh Denim, $225 at Milworks. Sk8-Hi Del Pato MTE snow boots in brown by Vans, $110 at Moda3. 20 in. Aluminum Combo Blade snow shovel by True Temper, $33 at area Ace Hardware and Home Depot stores.
'Can You Dig It?' appears in the February 2017 issue of Milwaukee Magazine.
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The Connemara Mussel Festival
By Simon Leyland | Photography by Aoife Herriott
The bank holiday in the first weekend of May typically ushers in the start of the Irish food festival season. It would appear that most festivals these days are in thrall to the large corporate food companies and their stealth-like sponsorship. Luckily, the annual Connemara Mussel Festival in Tullycross seems to have escaped that unfortunate stigma. For two whole days in May, this lovely little village is home to a food festival so unspoilt and positively bursting with good humour, it truly captures the whole essence of what a food festival should be about.
Thankfully untouched by the professional exhibition specialists, the Connemara Mussel festival (last year's winner of the Irish Food Festival of the year) is organised and run by a group of wonderful volunteers. The result is a great atmosphere and a relaxed feel about the event. The many stallholders who attended had an extraordinary array of home-grown produce—and there was not a commercial food company in sight.
The audience, too, is splendidly eclectic, ranging from the BMW-driving 'foodies' to local food fanciers. Harassed mothers with hyperactive children and neatly ironed senior citizens with their 'his and her' thermos flasks were in attendance. There were, of course, also the mandatory festival professionals, complete with dreadlocks and dreamcatchers, offering henna tattoos in exchange for pints of Guinness.
It appears that the star of the show, the humble bivalve, is doing rather well for itself, having finally shaken off its status as the trailer park relation of the shellfish family. The various cooking competitions over the weekend expertly showed off in rather imaginative ways the sheer variety of recipes available for this magnificent mollusc.
Much of the event is unticketed, meaning that everyone meanders around the single street looking at the various craft and artisan food stalls and occasionally stepping out of the way to avoid crocodiles of newly face-painted children coming out of the many child-friendly events on their way to look at Ireland's smallest cow. Being a city dweller most of my life, I was interested in what this cow would look like, thinking it would be the size of a chihuahua. I was somewhat disappointed to discover that it was, in fact, a slightly smaller cow than an average small cow.
The anticlimax of seeing the not-so-diminutive bovine was quickly forgotten when I heard the throaty roar of motorcycle engines coming into the village. At first glance, it appeared to be a gang of superannuated Hells Angels and their equally vintage motorcycles. Sadly, on closer inspection, they all looked to be estate agents, dentists, and solicitors. Nevertheless, it seemed somehow in keeping with the spirit of the festival.
There were many events over the weekend ranging from a session on organic vegetable growing to a 1970s-themed fancy dress disco. The Connemara Beekeepers Association and food media darlings John and Sally McKenna spent half an hour or so rhapsodising about the role of the bee and the many exotic varieties of honey to an occasionally mystified audience. There were also well-attended talks on a variety of seemingly unconnected topics such as W. B. Yeats, a history of Tullycross, and cave paintings, and there was a rather good art exhibition in the hotel next door.
The one event I was determined not to enjoy turned out to be the most memorable. Normally any event prefaced with the word celebrity fills me with dread. So, with some trepidation, I took my seat to watch Irish television personalities Sean O'Rourke and Michael Lally take part in a celebrity chef competition in the special marquee erected for the weekend. They immediately won the audience over by debating the conundrum of whether to stir clockwise or anticlockwise, as well as gleefully exchanging anecdotes about grandmothers whilst chatting, arguing, and trying in vain to follow their recipes. These things always appear to have an air of being previously rehearsed, but in this case the cooks' naturally ebullient personalities and their valiant (but sadly inefficient) attempts at chef superstardom breathed life into a somewhat hackneyed formula.
Leaving the marquee, I managed to get tangled up in a posse of thirsty German tourists just back from a guided walk along the coast. After untangling myself and waiting for the walking rucksacks to move away from the door of the pub, I too decided it was time for refreshment. After fortifying myself with a pint of the black stuff and a bowl of mussels (and rather nice they were too), I then wended my way back to the artisan food stalls.
The producers of these artisan foods are sustained by a ferocious belief in their products. One lady cheesemaker was championing organic cheese with the same eloquence and conviction that the Pankhursts once used to agitate for women's suffrage. Her objective—one I think we all would commend—is to dilute the market share enjoyed by the ubiquitous processed cheese.
Which segues rather neatly into a final memory of a marvellous weekend: sometime after his leather-clad colleagues had ridden off into the sunset, the sight of one remaining aged biker trying to cajole his machine back into life whilst trying not to drop a well-wrapped lump of Connemara artisan cheese pretty much summed up all that was right about this wonderful event.


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Once, in a Random Event, it said that a TCG card had found its way into my deck. How does it find its way? They don't have legs, do they? o_O ~costerboster
*Ponders* Perhaps they just kinda float down from the sky and land on top? Ahh, the mysteries of Neopia!
A few months ago I painted my little Nedler red. When I tried to look up a price for him (to put him in my shop) there were none listed on the Wiz, the Super Wiz, or the Trading Post. I thought, "Cool, I can price it what I want." :D However, when I tried to check out the price after putting it in my shop, it still didn't show up. I submitted a request to TNT to look into it but, after months of waiting, I still had no answer. I check the Wiz frequently, but it just comes up as a non-item. The other colors show, but not red. Why can't I get my little cutie on the Wiz? Is this color discrimination? Is red no longer deemed pretty? *sob* Can you help? *sniff* ~rainbowgranny
We checked these little chaps out, and it seems that two spaces were put between "red" and "Nedler." It's been fixed, so you should be able to search for these Petpets normally now. Thanks for spotting that!
If someone is quitting Neopets forever, are they allowed to send their Neopoints / items / Neopets, etc. to someone else (no, I'm not quitting; I love you all too much)? xD ~punkclown
Yes, if someone wishes to leave us forever, *sniff* they are more than welcome to send their Neopoints or items to their friends (or strangers) before leaving. However, if the person was a cheat and didn't get the items / NP honestly, those Neopoints or items will likely be removed from the account they get sent to. Therefore, don't accept items or Neopoints from shady characters. Also, be aware that lots on the Trading Post posted by people that are "quitting" are often tricks. That's why it's best to only accept items / NP from players you know and trust, or have a good reputation and ask nothing in return.
Dear TNT, recently there have been people on the shop boards posting that they will give items to people if they buy from their shop. They say they are not doing anything wrong because they actually do give people the items, which others have verified. However, there are Neopians who feel this is still against the rules. I'm sorry to ask you this, but could you please clarify? Also, please remove my username. Thank you. ~[username removed]
"Scamming people into buying your items / accepting your trades is not allowed! Neither is asking them for donations in exchange for items. Do NOT promise players things that they will not receive!" Is a word for word warning we give on the site. Since this is an issue, we have a blanket rule against people using this type of reward method to get people to buy from their shops. Even if the person actually IS giving the item, it's still against the rules just because so many people use this as a method of scamming.
Hi. I was wondering: let's say two people agree to trade Neopets -- an already made Neopet for a custom (as an example, we'll say it's a Plushie Chomby). If I've already bought the item, but not morphed yet, is the other person allowed to back out of our agreement? I wouldn't mind if the item was ETS (easy to sell), but I don't think Plushie Chomby morphing potions are ETS. D: Oh, and please remove my username. Thanks! ~[username removed]
By this stage it would be too late to cancel the deal. The other person has already invested Neopoints or altered their Neopet to fit the trade agreement.
Hi TNT! I just found out about the Key Quest load test that you guys are doing again. I'm slightly upset because I'll be at school during that time :(. If you ever do something like this again, do you think you could use a more flexible time? It's kind of unfair that I'm missing out on the virtual prize. ~sapphirekira
Alas, there isn't a time we could offer that makes everyone happy all around the world (as well as a time when we could have employees here to oversee the load test). This is why we've been making the item rewards tradeable, instead of them being no-trade items. That way, even if you can't attend the stress test, you can still acquire the item. :)
I have recently come across a few shops that have a marquee scroll set on their shop items. This is not only annoying and aggravating to have to sit through until I find the item I came for, but it can also lead to mice slipping and items being accidentally purchased. I've come across many boards on the Help Chat that ask about the legality of this, and I would like to have it clarified once and for all: is this allowed, or is it not? ~pittyprettypup
Woah, woah, woah guys. Hold those items still. That is not allowed. Marqueeing your text -- while occasionally being slightly annoying -- is fine, but making it difficult to purchase items (as well as being a rather silly thing to do if you want people to shop at your store) is not allowed.
Konnichiwa, TNT-san! *Bows and then hands cookies* I was just wondering: if the Turmaculus eats your Petpet and they have a Petpetpet attached, what happens to it? ~injectable
Konnichiwa! Regrettably, the Petpetpet will share the same fate as the Petpet.
Hey, TNT... I've got to admit I'm a bit sad! :( As much as I love the NC Mall, I had to buy 19 Enchanted Valentine Mystery Capsules to get the bonus item. And here I thought that buying my 14 Rainbow Mystery Capsules was bad! Is receiving the bonus item completely random, or is there a set number where it guarantees it to you at a certain point? I think the chances of the bonus should be higher. Please address this - but withhold my username! Thanks for everything you do for us; the updates are always wonderful! :) ~[username removed]
D'oh! Don't worry, we ourselves have had run-ins with both poor and amazing luck buying capsules. It's really completely random, which is nice in that it provides your item with a bit more rarity (the downside, of course, is that it also makes your item a little rarer. x_X)
Hey TNT, love the site! :) I was just wondering if you could add a "Select All" or "Remove All" feature to the Safety Deposit Box? I'm sure that I'm not the only pack rat who finds emptying a SDB packed with over 1,000 items tedious work, and this feature could speed that process up a bit! Thanks for considering the option, and please leave my username out if this gets printed... er, typed... in the next issue of The Neopian Times! ~[username removed]
We're very happy to hear you enjoy the site! :D As far as your request, though, we'll have to say, "Oh goodness, no." D: We've had far too many people who have dumped SDBs full of thousands of items into their inventory, then have either been unable to even load their inventory page or other such disasters, often ending with us having to delete all their items. We think it's better to have slightly more controlled ways of removing items from your SDBs.
Hello TNT, I have been getting a little annoyed for a while now. I had an unfinished scratchcard in the Lost Desert, but I decided to buy another and finish the other one later. So then I got another card, but when I tried to scratch it my old one kept appearing. Therefore, I decided to finish my old one, and of course I got nothing. So I threw it away and then went to scratch my new one. It told me the same thing every time: "Oops! - You don't seem to be holding that card!!!" I went back to Neopia and then returned to the scratchcard stall, and as a result I got ripped off. This has happened to me twice already. Why? ~peace_heart
It really doesn't take that much time to scratch a card, and like real scratchcards, the results aren't going to change if you leave it and come back to it, so perhaps it's best to just finish scratching your card before buying a new one? :-/
Blah, blah, you rock, blah, blah, *chucks rocks.* Anyway... if someone submits a series into The Neopian Times and that story is accepted, then will the rest of the series entered be allowed? Like, if I submit a series and it is accepted, but then I write a HORRIBLE part for it, do you have to accept it because it is part of the series, or can you refuse it? ~my5cookies
All series submitted to The Neopian Times must be submitted in whole, to avoid this exact scenario. We simply hold on to the entire series and then publish the next section each week. If a series is submitted to us incomplete it will be rejected.
Hey, TNT! Analogy time! Illusen:Jhudora: TNT:_________? ~websterpup1
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This interpretive 3-hour jeep tour departs from Canon City and meanders through bright red towering spires and monoliths sculpted by the erosion of the fountain formation. Your geological tour through time includes a short walk out to "Overlook Arch" and a up close look at dinosaur footprints left over 107 million years ago. You will see where paleontologist have been removing dinosaur remains for over 140 years from one of the most famous digs in history along with ancient Indian petroglyphs.
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You've probably heard it before, math and science are the most important subjects to learn. An education based in business will get you far.
The article linked here is an argument for the benefits of a liberal arts education.
You're more likely to learn critical thinking skills, which are highly prized in every profession.
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"A $60,000 baked potato."
The starry outing marked a rare appearance from the family-of-three.
Their latest matching ensemble is the chicest outfit we've ever seen
The 21-year-old entrepreneur and 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star is the highest paid influencer per Instagram post.
From vintage Chanel to mother-daughter fashion moments.
The reality television star just proved the Jacquemus hat is back for another round this season.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian might just be the definition of a power couple.
Want the billionaire's flawless complexion? You should avoid this scrub, apparently.
Kylie Jenner's new skin care line, Kylie Skin, doesn't officially launch until 22 May but it's already facing criticism online. On Friday, the reality star announced her latest business venture on Instagram, unveiling a range of six products designed to suit every skin type, including a foaming face wash, vanilla milk toner, walnut face scrub, moisturiser, eye cream and vitamin C serum.However, one product has received backlash from beauty fans who claim its ingredients could be damaging.In a short video promoting her new Walnut Face Scrub, Jenner described the product as being so gentle that customers can use it every day."I recommend two or three times a week, that's how much I use it," the 21-year-old said."Some walnut face scrubs are kind of harsh on the skin, this isn't too abrasive. It really leaves my face feeling super-baby soft."It makes me look glowy and takes away dead skin cells."While Jenner insists that the product is her "secret to a fresh face", others have hit out at the self-made billionaire for using walnut powder – an ingredient that many social media users say is excessively harsh on the skin. "Well this is horrifying. A foaming face wash and a walnut scrub?!" one person wrote on Twitter."Tragic to think that millions of girls will buy this trash and destroy their skin barriers."Another commented: "A WALNUT FACE SCRUB?! Why is Kylie trying to destroy our skin? Omfg."While a third added: "Licensed Aesthetician here, you should not be exfoliating everyday!!!!! 1x a week MAX!! "And Walnut will cause micro tears in your skin, using it every day will result in couperose skin (broken capillaries)."Beauty industry watchdog Estee Laundry joined in on the debate on Instagram referring to Jenner's product as "AbrasiveAF".> I still can't believe Kylie promoted walnut exfoliating scrubs. She already has more money than 99.9% of the world and yet she's out here shilling products that'll destroy precious faces.> > — Morgan Jerkins (@MorganJerkins) > > May 15, 2019Alongside an image of Kylie Skin products, the caption read: "Laundrites, what are y'alls thoughts on KylieSkin?"So far we've yet to see an ingredient list yet but they've mentioned the face scrub includes walnut particles—a fancier version of the StIves scrub?"The comment refers to a $5m (£4m) lawsuit filed against beauty brand St.Ives in 2017 where two plaintiffs claimed the crushed walnut powder used in its Apricot Fresh Skin Scrub created microscopic tears in the skin, exposing it to infections and irritation.> Kylie Jenner's walnut face scrub does wonders pic.twitter.com/uwgJ1CtQfS> > — Brian (@PhillyGinger) > > May 15, 2019Unilever, the company that makes the cream, hit back with a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, however, accusing the plaintiffs of raising "made up" allegations.U.S. District Court Judge Andrew J. Guilford agreed and dismissed the class action lawsuit claims.So, is walnut powder really bad for your skin? > View this post on Instagram> > Laundrites, what are y'alls thoughts on KylieSkin? So far we've yet to see an ingredient list yet but they've mentioned the face scrub includes walnut particles—a fancier version of the StIves scrub?🤔 AbrasiveAF GlossierMuch WheresTheTransparency KylieJenner> > A post shared by Estée Laundry (@esteelaundry) on May 14, 2019 at 7:50am PDTAccording to Dr Anil, a leading dermatologist specialising in anti-ageing treatments, walnut scrubs are not dangerous as long as you use them correctly. "As long as used appropriately, they are safe," Dr Anil tells The Independent."Anything abrasive can cause microtears, even any other scrubs on the market.Walnut scrubs have been around for many, many years. It's known for its antioxidants, removing dead skin cells and blackheads and can improve texture and dullness."Dr Anil recommends that walnut scrubs should be used twice a week with a good moisturiser and sunblock on top. However, if you have sensitive skin, Dr Anil suggests reducing this to once a week, especially if you use acid washes or scrubs with glycolic or salicylic acid in them.
On the surface, it looks as though Kylie is ignoring Kendall's anxiety.
Kylie Jenner today became the latest member of the Kardashian clan to join Adidas's growing roster of superstar collaborators. Following in the footsteps of her sister Kendall Jenner and brother-in-law Kanye West, the 21-year-old cosmetics mogul has teamed up with the sports brand to re-launch the '90s sneaker 'Falcon' by Adidas Originals. "I've always loved Adidas," says Jenner, who announced the partnership via an Instagram Story.


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Monday, January 7, 2019
Obama's Eternal Gifts
(Readers: Today I added links to Campus Reform.org and The College Fix, excellent sources which demonstrate how institutions of so-called higher learning "dumb down" the young and prop up the absurd and intolerable. Trade school looks better all the time and cheaper, too!)
As we watch New York's government speeding down the road to all soft communism, all the time, it's fun to think back on other gifts awarded American society by Democrats. For instance, now that China has put a spacecraft on the moon's dark side, equipped to perform unknown chores probably detrimental to the United States in one form or another, we cannot thank Barack Obama profoundly enough for pretty much gutting NASA support during his eight years of national ruin. Is China doing pure science, attempting to gain the edge on helium-3 and/or trying to hide its agenda from U.S. surveillance? Obama's failure to keep the U.S. space program superior in nature left the door open for other countries to overtake and put our technological space security in jeopardy, but his loyal clueless fans haven't even noticed. We wish the U.S. and Russia could gravitate into mutually friendlier terms eventually, both keeping a very cautious eye on China, which may not give a damn about using space for peaceful purposes.
Trump's wall: Badly required, but at what price to Democrats AND Republicans who put self-interest above national interest and security?
Grab-bagging with Kevin Spacey: This national preoccupation with who touched, fondled or explored whom has become ever so annoying. Look, if an 18-year-old man -- emphasized as still a "teenager" -- can't fend off an older Kevin Spacey in Nantucket (hmm, reminds me of a limerick. . .), who allegedly accomplished a dive into his pants at a bar, and then has to be defended by his mommy, a former member of the TV news crowd, then so what? To be polite, I strive to avoid the man/boy sexual element which boasts a long and not unusual history in the world, but at least in the states we endure such an on-again/off-again attitude about touching and feeling (essential attributes of the animal and insect world) to the point of paranoia that a conversation devoid of hoary religious dogma and "breaking the law" is virtually impossible. But to return to the original point -- an 18-year-old man, reportedly claiming to be 23, allegedly being felt up by A WEALTHY ACTOR in a bar, and the guy suffered, what, permanent brain damage or something while or after recording the incident on Snapchat?? Give me a break. That judges coddle this bullshit in their courtrooms turns the legal system into a legal cistern. "Sex abuse" is such an all-inclusive term, and taking it to the limits of either hilarity or hysteria is tearing human interactions apart. Thanks for this, too, radical psychoneurotic Democrats.
Vaccines and autism: The Full Measure TV show produced a brief but powerful report about information regarding the dark side of vaccinations being kept from the public by the government. If you missed it, visit the Web site and check out the few minutes of this must-see feature. Incidentally, we have spent time now and then discussing with medical personnel the controversy over giving infants MULTIPLE vaccinations before they've even had a chance to develop natural immunity on their own. Big Pharma and "established medicine" are not always our friends, especially when huge money sours the point of view, and it's a shame that physicians who don't necessarily follow "traditional" medical practice can lose everything when they try a little ingenuity not strictly accepted in the establishment's witches' cauldron.
While new Rep. Ocasio-Cortez demonstrated on 60 Minutes her flair for drama and ignorance, it was interesting that Rep. Rashida Tlaib demonstrated a foul mouth probably instructed by a foul brain.
That one new Muslim congresswoman took her oath of office on Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Quran seemed an idiotic move. Jefferson obtained a Quran not because he cherished the religion, but because he wanted evidence of the religion's horrors and dangers posed to a civilized society repulsed by the worship of death, dismemberment and the religious conversion of others against their will. For my money, they should'a made her take the oath on a polygraph.
Mitt Romney: Welcome, Mr. Senator. Too bad you have that Trump flip-flop going on. Romney has become like a sock which may be worn inside-out or outside-in, but one can't tell what side is what side.
"Mistaken identity" is the reason suggested for why the initial description of a suspect in the shooting murder of seven year old Jazmine Barnes was of a bearded white male (with blue eyes?). As we now know, the primary suspect is very black and not white at all. Mistaken identity. Right. And all the usual players in civil rights and community organizing were out there in the customary anti-white cheering section as this drama played out. So now the truth emerges and the attitude is, what? Oh, never mind, it's just mistaken identity. It's amazing what some people get away with and what some people don't.
The Academy, Ellen and Kevin Hart: This situation seems as phony as a nine-dollar bill. We're not certain how big a role Ellen D. played in this game, but we're pretty sure the Academy Awards folk had trouble finding just the right host for the Oscar presentations and needed to backtrack gracefully. We wish Hart would stop apologizing for a damned thing and would, indeed, continue to refuse the hosting job, because his good buddies in Hollywood will continue to act like a buzz saw next time he utters something which offends their twisted sensibilities. Everybody else is the problem because they know better than the rest of us.
Nun abuse: News services now focus upon lesbian nuns and damage they inflict upon the Catholic Church's reputation. All well and good -- but why don't you crack journalists concentrate just as heavily upon female circumcision, gay murders and other atrocities still practiced routinely by Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood's cache of sub-humans from centuries way past?
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Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and Nur Shams refugee camp, east of the city, searched many homes and abducted six Palestinians.
The Palestinian PrisonersŌĆÖ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted Mahfouth Nathmi Abu Aisha, MoŌĆÖtasem Jamil al-Mohr, 23, MoŌĆÖmen Moayyad DaŌĆÖma, 24, AsŌĆÖad Saffouri, 22, and Mohammad Nidal ŌĆśAref, 29, from Nur Shams refugee camp, and Monther Mershed Mhanna, from Tulkarem city.
Earlier on Monday morning, the soldiers many Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, and Zawiya village, west of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank, and abducted four Palestinians, including two siblings.
On Monday morning, several extremist Israeli colonists opened fire at many Palestinians picking their olive orchards, in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
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Scientists have made a huge breakthrough after they successfully freed faulty DNA from a human embryo for the first time.
The removed faulty DNA – which causes deadly heart disease to run in families, 'potentially opens the door to preventing 10,000 disorders' that are passed down, writes the BBC.
The team of scientists from the U.S. and South Korea allowed the embryos to develop for just five days before stopping the experiment and said there was no intention of implanting them to create a pregnancy.
The teams focused their research on a specific heart disease – hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – a common disorder which affects one in 500 people.
The disease is caused by 'an error in a single gene' and anyone carrying it has a 50/50 chance of passing it on to their children, according to the BBC.
The research has become the centre of debate – some think it's an exciting step forward in medicine while others are questioning whether or not it is 'morally right'.
Darren Griffin, a professor of genetics at the University of Kent said:
Perhaps the biggest question and probably the one that will be debated the most, is whether we should be physically altering the genes of an IVF embryo at all.
This is not a straightforward question… equally, the debate on how morally acceptable it is not to act when we have the technology to prevent these life-threatening diseases must also come into play.
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Clovis seeks input from residents on issues
Clovis city officials are looking to residents to help identify the most significant issues the city is facing and the type of person who would make the best city manager.
Community members are being questioned to offer feedback to the City Council about the qualities of a good city manager.
Those responding to the survey are asked to describe the most pressing issue the city is facing and the leadership traits they would want in a person who serve as the city's top staff person.
The city has been conducting the city manager search for three months since Kathy Millison left Clovis to become city manager of Santa Rosa.
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CUPE Alberta sectoral committees exist to co-ordinate activities of CUPE locals within the same area of the public service. The Alberta Library Employee Committee (ALEC) works to plan bargaining strategy, public relations campaigns and government lobby efforts, as well as acting as an avenue for library locals to keep each other informed of their activities.
Terrill Budd – Chairperson
Juliette Leask – Secretary
Elsa Watson –
Alexis Olinek – Treasurer
Sheila Stewart – Liaison
Marle Roberts – Division President
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I never thought I would be one of those people who had farm animals as pets. I never thought I would be one of those people who named a farm animal. I never thought I would be one of those people who welcomed strangers into my home to enjoy a virtual petting zoo. And yet....
This past year Alex and I moved into a precious log cabin perfectly situated on the edge of our vegetable fields. It is picturesque, easily accessible to the road and the barns. It has a yard built for an energetic mutt, and just enough acreage to support a little mini-farm within the larger farm. Last fall, we hosted our first on-farm dinner and invited farm share members onto our land and into our home. Then we got 60 chickens, built a new chicken house, and moved all the hens and both of their houses into our yard. THEN we bought sheep—this really sealed the deal. We built a new barn, put up a fence and welcomed our farm pets into our lives. These sheep are an amazingly friendly, good-natured (and tasty!!) breed. So we fell in love.. and we invited more people over to visit them. Now, just a few months later... they're having babies!!!! This is definitely something we wanted—I mean, who doesn't want a bunch of beautiful baby lambs bouncing around??? Well, we weren't prepared for just HOW cute they would be...they're really cute. Also, I didn't realize how much the animals would contribute to the fullness and joy of our lives. Waking up in the morning to let the sheep out and then drinking my coffee while they leap around in the grass outside of our window really does complete my imagined dream of the perfect pastoral scene.
Don't be mistaken, we are really looking forward to reaping the rewards of our sheep labor in the form of delicious meat next year. Fundamentally we believe in raising meat humanely for harvest. These St Croix sheep would not exist in Virginia (or anywhere in the US) if they weren't being raised for meat—that is their purpose here. As such, it is not a contradiction for me to raise these animals as pseudo-pets, snuggle with them as babies, and carry them through their lives as best we see fit. Further, we want to invite our community in to witness this process and "meet your meat," as they say.
SO, of course we must invite everyone out to share this idyllic spring, right?? Yes. Ergo... the new little on-farm market we're hosting Tuesday afternoons. I know it's a trek for most of our customers, and I don't have expectations of making big bucks at this stand. But, just 3 weeks in I can already feel the love of our little home reverberating out through friends and farm share members. It's just impossible not to enjoy sharing the cute hops and snuggles of a baby lamb, and an errant, rogue chicken, and our new perennial flower beds, and (of course) our nourishing vegetables.
I guess, it turns out, I am one of those people :)


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Ration Card App
TNEPDS is a mobile app that has been launched by the Government of Tamil Nadu which offers you the chance to monitor your ration card entitlements and transactions. This is basically a ration card app that is meant to give the people of Tamil Nadu the chance to have a look at what the Public Distribution System of Tamil Nadu is offering them in the name of rations. I found the app to be a little underwhelming. It wasn't so friendly to use and had very limited options to offer.
The layout of this ration card app is simple and intuitive, to begin with. It offers up the option of either viewing the app in the English language or the Tamil language. You can decide which language you want to see the app in by selecting the particular language from the language settings provided on the front window of the app. Having selected the language, you are asked to start the app by registering yourself. You can accomplish this by submitting your mobile number into the app. An OTP will be sent to your given mobile number, which you can enter to gain access to your ration card information.
TNEPDS gives you the information regarding the ration entitlements that you have. It is a breakdown of all the commodities and their quantities that you are entitled to have depending on the number of people you have in your family. For instance, for a two person family, the amount of rice you could have is 100 Kgs. Similarly, the quantities of Sugar, Wheat, Oil and Kerosene are also the same. The new version of the ration card app also allows users to update information regarding the number of people that are present in a family household. This will ensure that the entitled amount of goods will get increased accordingly if a new addition has been made to your family.
This ration card app also provides you the chance to view the transactions made each month for the purchase of the different ration commodities. The app has a minimalist design and only lists the most pertinent details of the transactions made. You get to see the price details of each commodity separately and a final total. While being adequate, it is not something special and does not give other features that are included in such apps of other states. Moreover, the performance of the app is somewhat lacking as well. I found it extremely hard to enter in my mobile number and several tries had to be made to get the OTP to get myself registered.
- Multiple language support
- Simple and minimalist layout and design
- Details of ration entitlements
- Details of ration card transactions
TNEPDS is a ration card app that barely performs its basic function but does not go beyond itself to offer help to its users. It is not an app that you can't live without and so does not merit a place on your Smartphone.
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January 21, 2015
George Prentice
Approximately 400 vehicles - large trucks from contracted haulers, private trucks from construction and demolition crews, and scores of individual citizens - dump waste into the Ada County Landfill every day.
The technical term is "edible food." The definition is all food--vegetables, fruit, bread, meat, pasta, cheese--that appears to be edible, or was at least edible when it was discarded. There is a lot of edible food at the Ada County Landfill. Tons of it. Thousands of tons even. According to a hot-off-the-press analysis, more than 53,000 tons of food waste is sent to the Ada County Landfill each year. More than 17,000 tons of it is "edible food."
That is one of a number of startling discoveries in the analysis, prepared for Ada County by South Prairie, Wash.-based Green Solutions, LLC. From yard debris, which may be the biggest stunner, to massive amounts of recyclable wood and carpeting, the bottom line is that way too many items are making their way to the 2,700-acre Ada County Landfill when they could be repurposed.
"I think I've read through this nearly 60 times already," said Sara Arkle, community conservation associate with the Idaho Conservation League. "I can't tell you how excited we are that there's solid data that can help drive decisions for a more sustainable landfill. This analysis was done efficiently and effectively, and I would like to see that efficiency and effectiveness translate into actual projects and policy decisions."
In May 2014, Boise Weekly stood among the tons of garbage being pushed around what is known as the North Ravine Cell, a 281-acre mound of waste that is only one of 14 stages of the county landfill. Ada County was already knee-deep in what would be an historic analysis as teams of moon-suited auditors manually sorted tons of garbage, stroke-counting each piece by hand, in order to give Ada County the first odorous census of its trash. The analysis came in the wake of the Dynamis debacle: Ada County had paid Eagle-based Dynamis Energy $2 million to design a trash-to-energy facility. Lawsuits and investigations followed and in 2013, the county ultimately slinked away from the deal, swallowing the $2 million as a loss.
That was then.
"The first thing that struck me with this analysis is the level of transparency that we haven't seen in the past," said Arkle. "There's some great information here."
Dave Logan, director of Ada County Operations, which includes the landfill, couldn't be more pleased with what he says will be a collaborative analysis of the analysis.
"How we manage our solid waste in Ada County really needs to come from a community conversation," Logan told BW. "So the first thing we did was form a community advisory panel, including representatives from all of the cities; our providers, such as Republic Waste and Western Recycling; and members of the public, and we handed them this analysis. So, they've got a lot to consider," he said.
For example:
• We send 52,570 tons of yard debris to the Ada County landfill each year; 34,500 of those tons are from single-family homes in the city of Boise alone.
• 37,410 tons of wood ends up in the landfill each year.
• 33,280 tons of construction and/or demolition (C&D) materials pile up annually. Even more stunning, It's estimated that approximately 80 percent of C&D waste, including plywood, carpeting and roofing, is potentially recyclable.
"There's a number of things we can discuss on C&D," said Ted Hutchinson, the Ada County deputy solid waste director. "For example, maybe there's a piece missing in the building permit process, especially when there's a job where someone is tearing down and remodeling. Imagine attaching something to a permit where the builder needs to get their materials into a recycling facility so that all of that waste doesn't end up in the landfill. There's a real opportunity to get it back into the marketplace."
Logan said metals provide another bit opportunity: Each year, around 16,000 tons of cans and mixed metals end up in the landfill.
"Imagine that when a truck pulls into our facility, we might be able to direct them to a stop-off point where they could drop of their metals before heading to the big landfill," Logan said.
The real bombshell, though, was the food. To the person, everyone BW spoke with was taken aback by the amount of edible food waste.
"That was the one real big surprise for me," said Hutchinson. "It's really something to see how much usable food there is in the landfill. A lot of people still don't understand that there's a big difference between the sell-by date, which is directed to the store owner, and the use-by date, which is directed to the consumer. A lot of that food hasn't reached the use-by date. You're throwing away something with a lot of value."
Food waste and yard debris could be readily coupled for composting. Logan and Hutchinson said the new advisory council may want to talk more about the possibility of creating a giant composting facility at the landfill.
At Boise City Hall, some people are already talking about a city-driven plan to create so-called "curbside composting," which could introduce a separate bin for compost materials.
"Yes, we're doing some preliminary analysis of a curbside composting program," said Steve Burgos, environmental engineer for the city of Boise. "The mayor and Council are certainly interested, but we're at a very early stage of looking at the finances. We have to make sure it's economically feasible before we turn to the ratepayers to see if they're interested."
Burgos, a member of the new advisory council, was one of the first people to get his hands on the landfill analysis.
"This is a great first step toward helping us understand how we can better set goals toward waste reduction," he said. "The most exciting part of this is how many opportunities there are for improvement."
Meanwhile, at Ada County headquarters, Logan was a pretty happy man as he considered the number of possible ways to better manage our waste.
"I wouldn't be terribly surprised [if] in the next 12 months, you'll see some very serious discussions about recycling, repurposing and overall better decisions at the consumer level," said Logan. "Right now, the No. 1 agenda item is a green waste program."
Items considered "green" would include all of the food that's being tossed out.
"Holy cow," said Arkle. "It's hard to fathom what [106 million pounds] a year looks like. And that's the total edible and inedible food. It's so extraordinarily large."
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In order to put New Brunswick's job creation (or lack thereof) into perspective, the charts below show job creation (Number of Persons Employed) in selected other provinces, as well as Canada as a whole. All data come from Statistics Canada (Table 282-0054). Data for Canada are the averages of all provinces (Territories excluded). The previous post shows New Brunswick regional data.
Data run from January (JA) to December (DE) for each of the three years. Scroll over the bars to see the actual numbers for that month/year. Note that in both cases, the numbers are three-month rolling averages and are unadjusted for seasonality. By comparing the column heights and numbers for a given month over the three-year period, you can determine the net job creation (or loss) year over year. Those are good indicators as to whether the local economy is growing or not.by


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The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia. First held in 1905, the tournament is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles and junior's championships; as well as wheelchair, legends and exhibition events. Prior to 1988 the tournament had been played on grass. Since 1988 two types of hard court surfaces have been used at Melbourne Park – green Rebound Ace to 2007 and bluePlexicushion from 2008.
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On the other hand, the political parties continued to play their own dirty game by acting as roadblock toward desired economic reforms. The winter session of the parliament did not function during the first two days and there is every probability that it will not function at all again, this session. With such a ghastly situation wherein the politicians care a fig for the economy, not surprisingly the INR tanked to its 10 week low and falling.
It seems good governance is an anathema to modern day Indian politicians.


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½ sweet potato
3 eggs
⅛ tsp baking soda
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp vanilla extract
⅛ tsp salt
Using a knife, cut slits in the sweet potato half for better cooking and cook sweet potato in microwave until very tender (about 4½ minutes).
Once the sweet potato has cooled, use a fork to mash it until it has the consistency of mashed potatoes.
In a blender or food processor add sweet potato, eggs, and remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.
Over medium heat, spray a pan with cooking spray and add a ¼ cup of batter to form a pancake. Cook for 2-3 minutes, then flip and cook the other side for about 2-3 minutes.
Repeat this to make about 6-7 pancakes. Serve with bananas, berries, and a splash of maple syrup or honey!
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WE all know the drama that is happening in Brazil due to the World Cup, while most teams are training and preparing which is the right thing to do, yet the German team takes time to share with underprivileged children.
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Everything in your home should be in working order.
If you have a broken chair,replace it or get it fixed immediately. If you have chips on some of your dishes,get rid of them.
It is not good feng shui to have chipped dishes, or anything in the kitchen that is not working.
Replace anything in the home that is not working properly, especially burned out light bulbs, leaky sinks, and broken or cracked windows and doors.
Everything should be in proper working order, or your resources will drain away.
The computer you work on daily should not have cords going in every which direction.Use a large funnel cord to put all the small cords in so they look neat and tidy.
Another important aspect element in promoting good feng shui is avoiding overcrowding.
When you have too much "stuff" in your environment, energy does not flow easily. It is better to have less in a room so the ch'i can move comfortably.You should feel relaxed and secure in every room of the house.
Speaking of every room in the house, every room in your home should be used. I have done feng shui consultations in huge homes to where much of the house is not used. You can feel when rooms are not used. They hold dead energy.
It is very important to use every room in order to circulate the energy to all parts of the house.If a room holds dead energy, that room exerts a bad influence on the rest of the house and can cause illness to the people who live there.
Keep your home and office clean! Don't be afraid to throw out old files with old energy. Throw those files away and new business will come to you.
Throw away letters from former lovers and you'll find someone new!
Cleaning out clutter and keeping your home and office neat and tidy is one of the first steps toward "activating" your sectors ruling health, wealth and romance.
After cleaning out the clutter physically, clean and straighten up the place, vacuum, sweep and mop all areas of the house. This should be done at least once a week.
Allocate different corners to each individual in your household in order to maximize and enhance your wealth section.
If you find that you do not use something within a year, get rid of it. Once you dispose of things you no longer use, you make room for new energy and opportunities to enter.


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This module contains functions and classes related to file input and output.
It primarily provides two high-level functions for reading and writing external files:
In addition, the module contains the
FileSource class, which is a data source for OVITO's
data pipeline system reading its input data from an external file.
import_file(location, **params)¶
This high-level function imports external data from a file.
This Python function corresponds to the Load File command in OVITO's user interface. The format of the imported file is automatically detected. However, depending on the file's format, additional keyword parameters may need to be supplied to to specify how the data should be interpreted. These keyword parameters are documented below.
Parameters: location (str) – The file to import. This can be a local file path or a remote sftp:// URL. Returns: The
ObjectNodethat has been created for the imported data.
The function creates and returns a new
ObjectNode, which provides access the imported data or allows you to apply modifiers to it.
Note that the newly created
ObjectNodeis not automatically inserted into the three-dimensional scene. That means it won't appear in the interactive viewports of OVITO or in rendered images. However, you can subsequently insert the node into the scene by calling the
add_to_scene()method on it.
Sometimes it may be desirable to reuse an existing
ObjectNode. For example if you have already set up a modification pipeline and just want to replace the input data with a different file. In this case you can call
node.source.load(...)instead on the existing
ObjectNodeto select another input file while keeping the applied modifiers.
File columns
When importing XYZ files or binary LAMMPS dump files, the mapping of file columns to OVITO's particle properties must be specified using the
columnskeyword parameter:
import_file("file.xyz", columns = ["Particle Identifier", "Particle Type", "Position.X", "Position.Y", "Position.Z"])
The length of the list must match the number of columns in the input file. See the list of particle properties for standard property names. You can also specify a custom property name, in which case a user-defined particle property with that name is created from the corresponding file column. For vector properties, the component must be appended to the property base name as demonstrated for the
Positionproperty in the example above. To skip a file column during import, specify
Noneinstead of a property name at the corresponding position in the columns list.
For text-based LAMMPS dump files it is also possible to explicitly specify a file column mapping using the
columnskeyword. Overriding the default mapping can be useful, for example, if the file columns containing the particle positions do not have the standard names
y, and
z(e.g. when reading time-averaged atomic positions computed by LAMMPS).
File sequences
You can import a sequence of files by passing a filename containing a
*wildcard character to
import_file(). There may be only one
*in the filename (and not in a directory name). The wildcard matches only to numbers in a filename.
OVITO scans the directory and imports all matching files that belong to the sequence. Note that OVITO only loads the first file into memory though.
The length of the imported time series is reported by the
num_framesfield of the
FileSourceclass and is also reflected by the global
AnimationSettingsobject. You can step through the frames of the animation sequence as follows:
from ovito import dataset from ovito.io import import_file # Import a sequence of files. node = import_file('simulation.*.dump') # Loop over all frames of the sequence. for frame in range(node.source.num_frames): # Let the node load the corresponding file into its cache. node.compute(frame) # Access the loaded data of the current frame, print("Number of atoms at frame %i is %i." % (node.source.loaded_frame, node.source.number_of_particles))
Multi-timestep files
Some file formats can store multiple frames in a single file. OVITO cannot know in some cases (e.g. XYZ and LAMMPS dump formats) that the file contains multiple frames (because, by default, reading the entire file is avoided for performance reasons). Then it is necessary to explicitly tell OVITO to scan the entire file and load a sequence of frames by supplying the
node = import_file("file.dump", multiple_frames = True)
You can then step through the contained frames in the same way as for sequences of files.
LAMMPS atom style
When trying to load a LAMMPS data file which is using an atom style other than "atomic", the atom style must be explicitly specified using the
atom_stylekeyword parameter. The following LAMMPS atom styles are currently supported by OVITO:
export_file(node, file, format, **params)¶
High-level function that exports the results of the data pipeline to a file. See the Data export section for an overview.
- node (
ObjectNode) – The object node that provides the data to be exported.
- file (str) – The output file path.
- format (str) –
The type of file to write:
"txt"– A text file with global quantities computed by OVITO (see below)
"lammps_dump"– LAMMPS text-based dump format
"lammps_data"– LAMMPS data format
"imd"– IMD format
"vasp"– POSCAR format
"xyz"– XYZ format
"fhi-aims"– FHI-aims format
"ca"– Text-based format for storing dislocation lines
"povray"– POV-Ray scene format
The function first evaluates the modification pipeline of the given
ObjectNodeto obtain the data to be exported. This means it is not necessary to call
ObjectNode.compute()before calling
export_file(), but it doesn't hurt either.
formatparameter determines the type of file written by the export function; the filename suffix is ignored. However, for files that end in
.gz, automatic gzip compression is activated if the file format is text-based.
Depending on the selected format, additional keyword arguments must be provided:
File columns
When writing files in one of the formats lammps_dump, xyz, or imd, you must specify the set of particle properties to be exported using the
columnskeyword parameter:
export_file(node, "output.xyz", "xyz", columns= ["Particle Identifier", "Particle Type", "Position.X", "Position.Y", "Position.Z"] )
See the list of standard particle properties for valid names. Additionaly, user-defined properties can be listed if they exist in the output data. For vector properties, the component name must be appended to the base name as demonstrated for the
Positionproperty in the example above.
Exporting several simulation frames
By default, only the current animation frame (given by the
current_frameglobal variable) is exported. To export a different frame, pass the
framekeyword parameter to the
export_file()function. Alternatively, you can export all frames of the current animation sequence at once by passing
multiple_frames=True. Refined control of the exported frames is possible using the keyword arguments
end_frame, and
The lammps_dump and xyz file formats can store multiple frames in a single output file. For all other formats, or if you intentionally want to generate one file per frame, you must pass a wildcard filename to
export_file(). This filename must contain exactly one
*character as in the following example, which will be replaced with the animation frame number:
export_file(node, "output.*.dump", "lammps_dump", multiple_frames=True)
The above call is equivalent to the following Python loop:
for i in range(node.source.num_frames): export_file(node, "output.%i.dump" % i, "lammps_dump", frame=i)
LAMMPS atom style
When writing files in the lammps_data format, the LAMMPS atom style "atomic" is used by default. If you want to create a data file with a different atom style, the style can be selected using the
atom_stylekeyword parameter:
export_file(node, "output.data", "lammps_data", atom_tyle="bond")
The following LAMMPS atom styles are currently supported by OVITO:
Global attributes
The txt file format allows you to export global quantities computed by OVITO's data pipeline to a text file. For example, to write out the number of FCC atoms identified by a
CommonNeighborAnalysisModifieras a function of simulation time, one would do the following:
export_file(node, "data.txt", "txt", columns=["Timestep", "CommonNeighborAnalysis.counts.FCC"], multiple_frames=True)
See the documentation of each analysis modifier to find out which global quantities it computes. At runtime, you can determine which
attributesare available for export as follows:
- node (
Base class:
This object serves as a data source for modification pipelines and is responsible for reading the input data from one or more external files.
You normally do not create an instance of this class yourself. The
ovito.io.import_file()function does it for you and assigns the file source to the
sourceattribute of the returned
ObjectNode. This file source loads data from the external file given by the
source_pathattribute. The
ObjectNodethen takes this data and feeds it into its modification pipeline.
You typically don't set the
source_pathattribute directly. Instead, use the
FileSource.load()method to load a different input file and hook it into an existing modification pipeline:
from ovito.io import import_file from ovito.modifiers import ColorCodingModifier # This creates a new node with an empty modification pipeline: node = import_file('first_file.dump') # Populate the pipeline with a modifier: node.modifiers.append(ColorCodingModifier(particle_property='Potential Energy')) # Call FileSource.load() to replace the input data with a different file # but keep the node's current modification pipeline: node.source.load('second_file.dump')
File sources are also used by certain modifiers to load a reference configuration, e.g. by the
CalculateDisplacementsModifier, whose
referenceattribute also contains a
Data access
FileSourceclass is derived from the
DataCollectionbase class. This means the file source also stores the data loaded from the external file, and you can access this data through the
DataCollectionbase class interface. Note that the cached data represents the outcome of the most recent successful loading operation and may change every time a new simulation frame is loaded (see
from ovito.io import import_file # This creates a node with a FileSource, which also is a DataCollection. node = import_file('simulation.dump') # Access data cached in the DataCollection. print(node.source.number_of_particles) print(node.source.cell.matrix)
A flag that controls whether the animation length in OVITO is automatically adjusted to match the number of frames in the loaded file or file sequence.
The current length of the animation in OVITO is managed by the global
AnimationSettingsobject. The number of frames in the external file or file sequence is indicated by the
num_framesattribute of this
FileSource. If
True, then the animation length will be automatically adjusted to match the number of frames provided by the
In some situations it makes sense to turn this option off, for example, if you import several data files into OVITO simultaneously, but their frame counts do not match.
load(location, **params)¶
Loads a new external file into this data source object.
The function auto-detects the format of the file.
The function accepts additional keyword arguments that are forwarded to the format-specific file importer. See the documentation of the
import_file()function for more information on this.
Parameters: location (str) – The local file or remote sftp:// URL to load.
The path or URL of the data file that is currently loaded and kept in memory by the
The zero-based frame index that is currently loaded and kept in memory by the
The data of this frame is accessible through the inherited
The total number of frames the imported file or file sequence contains (read-only).
The path or URL of the imported file or file sequence. Unlike the path return by
loaded_file, the source path may contain a '*' wildcard character when a file sequence has been imported.


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