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Originally posted by antar
One day while playing with my cat outdoors it simply vanished before my eyes never to be seen or heard from again.
I was living in Taos Canyon at the time and it was truly the most remarkable unexplained thing that has ever happened to me.
My Mom was sitting on the porch watching as I chased my then 5 year old cat around the front yard where there was a huge fallen tree limb. Around the giant log we went again and again, just having a good time until my cat sprang up and over the stump, and simply vanished.
My Mom thought I was pulling her leg at first but when I got really upset and freaked out, she came to help me look. You could see all the way around it, under it, but we never saw our beloved pet again.
Originally posted by Jaellma
This didn't happen to me but it did to my brother. He used to party a lot as a younger man (he's in his 40s now) and in some cases he used to walk home either from the bus stop or from the party itself. We lived in a very rural area at the time and he recalls walking home one late night where he had to cut through a narrow path surrounded by tall hedges and thick vegetation. He said as he turned into a sharp corner of the path in front of him, he saw a very tall and dark object standing right in the middle of the path. To him it appeared to be a gigantic man-like object of impossible height (10-15 feet maybe) and it was just standing still in the path.
He said he instinctively jumped into the bushes and ran through the heavy bushes away from the path but towards a stream. He recalled running through branches, crashing through bushes as he frantically raced away from the monstrosity he saw. After running for a while, he broke through the bushes and came upon a different road where somehow he ran into an older neighbor who was out having a midnight stroll. The neighbor tried to calm him down and asked him why he was coming out of the bushes breathless and scared. He tried to explain what he saw and all the neighbor told him was "he shouldn't be out that late by himself and to be more careful in the future".
They walked for a while until my brother got near his house and he ran towards it. Upon entering the house, he quickly told my mother what happened and they both recounted hearing banging noises on the side of the house as if something was hitting the outside walls with an unknown force.
Needless to say, that was the last time he was out late by himself again.
Originally posted by gemineye
I have a story about the time I was probably the most scared I've ever been in my life and then ended up feeling the most stupid I've ever felt in my life. I'll tell it but I'm not quite sure it will come off as scary or as funny as it really was. It's probably one of those things you had to be there for, but I was absolutely TERRIFIED!!!
Originally posted by SinMaker
Many years ago when I near 10 or so, my sister kept complaining of hearing a typewriter going off at night in the attic. No one believed her. Yet there was an old fashioned typewriter in the attic in a hard blue cloth case. Never believed her.
One night, the family went on a stroll. Somehow I was in trouble or grounded and wasn't allowed to attend. I was all alone in a house that was built at the turn of the century. The lights were on, but I was alone. I tried to settle in the old scary house and watch t.v.
As soon as I sat down, I heard the typewriter going off! Not .0000001 seconds after hearing that was I sitting on the base of the porch steps waiting for the return of my family. In the dark.
Freaked me out!
That old house had more freaky things going on than any house on a modern day t.v. show. It had all the bells and whistles. Gas stove turning off and on. Water going off and on. Lights......you name it. That house still freaks me out in my dreams.
Originally posted by CrypticSouthpaw
Iv seen aliens and an abduction. That was pretty terrifying. But at least i shared these experiences with others so i'm not going crazy alone.
Originally posted by Beldy
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Ok. that story made me laugh out loud. The whole thing. Sorry you got shot at by a naked dude but I'm still laughing about the whole thing. Thanks for sharing. I'm going thru some rough times and anything to help me laugh is a good thing!
Originally posted by Nuke2013
Here is a scary story for you....
It starts 24 years ago and just ended 1 year ago.....Married to my ex wife !!! Need I say more ? lmao !


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We are very pleased with the realtor services provided by Nancy and her team. In addition to being highly professional and well prepared, they show high client care by prioritizing our needs as clients. Thank you Nancy and Steven for the successful sale of our property in an ever changing market.
Its destiny for me and Nancy to meet and sell our house after a bad experience from another realtor. Nancy and her team are all working together. No hang ups and always with posibilities. Very quick, organized, helpful and detailed. I would gladly recommend her and of course put my trust on her on our next real estate ventures! More power Nancy and special mention to Steve as well! Cheers!
Nancy is the best real estate agent that i met here in Vancouver, BC. She is very knowledgeable and very precise. I like to way she does things and everything is done. Even a place where it is a challenge to sell makes it like a cakewalk for Nancy and Associates. The best was Nancy knows how to communicate with customers.Unlike other realtors they just gives a lot of promises and nothing comes out of it. Nancy is very detailed person and you will not go wrong with her for a realtor. If i have lots of cash for investment, she would be my realtor agent for life !
I am highly recommending Nancy Fong, if you are in need of a realtor. She is very professional and always gets back to you in a short time. If she does not have an answer to your question, she will find someone who can answer it. Her recommendations were very helpful. She was a great negotiator when trying to close the deal and helped us all the way through, from the initial meet and greet, the viewing and the purchase.
We are so blessed to have Nancy and her team to sell our condo. Our unit got sold within 1 week on the market! Nancy and Steven are very professional, efficient and always inform us every step of the way. They also genuinely wants to get to know us as a family and working on our best interests. Nancy's photographer also awesome and very professional. Nancy and her team made sure the sale as smooth as it can be. We wish you and your team best wishes and looking forward to work with you again in the future!
Nancy Fong served as our realtor in the sale of our condo, great team and outstanding service. She almost took care of everything. provided professional advice and efficient communications, with Nancy and her team's help, our condo was sold very fast slightly above the average marketing value. We're definitely recommending Nancy!
Nancy is very professional and the best realtor that I have ever dealt with. After doing business with Nancy, you wouldn't go for another realtor next time if you want to sell or buy a place. Originally we thought it might take at least 3 months to sell our house.Nancy sold our house in 9 days with over the price that we were looking for. She then helped us to get our condo. This is the first time I dealt with a realtor that she would present the offer in person during dinner time and tried her best to help us win in the multiple offers situation. We are very satisfied with her over and beyond customer service.
Nancy was great help and her expertise was much appreciated. I would definitely recommend Nancy to anyone selling a place.
Nancy is by far the best realtor we have ever dealt with! Having bought with her and sold 3 properties with her we will never ever use anybody else. She goes over and above for her clients to make sure every detail is taken care of and your house is in tip top condition to sell for top dollar. We have never had a property sit on the market for more than one open house with Nancy. She was on vacation when we were struggling to find a new home to buy in this crazy market and because she was still on top of things we ended up being the first to call on an amazing deal we would have been too late on if we waited to find it in our emails and then called on it. I cannot recommend her enough to friends and family because I know she will do everything she can for them. If you are looking for a professional, responsive and amazing realtor look no further!
Follow her instruction, sold my unit in 2 days after first viewing. Great realtor to work with.
We have had the pleasure of working with Nancy thrice. What makes her our top choice is not only her deep knowledge of the real estate market, but also her enthusiasm and never ending energy. Perhaps more important is her infallibly sincere and honest personality, which is THE most essential trait of an outstanding realtor. Last but not least, Nancy is extremely resourceful. Her success stems from the backing of a strong team of talented photographers, affordable handymen and qualified assistants. She is the very FIRST person that we would call in our next real estate venture.
Hi there, my wife and I had a pleasant experience working with Nancy Fong and her delightful team. She's professional, punctual, reliable, and is committed to her field of work. She sold our Unit within 10 days. Great job Nancy, your handwork is appreciated.
Nancy is a very professional Realtor. Our family hired her as a replacement but she impressed us beyond our expections. She sold our unit within 3 weeks. Could not have asked for more. She really does cater to your needs. Thank you again Nancy
Nancy is hands down the best realtor I've worked with. She really puts her clients first and goes above and beyond for them. She is quick and efficient. I highly recommended her to all of my family and friends and would recommend her to anyone looking for a professional, hardworking, thoughtful, etc. realtor to get the job done right! She is absolutely amazing!
Nancy 做事细心,将房子交给她之后就什么也不用担心了,她有自己的团队把房子里外都整理好,出来的效果很好,宣传也到位,很就客户着想,也尽力争取好价格,房子几天就卖出了,很满意!谢谢!
Nancy is amazing! She works hard and helped us sell our condo in record time and at a record price. We couldn't have done it without her! She was always responsive and there to reassure me through the whole process. Thanks Nancy!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you my agent Nancy. I am very appreciate and impress by her hard work. She helped me to sold my townhouse in less than 1 month, which I had been trying to sell with different agents. With her professional advice and market knowledge, she set the right price and sold at the right price. She also helped me to buy a condo. It was also a smooth process. Without her help, I think I am still getting nowhere. Once again, thank you Nancy. I will definitely refer her to my friend.
We are so lucky to find Nancy Fong as our realtor. Nancy showed us all over the place in great Vancouver. She worked very hard and always come to pick us for the showing and take us back. She is not just showing the house but actively introduced the location, neighbourhood, shopping, child education and anything related. She never pushes us to buy but really helped to find all that was available houses which meet our requests. Nancy did a great job for communicating between us and the house owner, delivered our questions/concerns/requirements to the owner in a diplomatic way which made the purchasing running smoothly. Nancy introduced us about the mortgage, insurance,and even moving company. She cares about all the details and turns the complex process of buying a house into simple and relax activities. We really appreciate all the great job she did for us.
Hope your 2012 started with a BIG bang! I just remembered that I have to write you a reference or comment on our real estate experience with you :) Thank you very much for your assistance with buying our very first home. You have been very informative and helpful from start to finish. You were quick in replying to your questions thru texting or email. Our experience with you was positive and lasting. Thank you very much again..
I am deeply impressed by your efficiency and professional expertise. You are very organized and dedicated. Your born talent, bilingual, and enthusiasm make the process enjoyable. Thank you more than words for your time and effort to help my family find the perfect home. Excellent job, well done! My family trusts you. We would like to strongly recommend you to the others who are in need of agent.
EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE!!! are the words I can use to describe our experience with Nancy Fong. With about a thousand realtors in the Lower Mainland, this Keller Williams team knows what REAL SERVICE is. They were professional, sincere, hardworking, and efficient… What impresses us most is they anticipated our every move and are always two steps ahead of us… We are so proud and happy to tell our family and friends that Nancy Fong helped us secure our new house.
My girlfriend and I were looking for our dream house in the Tri-city area. We were first-time home buyers and we after some online search, we found our real estate agent, Nancy Fong and we were thoroughly impressed with her professional service. Nancy paid close attention to our requirements and she was always there to assist us. She is very efficient. Whenever we had a question, she was able to find us the answer quickly. We found Nancy to be very dependable and informative. It was a very enjoyable experience.
Starting from June this year, we searched property information online by ourselves. When I saw something interesting, I contacted the realtors by the information they left on the websites. Being the partner of a listing realtor, I met Nancy when I went to see a townhouse in New Westminster. She's very nice and patient. She spent lots of time on us to know what we need exactly. She provided us property information and gave us reasonable advices basing on her profession. When we changed our target from high-rise apartment to townhouse because of budget, she never complained for wasting time and energy. She started to search more property information based on our new request and showed us around. Even though she's pretty young, she built up our confidence on her by being nice, considerate, patient and professional. It's all her effort to convince us choosing her as our realtor among 5-6 realtors, which we got contact randomly through internet. When we decided to buy a townhouse, she helped us negotiate with seller's realtor all on our benefit. As a first-time house buyer in Canada, we don't have much experience. She explained us the procedure, provided us relevant information for mortgage and notary public, etc. She gave very objective and neutral opinion on the property. With her effort, we finally got the deal in a reasonable price. Now we move to our new house for almost 3 months. We are really luck to get Nancy's help. If we'll have future need, we'll definitely contact Nancy again. If our friends want to buy new houses, we'll recommend Nancy to them. Nancy is a reliable realtor and she deserves it!
- "My first home-buying experience went very smoothly with Nancy's help. She was available when I needed her assistance, even on weekends and evenings. She always had my interests at heart and provides thoughtful recommendations."
Nancy & Tim were an absolute pleasure to work with. This was our first selling experience and they made the process very enjoyable. They are both very knowledgeable about the Lower Mainland market and shared a lot of valuable information that helped us with our decisionmaking. Combining their networks from two different real estate agencies, they were able to sell our home in a week. They put in a lot of hard work marketing the apartment and hosting an open house both Saturday and Sunday. After the weekend, we were presented with three offers. As a team Tim and Nancy were very efficient and got everything done in a short time frame. They pay extra attention to the small details that play a big part in selling a home. They were always on time, answered their phones, returned calls and got us any info we requested in a timely manner; all-in-all -very professional. We highly recommend Nancy Fong & Tim Kong to sell your home! They will definitely be our realtors for years to come.
My agent Nancy Fong is the best of the best…I had a great experience working with Nancy Fong in selling and buying our new home. Within days of signing up she contacted us and went to work right away, she spent hours explaining everything I needed and wanted to know about the current market, showed us the comparables of what's out there and explained the benefits and the negatives of each one. She took the time to listen and understand our needs, gave us good advises on how we can sell our home fast at the top dollar possible. She was in constant touched with us she was there every step of the way. She is very knowledgeable and hardworking for the benefits of her clients. Her diligence and assertiveness had successfully sold our home in a little over a month!! The buying was just as simple as the selling of my house. It was a privilege working with Nancy Fong, and I will definitely recommend Nancy Fong to my family, close friends, colleagues and to anyone looking for a hardworking, dedicated agent...
I want you to know how much I appreciate all you have done for me with sale of my apartment .You were so dependable, efficient, eager to help and provide suggestions. Assertive but not in any way pushy, thank you!!
I recently sold a condo with Nancy and I must say she is one of the best realtors I have ever dealt with. She is personable, caring and very good at what she does. She sold my home in one week, I was amazed by her diligence and professional nature. She was readily available to answer all my questions and concerns and made the whole process stress free. She knows the market very well and gave me concrete suggestions on what I can do to attract buyers, and it worked. I would recommend her to all my friends. Thank you Nancy for going the extra mile!
Just want to thank you for all you've done in the sale of our home. I have to say it has been such a positive experience working with you. Your determination and professionalism was second to none. If we so choose to sell again, of course we would have no hesitation to call you immediately. Once again Than You for all your help.
多謝你替我成功地在預期內以心目中的價格售出房子, 除了欣賞你積極和良好的服務態度外;更多謝你在過程中給予我們中肯的意見,減去我們不少焦慮和困惑;這種良好的感覺是在過往的售屋過程中沒遇過的。 我誠意地把你推薦給我的朋友。
It was a great pleasure working with Nancy in our recent home selling. She shows exceptional professionalism, and provided outstanding service and support to our family. The entire transaction could not be any smoother and easier. It only took two viewings before our house was sold!. We would like to thank Nancy for the awesome job that she did, and definitely be happy to work with her again in the future.
Since Nancy Fong represents my interest in the home buying process, I believe that Nancy has gotten the best deal for me that is the windfall for the buyer. First of all, she is an outstanding real estate agent, she can negotiate right up to the price of my expectation. I am sure that she has searched a lot of homes to find my dream home according to the information given to her.I highly appreciate her diligence, service and the way she works with me. If I have another chance to purchase another house, she is the first person to be chosen. After all I will recommend Nancy to all my relatives and friends concerning buying and selling of a property.
及就是幸運遇上妳。對於一個資金不多,但要求多多的我, 多謝妳的耐心,努力和了解。 不厭其煩的幫我找到一個完全合我要求的住屋, 用心去了解我的須要和要求, 而且努力地為我爭取到最好及最合我所要求之價錢, 實在除了一聲多謝,再也不知可以說些甚麽,但,我有個希望, 就是正在揾屋或準備揾屋的朋友們,希望他們和我一樣, 能夠幸運地遇到妳,一個有心,有熱誠的地產顧問,努力!加油啊! Nancy,如果再有机會換屋或買屋,我一定要再麻煩妳, 唔好忘記啊!
After listing with Nancy, I had an offer on my condo in my Richmond in less than a week. When that sale fell through at the last minute, Nancy's hard work and dedication landed me another offer only 2 weeks later! I am happy to say that that one went through and I am very pleased! Nancy was professional, courteous and responsive. She helped me prepare my home for sale and was there to answer all of my questions. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her to family and friends
- Nancy's level of professionalism and expertise exceeded well beyond what I expected for a young and upcoming agent of her age. Finding the condo of my dream on a whim was not ideal, but Nancy nonetheless came through within hours and won the place despite multiple offers on the table. The rest of the process following, Nancy diligently works with an amazing network of professionals to ensure things are done right and on time without sacrificing quality service and care. She made herself so accessible to me, making me feel at ease during these stressful times of buying/selling property. Nancy's warm, caring personality coupled with her rich knowledge of the real estate industry makes her an exceptional asset to have on your side!
- It is my pleasure to recommend Nancy as a top real estate agent. I've tried to sell my house previously with another agent, but with no success. Then a friend introduced me to Nancy, from the very initial meeting, I knew I've made the right decision to hire her. I was in awe with Nancy's knowledge, patience and professionalism. Thank you for your extreme hard work, dedication and guidance through the negotiation process, but the greatest thing was how fast it took her to sell my house at a good price. Sincerely I wish you all the success in the future.
Nancy Fong is our favorite real estate agent. Our townhome was already listed for 2 ½ years by two previous agents when we requested her services. Bright - she exceeded the other two agents in writing an appealing description of all our home had to offer. In addition she had attractive pictures and a video shot to show off the beauty of our home. Experienced – being a well-established agent she was able to direct a lot of buyers to view our home even though it had been on the market for such a long period of time. Likeable - she accommodated our wishes to have all private showings and open houses occur on same day. A very cheerful energetic person to deal with makes the process of selling much easier. Results – did what no one else could do. She obtained several offers of which the last one resulted in the sale of our home. The other two agents did not generate any offers.
Thank you so much for all your patience and hard work. I know it was a challenge looking for a place for us with the criteria's we have requested - but you came through and we couldn't be more excited. We are so very thankful that you did everything in such a timely manner. Buying a home for the first time was overwhelming but we felt assured because of your patience, knowledge and positive energy. Thank you so much.
Thank you Nancy for helping me find my new home! Your dedication
and optimism have made what I thought an insurmount able challenge in this market possible. I really appreciate d your attention to detail, commitment to addressing all the issues and concerns I raised whether big or small, and just doing what you can to make yourself available when I needed you even when it was on a whim. I really felt like you were on my team this whole time and giving me the little push and encouragem ent when I needed it! I can't wait to work with you together in the many more years to come!
Nancy graciously took on our unit which was being listed under a highly competitive market which would normally make ours a slow and difficult sale. Despite early setbacks, she persevered for us and sold our unit for not a penny under our asking price, aggressively pursuing interested buyers and soliciting offers from them when it seemed the most opportune - with fantastic results. Nancy works tirelessly for her clients and kept us up to date on all of the progress of our home sale. She is highly professional and knows her units extremely well, yet maintains a personable and friendly approach in her communication and tone. We feel confident in recommending her realtor services to buyers and sellers in this market. Thanks again for your hard effort!
- Thank you Nancy for all your help in search for my new home! It's been a wonderful and exciting experience, full of surprises! With this market being so competitive, you were still able to help me settle the purchase of a beautiful unit without exceeding my budget. I love how professional, helpful, and honest you are - always acting in my best interest and being available for all my questions. Thanks again!
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us to sell our house, and delivered. She sold our house fast and was present at all the showing and the open houses. She was easy to deal with, always answered her phone when we had questions, and was great at providing advice when she brought us multiple offers! Thanks!
In such a volatile market like this, having someone who is working on your side is an absolute necessity. Not only did Nancy listen to and understand our immediate concerns but she also addressed them quickly, thereby allowing us, most importantly, to make informed decisions. Her attention to detail, knowledge of the market and her personable approach were all pertinent factors for us choosing her as our agent. As a result, we have built a great rapport with Nancy and thus, it has been a very smooth and enjoyable experience working with her and look forward to working with her in the future。
- Words cannot describe how happy we are with choosing you as our realtor. The results simply show that we made the right choice. You by far exceeded our expectations with both the sale of our home and the purchase of our new home. Your dedication, hard work, professionalism, expertise, and guidance really stood out, and made a huge difference for us. You made things easy, ensured that we understood every detail, and we come out of this with a greater knowledge the real estate process. The entire experience was so smooth, it was purely perfection. The trust and confidence that has been gained will drive our commitment to be long term customers of yours, hoping to share many more milestones with you in the future.
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The Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) ordered 11 diesel-electric GTW 2/6 articulated rail vehicles from Stadler Rail. DCTA opened the A-train to serve Denton County residents and visitors on June 20, 2011. The vehicles are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and incorporate enhanced air conditioning, passenger information system, video surveillance and a significant part of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) compliant elements. The generous interior has room for wheelchairs, strollers and bicycles. There are 104 seats and standing room for 96 persons in every vehicle, with bright compartments, large windows and plush seating.


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HOUSTON, Jan. 11, 2017
HOUSTON, Jan. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Dabo Swinney of Clemson took home the title of the college football Coach of the Year at the American Heart Association's 31st annual Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards presented by Marathon Oil Corporation. Swinney is the first coach in the Bryant Awards history to be recognized as Coach of the Year in consecutive seasons ('15 and '16) and just the second coach to win the award twice.
The 2016 season is officially in the books and the Clemson Tigers finished the season 14-1, ultimately winning the National Championship title during an action-packed game against Alabama. In his last 60 games, Swinney is 52-8 and has claimed two ACC championships and a National Championship.
"It's special to be back here and to win this trophy tonight, and I'm thankful to the Bryant family and the American Heart Association," Swinney said. "Coach Bryant to me is one of the greatest givers and that's how we should be measured – by how much we give not what we take. Coach Bryant was such a great giver and he was my hero."
The winner of this coveted annual award was selected by the National Sports Media Association, formerly known as National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. It is the only college coaching honor presented after all bowl games are concluded and recognizes an elite group of coaches for their distinguished leadership on and off the field.
Representing the country's finest college football coaches, other finalists were: Paul Chryst (Wisconsin), P.J. Fleck* (Western Michigan), James Franklin (Penn State), Clay Helton (USC), Dana Holgorsen (West Virginia), and Mike MacIntyre (Colorado).
*P.J. Fleck is currently Minnesota's head coach, but honored by AHA for his accomplishments as the head coach of Western Michigan.
The Bryant Awards also recognized 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award winner Barry Alvarez, athletic director and former head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Alvarez is praised for revitalizing the Badgers' football program during his coaching tenure from 1990-2005 and is by far the winningest coach in Wisconsin football history (119-74-4 record). He has led Wisconsin's athletics department since 2004 and will continue to serve in the role until 2021. In his 13-year tenure, Wisconsin sports have won 56 conference titles and 14 national championships.
"I am humbled and honored to receive the Paul "Bear" Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award. It is certainly a privilege to be here supporting the American Heart Association and the tremendous job that you do," Alvarez said. "The name alone speaks a bulk of excellence and tonight that is what this award represents and it's obvious why the honor is named after Bear Bryant."
For the second time in its history, sports aficionados who were unable to attend the Bryant Awards had the opportunity to watch the ceremony live on FOX College Sports. In case you missed it, catch the special airing on Sun., Jan. 22 at 9 p.m. CST on FOX Sports Southwest.
Funds raised from the Bryant Awards benefit American Heart Association research, advocacy and educational programs across the country aimed at the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
Marathon Oil Corporation has served as the presenting sponsor of the Bryant Awards for the past eight years, underscoring the Company's commitment to health and wellness and supporting initiatives that promote the well-being of workers and their families both on and off the job. The Company also values the communities in which its employees live and work, and strives to partner with local community leaders to recognize and advance important public health initiatives that promote the common good and protect the public.
For a recap of the fun, be sure to check out www.bryantawards.com and join the conversation by following #bryantawards and facebook.com/bryantawards.
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The American Heart Association is devoted to saving people from heart disease and stroke – the two leading causes of death in the world. We team with millions of volunteers to fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide lifesaving tools and information to prevent and treat these diseases. The Dallas-based association is the nation's oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. To learn more or to get involved, call 1-800-AHA-USA1, visit www.heart.org or call any of our offices around the country.
About Marathon Oil Corporation
Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) is a global exploration and production company. Based in Houston, Texas, the Company had net proved reserves at the end of 2016 of 2.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent in North America, Europe and Africa. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.marathonoil.com.
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At around midday today, four fire engines were called to the H&M store on Exeter High Street.
Details are currently ambiguous but eyewitness reports suggest that smoke was seen billowing out of the shop. The fire service has confirmed that the smoke was logged on the ground floor.
One confused shopper tweeted that she had been in the changing room when the alarm went off, and others have complained at the convenience of the closed store.
It is allegedly an electrical fire, and H&M and Barclays Bank were both evacuated. One tweeter proclaimed: "H&M is on fire."
The situation is ongoing.
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The "52-48= 4" Formula. How to Know When You Have a Prospect That Will Buy
Prospecting for close-able real estate wholesale deals can be predictable, fun, and measurable, if you understand how to remove the emotional roller coaster and focus a simple philosophy that contains a very simple equation:
52-48 = 4
You see, in every deck of cards there are always 52 cards, and within every deck of 52 cards there are always 4 Aces.
That also means that 48 cards in the deck are NOT Aces.
In wholesale real estate investing using Lease-Options and Sandwich Lease-Options as our exist strategies, we simply want to find the Aces in each deck of cards... as fast as we can.
The problem arises when...
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Stephenie Meyer Explains Her Gender-Flipped Twilight
"I literally can't do Breaking Dawn with Beau."
At the Twilight 10th-anniversary panel at New York Comic-Con, Stephenie Meyer spilled the beans on Life and Death, her brand-new gender-flipped rewrite of the YA classic. "The idea came from answering questions at book signings," Meyer revealed. "People would always say Bella is a damsel in distress, when she's actually just a human in a world full of superheroes. Can you lift a car over your head?" At first, her publisher just wanted her to write a "wistful forward" about how the book had changed her life, but, Meyer said, "The more I thought about it, I thought that would be so sappy. I wanted to make it more fun."
Meyer has heard the criticisms that she'd just done a simple "find-and-replace" on her characters' names, and she agrees that the project should not be considered a brand-new original book. "Everyone is saying this is not a new book, and I know," she says. "This is totally bonus material." Still, Meyer argues the ease of the transition proves that her tropes weren't as gendered as her critics claim. "It was like a science experiment," she said. "At the end, you have to go back and ask, Was your hypothesis correct? And it was! The essential action beats of the story are unchanged."
Still, the gender-flipping experience was a little more complicated than simply hitting control-F. Take the scene early on in Twilight, where Edward saves Bella from a group of street harassers. "I don't think many men have had the experience of being harassed by a group of women, and actually being in danger," Meyer said. "So I had to ramp up the danger — they're angry drug dealers now." Of course, the biological differences between the sexes mean there are limits to this approach, which is why Meyer says she won't be rewriting the later Twilight books: "I literally can't do Breaking Dawn with Beau. Renesmee [Bella's telepathic half-human, half-vampire baby] can't exist."


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Ryan Lochte: Shirtless Speedo Stud for Mel Zajac Jr. Meet!
Ryan Lochte shows off his hot shirtless body in an orange, green, and blue speedo while headlining the 2013 Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet on Saturday (May 25) at the UBC Aquatic Centre in Vancouver, Canada.
The 28-year-old Olympic swimmer wore a two-toned blue speedo the day before while competing in the swim meet.
Ryan recently chatted with ESPN about what his greatest fears are.
"I have a few: clowns, snakes and spiders. Snakes are just slimy, spiders are creepy and crawly, and I've been terrified of clowns ever since I watched Stephen King's It when I was little," Ryan said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — One of the rare, original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation has sold at a New York auction for more than $2 million.
The 1863 document signed by President Abraham Lincoln ordered all slaves to be freed in states then in rebellion.
The proclamation was auctioned Tuesday for $2.1 million at Manhattan's Robert Siegel Auction Galleries. That price includes a buyer's premium.
The document was signed during the Civil War. It provided the legal framework for the emancipation of millions of slaves as the Union armies advanced.
A century later, President Lyndon Johnson invoked the proclamation while presenting the Voting Rights Act to Congress. He said equality was still an unfulfilled promise for black Americans.


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Boasting a hearty 50Watts per channel and 5' Kevlar woofers, the Audio Engine A5+ powered speakers can easily fill a room with beautiful sound at a very reasonable price. With built in power amps and preamp you won't have to worry about stocking up on extra components just to get going. Simply connect the A5+ system to your favorite CD player or other source with the included RCA cables, and you're up and running in no time. Thanks to the rear ported design of the A5+'s enclosure, it's capable of achieving awesome bass extension without the use of an external subwoofer, but of course Audioengine supplied variable RCA outputs to feed just about any external powered subwoofer if you so choose. The A5+ system even includes a remote control, and the bamboo construction is undeniably attractive for a living room, bookshelf or home office. -Don't forget to check out the Audioengine A2 speaker stands for optimal performance in near-field desk or tabletop applications.
Audioengine designs and manufactures their own tweeters, woofers, and other critical components. In other words, these are not 'box built' speakers with off-the-shelf parts but custom-designed to their specifications. The cabinets, drivers, bass port designs, amplifiers, and crossovers are all painstakingly tuned together for each Audioengine model. This, in turn, makes for a much more efficient system that requires much less power than passive speakers and a separate integrated amplifier or similar A/V components.
Audioengine uses audiophile-quality, ferro fluid cooled silk dome tweeters with neodymium magnets. Silk tweeters hold up well under high power and the edge-driven design gives very smooth response. The woofers are Kevlar woven glass aramid composite with rubber surrounds. Kevlar is obviously very strong, which means that the woofer retains its shape when being driven at high levels. The speaker materials and construction are robust enough to stand up to some serious thrashing, so speaker grills aren't needed and they will sound and look great after many years of use.
The amplifiers in Audioengine speakers are located in the left speaker and are a conservatively rated analog design. All components are tuned together for each model, which provides a much more efficient system requiring less power than passive speakers and separate amplifiers. Circuit boards for the power and preamp sections are mounted for maximum mechanical shock protection.
Power transformers are a large contributor to the overall audio performance, especially for great bass reproduction. Again, no off-the-shelf parts. Audioengine uses gapless core toroidal transformers which have a tighter radiated magnetic field, directly translating to lower noise. They are lighter than standard, lower-cost 'EI' transformers and also generate less heat.
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This fine example by Antonio Stradivari, made in Cremona in 1704 is known as the "Ex-Liebig" as it once belonged to an important violin collection owned by Herr Liebig of Vienna during the late 1800's. In the early 1900's, the violin become part of another famous violin collection, The Walter Hamma Collection of Stuttgart. Some years later it passed into the hands of Madame Rauer of Vienna who in 1937 loaned the violin for exhibition at the "Bicentenario Stradivariano" in Cremona.
At the end of Schneiderhan's distinguished career in 1991, the Ex-Liebig was sold by Ferdinand Kugler of Vienna to the Rogoff family of New York where it remained for a decade. The violin was then passed to the Swiss dealer Claude Lebet who later sold it to the sponsors of Nikolaj Znaider. The violin was then placed in the care of Julian Rachlin, who has performed extensively all over the world on this masterpiece from the Golden Age of Cremonese violin-making.
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Unicef – Introduced to Unicef by long-standing friend Sir Roger Moore, Julian has served as a Unicef Ambassador since 2010 and regularly donates his time for Unicef fundraising events.
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World Economic Forum – Given Julian's consistent dedication to humanitarian causes and emergency relief efforts, he was nominated and accepted as Young Global Leader within the World Economic Forum. In 2010, Julian participated in an event presented by the WEC at Carnegie Hall in collaboration with the Global Arts Leadership Initiative to raise awareness of the importance of the arts in today's society.
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Leading contemporary composers have written new works for Julian. They include: Penderecki (Chaconne and Double Concerto), Dubugnon (Piano trio and sonata Violiana), Kancheli (Chiaroscuro). In addition, Julian participated in the world premiere of Penderecki's Sextet with Rostropovich.
Having studied with both Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Conservatory and with Pinchas Zukerman, Julian is dedicated to pass on his musical knowledge to the next generation. Julian has served as a professor at the Vienna Conservatory since 1999 and is expanding his educational outreach internationally. In the upcoming season, Julian will give master classes at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv, the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in Zurich, and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, among others. Julian takes his teaching work as seriously as his work for Unicef and takes great joy in sharing with his students every possible tool that could help them in their artistic and human development. Despite his busy performing schedule, Julian dedicates as much time as possible to both talented young musicians in need of guidance and children who represent the audience of tomorrow. His philosophy remains that it is every established musician's responsibility to ensure the continuity and love for classical music. Additional projects are in the making and will be announced soon.
Julian Rachlin is one of the most exciting and respected violinists of our time. In the first three decades of his career, he has established close relationships with many of the most prestigious conductors and orchestras. Mr. Rachlin is Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. He also leads the "Julian Rachlin & Friends Festival" in Palma de Mallorca.
Highlights of Mr. Rachlin's 2017/18 season include the opening of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra season with Yuri Temirkanov, the opening of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra season with Kazushi Ono, a tour with La Scala Filarmonica and Riccardo Chailly, his return to the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale with Zubin Mehta, and a residency at the Prague Spring Festival. He will also have his own cycle at the Vienna Musikverein.
As conductor, he will tour Europe with the English Chamber Orchestra and will guest conduct, among others, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Moscow Virtuosi, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra and Prague Philharmonia.
Born in Lithuania, Mr. Rachlin immigrated to Vienna in 1978. He studied violin with Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Conservatory and with Pinchas Zukerman. After winning the "Young Musician of the Year" Award at the Eurovision Competition in 1988, he became the youngest soloist ever to play with the Vienna Philharmonic, debuting under Riccardo Muti. At the recommendation of Mariss Jansons, Mr. Rachlin studied conducting with Sophie Rachlin. Since September 1999, he is on the violin faculty at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. He is also an accomplished viola player, and his recordings for Sony Classical, Warner Classics and Deutsche Grammophon have been met with great acclaim. Mr. Rachlin, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, is committed to educational outreach and charity work.
Julian Rachlin plays the 1704 "ex Liebig" Stradivari and a 1785 Lorenzo Storioni viola, on loan to him courtesy of the Dkfm. Angelika Prokopp Privatstiftung. His strings are kindly sponsored by Thomastik-Infeld.
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Since his debut as a conductor in 1998, Julian has collaborated in play/direct performances with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Copenhagen Philharmonic, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, the Tonkunstler Symphony Orchestra and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Upcoming debuts include collaborations with the Camerata Salzburg, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, the Moscow Virtuosi, the RTE National Symphony and the Slovenian Philharmonic.
"The Viola works were perfectly judged and beautifully played." - The New York Times. In the late 90s, Julian studied with Pinchas Zukerman who strongly encouraged him to play viola for his musical development. His viola approach began with the early Haydn Quartets and today his repertoire includes all major works written for viola, both solo and in chamber music. Julian's passion for the viola resulted in Krzysztof Penderecki writing a double concerto for him, which will be premiered at the Vienna Musikverein in 2012.
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Complete the full ten-week program and attend all group activities including the weekly meetings and a course of Accelerator Physics Lectures. You are strongly encouraged to attend the noon-time Lunch Lecture Series on Tuesdays and sign up for and attend tours on Friday afternoons.
You are very welcome to attend Fermilab seminars.
Very interesting people come to Fermilab colloquia to talk about physics and other scientific subjects.
Schedule of specialized accelerator related seminars can be found at:
At the third program meeting you will present a 5-minute, 5-slide "first report." It should show that you understand your task and are familiar with the plan of your internship. At the last two meetings, all students will present their final reports (10 minutes, 10 slides). You can look at presentations of previous years at Indico site.
Enter/update your information on the Summer Interns website. This includes at a minimum a:
The website will display the photo on your ID card. If you want to use a different photo, e-mail a jpeg to Liz Quigg. You will receive an e-mail with the link to complete this. The e-mail usually goes to the e-mail account on your application with the subject "IMPORTANT-Website for Summer Interns" or "Final Entry for Website for Summer Interns" and must be accessed when you are on the Fermilab site. If you have a problem accessing this, please contact Liz Quigg.


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If you're willing to take the risk, this 3-year-old KitchenAid Pro Mixer is probably a great deal at $100, if it is, in fact, seldom used and well-preserved. Normally retailing for $400, and available at discounter like Amazon.com for $300, if this baby is in good shape, it's a great deal.
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The World Market is a future amalgamation of the present-day organizations such as the United Nations and World Bank, and Regions not currently on the map. It represents the interests of an elite who desire a stable, unified world economy. In the game it is has a Reunification agenda, and serves to guide the player through the campaign in a constructive way. It will loan money, sell units, offer military protection to the weak, and punish those who launch unprovoked attacks or develop weapons of mass destruction. The World Market exists in SR2010 and in SR2020.
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Oregon School Bus Drivers Training Program. Students Handbook. Core Course.
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem.
This student handbook is one of the publications used for the Oregon Bus Driver Training Core Course. Handbook content focuses on those aspects of driving a school bus that differ from driving an automobile and that are essential for the safe transporting of students. Designed to accompany the four classes (each two and one-half hours long), the handbook contains four units: (1) qualifications, responsibilities, and regulations; (2) pupil management; (3) inspections and operation; and (4) emergency and accident procedures. Along with regulations that must be followed by school bus drivers are suggested ways to elicit student cooperation with safety precautions. Copies of reports that drivers may have occasion to use, drawings, and space for class notes are also included. (MLF)
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How amazing art is remaking Cleveland
By Jen Jones Donatelli
The New York Times said it best back in 2013: "Culture blooms in Cleveland." Of course, the city's creative spirit has been cultivating for nearly 100 years in world-class institutions like the Cleveland Museum of Art and The Cleveland Orchestra. They are the bedrock of a community of cultural offerings that are killing it both on and off the radar, attracting new audiences of all kinds to a variety of unique, local art and entertainment options.
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Like any good artist, the Cleveland Museum of Art thinks big - and it's got the ever-expanding space to show for it. In recent years, the museum unveiled two new wings masterminded by architect Rafael Vinoly, as well as a 39,000-square-foot glass atrium. The wait was worth it: Its new West Wing houses a dazzling array of Asian art, while the East Wing has 21 new galleries spotlighting everything from medieval to modern. And it's free.
Once inside the museum's hallowed halls, make sure to hit the new exhibit "Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse." Open from Oct. 11-Jan. 15, 2016, the exhibit, only on display in Cleveland and London, will examine the depiction of gardens in the works of Monet and his contemporaries like Van Gogh, Matisse, and Munch.
Pro tip: Peep the "Gardens of War and Regeneration" section to see 11 paintings of Monet's water garden at Giverny - in particular, the well-known Water Lilies of 1915-1926. This artwork's three panels were separated back in the 1950s, but will be reunited specially for this exhibition.
The first Friday of the month is a great time to visit the museum and check out the vibrant monthly "Mix at CMA" event. Held from 5-10 p.m., Mix at CMA invites revelers to practice the "art" of mingling amid live music, cocktails, and tours of the museum.
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Don't miss these collection highlights at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
An ode to the female form, The Stargazer (3,000 B.C.) is one of the oldest sculptures of the human figure found in the museum.
An early ancestor of Buffy (not really), Apollo the Python Slayer is actually Greek sculptor Praxiteles' life-sized bronze version of the Apollo Sauroktonos.
No doubt Rodin's The Thinker is one of the art world's iconic images, and you can see it for yourself at CMA, which houses one of only 10 Rodin-supervised casts in existence.
Landscapes were Frederic Edwin Church's thing, and that's evident in his famed Twilight in the Wilderness, which captures a blazing Maine sunset circa 1860.
Can't get enough Marilyn Monroe? Neither could Andy Warhol, whose Marilyn x 100 is a trippy ode to his starlet muse.
Helpful hint: Make sure you didn't miss anything by stopping at the interactive, 40-foot tall Collection Wall, which allows you to electronically access 4,500 works of art on view from the permanent collection.
The Cleveland Sound
Ohio may be synonymous with the Big Ten, but in music circles, our fair state is also known as part of the "Big Five" - orchestras, that is - thanks to the efforts of the storied Cleveland Orchestra and its conductor Franz Welser-Möst. And, of course, their home base Severance Hall isn't too shabby itself, having been renovated back in 2000 and known as one of the most beautiful concert halls.
True to form, the 2015-2016 lineup doesn't disappoint. Highlights include three of Richard Strauss' epic tone poems, including "Also Sprach Zarathrustra" (Oct. 3); and "A Hero's Life" (April 28 and April 30, 2016). Other can't-miss shows include a performance of "Concerto for Two Violas" from retiring principal viola Robert Vernon (Nov. 19, 20, 21) and a collaboration with the Joffrey Ballet (April 7, 8, 9, 10, 2016).
For those who like a side of cinema with their orchestral fix, be sure to bookmark the "At the Movies" series. Things are sure to get heavy on December 10 as the Cleveland Orchestra fetes the 30th anniversary of Back to the Future, and audiences will relive John Williams' unforgettable score alongside Home Alone on December 16.
Pro tip: Concert previews at Severance Hall, which often include speakers, interviews, and performance presentations, are one hour prior to concerts.
Opera For All
Love the all-encompassing thrill of watching the opera, minus the stuffy formal environment? The Cleveland Opera Theater is calling you home. Open to opera newbies and aficionados alike, the COT engages its audience with pre-show "Opera 101" sessions and post-show receptions attended by the performers. The company's Mainstage Productions have ranged from favorites like the "Pirates of Penzance" to Puccini's "Tosca;" this season, they'll add "A Streetcar Named Desire" (Dec. 4 and 6) and "La Boheme" (April 29, May 1, 2016) to that list. Also, don't miss the new Opera UpClose series, which features 60-minute pop-up opera productions performed in wineries, craft breweries, and other unconventional spots - replete with themed food and drink pairings.
Classic Troupe
The equation is simple: Great performances = Great Lakes Theater. For more than 50 years, the Great Lakes Theater has been bringing down the house, and the 2015-2016 season will be no exception. Running September through May 2016, planned productions run the gamut from Agatha Christie murder mysteries like "And Then There Were None" (Feb. 26-March 20, 2016) to classics like "A Christmas Carol" (Nov. 28-Dec. 23) to musicals including "The Fantasticks" (May 13-29, 2016) and "The Secret Garden" (Sept. 25-Oct. 31). The company will also continue its ongoing Shakespearean tradition, mounting "King Lear" (Oct. 2-Nov. 1) and "Love's Labour's Lost" (April 8-24, 2016).
Did we mention the shiny new setting? Revamped in 2008, the 550-seat Hanna Theatre (part of Playhouse Square) amps up the theatre-going experience with an intimate "thrust" configuration, in which no seat is further than 12 rows back from the stage. For a peek behind the scenes, arrive early for a cocktail and watch rehearsals, or stay afterward to meet the cast and crew for "Nightcap Night" following Saturday evening shows.
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Classical Revolution Cleveland
Third Tuesday of Every Month
Say you want a revolution? Head to the Happy Dog the third Tuesday of each month, where classically trained musicians provide the unconventional soundtrack - and loaded hot dogs provide the menu - for Classical Revolution Cleveland.
Cleveland Institute of Music Faculty Recital Series | Through Spring 2016
Along with CIM's popular PianoFest, the Faculty Recital Series is another one-of-a-kind way to experience world-class talent inside Mixon Hall. Watch CIM faculty put the old "Those who can't do, teach" cliché to shame with 20 recitals throughout the season.
Key Bank Fridays@7 | Feb. 5-May 6, 2016
Didn't think it was possible for the Cleveland Orchestra to kick their performances up a notch? Think again. The "Fridays@7" world music series kicks off in February and features lively post-concert performances to remember, held in the Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer.
Classical Guitar International Series | Sept.-April 2016
Being strung along has never been so enjoyable. Plymouth Church UCC in Shaker Heights plays host to this year's Classical Guitar International Series, a six-concert series featuring heavy-hitters like Grammy winner Jason Vieaux and Cuban guitar sensation Manuel Barrueco.
Cleveland International Piano Competition | July 24-Aug. 7, 2016
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Offering attendees the techniques and inspiration to achieve complete healing—body, mind and spirit—medical intuitive and founder of True Freedom U Joe Petroski will be offering a workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., August 16, at the Palmer Events Center, in Austin.
Movies like The Secret and The Cure Is… suggest that our thoughts create our reality, thus implying that we are responsible for our own health. Petroski, who survived a life-threatening ailment for which doctors did not have a treatment, has developed a set of healing techniques that go beyond the power of positive thinking, biofeedback and other similar modalities.


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Inspired by the more traditional folk, country, rockabilly, bluegrass, gospel, roots and rock sounds & writing of such artists as : Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Doc Watson, Guy Clark, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, and the like, Michael Patrick has developed an appreciation of simplistic story-telling lyrics, catchy hooks and memorable melodies.
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Tired of staring at your white, plain and boring wall? Why don't you try something different? You'd most probably think about painting new colors or hanging picture frames on the walls, Read more
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A big earthquake can trigger a lot of other earthquakes right around the world.
This is most likely due to water flow, since large underground bodies of water react to the very low frequency seismic waves. Mostly this is observed as well-water changes, but you can imagine what this does to fault systems!
This reinforces my ideas that water is the main driver behind 'interior' earthquakes. Other people haven't come around to this yet, so I'm waiting... :)


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Neil Dudgeon and Gwilym Lee - Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2014 at the Grosvenor Hotel London - Arrivals at Grosvenor Hotel - London, United Kingdom - Friday 24th October 2014
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Andrea Dunbar wrote her first play, The Arbor, at age 15. Named after the street where she grew up in Bradford's rough Buttershaw Estate, it was a national sensation, leading to her second play Rita, Sue and Bob Too, which was adapted into an Alan Clarke film. But Andrea's life didn't get much better, with a string of rocky relationships, three children from three men and a terrible alcohol problem. And her snappy, astute writing came to an end at only age 29 when she died of an embolism.
Continue reading: The Arbor Review
The titles refers to Sylvester Stallone's initial Rambo adventure, First Blood, which directly inspires ruffian Lee Carter (Will Poulter) and his puritan school chum Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) to make their own movie in the summer of 1982. There are obstacles, of course. Will's family belongs to a strict religious organization that forbids movies, television, and other forms of pop culture. Lee's own family is nonexistent. His parents travel often, leaving him in the care of an older brother who could care less.
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Ray Brandes has written an excellent treatise on machining an AR-15 lower receiver from an inexpensive "0%" forging. What follows is a photographic expo of following those instructions (mostly) to create a new AR-15 lower receiver.
For the most part, I will let the captions do the talking.
Of course there are still forging seams and sharp edges so some finish work is in order. I like Cratex type rubberized abrasives for making short work of details like that without risking giant uh-oh's.


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you do know that people that post on ATS are not always truthful,.....
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This acting thing is a very weird spin on tragedy. Did the thought "They hired a troupe of actors!" start with Sandy Hook or did it show up earlier? Does anyone really believe this, I mean way down where your belief thing lives? People died in brutal attacks, and to lay the whole thing off on "actors" belittles both their lives and the atrocities committed. As far as I can tell not one piece of evidence has risen to the top to even began to hint that this theory may be true. Threads about "tragedy actors" should, imnho, be placed in the skunk works and/or short stories forum.
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i thought i'd seriously seen it all on ATS, now that ive finished cleaning the coughed up remnants of my pepsi from my monitor i'll continue.
This would be social suicide for someone to do this, i mean the shills and trolls are patrolling ATS like sharks in a harbour now just like on youtube, if a person were to come forward and offer a story they would get brutalized, i mean in a 18th century fashion, like being in stocks and given a public whipping with a cat o'nine tails and then get salt rubbed into the wounds by the mods dismissing their thread or canning it.
wont, never,cant absolutely not ever, never ever, never ever ever.
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A Brief History of Featherstone Center for the Arts• Meetinghouse for the Arts was formed as a not-for-profit arts organization in 1980 to promote the arts and develop community through the arts.• Early functions were held in Wintertide at Five corners in Vineyard Haven• In the 1990's Meetinghouse began to look for a new and more permanent home.• Two of its board members were artists – Mary Stevens and Virginia Besse.• For many years Featherstone Farm had been a horse farm owned and operated by the Bannerman family. Many Vineyard families took horseback riding lessons here.• The owners in the 1990's - Mary Stevens and her husband Bill were considering selling their 24 acre horse farm. Mary wanted her farm to become an art center- not a condo development.• Virginia Besse convinced her husband Arthur to donate the majority of the funds to purchase six and a half acres of Featherstone Farm. There were other donors who helped raise the $300,000 to purchase land for an arts center.• In August 1996 The MV Land Bank purchased eighteen acres which they lease to farmers – hence the cow pasture in the front and garden plots in the back and through which they provide public walking trails.• In August 1996 Meetinghouse for the Arts purchased the six and half acres which had the six buildings of the horse farm.• Meetinghouse for the Arts had to rehabilitate the land and the buildings and reclaim them from horse buildings to an art center.• Earliest exhibits were held in the horse barn stalls in 1995 and 1996• The horse barn became the photography lab, monoprinting and weaving studio.• The brood mare barn became the pottery studio.• The lower barn became the studio for woodworking and stained glass.• The Studio was Mary's studio on top and her daughter's pottery studio below. Her daughter Sherry had built the outdoor kiln.• The farmhouse became the gallery, library and computer lab.• The very smallest building - The Pebble - was once a beauty shoppe that was torn down and rebuilt as an artist-in-residence facility and is now used as additional classroom and auxiliary exhibit space.• In 2002 the Meetinghouse for the Arts officially became Featherstone Center for the Arts. After all, it is on Featherstone Farm…• For many years Peggy Pinney served as the Executive Director and Chair of the Board and led the task of creating the land and buildings into an art center.• In 2003 Francine Kelly became the first paid Executive Director and has grown the programming and visibility of the center.• Teaching artists are paid by the hours they teach.• Featherstone is supported by income from classes, gallery sales, grants, fundraisers and private donations.• The center is governed by an active board which developed new by-laws, term limits and clearer, more precise governance guidelines in October 2007.• The board meets monthly on the third Tuesday of each month. Featherstone, the island's only year-round non-profit arts center, celebrates 20 very fruitful years of bringing art, in a myriad of forms, to island audiences and participants.
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Thirteen years have passed, but former Tampa Bay linebacker Keith McCants was the kind of player Bears general manager Jerry Angelo will never forget, the type of first-round draft pick about whom guys in Angelo's profession never stop talking.
McCants was, simply, a can't-miss player who missed.
He could not be any bigger a draft bust without having an image of his head cast in bronze.
Angelo, then in his third year as Tampa Bay's director of player personnel, selected McCants out of Alabama with the fourth pick of the 1990 draft.


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Coe College has registered 1,225 full-time students for fall term, the third largest enrollment in its history. The academic profile of the incoming class remained strong, with an average ACT score of 25.4 and grade point average of 3.6.
In total, 45 first-year Coe students scored 30 or greater on the ACT test. As well, 25 percent of first-year class members ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class. This year's Coe class represents 21 states and nine foreign countries.
Coe received a record 2,235 applications for admission for the fall of 2009, the highest number in the college's history. From this applicant pool, a total of 368 students enrolled at the college for the first time. A residential college, Coe has 1,038 students in campus housing this fall, the second most in school history.
Coe has 1,300 full and part-time students registered for fall term 2009. Part-time student enrollment decreased two students from one year ago, at 75 students.
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*Donnie McClurkin is disappointed in "Preachers of LA."
When asked about reality shows focused on Christians, he praised Mary Mary's show.
But for the reality show focused on preachers, he doesn't see how the show encourages faith in pastors.
"I've got many different thoughts on that. One of the main ones is
'Mary Mary.' It's really positive because they never accentuate any of the real voyeuristic sides," he said.
He continued with talking about "Mary Mary."
"They deal with real life, how they function as a family and how they function as individuals. They deal with the hurt of what the family went through with the loss of the father and they keep it positive."
But his words on the preachers' show wasn't happy at all — saying the show doesn't encourage folks to believe in what preachers do.
"As far as the 'Preachers of L.A.' – it's not always beneficial for us to show the underbelly of our lives when so many people want us to lead them into spiritual wholeness and bring them into a positive place with God," he said.
Deitrick Haddon's dirty laundry hit the fan last year. He married his mistress and starred on the show.
But McClurkin doesn't want to see preachers' dirty laundry on the reality TV.
"It's not always good to be seen in such a negative light."
McClurkin, a preacher himself, wants to see preachers in a positive light if featured on reality TV, although he's well aware of preachers living in sin like anyone else.
"That's the unfortunate part of 'Preachers of L.A' … I don't want a doctor with dirty hands operating on me. Just like I don't want a preacher with a broken and dirty life preaching to me."
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Detroit Tigers: Miguel Cabrera's Anchoring of Third Sets Sail for Brandon IngeFebruary 8, 2012
For almost as long as Brandon Inge has been with the Tigers organization fans have been reminding each other about how he was in Detroit when times were bad and he saw it through for the team. They say things like, "He deserves it" and "He's earned it."
Fact is, the bell rang on Inge's career long ago.
Brandon Inge has served as his own poster child since the 2009 All-Star Break regarding the need for the Tigers to improve at third base. There he watched a breakout first half of the season begin to unfold into a disastrous second half. The next year wasn't any better.
Last season he failed to answer what should have been his final call at third base. And still, he was given another opportunity, another chance to make good on something he has failed so many times before.
He hit an abysmal .197 last year, and has accomplished only slightly better for his career at a meager .235. He hasn't hit as many home runs in the second half of 2009 and all of the past two season as he hit in the first half of his only All-Star season three years ago. Needless to say, he's fallen off the shelf.
For the Inge fans who will cry out in response and say he's such a good defender, I agree—he isn't bad. But he isn't Gold Glover either. This makes his lack of stick even more reprehensible.
In the time since the ink started to dry on the newly sealed deal between the Tigers and Prince Fielder considerable attention has been placed on slugger Miguel Cabrera's move from first to third. Granted, in a Tigers uniform the only position that Cabrera has ever filled in the lineup was at first base.
Can Cabrera play third after being away from that soon forgotten shotgun feel of small white rockets being fired at you from all different angles? A fair question that seems to be on the mind of every good strategist around baseball as well as other American League coaches and team executives.
Third base is not first base. While most third basemen can make the transition from third to first, like Cabrera did when he came to the Tigers, the same doesn't hold true for the transition from first to third.
There's an old baseball saying, if it ain't broke don't fix it. So what do you do when it can't be fixed, when its really broke? You do what Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski did—you replace it.
What you don't do is make excuses, something way too many Tigers fans have done for far too long in defense of Inge's consistently poor play. The rub however is that Inge apparently doesn't see the reality of his lackluster contributions to the club over the past several seasons either.
Inge is upset because reality may have finally kicked him in the pants. Jim Leyland and the Tigers are finally stirring the pot a little. Actually, they stirred it a lot two weeks ago. Hell, they dumped the kettle out and started over. Who knows? This could have been the plan all along, Tigers owner Mike Illitch and team executives played it so close to the vest we may never know.
As a result of Fielder's signing, Inge has indicated his unhappiness with Leyland's auto-pilot decision to move Cabrera to third.The fallout from Inge's positioning for playing time at third base has been contained so far, even though he clearly feels the stinging from reality's slap in the face during Leyland's press conference.
Here's another chance for a reality check—Dombrowski's move to pick up Fielder while the rest of the baseball world was taking an afternoon siesta gave Leyland all kinds of options that didn't include the lingering Inge.
Despite his best efforts during last season's ALCS, the Tigers have dealt with Inge wearing kid gloves and delivering a soft blow approach to his situation beyond an acceptable waiting period.
At some point it becomes put up, or shut up.
Checking in with reality again, its pretty hard not to argue that Inge's worth to the Tigers has been withering on the vine for some time now. Everyone seems to want to take a tip-toe approach to the situation.
The reality is that Cabrera's move to third makes perfect sense for a Tigers team that's looking to fill gaps. When a plant dies, you dig it up and plant something new.
Bottom line, Inge is not a major-league caliber everyday player anymore. Truth is, he may never have been. Could he fulfill a role as a utility infielder? Sure. Is that what he wants? No.
Hence, the crossroads we are at in this argument against conventional wisdom. Statements like the one above are not measurable, they are about feelings, not facts. The need for a better third baseman in Detroit is a fact. Look at the statistics—conventional wisdom shies from those facts because it discredits its value. This is a major reality flaw.
Letting go can be the hardest thing to do. But its time for Inge to shake loose his self-imposed shackles and realize his ability to contribute in any more than a cursory way has long since passed.
Even I have to put a disclaimer in the hat. I'd feel guilty not throwing Inge a life preserver to stay afloat in the rocky seas of spring training this year. He's talking about wanting to start at third. What he needs to think about is how to grab a roster spot period.
He'll be pushed so he better step-up. If he doesn't answer the bell this time the only person he has to answer to is himself. It will be time for that lonely in front of the mirror discussion when the world you know has faded away and its time to begin a new chapter of life.
Inge has contributed, and in this case the importance should fall squarely on the word "has." He no longer does and he hasn't in quite some time.


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Ekzoskeletnye boots reduce load of feet and reduce energy expenses when walking
The American engineers developed ekzoskeletny boots which reduces energy expenses when walking by 7 percent in comparison with usual footwear. This first this sort of device which does not demand use of the external power supply. The system is necessary on the spring and ratchet mechanism repeating biomechanics of the person.
As writes IBTimes, the mechanism reduces load of ikronozhny muscles, accumulating elastic draft in a spring located parallel to a calcaneal sinew. The new device was developed by engineers from Carnegie-Mellon's University under the direction of Stephen Collins.
Article devoted to development, was published in the Nature magazine.
It is the first work known to me which shows that the passive system is capable to reduce energy expenses when walking, – the developer of exoskeletons Michael Goldfarb from University Vanderbilta declared.
Ways to raise efficiency of walking started to look for in the nineteenth century. Earlier similar results gave only actuating units or running artificial limbs.
Only for the last few years there were the devices reducing expenses of energy at walking, and the mechanized exoskeletons were first. They partially unloaded muscles thanks to an external artificial power source. We decided to learn, whether it is possible to reduce power expenses by means of the nonmechanized device. It something like modification of body structure for increase of its efficiency, – was explained by Collins.
It is reported that ekzoskeletny boots can be used not only healthy people, but also those who experiences difficulties when walking on one foot. The device still is in a prototype stage, but his founders hope that as a result the idea will pour out in a commercial product which will cost approximately as pair of ski boots.