text:
Hoya collina – rooted cutting
Scientific name: Hoya collina
Common name: Waxflower, waxplant, waxvine
Natural habitat: South East Asia
Flowers: see picture
Soil: well drained soil. Hoya hates clogged soil!
Light: full sun to partial shade
Watering: plenty, but(!) let it dry out between waterings
Hardiness: not lower than 14°C (57°F)
Growing habit: Vine, up to 3m (9'9″)
You save
Bring a touch of natural beauty into your home with our stunning Hoya plants. Known for their delicate flowers and cascading vines, Hoyas are perfect for both novice and experienced plant enthusiasts alike. These low-maintenance plants are versatile and can thrive in a range of lighting conditions, making them an ideal addition to any living space. Our collection of Hoya plants will add texture and charm to any room. Shop now and experience the beauty of Hoya plants. We ship only healthy plants that were grown in pots. We carefully remove the soil and wrap the roots in damp sterile coconut peat. Then, we gently pack the root ball in a plastic bag. After that, we wrap the plant in special paper and then in a sturdy cardboard box shipped with the shipping option of your choice.
Terms & Conditions
- ePackage: Thai Royal Mail + your national postal service. Available for orders under 4.4lbs (2kg). Normally it takes 10-14 days;
- EMS: Expedited shipping. It takes also 10-14 days;
- Dragon Courier: Covered with our Live Arrival Guarantee. Dragon Courier ships out of Thailand and do the custom clearing, which makes it passing quicker through the customs. Then they hand it over to DHL or UPS for domestic delivery. The package is always stored in the room temperatures even winter time. Shipments take 5-6 working days for Europe and Canada, and 5-8 days for the USA. This option includes all possible import taxes and custom fees for all destinations, including EU countries. When using other shipping options to the EU, customs may contact the receiver to pay import taxes or custom fees.
- Correct address and contact details of recipient - We should have been provided with correct address and contact details including cell number and email. The shipment must be sent to the correct delivery address, and not forwarded to another address. P.O.Box is not acceptable as the shipping address.
- First delivery attempt - The shipment must be received on the first delivery attempt, or be picked up the day of the first delivery attempt. If you miss the delivery and the package is delayed a day or more because of it, we will not accept responsibility for any losses. It is your responsibility to check the tracking number for delivery, even if courier does not leave a "pink slip" notifying you they tried to deliver the package.
- Clear photo provided within 24 hours – You need to send us a clear picture or video of the full plant in issue with its name, explaining what's going on within 24 hours upon receipt.
- Package was shipped by Dragon Courier – In case you choose postal E-package, eCommerce Express or EMS, you accept the risk and no compensation will be issued.
Apple Pay is available on iOS devices.
Google Pay or Microsoft Pay is available, if activated on your browser.
You will get the tracking info once the order is shipped.
Importer Permit USA There is a limit of 12 plants you can import without having importer permit issued to you by USDA. If your order is more than 12 plants, please email us your importer permit after ordering. If you don't have one you can get it here. On the top of that page you will see a drop-down named "Ready to Apply?" and "Select an option". Select there option "PPQ-587" and proceed with the application. It is easy and free online procedure. You don't need the importer permit for orders up to 12 plants.
Other countries For other shipped countries no importer permit is needed for any amount of plants.
- Disinfect the plant 2 days before shipping;
- Remove soil on day of shipment;
- Clean roots with water until ALL soil is removed;
- Spray 0.03% imidacloprid over plants and dry 30 min;
- OR dip roots for 3 minutes in fungicide and Confidor solution (get sucked up by the plant);
- After that we place all in drying room for 45 min;
- Then we add sterile sphagnum to the roots and wrap this in plastic bag;
- We wrap roots in plastic bag and wrap plant in special designed, clean paper for export, and pack;
- We use new, never used card board boxes, that are tested and approved by ALL Global airfreight standards and ISO requirements.
Specification: Hoya collina – rooted cutting
Weight | 0.265 lbs |
User Reviews
There are no reviews yet.


text:
Pane di Ramerino — Italian Rosemary Raisin Bread
Since progress lately has been more along the lines of slowly rather than surely, we finally broke down and admitted to ourselves that this project was never going to be completed unless we hired some outside help. Besides, The Shack is literally falling down around us.
For the past five weeks our new contractor and his helper have been hard at work by 7:30 nearly every weekday morning. Great headway is being made, and we're both extremely excited. It looks like 2008 really will be The Year We Move Out Of The Shack. It's like a checkbook-draining dream come true.
Home Sweet Soon-to-Be Home
The builders weren't planning to start until the end of this month, but a spot opened up in their schedule and anybody who's ever had construction done or watched the movie "The Money Pit" knows that you never, ever turn away a contractor who is willing to show up and work.
Because of our schedule, however, this has necessitated my becoming more involved with the project at this point than was originally planned.
Suddenly I've been busy making command decisions about phone jacks and bathroom lighting while frantically trying to figure out whether we might someday want to put in a bigger refrigerator or a second seven-foot-wide deck oven.
I also get to go pick stuff up.
I now know what it feels like to spend five and a half hours shopping alone at Lowe's Home Improvement Center. The other day, arriving mostly clueless and clutching a very long list, I systematically worked my way through what felt like 3,000 miles of aisles, pouncing on every one of those PRESS THIS BUTTON IF YOU NEED HELP thingies I could find.
But since the store was practically empty of customers - everybody else was apparently out shopping for holiday presents rather than junction box covers and 33 feet of 10-3 wire for the dryer - there was only a skeleton crew on the floor. The third time this one guy rounded a corner and saw me standing by the help button he actually blurted out, "Not you again!" At least he was smiling when he said it.
After I'd sweet talked another guy into helping me pick through an enormous pile of 2x4s in search of 32 really pretty ones (did you know you can use a garden hoe to pull the far stacks of boards within reach?), and yet another one into helping me secure said 2x4s (along with the several dozen other boards I'd picked out myself) in the bed of the truck, I headed out into the dark and foggy rain for the 90 mile drive back to the farm, smiling at the half-price rosemary topiary I'd treated myself to as a reward for making it out of the store alive.
It's important to learn new things, and I'm proud that I can now carry on a semi-intelligent conversation about RACO boxes, ring shanks, and SEU cable. I understand the difference between full round head and clipped head nails, and I've fallen head over heels for 1x4s, which from now on I will refer to as 'girl boards.' I also know more than I ever thought possible about breaker boxes and pulling amps.
This is all very thrilling of course, but I'd much rather be baking than taking Wiring 101, especially as I watch our bread bakery finally becoming a reality. It's a proven fact that all workers are 50% more productive when they've been well fed (no, really), and our two builders informed me early on that they love baked goods of any sort.
When I'm not stuffing them with molasses ginger spice snaps, Mexican monkey cake, or my whole wheat chocolate chip and raisin cookies—which they both declared were the best cookies they'd ever eaten—I've been experimenting with new bread recipes, including this one.
It's almost too pretty to eat.
Italian Rosemary Raisin Bread
(Pane di Ramerino)
Makes 2 small loaves - Adapted slightly from Bread
This is the second recipe I've made from a wonderful European book called Bread: Artisan Breads from Baguettes and Bagels to Focaccia and Brioche by authors and cooking instructors Eric Treuille and Ursula Ferrigno (he's French, she's Italian). If you learn best by looking at pictures, then this is definitely the book for you because it's packed with gorgeous, full-color photos.
And while it's perfect for beginners, I think many experienced bakers would also enjoy it. I've already discovered all sorts of handy tips and useful nuggets of information. The carrot herb rolls I created last month using the carrot bread recipe were a big hit, and there are several other breads I'm planning to make. At around $15, this book is also a bargain.
Pane di ramerino has been baked daily throughout Tuscany since the early 16th century. As you can see, this is a beautiful bread, and it would not only be perfect to serve to guests but would also make a lovely gift. Thankfully the recipe makes two small loaves so you can spread the yeasty joy and still have some left for yourself.
I never would have thought to combine raisins and rosemary in bread, but the result is delicious. The flavor of the rosemary is subtle, so double the amount if you want to taste it more.
This is a rich, easy-to-work-with dough made with milk, olive oil (which adds another layer of flavor) and eggs. The texture of the crumb is reminiscent of a cinnamon roll. This bread freezes beautifully and can even be sliced while still frozen. (I use a large serrated knife.)
It also makes amazing toast, which I've been eating slathered with apricot jam and thinly sliced sharp cheddar cheese. This may sound like an odd combination, but it reminds me of the cheese and chutney sandwiches I was introduced to by an English pal when I was a kid.
The authors claim pane di ramerino is a superlative breakfast bread and "quite simply the best accompaniment to fresh goat cheese." My friend Amanda, who writes about glorious Mediterranean food at Figs Olives Wine, suggested using this bread to make her cool weather bruschetta with ricotta salata and thyme. Mmmmmm. I'm thinking it would also make marvelous French toast - perhaps for brunch on New Year's Day.
I've never had good luck using those little packets of yeast, and they're pricey. Instead I buy instant yeast in inexpensive 1-pound packages and store it in a jar in the freezer, where it will keep for at least a year.
3¾ cups organic bread flour (1 lb, 2¾ oz - 533 g) plus a little more while kneading
2 teaspoons instant yeast**
1/2 cup warm milk
1 Tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
1½ packed cups (4½ oz - 127 g) raisins
4 Tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 large eggs, beaten
1½ teaspoons salt
1. Mix the flour and yeast in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the center and add the milk, rosemary, raisins, olive oil, and eggs. Mix to form a soft, sticky dough, adding extra flour, 1 Tablespoon at a time, if the dough is too moist.
2. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead 6 minutes. Cover the dough and let it rest for 20 minutes.
3. Knead in the 1½ teaspoons salt, and continue kneading until the dough is silky, springy, and elastic, about 5 to 8 minutes.
4. Put the dough in a plastic lidded container (or in a large bowl covered with a damp tea towel) and let it rise until doubled in size, about 1½ to 2 hours.
5. Divide the dough into two pieces. Shape each into a round loaf and place on a well floured couche or work counter. If you don't have a baking stone (they make the best pizza and bread!), bake your focaccia on a heavy duty baking sheet. I've been using the heck out of some of my commercial rimmed baking sheets for 20 years for everything from baking scones to roasting Brussels sprouts.
Lightly dust tops of loaves with flour and cover with a damp tea towel.
6. Put the baking stone in the cold oven and heat to 400 degrees (never put a cold stone in a hot oven). Proof loaves until doubled in size, about 1 hour. (Note: the book says that the loaves will spread and look slightly flat after rising, but will rise up dramatically during the initial stages of baking. Mine didn't flatten out, but my dough was on the dense side.)
7. Cut a slash, 1/2 inch deep, across the top of the loaf, then another in the opposite direction to make an "X."
8. Bake in the preheated oven (directly on the baking stone if you're using one) until golden brown and hollow sounding when tapped underneath, about 30 minutes with a baking stone and 45 minutes without. Cool on a wire rack.
Still hungry? You'll find links to all my sweet and savory Less Fuss, More Flavor recipes in the Farmgirl Fare Recipe Index.
**A NOTE ON YEAST: I prefer to use instant yeast when baking bread because you can add it straight in with the dry ingredients. If you're using active dry yeast instead of instant yeast, you'll need to proof it first.
For this recipe, place the 1/2 cup of warm milk in a small bowl and sprinkle the yeast over it. Let stand for 5 minutes, then stir to dissolve. Add this yeast mixture to the flour along with the rosemary, raisins, olive oil, and eggs.
Instant yeast is stronger than active dry yeast, so some bakers recommend using up to 25% more active dry yeast than the amount of instant yeast called for in a recipe (that would be 2½ teaspoons for this recipe). Others substitute active yeast for instant yeast 1 to 1. This may take your dough a little longer to rise, but that will only result in even better tasting bread.
Alternately, if a recipe calls for active dry yeast and you want to substitute instant yeast, you may want to use a little less. The original version of this recipe actually called for 2 teaspoons of active dry yeast and I simply used 2 teaspoons of instant yeast instead.
© FarmgirlFare.com, the yeasty foodie farm blog where Farmgirl Susan shares stories & photos of her crazy country life on 240 remote Missouri acres.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The debate over coronary bypass surgery versus stenting goes back decades.
Studies have been inconclusive, but doctors and patients have voted with their feet in favor of the less-invasive procedure — clearing clogged arteries and propping them open with tiny scaffolds called stents.
U.S. doctors do at least two stenting procedures these days for every coronary bypass operation.
Now the biggest collection of cases so far comes out in favor of surgery on the all-important question of mortality. Four years after the procedure, patients over 65 who had coronary artery bypass surgeries (called CABG or "cabbages") were almost 20 percent less likely to die.
Put another way, 21 percent of stented patients had died after four years compared with 16 percent of surgery patients.
Is that a big difference? Well, the study's lead author tells Shots that it might be enough to "tip the balance a little bit, but not overwhelmingly so."
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which funded the study with new "stimulus" money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is more bullish on the implications.
"We would hope a study as powerful as this one will inform decision-makers to rethink the direction they're going in," the NHLBI's Dr. Michael Lauer told Shots. He says it's been worrying that so many doctors have been opting for stenting over surgery.
Study author Dr. William Weintraub, chief of cardiology at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Del., is presenting the data at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Chicago. The study also appears online in the New England Journal of Medicine.
It draws on data from more than 86,000 patients across the nation who underwent CABG operations and nearly 104,000 patients who had coronary stenting. They had blockages in either two or three coronary arteries but did not require emergency procedures.
Although the pro-surgery outcome is not a game-changer, Weintraub says it might cause some doctors and patients to consider surgery. And he says it supports those who now opt for CABGs.
"It's a very big deal to recommend coronary surgery to patients," Weintraub says. "I think doctors work very hard to weigh what's best for their patients. When doctors recommend surgery, these data suggest that that decision is a good one."
But Dr. Laura Mauri says in an accompanying editorial that the new study can't settle any debates. Only studies that randomly assign comparable patients to surgery or stenting can do that. Mauri is an interventional cardiologist – i.e., a specialist who does coronary stenting – at Brigham and Women's Hospital inBoston.
Weintraub notes it's "very difficult and expensive" to do randomized studies on this question – and to make the comparison groups truly comparable. And while such a study is being done, the technology (especially stenting technology) changes. That can call into question the ultimate relevance of the findings.
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.


text:
To verify our online classes, select your state to view a list of recognized counties.
Become a recognized county or court official.
State: Georgia
County: Chatham
State: Check w\ Court
The Online Co-Parenting/ Divorce class is recognized in 66 counties within this state.
Check with Court – Contact your county court administrator prior to taking the class.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE! If you complete one of our online programs and your local county court declines it, please see our Terms of Use for our refund guarantee policy.
Protect Yourself and Your Children From Domestic Violence.
CALL 911 for immediate assistance,
or your local emergency service.


text:
How did your vacation go? What was hot and what was not. Have a special experience (now or in the past) you care to share?
Use this control to limit the display of threads to those newer than the specified time frame.
Allows you to choose the data by which the thread list will be sorted.
Order threads in...
Note: when sorting by date, 'descending order' will show the newest results first.
Forum Rules


text:
Continue the comfort and luxury once you are out of Accra Airport by adding our Chauffeur & limousine services to your Airport Meet and Greet package.
Make a chauffeur reservation
If you want to explore nearby places or are running on a tight schedule book our full-day chauffeur service and ensure a relaxing and pleasant journey on road when in Accra.
Why should you select airssist Chauffeur Services when traveling to Accra?
- You don't have to wait for taxi/shuttle
- Be on time for your meetings/events
- Get safety with the added comfort and luxury
- Trusted professional driver
- Our services will be customized according to your travel needs
- Our multi-lingual driver will help you overcome language barrier
- You will never get lost, as our driver will be well-versed with every street, every corner of the city
Fleet of Vehicles
available at Accra
• Limousines
• Executive Sedans
• Luxury Sedans
• SUVs
• MPVs
• Vans
• Buses
Start a conversation with our team and get a quote based on your needs.
Looking for an inclusive package?
Book Meet and Greet for a stress-free airport experience


text:
Since the Gay Marines Facebook page posted it on Saturday, a photo of Sgt. Brandon Morgan and his partner Dalan Wells sharing a welcome home kiss in Hawaii has been getting quite a bit of attention:
-- 15,000 or so "likes."
-- 2,700 or so shares.
-- About 3,300 comments.
-- A rapidly growing number of posts. Including one from Steve Rothaus at The Miami Herald's Gay South Florida blog with this message from Morgan:
"I'm glad I can be an inspiration to someone. Thank you so very much for sharing my story."
And a post at Joe.My.God. that has more from Morgan, including his thanks to "everyone who has responded in a positive way. My partner and I want to say thank you. ... As for the haters, let em hate."
Back in December, by the way, Morgan made one of those quick videos that the Department of Defense distributes so that military personnel can say hello to friends and families during the holidays.
Also in December, two women officers shared what the Navy said was the first-ever "first kiss" at a ship's homecoming.
The "don't ask, don't tell" policy that had barred openly gay men and women from serving in the U.S. military ended last September.
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


text:
Abbey Lee Kershaw is a master of layering. There is always just enough of everything. Sort of hippie vibes, but if she was a Tenenbaum and Woodstock took place in the Fall. Her style smells like incense. That makes sense in my head.
Hanne Gaby Odiele does a slightly off-kilter, mishmash kind of thing perfectly. Her way of making designer stuff like that Miu Miu collar look way too cool to be something so popular amazes me and is very much a point of aspiration. Like, she makes the Celine bag look like it's from a thrift store. That sounds like an insult, but I mean that she makes it look like a special find, not something from a luxury brand that's been praised by the most commercial of fashion magazines.
UGH UGH UGH. Iekeliene Stange's print-mixing is so good. She balances out all the crazy colors and makes them all work together with juuuuust the right brooch or buttons or hat or purse. Pack rat inspiration.


text:
Martha Mullen, right, of Richmond, Va., prepares to arm wrestle an opponent, in Richmond, Va. Mullen offered to help in the burial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a rural cemetery in Virginia, after seeing news reports about the refusals. (AP Photo/https://www.chrisowensphoto.com, Chris Owens)
by Larry O'Dell and Bob Lewis
DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — The Virginia woman whose actions led to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev being buried about 30 miles north of her Richmond home said the angry backlash from local officials, some cemetery neighbors and online critics has been unpleasant, but she has no regrets.
"I can't pretend it's not difficult to be reviled and maligned," Martha Mullen told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Friday. "But any time you can reach across the divide and work with people that are not like you, that's what God calls us to do."
Tsarnaev, 26, was quietly buried Thursday at a small Islamic cemetery in rural Caroline County. His body had remained at a Worcester, Mass., funeral parlor since he was killed April 19 in a gunfight with police, days after the bombings that killed three and injured more than 260 in downtown Boston. Cemeteries in Massachusetts and several other states refused to accept the remains. With costs to protect the funeral home mounting, Worcester police appealed for help finding a place to bury Tsarnaev.
Mullen said she was at a Starbucks when she heard a radio news report about the difficulty finding a burial spot for Tsarnaev.
"My first thought was Jesus said love your enemies," she said.
Then she had an epiphany.
"I thought someone ought to do something about this — and I am someone," Mullen said.
So Mullen, a mental health counselor in private practice and a graduate of United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, sent emails to various faith organizations to see what could be done. She heard back from Islamic Funeral Services of Virginia, which arranged for a funeral plot at the Al-Barzakh cemetery. "It was an interfaith effort," she said.
Mullen, a member of the United Methodist Church, said she was motivated by her own faith and that she had the full support of her pastor.
"Nobody is without sin," she said. "Certainly this was a horrific act, but he's dead and what happened is between him and God. We just need to bury his body and move forward. People were making an issue and detracting from the healing that needed to take place."
There was little talk of healing among Caroline County officials and the cemetery's neighbors, however.
Caroline County Sheriff Tony Lippa said late Saturday that officials had examined paperwork necessary to move Tsarnaev's corpse from Massachusetts for its Virginia burial, and the interment appears legal. But he said his small department lacks the money and personnel to provide round-the-clock stakeouts at the cemetery as deputies did Friday night, which passed without incident.
"The Sheriff's Office will offer the same amount of protection — no more and no less — to this site as any other cemetery in Caroline County," Lippa said in a press release, noting that the owners can hire private security to guard Tsarnaev's grave from vandals if they wish.
Lippa was unhappy that he was blind-sided Friday by the covert burial, and he wasn't alone. Even some people within the area's Islamic community were incensed that they were not consulted about the burial in advance.
Imam Ammar Amonette, of the Islamic Center of Virginia, said that his group was never consulted and that Mullen had reached out to a separate group, the Islamic Society of Greater Richmond.
"The whole Muslim community here is furious. Frankly, we are furious that we were never given any information. It was all done secretly behind our backs," Amonette said, adding that it "makes no sense whatsoever" that Tsarnaev's body was buried in Virginia.
"Now everybody who's buried in that cemetery, their loved ones are going to have to go to that place," he said.
The Islamic Society of Greater Richmond didn't respond to an email seeking confirmation that it was involved in the burial.
Some readers responding to online reports about the burial and Mullen's role were supportive, others sharply critical.
Jaquese Goodall, who lives less than a quarter-mile from the cemetery, was unhappy that Tsarnaev was buried there.
"If they didn't want him in Boston, why did they bring him all the way down here against our wishes?" said Goodall, 21. "I am worried because his people may come down here to visit and there will be a whole lot of problems from him being here."
Caroline County Sheriff Tony Lippa was concerned, too, that the grave site could become a target for vandals and a shrine for those who sympathize with Tsarnaev.
"I know of no Virginia law enforcement agency that was notified," Lippa said. "No one in county or state government was aware of this."
Floyd Thomas, the chairman of Caroline County's board of supervisors, considered Tsarnaev's possible burial a black mark against the county where President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was cornered and killed 148 years ago.
"We feel as far as this particular burial is concerned, we feel the same way that most of the people in the county feel — most of the way America feels. We're very angry over the bombing … that's not something that's supposed to happen," he said.
"We don't want the county to be remembered as the resting place of the remains for someone who committed a terrible crime."
Peter Stefan, director of the Worcester funeral home where Tsarnaev's body was held, had some sympathy for the Caroline officials.
"What I really didn't care much for was the fact that the city or town wasn't notified," he said. "Once the family takes over, it's their responsibility. But there's a moral issue here."
Local officials asked Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to look into whether any laws were broken in carrying out the hushed burial. If not, there's likely nothing they can do.
"If there were, I think we'd try to undo what's been done," Thomas said.
Lane Kneedler, an attorney who represented the Virginia Cemetery Association when the law was drafted to regulate for-profit cemeteries in the late 1990s, said private and church burial grounds are not regulated by the state and only have to meet local zoning requirements. He said that once a cemetery is approved and operating, only its owner controls who is buried there.
The cemetery where Tsarnaev is buried contains 47 graves, all covered Friday with reddish-brown mulch except for two that appeared newly dug and were unmarked. On one of the new graves lay a vase full of roses at one end and a single red rose at the other end. The other new grave was bare.
State police cruisers, county sheriff's cars and black unmarked sedans with their emergency lights concealed cruised back and forth past the cemetery, officers inside them eyeing everything for any sign of trouble as reporters on the ground and those in helicopters high overhead broadcast the gravesite's location to the world.
Meanwhile, Tsarnaev's death certificate was released Friday. It shows he was shot by police in the firefight the night of April 18, run over and dragged by a vehicle, and died a few hours later on April 19. Authorities have said his younger brother, Dzhokhar, ran over him in his getaway attempt.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured later and remains in custody. The brothers are accused of setting off two shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs April 15 near the marathon finish line, an attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. The brothers are also suspected in the shooting death days later of an MIT police officer.
Their uncle, Ruslan Tsarni of Montgomery Village, Md., took responsibility for the body after Tamerlan's wife, Katherine Russell, said she wanted it released to her in-laws. He said his nephew was buried in the Doswell cemetery with the help of a faith coalition.
"The body's buried," he said. "That's it."
O'Dell reported from Richmond. Lewis reported from Doswell. Associated Press writers Denise Lavoie and Jay Lindsay in Boston and Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report.


text:
Image from Bazaar magazine, 1951 |
While I plan to start out with a traditional Victorian-style overbust corset, these examples of mid-century corsetry have gotten me all excited about the possibilities! As far as I can tell, corsets of the 1950s fall into the following four categories:
1. New Look Waspies
If you've been reading this site for a while, you know I'm a huge fan of Dior's New Look (blogged here), which was introduced in 1947, and had its heyday in the 50s. The hourglass silhouette was striking: sloped shoulders, full skirts, and a teeny tiny waist. The waist was cinched with the aid of a "waspie:" a narrow underbust corset. The V&A has a couple in its collection, including this one from 1948:
2. Merry Widows
Slate just published the article "A Short History of the Corset" this week, coinciding happily with my corset research. The author includes this 1950s undergarment, writing,
The advent of new highly tensile nylon elastic nets in the 1950s brought about a revolution in underwear design and manufacture, offering powerful control without the need for much boning. It allowed underwear designers to use a lace effect not only as a decorative trim, but as the garment's primary material. This is a version of the "merry widow" corset, named for the 1952 film of the same name starring Lana Turner. The 'Merry Widow' name was registered by Warner's, which timed the launch of the range with that of the film and extensively advertised the brand from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s.Vintage merry widows are quite beautiful to look at, but I wouldn't have previously thought of them as examples of corsetry since they don't lace up at all. Any thoughts on this, readers?
3. Girdle-Corset Hybrids
With the advent of these synthetic fabrics, girdles became the norm. But I have come across some interesting garments that appear to be mash-ups of girdles and corsets. Made of more modern power net, these foundation garments do have lacing up the back, hearkening back to corsets of yore. (They're actually still sold here, but beware: the pics are quite fetish-y.)
From the Corsetry Museum site |
Corsets have been a fetish item for a long time! Pin-up girls and burlesque performers of the 1950s sometimes wore very traditional Victorian-style corsets. These glam get-ups were even featured in special corset-fetish girly magazines.
So that's my recent dorky foray into fashion history. I know we have a lot of corset experts in the sewing world, and I'd love to hear from you! Are my assessments correct? Does a true corset need to have laces, or would you consider a merry widow to be a corset? Also, there seems to be a return to wearing corsets as everyday undergarments. Anyone in this camp?
Also, please share any recommended reading on the subject! I'm just dipping into The Basics of Corset Building, but I can tell I'm going to be looking for some more in-depth books soon.


text:
Yesterday was my blog birthday. This blog is one year old.
I know that most people like to call it an anniversary, or a blogiversary, but I really prefer to think of it as a sort of birth. One without the pain and the drugs and the torn-up hoo-hah, but a birthday nonetheless. One year ago yesterday, I created something. I took part of myself and made something of it and thrust it out into the world. I gave something birth. That thing was, is, this blog.
I'm not going to get all cheesy and call it my baby. It's not my baby. This is my baby:
But it is possible to give birth to other things - things, works, states of being - things that are not babies, not even, colloquially, 'our babies' (such a mother, so literal - only a baby can be one's 'baby'), things that are nonetheless much beloved, much treasured, the products of much work.
This is what I said, one year ago. This was the first yell, the first red-cheeked holler that announced new life: welcome to the first day of the rest of my life.
My life.
I was referring, specifically, to the day of WonderBaby's birth, the day that I became a mother, the day that my universe changed, the day that I changed, forever. But I might have been referring to the day at hand, the day of the birth of the blog. Because that day was also a day of transformation, a day of fundamental change. It was the day that I decided to tell my stories. It was the day that I became (again? for once and for all?) a writer, because it was the day that I leapt - blindly, happily - into my love of writing and stayed there. Swam there, splashed there, frolicked there. I'm still there - sometimes frolicking, sometimes dog-paddling, sometimes floating on my back, resting tired arms, but still - still - there. (Waterbabywriterbaby. Writerbaby? Uck. Writer, baby.)
What I gave birth to: a new (a rediscovered?) part of myself, a new (found?) identity. 'Her Bad Mother' (the name came late, as names often do) is me - me-the-mother, of course, but more fundamentally, me-the-writer.
I'm thinking about that a lot these days, about this transformation, this (re?)birth. How do I nurture this work, this thing, this me? I don't quite know how to mother this creation. I'm learning as I go. I'm making mistakes, I think, but I don't mind my errors. I'm learning. I don't know how this work will turn out, but for the moment, that doesn't matter. The joy is in the doing.
And, of course, always, the inspiration... there is joy, so much joy, in celebrating the inspiration, that which gave (who did give) this breath...
I don't know where this goes. It doesn't matter. It can only be good.
Cheers, and thanks for sharing this year with me.


text:
Neo-Quenya and/or Neo-Sindarin (collectively also called Neo-Elvish) represent attempts of post-Tolkien use of the Elvish languages. The attempts include a productive standardization, regularization and even reconstruction of J.R.R. Tolkien's languages with the intent to be taught, studied and be used in fanfic compositions or even in dialogue. The terms Neo- arose so as to distinguish those attempts from the canonical creations by Tolkien.
It must be noted that Neo-Elvish does not refer to original a priori creations; Neo-Elvish forms and grammar emerge from comparative and reconstructive methods from the canonical sources, albeit with varying arbitrarity.
Overview of the problem
In his youth, Tolkien composed a grammar on the language called Goldogrin. He also attempted to compose an Adûnaic grammar which he left unfinished. Other than these, he did not leave behind a definite set of rules for his later languages (which we would accept as "canonical") because he did not intend to create them with the purpose to be usable. As a result, the information gathered posthumously from his notes might seem like fluid and fragmentary to someone who seeks to see a possible 'whole picture'. The absence of a final, canonical Quenya or Sindarin has the consequence that anyone attempting to compile a grammar would eventually create a conventional and subjective grammar.
In order to 'fill the gaps', such a person would rely on speculation, personal instinct and widely subjective interpretation. Coping with Tolkien's continuous mutually exclusive revisions, the student would be forced to become selective and follow some priorities; this usually means a tendecy to reject Tolkien's older, temporary or 'anomalous' conceptions in favor of those that (for whatever reason) seem most stable and plausibly canonical.
For example, Helge Fauskanger's grammar of Quenya, being such an attempt, is described as a: "synthetic and regularized form of Quenya formed by the selective piecing-together of evidences from across decades of Tolkien's successive versions and elaborations of Quenya".[1]
Attempts to study or write in Elvish date back to at least the 1970s. An example composition of that era is Valinorenna by Björn Fromén, published in the fanzine Palantiren 3 in 1973, using vocabulary only from words found in The Lord of the Rings.[2] Attempts continued the following decades, thanks to the publication of more of Tolkien's works, including the History of Middle-earth series, with most importantly, The Etymologies (1987), and the work of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship.
Such publications allowed the students to infer some grammar rules from Tolkien's writings, and also made known the etymological-derivational mechanics in which the Elvish languages work. It was thus made possible to create Sindarin words from Quenya cognates or artificially derive new words from related ones, or from Proto-Quendian roots.
Attempts to write in Tolkien's languages include fanfiction, tattoos or creations written in Tengwar, translations of Tolkien's works into Elvish,[3] translation of pre-existing literature such as Biblical passages, Christian prayers, original short poems and stories etc. Linguistic plays included the composition of (Neo-)Quenya poems without containing the very frequent vowel a[4] or the translation of Namárië to (Neo-)Telerin[5] or (Neo-)Sindarin[6].
Of course, the resulting 'literature' by no means represents a universal homogeneous consensus on Neo-Elvish. Each work reflects the personal understanding and preferences of its author at the time of writing and the conventions used can be mutually exclusive among authors.
Similar attempts were made to reconstruct Elvish grammar rules, such as inferring a full working pronominal system based on Primitive Quendian evidence;[7] a system according to which the Sindarin verbs are possibly conjugated;[8] or the usage of Noldorin language of The Etymologies to create Sindarin forms. Such interpretations were partially obsoleted by later publications of Tolkien's papers, but offered a framework at their time.
The most prominent appearance of Neo-Elvish was in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, which made use of linguist David Salo's reconstructions. The movie also featured original lyrics in (Neo-)Elvish, (Neo-)Khuzdul, (Neo-)Black Speech and other languages. However, the scarcity of information on these languages necessitated wholly original a priori creation of vocabulary and grammar rules.
The release of the films also boosted a temporary interest in studying and using Elvish.
While the understanding of Tolkien's languages is a direct result of serious study and Tolkienology and is solely based on canonical linguistic evidence, the quest for Neo-Elvish borders to fanon; critics speak about the "problematic and illusory nature of [Neo-Elvish] as anything other than an approximation and introduction to the study of Tolkien's own linguistic inventions"[1].
Critics say that Tolkien's intention did not move much further than simple creativity and experimentation and his languages are fluid in their very nature; standardizing or enriching them would only result in new original creations. They even claim that, since finalization was never a goal of Tolkien, uncovering the full range of variation in Tolkien's conception of his languages will only make a complete, definite form less rather than more achievable.
Other common fields of criticism have to do with
- subjective conventions which eventually are presented and passed over and finally adopted as facts by newcomers to the field;
- the arbitrary distinction of canon; a preference towards "mature Elvish" and rejection of early Qenya and Noldorin (whereas Tolkien never specifically divided the continuity of his languages as such);
- the "artificial" distinction between "valid", LotR-style forms vs "obsolete", inconsistent early forms.
- the simultaneous adoption of those very same Qenya and Noldorin sources to supplement the (Neo-)Quenya and Sindarin arsenal;
- sources that 'promote' Neo-Elvish, are usually criticized for providing inadequate references; making no distinction between proper Quenya/Sindarin sources; selective or artificial normalizations; selective imports from early Elvish; not making clear the points where the author made personal interpretations. Thus, these sources deprive the reader of the whole image.
As an example, A Gateway to Sindarin was a recent target of criticism for attempting to present a standard ("fabricated") Sindarin, yet being subject to the above failures. Among others, the book describes a plural form of Sindarin gerunds, while such a function was never described or appeared in Tolkien's writings.[9]
As mentioned earlier neo-Elvish vocabulary is not a priori, but it is derived from the existing canon by means of reconstruction or analogy. Methods to create a needed word is:
(Neo-Elvish words are marked with a #)
- Analyse the etymology of a compound word and isolate the words it is composed of.
- Examples are #hantale "thanksgiving" from Eruhantale, which can further be analysed to derive from #hanta- "to thank" (cf. maptale "seizure" from mapta- "to seize"[10]. Another example is #corma "ring" from the compound Cormacolindor "Ring-bearers".[11]
- Combine a known word-stem with a known affix.
- Create a meaningful compound from existing Elvish words.
- An example is Q #lapselunga for "pregnant" (lit. "baby-heavy"); compound of lapse "babe" and lunga "heavy"[14]
- Borrow words from earlier versions of the languages (Qenya, Gnomish, Noldorin) and "update" them according to (mostly) regular changes made by Tolkien in the process.
- The Q word #vandil for "staff", from early Quenya vandl[15] since no word can end in -dl in canonical Quenya. This is based on the Qenya word findl, later updated by Tolkien as findil.
- The Sindarin Dictionary maintained by Didier Willis includes a version containing Noldorin words from the Etymologies "normalized" to Sindarin according to how similar words appear in LotR or post-LotR texts. For example such Noldorin words as bein, bui, bior, camland, rhoeg have been updated to Sindarin as #bain, #boe, #bŷr, #cae, #camlann, #raeg although they haven't been confirmed so by published Tolkien texts.
- Translate or derive a cognate from Sindarin to Quenya or vice-versa and create supposed cognates.
- The King's Letter contains the Sindarin word egor "or". Some authors have derived egor from possible Old Sindarin *(h)ekr(a). This word could have the supposed Quenya reflex #ecar or #herca.[14] Note however that the word has been superceded by the canonical hya[16] which is unrelated
- Derive a word from a Primitive Elvish root and affixes.
Around 2000, some wordlists of already established neo-vocabulary have been compiled online in order to facilitate authors who might need useful words for newer compositions, and likewise establish a fan "canon" or word repository.[18]
See also
- Carl F. Hostetter
- A Gateway to Sindarin
- David Salo
- Helge Fauskanger
- Fiona Jallings
- A Fan's Guide to Neo-Sindarin
- Grelvish
- Elvish#Other_Elvish_languages
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Resources for Tolkienian linguistics at The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (accessed 16 June 2011)
- ↑ Björn Fromén, "Valinorenna: Celebrían's Farewell to Elrond" dated 23 June 2012, Forodrim.org (accessed 7 December 2019)
- ↑ Cf. Quenta Silmarillion Eldalambenen Project
- ↑ Ales Bican and Helge Fauskanger, "A play", ELM (accessed 7 December 2019)
- ↑ Vicente S. Velasco, "Alatarielo Nainie: Galadriel's Lament in Telerin", The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (accessed 7 December 2019)
- ↑ Ryszard Derdziński, "Naergon Galadriel: Galadriel's Lament in Sindarin", The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (accessed 7 December 2019)
- ↑ Ryszard Derdziński, "Elvish Pronouns", The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (accessed 7 December 2019)
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "Reconstructing the Sindarin Verb System", Ardalambion (accessed 7 December 2019)
- ↑ See "Elvish as She is Spoke" in the External links
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Alphabet of Rúmil & Early Noldorin Fragments", in Parma Eldalamberon XIII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p.163
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger's Quettaparma Quenyallo
- ↑ Anthony Appleyard, Quenya Grammar Reexamined PREFACE, Vinyakaarie
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry KYELEP/TELEP
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Newwords list compiled by Ales Bican
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, p.264
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p. 14
- ↑ Parma Penyane Quettaron - Word coined by Petri Tikka
- ↑ Preface to the Parma Penyane Quettaron
External links
- Midgardsmal on Web Archive - David Salo's blog concerning neo-Elvish in Peter Jackson's movies.
- Merin Essi ar Quenteli - Lists of words, names, phrases and tutorials, intended for writers of fan fiction and RPGamers.
- Thorsten Renk's A rogue's guide to Sindarin reconstruction - Inquiry on the creation of Neo-Sindarin words, with examples of deriving one from Primitive Quendian.
- Gwaith-i-Pethdain - Page with essays, reconstructions, Neo-Elvish wordlists and a big list of Neo-Elvish texts.
- Language in the Lord of the Rings movie - analysis of the Elvish dialogues and texts featured in The Lord of the Rings (film series).
- Newwords - sample of Neo-Elvish vocabulary
- Parma Penyane Quettaron - More expanded Neo-Elvish vocabulary, maintained by Boris Shapiro until 2003
- List of Neo-Elvish compositions
- Ardalambion - Apart from a resource for Tolkien's languages, it also contains some original 'post-Tolkien' compositions (poems and Biblical fragments), essays like "The Quest for Standard Sindarin" and "Suggested Conjugation" and a (Neo-)Quenya course.
- Elvish.org FAQ — Article by Carl F. Hostetter. Presents a succinct counterpoint citing Tolkien's own views of the purpose, completeness and usability of his languages.
- "Elvish as She Is Spoke" — Article by Carl F. Hostetter. A thorough examination of Tolkien's purposes in inventing his Elvish languages and his practices in describing them, their consequent nature, and the inherent pitfalls in any attempt to "speak Elvish". Republished with permission from The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder (Marquette, 2006), ed. Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull.
- "Are Goldogrin and Qenya "primitive"?" by Patrick H. Wynne - criticizing the usual selectivity of "LotR-style" Elvish over early forms of "immature" Elvish.


text:
"I have had several occasions to seek Howard's expertise and assistance in purchasing promotional items for my business. Howard was always the consummate professional and gave great advice on the best product, within my budget, for the target audience. He always provides outstanding products, great quality, and a reasonable price, always on-time delivery. Anyone who has received any items which I purchased through Howard has given me good feedback on the quality of the products. Howard is the person to go to for any promotional items."
Dr. Michael L Schwartz, PE
PMP Trainer, Educator, Consultant
"I have referred Howard to a number of our clients, who have been pleased with the quality of his products, customer service and pricing."
Dan DiBardino
Partner, Recon Management Group, LLC
President, Crime Stoppers of MI
"I've worked with Howard Aston and OCM Promotions for over 7 years. Howard follows up immediately on any request and provides excellent product and service. I highly recommend OCM Promotions for your promotional marketing needs."
Tracy Rivard, Chief Development Officer
Eastern Market Partnership, Detroit MI
"I have known Howard Aston for nearly 20 years and he has always been the consummate professional, knowledgeable about his product and a provider of excellent customer service. I would never hesitate to use him and OCM Promotions."
Thomas Vorenberg, President
Vorenberg Associates, Farmington Hills MI


text:
Building Pharaoh's Chariot 1x53
Around3,600 years ago, reliefs in Egyptian tombs and temples depict pharaohs and warriors proudly riding into battle on horse-drawn chariots. Some historians claim that the chariot launched a technological and strategic revolution, andwas the secret weapon behind Egypt's greatest era of conquest known as the New Kingdom.But was the Egyptian chariot really a revolutionary design? How decisive a roledid it play in the bloody battles of the ancient world? In BuildingPharaoh's Chariot, a team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers, and horse trainers join forces to build and test two highly accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots. They discover astonishingly advanced features, including spoked wheels, springs, shock absorbers, anti-roll bars, and even aconvex shaped rear mirror, leading one of them to compare the level of design to the engineering standards of 1930's-era Buicks! By driving the pair of replicas to their limits in the desert outside Cairo, NOVA's experts test the claim that thechariot marks a crucial turning point in ancient military history.
Share This Program


text:
President Obama announced late Wednesday that the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steve Miller, has resigned in the wake of a report that employees at the agency engaged in partisan scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
The president, appearing for a brief statement at the White House, said he had directed Treasury Secretary Jack Lew "to accept the resignation of the acting commissioner of the IRS."
He said it was part of a larger effort to "make sure nothing like this ever happens again" by holding responsible individuals to account.
Obama said he had also directed Lew to implement the recommendations contained in the inspector general's report that brought the situation to light.
"I will not tolerate this conduct in any way, especially from the IRS, given the power it has," the president said.
As we reported earlier this week:
"Miller could have alerted Congress to what the IRS had been doing last summer. ...
"On July 25 of last year, Miller testified before the oversight subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee. According to a transcript of the hearing, GOP Rep. Kenny Marchant of Texas said, 'I have been contacted by several of the groups in my district. And they feel like they are being harassed. I don't have any evidence that that is the case. But they feel like they have been harassed and feel like the IRS is threatening them with some kind of action or audit.' "
The IRS has released Miller's letter of resignation. "It is with regret that I will be departing from the IRS as my acting assignment ends in early June," Miller wrote.
"This has been an incredibly difficult time for the IRS given the events of the past few days, and there is a strong and immediate need to restore public trust in the nation's tax agency," he said.
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


text:
Teacher Fired for Breaking Up Vicious Fight Between Students [VIDEOS, POLL]
A teacher in Detroit is getting an education in how not to intervene.
A teacher in the city's Pershing High School has been fired after she broke up a fight between two students with a broom.
The two boys were involved in an ugly tussle, which you can see above, when the teacher gets involved by apparently hitting a student on the back with the broom several times.
Eventually, another student separated the two boys.
So, why was the teacher let go? Teachers are required to contact security when a conflict like this breaks out, but this teacher's walkie talkie was not working at the time of the incident.
One of the students involved in the brawl says the fired teacher was one of his favorites, but he does not feel he's at fault for her being terminated because she should've waited for security to come to the classroom.
Both students involved in the fight were suspended for 10 days.


text:
Before I tell you how I make my green, toothy kale, let me share Dr. Cinque's recent thoughts about kale. The guy is irresistible:
"Some foods suit us better if we cook them. Consider kale. It's extremely nutritious, and you can eat it raw if you grow it yourself and pick it when it's very young and tender, like lettuce. But, if you are buying kale at the supermarket, you had better cook it. It's mature, which means that It's too tough and fibrous to eat and digest raw. And even if the cooking destroys some of the vitamins, it doesn't matter. There are so many vitamins there that you can afford to lose a few. So, don't worry about it. You will get more good out of that vegetable if you cook it. Your bottom line (the amount you digest and absorb) will be greater, and that's what matters."
Bix's Kale
- Buy a bunch of kale, either the curly leaf (shown) or the darker, flatter leaf (lacinato, Russian, or dinosaur kale).
- Rinse it. Soak and swish it in the sink to remove soil and bugs.
- Bring a big pot or pan of water to a full boil. Add about 1/2 teaspoon salt to the water.*
- Chop kale. To remove the spine, fold the entire leaf and slice off the thick middle stem. Tear or cut the remaining leaves into about 2 inch pieces.
- Carefully submerge chopped kale into boiling, salted water. Stir until it comes back to a rolling boil. Cover almost all the way, allowing steam to escape. (You want to cook it fast with high heat so it doesn't lose color or structure.)
- Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, lifting lid every minute to stir and relieve pressure if needed. After 3 minutes start testing for doneness by removing a piece, letting it cool for a few seconds and gently tearing it. You can chew it too if it's cool enough. Stop cooking when it's no longer tough but still a little chewy.
- Strain kale as you would pasta. Rinse immediately under a stream of cold water to stop the cooking. Let drain.
I usually store this in the refrigerator so it's on hand when I make soup. I add it minced to leftover rice, as a porridge. It's also very good heated with sautéed onions.
Do you eat kale? How do you prepare it?


text:
| |||||||
HOUMA | URL KING | Feedback Swamp Thing, all related characters, all images and symbols thereof, and all comic book titles herein are copyright and trademark of DC Comics, a subsidiary of Time Warner. This page is primarily dedicated to the non-commercial reviewing of comic books, and all reproductions of copyrighted material are in the service of reviews and commentary. None of the material herein may be reproduced for any commercial activities except those of DC Comics itself. This web site, its operators, and any content contained on this site relating to Swamp Thing are not authorized by DC Comics. |


text:
ps(1) [freebsd man page]
PS(1) BSD General Commands Manual PS(1) NAME
ps -- process status SYNOPSIS
ps [-aCcdefHhjlmrSTuvwXxZ] [-O fmt | -o fmt] [-G gid[,gid...]] [-J jid[,jid...]] [-M core] [-N system] [-p pid[,pid...]] [-t tty[,tty...]] [-U user[,user...]] ps [-L] DESCRIPTION
The ps utility displays a header line, followed by lines containing information about all of your processes that have controlling terminals. If the -x options is specified, ps will also display processes that do not have controlling terminals. A different set of processes can be selected for display by using any combination of the -a, -G, -J, -p, -T, -t, and -U options. If more than one of these options are given, then ps will select all processes which are matched by at least one of the given options. For the processes which have been selected for display, ps will usually display one line per process. The -H option may result in multiple output lines (one line per thread) for some processes. By default all of these output lines are sorted first by controlling terminal, then by process ID. The -m, -r, -u, and -v options will change the sort order. If more than one sorting option was given, then the selected pro- cesses will be sorted by the last sorting option which was specified. For the processes which have been selected for display, the information to display is selected based on a set of keywords (see the -L, -O, and -o options). The default output format includes, for each process, the process' ID, controlling terminal, state, CPU time (including both user and system time) and associated command. The options are as follows: -a Display information about other users' processes as well as your own. If the security.bsd.see_other_uids sysctl is set to zero, this option is honored only if the UID of the user is 0. -c Change the ``command'' column output to just contain the executable name, rather than the full command line. -C Change the way the CPU percentage is calculated by using a ``raw'' CPU calculation that ignores ``resident'' time (this normally has no effect). -d Arrange processes into descendancy order and prefix each command with indentation text showing sibling and parent/child relation- ships. If either of the -m and -r options are also used, they control how sibling processes are sorted relative to each other. Note that this option has no effect if the ``command'' column is not the last column displayed. -e Display the environment as well. -f Show commandline and environment information about swapped out processes. This option is honored only if the UID of the user is 0. -G Display information about processes which are running with the specified real group IDs. -H Show all of the kernel visible threads associated with each process. Depending on the threading package that is in use, this may show only the process, only the kernel scheduled entities, or all of the process threads. -h Repeat the information header as often as necessary to guarantee one header per page of information. -j Print information associated with the following keywords: user, pid, ppid, pgid, sid, jobc, state, tt, time, and command. -J Display information about processes which match the specified jail IDs. This may be either the jid or name of the jail. Use -J 0 to display only host processes. This flag implies -x by default. -L List the set of keywords available for the -O and -o options. -l Display information associated with the following keywords: uid, pid, ppid, cpu, pri, nice, vsz, rss, mwchan, state, tt, time, and command. -M Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core instead of the currently running system. -m Sort by memory usage, instead of the combination of controlling terminal and process ID. -N Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default, which is the kernel image the system has booted from. -O Add the information associated with the space or comma separated list of keywords specified, after the process ID, in the default information display. Keywords may be appended with an equals ('=') sign and a string. This causes the printed header to use the specified string instead of the standard header. -o Display information associated with the space or comma separated list of keywords specified. The last keyword in the list may be appended with an equals ('=') sign and a string that spans the rest of the argument, and can contain space and comma characters. This causes the printed header to use the specified string instead of the standard header. Multiple keywords may also be given in the form of more than one -o option. So the header texts for multiple keywords can be changed. If all keywords have empty header texts, no header line is written. -p Display information about processes which match the specified process IDs. -r Sort by current CPU usage, instead of the combination of controlling terminal and process ID. -S Change the way the process times, namely cputime, systime, and usertime, are calculated by summing all exited children to their par- ent process. -T Display information about processes attached to the device associated with the standard input. -t Display information about processes attached to the specified terminal devices. Full pathnames, as well as abbreviations (see expla- nation of the tt keyword) can be specified. -U Display the processes belonging to the specified usernames. -u Display information associated with the following keywords: user, pid, %cpu, %mem, vsz, rss, tt, state, start, time, and command. The -u option implies the -r option. -v Display information associated with the following keywords: pid, state, time, sl, re, pagein, vsz, rss, lim, tsiz, %cpu, %mem, and command. The -v option implies the -m option. -w Use 132 columns to display information, instead of the default which is your window size. If the -w option is specified more than once, ps will use as many columns as necessary without regard for your window size. Note that this option has no effect if the ``command'' column is not the last column displayed. -X When displaying processes matched by other options, skip any processes which do not have a controlling terminal. This is the default behaviour. -x When displaying processes matched by other options, include processes which do not have a controlling terminal. This is the opposite of the -X option. If both -X and -x are specified in the same command, then ps will use the one which was specified last. -Z Add mac(4) label to the list of keywords for which ps will display information. A complete list of the available keywords are listed below. Some of these keywords are further specified as follows: %cpu The CPU utilization of the process; this is a decaying average over up to a minute of previous (real) time. Since the time base over which this is computed varies (since processes may be very young) it is possible for the sum of all %cpu fields to exceed 100%. %mem The percentage of real memory used by this process. class Login class associated with the process. flags The flags associated with the process as in the include file <sys/proc.h>: P_ADVLOCK 0x00001 Process may hold a POSIX advisory lock P_CONTROLT 0x00002 Has a controlling terminal P_KTHREAD 0x00004 Kernel thread P_FOLLOWFORK 0x00008 Attach debugger to new children P_PPWAIT 0x00010 Parent is waiting for child to exec/exit P_PROFIL 0x00020 Has started profiling P_STOPPROF 0x00040 Has thread in requesting to stop prof P_HADTHREADS 0x00080 Has had threads (no cleanup shortcuts) P_SUGID 0x00100 Had set id privileges since last exec P_SYSTEM 0x00200 System proc: no sigs, stats or swapping P_SINGLE_EXIT 0x00400 Threads suspending should exit, not wait P_TRACED 0x00800 Debugged process being traced P_WAITED 0x01000 Someone is waiting for us P_WEXIT 0x02000 Working on exiting P_EXEC 0x04000 Process called exec P_WKILLED 0x08000 Killed, shall go to kernel/user boundary ASAP P_CONTINUED 0x10000 Proc has continued from a stopped state P_STOPPED_SIG 0x20000 Stopped due to SIGSTOP/SIGTSTP P_STOPPED_TRACE 0x40000 Stopped because of tracing P_STOPPED_SINGLE 0x80000 Only one thread can continue P_PROTECTED 0x100000 Do not kill on memory overcommit P_SIGEVENT 0x200000 Process pending signals changed P_SINGLE_BOUNDARY 0x400000 Threads should suspend at user boundary P_HWPMC 0x800000 Process is using HWPMCs P_JAILED 0x1000000 Process is in jail P_TOTAL_STOP 0x2000000 Stopped for system suspend P_INEXEC 0x4000000 Process is in execve() P_STATCHILD 0x8000000 Child process stopped or exited P_INMEM 0x10000000 Loaded into memory P_SWAPPINGOUT 0x20000000 Process is being swapped out P_SWAPPINGIN 0x40000000 Process is being swapped in P_PPTRACE 0x80000000 Vforked child issued ptrace(PT_TRACEME) flags2 The flags kept in p_flag2 associated with the process as in the include file <sys/proc.h>: P2_INHERIT_PROTECTED 0x00000001 New children get P_PROTECTED label The MAC label of the process. lim The soft limit on memory used, specified via a call to setrlimit(2). lstart The exact time the command started, using the '%c' format described in strftime(3). lockname The name of the lock that the process is currently blocked on. If the name is invalid or unknown, then ``???'' is displayed. logname The login name associated with the session the process is in (see getlogin(2)). mwchan The event name if the process is blocked normally, or the lock name if the process is blocked on a lock. See the wchan and lock- name keywords for details. nice The process scheduling increment (see setpriority(2)). rss the real memory (resident set) size of the process (in 1024 byte units). start The time the command started. If the command started less than 24 hours ago, the start time is displayed using the ``%l:ps.1p'' format described in strftime(3). If the command started less than 7 days ago, the start time is displayed using the ``%a6.15p'' format. Otherwise, the start time is displayed using the ``%e%b%y'' format. state The state is given by a sequence of characters, for example, ``RWNA''. The first character indicates the run state of the process: D Marks a process in disk (or other short term, uninterruptible) wait. I Marks a process that is idle (sleeping for longer than about 20 seconds). L Marks a process that is waiting to acquire a lock. R Marks a runnable process. S Marks a process that is sleeping for less than about 20 seconds. T Marks a stopped process. W Marks an idle interrupt thread. Z Marks a dead process (a ``zombie''). Additional characters after these, if any, indicate additional state information: + The process is in the foreground process group of its control terminal. < The process has raised CPU scheduling priority. E The process is trying to exit. J Marks a process which is in jail(2). The hostname of the prison can be found in /proc/<pid>/status. L The process has pages locked in core (for example, for raw I/O). N The process has reduced CPU scheduling priority (see setpriority(2)). s The process is a session leader. V The process' parent is suspended during a vfork(2), waiting for the process to exec or exit. W The process is swapped out. X The process is being traced or debugged. tt An abbreviation for the pathname of the controlling terminal, if any. The abbreviation consists of the three letters following /dev/tty, or, for pseudo-terminals, the corresponding entry in /dev/pts. This is followed by a '-' if the process can no longer reach that controlling terminal (i.e., it has been revoked). A '-' without a preceding two letter abbreviation or pseudo-terminal device number indicates a process which never had a controlling terminal. The full pathname of the controlling terminal is avail- able via the tty keyword. wchan The event (an address in the system) on which a process waits. When printed numerically, the initial part of the address is trimmed off and the result is printed in hex, for example, 0x80324000 prints as 324000. When printing using the command keyword, a process that has exited and has a parent that has not yet waited for the process (in other words, a zombie) is listed as ``<defunct>'', and a process which is blocked while trying to exit is listed as ``<exiting>''. If the arguments can- not be located (usually because it has not been set, as is the case of system processes and/or kernel threads) the command name is printed within square brackets. The ps utility first tries to obtain the arguments cached by the kernel (if they were shorter than the value of the kern.ps_arg_cache_limit sysctl). The process can change the arguments shown with setproctitle(3). Otherwise, ps makes an educated guess as to the file name and arguments given when the process was created by examining memory or the swap area. The method is inherently somewhat unreliable and in any event a process is entitled to destroy this information. The ucomm (accounting) keyword can, however, be depended on. If the arguments are unavailable or do not agree with the ucomm keyword, the value for the ucomm keyword is appended to the arguments in parentheses. KEYWORDS
The following is a complete list of the available keywords and their meanings. Several of them have aliases (keywords which are synonyms). %cpu percentage CPU usage (alias pcpu) %mem percentage memory usage (alias pmem) acflag accounting flag (alias acflg) args command and arguments class login class comm command command command and arguments cow number of copy-on-write faults cpu short-term CPU usage factor (for scheduling) dsiz data size (in Kbytes) emul system-call emulation environment etime elapsed running time, format [days-][hours:]minutes:seconds. etimes elapsed running time, in decimal integer seconds fib default FIB number, see setfib(1) flags the process flags, in hexadecimal (alias f) flags2 the additional set of process flags, in hexadecimal (alias f2) gid effective group ID (alias egid) group group name (from egid) (alias egroup) inblk total blocks read (alias inblock) jid jail ID jobc job control count ktrace tracing flags label MAC label lim memoryuse limit lockname lock currently blocked on (as a symbolic name) logname login name of user who started the session lstart time started lwp process thread-id majflt total page faults minflt total page reclaims msgrcv total messages received (reads from pipes/sockets) msgsnd total messages sent (writes on pipes/sockets) mwchan wait channel or lock currently blocked on nice nice value (alias ni) nivcsw total involuntary context switches nlwp number of threads tied to a process nsigs total signals taken (alias nsignals) nswap total swaps in/out nvcsw total voluntary context switches nwchan wait channel (as an address) oublk total blocks written (alias oublock) paddr process pointer pagein pageins (same as majflt) pgid process group number pid process ID ppid parent process ID pri scheduling priority re core residency time (in seconds; 127 = infinity) rgid real group ID rgroup group name (from rgid) rss resident set size rtprio realtime priority (101 = not a realtime process) ruid real user ID ruser user name (from ruid) sid session ID sig pending signals (alias pending) sigcatch caught signals (alias caught) sigignore ignored signals (alias ignored) sigmask blocked signals (alias blocked) sl sleep time (in seconds; 127 = infinity) ssiz stack size (in Kbytes) start time started state symbolic process state (alias stat) svgid saved gid from a setgid executable svuid saved UID from a setuid executable systime accumulated system CPU time tdaddr thread address tdev control terminal device number time accumulated CPU time, user + system (alias cputime) tpgid control terminal process group ID tracer tracer process ID tsid control terminal session ID tsiz text size (in Kbytes) tt control terminal name (two letter abbreviation) tty full name of control terminal ucomm name to be used for accounting uid effective user ID (alias euid) upr scheduling priority on return from system call (alias usrpri) uprocp process pointer user user name (from UID) usertime accumulated user CPU time vsz virtual size in Kbytes (alias vsize) wchan wait channel (as a symbolic name) xstat exit or stop status (valid only for stopped or zombie process) Note that the pending column displays bitmask of signals pending in the process queue when -H option is not specified, otherwise the per- thread queue of pending signals is shown. ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of ps: COLUMNS If set, specifies the user's preferred output width in column positions. By default, ps attempts to automatically determine the terminal width. FILES
/boot/kernel/kernel default system namelist EXAMPLES
Display information on all system processes: $ ps -auxw SEE ALSO
kill(1), pgrep(1), pkill(1), procstat(1), w(1), kvm(3), strftime(3), mac(4), procfs(5), pstat(8), sysctl(8), mutex(9) STANDARDS
For historical reasons, the ps utility under FreeBSD supports a different set of options from what is described by IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2''), and what is supported on non-BSD operating systems. HISTORY
The ps command appeared in Version 4 AT&T UNIX. BUGS
Since ps cannot run faster than the system and is run as any other scheduled process, the information it displays can never be exact. The ps utility does not correctly display argument lists containing multibyte characters. BSD
December 9, 2014 BSD


text:
Welcome Salem Firefighters!
You must either be a current member or retiree of IAFF Local 314 (in good standing) in order to register with this site. Once you submit the form your registration will be verified and your account will be activated upon successful verification.
Expect up to 24-48 hours for your account to become active.


text:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Israel Keyes, in jail for the killing of an Alaska barista, gradually began confessing to investigators that he had killed others: a couple in Vermont, four people in Washington state, someone in New York.
But he was slow to come forward with details, warning investigators he would stop talking if his name was released publicly.
"He was very, very, very sensitive to his reputation, as odd at that sounds," Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew said. "We had to keep things extra quiet in order to keep him talking with us."
Keyes committed suicide in an Alaska jailhouse Sunday, leaving behind an incomplete picture of a loner who traveled the country for more than a decade, picking victims at random and methodically killing them. Officials believe there are more victims in other states, but they may never know who they are.
Authorities wouldn't say how Keyes killed himself, only that he was alone in his cell. They also did not say whether he left a note.
"We're going to continue to run down leads and continue our efforts to identify his victims so we can bring some closure to the families," said Mary Rook, the FBI supervisor in Alaska.
While under arrest in connection with the disappearance of 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig, Keyes confessed to the deaths of Bill and Lorraine Currier, of Essex, Vt., who disappeared in June 2011, authorities said. Keyes confessed to other killings without identifying the victims or saying where their remains were located.
The FBI said Monday that Keyes is believed to have committed multiple kidnappings and murders across the country between 2001 and his arrest in March, often flying to an airport, then driving hundreds of miles before targeting victims.
In interviews with investigators, Keyes detailed extensive planning, including burying caches of weapons at various points across the United States. The FBI says it recovered weapons and items used to dispose of bodies from hiding places just north of Anchorage and Blakes Falls Reservoir in New York.
Keyes told investigators he scoped out potential victims at remote locations including campgrounds and cemeteries. He said few of his earlier cases received media attention until the Currier case, telling investigators that one victim had been found but incorrectly labeled as accidental. The FBI says it does not have a name or location in this case.
Keyes also told authorities he robbed several banks to pay for his travel, using money he made as a general contractor as well.
"There's no indication that he was lying," FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez said, adding that Keyes' DNA has been put in an FBI database available for other law enforcement agencies to use in their own investigations.
Also on Monday, officials at a news conference in Vermont said Keyes described details of the Curriers killings that had not been released publicly.
Authorities said Keyes flew from Alaska to Chicago, then drove to Vermont and picked the Curriers, a couple in their 50s.
He broke into their home and, in their bedroom, Keyes told police, he bound them with zip ties, forced them into their car and drove them to an abandoned house, where he shot Bill Currier with a gun he brought from Alaska, and then sexually assaulted and strangled Lorraine Currier.
Keyes told investigators he chose the Curriers' home because it had an attached garage, no evidence of children or a dog, and the style of the house clued him in to the probable location of the master bedroom.
Keyes previously lived in Washington state before moving to Alaska in 2007 to start a construction business. He also owned property in upstate New York, near the Canadian border.
Ayn Dietrich, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Seattle, said agents are reviewing unsolved murders across the state to determine whether Keyes might have been responsible.
The FBI has consulted with behavior specialists to develop insight into Keyes' personality.
Their analysis is incomplete, but they know he was a loner who didn't have a clear pattern in selecting victims, who varied in gender and age.
Keyes told investigators that he was "two different people."
"The only person who knows about what I'm telling you, the kind of things I'm telling you, is me," he said, according to a March 30 police recording released by the FBI Monday.
Authorities described Keyes as methodical, in the Currier case taking days to find the perfect victim. He was also thorough in disposing of victims' bodies. Only Koenig's body has been recovered.
The FBI contends Keyes killed Koenig less than a day after she was kidnapped. Her body was recovered April 2 from an ice-covered lake north of Anchorage. Her disappearance gripped the city for weeks.
A surveillance camera showed an apparently armed man in a hooded sweat shirt leading her away from the coffee stand. Koenig's friends and relatives set up a reward fund and plastered the city with fliers.
Prosecutors said Keyes stole the debit card from a vehicle she shared that was parked near her home, obtained the personal identification number and scratched the number into the card.
After killing Koenig, Keyes used her phone to send text messages to conceal the abduction. He flew to Texas and returned Feb. 17 to Anchorage, where he sent another text message demanding ransom and directing it to the account connected to the stolen debit card, according to prosecutors.
Keyes made withdrawals from automated teller machines in Alaska, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas before his arrest in Texas, according to prosecutors. He was charged with kidnapping resulting in Koenig's death. Keyes could have faced the death penalty in her case.
Koenig's family said there was no apparent previous connection between the teenager and Keyes. Reached by phone Sunday, Koenig's father, James Koenig, declined to comment on Keyes' death.
Marilyn Chates, Bill Currier's mother, said police contacted her some time ago to tell her about Keyes' confession and to tell her that they believed the couple's killing was random. Authorities called Chates on Sunday to tell her of Keyes' suicide.
"After some thinking, our family has been saved the long road ahead – trials, possible plea agreements and possible appeals – and perhaps this was the best thing that could have happened," she said.


text:
Captain Jeff and Drew "The Real Guy" head offshore to catch the afternoon Wicked Tuna session. Small Tuna. Trolled Ballyhoo
Swordfish On The Zinndog – Lunkerdog
4.42K Views0 Comments0 Likes
Captain Jeff getting some guys on a Swordfish on the Zinndog a 46 foot custom build Wesmac. INSTAGRAM
Are You Ready For Happy Bait
4.34K Views0 Comments0 Likes
Bait is Coming! SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/bdsmobile
Lunkerdog speaks to the SAIL Fishing Club
3.11K Views0 Comments0 Likes
The SAIL Fishing Club invited Captain Jeff to speak at one of their meeting, the following video is a recording


text:
FRESNO (AP) — Federal officials lent a hand to California's drought crisis Tuesday, announcing that $20 million in aid focused on water conservation will be available to California farmers and ranchers who are the hardest hit.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters in a teleconference from Washington, D.C., that this will be the first in a number of announcements to be made regarding drought relief, including one expected Thursday aimed at forestry assistance.
The first round of money, to be given in grants under the Natural Resources Conservation Services Environmental Quality Incentives Program, will be directed at improving irrigation methods, heading off erosion of unplanted fields and creating better ways to water livestock, Vilsack said.
He was joined by phone by California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross and Rep. Jim Costa, a Fresno Democrat and third-generation farmer. "What we're really talking about right now is a lifeline," Costa said.
California is going through its third-straight dry year. Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a drought emergency, and state officials announced last week that they would not be sending water to California's agricultural customers. U.S. officials are expected in late February to announce that they will allot only a fraction of the federally controlled water that farmers want, if any.
The drought has fanned the flames of long-standing water battles between Republican and Democrat lawmakers, but Costa said this is no time to talk in "tired old" sound bites. "At the end of the day, they don't provide one more drop of water," he said.
Farmers and ranchers can apply by March 3 for the federal money. Priority will be given to farmers whose water allocations have been cut by at least 85 percent.
Feds announce $20M for California farmers


text: Buy genuine OEM and aftermarket Dixie Chopper deck parts for lawn mowers, stand-on mowers, riding mowers, zero-turn mowers, and walk-behind mowers. Get fast shipping and low prices from Power Mower Sales! Can't see the specific part you're looking for? Try searching with a part number or model number using our interactive parts lookup.If you have any questions regarding your model or a specific parts, please call our sales team at 1-800-704-4241.


text:
Please select all the ways you would like to hear from Scarab Miniatures Ltd:
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. For information about our privacy practices, please visit our website.
We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here.
No products in the basket.
Uhlans with lances, 2 models per pack randomly selected from those illustrated by the manufacturer
Out of stock
Username or email address *
Password *
Remember me Log in
Lost your password?
Email address *
A link to set a new password will be sent to your email address.
Subscribe to our newsletter
Please select all the ways you would like to hear from us
Your personal data will be used to support your experience throughout this website, to manage access to your account, and for other purposes described in our privacy policy.


text:
We offer a Free quote and UK design service, get in touch today.
If you're looking for the best party photo booth in Aldeburgh IP15 5 our team can offer you the very best quality booths to make parties fantastic. Our premium party photobooths are available at competitive prices.
You might not believe the price when you see how good the quality of our booths is. The party picture booth that we can provide is available with a number of different features to meet your individual needs and requirements.
To learn more about hiring party photo booths https://www.best-photo-booth-hire.co.uk/suffolk/aldeburgh/, please use our contact form by filling in your details. A member of our team will get back to you at the earliest opportunity with expert advice, details on costs and features included.
Photo booth hire for parties is becoming increasingly popular across the UK. More and more people are hiring photobooths for birthdays, corporate events and more. Our photo booths are of the very best quality and are available at reasonable rates.
The booths will allow your party to become an even bigger success, as people shall be able to have fun and create memories that will last forever along with a keepsake.
The photos that come out of our picture booths look fantastic and we can also offer props and special effects to meet your individual needs and requirements.
Photo booth rental can be expensive in some cases, however we offer great prices so you don't need to worry about the costs. We may not be the cheapest party picture booth hiring company in Aldeburgh IP15 5 but we certainly offer the best products and services for great value for money.
You will definitely be getting more for your money when choosing to hire one of these picture booths.
Our local team of experts will provide the booths to you at the appropriate time. The staff nearby you are extremely punctual and will be there to assist you when needed. We work in areas closest to you as well as surrounding areas.
If you're interested to find out more about our staff or you would like to know about the costs involved when hiring these top quality photo booths, please complete the contact box presented on the right hand side of this page.
A number of people decide to use photo booths for events. These include a number of different occasions like weddings (https://www.best-photo-booth-hire.co.uk/wedding/suffolk/aldeburgh/), birthdays, anniversaries, corporate events and more.
Photo booths for events like these are a great way to entertain your guests when you are getting around to speak to everyone and organising other parts of the party.
The best photobooth hire companies in Aldeburgh IP15 5 will have various options when it comes to features and props. If you'd like to discuss these options with us, please complete the contact form provided.
A member of our team shall be able to offer you more information once we receive your enquiry. We would be happy to answer any questions or queries you have got on the features and the prices involved, so please do not hesitate to contact our team today for more details on the photo booths for parties.
So, what is an event photo booth? An event-photobooth is basically a fun picture booth with various features and backdrops included that are hired for fun events like birthdays and anniversaries. They are also becoming more popular at corporate events.
Our team offer props to make the experience even more fun for your guests, which is something that is included within the price.
A member of our team will help your guests use the picture booth and will be there in case of any problems. This is also all included within the price. So, why choose our team? There are a number of photobooth hiring companies out there, but our business is definitely the best by far. Why?
We offer top quality services and we only make use of premium products and the latest technology. We also have reasonable prices that offer great value for money.
Although there may be cheaper businesses out there, we will not be beaten on a project that is like for like. These other companies may not have the same quality picture booths as us and they may not have as much experience.
These are just a couple of things that should be thought about before hiring your event photobooth. If you'd like to discuss our company in more detail or you have some questions with regards to the photobooths available, please make certain to fill in our enquiry form with your details and query now and we'll contact you to discuss the booths and our business in more detail.
Why not get involved in party photobooth hire? This can completely transform you party or event and create a fun and enjoyable activity for your guests to take part in. We have hired out photobooths for a great number of years and we aim to make our clients happy, so please let us know if you've got any questions or requests, as we may be able to fulfil all of your needs.
If you are interested to know about prices https://www.best-photo-booth-hire.co.uk/prices/suffolk/aldeburgh/, please make sure to get in touch right away and we'll offer you a quotation and details on the prices involved. Getting in touch is simple by filling in our contact box and waiting for a reply.
We won't take too long with the reply! We aim to get through all our enquiries as soon as possible, so sit tight and wait for our reply.
For more information or to buy this photo booth click here
For more information or to buy this photo booth click here
We hope you have found this page helpful. If you're ready to place an order and hire one of our fantastic photobooths, please make certain to enquire now.
Our team will help you every step of the way to make sure your party is filled with fun through these photobooths.
Additionally, if you would like more information on the rental of a party photo booth in Aldeburgh IP15 5 our experts can offer you the best prices.
Simply fill in the contact form provided, and we will get back to you at the earliest opportunity.


text:
Hello everyone,
My name is Noah and I have been a fan of Iain for a couple years and following the site for about a year but never bothered to introduce myself on the old forum or the new one because I tend to be a lurker.
I just turned 24 years old and I have been training in karate since 2006, first in Shuri-Ryu in central Illinois, as well as judo. I was at the dojo about 14 hours every week and practicing at home (and at work :P) constantly during that time--I was completely addicted. In 2008 I moved to Arizona and continued training judo two hours at a time, two nights a week, but had to practice karate on my own because there wasn't a dojo I could train at that worked with my location and schedule. In 2010 I moved to a slightly different location in Arizona and my work schedule changed, which is when I found a great Shorin-Ryu dojo and have been there ever since. I am only at the dojo about 8-9 hours a week, now, and I find that I mostly run through kata sequences (not as many haard workouts as I used to do) and do research while I am at home to ask questions about or practice in the dojo.
I first learned "block-punch-kick karate" as far as bunkai goes, with the occasional joint lock or throw included every now and then. It honestly wasn't until I started training judo more and had to do my own karate training that I started realizing how much more there might be, and it wasn't until I started training at my current Shorin-Ryu dojo that I really started learning more of what bunkai was and could be. I am a martial arts nerd, through-and-through, and love studying different ways of applying techniques and concepts, as well as working with people from other styles to see what I can use from that to improve my karate. My current dojo is open to cross-training and integrating techniques and concepts from other styles, so it's a great learning and sharing environment for martial arts and I really like bringing up things I've seen from Iain or seen discussed on line to see what we can make of them. If anybody wants to stop by the dojo, just shoot me a message!


text:
NEW YORK – Walmart Stores Inc.'s CEO Mike Duke found out in 2005 that the retailer's Mexico unit was handing out bribes to local officials, according to emails obtained by lawmakers.
The lawmakers say the emails contradict earlier claims by Walmart that executives weren't aware of bribes being made by the company.
Democratic Congressmen Elijah E. Cummings and Henry A. Waxman, who are investigating bribery charges at Walmart's Mexico division, on Thursday released emails that indicate that Duke and other senior Walmart officials were informed multiple times starting in 2005 about bribes being made in the country. U.S. law forbids American companies from bribing foreign officials.
The lawmakers shared the emails, which they say they got from a confidential source, with Walmart on Wednesday, and sent a letter to Duke asking for a meeting to discuss them.
"It would be a serious matter if the CEO of one of our nation's largest companies failed to address allegations of a bribery scheme," according to the letter written by Waxman and Cummings to Duke.
Brooke Buchanan, a Walmart spokeswoman, said on Thursday that the letter that Waxman and Cummings wrote to Duke "leaves the wrong impression that our public statements are contradicted by the information they released today."
Allegations first surfaced in April that Walmart failed to notify law enforcement that company officials authorized millions of dollars in bribes in Mexico to speed up getting building permits and gain other favors. Walmart has been working with government officials in the U.S. and Mexico on that investigation.
The company has been conducting an internal investigation into the matter. And last November, the retailer said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it was looking into potential U.S. bribery law violations in Brazil, China and India.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Walmart said that it has been providing information to the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the documents that were released by lawmakers on Thursday. The world's largest retailer also said that it is exploring other ways to make additional information available.
"We are committed to having a strong and effective global anti-corruption program everywhere we operate and taking appropriate action for any instance of non-compliance," said Buchanan.
The bribery allegations were first reported by the New York Times. Last month, the paper published another story focusing on how Walmart's Mexico division offered large payoffs to get things that the law prohibited.
The story focused on how Walmart paid $52,000 to secure approval to build its store in Teotihuacan on the site of ancient ruins. Although local zoning would have prohibited Walmart from building its store, the Times reported that the company allegedly bribed local officials to have that map redrawn.
In the Times article, Walmart spokesman Dave Tovar denied that executives in the U.S. knew anything about the alleged corruption involving construction of the store in Teotihuacan. Buchanan, the Walmart spokeswoman, said Tovar's comment in the Times article was focused on events in 2004.
The emails released Thursday include an email from November 2005 from Maritza Munich, then general counsel of Walmart International, to Duke and other senior Walmart executives. The email informed them of charges related to bribes paid to obtain permits for a store in Mexico.
The email contained a forwarded summary of an interview with Sergio Cicero Zapata, the former in-house counsel for Walmart de Mexico who oversaw obtaining building through permits throughout Mexico.
The lawmakers also made public another email that Walmart General Counsel Thomas Mars sent on Oct. 15, 2005 to Duke and Tom Hyde, the executive vice president of Walmart. That email referenced to bribes paid to obtain permits for the Teotihuacan site.
"You'll want to read this. I'm available to discuss next steps," Mars wrote in the email.


text:
7" Waist Reduction Overbust Waist Training Corsets
Overbust Waist Training Corsets are a great option for if you want to give your entire upper body that real hourglass shape. Our beautiful range of Overbust Waist Training Corsets can dramatically reduce the size of your waist whilst redistributing your figure into all the right places. Being of an overbust design, these Waist Training Corsets will give not only your waist, but also your bust, amazing support and shape.
These are all made with four layers of reinforced cloth, reinforced seams, strong waist tape and 24 high quality, high density steel bones.
There are no products matching the selection.