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Last updated on February 9th, 2018
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, who served as the President of South Africa between 1994 and 1999, was the country's first black chief executive. He is known as "the worlds most famous political prisoner" and "South Africa's Great Black Hope." With these 47 interesting facts about Nelson Mandela, let's learn more about his career, politics, early life, mission and struggle for the rights of black men and women.
Facts about Nelson Mandela's: childhood, education, marriage, and imprisonment
1. Mandela's middle name, "Rolihlahla," literally means 'pulling the branch of a tree,' or colloquially, 'troublemaker.'
2. In his family, Nelson Mandela was the first to receive formal education. At that time, very few black kids attained high school education in South Africa.
3. Nelson Mandela, when he became aware that his guardians arranged his marriage, fled to Johannesburg. He stole cattle and sold it to collect money for his travels.
4. During his initial days in Johannesburg, he took the job of a night watchman and then that of a law clerk to support his finances.
5. Nelson Mandela, after studying at both the University of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand, started practicing law in Johannesburg.
6. In 1940, he was expelled from the University of Fort Hare for his involvement in a student strike.
7. In 1943, Nelson Mandela received his B.A. from Fort Hare.
8. In 1952, Nelson Mandela was convicted under the Suppression of Communism Act, and was banned from leaving Johannesburg and participating in public gatherings. The same year, he formed the first black partnership in South Africa.
9. Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1944, and formed the ANC Youth League along with some others during the same year. The group was displeased by the policies and principles of the Congress, and wanted to erect their own party.
10. Mandela got married to nurse Evelyn Mase on July 15, 1944.
11. After the marriage, the couple settled in a three-room house, which had neither electricity nor an inside toilet. Mandela had four children with Evelyn Mase before their divorce in 1957.
12. Did you know that in 1962, Mandela also received guerrilla training in Morocco and Ethiopia?
Facts about Nelson Mandela's: struggle, ANC, presidency, last marriage and anti-apartheid movement
13. Another cool fact about Mandela is that he was a master of disguise. He disguised himself as a fieldworker, a chauffeur or a chef. He used his talent to evade policemen who tried to arrest him. And finally when he was arrested, he was in a chauffeur's outfit!
14. In his honor, his birth date of July 18 has been declared "Nelson Mandela International Day." This is the first time that the UN has declared an International Day in honor of a person. See the full list here.
15. Nelson Mandela served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.
16. During the 1994 election for the presidency, the majority of voters from the more than 22 million who turned out to cast ballots chose the ANC to lead the country, and Nelson Mandela was sworn in as President.
17. Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black president on May 10, 1994. He was the first South African president to be elected democratically, and also the oldest president to assume office.
Read: Interesting facts about South Africa
18. Nelson Mandela spent nearly 70 years of his life advocating for the rights of minorities in South Africa. He wanted to establish a free and non-racist society in the country, and inspire people all over the world. He was against discrimination, injustice and inequality; and he fought with stubborn resolve.
19. Did you know that there are hundreds of streets throughout the world that are named after Nelson Mandela (including – City of Cardiff, Wales, named a street after Nelson Mandela; Nelson Mandela Marg interchange, New Delhi, India; Nelson Mandela Street, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Nelson Mandela Street, Terre Rouge, Mauritius).
20. Nelson Mandela also spread awareness about AIDS and treatment programs for the deadly disease, which also cost him the life of his only son Makgatho (1950-2005). The disease affects more people in South Africa than any other country of the world.
21. Nelson Mandela married three times. His last marriage was at the age of 81 to Grace Michel. He had been married to Mozambique President Samora, who was a widow at the time of her marriage to Mandela.
22. Mandela also received support for the anti-apartheid movement from Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president. Zimbabwe sheltered the anti-apartheid fighters in their territory during the struggle. Mandela also had close ties with Gaddafi, the Libyan dictator.
23. Interestingly, Nelson Mandela co-authored a book with Fidel Castro.
Read: Interesting facts about Zimbabwe
Noble Prize for Mandela
24. Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1993, "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."
Nelson Mandela and his time in Jail
25. Nelson Mandela spent nearly 27 years of his lifetime in jail.
26. He spent 18 years of his imprisonment on Robben Island. During these years, he was allowed to meet his wife once every six months.
27. When Nelson arrived on the island with other political prisoners, their warden's first words were: "This is the Island. This is where you will die." The conditions on the island were difficult for the estranged prisoners.
28. Nelson, however, spent the remaining years of imprisonment in a jail near Cape Town. Here, he had access to radio, TV, newspapers and any visitors he wanted.
29. Each prisoner on Robben Island had a seven-foot cell, and they had to perform hard labor at limestone quarries.
30. During the time he was behind the bars, he earned a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of London, and educated his fellow prisoners to adopt a nonviolent approach to getting better treatment in the prison.
31. During the 27 years he was in jail, he was offered freedom from the prison on six different occasions by the apartheid government on certain terms, which he denied.
32. Nelson Mandela was diagnosed with Tuberculosis on August 12, 1988, after which he was shifted to Victor Verster Prison near Paarl.
33. Mandela was released from prison, on the orders of F. W. de Klerk, the then South African state President, on February 11, 1990.
Nelson Mandela facts for kids
34. Nelson Mandela is known for the anti-apartheid movement both in South Africa and internationally.
35. Apartheid was a government policy that segregated whites from non-whites. It meant that white and non-white people could not marry each other, could not share a table in restaurant, could not form sports teams and could not live in the same area. The policy was to discriminate between people based on their color and not allow them to have equal rights.
36. Nelson Mandela retired from politics in 1999, and advocated peace and social justice in his home country and around the world until his death in 2013.
37. His original name was "Rolihlahla" Mandela. One of his teachers named him "Nelson" out of a common practice of giving African students English names.
38. As a sign of respect, many South Africans referred to Nelson Mandela as Madiba, his Xhosa clan name.
39. During his time in school, he excelled at sports such as boxing and track, as well as in academics.
40. Nelson Mandela was arrested along with other 155 activists for the first time on December 5, 1956.
41. Nelson Mandela rose to international fame when he made a statement during the "Rivonia trial" that if the situation demands, he is ready to die for his ideal of a democratic and free society that promotes equal opportunities and harmony for the public.
42. Kids, did you know that Nelson Mandela has a species of spider and a prehistoric woodpecker (Australopicus nelsonmandelai) named after him?
43. South Africa hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup under the government of Nelson Mandela.
44. Mandela was a fan of Mahatma Gandhi, and he admired him a lot for his peaceful nonviolence in India during that time.
45. He was also the recipient of more than 250 awards, including honorary degrees from more than 50 universities worldwide.
46. Mandela was on the U.S. terrorism watch list until 2008, when the then-President George W. Bush signed a bill removing Mandela from it.
47. In 1990, Nelson Mandela became the Second non-citizen and first non-Indian recipient of Bharat Ratna, which is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Other famous people that have been conferred upon with the award include A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Mother Teresa.
You can find the list of Mandela's fellow prisoners, friends and political adversaries here.
Mandela's famous speeches
During his life, Mandela addressed thousands of people with his speeches. Some of the titles of his famous speeches are:
'Black Man In A White Man's Court'
This was Mandela's first court statement, in Pretoria, October, 1962.
'An ideal I am prepared to die for'
This is considered as Mandela's best speech after he had already been sentenced for two years.
'Address in Capetown'
Delivered in February, 1990; this was Mandela's speech after he was freed from prison. He used the same words to close the speech as he had used in his famous 1964 speech.
'The 100-days speech'
Delivered in August, 1994 after completing his first hundred days in office as the President of South Africa.
'Don't call me, I'll call You'
Delivered in June, 2004, Mandela spoke to the public during his years of retirement from the government; but his retirement was not from social activism meant to help people all over the world fight against oppression and injustice.
Famous & inspirational quotes by Nelson Mandela
- "It always seems impossible until it's done."
- "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
- "We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right."
- "A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."
- "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
- "People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society."
- "It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."
- "After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."
- "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
- "A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."
- "There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
- "Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace."
- "Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?"
- "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
- "I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances."
- "When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat."
Nelson Mandela – Quick facts
|18 July 1918
Mvezo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
|5 December 2013 (aged 95)
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
|South African
|Languages Known
|Xhosa (first language)
|Age At the time of death
|95 years
|Field of Work
|1. Long Walk to Freedom
2. Conversations With Myself
3. The Struggle is My Life
4. The Essential Nelson Mandela
|Sakharov Prize (1988)
Bharat Ratna (1990)
Nobel Peace Prize (1993)
Order of Lenin
Presidential Medal of Freedom
|Anti-Apartheid Movement
|University of Fort Hare
UoL External Programme
University of South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand
|Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (c. 1880-1928)
Nosekeni Fanny
- http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/nelson-rolihlahla-mandela
- http://www.history.com/topics/nelson-mandela
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/nelson_mandela/


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Carol Hull and Virgilia Ameen were two of the innocent victims of crime:
Mrs. Hull, the widow of a murder victim; Mrs. Ameen, the wife of the killer.
For months, the two women had kept their distance, each apparently wondering what the other was feeling and thinking. That all changed last Friday after a military board convicted Seaman Arif Ameen, 30, of the Sept. 15 slaying of Senior Chief Electronics Technician Glenn E. Hull, 38, at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.

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Tips to Get Government Jobs: Insider Secrets Federal Employees Won't Tell You
I often have the pleasure of attending federal networking event. The information that I collected was very informative. Below are some of the tips that I received straight from a top executive at a federal agency.
1. FIRREA government agencies have the highest paying jobs.
FIRREA federal government agencies have high pay scales that are above the typical salaries listed on the GS pay scale. Most people do not know that there are analyst and mid-level federal government jobs that pay over $150,000 per year. These public service jobs are in various fields across the federal government. The FIRREA government agencies include:
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Farm Credit Administration
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Housing Finance Agency
- Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- National Credit Union Administration
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Office of Financial Research
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
2. Don't waste time applying to federal job postings that are open for less than a week.
On USAJobs the open period specifies the date the job listing opened, and the date it will close. If the vacancy announcement is open for less than one week, the job was likely posted for an internal candidate. If your federal resume is already closely tailored to the job posting then definitely apply. It is possible that the intended applicant may miss the deadline, giving you a shot at the job opportunity. But don't spend lots of time tailoring your resume specifically for that position. It may not be worth the reward.
The only time this may not be true is for entry level federal jobs. In this case the federal job announcement may stay open for a short time period to limit the number of applications received.
3. Pay close attention to the job duties, requirements, qualifications and KSAs listed.
Be sure to read the job posting announcement carefully. Make a note of all key words when answering the questions and preparing your federal resume. Hiring managers intentionally plant fake answers within questions to weed out unqualified applicants. The answers may look correct but they will often have a point value of zero in the scoring system. Several zeroes will prevent your federal resume score from ranking high enough to reach the hiring manager. To avoid this, carefully read and compare your selected answers for each question to the KSAs listed.
4. Don't lie about your skillsets.
This tip may sound obvious to most job applicants. However based on the discussions I have, it still happens very often. Federal employment candidates typically tailor their resumes to meet the qualifications specified in the job announcement. This can become a problem when the same candidate applies to different jobs requiring different KSAs. Managers can quickly spot candidates who copy and paste excerpts of a job announcement directly into their resumes. When a hiring manager finds a candidate with two completely different skillsets listed for completely unrelated jobs this is a red flag. Hiring managers will alert other managers and human resource professionals at the agency. This means you could be permanently blocked from all job listings within that agency as well as job postings with other federal agencies in the future.
5. Your resume should include lots of details.
In the private sector, the rule of thumb is the shorter the resume the better. In the world of government hiring, however the opposite rule applies. Resumes are typically two to five pages long. One federal hiring manager reported reviewing a resume that was ten pages long. I wouldn't personally recommend this. But in this case, the candidate got the job offer.
When you submit a resume through USAJobs, a human resource specialist is the first to evaluate it. Often times, the federal human resource specialist has a limited understanding of the qualifications needed for that job. Do NOT assume that the reader will know all key words for your job industry. For example, if a job announcement calls for "business intelligence" and your resume mentions "analytics", don't assume the federal human resource office will understand that these two subjects are related. In this case the human resource professional may pass over your resume. To avoid this, be sure to provide as much detail as possible. I'd recommend using as many key words as you can find to accurately describe each job title in your resume.
6. Network, Network, Network
Join informal and formal networking groups that are comprised of federal workers. Attend their events. LinkedIn and Facebook are great places to start. However there are other events and groups that are frequented by federal hiring managers and top executives of government agencies. Sign up for Fedscoop and join AFCEA for other networking opportunities. YAFCEA which stands for Young AFCEA may be a better choice if you are under age 35-40. There should be local chapters in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia areas.
Make sure you're friendly. Speak with as many people as possible. Be willing to help. Of course people are more willing to help when you have information of value to offer in exchange.
7. "Why are you interested in this position?"
Please prepare a good explanation for this question. Many excellent candidates have failed interviews because of this question. Responses that were rated as absolute no-no's ranged from "I want a shorter commute." to "I'm looking for a permanent job where I can work and retire." Many hiring managers already understand that federal applicants want job security. It's just not a statement that a hiring manager wants to hear.
This applies especially within the FIRREA agencies. FIRREA agencies are focused on Financial Regulatory reform. Because these agencies pay higher salaries than other agencies, hiring managers expect much more from the applicant. These hiring managers are looking for individuals who are eager to better the economy, not just someone who wants to punch a clock.
8. Apply even if the duties, requirements, qualifications and KSAs are slightly above your level.
Based on my discussions with several employees, the skills listed in many job announcements are more demanding than the actual job in federal service. This is especially the case when transitioning from the private sector to the public sector. Many federal employees with backgrounds in private industry report that the job they are doing does not use all of the skills that were required in the job announcement.
9. Behavioral interviews are becoming the gold standard.
Federal hiring managers are becoming more hip to interview techniques that reveal how candidates respond to situations on the job. Agencies are looking for people who have good leadership skills. Come prepared to talk about previous situations where you led a project or had a conflict that led to an specific outcome. Hiring managers want to know that they can trust you to make good leadership decisions. They also want people who learn from their mistakes.
Final word of advice
Be patient. It can take up to four months to complete the federal interview and hiring process. Good Luck!


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Following the announcement, Gordon showed off a demo of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to the crowd at WWDC. Gordon said during the demo that "The only thing better than living on a mac, is living at Hogwarts."
EA plans on releasing Command & Conquer 3, Battlefiled 2142, Need For Speed: Carbon, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in July with Madden NFL 2008 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008 later on in the year.
According to our sources, EA is using TransGaming's Cider for its Mac titles. This means that there will be no PowerPC versions of the games.


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NEXT MEETING IS ON Thursday March 15th, 2018 – Theme: New Beginnings
Mark you calendar! 2017/2018 Monthly Meetings: 3rd Thursday of the Month
19:00, Open mic, time to socialize
Cafe Korb (downstairs), Brandstätte 9, 1010
September 21, October 23, Friday December 8, January 18, February 15, March 15, April 19, May 17, June 21
Attending the monthly meetings is a great way to become part of our writer's community. Every third Thursday of the month we gather at the Cafe Korb (downstairs) to socialize, meet new and old friends, share tips about writing and publishing, and if you feel inspired you can partake in the Open Mic hour. We will open the stage (don't be intimidated, it's just a tiny stage, barely off the ground!) to you. We believe that sharing your work, whether it be a poem, a chapter, a short story, a scene, or non-fiction, a song, or stand up comedy, is an important part of the journey to become a better writer. Sharing stories is a way of communicating, a way to bring people together, a way to entertain and inform. Or sometimes it's just a way of seeing whether your writing has legs and is ready to stand on its own out there in the world. But of course there is no pressure to participate in the Open Mic. You are more than welcome to come and listen! We promote an atmosphere that is friendly, supportive, and constructive. Really, we just get together, have a drink and talk about writing!
We ask that you make a small donation (€5-10) to cover the cost of the space.
Open Mic Guidelines:
Please try to keep your piece under 1500 words, and/or under 5 minutes
Be respectful when others read – share your opinion of the piece only if the writer requests feedback
If you would like to participate, please show up at 6:45 to register.


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Episode: "The Canine Mutiny"
Original Air Date: Apr. 13, 1997
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Genre: Japanese sensory overload
Complex Says: Before you say it—yes, we know pachinko's not exactly a video game in the classic sense of the word. But it's way more qualified than Whack-a-Mole or Skee-Ball. Besides, we have a soft spot for The Simpsons' perennially weird (and quasi-racist) take on Asian culture. YOU A WINNA, HA HA HA! YOU A WINNA, HA HA HA! It's no Mr. Sparkle commercial, but it'll do in a pinch.
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Destiny Fritz is a writer and local editor. She is a member of the Editeers editing group located in Southern Illinois. She recently posted this blog to her own site, and I found it interesting. Ror those non fiction writers, or those writing about their own life may find this interesting, and for those "Plotters" who love to create a detailed past about their characters should find this helpful.....I hope you enjoy this posting on writing a memoir.
Everyone has a story.
It's true. Some people have many stories, but everybody has at least one.


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Heart healthy desserts
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Eat a dessert that tastes good and is good for you.The words dessert and heart healthy don't often go hand-in-hand - a fact that causes woe to those watching what they eat. The good news is that eating healthy doesn't mean you can't indulge. Here are a few delicious heart healthy deserts to please not only your waistline and cholesterol levels, but also your taste buds.
Rhubarb Apple Crisp
- Filling – 2/3 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp grated lemon rind
- 3-cups fresh or frozen (thawed) rhubarb cut in ˝-inch pieces
- 3-cups apple cut into ˝-inch pieces
- Topping – 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3-cup rolled oats
- 3 tbsp whole-wheat flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp soft non-hydrogenated/low-salt margarine
- Filling - In a bowl, mix together sugar, flour and lemon rind. Mix well. Add rhubarb and apple and mix well. Spoon into a baking dish.
- Topping - In a bowl, combine sugar, rolled oats, flour and cinnamon. Add melted margarine and stir to mix. Sprinkle over filling.
- Bake in preheated oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 to 50 minutes until filling is bubbly and topping is brown. Serve warm or at room temperature.
- Tip: For even more heart health, leave the skins on the apples for added fiber.
- Non-stick cooking spray
- 2 eggs
- ˝-cup vegetable oil (canola, olive, soybean, sunflower, safflower or sesame are acceptable)
- ˝-cup honey
- Ľ-cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
- ˝-cup plain non-fat yogurt
- 2-cups whole-wheat flour
- 1 ˝ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 ˝-cups grated carrot
- ˝-cup raisins
- ˝-cup unsalted, dry roasted walnuts (chopped)
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and lightly spray an 8-inch square cake pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs thoroughly. Add oil, honey, sugar and yogurt and mix well. Blend in flour.
- Add cinnamon, baking soda, grated carrots, raisins and chopped walnuts. Mix well.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Heart healthy desserts include cookies? You bet! Here is a delicious recipe for this all-time favorite.
- 1 ˝-cups brown sugar, firmly packed
- ľ-cup vegetable oil (canola, olive, soybean, sunflower, safflower or sesame seed)
- ˝-cup cocoa (sifted)
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ˝-cup skim milk
- 1 ľ-cup all-purpose flour
- 2 ˝ tsp baking powder
- ˝ tsp salt
- 1 ˝-cup quick cooking oatmeal
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large bowl, cream sugar and oil together. Add cocoa, vanilla and milk. Mix well.
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Blend into sugar/oil mixture and mix in oatmeal.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls onto un-greased baking sheets. Bake for seven to nine minutes.
- 2-cups water
- 1-cup long-grain rice
- 4-cups evaporated fat-free milk
- ˝-cup brown sugar
- ˝ tsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 egg whites
- Ľ-cup crushed pineapple
- Ľ-cup raisins
- Ľ-cup chopped apricots
- In a medium saucepan, bring two cups of water to a boil. Add the rice and cook for 10 minutes. Pour into a strainer and drain thoroughly.
- In the same saucepan, add the evaporated milk and brown sugar. Cook until hot. Add the cooked rice, lemon zest and vanilla extract. Simmer over low heat until the rice is tender and the mixture is thick, usually about 30 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the egg whites. Pour into the rice mixture and add pineapple, raisins and apricots. Stir until well blended.
- Preheat the oven to 325 Fahrenheit and lightly coat a baking dish with cooking spray.
- Spoon the pudding and fruit into the baking dish. Bake until the pudding is set, usually about 20 minutes. Serve warm or chill and serve cold.


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Another special thing about Dani's work is its wide range. Home decor accessories - picture frames, containers and vases, to name just a few - feature a marbled appearance resulting from layers of newsprint that are compressed, shaped and sanded.
Dani strives to bring life to unused objects by transforming them into new art that is functional and appreciated. For example, a plain glass vase becomes fresh and more interesting when torn paper pieces are pressed against sleek lines and combined with brightly painted wooden rings.
Newspaper and a stitched design give this carved wood dip dish an update while staying true to its mid-century form.
She makes paper jewelry... just look at the beautiful texture of this sculpted bangle bracelet! And the mixed media paper and copper brooch too.
Another side of Dani's art jewelry is intricately woven pieces made with ever-so-tiny glass beads. Sometimes she combines beadwork with layered newsprint to create statement bracelets and necklaces.
Dani trained at London Guildhall University as a jeweler and and silversmith, and works from her home studio in South West London. She enjoys brainstorming with clients to bring their visions to life and can be contacted via her website, Dani Crompton Designs.
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Xenical sales have not matched its perhaps over-hyped expectations-despite millions in DTC ad support. The Xenical agencies for DTC and professional ads, units of Lowe Group, are gone. Meanwhile, Roche is hunting for some new approach that would create marketplace magic within the very special rules for advertising prescription products, which require brand specific ads to be specific about the advertised drug's sometimes unattractive potential side effects.
Xenical's tale suggests the DTC ad revolution is entering a new and more mature stage. Even with Food & Drug Administration sanction to advertise prescription products directly to consumers, there are few "miracle" marketing cures, just as there are few miracle drugs. Brand advertising works, but not always. Sometimes the unbranded generic approach works better. In others, advertising more effectively to doctors is more cost-effective than mega-bucks spent in mass media.
Maturity is a good thing-even if it dampens some blue-sky dreams of blockbuster success. For Roche and others in the DTC ad world, it should mean smarter, more realistic strategies for the long haul.


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This little guy is feeling quite out of sorts. His buddy had to be euthanized. I don't know how cats feel grief, but he certainly is avoiding the spot he loved to curl up in with his pal. Each of my cats had its own personality. Elmo was terrified when I brought him home. I had to finally haul him out of the cat carrier and held him beside me that first night he was here. He bonded with me because of it and was a real cuddler. A year and a half later we decided to get a second cat. Basil, seen here, marched out of the cat carrier as soon as I opened the door and went exploring. He bonded with Elmo, once Elmo got over the shock of having another cat in the house and the two of them could often be seen curled up together and grooming each other.
And then there was one, originally uploaded by susanvg.
And then there was one, originally uploaded by susanvg.
Since Friday, Basil has spent more time on my lap than usual. He still is making the rounds of the house to find the sunny spots, eats his food and waits patiently by the dinner table in case there is anything to scavenge. I know he is missing his buddy. In the meantime he is getting lots of attention and love.


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TREMOR: A wireless MEMS accelerograph for dense arrays
Earthquake Spectra
- By:
- J.R. Evans, R.H. Hamstra Jr., C. Kundig, P. Camina, and J.A. Rogers
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AbstractThe ability of a strong-motion network to resolve wavefields can be described on three axes: frequency, amplitude, and space. While the need for spatial resolution is apparent, for practical reasons that axis is often neglected. TREMOR is a MEMS-based accelerograph using wireless Internet to minimize lifecycle cost. TREMOR instruments can economically augment traditional ones, residing between them to improve spatial resolution. The TREMOR instrument described here has dynamic range of 96 dB between ??2 g, or 102 dB between ??4 g. It is linear to ???1% of full scale (FS), with a response function effectively shaped electronically. We developed an economical, very low noise, accurate (???1%FS) temperature compensation method. Displacement is easily recovered to 10-cm accuracy at full bandwidth, and better with care. We deployed prototype instruments in Oakland, California, beginning in 1998, with 13 now at mean spacing of ???3 km - one of the most densely instrumented urban centers in the United States. This array is among the quickest in returning (PGA, PGV, Sa) vectors to ShakeMap, ???75 to 100 s. Some 13 events have been recorded. A ShakeMap and an example of spatial variability are shown. Extensive tests of the prototypes for a commercial instrument are described here and in a companion paper. ?? 2005, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
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Taco Cabana® unveils BIG news for Shrimp Tampico fans
The Original Mexican Patio Cafe gives Shrimp Tampico a permanent spot on its menu
Feb 14, 2013, 06:15 EST
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Taco Cabana® has big news for its fans. The Original Mexican Patio Cafe has brought back its popular Shrimp Tampico. But the news gets even bigger. The seasonal favorite, served as a quesadilla and soft tacos, has been added as a permanent menu item and is now available year-round.
Made daily with shrimp hand-marinated in the TC kitchen, in a mix of ancho chile and spices, Shrimp Tampico is available at all Taco Cabana restaurants as a shrimp taco or quesadilla.
"We know how popular shrimp tacos have become, so we wanted to meet that demand and offer our guests Tacos Cabana's version on this Mexican favorite," said Todd Coerver, chief operating officer at Taco Cabana. "This flavorful item was a huge hit when it was previously offered for a limited time only in the spring. We've listened to our guests and now they will be able to get Shrimp Tampico anytime at their favorite Taco Cabana."
The Shrimp Tampico taco comes with marinated shrimp topped with shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes, served in a fresh, warm flour tortilla. The quesadilla version features shrimp, pico de gallo and a melted blend of shredded Monterey Jack and cheddar cheese, grilled between two fresh flour tortillas. A special pineapple chipotle salsa, made fresh by hand, has been permanently added to the salsa bar to compliment this unique offering.
Available now, the Shrimp Tampico tacos comes in a combo, served with a side item (chips and queso or chips and guacamole) and a drink, or as a plate option with freshly made rice, beans and tortillas.
More information on Taco Cabana is available at www.tacocabana.com, Facebook and Twitter.
About Taco Cabana
Taco Cabana restaurants, part of Fiesta Restaurant Group®, serve fresh, handmade Mexican food, including sizzling fajitas, quesadillas, hand rolled flautas, enchiladas, burritos, tacos, fresh-made flour tortillas, a selection of "made from scratch" salsas and sauces, frozen margaritas and beer. Most menu items are handmade daily in each restaurant, which feature open display cooking, including fajitas cooking on an open-flame grill and a machine making fresh tortillas. Taco Cabana restaurants feature interior, semi-enclosed and patio dining areas, which provide a vibrant decor and relaxing atmosphere. Additionally, Taco Cabana restaurants provide guests the option of take-out, as well as the convenience of drive-thru windows. Taco Cabana operates 161 restaurants as of Feb. 1, 2013.
About Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.
Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. owns and operates the Pollo Tropical® and Taco Cabana® restaurant brands with 253 company-owned and operated restaurants and 43 franchised restaurants in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Trinidad and Venezuela. Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. also has agreements for future development of franchised Pollo Tropical restaurants in Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Panama, Tobago and N. India. The brands specialize in the operation of fast-casual, ethnic restaurants that offer distinct and unique flavors with broad appeal at a compelling value. Both brands feature made-from-scratch cooking, fresh salsa bars, and drive-thru service and catering. Fiesta common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol FRGI. For more information about Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., visit the company's website at www.frgi.com.
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"The mission of the PEN Ready Project is to demonstrate how easy it is for anyone to capture extraordinary photos and videos with the PEN camera."
Center Valley, PA (PRWEB) September 19, 2011
Today Olympus® breaks all the rules of consumer electronics marketing by kicking off the "PEN Ready Project" – a campaign designed to empower and inspire creativity in more than 1,000 lucky people around North America. To demonstrate that anyone can be PEN Ready™ Olympus is surprising people in undisclosed locations throughout New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Miami, and nearby its U.S. Headquarters in Lehigh Valley, PA, by giving them the Olympus PEN® E-PM1 camera. The images and HD videos that participants create with the camera as part of the PEN Ready Project will be showcased on a new custom-designed Tumblr blog over the coming months. Anyone in the world can visit the site and decide if they, too, are "PEN Ready."
"The mission of the PEN Ready Project is to demonstrate how easy it is for anyone to capture extraordinary photos and videos with the PEN camera. That's why we're partnering with JetBlue Airways and Tumblr to give the gift of our Olympus PEN E-PM1 camera and make more than 1,000 people PEN Ready," said Stephanie Sherry, Senior Manager, Advertising & Marketing Communications, Olympus Imaging America Inc. "We can't wait to see where people travel to and what they will create with their new PEN camera."
To give the program a suitable takeoff, Olympus partnered with JetBlue Airways, the un-airline for today's jet set that shares a love of blue-sky ideas like the PEN Ready Project. On September 16th Olympus gifted the PEN E-PM1 camera to unsuspecting JetBlue customers on a flight that departed New York's JFK International Airport bound for Florida.
"At JetBlue we're always looking for fun and unexpected ways to delight our customers and giving away Olympus cameras inflight was a fantastic surprise," said Fiona Morrisson, Director of Brand and Advertising. "Our customers were thrilled to receive the travel-friendly PEN cameras on a JetBlue flight. We're excited to watch the PEN Ready Project grow with content from our customers and other participants."
Watch the in-flight video here: http://bit.ly/PENReadyJB
Olympus also partnered with Tumblr, the incredibly popular blogging platform that lets you effortlessly share anything – text, photos, quotes, links, music and videos – to create the PEN Ready site. Tumblr enables you to share content from your browser, phone, desktop, and email, wherever you are. Working with Olympus, 100 of the most talented Tumblr bloggers will receive the PEN E-PM1. Because these bloggers cover a diverse range of subjects, including art, fashion, food, sports, travel and more, their PEN photos and videos will be driven by their personal passion, making them well-worth seeing for people of all interests.
"Olympus chose to work with Tumblr to create its first blog because of the high level of customization our platform offers to bloggers – Tumblr lets you easily share any type of media to a blog of your own design, and our asymmetric following model empowers every blogger to build a fantastic self-organizing community around their content," said Danielle Strle, Director of Outreach, at Tumblr. "Tumblr was ecstatic to work with Olympus on this project because the brand is highly social, and its products are perfectly designed for creative expression. Photo and video are two of our most popular post types. Bloggers will experiment with the PEN, and we are excited to see what they create. It's been spectacular to work with Olympus on such a forward-thinking project."
What will the PEN Ready Project participants receive? Each participant will receive an Olympus PEN E-PM1 kit, the smallest, lightest, and the most portable Olympus PEN interchangeable lens compact system camera. The camera is available in six stylish colors (purple, pink, brown, white, silver and black) to suit your personal style. The PEN E-PM1 camera offers the same amazing image quality found in bigger, bulkier DSLR cameras with lightning-fast speed, and 1080i high-definition (HD) video at the affordable price of $499.99.
The PEN E-PM1 camera is also the easiest PEN camera to use, with simple controls enabling you to access the power of digital photography effortlessly. A step up from a point-and-shoot camera, the Olympus PEN E-PM1 camera features a user interface that takes the guesswork out of capturing the perfect shot. A simple, one-touch button enables you shoot HD video. iAuto and scene select modes enable you capture images with ease and speed, and six built-in Art Filters enable you explore your artistic side. The Olympus PEN E-PM1 camera puts the portability of a point-and-shoot with the performance of a DSLR in the palm of your hands.
Journalists interested in more information about the PEN Ready Project, review units and high-resolution images of the Olympus PEN cameras, lenses and accessories should contact Michael Bourne, Mullen Public Relations, 617-226-9953, or Jennifer Colucci, Olympus Imaging America Inc., 484-896-5719, or visit the Olympus website.
Olympus Imaging America Inc. is a precision technology leader, designing and delivering award-winning products for consumer and professional markets.
Olympus Imaging America Inc. works collaboratively with its customers and its ultimate parent company, Olympus Corporation, to develop breakthrough technologies with revolutionary product design and functionality that enhance people's lives every day. These include:
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Mardaites in Asia Minor
1. Historical Background
The Mardaïtes first appear in the 7th century, and theories of their origin are divided.1 According to the prevalent view, they are identified with the Djarādjima, who inhabited Mount Amanus or Black Mountain (Arabic: Lukkām) of Syria and the marshy region to the north of Antioch. Their name (plural of Djurdjumānī) derived from either the name of the province of Gurgum, in the region of Germanicia, or from a small town between Aleppo (Halep) and Alexandretta called Djurdjūma, meaning the bastion of the Djarādjima, which the Arabs destroyed in 708, when they suppressed the revolt instigated and supported by the Byzantines.
The Djarādjima were Christians and the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Antioch, but they probably followed the doctrine of monophysitism or monotheletism.2 According to Arabic sources, after the Muslims conquered the region of Antioch in 638, the Arabs subdued the Djarādjima, who were then assigned to guard the mountain passes of Amanus and granted exemption from taxation in exchange.
In the mid-660s, the Arabs brought new settlers to the area, because they suspected that the Christian Djarādjima served Byzantine interests. This caused the reaction of the Djarādjima and led to military confrontations, in which Caliph Muwa'iyah ibn Abi Sufyan, former commander of Syria, won. The Djarādjima replied by invading the cities of Syria and Palestine under Byzantine commanders. It was probably then that they were given the name «Mardaïtes» by the local people, a name that would follow them in Greek sources. The name possibly derived from the Semite word «maridaye», meaning «guerrilla» or «bandit».3 Their conflicts with the Muslims became more serious in the following years, when the Byzantines decided to use them in diversion against the Arabs.
2. The Activitiy of the Mardaïtes in the Middle East
In 671, the Arabs captured Kyzikos, while in the following years, starting from 673, they blockaded the harbours of Constantinople. Thanks to his powerful fleet and the Greek fire, Emperor Constantine IV (668-685) managed to repel the attacks of the Arabian navy. At the same time, the Byzantines took advantage of the difficulties the Arabs were facing and created a diversion in the Middle East. The Mardaïtes, led by Byzantine officers, occupied the Amanus Mountains as far as the outskirts of Jerusalem (possibly in 677). That became their basis for the invasions against Syria and Lebanon, while they were occasionaly joined by slaves and local Christians. Muwa'iyah was unable to defend his territory effectively, therofore he sent deputies to sign a peace treaty with Emperor Constantine in 678. According to the terms of the treaty, the Byzantines should cease all Mardaïte attacks in Syria and Lebanon.
The Mardaïte revolt ended ten years later. Although he had renewed the peace treaty with the Arabs in 685, Justinian II (685-695, 705-711) wanted to take advantage of the difficulties Caliph Abd al-Malik was facing because of rebellious movements. Therefore, in 688, he urged the Mardaïtes to start raiding the Arab land again, and reinforced them with cavalry. Abd al-Malik was made to sign a new peace treaty with onerous terms, while the Byzantines would withdraw the Mardaïtes from Amanus. Justinian accepted the term, for which he was criticised by later historians.4 The Mardaïtes who remained in Syria were defeated by the Arabs, who eliminated the Byzantine reinforcements. The Mardaïtes of Syria fought on the side of the Arabs in Iraq and joined them again in the Arabian raids against Byzantine territory in the 8th century, while evidence of their presence in Amanus existed until the 10th century.
3. The Resettlement of the Mardaïtes in Byzantine Territories
According to the sources, the Mardaïtes that fled to Byzantine lands amounted to 12,000. However, it is not clear whether all of the refugees or only men eligible for enlistment were included. The Mardaïtes settled in southeastern Asia Minor, particularly in the districts of Pamphylia, Lycia and Cilicia.
In the early 8th century, the military forces of the Byzantine provinces where the Mardaïtes had settled formed the theme of Kibyrrhaiotai, which included all the provincial naval forces of the empire. Within this framework, the Mardaïtes were incorporated into the naval forces of the theme as an autonomous formation based on the capital Attaleia, while they continued to live in other regions as well.5 They were under a Byzantine officer with the rank of katepano, who was directly appointed by the emperor and was independent of the strategos of the theme. The time those reforms took place remains uncertain, but they were probably contemporary with the establishment of the theme. The Mardaïtes of Attaleia became very famous for their seamanship, particularly for their mastery of fast vessels used for scouting missions, as well as for their hatred towards the Arabs of Syria.
Later on (in the 9th century), a part of the Mardaïtes moved to the themes of the Peloponnese, Nicopolis (including the lands of Epiros and Etoloakarnania) and Kephalenia; in those regions they continued to serve as crew members of thematic fleets.6 Towards the late 9th century, the Mardaïtes of the Peloponnese took part in the campaigns in Sicily, while in 911 and 949 a large number of Mardaïtes from the three themes (more than 5000 in the first case, 3000 in the second) participated in the campaigns against the Arabs of Crete.
The Mardaïtes of Attaleia continued to serving as prominent crew members in the fleet of the theme of Kibyrrhaiotai until the second half of the 10th century, but the decline of the fleet of the Kibyrrhaiotai Theme in the 11th century must have affected them. There is no information about their later history; they must have been gradually absorbed by the local people.
4. Consequences of the Mardaïte Presence in Asia Minor
The Mardaïtes played an important role mainly in the strategy employed by the Byzantines against the Arabs in the 7th century, particularly during the first siege of Constantinople: their raids in Lebanon, combined with the naval defeat of the besiegers, actually compelled the Arabs to raise the siege and sign a peace treaty. The repetition of the terms concerning the withdrawal of the Mardaïtes in the following treaties as well as the Arab insistence in 688 that the Mardaïtes should abandon the Black Μountain reveal the size of the threat the central regions of the caliphate were facing from these allies of the Byzantines.
Although the settlement of the Mardaïtes in Byzantine land weakened the offensive policy of Byzantium in the Middle East, it strengthened the naval forces of the empire in southeastern Asia Minor, since the Mardaïtes soon proved their seamanship and significantly reinforced the fleet of the theme of the Kibyrrhaiotai, mainly in scouting and information gathering. The settlement of part of the Mardaïtes in the western themes had similarly positive results for the small fleets of those themes, which were greatly benefited from the seamanship of this people of Syria, particularly in a period when Byzantium was facing the additional threat of the Arabian fleets of the western Mediterranean.
The settlement of the Mardaïtes in Asia Minor and mainland Greece affected the ethnological composition of the population in those regions. According to a document of the Latin sovereigns of Corfu dated 1365, which ratifies an earlier (1246) decree of Michael II, the ruler of Epirus, referring to a «decarhia Mardatorum», while some European travellers of the second half of the 19th century recognised Semite features in several Greek inhabitants of Attaleia, thus implying that they were of Mardaïte origin. According to some scholars, even the Akritic songs preserved the memory of the Mardaïtes, hidden behind the name Maurioritai («Μαυριορίτες»).
1. P.A. Hollingsworth in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium 2 (New York – Oxford 1991), p. 1297, see entry 'Mardaites', considers them of Persian or Armenian origin. M. Canard in The Encyclopedia of Islam2 2 (Leiden – London 1965), pp. 456-458, see entry 'Djaradjima', tends to believe that the Mardaites were of Persian origin. Χ. Μπαρτικιάν, 'Η λύση του αινίγματος των Μαρδαϊτών', in Στράτου, Ν.Α. (ed.), Βυζάντιον. Αφιέρωμα στον Ανδρέα Ν. Στράτο 1 (Athens 1986), pp. 17-39, formulates the theory that the Mardaites of the 7th century were Mards (Iranian bandits) absorbed by the Armenians, who fought as Byzantine mercenaries and had nothing in common with the Djaradjima or the subsequent Mardaites of Asia Minor. Modern Mardaites of Lebanon claim to be descendants of Mardaites, but this view is contestated by Moosa, M., 'The Relation of the Maronites of Lebanon to the Mardaites and al-Jarajima', Speculum 44 (1969), pp. 597-608.
2. Χ. Μπαρτικιάν, 'Η λύση του αινίγματος των Μαρδαϊτών', in Στράτου, Ν.Α. (ed.), Βυζάντιον. Αφιέρωμα στον Ανδρέα Ν. Στράτο 1 (Athens 1986), pp. 17-39, believes that they were monophysites, while Κ. Άμαντος, 'Μαρδαΐται', Ελληνικά 5 (1932), pp. 130-136, believes that they followed the Orthodox doctrine.
3. Evidence of Mardaites' practicing mainly the guerrilla tactics is a quotation from the Byzantine chronicler Theophanes' work, in de Boor, C. (ed.), Theophanis Chronographia (Leipzig 1883), p. 397, 17-19. In his text, he describes the activity of the Byzantine forces, which were arrayed on the mountains of Bithynia in order to harass the Arabian forces that were besieging Constantinople in 717-718; their skirmishing raids were similar to those of the Mardaites («δίκην Μαρδαϊτ?ν κρυπτόμενοι», lurking as Mardaites).
4. Theophanes, in his Chronography, in de Boor, C. (ed.), Theophanis Chronographia (Leipzig 1883), p. 364, 3-5, mentions that with this movement Justinian tore down a «bronze» wall and amputated the Byzantine power: «τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἐν Συρίᾳ· καὶ πολλοὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς Ῥωμανίαν. καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς Ἀρμενίαν ἐκεῖ ἐδέξατο τοὺς ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ Μαρδαΐτας, χάλκεον τεῖχος διαλύσας». See also as above, p. 363, 14-20: 'καὶ πέμψας ὁ βασιλεὺς προσελάβετο τοὺς Μαρδαΐτας χιλιάδας ιβ΄, τὴν Ῥωμαϊκὴν δυναστείαν ἀκρωτηριάσας. πᾶσαι γὰρ αἱ νῦν οἰκούμεναι παρὰ τῶν Ἀράβων εἰς τὰ ἄκρα πόλεις ἀπὸ Μοψουεστίας καὶ ἕως τετάρτης Ἀρμενίας ἀνίσχυροι καὶ ἀοίκητοι ἐτύγχανον διὰ τὴν ἔφοδον τῶν Μαρδαϊτῶν· ὧν παρασταλλέντων, πάνδεινα κακὰ πέπονθεν ἡ Ῥωμανία ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀράβων μέχρι τοῦ νῦν».
5. The view that there were Mardaites settled in Antioch of Pisidia and the island of Karpathos as well is based on the fact that, in the 10th century, galeai of the theme of Kibyrrhaiotai were stationed in those regions, as well as on the assumption that this particular type of ship was used exclusively by the Mardaites; see Makrypoulias, Ch.G., 'The Navy in the Works of Constantine Porphyrogenitus', Graeco-Arabica 6 (1995), pp. 152-171.
6. Unlike Ahrweiler-Γλύκατζη, Ε., Byzance et la mer (Paris 1966), pp. 399-400, Άμαντος, Κ., 'Μαρδαΐται', Ελληνικά 5 (1932), pp. 130-136, believes that the Mardaïtes of the western themes had nothing in common with the Mardaïtes of Attaleia, but took that name because they were seamen too.


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Also see PART 1 of "A Lucky Disaster, or Canada's Loss, NASA's Gain."
For the last 40 years, at least in the public's eyes, Florida's Space Coast and Houston have been the homes of American manned space flight. But in the earliest days of America's space program, a select group of engineers calling themselves the Space Task Group (STG) made their home in rural Virginia at the Langley Research Center. Langley is NASA's oldest research home, founded in 1917 by NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (just as you would think, NACA). The STG at Langley, inaugurated on November 5, 1958, came into existence little more than a month after NACA became NASA. These name changes and group birthings were all of a piece. Forty-five years ago, the nation was obsessed with space—and the nation remains intrigued.
In our February 20th post, we hinted that the February 20th, 1959, cancellation of AVRO's CF-105 Arrow aircraft—less than six months after NASA was itself born—wound up being a boon for America's fledgling space program. America's first human spaceflight program, Project Mercury, was announced to the world six days after NASA was born, but that ambitious program was struggling to get its legs under it. The STG, with its single-minded view of putting an American in space, also had trouble finding its footing and was viewed with skepticism by the airplanes-only culture of Langley's old guard.
Aeronautics was becoming Aerospace, but not everyone was excited by the changes that this shift implied. In part, resistance was only logical. The American aviation industry had achieved remarkable successes since the end of World War II. The nascent American efforts in space didn't have a record of success. Not only had the Russians beaten the Americans into space with Sputnik, but they had done it spectacularly. Sputnik had been followed less than a month later by Sputnik-2, and that second Sputnik had carried a living creature, a dog named Laika. America's side of the space-race equation was also spectacular, but mostly spectacular failures. The nationally televised explosion of America's first attempted satellite launch—the Vanguard mission on December 6, 1957—earned it the derisive nickname Kaputnik.
Into this environment came the opportunity for NASA's STG to add significant engineering talent. Arguably, AVRO's Arrow was the most advanced aircraft in active engineering and development at that time, and it was cancelled. The United States' most advanced interceptor aircraft of that moment, the North American Aviation XF-108 Rapier—with delta wings and predicted Mach 3 performance, it was quite similar to the Arrow—was also cancelled in 1959. Both were victims of the coming age of ballistic missiles and pushbutton warfare. But whereas the American XF-108 project was limited to engineering drawings and a single wooden mock-up, the CF-105 Arrow knew the feel of air beneath its wings.
In all, AVRO designed, manufactured, and flight-tested six Arrow aircraft. This effort had given a talented young cadre of AVRO engineers experience at the leading edge of aeronautical engineering. The Arrow was the first aircraft designed to use a fly-by-wire system, a means of controlling the aircraft's flight surfaces with electronic systems. The Arrow was designed in great part on computers. An IBM 704 mainframe computer at AVRO Canada's headquarters in Malton, Ontario (near Toronto), was used not only for design purposes, but also for simulation and modeling. In fact, data collected during the Arrow flight test program was analyzed on the 704 and then fed back into the simulator. In sum, the young AVRO engineers had just the sort of experience that NASA's STG needed for Project Mercury.
Ultimately, the AVRO engineers wound up in the STG because of the Arrow's chief designer, Jim Chamberlin. Chamberlin was a known quantity to engineers at Langley from the collaborative work between AVRO and NACA on wind-tunnel testing for the Arrow and because of an earlier project, the AVRO VZ-9 Car (a saucer shaped jet).
As the layoffs took hold, Chamberlin and others jumped into action. Arrows to the Moon, a comprehensive look by author Chris Gainor of the contributions that AVRO engineers made to the American space program, indicates that the original idea was for a two-year exchange that would bring engineers from the cancelled Arrow project to the STG at Langley. NASA benefited by getting an immediate injection of talent for Project Mercury. AVRO hoped to get returns from sending its best-and-brightest off for two years for the equivalent of a graduate degree, a U.S.-funded, on-the-job school that was essentially the only program in space systems design and engineering in the free world.
When all was said and done, 32 AVRO engineers joined the STG. Another fantastic book that touches on this subject, Charles Murray and Catherine Bly Cox's Apollo: The Race to the Moon, recounts a story in which Robert Gilruth, first head of the STG, told one of the AVRO engineers, Tec Roberts, "We thought about taking more of your crowd from AVRO…but we figured twenty-five percent aliens in the American space program was sufficient."
Those aliens would make contributions to the American space program that are still being felt to this this day.


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Sister Marie Patrice O'Neill died Monday at the Sisters of St. Joseph Infirmary in The Convent Mary Immaculate in West Hartford.
She was 84.
Sister Marie Patrice served at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, and St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield. She retired in 1969, and became a resident of the Provincial House at the convent.


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-Enter the apartment building at the back alley and go to the upper floor. Head right until reaching the end of the corridor to find Ed and Ein.
-Go to the apartments. Before continuing, return to the beginning of the game to interact with Spike Spiegal.
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CLINTON COUNTY, Ill. (KMOV.com) -- A Pocahontas, Illinois woman is dead after her vehicle left the roadway, then rolled over early Saturday morning.
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Emergency crews were called to the scene at 6:15 a.m. Schuette was then transported to St. Joseph Hospital in Highland, Illinois, where she was pronounced dead just after 7 a.m.
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StockCall Research on Applied Materials and Verifone: Business Equippers Continue to Adapt
Jan 23, 2013, 08:00 EST
LONDON, January 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
The ongoing transition away from paper is both challenging and creating opportunities for companies within the business equipment industry. Mailing giants like Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI)and payment processors such as Verifone Systems Inc. (NYSE: PAY) are adapting to this trend in different ways. StockCall analysts have initiated coverage on Applied Materials and Verifone Systems. Sign up now to access the free reports on these companies at
On the mail equipment market, Pitney's approximate 80% share of the domestic postal meter market still impresses but falling demand for physical mail has forced the company to think differently. It continues to grow its software segment but it still represents a relatively small percentage of its total revenues. StockCall posted a technical report on Pitney Bowes, register for free to access it at http://www.StockCall.com/PBI012313.pdf
For its most recent quarter, the company's Enterprise Business Solutions segment sales dropped to $614 million, which is a 5% decline in year-over-year. This shortfall was a result of a 19% fall in Software revenue, a 6% decrease in Management Services, a 4% drop in Marketing services and a 1% decline in management services. A 12% growth in its Worldwide Production Mail moderately helped counteract the negative, however. Pitney Bowes will be posting its earnings on January 31st.
On the payment processing side, the increasingly crowded space has made it challenging for the likes of Verifone Systems Inc. [Free Report on PAY] [(1)] to grow its presence. However, the shift to mobile device aided transactions is accelerating, creating a tremendous opportunity to grow. The challenge for companies like Verifone now becomes striking a balance within its pricing model between competitive and profitable without swaying too far to one side.
For the first quarter of 2013, VeriFone anticipates net revenues in the range of $495 million and $500 million.
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Co-op distribution centre jobs face closure threat
The Co-op Group is consulting with its employees over plans to close a logistics centre in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
The move may lead to the loss of more than 100 jobs. There may also be further job losses in County Durham.
Over four years, the Co-op Group is planning to cut running costs by £500m, of which it has already identified £100m of savings.
To achieve these cuts, there are likely to be thousands of job losses.
The company, which is owned by its customers, was forced to give up full ownership of its bank after losses wiped out most of its capital.
The Co-op's logistics department, which supplies its food stores, employs 6,200 people. About 120 jobs are at risk at the Huntingdon site, which supplies about 200 stores.
The company said in a statement: "As part of our programme of continuous improvement for our supply chain, and to drive efficiencies and deliver a cost-effective quality service to our stores and customers as part of our overall food strategy, we are proposing a number of changes to our distribution network.
"Due to ongoing surplus capacity at our Huntingdon depot we are proposing to close the site by the end of the summer, with all work transferring to our depots at Castlewood, Thurrock and Andover. Regrettably, some 123 Huntingdon employees would be at risk of redundancy."
Forty jobs may also be cut at the Co-Op's Birtley site in County Durham, said the company.
"We are currently not in a position to confirm details overall, but, whilst the anticipated job losses at Huntingdon and Birtley are regrettable, a similar number of jobs would be created in other depots across the network.
"However, any colleagues affected by the proposed changes will be given every support to find an alternative role within the Co-operative Group, or with another employer."
"We understand the position the Co-Op is in and the cut-throat nature of the retail sector,'' said Unite national officer Adrian Jones.
"We will work with the company to try to mitigate job losses."


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I sure do miss my youngest at this age. I can't believe how fast he's growing up and I'm just treasuring each and everyday with my kids. This was such a great day at the beach. We didn't actually build any of the castles we just happened upon them on a walk but Cole took no ttime in making himself right at home.
The paper collection is stunning for your beach pictures. It's called Rock Pool from KaiserCraft and I love the color combo. I also used Cheery Lynn dies on the layout.


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"Victim 5" in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal settled his civil claim against Penn State University (PSU) for several million dollars. This is the first of 26 settlements against the university–31 men accused Sandusky of sexual abuse when they were children.
The man testified against Sandusky at his trial last year and is considered to be one of the more serious cases because it happened in August 2001 after top officials at PSU were notified of Sandusky's behavior with another boy in the shower. Michael Rozen is one lawyer the university hired to handle the claims and he spoke with the The Philadelphia Inquirer:
"The pivotal issue from the university's perspective in dealing with the victims is where the incident occurred and when it occurred proximate to the 2001 shower incident," Rozen told the paper.
PSU hopes they can compensate the victims as quickly as possible. Their trustees allowed $60 million to be used for the claims.
Eight men testified against Sandusky last year. He is now serving a 30 to 60 year prison sentence for child molestation and other crimes.


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So much has happened and a lot is going on so I can't explain it all but this last week was full of a lot of service activities. We helped a member in our branch farm peanuts and we also helped a different member in our branch clean her nursing home. Both were really big projects that needed a lot of help. One thing that I have absolutely loved about being a missionary is that we always have time to serve:)
We had an adventure a couple weeks ago as we were trying to find a Recent converts house who we have never seen at church. She lives in a buddhist temple that is at the top of this huge hill. She lives in the temple because she cooks food for the monks everyday. We decided to just try and visit without making an appointment.We finally had made it to the top of the hill. As we quietly walked up to the building that she lives in, exausted and dripping sweat, she saw us, smiled and quickly came over to us. but she then became serious and immediatley started whispering about how we can't visit her today because the boss of the buddhist temple came and if he saw us, she could lose her job.She was so scared and we were even more. so we quickly left. This was one of those experiences that you look back and thing, woah, I'm really in korea. Our RC/LA lives in a buddhist temple! haha. hopefully we can try and set an appointment to be able to meet her again because we need to get her back to church!
Also a couple weeks ago we were able to find a new investigator who is 18 years old and wants to learn english so we started the family english program with her. She is currently attending a different christian church with some friends. She prayed with us in our first lesson which was really awesome:)
I only have 1 week left with sister Kim before she goes home and it's so sad! It has been a lot of fun being able to serve with her and I have been able to learn so much.
I want to end on a spiritual note. Recently I have been thinking so much about the atonement of Jesus Christ and how I can better apply it into my life. I have used the atonement of Jesus Christ so much on my mission and have received so many blessings and strength as I do. I have been trying harder to look back on my day and see what I could have done better and repent. As I do this, I have been able to feel more clean and worthy to be a representative of Christ. I know that it is through the atonement of Jesus Christ that we can become healed. I will be grateful everyday for My Savior Jesus Christ and for the opportunity I have to wear His name everyday. I encourage you all to try and sincerely repent everyday and to partake of the sacrament worthily. As you do, you will come to better understand the atonement of Jesus Christ and what is can mean to you personally.
I love you all so much!
Birthday shoutout to Jett! I hope you have a great day! I sent you a birthday card a few weeks ago and am hoping it will reach you in time!
Love, Sister Hurley
|Put a BOM on the bookshelf and the train station :)
|found the house! okay..maybe not..
|This is where our Recent convert/Less active lives!
|our church is half of the 5th floor of that buidling
|Train Station!
|My companion is a model.
|trying to fin La's house
|met this random family while trying to find a LA so we decided to help them farm:)
now I know how to farm garlic!
|Make a wish!


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|Helios 1 E1 (Rosenbauer) Hourly Plasma Data
|Resource ID:spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Helios1/E1/PT1H
|These hourly averaged solar wind plasma data from the E1 Plasma Detectors (Rosenbauer) onboard the Helios 1 spacecraft include time, earth-sun-Helios angle, sun-Helios distance (AU), Carrington longitude of Helios, solar-ecliptic latitude, Carrington rotation number, proton bulk speed, temperature, number density, flow angles of ecliptic elevation and azimuth, standard deviations of the plasma parameters, and the number of data points in the hourly averages.
|Helios 1 40.5-sec Combined Magnetic Field and Plasma Data
|Resource ID:spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Helios1/E1/PT40.5S
|Helios 1 40-second merged magnetic field and plasma data
|Helios 1 E2 Hourly Magnetic Field Data
|Resource ID:spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Helios1/E2/PT1H
|This data set contains hour-averaged magnetic field vectors from the Neubauer/Maier experiment on Helios 1. It provides 1-hr average values of the solar ecliptic X, Y, Z components of the magnetic field, in units of centi-gamma. Also available are the number of samples of each component used in the averaging. The location of the spacecraft is specified in terms of ecliptic longitude, heliographic latitude, and radial distance from sun. Data quality flags are also included.
|Helios 1 E3 Hourly Magnetic Field Data
|Resource ID:spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Helios1/E3/PT1H
|This data set contains hour-averaged magnetic field vectors from the Ness/Mariani experiment on Helios 1. Each record contains time, magnetic field intensity and cartesian components in spacecraft-centered solar ecliptic coordinates, standard deviations, numbers of fine-scale points in the average, and an instrument mode indicator. It should be noted that the "average" mode, which was used a minority of the time and involved on-board averaging, may have incorrectly handled range changes caused by occasional significant changes in ambient field intensity. The data set had not been filtered for this effect upon delivery to NSSDC.
|Helios 1 6-sec magnetic field data
|Resource ID:spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Helios1/E3/PT6.00S
|Helios 1 6-sec magnetic field averages from Mariani/Ness experiment
|Helios 1 Magnetic Field Spectral Density, offline at NSSDC
|Resource ID:spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Helios1/E4/PT8S
|This data set contains 8-sec averaged and peak spectral densities of magnetic field component variations in 8 spectral bands with center frequencies logarithmically equispaced between 6.8 Hz and 1470 Hz. Data records also contain time, spacecraft position, spacecraft-sun-Earth angle, spin vector direction, data quality flags, etc.
|Helios 1 E6 (Kunow) Hourly Particle Fluxes
|Resource ID:spase://VEPO/NumericalData/Helios1/E6/PT1H
|Data set records contain fluxes of protons in 5 energy ranges (4-13, 13-27, 27-37, 37-51, >51 MeV), alpha particles in 6 energy ranges (2-4, 4-13, 13-27, 27-37, 37-48, >48 MeV/n), and electrons in 2 ranges (0.3-0.8, 0.8-2.0 MeV). The fluxes are averaged over intervals of approximately one hour. Each "data record" (having ending CR and/or LF) spans 4-5 hours and has 10 time-overlapping segments. Each segment has averaging start and stop times plus words for 13 fluxes and words for the statistical uncertainties in the 13 fluxes. However, most words in a given segment have fill values, such that good values for a given flux (species and energy range) and its uncertainty appear only in a minority of the segments. No spacecraft position information is included. Data are from the E6 experiment on Helios 1.
|Helios 1 E7 (Trainor) Hourly Particle Data
|Resource ID:spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Helios1/E7/PT1H
|This data set contains hourly averaged fluxes of protons measured by the GSFC Galactic and Solar Cosmic Ray experiment on Helios 1. The fixed length ASCII records have been reformatted from the binary format of the originally submitted data set (NSSDC ID 74-097A-08B). Each record contains the date and time in year, month, day, hour, minute, and second. The flux values and statistical errors are included for proton energy ranges of 3.3 - 21.6 MeV, 21.6 - 57 MeV, and above 57 MeV.
|Helios 1 E7 (Trainor) 30-min fluxes and rates
|Resource ID:spase://VEPO/NumericalData/Helios1/E7/PT30M
|This data set, created in 2010 by Nand Lal, contains 30-min resolution fluxes and count rates of energetic protons, alpha particles, electrons and X-rays from the E7 experiment (P.I.: J. Trainor, GSFC) flown on the Helios 1 spacecraft. Accompanying each flux and count rate is a statistical uncertainty of the flux or rate. The data are spin-averaged. The data are in 920-character ASCII records and consist of: A. Proton fluxes based on pulse height and rate data in 7 energy windows, 3.40-6.05, 6.05-11.10, 11.10-21.60, 24.52-28.82, 32.00-46.30, 45.30-57.22, 135.2-206.5 MeV. B. Alpha particle fluxes based on pulse heights and count rates in 6 energy windows, 3.20-4.98, 4.98-11.50, 11.50-21.60, 24.51-31.12, 31.12-45.53, 45.53-57.53 MeV/n. C. Combined proton plus alpha particle fluxes based on LET1 and HET count rates in 6 energy windows, 3-6, 6-11, 11-21, 20-30, 32-45, 45-56 MeV/n. D. Alpha particle fluxes based on HET count rates in three energy windows, 20-30, 32-45, 45-57 MeV/n. E. Two count rates primarily due to electrons at 2-4 and 4-8 MeV. F. 21 additional count rates corresponding to individual telescope sensors or sensor combinations. For one sensor, rates at each of several discrimination levels are given). These rates are further discussed in the documentation and in the references provided. A subset of the above parameters (A, B, E) are available with graphical display at the OMNIWeb-Plus interface identified below
|Helios 1 E8 (Keppler) Hourly Particle Fluxes
|Resource ID:spase://VEPO/NumericalData/Helios1/E8/PT1H
|Data set records contain hourly count rates of protons and electrons in 16 energy ranges (protons: 15 differential channels between 21 and 677 keV, plus >677 keV; electrons: 15 differential channels between 17 and 835 keV, plus >835 keV), each in 16 22.5 deg azimuthal sectors. Accumulation times for each count rate are also given. No spacecraft position information is included. Data are from the E8 experiment on Helios 1.
|Helios 1 Hourly Trajectory Data
|Resource ID:spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Helios1/Ephemeris/PT1H
|This directory includes hourly heliocentric coordinate data for the Helios 1 spacecraft as extracted into the ASCII files HE1TRJyy.asc (yy is the two-digit year) from the merged solar wind magnetic and plasma data set in HELIOS_1/MGD_FREEMAN. All trajectory parameters except solar ecliptic and heliographic inertial coordinates were taken from the original merged dataset. The other parameters were computed and added using the code HELTRJCON in the MGD_FREEMAN directory. Source routines for coordinate conversions in this code were provided by R. Parthasarathy of the Satellite Situation Center at NSSDC. The code READHEL in MGD_FREEMAN was used to read the archived datasets into an intermediate format for input to HELTRJCON. Code HELTRJCN1 was used to correct the solar ecliptic angles as of 6/14/94 (see Note 2 above). HELTRJCON was also corrected as of this date. Data Parameter Description: NY - YEAR OF THE DATA INTERVAL (LAST TWO DIGITS ONLY). ND - DAY OF THE DATA INTERVAL FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE ABOVE YEAR, JAN. 1= DAY 1. NH - HOUR OF THE DAY OF THE DATA INTERVAL. NCARROT - CARRINGTON ROTATION NUMBER AS SEEN BY AN EARTH BASED OBSERVER AT THE START OF THE DATA INTERVAL. SPAU - SPACECRAFT HELIOCENTRIC DISTANCE IN ASTRONOMICAL UNITS. SECLAT - SOLAR ECLIPTIC LATITUDE IN DEGREES SECLON - SOLAR ECLIPTIC LONGITUDE IN DEGREES HELLAT - SOLAR HELIOGRAPHIC LATITUDE IN DEGREES HELLON - SOLAR HELIOGRAPHIC (CARRINGTON) LONGITUDE IN DEGREES HILLON - SOLAR HELIOGRAPHIC INERTIAL LONGITUDE IN DEGREES WITH RESPECT TO ASCENDING NODE OF SOLAR EQUATOR ON THE ECLIPTIC ESSCSANG - EARTH-SUN-SPACECRAFT SEPARATION ANGLE (IN DEGREES, 0-360). ICODE - DATA CODE: 1 MEANS PLASMA DATA ONLY ARE PRESENT FOR THAT HOURLY INTERVAL; 2 MEANS MAGNETOMETER DATA ONLY; 3 MEANS BOTH PLASMA AND MAGNETOMETER DATA PRESENT. Note 1: The solar ecliptic coordinates are given with respect to true equinox and ecliptic of date. The solar ascending node was located at ecliptic longitude +74.367 degrees as of 1 Jan. 1900 at 1200 UT; this longitude increases by 1.4 degrees/century. Note 2: The solar ecliptic cordinates in this directory before 6/14/94 were calculated incorrectly and have been corrected as of this date. The heliographic angles are from the original source dataset and had no problems.
|Helios 1 Daily Trajectory Data
|Resource ID:spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Helios1/Ephemeris/PT24H
|This data set contains orbital parameters for Helios 1: Helios-Sun distance, heliographic longitude from the ascending node, heliographic latitude, ecliptical longitude from the mean equinox, ecliptical longitude from the Earth-Sun line, ecliptical latitude, Helios - Earth distance, and number of rotations of the Sun referred to Helios since launch.
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Alison Glass Chroma - Olive Plaid Handcraft Batik
The latest collection for the Handcraft series for Andover Fabrics Designer Alison Glass. Handcraft series fabric is fabric using batik style printing with a modern look.
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Take your body to the ultimate level with the It Works Ultimate Pack Chocolate, which takes all the benefits of our Fit Pack and supercharges your results with the calorie-burning boost of Ultimate ThermoFit™, the core daily nutrients of It's Vital™ Core Nutrition Formula, and It's Essential® weight loss energy bars to transform your body inside and out.
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Save Airbnb in New York
If you've visited New York or ever hope to and want Airbnb as an option when you travel, please stand with New Yorkers who are trying to save Airbnb.
Right now, Airbnb hosts in New York like me are under attack because of a poorly written law. And if this can happen in New York, it can happen anywhere. I started a petition to the State Senate asking them to fix that law.
Sign the petition to the NY State Senate to save Airbnb and I'll let them know that as a once or future visitor, you want the law to be changed too.
The poorly written law was originally designed to stop slumlords from running illegal hotels with dozens of rental apartments. As a New Yorker just trying to pay my bills, I don't understand why they think I'm a slumlord.
After ending a career in the military, I decided to return to school and complete my degree in Public Policy. Renting a room has been instrumental in helping me transition back to civilian life. It's helping me achieve my dreams by providing me with a source of income that makes it possible for me to focus my energy on preparing for a new career where I can help people through better public policy. Airbnb saved me. Now help me save Airbnb.
I figure that if we get 20,000 people to sign the petition, we'll get the State Senate's attention. If we hit that goal by October 20th, I pledge to deliver the signatures to every Senator myself.
- Mishelle
Peers Member and Airbnb Host
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Important Note: We will only include your first name, last initial, and city when we deliver the petition.


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ResolutionFirst of all, you should request a Virtuozzo VPN certificate using the following web form:
After the certificate is received the following steps should be done for configuring VZVPN:
# vzvpn.sh key-install license.vzvpn
(replace license.vzvpn with the actual filename) will install your certificate;
# vzvpn.sh start
This command will set up network interface tap0 which will be used by
the support team to connect to your server. When the job is done, use
# vzvpn.sh stop
to close the tunnel. OpenVPN uses port 80 for communication, so, please,
make sure this port is open and configure proxy in /etc/vzvpn/vzvpn.conf if needed. You can also use port 443. It can be configured in the same configuration file.


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HINGE: Delta Live-Action Hinge lifts the tail of the shoe from the snow with every step for added mobility and speed, and provides extra lateral support and "purchase" when traversing slopes.
model 21 | weight: 2.7 lbs. user weight: up to 125 lbs.
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From the President
President David Busic
I have some important news to share that may catch you by surprise. Nazarene Theological Seminary (NTS) is going global. When I say NTS serves the whole church, it is not "so much" presidential hyperbole. We do not have regional boundaries; nor are we limited by national borders. To quote a rather famous visionary "the world is our parish."


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As we climb into my parents' Prius, we hear a frantic voice shouting from behind us. It's the server, flying through the front doors of Royal Wok. He waves something wildly over his head.
"Hey, mister!" he calls, his accent thick.
The waiter at our regular Thursday dining facility thinks my father's name is Mr. Ho. Apparently, the Japanese symbols for "harmony" and "change for the better" that my dad has tattooed on his upper left arm actually mean "Mr. Ho" in Chinese. My dad is totally cool with that and, in fact, now prefers to be called thusly.
"Mister Ho!" the waiter hollers again across the Longmont parking lot. "You forgot your, uh... "
He stops, looking down at the object in his hands: a black, leather satchel that contains my father's phone, Kindle, some pens, chapstick, loose change and a driver's license that does not, in fact, read "Mr. Ho." Said satchel has a shoulder strap.
The waiter eyes the object with concern and confusion, for the title of such an object has been utterly lost in translation.
The word he is looking for is "murse."
Yes, my father proudly totes a man-purse. A mandbag. How else can he carry everything around with him, he reasons. And I second that. I don't know how men can function in society without a fully stocked purse.
My husband explains that he has strict assigned seating in his shorts pockets for each must-have object. Keys in the left front. Wallet in right back. Phone in left back. Cigarettes in right front. He wears Dickies for the bonus fifth pocket, which belongs to whatever toy or trash our 3-year-old daughter forces upon him.
If a single extra object enters his circulation, it breaks the entire system. This includes loose change, which is why our daughter does not think money grows on trees, but she does think it rains from daddies. He leaves a pool of nickels everywhere he sits.
"My car is my purse," he explains. "I keep everything else in there. That's why men can never go more than 200 yards from their car."
Some men who understand the value of a "murse," but who are still afraid to make the full leap, wear small backpacks or "sling daypacks," which are single-strap, zippered pouches. Um. Tell me how that's different from a "murse," and I'll tell you how the Japanese symbol for "change for the better" is different from "Ho" in Chinese. Actually, I can't tell you that. I speak German.
My husband has to scoot and shuffle every time he sits down, to get comfortable sitting on a wallet or phone. Or he has to unload and reload. Seems like extra work to me. But as he sees it, it's worth it to have your hands free the rest of the time.
"But I'm hands-free with a purse, too," I explain. "It stays on my shoulder."
"No. It doesn't. It never stays on your shoulder," he corrects me. "I always end up carrying your purse."
Suddenly I get it. He doesn't carry a "murse" because he already is carrying a purse.
And suddenly I understand my dad, too. My wise, wise father, a husband of 40 years. If he's already carrying his own purse, his shoulders are occupied. And better to carry a lightweight black "sling daypack" than my mother's 70-pound, bedazzled, colorful, full-sized piece of luggage, bursting with lipstick and concealer and other mysterious feminine products.
No doubt, Mr. Ho understands how to "change for the better."
I think I'll get my hubby his own "murse." With a special pocket just for my stuff. All problems solved.
Read more tales straight from the strangest city on Earth, Boulder, Colo., here: Only In Boulder.


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Overview of Disability
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What Determines Social Security Disability Income?
Social security disability (SSD) income is based on the amount a working individual would receive in retirement benefits, had they not become disabled.
The social security disability insurance (SSDI) program was put in place to help disabled workers, who are insured for SSDI benefits, to receive a living wage and health benefits until they reach retirement age, at which time they would be eligible for standard Medicare benefits.
You can find out the exact dollar amount of SSDI compensation for which you are eligible by contacting your local social security office.
It's best to call your local social security office in all matters regarding your social security disability case, rather than using the online applications process—not only do you have the benefit of talking directly to a knowledgeable person who can answer your question in detail, but you also have the chance to establish contacts and (hopefully) rapport with one or two individuals in the office, which cannot hurt your case.
After you have requested an SSDI application, completed the required disability forms, and participated in a disability interview, your social security disability income will be determined as follows:
1. Your application for disability will be sent to the state agency in charge of making disability determinations for social security. Some common names for this agency are the bureau for disability determination services, disability determination division/services, etc.
2. Your case will be assigned to an examiner, who will review your medical records and make a disability determination based on these records.
3. You will be notified if your disability application has been approved or denied, and what, if any, compensation you can expect to receive. If you have not been approved for SSDI benefits, you will be informed of your right to appeal the decision, and how to go about doing that.
4. You have 60 days to file an appeal upon rejection of your disability application . If you have been denied Social security disability benefits, you should contact your local social security office immediately, and request the forms needed to submit a request for reconsideration. However, at this point you may wish to retain a disability lawyer to take over your case.
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When can I expect my first disability check and my back pay check?
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Frequently asked questions about getting Denied for Disability Benefits | FAQ on Disability Claim Representation | Info about Social Security Disability Approvals and Being Approved | FAQ on Social Security Disability SSI decisions | The SSD SSI Decision Process and what gets taken into consideration | Disability hearings before Judges | Medical exams for disability claims | Applying for Disability in various states | Selecting and hiring Disability Lawyers | Applying for Disability in North Carolina | Recent articles and answers to questions about SSD and SSI
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How to Prove you are disabled and qualify to win disability benefits
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Social Security Disability Back pay and How Long it Takes to Qualify for it and receive it
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Luxury Nightwear
Classic and contemporary British-made pyjamas and cotton nightwear for women, men, teenagers and children. Made using only the finest quality cotton and silk, the thoughtful styling and extensive range of sizes (including tall pyjamas with extra leg length) makes this one of the UK's leading collections of pyjamas, nightshirts and dressing gowns. Many of the fabrics fall across the adults' and children's collections allowing you to buy matching mother and daughter or father and son pyjamas.Find Out More
Loyalty Programme
Our customers are incredibly important to us and we are proud to have a very high number of repeat customers. To reward your loyalty we have introduced a rewards scheme which will earn you points for every online purchase. Not only that, you will also earn points for referring friends, leaving reviews and interacting with the site through social media. You will then save money by redeeming your points on your next purchase.Read More