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Earlier this month at New York Comic-Con, producer Adi Shankar partnered with Screen Rant to give fans a special sneak peek into his new web series Judge Dredd: Superfiend. Now, the fan-friendly producer has released the full series online for Dredd fans to devour in one sitting.
The series, which is part of Shankar's "bootleg" universe of unauthorized fan films, focuses on the famed Dark Judges of 2000AD comics, most notably Judge Death. For those unfamiliar with the characters, the Dark Judges are undead former judges who believe the very act of living is a crime (and they take their jobs very seriously).
To bring these larger-than-life (or is it death?) characters to life, Shankar turned to animators Luis and Enol Junquera. Recently, Screen Rant was able to chat with the brothers about how they got involved in the project, their inspiration for the animation, and what other comic books they'd like to adapt.
How did you get involved with Adi Shankar's Dark Judges project?
LUIS: It was around February 2013. Months before, my last short film had been quite well received, but it did not help me to get a job or a team for collaborating in another film. I really was completely hopeless. Then Adi appeared with that comic book he loved, titled 'Boyhood of a Superfiend' and I thought it was an unbelievable opportunity for making something great, not another short film in my Vimeo account. 'Judge Dredd: SuperFiend' was the darkly funny, gruesome cartoon I'd ever wanted to watch since I was a kid, when I used to get disappointed with Scooby Doo monsters, being always ordinary people with masks and costumes. In 'Judge Dredd: SuperFiend,' the monsters are real, and the heroes are like monsters, too. And parents will enjoy it with or, especially, without their children.
The animation has a very unique style. What were some of your influences in putting it together?
LUIS: For 'Superfiend,' we tried to mix 'Akira style with 'The Simpsons' first seasons. Combining Katsuhiro Otomo's postapocalyptic badass style with the satirical irony of Matt Groening's dysfunctional family, we could get that punk, pulp, retro-science fiction atmosphere that I felt the first time I read Boyhood of a SuperFiend. Obviously, being a no-budget film, we had to take ideas from everywhere. I think it could be a very funny game for the animation experts to recognize the influences we had used.
ENOL: From the 3D and 2D composition point of view, 'Superfiend's artistic style is very influenced by Gorillaz's videoclips and Tartakovsky's 'Clone Wars.' The 2D and 3D animation mixture worked perfectly for us. We used it for some action sequences, and for even more. The mixing is very useful for a lot of narrative shots. For integrating both concepts, we thought of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' and how it perfectly integrates 2D animation with live-action.
This isn't the first time you've produced an unauthorized comic book animation. Your Punisher animation, Do Not Fall in New York City, was extremely popular a few years ago. Have you always been a comic book fan? What attracts you to comic books as a subject?
LUIS: Thank you very much for your kind words about 'DNFINYC.' That's a very good question. I made that film because a friend of mine had told me Frank Castle's story years before, when I still did not know who The Punisher was. I loved the storyline but I specially loved how enthusiastically he explained it to me. Thinking about the reason why I start making films: it was for entertaining my friends, and they have been comic book lovers since we were children. So…
ENOL: I was only a child when Luis started buying comics. And I remember reading everything he bought. But for me, everything changed when I discovered 'Dragon Ball.' It was my turning point. Since that moment, when I was over 10, I started being a comic book fan. The thing that attracts me more about comic books is that they offer me different narrative structures. They can play with text and images… different fonts, different compositions, different colors… for creating a new and sometimes complex narrative, as 'Sandman' does for example. As filmmaker I learn a lot of reading comic books because they don't only provide me stories, they provide me narrative interesting concepts.
2000AD comics have always been strongly satirical, parodying the more fascistic elements of law enforcement and justice in our society. How did this inform your approach to the animation?
LUIS: There is a beautiful game in this question because, as 'Dredd' is a parody of the fascism, Death is just a satire of 'Judge Dredd.' Death makes you think that everything could go worst, never knowing if the hero who is protecting you from this monster could be really just another psychopath with license to kill. I admit it is a quite pessimistic view of the society, and that's why we had to work on the humor and take the satire to the extreme, for making the public understand they are not watching the true, just a caricature of a piece of the reality that we want to criticize.
ENOL: Everything is hyperbolized according to the satirical world. There is a concrete shot of the fatties in which they are really frightening… the traffic regulations are represented by robots and the night clubs are… well, you should watch the series! I think that everything has been designed and animated in a satirical way, not forgetting that this miniseries is focused on death (the character and the concept).
Do you think animation is a more fitting format for a subject like Dredd than live-action?
LUIS: I know I am going to get enemies for this, but…. Absolutely! Judge Death, Nausea and Phobia, the Angel Gang… they are funny and frightening at the same time. And you can't use them in a real film without losing any of both qualities… unless ... you were Jim Henson in the '80s.
ENOL: I agree that cartoon fits better with the comic books, however, a live-action movie is possible and Garland and Travis had already demonstrated that. They'd made a more realistic Mega-City One. If they made a sequel, they could include Judge Death or the Angel Gang, but adapting them to that realistic world. When Christopher Nolan made 'Batman Begins,' he included Ra's al Ghul respecting his essence: the immortality concept, but in a realistic way… and it worked perfectly. In contrast, I think that a cartoon film using 'Dredd' realistic concepts could be boring and vice versa.
If you could partner with Adi Shankar on a different unauthorized comic book adaptation, what would you like to produce?
LUIS: Blacksad!!! No doubt. It would be a very noir, violent, crime tragedy, murky and cold film: a mixing of 'Se7en' with Cassius Marcellus Coolidge paintings. Liam Nesson would work perfectly as John Blacksad's voice.
ENOL: 'The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck' comic book. The movie should be a mix of 'Indiana Jones' and 'Citizen Kane.' With ducks. I would love to expand the story for giving a vision of the capitalism from the past century until now - Huey, Dewey and Louie as 'The Ducks of Wall Street'? I think Scrooge McDuck would have a lot to say about the actual crisis and it would be a good opportunity for giving his life a worthy end. I think Disney is not gonna agree!
LUIS: We both think the world needs more anthropomorphic animal films.
Let us know what you think of Judge Dredd: Superfiend in the comments.


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High freqency plasma tweeter
Project description
This project is still in design stage. It is in large part based on a circuit from this site: http://www.audiotesla.org/6146B%20Tweet.htm. The circuit is a small base-fed Tesla coil with a vacuum tube amplifier that uses antenna feedback from the coil in order to self-oscillate. Tesla coils operating at frequencies 5Mhz + tend to produce quiet and stable plasma flames which are very suitable for audio-modulation – this is usually achieved by modulating the screen voltage of the tetrode tube.
Some differences between my design and that from the site: I use 3 6146 tubes instead of one, and also intend to use a PL504 tube to modulate the screen supply, instead of a mosfet.
I intend to put this project into a nice case, and due to lots of handiwork required the progress is generally slow. So far, I've tested the 3-tube coil without audiomodulation, operating at about 8Mhz if I recall correctly. A demonstration is shown in the following video:
Links and references
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Can You Beat It? Toyota's Basketball-Playing Robot
The good folks over at Toyota are taking things to the future. Today they are back with something new, unleashing their basketball-playing robot on the masses. Toyota was inspired by the popular manga series Slam Dunk and developed a robot that can shoot perfect free throws. Eat your heart out Steph Curry; this machine is flawless. The robot uses artificial intelligence which teaches the machine how to shoot.
The robot boasts wheels attached to the base that gives it a little mobility. The robot stands around 6'2″ performs the same movements over and over again and hit enough shots to outperform a local B-league basketball team. Check out the robot's game below and let us know what you think. Could you out shoot the shooter? We would love to try!
Keep it locked for much more from Toyota coming soon.


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I often get asked about what do fish look like on the sounder? How can you tell what kind of fish they are? I am hoping in this article to just purely show you what I am seeing on each screen shot.
The only way we now know what we are looking at on the screen is that we have caught it. We can now decipher a school of leather jackets that appear as bunch of yellow and green fish, slimy mackerel will have splurges of red through the bait school, snapper and kingfish. Your sounder might show it a little differently depending on your settings.
A sounder will not only give you the depth location but will also indicate the type of bottom you are fishing whether it be rock or sand etc; and what size the fish are. Obviously the more solid the red is in the fish on the switch fire setting than the bigger it is. This is also the case on the down imaging and side imaging the stronger the white dot the bigger the fish or in some instances you will also see the shadow of the fish.
The technology we have is absolutely amazing. I personally don't like to use the fish ID symbols on the sounder. If you have tampered with your sounder a bit too much and don't think it is reading properly or it is one you have brought 2nd hand then a good way to get everything back in tune is to restore factory settings. From personal experience this is the best starting point. If you feel the need you can then start to fiddle with colours, sensitivity etc; once you start getting a handle on things.
A good habit I have also gotten into is each time I catch the species I am targeting I will mark a weigh point, you will see if you keep doing this it will give you a pattern of where the fish are holding.
We were able to put this to the test the other month. We had no transducer and so just went snapper fishing with our chart plotter and pulled up in areas where we previously had caught fish. We knew the approximate depth as shown on the chart. Guess what it worked, plenty of snapper were caught.
The tools we have these days are making it easier to locate the fish now all you have to do is work out how to catch them.


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Last Thursday, it wasn't even in my head that I would do a mountain bike race on Sunday. I'm nowhere near ready, I would have said. I'm still a pedal-dropping, rock-dyslexic greenhorn half glued to my saddle, braking in the middle of tight turns.
Yet there I was Sunday. Nowhere I'd rather be. At Landahl, in a light drizzle, pre-riding. You know how people say the important thing is that you finished? Sometimes the important thing is that you start.
Gearing up, signing my name on the registration, ignoring the rain, lining up alone in the crowd — feeling the cold pump of adrenaline on my spine and in my belly, knowing beyond doubt that I'd lay out whatever I had in me, without panic — at the back of the pack, foot clipped into my right pedal, itching to race, to find out — I felt like I'd already won a big trophy. I could keep it where my fear used to be. Ha!
The horn sounded! The race started! I accidentally unclipped, couldn't clip back in, and the field rode away. "Glorious start!" I yelled to the race officials, and they laughed, and I caught up with the field at the slippery climb, where the other Cat 3/beginner racers were hiking their bikes up.
A big guy and I played tag most of the way around the first 5-mile loop, vying for last place. We were walking over the same slick rocks. I'd catch him when he'd stop; he'd ride away while I was off the bike. Most of the course was flat, fast, and flowing, with early visibility of rocky bits: wheeeeeeee! I rode happy and in harder gears. I passed the big guy in the long grassy uphill; he caught me and was on my wheel soon after we re-entered the singletrack.
Turns out, having someone on my wheel pushes me to go harder and take more chances than trying to catch someone does. I cut a slick corner with a late apex, hit a root, and flipped my bike, falling over the bars. My first endo! Excellent; so that's what that feels like when you don't break a collarbone! OK then. Back up and on the bike, no chance to catch the big guy this time. See ya, big guy.
Finished the first loop in 32 minutes, not great compared to the field but thrilling given my experience. Had a blast riding down the gravelly, grassy, uneven hill with a couple of ledges that the course marshals warned was dangerous. DFL didn't bother me; I was so happy to see myself doing way better than simply surviving, and I was looking forward to lap 2, where I could let go on the fast sections.
I had just passed the last bit of rock and climb at the beginning and I heard another first: BLLLLLLPffffffffffff. Great. My first MTB flat. Rear wheel, too, so this was going to take me for freaking ever. Bike flipped. Wheel off. Tire off. Tube out. New tube in. Fumbling with new frame pump. Pumping, pumping, pumping for ever and ever. Wheel back on and locked in. Bike flipped. Crap! Crap! The chain is twisted, what the hell did I do? Bike flipped. Wheel off. Wheel on. More air. Pump. Pump. All the while, marathon racers and cat 1/2s who are warming up call out, "You OK, hon? You got everything you need? You got a tube? You got air?" And cheering me on as they race their races. That is what happens in a mountain bike race. You are standing in tick-infested poison plants, you are smeared with dirt from collar to ankle from your endo, you are fixing your bike, and your fellow racers let you know: you may be alone, but you are not friendless.
Back on the bike! Awesome! Let's see what kind of time I can make! BLLLLLLLLPfffffff. That's what kind. I hadn't put enough air in that tube. Pinch flat. I didn't have a second tube. My tribe now said helpful things like, "You should go tubeless!" as they raced by. Sigh. OK. I will trudge out, my shoes turning to muddy sleds. My race is over. Or is it?
I remembered Draper, and how defeated I felt at my DNF. I had vowed it would take a whole lot more for me to give up, ever again. I had spent some time thinking ways I could have got myself to the finish. There was a way to do this with glory, even if it wasn't pretty.
I stripped my shoes and velcroed them to the bike. I took off my socks. And started to run. I pushed the Dragonfly, loving how light it was; I used it to lean aggressively and speed myself up. I ran for all I was worth. I ran three and a half miles. I ran barefoot up the grassy hill, over the rocks, through the gravel, down the dangerous slope, put a splinter in my foot I wouldn't feel for hours, and threw myself madly at the finishing sprint. My time: 1:59. Sub two! Sub two! I win! I win! I was more than an hour behind the woman who came in first.
But there were only two of us in the class. So I came in second, stood on the podium, and though I lost my socks (the marathoners and cat 1s later told me I'd lost them on the trail, where they were a visible race feature), I got a really cool pint glass to take home.
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Post race endorphin mellowed awesomeness.
2011 Race 7: KC Cup
Last Thursday, it wasn't even in my head that I would do a mountain bike race on Sunday. I'm nowhere near ready, I would have said. I'm still a pedal-dropping, rock-dyslexic greenhorn half glued to my saddle, braking in the middle of tight turns.


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HTML Coding Tutorials
Want to make your own layouts for Howrse? Then your at the right spot. Here I offer training for HTML code. I'm working on updating this page; more coming soon!
Note: I'm hoping to redo these as soon as possible as it seems several players are having trouble.
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I'm having troubles loading photos onto my bio page. I copy the link to the picture and use the photo button to insert it, but when I click "save" all that shows up is the link. Is this a glitch, or am I doing something wrong?? Thanks in advance!


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Breaking Down the Resistance to OpenStack: Laying the Cloud Foundation
As the look and feel of the cloud evolves, matures, and hedges toward main stream adoption, the Solution Architects, Developers, and Infrastructure engineers of Enterprises face the challenge to determine what technologies to consume. Should I go with something that requires vendor licensing? Or should I look to Open Source technologies, such as OpenStack? Then if you do decide that OpenStack solves for your technology needs, how best could someone layout its pros and cons to their senior leadership.
Those of us who have ever had to stand in front of their Director/CTO/CIO and figuratively 'fight' for a particular technology/product completely understands that this task is not for the meek of heart. I can remember very vividly holding index cards in my hands with bullet points, as I was attempting to lay out all the reasons why OpenStack should be the company's next major infrastructure shift. Being prepared for this conversation is critical to the overall enterprises architecture, so you need to articulate clearly why OpenStack is the best choice. You can never be too prepared. There will always be questions that you as a technology advocate, will not even think of. In my opinion, being prepared is key. So let's start on our technology layer cake.
Why the Cloud? Why OpenStack?
The foundation of your cake has to be rock solid, or else it will all fall down. Therefore, it is fundamental to find statistical evidence around the topic. I would imagine, in this day and time, it is not hard to show the value the cloud can have on an IT organization. Just in case some are still on the fence, here are some stats from a recent report by RightScale published on Forbes.com.
93% of organizations surveyed are running applications or experimenting with infrastructure-as-a-service
82% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy, up from 74% in 2014
88% of organizations are using public cloud while 63% are using private cloud
Although the cloud has many advantages, I like to emphasize the following ones:
- Flexibility - The cloud helps you to scale up and down to meet your organization's requirements. You no longer have to build for the future, or be constrained by decisions made in the past.
- Security - The cloud maintains security levels, not in terms of getting more, but by providing equal security measures that currently existent within virtualization platforms.
- Capacity – The cloud helps mange overall capacity. People costs and DC footprints may be reduced.
- Predictable Cost/Cap-Ex Free – Using cloud technology can mean reduced operational costs. No more Cap-Ex expense; predictable spend with base subscription fees.
- Scalability and Elasticity - With the cloud, the environment can grow and stretch on demand
- Reduce Recovery Time - The cloud can cut in half the time to recover from an Infrastructure related outage. No morespending hours troubleshooting a VM.
Despite all this positive, the RightScale report still has some not-so-positive stats. This one stood out the most to me:
68% of enterprises run less than a fifth of their application portfolio in the cloud
55% of enterprises report that a significant portion of their existing application portfolio is not in cloud, but is built with cloud-friendly architectures
Is something missing from the cloud? Are organizations just dipping their toe in to test the temperature? I'm not 100% sure, but what is sure is that there is plenty of room for growth around cloud adoption. Tools like OpenStack provide that additional value, which will help grow the overall cloud adoption.
Tell OpenStack's Story and Evolution
Part of the power of OpenStack is its story and how it has evolved just over a short 5 years. Personally I am, to this day, very impressed on how OpenStack came about and who really controls the progress. For the sake of time, here are the cliff notes:
- July 2010 - Rackspace sought to create an open source cloud platform, initially focused on fully distributed object storage (now known as Swift).
- October 2010 - the OpenStack project was launched
- January 2011 - NASA was empowered by the US Government to assist in the Open Government Initiative, instructing all Federal agencies to break down barriers to enable transparency, participation, and collaboration between the federal government and the American public. The output of this was NASA creating a computing platform called Nebula (now known as Nova).
- September 2012 - the OpenStack Foundation was created. For the first two years the project was closely managed by Rackspace and its 25 initial partners. Then the intellectual property and governance of OpenStack project was transferred to the non-profit member-run foundation, which has managed the software and its community ever since.
- The OpenStack community collaborates around a six-month, time-based release cycle with frequent development milestones. During the planning phase of each release, the community gathers for the OpenStack Design Summit to facilitate developer working-sessions and to assemble plans.
OpenStack Pros & Cons
Let's be honest, there is no perfect software or platform in this world. Leading with a technology's flaws is another way of gaining back a small bit of power.
Being transparent, it is an Open Source technology that is community driven…and at times this can cause pain when implementing, updating or migration to new services.
- Initial install/implementation can be painful
- Services mature over time (do not jump the gun!)
- YOU have to tell OpenStack what you want it to do; certain remediation actions are not automatic and require forethought or automation
- Fully Distributed Architecture
- Scale horizontally using commodity hardware to add additional compute resources
- Add OpenStack control plane nodes to handle needed capacity
- Availability Zones provide compute isolation
- Multi-DC Support via Regions
- OpenStack meets High Availability requirements for its own infrastructure services
- Multi-Tenancy Isolation provided by robust Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
OpenStack's Market Presence
These stats prove that OpenStack is very much an 'active' community platform with improvements happening daily, by the people who actually use and believe in the system.
Another point that really grabbed my attention was the over all IT industry focus on OpenStack this and last year. Here are some of the recent announcements that all have one deep rooted thing in common, OpenStack:
- EMC acquires Cloudscaling
- HP buys Eucalyptus
- Cisco acquires Metacloud
- Red Hat buys eNovance and InkTank
- Citrix Sponsors OpenStack Foundation
Have Answers for the Hard Questions
As mentioned earlier, someone in your leadership will begin to pose some 'in your face' questions about OpenStack. Working through the answers in your mind will ease this process for you AND your leadership.
Based on my personal experience, I decided to write down some of the questions I was asked.
- This software is Open Source, who is going to support us?
- We are not interested in supporting yet another hypervisor?
- We want to use the cloud but, it has to be in our DC?
- It's too new for us to use it?
- What are the hardware requirements?
- What Enterprise organizations actually use it?
Now that you have the questions, you can develop some answers. To help you down the path, I thought it would be helpful to share my opinionated feelings on the matter.
OpenStack is NOT a Hypervisor - OpenStack Nova is a direct manager of hypervisors and built to manage multiple types of hypervisors
Flexibility is Power - The flexibility around designing and deploying OpenStack is the power all Infrastructure admins want/need
Commodity Hardware - OpenStack likes all hardware equally; No more worrying about matching server specs
IT Moral Booster - Internal IT will have an opportunity to learn a new technology; increasing their value and increasing productivity
5 Years & Going - The OpenStack Community has been up and running for 5 years this year Managed Cloud built on OpenStack - Support for OpenStack can come from Managed Cloud providers like Rackspace (it would be our pleasure!)
Foundation Has Been Laid
You have now been armed with all the ammo to go get your OpenStack cloud. This last and final slide normally drives home the point flawlessly.
It is very hard to deny any of the logos displayed here and challenge their success around technology decisions. It is the IT equivalent of 'dropping the mic' on stage. Boom!


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Ever since I was a little girl, I have been easily frightened. I don't know why and I'm sure some therapist could make a small fortune trying to figure me out in counseling. Fear has always been something I have had to deal with in my life.
I have feared the both the known and the unknown. Mama used to quote Scripture to me and have me memorize it in order to help me combat the terror I would go through at night. She taught me that God didn't give us the spirit of fear but of a sound mind. I would cling to her words and repeat them in my head as I tried to make out the shadows in my room. Little did I know that shadows and bumps in the night weren't the scariest things to worry about in life.
Since those days I have experienced truly terrifying moments when I didn't know if I would live or die. I have endured violent moments when my voice and mind were paralyzed in fear of being murdered, beaten to death or stabbed. I have had scary moments watching four men trying to break into my house while my husband was hundreds of miles away in the jungle. Then there have been the surreal moments with caymans, snakes and disease.
Terror isn't something foreign to me and I write today's post with a good bit of personal knowledge on the subject.
Fear can rob us of everything good. It will make us choose doubt over trust and that is never good in the life of a Christian.
So how do we combat it? How do we really assuage the daily fears we experience?
David gives us one of "michtam" psalms in chapter 56. The word michtam means to cut or to engrave. In other words, this is something important that shouldn't be destroyed, so David must have wanted everyone to know how he handled fear.
"In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me." Psalms 56:10-11
In God, David praised what?
His Word.
David didn't have a Black Scofield Bible to tote around while he was being pursued by enemies, but he knew God. And God is the Word (John 1)
David mustered up the ability in himself to praise God and His Word even when confronted with fears of the unknown.
This is such a solid, practical way of dealing with fear.
When is the last time that you spoke out loud in your room, or in your prayer closet, or wherever and just said, "God, I praise you! Lord, I praise your name!"?
The last time fear crept up your spine and threatened to paralyze your voice did you place your thoughts on God instead of the fear? Did you praise or did you tremble?
What we generally do during moments of fear is question God rather than praising Him for being Sovereign. And when we question, we doubt and we doubt because we are afraid. Fear robs us of the peace found in trust.
Yes, situations appear out of our control. Yes, people seem to be destroying all we have done. Yes, the weight of what is happening may crush you.
So when there are no resolutions in the foreseeable future, why not praise God for being God? You know that what is going on in your life is a big scary mess, so instead of acknowledging the obvious, how about praising the Word of God because it is the ONE SURE THING that can be your stay in the storm of terror trying to seize you.
Oh, my friend, don't fall down and grieve in the despair of fear. It is a worn out tool of the devil that he loves to distract us with as often as he can.
Who cares if people think you are crazy?! Shout the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and tell Him you praise Him for what He is doing and what He is going to do! Praise the Word! Get in the Word! Dwell in thoughts of praise found in the Word!
Just surround yourself with the Word and let IT dispel the fear.
"In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me." Psalms 56:11
"What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." Psalms 56:3
"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." Philippians 4:8
"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:" 1 Peter 1:7
"Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee." Psalms 118:28
Circumstances may not immediately change, but instead of fearing it, Praise through it. Oh, I know, it isn't easy, trust me, I know my friend. But terror and fear never bring peace. They just bring more fear, more distrust and more lies.
Praise will bring peace.
"I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears." Psalms 34:4
Praise Him. And if you can't seem to find your voice, or your strength to do it, email me. I will plead and praise for you until He strengthens your soul and relieves the numbness of the pain.
Christian Women can make a difference in this old rotten world if we will simply praise God and help each other through the fear. Let's dwell in God's Word….together.
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UM Women Score Come-From-Behind Win
The Maine Black Bears scored their first America East Conference win Saturday afternoon in comeback fashion, a 68-57 win at Hartford.
The Bears trailed the Hawks at the half 35-28 but then outscored Hartford 40-22 in the second half.
The win evens Maine's AE record at 1-1 (9-6 overall). Hartford is 2-1, 8-9.
Sophie Weckstrom led the Bears in scoring with a career high 21 points. Sigi Koizar added 17.
Meanwhile, the UMaine men's basketball team lost at Binghamton 65-46. The Bears fall to 1-14 overall, 0-3 AE.
Coach Bob Walsh and his Bears led 30-29 at halftime but got outscored by 20 points in the second half.
Till Gloger was Maine's leading scorer with 16.
Binghamton won for just the second time of the season. The Bearcats are 2-16 and 1-2 AE.


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Aquarius :: Aquarius Rising
Letting balloons drift up to the sky. You are holding on to a new identity. Now you have to let it go. Is that a trick? If you just figured out something new, why should you let it go? It's because this journey is about lightness and exploration. You're starting fresh right now with some new motives and interests, and that's good, they will continue to grow like tiny seeds. The thing is that you can't put too much pressure on yourself right now.You have to be light and curious and let go of the outcome. Loosen your grip and let your shiny new balloons drift up to the sky. You aren't losing anything when you do this. You're just making room for more exploration.
Pisces :: Pisces Rising
Illustrations from the story "Where the wild things are." You are creeping in and out of a magical enchanted forest. Hide yourself behind shimmering green leaves. Find an enchanted clearing in the woods where you can commune with strange creatures. Let yourself be even weirder than usual. Go inward and don't be afraid of what you'll find. Know that everything that happens is meant to support your higher self in growth. The enchanted forest idea gives you license to hide away, create ritual, and invite magic into your life. Prioritize this journey.
Aries :: Aries Rising
A hawk soars in circles. You are preparing for the kill. Dinner. Maybe it sounds too violent. It's just part of life when we are talking about hawk hunting for food. Bring this metaphor into your life. What do you need to pounce on? You've got a battle to be won, but it's not just for your own survival (food),it's actually for the greater good. Be very discerning about how you spend your time. Find some higher perspective. The world needs you to be at your best right now so that you can lead us into battle.
Taurus :: Taurus Rising
The elephant lifts her trunk up and calls out. It's time to take up space. It's time to be steady, strong and unmovable. Mostly this will happen around your career. But also, you can think of yourself as a force out in the public eye. Your endurance and persistence are always a gift to those around you, but right now you've got something even more important to offer. You are an immovable wall. And people are going to need to lean on you. Pull up energy from the Earth and get ready to stand tall and be a beacon of hope. When you need support, remember that Mother Earth has got your back. She can transmute all worries.
Gemini :: Gemini Rising
Fields of daisies, faces turned toward the sun. Look toward the light. Don't let yourself get bogged down by worry or fear. You are supported, in your community of daisies. That is enough. You're grounded, roots in the soil. That is enough.You have the sun to inspire and guide you. That is enough. Keep looking toward the sun, it's a metaphor for creative center of humanity. Those philosophers, teachers and leaders who inspire you. Keep their words close. Seek an elevated perspective that will carry you through. Don't deny yourself precious sunlight by accidentally focusing on fear. A habit like that will get you nowhere right now.
Cancer :: Cancer Rising
The goddess luxuriates on her shell. Focus on the sacral chakra and the water element. You are ready to give birth to something new. You may have to move through some intense emotions in order to clear the channel. Some things have to die away in order to create a new direction. What you create right now has to come as the natural result of having completed a cycle. Look closely at your life and define the evolution you're experiencing right now. What is ending? What is starting? What's the emotional experience of letting go? Let the emotions flow. Validate your emotions. Feel the security that comes from allowing your emotions to be what they are.
Leo :: Leo Rising
A window. The window separates and reveals. This is like you in relationship. You are in a dance of moving closer- yet defining yourself more. You can do this either alone or with a partner. Either way, the current project is helping you discover: This is who I am. This is what I say "no" to and "yes" to. This is how I want to reveal myself. This is how I can be vulnerable. This is how I can receive. This is how I can give. This is how I can empathize. These contracts that you're making with yourself are very important. They're a critical blueprint for sharing yourself in relationship. Too often we skip this step and end up unintentional and unhappy. Get clear about how you want to separate and reveal yourself in relationship.
Virgo :: Virgo Rising
Sipping a sweet drink with a straw. Nourish yourself with sweet nectars. It's time to draw in energy that supports you and stabilizes you. You need to refresh. Get healthy. Your tendency is to do this from a fear-based state. The sweet nectar suggests that you need to be very positive with yourself. Nurtures yourself, improve your habits but do it with kindness and gentleness. Imagine that you have an abundance of health. Anything extra that you do to refresh yourself is just for pure fun and enjoyment. Your healthy habits need to be developed from a stable place, not because you're worried, worn-out or comparing yourself.
Libra :: Libra Rising
Threading a needle. Getting ready to create. Getting ready to build, to make, to weave, to construct. What will it be that you thread together right now? Center yourself with joy. Stop over scheduling yourself, staying busy, and saying yes to everything. Stop all of that and focus on what brings you meaning. What makes you feel alive and enlivened. Be very discriminating about how you "go through the motions" right now. It it's not bringing you meaning then it's a waste of energy.
Scorpio :: Scorpio Rising
A leaping frog. Finding space for joyful transitions. You may be feeling sensitive or delicate this week. That's okay. Let yourself flow. You will make the transition from tadpole to frog soon. You don't have to push it. All you have to do now is nurture yourself. Find ways to baby yourself. Take good care. Love who you are. Let yourself grow and transition. This is not a time to hold back in any way from loving yourself. Just flow with it.
Sagittarius :: Sagittarius Rising
An ant's body. You are getting down into the nitty-gritty of anatomy. Into the tiniest of details. The minute separations. Stop focusing so much on the details. This is your natural state right now, but it's not necessarily comfortable. Hold on the micro and the macro at once. Keep in mind the bigger picture and the details that make it beautiful. But don't spin your wheels because you don't know where you're going. What would be fun to learn right now? What would be fun to share? That's it. Nothing needs be more complicated than that. Plant seeds of clarity and intention. Start with the big picture and let that determine the details.
Capricorn :: Capricorn Rising
A stick. What can you do with a stick? Don't underestimate your resources right now. For example, a stick may just look like a stick, but maybe it's fuel, maybe it's a weapon, maybe it's medicine, maybe it's support, maybe it's a writing tool, maybe it's a bridge or a gate or a boundary. Don't take anything at face value. The world is much more abundant than it seems. You'll be rewarded when you consider your resources.You'll know how to build from here and what to build. You'll feel like you have so many more options for growth when you take stock of what you're already built.


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|[TCS] Consultation meetings in Japan for AIYFF 2020 – 4 ~ 5 July, 2019
On 4-5 July, the TCS delegation headed by Deputy Secretary General Yamamoto Yasushi visited four universities in Japan with Director of United for Peace Film Festival, Takahashi Katsuzo, and had meetings with relevant persons for the purpose of seeking Japanese partners for Asia International Youth Film Festival to be held in Japan in 2020.
On 4th July, the TCS had meetings, separately, with Musashino Art University and Asia University, both located at Musashino city, to discuss the way to develop future-oriented relationships with the TCS focusing not only on AIYFF but also on youth exchanges among three countries in general.
Deputy Secretary General Yamamoto Yasushi mentioned that the TCS would serve as the supporting role that would help relevant stakeholders of the three countries to promote trilateral cooperation and exchanges, stressing the importance of cultural and youth exchanges.
Musashino Art University and Asia University welcomed the TCS's efforts and replied that they would also try to find a way to strengthen cooperation with the TCS in this regard.
On 5th July, the TCS visited Josai International University and Nihon University to discuss cooperation with the TCS. Josai International University explained that it has enrolled many foreign students and put focus onto international cultural exchanges. Nihon University, which has a long history and specialty in film area, has put a great effort on training its students as professional film creators.
DSG Yamamoto expressed that it would be a strong foundation of trilateral cooperation to facilitate exchanges of students and future film directors and producers among the three countries.
Some universities shared the idea on the great merits of cooperation and consented to consider possible cooperation with the TCS.
AIYFF 2019 will be held in Seoul in October 2019 with TCS being the co-host of the event. TCS also makes effort to facilitate and co-host the next festival to be held in 2020 in Japan. Through these consultation meetings, the TCS found a possibility of the establishment of a strong foundation of trilateral cooperation through youth and cultural exchanges.


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There are a lot of firsts in Fireye's history.
Back in the 1930s, the company was the first to offer industrial/commercial electronic flame-safeguard controls, a photoelectric device designed to detect the presence of an oil flame in less than a second. Fireye also claims to be the first company to develop infrared scanners to monitor both gas and oil flames; the first to develop a scanner that discriminated between signals from adjacent burners; and the first to create a completely solid-state programming control.


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LLC company formation Dubai: Background
Dubai joined the UAE in 1971 after the British forces left the Middle East. It was one of the first to join among the seven Emir ruled states – or Emirates. [Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Fujairah, in addition to Dubai.] Though UAE is under the complete control of the Federal Supreme Council. Each of the 7 rulers are members with 1 vote each. Dubai has a high level of autonomy. Dubai, as we know, is famous for its breath-taking skyline, beaches and trade and commerce. Working conditions in Dubai and the UAE, are different to that of other countries and if you are planning to invest there you should be aware of the terms and conditions of 'Sponsorship'. The climate in Dubai is subtropical and you get clear skies throughout the year with very little rainfall and that too in winter. Summer temperatures are extreme, with scorching hot days and mild winters. The population of Dubai consists of people from more than 150 countries including from Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iran, Jordan, Sudan, China, India, Pakistan, the United States, Eastern Europe and the members of European Union. Limited Liability Company (LLC) is the most common form business in UAE. A Limited Liability Company can be formed by a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 50 shareholders whose liability is limited to their shares in the businesses capital. Most companies with foreign partners have opted for the Limited Liability Company, due to the fact that this is the only option that'll give maximum legal ownership i.e. 49% to the expatriates for a local business. As it is mandatory to have a UAE national as a partner in the LLC (51% shareholding) prospective investor has the option to choose the one UAE national (sponsor) as a partner in the company.
The licensing Authorities
- Dubai: Department of Economic Development
- Sharjah: Economic Development Department
- Abu Dhabi: Department of Economic Development
- Other Emirates: Municipality/ Chamber of Commerce
What are the benefits of UAE LLC?
o While foreign equity in the company does not exceed 49%, profit and losses can be shared at a ratio different from the share capital
o The most popular method of establishing a commercial company in UAE
o UAE LLC offers unrivalled access to the wider UAE economy
o No specific minimum capital requirements
o The investor becomes the partner in the company
o The investor gets the investor visa under which he/her enjoys the investor's status in the Emirates along with his/her family
o The investor has the option to commence branches
o The investor can manage the business without the day-to-day interference from the local partner
o The assets and capital created will be in the name of the company and not in the name of the local national partner
o Few activities are restricted
o Easy to open global /local corporate bank accounts and avail credit facilities
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Illinois gets brownie points for having a sense of humor!
They've left no notes behind. And it's fairly certain they're not doing it for the insurance money. But "suicidal deer" are apparently such a big problem in Paxton, Ill. that its county is installing signs to warn drivers.
Calling the deer "suicidal," of course, may be something of a misnomer. More likely, they just don't know to be cautious around speeding vehicles with bright headlights. But whatever the reason, it's certainly an issue in Paxton: 33 vehicle collisions with deer were reported in 2015, according to The Ford County Record.
Button Township Highway Commissioner Ron Hilligoss stumbled onto the idea of the eye-catching signs during a conversation with his nephew.
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Air hammer, aka air chisel is a handy and helpful tool that is used to carve in stone. Also, you can use it to break or cut metal objects apart as well which is great. This tool is designed to accept different chisels depending on the required function at your convenient. In case you are looking for the best air hammers, you will find the greatest of them here. Below, is the list of top 10 best air hammers review that you can take into consideration. They all come with quality and durability, and the choice is all yours.
- 1. Killer Torque Impact Wrench by AirCat
- 2. Heavy Duty Air Hammer by Chicago Pneumatic
- 3. Air Hammer by Ingersoll Rand
- 4. Long Barrel Air Hammer Kit by Ingersoll Rand
- 5. Air Chisel Hammer by Dewalt
- 6. Air Hammer by Capri Tools
- 7. Air Impact Wrench by NitroCat
- 8. 118MAX Air Hammer by Ingersoll Rand
- 9. Stroke Low Vibration Air Hammer by AirCat
- 10. Basic Short Stroke Air Hammer by PowRyte
1. Killer Torque Impact Wrench by AirCat
Comes with larger rotor, this air hammer offers stronger and unmatched power that makes work faster and easier. With its 1,400 blows per minute, this air hammer is the strongest hard hitting twin hammer you will ever have. Also, it delivers firm grip which is easy to hold in hand to use even at long duration. The best part is the whole thing is made from high quality materials that ensure durability for long term use. It works great, and it makes one of the best choices to choose.
2. Heavy Duty Air Hammer by Chicago Pneumatic
Here we have an awesome air hammer that features positive action trigger for precise control over speed range. More than that, it has versatile handles which provide widest range of applications that you use. It is easy to use, and it is absolutely lightweight which is very convenient to use. This air hammer offers 2000 blows per minute, and it helps getting work done super quick for you. The hammer is also compact as well, so it is easy to use and store. You will surely like this one.
3. Air Hammer by Ingersoll Rand
This is one stylish and elegance air hammer that looks great and works great in hand. The air hammer comes with 3 pieces chisel set that allows you to switch different tools easily. It also offers quick change chisel retainer that makes the process fast and easy for you. This air hammer is lightweight yet sturdy which provides maximum efficiency to any work you do. With it, you will be able to finish your work faster without even hurting your hand due to its comfortable grip.
4. Long Barrel Air Hammer Kit by Ingersoll Rand
With complete kit, this whole package of air hammer definitely brings you maximum comfort at its best. The best part about the air hammer itself is the anti-vibration feature that reduce tool vibration for extra comfort. If you talk about its productivity, this air hammer comes with quick change retainer that allows for faster chisel changeovers. That makes you get the job done faster and easier in no time. So the whole kit includes air hammer, quick change retainer, chisel set, and a case.
5. Air Chisel Hammer by Dewalt
When it comes to tools, Dewalt is one of the best companies that you should not forget. Like this air hammer right here, it comes with aluminum body design that offers both quality and style. It features touch control trigger that makes using even more convenient and fast for you. The handle of the air hammer is firm and shock-absorbing which does not hurt your hand at all. It works fast and great, and its quality and durability is designed to last for years of use.
6. Air Hammer by Capri Tools
Capri Tools has made this powerful air hammer with the finest components for a strong and consistent experience. Another great thing is that it comes with a quick connector which makes the air hammer stronger than the traditional ones. This air hammer also includes a pro-level 125mm he shank for super firm chisel grip. Overall, this awesome tool is lightweight, powerful, reliable, and durable. Its quality is guaranteed, and you will surely be satisfied with the result it gives.
7. Air Impact Wrench by NitroCat
Don't you hate it when you've got debris in your face as you use air hammers? That is why this unique air hammer is here in our list due to the convenience it gives. It features the patented through-the-handle exhaust that keeps debris from your face when you work. Apart from that, this air hammer also provides hard hitting twin clutch mechanism for extra easy use as well. Its handle offer comfort and ease in hand, and the air hammer itself is super compact and comfortable to use.
8. 118MAX Air Hammer by Ingersoll Rand
Made to provide maximum comfort, this air hammer features anti-vibration function that reduces tool vibration up to over 30%. Since it absorbs vibration, there won't be any pain on your wrists after you work at all. Also, it is super easy to use while giving quick chisel changing for a faster job as well. If you'd ask me, this is the type of air hammer that every user would definitely buy again due to its quality.
9. Stroke Low Vibration Air Hammer by AirCat
This air hammer features metal valve that ensures better quality compare to other air hammer with plastic valve. On top of that, it comes with patented silencing technology that works quietly without annoying the surrounding environment. If you take a look at the handle, it is soft and comfortable which provides firm and comfortable grip. While the low vibration reduces pain on your wrist as you work, nothing is more convenient to use more than this air hammer.
10. Basic Short Stroke Air Hammer by PowRyte
With built-in power regulator, this air hammer allows for precise control of the speed for multiple applications. It also has high blows for fast cutting action along with alloyed steel barrel and heat-treated piston as well. This feature is to provide more power and longer life for easier and more convenient use. The greatest part is the touch control trigger that makes it easy for you to control while the ergonomic grip offers maximum comfort. There are 2 choices that you can choose between aluminum housing and composite housing.


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Why donating blood is one of the best things you can do
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Being a good people should be a goal that everyone strives for. Sadly, far too many people are selfish or too busy to think about others and they just do their own thing, never worrying about anyone else until it is too late. Given the demands of the modern world this way of life is understandable, but that doesn't make it right. Taking time out to think how to help others should be something that we are all encouraged to do on a regular basis. It is simple things as well that can help, like being prepared to donate organs once dead or donating blood while living. Donating blood is such a simple procedure and yet statistics show that less than 5% of populations actually perform this lifesaving act. Here are a few things to think about and which might motivate you to get up and do the right thing.
Learn a little about yourself
As much as donating blood is about helping others, it is also a great way to stay up-to-date with your own health status. When donating blood, you will be hooked up to a blood pressure machine to have you BP monitored. They test your iron levels. They will let you know if you are carrying diseases like HIV or hepatitis and they will inform you of your blood group. These are all good things to know, and while your blood group will never change, the other items can change. The sisters at the donation clinic are essentially giving you a medical every time you visit.
Help others
A pint of blood, which is typically what they take from you when you donate, can be used to save multiple lives. Generally, the blood is taken away and divided into its constituent parts: platelets, plasma and red blood cells. It is very rare that a pint of blood is taken from a donor and given as a single unit to a recipient. This means that you are not just helping one person when you donate but three. And blood products are always in demand – quite simply there are never enough donors.
What goes around
Health laws differ from country to country but in places blood donors are not charged for blood products if they end up in hospital needing a transfusion. This might not apply everywhere but for those who believe in Karma and paying it forward the simple act of donating means you have done good and should stand to benefit somewhere down the line.
It is surprisingly painless
There are so many people who think that it will hurt. People who claim to be terrified of needles or who panic at the sight of blood. The reality is that if you look the other way you feel nothing. The whole process is alarmingly simple, and it takes between five and ten minutes in total. Afterwards you are rewarded with a biscuit or two and something to drink. But the terror and the concerns that prevent so many supposedly well-intentioned people from donating are genuinely absent – it is a whole lot less pain than stubbing a toe, being shot with a paintball or getting a tattoo. There really is no excuse to not donate blood.


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Our nation is in crisis. Our universities are churning out graduates at record pace, but nobody knows if there will be jobs for these graduates, or if the degrees of the graduates will be applicable to the few jobs available. The Associated Press recently reported that 53.6 percent of college graduates under 25 are jobless or working a job that does not require a college degree. The problem is complex and has much to do with the recent recession and the ever-changing workplace, but we have an important tool to combat this problem: a liberal arts education.
A liberal arts education entails courses in a variety of disciplines such as philosophy, religious studies and history in addition to classes in an area of specialty. At its best, a liberal arts education has the potential to greatly enrich many students' lives by encouraging critical thinking and passionate debate about the issues that face our world today. It can also enrich and inspire professors' lives when students bring fresh ideas and energy to discussions in class. At its worst, however, these classes simply become a chore for students, studied for in an Adderall binge solely to pass the course they need to graduate.
As a three-year member of the honors program at Loyola New Orleans, I have been able to experience an unusual liberal arts system. Rather than normal classes, the honors program uses seminar format classes on a specific topic within a broad subject such as philosophy or religious studies. Many of the classes have never been taught before, so the students don't know what they are getting into, but are intrigued by the name and description of a course. Multiple times I have seen this intrigue and interest in a course crushed due to a professor who lectures the entire period without engaging the class at all. However, I have also seen entire classes excited and engaged so intensely that it was difficult to maintain an orderly debate.
The difference in class engagement was caused by enlightened, gifted, committed professors and a discussion-based learning environment. Among these classes: a religion/ Latin American Studies course which examined the many sides of our country's immigration problems and asked students to apply Catholic social values and create solutions for them; a philosophy class which encouraged students to question why they as humans organize into political societies and governments, what natural rights they should maintain and what an ideal government should look like; and a religion course which explained how centuries of translation of the bible has led to the distortion of many passages by the modern media and challenged students to find the true meaning and intent of the bible. These non-traditional classes were extremely valuable, exposing students to ideas they had never contemplated before and forcing them to think about their lives and their connection with the world around them. Loyola should consider incorporating some of the most successful honors courses into the general common curriculum, as well as creating more classes like them.
Perhaps we can do more than make the classes more valuable. What if we made all students complete one or two years of common curriculum before declaring a major? For me, the common curriculum classes led to a new passion and the addition of a second major, along with confirming my career choice of the medical profession (although not until my junior year). I see too many classmates who are in pre-health or pre-law because they are smart, in business because common perception says that's where the most jobs are, etc.: people studying disciplines for the wrong reasons. A system that forces students to take classes before they commit to a major would allow them to gain life experience in their first years away from home and think critically about their lives before committing to a career they won't enjoy, or one that might not even exist in a few years.
This system probably won't be applied any time soon, but we can still strive for the goal of enlightened and independently thinking graduates. So I call on students: constantly re-examine your career paths so that you know you are studying your subject because you are passionate about it and believe you can influence the world positively. Think about the world, soak up the knowledge professors have to offer, and share your ideas with other students in and out of class. Professors: build a learning environment that is not simply a one-way transfer of ideas from you to your students, but an open exchange of ideas among students and professors. This is how we can build graduates that will be passionate about learning, knowledgeable about the world and ready to adapt to the changing world, or, better yet, create positive change within it.
Jordan Harbaugh Williams is a biological science senior and can be reached at [email protected]
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Littlebrook Power Station closes its door after more than 75 years of generation from the site
Tomorrow marks the final day of operations at Littlebrook Power Station after more than 75 years of successful operations at the site.
The 1,140 MW oil-fired station in Kent was opted out of the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD) in 2008, meaning that it must close in 2015 or after 10,000 hours of operation. Last year, the decision was made to close the station at the end of March 2015 due to current market conditions.
Littlebrook has played a critical role in the UK's power generation mix since it began operation in 1981. During its lifetime it has generated a total of 43475.699 GWh to power homes and businesses across the UK, and established strong links with the community, contributing millions of pounds to the local economy.
Roger Miesen, Chief Technical Officer (CTO), RWE Generation, commented, "Today is a sad but not unexpected day. I'd like to pay tribute to this station and the people that have worked here helping to keep the lights on across London for so many years."
Kevin Nix, Head of RWE Generation UK: "I would like to thank all of our staff past and present who have contributed to the success of the station, We are also grateful to the local community for their continuous support during the life of the plant."
Instrumental in helping to power the city of London for many years, construction started on Littlebrook Power Station in 1976. It holds the record for the largest electricity production output of any 2,000 Megawatt station in the UK within any one year. This record generation was during its operational time as a three unit station in the UK miners' strike. More recently, the station has played an important role in providing electricity during times of peak demand. Littlebrook is the last major non gas-fired power station to close in the Greater London area.
RWE has invested more than £6 billion into new efficient power generation over the past 5 years to replace the older generation of fossil fuel plants.


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Re-Inking Services was established in 1995 to meet the growing demand for environmentally friendly solutions to printer consumables. Since that time, we have greatly expanded the range of cartridges that can be refilled. We are one of the longest-established cartridge recycling companies in Auckland. Innovation has kept us at the forefront of the re-inking industry with regular investment in new refilling equipment, and the development of purpose built machinery to refill previously unfillable cartridges.
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Welcome to Barefoot Wanderers. We are Sophie and Cam a couple from Berkshire about to embark on the trip of a lifetime. This blog will document our adventures as we travel around India, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Bali and wherever else the road takes us.
A gypsy soul is a person always in need of change and adventure. They seek the next best thing in any situation. They are passionate and inspired by the different. They thrive on ideas and experiences, and they wander the world in search of such things. They say that travel is the only thing in the world that you can buy that makes your richer and we have always found that to be true. So join us as we get a serious case of wanderlust.
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The key to sorting out your dogs and cats allergies, skin disorders, joint inflammation, arthritis, bladder disorders and many of the dread diseases, is to balance their pH Levels.
Just like with humans, our dogs (less so with cats) require a diet of 60% alkaline forming foods and 40% acid forming foods. However, to restore poor health, the diet should consist of 80% alkaline forming foods and 20% acid forming foods.
If too many acidic foods are consumed and not enough alkaline, the acidity inflames your organs. An imbalance in the acid-base can lead to inflamed skin, bone and muscle loss, osteoporosis, increased blood pressure and risk of developing kidney stones, stomach cancer, fatigue and much more.
I believe that the true judge as to whether a diet is "perfect" for both human and animal is based on whether they are able to provide the correct pH balances, with a leaning towards alkalinity. Thus, when one looks at popular human diets, this important formula is always fulfilled.
Even the controversial, Banting Diet, promoted by our own legendary Professor Tim Noakes, fulfills these requirements. Often his proposed diet is misunderstood in that he is advocating a high fat diet with low refined carbohydrates, rather than a high meat protein diet. Looking thoroughly into his diet and recipes, the contribution of his veggies (predominantly alkaline) supersedes and balances the acidity from the meat content. Remember, fat, mostly has a neutral impact on PH.
Importantly, when preparing diets for our pets the same considerations should be applied. If not, as a matter of fact, this will lead to inflamed cells, reduce immunity and lead to an array of health ailments like skin disorders, arthritis and the formation of kidney stones.
Thus, looking at commercial pet foods in pellet/kibble form, it is quite clear why such diets cannot perform. The main ingredients are refined carbs – brewers rice, wheat and corn gluten, potato meal, soya meal and animal meals. As a matter of fact, such refined carbs are rated as "extremely acidic" and their contribution way overrides any alkaline ingredients that may come from this diet.
The same arguments follow for diets that contain copious amounts of meat (raw or cooked). In the last few years, there has been a trend to feed our companion animals a high raw meat diet. Meat too is classified as an "extremely" acidic.
The common reason for acidosis is a diet too high in acid producing animal products like meat, dairy and refined carbohydrates, and far too low in alkaline producing foods like fresh vegetables.
The Golden Rule Applies
60 percent alkaline based foods to 40 percent acid forming foods or the old age rule of 1 meat to 2 portions veggies
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The results of a landmark study conducted by animal science researchers in California show that feeding a group of dogs a freshly prepared, whole food, lightly cooked, nutritionally balanced diet made from real food is scientifically shown to increase white blood cells and blood proteins that could benefit immune health. The ground-breaking research is being presented this week at the 14th Annual American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition's (AAVN) Symposium, held in conjunction with the 2014 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Forum in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Adult Club Tennis Championships, May 18 to 20
Many thanks to the participants of this year's annual tennis championships. We had 105 entries this year, over 10 events. The weekend had many matches with close scores and brilliant tennis, we had some big upsets and surprise new winners. The tournament was a success with everyone enjoying themselves over the two and a half days. Unfortunately, one opponent we didn't beat was the rain, which affected matches on both days with us finishing the finals over the following week. Looking forward to seeing you all at the next event.
Junior Club Championships, May 4 to 5
This year's edition of the Junior club champs had exciting tennis played from the Friday evening to Saturday afternoon. The players showed excellent effort and sportsmanship. Each category from under 6 to 10 played with a modified ball and court size to allow the kids to enjoy having a rally and a taste for playing a real match. The older category 12 and above, used a yellow ball on a full size court.
Junior Tennis Friendly, May 25
The Hollandse Club hosted the Swiss Club Junior Tennis Players to some friendly Doubles Matches. Competitors aged from 10 to 16 played at least two matches with some wanting more after their third match! "Friendlies" against other clubs are a great way for the juniors to meet new players and enjoy playing tennis.
Juniors wanting to participate in future "friendlies" against other clubs can register interest by emailing the Tennis Director at firstname.lastname@example.com


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We have all known helicopter parents, particularly when a child leaves for college. In fact, we could possibly be guilty of hovering a bit too closely ourselves. Discovering that ideal balance between caring and overstepping our boundaries is not always straightforward.
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Vallée and Araba exchanged rings on the 19th September 2015 at the Paris 75002 Mairie. Bernard Valée said "Yes I do" and Araba replicated "Yes I Do".
Refreshments followed same day at La Briche near Paris. Bernard is a handsome Frenchman who resembles a lot Patrick Poivre d'Arvor a former ace presenter of TF1. He has gotten married to a popular Ghanaian lady in France namely Araba of the Mfantse Mboa Kuw.
The ceremony was exceptional and it gave a breathe off the numerous funerals that have been celebrated this year at La Briche. There was a lot of dancing, a lot of eating and a lot of moderate drinking.
Kingdom Church leaders Officiated the ceremony. It was under the Chairmanship of Nana I.K. Acheampong. The traditional Council under the leadership of Nana Ansah Sasraku / Ohemaa Ajoakour, the Paramount Chiefs group, Religious leaders and Community leaders were present. It was a lot of fun with the newly weds.
Ghanainfrance.com congratulates this new couple. We wish them lots of love, laughter, babies and marital happiness.


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For the second consecutive year, Brightcove Video Cloud powered the live streaming of Samsung Electronics' Press Conference at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Las Vegas, US.
Started in 1967, CES is the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow. The 2012 International CES was the largest in the event's 44 year history, with a record number of more than 3,100 exhibitors across the largest show floor in CES history.
The Samsung press conference was held on January 9th in Las Vegas, prior to CES official opening on January 10th. The theme of the conference was "Pushing the Boundaries". BooKeun Yoon, CEO of Samsung Electronics, was the keynote speaker at the press conference.
The other speakers include: Tim Baxter (Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Consumer Electronics Division), Joe Stinziano (Senior Vice President of Sales for Consumer Electronics Division), Kevin Packingham (Vice President Of Product Innovation), and Todd Bouman (Vice President, Marketing at Samsung Electronics).
1,500 journalists and analysts attended the press event, where Samsung's Galaxy Note was launched in the U.S. The Galaxy Note is Samsung's latest mobile phone that offers tablet capabilities on a smart phone.
The event was captured on high definition live streaming and broadcasted worldwide via Samsung Electronics Facebook and PR blog, and media websites such as ZDNet, Wikitree, inews24, ETnews, and Dong-a.com. You can view the video here.
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text: ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. -- Finding the words to comfort a loved one who has been diagnosed with cancer can be difficult. There are boundaries and limits some people tend to ignore or are not even aware of. An Atlantic Beach man decided to blog about the do's and don'ts after his wife of 40 years, Laurie Piscitelli, was diagnosed with breast cancer on August 19, 2015. He aims to help teach others what you likely should and should not say or do to someone battling cancer.


text: Latin American markets followed Wall Street down a steep slope Thursday as Iraqi war jitters and signs of an economic slowdown nailed the Dow and Nasdaq. Argentina's Merval sank 1.9 percent, Brazil's Bovespa gave up 1 percent, Mexico's IPC eased 0.7 percent but Chile's IPSA rose 0.5 percent. The Bovespa fell even as the economic data coming out of Brazil looks solid with the government posting a record primary budget surplus of 52.4 billion reais last year, beating IMF targets and calming investors worried about its ability to service debt payments.


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Over the weekend, the Internet blew up after the Twitter account of National Geographic Channel shared a snippet of a couple of quarreling penguins.
What initially looked like a typical territorial tiff between two flightless birds turns out to be something deeper: a rage-filled rumble out of romance.
Apparently, adultery seems prevalent in the animal kingdom, and that humans aren't the only beings prone to cheating. And just like every sad tale of infidelity portrayed in mainstream media, things are ought to get ugly in the end.
The clip's caption is straight out of a newspaper:
Not to sound pessimistic, but if penguins can fall out of one another, how sure can we be we with our current partners?
At least this next creature isn't giving up on love just yet...
As part of the nature documentary series Planet Earth II, BBC Earth uploaded a heartfelt teaser starring a pygmy three-toed sloth, mammals that are usually associated with being lazy.
The premise: one of the few remaining of its species, the male sloth is out to find a mate and in turn, is willing to break misconceptions just to get laid be with "The One."
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Comparison Between the Provisions of the CISG on Mitigation of Losses (Art. 77) and the Counterpart Provisions of PECL (Art. 9:505)
Zeller, Bruno (2005) Comparison Between the Provisions of the CISG on Mitigation of Losses (Art. 77) and the Counterpart Provisions of PECL (Art. 9:505). Working Paper. Pace Law School, New York, USA.
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Mitigation is a principle which is an obligation in the common law but not clearly defined in civil law. In arbitration practices mitigation has become a general principle of international trade and Mustill refers to the principle as "(to) constitute the lex mercatoria in its present form."(1) He went further by noting that mitigation is merely treated as obvious.(2)
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Every bride dreams of finding Cinderella's shoe – that perfect pair of shoes that will make her a princess! Gone are the days of dyed to match shoes. In today's wedding world, we dream of shoe art from Jimmy Choos to Louboutins to knockoffs,you can find simple, sexy, or glitzy shoes to compliment you on your big day. There's a lot to know about wedding shoes. If you're going to be walking down the aisle soon, you'll definitely want to check out our tips.
There are several things you'll need to take into consideration before you buy your wedding shoes. Of course, comfort is essential, and you'll want your bridal shoes to be special. But, if they don't work with your dress, you'll be really disappointed. The perfect wedding shoes will need to be many things, but mostly, they must be comfortable. Just think, you'll be walking down the aisle, posing for photographs, greeting attendants, cutting the cake, and possibly dancing in your bridal shoes. This could add up to hours and hours on your feet, so be sure, above all else,that you choose shoes that are comfortable on your feet. For the choosy bride, there's always the option of more than one pair of shoes! You can have formal heels for the ceremony, and comfortable shoes for the reception and dancing.
The heel height of your wedding shoes is of utmost importance. Your dress will be fitted to accommodate the height of your bridal shoes, and if you're not comfortable in really high heels, your wedding may not be the best time to try them out. If you want a bit of added height, but aren't used to stilettos, you can consider platform heels, or lower kitten heels. And, of course, if you prefer a flat, satin ballet slipper can make beautiful bridal shoes.
While your shoes should be a good match to your dress and the setting of your wedding, they should also reflect your personal style. Some brides opt for two pairs of shoes, one for the ceremony and pictures and a more practical pair for dancing into the wee hours. Just be sure you wear all your shoes before the big day to avoid blisters!


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Close to a century of progress has not delivered full gender equality at the top of the legal profession. We need to keep going, says Catherine Calder.
A hundred years after (some) British women gained the vote, the 2018 International Women's Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Importantly, it is also a call to action for accelerating gender parity, an issue that the legal profession takes very seriously.
According to data collected in August 2017 by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, women make up 48% of all lawyers in law firms and constitute three quarters of the workforce in terms of other staff.
Women hold markedly fewer senior positions, however, with just 33% of partners being women. Statistics from the Bar Standards Board for the same year show that 6,022 of the 16,435 practising barristers – or almost 37% – are women, while just over 15% of QCs are female (254 out of a total of 1665). Although we now have a woman in the most senior role in the Supreme Court, the judicial diversity figures from April 2017 give the percentage of female judges as only 24% in the Court of Appeal and 22% in the High Court.
At first glance these figures are dispiriting, but the proportion of women in senior positions at solicitors' firms and barristers' chambers is growing, as those in management on both sides of the profession work to improve the retention and promotion of women. As Christina Blacklaws, vice president of the Law Society, says today, 'justice, fairness and the rule of law are what drew most of us to the legal profession'.
Announcing the results of the Law Society's Women in the Law survey, in which nearly 8000 people participated, Blacklaws notes that 'unconscious bias in the legal profession is the most commonly identified barrier to career progression for women'. Tackling this, as well as providing mentoring and flexible working (something which of course benefits men as well as women) is key.
One way of addressing unconscious bias is to showcase successful female lawyers, which also inspires younger women to lean in, as Sheryl Sandberg would put it, and to aim for the top.
The importance of role models cannot be overestimated. In the words of Bridget Dolan QC at my own set, which has seen four female silks sworn in since February 2016: 'We know that our appointments will encourage the other women in the set to aim high. Our first female QC in Chambers is now on the High Court Bench, and the four recent appointments have certainly changed the profile at the top of chambers, with 20% of our silks now women.'
Reportedly this puts my chambers, Serjeants' Inn, in the top ten chambers for the number of female silks, but we aspire to improve this significantly. Although the four female QCs at Serjeants' Inn have followed disparate paths to silk and work in different areas of law, what they have in common is that they all have children; Katie Gollop QC acknowledges how crucial the support of the clerking team has been to ensure that career success has been compatible with family life.
The profession's progress on equality is being documented in the First Hundred Years project run by Spark 21, a charity founded to celebrate, inform and inspire women in the profession.
Supported by the Law Society and the Bar Council, the project charts the journey of women in law since 1919 when the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act enabled women to enter the profession for the first time. Its numerous events and initiatives include an exhibition of 100 films to be shown at the British Library in 2019 that tells the story of women in law and highlight role models for the future – celebrating the legacy of extraordinary women such as Helena Normanton and Rose Heilbron, and recognising the achievements of Baroness Hale, Baroness Butler-Sloss, Lady Justice Thirlwall, Baroness Kennedy, Dame Fiona Woolf and other leading lights of the law. As a trustee of Spark 21, I hope and believe that my daughter's generation will take for granted gender parity just as my generation takes for granted women's right to vote.
Catherine Calder is joint chief executive of Serjeants' Inn Chambers which is a founding partner of the First 100 Years campaign. She is also a trustee of charity Spark 21.


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I love cherries, I mean not just like them I LOVE cherries. They are my sweets of sorts. So this recipe is great because is combines cherries and cherry brandy, awesome paring don't you think.
That and the new additions to the family, the chickens ( all 14 of them) are laying, so eggs are something I'm not short of. I'm not complaining though, I did however complain when they scratched up my lettuce.
This recipe is also so easy, although I'm not by any means claiming I invented it, it's been around for years, originating from 19th century France I believe. However I've put a glutenfree tweak on it. One more point, if your don't like cherries, don't worry use blackberries, blueberries, or raspberries instead.
- 400g halved and pitted cherries
- 4 tbs cherry brandy or Kirsch
- 100 ml milk
- 150 ml double cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or fresh vanilla ( one stick)
- 4 eggs
- 100 g caster sugar
- 25g gluten free plain flour
- Preheat oven to 180c and grease a shallow flan dish.
- Soak your cherries in the kirsch.
- In a pan heat the milk, cream and vanilla. Heat yo almost boiling.
- In a separate bowl whisk the eggs and sugar together, and then add the flour, mixing until you have a smooth texture.
- Pour your milk into the egg mixture, mixing well to prevent lumps.
- Pour into your flan dish and place the cherries into the custard.
- Cook for 30-35 minutes until risen.
- Serve warm ( it's better in my opinion) with cream.
There you have it. Easy and delicious. Enjoy.