text:
D. Avery has a new release just in time for Christmas… A short story collection Ever After: Little Stories for Grown Children.
About After Ever
Big stories come in small packages. Told with the sure-footed brevity of fairy tales, After Ever is a collection of stories that explore dark depths and uncertain endings, flash fiction that often leaves room for interpretation and speculation. These are stories in which the grim tragedies of life befall characters of all ages. There are no happily ever after fairy tale endings, but there are flashes of resilience and hope. The heroes of these short stories are ordinary people who recognize the mystery, beauty, and small wonders contained in their ordinary lives.
Sample and savor each story individually or as a banquet of offerings both dark and light, tales of lives tragic and magical.
What the early readers are saying;
An interesting and eclectic collection of short stories and even shorter flash stories, this collection has something for everyone. Whether the situation be mundane or mystical, tragic or cheerful, D. Avery records events matter-of-factly, telling how it is or was, and leaves it to the reader to choose how to respond. After Ever is great for reading in bites or as an entire feast. Norah Colvin readilearn.com.au
D. Avery has written a stunning collection of flash fictions that take us from here in Vermont to places far afield and from children to the elderly. These short stories in After Ever, though, all share one common thread, and that is tight, beautiful prose about the human condition, about the moments of our lives that make us weep from sorrow and from love. Sean Prentiss, author of Finding Abbey
Head over and buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HYWZQQY
And Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Ever-Little-Stories-Children-ebook/dp/B07HYWZQQY
Also by D.Avery
Read the reviews and buy the books: https://www.amazon.com/D.-Avery/e/B00IXZIX3U
And Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/D.-Avery/e/B00IXZIX3U
About D. Avery
D. Avery (196?-20??) has long been a compulsive poet. Despite a very important day job educating public school children, she is often distracted by this compulsion, as well as by life's great questions, such as "Kayak, or bike?". Though she has come to realize that nothing difficult is ever easy, she believes that it's all good.
From the author
I live on an island off the coast of Massachusetts with a husband and a cat. I am a teacher of middle school mathematics. I enjoy kayaking, yard-saling and reading. I sometimes write. People sometimes read what I write. ShiftnShake is a place for you to read some of my writing.
Connect to D. Avery
Website: https://shiftnshake.wordpress.com/
Poems: https://shiftnshake.wordpress.com/prompted-poetry/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/daveryshiftn
Thank you for dropping in today and it would be great if you could share the news about D. Avery's latest short story collection as far as possible.


text:
|Experience the highly acclaimed tour on foot as you walk through the ancient and mystical streets of the Roman City of Bath. Our experienced guides have been thrilling visitors to Bath since 1974 with the real-life stories of macabre goings-on, hauntings and the tragic events of yester-year.
take place every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at 8 pm
all year round.
Ghost Walks of Bath will take you to many famous places noted for their strange events. Apart from experiencing first hand the charm of this wonderful city and its Georgian buildings, you can sample the atmosphere and imagine the situations which set the stage for so many strange events which have been so well documented.
Visitors from all over the world visit Bath when in the UK and join our tours which are an enlightening experience. They take in this splendid city and watch the mysteries unfold - and perhaps feel just a sprinkling of fear!Thousands of people over the years have enjoyed our walk, many of whom have come back time and again to relive the stories we tell. Local people and people from all corners of the world have experienced the mystical history of the City of Bath against the beautiful backdrop of its Georgian architecture.
Since 1974 when the walks were first established by a local historian and psychic, the Ghost Walks of Bath have been well noted by the local and national press and have been featured many times on American, Irish and British television.
© Ghost Walks of Bath 2005/19
We will take bookings for most dates and times throughout the year, dependent on the availability of a guide.
Group bookings usually start
at 7.30 pm or by prior arrangement.
Polite request: Please ensure that when you
join the walk all members of your party turn off their mobile telephones. Ring tones and private
conversations during the walk are distracting and may spoil the
enjoyment of others on the walk.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Add business contacts and notes,
and get things done anywhere!
Featured Collections
The 'Top Chef' host and bestselling author shares her favorite local finds for gifts, antiques, and home decor.
Padma Lakshmi: My New York City »
Nosh at Tennessee native Kristin Luna's weekly faves in Music City.
Luna Over Nashville »
Follow Amy's weekly foodie picks in San Francisco.
Amy's Fork in the Fog »
Must-follow design blogger Justina Blakeney on her lushest, greenest local sources of inspiration.
Top 10 Plantastic Places to Visit in L.A. »
Follow Tammy La's foodie finds across the Southland.
Tammy's Five Spiced L.A.»
The water activist, filmmaker and granddaughter of legend Jacques Cousteau has some water-saving tips for Earth Day (and beyond).
Alexandra Cousteau: Where to Save Water and Possibly the Planet »
See which Cali firms can help you swap out your water-slurping yard, care of DIY 'I Hate My Yard' host Sara Bendrick.
DIY's Sara Bendrick on Cali's Top Drought-Busting Landscape Firms »
Take design cues from hotels for clever bathroom reno ideas.
Design Ideas: Hotel Bath Hunt »
Create spectacular illusions and designs with new ways to makeover your walls, ceilings, and floors.
Hot Trends for Transforming Walls, Ceilings, and Floors »
Search 20 million business
listings as fast as you can tap.
Save all your go-to businesses in one place. Find the
cheapest gas around. Search 350,000 menus. The new
YP app helps you get things done, and fast.
Claim your business.
Many of the benefits of YP are free. Update your business details, including hours, payment options and more.Get Your Free Listing!
Advertise with YP.
Reach more customers in more ways. Let us create a custom-tailored program to help your business grow.Let's Do This


text:
ATLANTA - Larry Walker and Eric Johnson have been out of the General Assembly for years, but their insights about talent-spotting were honed from long experience observing what kind of freshman legislator has what it takes to pass bills and influence colleagues.
Walker rose to become House majority leader as a Democrat. Johnson rose to become Senate president pro tempore as a Republican. Both are familiar with the inner workings of senior leadership in their respective chambers and parties, and each served as a member of the majority and the minority party.
In separate interviews, the men offered similar observations on spotting candidates for public office.
Among their observations was a suggestion to look for the candidate who has a track record of working with other people. Accomplishing anything in a legislative body, from a school board to Congress, requires the ability to convince others.
Candidates who make definitive statements about problems they will solve or bills they will pass are trying to fool voters - and maybe themselves - into thinking they'll have more power than they will.
"People who oversimplify issues, I think, is a warning sign, also," Johnson said.
Good candidates must quickly learn that solving the world's problems around the water cooler, or even on the campaign trail, is a lot easier than when presented with all the real-life complexities of the issues, the men note.
One tip Johnson offers is to select a candidate who has risen to leadership in a service organization like a Rotary club or PTA, because that shows experience in a cooperative setting.
Personal dynamics apply the same way in any group, including a legislative body. Loudmouths soon grow tiresome, and seldom advance in the General Assembly either.
"They're not going to put a cocky SOB in as chairman of the rules committee or appropriations, who is going to abuse that power," Johnson said.
Walker suggests if a voter wouldn't want to spend a day fishing with a candidate, legislators aren't likely to warm up to them, either.
"In most races, primary or general election, especially in the legislative level on down, the man or woman that wins is the one that's liked the best," he said. "It seldom has to do with the issues."
Humility is a trait both men recommend. Johnson said spirituality of any kind shows a person has perspective and answers to a higher power.
Walker is a little more down to earth, saying, "In my time, certainly the person who was willing to work within the system and keep their mouth shut was going to rise up in the system."
Johnson concedes there is a place in the legislature for a few doctrinaire stalwarts who refuse to compromise and insist on lecturing their colleagues. These keepers of the flame, he explained, provide warnings when other lawmakers are straying from their party's principles.
But, he said, that's not who he would elect to represent him.
"For my representative, if I need a traffic light or to do something, I don't want someone who is going to go up there and yell at people and make people mad and not accomplish anything," he said.
Walker says flexibility is required to get anything done. Smart candidates should recognize that, and should safeguard their options rather than sign pledges to support a specific stance.
Had he signed on to such obligations as a rookie, Walker said, he would have been severely limited once he became a leader.
"After I sat up there two or three terms, I wouldn't commit to anything. I've got to hear the debate, read the bill, hear the testimony," he said.
Both men say politicians today face greater pressures. Instant communications force them to make snap decisions about policy and to subvert their own judgment for the whims of a partially informed populace.
The Founding Fathers created a representative republic rather than a democracy so that elected officials could study issues with the greater information available to their office, not prejudge everything on the campaign trail, the two former legislators noted. Voters would be wise to recognize that when they select who they want working for them.
• Walter Jones is the bureau chief for the Morris News Service and has been covering state politics since 1998.


text:
Book ReviewsHistory of the Austrian School of Economics
The social, political, and economic conditions of our world today give Ludwig von Mises's treatise a refreshing relevance matched by few other works written over the last century.
Big GovernmentSocialismU.S. Economy
C Jay Engel Reviews The Socialist Manifesto, from the Editor of Jacobin.
Socialist regimes have long gone to great lengths to replace all the independent institutions of civil society with the omnipotence of the state in all things.
The EntrepreneurEntrepreneurship
Just as unilateral free trade results in a more solid economy for the countries that adopt it — even within an international economy of protectionism in other countries — so would a commodity-money based economy surrounded by fiat-money economies.
Liberty can be lost and so can the benefits of capital accumulation. The well developed capital structure is not a given. It can be eroded by central banks and by government policies and regulations.
BiographiesFree MarketsHealthOther Schools of Thought
SocialismCalculation and KnowledgePhilosophy and Methodology
Hard-left "democratic socialists" think they figured out how to make government planning possible: use prices. But there's a problem in their argument: prices are impossible without markets.


text:
South Africa and Nigeria are the largest economies in Africa. Together they represent 60% of the continent's GDP – out of 54 countries. Failure, as such, is not an option. That's why the World Economic Forum's Update on South Africa and Nigeria was concentrated around identifying existing economic challenges, steps to overcoming them, and growth prospects for the future.
Verod Capital Management is a leading private equity firm focused on Nigeria. "How did we get here?" asked the company's Co-founder and CEO, Danladi Verheijen, in his opening remarks on the panel. He was referring to the country's economic crisis in the wake of a commodity crash and militant activities negatively impacting on oil outputs – the primary source of government revenue in Nigeria.
"We had cold water thrown on us," stated Verheijen, expressing the shock of the nation at how quickly Nigeria's lack of economic diversity became a serious problem, prompting a much-needed wake-up call. Since then, the country's GDP has seen slight but positive growth. There has been an increase in activity outside of the oil and gas sectors, with some investment dollars chasing projects in the manufacturing and agriculture sector, and even gradual liberation in the formerly restrictive FX market.
The government has proposed an ambitious growth and recovery plan to further accelerate the rebound of the economy, and while implementation could be a challenge, it's still a step in the right direction. The South African economy, on the other hand, is facing new economic challenges every day, given its recent downgrades. Nonetheless, the WEF panellists remained largely optimistic, discussing several potential short-term and long-term solutions, to help both countries brave the storms of recessionary climates and come out the other side stronger than before. They are summarised here:
Expanding local and regional trade
Attracting and boosting investor confidence is paramount to charting a new way forward for African economies. One obstacle to this is Africa's dependence on imports, specifically in countries like Nigeria. The continent will need to make a co-ordinated and collaborative effort to strengthen its domestic market and service capabilities if this is ever to change.
Most investors prefer individual large transactions of between 50 to 100 million dollars, and these can mostly be achieved in larger economies, such as Nigeria and South Africa. But where does that leave neighbouring countries and the continent as a whole? Establishing a regional economic environment, rather than one that attracts investors country by country, would strengthen the domestic market via a ripple effect. That is to say, South Africa and Nigeria could help benefit other surrounding regions by enabling investment to reach more projects in these regions.
Blurring the border between African territories not only inspires international interest, but domestic investment too – truly a win-win strategy. However, unlike its counterparts in Europe, Asia and the Americas, Africa is highly fragmented, with only 10% of the balance being attributed to intra-continental trade. This is unlikely to change until we can overcome existing hurdles. These include the poor state of transportation infrastructure to support intra-continental trade by road and air, government policies that deter cross-regional exchange, and the added complications presented by Visas for travel between nations, which could be mitigated if their necessity was removed.
Stimulating greater co-ordination between public and private sectors
Governments in Africa are coming up with good growth and recovery plans, but without implementation strategies to match, that's all they'll ever be. Merging public and private sector interests is one way to encourage successful implementation. A good example of this is the way Nigeria is enabling members of the private sector to become stakeholders, personally invested in reviving their economies and driving sustainable long-term economic growth.
To achieve this, the Nigerian recovery plan to diversify the economy has been combined with several initiatives to help the SME sector improve infrastructure, education and access to credit. If building businesses in the country is made easier, more people are likely to take up the torch and help drive the economy towards greater diversity.
Marketing our successes more than our failures
The constant negative press concerning Africa is a major issue. Bad news sells, and it has become the African continent's most costly export. Complaining about negative issues in Africa is free, but we pay later when these issues become headlines, deterring investment both from foreign shores and at home.
In Nigeria for instance, Boko Haram has been getting a lot of media attention in the north-east part of the country. This has stirred up security concerns over the past 18 months. The Nigerian military and government has taken active steps to push back the rebels and reclaim stolen territories and has had some important successes – this news is barely mentioned or celebrated in the media. Another example is corruption. Corruption and corrupt practices in both the public and private sectors alike have also been making headlines. The government again has responded by taking a staunch stance against corruption. However, the focus has been on sensationalized headlines like "Nigeria's anti-corruption unit finds $43 million cash in Lagos apartment" The co-ordinated efforts behind these corruption crackdowns receive minimal accolade from international and national press. These should be celebrated as well, or even more so.
The anti-globalisation and protectionist stances that have risen to prominence in key economies such as the USA, UK and France should serve as an opportunity for Africa to focus inwards, to take advantage of its key strengths to build self-sustaining economies with true stamina and staying power.


text:
Please fill out the form below and one of our representatives will contact you shortly.
In-Home Consultations
We provide in-home consultations within 45-minutes of Loveland, Ohio.
• Loveland, OH
• Mason, OH
• West Chester, OH
• Indian Hill, OH
• Mariemont, OH
• Montgomery, OH
• Blue Ash, OH
• Cincinnati, OH
Schedule shop-at-home service for the shopping convenience of your living room & match designs to your home's decor.
• Loveland, OH
• Mason, OH
• West Chester, OH
• Indian Hill, OH
• Mariemont, OH
• Montgomery, OH
• Blue Ash, OH
• Cincinnati, OH
Schedule shop-at-home service for the shopping convenience of your living room & match designs to your home's decor.
Get Inspired on Our Design Blog
- Planning for Window Treatments During Construction From Start to Finish
- The Rustic Decor Trend
- Skylights Window Treatments Let The Sunshine In
- Energy Saving Window Shades for Fall Season
- Enhance Your Home With Energy Efficient Window Custom Draperies Cincinnati
- Bathroom Window Treatments
- Traverse Custom Curtain Rods
Great suggestions which were ordered And installed. Look fantastic! Would highly recommend!
pamela sisney
20:47 10 Aug 17
It was a great experience! Kim is very knowledgeable about the product and was able to recommend the perfect solution for my window treatments and shades. Window Accents was very responsive, professional, yet personable. The installation went smoothly AND I love my new look.
Brenda Jones
15:31 04 Apr 17
Kim was such a pleasure to work with. Her professionalism and personality made it a fun and positive experience. She was very very patient with my wavering decisions and went above and beyond in her service. She wanted to make sure I was 100% happy in the end product. As you can see by the pictures, she does beautiful work. I couldn't be happier and would certainly return to Kim for any future projects. She is very knowledgeable and just a delight in every possible way. Her new showroom is gorgeous!!!!! You have to stop by and see it. There are many beautiful samples of her work making it easier to visualize for your needs. Her prices were competitive and there was no additional fee for her visits to our house. She seems to place precedence on making her customers happy.
Sue Fitzgerald
16:44 01 Dec 16
Kim was friendly and professional, it was a real pleasure to do business with her. The 5 blinds I purchased were installed at time promised and they look fantastic! I would highly recommend her for all your window needs!
janet hall
01:34 25 Feb 17
I've worked with Kim the past 5 years and have found her and her team to be very knowledgeable, professional and super efficient! They've done all the blinds in my entire house and I'm both very pleased with the quality of the product and Window Accents service. I've also recommended them to many friends.
Julia Sheehan
13:09 07 Jan 17
Kim and Team did a wonderful job. We had a rather large order and all shutters were installed beautifully . One window had a slight fit adjustment and it was promptly replaced perfectly. High quality construction and terrific installation. Thx!
Troy DeBord
12:11 24 Sep 17
Schedule Your In-Home Consultation Today!
With our one-of-a-kind, personalized service, we come to your home or place of business for a no-charge consultation.
We bring our luxurious samples to choose from, measure your windows, custom-design your window treatments, fabricate them, and full installation at your convenience.


text:
Mike Miller was a luxury that the Miami Heat decided they could no longer afford.
Miller was designated Tuesday as the team's amnesty player, a move that may save the Heat more than $30 million in luxury tax payments over the next two years and comes only a few days after team President Pat Riley said the two-time defending NBA champions were hoping to keep the core of the roster largely intact for next season.
But with the team's tax bill set to be bigger than ever — depending on what the final payroll numbers are, the Heat could pay as much as $2.50 per $1 they are over the salary-cap threshold for this coming season under the league's new and more punitive rules — the team ultimately made the call to part with Miller, a move that he suspected was coming.
Riley said the team tried to trade Miller, then had to make "a very difficult decision" to use the one-time amnesty provision on him.
Miller would have made $6.2 million this season, and $6.6 million next season. He still gets that money, but his salary will not count against Miami's cap, nor will it count against a luxury-tax hit that was in line to exceed $30 million this coming season alone.
Brooklyn Nets Coach Jason Kidd pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drunk driving charge and was placed on interim probation a year after he smashed his Cadillac SUV into a utility pole on eastern Long Island.
In exchange for the guilty plea, Kidd agreed to speak to Long Island high school students about the dangers of drunk driving. If he fulfills his community service, his plea will be reduced to a violation, driving while ability impaired, when he returns to court Sept. 30.
The San Antonio Spurs agreed to a two-year contract with forward Jeff Pendergraph. The 6-foot-9 Pendergraph spent the past two seasons at Indiana, mostly in a reserve role. He averaged 3.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game last season with the Pacers.
Martina Hingis to play at La Costa
Tennis Hall of Famer Martina Hingis plans to come out of retirement and play doubles at the Southern California Open at La Costa Resort in Carlsbad. She will play with Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia.
The 32-year-old Hingis will be making her first WTA tournament appearance since September 2007.
The former No. 1 player in the world was often troubled by foot injuries. She retired for the second time in 2007, when she drew a two-year suspension for testing positive for cocaine at Wimbledon. Hingis denied taking the drug but did not appeal the ruling.
The tournament is July 27-Aug. 4.
Top-ranked Serena Williams advanced to the second round of the Swedish Open at Bastad by beating Sesil Karatancheva of Kazakhstan, 6-1, 6-2. She will next face 104th-ranked Anna Tatishvili of Georgia, who beat 16-year-old Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Third-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain advanced to the third round of the German Championships at Hamburg by defeating Tobias Kamke of Germany, 6-3, 6-3.
Two other seeded players lost. Florian Mayer of Germany defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4, and Dmitry Tursunov of Russia upset Jeremy Chardy of France, 6-4, 7-6 (1).
The Green Bay Packers signed safety Morgan Burnett to a long-term extension, reported by NFL.com to be worth $24.75 million over four years.
Andrew Wiggins, the Kansas-bound prep basketball standout from Huntington, W.V., was named the Gatorade male high school athlete of the year on Tuesday night at a banquet in Hollywood. Notre Dame-bound girls' soccer standout Morgan Andrews of Milford, N.H., was selected the female athlete of the year.
Pete Accardy, who guided the Cal State Northridge men's and women's swim teams to 13 NCAA team titles during a 24-year coaching career, has died of cancer. He was 72. He died Saturday in Del Mar.
—Eric Sondheimer


text:
Get a quote
in 15 minutes
but first you need to add at least one product
Dear user,
Your inquiry has been sent
what now ?
We will check your inquiry and prepare a quote
It usually takes 15 minutes. Wait for the contact from our employee
Custom made statues, awards and promotional gadgets


text:
ZigZagPress Bijou WordPress Theme
- These are exactly the same files (Plugin/Theme: Bijou 1.3.3) distributed by ZigZagPress (Here), but we don't offer any additional author services like author's support and license keys (read our FAQ for more Info).
- Themegram is not affiliated or in any way related to third-party developers or trademark owners, including: WordPress, WooCommerce, WooThemes, Yoast, etc.
Product Description
Version: 1.3.3
Released: 2018/02/13
Developer: ZigZagPress
License: GPL
Sales Page: https://zigzagpress.com/downloads/bijou/
Documentation: https://zigzagpress.com/downloads/bijou/
Single Product
- Download verified by McAfee Secure
- 30 Days money back guarantee, no questions asked.
- All future updates for one year
Join The Themegram Club for ₦5,000 / Month
- Instant access to ALL PLUGINS and ALL THEMES
- Installation in unlimited domains
- Free access to all new release.
- Cancel easily anytime
To update, Download the Latest Version, disable and delete the existing plugin in your WordPress Plugin Section, Upload Latest Version.My Downloads
There are no reviews yet.
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.


text:
LONDON — The immigration authorities in Britain, Belgium and France carried out coordinated raids at scores of addresses on Wednesday to round up people suspected of being members of gangs that smuggle people across or under the English Channel as stowaways in long-haul trucks.
The raids by 150 law enforcement officials in Britain alone represented "one of the biggest operations of its kind ever undertaken," said Chris Foster, a senior investigator with the United Kingdom Border Agency.
People-smuggling offers organized gangs potentially rich pickings as desperate migrants from troubled lands including Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan pay up to $10,000 each to be spirited past Britain's strict border controls and across physical barriers, particularly the English Channel.
Trucks cross the channel by ferry or through a tunnel leading from Calais in France to near Folkestone in England. Such is the desire to cross the channel that migrants, some of them children, face huge hardships.
The conservative Daily Mail reported this week, for instance, that four people ages 9 to 16 from Afghanistan and Iran tried to enter Britain in the back of a refrigerated truck carrying cheese and were treated for hypothermia when they were discovered at a port in France.
Much of Continental Europe is covered by the Schengen agreement permitting free passage across the internal frontiers of the European Union. But Britain is not a member of the agreement, and anti-immigration politicians say migrants brave restrictions and hardships to gain access to social payments, work and contact with networks of friends and relatives already in the country.
Mr. Foster said British border agents raided 35 addresses in 8 British cities on Wednesday, as French and Belgian officials carried out an additional 40 raids.
"My officers have been working closely with their counterparts in France and Belgium as well as other law enforcement agencies in the U.K. in the buildup to today's operation," Mr. Foster said in a statement.
"We believe we have successfully disrupted a significant organized network suspected of being involved in a systematic attempt to evade the U.K.'s immigration controls."
Britain's Immigration Minister, Mark Harper, said organized criminal gangs were "a major factor involved in illegal immigration to the U.K."
Immigration is a delicate political issue in Britain since the dominant Conservatives, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, face a nagging political insurgency by the United Kingdom Independence Party, which seeks to exploit suspicion of foreigners among rank-and-file voters to increase its support.
But, just this week, a scientific advocacy group warned that government efforts to curb some categories of legal immigrants will damage the economy.
In an open letter to immigration authorities, the Campaign for Science and Engineering said Britain was not training enough skilled people to fill available jobs in medical, engineering, nuclear and educational institutions.
"The skilled immigrants in these occupations help drive economic growth," the letter said. "They keep Britain's lights on by working in our nuclear industry. They save lives in our hospitals, and they educate our children."


text:
Game 1: GSW 2, BPC 0
A two-run blast from Jordan Miller in the bottom of the third inning was all the Lady Hurricanes needed to prevail over Brewton-Parker in the first game of the doubleheader.
GSW starting pitcher Allison Pastor (5-2) threw a complete game shutout for the Blue & Gold as the junior accounted for six stikeouts on the game.
Miller paced GSW (8-5) with three hits and two RBI's on the contest.
Game 2: GSW 7, BPC 2
In the second game, Miller came up big once again for Southwestern. The junior third baseman paced the Lady Hurricanes with two hits and four RBI's on the game.
GSW (9-5) scored five runs over the final two innings to break a 2-2 stalemate to earn the sweep of the doubleheader.
Starting pitcher Ashley Cavender (2-1) tossed a complete game, striking out six for the Lady Hurricanes.
Miller finished the day with five hits and six RBI's as Southwestern earned their fourth straight victory at the friendly confines of Lady 'Cane Field.
GSW will be back in action Thursday, Feb. 21, as the Blue & Gold travel to Fort Valley State for a 1 p.m. doubleheader


text:
Get started
Create your website in three minutes
We get to know you by asking just a few simple questions. Then we combine your existing information with professionally-crafted content based on your industry.
The result is a unique website with text, photos, and your own information all ready to go, completely tailored for your business.


text: A woman in Grafton, Wisconsin was arrested for two overdue library books (Angels and Demons and White Oleander) and plans to never give them back after she paid a $170 fine. • A points-based credit card company, Nectar Business, has found that 1/3rd of women say they enjoy attention from construction workers. Amazingly random and unscientific! • Should new parents give away their pets when they have a baby? • A new children's book, The Princess Bubble, downplays the importance of finding a handsome prince to be happy. •• Five interesting facts about Charlie's Angels: The show was first pitched as Alley Cats and showed the women more negatively. • A poll from the UK's Channel 4 reveals that members of the average British household spends 34 minutes a day shouting at each other. • A tall woman discusses the lonely life of the world's tallest woman after her passing. • The city of Calgary, Alberta has OK'd the wearing of hijabs and sari's in public swimming pools, but the wearers will have to stay away from the deep end. • Can you tell a Marcel from a French wist? A beehive from a pompadour? Take this quiz. • Check out Wayne Titus and his daughter Tina Titus, a father-daughter car-racing team and the first father-daughter series champions at the Oxford Plains race.


text:
Essence Magazine "Takes Back" Young, Gifted, and Black Minds
Essence Magazine Takes Back Young, Gifted and Black Minds
[Helese TALKS!]
Magazine Launches Year Long Education Series
On the icy cold evening of Tuesday, January 3rd, media professionals, pro-athletes and press gathered on the elegant and scenic rooftop of the Strand Hotel --also known as "Top of the Strand"-- to celebrate the launching of Essence Magazine's new education series, Mission Critical: Education First!
This special series will debut next week in the February's issue of Essence.
The Mission Critical: Education First! series was born out of a need to address "the civil rights issue of our generation," that African-American children across the country generally don't do as well in school due to institutionalized racism, lack of resources, poverty, and the self-defeating beliefs and feelings of unworthiness that come along with those conditions.
Although there are entire Black communities that are exceptions, this initiative is addressing a dire and undeniable nationwide need. It's not the first, and hopefully it won't be the last. Bob Meadows, Deputy Editor of Essence Magazine says that there have been other education initiatives, but what makes this one different is that it leaves the self-pity behind for the new generation. "We're not taking a 'woe is me' approach," Meadows says.
The dynamic team of editors at Essence are planning to make this one standout amongst others by teaming up with experts in the education field and empowering readers with a lot of practical tools. "There's still a lot of gaping disparities in the kinds of opportunities that our kids have in education, versus what other kids have in education. So, this is our attempt to help level the playing field," says Essence Editor-in-Chief Constance C.R. White.
Essence will provide "solutions, ideas, inspiration, and hope" that speak to this problem. And they leave no stone unturned. The series will cover issues with home schooling, tips on finding the best quality schools in your area, and resources on how to take a failing school and make it better.
The first article in the series was written by Dr. Steve Perry, renowned education advocate and author of the book, "Push Has Come to Shove: Getting Our Kids The Education They Deserve (Even If It Means Picking a Fight)". A former teacher and social worker, and currently a principal in Hartford, Connecticut, Dr. Perry is very vocal about many aspects of education, particularly about parents getting more involved with the politics of education in order to make the school as a whole better, where the root of the problem often lies.
He stresses that parents have to take responsibility for not only their child's education, but the community at large.
The young and effervescent Sanya Richards Ross, wife of New York Giants' Aarons Ross --who also was at the event-- helped inspire the series.
Originally from Jamaica, she was dismayed by the declining literacy rates in schools. She started The Sanya Richards Fast Track Program with 50 children five years ago, and now they serve 1,000, with a 90% success rate of raising the reading level of students to their appropriate grade level.
The program also uses sports to help students create a healthy lifestyle, and gives them social skills needed to compete in the job market. Her inspiring speech that evening emphasized the phenomenon of something starting small and ending up larger than one can imagine. She affirmed from experience that a "great education is the foundation for success."
With Essence Magazine spearheading this exciting new series, it is surely a foundation we can all build upon.
Helese TALKS! is a new weekly column that will appear on the website as well as in The Black Star News
"Speaking Truth To Empower."
Latest comments
- Ann GarrisonFebruary 22,2018 @ 08:03 PM
I think you have "Filtered HTML" turned on here. If you switch to "Full HTML," it will probably...
googletag.pubads().definePassback('6785150/BENN/BlackStarNews', [[300,250]]).setTargeting('fold',['BTF']).display();


text:
The Redondo Beach man mistakenly shot at during the manhunt for ex-cop Christopher Dorner is close to settling his case with the city of Torrance.
NBC4 has confirmed through the city that David Perdue and the Torrance city attorney have reached a tentative agreement. Neither the city attorney nor Perdue's lawyer would comment until the deal is finalized.
Perdue was on his way to the beach to surf Feb. 7, 2013 when he was stopped by Torrance police officers on the lookout for Christopher Dorner.
He was cleared by those officers, but a second pair of officers rammed his car shortly afterward and opened fire on Perdue.
Perdue was not hit by gunfire, but his attorney said he suffered injuries from the incident that have prevented him from working.
In January, the two officers involved in the incident were cleared of criminal charges by the Los Angeles District Attorney, who said they were "anxious" and in a state of "panic" at the time of the shooting.
- Download: Download the NBCLA Mobile App
Perdue, who is white, was driving his black Honda pickup when he was stopped by officers looking for Dorner, a black ex-Los Angeles police officer who had promised to bring "warfare" to his former department's officers and their families.
Dorner was thought to be in a gray or dark blue pickup truck.
The same morning, two women delivering newspapers in Torrance were shot at by Los Angeles police officers also looking for Dorner. They settled in April 2013 with the city of Los Angeles for $4.2 million.


text:
It's official. The 76ers have been sold, owner Comcast Spectacor announced Wednesday night after weeks of rumors.
A group led by billionaire Joshua Harris bought the Sixers.
"We are honored to have the opportunity to be affiliated with this storied franchise," said Harris.
Harris is the co-founder of New York-based private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC (which recently purchased the rights to American Idol) and was reported to be worth $1.2 billion by Forbes.com as of March 2011.
Despite being a New York guy now, Harris has Philly roots including having earned at bachelor's degree at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
"As a basketball fan who attended college in Philadelphia, and with family roots here, I have always felt a strong connection to this City and the 76ers."
Terms of the deal weren't made public but CSNPhilly.com reports that it could be worth about $280 million.
The team was valued at $330 million by Forbes earlier this season.
As part of the deal, the Sixers will remain long-term at the Wells Fargo Center and will have a long-term cable deal reportedly through 2029.
Other members of the investor group include David Blitzer, a Senior Managing Director of The Blackstone Group, Art Wrubel and Jason Levien.
The buyers are using personal funds, Apollo and Blackstone are not involved in the transaction, according to Comcast-Spectacor.
"We look forward to helping the 76ers organization build on this past season's accomplishments in the years ahead. The ownership group also looks forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with Comcast-Spectacor."
Comcast-Spectacor will hold onto ownership of the Wells Fargo Center and the Flyers. The company had owned the 76ers since 1996.
Finalization of the deal is pending approval from the NBA's Board of Governors.
Comcast is the parent company of this website.


text:
Benitez: Chelsea need to improve if we're to become world champions
RAFAEL BENITEZ told his Chelsea players there was still plenty of room for improvement after they made it three wins in a row by beating Monterrey to reach the Club World Cup final.
Interim manager Benitez was pleased with his side's jet-lag defying 3-1 semi-final win in Yokohama but pulled them up on the late slackness that saw them fail to keep a clean sheet.
Benitez said: "When I talk about a winning mentality, always I talk about little details making the difference.
"The team has to think about winning, winning in style and not conceding because the goalkeeper likes clean sheets.
"They have to keep their concentration right to the end of the 90 minutes. That's what they need to do."
Benitez warned a repeat could cost Chelsea dearly in Sunday's final against South American champions Corinthians.
The Spaniard suffered defeat to Sao Paulo while in charge of Liverpool seven years ago in a game his side had dominated.
Chelsea wasted several first-half opportunities today, leading only 1-0 through Juan Mata.
"You have to take your chances," said Benitez, who watched his players produce a three-minute second-half blitz to kill the contest through Fernando Torres and a Darvin Chavez own goal before Aldo de Nigris' stoppage-time consolation.
Three matches without a win have now been followed by a hat-trick of victories by the man who still could not escape the ire of Chelsea fans, despite being so far from home.
"Now the team knows what we want to do," he said.
"They have more confidence and are enjoying their football a bit. We still need more time to keep improving."


text:
Trump took to Twitter to suck up to Putin and tell him that his World Cup was the best ever ahead of their summit meeting.
Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor and Senior White House and Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason spent four years as a political columnist and the politics editor at 411mania.com, where he covered such issues as the Iraq War, warrantless wiretapping, and the daily workings of the American legislative process. Jason has also written for the Blogger News Network and saw his 2008 presidential election coverage quoted in over 300 newspapers worldwide. Jason has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
Awards and Professional Memberships
Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association


text:
�Everything is �spring,'� jokes Executive Director Krista Mason as she strolls through the Benjamin�s Hope campus.
From that sunny drive, she can see where a "sidekick" (an employee there to help residents) builds raised beds for a new sensory garden, a 60- by 80-foot swatch of land awaits blueberry bushes, a natural playscape is being planned and a roadside stand for fruit and vegetables will be built � all this spring.
The time is now, and the Riley Street campus in Park Township is buzzing with activity.
New statistics released late last month by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control show 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In 2000, that number was 1 in 150. Benjamin�s Hope began several years ago as Mason�s vision for her son, Benjamin, who has autism. It is becoming a place for those with and without developmental disabilities to gather.
Worship at �The Gathering, 2 p.m. Sundays, began in October. The public is welcome to attend the church plant supported jointly by the Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in America, Mason said.
�On Sunday, it�s the craziest, wildest services anywhere,� she said.
The first three of six planned homes are filled with four residents each, and there�s a waiting list. Heather Lawrence loves to show off her apartment.
�She�s the tour guide,� Mason said as Lawrence shouted with excitement.
On one of the first warm days of spring, many of the 12 residents at Benjamin�s Hope were doing exactly what everyone else who was wondering if spring would ever arrive � being outside, enjoying it.
Friday afternoon, with a little help from a sidekick and Mason, they hunted for Easter eggs.
�There�s some over here, guys,� Mason beckoned. �I think there�s some over here.�
In less than a week, Lucas VandeKolk has logged 31.4 miles tooling around campus on his bike. Brett Wesselink, master of the 3-point shot, couldn�t get enough of showing off his basketball prowess as he shot hoops with a sidekick.
�I�m a rock star at long shots!� Wesselink shouted.
The debt-free public-private partnership serves residents from Ottawa, Allegan, Kent and Jackson counties now, but it is open to applicants from around the world.
They take care of the farm�s alpacas, rabbits and goats. Chickens are coming � this spring. A sensory garden being put in now will allow residents to grow their own flowers and vegetables.
Those living at Benjamin�s Hope will probably consume much of the produce, but what they don�t eat, they can sell at a roadside stand soon to be under construction. The garden is meant to be walked through and enjoyed. The sensory garden and playground are another way to invite the community at large, Mason said.
The nonprofit is partnering with Outdoor Discover Center to design the neighboring natural playscape.
Joy Funk, an interpretive naturalist at ODC, is designing the natural play area that could include balance beams, forts, stumps for climbing, an imagination building area, sensory play wall and sand box. It�s all in the vein of unstructured play, she said.
There will also be swings.
�Swings are really more structured than we usually do,� Funk said, �but I know a lot of the residents out there like to swing.�
Volunteers will build it as soon as enough logs and stumps can be found, Mason said.
Construction has also begun on the fourth house at Benjamin�s Hope and the foundation has been dug for a fifth house. Those will be open to residents in the fall. One is being funded by a $500,000 grant from the Federal Home Bank of Indianapolis.
�We don�t build anything until we have enough to complete it,� Mason said.
It will take another $3 million to build everything, including a sixth house and a community center, she said. There, vocational training will be on tap for residents and community members.
The Benjamin�s Hope board of directors also envisions the community center as a communication center � a place to research high-tech and low-tech ways to help nonverbal children and adults with autism to communicate.
When Mason thinks of the residents at Benjamin�s Hope who don�t use verbal communication (about half those with autism are nonverbal), she sees a puzzle to solve.
�I look at that as �well, we just haven�t found the right tool yet,�� she said.
A clinical director will join the staff in July.
� Follow this reporter on Facebook and on Twitter, @SentinelAndrea.
Benjamin's Hope bursting with spring activity
�Everything is �spring,'� jokes Executive Director Krista Mason as she strolls through the Benjamin�s Hope campus.


text:
Select a worry-free warranty:
Sale Price: $3,470.51
Sale Price: $2,420.49
Sale Price: $3,232.55
Sale Price: $3,089.99
Sale Price: $2,676.96
Sale Price: $4,475.23
Sale Price: $2,986.99
»» Description:
Aqua Pro Systems™ makes the most efficient
above-ground swimming pool heat pumps in America. Heat pumps run on
electricity and emit no hazardous pollutants into the air like natural gas
and propane. They are by definition low NOx. Heat pumps operate by
extracting heat from the air, compressing the air to warm it up, and
transferring the heated air into your pool water. Since the outside air is
always warm when the pool is in use, heat pumps for pools are
ultra-efficient. They are much cheaper to operate than natural gas or
Aqua Pro Systems™, a leader in the
manufacturing of above-ground heat pumps, builds these units with quality
first. The Pro 600™ features a cupro nickle heat exchanger that is
corrosion-free and impervious to pool chemicals. Solid-state controls allow
you to set your desired temperature, and then the heat pump automatically
calls for heat when the pool's temperature drops below that setting. A super
silent piston compressor makes this heat pump quiet as well as
ultra-efficient. The exterior cabinet is made of tough, durable resin that
is weatherproof and will not rust or corrode in any location.
Aqua Pro System™ heat pumps are built to last
and backed by impressive warranties. The entire unit carries a
5-Year Warranty on parts and a 1-Year Warranty on
Labor. As natural gas
and propane prices continue to soar, enjoy a warm pool with this ultra
efficient non-polluting heat pump.
»» Applicationn:
Above-Ground Swimming Pools
In-Ground Swimming Pools
»» Features
AquaPro makes the most efficient above-ground pool heat pumps in
Save $$$ w/ Heat Pump - Forget about high gas bills.
Cupro Nickle heat exchanger - prevents chemical damage and 15 year warranty!
Digital - set the temperature and let it do the work - no need to turn
it on and off when you need it.
»» Product Notes / Warranty /
Manufactures Websitee
5 Year Warranty on Parts.
1 Year Warranty on Labor.
Shipped by Truckline - Please include your phone
number when you purchase as it is required by the trucking company.
Sale Price: $3,126.98


text:
Pamper Puff
Thursday 17th October 2019 - 10:00 am - Thursday 5th November 2020 - 6:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 10:00am on Thursday, repeating until Saturday 26th October 2019
Event Navigation
Pamper Puff may be Merchant Square's best kept secret! Located in reception at 5 Merchant Square every Thursday you can sneak off without the boss seeing for an on site manicure.
They offer Mini-Manicures for just £12 and Gel Polish for £25 they also do Pedicures and Nails for Males!
To book your appointment just email email@example.com it is best to book earlier in the week as they do get busy!


text:
Biweekly Caption Contest #13
Featured 11/15/2007
Beat our caption and win $50!
Check out last weeks winner here!
Welcome to our 13th caption contest. After one day we will show only the top 10 comments, and you will be able to vote on your favorites. The winner as voted on by the users will win $50. Enter your caption as a comment to be in the contest. Anything other than captions in the comments area will be deleted. No 'priceless' captions please.
85 Comments
- Commenting Disabled


text:
[a just because poem]
of malicious
...fallen for anyway...
About The 4 Letter Word
Inked by the Management Team of TS Hawkins
Labels: Rorschach
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Copyright Notice
Copyright ©2019-20 TS Hawkins. All rights reserved. This includes but not limited to, adaptions, samples or other derivatives emanating from the poems or any other original material on this website, whether in print, film, music or any other media. No part of of this website may be reproduced in any form or by any means without written permission of TS Hawkins and/or HawkEye Entertainment, page2stage LLC, which may be rescinded at any time. Short quotations from poems are permitted as long as there is a link back to this site [www.TSPoetics.com] provided and boldly visible with reference evidently made to this site, the author and original source.


text:
The Ada-based SPARK programming language and toolset offer strong guarantees about the behavior of software systems. This powerful core underpins Echo, a complete approach to practical formal verification developed at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, by Dr. John Knight and his student, Xiang Yin. Echo extends the verification power afforded by the SPARK tools and the PVS Specification and Verification System to provide a complete proof that a given SPARK implementation re fines its formal specification.
The UVA LifeFlow LVAD
The University of Virginia LifeFlow Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) is a prototype artificial heart pump designed for the long-term (10–20 year) treatment of heart failure. LifeFlow has a continuous- flow, axial design. (See Figure 1) Magnetic bearings and a brushless DC motor keep the pump's impeller centered in the pump housing and turning without the need for mechanical bearings or shaft seals. The elimination of pinch points, coupled with careful design of the pump cavity, impeller, and blades, and aided by computational fluid dynamics simulations, minimizes damage to blood cells and reduces the potential for forming clots.
A digital control algorithm running on a Freescale MPC 5554 microcontroller provides control of the magnetic suspension bearings. The impeller, which turns at 8,000 RPM within 0.1 mm of the pump cavity walls, must be kept centered despite the forces imparted by gravity, blood flow and surge, and the patient's movement. In hard real time, the controller must sample the position of the rotor as reported by a self-sensing circuit, compute the coil currents necessary to keep the rotor adequately centered, and direct the coil driver to achieve those currents. Both individual magnetic coils and the wires connecting them to the control circuits can fail. The control software is required to be capable of reconfiguring to a variety of backup modes in which rotor levitation is accomplished with only two of three coil pairs.
Since a failure of the magnetic bearings could cause a failure of the pump and possible injury to the patient, the magnetic bearing control software must be as free of defects as is reasonably practical. Dr. Patrick Graydon developed software for the prototype using Altran Praxis' SPARK toolset and AdaCore's GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition Ada compiler. To achieve the necessary assurance, Yin and Graydon subjected the implementation to a complete formal verification using the Echo process. (See Figure 2)
The SPARK Programming Language and Tools
SPARK is a high-level, high-integrity software development language supported by powerful tools. Designed by Altran Praxis (previously Praxis High Integrity Systems), SPARK is an Ada subset augmented by a notation for specifying a program's "contracts." Contracts, also known as annotations, are expressed through a structured Ada comment syntax and support a style of program development known as Correctness by Construction.
One element of a program's contract, in both Ada and SPARK, is a subprogram's "signature" — its name, parameters (including their types and modes), and result type (if a function). SPARK programs have additional contractual elements: a set of core annotations, possibly supplemented by more specific proof annotations. The core annotations allow a fast (polynomial-time) analysis of SPARK source code to check for data-flow and information-flow errors. Such errors (for example, an attempt to read the value of an uninitialized variable) can indicate a failure of the code to meet its contract.
The Ada subset at the heart of the SPARK language has been chosen to produce a simple yet powerful programming language, retaining the key features that support the construction of software that is demonstrably correct. Because the restricted language subset excludes features that complicate static analysis, the tools are able to prove many of the requisite properties automatically.
Practical Formal Verification Using Echo
The Echo process is a practical approach to formal verification that builds upon the capabilities of the SPARK toolset. Testing alone is not a feasible means to achieve the necessary levels of assurance for critical applications. To supplement testing, developers might choose one of three forms of formal verification: correctness proofs, refinement, and model checking and static analysis.
Proving that a given source program correctly implements a given formal specification can be very challenging, even with machine assistance. Both the cumulative detail for the program and the complexity of individual predicates associated with elaborate or intricate source statements can easily overwhelm available machine resources.
Refinement approaches have been created to address these difficulties. In refinement approaches, a formal specification is repeatedly refined through a series of transformations. However, two important limitations make the refinement approach impractical or undesirable for many applications:
- Many existing software development techniques cannot be used because software development is constrained by the simultaneous proof development
- New or updated requirements necessitate revisiting every intermediate artifact in the refinement path


text:
Apparently missile-launching houses are a big problem in Japan.
She isn't the wolf -- get over it.
The whole point of the FFVII...
Use this control to limit the display of threads to those newer than the specified time frame.
Allows you to choose the data by which the thread list will be sorted.
Order threads in...
Note: when sorting by date, 'descending order' will show the newest results first.
Forum Rules


text:
by MMIM
MATERIAL: Crystal Cashmere Fabric, The Bottom Of Non-Woven Plastic Point, Non-Toxic, Emissions-Free Manufacturing, 100% Latex Free. An Ultra-Dense And Spacious Performance Yoga Mat That Has Unmatched Comfort And Cushioning. Ensures Comfort For People, Premium Mat Comfortably Cushions Spine, Hips, Knees And Elbows On Hard Floors. 71″ /Long X24″/Wide.
Original Design: The Unique Print On The Mat Adds Color And Vitality To Your Fitness Or Daily Exercise! Yoga Is Designed For You To Choose Different Colors And Designs.
EASY TRANSPORT: A Free Yoga Mat Sack Is Included,Multi-Purpose Premium Exercise Yoga Mat Is Easy Strapping And Light Weight Feature Are Easy Transport And Storage. Fitness Mat Exercise Mat Ideal For Indoors And Outdoor Exercise, Use In Yoga, Pilates, Stretching.
Versatile: Use Your Yoga Mat, Yoga, Pilates, Stretching And Any Other Exercise Or Stretching Program. Yoga Mats Are Lightweight, Easy To Carry And Suitable For Use In Gyms, Beaches, Parks Or Homes.
DELIVERY TIME: 7-15 Business Days.
Reviews, price, discount offer code and detailed description of Flower and Hedgehog Yoga Mat – Advanced Yoga Mat – Non-Slip Lining – Easy to Clean – Latex-Free – Lightweight and Durable – Long 180 Width 61cm can be found on


text:
Reading Instruction & Assessment
Best selling, research-based resources for effective reading instruction and assessment.
Programs and resources to aid in the development of reading skills; Skills Workbooks, Reading & Language Intervention Language Games
Select a catagory area to see the full selection of titles.
©2018 Academic Therapy Publications. All rights reserved worldwide. | Top
High Interest low level Books & Programs for Struggling
Readers. Serving Special Education since 1965.
20 Leveroni Court, Novato, CA 94949-5746
• (800) 422-7249


text:
Education Program
Education Program
An important role of the Honor Council is to educate existing and in-coming students concerning academic integrity, the Honor Code, and the University's general Honor System. The Honor Council shall design and carry out programs throughout the academic year to instruct and motivate the student body in matters of academic integrity. The Honor Council shall also carry out instructional programs for in-coming students during the orientation period and in various courses required of all new students.
The Vice Presidents of the Honor Council, with the assistance of the Faculty Advisor, shall carry out programs to advise the Faculty, Administration and Staff of the University in matters relating to academic integrity and the Honor System.
The Vice-President of the Honor Council shall head the Education Program with the assistance of the Faculty Advisor and all other Council members.
The Council shall meet annually with the Faculty Senate to discuss the status of academic integrity on the University campus and future needs relating to the issue.


text:
How to Put Your Images into a Message
Your images are probably photographs from a digital camera or scanned pictures. Either way, you should choose the .JPG (also called JPEG) file format as the output. It uses a compression technique that reduces the file size without significant loss in picture quality. This is why it is used so much on the Internet: smaller file sizes mean faster transmission on the web and download to web browsers faster, especially important to those with slow connections.
What if your image is in a different format like, say, TIF (TIFF) or BMP? The software with your digital camera or scanner should be able to convert it to JPG. If not, there are some FREE image editing programs that you can download from the web. One is IrfanView:
It can convert your graphic files to many formats and can do a lot of other things, like sharpening, change brightness/contrast, gamma correction and so on. Just use the program to open your image and under the "File" menu choose the option "Save as:". Then, in the dialog window click on the small arrow at the right of "Save as a type:" until you see the "JPG - JPEG Files" option.
Clicking on the "Options" tab let you also choose the degree of compression. The more the file is compressed, the more loss of quality the picture will suffer: it's best to ignore it and leave the conversion at the default level.
A 100 Kb file can show a lot of detail, more than most computer monitors can display, and there is no need to use files any larger than this (Kb, or Kilobytes are the units of measure for computer files. You should see the Kb level of your image under the "Image information" or "Image properties" of your editing software).
The average monitor resolution used is of 800 x 600 and an image of 800 x 600 pixels will completely fill the screen. An image of 400x300 pixels will be only one-fourth the file size (in Kb), and is still a pretty large image on a screen. So, another way to reduce a large image file is to resize it. In your image editing program you should usually find the "Resize" option under the "Image" menu.
Generally we are dealing with pictures of rectangular, vertical objects (RUGS!). A picture with an horizontal size of 500 pixels shows a lot of detail. Hardly any of the images you see on Turkotek is more than 500 pixels wide..
Using the jpg file type and an appropriate image size you should produce some perfectly readable images with a file size between 30 and 75 Kb.
The images you see on our site are almost never wider than 600 pixels or of file sizes greater than 100 Kb.
Now e-mail your images as attachments to us. We will put them into our server and send you simple instructions on how to make them appear, as if by magic, in your messages.
Hi Filiberto and Steve
Time goes and monitor sizes and resolution grows, I sometimes wonder if it wouldn't be okay to raise the size of uploaded photo ? The photo illustrations are for me a very valuable part of the discussions here at Turkotek
best Martin
Hi Martin,
You are right. The resolution of my monitor is 1366x768 pixels, that is also the most popular screen resolutions in use in 2013-2014. (see http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/best-screen-size/)
Which means that now we can increase the horizontal size of the pictures, but not too much, otherwise we will be obliged to scroll horizontally our screen to see an image that is too wide.
Yesterday, for example, somebody linked to a very large (in width) photo from another website. It didn't fit on my screen, so I downloaded, resized and uploaded it to our server (changing appropriately its link).
Just now, I resized and recompressed seven pictures for the current Salon. They had a width between 777 and 1099 pixels, for a total file size of 4061 kB.
I processed them to a width between 600 and 800 pixels for a total file size of 1154 kB.
In short, that's what I am doing now: using a width between 550 pixels (for long, narrow and vertical pictures) and 600/800 for the more square ones, depending also on the amount of details that they are supposed to show. Also the amount of jpeg compression applied depends on the quality of the picture and the level of detail.
So, I am keeping now the file size from a little above 100 kB to under 200 kB, with an average "weight" of around 150 kB or even less. Bigger than that, it's just a waste of bandwidth and server space.
Hi Martin and Filiberto
I agree, and have been doing that for awhile, with one exception: I reduce the width of detail images to 450 pixels. Most of them are less than one-fourth of the width of the whole piece, some are less than one-tenth of it. The 450 pixel width gives very good detail.
Most monitors can handle extra width, but not all of them can. The other significant factor, maybe even more important, is the speed of the user's connection. Pages with numbers of very large image files (large file size, not necessarily image dimensions) take longer to download and can even cause internet service providers (satellite services) to reduce the download speeds for 24 hours. I doubt that anyone is still on dialup connections, but 3G is very slow, 4G is somewhat better, and cable providers vary a lot.
Steve Price
Help with posting pictures
Hello all,
I am new to the forum and struggling to upload pictures from my computer to the site as it expects for it to be a url or already uploaded? Am I doing something wrong or not using the right feature? I read there is an option I could email these and these would then appear? I tried but was unable to find an email address? I apologise for the incovenience
Hi Chedan
Sorry for the confusion. If you send the image files to me (as JPG, preferably), I'll edit them as necessary, put them into our server, and send you instructions for making them display in messages that you post. My email address is email@example.com.
Steve Price
Thank you
Thank you so much for the help. I would look forward to the next steps from my side.
|All times are GMT +1. The time now is 02:28 AM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.10
Copyright ©2000 - 2019, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.


text:
Justin Timberlake Sings 'Happy Birthday' to 8-Year-Old Boy With Autism [VIDEO]by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
He doesn't need a 'Suit & Tie' to prove he's a class act!
According to ABC News, while performing in San Jose, Calif. earlier this week, Justin Timberlake sang 'Happy Birthday' to 8-year-old Julian Delan – and he got 25,000 fans to join him!
Delan, who has been diagnosed with high-functioning autism, is a big JT fan and was excited to see the former *NSYNC leader live in concert. But Delan's mother, Marika Rosenthal Delan, was nervous about taking her son to the show for fear of how the crowd would react to him.
During the show, a group of women around young Julian were able to capture Justin's attention on stage, and Timberlake sang 'Happy Birthday' and encouraged the rest of the arena to join him in singing to Julian.
Peter Delan, the boy's father, shared the video on Facebook and wrote "Thank you JT for an incredible night!! This is a moment Julian will never forget! Thanks for Gifts you sent down to him. #bestnightever #happybirthdayJulian #the2020experience #JustinTimberlake #yourbiggestfanisan8yearold"
Click on the video above to see the magical moment unfold for Julian!


text:
County Administration
Michael D. Wanchick, County Administrator
Michael Wanchick has served as County Administrator for St. Johns County, Florida since July 2007. As the County's chief administrative officer, he is responsible for implementing and overseeing all departments, policies, and programs of the Board of County Commissioners.
Arriving in St. Johns County at the beginning of a national recession, Mr. Wanchick was immediately tasked with leading the organization through the worst economic time in its history. Faced with declining property values and a growing demand for services and programs, he increased organizational efficiency through departmental consolidations and redeployments, implemented internal controls and prudent fiscal practices, and executed new policies and procedures. Through these measures, he reduced the County's annual operating budget by more than $166 million, increased services, and successfully directed St. Johns County through this challenging period.
With the County's financial position stabilized, Mr. Wanchick remains focused on providing core services and programs, and offering residents and businesses the highest possible value for their tax dollar. Increasing organizational efficiency and effectiveness and attracting quality economic development to enhance the County's tax base and create high paying jobs also remain priorities. Through an emphasis on efficient business processes and a streamlined organizational structure, he continues to professionalize St. Johns County government and transition the organization from a quiet, coastal community to a more dynamic business-friendly environment and emerging regional leader in Northeast Florida.
Before taking the position as St. Johns County Administrator, Mr. Wanchick worked for nine years as the Assistant City Manager for Development Services in the City of Richardson, Texas. During his career of more than 35 years, other positions in Florida have included Director of Strategic Planning and Growth Management for Broward County; Administrator of the Broward County Planning Council; Planning Program Administrator in Pinellas County; and Planning Analyst in the City of Clearwater. He is a member of the International City/County Management Association, the Florida City/County Management Association, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Urban Land Institute, and the American Planning Association.
Mr. Wanchick earned a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in urban affairs/public administration, and a master's degree in management from the University of South Florida. With specialized studies in organizational development and change, his education and experience have allowed him to serve as a change agent in many professional positions. In addition to his St. Johns County duties, he is a certified mediator and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Public Administration Department at Flagler College in St. Augustine.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mr. Wanchick lives in St. Augustine Beach, Florida with his wife Leslie and their son Adam.
County Administrator
500 San Sebastian View
St. Augustine, Florida 32084
E: email@example.com


text:
Immunization against the hepatitis A virus (HAV) is
recommended for anyone traveling to any country or area except:1
Talk to your doctor before visiting any other areas.
If you plan to travel to a part of the world where sanitation is poor or
hepatitis A is a known problem, see your doctor about
receiving the hepatitis A vaccine(What is a PDF document?),
immunoglobulin (IG), or the combination hepatitis A
and B vaccine. (Risk of
hepatitis B increases if you go to a high-risk country
frequently or stay for a long time.)
When traveling in an area where hepatitis A is a known
problem or where water quality is questionable:
CitationsSharapov UM (2012).
Infectious diseases related to travel: Hepatitis A.
The Yellow Book: CDC Health Information for International Travel 2012. New York: Oxford University Press. Also available online:
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2012/chapter-3-infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/hepatitis-a.htm.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Hepatitis A FAQs for health professionals. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HAV/HAVfaq.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007).
Update: Prevention of hepatitis A after exposure to hepatitis A virus and in
international travelers. Updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR, 56(RR-41):
1080–1084. Also available online:
Next Section:
Previous Section:
Last Revised:
August 30, 2012
Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine & W. Thomas London, MD - Hepatology
This information does not replace the advice of a doctor. Healthwise, Incorporated disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information. Your use of this information means that you agree to the Terms of Use. How this information was developed to help you make better health decisions.
To learn more visit Healthwise.org
© 1995-2012 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.


text:
Flat and yet not flat: a high level of safety provided by 10-millimeter-thick safety glass plate, a display which also serves as a handle and 1.1" LCD figures. All this makes the seca marina 817 precisely the right scale for people with high requirements: for their health, their body and their scale.
This is how tough gentle can be.
The extremely flat base is not only uniquely elegant and robust, but is also made from a particularly robust ABS plastic which withstands impacts, shocks and all commercially available cleaning and disinfecting products. But users' feet do not have to be shock-resistant because the edges of base and weighing platform are gently rounded.
This is how safe glass can be.
It is possible to slip off glass, particularly with wet feet. Not so with the seca marina 817: thanks to special furnace varnishing which puts a groove structure right across the glass plate. This guarantees a safe foothold and maximum protection against slipping.
Technical data
• Capacity: 400 lbs / 180 kg
• Division: 0.2 lbs / 100 g
• Dimensions scale (WxHxD): 13.8" x 5.3" x 13.8"
• Weight: 2.2 lbs / 3.5 kg
• Functions: Step-off, Auto-HOLD, automatic switch-off


text:
Nutrition Facts
Ingredients and Preparation
- Combine lemon juice, onion, garlic, cumin, black pepper, and steak in a large plastic zippered bag, and shake to coat steaks. Let marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes (or overnight, and take out of refrigerator 30 minutes before grilling).
- Preheat outdoor grill (or use an indoor grill or stovetop grill pan). Remove the steaks from the marinade and sprinkle with salt. Sear steaks over high heat for 1 minute on each side. Then reduce heat to medium to medium-high, and grill about 4-6 minutes per side, depending on thickness of steak and desired degree of doneness.


text:
The Wake Forest tradition of genuine conversation is coming to your table.
Let's Talk
© Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
336.758.5000 | Contact Us | Emergency
The Office of Family Engagement's blog is a snapshot of life at Wake Forest.
Join Loyal DEAC and discover all the ways you can become more involved with Wake Forest.
Inside WFU is published by the Office of Communications and External Relations to encourage communication and promote community among faculty and staff. We encourage faculty and staff to submit items to include.
Contact Us
Submit a Calendar Item


text:
UNION CITY — A teenager has been arrested after police say she brought marijuana-laced Rice Krispies Treats to school, passed them out and got her classmates high.
Officers responded at 2:37 p.m. on Oct. 4 to James Logan High School for a report of a freshman student providing the tainted desserts to some of her classmates, Cmdr. Ben Horner said.
Police believe the student brought the Rice Krispies Treats to the school at 1800 H St. and distributed them to her classmates without telling them they contained marijuana.
No students were injured as a result, Horner said.
The student was arrested at school, Horner said.
According to the district, no teachers consumed the tainted treats.
A district spokesman said Thursday the Board of Education will determine whether to expel the student.
The board's next regular meeting is Tuesday.
Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


text:
Little Planets - Galerie-du-Lac-Blanc
Log In
Other Galeries
Little Planets
Little planets are so great to make, it is so much fun. Tunnel, balls, planets, you can transform all your pictures using Dynamic HDR. It is so easy you won't stop!
Read More
Buy Photos
This Photo
Photos from This Gallery
Buy Photo Package
Buy Gallery Download
Build a Book


text:
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Manson Family member Bruce Davis, who was sentenced to life in prison for two 1969 murders but was granted parole this year, was ordered on Friday to remain behind bars by California Governor Jerry Brown who rejected the decision to free him.
When the 71-year-old Davis was granted parole by a state board in March, it was uncertain whether he would step out of prison on that vote of confidence in him by the panel, because Brown last year reversed a similar decision.
Davis has been serving a life sentence in a California state prison since his 1972 conviction for the murders of music teacher Gary Hinman, who was stabbed to death in July 1969, and stunt man Donald "Shorty" Shea, who was killed the following month.
Brown, in his review of the case, said he found Davis had still not taken full responsibility for the murders.
"When considered as a whole, I find the evidence shows that he currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison," Brown, a Democrat, wrote in his order. "Therefore, I reverse the decision to parole Davis."
Davis did not take part in the most infamous murders committed by the followers of Charles Manson, the Tate-LaBianca slayings.
Actress Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of filmmaker Roman Polanski, was stabbed 16 times by members of the cult in the early morning hours of Aug. 9, 1969.
Four other people were stabbed or shot to death at Tate's Los Angeles home that night by the Manson followers, who scrawled the word "Pig" in blood on the front door before leaving.
The following night, Manson's group stabbed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca to death at their house.
The killings in the summer of 1969 caused panic in Los Angeles. The murders also made Manson one of the 20th century's most infamous criminals.
Manson had directed his mostly young, female followers to kill in what prosecutors said was part of a plan to incite a race war between whites and blacks.
Now 79, Manson is serving a life sentence at Corcoran State Prison for the seven Tate-LaBianca killings and the murder of Hinman. He has been repeatedly denied parole.
Davis was previously granted parole in 2010 but remained incarcerated after that decision was reversed by then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(Additional reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Robert Birsel)


text:
Introducing the one, the only Showtime cabin bed, the perfect addition to your little star's bedroom. The all-performing cabin bed with curtains to draw so your little entertainer can take centre stage! Combining a quality solid wood mid sleeper with a hide-away underneath, this bed is the perfect place to perform whilst providing ample storage for props. There's so much fun to be had a great hit with little ones and parents!
If you love the look of this bed but would like a more robust frame why not upgrade to our Thor model, with larger posts and side rails the chunky look and feel makes this bed really stand out!
We dispatch all items the same day as the order is received. Our delivery timetable is based on working days (Monday to Friday).
For deliveries to the Scottish Islands, N.Ireland and Channel Islands just select non-mainland from the drop-down menu at checkout, there is a delivery fee typically for these services.
We have great confidence in our products and have many happy buyers but we understand that sometimes buying on the internet is tricky and you may change your mind after purchasing the goods this is never a problem at Noa and Nani. just email us at email@example.com with a cancellation request and we will cancel the order and the delivery.
If you receive the item and need to return it just email us and we can arrange for you. If the item has been damaged in transit or has any missing parts we can either replace specific parts or replace the whole item or the item can be returned for a full refund.
Our Payment Service Provider is Sage Pay (formerly Protx) – the largest independent payment service provider (PSP) in the UK and Ireland. Sage Pay provides a secure payment gateway (Level 1 PCI DSS), processing payments for thousands of online businesses, including ours. It is Sage Pay's utmost priority to ensure that transaction data is handled in a safe and secure way.
Sage Pay uses a range of secure methods such as fraud screening, I.P address blocking and 3D secure. Once on the Sage Pay systems, all sensitive data is secured using the same internationally recognised 256-bit encryption standards. Sage Pay is PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliant to the highest level and maintains regular security audits. They are also regularly audited by the banks and banking authorities to ensure that their systems are impenetrable.
Sage Pay is an active member of the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) that defines card industry global regulation.
In addition, you know that your session is in a secure encrypted environment when you see https:// in the web address, and/or when you see the locked padlock symbol alongside the URL.
So when buying through our site, you can be sure that you are completely protected.


text:
Looks like you are using an old version of Internet Explorer - Please update your browser
This guide contains full-color, exciting, age-appropriate activities that help reinforce the Bible lesson for each of the five days. Pack of 10. Ages 4-6
Checking for included items.
Checking for discount packs.
Checking for more in this series.
© 2019 Answers in Genesis


text:
Firefox crashes when viewing Youtube videos
This article is no longer maintained, so its content might be out of date.
The template "crashsig" does not exist or has no approved revision. NPSWF32.dll
If Firefox is crashing when you try to view videos on YouTube, it is usually caused by the Flash plugin conflicting with one of your extensions.
- For troubleshooting other crashes, see Firefox crashes - Troubleshoot, prevent and get help fixing crashes.
Table of Contents
Update Firefox
Firefox 3.6.4 and above load plugins separately from Firefox, allowing Firefox to stay open if a plugin crashes. To make sure you are using the latest version of Firefox, see Update Firefox to the latest release.
Conflict with extensions
Firefox extensions can cause this crash. To test whether your crash is happening because of an extension, try launching Firefox's Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode: Click the menu button , click help Click the menu button , click and select . Firefox will start up with the Firefox Safe Mode dialog.
firefox -safe-mode
You may need to specify the Firefox installation path (e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)
- In the Firefox Safe Mode dialog, click .
- Attempt to view videos to test for the crash.
- If the problem does not occur in Safe Mode, an extension is likely the cause. To narrow down which extension is causing problems, see Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems.
- If the problem still occurs in Safe Mode, follow the instructions in the next section of this article.
Flash plugin
The NPSWF32.dll file is associated with the Flash plugin. If the crash still happened in Firefox's safe mode, try uninstalling and re-installing the Flash plugin:
- For instructions on uninstalling the Flash plugin, see Adobe.com's article on uninstalling Flash.
- To re-install Flash, go to the Adobe Flash Player download page.
- Click the button to download the installer.
- After you've downloaded the installer file, double-click it and then follow the on-screen instructions.
- Restart Firefox.


text:
Elizabeth Olive was the daughter of John Olive and Ann Rossiter. She was baptised on 25th September 1778 in Frome, Somerset. She did not marry and died in March 1845 in Frome. This will is of particular interest to Cruse researchers because Elizabeth's niece Mary Olive (born about 1792) married John Cruse on 7th June 1815 in Devizes, Wiltshire. John Cruse was the son of Jeremiah Cruse the land surveyor (1758-1819) by his first wife Mary Masey (1760-1810). John was born on 23rd December 1788 in Frome and baptised on 12th April 1789 in Rode, Somerset. John Cruse and Mary Olive had five daughters, only three of whom seem to have survived to adulthood: Mary Ann, Henrietta and Frances. Elizabeth Olive leaves bequests in her will to her three Cruse nieces. The original will can be found in the Documents Online collection on the National Archives website (reference PROB 11/2018). This transcription is taken from an anonymous typed transcription which was kindly provided by Robert Cruse.
Proved 7th May 1845
Testator: Elizabeth OLIVE, Spinster of Frome Swd
£10 to my faithful servant Phillis HOBBS if living in my service when I die
19 guineas to The Frome Ladies Charitable Society
19 guineas to The Frome Sunday School under the direction of the Clergy of the Established Church
19 guineas to The Frome Infant Schools
19 guineas to The Church Missionary Society
19 guineas to The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
all my furniture and other articles of domestic use in my house at Weymouth, also all my mourning and family rings to Rev. John OLIVE, Clerk of Hollingly, Sussex
my watch, my pianoforte and all my wearing apparel to my niece Mary Ann CRUSE, but if she dies before me my wearing apparel to be shared equally between her two sisters Henrietta CRUSE and Frances CRUSE
all my remaining trinkets to Frances SIMPSON w/o Rev. George Philip SIMPSON of Brent, Soms
all my books to be divided equally between the said Mary Ann CRUSE, Henrietta CRUSE and Frances CRUSE
the closes of land called Long Paddock and Edge Mead, which is divided into two paddocks, near but not immediately adjoining Long Paddock but adjoining Cuckoo Lane and in the occupation of Mr William STEEDS, and my other acre of land in common with other land in Birchell Lane, late in the occupation of James CLASE and now of Miss CLASE, all in the P[ari]sh of Frome, to the said Rev. John OLIVE
to my Ex[ecut]ors £1,000 consolidated stock in consolidate[d] bank annuities, part of a sum in my name in the Bank of England, on trust:
- to pay the dividends to Frances SIMPSON, and after her death to George Philip SIMPSON and after their death shared equally between any children of Frances SIMPSON as they reach 21 or die under that age having been married .to pay the interest on two of the Frome Turnpike Trust Tickets which I hold and £50 to the said Mary Ann CRUSE and after her death to any surviving husband she might have and for all her children as they reach 21
- a Black Son [?] ticket I hold and £50 on the same trusts in favour of Henrietta CRUSE
- the other ticket and £50 on the same trusts in favour of Frances CRUSE
all the residue of the estate and effects to the said John OLIVE of Beckington, the said Rev. John OLIVE and the said Edmund Crabb OLIVE on trust to invest it and pay the income to William OLIVE, Gentleman of Beckington, and after his death to his wife Mary Ann OLIVE, and after both their deaths to all William OLIVE's children as they reach 21 or die earlier having been married
Ex[ecut]ors may apply for the advancement in the world of any of the children presumptively entitled to the above legacies any sum up to half their presumptive share
Ex[ecut]ors: John OLIVE esq. of Beckington and Edmund Crabb OLIVE esq. of Frome Signed: 11 Aug 1842
Witnesses: William C. CRUTWELL, Sol[icito]r, Frome; Ambrose READ, Clerk to Messrs OLIVE & CRUTTWELL, Sol[icito]rs, Frome
Codicil: revoking the bequest of £ 1.000 stock in consolidated bank annuities to Ex[ecut]ors in trust for her niece Frances SYMPSON w/o George Philip SYMPSON, her husband and children, and bequeathing to her Ex[ecut]ors £800 of this stock on the same trusts
£66 13s 4d of this stock to each of her three nieces, Mary Ann CRUSE. Henrietta Cruse and Frances CRUSE
revoking the bequest of all her trinkets to Frances SYMPSON and giving them to her niece Mary Ann CRUSE
all the bed and table linen in Test[atr]ix's dwelling house to Mary Ann CRUSE
Signed: 13 Mar 1845
Witnesses: Alfred DANIEL, Clerk. Frome; James COLTER [?], Clerk to Mr CRUTWELL. Sol[icito]r, Frome
Proved: 7 May 1845 at Prerogative Court of Canterbury London by John OLIVE and Edmund Crabb OLIVE esquires, nephews and ex[ecut]ors
The day-to-day activities of the Cruwys/Cruse one-name study with occasional diversions into other topics of interest such as DNA testing and personal genomics
Friday, 17 April 2009
The will of Elizabeth Olive,
spinster of Frome, Somerset
Posted by Debbie Kennett at 10:23 pm Labels: Rode tree, Wills
2 comments:
- gowen said...
I don't believe that John Cruse married Mary Olive born 1770, but her niece, the daughter of the elder Mary's brother William. The younger Mary was born abt 1792 which makes more sense with regard to the birth dates of her children.
- 9 February 2011 at 09:21
- Debbie Kennett said...
Many thanks for the correction. I've amended my blog post. I was given the information by another researcher and hadn't noticed the discrepancy in dates. My primary focus is on the Cruses. Do you by any chance have Mary's baptism and the name of her mother for my records?
- 12 February 2011 at 17:10
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
|Nashville, Tenn.
|High School:
|Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet
2012: Listed on the SCAC Academic Honor Roll for the third time...started 40-of-43 games, hitting .270 (31-of-115) with two doubles, 11 RBI and 19 runs scored...recorded eight mulit-hit games, including three hits versus Sewanee...drove in a season-high three-runs in the season opener against Berry.
2011: Earned First-Team All-SCAC laurels as an outfielder....started all 34 games and led the team hits (47) and steals (12)...was second on the team in runs (37), average (413) and on-base percentage (.492)...drove in 25 runs and eight doublesand three triples...listed on the SCAC Academic Honor Roll.
2010: Played in 21 games with 11 starts as a freshman...hit .225 (9-of-40) with eight runs scored, three RBI and a steal.
Pre-BSC: Hit .444 her senior year while pitching and playing outfield. She's a two time All-District athlete at Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet and was selected to the 1st Team MTSCA TN All Mid-State Softball Team in 2009. She helped her team advance to the TN State Tournament two times. She also graduated with honors and was a member of The National Society of High School Scholars.
Personal: Born on Dec. 16, 1990 and the
daughter of Jeff and Marina Rucker. She is majoring in
Economics and minoring in Chinese.


text:
Calendar |
Logan, Menard and
Sangamon Extension Unit
Recent articles
Grow a
nutritious garden in a pot
By Melinda Myers
Illinois legislators decide to leave raw milk
Getting the word out about 'Historic Farms'
book a challenge
Publisher seeks
Spring lawn care
By John Fulton
Enter your local fairground to win Grinnell
Mutual grant
IDNR initiates
further reforms to advance regulatory transparency
RMA answers FAQs on cover crop management
New rule restricts
transportation, release and harvest of feral swine
Think spring
By John Fulton
Illinois in March was
cold and dry
IDNR biologists offer fish-restocking advice to
pond owners
From the
LDN Spring FARM OUTLOOK
Chamber awards eight ag
scholarships for 2014
2013 year in review
By John Fulton
Corn: When a good
harvest may not be so good
By Derek Hurley
The big squeezeBy Jim Youngquist
Will Russia become a new world leader in agriculture?
By Nila Smith
Proposed ethanol reduction:
a triple threatBy Derek Hurley
Wild plant to
super seed
A new chapter in crop productionBy Jan Youngquist
Are GM seeds hurting the market?
By Jan Youngquist
Walking your crop out of
the fieldBy Jim Youngquist
Drones fly into agriculture
By Roy Logan
Is this the farm bill that we
wanted? Is it what agriculture needs?By Nila Smith
Here's your peek at the weather, and a little 'dirt' talk
By Jan Youngquist
2013 county crop yields
From John Fulton
University of Illinois Extension
celebrating 100th anniversary
By John Fulton
Chamber Ag
Breakfast draws crowd on a wet, chilly day
Album 1
| Album
2 |
3 |
Album 5
| Album
6 |
Album 7
Album 8
Home fruit tree spray schedules and lawn tips
John Fulton
Latest Farm Futures producer survey
reveals planting intentions
Illinois to receive federal specialty crop
grant money
Latest Farm Futures producer survey
reveals planting intentions
Illinois to receive federal specialty crop
grant money
Family farmers front Farmers
Union policy
U of I research: Incentives
needed to improve grain markets in India
Starting your own transplants
John Fulton
A sure
sign spring is on the way:
IDNR prepares for prescribed burns
USDA enhances Farm Storage Facility Loan
Will Russia become a new world leader in
National Corn Growers Association CEO Rick
Tolman announces plan to retire
Soils remain below freezing at the beginning of March
Registration opens Monday for the 2014
Conservation Congress
Off-road vehicle stamp
implementation postponed
IDNR will
seek public input on first OHV facility while rule changes
Back to top


text:
This study will explore the responses of the immune system to infection with HIV and other
pathogens and the changes in these responses over time.
Healthy normal volunteers and HIV-infected patients 18 years of age or older may be eligible
for this study.
Prior to enrollment and yearly thereafter, vital signs, height and weight will be recorded.
A medical history will be obtained if relevant to the laboratory research for which the
sample will be used. A more extensive history and physical exam is not required but may be
performed if deemed necessary by the VRC clinician. A complete blood count will be performed
on the day of enrollment and yearly thereafter. Samples will be collected in the following
Blood will be drawn from a needle in an arm vein one or more times during the course of the
study. From 20 to 150 cc (4 to 30 teaspoonfuls) of blood will be collected at a time. No
more than 450 cc (less than 1 pint) of blood will be drawn during any 6-week period.
Urine and saliva samples will be collected by the volunteer in private.
Swab samples will be collected by a nurse or doctor, using a cotton swab to brush inside the
Samples may be used for the following tests:
- Hepatitis and other viral screening-This may include screening for different types of
viral liver infections, such as hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, or G; for cytomegalovirus
(related to the herpes virus); and for varicella zoster virus (responsible for chicken
pox in children and shingles in adults).
- Genetic testing-DNA in blood cells may be examined for genetic mutations (physical or
chemical changes) or deletions (missing pieces) that affect substances involved in the
body's ability to mount an inflammatory immune response. Alterations in the genes for
some of these substances have been shown to influence HIV infection.
- HLA testing-HLA type is a genetic marker of the immune system. Determining HLA type is
necessary in order to do certain research studies. Some HLA types have been associated
with an increased risk of diseases like arthritis and other rheumatologic problems. HLA
testing may be used to try to identify factors associated with the rate of progression
of HIV disease or related conditions.
- Other laboratory tests as clinically indicated or required for research needs.
Some samples collected in this study may be stored for future research.They will be labeled
without identifying information.
Those with interesting or strongly positive immune responses may be asked to return to the
VRC Clinic to provide samples of urine or oral secretions.
The Vaccine Research Center (VRC) is studying specific immune responses to HIV infection and
other pathogens in order to characterize protective responses that can prevent new infection
in uninfected individuals, as well as define those responses that lead to successful control
of viral replication in persons already infected with the pathogen. We wish to define the
specific human immune responses to HIV infection, other pathogens and vaccines using human
peripheral blood mononuclear cells, plasma, serum, urine, or oral secretions as a model.
1. Willing to be tested for HIV.
Note: Subjects known to be HIV-infected will routinely have results of plasma
HIV RNA obtained at or within 90 days of the enrollment visit recorded;
volunteers believed to be HIV uninfected will usually have HIV ELISA (Western
blot if needed) and/or HIV RNA within 28 days of the enrollment visit recorded.
Test results do not have to be available before proceeding with enrollment.
Consent to be tested is required, but the testing itself does not have to be
completed if not needed by the research lab as subjects are eligible regardless
of HIV status.
2. Age: 18 years of age or older.
3. Ability to provide informed consent
1. Refusal to consent to follow study site policy on partner notification (if newly
diagnosed as HIV-positive while participating in this study).
2. Refusal to permit research specimens to be stored (frozen) for potential future
3. Any medical condition that, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator, would make
the subject inappropriate for protocol participation (such as coagulopathy or
inadequate venous access).
4. Women known to be pregnant
Bethesda, Maryland 20892United StatesThere is no listed contact information for this specific location.Site Status: N/A
| All trademarks are property of their legal owners. | All Rights Reserved
ClinicalConnection.com is a resource that provides information on clinical trials conducted worldwide.
ClinicalConnection.com does not conduct or endorse clinical trials. Please consult your physician before participating.
© All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service