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Uniform vs. Unified: How to Approach S&C for Your Entire Athletic Department/
Whether you're a Division 1 college or small high school, providing quality strength and conditioning to your athletes is an enormous challenge. Athletic departments are constantly juggling budgets, resources, and priorities in an effort to help their student-athletes succeed both in the classroom and on the field/court/pitch. Unfortunately, for many departments, it's often cheaper and easier to take a uniform approach to S&C—either giving all athletes the same one-size-fits-all training program, or prioritizing training for just one sport.
But a uniform approach to strength and conditioning simply isn't the best way to help athletes perform better and stay healthy. As we've seen sport participation change over the last few decades, with more and more athletes (and especially female athletes) participating in diverse sports, we've got to ask ourselves how we can adapt our strategy to look beyond one or two major sports and instead address the needs of every athlete in the entire department.
S&C can't be uniform for an entire department, because training must look different for different sports. After all, you wouldn't train a tennis athlete—or a cross country runner—like a football player. But that doesn't mean your approach shouldn't be unified throughout your department, giving all athletes the same access to quality training that is appropriate for their performance goals.
The safest and most effective way to prepare for a sport is to train appropriately and specifically for that sport. Here are 3 reasons why you should take a unified, and not uniform, approach to strength and conditioning for your athletic department.
1. Different Performance Goals
The athletic performance traits that must be prioritized in one sport's strength and conditioning are different from those in other sports. At Volt, as an example, we prioritize muscle mass (hypertrophy), maximal strength, and explosiveness as the primary performance goals for football. But softball players need to develop rotational power, and distance track runners need muscular endurance, and all these qualities are developed through different training protocols. All athletes benefit from building a foundation of general strength and work capacity, which is why you'll see squats on the program for almost every sport. But when it comes to sport-specific strength and movement qualities, what works for one sport may not work for other sports.
This becomes especially clear when you look at the bioenergetic requirements from sport to sport. Just look at the duration and speed of play in a rugby sevens match compared to an 800m track race, or a baseball game compared to a 90-min soccer match, and you'll see the unique energy system requirements that make an athlete successful in each sport or event. This is why Volt not only identifies the three primary performance goals for each sport on a strength training level, but also constructs sport-specific conditioning programs that develop the proper energy systems utilized in every sport.
Many sports have skill patterns that endlessly repeat themselves or continuously stress the athlete asymmetrical. The body becomes "unbalanced" from all of this specific movement, which can lead to a higher risk of injury. With this in mind, we wouldn't want to add resistance to an already overloaded movement pattern, since that could only further any imbalances and increase injury risk. That's why every training day in a @voltathletics program offers injury prevention movements and methods to assist in keeping athletes healthy and mobile. And why it's so awesome to see @lakestatevb getting in their injury prevention work!! Every sport program comes with its own injury prevention methods that take into account the movement patterns overused throughout the season! It's this hard work in the weight room that will pay off on the court! Love it @lakestatevb!! 💪💪🏐🏆 #EarnEverything #VoltFamily #Repost @lakestatevb ・・・ Good morning lift today before practice this afternoon 💪🏽👊🏽 #lakerstrong #gettingswoll
2. Different Movement Patterns
Each sport has its own primary movement patterns. The primary movements you'll see in a football game are sprinting, cutting, jumping, blocking, pushing, and tackling. In a properly designed football strength and conditioning program, exercises in the weight room are specifically chosen to first develop the general strength capabilities to tolerate those positions, and then the specific strength and power adaptations needed to execute those actions explosively.
But the movements in freestyle swimming, for example, could not be more different.
Good strength and conditioning must be targeted on the specific motor actions required in each sport. And again, while athletes across all sports benefit from developing a base of general physical strength and capability, a properly designed program will train sport-specific movement patterns. Volt programs, for example, examine the main movement patterns in each sport—like hip extension/flexion for track sprinters and scapular elevation/depression in swimming—to create training that emphasizes sport-specific strength qualities in those positions.
3. Different Injuries
Besides the idea of access for athletes across sports (and genders), this, for me, is the single biggest reason any type of uniform, sport-agnostic workout plan—doesn't cut it for athletes in other sports. A strength and conditioning professional always considers vulnerable or frequently injured muscles and joints when designed sport-specific training (and, if possible, looks at the individual strengths and weaknesses of each athlete on the team). While football carries a lot of inherent injury risk to many different areas—hamstring, ACL, ankle, etc.—these are not necessarily the same areas at risk in other sports.
Golfers may need extra hip and low-back strengthening to avoid injuries. Tennis players need more elbow and wrist work. Failing to address joints and muscles that may be at risk of overuse (like the rotator cuff for baseball pitchers) or at risk of acute non-contact injuries (like the hamstrings for soccer players) is a failure to prepare athletes optimally for their sport. At Volt, we incorporate targeted injury mitigation exercises in every sport program—from extra glute med strengthening for female soccer players, to isometric anti-rotation holds for baseball and softball players. This specificity in injury mitigation is something that a static 12-week training program simply cannot offer, and it can make or break the success (and health) of a team.
Love seeing @middswimdive get their core work in! Your core is an essential component in improving performance. Core strength is a broad term, but stability and rotational force are the predominant core capabilities needed in swimming. And they're building it!! #VoltFamily #EarnEverything #Repost @middswimdive ・・・ Never too early for #RussianTwists! @lizamaccowatt @g_stimp and @alainapribis work on their core at the first group lift #BringIt #NovemberFirst
The Takeaway
@@Your approach to strength and conditioning shouldn't be uniform for every sport in your department—but it does need to be unified@@. The unique performance traits, motor patterns, and injury risks involved in different sports requires a sport-specific approach, but one that can also create a cohesive training methodology throughout your entire department. Coaches should work together to build a training culture not just on their team, but throughout the whole organization. And athletic directors must lead from the top, prioritizing resources to make sure we're creating healthier athletes who can perform at a high level and appreciate the importance of strength and conditioning well beyond their playing careers.
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The one defining characteristic of myself and my clients is Hunger.
We're a hungry bunch.
We want it all. The whole fuckin' kit and caboodle.
And deep down we believe it's possible.
We understand that it may hurt. Painful "realities" must be dropped.
Relationships parted ways with. Admissions of playing small.
The past obliterated. The Now conquered.
The relentless pursuit of Truth.
Breaking limits.
And we know we're hungry because we don't quit. We're always searching. Testing. Reading. Discovering. Learning. Experimenting. Wanting. Desiring. Daydreaming.
But more than that, KNOWING.
In our core, we know...there is more.
If you are one of the Hungry Bunch, I raise my glass and salute you.
It's a hell of a journey and there ain't nothing like it in the world.
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Leading Tech Repair Enterprise Attributes Rapid Growth to Affordable Services and Exceptional Customer Experience
TUCKER, GA--(Marketwired - August 15, 2017) - uBreakiFix opens in Tucker on August 15 at 4316 Lawrenceville Highway. The fast-growing technology repair brand provides same-day repair service of all electronics, specializing in cell phone repair and computer repair at its more than 325 locations across North America.
This is the brand's twelfth location in Georgia. uBreakiFix Tucker is the first location for owner Greg Baker Jones, who has plans for a future metro location.
"I want uBreakiFix to become a trusted and respected resource in the community, offering the best repair service at a fair price," said Jones. "After 20 years working as an engineer in the corporate world, I felt it was time to do something more enjoyable for a living. I decided to join uBreakiFix for its great culture and its dedication to serving users of tech."
uBreakiFix was founded in 2009 by millennial duo David Reiff and Justin Wetherill, a 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. The pair later partnered with Eddie Trujillo to transition their Internet-based brand to a brick and mortar tech repair alternative that was quick, affordable and provided a quality customer experience. Since its inception, the company has grown organically without debt, investors or consultants.
uBreakiFix services all brands of electronics, offering phone screen repair, computer repair and more to consumers and businesses alike. To date, the company has completed more than 2.5 million repairs, including cracked screens, water damage, software issues, camera issues and most other technical problems.
uBreakiFix has more than 325 locations open across the U.S. and Canada, and plans to have 400 open by year's end. uBreakiFix is known for its timely service, focus on providing an exceptional customer experience and its ability to fix anything and everything with a power button. Each repair comes with a 90-day warranty and a price match guarantee.
"Our commitment to our customers is what drives our continual growth, innovation and improvement," said Wetherill, uBreakiFix CEO and founder. "We're always looking for ways to better serve the communities we call home. We're excited for the opportunity to bring reliable repair service and exceptional customer service to Tucker and the surrounding areas."
uBreakiFix Tucker is located at 4316 Lawrenceville Highway, Suite 130, Tucker, Georgia 30084 and can be reached at: (678) 691-3568. For more information and to view a service menu, visit ubreakifix.com.
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Founded in 2009, uBreakiFix specializes in the repair of small electronics, ranging from smartphones, game consoles, tablets, computers and everything in between. Cracked screens, water damage, software issues, camera issues and most any other problem can be repaired by visiting uBreakiFix stores across the U.S. and in Canada. uBreakiFix is the official walk-in repair partner for Pixel, a phone by Google. For more information, visit ubreakifix.com.
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Raintrain Sprinkler Nelson Traveling 13,500 square feet
Raintrain Sprinkler from the stables of Nelson is a classic sprinkler for the watering of your lawn. This Sprinkler is very effective. The Sprinkler Rain Train uses the force of water to produce enough pressure to sprinkle your lawn using a customized hose pattern. This Sprinkler can travel up to 200 feet and has a wide coverage of about 13,500 square feet.
Rain train has a 3-position speed that allows for easy adjustment of the watering in order to cover a large lawn effectively. It comes with a sensitive water shut-off that helps to converse water; thereby, preventing water waste. Just set the Sprinkler from its starting point, turn it on and just relax while it does the watering with ease. This is complete peace of mind. No more dragging of long hose in a different direction to water your lawn. That is just a waste of time and energy.
Sprinkler rain train is the smart way to cater for your lawn without a sweat. It is made to last for a long time because it is made of quality, durable materials. It is made of heavy-duty cast iron body. The Sprinkler is so easy to set up and control. It is very dependable and reliable.
Raintrain Sprinkler Features
- It uses the power of water pressure – The Sprinkler Rain Train maximizes the power of water pressure that is gets from the hose to water the lawn. This water pressure is the force behind the rotation of the large back wheels that effectively ensures the saturation of water all across the lawn no matter how large the lawn is.
- Aligns with a customized path – The Sprinkler Rain Train is very intelligent. Whether you choose a straight hose pattern or zigzag hose pattern, the watering will follow the pattern will have customized for it. So, the Sprinkler is self-propelled. Set the pattern and see the Sprinkler do a fantastic job.
- Automatic shut-off – The Sprinkler Rain Train is capable of shutting off on its own. This helps to conserve water. Using automatic shut-off ramp gives you the opportunity to set it up and the Sprinkler will automatically shut-off when it gets to the ramp
- Easy adjustment spray arm arms – The Sprinkler can cover up to 55 feet if you have a large lawn. Turn the spray arms downward and it will cover 15 feet of the area. If you turn the arms upward it will cover a maximum of 55 feet. If the weather is windy, just position the spray arm and relax
Highlighted Features
- It comes with a cast-iron body along with a chip-resistant powder coated paint
- It can cover close to 13,500 square feet
- It can cover up to 200 feet of the hose length
- It has an adjustable spray arm that helps to provide a wide coverage range of up to 5.5 diameter
- It comes with a durable cast-iron body
- It has a 3-position speed setting – Fast, Slow and Neutral
- It has an automatic shut-off ramp that is very easy to set up
Sprinkler rain train makes the watering of your lawn the ideal way to take care of your lawn. This Sprinkler has been the partner of yard owners to decades. So, it is tested and trusted. Using the hose pattern to water your lawn shows the flexibility that the sprinkler has. The Sprinkler is very affordable. Do not waste energy dragging your hose every time to water the lawn, just go for the Sprinkler Rain Train and relieve yourself of stress. Do lawn watering the smart way and see your lawn go healthily.


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Learn about the history of Christ Church Longford
Click for further information about the church history.
- Church History.
- Chancel Window
- Learn more about Stained Glass Window
- Seraphime (Historic Pedal Organ).
- Original Clock.
- Clock restoration
- Historic Pipe Organ
- Bishop and Sons - builders of the organ.
Visit the website about the graveyard.
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Impacting all people with God's love and equipping them to fulfil their destiny in Christ
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text: AT14 Some Beauty Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps July 02, 2014 Although I believe beauty cant be captured, it lives in the moment. I will try to share some with you. Getting the sun up and down everyday Sometimes I wonder if it is real I would always get a final push for the day around this time Clouds forming over Mt Washington I dont get sick of it. But you might What we got from Mt Washington Testing my one leg balance after. 30 miles on a cliff edge ... Yeah extreme Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments charlene CampanelliJuly 3, 2014 at 6:47 AMWhat a great picture - who took it?ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyAdd commentLoad more... Post a Comment


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This is a dramatic, never-before opportunity3 min read . Updated: 15 Nov 2008, 12:47 AM IST
This is a dramatic, never-before opportunity
This is a dramatic, never-before opportunity
Mumbai: The next few months we will see opportunities that somebody told me is seen once in several lifetimes. Most of us will never see this in our lifetime or in our careers again," says Ramesh Venkat, chief executive officer of Reliance Equity Advisors, a Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-Adag) company that is the latest entrant in the private equity (PE) business.
Venkat was earlier involved in raising funds abroad and in India for R-Adag. Between meetings at R-Adag's group headquarters in Ballard Estate and a more modest setting in Nariman Point, Venkat says in an interview why entering the PE space now was the best thing that could have happened to the company. Edited excerpts:
Reliance Equity is not the only thing you are looking at in your current position?
I joined the group with a mandate to manage the finance and treasury activities of the group. I've been doing this for the past three-and-a-half years to four years
It is touted as a $800 million-1 billion (Rs3,960-4,950 crore) fund? Is there a delay in floating the fund?
Those are numbers that we didn't really talk about. We don't have a definitive number in mind or fund targets. We want to place funds in two or three phases. A couple of months back, we initiated discussions with a closed group of potential investors known to this group (R-Adag) and who have some kind of prior relationship and have dealt with the group. So, we will raise money from this group somewhere in the January-March quarter of next year and then we will go out in the market. Yes, the timeline has shifted a bit, but not in a big way.
What is the profile of the group?
These are large institutional investors—couple of sovereign investors from the Middle East, some are from Europe and some the US. There is a universe of probably 1,000 investors. These are investors who have done business with us.
...and includes investors like George Soros?
Names of that kind, a very small set of people with whom we have initiated discussion about six-eight weeks back. But recent events that happened have kind of put this plan a bit on the slow burner. So, we are in the process of resuming these discussions. Realistically, I think we need to wait for relative stability in the market. A more realistic time frame looks like the first quarter of next calendar year
Why not sooner?
Investor psychology is such that (with) what happened in the last two weeks, it is difficult for any investor to quickly commit large amounts (of investment). We have to wait for sentiments to change a bit.
It is not just correcting the valuations down. Execution risk has dramatically changed. Financing risk has gone up dramatically.
The PE funding is only a small part of the total. All of that funding will have to be revisited (now), in every single case. In many cases timelines have to be reworked.
Therefore, while this is a dramatic never-before opportunity in recent times, it is not something to rush in(to).
How are the proprietary investments (such as yatra.com, and Gini and Joni Apparel) of R-Adag faring and will those be shifted to Reliance Equity Advisors?
From a business perspective, they are faring okay. We don't see any major crisis in any of them. We have to revisit the exit plans because their plans to go public have also changed. They will not be physically shifted into this fund, but we will take over the management of those investments.
Will the R-Adag companies and promoters investing in this fund as well?
Yes, approximately 20%. Reliance-Adag will be the anchor investor.
Should PE funds invest in listed companies? Why do the investors need PE funds then?
We are absolutely open to the idea of investing in listed companies, but from a PE perspective and not from a short-term view.
This is for two reasons: Firstly, the universe of unlisted companies is not that large. We will like to look at listed space and that is a reinforced view because valuations have plummeted and they are realistic. Secondly, listed companies will not have access to public money for a long time.
A majority of investors who invest in PE firms do so because either they don't have the time or expertise or manpower to invest in multiple markets.
Have expectations of promoters (companies seeking PE) become more realistic in the valuations they expect?
It takes time for private valuations to get aligned to public valuations. Clearly, expectations are lower but not necessarily to the extent that there is a meeting of minds.
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Original oil painting of still life objects, painted on canvas. Please note `in situ` images are not to scale. A certificate of authenticity is supplied with the painting.
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Blue Pot and Strawberries (2007)
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- Painting on Canvas
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- Size: 13.78 x 11.81 x 0.59 in (unframed)
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- Subject: Still life
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Dr. John Chuback at the Chuback Medical Group in Bergen County, NJ, has extensive training and experience in treating vascular disease using the most modern and effective techniques available. In this article he explains the most common vein treatments and what you can expect during your appointment.
What are the most common vein disease treatments?
The goal of varicose vein treatments and spider vein treatments is to close or seal the diseased vein permanently so that the body reroutes the blood through healthier veins nearby. The three most common techniques include endovenous laser treatment (EVLT treatment), microphlebectomy, and sclerotherapy by a laser expert.
EVLT treatment involves using heat from a precise laser beam to close and permanently seal the diseased vein.
Microphlebectomy involves removing the diseased veins with a small instrument, through tiny incisions in the skin
Sclerotherapy involves injecting a chemical solution into the problem veins, causing them to collapse and be reabsorbed by the body. Laser sclerotherapy is a variation of this technique that causes a vasospasm or closing of the vein that is particularly effective for spider veins.
The trained spider vein specialists and varicose vein doctors at Chuback Medical Group have extensive experience in the use of these techniques and have found they are effective in the treatment of varicose veins and in improving both vascular health and aesthetic properties of the legs.
What can I expect during my procedure?
Vein disease treatments have come a long way from previous decades, in which patients had to go to a hospital, have general anesthesia, and spend a significant amount of time recovering. At Chuback Medical Group in Paramus, New Jersey, we offer all the latest techniques by trained spider vein specialists and vein disease specialists, with no need to visit a hospital or have general anesthetics.
All the procedures are done in our Paramus, New Jersey office. On the day of your procedure, you'll be administered local anesthetic. Most procedures can be completed within an hour. Recovery times are minimal and you can return to your usual daily activities the same or next day, depending on the advice of your physician. You will be prescribed compression stockings to help ensure that the sealed veins stay closed and that the blood is properly rerouted through healthy veins. At your follow-up appointment, your physician will assess the success of the procedure and determine if any further treatments are needed.
If you have any questions about your upcoming treatment, please call Dr. John Chuback at 201.430.2737. We can answer your questions over the phone or make an appointment for you, as you wish. Our goal is to provide you with effective, comfortable vein disease treatments that fit your individual needs and that will help to improve your overall health and well-being.


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Three magnums, three barrels, 'one gun'...
NZG&H first reviewed the Blaser R8 Professional Tracker back in issue #135. It proved to be a fine rifle with great balance and an almost shotgun type feel to it when bringing up to the shoulder.
For those familiar with the Blaser family of firearms, feel free to jump ahead a paragraph. For those who aren't, Blaser is a German firearm manufacturer recognised here in New Zealand for its flagship R93 Straight Pull bolt-action rifles. High quality materials and leading edge design are just some of the features you will find in Blaser firearms, not to mention some outstanding stock timbers, and engraving and chequering that has to be seen to be believed. Head over to the their website and check out the gallery for yourself, it is impressive to say the least.
The Blaser R8 at the Taupo NZDA Range.
For this review we will be focusing primarily on the rifle's straight out-of-the-box accuracy, and in particular, its interchangeable barrels and scope. Also of mention is the Atzl-Match-Hunt-Trigger which simply put, provides two separate trigger weights from the one trigger system.
A recent discussion with Hugh Bradley of Stager Sport Ltd, saw the R8, a Zeiss Conquest HD5 3-15x42 scope, the three aforementioned barrels and proprietary Blaser ammunition arrive by courier. Hugh had been in talks with Mark Bridgman, Director of Custom Cartridges in Taupo and event organiser of the hugely successful annual Sika Show, to arrange some range time with him. Mark would also be handloading for the .300 barrel as ammunition in this proprietary chambering was not currently available.
I contacted Mark to organise an appropriate time for me to head down to Taupo to assist him with the range work. We agreed to play it by the weather, which also suited me as I planned on heading into the Northern Kaimanawas for few days afterwards – you can't go to Taupo and not get out for a sika hunt!
As soon as the rifle arrived I headed up to my local NZDA range to put some rounds through it. Long story short, with the 7mm barrel fitted and using the Norma 139gr Hornady Interlocks, I promptly shot a sub MOA (.75") 3-shot group at 100 metres followed by a sub MOA (2.5") 3-shot group at 300 metres, too easy!
Next mission was to catch up with Mark. Leaving home early I met up with him at his workshop, where he showed me through his extremely comprehensive custom reloading setup. The number of reloading dies he has is staggering, I won't even begin to list them.
Mark Bridgman, Custom Cartridges proprietor and Sika Show Event Organiser, at work in the reloading room.
We had factory 7mm and .338 Blaser Magnum ammunition, but as mentioned, no .300 ammunition, and this is where Mark's services were required. With the dies supplied he worked out a suitable load combination of the following:
• Norma 180gr Oryx projectiles
• 79gr AR2219
• Federal 215 Magnum Primers
• Norma brass
To reiterate here for a moment, the premise for this review was to test the R8's out-of-the-box accuracy with Blaser's proprietary Norma factory ammo. However we also wanted to test a developed load. Mark's gear made short work of the ammunition preparation and 20 rounds were ready to go within minutes – then we headed off to the Taupo NZDA Range.
Shooting at 100 metres was the order of the day and we wasted no time putting holes in the targets. MOA and sub-MOA groups were easily achieved and this from Mark's first developed load – bottom line, Blaser rifles can shoot! This accuracy was repeatable with each of the three barrels and chamberings. Swap the barrel, swap the scope, shoot good groups, swap it all back, continue to shoot good groups, use factory ammo, use reloads, it doesn't seem to matter. It's impressive, and the kind of repeatability Blaser has become famous for, the kind that builds confidence in your shooting, and hunting.
Shooting from the bench towards the 100m targets.
In between groups Mark and I familiarised ourselves with the Atzl-Match-Hunt-Trigger. What this unit offers is two separate trigger pull weights, the Match weight at 0.55lbs and the Hunt weight measuring 1.40lbs. Alternating between the two weights is as simple as dropping out the trigger/magazine mechanism and flicking the button latch over.
In both Mark's opinion and mine, the Atzl-Match-Hunt-Trigger, while extremely crisp and light, was somewhat "tricky" to use at first. We both felt that the trigger seemed to have an almost "electronic" type feel to it. Don't get me wrong, it's a bloody nice trigger, and after a couple of range sessions we soon became accustomed to it – my comments are more of an observation than anything else.
With the range work out of the way, it was time to hit the hills...
North & South: Nik hunts sika, fallow and tahr...
After finishing up at the range I headed straight out to the end of Clements Road and began the walk into Cascade Hut. My plan was to spend a night at the hut and then fly-camp the Kaipo Saddle area for the next couple of days. Having spent a huge amount of time hunting the lower and mid-Kaipo, Tiki Tiki Stream, Ruatea Stream (Jap Creek), Oamaru Valley and surrounding catchments, the saddle area had always been on my list to hunt.
The weather forecast was for fine weather all week, so low temps were certainly on the cards. Leaving the Clements Mill road-end car park at 3.30pm I made my way along the track and began the grind up the hill. I was nearing the summit just on dark, but I had with me the new LED Lenser H7.2 and used the opportunity to give the torch a test – it performed really well, illuminating the track in a powerful beam, however after about 30 minutes I decided to fly camp, preferring to walk the track during daylight, not wanting to miss out on all this new scenery.
Nik's first hunt with the R8 involved a 28km loop from the Clements Mill Rd Carpark through to the Cascade Hut, up to the Kaipo Saddle and back out to the carpark.
I was up early and down the track to the Tauranga-Taupo River, reaching the Cascade Hut at about 9am. Some breakfast and a coffee, followed by one last nudge up to the saddle. The bush in this area, like most of the Kaipo, is stunning, offering premium country in which to test your stalking skills. Having hunted sika in just about all the types of terrain they occupy, it is the expansive beech forests of the Northern Kaimanawas that I enjoy the most.
Camping just off the track I spent a couple of days getting amongst it, learning some new spots and getting a feel for the area. I put up about seven deer, however they were quicker than me, providing several "Mexican Standoffs" with flurries of squealing, all great fun.
On the last day I bush-bashed my way out to the Cascade Track. Along one of the main ridges, a young hind broke cover and took off downhill. Further on I came across a nice saddle with a fairly large and recently used wallow and set up the trail cam to overlook it for the next couple of months. Hitting the track and making my way back to the car I reflected on what had been a great couple of days in a fantastic area of the Kaimanawas.
Back in the Bay of Plenty and back to my local for an afternoon hunt in the Otawa Block. While the bush here isn't quite as scenic as the Kaimanawas, it does offer challenging hunting and being able to hit the bush within 25 minutes from home is awesome!
Leaving home about 2.30pm I reached the farm cattle yards just before 3pm, providing a couple of hours for an afternoon hunt, perfect. A short 10 minutes later and I am at the bush edge; with the Te Puke public land, hunting begins as soon as you enter the scrub as the fallow tend to live in very close proximity to pasture.
The reason for Te Puke being a challenging spot to hunt has a lot to do with the windfall in the area, and in particular, rewa rewa leaves. In many areas they blanket the ground in a thick humus layer. The stiff, dry leaves make it extremely difficult to stalk through. Fortunately the habits of fallow provide a way to hunt these areas, they leave well-defined game trails and it is these that allow the hunter to move through relatively quietly.
This Te Puke fallow yearling was harvested with a 30m neck shot from the, at the time, 7mm Blaser Magnum chambered R8.
About 20 minutes later and I am on to game, a doe and yearling are making their way through the bush, heading out to the feed areas, grass. For this hunt I have fitted the 7mm Blaser Magnum barrel with the Norma 139gr Hornady Interlock ammunition, extremely over-gunned for these deer, but close encounters are the norm here and this one was no different. The two deer are about 30 metres away with their heads down browsing, I line up on the neck of the yearling and fire, dropping it instantly. While I had ample time to make the shot I find that with the straight-comb stock of the R8, and the fact that it comes up so easily to the shoulder and subsequently the scope to the eye, it almost feels like it gives you extra time to get settled.
Dressing out the yearling, I headed for home, dropping off the venison to hang in my brother-in-law's chiller for a few days.
Next mission. As we were once again attending the annual Tahr Show I discussed with Don MacDonald, NZG&H Optics Editor, some options for a tahr hunt. After a few emails and phone calls a decision was made to hunt the Two Thumb Range, in particular the South Opuha.
We would fly into the hut, spend a couple of nights there and then walk out. For this hunt I opted to use the .338 Blaser Magnum barrel and the Norma 230gr Oryx ammunition. Time to bring out the big guns!
The morning following the show we drove to Fairlie and by mid-afternoon we were buzzing along the South Opuha Stream with pilot Mike Prosser in his Hughes 500, sighting a small mob of tahr on the way.
Touching down at the hut we quickly settled in and headed out for an evening hunt. Straight out behind the hut we climbed a few hundred metres and began glassing the huge open faces and bluff systems. Within an hour we began to see animals moving down from the high stuff and feeding among the tussock. With a plan of attack sorted for the next day we tramped back down to the hut, grabbing an early dinner and some sleep.
The next morning Don opted to head down the valley while I chose to head directly up the ridge opposite the hut, heading towards where we had seen the tahr the previous evening.
The weather was perfect, clear with a light breeze blowing straight towards me. After reaching the spot from where I would begin sidling I instantly got onto game – a young tahr perched on a rock enjoying the morning sun and providing some photo opportunities. Throughout the day I continued to see, film and photograph plenty of animals, a couple of reasonable bulls, and a very close up encounter with a large mob of tahr including what looked to be a big bull who unfortunately managed to do a disappearing act... However, it had been a fantastic day on the hill.
A young bull tahr up high on a bluff enjoying the morning sunshine.
The next morning we were up early and began the 14-15km walk out to the road end. While heading downstream we spotted a yearling tahr crossing one of the steep side creeks, and it was only moments later that five bulls appeared, and one in particular looked a good animal to harvest. They were on the move and at a distance of around 300 metres. The R8 was zeroed for 200 metres with 12" of drop at 300 metres. For the walk out I had removed the scope and placed it in my pack – no dramas for the R8 – dragging the scope out I quickly and easily fitted it onto the rifle and was ready to roll!
From a slightly awkward sitting position, I waited until the animals stopped, took aim on the top of the biggest bull's shoulder and fired... and missed! They immediately ran about 40 metres towards us and stopped, the bull front on to us at this stage. Centering my aim on his chest I fired again, this time a solid hit, he scrambles another 30-40metres and stops side on, a third and final shot straight through both shoulders and he tumbles over. Whew! Apart from the miss (purely operator error on this occasion...), the second and third shots had been on the money, he soaked up two 230 grain Norma Oryx projectiles, bull tahr are tough.
Nik with his bull tahr shot with the Blaser R8 in .338 Blaser Magnum.
Cleaning up the bull, we continued down the valley, spotting a young bull, nanny and kid feeding amongst the scrub. 10kms later we hit the road end where Don's wife Jodie and their two boys, Max and Ben, picked us up. A fantastic trip into great country.
CONCLUSION The Blaser R8 performed well, each of the three barrel chamberings are capable of sub-MOA accuracy at 100, 200 and 300 metres. Having previously owned an R93, reviewing the Blaser R8 Professional Tracker back in issue #135, and having now re-evaluated the R8 with its proprietary ammunition and Match-Hunt trigger system, I can confidently recommend these rifles to anyone in the market for a high quality modular rifle. The selling point for me is the R8's repeatable accuracy between barrel swaps and its ability to maintain a consistent point of impact when the scope is removed and replaced. Blaser rifles are not cheap, however, what the new rifle buyer should consider is the R8's switch-barrel capability and the huge range of calibres it can accept – from .204 right through to .500 Jeffery – that means versatility and what I particularly like is that you get it all from one stock and scope combination. Confidence in your firearm equates to consistent performance in the hunting field. The Blaser R8 delivers on that. Nik
The Blaser R8 performed well, each of the three barrel chamberings are capable of sub-MOA accuracy at 100, 200 and 300 metres. Having previously owned an R93, reviewing the Blaser R8 Professional Tracker back in issue #135, and having now re-evaluated the R8 with its proprietary ammunition and Match-Hunt trigger system, I can confidently recommend these rifles to anyone in the market for a high quality modular rifle. The selling point for me is the R8's repeatable accuracy between barrel swaps and its ability to maintain a consistent point of impact when the scope is removed and replaced.
Blaser rifles are not cheap, however, what the new rifle buyer should consider is the R8's switch-barrel capability and the huge range of calibres it can accept – from .204 right through to .500 Jeffery – that means versatility and what I particularly like is that you get it all from one stock and scope combination. Confidence in your firearm equates to consistent performance in the hunting field. The Blaser R8 delivers on that.
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Masoala Rain Forest Hall, Zurich, Switzerland
Constructed Nature
Architecture: Gautschi Storrer
Period: 1994 – 2003
Surface area: 45 000m2
The first impression on entering the rain forest of the hall is its exotic climate. Warm, heavy, and humid air envelops visitors and plants alike. The humidity is immediately soaked up by the protective clothing. Constantly changing scents of mould and blossoms confuse the senses. The sonorous roaring of the waterfall gradually increases until it is, all of a sudden, visible between the trees in the distance. Twittering and chirping add their own mood to the uniform background noise and suggest the presence of cicadas and birds. Full of promise, fruits draw us to the trees, but only the animals succumb to their attraction. The visible is only part of this exotic world. The old familiarity of our daily environment is called into question. Ultimately, what we see dissolves and our glance is lost among finely crafted palm fronds, mighty tree trunks, and the constantly changing play of light and shade.


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Denise Norman is a thirty year veteran of the property management and affordable housing industry. Prior to joining Nationwide Housing Corporation in 2012, she successfully coordinated and supervised all aspects of the property management department and oversaw multiple rehab projects. Denise's expertise makes her the "backbone" of the property management team. She prides herself in collaborating consistently with on-site property managers. She works extensively with Minnesota Housing Finance Agency in managing rent increases, inspections, draw requests and age/income waivers as well as implementing Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plans. Denise has specialized herself in the field of both a Certified Occupancy Specialist (COS) and a coordinator for Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) and the Active Partners Performance System (APPS).


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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - The National Hurricane Museum & Science Center is expected to cost $70-million. Wednesday night Cheniere Energy donated $200,000 to the campaign.
"We are proud, very proud to be part of such an important project as the National Hurricane Museum & Science Center. This facility is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each year," said Jason French, Cheniere Energy Director of Government & Public Affairs. "It will make Lake Charles' star on the map shine a little bit brighter."
In the 2014 session of the Louisiana legislature, lawmakers approved $28-million in funding support for the National Hurricane Museum & Science Center. That brings the contributions up to $36-million.
"The reality is it's right within our grasp, it's right there. We can make it happen," said Mayor Randy Roach.
Cheniere is now challenging other corporate and private sponsors to chip in and close the $34-million gap.
"Because in this room tonight exists the capability, literally, to close this gap. Literally, the decision makers that can make this happen - 12 months from now this thing can be done... They're in this room," said Gray Stream, NHMSC Board Chairman.
Stream said they expect to work hard to generate more donations over the next year and a half. Stream said he knows it's a big investment, but they are committed to creating a world class facility on the Lake Charles lakefront.
"The renderings absolutely do portray a vision of what the facility will be. It's meant to be bold. It's meant to make a statement. It's meant to plant a flag, so to speak, as far as how we want to brand ourselves regionally. It's certainly meant to be impressive and it will be," said Stream.
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Design of the visual identity of two restaurants. Each restaurant is located in a different area of London (Dalston and King's Cross), and both are defined by their strong ethical and social values. The aim was to reflect the typical atmosphere of each neighbourhood. Vector illustrations, wallpaper stickers, com card and typogram draft.
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ASP.NET includes data access tools that make it easier than ever for you to design sites that allow your users to interact with databases through Web pages.
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At the organization's annual State of the Region summit on February 25, 2011, the North Carolina's Northeast Commission recognized Committee of 1000 partner A.R. Chesson Construction Company Inc. for the company's outstanding contribution to the economic development of the northeast region.
The event that brought together regional and state leaders in education, government, agriculture, tourism and commerce was held at the Sen. Bob Martin Eastern Agricultural Center in Williamston.
The NCNC's Committee of 1000 is a nonprofit corporation that works in collaboration with the NCNC to market the northeast region as a location for new and expanding business and tourism development.
The Committee is the NCNC's arm to acquire, develop, and sell industrial sites in the region as well as install utilities and other infrastructure needed to support economic development throughout the region.


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Low libido seems to be a fairly common problem. According to a study published in the Archives of International Medicine, somewhere between 26% and 52% of women in the USA suffer from low libido or inadequate sexual pleasure. And a new study in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy shows that mental arousal can be a major contributing factor.
Sex engages us mentally, physically and emotionally, which means many factors can affect your libido. A new relationship can increase desire, stress and anxiety can reduce it. An erotic story can increase desire, an injury or illness can reduce it. It's normal for sexual desire to fluctuate. But sex provides many health benefits. And a low libido (or even a mismatched libido) can strain an otherwise good relationship. So if your libido remains low for too long, it's worth the effort to bring it back.
Positive Anticipation
Positive anticipation is essential for sexual desire. And it's not enough to anticipate the physical activity. Anticipating excitement, intimacy, and enjoyment are equally important for fueling your libido. Positive emotions are intrinsically pleasurable. Excitement, joy, arousal and feeling sexually connected all feel good. So the desire to experience these emotions provides strong motivation for wanting sex.
When you lose this mental connection, when you stop believing that sex provides positive feelings, or when you get stuck between conflicting ideas, you lose your desire for sex. Erotic hypnosis helps restore your desire by strengthening these mental associations and building (or rebuilding) positive anticipation.
Any number of things can cause someone to lose this mental connection. Doctors may warn a person with a back injury that sex would make the injury worse. Some medications inhibit hormone production or response. People taking these meds may come to believe they can't reach the level of excitement necessary to enjoy sex. Over stressing about work, family, or finances can simply push the positive anticipation of sex out of the mind.
New experiences can build (or rebuild) these mental connections. And with erotic hypnosis we can create mental experiences specifically for building positive anticipation. This will increase your libido in a natural, healthy way.
How Erotic Hypnosis can Increase Your Libido
Hypnosis uses words to invoke sense memories and inspire mental images. Erotic hypnosis invokes erotic images and scenes. Depending on your goals, the hypnotist may simply invoke memories of previous sexual experiences or they may create elaborate fantasy scenes.
Within a scene, the hypnotist will suggest you experience both physical sensations and positive emotional responses to those sensations. Physical sensations include statements like "feel me touching your body" or "feel the warmth of my touch flowing into you". Emotional suggestions may include statements like "it feels good", "this is exciting" and "you want more". Linking positive emotional responses to physical sensations and following this with suggestions to look forward to experiencing more creates the positive anticipation so essential to sexual desire.
In a deep trance, these scenes can feel real. You can see, hear and feel everything that is suggested. It can feel real enough to stimulate the heart and breathing and generate real excitement. But even in a lite trance, you can see images in your mind and feel your body responding with excitement and arousal.
Once you wake, the memory of the experience may be just as strong as memories of other experiences. Even people who experience hypnotic amnesia will have a subconscious memory that contributes to positive anticipation for future sexual arousal. Especially after several repeated sessions with similar suggestions.
Hypnotherapy vs Erotic Hypnosis
Hypnotherapy focuses on helping you develop tools for self improvement. Erotic hypnosis focuses on giving you an experience.
Also, hypnotherapists must also be careful. For the last half century, they have been working against the pop culture portrayal of hypnotists. Movies, TV shows, and comic books from Dracula to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. have shown hypnotists as evil mind-controlling villains. So they've established professional boundaries to limit the types of trances and suggestions they offer.
Erotic hypnosis can go beyond those limits, creating deeply intimate, sexual experiences. The only restriction is mutual consent between the hypnotist and subject. This means that erotic hypnotism can help you explore wild sexual fantasies such as kidnap fantasies, forced arousal, and BDSM fantasies. And these types of experiences create a stronger, more lasting impressions than therapeutic hypnosis.
For some people, just knowing they can explore their wilder fantasies is enough to ignite sexual desire. For others, exploring their fantasies inspires new ideas, which inspires new passion and the positive anticipation that will increase your libido.
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Hypnotic Dreams offers a variety of erotic hypnosis audio files that include positive affirmations and post-hypnotic suggestions to increase sexual desire and pleasure.


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The Washington region purportedly has the worst traffic congestion in the nation. Although our master plans are balanced in terms of new development and infrastructure, too often that new infrastructure isn't funded. It took years of struggle to get the Purple Line under construction and the Corridor Cities Transitway is still little more than a vision. There is also no funding for completing Mid-County highway, even though several of our county master plans assumed capacity from that road. The recent problems experienced by our Metrorail system have led to a decrease in transit ridership and a corresponding increase in automobiles on our roads.
As county executive, I would champion full, continued funding for Metro. Fortunately, Maryland, Virginia and the District have recently committed to a guaranteed source of funding to Metro- that's so very important in the region. In addition, while I do not think that building more and bigger roads will solve our transportation problems, I believe that providing some additional road capacity is essential to address the needs of county residents who have grown increasingly frustrated with the amount of time they spend stuck in traffic.
I would support building Mid-County Highway, perhaps as a parkway to reduce its impacts. I also think we need the Corridor Cities Transitway, which could be built through a public private partnership. I also want to work with state leadership to see what improvements make sense to relieve the highly congested conditions on I-270 and the American Legion Bridge. As someone said to me recently, while Maryland keeps talking, Virginia is doing, and that is not fair to our residents. We need to take action now!
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The Captain's Daughters are coming to NYC. Join us for our official New York City Launch party + holiday soiree at MOTTNYC.
Our first NYC stockist, MottNYC, features an exception curation of clothing, accessories, objects, art + The Cutting Nook Salon.
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Songs for surfers and those who like surfers
Songs for surfers and those who like surfers
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Review by Jolux on 02/20/2018
It should be written compliments instead of complimentary
I'm tubed...+2
Review by Jolux on 02/20/2018
Very entertaining compilation. I think you have found a pretty good way to capture the sincerity with a well-flavored dose of humor in word and melody. In addition, it sends out a weird good mood singing you to hear. Thank you so much for your support and the fun we have here. I am very happy to be there. Complimentary to all participating musicians. We will continue to surf good waves
Aussie Icon!+2
Review by Wade on 02/19/2018
Looks like Byron Bay? Love the humor and punch you deliver.
Great Album+2
Review by ArkRockStudio on 02/19/2018
Great collection of awesome tunes Dad n' Ate Er.
You are the Spice+2
Review by Mikebanez on 02/19/2018
Variety is the Spice of life. you have quite the variety and styles. Keep up the great work my friend. thank you for having me on "SURF"
Review by BuzzBomber on 02/23/2018
Great and quirky collection! I will be listening to this many times. If you like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you will like! I know I do. Dad in at or is at his best, and the other musicians kick butt. Rock on!
Surfs up!+1
Review by KMstar on 02/23/2018
Great collection of songs and musicians!
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About this album:created by Dadinator on 02/23/2018
Songs for surfers and those who like surfers
Songs for surfers and those who like surfers
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Tell me, what is it you plan to do with this one wild and precious life of yours?
—Mary Oliver
My son and I plan the rest of our lives every Wednesday over coffee at Panera. David is 52, I'm 74. We figure we'll both make it to a hundred, so there's lots to plan. We understand, staring at the current state of our economy, that getting through the next quarter of a century will involve dealing with a few annoyances.
The siege of joblessness comes to mind. A consumer economy needs consumers, and consumers need jobs. MIT researchers Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson report that innovation in robotics, automation and artificial intelligence has accelerated dramatically in the past few years. These sciences are now replacing jobs faster than they are being created elsewhere. The change is so profound, they say, that, for the foreseeable future, the outlook is for higher productivity in the American economy with fewer jobs.
So, the consumer economy appears to be on death watch, and why not? Historically, when order has been threatened, entropy has been the long-run favorite. But Dave and I regard the threat as a passing one that will set us up for the next game changing killer app that will generate an as yet not imagined category of jobs.
A killer app, by definition, creates a new paradigm that has major impact and was unimaginable before it was stumbled on by some crazy dreamer. Not all killer apps are big job producers. The internet produced plenty of jobs, but many of them were offshore. The steam engine, on the other hand, spawned the industrial revolution, which created millions of new jobs for us just when mechanization was killing jobs in agriculture.
Perhaps the all-time killer app was the stirrup. For centuries, the Saracens came over from North Africa and beat the snot out of the Europeans on raiding parties. The Europeans had no answer for this until Genghis Khan attacked from the East on horseback. Khan's warriors rode with a device, the stirrup, that enabled them to stay aloft their horses while fighting. Charlemagne adapted the idea for the military of the Carolingian Empire, giving them shock troops to effectively combat the Saracens.
The requirement for a cavalry created the need for land for producing income to sustain the knights and their entourages. In exchange for protection and security, Pope Leo made Charlemagne the Holy Roman Emperor and ceded all of the church's lands to him, which were meted out to vassals in return for their fealty. The nobility based feudal system was born, which lasted almost a thousand years. Talk about a killer app! The stirrup generated an entire economy and system of government.
Dave and I are confident the next killer app is in some tinkerer's garage, somewhere, as we speak. We just hope that the primary job category it generates is something other than serf.


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Message board for the users of flat assembler.
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> DOS > How to determine amount of free conventional memory?
I want to write a prog equivalent to dos´s mem,but i can´t make out how much total conventional memoty is available.i know that it is about 640kb but i´m going to write a program extending this later and in order to check my results i need to know the real and exact value.Can so help me?
|14 Mar 2004, 12:21
interrupt 12h (? maybe 12d) returns you total amount of conventional memory. Check some interrupt list.
(btw, if it's less than 640kb you probably have some MBR virus (or very old computer))
|14 Mar 2004, 13:20
As far as i know int 12h returns the value calculated by BIOS during startup and stored in 40h:13h.the cause for the limit not being 1mb is for example the VGA standard which says that the video memory for 256 color modes (and other modes too) should be mapped begging at 0a0000h which is exactly 640kb.the may also be other devices mapping their registers or memory between 640kb and 1mb.the memory manager himem(or emm386 - frankly i dont remember) somehow decides on its own which part of this memory is not mapped and can safely be used for UMB.UMBs are addressed the same way as base mem so i dont see any good reason for not offering all free mem under 1mb as conventional mem - even if it would be divided into blocks of diffent size(ex. 0 to 09ffffh and 0c0000h to 1mb)
|16 Mar 2004, 12:31
i didnt finish my thought: i dont want to read this val from anywhere,i would like to check this value somehow,and also the umb.i want to make almost 1mb base mem available to progs,because this makes things easier(join base and umb).in such situation i cant just read out values,because they are relevant only for dos standard solution.
|16 Mar 2004, 12:39
i remember there was somthing about this (not exactly, but may help) in OS construction part.
|16 Mar 2004, 19:18
thanx a lot
|19 Mar 2004, 13:53
now i have naother problem: my prog checks for XMS too.the only values i can check by calls are total free XMS and lergest free EMB so i try to add the sizes of the blocks corresponding to all handles (usually 32 but may vary) in order to get used and total XMS.but this way sometimes i get zero used mem while dos' mem shows that some amount is in use.does ao know where my mistake is?checking all 64k possible handles is slow and even hangs the machine so i wrote i function checking the amount of handles by reserving all free handles to zero length blocks then i check with a function call whether handles with higher numbers exist than those that i reserved.in either case i search the highest numbered handle by comparison and assume its number to be the total amount of XMS handles in the system then i walk through all the handles using once more the same call and sum the sizes(i make here the assumption that the handles are subsequent numbers from 0 upwards).if so knows please tell me another method,dos' mem checks direct free mem by call and total mem(sometimes falsely) in an unknown way.My method finds up to 40k handles on my win98.
|05 Apr 2004, 18:14
(1.7 beta, GPL, compiles with Watcom C or Turbo C)
|16 Aug 2005, 01:57
yo slave17
getting free conventional memory i remember, you check value of ds at program start and sub it from $a000, the video memory framebuffer starts at the end of free memory, btw, com file allocates all free memory for your use unless you free unwanted memory after start.
getting total amount of conventional memory should be done via bios for compatibility reasons, but everything can be done via ports - and even more - but note that every motherboard can be different, so your program whould run only on one of them.
you cant get 1 MB conventional memory, because:
-there is aprox : 384KB reserved for bios - in most cases,
-64KB at $a000
-?64KB at $b000 - text mode framebuffer
-interrrupt vector table at the beginning
-some os code must be in the conventional memory
apart from these, you can be able to emulate some conventional memory, if you write or find a driver ( i saw one long time ago named : to736KB.com http://sac-ftp.externet.hu/utilmisc27.html - but it used video memory for conventional memory so it messed the screen. ) , but since there are limits in use of conventional memory, many programs simply assume you cannot have more than 640KB base memory.
|16 Aug 2005, 04:44
you are using bad terms. As far as i know "convetnional memory" is memory below 640kb boundary (00000 to 9FFFF).
Then there is are "reserved for BIOS" from which usually big part isn't used.
On some computers there was some memory located so DOS use this one. It wa called UMB - upper memory blocks. Some software (like Soft-Ice) was able to map RAM from above 1Mb to this region thus allowing things like 700kb of memory for DOS etc.
It was also used by EMM386 (usually regions E0000-EFFFF) to map above1Mb ram below 1Mb.
Then from F0000 to FFFFF is always located BIOS code (usually it's more than just these 64kb but posiiton isn't always the same). Then there was so-called HMA (high memoy area) which was from 10000 to 1FFEF, which was also accesible by DOS, because segment register can hold values above F000, which allows you to acces a little further above 1Mb. But originally on 286 address was only 20bit, so it was truncated and it wraped from 1000000 to 0. And some software was relying on this behavior, so there was created thing called A20 (21st address line, 20 because indexing from 0) which turned this wrapping on/off on newer processors. So if you disable (or enable, i don't remember ) this A20 you can access also regions 1000000 to 1FFFFEF (FFFF:FFFF).
|16 Aug 2005, 19:01
use16 org 0x0100 int 0x12 ;BIOS - Get memory size in k bytes mov dx,0x0400 mul dx call ShowLongint mov dx,txtTotal mov ah,0x09 ;DOS - Display string in ds dx int 0x21 mov ax,


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Through the first three quarters of 2018 the economy grew at a faster pace than it did in 2017. The big questions on economists minds are can this rate of growth be sustained, or are there signs that a slowdown in the economy could emerge?
KPMG's Chief Economist, Constance Hunter, shares her views on the factors that drove economic growth in 2018 and what factors to watch closely when assessing the growth prospects for 2019.
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My Tools Of The Trade· 5 minute read
I thought I'd put together a list of the applications I use on a day to day basis. Whether that be at work doing client projects, or when I'm at home working on my own projects. I've also given a short explanation of what I use them for:
Google Chrome: Pretty obvious, but should be mentioned. Apart from actually running websites I've built, I also use it to interact with colleagues on Basecamp and track my studio time in Freeagent. Then there's browsing websites for inspiration, or for learning purposes. Finally the most important element of chrome, the inspector. I use it solve bugs, and to figure out how other sites have achieved certain effects.
Photoshop: Yes I use Ps for the actual design process of my websites, I realise Fireworks was built for it, and that there's a load of other applications out there that are supposed to do a better job. But I've used Photoshop since I was at school, I know how it works and I know how to make it work for me. I use it to wireframe my sites, design my sites, pick out colour palettes, create icons / graphics, edit images and load of other stuff.
Coda: Coda is great, and despite some of the weird UI choices in Coda 2 I still think so. I use it with my iCloud account so the sites I setup in Coda sync between my work and home machines. Keeping my workflow consistent wherever I'm working. I'll quickly run through the languages I code with; CSS, LESS (CSS compiler), HTML, PHP, and a bit of JavaScript. I use the Specials Board theme for my syntax highlighting. Dark background with light text, but not neon light like some other highlighters I've seen out there.
CodeKit: A lovely bit of kit that I run alongside Coda, constantly monitoring the project I'm working on. Checks & compiles my LESS into minified CSS, checks & minifies my JavaScript and even crunches my images. The guardian angel over my websites. If I could give any tips for using this I'd suggest that if you're making a theme, say for example a WordPress theme, that you set just the theme as the project in CodeKit. While it might be cool to crunch the entire site, its not cool trying to debug code you didn't write and having it crash every time you hit save.
Sequel Pro: When I open Sequel Pro I'm either transferring a database over or fixing a broken one, I'm looking at you WordPress. At least Anchor CMS doesn't store the root URL in the database. Thankfully Sequel Pro makes these tasks much easier. I used to fear databases incase I broke something, but now I realise its just data. Sequel Pro is certainly an application that I take for granted.
MAMP: I normally use MAMP at home to work on sites locally. I launch it and close it, it's set to my sites folder so I don't bother configuring it. Unless I need to work on something awkward like a WordPress Multisite. Here's a tip, avoid WordPress Multisite. Sure its great that you can use the same installation to run several websites, but it seriously sends you mad when it breaks (and it will). In the studio I use a local server that we initiate through terminal, much cleaner method.
Gitbox: I was a little late to the Git party, but as soon as someone explained it to me I loved it. I use Gitbox to manage my repos on GitHub, BitBucket and on our own git system installed on the studio server. Its simple design was inspired by Mail for mac, but personally I think it works better than Mail does. Gitbox is simple and logical, which is a winning combination in my eyes.
Terminal: Apart from MAMP I use Terminal the least. It is very useful but I'm only using for minutes at a time. This will be normally to deploy a website from a repo, initiate a local server or tweaking the vhosts. I have been trying out using Git with Terminal, which I enjoyed but found a little tedious. It's not that difficult, but I think it's my creative mind wanting to get on with the more important parts of the job at hand.
So those are the applications I use everyday. Should give you a little insight into what I have to deal with everyday to do my job, whether that be in the studio or at home. Hope this was useful.
Cheers, Dave


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A Danish zoo on Thursday dissected a lion in front of a group of children, in an educational event condemned as a "macabre spectacle" by animal rights groups but given a thumbs-up by many Danes.
The nine-month-old lion was one of three that Odense Zoo in central Denmark put down in February, on the grounds it had too many big cats and could not find a home for the surplus. Since then, the beasts had been kept in a freezer.
Last year, a zoo in the capital Copenhagen came under fire after a healthy giraffe was euthanised and dissected in public.
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On Thursday, between 300 and 400 adults and children -- some as young as four -- gathered around zoo guide Rasmus Kolind as he began the dissection by cutting off the lion's tongue.
Some of the children, who were standing only centimetres (inches) away, held their noses and frowned as the animal was skinned and the stench of the cadaver began to fill the air.
"Wouldn't it be stranger if I were standing here cutting up an animal that smelled like flowers or something else?" Kolind told the crowd.
"Dead animals smell like dead animals. There's not a lot to say about that," he said.
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"I don't want to see that," one boy said, but a girl interviewed by public broadcaster DR described the event as "fun to see but also a bit disgusting."
Zoo guide Lotte Tranberg explained why the healthy young lion had to be put down.
"If we had allowed it to stay it could have mated, that is to say have cubs, with its own sisters and its own mother. And then you have what is called inbreeding," she told the crowd.
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In a risque joke, as he proceeded to carve up the carcass, Kolind asked "Is there anyone who would like an eye?" before chopping off the head, holding it up for everyone to see, and then proceeding to skin it.
Public dissections are a regular occurrence at Danish zoos, where they are seen as a way of teaching children about nature.
A Copenhagen zoo prompted a storm of criticism in February last year, and its scientific director received death threats, for putting down a healthy giraffe and cutting it up in public.
Earlier this year, Odense zoo dissected a camel, pony and tapir (a creature that looks like a pig with a trunk), without sparking controversy, but Thursday's dissection was a different matter.
More than 135,000 people, most of them living outside Denmark, signed an online petition condemning the zoo's display.
"I am now embarrassed to admit that my great grandmother was 100 percent Danish after hearing of your plans to slaughter animals," Laura O'Hara from the US town of Fairfax wrote on the zoo's Facebook page.
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Most comments from Danish users however defended the event, which took place during the autumn school break, as having educational value.
A spokeswoman for the Humane Society International in Europe, Wendy Higgins, accused the zoo of "making a macabre spectacle" out of the lion's demise, which it blamed on the "irresponsible" over-breeding of the felines in zoos.
The Danish Animal Welfare Society, by contrast, dismissed the reaction as disproportionate.
"Millions of chickens live miserable lives. Nobody reacts," the group wrote on Twitter.
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The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, for its part, defended the culling of the lion as a "scientifically valid" solution to ensuring a sustainable animal population and called the educational dissection "a valid choice".
In Denmark, where farming is an important part of the economy and children have been known to visit slaughterhouses on school tours, many people have been taken aback by the outrage over the dissections.
Copenhagen Zoo's scientific director Bengt Holst has lamented the "Disney story" shaping many people's view of zoo animals.
Zoo biology experts Lotte Tang Berg and Rasmus Kolind dissect a lion in the Danish town of Padborg.
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Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas prefers to take close, wide-angle shots of animals from the ground. Usually he'd quietly crawl up to them, but that would be too dangerous when shooting lions in the wild. So he started building a prototype for a mobile camera called "BeetleCam" because it resembles a large beetle as it moves and offers a beetle-like perspective. Photo: A lion biting a 'beetlecam'
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With help from his brother Matt (right), Burrard-Lucas mounted a Canon EOS 400D on top of an off-the-shelf robot chassis. The "buggy" was stuffed with large batteries and rigged so that the camera connected to the steering controls. The first BeetleCam was sealed, camouflaged, and its center of gravity moved lower for better stability. Burrard-Lucas was ready to test it in Tanzania's Ruaha and Katavi National Parks.
On the morning of their first day out, the brothers took advantage of the warm light to capture elephants with the BeetleCam prototype. "We used it first on elephants and it worked really well," Burrard-Lucas said. The next day they decided to try it with lions.
What happened next was obvious in retrospect, Burrard-Lucas said. Curious about the mobile camera, a lioness picked it up and dragged it away. Fortunately the brothers were able to see where she dropped the mangled device. "Because there was no protection on it in those days, her teeth went straight through the camera and broke it," Burrard-Lucas said. They patched up the device, popped in another camera, and for the rest of the trip concentrated on elephants and buffalo instead.
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Back in London, Will Burrard-Lucas set to work developing a new BeetleCam, this time custom-building much of it from scratch. "It took two years but eventually I found time to build what I hoped would be a lion-proof version," he said. This latest version (right), equipped with a Canon 550D camera, had better armor than the original. He also constructed a second, larger mobile camera (left) with a live video feed, HD movie recording, and a Canon 1Ds MK III digital camera that he dubbed "BeetleCam Mark II."
When the brothers returned to Africa in 2011, they traveled to the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. This time the new BeetleCam had a carapace built out of fiberglass that was reinforced with aluminum struts. "I hoped it would be lion-proof and it did prove to be able to withstand the odd bite here and there," Burrard-Lucas said.
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The brothers drove around the Masai Mara looking for lions. When they found some they deployed the BeetleCams. Lowering them out the vehicle's far window, away from where the lions were, usually worked quite well, Burrard-Lucas said. They frequently used the smaller armored camera to test the conditions. When the lion was distracted or not interested in the camera, then they risked rolling in the more expensive BeetleCam for higher quality photographs.
To control the BeetleCam remotely, Burrard-Lucas used a model airplane controller that has forward, back and steering capabilities. The airplane throttle was repurposed to tilt the camera lens up and down. A switch usually intended to raise and lower landing gear became the camera trigger. "I used the different channels to control different parts of the BeetleCam," he said.
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The adult lions were predictably unpredictable, choosing to ignore the BeetleCam completely and then all of a sudden they would get up and bite it. Lion cubs, on the other hand, were usually playful and curious with the camera, Burrard-Lucas said. "They could tell which side the front was, and would try to get round behind to flip it over."
Although he uses the video camera, Burrard-Lucas said he considers himself more of a photographer than a videographer. "It's the art form and it's just what I enjoy doing," he said. "This approach allows me to get my images in front of a lot of people." In this photo, he used BeetleCam to capture a close-up of a male lion eating a wildebeest.
Burrard-Lucas continues to look for unique perspectives. The way wildlife photography is going, professionals need to come up with innovative ideas in order to take photos that haven't been seen before, he said. "In wildlife photography, once a few thousand photos of lions have been taken, you have to really try quite hard to get something fresh."
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Using the dual BeetleCam approach has improved Burrard-Lucas' ability to compose shots instead of just crossing his fingers. Especially now that he's figured out how to transmit live, HD video from the BeetleCam's GoPro camera. "I can improve my success rate and make sure I can get the composition better rather than using a hit and miss approach," he said.
The wildlife photographer said he tends to think of a project or an animal he'd like to photograph and then goes about trying to build the tools that will enable him to get those shots. Next, we could be seeing a flying BeetleCam. "I might be doing something along the lines of a mini-helicopter version for aerial shots," he said.
Currently Burrard-Lucas is busy building BeetleCams for other wildlife photographers. He says a couple of them are planning to use the mobile camera to approach bears. "I'm giving them the same armor that lions had," he said. "We'll see if lions or bears turn out to be more destructive." To see video footage and additional photos from the BeetleCam project, visit Burrard-lucas.com/beetlecam.
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"A diverse mix of voices leads to better discussions, decisions, and outcomes for everyone," says a famous quote from Google CEO Sundar Pichai on corporate diversity. This goes well with TSCNET Services: The people who work for us come from many different countries and cultures. The trio of entrants in the Service Operations unit is a perfect example of this.
Let's just take Lukas Leitner, the new Junior Operations Manager. The 26-year-old is Austrian, but was born in South American Colombia, lived in Malaysia 18,943km away (yes, the rumour is true: he once met Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher there …) and spent most of his life in Germany and Bavaria respectively. In the past seven years Lukas studied energy technology at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremberg and graduated there in October with a "Master of Science" specialising in electrical energy supply. During his studies, he had already worked for Siemens in the EM DG POC (Energy Management / Digital Grid / Protection, Operation & Control) department and had already become familiar with some of the aspects of the work of a Regional Security Coordinator (RSC). He chose TSCNET Services "because the team spirit, the work ethic and the general environment convinced me – and all this has proven to be absolutely true already in the first days", says Lukas.
27-year-old Diana Yule has also lived on three continents to date. She comes from Colombia and after completing her bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering and electronics respectively, worked there for four years in the field of energy efficiency and networks. She has also lived in the United States. There, the sports enthusiast Diana shone as a football player, among other things. "I generally liked team sports better, but after entering professional life it was easier to start running because of the working hours. Today I like it at least enough to run half marathons," she says. If there's a call for sport somewhere – she's there! This also is true for her move to Germany and her start at TSCNET Services: Electricity grids already were her thing, but she finds the European one to be the most interesting. Now she wants to settle in Germany and build her social circle in Munich, while she can deepen and broaden her knowledge in her profession.
The background of the third newcomer to Unit Service Operations, Muhammad Sibghat-Ullah (also simply called Sibghat), is also not so easy to explain. The new Operations Manager comes from Vancouver on the Canadian west coast – 8,338km from Munich. After a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering with a focus on power System engineering, he also obtained a "Professional Engineer" license in the province of British Columbia, Canada, which certifies him to take professional responsibility for his projects in BC. He has at least six years of experience in power system engineering with specialist knowledge in areas such as load flow analysis, substation planning and design, protection and control planning, design and commissioning as well as project management. In addition, he has an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain, to make a good start in the European energy industry. "I joined the company three weeks ago and it was a terrific experience so far," says Sibghat. "Being a relatively new company, I believe TSCNET can present tremendous growth opportunities. I work in a team of fantastic colleagues and every day brings a new learning and social experience. I am finding life in Germany pretty amazing since living and working in Europe had been a dream of mine."
That's how we like to leave it: No matter where you come from – TSCNET Services offers excellent working conditions and great perspectives. It's all about your knowledge, skills, attitude and efforts.
Three new hires at our Busines Unit Service Operations: Lukas Leitner (on the left) and Diana Yule, both Junior Operations Manager, and Muhammad Sibghat-Ullah, Operations Manager


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Recent Posts
Nonprofits often advocate for local transit spending, but when we gather, we seem to forget these values. How would we know what the transit of a given city is like if we never ride their buses?
Shelterforce Magazine
My pitches for space usually centered around the developer's needs and not the needs of the neighborhood or its residents. I didn't pay much attention to what impact those events would have on the surrounding neighborhoods.
Interview with the co-author of the report "Social Housing in the United States," on the politics of home ownership, why public housing needs to be mixed-income, and providing adequate, affordable housing to all citizens.
If corporations continue to be able to take public subsidy as the price of locating in an area, maybe the debate isn't whether to offer subsidies but simply how and for what to offer them. Here's one incentive that might actually benefit communities.
Despite decades of our raising the issue of displacement in the face of rising rents, many Americans still do not see this as a call-to-action or a failure of public policy. Here is why our housing messaging may be backfiring.
Imagine if hosting a transitional tiny home village for the homeless became the norm for all suitable vacant land?
Large, adaptive-reuse projects are all the rage in urban planning today, but absent a fundamentally new approach—with affordability at the center of the process—they are likely to become engines of what's been termed "environmental gentrification."
There will be important functions in public space that are not always "art" whose value is not in proportion to their prettiness.
Art and culture tend to be integral to helping disenfranchised communities self-identify, develop their identities, and organize around place-based issues. But its presence can also be used be used by real estate interests to market neighborhoods.
The power and process of boards that take control of a city or territory's finances is becoming more generalized, although they affect local democracy, impose austerity measures without controls, and lack mechanisms to evaluate their efficiency.


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Exports, which contributed at least half of Japan's growth in the past three quarters, rose 3.7 percent from a year earlier after climbing 3.9 percent in April, the Finance Ministry said today in Tokyo.
Asia, the destination of half of Japan's goods sent abroad, supported exporters including Idemitsu Kosan Co. even as the yen gained 14 percent and shipments to Europe fell for the first time in more than two years. Exports to the U.S. declined for a ninth month, and sales may worsen after consumer confidence in Japan's biggest overseas market dropped to a 16-year low.
Exports to Asia climbed 8.1 percent from a year earlier, and those to China gained 12.3 percent, led by shipments of steel, automobiles and oil products. Japan's refiners sent extra fuel to China as part of relief efforts following the May 12 earthquake that killed more than 69,000 people.
Imports advanced 4.4 percent from a year earlier as oil prices surged to a record, narrowing the trade surplus by 7.6 percent to 365.6 billion yen ($3.4 billion), the ministry said. Economists expected a surplus of 30 billion yen.
While eroding profits, the commodity price shock is also increasing sales of Japanese cars and construction equipment to resource-rich markets. Shipments to Russia, the world's biggest exporter of oil and gas, soared 58.8 percent last month.
Exports to the U.S. fell 9.5 percent and shipments to Europe slid 1.1 percent, the first drop since October 2005.
The World Bank said this month it expects global growth to slow to 2.7 percent this year from 3.7 percent in 2007 because of surging prices and the subprime credit crisis.
Japan may lose the boost that sales overseas have been providing throughout its longest postwar expansion. Exports have grown less than 4 percent on average in April and May, slowing from 6.2 percent in the first quarter. Economists predict net exports won't contribute to economic growth this quarter.
Businesses are paring production and spending on concern that demand will weaken and record oil prices will further crimp profits. Sentiment at large manufacturers marked the biggest drop in four years this quarter and companies said they plan to cut spending by 0.9 percent this year, a report this week showed.


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Dr. Jeff Levine
Senior Consultant
Dr. Jeffrey Levine is an Senior Consultant based in New York.
Jeff has served as a senior advisor to management teams and CEOs in all 10 sectors of the S&P 500 and large non-profit organizations, as well as public officials and political candidates. He specializes in custom research and advanced analytics designed to inform the development and execution of branding/positioning initiatives, advertising campaigns, policy issue campaigns, crisis communications, and digital strategy.
Jeff has been an invited speaker at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the State Department and has provided analysis and commentary for a variety of media outlets, including The New York Times, USA Today, CNBC, and Bloomberg News. Jeff's academic research on public opinion has been published in several books and several top tier academic journals, including Public Opinion Quarterly and the American Political Science Review.
Prior to joining PSB, Jeff was President of Gotham Research Group and served as Senior Vice President and Director of Research at FTI Consulting. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science with a concentration in statistical methods from Indiana University, Bloomington.


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This BLE came in with a broken left-side ejector tumbler so a new part needed to be made. While the Southgate ejector is very simple in operation, the tumblers are among the most complex of the internal parts to make and fit. The process is detailed below.
The original part failed at a thin section that was where a sharp inside corner was left.
I selected an appropriately sized piece of W-1 stock and went to work. At this point the milling machine work was done and the part would be finished by hand with files.
The part rough shaped...
The finished part, notice the generous inside radius at the point where the original part failed.
The inboard web was also made thicker than the original part to add some strength in this highly stressed area.
The tumbler was heat-treated and polished before installation then fitted so that its timing was perfectly matched to the right ejector.
Total time 7 hours.


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The quintessential initiative that keeps anything moving forward in life is the idea of increased momentum. Momentum refers to movement that builds and builds and builds, it builds into success and it builds until there is nothing left but positive aspects in its wake. To be honest, momentum is truly able to turn anything into something that is completely extraordinary. Momentum, as a whole, is integral for individuals to welcome and take note of, because it does actually define where we are all going in our lives and where we will eventually end up. We need momentum to thrive and we need momentum to grow and move forward. In regards to personal freedom, independence, and success, momentum needs to be firmly set in place or else problems or stalling effects can start to rear their ugly heads. In reality, for momentum to truly survive, we must have the clear-cut mindset that we will keep on going no matter what may happen or what might arise in the future. The mindset of an individual is integral to how much or less momentum an individual possesses in their own life. For anything to start and continue moving, momentum must be evident through and through, and that is why we must remember to say yes to the ideas pertaining to movement and change, instead of an all-resounding no.
One big issue that can arise with momentum set in place is the fact that a victim mentality could easily come into play. This is the perspective of "they" are doing this to me, or I can't do anything about this so I might as well give up. Sometimes with momentum and movement, disappointment does have a tendency to arise as does confusion and fear which can trigger our limiting beliefs. If we want to succeed in any area of our life, we must merely look at these "seemingly" negative aspects of momentum as a greater part of the positive points that it does bring. What may initially look like failure or a huge setback, may actually be gifts (although sometimes well disguised). Momentum breeds success and there is no other way around it!


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Britain's "island story" is to be celebrated with £10m designated by the culture secretary, Maria Miller, to mark anniversaries of events such as the battles of Waterloo and Agincourt; the signing of Magna Carta; and significant dates relating to the second world war.
"The Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic and Paralympic Games showed how shared national moments can bring the whole country together," said Miller. "This new fund reflects the fact there is enormous enthusiasm to provide more opportunities to foster the sense of community spirit and national pride that such events can inspire."
She added: "Our island story is unique, inspiring and educative in equal measure and it's right that everyone, young and old, should have the chance to appreciate it through commemorative activities, and be reminded of Britain's place in the world."
The anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn is also mentioned in Miller's announcement. The encounter was a significant defeat for Edward II of England by Robert Bruce in 1314, and its 700th anniversary is already the focus of celebrations in Scotland three months before the independence referendum of 18 September 2014.
The centenary of the birth of Dylan Thomas and "a decade of anniversaries in Northern Ireland" are also within the fund's sights.
The money for the "our island story fund" is to be earmarked from the Heritage Lottery Fund to celebrate anniversaries falling over the next four years. Bodies may apply for sums from several thousand pounds up to £2m.
Jenny Abramsky, chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund, said: "This lottery investment will ensure that pivotal moments, places or people will not be forgotten by future generations."


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Confirmed Evidence That Dino Melaye Did His NYSC in Kaduna State (See Photos)
Finally, here are authentic evidence to prove that Senator Dino Melaye of Kogi State actually did his NYSC in Kaduna State.
Senator Dino Melaye
Adebola Akitoye, a graduate who served with Senator Dino Melaye in Kaduna has finally put to end the controversy surrounding Dino's National Youth Service Corps certificate. Many people had doubted him after he posted a screenshot on Instagram. Some people still did not believe him.
Akitoye has come out to defend the Senator with concrete evidence to prove his point. Akitoye said he served with Dino in Kaduna and wondered why people are still adamant to believe the Senator's own side of the story.
So to prove his point, Akitoye has dug deep into his archives by sharing an NYSC booklet that has the name of all those who served during the 1999/2000 set with Dino's name inclusive.
"Just stumbled on my documents this morning, and have this to share about Senator Dino maleye, we actually served together in kaduna camp for 1999/ 2000 1st tier set, and passed out July 8 2001."
Akitoye wrote on Facebook.
Dino was confirmed to have graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University following the appearance of the university's vice chancellor before the senate committee to confirm it.
Akitoye provided the above documents