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First published in This Land Press, Five on Five and Lead Jammer
Go Fast, Turn Left
I removed my contacts, washed off all the makeup, unbraided my hair, took off the bandages, slid the fishnets down my legs to the floor, unhooked my athletic bra, peeled the Tiger Balm patches from my back and stepped into a cold shower.
I was home from a roller derby bout.
Reading from top to bottom, my name is Clara; my skater name is Cat Owta Hell. I'm a very serious, solitary, snobby, bookish type and if anyone had told me a year ago that I would be madly in love with roller derby, I would've sneered him into oblivion, after first asking, what is roller derby?
I will not bore you with roller derby's unsavory and seamy history and all its reincarnations. But like the mythical phoenix from the ashes: derby is back, bigger and better. Women's flat track roller derby is exploding worldwide. There are at least ten teams in Oklahoma and according to the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, our governing body (wftda.org), there are 98 sanctioned leagues and 53 apprentice leagues with more teams in Australia, Canada and the UK.
We have our own magazine, Five on Five, our own movie, Whip It, our own books, Going in Circles, Rollergirl, Down and Derby, among others, our own DVDs: Blood on the Flat Track, our own television series: Rollergirls, our own live sports news site: DNN.com (derby news network), our own Dionysian convention in Las Vegas every year called Rollercon, and dozens of suppliers for everything a derby girl could want, such as derbylove.net, dolledupderby.com, wickedskatewear.com, derbyordie.com, to name only a few.
It's an authentic American sport in which anyone can to achieve the derby dream. Young, old, fat, thin, gay, straight, clumsy or graceful, it doesn't matter. Because if you work hard, you will get there, no experience necessary.
Some basics: the games are called bouts and each bout is made up of two ½ hour halves and each half is divided into two minute segments called jams. During the jams, each team has five players on the track: four blockers and one jammer.
I am a blocker. My job is to prevent the other team's blockers from hitting my jammer and to hit them out of my jammer's way so she can score points. That is also what the other team is doing to us.
Skates are called Quads because they have four wheels and are of traditional design to differentiate from inline skates. High-quality skates are very expensive, but that isn't necessary just to start. In the first five minutes of practice when I knew I was hooked, I just bought the standard Riedell R3 rookie package and that was absolutely fine. As I improved, I learned what I needed, and after six months, I bought my Sirens, which are the most expensive footwear I will ever own. Second are my cycling shoes and third are my garden boots, so obviously, I won't get cast in Sex and the City 8.
Required equipment is also a helmet, a mouth guard and wrist, knee and elbow pads. The sparkly whipping belt, animal print duct tape, black fishnets and red lace tutu are optional.
Being the independent loner that I am, favoring solitary sports like yoga, cycling and weight-lifting, I have never participated in a team sport, thinking teams are for obsequious fools without enough sense to go it alone. People who are social animals with a canine devotion to being one of a constant pack would be the sorts of co-dependent twits who needed a team sport.
What hubris! To humbly admit I was wrong will have to be my apology. When I attended my first practice with Tulsa Derby Brigade, I came home exhilarated and filled with an ineffable joy that is only to be obtained from tying the laces on my skates and soaring across the sparkling wooden floor.
To those of you who never thought roller skating was cool and it was only a place for the tweens to play pinball, eat nachos and flirt, you're right. There's something unavoidably retrograde about the rinks. But that's also part of the appeal. You get to go back in time to your imaginary childhood and revel in the environment that time forgot. Have a sour pickle and wax nostalgic over your first crush.
If returning to the rink is a little like going to visit your elementary school cafeteria, with the unforgettable smells and tastes, then joining a roller derby team is exactly like 7th grade gym class.
For the first few months, before I left the house for practice, my anxiety level would start as a vibration and gradually rise until I felt like a panic-stricken Chihuahua and once at the rink, as I rolled timidly around the rink prior to beginning, I would shudder with chills and think, 'what the fuck am I doing here? It's not too late to flee.' But there I was, standing with the rest of the derby chicks, padded and helmeted, waiting my turn in line to do drills while everyone, including the coaches and any civilian spectators we had on the sidelines, watched.
The performance anxiety was excruciating, but the lure of derby persisted, beneath all the frustration and failure, night after night, month after month. With each practice, I loved it more. The obsession with derby held me tight even through those many evenings I returned home crying because I had never worked at anything so hard and for so long and failed so miserably. Even when I felt the sting of cliques being formed and the disappointment of not being one of the superstars, I still craved it. Even when practices went late and I had to get up at 5 o'clock the next morning and practically slept through my day job; even when I got injured and had more bruises than I could count and had to limp stiffly through the office, derby was in my blood.
I was very slow, both on skates and in my understanding of the sport. Neither speed nor comprehension has come quickly or completely. I work at it. After a year, I can finally keep up with the pace line, even passing a few and I have a rudimentary knowledge of positions and strategy. At last, derby is more fun than fear and I actually relax and enjoy my time on the track.
A typical practice is first untangling the many Velcro straps that hold on the pads, tying the skate laces just so and getting out on the floor. Then, the delicious pain really starts. When Coach smiles and says, "Endurance night!" We all groan. He has invented many diabolical endurance drills, in between which we are to do pushups, crunches, and squats to failure. Then he puts us through races and juking drills. If he's been unhappy with our performances, then he might have us do endless falls and explosive starting drills, and that's just the first hour of a three-hour practice twice a week.
And when I'm panting, perspiring and muscles burning, I'm convinced I don't have any more to give, Coach calls out, "thirty more seconds!" and I scream inside and do it and swear his watch is broken, that it's been five minutes and he says, "ten more seconds!" and I do that too until he finally blows that whistle signaling brief rest. When practice is over, we all stagger like Night of the Living Dead zombies out to our cars to go home to cold showers and excruciating pain the next couple of days.
Another problem I had was my mind going "bout blank." I could be instructed to "hold the line,", "waterfall," or do a "three-girl wall" and I would nod and agree like a normal person and then once the whistle blew, my mind went as blank as an Etch a Sketch. I had to learn to focus on only one thing at a time and struggle to remember that. Once I mastered one thing, I added a second. And so on.
During the summer practice, the heat was so intense that several skaters, including me, suffered from heat exhaustion. One fainted dead away right in the middle of scrimmaging. To prevent that, instead of not attending practice as a civilian would do, I wore a Ziploc bag packed with ice under my helmet well into September. And the ice was always melted to a bag of lukewarm water halfway through the night.
I knew I had really arrived as a derby girl the night I felt sick overexertion and I vomited into my hands, wiped them on my jersey and kept skating. My coaches never knew. They just said, "Let's roll," and in perfect synchronization, we all put in our mouth guards and took off.
I saw how life surprised me and I laughed at myself and my new thoughts, such as, can my skates fit into my airline carryon bag? Will my insurance cover visits to the podiatrist? This "Fight Club in Fishnets" has taught me more about myself in the past year than I could've imagined. There is nothing I won't do for the team. For example, selling is anathema to me. But for The Brigade, I have chased people down and made promises of every nature to sell tickets and sponsorships; I have prowled the streets handing out flyers and hanging posters; I have skated in many parades, waving and passing out candy; I have alienated most of my friends with my relentless recruiting; and I have put people into polite comas with derby anecdotes..
Then after months of failing at almost everything, I passed Minimum Skills. I made the team! Then, when I got picked to be on the roster for my first bout, I grappled with the conflicting emotions of pride and panic. I didn't sleep well and as the day drew closer, I had knee-knocking, stomach-churning, mind-blowing terror. What I learned was once I start skating, all that ebbs away and it's me and my skates and my derby sisters. Fear eventually evaporates and is replaced with training memory.
Why would anyone do this? And my honest answer is, I don't know. It would seem that after all the intense training and monthly bouts, I could explain the bone-deep addiction, but I can't. It's like trying to explain why I love blood in my veins or oxygen in my lungs. I'm too close to it. My recommendation: try it for a month and if it doesn't have you, then no words would make it clear and if it gets you, then no words are necessary.
It's not a sport for sissies, so if you're a whiny, delicate flower crybaby, don't waste your time. But if you're brave enough, it is so easy to begin! Just pass by the tough girls who are outside the rink smoking; (and don't be nervous, they're really sweethearts who will slam girls into orbit to protect you); and if you can accept being really scared most of the time, if you can face failure frequently, you will be rewarded with one of the richest and most thrilling experiences of your life.
If you decide to become one of us, this is what you have in store: You will be called Fresh Meat for awhile and you will fall a lot and curse your quads, and feel as if you've been in a car wreck after practice. You will learn to like Powerade and granola bars for dinner; you'll learn the best way to freshen your pads (each skater has her own way), you'll become attached to a derby name; you'll debate the qualities of different rink floors: concrete or wood? Is there fresh plastic? Is it a tight or loose surface? Sticky or slick? You'll change from despising quads and wishing they were fast inlines to loving your skates like a part of your own body and realizing there's nothing sexier than the sound of your Stroker wheels on polished wood.
You are lifted from who you are in your regular routine and you're someone else entirely new in derby. You're not the banker, teacher, attorney, salesman, realtor, business owner, designer, mother. You're dangerous…cool….a derby girl. Your spouse or partner will have to accept being a widow/widower to your new passion. You will form deep bonds with diverse and unlikely women with whom you have nothing in common and it won't matter. You will share skate tools and duct tape and tampons. You'll compare blisters and debate the best treatments. You'll see every single roller girl cry at least once. You'll be yelled at by the coaches. You'll be shamed by your own bad performance. You'll compare contusions, lacerations, sprains and hematomas; you'll find yourself arguing about strategy and penalties; your pain and soreness from training will go on for months, your knees will quake and your stomach will flip with every scrimmage; you'll begin to discuss different wheels and their merits; you'll learn to clean and change your bearings; you won't want birthday gifts anymore, but will wish for a derby registry. You'll become as proud of your bruises as of your ass and legs as they gradually become solid granite.
Your derby girls will become your familiars and you will light up when you see them. You will know each other at your weakest and your strongest. You'll talk derby endlessly. You'll laugh and argue, you'll high-five tiny victories, you'll love and hate but at the end of the bout, you have each other. It is a strange, intimate sorority, but one I've come to depend on in spite of myself.
Derby will take over your life and nearly all your waking thoughts. It will become the best unpaid part-time job you could ever hope to have. You'll go berserk buying skull tees, personalized shirts, team gear, helmet stickers, custom toe guards, special skate laces, booty shorts, pantyhose of every pattern and color, frilly panties, bandanas, the list is only as limited as your credit card.
But it's not just shopping and socializing. We skate with sprained limbs, with cancer, with pneumonia and bronchitis, with allergies and with deep personal griefs. Eventually, nothing matters but showing up and getting to work.
My coaches' advice: trust your skates, which for me, is a gradual and ongoing process; my derby wife's advice: fall small; my speed coach's advice: turn and burn; my advice, get the jumbo bottle of Advil and learn to love cold baths. My favorite cocktail? Dew and Lortab. It makes every bruise, strain, sprain, and pain more comfortable and I can keep skating. And that's all that matters.
The style of the sport is changing as its popularity grows. It's not so much the lowbrow, blue collar spectacle any more, as a serious sport with serious athletes. The best skaters on the top teams are either former hockey players or speed skaters.
However, as someone who looks like a boring librarian and is not punk, not Goth, not pierced, not tattooed and who doesn't drink, I may represent the future of derby. As the sport becomes more professional and mainstream, it may lose the fun derby names, face paint and wild clothes in favor of modest uniforms and a harder focus on clean competition. With derby featured in television commercials for Cheerios and Aleve, stories on derby in the New York Times, and on National Public Radio, perhaps the complexion of the sport is changing to one of mass appeal and acceptance instead of the sideshow reputation it used to have. Either way, it's derby. Count me in.
There is a saying, "derby saved my soul," which makes me gag it's so hyperbolic, but then I reflect. Well, hasn't it? I live differently in the world because of derby. When there's an obstacle or challenge in my life, I think, I do derby, I can do this. It is a powerful secret I hide behind my conservative clothes and big smile. I may not look it, but I'm derby.
You're braver and stronger than you think, so suck it up and start skating.
Let's roll.

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Fabulous Flowers! Wine Glass Painting Class
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Thursday, May 3rd
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Just in time for Mother's Day! Here's a creative way to have a beautiful flower in your hand all year long! Perfect for yourself, or this makes a lovely gift with her favorite bottle of wine! In this class you will learn how FUN and EASY it is to create a set of 4 unique flower wine glasses with SIMPLE step-by-step instructions using Chateau Aeronautique's own elegant and tapered signature stemware. No previous painting experience necessary, and all supplies are provided. With a little paint, a little wine, lots of laughter and some music, it's a party!!
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Compello tops the list and delivers the largest number of invoice transactions in Norway
Compello strengthens its position as an electronic transaction provider and now tops the list of Access Point providers processing the highest number of EHF invoices in Norway. With over 750,000 transactions a month, Compello deals with more messages than the giants Evry and Visma, and more than Nets and Basware put together.
Norwegian businesses must address the need to digitize and automate paper and processes. There are huge savings in resources to be gained in doing this and it is gratifying to see that more companies are now succeeding in going digital. Compello's goal is to help Norwegian organizations with the digital shift and it's fun to top the list of vendors delivering business invoices to companies", enthuses Compello Group CEO, Gustav Line. Compello has a good position in the Norwegian power market, which is one of the reasons that Compello has been able to increase its volume of transactions. Throughout the last year, invoicing has become an important factor for invoicing in the power industry. EHF (Electronic Trading Format) has become a standard format that is also used for through billing.
Through-billing means that you as a customer can now get a single invoice for power and grid rental.
EHF invoice – number of transactions
At anskaffelser.no you will find an overview of the number of transactions for EHF Invoice sent over the CEF eDelivery Infrastructure (PEPPOL). Over 40 access points send transactions every month. The transactions, consisting of EHF invoice, order, order confirmation, catalog and the international BIS format, go between Norwegian contractors and their national and international suppliers.
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Some of the varietals that grow well in Alexander Valley's wine region are Sauvignon Blanc with ripe melon and pear notes as well as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with flavors of deep plum and blackberry.
Rodney Strong Wine Estates is a family-owned wine company that includes Rodney Strong Vineyards and Davis Bynum Winery. Rodney Strong grows and produces wines exclusively from four of Sonoma County's finest appellations – Alexander Valley, Russian River Valley, Chalk Hill and Sonoma Coast.
Rodney Strong Vineyards takes pride in their sustainable practices that produces amazing artisan wines made from several single vineyards in Alexander Valley; Alexander's Crown, Rockaway, and Brothers Ridge.
I was excited to be invited to tour Rockaway Vineyard and taste the wines from all three vineyards recently with Ziggy, the Wine Gal; Robert Larsen, Director of Communications; and Christophe Davis, winemaker extraordinaire.
Christophe Davis explained the differences between the three vineyards and the exceptional qualities found in the wine while we enjoyed samples from the 2010 vintage. Rodney Strong Vineyards also makes other delicious wines from different areas around Sonoma including several tasty Chardonnays, Sauvignon Bland, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Zinfandel.
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Journal of Investigative Medicine (JIM) is the official publication of the American Federation for Medical Research. The journal is peer-reviewed and publishes high-quality original articles and reviews in the areas of basic, clinical, and translational medical research.
JIM publishes on all topics and specialty areas that are critical to the conduct of the entire spectrum of biomedical research: from the translation of clinical observations at the bedside, to basic and animal research to clinical research and the implementation of innovative medical care.
The journal aims to provide rapid publication of research through its continuous online publication model. Submissions should be made through the journal's new online submission system. Articles should not be under review or under consideration by any other journal when submitted to JIM.
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2018 thanksgiving & Graduation
Equip is pleased to invite you and your guests to our Annual Thanksgiving and Graduation Service.
We will be hearing God's word, singing his praises, thanking him for his work among us in 2018, praying that he would continue to use Equip to glorify his name. Students who have completed their PTC, ITC or ThC course will graduate and receive their certificates.
Please join us for this opportunity to support, encourage and celebrate with those who have worked hard to further their understanding of God's Word. We would also love for you to be there with us, even if you are not receiving certificates, to give thanks to God for the past year and hear about some of Equip's exciting plans for 2019!
Lunch will be served at the end of the service.
Please RSVP by registering here. It would really help us in our planning. We look forward to celebrating with you.
Saturday, 10th November 2018
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Ray Wilkins expressed his sadness after learning four Millwall fans had been stabbed prior to the London club's defeat by Ferencvaros in Budapest last night.
Violence overshadowed the the build-up to the Uefa Cup first-round second-leg match, and an Englishman was left with life-threatening injuries following a knife attack in the hours before kick-off. "I didn't know about the stabbings," said Wilkins. "But if that is the case, then I am extremely disappointed."
When the football finally began, Millwall were undone by three goals in 14 first-half minutes from Ferencvaros, who move into the second-round group stages of the Uefa Cup thanks to this win, which sealed a 4-2 aggregate triumph.
Denes Rosa, Sorin Botis and Robert Vagner were on target for the home side and, although player-manager Dennis Wise scored for Millwall in first-half injury time, the Championship club could not recover.
But it was not for want of trying as Millwall put on a spirited second-half showing which, on another day, could have seen them score the three goals required to take them through.
Substitute Peter Sweeney and Dave Livermore both struck the post in the latter stages of the second period, and assistant manager Wilkins said: "I thought, overall, that the performance was superb. We gave away three goals that we would not normally give away, but in the second half we showed immense spirit and played some good football and if we can take that form into the Championship, we will be very pleased."
This is likely to be the only experience of European football that many Millwall players will have at the end of their careers, gained as it was through the back door of losing to Manchester United in last season's FA Cup final. And Wilkins admitted that many of the squad were down in the dumps after this defeat. "We have some extremely disappointed young men in the dressing room," he said.


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ARE YOU TIRED OF FEELING LIKE AN UNORGANIZED & an UNFOCUSED MESS?
Does any of this sound familiar?
Your to-do list feels never-ending.
You're bouncing back and forth between tasks and have little to show at the end of the day.
No matter how much coffee you drink, post it notes you stick, or plans you make, you can't seem to stay focused and get the important things done.
You can't seem to make progress on your goals.
You feel like a jumbled mess.
You know that if you just had everything organized, you'd run your business more efficiently and grow your business faster.
I get it because I've been there.
When I started my business, I was using too many planners, apps, and systems. No matter how many pretty planners and workbooks I bought, I still wasn't achieving my goals!
I realized that having a traditional to-do list wasn't going to cut it anymore.
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Puffy and Personalized Christmas Wreath
Have you seen all the fun, "puffy" Christmas wreaths out there in blog land? I've been wanting one for awhile now, but I didn't want to pay a lot for one. I also didn't think I could make one and have it look the way I wanted. Well, I got over that and decided to make one using some ribbon I bought at Michael's on clearance after Christmas last year. The ribbon is firm and bendable, so I thought it would make a good wreath. I also plan to use it on our Christmas tree. I decided to use two different colors of ribbon to give the wreath a fun look. This wreath was surprisingly easy to make! I am no longer intimidated!
All you need is your ribbon of choice (make sure it "bends" and holds its shape), wire wreath form, and some coordinating pipe cleaners or floral wire.
To begin, I cut my pipe cleaners in half so the ends wouldn't be so long when I tied the ribbon down. To make your loops, all you do is loop a section of ribbon and then twist the pipe cleaner to secure the "bend" of the ribbon to the wreath form from the back. You can see it better in the pic below. I was a little worried as I started out on the wreath because it was looking skimpy, but once I added in several more layers, it turned out great!
Here's the wreath with all the ribbon attached! I ended up going around the wreath twice with each color ribbon. I went around with the green ribbon, then the red, then the green again, then the red for the last layer. With each layer, I worked it into the other ribbon for the layered effect. I didn't even use all of the ribbon on the rolls!
My wreath needed a little personalization, so I painted an "M" green and then added some white dots. I drilled a hole up in the corner of the M before I painted it, so I could attach it with a pipe cleaner.
Those of you who have known me personally for longer than a day know that I am not the least bit artistic! I used to get panicked when I had to go to art class as a child! Most kids love art class, but I dreaded it! I'm a math, English, and science girl, so the fact that I actually painted something with craft paint is HUGE! (Painting furniture is totally different!) My dots are horribly uneven, but I'm still proud.
Here's the wreath with the M attached and ready to be hung on the front door.
I added a few "curly Q's" after I got the wreath on the front door. It needed a little something extra! I think the wreath looks great against the yellow door!
The curls totally make the wreath!
I love my new wreath!
For any of you paying super close attention, yes we still have a storm door. I propped the storm door open and hung the wreath directly on the front door just for the pictures. The wreath actually hangs on the storm door, but it makes for horrible blog pictures with the glare!
Linking up to these fabulous parties! Tatertots & Jello, Between Naps on the Porch, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Serenity Now, Mommy By Day Crafter By Night, The 36th Avenue, The DIY Showoff, Today's Creative Blog, At the Picket Fence, Home Stories A to Z, Gingerbread, Remodelaholic, Thrifty Décor Chick, The CSI Project, Beneath my Heart, Crafty Scrappy Happy, Perfectly Imperfect, One Artsy Mama, Hi Sugarplum
14 comments:
- Susan said...
Hey that looks very cute!! Great job! I found the link on Home Stories of A2Z.
- November 29, 2011 at 12:29 AM
- Mindie Hilton said...
Love your wreath, very pretty. I would love for you to share your talents at my weekly linky party. Fri-monday come strut your stuff.
- November 29, 2011 at 9:29 AM
- Amy said...
ooooh, fun! I especially love that polka dot M! Monograms are so cute. Would you share here?
- November 29, 2011 at 3:29 PM
Hi! I saw your post at the Tuesday's Treasure party. Your wreath turned out great. I love that you are proud of your polka dots. You should be!
Sharon @ mrshinesclass
- November 29, 2011 at 5:53 PM
- live by the sun, luv by the moon said...
Simply lovely!
- November 29, 2011 at 6:31 PM
- LeAnn said...
Thanks sooooo much for sharing this idea. I love these but couldn't or should I say wouldn't pay that much for it. Can't wait to give it a try!
- November 29, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- Cinthya said...
This is super pretty. I want one! I would love if you linked to my linky party at: http://eyehearttoday.blogspot.com/2011/11/anything-goes-at-eye-heart-3.html
- November 29, 2011 at 11:24 PM
- Lindsi B said...
Beautiful, just beautiful! I'd love you to link up with us.
- December 2, 2011 at 11:05 AM
- Chrissy said...
This is so cute!! I love the ribbon! :) Awesome job! I'm a new follower too.
- December 2, 2011 at 11:51 AM
- Cassie {Hi Sugarplum!} said...
so fun -- and I love the polka dot letter! Thanks for linking up!
- December 2, 2011 at 4:09 PM
Found you via Serenity Now. This is a really fun project. Thanks for sharing.
- December 3, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- Peppermint_Patt said...
Love your creativity!
What an awesome wreath!
Thanks for sharing!
- December 3, 2011 at 11:12 AM
bI just made one of these following your tutorial. It came out awesome. Thank you.
- December 4, 2011 at 6:54 PM
- Roeshel S said...
I've been on vacation and I'm new to your blog - so this is the first puffy wreath I've seen and it's gorgeous! Great job!
- December 21, 2011 at 8:38 AM


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Luca Arena
Á means river | Ísland | Between the light that goes off and the beginning of the day, I have known places where the ships don't break, there are no trains and no cars go, where a yellow traffic light means slow down and not accelerate. Without pushing and striving, children, men and women live here.
Under the Icelandic light, they have the same look and they share heat and hopes in a neon pool, in the cities that all seem to be the same but with a different name.
oys race to push a shopping cart, a mother only purchases food with colored boxes, and an old man dives into a hot water pool at 41 °. In an ocean of colors and in a sea of empty roads, I have no idea where I was or where I will be at their age.
How to photograph Iceland without necessarily representing it for what it is (beautiful)?
In 13 days and 2994 km travelled, I have tried to break the mirror and not depict Iceland as the land of rivers, volcanoes and endless glaciers, but photographing it in a completely unusual and aseptic manner, so that, for once, we can get away from the explosion of nature and live in colors, giving voice to the island's minority: man. www.luca-arena.it


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Listings for BBC 2 N Ireland on Saturday, August 24 2019
|This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes BBC Two.
|The Dog Ate My Homework 9/12. Iain is joined by child team captains Aron and Darby and special guests Ben Shires, Steff Todd, Saima Chowdhury and Ahir Shah, who battle it out in rounds and challenges. [S]
|Ali-A's Superchargers 2/10. Ali-A helps supercar-mad Mohammad transform his 16-year-old family car forever. But what will Mohammad's parents think of its spectacular new look? [S]
|Mustangs FC Back together again for a new season, the Mustangs are confident and hungry for some silverware - but can they win without Ruby? [S]
|Blue Peter: Carnival! Blue Peter celebrates Notting Hill Carnival with Caribbean music, incredible costumes and tasty food you can cook at home. Lindsey delivers Blue Badges to some deserving BP viewers. [S]
|Deadly Top 10 5/5. Steve Backshall counts down his ultimate top ten deadly creatures. This time Steve is on a mission to choose his ten favourite airborne assassins. [S]
|The Animals' Guide to Britain 1/4. Chris Packham presents the series that examines Britain from an animal's point of view. In the Highlands, Chris witnesses a fabulous fishing display by ospreys. [S,AD]
|Robot Wars 2/6. Dara O Briain and Angela Scanlon present, with battles commentated by Jonathan Pearce. Robots include runners-up from last series Eruption and champions Carbide. [S]
|This Farming Life Raymond and Jen take a busman's holiday to Switzerland. The McLeans host the Holstein Society and bad news forces Stevie to make a shocking decision. [S]
|Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge 4/8. Four food producers with fledgling businesses test out their products. This time it is makers of cooking sauces competing against each other for one place in the final. [S,AD]
|Secret Britain 3/3. Series exploring the hidden corners of the UK. In Scotland, Ellie Harrison probes a monster mystery at the heart of Britain's deepest water. [S]
|Homes Under the Hammer A semi in Folkestone in Kent and a terrace in Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent are sold under the hammer. Dion Dublin and Lucy Alexander meet the new owners to hear their plans. [S]
|Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the... ...Lobby. 4/6. Giles and Monica arrive at Royal Mansour, one of the world's most discreet hotels, hidden deep in the heart of Marrakech's ancient Medina. [S,AD]
|Galapagos 3/3. In the culmination of this scientific expedition, Liz Bonnin and the team see first-hand the impact that humans have had on the Galapagos Islands. [S,AD]
|Final Score All the results from the day's football fixtures. Manchester United face Crystal Palace, which could be an early chance for United's £50m summer signing Aaron Wan-Bissaka to face his former club.
|Final Score from NI A round-up of the day's action. [S]
|Saving Lives at Sea 6/6. Documentary following the men and women of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. [S]
|Rick Stein's Road To Mexico 5/7. Documentary series. Rick Stein visits the Mexican capital to sample the Aztec cuisine and then heads south to the city of Puebla, the home of mole - Mexico's famous meat stew. [S,AD]
|Proms Encore Katie Derham is joined by tenor Allan Clayton, soprano Nadine Benjamin and beatboxer Jason Singh as Proms Encore focusses on 'the voice'. [S]
|Rugby Union: England v Ireland... ...Highlights. John Inverdale presents highlights from south west London as Ireland face England. [S]
|Dad's Army 10/13. Classic sitcom. The Chief Warden challenges Captain Mainwaring to a game of cricket. Featuring a guest appearance by English cricket legend Fred Trueman. [S]
|Ward Park 3 Extra Rigsy presents the best live performances from the supporting line-up at Snow Patrol's Ward Park 3 Festival in Bangor, County Down, recorded in front of 35,000 fans. [S]
|Film: Viceroy's House Film Period drama. Lord Mountbatten arrives in India to take the post of last Viceroy. A new servant arrives to work as one of Mountbatten's dressers, only to encounter a long lost love. [2017] [S]
|A Fresh Guide to Florence with... ...Fab 5 Freddy. Hip-hop legend and art lover Fab 5 Freddy saddles up to explore 15th-century Italian renaissance art in 15th-century style - on horseback. [S]
|Hunky Dory Film Feelgood musical set in a Welsh secondary school in 1976. A drama teacher attempts to engage her students by staging a musical version of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Contains strong language. [2011]
|This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes BBC Two.


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Bhopal, June 19: In what could be termed as bad news for Sachin Tendulkar, a PIL has been filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court against the cricketing legend for alleged misuse of the Bharat Ratna in commercial advertisements.
The High Court has reportedly admitted the PIL and has directed the Solicitor General to find out if there are any Supreme Court guidelines on the use of award of promotion of commercial products by awardee of country's highest civil honour.
Chief justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice KK Trivedi issued this order while hearing a PIL on Thursday.
As per a report published in TOI, VK Naswah, Bhopal based petitioner, has expressed his discomfort with the 'Bharat Ratna' awardee promoting commercial products on television. He said this discomfort is prevalent in many sections across the country.

Alleging misuse of the prestigious award for commercial purpose, Naswah was quoted as saying either Tendulkar should return this award on moral ground or government should take it back.
"Using this honour for commercial purpose is 'illegitimate'," he argued before the court.
Even after his retirement from cricket, batting maestro has numerous endorsements under his belt. From promoting water purifier to luxury cars, Sachin is associated with several commercial advertisements.
The HC has given Solicitor General a weeks time to respond if there are such guidelines issued by the Apex Court.
Sachin and eminent scientist CNR Rao were conferred the Bharat Ratna by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Feb 4, 2014.
According to an RTI reply, the process of conferring the country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna on Sachin Tendulkar was initiated on the first day of his farewell 200th cricket Test on November 14, 2013 and the announcement made two days later.
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Ads generate significant traffic to your website, but do your visitors really convert (do they buy your products or services)? You can use conversion tracking to assess the number of users who, for example, purchased items or signed up for a newsletter (in other words, performed "conversions") after accessing your site. You can make various changes to improve your conversion rate, including adding more specific keywords and negative keywords.
Before making significant changes in your account, it is advisable that you evaluate the activity that your ads generate. With AdWords, you can determine the number of impressions and clicks of your ads. But would not it be interesting to know the number of conversions that they generate? The solution is to use the conversion tracking tool.
Once you have set up conversion tracking, you can evaluate the effectiveness of your campaigns based on conversions. For example, if you edit a campaign, and find that your conversion rate increases, this means that the modification improved the performance of the campaign.
Once you are able to track your conversions, you can focus on improving conversion rates. Specific keywords will usually give a better conversion rate than general keywords.
Generally, specific keywords such as "samsung 32″ tv" can get a better conversion rate than general keywords, like "samsung". Indeed, those users looking for a specific product usually have already researched the product and wish to make a purchase.
However, remember that using more specific keywords can generate a lower number of impressions. If your keywords are too specific, the number of users searching on these terms will be very low. The challenge is to find the right balance between generic keywords and specific ones to generate a good volume of conversions at an excellent price.
In the process of improving your conversion rate, you can also use negative keywords. This allows you to not show your ad when a user performs a search on these keywords. It's recommendable that you use negative keywords if you want to limit the exposure of your on terms that you think are not relevant to your business or that perform badly.
Some advertisers use for example the term "free" as a negative keyword. You can do the same in order to attract the least possible people looking for free products, unless you offer trials or free products on your website. Users who want free products are generally less likely to make purchases.
AdWords allows you to evaluate the performance of your various keywords, but also to identify the specific words that your customers have used and that have triggered your ad. This list of terms included in the report "Search Terms" .
Examine the report to add some search queries to your keyword list or to exclude some of the latter. You'll be able to target more relevant users by presenting your ad to a larger number of users interested in your product or by filtering users that are not relevant for you.
Let's say you sell DVD movies on your website. When examining your report "Search Terms", you find that your ad was triggered by the search term "movies magazine." People looking for magazines do not necessarily want to buy DVD movies immediately. In this case, you might consider adding "magazine" as a negative keyword so that it won't trigger your ad.
At the same time, you also notice that your ad was triggered by the search term "promotion dvd movies" However, it turns out that you have DVD promotions on your site! In this case, you might consider adding "promotion dvd movies" to your list of keywords, so that the search term is more likely to trigger your ad.
To improve the relevance of traffic to your site, you can include price in your ad text. If a user sees the price of your product and click on the ad, you can conclude that it is likely to buy the product at that price. If the price does not suit him, the user won't click on the ad and you will not have to pay for that click.
To test, you can add the price in your ad copy to see if your ads gets a better conversion rate. This method can be particularly effective when your prices are lower than your competitors!
Whether it is suitable for your situation, you can test adding the price by creating an ad and posting it alternately with your other ads. The Ad rotation feature allows you to compare the effect on CTR and conversion rate of adding prices on your ads.


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Leads and sales. The lifeblood of any business. Marketing your product or service the right way is so crucial to the success of your business.
You can create a mediocre product but if the marketing is captivating and attractive, you'll sell by the bucket load. The same goes the other way around. You can have the best product in the world, but if your marketing isn't right your sales will be dismal.
The internet is the new frontier for business, with hundreds of online business opportunities available to all of us and the internet becoming more user-friendly, there really is no excuse not to capitalise on these opportunities.
Creating an offer that effectively generates leads and sales for your business is an art form. It requires a combination of data-driven methods with a knowledge and understanding of customer behaviour and human psychology.
Before creating a product from a random idea you think will be awesome, just stop and hear me out for a minute. You won't make any sales unless you have a starving crowd. People need to be hungry for what you have to offer.
You can create something really cool, but if people don't need it, you won't sell.
So let's assume you've found your starving crowd that is ready to gobble up your awesome new product or service. You need three things to ensure your target audience will take to your offering:
- You need to create a solution that solves their problem.
- You need to understand their deepest desire.
- You need an awesome guarantee that removes any buyer risk and instils confidence in your prospect.
The biggest problem your target audience faces:
Creating an awesome offer starts with understanding the biggest problems your target audience is facing. What keeps them awake at night?
Once you've established that, you can mould your product around the perfect solution for your target audience. You need to create an offer that resonates with your target audience. Something that they can relate to in a deep way. Something that speaks to them directly.
What is your audiences deepest desire?
Tapping into the emotions of your target audience is essential to you understanding things from their perspective and delivering an amazing product that they can relate to in a deep way.
Us humans are irrational when it comes to buying. We buy based on emotions and they use our logical rational minds to make up a "common sense" reason for it. So you need to target emotions. If you nail this, you will sell by the bucket load.
More specifically speaking, you need to target the deepest desire of your prospect if you want to really succeed with product sales.
An amazing guarantee can make all the difference:
Having a unique selling proposition will set yourself apart from your competition. When someone is thinking about making an investment into your product or service. They're weighing up the cost and the risk of investment. By offering a USP you're showcasing something that the visitor can't get anywhere else. A USP should always be backed up by other guarantees. Have you ever wondered why almost every subscription-based service offers a free trial?
It's because it takes all of the pressure off the buyer. They can try the product without investing any money at all. This is a win-win for both the company and the buyer as the company gets to showcase their great services and the buyer doesn't have to invest anything to discover exactly what is on offer.
Free-trial offers are popular because they just work. There's nothing like offering a free trial for your product or service. It affords a certain level of trust to your prosepects if they can test the waters without taking any risks whatsoever.


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Draxler Germany 2018 Away Jersey
When West Germany players defeated Argentina to complete a hat trick of world titles, they did it in a uniform that has since enjoyed the same legendary status as the country's 1990 heroes. Taking inspiration from that design classic, the men's Julian Draxler adidas Germany Home Jersey is a replica of the shirt Germany's current stars wear. It's made of sweat-sweeping Climalite, with a slightly looser cut and a woven national badge on the chest. It also features official name and number customization on the front and back. adidas is dedicated to creating products in ways that minimize their environmental impact. This jersey is made with recycled polyester to save resources and decrease emissions. Celebrate the summer of soccer with this Julian Draxler Germany World Cup Jersey!
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Paradox SR 130 or 150 Siren with Zipatile
Sergio Falzone shared this thanks 10 months ago
i need to interface Paradox SR130 or 150 outdoor siren. I view that in configuration it's possibile to interface Zipatile with paradox system but i don't know in this siren work fine.
Someome can ask me?
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Poached Egg & Wild Mushrooms on Brioche
This dish is an adventure in fresh cooking on a plate. Homemade Brioche, gathered wild mushrooms, and farm fresh poached egg! What could be better.
Avocado on Toast With Poached Egg
We all know breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and yet so many of us settle for just a cup of coffee. This dish takes only a few minutes to make and starts your day off right!


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Press-Telegram blows it with ill-informed story on Downey councilman
Rick Rodriguez, District 3 councilmember, lives in Downey. His home is well known to golfers, as his backyard borders the Rio Hondo Golf Club's 7th hole.
In 2015, when the L.A. Times published its infamous feature story characterizing Downey as "the Latino Beverly Hills," the first person quoted in the story was Rodriguez, who moved to Downey in 1989 with his wife, Lupe.
The owners of an international security firm, the Rodriguez's have been successful professionally, and in 2010 they purchased a beautiful vacation home, located right on the shore of the Long Beach Peninsula. With their primary residence still in Downey, they often donate use of the beach house to local non-profits, who auction off weekends there to raise money.
Yes, Rick Rodriguez lives in Downey.
"I have personally, on numerous occasions, been to Rick and Lupe's house in Downey, dropped Rick off at his house various times after many events, and can attest that he and his family live in Downey," confirmed Councilman Alex Saab.
Why is this even an issue? An anonymous complaint to the L.A. County district attorney alleges that Rodriguez lives in Long Beach – not Downey – which, if true, would disqualify him from holding public office in Downey.
Included in the complaint were printouts of Lupe Rodriguez's Facebook profile, in which she lists Long Beach as her home city. The complaint also notes that Rodriguez used a business address – not his home address – in election filings. The business address belongs to former mayor Mario Guerra, who assisted with Rodriguez's 2016 city council campaign.
That's the extent of the evidence.
After obtaining a copy of the complaint last week, The Downey Patriot confirmed that Rodriguez indeed still resides in Downey and chose not to publish a story.
The Long Beach Press-Telegram, however, proved to have less stringent editorial standards and on Sunday published an article titled "District Attorney reviewing complaint that Downey councilman lives in Long Beach."
The Press-Telegram article gave the allegations credibility. The reporter attempted to tie Downey to the recent corruption charges that have plagued cities throughout southeast L.A. County: "In recent years, Los Angeles County prosecutors have investigated several allegations of public officials living outside communities and some cases have resulted in convictions," the article states.
A big problem plaguing newspapers these days is that most people tend not to read entire news articles. We scan headlines, glance at photos, and skim over a couple sentences to get the gist of what's going on. Nuance and critical thinking are lost as a result.
Guerra called the article "shameful, lazy reporting" and pinned the anonymous allegations on Frine Medrano, who lost to Rodriguez in last November's election.
"If anybody wants to know why good people don't want to get into politics, this baseless story is a good example," Guerra posted on Facebook. "If the reporter would have bothered to make a simple call to the city clerk's office, he would have known that they verify his address in several ways. By voting records, property taxes and verification. But you can see him there every day too.
"Rick Rodriguez is one of the most ethical people I know and has nothing to hide."
For his part, Rodriguez was contrite in his comments following the story's publication.
"I am heartbroken that my name and the word 'investigate' are in the same sentence, but I am overjoyed and thankful for those who have posted such supportive comments," he said. "Thank you from me and my family."
Newspapers play a critical role in keeping politicians honest, but misleading pieces of journalism such as the article published by the Press-Telegram instead does the public a disservice.


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Trinitas Thai
You might be like me and have never experienced Thai, or maybe it's your favourite food; either way I've found the place for you.
Renowned TV presenter Lee Chan invited a few of her closest friends, each talented women in their own careers, to a beautiful dinner at Trinitas Thai.
Located in leafy suburban Camberwell, away from the hustle and bustle of busy Melbourne city, it creates the perfect mood for catch ups with friends or dinner dates.
During the night, we feasted on the most scrumptious of treats, each dish with a unique flavour and a kick of spice! My favourite was the Thai prawn ravioli with lemongrass, galangal infused coconut sauce! It was absolutely delish!
Along with desert was the Thai fried banana balls with caramel sauce; another favourite.
Thai prawn ravioli with lemongrass, galangal infused coconut sauce
Be sure to head down and try it all for yourself and pick your favourite dish!
Special thanks to Trinitas Thai for having me and
Lee Chan
For all bookings
Address: 955 Burke Rd, Camberwell VIC 3124
Phone:(03) 9813 1565


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This month was all about being present and not perfect. I really liked the design of the box as it featured all my favourite colours. A perfect present already!
With the mindset of being in "the now", I set out to try the five products I received this month. L-R:amika bombshell blowout spray, Glamglow Supermud Clearing Mask Treatment, Rituals The Ritual of Sakura Foaming Shower Gel, Benefit BADgal BANG Volumising Mascara, BLAQ Hydrogel Eye Mask
I'll start off again with my least favourite product, which AGAIN was a hair texturising spray.
amika Bombshell Blowout Spray(29.6ml) – You may know by now, I do not like texturising hair sprays. They make my hair sticky and I find it hard to blow dry without getting my hair tangled in knots. Despite my dislike of these products, I still gave this one a go- even sprays sections of my hair, combing it then drying it out. It was still the same outcome, and by the time I was done, my scalp was throbbing from all the tugging that took place. It was a very stressful blow out!
Glamglow Supermud Clearing Mask Treatment (15g) – I love clay masks- I think it's the idea of it purifying my skin as it dries down, sucking out and removing all the gunk, ending with the cleansing ritual of rinsing it all off with water. This mask spread on easily and had a slightly medicinal scent to it. I left it on for 20 minutes and my face felt clean and fresh after rinsing it off. This sample was only enough for one application, but I reckon I'd buy the full size.
Rituals The Ritual of Sakura Foaming Shower Gel (50ml) – This was the star product for me, in this month's box. Upon squirting the gel out, it immediately transformed into a rich and creamy foam that smelt amazing- like cherry blossoms and white tea. I felt like my skin was being utterly pampered. A little went a long way and the lather was creamy enough for shaving my legs as well. This deluxe size is great as it has a substantial amount. I've popped it in my gym bag and will definitely be purchasing the full size once I'm done with this one.
Benefit BADgal BANG Volumising Mascara (30g) – I've always preferred mini mascaras as I don't feel they're being wasted after the recommended 3 month shelf life. Benefit always churns out awesome mascaras, like their "They're Real" collection. This one is just as good, creating full, long lashes with just one coat in a rich black colour. This lasted the whole day without any flaking and it was easy to remove.
Left : with two coats of mascara | Right: without
BLAQ Hydrogel Eye Mask (one pair) – This was my first time using an eye mask and after trying this out, it won't be my last! These eye patchy things felt like a jelly mask. Unlike a sheet facemask where I can sit upright and do stuff with it on, these ones began to slide down a little, unless I was reclined. It felt cooling upon application, which was great for my tired, puffy eyes. I didn't notice a huge difference after I removed them, but my under eye area felt a lot more moisturised. I really should have tried these out sooner and will be purchasing a box of them.
with my jelly like eye masks onafter
All in all, I enjoyed most of the products in my March Birchbox and would rate it 4 out of 5.
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Fernando Alonso celebrates his final Formula 1 race this weekend at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix so take a look over the highs and lows of the two-time world champion's career.
Starting in 2001 with back-markers Minardi, Alonso climbed his way up the grid to become the youngest-ever F1 world champion with Renault, beating Michael Schumacher and Ferrari in the process, before a career with multiple highlights from his infamous 2007 McLaren campaign to his title near-misses with Ferrari.
But with 32 race wins, 97 podiums, 22 pole positions and his two F1 world championship crowns, here's how Alonso paved his F1 career.


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Tammie suggested that I make a new thread to provide clarification on exactly what I want to do.
Current functionality (WORKING)
I am currently automatically creating a subscription for a user with a specific level and set of rules when they register.
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I can also dynamically adjust the rules in any way I want.
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/paymentreturn/paypalexpress to be open to the public, so that Paypal does not get any errors?
Future functionality (NOT WORKING)
1.) I need to filter payment notification with a function. Upon successful payment received, modify a rule. What add_filter do I need to add for this to happen, and what variables do I have access to?
1.A.) I also need to change "level_price" to reflect the price they paid. I will also need to change level_period_unit depending upon whether or not it's yearly or monthly.
2.) I need to implement drip feeds, so that each post added to the rule takes 1 week before it becomes available. I would also like to print how long until the week has expired. How can I accomplish this?
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DOE says Hanford contractor overcharged $63.5 million
Hanford contractor Mission Support Alliance improperly awarded $63.5 million in taxpayer money as profit to a subcontractor with which it shared ownership ties, according to the Department of Energy.
Lockheed Martin is a principal owner of Mission Support Alliance, and Mission Support Alliance subcontracted some work to Lockheed Martin Services.
DOE claims that paying profit for subcontracted work performed by Lockheed Martin Services amounted to both of the Lockheed Martin-controlled organizations receiving profit for the same work.
The issue came to light in a report on a DOE Office of Inspector General audit released Wednesday. It not only looked at details of the profit payment that DOE is retracting, but also found other issues related to payment for information technology services at Hanford.
Mission Support Alliance holds the DOE contract to provide information technology and other services sitewide at Hanford. In turn, it awarded a subcontract valued at an estimated $232 million over five years starting in 2010 to Lockheed Martin Services to provide information technology services at Hanford.
The audit found that the $63.5 million — the difference between reported costs incurred by Lockheed Martin Services and what it was paid — appeared to be potentially unallowable profit.
Lockheed Martin Services was created in 1996 as part of a DOE Hanford plan to create "outside the fence" companies to do both Hanford and non-Hanford work.
DOE and Mission Support Alliance remain in dispute about the profit payment to Lockheed Martin Services. Mission Support Alliance has brought the matter to the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, which resolves federal contracting disputes. The board has yet to rule.
DOE told auditors that it had made clear from the start of the Lockheed Martin Services subcontract that the subcontract was classified in a way that would prevent separate profit payments to the subcontractor. DOE officials said Mission Support Alliance ignored the directive.
The audit report found DOE partially to blame, saying it had not ensured costs incurred were appropriate and transparent to the federal government.
DOE said it did not have contracting authority over Mission Support Alliance's subcontractors and had not been provided records that would be needed for effective monitoring. In turn, Mission Support Alliance said Lockheed Martin Services, as a separate commercial entity, had refused to provide access to its records.
Lockheed Martin Services was created in 1996 as part of a largely failed initiative to create non-Hanford companies to boost the Tri-City economy by doing both Hanford and non-Hanford work.
The audit found weaknesses related to contract awards and work scope, time and material task orders and affiliate profit.
In other matters, the audit questioned why so much of the work done by Lockheed Martin Services was reimbursed according to time spent and materials used, an arrangement discouraged by federal regulations because it provides little incentive to control costs compared to other methods, such as fixed-priced contracts.
Mission Support Alliance had said that time and material task orders would only be used for services that were not performed regularly. The company also said they would be used for less than 12 percent of work.
In fact, time and material task order costs were more than $120 million and accounted for almost 50 percent of the work.
The audit also questioned why there were additional side agreements with Lockheed Martin Services to perform work that was part of the Mission Support Alliance contract. The support services contract was intended to consolidate all infrastructure contracts.
There were at least three additional Lockheed Martin Services subcontracts to provide information technology services to individual Hanford contractors that were negotiated without the consent of DOE, the audit report said. DOE's ability to oversee services costing more than $114 million was reduced.
1 percent to 7,000 percent Amount of total markup DOE found on some subcontracts
One of the subcontracts was arranged by Mission Support Alliance, but the cost was not deducted from its contract to make sure it did not exceed the $232 million estimate, the audit found.
The markup for the subcontracted work ranged from 1 percent to 7,000 percent above costs, DOE officials told auditors.
Auditors said they were concerned that Lockheed Martin Services was awarded significant profit payments for work required to be performed through Mission Support Alliance, even though documents showed that was not allowed.
Several executives within Mission Support Alliance also held senior executive positions within Lockheed Martin Corp. They were specifically excluded from making strategic decisions on the management of its contract with DOE.
However, the audit found they improperly were directly involved in negotiations with DOE officials on a proposed settlement agreement for $2.2 million related to profits paid on the Lockheed Martin Services agreement. DOE refused the settlement, which would have required that the Lockheed Martin subcontract be extended.
The work in the subcontract has been divided up, with Mission Support Alliance pulling some of the work in house. It asked for bids for other work, again selecting Lockheed Martin Services for much of the work.
Lockheed Martin Services is now in transition to the new subcontract, which will take full effect in late May.
Annette Cary: 509-582-1533, @HanfordNews


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Establishing and maintaining a good reputation is one of the many functions that public relations (PR) agencies fulfill in order to spotlight a brand in the overwhelming market noise. In a fickle world of fast trends, it is a herculean task for PR agencies to command attention and prestige.
Here's how PR agencies capture the hearts of consumers and create lasting value of its work in brand support and loyalty:
1. Brand-centered messages
In a world where consumer is king, formulating the right message is only the first step towards effective publicity. A catchy slogan or line is the start; but any PR agency worth its salt knows that the end goal is to highlight and built a story revolving around the brand. In highlighting a brand to an audience that has a short attention span, it becomes even more crucial that the right message – and hence the right brand image – is conveyed to the public by PR agencies.
2. Influential connections and platforms
PR agencies also rely on connections – whether the media, celebrities, or experts to help them establish a brand in the market. Not only are influential people easier to remember, the appeal of their personalities and profession may also lend itself to the brand. Social media use is also more prevalent than ever as PR agencies now turn to digital PR efforts on social media platforms to jostle for the fastest and easiest way to get into the crowd, and this includes the likes of food and beverage (F&B) PR, fashion PR and even medical healthcare PR.
3. Crisis management
PR agencies are also the firefighters to a crisis, and their job is as demanding and strenuous as their counterparts putting out the real fires. Doing repair damage or what is normally termed as 'bad publicity' is part and parcel of PR work. More than just promoting and advertising, the job of PR agencies is not done after the successful launch of a product. The true value of public relations lies in maintaining a favourable connection of a brand to its consumers long after the initial glitz has passed.
PR agencies have served to grow and nurture products in the market where competitors consistently strive to carve out their own place. By keeping the brand in the spotlight with a favourable reputation through PR efforts, the products of a brand remain relevant to its consumers, and this is the lasting value of public relations work.


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New Year's Lamb Meatballs
We made these meatballs for a New Year's Eve party and they were such a hit they've become a tradition as we ring in the New Year!
1 tbsp unsalted butter
5 shallots, minced
2 lb minced lamb
1 c. fresh bread crumbs
1/4 c. chopped fresh parsley
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tbsp lemon zest
1/2 tsp dried marjoram
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1/2 c. unsalted butter
1 tbsp olive oil
2 1/2 tbsp tomato sauce
1/4 c. wine
1 small garlic clove, minced
1 dash ground cinnamon
Melt the 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the shallots in the skillet until tender. Transfer to a large bowl.
Mix lamb, bread crumbs, parsley, egg, and lemon zest into the bowl with the shallots. Season with marjoram, salt, and pepper. Let stand 1 hour in the refrigerator.
Melt 1/2 cup butter and heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Form the lamb mixture into small meatballs, and cook in the skillet in batches until evenly brown. Do not drain skillet. Drain meatballs on paper towels, and place in a serving dish.
Mix tomato sauce, wine, garlic, and cinnamon into the skillet. Cook and stir until well blended and heated through. Drizzle over the meatballs in the dish.


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Today is such a hot and humid 'Summer in the Fall' Day here in Philadelphia.
There is an amazing acupuncture point that captures the energetic of this day I would LOVE to share with you called Fish Region ( Lung 10) The Fire in the Metal Element.
Fish Region is AMAZING for:
- helping sore throats!!!
- cooling fevers
- clearing heat in general
- bringing warmth to a grieving heart <3
You can stimulate this point by gently massaging the thenar eminence of the palm (see the little circle in the pic)


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Atlassian Connect is an app framework used to build Atlassian apps. Atlassian Connect apps are used to extend Atlassian Cloud products, like Jira Cloud, and can extend the user interface, access the APIs, etc. If you are not using Connect to build your integration, see Security for other integrations instead.
Authentication and authorization are the two key parts of implementing security. Authentication tells Jira Cloud the identity of your app, and authorization determines what actions it can take within Jira. Connect apps use JWT for authentication and either scopes or user impersonation for authorization.
Atlassian Connect apps use JWT (JSON Web Tokens) for authentication. This is already built into the supported Atlassian Connect libraries.
When an app is installed, a security context is exchanged with the application. This context is used to create and validate JWT tokens that are embedded in API calls. The use of JWT tokens guarantees that:
To learn more, read Authentication for Connect apps.
Atlassian Connect apps can use two types of authorization:
This method has two levels of authorization:
Scopes are defined in the app descriptor and statically specify the maximum set of actions that an app may perform: read, write, etc. This security level is enforced by Atlassian Connect and cannot be bypassed by app implementations. To learn more, read our page on scopes.
Every app is assigned its own app user in a Cloud instance. In general, server-to-server requests are made by the app user. In some situations, the configuration of permission or issue security schemes in Jira Cloud by an administrator can cause an app user not to have permission to make a request. In Jira Cloud, Atlassian Connect will automatically attempt to resolve these errors each time an app is updated. Client-side requests are made as the current user in the browser session, and are supported via the
AP.request() method, or the app needs to make a server-to-server request using OAuth 2.0 user impersonation (see next section).
User impersonation allows your integration to access Jira APIs on a user's behalf. This is provided via the JWT Bearer token authorization grant type for OAuth 2.0, which is also known as two-legged OAuth with impersonation (2LOi). At a high level, this method works by the app exchanging a JWT for an OAuth 2.0 access token (provided by the application). The access token can be used to make server-to-server calls, on behalf of the user, to the application's API.
To learn more, read our page on User impersonation for Connect apps.


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They say there is an invisible thread tying the hunter to its prey. With the death of her grandfather, Hamaji, a gun wielding hunter girl, descends from her mountain dwelling. In the town below, everything she sees and hears is unfamiliar and new, and she comes across a curious rumor. She hears of creatures of both human and dog descent, who live in human form, and feed on human souls. Creatures known as the Fuse. And she hears of the brutal crimes they commit. Searching for a place to stay in town, Hamaji meets Shino, a white haired young man with a dog mask. This is the story of their encounter, their first impressions and each decision made by the young hunter girl who must hunt the Fuse and the young man destined to be hunted by humans.


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Why Coke Cost a Nickel for 70 Years
An oilcloth sign advertising Coca-Cola from 1905.
The Coca-Cola Company
In 1886, a bottle of Coke cost a nickel and the price stayed the same for 70 years. Even in the face of war and increasing competition, the price of a bottle of coke remained a nickle. But why? How? Fundamental economic theory posits that inflation is inevitable.
Early in company history, Coke was sold at soda fountains. But a group of lawyers had the idea of selling drinks in bottles, and then posed the deal to the president. The deal was the lawyers bought the bottling and selling rights for Coca-Cola. According to the terms, they could also buy the syrup at a fixed price forever.
As bottled drinks grew in popularity, Coca-Cola faced a profit wall. Competitors could raise prices for more profit or to balanced costs, but Coke could not reap any more than a nickel. Since the companies contract required a locked in price, it developed a new strategy: sell as much syrup as possible to the bottlers and then flood the market with advertising that prominently featured the five cent price. It became such a phenomenon that retailers didn't want to raise the price and risk losing customers altogether. Since the company could not increase price, it sold as many Cokes as possible, building its empire around the globe. When the contract was finally renegotiated, Coke still had one more hurdle to overcome; vending machines only accepted nickels. But before the company could determine what to do, inflation won out ending the 70 year price ceiling, with the last nickel bottle selling around 1959.


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The Annual General Meeting of the Sask. Railroad Historical Association will be held on January 26, 2019 at Grasswoods' Smitty's starting at 2:30 pm. This meeting will review our accomplishments from 2018 and it will kick-off our 2019 operating year.
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