text:
While Steam gets many buzz for discounted costs, you do not actually have to invest hardly any money to take pleasure from among the better games the solution provides. The free-trial, the paid service, and online play (for applicable modes in appropriate games) will Situs judi online be readily available for customers in the usa, Canada, and Mexico. The overall game contains over 100 magical skills associated with survival, exploration, assault, protection, and more, and players will discover those abilities while they progress through game.
All of those protections were for movies and music, not game titles (though, demonstrably, video games get to enjoy all those protections aswell). Throwing from the PlayStation Paris Games Week 2017 occasion in November was Ghost of Tsushima, an all-new intellectual property being produced by the group behind the Infamous show, Sucker Punch.
But cannot worry, we have done the hard work of playing through many promising games available to you to compile this a number of the most effective Android games. The overall game is targeted around two teams battling it down to produce their primary objective, which can be defined by game mode you are playing. Unreal plans on releasing the hardcore arena shooter at some point this present year and as opposed to providing loot containers or DLC the designer will let players buy assets from the shop such as for instance skins and products produced by individuals all around the globe.
Newly formed Amazon Studios is creating its fantasy massively multiplayer activity, and early ideas appears absolutely incredible. Easily put, Kojima could be the reigning angry genius of video gaming. The first footage certainly appears promising, and I also should not likely that this is not going to be some stupid free-to-play game, as 612 Games has verified it will be a premium game (fortunately).
After twelve years, almost a dozen spin-off games, and a whole system generation, the 3rd 'full' Kingdom Hearts game is defined to reach this season. These were trash when they began while having only gotten worse over the years because the F2P money grab gutted the firms of any desire to actually enhance the games rather than milking the couple of players left for everything they are able to get.
It just seems like the past many years there has been only crap developing; the few games that have any kind of prospective have toxic micro transactions with hardwired pay to win schemes. While the biggest on-paper change arriving at State of Decay 2 could be the inclusion of co-op play, the reason why we are especially excited because of this game usually Undead laboratories finally has the resources and experience they have to deliver the overall game that they experimented with deliver the first time around.
The PvP multiplayer offers some interesting modes, like where attackers must save a hostage being protected by the defending group. – It's being funded by Sony, meaning the game is visiting the PlayStation 4. As with all Quantic Dream games, the hyper-real visuals are wrapped around a point-and-click style adventure, with a decision-based storyline and consequential actions predicated on your choices.


text:
2018 Practice Merge
Riverside Health Centre and Misterton Group Practice are pleased to inform patients that it is our intention to merge the two practices by March 2018.
Both practices work hard to deliver excellent patient care. We believe that merging will enable us to combine the clinical resources of both practices to deliver a sustainable high-quality primary care service in a currently pressured NHS.
Our vision is to collectively provide and maintain an outstanding patient service and position ourselves to meet future demands within an evolving NHS landscape.
We believe that the merger will make it possible for us to:
- Better plan the services we can offer to our patients
- Tailor our services to the needs of our patient population
- Structure our non-clinical workload to allow Doctors and Nurses to spend less time on paperwork
- Offer more varied appointment times at different locations
- Offer patient access to services over 4 sites.
- Continue to offer a high-quality primary care service
- Ensure the future stability and resilience of our practices
- Provide more development opportunities for our staff and invest in Bassetlaw's future general practice workforce
- Be in a stronger position to collaborate within primary, community and secondary care within Bassetlaw in line with the General Practice Forward View and Bassetlaw CCG's vision for Primary Care Home.
"Why are the practices merging?"
We are sure patients are aware of the increased pressures placed on General Practice over the last few years. Increased demand, an ageing population, increased chronic disease identification and workload from secondary care moving into the community has impacted the service we deliver. Coupled with fewer GP's and Nurses choosing a career in General Practice, maintaining both practice's high quality service is a concern. To ensure we can deliver a sustainable high quality service we believe merging will enable us to combine clinical resources into the future.
"Is the merger supported by NHS England and Bassetlaw CCG?"
We have discussed our plans with NHS England and Bassetlaw CCG both of whom are supporting the proposed merger.
"When are the practices merging?"
We will merge fully early March 2018, until this time both surgeries will be working in the background to align administrative processes and look at cross site working with clinical staff to offer improved services to patients.
"Will I have to travel to other surgeries to see other doctors or nurses I don't know?"
One of the reasons for the merger is to maintain access for patients, all surgery sites will remain open and patients will still be able to see the clinician of their choice. We are committed to providing continuity of care to our patients and will do our best to provide this.
"Will I still be able to contact my surgery on the same telephone number?"
Patients will still use the current surgery numbers to contact us.
Will the merged practice have a new name?"
No, the practices will keep the same names.
"Will I be able to book appointments in the same way?"
Yes, you will continue to be able to make appointments in person at reception, by phone or online.
"Will the surgery times change?"
No, the surgery times will remain the same.
Patient Information Sessions
We will be holding information sessions if you have any more questions:
Date: Monday 5th February 2018
Time: 12:30PM – 1:30PM
Address: Riverside Walk, Retford, DN22 6FB
Date: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Time: 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Address: Marsh Lane, Misterton, DN10 4DL
Date: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Time: 12:00PM – 1:00PM
Address: Leys Lane, Gringley-on-the-Hill, DN10 4QU

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Cervantes TheaterS XIX. It is the oldest stage of Malaga, it is the theater of reference of the city where different cultural programs and events of the importance of the "Malaga Festival" are celebrated. Spanish cinema".
After the destruction by a fire of the Theater of the Prince Alfonso or Theater of the Merced, the architect Jerónimo Cuervo realizes the project of the Theater Cervantes that was inaugurated in 1870.
With a polygonal plant has a patio of armchairs shaped like a horseshoe. It has four floors, one of stalls, two of boxes and the plant of paradise. In addition to its structural beauty, its decoration stands out.
Special mention deserves the ceiling of the patio of armchairs, painted to the oil by Bernardo Ferrándiz and collaborators like Antonio Muñoz Degrain. It is a vision of 19th century Málaga with its industry, commerce and the Port. The canvas measures 19 x 16.5 meters.
In 1950 the Theater presents an important deterioration, reason why its activity is reduced to room of projection. The City of Málaga acquires the building and rebuilds it. On April 6, 2012 marks the 25th anniversary of the reopening of the Teatro Cervantes as a municipal scenic space. A quarter of a century of symphonies, classical dramas, comedies, operas, ballets, jazz concerts, flamenco, rock, musicals and galas of all kinds.


text:
CUFF.Docs - The Crest
06:45 pm - 08:45 pm
Globe Cinema - 617 8 Ave SWwww.calgaryundergroundfilm.org
CUFF.Docs - The CrestPart of the documentary film festival.
Director Mark Covino (A BAND CALLED DEATH) returns to CUFF with his latest film THE CREST.
Two cousins live on opposite sides of America, both surfers and both unaware of the others existence. Until they discover they are both descendants of An Ri, the last King of the Blasket Islands, a collection of rocky islands off the westernmost point of Ireland, surrounded by treacherous ocean and once home to a community whose culture was untouched by outside influence. The cousins meet for the first time in Ireland on a quest to explore their shared heritage, learn what has been passed down to them from those who came before, and to surf the waters of their ancestral kingdom.
Director in attendance for Q&A following the screening.
Admission $10 Regular/ $8 Students, seniors, members.
Stage & Screen
Catalyst Theatre's The Invisible - Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Book, lyrics and music by Jonathan ChristensonMay 26, 2019
Europe, 1939. Adolf Hitler's armies are conquering nation after nation, and in the face of the Nazi ... Read More
Verrtigo Theatre - 115 9 Avenue SE
Sounds & Vibrations
CPO | Gershwins Magic KeyMay 26, 2019
Extra, Extra! Read all about it! Step into the 1920s streets of New York where a poor newspaper boy ... Read More
03:00 pm - 04:30 pm
Jack Singer Concert Hall
Lecture & Education
Building Effective TeamsMay 26, 2019
Successfully navigating modern business challenges requires individuals to work together to achieve ... Read More
05:00 pm - 05:00 pm
University of Calgary Downtown Campus - 906 8 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 1H9
Lecture & Education
Strengthening Mental Toughness and ResilienceMay 26, 2019
There are countless lists describing what leaders need to be successful in the volatile, uncertain, ... Read More
05:00 pm - 05:00 pm
University of Calgary Downtown Campus
Stage & Screen
ProArts presents FREE Calgary Concert Opera showAugust 28, 2019
Since 2011, Calgary Concert Opera Company has presented 9 different operas in concert format which i... Read More
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm
Cathedral Church, corner of 7 Ave and 1 Street SE
Stage & Screen
The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Calgary PrideSeptember 1 - September 2, 2019
The Calgary Underground Film Festival, Calgary Queer Arts Society and Hole in the Wall Studios prese... Read More
10:30 pm - 06:00 am
Globe Cinema, 617 8 Ave SW


text:
Shortly after integrating a Stripe payment gateway with Contact Form 7, ZealousWeb Technologies has now come up with an Worldpay payment gateway, which can also be successfully integrated with Contact Form 7.
Considering the fact that Contact Form 7 is a highly common and authentic WordPress Plugin, the new addon – "Contact Form 7 – Worldpay Extension" created by ZealousWeb Technologies, can prove to be extremely helpful for users when it comes to receiving payments.
There is no denying the fact that, users of WordPress websites confront a lot of payment related issues on a day-to-day basis, and in that case Contact Form 7 – Worldpay Extension can bring a great relief to them.
With the assistance of Contact Form 7 – Worldpay Extension, you can receive credit card or debit card payments directly from your customers, thus preventing them from landing up on a third party payment page.
Contact Form 7 – Worldpay Extension has the potential to receive payments safely from any Contact Form 7 form, which is hosted on any page or post for that matter. Once the contact form is submitted by the users, the payment checkout form is then displayed before them. The Worldpay payment checkout form is used for quick and secure transactions. This simply indicates that Contact Form 7 – Worldpay Extension can really help your websites to generate the revenue quickly.
What you need to understand about this plugin is it doesn't rely on the action handler 'on_set_ok', which resides on the 'Additional Settings' tab of the CF7. Instead of that users can find a new tab 'Worldpay' wherein they can configure all the crucial fields needed to configure this plugin. For using this plugin, it is important for you to activate your Contact Form 7.
If you need any sort of technical assistance in terms of integrating Worldpay Extension to your Contact Form 7, don't hesitate to contact ZealousWeb Technologies, a leading web development company and the developers of this plugin.
Contact Form 7 – Worldpay Extension Features :
- It brings you Worldpay payment option with 25 currencies supported.
- Allows you to create multiple payment forms using Contact Form 7 also supports multiple forms on single post or page.
- The Plugin can take values from all input fields including drop-down menu, text-box, hidden field, radio buttons, etc.
- It accepts dynamic value from frontend for parameters like item Success Message and amount.
- Enable WorldPay Sandbox Mode available to help you ensure the plugin is functioning properly.
- Save Contact Form 7 payment data into database.
- Worldpay payment response details stored at admin side.
- Export Contact Form 7 payment data to CSV.
- All filters and search facility available at admin side.
- Send Mail(1) is to payee and Mail(2) is send to admin after successful transaction of Worldpay payment.
- [worldpay-details] tag added to email content gets replaced by Worldpay payment response in email.
- Provides Shortcode [worldpay-success] to display the transaction ID after the transaction is made.
- On plugin installed, Thank you page automatically created with [worldpay-success] shortcode for payment details.
- Provide Success URL option in Worldpay tab for custom URL.


text:
Two featured men's reader styles and the winter outfits that pair perfectly. See for yourself how a pair of readers can elevate style to the next level.
Pictured above: Handsome reading glasses. It's hard to envision a style looking at the glasses alone because the contemporary rectangle shape and crystal clear portion of the reader is offset by classic tortoise. This jacket from Men's Warehouse is styled perfectly: A combination of professorial with formal.
The Force bifocal reading sunglasses protect your eyes from the bright winter sun and harsh winds. The sporty wrap around look matches the bubble winter coats that are trending in 2017 as the one we saw on HoodBoyz


text:
PMF-M10 Eco Herb
Effect: 18W
Dimensions (BxLxH): 18x36x39cm
Materials: Aluminum, Acrylic
Voltage: 90 ~ 240V, 50/60Hz
Led lighting: LED Växtljus (White) the brightness is dimmable
Note: The contest has ended.
Congratulations PIA K to the nice little cultivation station.
The slogan:
Chili, growing my
you are me a riddle
for chili, taste your
makes me cry!


text:
Let's recognize the people and organizations that are making a difference in the lives of others by doing extraordinary work.
Our new periodic feature, called #butterflykisses, is dedicated to honoring the extraordinary iron butterflies flying around us. People all over the world are researching, writing, interviewing, podcasting and sharing poignant stories about fascinating people who are surviving and thriving after facing significant challenges. We want to acknowledge their work in Iron Butterflies Project.
We promise to curate the sources we believe will provide you with the most valuable resources to help us all #flyforwardtogether.
Born An Iron Butterfly: The Trevor Noah Experience
By Shelley Friend Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show (TDS), was, literally, born a crime. His existence was illegal in South Africa in 1984 because of apartheid. His mother is South African and his father is German. When you read his book...read more
Emma J. Bell/Eric Hogdon
Today's #butterflykisses is Emma's interview with Eric Hogdon. Eric's 15-year old daughter Zoi, committed suicide in 2014. Keeping her memory alive by sharing her story fills him with warmth because he knows she's always a part of their lives and hearts forever....read more
Emma J. Bell/Joseph Oubelkas
Emma J. Bell/Joseph Oubelkas Today's #butterflykisses is Emma's interview with Joseph O. He says he had a great youth and got his degree and started his own IT company by the age of 20. By 24, he was working successfully for a client in Morocco, which was the land...read more
Emma J. Bell/Kia Scherr
Emma J. Bell/Kia Scherr Today's #butterflykisses is Emma's interview with Kia Scherr. Kia was visiting Florida when she heard on the horrific news that her husband and 13-year old daughter, who were in India, were attacked and gunned down by terrorists in Mumbai. When...read more
Emma J. Bell/Lee Davidson
Today's #butterflykisses is Emma's interview with Lee Davidson. From the age of six, Lee was exposed to drugs in her family. At eight, she skipped school to take care of her brothers because of the drugs, guns and violence in her family. This soft spoken thriver also...read more
Emma J. Bell/Danielle Justus
Today's #butterflykisses is Emma J. Bell's interview with Danielle Justice. In her 7-minute interview, Danielle shares how she worked through the guilt and shame of being molested by her uncle. She distinguishes herself as living two lives: before forgiveness and...read more
FaithWorks of Abilene
FaithWorks of Abilene believes "it's never too late to become what you might have been." FaithWorks formed in the mind and heart of Joyce Dalzell many years before her first class in 2003. She realized while she was volunteering at a local food pantry that people...read more
Emma J. Bell/Madeleine Black
Emma's interview with Madeleine Black teaches us more about thriving in her series of examining #50Thrivers. Madeleine faces the horrors of being gang raped when she was 13-years old. She shares how she learned to forgive the men who raped her and herself. She...read more
Emma J. Bell/Chloe Gallaway
Soulful child by Chloe Gallaway All six children in Chloe Gallaway's family were raised in the wilderness, literally. She entered the world when she was 12 after her brother died in an accident. The grief turned into a breaking point and she forced her mother to...read more
Joshua's Stage Podcast
Joshua Levy, of Austin, TX had a brainstorm. He created Joshua's Stage, which is the premiere performance center for children ages 3 to 18 and adults with a wide range of special needs; featuring classes, workshops, camps, performances, and exhibits in theatre arts,...read more
FaithWorks of Abilene Podcast
FaithWorks formed in the mind and heart of Joyce Dalzell several years before the first class began in 2003. It was while she was volunteering at a local food pantry that she realized that the people being served "just have never learned the skills they need to find a...read more
Trevor Noah Foundation
"The higher the level of education, the higher chance the youth have of creating a future for themselves and collectively, a better South Africa." - Trevor Noah Trevor Noah is a comedian, writer and television producer from South Africa. He hosts The Daily Show with...read more
Emma J. Bell/John Andrews
Emma's interview with John Andrews will touch your soul. In his video, he tells of how, as a young man, he was living a double life as he explored his sexuality. He shares his story about his relationships and losing three partners. He shares intimately about living...read more
Emma J. Bell/Kenyatta Leal
June 8, 2018 This week's #butterflykisses segment features Emma J. Bell. She is a dynamic coach, facilitator and speaker who wears many hats. She is also founder of The Global Resilience Project. Her team has discovered the 9 Secrets to Thriving by interviewing 50...read more
Caitie Whelan
April 2, 2018 Caitie Whelan's Lightning Notes are a great way to start the day. Her purpose is to "help us move the world forward." Her weekday notes provide fascinating ideas and striking stories to remind us that we matter and that improving the world is our matter....read more


text:
Moderating All Things – Tedd Roberts
Moderating All Things – Tedd Roberts
No, this is not behavioral or diet advice – I did NOT say "moderation in all things." Sure, I have opinions in those topics, but that's not what this column is about… or rather, it IS.
I've been to four SF and science related conventions/meetings this past year, and in several of them I have been the panel moderator. In fact, in the scientific workshop, I led about eight hours of "working track" time which needed to be productive, and I had a vested interest in certain outcome goals (hint: I got someone to be actual MODERATOR for that track). In a recent SF convention I was moderator of every regular panel to which I was assigned. I have been told I do a decent job, and I do try. Not the best, not the worst, but I do have a few guidelines for moderating that seem to help.
Why talk about panel moderators here? Well, mainly because moderating SF authors is not always easy. There are many reasons for that, and part of it is simply that writers have SOMETHING TO SAY. After all, that's why they write, and that's why the audience comes to listen. I have to admit that a lot of the guidelines I use have come from other moderators – most notably from a discussion I had with Webcartoonist Howard Tayler at DragonCon in 2011 and continued during Deep South Con 50 in 2012.
The story starts with me having to wait for Howard to finish a panel on Webcartooning at DragonCon and transport him to dinner. I was just the go-fer and really didn't know him. Fortunately a mutual friend waited with me and accompanied us to our destination. I listened to the panel for a while and was amazed at how smoothly a LARGE panel (more than 8 people if I recall correctly) ran. I asked Howard about it, and it turned out that he was NOT the moderator, but offered to do so when he found out that the person designated to moderate was inexperienced and rather daunted by the range of talent on the panel. The story continued 10 months later when I was in the position of moderating Howard and two other rather strong personalities for a panel at DSC50. By the way, that panel was one of the most favorite I have ever done, and the video is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy4SuxQ_ZPY.
Howard's advice, and that of the many other role models I've copied (yes, professionals learn to steal from the best!) was to realize that a moderator's job is to make sure that the panel keeps moving – never dominated by just one person – that everyone on the panel should speak (but the Moderator should speak less) – that you should attempt to stay on topic, but recognize when the topic drift might be more fun for panelists and audience. Specific tips that I've been given are to be prepared with leading questions, topics that can be discussed, ways to encourage panelists to expand on something they just said, and how to interrupt someone who is going on for WAY too long.
More importantly, a good moderator needs to know their fellow panelists, know their topic, and know their audience. MOST important was knowing just what format the convention programming folks intended for a panel: Is it supposed to be a panel of experts discussing? Audience participation? Interview? Game show?
I have to confess that I don't do interviews well. They require a level of preparation that I often don't have time to do. On the other hand, game show formats require even MORE participation, and I am starting to do those, too.
The biggest problem with the first two panel types boils down to who should speak, when and for how long. Expert talks SHOULD consist of a panel with something to say, and an audience composed of people who want to hear what they have to say. Audience participation, on the other hand, is much more of a collaboration between panel and audience – they can range from designing an alien world or creature to an opportunity for audience members to ask questions of the panelists. Hence the following pro-tips from one moderator to another (or to panelists and audiences in general).
1) Know your panel type – expert, audience participation, workshop, roundtable, etc. For an expert talk, you will have panelists that can and should discuss a topic in depth. There will be audience questions, but they can wait until you've covered the main topic. Audience participation assumes that the audience will be invited in no longer than 5 to 10 minutes into the panel. Workshops are primarily teaching opportunities – expect questions throughout and plan accordingly. Roundtables usually allocate time for each panelist to speak once, maybe twice. There will likely be no time for questions, and the panelists will likely use ALL of their time (and then some) telling their stories.
2) Know your role: If you are the sole non-writer on a panel about indie publishing, then chances are you are there to be a MODERATOR, and not a participant. I realize that I suffer from a touch of Imposter Syndrome (i.e. the nagging feeling that you really don't belong) but when I'm on a panel of Big Name Writers, like Sarah A. Hoyt, John Ringo, Larry Correia, I know that the audience PROBABLY didn't turn out to listen to ME. On the other hand, if the topic is about incorporating brain diseases in fiction, I'm right where I belong!
So first thing is to understand why the programming director chose you as Moderator – ASK THEM. If/when you are good at Moderating, you will likely get asked to moderate a panel where the Guest Director thinks that a third party needs to moderate the potential circus. Or, you may get asked because you know the panelists even though you don't know the topic – hence how I came to moderate The NASA Panel some years back (yes, they couldn't come up with a better name, because it was intended to cover wide-ranging topics). This was before I started working with the NASA Human Research Program, so I knew I didn't have anything to say on the topic, yet I knew quite well two of the three Space Scientist/Engineers-turned-SF Writers. So, you MODERATE. Have questions prepared, learn something about the background of each person. Know the stated goals of the panel description (again, TALK to the Programming Director), but have a couple of extensions where you can lead the discussion if it starts to lag.
On the other hand, you might BE one of the experts. The proper application of Science to Science Fiction is one of my favorite panel topics. I might be on a panel of Big Name Writers (at least in my opinion) and yet, this would definitely be a case where the audience may very well want to hear my opinion. That doesn't let you off the hook, though. You still have to do all of the things a good moderator should – it just means that you CAN inject personal comments into the panel.
3) Control the flow. Give a brief intro to each panelist, then let them continue with their own self-intro. Have a prepared first question and follow-ups. Have a preferred order in which you want each panelist to answer – go from one end of the table to the next, or use a rotation system. Have follow-up questions, and if you hear something that would be a great follow-up, WRITE IT DOWN. You can then use it later – at an appropriate time, of course.
IF you are one of the experts, save your comments until last. One of the WORST moderating jobs I have ever experienced was a panel of 5 experts, each of us was to talk briefly (our favorite scientific breakthrough of the year, I think) – we were time limited and the Moderator had to ensure that we stayed within time. Unfortunately, the Moderator made follow-up comments after EACH panelist… and did it with EVERY cycle through the panel and with every follow-up question. They used up all of the time saved by making the panelists cut their comments short. This same moderator would chastise panelists when they did run long, not realizing that they were doing the exact same thing.
So, when you are a moderator, resist the urge to interrupt or rebut a panelist with your own expertise. Think of your opinion as being an additional, phantom panelist who gets to take a turn at talking. Self-censor yourself to stay on topic and within time.
DO NOT be afraid to cut off a panelist who is talking too long. You seen them, the senior author who is afraid the young whippersnappers have passed them by, or the author so enamored of their own wit. Even very interesting, entertaining, amusing authors can get wrapped up in the story they are telling. As a moderator, you MUST control the flow – that means making sure Johnny Writer doesn't use up all of your time telling that amusing anecdote about how he met Harlan Ellison in an elevator at Worldcon something-or-other.
When interrupting, do NOT say "Okay, that's enough, let someone else take a turn." Or "That's nice but we need to move on." No, no, a thousand times no. Been There, Done That… see worst moderating, above. Be polite, be kind, and do the interrupting in the name of the flow of the panel. My favorite interruption is "Oh, Johnny, that's great, you just set us all up with my next question for the panel." You can actually let the panelist continue by simply redirecting them – "Johnny, excuse me, but that's a really good point – can you tell us how that applies to…" That way you are polite, and you DO let the panelist continue, but you've taken back control of the flow. Be very careful and judicious with your moderating. If you are the newcomer, outsider, and the audience came to hear your Big Name Authors tell all about how they got the idea to write together in a shared universe, by all means let them talk. Use the latter form of interruption to stay on topic, but let them go on.
Of course, the other problem you might have is dead space. Always have more questions prepared that you know you will have time for – especially when interviewing. Have questions in associated areas that might not fit the exact description of the panel. The worst possible outcome is to have a whole series of questions planned only to find out that the panelist(s) don't want to talk about it. For example, you have a question on Climate on a Fantasy world only to have panelists start to argue about Climate Change. You planned several follow-ups on magical weather manipulation, elementals, and real world comparisons, but now your panelists are staring sullenly at each other. Perhaps this would be a good time to have the panelists explain why fantasy must have rules, when they can be broken, or construction techniques for the particular type of weather they experience.
As a moderator, you never want to run out of topics. Have more questions than you know you will ecver need. I can usually wing it, and I've had the good fortune to work with panelists who can keep going long after the panel time period is up. But the first time I ever conducted an interview, I ran out of questions and froze up. Fortunately, I was not the only interviewer, and a VERY capable fellow panelist filled in the gap. Have I mentioned that I STILL don't do interviews well?
All of that said, be prepared to ditch your plan and run with the topic drift when it occurs. The First Contact panel video above was supposed to be a discussion of how the three authors handled First Contact in their stories. It was not going well, and so the topic drifted into designing a First Contact scenario. The result was WAY more fun, and I have used similar panels to develop new, fun ideas (including an Improv game based on First Contact).
John Ringo and Kelly Lockhart are a prime example of runaway topic. John will fill all available space in a panel discussion. If there is a weak or no moderator and the other panelists don't speak up, John will. He is also aware that he can leave others in his dust, so he does exercise caution and TRIES not to take over a panel when he shouldn't. On the other hand, one of the BEST people to moderate John is Kelly Lockhart. They have a similar style despite the differences in backgrounds, experience and career. They also have shared experiences which they use to good effect in panel discussion. The John and Kelly Show usually starts with Kelly having prepared questions, but can veer drastically into new and often uproariously funny territory.
As a moderator, flexibility is good. Be prepared, no matter what happens. The way to know when to let the diversion happen is to look at the faces of audience panelists and guests. If a panelist gets stone-faced, they probably feel they've been shorted at their chance to talk. If the audience looks bored, you need to take back control of the discussion and move on to something else. If the panelists are laughing, the audience is laughing, and there are tears of laughter in your own eyes, let the diversion run. It might just end up being your Favorite! Panel! Evah!
4) The question of Questions: Q&A is YOUR job as Moderator. YOU open the floor to questions, YOU choose the questioner, YOU choose the panelist(s) to answer if the questioner does not. This keeps the flow of the panel under control and allows you to continue to apply all of the techniques above. Repeat the questions for the panelists – there's probably panelists AND audience who couldn't hear the original (it also gives you a chance to trim the question for time). This is your job, and frankly, it's one of the most important aspects of being a moderator.
I am at heart, a Teacher. To me, audience questions are a normal part of any presentation, and I generally don't mind them at any point in my presentations. That is not true of everyone and particularly not true during panels. Most conventions schedule panels every 60 minutes, meaning you have 50 minutes for a panel and NEED TO END ON TIME to ensure that your panel exits and allows others to enter and start on time. After all, you, too, want to be able to start at your scheduled time. If your panel is experts talking about a pre-planned subject, keep questions until the end. Figure on 40 minutes of panel discussion, 9 minutes of questions and 1 minute to wrap up. Better yet, cut the discussion just a bit shorter and allow each panelist 1 minute at the end to sum up, pitch their next book and mention other activities at the Con. Figure on a minimum of 7 or 8 minutes for questions. This SHOULD let 4-5 people ask questions; if there are more, suggest that they be taken out into the hall and DO clear out of the table or dais to let the next group in.
We all seen it, and might even have done it – an audience member raises their hand to ask a question, but gives an opinion, rambles or starts their own anecdote instead. For an Expert Talk, your job as a Moderator is to prevent this. At the start of a Q&A session, I usually recite the following – shamelessly borrowed from Howard Tayler:
"Please stick to QUESTIONS ONLY. Remember, a QUESTION is an interrogative sentence that begins with words like 'WHAT,' 'HOW,' 'WHO' or 'WHY.' It does NOT begin with 'I THINK,' 'IN MY OPINION' or 'I ONCE…' Please direct your questions – and questions only – to the panelists."
Yes, that's a bit harsh, but it works, and your panelists AND audience will be much more appreciative. After all, the audience came to hear the panelist/experts, not another audience member. There are certainly exceptions – there may be a fellow author in the audience, or a subject matter expert that advises your panelists. Let the PANELISTS decide whether to invite someone else into the discussion.
On the other hand, don't be TOO quick to cut off a rambler, the intro "In my field we…" might be a preface to "How would you use that in your story?" When you do get someone who rambles in their question, be polite in your interruption. Don't just cut them off, redirect what they've already said into a question for the panel. Thus, "…and you're asking the panelists… what the effect of Independent Publishing has had on copyright?" is MUCH better than "…and your question is?" or "Please get to the point." Remember, when you are polite, panelists and audience alike will notice. You will be able to do a better job of moderating, and likely get more opportunity to do it.
Work all of the audience. Don't just take questions from everyone in an area, then move on. Pick people from different areas. When there are multiple hands up, pick several in advance: "You in the corner, then left side red shirt, then front row." It lets people know you've seen them, and how long they will have to wait to get their question answered. When reaching the end, be sure to signal that as well: "We have time for two more questions – back row, then blue shirt on the center aisle." Yes, others will be disappointed, but they won't be clamoring for attention while you are trying to close the panel.
5) Audience participation: Really, all of the above tips apply, you just allow more time for Q&A and a looser interpretation of the definition of a question. Often you WANT the audience to make suggestions, so you don't need to limit them to questions only. You DO want to advise them to be brief and to the point.
This is where you definitely want to have a system for working the audience. You are in charge, this is not a free-for-all. If you get shouted comments from the floor, remind people to take turns, but couch it in terms of making sure that everyone can hear. That way you are not insulting the audience, you are building them up by suggesting that everyone should be able to hear their contribution.
This is one time you can work through the audience in a "physical" sequence (i.e. left to right, front to back, etc.). Plan to give yourself time for dozens of contributions. Try to keep from calling on the same person too many times – of course it will happen if there is not enough participation, but there are things you can do to fill those gaps which we will talk about later.
Call on people by position and another identifier: "Third row, blue shirt" or "Standing in the back, Darth Vader Mask." Again, have a sequence and mention 2-3 in a row so that people know they have been noticed and when it will be their turn. If you have to break for any reason (a question topic has come up too early and needs to be discussed early, or you need to get back to the next stage of discussion, tell the audience members waiting that you recognize them, and they will be after the next segment. Include kids, you might be surprised at their questions and comments (but be prepared to redirect as well).
Make eye contact, repeat the question or comment so that everyone can hear, rephrase for politeness and time. If the questioner is insulting or inconsiderate, you can simply say "We're not discussing that at this time." Again, be prepared to run with any digression or topic drift IF EVERYONE IS ENJOYING IT. Another favorite panel (not as moderator) was "Messiest Ways to Kill Zombies" in which we digressed from the main topic and started discussing casting, director, producer and soundtrack recommendations for a movie based on the messiest ideas from our discussion.
6) Give Feedback. I enjoy being a moderator, and I REALLY enjoy being on a panel with a moderator who knows their stuff and runs the panel efficiently. Follow up with panelists later, ask what they did and didn't like. If something went off the rails – apologize. It might not have been what the panelist was expecting, and you want them to have a good memory (and recommend you for more moderating jobs). This way, it's about the PANEL and not about you.
Be sure to tell the program director when you've really enjoyed yourself. If you want to do it again, say so. Give them honest feedback about what worked and what didn't. If you noticed a particular personality clash, mention it and tell the Director what you did to resolve it, that way if there is a complaint, they've heard at least one other perspective.
Most of all, have fun.
Ben Yalow #
There's a short guide for moderators that's been used at a number of conventions for a few decades, since it was first written by Janice Gelb (who will be running Program Ops this year at the Worldcon). It's nowhere near as comprehensive as this one — which is really good — but is shorter so it can be given to moderators in the hopes of getting them to read it.
Janice's guide is at http://www.smofbabe.net/moderatortips.html
But this guide is really good; it helps by giving not only a short rule, but commentary explaining the rule, and the reasons why.August 11, 2016
Comments are closed.


text:
David Gaughran is a 33 year old Irishman living in Sweden. He doesn't own an ereader even though he's published more than one digital book. And he knows a lot about digital publsishing.
One of his books is Let's Get Digital. I'm only about 3/4 of the way through this book, but I'm so impressed that I'm jumping the gun a little and reviewing it before I finish. This is a book I'd thought about writing, but Gaughran has done such a good job of it that I don't have to. He's thorough and balanced in his approach and includes the numbers to back up his arguments. And thanks to the quickness of digital self-publishing, it's timely: Gaughran includes data through June of this year.
Let's Get Digital is an overview of the current situation in digital self-publishing. Part One covers the What — reviewing the digital revolution, Part Two the How — how to do it and avoid commonly made mistakes, and Part Three (which I read first) covers Who — the success stories of 33 self-publishers, most of whom did not have a publishing history before they self-published.
If you want to understand what's going on in digital self-publishing, Read This Book!


text:
WebUI Folder¶
An AIMMS WebUI-ready application is an ordinary AIMMS application that contains a WebUI subfolder in the MainProject folder (this folder is created automatically when starting WebUI for the first time).
The entire application including all pages and widgets is stored in a single
webui.json file. When opening your application in the IDE, the
webui.json file will be automatically generated from your existing setup. During the conversion, only pages and their associated widgets that are actually referenced in the WebUI page manager will be included in the
webui.json file. The conversion will not delete the contents of the existing pages, widgets and application folders on disk, allowing you to still use older AIMMS versions, which depend on the old format. If you make changes to the WebUI using older AIMMS versions, you can delete the webui.json file, in which case it will be automatically re-generated. Changes made with AIMMS 4.67 and higher will never be visible in older AIMMS versions.
If you are using version control on your WebUI project, please make sure to add the new webui.json file, and delete the pages, widgets and application folders from version control when you don't plan to use the project with AIMMS version 4.66 and lower any longer. The new format as a true json file will make the structure of the WebUI directly clear, allowing you to resolve merge conflicts in the WebUI much easier. It also makes searching where widgets are used in your WebUI application straightforward.
Via the Widget Manager you can add widgets to your WebUI. You can add pages via the Page Manager.
The information above is valid for AIMMS versions 4.67 and higher. For older AIMMS versions, the following applies:
All WebUI pages and widgets will be stored (by the WebUI Server) in the pages and widgets subfolder of the WebUI folder.
All WebUI pages are stored (by the WebUI Server) in the pages subfolder of the WebUI folder.
It is possible to store application-specific resources in the resources subfolder of the WebUI folder:
Application-specific images should be stored in the resources/images subfolder. This folder is not created by default, so you need to create it yourself the very first time that you need it.
Load ordering¶
By default, resources are loaded in alphabetical order. You can influence this loading order by putting a
package.json file in the folder alongside the resources to be loaded and specify a specific loading order in it.
An example package.json could be:
"name": "my-application-specific-resource",
"version": "0.0.1",
"config": {
"aimms:asr": {
"files": [
- Your project can have multiple
- All resources loaded explicitly by a
package.jsonfile will no longer be loaded through alphabetical order.
- The loading order of the same file specified in multiple
package.jsonfiles is undefined and is best avoided.
CSS styling¶
It is possible to (re)style your web application by providing a custom CSS. The home page in the "MealsRUsWebApp":{TOPIC-LINK+example-project} example shows a small drop-down button in the upper right corner of the page that lets you switch between several example styles. Please note that the class names that are referred to in the CSS might change in the future. Application-specific CSS files should be stored in the resources/css subfolder of the WebUI subfolder of your project folder. As an example of application-specific styling, the MealsRUsWebApp has been extended with a theme-switch-addon that consists of some JavaScript and CSS that result in the theme switch drop-down button being shown in the upper right corner of your web application.
For more details on this addon, please check this thread on our Google Group.
For more info on CSS in general, see this Wikipedia article.
Data-Dependent Styling¶
You can define user-annotations in your AIMMS model that will be used to style corresponding so-called DOM elements in the WebUI page. To define user annotations for an identifier
X(i,j,k) that is being displayed in a widget, you can define a string parameter defined over a valid subdomain of the original identifier. This string parameter should be a space-separated string of class-names (that will be used to decorate the DOM elements with). In the attribute form of the identifier for which you are specifying the annotations, you should add a
webui::AnnotationsIdentifier annotation and fill in the string parameter containing the annotation(s) there.
In combination with an additional project-specific CSS file, you can then specify the styling on, for example, a per-table-cell basis.
In AIMMS versions prior to 4.49.1, you had to define a string parameter called
X_annotations(i,k) (with the domain of this 'annotations' identifier being a valid subdomain of the original identifier) in order to achieve the same. This had the disadvantage that when you renamed the original identifier, the '_annotations identifier' was not automatically renamed with it, leading to unexpected effects in your WebUI widgets.
For example, the following 'user annotation'
StringParameter DangerValuesOfX {
IndexDomain: (i,k);
Definition: "invalid-value danger" onlyif ( Y(i,k) >= Y_UB(i,k) );
In combination with the following CSS rule
.aimms-widget td.annotation-invalid-value {
background-color : red;
will show all cells in tables (because of the
.td class), where the annotation has the value
invalid-value with a red background color. The
DangerValuesOfX shows a combination of two annotations:
invalid-value as well as
By default, all core WebUI plugins (including widgets) will prefix user annotations with
annotation- and replace whitespace characters, like spaces or tabs, with a hyphen (-). It is recommended that app developers use this as well. For more information: see AWF.Util.getAsCSSClasses.
The WebUI uses flags to indicate whether a certain DOM element corresponds to a readOnly value or not. DOM elements that correspond to editable values are annotated with a
flag-editable CSS class while read-only DOM elements are annotated with a
flag-readOnly class. You can make data that is editable from a model perspective appear as read-only in the WebUI by using user-flags by defining by a new string parameter in your model
X_flags(i,j) and set its value to "readOnly" for the (updatable) values that you want to appear as read-only.
Annotations or Flags in Custom Plugins¶
Applying annotations or flags¶
Core plugins (widgets, addons, etc.) now prefix all model annotations and flags with e.g.
annotation- or
flag- when these are used in HTML element attributes. Additionally, to ensure valid values, all sequences of whitespace are converted into single hyphens: for example, the annotation
some model info becomes
Core styling has also been updated to adopt this pattern.
To properly prefix annotations or flags, use the
AWF.Util.getAsCSSClasses utility-method:
// More usually, these would be requested from the datasource's
// annotations and flags layers.
const annotations = ["foo", "bar baz"];
const flags = ["readOnly"];
// Generate an array of prefixed, escaped versions of the original
// model annotations.
const annotationsAsClasses = AWF.Util.getAsCSSClasses(annotations);
// The default prefix is "annotation" plus a hyphen, but the second
// argument allows alternative prefixes.
const flagsAsClasses = AWF.Util.getAsCSSClasses(flags, "flag");
// somePluginElQ would be defined elsewhere, and is a jQuery element.
// This concatenates the prefixed flags and annotations arrays, joins the
// array items with spaces, then adds them as classes to somePluginElQ.
somePluginElQ.addClass(annotationsAsClasses.concat(flagsAsClasses).join(" "));
This will result in an element with the following
class attribute:
... class="annotation-foo annotation-bar-baz flag-readOnly" ...
Manipulating and selecting elements by annotations or flags¶
Once an annotation or flag has been applied to an HTML element in a plugin, that element can be selected programmatically, or styled, with CSS selectors.
To achieve this, the prefixed annotation or flag should always be CSS-escaped using the standards-track CSS.escape method. A substitute for this method is provided by the WebUI runtime when the user's browser does not yet support it.
Example 1: Programmatically selecting and manipulating HTML elements by annotation or flag¶
Example JavaScript:
// This selects all widgets with the class "annotation-bar-baz", and adds the
// class "my-widget" to them.
$(".aimms-widget." + CSS.escape(annotationsAsClasses[1]))
Example 2: Using the annotation or flag in a stylesheet¶
The prefixed annotation or flag should still be properly escaped for use in a selector (see CSS.escape), although in these examples it is not strictly necessary. Example CSS:
/* This styles all text in widgets with the classes "my-widget" and "flag-readOnly" in gray. */
.my-widget.flag-readOnly {
color: #808080;
Switching The Color Palette¶
In order to check the color palette of your WebUI project, please read this thread on our Google Group for details on how to accomplish this.
Custom Icon Sets¶
Certain features like the Widget Actions or the (experimental) Page Actions may use icons. AIMMS has a predefined list of 1600+ icons which can be used. Custom icons can also be used for the aforementioned features by adding the desired icon font to the CSS folder and using the class names defined in the .css file in the icon field in the model specification. The icon font folder will need to have at least the
.ttf file or the
.woff file and the corresponding
.css file, which together define the icon.
When an icon font is downloaded it will have the CSS file with the TTF and/or WOFF files. Just add these to the Resources/CSS folder. To use the icons, open the CSS file and use the class name for the respective icon in the icon filed in the model specification.
For example, the
icofont.css may have classes defined for each icon as illustrated below:
content: "\e896";
content: "\e897";
content: "\e898";
You need to pick the name of the desired icon class and assign it to the icon field in the model specification. eg:
Application-specific JavaScript files (e.g. widget [addons] or Unit Support files should be stored in the resources/javascript subfolder.
Unit Support¶
In the WebUI, units from your AIMMS model will per default be displayed in the Table, Scalar and Slider widgets. These widgets have an option 'Show Units' in the 'Miscellaneous' tab of their options editor where you can overrule this. For all widget types, the units will be displayed in the tooltips as well.
The units that are displayed follow the Convention identifier in your model that is specified in the Convention attribute of you Main model.
In AIMMS 4.50 and lower versions, unit support was handled in the manner described below. When opening your WebUI in AIMMS 4.51 or higher, you will automatically get a warning dialog if this 'old-style' unit support is detected. You are encouraged to adapt your model to the new standard.
IdentifierUnitMap = {
"Distance" : "km"
will display the distance values in 'km'. Input for the 'Distance' identifier will also be interpreted in terms of 'km'. Please note that you can only specify display units for which there exists a valid conversion to the base unit of the identifier in your model.
Multi-Language Support¶
WebUI offers multi-language support. Depending on the language settings of your browser, all strings that are displayed in the WebUI will be checked against a language specific translation table. If a translation is available, the translation is displayed. Otherwise, the original string is displayed.
Project-Specific Translations¶
In addition to the built-in translations in WebUI, you can add your own translation files to your WebUI applications. Model identifier names can then be translated according to the browser's language.
Please note that you can translate not only from one language to another, but also from model abbreviations to strings that are more readable by the end-user, e.g.:
F_X_EGG = Egg
Translation files should be placed anywhere below your project's resources folder, and must use the following naming-conventions:
<anything>.properties: Default translations, also used as fallbacks when a specific translation is unavailable in another language. These translations should not be duplicated in a separate language-specific file, but may be overridden to provide translations for a particular locale.
<anything>_xx.properties: Translations for a specific language, using an ISO 639 language-code, e.g.
nlfor Dutch.
<anything>_xx-YY.properties: Translations for a specific language-and-country combination, using an ISO 639 language-code and an ISO 3166 country-code, e.g.
pt-BRfor Brazilian Portuguese.
Please note that you can create as many translation files as you like. This allows you to keep a clear topic/subject per file.
To provide a default translation in English for your WebUI app, create a file
<anything>.properties with your translation pairs:
org_name = Organi***z***ation name
To provide a translation for another language, e.g.
nl, create a file
<anything>_nl.properties with your translation pairs:
org_name = Organisatienaam
To provide a translation for a language-locale, e.g.
en-GB, create a file
<anything>_en-GB.properties with your translation pairs:
org_name = Organi***s***ation name
Element Text¶
In addition to the project-specific translations, you can also use string parameters from your model to provide translations for set elements in your WebUI applications. You have to specify these through so-called _annotations_ in AIMMS. To do so, open the attribute form of a Set identifier and click on the 'Add Annotation' wizard button below the comment attribute:
Select the
Webui::ElementTextIdentifier annotation type and specify the name of the 1-dimensional string parameter which holds the translated element values:
Please be aware that AIMMS does not provide syntax checking in the annotations field, so make sure you type the identifier name correctly. Furthermore, please also note that you should not add the index to the identifier name (so, in the example above,
PlaneNames is specified rather than
The effect of this will be that wherever the element names would normally be displayed in your WebUI widgets, the corresponding string values will be displayed instead. This allows you to provide your users with clearer text than the 'raw' element names as they exist in your AIMMS model.
Please note that when you display elements of a subset in the WebUI, it will automatically use the element text as specified in its rootset. However, you are allowed to override the element text for each (sub) subset of a set. The WebUI will use the most specific text. So, if you have
SetB and
SetC, where
SetC is a subset of
SetB and
SetB is a subset of
SetA, and you display elements from
SetC, the WebUI will use the translation specified for
SetC. If this is not available, it will use the translation specified for
SetB. If that is not available, it will use the translation specified for
The above mechanism is featured in AIMMS 4.46 and later. If you are still using an older version of AIMMS, the following applies:
For now, the element text identifiers need to be specified in a project-specific JavaScript resource (located in the
resources subfolder) that lists the string parameter on a per-index level. For example, a project specific resource with the following contents
ElementTextMap = {
"i" : "ItemDescription"
will display
ItemDescription instead of the element
i in your widgets. Please note, that the string parameters that are specified in the ElementTextMap need to be declared as one-dimensional identifiers over the associated index in your AIMMS model.
In AIMMS versions lower than 4.46, this feature does not work properly when used in combination with the selectionbox widget.
Last Updated: August, 2019


text:
TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced that it has signed Music Choice, the country's leader in music-related content, to deliver its wide-ranging catalog of music videos and its original programming via broadband to the television through the TiVoCast service. The service will be available later this year to TiVo® subscribers with broadband connected TiVo Series2â"¢ and Series3â"¢ boxes.
So music videos on demand – no, it isn't feature films or TV shows, but it is definitely another step in the right direction for TiVoCast. And I think this will probably be very popular with the user community.


text:
Vivisect- Anarko Not Peace Punk demo tape review
I actually thought these dudes were from Britain when I first heard 'em, prior to seeing them at the CAID in Detroit in August 2011. The singer sounds British, the layout is classic kickass anarcho punk, and it's on a cassette… it's all there, so my judgment was not an ill-informed one. In the end, I discovered that they were from Houston, Texas, and not England. I was elated at this discovery, because that meant they might (and did!) play in Detroit. Regardless, they spoke discernible English, and had everything a good anarcho (not peace) punk band has that succeeded.
With no doubts evoked, the band put out a hell of a "demo" (more like a full-length!); the sound quality is very good, not too rough. Imagine Conflict, if they got even more pissed, tightened up their instruments (tuning them down a step or so, too), and were instead a three piece. Even though band-to-band comparisons get tiring, it's fitting here; despite not being the most original group, they put out a hell of a record, which is more than most groups can say. In short, who gives a shit how innovative your group is, if the music flat out sucks? Conversely, who gives a shit how generic your group is, if it's fucking good? Also, these guys are much more realistic about the usual left-wing political spectrum, instead approaching topics with a pragmatic view and the self-preservative perspective that non-violence doesn't always work. This in and of itself is enough to make them different. It's a crusty contradiction (fuck you, Starburst). Without getting in-depth, suffice it to say I agree far more with the Vivisects and the Malcolm X's of the world than the Mob's and Martin Luther King's of the world, and that made this already tight demo even better. The tape begins with their mission statement/ slogan song "This ain't peace punk, we mean war", and jumps into six more original, blunt songs that stand up and shout, so to speak (thanks, Dio!), and concludes with the Axegrinder cover "Grind the Enemy", and they put a far better spin on it than Axegrinder ever did.
If you're a fan of any anarcho punk, get this demo ASAP- this is one of the better tapes/ demos of 2011. If you're a crusty and you're not repping this band, you're fucking up. I'm just a plain, un-subdivided punk rocker, and I happily rep this band.
-Aunty Social


text:
Ukraine Crimea, Crimea in Ukraine
Crimea (Autonomous Republic of Crimea) is one of the most attractive and popular regions of Ukraine. Millions of tourists and vacationers from all over the world visit Crimea each year. Crimea is famous for its mild, almost Mediterranean climate. Marvelous and diverse nature, sunny weather, gentle warm sea with beautiful beaches, salubrious air, therapeutic mud, variety of tasty fruits in Crimea are a few advantages that conduce successful holidays and treatment in Crimea.
Summer is the best season for holidays and sunbathing in Crimea. Thousands of tourists visit Crimea each summer to enjoy amazing holidays and delight in divine beauty of Crimean nature. Indescribable beauty of picturesque Crimean landscapes impresses with magnificence of numerous parks that consist of palm trees, cypresses and cedars, cherished by noblemen in 18th century.
Ukraine may be proud of extraordinary beautiful places in Crimea that will definitely surprise you. Crimea is rich in beautiful parks, palaces and other sightseeings and architectural monuments that provide perfect chance to enjoy informative excursions. We offer numerous opportunities of holidays in Crimea with wide choice of hotels, sanatoriums and boarding houses to suit your requirements and your budget.
Please contact us directly for the exact costs as all depends on the dates, hotels, guide's availibility etc... Thank you.
You dont like any of proposed routes? Write us


text:
Grocery Shopping List Listonic Premium 6.10.4 APK
Listonic, the smart shopping list is a free application that improves the quality of your purchases making it easier, faster and, most importantly, smarter. It is everything you would want from a shopping list and more. We know you appreciate your free time, we know you want to make purchases as fast as possible. And we know that around 70% of the products on your shopping lists are repetitive.
Supported Android
(4.1 and up)
Jelly Bean (4.1 - 4.3.1),KitKat (4.4 - 4.4.4),Lollipop (5.0 - 5.1.1),Marshmallow (6.0 - 6.0.1),Nougat (7.0 – 7.1.1),Oreo (8.0-8.1)


text:
| Under Construction
This page contains links to Media1.clubpenguin.com which no longer work. It will be updated soon with archived links. Thank you for your patience.
| Archived
This article is about something that was for a period of time or is no longer in Club Penguin.
The Card-Jitsu Party 2011 was a party in Club Penguin. It began on November 24th and ended December 8th 2011.
- Sensei was waddling around the island.
- During the Card-Jitsu Party 2011, non-members could play Card-Jitsu Fire and Card-Jitsu Water.
External Links
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.


text:
Excerpt from this article:
…Perhaps it's time to revisit the idea that milestones – particularly the ones that could lead to or involve children — can occasionally elicit the worst sides within us. Even I seem to be culturally conditioned to think "Why aren't they married yet?" or "They've been married for what, six years? Are they not having kids, or…?" Most of that is just me being nosy and comparing my own life track to others', but I also think there's something about milestones that are specific to matters of the heart (marriage, divorce) that stir up the selfishness in us all.
…When a friend posts about her own love life, these parents immediately lodge themselves in the center of the conversation. Sometimes the comments can be interpreted as relevant; at all times they should be considered mommyjacking (and daddyjacking) on someone else's big important news. Parents, if you're exhibiting the nasty habit of hijacking someone else's milestone, put a halt to it now.
… [For example, in the Facebook post above] I can't lie: Wyatt is one cute-ass baby, and I'm a fan of bananas, as well, so I can't hate. That said, I think Alan might want to watch his step. His message is heartfelt, but what does his kid have to do with Mike and Karina's big day? When parents frame EVERYTHING to be about their baby, it can get old fast.


text:
No, There's No Magic Date When Airfare Goes On Sale
Different airways have totally different domestic airfare. Kayak's, as an illustration, will electronic mail you weekly and even every day notices when the value falls—useful once you're looking for fares well upfront. Airways carefully monitor one another's fares and are fast to react anytime another airline introduces a low fare to poach on its "money cow" routes.
With hundreds of thousands of recent fares coming into the airline methods every day, mistakes are certain to occur. E book Cheap Air tickets to any vacation spot the world over. Tickets to Las Vegas offer you inside entry to the world's glowing Strip and vibrant nightlife.
E-book a final minute flight deal or secure an affordable flight ahead of peak season. Be aware: Cleartrip Calendar provides an indication of costs (per person) for a range of dates, so as to see the most cost effective fares simply. We looked at 2,934,098 individual journeys, that means flights from a Level A to a Point B departing on a specific set of dates.
So whether or not you need to guide return flights to Los Angeles, a bundle trip to Varadero or enterprise journey to New York City, you are positive to seek out the airfare you're looking for with WestJet. The usual approach is to plop a low fare into the center of a "money cow" route of the offending airline.
Search low cost flights with KAYAK. For a flying expertise a contact above financial system class however still not as expensive as business class, Premium Financial system is for you! We associate with four hundred airways to carry you sincere journey value. Whereas booking flights with MakeMyTrip, you'll be able to expect the final word online reserving expertise.


text:
Yair Rodriguez defeats BJ Penn at UFC Phoenix
The 'Prodigy' BJ Penn made his return to the octagon this Sunday at UFC Phoenix after two years away from the sport.
Having moved to train at Jackson/Winklejohn BJ Penn was serious about competing again and after a string of allegations and failed match ups Penn would finally take on the Mexican stand out star Yair Rodriguez.
In the opening of round two, Yair Rodriguez caught Penn with a combination that put BJ Penn on his back. In what had already been a one sided bout, Rodriguez dived in and finished the legend with a swarm of strikes.
"This was an amazing fight for me." Rodriguez said in his post fight octagon interview. "I fought a legend here tonight, he deserves all the respect, more than the one that I give him and I want to say thank you so much BJ Penn for excepting a fight with me."
Watch his backstage interview with Megan Olivi below.


text: Gamepad for cellphone May 20, 2005 / Nicolas (via), the BGP-1001 is an interesting add-on to turn your cell phone into a portable console. It's actually a bluetooth-enabled gamepad: I am wondering if people would use it in public transport or in a queue at the supermarket - would they carry it all day long in their bag? Comment 0 Likes categories / Tech


text:
Healthy Weight Action Plan: Why Waist Size Really Matters
After two babies and 5 years of nursing, sleepless nights, postpartum depression and a growing affinity for "cocktail hour", I sometimes feel like I could use a personal trainer myself. Not as a source of knowledge but more a source of inspiration. Motherhood keeps me motivated to be healthy but it has taken a little bit of wind from my fitness "sails"... or perhaps injected a more persistent but gentler wind that keeps me constantly afloat without ever really surging ahead as I did in my single days. I exercise, I eat well, I lead by example 95% of the time, but I just don't feel compelled to strive for perfection anymore.
There are a lot of ways to get motivated to improve your fitness and health. A trainer or coach can be crucial to keeping you afloat. A deadline or goal keeps you on track. An expected reward keeps your eye on the prize. Sometimes, just fear of the consequences if you don't follow through on your health goals can be motivation enough. For example...
1 in 3 Canadian women dies of heart disease or stroke. Do a quick count of your female family members. Your odds don't look very good, do they?
I've considered my own risk factors and I think I'm pretty likely to escape heart disease. But we've all heard the story of someone who seems healthy and one day goes out for a jog and never comes back. I don't want to be one of those stories. So when the Heart & Stroke Foundation asked me to test and review their Healthy Weight Action Plan, I agreed right away. I need a little motivation just as much as the next gal.
The Healthy Weight Action Plan is easy to use, free and based on the most up-to-date scientific research on weight loss, weight maintenance and weight as a risk factor for heart disease & stroke. There are just 6 steps:
Signing up
Logging and assessing your current habits
Getting your recommended plan
Setting goals
Creating a plan
Tracking success
So over the next 6 months I'll be tracking my personal progress on the Healthy Weight Action Plan site and implementing some of the recommendations on my own quest for optimal fitness.
Want to try it along with me? The only thing you need to do to get started is sign up with your basic information and 2 important numbers: your weight and your waist circumference. Although everyone makes a big fuss about weight and BMI, we trainers know you really can't judge a book by its weight... or something like that... some of the fittest people register as "overweight" on a BMI scale because of heavy muscle and bone mass, while some very unhealthy but "skinnyfat" people might have a healthy BMI but be one Cinnabon away from a heart attack. Combine BMI with a waist measurement (or - even better - a waist-to-hip ratio to give a picture of overall shape and not just size) and you've got one powerful predictor for heart disease risk and a good indication of body composition (i.e., what proportions of fat and lean tissue make up your body).
Here's a great explanation of how to take a waist measurement and when & why you should be concerned about your waist:
So please join me! Comment below if you're on your own healthy quest this year. Maybe you've got a New Year's Resolution to finally take off the last 10 pounds. Or maybe you've got a half-marathon coming up this summer and you know you'll be faster on your feet if you optimize your weight. Or maybe you're battling the postpartum bulge.
Whatever the reason, we can all use a little support! And a little beer. But we'll just have to save that for cheat night, won't we?


text:
PUSH! PhotoFest 2018
November 16 through December 16, 2018
The Box Gallery
811 Belvedere Road
West Palm Beach, Florida 33405
Curator, Rolando Chang Barrero presents a Push! PhotoFest 2018 from
November 16 through December 16, 2018.
Scroll down for pictures! Uploaded daily!
Schedule of Events!
Push! PhotoFest 2018 included four exhibitions, a workshop, roundtable discussions and mini-fair at The Box Gallery located at 811 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, Florida and Compass Community Center located at 201 North Dixie Hwy., Lake Worth, Florida.
Friday, November 16, 2018 | 7-10 P
Push! PhotoFest 2018 will kickoff with a VIP reception on
Friday, November 16, 2018 from 7-10 p.m. with the presentation of
Hope Kahn's Pin-Hole Photography
The Box Gallery
811 Belvedere Rd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 | 6-8 P
Photographer Mariette Pathy Allen has been an advocate and documentarian of the transgender community for more than 35 years. Photographs and interviews taken during trips in 2012 and 2013 documents the lives and families of transgender women in Cuba, as they struggle to survive discrimination and poverty.
The Great Hall Gallery
Tuesday, November 20 at the Great Hall Gallery at the Compass Community Center for the documentary photographic essay TransCuba by Mariette Pathy Allen.
Compass Community Center
201 North Dixie Hwy., Lake Worth, Florida
Friday, November 23, 2018 | 7-10 P
Got Caught Stealing
The Box Gallery
811 Belvedere Rd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Friday, November 23 at The Box Gallery exploring new directions in portraiture
by photographer Brian Cattelle of Bare USA project.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 6-8 PM
Compass Business Alliance Social at The Box Gallery
Friday, November 30, 2018 | 7-10
The Ties That Bind
The Box Gallery
811 Belvedere Rd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Friday, November 30, 2018 A series of works by Valan Evers of Alt.Pix.
The rope series is not simply physical bondage. Not just ties that limit movement... but the metaphorical ties that constrain his existence.
Saturday, December 1, 2018 | 5:30-9 P
Festival Workshop and Roundtable
The Box Gallery
811 Belvedere Rd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Demo: Makeing a pinhole camera with Hope Kahn
State of the Arts: Photography "Directions 1"
Roundtable Discussion:
Featuring special guests:
Michele Eve Sandberg
As a New York photographer Michele Eve had regularly photographed the streets of New York City while working as the High School Photographer. Her passion mainly lied in photographing people, captured in the energy of New York City, titled Street Portrait Photography.
For nearly three decades Michele Eve has been studying Art and Photography in New York City and Florida. Trained at The School of Visual Arts, Art Students League, the National Academy of Fine Art and Miami Dade College.
Matt Stock
Matt Stock was asked to speak about his unique technique and perspective on darkness at TEDx in Coconut Grove, a breakout event of the renowned TED Conferences held annually in California that bring inspired thinkers from the worlds of technology, entertainment and design together to learn from and further inspire others. He has been recognized by the photographic community having his images grace the cover of Portfolio Magazine as well as Shutterbug and has been juried into national art exhibitions and earning him several awards, including four Honorable Mentions in the prestigious International Photography Awards; three in 2007 and one in 2010. Matt was also one of three U.S. photographers selected for recognition in the 2014 International Color Awards Photography Masters Cup earning an Honorable Mention in the professional nature category.
Jim Colton
Jim Colton is the current Editor at Large at ZUMA Press and Editor-in-Chief of zPhotoJournal.com. He began his career in 1972 as the Color Picture Editor for the Associated Press and later joined Newsweek as their Director of Photography before becoming the Photography Editor for Sports Illustrated. He is on the Board of Directors of the Eddie Adams Workshop, is a mentor for J Camp, sponsored by the Asian American Journalists Association and was the Jury Chairman for the World Press Photo contest in 2005. He was named Magazine Picture Editor of the Year in 2008 by the National Press Photographers Association, was the recipient of the "Focus" award for Lifetime Achievement by the Griffin Museumin 2010, and has been acknowledged as one of the 100 most important people in photography by American Photo.
Jim Eisele: Fashion FL
"Art and Design have always been a dominant part of my personal and professional life. Primarily a natural light photographer through most of my 30 year photographic journey, I stepped in to a professional studio for the first time in 2007 and fell in love all over again, studying advanced studio techniques under renowned fashion photographers from Barcelona, Miami, New York, and Paris."
Hope Kahn, Brian Cattelle and, Eve Harlowe!
State of the Arts: Photography "Directions 1"
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 | 7-10 P
The Box Gallery
811 Belvedere Rd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Guest speaker
Valan Evers of Alt.Pix
Group show of work by Art and Commercial Photographers.
Ron Rizzi, Jim Eisele, Eve Harlow, and selections of works by Brian Cattelle, Valan Evers, Hope Kahn, and Mariette Pathy Allen.
The photos of the events
Day 1, November 16, 2018
Hope Kahn Pinhole Photography Opening!
Hope Kahn Pinhole Photography Opening!


text:
AWS Startups Blog
Tag: Guides & Best Practices
Launch your app with the AWS Startup Kit
The AWS Startup Kit is a set of resources designed to accelerate startups' product development on AWS. A core component of the Startup Kit is a set of well-architected sample workloads that can be launched within minutes. These workloads, which reflect best practices for reliability, networking, and security, are supported by AWS CloudFormation templates and code published on GitHub. They easily can be extended to create a wide variety of applications.Read More
Monitoring an app: examples from the AWS Startup Kit
Monitoring involves processing app logs and metrics to provide insights into your app's performance and health so that you can keep your app running smoothly. It's a best practice and key aspect of operational excellence, which focuses on how to optimally run systems. Operational excellence is one of the pillars of the AWS Well-Architected framework. […]Read More
Coffee Shop or Incubator? Build Your Next Startup in the Right Place
It's not that the days of the apocryphal garage startup are completely over. But let's be honest: who even has a garage anymore? You are far more likely to find the next wave of startup entrepreneurs building out world-changing ideas in a co-working space, or within the supportive arms of an incubator or accelerator. The […]Read More
Secure your instances with multi-factor authentication
Anyone who has worked at a startup knows that establishing customer trust is a critical step for developing the business. Users are…Read More
Getting started with AWS cost management
After you have created your first AWS account and applied security best practices, you may next want to start tracking your AWS costs so that you can stay within your budget. With AWS, you only pay for what you use, which results in a variable cost model, much like a utility bill. The more you […]Read More
One-Click Check-In/Check-Out and more for Airbnb guests using an AWS IoT Button
Post by Karan Desai, Solution Architect, AWS Are you an Airbnb host? Would you like to have an easy way to know when your guests come in and leave, or need help? In this post, I show how you can set up an AWS IoT button to build a simple project that can do the […]Read More
Using AWS IoT to reduce waste (and get free food)
Post by Trevor Hillis, Commercial Sales Rep, AWS About two months ago, I purchased an AWS IoT button (a programmable physical button that integrates with AWS services) with the hope of learning a little bit more about IoT (Internet of Things) and programming. I don't come from a technical background, have virtually no experience with […]Read More
VC 101: how VCs operate, and what you should know as a founder
By Drew Russ, VC BDM, AWS Drew Russ, AWS Startup & Venture Capital Business Development Manager, held sessions at the AWS Pop-up Lofts in San Francisco and New York that covered the basics that a founder needs to know about venture capital. From the definition of VCs to mechanics and bargaining, the discussion served as […]Read More
Using Amazon Rekognition to enhance MacOS Finder Tags
Sunday morning I was looking at a large folder on my laptop containing hundreds of images. Thumbnails are wonderful, but what I really wanted was an easy way to search my folder quickly for photos that contained picture of cliffs. Starting in OS X Mavericks, you can use the Tags feature to find tagged files […]Read More
Optimizing your costs for AWS services: Part 1
Since its inception in 2006, AWS has been committed to providing small businesses and developers the same world-class infrastructure and set of tools and services that amazon.com itself uses to handle its massive-scale retail operations. In part one of this series on costs, we highlight how you can optimize your budget by using AWS in […]Read More


text: I am a Viet Nam era Army Infantry veteran. For 20 years we've trained thousands to run their own company. Our philosophy includes what we call the 5 pillars of health - Body, Mind, Family, Society and Finances. We want to help veterans specifically find balance in their 5 pillars. We don't care so much what you've done, we want to know what you want to do and be remembered for. Please call us for a no charge interview. Thanks for your service.


text:
Hot Vinyasa Flow captures the essence of the traditional hot yoga classwhile blending the flow and grace of vinyasa sequences. This class is taught in a room heated to 95-105 degrees with energetic music and fun! All levels are welcome.
Back to All Events
Earlier Event: May 14Brahma Series (emPower Yoga) @Pure Fitness Performance Studio Howell, MI
Later Event: May 16Hot Vinyasa Flow @Pure Fitness Performance Training Howell, MI


text:
v2.00.00 introduced a bug in the Print Location form where neither the Print or Print Preview buttons where connected to their respective reports.
v2.00.01 has fixed this issue.
Additional the formula used to calculate the date of issue message where insufficient acknowledgement time is offered has been amended.
Follow the links to get the latest version


text:
Premium standard inclusions
We created our market leading premium inclusions and made it a standard with every one of our homes. So you get all the things you really want in your new home upfront and included in your base price.
We use trusted, quality brands – so you can be sure that your new home is built to last.
Just some of our premium standard inclusions:
- Quality laminate flooring to your living areas, carpet to bedrooms and tiles to bathrooms and laundry
- ILVE 900mm wide built-in oven, cooktop and rangehood
- 40mm Caesarstone kitchen benchtops
- Kitchen cupboards either side of rangehood and above fridge space
- Two banks of pot drawers
- 3-coat Dulux paint system to internal walls
- 2550mm high ceilings to ground floor
- 20mm Caesarstone to your bathroom, ensuite and powder room (design specific)
- Quality Caroma tapware and fittings
- Convenient twin vanity to master bedroom ensuite (design specific)
- Undercover outdoor living is included with most home designs
- Double garage with two remote controls
- 25 year structural guarantee
- 12 month warranty service
Contact a New Homes Consultant to find out just how affordable it is to build a Boutique home.


text:
BOMBAY® DRY Gin
Thousands of products from stores near you
Local, new and popular items, delivered in under 1 hour
Because isn't that the whole point?
- Category
- London Dry Gin
- Region
- United Kingdom
- 43%
Customer Reviews
Product Description
Drizly Expert Notes
While Bombay Sapphire may be the more popular of the Bombay family, Bombay Dry Gin is the original. Produced from a recipe that dates to 1761, the modern formula was brought to its current state in 1959. Today, it's at the heart of every gin that rolls out of the factory.
To produce the distinctive aroma and characteristic of the gin, Bombay uses eight signature botanicals including licorice, iris root, almonds, angelica, coriander seeds, cassia bark, lemon peel and juniper berries. Each ingredient is picked by hand and vapor infused into the gin to preserve the flavor and aroma.
A sip of Bombay Dry Gin is distinctly earthy and herbal, which isn't much of a surprise considering the ingredients. However, it also has a spicy, fruity and floral taste with a twinge of bitterness and a dry finish that doesn't overwhelm the palate.
Although you could drink Bombay Dry Gin on its own, it's best served in a classic or modern cocktail. Mix it with tonic water and a twist of lime or lemon to create a light, crisp and refreshing gin and tonic. For something classy, mix it with vermouth for the perfect gin martini or Gibson. When a cocktail calls for gin, buy Bombay Dry Gin online through Drizly and starting mixing it up.


text:
02/11/2012: Newsletter 8, November 2012
In this month's Newsletter we look at the news from Year 12 Graduation Ceremony, Year 12 Parent Graduation Party, Year 8-11 Presentation Morning, sporting results, art exhibitions, Link Program news and much, much more.
You can download the PDF version of our current Newsletter here.
- Newsletter 8, November 2012 (2,457KB)


text:
Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina and the main urban development in the central region of the country. Even though it is nestled in a vast valley, it is surrounded by the heights of various mountain ranges that create a unique microclimate.
History & architecture
This beautiful city offers a compelling history as well as impressive sceneries, with plenty of eye-catching sites and various surprises for visitors. Its streets and promenades feature ancient colonial architecture mixed with modern buildings. All this is completed with parks and green spaces such as Sarmiento Park, designed in the late 19th century, which manages to supply enough oxygen for this large urban center and its dwellers.
Adventure travel
In the outskirts of Córdoba, various adventure travel activities can be enjoyed, like 4WD tours, silverside and trout fishing in its dams, mountain biking, paragliding or hiking around one of the prettiest regions in Argentina. When the sun sets, the city presents an active cultural atmosphere and nightlife manifested in the theaters that present a wide range of recreational and artistic performances.
Please contact us to speak to one of our travel specialists or to request more information.Contact us


text:
The Ohio EPA last week made available its draft plan for how it intends to invest $75 million over the next decade to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution from transportation. In line with Greater Ohio Policy Center's (GOPC) recommendations, the draft plan allocates a portion of the funding toward public transportation vehicle replacement. Funding for this program will come from dollars allocated to Ohio from the Volkswagen Mitigation Trust Fund
The draft plan recommends that 45-50% of the settlement be spent on on-road fleet and equipment projects, with 20% of the total settlement ($15 million) allocated for the replacement of transit buses and 20% for school bus replacement. The funds would be directed to VW priority counties, which includes Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina and Summit counties in northeast Ohio; Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking and Madison counties in central Ohio; and Butler, Claremont, Hamilton and Warren counties in southwest Ohio. Secondary priority counties include Ashtabula, Erie, Greene, Lucas, Mahoning, Montgomery, Ottawa, Portage, Sandusky, Stark and Trumbull counties.
One year ago, GOPC proposed to the Ohio EPA that 50% of the proceeds from the settlement be spent to repower and replace diesel vehicles in Ohio's public transportation fleet. As we noted at the time, public transportation in Ohio has been severely underfunded for years. Currently the state allocates approximately $0.63 per Ohioan to transit, while Ohio's peers, such as Pennsylvania and Michigan, invest over $24.00 per capita. Half of Ohio's allotment ($35.7 million) of the Mitigation Trust Fund could replace more than 125 diesel-powered city buses, or repower more than 700 buses with alternative fuel engines.
For more about the settlement, you can read some of the previous blog posts Greater Ohio has published over the last year.
The 20% allocation will allow Ohio to replace 70 diesel-powered city buses or repower more than 390 buses with alternative fuel engines.
GOPC applauds the draft beneficiary mitigation plan and thanks Ohio EPA for responding to the calls to prioritize the funding for public transportation and school transportation vehicles.
Now that the plan has been drafted, Ohio EPA will be offering three regional public information sessions that have been scheduled for January 2018 to explain how the plan was developed and to answer questions. Sessions will occur at the following times and locations:
Thursday, January 11, Auditorium, Ohio Department of Transportation, 1980 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43223 (10 a.m. to 12 p.m.)
Thursday, January 18, Estabrook Recreation Center, 4125 Fulton Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44144 (1 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
Monday, January. 22, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI), 720 East Pete Rose Way, Suite 420, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (10 a.m. to 12 p.m.)
If you are unable to attend one of the public sessions, Ohio EPA is also accepting public comment via their website or by email (email@example.com – Please include VW Comment in the subject line). Written comments may also be mailed to Carolyn Watkins, Ohio EPA-OEE, P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, OH 43216-1049, or hand delivered to Ohio EPA headquarters, 50 W. Town Street, Suite 700, Columbus, OH 43215. All comments must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 7, 2018.


text:
the slop bucket that holds it all
Palenburg, OH – May 09, 2014. Porkopolis.org is now nineteen (19) years old.
Posted today, is v8.x of the theme design code named "Cocoa Oracle." It is based on the colors of a favorite image here.
Tweaking of this sow's tail will continue until she improves her fashion sense – lipstick seems OK, but pillows and lace? I dunno…
A bestiary, or bestiarum vocabulum is a compendium of beasts. Such collections were first made popular in the Middle Ages as illuminated volumes that described various real or imaginary animals, birds and mythological creatures.
Stories and pictures within the bestiary provided each creature's natural history in an allegorical format as well as an interpretation of the moral significance or lesson each animal was thought to embody.
Porkopolis.org is a modern version of such a collection. It is single–minded because it only discusses pigs. And its moral lesson: "Sometimes, the path of enlightenment leads through the pig pen."
Same pigs, different circus
The v8.x theme design is a continuing evolution of those before it, and a near total re–write of the theme code behind the v7.x site.
As with previous upgrades, almost all past posts, pages and information have been included, albeit often re-formatted to satisfy the design requirements of the new theme. Much new information continues to be added as well.
Sages and Pilgrims
I have been inspired by and adapted the ideas from the web designs, tutorials and publications of many intelligent and generous professionals. Their print and web resources have enabled me to build my vision — a pig web site with information arranged in alternate streaks of fat and lean.
I do not know any of them, we've never met, but what works here is because of their guidance. What fails is because I lost my way in the haymows during the hog days of summer.
I consider these folks some of the fittest hogs at the trough. Because of them, the web is less a Paris and more a Porkopolis. Thank you: Jeffrey Zeldman, Eric Meyer, Dan Cederholm and all the folks who write for and maintain A List Apart.
And, most important for the current site version is Justin Tadlock and the forum members at ThemeHybrid. Justin's Hybrid Theme Framework is the basis for Porkopolis.org's new v8.x design.
Also, much of my research has been made possible by the great expertise of the librarians and staff of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, especially the folks at the Poland, Ohio Branch.
Epicurious, Pig?
Porkopolis.org is built and maintained on a Windows PC. It is written in XHTML, PHP, HTML and CSS. The site is tested locally on an XAMPP Apache web server.
Starting with v6.0, Porkopolis.org switched from a static HTML site to one using WordPress as the power behind a content management system for the majority of the information presented here.
When this sow's belly itches, I scratch her with: WeBuilder, TopStyle, Photoshop, IrfranView, HTML Tidy, Notepad and some terrific extensions for the Firefox web browser: Web Developer, Firebug, HTML Validator and Total Validator.
I hope the design is enjoyable and efficient, but it is what it is… I have only one version of the site so every browser gets the same code. Your browser–of–choice must decide what to do with it. You should know that the pigs and I prefer the discretionary judgment of the Firefox, Opera and Chrome browsers.
Unless some errant swine has rooted up a page recently, all this site's pages validate at the W3C Markup Validation Service — http://jigsaw.w3.org/css–validator for CSS and at http://validator.w3.org/ for HTML and XHTML.
Ah, that being said, the thorough rooters among you will notice some CSS and XHTML do not actually pass validation. This is because I have included some progressive enhancements in my code and the ThemeHybrid design focuses more on what works correctly and on semantics rather than than validation. So again, it is what it is.
I have attempted to insure that sources of original copyrighted images and content have been contacted. I am grateful to all those who have responded to my requests and have allowed me to reproduce versions of their material here.
Copyrighted material should be credited. Please notify me of any omissions. Some modification or editing may have occurred in order to accommodate size or design requirements. This is usually noted as "adapted from" in the credits.
Colophonem adidi!
This project was completed under the protection of the sorceress Circe, the daughter of the sun, in whose halls I have feasted, and before whom I will always bow, enswined in the allure of porculation and the animality she has shown me in my own being.
It is with the pleasures of the Circean Cup that I have pledged Circe my service and dedication to her belief that an insufficiency of pigs is one of the great faults of all that the gods have made manifest to man.
I look upon this design pridefully, for I believe it is pig punditry true to the Porcine Muse's honor; and I thank the gods that I have completed this project!
Little pig, big pig,
Root, hog, or die!
Daniel E. Schultz,
Editor, Curator and Swineherd


text:
Kim Jong Un Orders More Rocket Engines, Warheads
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered scientists to step-up their production of more rocket engines and warheads. The Korean Central News Agency reported he placed the order after a visit to a state chemicals institute.
State news media also released images of what could be new missile plans. According to The New York Times, one of the images captured what could be a conceptual diagram for a submarine-launched missile that would have a longer range than previous designs.


text:
Project WHOTS - WHOI Hawaii Ocean Time-series Station
|Data Links
Deployed: Sept.23, 2018 at 01:17 UTC
Met data text files:
Daily transmission: Logger 19 Logger 42
Complete listing: Logger 19 Logger 42
NetCDF files:
Data: Logger 19 Logger 42
Metadata: Logger 19 Logger 42
plot-1 or plot-2 or plot-3
Deployed: July 28, 2017 at 02:19 UTC
Met data text files:
Daily transmission: Logger 8 Logger 9
Complete listing: Logger 8 Logger 9
NetCDF files:
Data: Logger 8 Logger 9
Metadata: Logger 8 Logger 9
plot-1 or plot-2 or plot-3
Deployed: June 27, 2016 at 08:48 UTC
Recovered: August 1, 2017 at 01:55 UTC
Met data text files:
Complete listing: Logger 19 Logger 42
NetCDF files:
Data: Logger 19 Logger 42
Metadata: Logger 19 Logger 42
plot-1 or plot-2 or plot-3
|See Also
|Archived WHOTS data
|WHOTS at UH
|WHOTS data at NDBC Station 51WH0
Real Time Data
The WHOTS site is WMO station 51400, and is NDBC Partner Platform 51WH0.
Hourly averaged meteorological data for the current deployment of the WHOI Hawaii Ocean Time Series Station are received via Service Argos four times daily and via Iridium transmissions hourly. Preliminary data is displayed in unedited form as time series plots, and is available for download as ASCII files.
Please see the data archive page for edited, post-recovery data from earlier deployments of this buoy.
A note on resolution, and one on ASIMet data formats.
The WHOTS 15 buoy was deployed from the R/V Hi'ialakai on 23 September 2018 at 01:17 UTC at approximately 22° 46´ N 157° 53´ W, in 4697 m of water. The buoy is equipped with two complete systems of ASIMET sensors which transmit data hourly via Iridium telemetry (Iridium resolution).


text:
Fall Date Ideas
Hey guys!
With fall in full swing, there are countless date ideas that are perfect for the season. Take advantage of this opportunity and tailor your outings to the weather, no matter where you live! I've compiled a list of my top 8 ideas that are super basic but are worth doing anyway. Even if you don't have a date, these activities are fun to do with friends. So, pull up a bale and stay awhile.
1. Go to A Corn-Maze
Nothing says fall like going to a corn-maze. If you're the type that loves a challenge, then this would be the date for you. I googled "corn-mazes" near me and found a great one that not only has a corn maze but also outdoor movies, haunted & not haunted hay rides, live music, and even a haunted corn maze ( if you're into that sort of thing).
2. Have a Picnic
Find some gorgeous fall scenery, spread out a blanket and have a classic picnic date. You can include fall favorites, like mini pumpkin pies, harvest turkey sandwiches, caramel apples, and some of your favorite wine or beer. What better way to spend a day?
3. Go to a Pumpkin Patch/Carve Pumpkins
Another basic fall activity but hey, it fun & messy so why not!? When you're done, you can decorate your front porch with some beautiful or not so beautiful pumpkins. I like to find ideas off Pinterest.
4. Take a Hike
On a cool fall day, why not take in the beautiful fall foliage? Maybe this is not the best idea for a 1st date because just meeting them and hanging out in the woods alone can be, well, a little weird. Just google or check out your local park service website.
5. Go To a Haunted House
This is definitely not for someone who doesn't enjoy walking through a creepy haunted house while characters out of your nightmare jump out at you but if that's your fancy, what a fun date!
6. Gather 'Round a Fire Pit
If you have a stationary or portable fire pit, fire it up and get cozy with some blankets and pillows. Romantic right? Plus, it's a great excuse to make s'mores too!
7. Visit a Brewery or a VINEYARD
Yeah, most breweries and vineyards are open year round, but there's something satisfying about beer/wine tasting hoping in the fall. Some wineries even give you the option of booking their tasting room for a private dinner, where you can sip fine wine and have a chef cook up a delicious meal.
8. Go Apple Picking
Yeah, a fall must! It's pretty self-explanatory, take your date and pick some apples. What the heck do you do with all the apples that you picked!? Bake an apple pie of course. Pies are pretty easy to make and you can even bring it to that picnic date. Boom.