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Trials and Jubilations
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Tags: diamond jubilee, union jack
With the Queen's Diamond Jubilee coming up, and the Olympics, it appears Britain has gone Britain mad!
Everywhere you look shop displays are in red, white and blue. Products have been repackaged for the occasion and there's bunting wherever anything has stopped for long enough to be draped!
According to the Daily Mail, £823m (!) has been spent already on decorations, food and drink for the various street parties taking place up and down the country.
I think it's great that as a nation, we can still find something we can all get behind.
We'll be going to a Jubilee Fair this weekend on the park near us and it'll be great to see the community coming out and (hopefully) enjoying the sunshine for the various activities on offer. Guests have been encouraged to join in the spirit and bring a picnic, dress in Union Jack colours and take part in the Space Hopper race!
I can't help feeling though that come the time of the Olympics, we're going to be a tad sick of all the Union Jacks draped everywhere, but I could be wrong.
My contribution to the red, white and blue colour scheme for this fair will be my nails and not my father's suggestion of dying my eyebrows (?!?!)
Are you doing anything for Jubilee weekend? Are you loving the patriotism wherever you go?
We Backed the Hump!
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Tags: englebert humperdinck, eurovision, jedward
So last night was Eurovision, and representing the UK was Englebert Humperdinck.
We invited some friends around and had ourselves a little Eurovision party, eating some Euro nibbles
and wearing Jedward masks (?!)
We had a great time scoring the acts, although our scores apparently didn't mean anything when it came to it.
Sweden won with their Claudia Winkleman lookey likey and we had only given them 5/10! That was just for her MC Hammer dance.
The UK came last, and as this is not unusual for us, it makes you wonder why we enter year on year. Ah well, wonder who they're going to dredge up for next year's competition? We've had Blue, now Englebert. I dread to think.
On a side note, the Pizza Grannies definitely deserved to win!
Did anyone else watch the Eurovision? Were you surprised by the results?
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This blog will cover all sorts of topics that I wanted to cover earlier; such as more of my baking, family life, things that Mr H and I get up to, holidays, as well as the bits of my list I didn't get to finish off during the past year etc etc
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As a harmonic temperament | Relation to 12edo | Approximations | Music 36edo, by definition, divides the 2:1 octave into 36 equal steps, each of which is exactly 33.333... cents.
36 is a highly composite number, factoring into 2x2x3x3. Since 36 is divisible by 12, it contains the overly-familiar 12edo as a subset. It divides 12edo's 100-cent half step into three microtonal step of approximately 33 cents, which could be called "sixth tones." 36edo also contains 18edo ("third tones") and 9edo ("two-thirds tones") as subsets, not to mention the 6edo whole tone scale, 4edo full-diminished seventh chord, and the 3edo augmented triad, all of which are present in 12edo.
That 36edo contains 12edo as a subset makes in compatible with traditional instruments tuned to 12edo. By tuning one 12-edo instrument up or down about 33 cents, one can arrive at a 24-tone subset of 36 edo (see, for instance, Jacob Barton's piece for two clarinets, De-quinin'). Three 12edo instruments could play the entire gamut.
As a harmonic temperament
For those interested in approximations to just intonation, 36edo offers no improvement over 12edo in the 5-limit, since its nearest approximation to 5:4 is the overly-familiar 400-cent sharp third. However, it excels at approximations involving 3 and 7. As a 3 and 7 tuning, or in other words as a tuning for the 2.3.7 just intonation subgroup, 36edo's single degree of around 33 cents serves a double function as 49:48, the so-called Slendro diesis of around 36 cents, and as 64:63, the so-called septimal comma of around 27 cents. Meanwhile, its second degree functions as 28:27, the so-called Septimal third-tone (which = 49:48 x 64:63). The 2.3.7 subgroup can be extended to the 2*36 subgroup 220.127.116.11.55.13.17, and on this subgroup it tempers out the same commas as 72edo does in the full 17-limit.
The 36edo patent val, like 12, tempers out 81/80, 128/125 and 648/625 in the 5-limit. It departs from 12 in the 7-limit, tempering out 686/675, and as a no-fives temperament, 1029/1024 and 118098/117649. The no-fives temperament tempering out 1029/1024, slendric, is well supported by 36edo, it's generator of ~8/7 represented by 7 steps of 36edo. In the 11-limit, the patent val tempers out 56/55, 245/242 and 540/539, and is the optimal patent val for the rank four temperament tempering out 56/55, as well as the rank three temperament melpomene tempering out 81/80 and 56/55. In the 13-limit, it tempers out 78/77, in the 17-limit 51/50, and in the 19-limit 76/75, 91/90 and 96/95.
As a 5-limit temperament, the patent val for 36edo is contorted, meaning there are notes of it which cannot be reached from the unison using only 5-limit intervals. A curious alternative val for the 5-limit is <36 65 116| which is not contorted. It is also a meantone val, in the sense that 81/80 is tempered out. However, the "comma" |29 0 -9> is also tempered out, and the "fifth", 29\36, is actually approximately 7/4, whereas the "major third", 44\36, is actually approximately 7/3. Any 5-limit musical piece or scale which is a transversal for a meantone piece or scale will be converted to a no-fives piece tempering out 1029/1024 in place of 81/80 by applying this val.
Heinz Bohlen proposed it as a suitable temperament for approximating his 833-cents scale.
Relation to 12edo
For people accustomed to 12edo, 36edo is one of the easiest (if not the easiest) higher edo to become accustomed to. This is because one way to envision it is as an extended 12edo to which blue notes (which are a sixth-tone lower than normal) and "red notes" (a sixth-tone higher) have been added.
The intervals in 36edo are all either the familiar 12edo intervals, or else "red" and "blue" versions of them. Unlike 24edo, which has genuinely foreign intervals such as 250 cents (halfway between a tone and a third) and 450 cents (halfway between a fourth and a third), the new intervals in 36edo all variations on existing ones. Unlike 24edo, 36edo is also relatively free of what Easley Blackwood called "discordant" intervals.
An easy way of notating 36edo (at least for people who aren't colorblind) is to use colors. For example, A is 33.333 cents above A and 33.333 cents below A. Or the colors could be written out (red A, blue C#, etc.) or abbreviated as rA, bC#, etc. This use of red and blue is consistent with color notation.
Because of the presence of blue notes, and the closeness with which intervals such as 4:7 are matched, 36edo is an ideal scale to use for African-American styles of music such as blues and jazz, in which chords containing the seventh harmonic are frequently used. The 5th and 11th harmonic fall almost halfway in between scale degrees of 36edo, and thus intervals containing them can be approximated two different ways, one of which is significantly sharp and the other significantly flat. The 333.333-cent interval (the "red minor third") sharply approximates 5:6 and flatly approximates 9:11, for instance, whereas the sharp 9:11 is 366.667 cents and the flat 5:6 is 300 cents. However, 10:11 and 11:15 each have a single (very close) approximation since they contain both the 5th and 11th harmonic.
36edo is fairly cosmopolitan because many other genres of world music can be played in it too. Because it contains 9edo as a subset, pelog (and mavila) easily adapt to it. Slendro can be approximated in several different ways. 36edo can function as a "bridge" between these genres and Western music. Arabic music does not adapt as well, however, since many versions contain quarter tones.
The "red unison" and "blue unison" are in fact the same interval (33.333 cents), which is actually fairly consonant as a result of being so narrow (it is perceived as a unison, albeit noticeably "out of tune", but still pleasing). In contrast, the smallest interval in 24edo, which is 50 cents, sounds very bad to most ears.
People with perfect (absolute) pitch often have a harder time listening to xenharmonic and non-12edo scales, which is due to their ability to memorize and become accustomed to the pitches and intervals of 12edo (which results in other pitches and intervals sounding bad). This is not as much of a problem with 36edo, due to its similarity to 12. With practice, it might even be possible to extend one's perfect pitch to be able to recognize blue and red notes too.
In particle physics, baryons , which are the main building blocks of atomic nuclei, are always comprised of three quarks. One could draw an analogy between baryons and semitones (the main building block of 12edo); the baryon is comprised of three quarks and the semitone of three sixth-tones. The number of quarks in a colorless particle is always a multiple of three; similarly, the width of "colorless" intervals (the 12-edo intervals, which are neither red nor blue), expressed in terms of sixth-tones, is always a multiple of three. Because of this amusing coincidence, I (Mason Green) propose referring to the 33.333-cent sixth-tone interval as a "quark".
3-limit (Pythagorean) approximations (same as 12edo):
3/2 = 701.955... cents; 21 degrees of 36edo = 700 cents.
4/3 = 498.045... cents; 15 degrees of 36edo = 500 cents.
9/8 = 203.910... cents; 6 degrees of 36edo = 200 cents.
16/9 = 996.090... cents; 30 degrees of 36edo = 1000 cents.
27/16 = 905.865... cents; 27 degrees of 36edo = 900 cents.
32/27 = 294.135... cents; 9 degrees of 36edo = 300 cents.
81/64 = 407.820... cents; 12 degrees of 36edo = 400 cents.
128/81 = 792.180... cents; 24 degrees of 36edo = 800 cents.
7-limit approximations:
7 only:7/4 = 968.826... cents; 29 degrees of 36edo = 966.666... cents.
8/7 = 231.174... cents; 7 degrees of 36edo = 233.333... cents.
49/32 = 737.652... cents; 22 degrees of 36edo = 733.333... cents.
64/49 = 462.348... cents; 14 degrees of 36edo = 466.666... cents.
3 and 7:7/6 = 266.871... cents; 8 degrees of 36edo = 266.666... cents.
12/7 = 933.129... cents; 28 degrees of 36 = 933.333... cents.
9/7 = 435.084... cents; 13 degrees of 36edo = 433.333... cents.
14/9 = 764.916... cents; 23 degrees of 36edo = 766.666... cents.
28/27 = 62.961... cents; 2 degrees of 36edo = 66.666... cents.
27/14 = 1137.039... cents; 34 degrees of 36edo = 1133.333... cents.
21/16 = 470.781... cents; 14 degrees of 36edo = 466.666... cents.
32/21 = 729.219... cents; 22 degrees of 36edo = 733.333... cents.
49/48 = 35.697... cents; 1 degree of 36edo = 33.333... cents.
96/49 = 1164.303... cents; 35 degrees of 36edo = 1166.666... cents.
49/36 = 533.742... cents; 16 degrees of 36edo = 533.333... cents.
72/49 = 666.258... cents; 20 degrees of 36edo = 666.666... cents.
64/63 = 27.264... cents; 1 degree of 36edo = 33.333... cents.
63/32 = 1172.736... cents; 35 degrees of 36edo = 1166.666... cents.
The following table gives an overview of all degrees of 36edo.
Chords can be named using ups and downs as C upminor, D downmajor seven, etc. See Ups and Downs Notation - Chord names in other EDOs.


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The McLeod Center operates a Residential Reentry Center (RRC) for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Referrals for this program come directly from the Bureau of Prisons; you cannot self refer to this program and this program is not available for State offenders. The RRC provides 24 hour supervision, housing, food and intense case management. Many programs are offered to help residents make a smooth transition back into the community.
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Chef de Partie, Essex Hotel, Bishops Stortford, £22,000
At Select Hospitality Chelmsford we are currently recruiting on behalf of our client for a Chef de Partie.
The Role
A Prestigious Hotel situated on the Essex/Hertfordshire border is looking for a Chef De Partie to supervise the standards of preparation and the mis-en-place of his/her section.
To work as an effective member of the kitchen brigade in achieving the highest possible standard of food preparation and presentation for the hotel guests.
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Prior to her PhD, Dr Chambers worked on conservation projects in several countries, including: participatory land use planning with Ya'axché Conservation Trust and Fauna & Flora International in Belize (2013), monitoring institutional progress towards biodiversity conservation strategic objectives with UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in the UK (2013), biodiversity and socio-economic surveys for Amazónicos por la Amazonía and Neotropical Primate Conservation in Northern Peru (2010-2012), video editing for the Golden Langur Conservation Project with Community Conservation, Inc. in the US (2010), and fieldwork for primate conservation projects in Costa Rica and Uganda (2008, 2009).
- 2013-present: PhD Geography, University of Cambridge
- 2012-2013: MPhil Conservation Leadership (Distinction), University of Cambridge
- 2011-2012: MSc Integrated Resource Management (Distinction), University of Edinburgh
- 2006-2010: BSc Integrative Biology (Highest Distinction), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Marshall Scholarship (2011 – 2016)
- University of Illinois graduation honors – Bronze Tablet Award, Harriet Long Academic Achievement Award, Summa cum laude (2010)
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Contributing author for the Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) report on Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security: A Global Assessment Report, Chapter 5: Response Options Across the Landscape, 2015. IUFRO World Series Volume 33, Vienna.
- The politics and reality of interventions for social and ecological benefit, Inter-disciplinarity in Conservation Research Conference (presentation), Cambridge, September 2014.
- Investigating a landscape of livelihood interventions to incentivise biodiversity conservation in Northern Peru (presentation), Cambridge, Graduate Forum, February 2014.
- Milich, K.M., Stumpf, R.M., Chambers, J.M., & Chapman, C.A. (2014) Female red colobus monkeys maintain their densities through flexible feeding strategies in logged forests in Kibale National Park, Uganda. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 154(1), 52-60.
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Our favorite wizard is growing up! Check out Emma Watson's new cover for British Vogue, photographed by Mario Testino. This is also the first issue that can be experienced via iPad. Readers will also notice an illustrative element throughout the new issue:
"It has become a tradition that we create something really special for the December issue of Vogue. Previous ones have been dedicated to the new millennium, to parties, to royalty, fantasy and so on," says Alexandra Shulman. "Stars – the ones in the sky – endlessly intrigue me. What are they? What is up there? What will we find if we explored them? I love the way they combine nature, science and a sense of mystery and wonderment. It seemed a rich vein for a special issue, and we were delighted to have illustrator Jo Ratcliffe working with us on the typography throughout the magazine."
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The Best Defense is a Great Offense
Back to Self Defense
Alpha UPKUDO Martial Arts and Fitness sponsored a seminar community last Tuesday in Personal Safety. With the holidays and travel coming, it is important to learn what you can do to help keep you safe. Master Anne Radke, taught the participants several ways to be aware of their surroundings, how to assess a situation and what description to report to the authorities that would be helpful in the event of an assault or crime committed.
"Some people are uncomfortable with learning how to kick, block and punch, but your greatest defense is a great offense so use knowledge as your weapon. To empower oneself you must choose your thoughts and behavior such as where to be, how to act, what to say, what to do, with whom to be , what to believe, when to go along, when to resist and whom to trust. These decisions determine your course of action to ensure your personal safety." said Master Radke. For those hesitant in using their own body to protect themselves, she introduced her new line of Personal Safety Devises such as the Home Safety kit, the College Safety Kit, personal alarms to carry along with house and work alarms. Her 20 years of experience has taught her that carrying a gun or knife at all times is not practical or even safe for the untrained. Usually those seeking to harm you are more familiar with weapons than whom they attack. By drawing attention of yelling or pressing an alarm, you could prevent an attack as most bullies or thieves don't like to be seen stealing and doing wrongful deeds. Loud noise, a look that could kill as they say and not acting like a defenseless person ,can send a message to the attacker that you are not the easy target they hoped for.
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We believe children are an important part of our church family and believe they have a significant role to play in seeing God's kingdom advance in our community and the surrounding areas.
Kidzone is a group for the Yr3 to Yr6 age group. They stay with us for the first part of our time together on a Sunday morning. They then go to their own group where they have loads of fun, learn more about the Bible and God's plan for their lives, worship and pray together and play lots of games. The children have opportunities to talk about what's been going on in their lives during the week and pray with others about the different situations they are facing.
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4 characteristics of Systems:
Being, Behaving, Balancing and Becoming
8 characteristics of Architecture:
Context, Concept, Challenges, Concerns, Capabilities, Components/Classes, Collaborations and Confirmation
Some of these are immediate meaning they typically have "front burner" status.
What about the others? Do they vanish? Or are they always there, whether you think of them or not.
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In this all-new original movie, Tom and Jerry are among the last animals living in Storybook Town, a fairy tale-inspired theme park "where dreams come true, if you believe." Young Jack is desperate to save the park from the hands of a greedy billionaire, setting out with his loyal cat and mouse friends to sell his prize cow for... some magic beans?! What follows is a journey up a beanstalk to a magical land ruled by a massively mean and hungry giant, and home to fun, fabled fellows like Droopy, Spike and even a golden goose! Will Tom and Jerry put an end to their furry feud long enough to save Storybook Town? You don't need to wish upon a star. Join Tom and Jerry on their amazing adventure and find out!
The hilarious adventures of Tom & Jerry continue at the seaside among beach umbrellas, sand buckets, pails and surfboards. Bring your long time friends on holiday and spend a hilarious summer filled with incredible chases, new adventures and nonstop tricks between the most famous cat and mouse in the world.
Get ready to live the magic of sports together with the most loved cat and mouse couple in the world. But be careful: when the players on the ground are Tom and Jerry, the result can be extremely odd and funny!
From two kicks to the ball to a tennis match, from an unusual hockey match to a billiard challenge, our beloved friends will face each other in their favourite sports. Run out onto the field together with Tom and Jerry ...the chase has just begun.
They're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz! Tom and Jerry soar over the rainbow and travel down the yellow brick road in this all-new animated retelling of the classic tale. You'll see your favourite characters: Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Lion, the Wicked Witch of the West, the Wizard, the Munchkins and more.
You'll hear many of your favourite songs, including Over the Rainbow. And you'll laugh at the antics of your favourite cat and mouse as they get twisted up in a twister, go paw-to-paw against flying monkeys and storm the Wicked Witch's castle in a heroic attempt to get Dorothy and Toto (and themselves) safely back to Kansas. After all, there's no place like home!
Tom and Jerry are in for spooks galore in this monster collection. With 20 eerie cartoons and two bonuses, your goodie bag will be overfl owing with fun! Tricks and treats are at every turn, from ancient Egypt to Transylvania, from creepy houses to haunted forests, the hair-raising hilarity is nonstop.
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Sportsbooks send AC Milan into their upcoming clash with Torino as the hot favourites at -175 to win outright, depending on your choice online sportsbook. But AC Milan have proven to be a mid-table side this season, largely down to inconsistent form and struggles on and off the pitch. Some would say, therefore, they strike a poor pose as the favourites.
Milan climbed two spots last weekend on the back of a 2-1 victory over Cagliari and they are now ensconced within the Top Ten. The game itself left much to be desired, the victory coming rather late to be considered a ringing endorsement of their recent positive form. After Milan went down 1-0 early in the first half, it wasn't until the 87th minute when Mario Balotelli scored the equaliser. And two minutes later, Pazzini scored the winner to send Milan into the upper echelons of the table.
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Torino descend on the fashion Mecca as the decided underdogs, tipped at +500 soccer odds at Bet365 to win outright. The draw is listed at +280 or thereabouts across all sportsbooks.
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Torino are flush off a 1-0 win over Atlanta, marking their second straight win, third match undefeated. Overall, they are 6-2-2 in their last ten games and boast commendable accounts against some of Italy's top outfits – draws against Roma, Fiorentina and Internazionale, to name a few.
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In spite of AC Milan's conspicuous inconsistency this season, it's hard to write them off in soccer betting circles. I Rossoneri have this ability to find a way to scrape results even when playing poorly. A testament to their inherent quality and depth, albeit which as a whole is playing at a frustrating subpar level right now. Perhaps changes at the top with a new coach will revive their season and restore some pride.
What matters now is the fact that their form is on the up with three wins in their last four games and that augurs well if you are looking to back AC Milan on your soccer picks for the home win listed at -175 at Bet365. Of course, Balotelli missing this game is going to be a huge factor. But it'll be important for AC Milan to rise to the occasion and prove to their fans that they aren't only as good as Balotelli is or as his mood dictates.
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Why does Obama hate space? (Part 2)
Previously, on Why does Obama hate space: NASA designed a next-generation Apollo capsule, an awesome new rocket, and started planning a trip to the moon… until THIS GUY came along and cancelled everything.
What the heck, Barry? You're gonna let the Commies beat us back there?
So, a few things. First, the Orion capsule's first big mission—ferrying astronauts to the space station—is redundant with the contracts we've signed for private companies to resupply the space station. That's right, there's actual companies making their OWN space capsules now.
Second, it costs lots and lots of money to go to the moon. The Apollo program cost more than $135 billion in today's dollars (source) and it would cost more, not less, to repeat the feat today. (The basic physics of getting off the ground and to the moon still involve lots of rocket fuel, and 50 years of advancement in computers doesn't change physics.) Know who doesn't have $135 billion laying around right now? The US government.
So the Obama administration wants to reshuffle priorities and go back to the science fair. In exchange for cancelling the Constellation shuttle-replacement program, it wants NASA to work on fancy new technologies.
Here's an example. At the space center, we watched a video of a shuttle docking with the space station. And get this: they gauged their distance to the space station's docking port by pointing one of those laser distance-measuring devices—the ones you get at Home Depot—out the window. It was a hilarious-but-sad reminder that they were up there steering a boat designed in the 1960s. The Obama plan calls for developing technology to let spaceships find and dock to each other automatically, no laser pointers required.
The proposed budget splashes lots of money on other fancy tech like:
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– Cool tricks like the ion engine, which would be an awesome way to get all the way to Mars (and looks science-fictiony to boot).
So on the plus side, we design all sorts of fun new robo-technology. On the minus side, we have absolutely no definitive plans for getting back to the moon or to Mars. And—this is worth a re-linking—China wants to put Chinese men on the moon by 2030.
Obviously there's goods and bads, here. Space enthusiasts, and Congressmen whose districts get lots of NASA money, are downright pissed off. Meanwhile some very bright people are in favor of a more far-thinking approach; none other than Buzz Aldrin is in love with the idea (source).
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PAMPA – A food handler training program accredited by the Texas Department of State Health Services will be offered Oct. 11 by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Gray County.
Food Safety: It's In Your Hands will start at 9:30 a.m. at the AgriLife Extension office at 12125 E. Frederic Ave., Pampa. The cost is $20 per person and must be paid in full before the course begins. To register for the course, call at 806-669-8033.
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Mystic, CT (September 23, 2016): Last evening, Mystic Aquarium's Animal…By: Cheryl Miller | September 23rd, 2016
Mystic, CT (September 23, 2016): Last evening, Mystic Aquarium's Animal Rescue Program admitted a female Florida manatee to the John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation Veterinary and Animal Health Center. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) monitored, rescued and transported the manatee under a permit and with guidance from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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The animal was rescued from the waters of Nantucket Sound in Falmouth, MA, on Thursday afternoon. First sighted in Chatham, MA, in late August, officials became increasingly concerned for the mammal's well-being as September approached and water temperatures continued to drop. It became evident that the animal would require relocation to a warmer climate. Upon securing a special permit from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, IFAW began rescue operations.
"The animal will remain in our care for approximately 1-2 weeks; until she is deemed stable enough for transport," said Allison D. Tuttle, DVM, Diplomate ACZM, Mystic Aquarium's Vice President of Biological Programs. "Upon that determination, she will be flown to a more permanent rehabilitation center in Florida to fully recuperate before ultimately being released back into coastal waters.
The Florida manatee is an endangered marine mammal found in the coastal waters of the United States. A large, herbivorous marine mammal, the Florida manatee is habitually found in the coastal waters and rivers of the southeastern United States and Gulf of Mexico. It can move freely between salinity extremes including freshwater, brackish and marine habitats.
"We are incredibly honored to have the opportunity to care for this animal," said Janelle Schuh, Stranding coordinator for Mystic Aquarium. "It is essential to us an organization to care for and protect the ocean planet including its inhabitants. And, while we do this every day, bringing this animal's story to light in our geographic area is even more poignant as a way to inspire even more efforts to save the species."
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A nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, Mystic Aquarium is counted among the nation's leading aquariums with more than 300 species and an extensive collection of marine mammals, including New England's only belugas. Mystic Aquarium has been a pioneer in offering guests a variety of up close encounters with a wide range of marine animals. The mission of Mystic Aquarium is to inspire people to care for and protect our ocean environment through conservation, education and research. Mystic Aquarium receives major support from The Coca-Cola Company, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Resorts World Sentosa, and United Technologies Corporation. Learn more at MysticAquarium.org.
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By scanning each of the workers in the inn for magical capabilities as well as for evil we narrowed it down to the baker and one of the cooks. Coincidentally the two that handled my food that was burnt. We alerted the gaurds to have them arrested at which point they tried to kill themselves. We saved them both and they were arrested. Dazen dominated one which we questioned about their actions.
They said they followed the flame. Similar to the assassin's that went after the Queen. They said the flame spoke to them. They summoned a shadow demon in the basement below which was what possessed Lukar. They have a candle that they use to communicate and receive their orders. Lukar was freed from his cell.
Our plan is to investigate the demon scenario a bit more today, listen to the candle tonight and then potentially head out to the ruins tomorrow.


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Kolkata: A preliminary report on the fire
at AMRI hospital submitted on Tuesday said inflammatory articles
and pvc pipes were kept in the basement of the building from
where the fire originated asphyxiating 93 people to death.
"Director General of Fire D P Tarania submitted a
preliminary report. It said that inflammatory articles and pvc
pipes were kept at the basement due to which the fire spread
quickly," state Minister of Fire Services and Disaster
Management Javed Khan told reporters here.
The report also mentioned that the deaths were caused
due to suffocation caused by smoke and none was burnt, he
Disaster Management department secretary Indivar
Pandey has deposited Rs 2.7 crore to the police for paying
compensation to the families of the victims killed in the
tragedy on December 9, he added.


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All Projects
Skill Game "Skat" en_US: Vorheriges Projekt Quizarena en_US: Nächstes Projekt
- Area / game type
- ActionMultiplayerSkill Game
- Platform
- Flash
- Client
- GameDuell
- year
- 2009
- Services
- Game Design, Graphic Design, Online Game
Multiplayer Skill Game Pirate Battle
- Game design for the multiplayer skill game 'Pirate Battle'
- Testing and optimisation of game functions, features, and animations
About this project...
Dutyfarm enriched in collaboration with Gameduell.de the latter's Skilll Gaming portfolio by a version of Pirate Battle alluding to the game classic Battleships. Two player duel each other in real time struggling for scors and bets. Players place their ships and try to eliminate their opponent's fleet in as little tries as possible.
Dutyfarm realised the Interface Design and the entire game graphics, ships, special features such as spying functions, and animations.


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Finding Nemo (2003)
Nemo's omission from the Best Picture field of the 76th Academy Awards is, in my mind, one of the greatest Oscar snubs ever. Pass on TS1 because it's more recognized for being technical innovation than a piece of art, okay. Pass on TS2 because it's a sequel, sure. Pass on Monsters because it wasn't even the most popular animated movie of the year, alright.
But what's the reasoning for passing on Finding Nemo? You're telling me — with a straight face — that Seabiscuit and Master and Commander are better than this?
Yet, I think the fact that I can write that previous sentence goes to show that Finding Nemo has stood the test of time. If you tell someone "a bunch of people paid to have opinions about movies declared Seabiscuit a greater movie than Finding Nemo" they should (and likely will) be outraged.
This story of an overprotective clownfish who goes on an epic quest with an amnesiac tangfish is the most raucous, engaging kind of story — funny and dramatic and scary like Beauty and the Beast, sprawling and episodic like The Odyssey — paired with some of the most beautiful visuals ever featured in a movie. Like The Lion King, Nemo will always look incredible because of great design and color sense. This movie is simply a pleasure to LOOK AT, with saturated brights and a tactile texture.
I also love that Finding Nemo is silly. Silliness is sometimes underappreciated. The wacky "I am Mrs. Nesbit" moment from Toy Story 1 feels a bit out of place next to The Incredibles or Up, but not next to Nemo and Dory speaking whale. I enjoy silly and wacky in small doses.
Finding Nemo might not be Pixar's greatest movie (though you can make the case), but I think it has to be Pixar's MOST FUN movie.
Verdict: Properly Rated
Favorite moment: "Hey Mr. Grumpy Gills…"
Finding Nemo is the first movie that convinced me of computer animation's potential. It is the first computer animated film I thought was beautiful. And it needed to be, because we're not talking about plastic toys here. We are talking about a landscape humans know less about than the moon. Pixar animates our oceans.
Pixar perfectly depicts the fantasy-like quality of our oft-neglected underwater world. In some places it is dark, there are mine bombs, sunken ships for shark therapy session, ethereal myriad of floating jellyfish, sea turtles riding ocean currents, and giant krill-consuming, clown fish-expelling sea creatures. The scope of Finding Nemo makes the adventure feel like it takes place across the entire globe, and that's because it does.
Yet, the greatest adventure occurs internally in the heart of one fish. Finding Nemo is actually a pretty deceptive title, because while the physical journey is to Nemo, the real journey is within Marlin. After having terrible things happen to once-spouse Marlin, he is afraid of death. Through the partnership of the hilariously silly Dory and some poignant words from a 150 year old surfer-styled sea turtle, Marlin embarks on a journey in which he learns is what life is all about.
Verdict: Properly Rated
Favorite moment: Marlin and Dory jump on jellyfish.
Final Grade: A (94%)–Finding Nemo brings the depth and beauty of the ocean into its screenplay.
For the full article: http://earnthis.net/animation-evaluation-pixar-1995-2006/


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Mobile Phone Module
Mobile phones offer an extremely convenient method of communication with fellow workers and clients. They can however pose a safety hazard when used in certain circumstances.
The Mobile Phone module is a document that contains a policy and procedure to document an organisation's aim to protect the safety of it's workers by implementing risk management strategies in regards to the use of mobile phones on site.
The Module can be used as a stand-alone document or incorporated into your existing WHS Management System.
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CALGARY, ALBERTA, June 20, 2017 – Critical Control Energy Services Corp. ("Critical Control" or the "Corporation") (TSX:CCZ) is providing an important update to the proposed plan of arrangement (the "Plan of Arrangement"), the details of which are contained in the information circular dated May 26, 2017 (the "Information Circular") mailed to all shareholders of record as of May 25, 2017 for the Corporation's Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 29, 2017.
Under the proposed Plan of Arrangement, all registered shareholders must return a properly completed Letter of Transmittal and Election Form to Computershare Trust Company of Canada in accordance with the instructions contained therein prior to the Election Deadline of 10:00 am (Mountain Standard Time), June 27, 2017.
Any shareholder who holds their common shares in a brokerage account, must contact their broker to advise their election such that the broker can complete the Letter of Transmittal and Election Form on their behalf prior to the Election Deadline.
Shareholders may either elect to:
- exchange all or a portion of their Common Shares for a new series of Preferred Shares on the basis of 0.0775 Preferred Share for each Common Share held (the "Share Exchange"), up to the aggregate maximum of 29,992,500 Common Shares (the "Maximum Conversion Shares"), subject to proration; or
- exchange none of their Common Shares into Preferred Shares (the "Status Quo Election").
No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued; the nearest whole number of Preferred Shares will be issued, with fractions equal to 0.5 or more being rounded up.
Shareholders who elect to make a Share Exchange and who would receive fewer than 100 Preferred Shares on the exchange of their tendered Common Shares will receive a cash payment of $0.155 per tendered Common Share (the "Cash Consideration").
Shareholders who fail to submit a Letter of Transmittal and Election Form and who hold 1,290 or fewer Common Shares will automatically receive the Cash Consideration (the "Minor Shareholders").
If fewer than the Maximum Conversion Shares are voluntarily tendered for exchange pursuant to the Share Exchange, all of the Common Shares of holders who either: (i) failed to submit a Letter of Transmittal and Election Form (other than Minor Shareholders); or (ii) failed to validly make the Status Quo Election for all of their Common Shares ("Non-electing Shareholders"), will be exchanged for Preferred Shares on a pro rata basis until the Maximum Conversion Shares limit is reached (the "Automatic Share Conversion").
If an Automatic Share Conversion is required, Non-electing Shareholders who receive fewer than 100 Preferred Shares on the pro rata exchange of their Common Shares will receive the Cash Consideration and will not receive Preferred Shares. If a Non-electing Shareholder receives the Cash Consideration, its redeemed Common Shares are excluded for the purpose of calculating the Maximum Conversion Shares.
If a registered Shareholder does not want to be subject to the Automatic Share Conversion, they must ensure that Computershare Trust Company of Canada receives their Letter of Transmittal and Election Form prior to the Election Deadline.
About Critical Control
Critical Control provides solutions for the collection, control and analysis of measurement and operational data related
to oil and gas wells across North America. We provide services to capture the data, cloud-based software to visualize
and manage it and the business intelligence to make quicker and more informed operational decisions.
For further information
Alykhan Mamdani
President & CEO
Tel (403) 705-7500
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation.
Forward-looking information generally refers to disclosure about an issuer's business, capital, or operations that is
prospective in nature, and includes future-oriented financial information about the issuer's prospective financial
performance or financial position.
The forward-looking information in this press release relates to the proposed terms of the Plan of Arrangement. No
assurance can be given that the Plan of Arrangement will close on these terms or that the Plan of Arrangement will
close at all. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in this press release due to prevailing economic
conditions, failure to obtain the requisite regulatory and security holders approvals, and other factors, many of which
are beyond the control of the Corporation.
The Corporation assumes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking information in this press release, unless
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Katy Perry's Big Hair Bun At The Grammys — Get Her Exact Look
Katy Perry looked sensational on Jan. 26 at the 2014 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. She looked flawless from head to toe — get her COVERGIRL makeup look right here!
Song of the year nominee Katy Perry, 29, sported one of the most flawless looks at the Jan. 26 56th annual Grammy Awards red carpet! From her big, twisted hair bun to her long lashes, get the exact hair and beauty look Katy rocked below!
Katy Perry At Grammy Awards — Stunning, Sexy Hair
Katy rocked a music-inspired Valentino dress with light pink nails!
Her makeup was done by Jake Bailey using COVERGIRL products. To get Katy's luxe lashes, we love the brand new COVERGIRL Bombshell Volume by LashBlast. The two different brushes give mega volume and length!
"Lipstick is @covergirl lip perfection in #heavenly. Lashes are covergirl #bombshellmascara," Jake spilled on Instagram.
Her hair was done by Renato Campora with Herbal Essences products.
Get Her Exact Hair How-To
"First I sprayed her hair with the Herbal Essences Naked Sheer Shine Mist and then blew it out to a sleek, polished finish. Once her hair was dry, I pulled it into a tight, high ponytail. To add more volume and texture to the ponytail, I sprayed the Herbal Essences Naked Dry Shampoo throughout the length of her hair. Then I twisted the ponytail and wrapped it around the base of her hair to create the crown. I secured the crown with bobby pins and misted the hair with the Herbal Essences Naked Flexible Hold Spritzer to polish her look and set her style in place."
Katy Perry's Big Night
Katy racked up nominations for Best Pop Solo Performance and Song Of The Year at the 2014 Grammy Awards; both for her infectious hit song "Roar." She's been nominated nine times in the past for "Wide Awake," "Firework," "California Gurls," "Teenage Dream," "Hot n Cold," and "I Kissed A Girl," but she's never won — let's hope Katy's big bun is a good luck charm!
Along with her stunning fashion, hair and beauty look, Katy wore Ivy jewelry.
Did you love Katy's beauty look at the Grammys, HollywoodLifers? Do you think she deserves to win in her award categories?
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A metro neighborhood shaken up after a car went flying into a lake just beyond neighbors' front yards. A man in his 20's was pronounced dead at Bales Lake on Friday night. The crash happened on Friday night near 23rd and Topping at Blue Valley Park, and left another man in critical condition.
Police say the driver was speeding and crashed into Bales Lake, the sound of emergency responders shaking neighbor June Pearson awake.
"The wailing of sirens and police officers coming to aide. It looked like a war zone. There were fire trucks, there were ambulances, there were police cars the street was blocked off, it was horrible," she described.
Neighbors watched from their yards as water rescue teams headed into the lake. Police say a car was traveling at high speeds down Topping, when it crashed into Bales Lake. Neighbors FOX 4 talked to say speeding into the area has become a big problem and with small children at nearly every home along the road, some are scared to even let them play outside.
"It could be your grandchild or your great grandchild trying to cross the street. Thank god there wasn't a child involved in this. That is the only thing, I woke up grateful there was not a child involved," Pearson said.
Neighbors say there used to be signs up and down Topping, telling drivers to slow down but they were tagged with gang graffiti.
"The city has come out numerous times to replace them," Pearson said.
But each time, Pearson says the signs have been ripped out and stolen. Neighbors were devastated to hear someone lost their life. Now more than ever, they hope drivers will slow down.
"No life should be taken for granted, we all count," she said.
Although the survivor is listed in critical condition, police say he was speaking with responders on the way to the hospital Friday night.


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How to Retrain your Brain for Financial Success - Part 3
Creating a Brain-Transforming Vision
Let's examine the "nuts and bolts" of developing a worthy and socially conscious "magnificent obsession".
Out of the Head and Into the Heart
For many people, when they are asked to write down an inspiring vision for their lives, they write down everything they think they want: cars, houses, vacations, etc. While none of these things are wrong in themselves, and it's perfectly okay to want them, what our "head" thinks it wants and what our "heart" truly wants are two different things.
When we only focus on superficial desires, we won't feel a deep sense of satisfaction. Deep meaning and purpose only occur when we fulfill our deeper visions and truths. That's one reason why many "successful" people still feel empty. They have the outer riches, but not the inner ones.
The movie, Bedazzled, comically illustrates this point when the main character repeatedly receives his wildest wishes, but he still feels frustrated and disappointed. This is our inner child speaking: a tiny little ego shaped by cultural norms and childhood fantasies.
Heart desires, on the other hand, express our deepest truths and passions. They express a fervor so powerful and invigorating that their fulfillment becomes more a matter of glorious obsession rather than "work" or "striving."
In fact, it's the profound emotional weight and meaning of such a vision that can transform us in the NOW, making us happy NOW rather than hoping we'll become happy when we reach that elusive "financial success" we believe will finally make us happy. By living your deepest purpose and vision, your happiness in the NOW actually creates greater financial success and wellbeing. In this way, your focus shifts from trying to make things happen, and instead attends to the creative force itself—your state of consciousness.
Think about it. When you're feeling good about yourself, don't you usually do your best work for the longest amount of time and with the least degree of fatigue? Why is that? It's because your state of consciousness has changed. By developing a profoundly inspiring vision and purpose, you can essentially shift your state to one of happiness and abundance at any time. In other words, your vision and purpose become your way of being, allowing you to enjoy the process along the way. And the more you enjoy the process, the more deeply the natural fulfillment of your potential becomes a part of your habitual thoughts, beliefs and habits.
Clarify Your Heart-Centered Vision
To activate the power of a heart-centered vision, list the following:
- Name the three activities that consistently bring you the most joy, fulfillment and freedom.
- If you had all the time and money you could want and had no fear, what would you do?
- Describe your ideal day.
- What significant contribution do you offer?
- How does this make you feel?
Having the right vision helps you to stay focused and positive, and it activates your brain to move in the direction of both inner and outer success.


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Of all the things that investors need to be worried about heading into Apple's
"No kidding, Rick," you spit back at your monitor -- but that mindset apparently isn't universal.
Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt appeared to be in worrywart mode on Friday, compiling all of the major analyst projections in his usually insightful "Apple 2.0" column.
Gathering 43 analysts' unit-sale estimates, he finds that the consensus points to an average 7.2% year-over-year decline in the number of iPods sold this past quarter.
This would be problematic if this was, say, 2004, but it's immaterial now. For those still unconvinced of the triviality of this particular metric, let's go over a few of the reasons this doesn't matter.
1. It's all about the iOS, baby
Elmer-DeWitt points out that iPod sales peaked when Apple sold 22.7 million iPods during the 2008 holiday quarter. Have you noticed sluggish financial performance at Apple over the past three years? Of course not. The iPod's slow fade has been more than offset by the rapid ascent of the iPhone and iPad.
Isn't an iPhone an iPod touch that makes calls? Isn't an iPad a super-sized iPod touch? All three devices run on Apple's proprietary iOS, and this is the only growth that matters. In fact, it should be fairly obvious that selling pricier iPads and contract-tethered iPhones is more important than the lowly iPod. This is like worrying that McDonald's is selling fewer cups of coffee now that it's moving more lucrative lattes, cappuccinos, and iced mochas.
Apple revealed last month that there were 200 million iOS devices out in the wild, a figure that's doubled over the past year. It's the growth that matters in the App Store world we live in these days.
2. Smartphones are Swiss army knvies
It's not just handheld media players that the iPhone in particular and smartphones in general are replacing. Why do you think Cisco
Handsets from Apple and those fueled by Google's Android have been on fire since around the time that iPod sales peaked. Yet even so, the iPod remains the undisputed champ among portable media players. It's holding up better than its competition.
The second leading maker is SanDisk
3. See you on the bottom line
Even if the iPod were still relevant, and not the transitory technology that it's become, Apple's earnings growth would be the ultimate vindicator.
Analysts see Apple's profitability growing 65% to $5.80 a share in its latest quarter, a figure that, I should add, continues to inch higher with every passing week. It also bears pointing out that Apple has routinely smashed through Wall Street's income targets with ease over the past few years.
These are the same analysts who, on average, see iPod unit sales taking another hit this quarter. They're baking these metrics into modeling Apple's profitability, and they still see a company that's growing considerably faster than its cheap earnings multiple in the teens.
In short, don't fret the iPod's decline. Celebrate it!
Disagree with Rick? Do you think the iPod is still a needle mover for Apple? Share your thoughts in the comments box below.
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For the first time in a long time I decided not to make any new year resolutions this year. However, I did put together a list of things I would like to accomplish during my thirties. Mind you, I didn't tell you because it happened during the months that I was far and away from blogging but I turned thirty last October. Now, that's quite an age and at the same time it's not an age at all. For me, turning thirty has been an inflection point in my life and it seemed like a good moment to stop and reflect on everything I have achieved during my twenties and look further to the things I still would like to achieve.
My list is not an especially ambitious one but you know how it goes with such lists. You begin with three or four things that have been on your mind for years and then, every time you go through it you come up with new things to add. It all started with finishing some economic courses I once enrolled in and writing a book from the first page to the very last and suddenly the list took a life of its own. Finally learning to speak Russian, really improving my programming skills and visiting at least one new country each year were only some of the things added later. Ten years is a long time but a lengthy, heavy-loaded list is a recipe for disaster, even for a decade. Or maybe that's just the procrastinator in me doing the talking ...
Some days ago I came across a wonderful travel blog, One trip at a time and I drew some inspiration from Stacey and decided to add yet another challenge to my list. Her blog is full of inspiring posts about her past trips and future travel plans. Obviously she
likes loves to travel and also likes to learn more about the world one UNESCO heritage site at a time, to take photos of every place she visit and to read about those places and every other thing. And to bring all her passions together she decided to challenge herself to read at least one book somewhat related to each country in the world. What a great idea, I thought. And just like that, I decided to add that challenge to my list as well. Because I may not be able to travel the world but I can read it all the way around, right?!
As I wrote on the title of this post, this is not something I intend to do next year or even during the next ten years, though that should be more than enough time. This is a lifelong project and I'm not really going to put many restrictions on myself on that one. Probably, the only restriction is that travel guides do not count towards my goal (I know, I know, LP guides are a great read and provide content related to every country and territory in the world but they're out of the line). I will probably go often to Stacey's Read Around the World page for inspiration on what to read and I will welcome every suggestion you make in the comments on this post. Feel free to join!
Any book recommendations? Have you ever done a similar challenge?
I also like the Cook the World one (check Global Table Adventure) but for the time being I'm not thinking on doing that A to Z - gimme a week, I'm fickle like that ... but also a bit of a picky eater, anyway.
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Spark Up paves the way for Global Entrepreneurship Week in Liverpool
The Liverpool Echo's business pages have reported that Liverpool's biggest free business accelerator programme, Spark Up will encourage people to explore their inner creativity and entrepreneurial spirit as part of the city's plans for Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world's largest campaign to promote entrepreneurship. This year it will take place 16-22 November, with events across the world designed to help entrepreneurs get started in business.
In Liverpool, special guests Gary Millar and Andy Bounds will headline 'Spark Up Presents' at the Spark Up headquarters based at Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, Old Hall Street. From 1.30pm on Wednesday 18th November both will look to inspire people to explore their potential as self-starters and innovators in business.
Mr Millar, the Cabinet Member for Business, Enterprise and Investment and a businessman in his own right will talk about his journey as an entrepreneur including his experience as the co-owner of Parr Street Studios. He will also talk about his work with fledgling businesses, helping them take their first steps on the road to growth and job creation.
International best-seller and award winning sales trainer, Andy Bounds will talk about the power of communication. He will show guests how they can transform their sales performance by delivering compelling messages about their businesses.
Spark Up offers support and advice for budding entrepreneurs via their 12-week programme of workshops, seminars and one-to-one mentoring. It covers everything from the perfect pitch, business practicalities and realties through to developing an entrepreneurial mindset and making the right connections.
The event is free for all to attend with limited places available. If you would like to attend please email [email protected] for further information.
Applications for the January programme are now open and can be made here.


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When Lightning Strikes
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Each year thousands of home and other properties are destroyed or damaged by lightning strikes.
The first step to protecting your home is contacting a professional who is qualified to design and install a certified lightning protection system. It will be designed to control or force the discharge onto a specified path, thereby eliminating the chance of fire or explosion within non-conductive parts of the house such as those made of wood, brick, tile, etc. A lightning protection system is not intended to prevent a strike. Its purpose is to provide a safe path on which the current can be safely directed to the ground.
A typical lightning protection system
A complete system is made up of the following components:
- Air terminals:Also referred to as lightning rods, these inconspicuous copper or aluminum rods are vertically mounted on the roof at regular intervals. The air terminals serve as strike receptors, designed to intercept the lightning strike.
- Main conductors:Constructed of aluminum or copper, these braided cables connect the air terminals to the other system components and the grounds.
- Grounds:A minimum of two ground rods, driven at least 10 feet deep in the earth are required for all structures. The ground terminations direct the dangerous current into the ground, to eliminate the chance of injury or damage to the structure.
- Bonds:Bonding joins metallic bodies (roof components) and grounded building systems to the main conductor to ensure conductivity and prevent side flashing (lightning jumping between two objects).
- Surge arresters and suppressors:A surge is an increase in electrical current due to a lightning strike on or near a power line or utility service. Surge suppression is installed at the electrical panel(s) to prevent the entrance of over-voltages which can cause a fire. Arresters installed at electrical panels help protect heavy appliances and prevent fires at service panel entrances. Additional devices may be needed to protect other in-house electronics. Surge protection devices are typically installed in conjunction with a lightning protection system.
Tree protection: The Lightning Protection Institute recommends that any tree taller than a home or within 10 feet of the structure be equipped with a lightning protection system. Trees do not offer protection and many homeowners choose to have trees protected for their own value. An unprotected tree in close proximity to a structure can also create a side-flash hazard to the nearby home.


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VIDEO: Everything wrong with Kanye
Where to begin? There's so much wrong with Kanye West.
By Ned Ehrbar
Published : September 21, 2015
It's amazing you can fit "everything" on this topic into a five-minute video, but that's the bold feat pulled off by Brand Sins, a spin-off of delightfully nitpicky YouTube titan Cinema Sins. They take aim at Yeezy himself for a look at just what's so ire-inducing about the egomaniacal rapper, burgeoning fashion mogul and personality — although I take issue with them dubbing his "George Bush doesn't care about black people" moment as something wrong, because that was just awesome. But there's plenty else wrong with him, of course. Plenty.
RELATED:Ice-T thinks Kanye's Yeezy fashion line looks like 'future slave gear'
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Sounds like a good way to get things going a little bit.Yea, I'm aware they're not totally dead, just that many have shutdown since Facebook took over that market. They certainly do go to sleep for a time.Nice to meet you as well!