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"The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!"
But what is meant by this word repent? Is it a simple call to just stop doing bad shit?
Or is Jesus calling mankind to something transformative/ revolutionary? The Greek word used in the new testament translated into repent is metanoia.
The meaning is to have a change of mind. metanoéō (from 3326 /metá, "changed after being with" and3539 /noiéō, "think") – properly, "think differently after," "after a change of mind"; to repent (literally, "think differently afterwards")." Think differently afterwards".
Is it possible that Jesus was calling mankind to rethink the way we are, our way of "running" the world. Our very way of dealing with our fellow man? Our view of Father God? Our love of money and the things it brings. Rethink our social structure? Not just the simple stop lying, cheating, stealing or killing? For in rethinking "repenting" would not all of these "sins" fall away? Was he calling for the current world order to be vanquished?
What kind of crazy radical was this rabbi? What? You want us to change "rethink" the whole world? Scrap all our systems of governance?
I think his answer to this question is a very simple yes. But he wanted to do it one heart at a time. Jesus was gotten rid of because he was a threat to the religious and the political order of his day. You see they understood what he was calling for would lead to their loss of power. I mean just like today they had a great thing going. Was he calling for a revolt? An armed insurrection? No. But his words were like an armed insurrection. His words were a very danger to their power! When water becomes contaminated we just don't skim the surface of the waters. We have to do some very costly deep long time cleaning.
Repent is not the cleaning of easy muck you find on the surface of the contaminated waters. It's not the low hanging fruit that is easy to pick. Could the church be so wrong in thinking Jesus was calling for people to do the superficial easy shit? Getting people to "repent" of the surface shit is like giving someone an aspirin for the flu. It will treat the symptoms of the flu. But will not get to the root cause of the flu.
Repent is to Rethink all we have been taught and that is ingrained in us! What it is not is the hamster wheel that the church has created where you "sin" then repent. Sin and repent again and again and again. Which only serves to empower the hold that religion has on mankind! If Jesus was calling us to the act of just not doing things that are not good, What is the difference from him and all the other religious teachers?


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Condo Review: Marque Sukhumvit
Aug 201710,142 Views
Whether buying as a primary residence, as investment property, or as a second home, Marque has a strong value proposition to offer buyers with exclusive luxury and iconic design.
Development Name:
|Marque Sukhumvit
|Major Residences Company Limited
|Location Area:
|Sukhumvit 39 (EmDistrict Area)
|Product Type:
|Super Luxury Freehold Condominium
|Land Area:
|3-1-7 Rai (5,207 sq.m.)
|1 Building, 50 Stories
|No. of Units:
Unit Type & Size:
|2-Bedroom (124 - 136 sq.m.)
2+1-Bedroom (156 - 162 sq.m.)
3-Bedroom Duplex (174 - 195 sq.m.)
Penthouse (287 - 630 sq.m.)
|282 spaces (almost 200% Parking to Unit Ratio)
|Estimated Completion:
|Quarter 3, 2017
|Average Price/Sq.m:
|Beginning around 340,000 baht/sq.m. (Price is subject to change)
About the Builder:
Marque (pronounced Mark) Sukhumvit is being developed by Major Residences Co., Ltd., a part of Major Development Public Company Limited. Major Development is a property development company with a specialty in high end and luxury condominiums. Their focus has been to invest in construction R&D, unique architectural designs and interior designs as well as sourcing high quality materials ensure their products meet international standards of quality, innovation, and competitiveness. They have completed over 10 high-end projects since their inception in 1999. Currently they are in the process of constructing two flagship properties including Marque Sukhumvit and Muniq Sukhumvit 23.
Location Overview:
Location Map
As the name may suggest Marque Sukhumvit is located on the corner of Sukhumvit Soi 39 and Sukhumvit Road. It is built on a 3-1-7 rai (5,207 sq.m.) piece of land, directly connected to Sukhumivit Road. The large land area gives this Bangkok condominium project an extra sense of luxury as things can be more spread out and facilities can utilize the extra space to make the entire project feel open. Every popular area of CBD has one or two superstar projects that will set the standard for followers to beat. Sathon area has The Met and Sukhothai Residences, Silom/Sathon area has The Ritz Carlton Residences in the world-renowned Mahanakhon building, Wireless road has 98 Wireless, Thonglor has Tela.
For the Promphong BTS/EmDistrict area, Marque Sukhumvit condominium is certainly going to be a superstar project. Part of what makes Marque Sukhumvit a superstar project is its location, being situated in the center of Sukhumvit between Thonglor area and Siam Shopping area. This central location makes it relatively easy to get to all of the main attractions that downtown Bangkok has to offer. Since it is only 30 meters to the Promphong BTS station, residents never have to rely on a car for traveling downtown. Additionally, it is so close to the EmDistrict as it could almost be considered part of it.
EmDistrict is a mega project being developed that already includes 2 luxury malls—EmQuatier and Emporium (110 and 140 M away)—connected by a skywalk and the Promphong BTS station. As you would expect the malls feature a plethora of food and drink venues, entertainment, shopping, and conveniences like gourmet supermarkets, bank branches, and a full high-end gym. It is also close to some other key areas such as Samitivej Hospital (1.5 KM), K-Village Community Mall (1 KM), and Benjasiri Park (300 M).
Driving to and from Marque Sukhumvit is easy as the project is located on Sukhumvit road and not far from a U-turn. The toll ways can also be easily accessed by heading down Soi Sukhumvit 26 to Rama 4 road and then onto the toll way from there.
Project Design:
The building façade features a bold modern design that will surely make it stand out for its uniqueness. Adding to its unique design is that the building is 222 M high making it one of the tallest buildings on Sukhumvit Road. For anyone that likes modern design and wants to make a statement with their residence, Marque should not disappoint. The shape of the building was inspired by a diamond which gives it a dramatically stunning look with its angular edges and signature diamond point at its top. To enhance the diamond effect, designers chose to use a state of the art glass curtain wall. The use of glass for the exterior is notable as it will not age like painted concrete walls because glass is far more resistant to weathering from rain and sun. This ensures that the building will age more gracefully than a traditional concrete building does.
Main Entrance
Even with the modern styling, Major Residences Co., Ltd. tried to maintain as much greenery as possible with the front of the building featuring trees and a small park area. These green touches will go a long way to soften the atmosphere of the building, giving it a more residential feel as opposed to an office or hotel. They also added sky park areas as well.
Recreational Park
Interior Design:
Cost of prime land on Sukhumvit road, such as where Marque is located, has sky-rocketed in the last decade which has meant that most developers have reduced the size of the units to keep them affordable for most buyers or investors. The effect is that space comes at a premium and, perhaps more importantly, larger units in new Bangkok condo developments are quite scarce.
Balcony With Large Sliding Glass Door
Marque is a super luxury product and part of what defines a luxury product is the size of the unit. To ensure that residents has exclusivity and privacy, the developer designed each floor to only have 4 units and each unit is accessed via a private elevator which opens up to a private foyer at the units front door. On top of the private access, each unit also uses a detached wall system to ensure maximum voice and vibration reduction between units. The smallest unit offered at Marque is a two-bedroom unit which starts at 124 sq.m. making it larger than most luxury condo projects found on Sukhumvit road.
Living Area
To enhance the spaciousness, the designers made the floor to ceiling height a whopping 3-3.4 meters that extend to meet a floor to ceiling glass curtain wall combined with wide and open floor plans. The effect is that the rooms feel exceptionally spacious, relaxed, and makes the unit feel even bigger than the size on paper. Units feature usable balconies as well. The three bedroom units feature an especially wide balcony with large sliding glass doors that serve to converge the interior space with the balcony giving a sense of openness when you want to enjoy a nice evening. Another feature to note is that all units have a balcony whether you choose a 2 bedroom 124 sq.m. unit or larger unit.
Dining / Kitchen
The building is broken into three zones. The low to mid floors (8-34th) are called the Legacy zone. The mid to high to high zone (35-42nd) is called the Heritage zone. The very top floors (44-49th) are reserved for the penthouses. While all the units feature balconies and glass curtain walls, the Heritage zone will feature Jacuzzi pools on the balcony as well, while penthouse units will feature their own private pools. Some two and three bedroom units will feature an extra balcony connected to the master bedroom. The use of glass curtain walls is featured in all rooms that have an exterior wall, so bedrooms and even bathrooms will allow the owner to take in the views of the city.
The bathrooms are finished with quality fixtures and residents will find additional luxury features such as rain showers, power assisted toilets, a separate tub and shower area in all bathrooms, and wide sinks that allow for ease of use. The walls and floors are finished with light marble, giving the bathrooms a sense of class and luxury. The Heritage units will feature an upgrade to a Pura Vida rain bath shower system that will surely delight residents with its multitude of settings that will adjust to any type of shower experience you might want.
As for cooking, all units have a dual kitchen setup with the European kitchen in the main living area while a Thai kitchen is located in a separated area. The western kitchens all feature an island bar setup, which provides plenty of space for food preparation and a good layout for hosting dinner parties. The kitchens are also well equipped with Franke, Siemens, and Gaggenau appliances. The Thai kitchen features Electrolux appliances.
The facilities are dispersed in to 4 floors including the ground floor, 7th, 43rd, and 50th floors.
Ground Floor Facilities Include:
- 400 metres of landscape garden
- The main gallery lobby
- The concierge desks
- A meeting room
- Drivers room
Terrace & Gazego
7th Floor Facilities Include:
- A modern swimming pool
- Kids pool
- Whirlpool and Jacuzzi
- An outdoor terrace and gazego
- Fitness room
- Aerobic and Yoga studio
- Kids play area
- A general multipurpose room
- Golf simulator
- His and Her steam rooms and saunas
- A private massage room
- A squash court
- Relaxation terrace
7th Floor Swimming Pool
43rd Floor Facilities Include:
- Cigar and Wine bar
- Library
- Sunken deck
- Floating deck
- Pantry room
50th Floor Facilities Include:
- Garden area with panoramic cityscape views of Bangkok's skyline
Suken Deck
As you might have noticed, the amenities list is quiet extensive, even compared to other luxury condo projects in the area. Major Residences Co., Ltd. defines part of the projects luxury status as having an exceptional variety of quality amenities for its residents to enjoy. Residents that enjoy spending time in the common areas of their condo's will not be disappointed by the unique offerings this project has to offer.
Parking is another topic that should highlighted. Many new Bangkok condominium projects that will be launching in the downtown area will begin using automated parking as necessity due to space limitations of land plots. Marque offers residents traditional parking garage space that allow owners to access their vehicles whenever they want without having to wait on an elevator or be inconvenienced with a mechanical parking system if they forget something in the car. It is a luxury residents living in downtown condominiums see less and less of as development continues and land prices increase. The real luxury is that Marque offers an impressive 189% parking to unit ratio which means that guests visiting should be able to find a space to park without too much trouble either.
Summary of Key Features:
Now that we have reviewed the specifics of this project, let us discuss the key strengths. These are the features that, in our opinion, make this project particularly interesting to buyers and investors. In today's market, there are many Bangkok condominium projects for buyers to choose from, and sometimes within close proximity of each other, so developers must find a way to differentiate themselves from one another. Here are the key strengths we think Marque Sukhumvit can offer investors and buyers:
- Location: The location of Marque is about as prime as you can get on Sukhumvit Road. The proximity to the high end EmDistrict lifestyle center gives residents easy access to shopping, restaurants, and entertainment. Furthermore, it is within a short walking distance of Phrom Phong BTS Station that allows residents to get around easily via the sky train and subway system (MRT) in Bangkok. Getting around by car is not too difficult either as the project is near a U-Turn area so they can relatively easily access both sides of median-divided Sukhumvit Road.
- Design: The design of the building is something that will stand out on Sukhumvit Road as it is unique and elegant. The height alone, 222 meters, will make it standout against the Bangkok skyline. Quality design extends to the interior as well with only 4 units per floor, private lifts and lift lobbies for every unit, 3-3.4-meter high ceilings, and glass curtain exterior walls. The units have been designed to give a sense of luxurious spaciousness, with smallest units starting at a spacious 124 square meters that can take in views of the surrounding areas. Usable balconies with large sliding glass doors merge interior and exterior spaces.
- Facilities and Amenities: The facilities are second to none with a comprehensive list of facilities that span four floors of the building. Even other new luxury residences in the same area cannot boast the amount facilities that Marque has to offer. Given the prime location, Marque also offers other conveniences of CBD Bangkok that go beyond the facilities offered directly in the project. Things such as massage parlors, street food shops, convenience stores, and branded F&B chains such as Starbucks are all within walking distance of the project.
- Limited Supply: With only 149 units, the supply is relatively scarce. What makes it more scare is the fact that large unit's, especially directly on Sukhumvit Road, is very hard to find as land prices are getting increasingly unfeasible. Given its proximity to retail centers and mass transit, combined with the aforementioned leading class facilities and thoughtful design, we believe that Marque offers a better long term capital gains potential than some competing and comparable luxury condominium projects in the Sukhumvit area making it a good option for both personal use and as an investment.
To conclude, whether buying to live in, as investment property, or as a second home, Marque Sukhumvit has a strong value proposition to offer buyers with true luxury and exclusivity. Seeing is believing and we recommend that if you are looking at purchasing a new condominium unit to go and look at the show unit because it is difficult to get a sense of the comfortable and convenient luxury that Marque has to offer without experiencing it in person.
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What your community eats is based on what feeds into your social system. In Los Angeles, on one end of the food chain, in goes massive regional agricultural production, the labor of more than a million workers, and a transnational culinary palate, fueled by immigration. On other end, out comes roiling urban food markets, billions of dollars in worldwide produce exports, mom's tamale cart and countless hungry school kids. But distilling this into an actual citywide food policy can be a messy business in a place where the Korean taco truck parks beween the artisanal wine bar and corner bodega. The city's food policy initiatives are working toward that complex blend of good politics, good taste and marketing savvy.
The LA Food Policy Council's Good Food Purchasing Program has for the past two years (with many years of planning) sought to link principles of economic justice with public and ecological health, in a way that, unlike other more elitist food trends, focuses on the nourishment of working-class families.
As an initial step, the council's Good Food Purchasing Pledge system encourages large institutions, like city agencies, to systematically make their food procurement practices more sustainable in five key issue areas: "local economies, environmental sustainability, valued workforce, animal welfare, and nutrition." Participating institutions are rated on their performance in each objective and can receive technical assistance to properly source products and track progress.
The "valued workforce" component is perhaps one of the most complex; traditionally, the consumer interest in eating well at cheap prices has been at odds with the labor interest of earning good wages under fair conditions. The program tries to boost quality on both the demand and supply sides of the market, in line with a socially integrative movement for food justice taking root in cities across the country.
The aim is to set a price point for turning a regional food system into a source of not just good jobs, but also quality produce and environmentally friendly farming. Another objective is to strengthen low-income communities' access to affordable, healthy food, as well as to reduce pollution and other infrastructure strains that come with the distribution industry. By promoting regional market networks, the program aims to shrink the city's carbon footprint and cultivate community self-sufficiency.
The food workforce, however, has a long road ahead to sustainability. According to a 2013 assessment of LA's food system, about 1.3 million people work on the food chain, or more than one in seven jobs in the region, including "farm work, food processing, distribution, food service and retail." But they're poor: "the median hourly wage of non-supervisory food system workers in the LA foodshed was just $10.20 per hour," while a "living wage" for typical three-person household is nearly twice that level. A whopping 18 percent of California food system workers are food insecure—meaning, they have difficulty securing a stable, healthy food supply.


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Tango is another application that allows you to make calls and send messages via WI-Fi and 3G or 4G. It's available on iOS and Android for free, but today we will show you how to download and install it on PC, so without owning an Android and iOS device you can still remain connected with your friends over Tango.This app is the combination of both Viber and Whatsapp. People use Whatsapp to send messages and use Viber to make calls only, i don't get it why just use Viber, it can do both of the things. But if you wanna try something like this for the first time, try Tango.
In this article, we will show you how to Download and Install Tango On PC. It's completely secure but if anything happens to your OS while installing this Software, we will not held responsible for the damage, Proceed at your own risk.
Download Tango For PC:
Open the above link and Click on Download for Laptop, PC.
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After the installation, you will see an iPhone giving you the Tips.
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That's all once you fill the form, you can start using Tango. Add contacts to send request to friends.


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2019 Telecom & Technology
Educational Tracks
UTC Telecom & Technology 2019 offers education and training opportunities in a wide range of topics with Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) offered for all sessions listed on the UTC University link below. Covering every topic from Analytics to Telecom, our eight tracks provide a platform for industry thought leaders and subject experts to deliver up-to-date, important industry trends and information. Join us in Fort Worth for a week of education, networking, demonstrations and even a little fun!
SecuritySecurity underpins all technology – whether Information Technology (IT) or Operations Technology (OT). This track will examine key issues from an Operations Security perspective, featuring utility security practitioners that have made the transition from Information Security to OT cybersecurity.
IT/OTTraditional Information and Operations Technology are on a collision course. IT/OT Convergence is many-faceted. The technology issues on their own are nearly intractable. But technology is only the tip of the iceberg. This track will present utilities and vendors that have faced the IT/OT challenge in the face and won. Or lost.
Distributed Energy ResourcesDERs are transforming how customers think about energy, and transforming how utilities think about their grids. This track will feature utilities that have experienced DERs in their services areas, sharing lessons learned.
Fiber, Joint Use & BroadbandFiber, Joint Use and Broadband focus on getting data from where it is observed to where it is needed for aggregation, correlation, and retention. This track will will showcase utilities and vendors that are deploying communications today that will support data flows a decade or more from now.
Telecom for Grid ModernizationUtility telecommunications enable digital technologies that in turn enable utilities to address their mission critical and business objectives. Each utility's telecommunications challenges are unique – affected by demographics, geography, industry, economics, even endangered species. This track will focus on the experience of utilities and vendors in meeting specific telecommunications requirements to enable utilities to meet their operational, business, and customer objectives.
Policy & AdvocacyUtility systems are perhaps the most complex and reliable machines ever devised by mankind. Outside of our industry, the term utility means reliable service. But the complexity is well-hidden, known only to those who make these industrial control systems work. Thus, those who make policies and laws are often unaware of that complexity, making development of policies that enable, not hinder, utilities' ability to provide reliable, secure and affordable service challenging. This track will discuss proposed and current regulations that affect utilities' ability to do business optimally.
Networks for WorkUtilities are requiring more and more out of their networks in order to no only maintain their systems but grow their businesses. Not only are networks required to bring back data to forecast demand, but also to identify grid trouble spots, and even to understand their customers behavior. This track will examine how utilities' networks are evolving to handle new demands for data, automated control and utility business intelligence.
Water & GasSmart Cities need more than just a smart grid. Communities can tremendously reduce their costs through smarter use and tracking of water and gas. Abundant and fresh water is key to an acceptable quality of life. Technologies that apply to a smart electric grid can apply to water and gas distribution as well – but not without a few twists. This track will feature utilities that are successfully using new technologies to improve their utilization of water and gas.


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Upgrading your air conditioner?
Most of us can benefit from the advancing technology in the air conditioning industry to enhance energy efficiency. Probably, there is no better example of this than the variable-speed air handler. It might be the first time you heard about it. Variable-speed air handler is increasingly being incorporated into forced-air cooling and heating systems and combined with multi-stage compressors let your air conditioner or heating system adapt its running speed and output to conditions in your place rather than operating at 100%.
Forced-air air conditioning units have two primary components: the equipment which heats or cools the air, and the motors and fans that distribute conditioned air throughout the home. Air conditioners and heat pumps have some overlap because an air handler blows air across the evaporating coil to remove heat energy and humidity from the air before circulating it.
A typical air handler uses a motor which can only run at the one speed. This means it is frequently cycling off after achieving the thermostat setting. Variable-speed technology let the cooling or heating system adjust its output to temperature needs. When they kick on, they will usually operate full blast for a brief time till they reach the ideal temperature, then settle into lower-speed continuous operation.
of Variable-Speed Technology
Energy efficiency – when the unit is running continuously at a relatively lower speed, it consumes less energy than when it is gobbling up power during frequent start-ups and full-bore running.
The technology in a variable-speed air handler is inherently more energy efficient than standard motors.
Air circulation – The continuous operation does a better job of evenly distributing conditioned air throughout your place.
Air filtration and humidity control – Continuous running means that household air is running through the cooling or heating unit more often than in a unit which is cycling on an off constantly. This means more opportunities to filter and air and remove moisture from it.
Quieter operation – An air conditioning system which is kicking into full operation frequently during the day renders quite a racket.
Learn more about how a variable-speed air handler can benefit your and your family, please contact us or book an appointment with us.


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Come on, Shepard, you can do this. You're the first human Spectre, Hero of Elysium and Savior of the Citadel. You've faced innumerable odds, faced hard ships that would break other men and stood strong against everything the galaxy has thrown at you. And now your confidence is waning because you are worried about what will happen when you tell your engineer how you feel about her. It's been a month since we saved the Citadel and she still remains on your ship. She must feel something for you. Why would she stay? Is it because she recognizes the threat of the Reapers? Is that it?
Shepard looked back on his memories of his time with his favorite engineer. Each one as vivid as the present. The first time he met her in the back alleys of the wards. He watched as she stunned her assailants and he came in to end them before they could do any harm to her. Shepard reached out a hand to help her up asking if she was okay. Her eyes what caught his attention. They glowed behind her visor. They were captivating. Then her voice when she replied to his question.
She so readily gave him the information needed to prove Saren's treachery. Information that could have fetched millions on the information market. And even after that selfless act, she offered her services to him in the coming mission. He has so rarely seen such courage. When on his ship, he made a point to visit her often in engineering to check if she was okay and even learn about her people.
Here he sat in his quarters waiting for her to show up. The door opened up revealing Tali who rubbed her hands around nervously. "Y-You wanted to talk?" she said nervously.
Shepard smiled. "It's alright. I-I just wanted to talk... in private."
Tali walked up and sat down next to him on his couch.
"I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate you staying with us even after you fulfilled your duties against Saren."
"The Reapers are a threat to everything in this galaxy, including the Flotilla. I can better serve my people by staying here. M-My father understands."
"Regardless, I really do appreciate it. I-" He paused in his thought.
Tali looked on anxiously.
"I was waiting till after Saren and such to say this, but I wanted you to know that you mean more to me than a friend."
"Shepard..." she cooed. The words she finally wanted to hear.
"What I'm trying to say is-"
The deck jumped from a sudden impact.
"Joker what's going on?" he yelled.
"We're under attack by an unknown vessel!" he replied through the ship's comm. system.
"Come on, Tali!"
The two rushed to their feet. Shepard got to his locker and dressed up in his armor as fast as he could while Tali tried to stabilize some of the ship's system. Shepard held his helmet when he noticed the beacon system readying in the back of the sleeper pods' area. He rushed to it to get the beacon launched. Flames were starting all over the place. Tali rushed behind him with a couple of fire extinguishers. Shepard placed his helmet on and launched the beacon.
"Will the Alliance get here in time?" she asked.
"The Alliance doesn't abandon its people; we just need to hold on."
They tried in vain to control the flames.
"Joker's still in the cockpit," she added. "I'm not leaving if he and you aren't."
Shepard looked back to her. "Tali, go. Now."
"Aye, aye," she said sadly. "But what were you going to tell me?"
"I'll tell you when I get out of here."
She rushed to the closest life pod and waited just outside the door directing others into it. A crew member ran towards the pod, but an explosion caught her, killing her instantly.
Kaidan was the last one to get into the pod. Tali went in after him and the doors closed. She secured her harness and watch out of the view port as the Normandy struggled to moved. Please live, she thought. I need you.
She could hear Joker and Shepard over the radio.
"No I can still save her!"
"The Normandy's lost! Going down with the ship won't change that!"
"Yah, okay... Help me up. They're coming around!"
Tali watched as the unknown vessel closed in on the Normandy and fired another beam.
A life pod launched from the Normandy.
"The Commander is still out there!"
Tears came to her eyes. No...
Pain shot up Shepard's back from slamming into the column. The explosion from the Normandy set him flying backwards. He could hear a hissing. Out of the corner of his eyes he could see air leaking from his suit. No, no, no! He struggled in vain trying to stop the leak.
Not here! Not now! I-I still have a job to do. I still have to stop the Reapers. I still have to save the galaxy. I still haven't told Tali how I felt about her.
His lungs started to burn from the pain of the lack of oxygen.
Please don't let it end like this. Please. I need to tell her.
I love her...


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Submit our website to PR2+ directories. All sites must be unique, different Class C Ip addresses.
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Payment will be completed upon verification of all listings.
This is just the first project, SEO, WEB 2.0, article writing/submission projects to follow, this could be ongoing work for you if you succeed and do a great job.


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Join Curious George in this delightful Curious About Christmas Book. This touch-and-feel board book introduces baby to all the tactile joys of the holidays.
Celebrate Christmas with Curious George! Explore the festivities of the holiday season along with the mischievous monkey in this Curious About Christmas Book. Your little one can experience Christmas with Curious George as he hangs stockings, decorates the tree, waits for Santa Claus, and finds a surprise present on Christmas morning. This touch-and-feel board book includes a variety of textures including velvet stockings, crumbly sugar cookies, soft reindeer fur, and Santa's fluffy white beard!
- Author: Rey, H. A.
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- Reading level: Ages 2-4 years
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We're looking for submissions of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from emerging and established writers. Also, we're open to submissions of narrative journalism in the areas of music, publishing, creativity and collaboration, as well as faith and culture.
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Not since Winston Smith found himself in the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's 1984, rewriting old newspaper articles on behalf of Big Brother, has there been such an overnight perversion of history as there has been in relation to NATO's intervention in Libya. Now that the rebels have taken Tripoli, NATO's bombing campaign is being presented to us as an adroit intervention, which was designed to achieve precisely the glorious scenes we're watching on our TV screens. In truth, it was an incoherent act of clueless militarism, which is only now being repackaged, in true Minitrue fashion, as an initiative that 'played an indispensable role in the liberation of Tripoli'.
Normally it takes a few years for history to be rewritten; with Libya it happened in days. No sooner had rebel soldiers arrived at Gaddafi's compound than the NATO campaign launched in March was being rewritten as a cogent assault. Commentators desperate to resuscitate the idea of 'humanitarian intervention', and NATO leaders determined to crib some benefits from their Libya venture, took to their lecterns to tell us that their aims had been achieved and they had 'salvaged the principle of liberal interventionism from the geopolitical dustbin'. In order to sustain these bizarre claims, they've had to put the real truth about NATO's campaign into a memory hole and invent a whole new 'truth'.
Over the past few days every aspect of NATO's bombing campaign has been, as Winston Smith might put it, 'falsified'. Since everybody now seems to have forgotten the events of just five months ago, it is worth reminding ourselves of the true character of NATO's intervention in Libya. It was incoherent from the get-go, overseen by a continually fraying and deeply divided Western 'alliance' and with no serious war aim beyond being seen to bomb an evil dictator. It was cowardly, where all alliance members wanted to appear to be Doing Something while actually doing as little as possible. This was especially true of the US, which stayed firmly on the backseat of the anti-Gaddafi alliance. And it was reckless, revealing that military action detached from strategy, unanchored by end goals, can easily spin out of control.
Yet now, courtesy of the Ministry of Truthers, these deep moral flaws and political failings are being reinterpreted as brilliant stratagems. So the determination of Cameron, Sarkozy and Obama to present their bombing of Libya, not as a Western initiative but rather as a UN-approved act of uber-multilateralism, is now depicted as a brilliant, oh-so-sly decision that massively aided the rebellion by giving the impression that it was more an organic uprising than a power play aided by 'evil' Western outsiders. Commentators write about the West's adoption of 'humility' as a 'strategic device'. They claim the downplaying of America's role in the setting up of the anti-Gaddafi alliance in March was designed to enhance the likelihood of success. As one observer now claims, 'It suited everyone for America to appear to take a backseat. It suited the uprising.'
Here, the profound crisis of identity of the West, its increasing inability to project any kind of mission into the international sphere, is refashioned as the knowing adoption of 'humility', designed to boost Western influence in tyranny-ruled lands. In truth, the West-in-denial nature of the anti-Gaddafi alliance, where NATO presented its campaign as a non-American, non-gung-ho initiative, spoke to the corrosion of American authority in international affairs and to the post-Iraq moral paralysis of that entity once known as 'the West'. So in March, it was reported that Washington was being distanced from the alliance and that Cameron was desperately seeking Arab League backing, in order to make sure 'this did not look like a Western initiative'. It was shamefacedness about what the West is seen to represent today, and a recognition that American authority is now way more divisive than it was during the Cold War, which gave rise to this orgy of Western sheepishness.
Yet now, the moral hollowness and political incoherence of Western institutions revealed during the formation of the anti-Gaddafi alliance are being presented as clever disguises, designed to boost the fortunes of the rebels. Indeed, since the rebels took Tripoli, some observers have even started claiming that we're witnessing the emergence of a 'new era in US foreign policy', a new 'model for intervention'. According to Fareed Zakaria of CNN, it might have looked as if Obama's approach was 'too multilateral and lacked cohesiveness', what with his decision to withdraw his fighter planes just 48 hours after the intervention started in March, but actually that was all part of a brilliant new strategy called 'leading from behind'. Others sing the praises of 'Obama's light-footprint approach', claiming that his strategy of 'limited engagement' has now produced a 'nuanced victory' in Libya. Here, disarray is repackaged as deftness, and a 'model' is retrospectively projected on to the mayhem that reigned during the creation and launch of NATO's mission.
Likewise, the risk-aversion and commitment-phobia of the venture are being rehashed as superb strategies. So America's insistence that its involvement in Libya would be 'time-limited and scope-limited', and Britain and France's refusal to entertain the idea of posting troops in Libya, are apparently not signs of their almost pathological unwillingness to do anything that might incur a high moral or existential cost, but rather reflect their discovery, through careful analysis, of the fact that 'intervention lite' is the best way to shape world affairs. We're told that the taking of Tripoli is a success for the new 'model for intervention', where the focus is, in the words of one commentator, 'strike from the skies but keep Western boots off the ground, [as a way of] doing the right thing and ridding the world of a horrible dictator'.


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IT industry in Malaysia expects to move beyond tradition in 2016 - Part 3
Computerworld Malaysia invited some of Malaysia's leading ICT industry practitioners to talk about key challenges and opportunities faced by various industry sectors during 2015 as well as offer some predictions for 2016. This is the third part of the interview feature, which brings together comments, in random order, by industry leaders from Sysarmy, Schneider Electric, Ericsson, Galasys, Fortinet, Cisco, CA Technologies, and NetApp.
This concluding part of the annual roundup heavily features Cybersecurity and the challenge of coping with the increasingly hostile threat landscape for IT security and top management across all sectors. This has recently been emphasised by infosecurity specialists such as Fortinet and Symantec in recent interviews.
In addition to the theme of transformation, which includes the adaptation by shifting beyond traditional boundaries by service providers, global commentators have added that cybersecurity challenges will be exacerbated by emerging trends such as the internet of things, the development of the hyper-connected world, artificial intelligence, drones and robotics, as well as more business applications for virtual and augmented reality tech. There is also a wide acknowledgement that smartphones will continue to become the main tool for many of the afore-mentioned trends.
The first part of this roundup article included industry overviews from PIKOM, Outsourcing Malaysia, IDC, F-Secure, Allied Telesis and Barracuda Networks.
Meanwhile, the second part, which includes comments from Acronis, Avanade, Citrix, Hitachi Data Systems, Veeam Software and Brocade, focuses on Digital Transformation as a common theme.
There is also a companion feature 'ICT industry comments on Malaysia Budget 2016' led by national ICT agency Multimedia Development Corporation, MDeC, also includes forecasts for 2016 from many other industry leaders and commentators.
Speaking of the Malaysian financial services industry (FSI), Hon Fun Ping (pic), Chief Executive Officer of Sysarmy (a Subsidiary of Systech Berhad), said: In Malaysia, FSI will remain the most targeted sector for IT Security threats. But in 2016, we see an increase in threats targeting government agencies, mainly motivated by an increasingly diversified political situation.
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Helen Chao of Minnesota via Macao, China discusses the importance of color bravery instead of color-blindness from Denver, where she was serving as a YAV through DOOR.
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I have turned writing love letters into a therapeutic way of coming to some sort of terms with different situations, finding closure to seemingly unanswerable questions, or inviting new things or people into my life.That is what this series is about.
The following letter was written by a friend of mine.
His letter was written to one of the most mysterious concepts in the world, love.
"Dear Love,
I have been asked to write a letter of you, but I have been pressed to speak to you, and so I am taking initiative. A person who is considered intelligent in this society is a person who finds patterns and makes good use of them. We measure some output as the effect of some causal input, and with enough tedium and time and rigor, we develop a strong theory concerning the goings on of the stages in between. We have managed to do this with the tangible and the intangible, the qualitative and the quantitative, the auditory and the visual and practically all sensory data that we are consciously aware of. With that track record in successful patterning understood, how is it that you, Love, remain as unpredictable and powerful to us as the weather once was to ancient humans? To be clear, you are not the only thing this universe knows that bounds all beings to a level playing field. There exists an entire spectrum of emotion which is an evolutionary tool – something that, although often warped by society, is innate in all of us who breathe and strive. Like those emotions, your general presence can be explained swiftly and thoroughly by evolutionary development. You are, however, undoubtedly the exception. The ruler, perhaps, of the emotional spectrum, you evoke fellow emotions as an inextricable part of you, attached in the sense that whatever additional emotion it may be, it would not exist in consciousness without you.
For most humans, you make your presence known for the first time well before birth. A mother's mind and body go to extraordinary lengths to ensure a safe and nurturing environment for the developing baby, and you are abundantly present through every step and hurdle along the way. This sort of interaction does not give me pause at all – it is pure and biological, logically patterned and emotionally fulfilling. What I need to ask you about, Love, is your more wicked and complex nature. Why have millions of people, touched by your grace, died from an immense love of their god, or of their nation? Why have millions more than that, also touched by your grace, died having not been able to feel your touch? Why does giving you to someone fulfill our deepest human longing, but devastate us when it is not received? I have never understood you and I haven't yet decided upon my feelings for you. If I was asked, I would probably say that you are the most important thing in life, something to pursue, and something to abide by. But if I wasn't asked, and I was able to wonder, I would try to uncover your pattern. If, in fact, I found that you ultimately lead to death, I would ask myself if that is an inherently bad path to wander. And if, when I look in the eyes of a beautiful woman, I feel your presence accompanied, as it often is, by fear and self-doubt, I will wonder if it is truly you that I feel and not an imposter. Because I want to believe in your good nature, Love. More abstractly than that, I want to respect you as intentional and intelligent, a force who understands its power but does not seek to expand it.
I have been in love before, I think. I know that I have felt grief as a result of love. I know that I have felt pain and sorrow and elation and jubilation and pain and fear and guilt and pain and excitement as a result of loving some one, or some thing, or some place. I don't know how to recognize you beyond a reasonable doubt, though, and I wish that I did. I wish I knew what you looked like and how you walked and spoke and breathed, and I wish that I could pinpoint your distinct smell and taste and code of fashion and code of morality. If I knew these things I would introduce myself to you, and I would be able to inquire and hope that you would help me understand. A person who is considered intelligent in this society is a person who finds patterns and makes good use of them. But you – elusive and labyrinthian in nature – take too many forms and walk too many paths to be simulated forward or backward. Maybe your most dangerously powerful notion of all is to force us to abandon our intellect in favor of your guidance. Before turning my back, though, and blindly encouraging others to seek your refuge – who are you Love? Who are you?
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Bengaluru Comedy Festival Showcase
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has been gracing the city's stages and smiles for thirty one years. But despite the festival's firm roots in the comedy scene, it never ceases to surprise audiences with an array of people, stories and perspectives from around the world that are yet to be heard.
One of the newest voices to arrive this year is from India. The Bengaluru Comedy Festival Showcase includes some of the country's finest from the burgeoning comedy scene. We sat down with Festival Director Sumendra Singh to learn more about the shows and India's growing comedy scene.
Can you tell us a little about the history of the Bengaluru Comedy Festival – how did it first get started?
I happened to be meeting a friend at a club in Koramangala when I saw Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Road Show. It was the first time I witnessed a comedy show and was very impressed. Having previously organised music festivals, I had some production experience but immediately started doing my research on the scene.
Bengaluru is a vibrant, multicultural and supportive city, especially when it comes to live shows. But there is a large number of people who have never seen stand-up comedy, especially a live show. The idea to create the Bengaluru Comedy Festival was to introduce comedy to the people and encourage them and more comedians to come together under one roof, once a year for a great event.
From small shows of 80 seats twice a month to 200 seats in less than six. We've become India's premier comedy destination in two years! We want to continue to grow and promote the show to nurture new audiences and comedians in the years to come.
Can you tell me a little about your role as Festival Director for the Bengaluru Comedy Festival?
I curate the festival from scratch which can be quite challenging at times. Deciding upon the different elements that go into making a production look and feel like a festival can range from how a segment is formatted to the programming and production and tickets and prices, there's a lot of thought behind it.
I work with a small team to bring it all to life. We strongly focus on the operations and production side of things to ensure the audience experience is great! The comedians on stage do rest of the magic.
What's the comedy scene like in India?
Stand-up comedy in India is a popular but still a fairly new scene, having only really come into popularity within the last seven years. It's exciting because it's gaining a strong audience base a show at a time as people become more familiar with the idea of comedy as an event they can attend as part of their weekend plans.
With a strongly focused stand-up scene, there are easily over 100 comedians in the country currently doing serious stage time every week many of whom who have turned this into a full time career. But there is an array of comedy formats from sketch, musical comedy, and radical mime also finding their roots.
The response from audiences to the festival has been tremendous. As we move forward, there'll be more experimental routines that will find their way onto the stage and bigger productions will inevitably follow showing both Indian and International acts!
How would you describe the comedy scene in Melbourne, and does it bear any similarities/main differences to areas in India?
The comedy scene in Melbourne is very inspiring. It's an honour to witness and be a part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. There's so much to learn and so many practices which are unique to the city because the scene is so old and well established. Both, the audience and comedians are so good.
In both countries, the audience is very supportive coming out in huge numbers to support the show and its Comedians. It's also been interesting to see how prominent of stand-up comedy is in Melbourne as it is in India, as opposed to other forms.
But the biggest difference would have to be how established the comedy scene in Melbourne is compared to India. In India, comedy shows are still quite young and we're pretty much figuring out many things along the way.
What are the highlights of the Bengaluru Comedy Festival Showcase?
The festival takes place at one venue which has two indoor rooms (80 & 200 seats respectively) and one outdoor stage (900 seats) making it the largest comedic gathering in India. The festival is widely focussed around creating a platform for young comedians to establish themselves over the next few years while also reaching out to the general public to get involved as we seek to grow our audience and introduce them to comedy.
In 2016 we started panel discussions across various topic and bringing Comedians together to debate them. The panel, 'Women in Comedy' and 'Stand-up: India & Beyond' were the highlights. We also get artists and their fans on stage in a panel for an 'Ask me anything' segment.
Another interesting aspect of the festival is the workshops we put together (both for stand-up and improvisation) for young comedians in the circuit.
Why should international students come see comedy?
So much goes on and off the stage to put on a production, it's really a spectacle to see!
Comedy shows highlight and showcase unique stories and perfectives from a broad range of a Comedian's, exploring their life experiences and backgrounds. These shows are incredibly honest spaces where many comedians express themselves openly in front of a live audience and share a unique connection with them. If you listen carefully, there are many lessons to take away.
Bengaluru Comedy Festival Showcase brings stories and perspectives from India's burgeoning comedy scene. But beyond everything, come for the laughs!
The Bengaluru Comedy Festival Showcase will run throughout the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
For more information and to book tickets, visit the Bengaluru Comedy Festival Showcase website.


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Anyway I hope they also addressed the heating issue with this new release. My 950 gets really hot during large file transfers, and generally runs in low 50's during "normal use". Contrast this with the 850 Pro which sits at 27 Celsius.
That said, being my 950 Pro is barely 5 months old I don't anticipate getting a 960 any time soon unless I'm upgrading to a 1TB drive.


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Fun questions to ask the guy youre dating
You can use these questions to ask anyone, male or female. Sure the page is titled fun questions to ask a guy but the questions are pretty universal, but as a guy, I thought these would be fun to answer. You can take some questions from our other fun questions page as well, fun questions to ask a girl , the questions there are mostly gender neutral as well.
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I have a Zuess 650W ST65ZF PS which has a 24 pin power connection + an 8 pin ATX12V connector.
My MB - A780L3G has a 24 pin & a 4 pin.
I know PS's with 20 pin & 4 pin can go together into the 24 pin.
I know the 24 pin can plug into the 20 pin.
I also understand that I need to plug something into the 4 pin if the MB has one like mine does.
So, the question is can my 8 pin on the PS plug into the 4 pin on the MB much like you can plug a 24pin PS into a 20pin MB or am I out of luck & this PS won't work?
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My Mind is Already Gone (2015)
On 31, May 2015 | In Artists on Artists | By jane
As soon as I hit play, I realise this song is already gone, gone to the realms of ordinary reality. Uncle Bobby opens this masterpiece with an ocean of psychedelic bliss, filling the waterbed for the pillows of bass and drums that drop right when you want them to. Eighteen-year-old Robert Downie (I kid you not) plays his own sitar; it sits eerily beneath the smooth synthesiser soundscape. The beat is sensitively jilted, and the bass glides smoothly between high and low registers, making the fatness count when it really goes down.
Breakfast EP (2015)
On 27, Mar 2015 | In Artists on Artists | By jane
Some Food for Thought
Most will agree, the first meal of the day is the most important of the day.
Meals' debut EP, 'Breakfast' is as hearty and wholesome as a Sunday morning veggie stack at Greens (Sydney Road Brunswick). It's massive and so damn tasty that one can't help but wonder if that much good is bad for you. The only difference is when you reach the end of the 'Breakfast' EP, you find yourself thinking, 'I could eat all of that again',


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Environment and Society is an interdisciplinary minor that provides students with analytical and communication skills, as well as the scientific foundation needed to succeed in environmental planning, environmental policy, environmental philosophy, sustainable development, environmental education, and other fields. Topics explored include climate change, sustainability, resource rights, law and regulation, environmental ethics, and the role of environmental issues in domestic and international conflicts.
Students are encouraged to participate in collaborative environmental research and service projects with government agencies, non-profit organizations, local businesses and other environmental actors such as state and national park systems.
A minor in Environment and Society requires completion of a minimum of 18 credits of coursework distributed as follows:
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In addition to three semesters of Core Cur. Science, students are strongly urged to take a fourth science foundation course.
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The Environment and Society minor collaborates with the Climate Change Initiative to advance UML's Climate Action Plan, and to serve the region, the state, and beyond.
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The ADS900 is available in a 28-lead SSOP package. ● SET-TOP BOXES ● PORTABLE TEST EQUIPMENT ● COMPUTER SCANNERS LVDD CLK ADS900 Timing Circuitry 2V IN 1V T/H IN (Opt.) Pipeline A/D Error Correction 3-State Outputs 10-Bit Digital Data Internal Reference LpBy CM LnBy 1VREF Pwrdn OE International Airport Industrial Park • Mailing Address: PO Box 11400, Tucson, AZ 85734 • Street Address: 6730 S. Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85706 • Tel: (520) 746-1111 • Twx: 910-952-1111 Internet: http://www.burr-brown.com/ • FAXLine: (800) 548-6133 (US/Canada Only) • Cable: BBRCORP • Telex: 066-6491 • FAX: (520) 889-1510 • Immediate Product Info: (800) 548-6132 © 1997 Burr-Brown Corporation PDS-1347B Printed in U.S.A. January, 1997 SPECIFICATIONS At TA = +25°C, VS = LVDD = +3V, Single-Ended Input, Sampling Rate = 20MHz, unless otherwise specified. ADS900E PARAMETER CONDITIONS Resolution Specified Temperature Range ANALOG INPUT Single-Ended Full Scale Input Range Differential Full Scale Input Range Common-Mode Voltage Analog Input Bias Current Input Impedance Analog Input Bandwidth Small Signal Full Power TEMP –40 (1Vp-p) (0.5Vp-pX 2) –20dBFS Input 0dBFS Input MAX UNITS +85 Bits °C 1.0 to 2.0 1.25 to 1.75 1.5 1 1.25 || 5 V V V µA MΩ || pF 350 100 MHz MHz TTL/HCT COMPATIBLE CMOS 2.0 VDD 0.8 ±10 ±10 5 V V µA µA pF Full RISING EDGE OF CONVERT CLOCK 10k 20M 5 Samples/s Clk Cyc Full Full Full Full ±0.7 ±0.7 Guaranteed ±3.5 +25°C +25°C Full CONVERSION CHARACTERISTICS Start Conversion Sample Rate Data Latency DIGITAL OUTPUTS Logic Family Logic Coding High Output Voltage, VOH Low Output Voltage, VOL 3-State Enable Time 3-State Disable Time Internal Pull-Down Power-Down Enable Time Power-Down Disable Time Internal Pull-Down TYP 10 Ambient Air DIGITAL INPUTS Logic Family High Input Voltage, VIH Low Input Voltage, VIL High Input Current, IIH Low Input Current, IIL Input Capacitance DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS Differential Linearity Error f = 500kHz (Largest Code Error) f = 10MHz (Largest Code Error) No Missing Codes Integral Nonlinearity Error, f = 500kHz Spurious Free Dynamic Range(1) f = 500kHz (–1dBFS(2) input) f = 10MHz (–1dBFS(2) input) Two-Tone Intermodulation Distortion(3) f = 4.5MHz and 5.0MHz (–7dBFS each tone) Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) f = 500kHz (–1dBFS input) f = 10MHz (–1dBFS input) Signal-to-(Noise + Distortion) (SINAD) f = 500kHz (–1dBFS input) f = 3.58MHz (–1dBFS input) f = 10MHz (–1dBFS input) Differential Gain Error Differential Phase Error Output Noise Aperture Delay Time Aperture Jitter Overvoltage Recovery Time(4) MIN Full Full 47 47 +25°C LSBs LSBs LSBs 53 53 dBFS(2) dBFS 50 dBc Full Full 45 45 49 49 dB dB Full Full Full 44 44 44 48 48 48 2.3 1 0.2 2 7 2 dB dB dB % degrees LSBs rms ns ps rms ns TTL/HCT COMPATIBLE CMOS Straight Offset Binary +2.4 LVDD +0.4 20 40 2 10 50 133 18 50 V V ns ns kΩ ns ns kΩ NTSC, PAL NTSC, PAL Input Grounded 1.5X FS Input ±1.0 ±1.0 +25°C CL = 15pF OE = L OE = H PwrDn = L PwrDn = H The information provided herein is believed to be reliable; however, BURR-BROWN assumes no responsibility for inaccuracies or omissions. BURR-BROWN assumes no responsibility for the use of this information, and all use of such information shall be entirely at the user's own risk. Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice. No patent rights or licenses to any of the circuits described herein are implied or granted to any third party. BURR-BROWN does not authorize or warrant any BURR-BROWN product for use in life support devices and/or systems. ® ADS900 2 SPECIFICATIONS (CONT) At TA = +25°C, VS = +3V, Single-Ended Input, Sampling Rate = 20MHz, unless otherwise specified. ADS900E PARAMETER CONDITIONS ACCURACY Gain Error Input Offset Power Supply Rejection (Gain) Power Supply Rejection (Offset) Internal Positive Reference Voltage Internal Negative Reference Voltage TEMP Referred to Ideal Midscale ∆ VS = +10% POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS Supply Voltage: +VS Supply Current: +IS Power Dissipation Operating Operating Operating, +3V Power Dissipation (Power Down) Thermal Resistance, θJA 28-Lead SSOP +25°C Full Full Full Full Full Full Full Full 25°C Full +3V MIN TYP MAX UNITS ±10 ±60 42 42 8 15 55 62 +1.75 +1.25 %FS mV dB dB V V +3 18 54 52 10 +3.7 22 66 V mA mW mW mW +2.7 50 °C/W NOTES: (1) Spurious Free Dynamic Range refers to the magnitude of the largest harmonic. (2) dBFS means dB relative to full scale. (3) Two-tone intermodulation distortion is referred to the largest fundamental tone. This number will be 6dB higher if it is referred to the magnitude of the two-tone fundamental envelope. (4) No rollover of bits. ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE SENSITIVITY +VS ....................................................................................................... +6V Analog Input ............................................................................... +VS +0.3V Logic Input ................................................................................. +VS +0.3V Case Temperature ......................................................................... +100°C Junction Temperature .................................................................... +150°C Storage Temperature ..................................................................... +150°C This integrated circuit can be damaged by ESD. Burr-Brown recommends that all integrated circuits be handled with appropriate precautions. Failure to observe proper handling and installation procedures can cause damage. ESD damage can range from subtle performance degradation to complete device failure. Precision integrated circuits may be more susceptible to damage because very small parametric changes could cause the device not to meet its published specifications. PACKAGE/ORDERING INFORMATION PRODUCT PACKAGE PACKAGE DRAWING NUMBER(1) ADS900E 28-Lead SSOP 324 TEMPERATURE RANGE –40°C to +85°C NOTE: (1) For detailed drawing and dimension table, please see end of data sheet, or Appendix C of Burr-Brown IC Data Book. ® 3 ADS900 PIN CONFIGURATION PIN DESCRIPTIONS Top View SSOP +VS 1 28 +VS LVDD 2 27 IN LSB Bit 10 3 26 CM Bit 9 4 25 LnBy Bit 8 5 24 IN Bit 7 6 23 1VREF Bit 6 7 22 NC Bit 5 8 21 LpBy Bit 4 9 20 GND Bit 3 10 19 GND ADS900 Bit 2 11 18 +VS MSB Bit 1 12 17 Pwrdn GND 13 16 OE GND 14 15 CLK PIN DESIGNATOR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 +VS LVDD Bit 10 Bit 9 Bit 8 Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 GND GND CLK OE Pwrdn +VS GND GND LpBy NC 1VREF IN LnBy CM IN +VS DESCRIPTION Analog Supply Output Logic Driver Supply Voltage Data Bit 10 (D0) (LSB) Data Bit 9 (D1) Data Bit 8 (D2) Data Bit 7 (D3) Data Bit 6 (D4) Data Bit 5 (D5) Data Bit 4 (D6) Data Bit 3 (D7) Data Bit 2 (D8) Data Bit 1 (D9) (MSB) Analog Ground Analog Ground Convert Clock Input Output Enable, Active Low Power Down Pin Analog Supply Analog Ground Analog Ground Positive Ladder Bypass No Connection 1V Reference Output Complementary Input Negative Ladder Bypass Common-Mode Voltage Output Analog Input Analog Supply TIMING DIAGRAM N+2 N+1 Analog In N+4 N+3 N tD N+5 tL tCONV N+6 N+7 tH Clock 5 Clock Cycles t2 Data Out N–5 N–4 N–3 N–2 N–1 N Data Invalid SYMBOL tCONV tL tH tD t1 t2 N+2 t1 DESCRIPTION MIN Convert Clock Period Clock Pulse Low Clock Pulse High Aperture Delay Data Hold Time, CL = 0pF New Data Delay Time, CL = 15pF max 50 24 24 ® ADS900 N+1 4 TYP MAX UNITS 100µs ns ns ns ns ns ns 25 25 2 3.9 12 TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CURVES At TA = +25°C, VS = LVDD = +3V, Single-Ended Input, Sampling Rate = 20MHz, unless otherwise specified. SPECTRAL PERFORMANCE SPECTRAL PERFORMANCE 0 0 fIN = 500kHz fIN = 3MHz –20 Amplitude (dB) Amplitude (dB) –20 –40 –60 –80 –40 –60 –80 –100 –100 0 2 4 6 8 10 0 2 4 Frequency (MHz) SPECTRAL PERFORMANCE 8 0 fIN = 9MHz –20 f1 = 3.5MHz at –7dBFS f2 = 3.4MHz at –7dBFS Magnitude (dBFS) –20 –40 –60 –80 –40 –60 –80 –100 –100 0 2 4 6 8 10 0 2 4 Frequency (MHz) 6 8 10 Frequency (MHz) DIFFERENTIAL LINEARITY ERROR DIFFERENTIAL LINEARITY ERROR 2.0 2.0 fIN = 500kHz fIN = 10MHz 1.0 1.0 Error (LSB) DLE (LSB) 10 TWO-TONE INTERMODULATION 0 Amplitude (dB) 6 Frequency (MHz) 0.0 –1.0 0.0 –1.0 –2.0 –2.0 0 256 512 768 0 1024 Output Code 256 512 768 1024 Output Code ® 5 ADS900 TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CURVES (CONT) At TA = +25°C, VS = LVDD = +3V, Single-Ended Input, Sampling Rate = 20MHz, unless otherwise specified. SWEPT POWER SFDR INTEGRAL LINEARITY ERROR 60 10.0 fIN = 500kHz 50 SFDR (dBFS, dBc) ILE (LSB) 5.0 0 40 dBFS 30 20 –5.0 dBc 10 0 –10.0 0 200 400 600 800 –80 1000 –60 –40 –20 –10 0 UNDERSAMPLING (With Differential Input) DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE vs INPUT FREQUENCY 0 54 fIN = 20MHz fS = 16MHz –20 Amplitude (dB) 53 SFDR, SNR (dB) –30 Input Amplitude Output Code SFDR 52 51 –40 –60 –80 SNR 50 –100 –120 49 0.1 1 10 0 100 2 4 6 8 Frequency (MHz) Frequency (MHz) DIFFERENTIAL LINEARITY ERROR vs TEMPERATURE SPURIOUS FREE DYNAMIC RANGE (SFDR) vs TEMPERATURE 0.8 60 fIN = 500kHz SFDR (dBFS) DLE (LSBs) fIN = 500kHz 0.7 fIN = 10MHz 0.6 0.5 55 fIN = 10MHz 50 45 –50 –25 0 25 50 75 100 –50 Temperature (°C) 0 25 50 Temperature (°C) ® ADS900 –25 6 75 100 TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CURVES (CONT) At TA = +25°C, VS = LVDD = +3V, Single-Ended Input, Sampling Rate = 20MHz, unless otherwise specified. SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (SNR) vs TEMPERATURE POWER DISSIPATION vs TEMPERATURE 55 65 fIN = 10MHz Power (mW) SNR (dB) 50 fIN = 500kHz 45 40 –50 60 55 50 –25 0 25 50 75 100 –50 –25 0 Temperature (°C) GAIN ERROR vs TEMPERATURE 50 75 100 OFFSET ERROR vs TEMPERATURE –25 6.0 –30 Offset Error (mV) 6.5 5.5 5.0 –35 –40 4.5 –45 –50 –25 0 25 50 75 100 –50 –25 Temperature (°C) 0 25 50 75 100 Temperature (°C) OUTPUT NOISE HISTOGRAM (DC Input) 500 400 Counts Gain (%FSR) 25 Temperature (°C) 300 200 100 0 N-3 N-2 N-1 N N+1 N+2 N+3 Output Code ® 7 ADS900 THEORY OF OPERATION Op Amp Bias The ADS900 is a high speed sampling analog-to-digital converter that utilizes a pipeline architecture. The fully differential topology and digital error correction guarantee 10-bit resolution. The track/hold circuit is shown in Figure 1. The switches are controlled by an internal clock which has a non-overlapping two phase signal, φ1 and φ2. At the sampling time the input signal is sampled on the bottom plates of the input capacitors. In the next clock phase, φ2, the bottom plates of the input capacitors are connected together and the feedback capacitors are switched to the op amp output. At this time the charge redistributes between CI and CH, completing one track/hold cycle. The differential output is a held DC representation of the analog input at the sample time. In the normal mode of operation, the complementary input is tied to the common-mode voltage. In this case, the track/hold circuit converts a single-ended input signal into a fully differential signal for the quantizer. Consequently, the input signal gets amplified by a gain or two, which improves the signal-to-noise performance. Other parameters such as small-signal and full-power bandwidth, and wideband noise are also defined in this stage. IN IN φ1 φ1 CH φ2 CI IN IN (Opt.) φ1 φ2 OUT φ1 OUT φ1 CI φ2 CH φ1 φ1 Input Clock (50%) Op Amp Bias VCM Internal Non-overlapping Clock φ1 φ2 φ1 FIGURE 1. Input Track/Hold Configuration with Timing Signals. Digital Delay Input T/H (Opt.) 2-Bit Flash STAGE 1 VCM 2-Bit DAC + Σ – x2 Digital Delay STAGE 2 B1 (MSB) 2-Bit DAC B2 Digital Error Correction 2-Bit Flash + Σ – x2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 Digital Delay 2-Bit Flash STAGE 8 2-Bit DAC + Σ – x2 STAGE 9 2-Bit Flash Digital Delay FIGURE 2. Pipeline A/D Architecture. ® ADS900 8 B10 (LSB) The pipelined quantizer architecture has 9 stages with each stage containing a two-bit quantizer and a two bit digitalto-analog converter, as shown in Figure 2. Each two-bit quantizer stage converts on the edge of the sub-clock, which is the same frequency of the externally applied clock. The output of each quantizer is fed into its own delay line to time-align it with the data created from the following quantizer stages. This aligned data is fed into a digital error correction circuit which can adjust the output data based on the information found on the redundant bits. This technique provides the ADS900 with excellent differential linearity and guarantees no missing codes at the 10-bit level. purposes but is not recommended to be used dynamically. The capacitive loading on the digital outputs should be kept below 15pF. APPLICATIONS DRIVING THE ANALOG INPUTS Figure 3 shows an example of an ac-coupled, single-ended interface circuit using high-speed op amps that operate on dual supplies (OPA650, OPA658, OPA680 and OPA681). The common-mode reference voltage (VCM), here +1.5V, biases the bipolar, ground-referenced input signal. The capacitor C1 and resistor R1 form a high-pass filter with the –3dB frequency set at The ADS900 includes an internal reference circuit that provides the bias voltages for the internal stages (for details see "Internal Reference"). A midpoint voltage is established by the built-in resistor ladder that is made available at pin 26 "CM". This voltage can be used to bias the inputs up to the recommended common-mode voltage or used to level shift the input driving circuitry. The ADS900 can be used in both a single-ended or differential input configuration. When operated in single-ended mode, the reference midpoint (pin 26) should be tied to the inverting input, pin 24. f–3dB = 1/(2 π R1 C1) The values for C1 and R1 are not critical in most applications and can be set freely. The values shown correspond to a +3V +5V To accommodate a bipolar signal swing, the ADS900 operates with a common-mode voltage (VCM) which is derived from the internal references. Due to the symmetric resistor ladder inside the ADS900, the VCM is situated between the top and bottom reference voltage. Equation (1) can be used for calculating the common-mode voltage level. VCM = (REFT +REFB)/2 VIN SINGLE-ENDED INPUT (IN = 1.5V DC) +FS (IN = +2V) +FS –1LSB +FS –2LSB +3/4 Full Scale +1/2 Full Scale +1/4 Full Scale +1LSB Bipolar Zero (IN +1.5V) –1LSB –1/4 Full Scale –1/2 Full Scale –3/4 Full Scale –FS +1LSB –FS (IN = +1V) 1111111111 1111111111 1111111110 1110000000 1100000000 1010000000 1000000001 1000000000 0111111111 0110000000 0100000000 0010000000 0000000001 0000000000 OPA65x OPA68x RS C1 0.1µF IN IN R1 1kΩ –5V ADS900 CM 1.5V 402Ω VCM (1) 0.1µF 402Ω DIGITAL OUTPUT DATA The 10-bit output data is provided at CMOS logic levels. There is a 5.0 clock cycle data latency from the start convert signal to the valid output data. The standard output coding is Straight Offset Binary where a full scale input signal corresponds to all "1's" at the output. The digital outputs of the ADS900 can be set to a high impedance state by driving the OE (pin 16) with a logic "HI". Normal operation is achieved with pin 16 "LO" or Floating due to internal pulldown resistor. This function is provided for testability STRAIGHT OFFSET BINARY (SOB) PIN 12 FLOATING or LO (2) FIGURE 3. AC-Coupled Driver. –3dB corner frequency of 1.6kHz. Figure 4 depicts a circuit that can be used in single-supply applications. The common-mode voltage biases the op amp up to the appropriate common-mode voltage, for example VCM = +1.5V. With the use of capacitor CG the DC gain for the non-inverting op amp input is set to +1V/V. As a result the transfer function is modified to VOUT = VIN {(1 + RF/RG) + VCM} (3) Again, the input coupling capacitor C1 and resistor R1 form a high-pass filter. At the same time the input impedance is defined by R1. Resistor RS isolates the op amp's output from the capacitive load to avoid gain peaking or even oscillation. It can also be used to establish a defined roll-off for the wideband noise. Its value is usually between 10Ω and 100Ω. DIFFERENTIAL MODE OF OPERATION Some minor performance improvements in SFDR and THD can be realized by operating the ADS900 in its optional differential configuration. A RF-transformer with a center tap provides the best method of performing a single-ended to differential conversion and interface directly to the ADS900. TABLE I. Coding Table for the ADS900. ® 9 ADS900 As a passive component, a transformer can be used to stepup the signal amplitude without adding noise or distortion. At the same time it electrically isolates the front-end from the converter. In order to achieve optimum performance and to bias the converter inputs up to the correct common-mode voltage the mid-reference pin "CM" can be tied directly to the center tap of the transformer. input signal swings 1Vp-p centered around a typical common-mode voltage of +1.5V. This voltage can be derived from the internal bottom reference (REFB = +1.25V) and then fed back through a resistor divider (R1, R2) to level shift the driving op amp (OPA680). A capacitor across R2 will shunt most of the wideband noise to ground. Depending on the configured gain the values of resistors R1 and R2 must be adjusted since the offsetting voltage (VOS) is amplified by the non-inverting gain, 1+(RF/RIN). This example assumes the sum of R1 and R2 to be 5kΩ, drawing only 250µA from the bottom reference. Considerations for the selection of a Figure 6 shows an example for a single-ended DC-coupled interface circuit using one high-speed op amp to level-shift the ground-referenced input signal to condition it for the input requirements of the ADS900. With a +3V supply the +3V +5V C1 0.1µF RS 50Ω VIN IN OPA68x R1 1kΩ 22pF ADS900 IN CM VCM = 1.5V RF 402Ω 0.1µF RG 402Ω CG 0.1µF FIGURE 4. Driver Circuit Using Single Supply. +3V RS VIN T1 OPA65x 22pF RT R1 IN ADS900 IN CM 22pF R2 0.1µF RF Transformer: Minicircuits TT1-6 FIGURE 5. Single-Ended to Differential Drive Circuit Using a Transformer. +5V RF +3V VCM = 1.5V RIN RS VIN ADS900 IN OPA680 22pF IN CM REFB +1.25V VOS +1.5V 0.1µF R2 R1 I = 250µA FIGURE 6. Single-Ended DC-Coupled Input Circuit. ® ADS900 10 0.1µF 0.1µF proper op amp should include its output swing, input common-mode range, and bias current. It should be noted that any DC voltage difference between the inputs, IN and IN, will show up as an offset at the output. At the same time an offset adjustment can be accomplished. mended to meet the rated performance specifications. However, the ADS900 performance is tolerant to duty cycle variations of as much as ±10% without degradation. For applications operating with input frequencies up to Nyquist or undersampling applications, special considerations must be made to provide a clock with very low jitter. Clock jitter leads to aperture jitter (tA) which can be the ultimate limitation in achieving good SNR performance. Equation (4) shows the relationship between aperture jitter, input frequency and the signal-to-noise ratio: INTERNAL REFERENCE The ADS900 features an internal pipeline reference that provides fixed reference voltages for the internal stages. As shown in Figure 7 a buffer for each the top and bottom reference is connected to the resistor ladder, which has a nominal resistance of 4kΩ (±15%). The two outputs of the buffers are brought out at pin 21 (LpBy) and pin 25 (LnBy), primarily to connect external bypass capacitors, typically 0.1µF, which will improve the performance. The buffers can drive limited external loads, for example for level shifting of the converter's interface circuit, however, the current draw should be limited to approximately 1mA. SNR = 20log10 [1/(2 π fIN tA)] (4) For example, in the case of a 10MHz full-scale input signal and an aperture jitter of tA = 20ps the SNR is clock jitter limited to 58dB. DIGITAL OUTPUTS The digital outputs of the ADS900 are standard CMOS stages and designed to be compatible to both high speed TTL and CMOS logic families. The logic thresholds are for low-voltage CMOS: VOL = 0.4V, VOH = 2.4V, which allows the ADS900 to directly interface to 3V-logic. The digital outputs of the ADS900 uses a dedicated digital supply pin (pin 2, LVDD) see Figure 8. By adjusting the voltage on LVDD, the digital output levels will vary respectively. It is recommended to limit the fan-out to one to keep the capacitive loading on the data lines below the specified 15pF. If necessary, external buffers or latches may be used which provide the added benefit of isolating the A/D converter from any digital activities on the bus coupling back high frequency noise and degrading the performance. Derived from the top reference of +1.75V is an additional voltage of +1.0V. Note that this voltage, available on pin 23, is not buffered and care should be taken when external loads are applied. In normal operation, this pin is left unconnected and no bypassing components are required. CLOCK INPUT REQUIREMENTS The clock input of the ADS900 is designed to accommodate either +5V or +3V CMOS logic levels. To drive the clock input with a minimum amount of duty cycle variation and support maximum sampling rates (20Msps) high speed or advanced CMOS logic should be used (HC/HCT, AC/ACT). When digitizing at high sampling rates, a 50% duty cycle along with fast rise and fall times (2ns or less) are recom- ADS900 +1.75V 21 REFT LpBy 0.1µF 2kΩ CM 2.1kΩ 23 26 +1VREF 2.8kΩ 0.1µF 2kΩ +1.25V 25 REFB LnBy 0.1µF FIGURE 7. Internal Reference Structure and Recommended Reference Bypassing. ® 11 ADS900 POWER-DOWN MODE The ADS900's low power consumption can be reduced even further by initiating a power down mode. For this, the Power Down Pin (Pin 17) must be tied to a logic "High" reducing the current drawn from the supply by about 70%. In normal operation the power-down mode is disabled by an internal pull-down resistor (50kΩ). +VS Digital Output Stage ADS900 During power-down the digital outputs are set in 3-state. With the clock applied, the converter does not accurately process the sampled signal. After removing the power-down condition the output data from the following 5 clock cycles is invalid (data latency). FIGURE 8. Independent Supply Connection for Output Stage. DECOUPLING AND GROUNDING CONSIDERATIONS ADS900 +VS 1 The ADS900 has several supply pins, one of which is dedicated to only supply the output driver (LVDD). The remaining supply pins are not divided into analog and digital supply pins since they are internally connected on the chip. For this reason it is recommended to treat the converter as an analog component and to power it from the analog supply only. Digital supply lines often carry high levels of noise which can couple back into the converter and limit the performance. Because of its fast switching architecture, the converter also generates high frequency transients and noise that are fed back into the supply and reference lines. This requires that the supply and reference pins be sufficiently bypassed. Figure 9 shows the recommended decoupling scheme for the analog supplies. In most cases 0.1µF ceramic chip capacitors are adequate to keep the impedance low over a wide frequency range. Their effectiveness largely depends on the proximity to the individual supply pin. Therefore they should be located as close to the supply pins are possible. GND 13 14 0.1µF +VS 18 0.1µF GND 19 20 +VS 28 0.1µF FIGURE 9. Recommended Bypassing for Analog Supply Pins. ® ADS900 +LVDD 12


text: Clearfield Cemetery is on highway 519 just south of Morehead, KY. You turn off of 519 onto McBrayer Rd, then left on to Cemetery Rd. It sits up on a hillside and does look to be well maintained. Even some old stones had been put back together again. I did get a nice picture and the yellow flowers were blooming on a bush.


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We all have our bad habits. Those things that we do despite knowing that they're not exactly the best things to do. Yep, we do them regardless, perhaps thinking that we're granted some sort of amnesty for cumulative good behavior in other areas, or perhaps because we don't care about the ramifications. Either way, we all have them in some way, shape, or form. Be it alcohol, gambling, sex, recreational drug use, or food. This being a food, health and wellness blog you should already know where I'm going with this ;)
I have a theory when it comes to food addictions. Let's face it, most people aren't addicted to salads, it's the fries, pizza, soda and nachos that call our name overall, moreso than the fruits and greens. But why is that? There are many published studies charting the reasons why we are addicted to the foods that we are. Refined sugar creating subtle to severe dependencies, causing similar cravings to carbohydrates (which in turn eventually break down to become sugar as well), even pathogenic yeast tricking our body into feeling the need to consume exactly what it needs to survive, these scientific findings are fascinating stuff. But let's break down the food addiction into simpler terms.
A whole lot of people are addicted to junk food. I love the term emotional eating because it describes the behavior of so many. We're upset, we eat, we're stressed, we eat, we're bored, we eat. But like I said, it's usually the salty, sugary, starchy items that top the food craving list.
My theory is that these foods provide the greatest sensory diversion. Strong, bold and heavy flavors, of which no salad can match (not initially at least lol). Unnatural of course, but mentally grabbing nonetheless. We become consumed in these moments of eating with the food and food alone. If we're hurting, we momentarily feel soothed. If something is bothering us, we temporarily find reprieve. That food is so good to us in the beginning, hence the term "comfort food".
I'm not even going to go into why this practice is detrimental. I think we all know that this is a temporary fix and only clouds the true issue that we're trying to suppress. But it does help to discuss the causes of our various food fixations and to go within and find your own personal reasons.
Without investigation of the "why's", we will never arrive at the "how's" (i.e. how to change our current habits into something better).
So everyone's off the hook today lol. No big spiel, just some more food for thought ;)


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A vehicle door is a type of door, typically hinged, but sometimes attached by other mechanisms such as tracks, in front of an opening, and it is used for entering and exiting a vehicle. A vehicle door can be opened to provide access to the opening, or closed to secure it. These doors can be opened manually, or powered electronically. Powered doors are usually found on minivans, high-end cars, or modified cars. The doors can be one, two or more. The back door also known as rear doors are at the back of a vehicle. Moreover, rear passenger doors are frequently fitted with child safety locks to prevent children from exiting the vehicle unless the door is opened from the exterior.
Howbeit, there are two parts metal and plastic, which are supposed to move as one unit. If the unit is rotated anti-clockwise then the door lock will be in the locked position. If the door is rotated clockwise then the door would be in the unlocked position. In my case when trying to push the lock in to the unlocked position, something inside the faulty lock was causing it to spring back in to the locked position.
There are two handles in a door. The structure of interior handle differs from the structure of exterior handle.
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We recently shot a summer lookbook with photographer Joshua Gordon of FucknFilthy.
The good folks over at i-D Online have featured the shoot on their website along with a nice little write up by Steve Salter. Photographer Joshua Gordon provides some stunning visuals that really capture The Great Divide's perspective.
You can check out the lookbook below and see the post over at i-D Online
Photography: Joshua Gordon
Styling: Aislinn Ellen Lawlor
Model: Li-Ann Small @ Distinct
Our Legacy - Perfect Tee Tibet Melange
Our Legacy - First Amazonas Shirt
Wolsey - Alderney Cotton Cashmere Stripe
Soulland - Bomholt New Pants
Carhartt - Holbrook Sweatshirt
Our Legacy - Raglan Compact Chain T-shirt
Wood Wood - Logo Wool Cap


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Genoan Commode
Circa 1750
Reference #: EF1309
Kingwood, rosewood, palisander, brèche violet marble
Height: 34 ½ inches (88 cm.)
Width: 46 inches (117 cm.)
Depth: 23 ½ inches (60 cm.)
Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios. Il Mobile in Liguria. Genoa: Sagep Editrice,
1996, figs. 278, 280-285.
Of rectangular form, bombé in front and serpentine and splayed at the sides, the commode is surmounted by a brèche violet marble top and veneered with stylized kingwood rosettes at the center of each side. Comprised of two drawers sans traverses that are bordered by rosewood fillets, the commode rests upon serpentine stiles and splayed legs of palisander wood. The fore-corners are fitted at the top with elaborate foliate and pierced mounts above scrolled, foliate sabots. Fitted with rococo drawer pulls and escutcheons, each drawer is secured by an individual lock.
Considerable inspiration for the French rococo style originally came from Italy. Indeed Italian influence on French furniture had been strong throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but by the early eighteenth century the tide had turned and French fashions were affecting Italy as much as anywhere else in Europe. The Italians absorbed the French rococo style and determined to improve upon it.
There was a great demand for sophisticated furniture in the Republics of Genoa and Venice where the nobility and the highly successful merchant class commissioned pieces which are among the most distinctive variations of the rococo style. The present commode employs exotic Brazilian and Indonesian woods, pierced and elaborately composed mounts and bears a refined harmony of proportion particular to this region of northern Italy.


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Brewer's Best Spearmint Leaves deliver a pungent, but mild minty aroma. The Mentha Spicata is used for its aromatic oil and a summer tradition in the Southern United States. This ingredient is mixed with many drinks such as the mojito and mint julep. It is mentioned to finely chop the leaves and place it at the bottom of the brewing process.
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|[jira] Updated: (DIRSNICKERS-15) digesting decoder needs pattern matching wild cards
|Fri, 04 Jun 2004 18:58:53 GMT
The following issue has been updated: Updater: Alex Karasulu (mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:58 AM Changes: priority changed from Major to Blocker --------------------------------------------------------------------- For a full history of the issue, see: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSNICKERS-15?page=history --------------------------------------------------------------------- View the issue: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSNICKERS-15 Here is an overview of the issue: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: DIRSNICKERS-15 Summary: digesting decoder needs pattern matching wild cards Type: Task Status: Open Priority: Blocker Project: Directory Snickers Components: BER Runtime Assignee: Alex Karasulu Reporter: Alex Karasulu Created: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 12:23 AM Updated: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:58 AM Description: The BERDigester needs to implement wild card matching for the tag pattern both at the front and end of the pattern. We need these to be able to match for standard primitive decoding operations which prepare for higher rules that fire to populate PDU beans. --------------------------------------------------------------------- JIRA INFORMATION: This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa If you want more information on JIRA, or have a bug to report see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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