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Butter, sugar, chocolate, nuts. The ingredients that go into making English toffee are simple, yet the process used to create the irresistible treat can yield unique textures and tastes. The quality of the ingredients can also switch things up.
Betsy Thagard, owner of B. toffee in Newport Beach, knew she had created an extraordinary English toffee 15 years ago when she started making it for holiday gifts. Family and friends who received the toffee showed up with empty containers and bowls.
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"I took different (English toffee) recipes and changed them and tweaked them," she said when I visited her home to get some ideas for making holiday treats with chopped toffee.
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Thagard's husband and two children have been big supporters, too. But the night she did an in-store toffee tasting at Promelis (now closed) in Newport Beach, not long after she opened her business, she knew that strangers would become loyal devotees.
"Every person in the market who tasted it bought it," she said. "But one soft-spoken gentleman came over to me and told me that he had worked for Almond Roca for years and years. He said that I was going to give them (Almond Roca) a run for their money."
Growing at a steady pace since she founded her company in late 2009, the business involves personalized packaging for corporate accounts or work with event planners for weddings and parties, Thagard said.
One event planner told her the B. toffee favors had been so popular at a charity event that while some attendees were on the dance floor, seated guests stole handfuls of toffee from the absentees' cellophane bags.
Candy larceny. But there was no need for thievery on my visit to her Newport Beach home. Thagard showed me how to make holiday treats using itty-bitty pieces of her toffee. She called them "B. Bits" and says you can use other brands of chopped toffee if you wish. In her opinion, it just won't be as good.
Another lovely laugh and we launched into toffee-spiked dessert martinis and pretzels, cookies and brownies.
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These groups specifically cater to 3D artists.
While relatively new on the scene, this is a great group for 3D modelers to practice from. The group contains model sheets and concept art which is all available under some sort of free use license. Some amazing 2D concept artists have submitted work which means there's lots of potential for 3D modelers to get some amazing work done. The gallery is sorted by model sheet type, with sub folders sorted by permissions.
Here you can find some of the most prominent 3D artwork on DeviantArt and the web. If you're looking for inspiration, this is the place to go, hosting the best of the best. Their gallery is split into different types of models, and they even have some great tutorials.
Another small group, but a good one. This groups contains tutorials and resources for various 3D apps. It also has a bunch of free models, resources and model sheets you can use.
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These groups offer tutorials across multiple mediums and applications. While you may wonder why these would be useful to 3D artists, most 3D artists have to be proficient over a variety of artistic mediums. The more ways you know how to express your creativity, the better an artist you will be.
This group has a lot of tutorials and even some resources. While it has a 3D section, don't head straight on over. Traditional art skills are important for any 3D artist and this group has a lot of tutorials for that too. Their gallery is split by purpose, spread over a wide range of artforms.
This one's quite similar to the above, with tutorials spread among various artforms and techniques. Again there's a 3D folder here, but there's some really great stuff other than 3D to take a look at. The gallery is spread into artforms, with some extra galleries for specific types of resources.
These groups focus on stock images. Stock is really useful for reference, background and even some texturing.
This group has been around for a bit, and it's a bit of a pity it never quite kicked off the ground. It's a group for any and all creative commons work which can be submitted to the group. While not very prominent at the moment, watch this space, hopefully we'll see some explosive growth
This is quite an interesting group, the idea behind it is to have clean stock with either transparent backgrounds, layers etc which allow easy use. If you want some clean images for your work, this is a great place to try. Their gallery is sorted by content type.
This is a really interesting stock group. The idea here is that the stock is sorted into packs and you can download themed packs to use. There's some unpackaged stuff and a number of their packs have been given Daily deviations. Their gallery is a little difficult to navigate, as it's sorted by packs and Daily Deviations as opposed to content.
This group features a variety of stock and resources, including photos, brushes, patterns, tutorials etc. They run weekly contests to create art using stock from the group. While this group doesn't have a huge member base, it does have a large group of watchers and is relatively up to date. All the stock is organized by resource type, which can make it a little difficult to browse if you're after a particular theme.
This is a big group, with super status which they fully take advantage of to help sort their artwork into subcategories. The group has a lot of pose and character references and interesting props and scenery to work from. Their gallery is split into material subject with subfolders which allow for more specific groupings.
Pose Reference
Pose references are really useful for animators and even those looking for a realistic pose for their models. These groups offer pose and anatomy reference images.
This group is very specific with their content, being just for figure poses. This makes it really easy to browse through and find something appropriate. The gallery is sorted by gender, grouping and body parts which makes it an excellent resource for 3D character modelers.
This may seem a strange addition to the list, as this group features stock of horses, horses and nothing but horses (well almost, they do zebras, mules and other equine animals). This is a fantastic resource for quadruped anatomy, featuring different body part closeups, age comparisons, movement guides and a lot of other fantastic information. Quadrupeds share a similar shape which makes this a good resource for many animals, not just horses. This group's gallery is sorted by action, body part, equine type and age, making it very easy to find things.
Feedback and Critique
While there is no group as of yet for critique on 3D specifically, these are a few groups which will give you general critique. This can be just as if not more useful than critique from other 3D artists, as you can discover problems with composition, form, color and a variety of other general artistic principles here.
This is a great group for getting focused critique. You can request critique on different aspects of your artwork, and even ask for red-lining (where someone draws over your artwork to show you what to fix). The gallery is really well sectioned off into critique focuses, so that submissions can be made based on what critique focus is requested.
Slightly less organized, this group allows you to submit deviations and ask for specific critiques. There's one big lump folder to submit your deviation to for critiquing and the submission rules are a bit long, but it's a sizable group which should offer some helpful advice.
This group has a nifty tutorial on how to request and write critiques without having a subscription on DeviantArt. While a small group, every little bit of advice helps and it's always good to get as much feedback as possible. The gallery is one bulk folder with everything in it.
Application Dependent Resources
While these resources are not specifically for 3D, they can be immensely useful when texturing. Brushes, patterns and actions can make your life much easier and your workflow faster when you are trying to finish 3D models and make them look realistic.
For those of you that use Photoshop, this is a great resource. You can find a multitude of stuff in here, from brushes, to styles, templates to brushes, and everything's neatly organised by type of resource.
This is a small group but has the benefit of only supplying vector graphics....well sort of. There's a lot of non-vector stuff on here, but everything's a resource and quite useful and it bears taking a look at. The downside is that everything's heaped into one main gallery which makes it a bit hard to browse.
This group has a huge collection of brushes, for various apps, including Photoshop, The Gimp, PaintShop, and Corel Painter all organized by the application they have been created for.
This group also does brushes, but only for PaintShop Pro and Photoshop. Despite the name, there's also a few other resource packs and things in there, but unfortunately the gallery is organized by resource type, so you have to fish through to make sure you have the resource for the appropriate application.
Textures are really important for any great 3D render and you can't always take photos of everything yourself. These texture resource groups can really help save time in finding appropriate textures
This group was recently founded, but is a fantastic resource. The group only deals in textures which are completely seamless which is great for 3D artists for texturing! Though it's still rather a small group, almost every deviation in the gallery is useful and everything's neatly organized by material type.
This group's for great texture resources. They're not all seamless but you will find a wide variety and lots of packs you can use. It's got a lot of great stuff in it that's well worth a look. Here everything's neatly organized into materials which makes finding things a snap!
This group has a number of great textures which can be put to a variety of uses. As the saying goes, he (or she) who dies with the most textures wins, so hopefully you'll find something here to add to your repertoire. As other texture groups, the gallery here is sorted into material types.
Other Resources
These groups offer a variety of resources, most sacrifice tidiness for diversity but they can be really useful when you're after something specific. You may even be able to ask in various groups and see if you can get hold of what you need.</i>
This group deals with resources of all kinds, including stock, brushes, textures, scripts, tutorials etc. Unfortunately, here you sacrifice organization for variety, and everything of the same resource type is lumped in together.
This group is a fantastic resources for those looking to do animation. Here you will find both stock music which can be used in your work and dozens of deviants who you can negotiate collaborations with. Good audio is at the heart of a good short film, and this group is really helpful! There's a folder for each type of submission (music, cover art etc) which may make it a little hard to find royalty free stuff, but at least it's all in one place!
Combining stock resources, tutorials, and application specific things, this is a big bumper group of resources! Everything in the gallery is neatly organized by subject which makes it a relatively hassle free process to find what you're after.
This is just one group, but it could potentially be a good one. Requests can be really helpful for 3D artists to collaborate with 2D artists and make great art!
This group is not huge, but you can make requests for artwork, so you can probably get some help with concept arts and model sheets here on request. While the gallery is not so relevant for browsing through, it gives you an idea of the work artists who complete requests are capable of, as the gallery is sorted per contributing artist.
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In his more than 40 years of teaching in the field of technology, Ron Downing has seen first-hand the impact the SkillsUSA organization can have on a student.
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Downing is a strong advocate for SkillsUSA. Now, he is also a lifetime member.
During a special ceremony in late June, Downing received SkillsUSA's highest honor, the National Honorary Life Membership. The honor goes to those technology professionals who have given "many years of dedicated service to the organization and the students" it serves.
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Downing's National Honorary Lifetime Membership comes just one year after he received an honorary lifetime membership into the Kansas SkillsUSA organization.
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Downing taught at Lamar (Mo.) Area Technical School for 24 years before joining the PSU Automotive Technology faculty in 1996. At Lamar, he advised the local SkillsUSA chapter. Downing's students won four gold, three silver and one bronze medal in the national automotive service technology competition between 1983 and 1996.
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For my (word-loving) Thesis Advisor I always ran the .tex-Files through htlatex (as suggested by chl and Stefan). The resulting HTML-file can then be opened with Word and saved in the desired .doc or .docx Format. Since you've mentioned that you're on Linux, you might not have Word anyways, then you can also send the HTML file to the person doing the revisions, with instructions on how to open a .html and save as revised .doc.
For not too complicated files (not including figures and delicate macros) I also had great results using the awesome pandoc.
And just as a snickering remark: In the long run, it might be good to learn your revisor some LaTeX skills, have some kind of revision system (SVN, Git, etc.) and work on the same repository (but that didn't work out for me either :)
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LaTeX, Word or OpenOffice?
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I've tried a number of them: latex2rtf, tex4ht, freepdf, AdobeExportPDF, and I used MS Word 2013 to convert from pdf to docx.
latex2rtf is only useful if you use standard math (no amsmath and similar package) and no tables. Basically, you are confined to converting a basic text document.
tex4ht does, in my experience, pretty much the same job as latex2rtf. As soon as you insert a little math and some tables, the result is hardly usable.
freepdf does the job well - but it only converts 2 pdf pages for free. The name is a little misleading.
AdobeExportPDF comes up with the best result but there is no free version.
MSWord2013 is not as polished as freepdf or Adobe's solution. Some tables will be converted to actual tables and others will be converted to png images. The same with equations - they are not converted to actual equations but to the closest symbols and sometimes to png images. Basically, all equations need to be rewritten in word.
After years of trying and frustration I gave up and got myself a yearly license for AdobeExportPDF - which is considerably cheaper compared to freepdf. I know, it's not directly out of latex but at some point that was not an issue for me any more. I simply needed something that does the job quickly and which minimizes my postprocessing. Which, btw., is needed in all of the solutions mentioned above.
Near acceptable quality conversions can be achieved by producing a "pdf" document via LaTeX and then using Adobe Professional Pro Extended (save as) to convert.
if it is not a secure document you can upload a pdf to freepdf and convert it online. It depends to your document if the result is useful or garbage.
If your document has not a complecated structure than you can also try to convert it with t4ht into html and then read it with word/OpenOffice and saving it as doc.
t4ht which is a synonym for
tex4ht and its home is
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I would like to resurrect this question. There are actually two separate questions here. First is there a good way to produce .doc file from LaTeX? The answer is probably yes if you work for Microsoft and you can see the source code for the rest of us no because it is binary locked format. The second question is if there is a good way to produce .docx files from LaTeX? Actually I think that correct answer should be yes with little bit work. Namely .docx is just a zipped archive. If you unzip it you will see bunch of XML files. One of them keeps the content the others are essentially style files. My understanding is that most publisher at this time keep permanent documents in XML format. Professional quality converter LaTeX to XML do exist. The real question is how to extract enough information from LaTeX document to populate Microsoft XML style files. If I would have to put my bet that code probably can be written if it is not already written.
GrindEq makes a wonderful job in many cases. It is a plug-in for MS Word and converts equations, figures, tables, etc.. The bad point is that it is paid, and not open source. Anyway, the evaluation version lets you execute 10 times, and so it requires registration.
Independently of the tool you perform the conversion, you can fix the non-satisfactory converted parts with TexSword. For example, I am happy with Latex2rtf + TexSword.


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Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Annual to shrub, generally glandular, aromatic
Stems generally branched above middle or throughout
Leaves generally cauline (some also basal and cauline), generally alternate, generally linear to (ob)lanceolate, entire to pinnately lobed, generally not spine-tipped; lower generally toothed to lobed; upper generally entire
Inflorescence: heads radiate, generally 1many in open cymes; involucre generally hemispheric; phyllaries generally linear to lanceolate, half-enclosing ray fruits; chaff scales generally in 1 ring between ray and disk flowers (scattered)
Ray flowers 3many; ligules generally 3-lobed, white to yellow
Disk flowers 3many, staminate or fruiting; corollas white to yellow, becoming red; anther tips ovate; style branches long, tips bristly
Fruit: ray achenes ± 3-angled; pappus 0; disk achenes cylindric or obconic, pappus 0 or scales generally linear to lanceolate
Species in genus: ± 25 species: CA, OR, w AZ, n Baja CA
Etymology: (Greek: half girdle, from sheathing phyllaries)
Reference: [Tanowitz 1982 Syst Bot 7:314339; Venkatesh 1958 Amer J Bot 45:7784]
Recent taxonomic note: *See revised taxonomy of Baldwin 1999 Novon 9:462471.
Annual 39 dm
Stems erect, bristly
Leaves generally deep green, generally bristly; lower 13 cm wide; upper generally glandular-puberulent
Inflorescence: heads subsessile to short-peduncled; involucre 57.5 mm
Ray flowers 813; ligule 58 mm, deep yellow
Disk flowers 1430, generally staminate; corollas yellow; anthers black
Fruit 2.53 mm, beaked; disk pappus scales 514, white
Chromosomes: 2n=24
Ecology: Common. Coastal foothills, valleys
Elevation: < 500 m.
Bioregional distribution: Central Coast, South Coast Ranges, n South Coast, n Channel Islands
Recent taxonomic note: *Deinandra increscens (D.D. Keck) B.G. Baldwin
Stems generally branched near base
Leaves gray-green, soft-hairy; lower 58.5 cm; upper glandular
Inflorescence: involucre 810 mm diam, densely soft-hairy, glandular
Ray flowers 13
Disk flowers 1831
Fruit: disk ovaries generally sterile
Chromosomes: 2n=24
Ecology: Coastal fields, bluffs
Elevation: < 50 m.
Bioregional distribution: n South Coast (w Santa Barbara Co.).Threatened by development
Recent taxonomic note: *Deinandra increscens (D.D. Keck) B.G. Baldwin subsp. villosa (Tanowitz) B.G. Baldwin


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Road Helmets
Road helmets generally feature lightweight aerodynamic designs which help reduce wind resistance and provide ventilation around the rider's head. When buying a road helmet, it is important to ensure that you select the correct size in order to ensure a comfortable, yet secure fit. To determine what size you'll need, simply measure the circumference of your head using a piece of string placed about 3 cm above your eyebrows.
A well-fitting helmet should be snug but not uncomfortable. Most cycling helmets will also feature a retention system (normally in the form of a dial adjuster) which allows you to fine tune your fit.
Mountain Bike Helmets
Mountain bike helmets can normally be distinguished by the presence of a front visor and additional protection around the rear of the head. It is important to buy a mountain bike helmet that is a snug fit as the last thing that you want is for your helmet to move around when you're flying down a steep descent.
You can determine your size by measuring the circumference of your head approximately 3 cm above your eyebrows. Finally, if you're going to be riding in warmer climates, look for a model that features generous ventilation vents to ensure maximum cooling airflow at low speeds (for when you're climbing).
Full Face Helmets
If you're serious about your downhill mountain biking or BMX racing, you'll definitely want to invest in a full face helmet. These type of helmets provide full protection around your head, including your face, which is essential when you're travelling at high speeds amongst immovable obstacles (such as trees) or getting horizontal around a tight berm on a BMX track.
Look for a model that is lightweight (around 700-800 grams) and well ventilated to ensure that you're as comfortable as possible when making your way to the top of the mountain.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Georgia College & State University men's golf team and head coach Jimmy Wilson maintained its position as the second-best squad in all of Division II, according to the most recent Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches Poll, released Wednesday. This week marks the second-straight that the Bobcats have been listed No. 2.
The Bobcats are tops among the four Peach Belt Conference (PBC) teams listed, with Lander University owning the only other top-10 spot at No. 7. Flagler College is tied for 16th, while USC Aiken slips three spots to No. 23.
Georgia College is behind only No. 1 Barry University, who picked up 13 of a potential 16 first-place votes. The Bobcats nabbed one of the extra three, as did No. 3 Chico State and No. 8 University of Central Missouri.
The Bobcats are back in action Monday, March 22 at Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee, hosting the Bobcat Invitational featuring 13 teams ranked in the GolfStat national top-30.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Scam of Indian student developing technology to store 450 GB of data on a sheet of paper
Mr. Sainul speaks up story here
Today I saw for the second time story coming up in Digg about this Indian student who developed and demonstrated a technology to store 450 GB of data on a sheet of paper. This story was first reported by Arab News and later other media outlets started quoting them.
This shows how technically illiterate the news reporters are.. The idea of storing something in paper is good, but trusting someone blindly when they say they are showing a movie from a piece of paper is absolutely naive.
For people who still believes such stories, please try to find answers for these fundamental questions.
- How did he make his paper disk?, though the reporter missed to ask this question directly, it seems he used some sort of printer (laser or inkjet). So if we take the best printer available and try to print a digital photo with such a high resolution so that its size is 450 GB, will you be able to print that with out loosing its resolution?
- Even if a printer is able print at that high resolution, the paper is made of fibre which has uneven surface, think about your CD or DVD being rough like paper, will the drives read it. When you want to store such a huge amount of data, even micron level of difference do matter a lot.
- Some people where suggesting by using different colours one can squeeze in more data, but what about error tolerance then? This guy is questioning the fundamental reason why digital / binary technology became popular, its because its either 0 or 1 , so its mostly fool proof, we could have used different voltages and instead of binary, use 0 1 2 3 4, but then it will not be fool proof.
- This guy is claiming he used circles and triangles to store data, so but even for triangle he has to use 3 co-ordinates , that itself utilized 3 bits, so how is he saving space?
- Barcode companies did their maximum when they tried to develop 2 D barcodes and the maximum they could get was around 2000 bytes of data!!
- These types of scams happen regularly in India, a guy claimed he got alien cells from rain, someone developed gasolene from leaves in started selling it in large quantities
Some people have requested me about how many bits is 450 GB, well lets see what Google says...
3 865 470 566 400 bits!!
So he printed these many dots in an A4 paper? even if printed just 1 in 100th of 3 865 470 566 400 ie 38 654 705 664 bits (ie compressing 100 bits to the space of one bit by using different colors and triangles and circles) with a 15 megapixel camera he will be able to detect only
21 037 500 000 bits!!
A4 paper = 8.5 X 11 inch
Using a 15 megapixel camera he can detect 8.5 x 15000 pixels on the breadth side and 11 x 15000 pixels on the length side so total will be 21 037 500 000
update 2: some people have noticed that the arab news article says 256 GB in a paper, and I was saying 450 GB, actually 450 GB came in the register.co.uk story that broke in digg day before yesterday
update 3: I am an Indian and there are many Indians who are brilliant and hardworking, the graduates from IIT are the best in the world!
update 4: I am going to patent this idea, instead of geometrical shapes, we are going to imprint the whole 26 letters and numbers 0-9 on paper, so I m saying it can hold 500 Terrabyte of data on a stamp size paper :) how is that?
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Pub Favorites Available At Home For Hungry Men
Men ages 18-34 are the primary consumers of frozen dinners -- the Hungry-Man brand in particular. Targeting this demographic, Mountain Lakes, N.J.-based Hungry-Man Frozen Dinners and Entrées, a Pinnacle Foods Group LLC company, introduces Hungry-Man Pub Favorites, pub-inspired meals for an on-the-go lifestyle.
The line, which includes three satisfying meal options, targets real food lovers who appreciate contemporary pub-style foods with deliciously bold flavors and sauces but may not have time to prepare a traditionally cooked meal. Each meal features a hardy protein matched with bold, alcohol-infused sauces and a range of signature sides.
Varieties include Chopped Beef Steak, featuring a brewhouse mushroom gravy, green beans with bacon and roasted potatoes; Beer Battered Chicken, which comes complete with extra cheesy cheese fries; and Grilled Bourbon Steak Strip, with creamy mashed potatoes and a vegetable medley.
Growth in alcohol-flavored food offers an opportunity for the food and drink industry, according to a study done by the European Centre for Monitoring Alcohol Marketing (EUCAM). Items inspired by drinks, especially famous brands; not only broaden the spectrum of options available to manufacturers but can also play a role in building consumer loyalty to the original alcohol brand.
"There's hungry and there's really hungry -- Hungry-Man is the only solution for both types of hunger," says senior brand manager Kristen Thompson. "Our meals provide hearty portions of the food men love. The new Pub Favorites line consists of unique meals you would find at your local pub, only you can enjoy them in the comfort and convenience of your own home."
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This instructable will teach you how I mod my Bolt yo-yo for an unresponsive style of play that you can't get from most stock yo-yos. The Bolt yo-yo, made by YoYoJam in Florida, plays great out of the package, but it's highly responsive. There's nothing wrong with this type of play; it's great for looping tricks and regenerations, and it's preferred by most beginners.
However, the tricks that have popped up over the last 3 years usually require a yo-yo that can handle a good deal of slack in the string without returning. That's why I mod my yo-yos to return with a "bind", an unresponsive technique I'll discuss later.
For this mod, you will need a yo-yo, a tube of Flowable Silicone Windshield & Glass Sealer, medium grit sandpaper, shims, a plastic tipped syringe and mineral spirits.
I use a Bolt yo-yo (available from this site) for this instructable, but this mod can be done on almost any YoYoJam model that uses o-rings for a response system.
Step 1: A note about "Binds"
Binding is the method used to get a unresponsive yo-yo to return by creating a "bind" with the string. J's glossary defines a bind as "Intentional insertion of extra string segments into the yo-yo gap (usually a wrap around the axle) in order to get an unresponsive yo-yo to return."
It's a really useful technique to know, even if you play with responsive yo-yos.
I highly recommend watching Houdini's "How To Bind 2" to better understand the bind technique.
(Note: I don't recommend "the basic bind" (also known as the lindy loop bind) at all. Instead, study the Backspin Bind and the "Dave" Bind in the video.)
No tips, would love to hear how the mod turns out though.
I remember Yo-Yo contests back in the 50's. I won a contest in Chicago at my school and was a Duncan Yo-Yo trick artist for 3 years. I had a Duncan Black Beauty Diamond, and one of the "new" Duncan Butterfly Black Diamonds. Wish I still had them, but to many moves over the years they just sort of disappeared...
It had a ceramic KK and silicone pro pads
It dominated every throw i ever owned, even my Yuuksta
I traded it for a Mini motu, the motu pretty much feels like a butterfly in comparison to my bolt
Good bye bolt, my favorite yoyo ever
If your doing it for industrial work or a car, bike, anything else along those lines, don't clean it, if its for a yoyo or other hobby, go for it.
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Warning! Close up photos of Insects - Look away if you don't like them!
Anyone who regularly passes by my blog will know that my youngest son has a passion for bugs, creepy crawlies and anything you can find out in the garden, so it didn't suprise me when he came running in with this yesterday...
See those lovely dirty fingers? Yes bug boy was back but with a snail this time! I rarely ever get my SLR camera out but with nothing better to do I took some more photo's in the garden.
Bug Boy feeding the snail, look at the beautiful colours of his little house!
And the snail going for a climb.
I have also bought some plants for the garden, this beautiful hydranga.
And these winter Cyclamen which had just been watered.
Finally, indoors I found these..
Not sure what it is, and neither did bug boy, but it obviously wanted a rest from being outside. I am going to enter this photo into the Macro Monday Challenge on Lisa's blog here. I only found this blog today and there are some stunning photos there. I also found this hairy fellow..
Which I was not so keen on, but he sat still for a photo and then did a little dance with his back legs so must have been a bit of a performer! I hope that you are enjoying the bank holiday weekend, leave a comment and let me know what you have been upto!
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Delaware museum to auction iconic painting
WILMINGTON, Del. -- The Delaware Art Museum will auction off one of its iconic Pre-Raphaelite paintings, "Isabella and the Pot of Basil," at Christie's in London next month, museum officials announced Tuesday.
The William Holman Hunt oil painting, purchased by the museum in 1947, is one of as many as four works the museum will sell over the next several months to pay off construction debt and replenish its endowment. The Delaware museum boasts the most significant collection of Pre-Raphaelite works outside of the United Kingdom.
Museum officials have declined to release the names of the other works, explaining that it could hurt the market for private sales. They have promised not to sell any works acquired through gift or bequest. Winslow Homer's "Milking Time," one of the museum's most treasured works, purchased in 1967, disappeared from its wall and collections database last month. Museum officials won't confirm that it is scheduled to be sold.
The museum's board voted to sell the art by October to meet a deadline to repay $19.8 million in debt from a 2005 facilities expansion. After exhausting fundraising efforts, officials said the museum was in danger of shutting down.
STORY: Delaware Art Museum to auction off treasures
STORY: Creditor receives billion-dollar bids for Detroit art
The only alternative, according to museum CEO Mike Miller, was for the museum to take out a short-term, high-interest bank loan to repay the debt. Rejecting that option, the board hopes to raise a total of $30 million from the sales, funneling the rest into the museum's $25 million investment reserve to ensure long-term stability.
Selling art to pay for operating expenses violates the professional standards of two major museum associations, the Association of Art Museum Directors and the American Alliance of Museums. The move drew swift criticism from association leaders, and could result in sanctions and loss of accreditation for the Delaware museum.
Mark Samuels Lasner, a senior research fellow at the University of Delaware Library and an expert on Victorian literature and art, described the impending Hunt sale as "sacrilege."
"Isabella and the Pot of Basil" is "an extraordinarily significant painting," said Lasner, who has amassed a 9,000-piece collection of Victorian books, manuscripts and letters that has been exhibited worldwide.
In 2009, Lasner helped organize the "Useful and Beautiful" international conference and related exhibitions, which highlighted Delaware's Pre-Raphaelite treasures. For the last 10 years, he has helped fund an annual Pre-Raphaelite student fellowship under a joint program between UD Library and the museum.
But Lasner said he is weighing no longer supporting the museum – either through fellowship funding or a financial bequest – in light of the Hunt sale.
In an email Tuesday to Miller, he suggested that the museum instead dispose of its post-1950 contemporary art holdings, "most of which are undistinguished."
The Pre-Raphaelite collection is the museum's "core, the reason for the institution's very existence," along with American illustration, Lasner wrote.
In an interview, Miller said the Hunt painting "is no more important than any others," and was selected because of its limited impact on the overall collection.
"We'd have as many people outraged by the contemporary works," he added.
This week, the museum has invited about 400 donors to participate in Q&A sessions about the sale with Miller and museum trustees.
The bulk of the museum's collection of more than 150 Pre-Raphaelite paintings, drawings, photographs and decorative arts was donated in 1935 by the descendants of Samuel Bancroft, a textile mill owner in Wilmington.
Bancroft's family also donated the land in Wilmington where the museum now sits.
Hunt, one of the original seven founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood along with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, represented a hole in the Bancroft collection. His painting was acquired by the museum in 1947 using general acquisition funds. As of Tuesday, it was still highlighted among 10 Pre-Raphaelite paintings on the museum's Bancroft collection website, www.preraph.org.
Completed in 1868, "Isabella and the Pot of Basil" depicts a scene from the John Keats poem of the same name. The heroine Isabella drapes herself over a basil pot altar in which she has buried the head of her lover, Lorenzo, who was murdered at the hands of her brothers. She waters the tomb with her tears.
Hunt's wife, Fanny, served as a model for Isabella. She died during childbirth two years before the painting was finished. Art historians believe Isabella's mourning for Lorenzo may reflect Hunt's own grieving process.
The museum owns three other minor Hunt works – a drypoint on paper, an etching and engraving – that are not on display.
Admired for his attention to detail and vivid colors, the painter produced two versions of "Isabella." A similar work, owned by the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle, England, was displayed in 2012 and 2013 at Tate Britain for a Pre-Raphaelite exhibition. The Delaware museum contributed three works to that show.
The price that "Isabella" will fetch is unclear. The museum previously shopped the painting to private buyers, but determined that it would command a higher price at auction, Miller said.


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Unions deny Dems convention cash
The Democrats are hitting up unions — their go-to cash cows — for last-minute donations to help pay for next month's convention in Charlotte.
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Union leaders insisted from the start that they wouldn't help fill the piggy bank for this year's Democratic National Convention after the party picked a labor-hostile location and at the same time made fundraising tougher by banning corporate contributions and capping individual donations. And with the event less than a month away, they're sticking to their guns.
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Labor unions aren't slated to sponsor any official convention events, according to a recent convention itinerary obtained by POLITICO. Unions are also refusing to put up the money to back get-out-the-vote efforts they've funded in the past.
Heavy hitters like the AFL-CIO, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Laborers' International Union of North America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers say they won't be making big money contributions this year.
Other unions are toning down their convention involvement with many opting to send a few staffers to engage with union delegates. And some, like the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, have said they are sitting out entirely.
"[T]here was a general disappointment in the selection because of the non-union hotels, the non-union accommodations in North Carolina," said Chuck Rocha, president of the union consulting firm Solidarity Strategies and former political director of the United Steelworkers union.
"I think everybody is on the same page politically around a lot of different candidates, but the unions are going to invest in their members before they invest in a convention that's being held in a place where there are no organized hotels, organized restaurants, etc.," Rocha added.
( Also on POLITICO: Have political conventions fizzled?)
It's a far cry from 2008, when unions accounted for nearly $9 million of the $62 million raised to fund the Democratic Convention in Denver, according to campaign finance reports. Unions also cut big checks for delegate lunches, rallies and policy events on issues like immigration and housing.
And it's clear that labor's money is being missed. While some big unions, such as the Service Employees International Union, are giving, convention organizers were reportedly more than $25 million short of their $36.6 million goal as of late June. Democrats also cut the week shorter by eliminating Labor Day Monday from their schedule, then moved a planned rally and organizing event from the Charlotte Motor Speedway to the streets of uptown Charlotte.


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Sakai Takayuki Tokujo*
The Tokujo line is Sakai Takayuki's best selling line of traditional hand forged knives. Created in the Kasumi method of joining a soft iron jacket with carbon steel, this line goes through additional tempering, cooling and hammering steps to ensure maximum sharpness and blade strength. These knives are forged from a Yasuki white number two steel and the edges are created completely by hand, using a combination of wheels and sharpening stones. The U shaped magnolia handles and water buffalo bolsters are easy to grip and are comfortable in the hand, even through long hours of use.
*These knives are single edged and are for right handed users. Please contact us for pricing on left handed models.
|Handle material
|Magnolia Wood
|Blade length
|240 mm (9.4")
|Thickness at spine
|3.8 mm
|Thickness at tip
|0.8 mm
|Hardness (Rockwell scale)


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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - Peter Thiel is the first outside investor in Facebook, the guy who sold PayPal to eBay for billions, and a Founders Fund partner.
He told today's Ice Ideas conference audience that there is one question he asks entrepreneur looking to begin a startup.
He asks: Why will employee number 20 join your company?
Thiel says it's easy to figure out why someone wants to be a CEO or another very early employee in a startup; they'd like to run a company and get rich doing it.
He says its also easy to know why employee number 1,000 joins; the company is clearly on its way to growing into something huge, and will provide a nice, stable living.
Employee number 20, he says, will have to join for different reasons.
By then, the big equity stakes will have already been handed out.
Also, a company with only 19 employees won't have "made it" yet; it won't be a place someone looking for a stable income will join.
So what's the right answer?
According to Thiel: for the only companies worth starting - perhaps the only companies he'd invest in - the right answer is that employee number 20 will join because you are doing something nobody else has done - "something fundamentally new, fundamentally different."


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Police: Truck illegally parked in fatal accident
FAIRFIELD -- Evan Omdahl parked his tractor trailer on the left shoulder of the Interstate 95 service plaza here Thursday morning, less than 12 hours after a Stamford man was killed near the same spot.
Omdahl's big rig rolled to a stop in front of a "No Parking" sign on the left shoulder of the southbound rest area. It was almost like the sign was invisible.
State police said the truck that Joseph Pierson, 40, slammed into here Wednesday night was also illegally parked. No charges have been filed and the crash remains under investigation.
Pierson was pronounced dead at the scene after his Nissan Sentra struck the right rear of the parked tractor trailer and the left side of an SUV that was also entering the service plaza. Pierson's car ended up under the truck, and Fairfield firefighters had to extricate him from the wreckage.
The fatal crash was the second between a truck and car in an I-95 rest stop here in less than last two weeks. Across the highway on Dec. 1, a car hit a parked tractor-trailer at the rest area on the northbound side of I-95. The truck driver, who was asleep, was killed.
Omdahl, a driver for Long Island-based Swift Transportation Co., said he doesn't like to sleep on the shoulder of an I-95 rest stop.
"Sometimes you have no choice," he said. "There's not enough truck parking.''
In Wednesday night's crash, truck driver Joseph Eutsey told state police he had pulled onto the shoulder and climbed into the sleeper compartment of his cab to rest for awhile.
There is a parking area for tractor trailers in the rear section of the rest stop, behind and to the south of the main building.
The trouble is there aren't enough spots in the designated lot, said Gene Stoms, a driver for MNB Trucking in Elmer, N.J.
"It's not just here. There's never enough (truck) parking," Stoms said. "I came up from New York and you don't have a choice after the George Washington Bridge. You pull into a rest area, and sometimes, you have to park on the shoulder.''
Trucks sometimes park along the highway on-ramps when the service areas are full, Stoms said.
Eli Nin, of Passaic, N.J., was having a late breakfast in the cab of his truck and playing his saxophone. The driver for T.J. Maxx said all of I-95 is "tight'' through Connecticut, not just the service plazas.
"But there's no more room, nowhere to go,'' he said.
A driver for Jagim Transportation Inc. in Pennsylvania, who declined to give his name, said parking for tractor-trailers is bad throughout New England. The situation improves in the southern states, he said, starting in Virginia. But Connecticut particularly lacks parking for trucks longer than 48 feet.
Kevin Nursick, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, agreed there is a shortage of truck parking in the 23 service plazas along the interstates.
"It's always been an issue. There's more demand than supply," Nursick said. "The only way to solve that is to build more service plazas, and that just isn't going to happen.
"We are expanding truck parking when the service plazas are rehabbed, but you'll see (drivers) park on the shoulders even when spaces are available. It's often a matter of convenience.''


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March 10, 2010 -- Nearly 2 million pounds of ready-to-eat beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products that may be contaminated with salmonella have been recalled, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspective Service said Windsor Foods, which operates in Lampasas, Texas, and Oakland, Miss., had recalled the products.
"The packages of beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products contain an ingredient of the specific hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP), which was recalled" March 4 by the FDA, the USDA says in a news release.
The FDA said the recall was called due to the finding that the HVP ingredient was added after salmonella prevention steps were applied.
The HVP was made by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas. It's used in hot dogs, soups, salad dressings, chili, sauces, stews, gravies, chips and dips.
In addition to the beef and chicken products recalled today by Windsor Foods, Proctor & Gamble announced that it's recalling two Pringles products that contain the HVP from Basic Food Flavors. The recalled products are Pringles Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger potato crisps and Pringles Family Faves Taco Night potato crisps.
Last week the FDA said 56 products had been recalled, and that the list was expected to grow.
HVP tainted products have been shipped out of Las Vegas since last September, USDA said.
The USDA says each of the beef taquito cartons being recalled bear a label "EST.5590" inside the USDA mark of inspection.
The chicken quesadilla boxes subject to recall bear the USDA mark of inspection, with the number "P-34708" located separately on the box.
The products were sent to food service and retail establishments nationwide, USDA said.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service says it will post the retail distribution lists as soon as possible on its web site.
So far there have been no reports of illnesses associated with the consumption of any of the products, but the USDA said it advises people who are concerned to contact a physician.
Eating foods contaminated with salmonella can cause a bacterial illness that can be life threatening, especially to people with weak immune systems, infants, the elderly, and people with HIV infections or undergoing chemotherapy.
Common symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever. Other symptoms can include chills, nausea and vomiting.


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Old/New Testament
Psalm 100
A psalm. For giving grateful praise.
1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his[a];
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 101
Of David. A psalm.
1 I will sing of your love and justice;
to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life—
when will you come to me?
I will conduct the affairs of my house
with a blameless heart.
3 I will not look with approval
on anything that is vile.
I hate what faithless people do;
I will have no part in it.
4 The perverse of heart shall be far from me;
I will have nothing to do with what is evil.
5 Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret,
I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,
I will not tolerate.
6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blameless
will minister to me.
7 No one who practices deceit
will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
will stand in my presence.
8 Every morning I will put to silence
all the wicked in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer
from the city of the Lord.
Psalm 102[b]
A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the Lord.
1 Hear my prayer, Lord;
let my cry for help come to you.
2 Do not hide your face from me
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
3 For my days vanish like smoke;
my bones burn like glowing embers.
4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass;
I forget to eat my food.
5 In my distress I groan aloud
and am reduced to skin and bones.
6 I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
7 I lie awake; I have become
like a bird alone on a roof.
8 All day long my enemies taunt me;
those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
9 For I eat ashes as my food
and mingle my drink with tears
10 because of your great wrath,
for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11 My days are like the evening shadow;
I wither away like grass.
12 But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;
your renown endures through all generations.
13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show favor to her;
the appointed time has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants;
her very dust moves them to pity.
15 The nations will fear the name of the Lord,
all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion
and appear in his glory.
17 He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;
he will not despise their plea.
18 Let this be written for a future generation,
that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:
19 "The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high,
from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners
and release those condemned to death."
21 So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion
and his praise in Jerusalem
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms
assemble to worship the Lord.
23 In the course of my life[c] he broke my strength;
he cut short my days.
24 So I said:
"Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
your years go on through all generations.
25 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
and they will be discarded.
27 But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.
28 The children of your servants will live in your presence;
their descendants will be established before you."
- Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves
- Psalm 102:1 In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.
- Psalm 102:23 Or By his power
1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:
3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5 For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— 6 God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. 7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
A Church Divided Over Leaders
10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. 11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 12 What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas[b]"; still another, "I follow Christ."
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so no one can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't remember if I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Christ Crucified Is God's Power and Wisdom
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."[c]
20 Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22 Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: "Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord."[d]
- 1 Corinthians 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God's family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.
- 1 Corinthians 1:12 That is, Peter
- 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
- 1 Corinthians 1:31 Jer. 9:24
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More than often before the trip to China we ask ourselves: What places should I include in my itinerary?
There are so many interesting places to see in China and most of us can afford (financially and time-wise) a vacation of aproximately one month or less.
We have to pick and choose, make decisions that are often not easy to make.
Personally I find video clips very useful because I can see brief video clips recorded by other travellers and I get an impression of the place, which is a bit stronger than if I just checked photo web sites like Flickr.
At this time probably the best China video clips web site is http://www.chinavideoclips.net/travelvideos and I recommend that you check it out before you trip to China.
Even if you won't travel to China in the near future still you can find interesting video material there.


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In many respects, the northern foreland of the Tibetan Plateau, with the intermontane basins of Badain Jaran and Tengger Shamo, plays a key role in geological and geoecological studies of Central Asia:
All the above factors cumulate in the Gaxun Nur Basin (Ejina Basin, Hei River Basin). This is the endorheic base level of erosion of the Hei He and the Shule He, which rise in the Qilian Shan at more than 5000 m asl. The closed lakes of Gaxun Nur, Sogo Nur and Juyanze form a crescent at the northern margin of the basin and are the deepest points of the approx. 130000 km² catchment. The basin is bounded in the south by the foreland mountains of Heli Shan and Longshu Shan. A few kilometres to the southwest, the Altyn Tagh fault ends near the Shule He alluvial fan. The Beishan massif forms a sharp boundary in the west. In the north, the Gaxun Nur Basin is bounded by the pediments of the Gobi-Tienshan with the left-lateral Gobi-Tienshan fault. In the east is the Badain Jaran sand sea (shamo) with its more than 400 m high, barchanoid dunes. This sand sea is unusual, not only because of its large size: its southern part features frequent and closely spaced lakes that have developed between the huge dunes, along a big sub-dune valley coming from the Yabraishan. This valley system is recognisable on the SRTM elevation model and evidently constitutes the palaeorelief, which is oriented towards the southern Gaxun Nur Basin and may be the reason for the existence of the intradune lakes.
1. When was the onset of regional basin evolution and hence of dust dynamics and mid-Pleistocene loess deposition?


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All talk, no action.
As Canadians sit back, relax and enjoy the last long weekend of the summer, the hockey world is surrounded by uneasiness and inactivity as the NHL tries to get a CBA in place with the Players Association before the deal expires Sept. 15.
While all eyes are on talks between commissioner Gary Bettman and union executive director Donald Fehr, league business has come to a standstill as the 30 GMs sit nervously waiting to find out the parameters of a new CBA.
"It's eerily quiet," said a league executive last week.
With training camps scheduled to open Sept. 21, there are a lot of teams with plenty of work to do, but with no CBA many GMs are finding trying to sign players or make trades virtually impossible because nobody is sure what is going to happen.
There is no question the rules are going to change once Fehr and Bettman find common ground. But, since the free agency period ended and cases were settled before they went to arbitration, there has been little business done.
"This is just like 2004: We got to July 15 and basically nothing was done," said a high-profile agent. "It has pretty much gone the same way this year. You haven't really see anything, with the exception of some contract extensions."
The contract extensions — like the deals signed by Philly's Scott Hartnell, Edmonton's Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall — are being done in case the rules change and deals are actually limited to five years in the new CBA.
"Teams are saying, 'We'll give this to you now because we're not sure what the rules are going to be down the road.' In most cases, the players are jumping at the chance to get the security," said the executive.
The only free agent with any glamour left is centre Shane Doan. He has a four-year, $30-million offer on the table from Buffalo. Vancouver, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and the N.Y. Rangers are all willing to offer four-year, $24-million deal.
His No. 1 choice is to sign an extension with Phoenix, but the team is undergoing a sale process that isn't showing any signs of being concluded soon. He'll sign somewhere before the CBA expires, however, he might the only UFA who doesn't have any concerns about getting a job.
The role players usually get squeezed during CBA negotiations and that's what is happening here. Many looking for work are guys who are third- or fourth- liners or sixth and seventh defencemen that teams can bring in for depth.
Right now, teams don't want to spend unnecessary money because GMs aren't even sure there is going to be a salary floor in the new CBA. The players available aren't going to be holding out for big money.
"After Shane Doan the free-agent pool falls off quite a bit," said another league executive. "You're not going to be able to find many players there who are going to make a difference."
Trying to make a trade is even more difficult. Anaheim GM Bob Murray was shopping Bobby Ryan around at the start of the summer and looking for a king's ransom in return. The Ducks have since backed off and may not move him.
Then, there's the case of Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo. Vancouver GM Mike Gillis is dealing from a position of strength because even though Luongo has a lot of term left on he only has a "no trade" clause not a "no move".
It's believed three teams — Toronto, Chicago and Florida — have shown interest in Luongo, but Gillis isn't going to give the veteran goalie away because he wants out. The Canucks want assets in return that will help them down the road.
There's a strong belief in NHL circles Luongo would like to go to the Panthers but he isn't steering the ship and does Florida have the assets to make a trade? Leafs GM Brian Burke is under major pressure to get a goalie.
The honeymoon period is over for Burke in Toronto and the ownership has changed. He fired coach Ron Wilson midway through last season and still missed the playoffs. Luongo would be a major upgrade on James Reimer.
But, Burke isn't driving the bus in this deal with Gillis. At worse, if the Canucks can't make a trade, they can put Luongo on waivers once the CBA is settled and let somebody pick him up to take on the final 10 years with a cap hit of $5.3 million.
You can bet if there was a CBA in place — and training camp was scheduled to open — the Luongo deal would be done. Given the Canucks' cap situation, they might be better served by getting prospects in return rather than older players.
"This is a deal that will likely have to wait until the CBA is settled," said a league insider.
If the cap does drop from its $70.2-million ceiling next season in the new CBA, then there could be a firesale of players. The NHL's last offer would have called for $58.3-million cap in 2012-13. A lot of teams would be scrambling.
"Suddenly you'd have a lot of players with big salaries available," said the insider. "I'm sure you've got teams right now that are waiting."
Once the CBA is settled, then the business can get back to normal. Right now, we all wait.