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Abuse isn't just about bruises. Not all forms of abuse leave bruises where we can see them,Domestic Violence Grants 2018 in South Africa . Although physical abuse is terrifying and needs to be addressed immediately there are other forms of abuse that can cause significant damage. One type of abuse that is very difficult for outsiders to detect is financial abuse. Marriage should be a partnership but when one spouse completely dominates the finances to the point that the other spouse has no control and no options financial abuse may be occurring.
What Are Signs of Potential Financial Abuse?
Every married couple handles their finances differently. In some cases one spouse handles the majority of the finances. They manage the accounts, pay the bills and deal with creditors. That does not by itself equal financial abuse.
Financial abuse occurs when one spouse is treated like an irresponsible child and Domestic Violence History . They are cut off from funds and their knowledge about the couple's finances is severely limited. Some signs of financial abuse include:
•Strict Allowances. This isn't an amount that the spouses have agreed to limit themselves to but is instead a set amount that is grudgingly handed out from one spouse to the other and is all that will be given.
Documents, documents, documents. Written evidence is incredibly strong and can range from credit card bills showing that there is a credit card but that you aren't named on it to emails from your spouse that show the financial abuse.
Other witnesses can be incredibly powerful on your behalf. Financial abuse is hard for people outside the relationship to detect. So when someone credible comes in and tells the judge that it is happening and they can see it the judge will listen and Domestic Violence On Women .
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Good self-esteem or positive identity is an asset to any person. It helps improve relationships, confidence, job performance and makes it easier to enjoy and embrace life to the fullest. When a person has been abused, their good self-esteem is threatened and often lost. Understanding how this happens and knowing practical ways to deal with it can be valuable tools in our self-help toolbox!
Each of us is born with the gift of individual person-hood. Our unique genetic make-up and DNA set us apart from all others. We have boundaries that help us to know where we stop and where others start. Inside of these boundaries and within the context of our individual person-hood, we are free to grow, to question, to risk, to explore and to experience life in our own unique way! If allowed to continue and encouraged from those closest to us, we become comfortable in our own skin (within our own boundaries) and a positive identity develops.
Abuse is an invasion of those boundaries; an attack on our individual person-hood. Abuse happens when someone stronger than ourselves overpowers us, either emotionally, physically, verbally or sexually. Even if the abuse is not "severe" in comparison to what others have experienced, the impact on our self-esteem can be severe. The boundaries between us and the perpetrator are blurred. We tend to own some or all of the blame for the abuse and thus take on what rightfully belongs to the invader. With our boundaries destroyed and our person-hood invaded, we are left vulnerable to the world around us and confused about who we really are.
A common reaction to the invasion of abuse is withdrawal. Sometimes the victim will withdraw so far that they actually dissociate from the event completely. This may be good in the long run except for the fact that the dissociation almost always involves other emotions, longings, fears and identity markers that can no longer be accessed. People who are extremely shy and introverted, people who are emotionally shut down and people who lack in social graces are often (not always) reacting to some kind of abuse. The invasion has left them afraid to feel, afraid to connect and afraid to make a mistake.
Another reaction to the invasion of abuse is an attempt to build a wall of defense. The feeling of vulnerability is countered by erecting some kind of wall that we believe will protect us. We can become very angry and keep others at arms length by our temper. We can become very controlling and thus minimize the possibility of future hurt. We can become very sarcastic or funny to deflect our real feelings. We can become an overachiever so that others will identify us by our accomplishments and not by our fears. These walls feel protective but are actually putting us in bondage. We cannot do life without our anger, control, sarcasm, humor or achievements so we are not free to be who we really are... we are forced to keep up the act... and that is exhausting.
This second reaction was my own way of dealing with childhood sexual abuse. I kept the walls firmly in place from age 11 until age 35. At that point, exhausted from trying to keep myself safe, I attempted suicide, not out of despair as much as out of exhaustion!
When we react in either of these ways to abuse, we end up losing ourselves, our true identity, our positive identity or self-esteem. There is another way. From my own experience I have learned the power of these positive and practical steps that can lead us out of brokenness and into confidence in who we really are. Consider the following:
1) Be honest about our abuse.
We cannot properly deal with all of the feelings and reactions associated with our abuse if we refuse to face what actually happened. As with any recovery program, admitting the problem is the beginning of healing.
2) Forgive those who hurt us.
Holding on to the anger, hatred, malice or even ambivalence toward our abuser only keeps us tied to them and to the abuse and its consequences. Forgiveness does not mean that you are saying it was no big deal. It is not saying that you would let them hurt you again. It is not saying that it did not happen. Forgiveness is simply a choice to release them after coming to the conclusion that there is nothing they could do that would take away what happened to us.
3) Surrender our coping mechanisms.
Just as we have to be honest about our abuse, we have to be honest about all of the ways that we have developed to try to help ourselves cope with the abuse. What walls have we erected? What masks have we put on to hide from others? What self-medicating habits have we picked up? Name these coping mechanisms and then willingly lay them down. We may need to invite a few people who are close to us into this process since we often have blind spots related to coping.
4) Embrace the truth about who we really are.
Learn to look beyond what happened to us to the person we really are on the inside. At this point, having a relationship with God is a key factor. If we have become connected with our Creator through the sacrifice of His Son Christ Jesus, we get our true identity from Him. We are His sons and daughter, regardless of our abuse, achievements, failures or coping mechanisms.
5) Join a safe community.
At this point, with walls torn down and feelings exposed, belonging to a community where we feel safe is vital. A support group, home group, counselor or accountability group can provide a place for us to grow in our new positive identity. People who know our need for healing and encouragement will be a great help in this process of rebuilding.
Commit with me not to allow past abuse in our lives to rob us of our positive identity. Choose life!
Emotional Abuse Is Domestic Violence
Have you ever experienced sexual abuse? Do you know that the negative experience you had may still be affecting you in the present?
In my practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist, I discovered that many women, and even some men, experienced sexual abuse. As I counseled the clients, they became aware of the negative decisions they had made from their sexual exploitation. In fact, many years later those painful thoughts were still affecting their lives in negative ways.
Some of the symptoms that it still influenced their lives were low self-esteem, avoiding dating, struggling in their relationships, not enjoying their sexuality, hiding their physical beauty, shyness, and doing everything to please others.
I included 14 hurtful thoughts that caused the above symptoms that I heard from many of the clients of all ages. Can you relate to any of them?
14 Negative decisions based on sexual abuse include:
1) I feel shame.
2) I am bad and dirty.
3) I am not safe in the world.
4) I can't trust men not to hurt me.
5) My parent or parents betrayed me because they did not protect me.
6) I can't trust people I love to be there for me.
7) I should have stopped it.
8) Sex is painful, dirty and wrong.
9) Men want me only for my body.
10) I feel guilty because it felt good.
11) I feel different than others; I am an outsider.
12) I have to hide my secret so people do not judge me.
13) I have to do what others want me to or I am not safe or loved.
14) It is not safe for me to get attention from men.
For example, Susan was molested by her father. As a result, she hated men and that affected all her relationships with the opposite sex. She also was very cute, free- spirited and loving as a child and that is when her father started to molest her. Her decision was many of the above negative beliefs, as well as it is not safe to be free, happy and shine. She just did what people wanted to stay safe. Her self-esteem was very low and that affected her social interactions and professional success. To stuff her pain, she overate and was obese.
Her mother knew but did nothing to protect Susan. (Mothers often cannot deal with the rejection so they deny it, and may also be afraid of their partners.) To help Susan, I suggested that she imagine her mother in front of her and say, "You did the best you could with the information you had, I forgive you."
Then I helped Susan release the other negative thoughts based on her negative experiences, and she felt much better, began speaking up for herself, and her relationship improved.
By the way, sexual abuse is one major cause of weight issues. Nancy told me that whenever she was thin, men made sexual comments and she did not feel safe. The weight is her wall of protection. "Helene, she said, "I have to make myself unattractive with my unattractive hairstyle, baggy clothes, and fat, for the men to leave me alone!"
Can you relate to Susan or Nancy? If you do, it would be very beneficial to release those hurtful decisions, so that you can enjoy a healthy and happy life.

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Effective over up to an acre of land, this battery-powered garden gadget allows you to commit mass mosquito-cide using a tank of propane. Silent and odorless, the trap emits octenol (something that mozzies find sexy, aspazzarently) to lure the beasties close to the machine. Once there, a vacuum gathers them into the "removable catch basin", or death pan, as I like to call it, where they are dehydrated, giving you the potential to serve mosquito, midge, black-fly and sand-fly biltong at your barbecues. Cost is $500, and the mosquito trap will run for up to three weeks on a 20-pound propane tank. [Hammacher Schlemmer]
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Catada albolineata Hampson, 1895
Catada alboplagiata Bethune-Baker 1906
Catada aprepia Hampson
Catada bellaria Lödl & Paumkirchner, 2001
Catada bipartita (Moore, 1882)
Catada canaliferalis (Moore, 1877)
Catada charalis Swinhoe, 1900
Catada dahlioides Rothschild, 1915
Catada dinawa Bethune-Baker 1906
Catada dolichognatha Hampson
Catada griseomarginalis (Rothschild, 1915)
Catada hemiphaea Hampson, 1907
Catada icelomorpha Bethune-Baker, 1911
Catada leuconema Hampson
Catada ndalla Bethune-Baker, 1911
Catada nebrida Holloway, 2008
Catada nigribasis Hampson, 1895
Catada obscura Joannis, 1906
Catada odontophora Hampson
Catada odontosema Hampson
Catada orthogramma Hampson
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Catada phaeopasta Hampson, 1909
Catada philemonalis (Walker, [1859])
Catada phrycozona Turner 1902
Catada polysticta Hampson
Catada purpureotincta Hampson, 1895
Catada rex Bethune-Baker, 1911
Catada rubricaea Schultze, 1907
Catada rufula Holloway, 2008
Catada sanguinea Bethune-Baker, 1908
Catada transversalis (Moore, 1877)
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The Desert Ice Bonspiel is an open bonspiel for all to enjoy. This year marks the 15th year of our annual bonspiel and it continues to get bigger and better every year. So come on out for a little curling in the desert in beautiful Tempe, Arizona at the new dedicated Coyotes Curling Club.
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The DIY Nano app allows families to experience and learn about nanoscale science, engineering, and technology at home or on the go! The app provides free, easy to use, hands-on activities at your fingertips. Each activity includes material lists, step-by-step instructions, and detailed explanations. The activity materials are widely available and inexpensive, and you probably have many of them in your own home. Our app includes links to family friendly videos and helps you browse the whatisnano.org public website for more information, activities, and videos.
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Elk County Humane Society turns finance issues over to police
ST. MARYS – The Elk County Humane Society is turning over the effort to retrieve its missing records and assets to the St. Marys City Police Department, the organization said in a press release issued Tuesday. The Humane Society's financial records and assets have been out of the organization's control since June 24.Shortly after June 24, the Humane Society announced that it would be reorganizing effective immediately. In that statement, the organization announced that "for the foreseeable future, the Humane Society will be operated by an all-volunteer staff, they will not be accepting new animals and they will not be able to provide Humane Officer Services."According to that release, Elk County Humane Society Treasurer Rich Danz resigned unexpectedly on Friday, June 24, and at that time was in possession of the society's assets and financial records. In the most recent release, the Humane Society stated that its records and assets have yet to be returned and "continues to survive through the good works of volunteers and the generosity of many individuals." "We are down, but we are certainly not out," said Elk County Humane Society Vice President Joe Boylan in the release. Operations will continue to be curtailed until the Humane Society regains possession of its assets and records. Until that time, the organization will be unable to accept surrendered animals, with the exception of any strays that are brought in by Animal Control Officer Debbie Constable or Elk/Jefferson County Dog Warden Jamie Carlson. Additionally, the Humane Officer will still be accepting abuse calls. The shelter is beginning new hours of operation this week and will now be open Tuesday and Thursday from 12 to 4 p.m., Saturday from 12 to 2 p.m., and Friday by appointment. Appointments should be made by calling 834-3247."The officers, directors, volunteers, and certainly the animals, if they could speak, want to acknowledge everyone who has come forward in support the Humane Society during this time of crisis. The donations of money, time and supplies have been critically important in maintaining day to day operations," the release stated. "The shelter remains in operation on a month-to-month basis through the generosity of the entire county, and presently there are 12 dogs and 20 cats that are seeking good homes." Pick up a copy of the Wednesday, July 18, 2012 edition of The Ridgway Record for more.


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It looks like our deranged friend at Regular Car Reviews is back, and this time he's got his hands on a 2003 Honda S2000. Learn how it will ruin your relationship, make you obsessed with Initial D, and make you buy a Red XIII sex costume. Wait, what?
Between this and his equally insane Mazda Miata review, it's pretty clear our friend is a fan of sports cars. Here he attempts to dispel some of the common myths about the S2000, like how it's banned in Canada and how you have to get a special license for one... at the courthouse.
But while its driver-centered ergonomics will make you a selfish asshole, you'll have a great time taking yours all the way up to 9 million RPMs or whatever its redline really is. And the best part? You'll make Miata owners shut up for a few minutes. You can't put a price tag on something like that.
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Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" is essentially what you would get if Michelangelo Antonioni were to remake Coppola's "Lost in Translation." For some, like the jury at the Venice Film Festival, this is heaven. For others, it's a droning and dense retelling of a story you've already heard.
In terms of plot, "Translation" and "Somewhere" (which won the Golden Line, top prize at the Venice Film Festival) couldn't be much more similar: a fading movie star gets his life turned upside-down when he unexpectedly falls under the spell of a girl more than 20 years his junior with whom he spends a whirlwind weekend in a hotel far from home. But rather than Bill Murray's sardonic humor and Johansson's luminescent beauty, we get Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning, both of whom give excellent performances, sadly in vain.
Dorff has said that the part of Johnny Marco is the best he's ever had the privilige to play, and it's easy to see why the role spoke to him. Dorff's essentially playing a version of his real self, crossed with a version of the layabout skirtchaser he's assumed by many to be. Johnny no doubt truthfully depicts the tedium and solitude of being a Hollywood actor: hiding out in the Chateau Marmont, having strippers come to your room just because you can, the fog of booze and drugs, living in constant paranoia about the paparazzi. It feels real.
Unfortunately, Coppola's approach to communicating to us this existential crisis includes making us feel it. From the very first scene of the film, she repeatedly holds shots two beats too long as Johnny stars off into the distance, across the horizon, from his balcony… We get it, he's pensive/bored/sad/shiftless.
Fanning is great as Cleo, Johnny's 11-year-old daughter. Unlike her sister, Dakota, who possesses a preternaturally old soul, Elle Fanning is exactly what the role of Cleo demands, a kid in all her gangly, eager-to-please youth. She has an easy realness to her that feels natural.
There's so little dialogue in the film that the engine of Jonny's Ferrarri just might be the third-most prevalent voice in the film, the low rumble of the powerful engine serving to underscore the static nature of Johnny's life. But at some point, you grow to be as tired of the monotony as Johnny is.
Coppola is hardly the first director to till the same soil more than once in an effort to find some new truth or to hone their message. "Somewhere" doesn't really succeed at either.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut. If you collected all the bacteria and other microbes you have, they could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds.
Now scientists have mapped which critters normally live in or on us and where. They've calculated that healthy people share their bodies with more than 10,000 species of microbes.
Don't say "eeew" yet. Many of these organisms work to keep humans healthy. Results reported Wednesday from the government's Human Microbiome Project define what's normal in this mysterious netherworld.
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Marketing is very important to the success of any business venture. The aim of marketing is to inform as many people as possible about the products and services being sold. Over the last few years companies have turned to the internet as an avenue to sell their products. They have partnered with internet users who use various online business systems to campaign for the products and earn some income in return.
There are very many of these systems being used presently. The choice depends on the specific objective that they are intended to achieve. The common types include affiliate marketing, video marketing, article marketing, auction selling, blogging, e-commerce, e-mail marketing social network marketing and mobile marketing among others.
In affiliate marketing, one uses their website to promote products and services of another company. Under this arrangement, one is given an exclusive link of the company to include in their website. They are paid commissions depending on the number of sales made through this link.
Auction selling involves putting up various items on online marketplaces where buyers can bid for them. One may either sell used goods or buy and then resell wholesale goods at a profit. If one is skilled in marketing, sales copyrighting and merchandising they may greatly benefit from this option.
Blogging is a fairly new technique of marketing but has picked up very well. By cleverly crafting a blog about a particular product one is able to attract readers who are also potential buyers. The readers will also be exposed to advertisements incorporated into the blog. The advantage of a blog is that one has control over what is communicated to the customer. It also allows for interaction between the customer and the seller.
E-mail marketing involves promotion and sell of products through email. One can get customers to subscribe to say, an e-magazine that contains advertisements about the products that are up for sale. A variant of the same is mobile marketing where persons using cell phones to surf can also be targeted as potential customers. It is important that the messages are short and interesting so that they do not become an annoyance to the recipients.
Other popular online business systems are social network marketing and video sharing. Both are fairly new but very effective. Social media relies on the preexisting trust between the buyer and the seller and is therefore likely to be very effective. Video sharing on the other hand works much like a homemade commercial that is uploaded to a video sharing site.


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This thread is a part of the major thread about using iPad for education purposes here.
This thread here made me realize that that it would be super-cool to be able to merge PDF documents and other documents in iPad.
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How can I do it with documents of different formats?
Does there exist an app to merge PDF documents?
Possible to merge images or even Doc/Docx -documents with Math -formulae?


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Mel Gibson's out, but the gang for the new "Mad Max" movie continues to grow.
Nicholas Hoult is the latest actor to head to Australia to join "Fury Road," the latest installment to the George Miller's iconic series, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Hoult made his mark on the film world as the boy in "About a Boy" with Hugh Grant, but he's all grown up now, with leading man looks and an exploding resume. He'll star in the upcoming "Clash of the Titans" and has a memorable turn as the student rocking Colin Firth's world in "A Single Man." He held his own with Firth and his sharp cheekbones alone will make for great "Max" appeal.
Little is know about Hoult's character except that his name is appropriately post-apocalyptic "Nux."
Gibson said in a press conference earlier this month that he had been in touch with Miller many times about the next "Max" movie, but that he wasn't going to be a part of it. Gibson echoed the sentiment of many when he added: "I cannot wait to see it. Everything George does is magic and has a touch of genius."
Charlize Theron, who seems born to play in these movies, and Tom Hardy will star in the picture which is set a while after 1985's "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome." This would keep the Gibson character at a young age.
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Struisbaai harbour is home to a well known couple of Stingrays. Parrie the larger one is a long time resident, and has even travelled to Cape Town for a visit to the Aquarium. Parrie can often be seen around the slipway, waiting for morsels from returning fisherman.
Parrie is an excellent mascot for our beautifull harbour. This page has a simple goal, which is to ensure that Parrie is protected, and Struisbaai Harbour is maintained as a key tourist attraction to our town.
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Review: Still Counting the Dead
If even half of what Frances Harrison has uncovered about what the Sri Lankan state did to crush the Tamil Tigers is true, then Colombo's political and military leadership can be in the dock for war crimes.books Updated: Jan 02, 2013 12:09 IST
Book: "Still Counting the Dead"
Author: Frances Harrison
Publishers: Portobello Books
Pages: 259; Price: Rs. 399
If even half of what Frances Harrison has uncovered about what the Sri Lankan state did to crush the Tamil Tigers is true, then Colombo's political and military leadership can be in the dock for war crimes.
The former BBC journalist talks to a few who got trapped in the LTTE war zone until the Tigers were vanquished and later made their way to the West -- with revolting stories of death, destruction, savagery, torture, rape and humiliation of an entire community heaped in the name of a war on terror.
"Tens of thousands of civilians were slaughtered by the Sri Lankan government," a UN aid worker tells Frances, who painstakingly tracks witnesses to know what happened during the end stages of the war until May 2009 and, in some cases, beyond.
With international organisations abandoning over 400,000 Tamils they should have protected, there was no place to run as the military went on the kill, not bothering to differentiate between LTTE fighters and civilians. One UN official concluded that the government repeatedly declared safe zones "only to concentrate civilians in one place so as to kill as many as possible".
This, of course, was not the official line. To the world, Sri Lankan leaders kept parroting that they had a "zero civilian casualty policy". Frances says the UN and many Western diplomats in Colombo knew this was a lie "but remained silent".
Nobody knows for sure how many LTTE fighters and civilians perished in the military blitzkrieg that began in 2008 and reached its peak the next year. Sri Lanka adopted "scorched-earth tactics, blurring the distinction between civilians and combatants, and enforcing a media blackout". The world turned a blind eye, and countries from India to China backed Sri Lanka. Everyone was ready to accept Colombo's denials at face value. You get the bone-chilling truth from Frances.
Frances meets scarred survivors who recount how they walked to surrender to the army, "their bare feet stained with human blood" and seeing "still burning, and limbless, decomposing corpses … under vehicles or alongside bunkers". A priest remembers counting "thousands of dead on that journey, most of them civilians, not fighters". A Sinhalese soldier jeered: "We have killed all your leaders and you are our slaves!"
A journalist who worked for the pro-LTTE web site TamilNet describes seeing "children's brains exposed by shattered skulls" and hearing "desolate screams of their mother".
A doctor who remained in the war zone saving thousands of lives with a group of medics recalls that after January 2009, "people would arrive (in barely functional hospitals) with all the flesh blown off their limbs, the white bones visible like chewed joints of raw human meat". If doctors shared details of their hospital's location with the army, "the buildings were attacked (by artillery and air) within days, if not hours".
The doctor says the military used white phosphorous. By the end of the war, hospitals had no medicines, no bandages. Surgeries were conducted using knives. After having seen thousands of limbs and body parts, the surgeon today "cannot stand the sight of blood".
Each recall of the war's end stages - by a nun, a teacher, a volunteer, a LTTE fighter, a shopkeeper and a wife - is more horrific than the previous one. It is difficult to even imagine that civilians in no way responsible for what the LTTE did were subjected to such savagery by a state whose citizens they were. The account by a distraught woman married to a pro-LTTE man brings out shocking details of how Tamil women were raped at will.
Frances holds no brief for the LTTE. She denounces it for forcing Tamil civilians to forcibly live in rebel territory. "Tamil nationalist groups conveniently overlook the fact that the Tiger leaders deliberately exposed their own people to slaughter and refused to surrender…"
Sri Lanka's tragedy is not over. "Human rights activists and journalists have continued to disappear well after the war ended - not only Tamils but Sinhalese too." The book is a good guide to understand why the Tigers went down - after having been seemingly invincible for decades.
The book is also a powerful indictment of Colombo - and the LTTE. It should be read by anyone wanting to know what happened in Sri Lanka.


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Local police said Saturday that a bloody towel, bloody vase and bloodied sheets were found at the crime scene in the post St. Regis Bali hotel. Dr. Dudut Rustyadi, head of the police forensic team, said preliminary autopsy results show Mack took a blow to the head and back of the neck. A defensive wound was found on Mack's hand, Rustyadi added. Mack's body is expected to be returned to the U.S. on Monday for further investigation, officials added. Local police said the two suspects are not talking and that police are waiting for the results of a pregnancy test carried out for Mack's daughter, Heather.
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The Dark Heart of Blackhall
- Retrieve the Blackhall Family's Book from the ritual site.
- Return the Blackhall Family's Book to Obadiah.
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- 1,000 Bottle Caps.
This side quest can be an extremely quick one if you know precisely where you're supposed to go to get things underway. The Dark Heart of Blackhall refers to Blackhall Manor, a Victorian-aged structure still standing to the west of Point Lookout's boardwalk area. The best and easiest way to get to the mansion, if you've yet to explore the map in its entirety, is to spring off from the Homestead Motel and walk westward. Before too long, the mansion will dominate the horizon, so you'll know precisely where you're supposed to go. Expect to run into some resistance along the way, both in terms of Ghouls and hicks, but you shouldn't have much trouble breaching the old, seemingly-abandoned mansion itself.
When you are inside Blackhall Manor, you'll no doubt want to explore. After all, there's plenty of terrain to see. However, that's not covered here, so if you want to see the totality of the manor, you're going to have to do so on your own. Instead, walk forward from the door down the corridor, and swing rightward the first chance you get. When you do, the owner of the manor, an elderly man named Obadiah, will stop you and ask what you're doing there. It's in your best interest to treat him nicely, so that you can approach him and begin to talk to him about just what needs to be done. It appears the Blackhall family book -- the Krivbeknih -- has been stolen by some local yokels, and Obadiah wants you to help him get it back. Better yet, he offers up 1,000 Bottle Caps for you to help him (if you're in need of Bottle Caps to do the expensive Plik's Safari side quest, this one would be a good one to do first).
Agree to help out Obadiah, and the purported location of the stolen book will thereafter be revealed on your map. The location you're heading to is one called the Ritual Site, and it's located due east from Blackhall Manor, past the boardwalk area. Therefore, you might want to teleport instantly to somewhere a little closer, such as Haley's Hardware or The Homestead Motel and go from there, so you have a briefer over-land journey. Nonetheless, you'll know you've arrived when you find the structure of a house that once stood, guarded by many locals. A double-door leading into a subterranean chamber is what you're seeking out here.
The labyrinthine corridors below the doors might confuse you, but there's generally no way to get lost here. In fact, until you reach the location of the stolen book, you won't even run into any enemy resistance at all, so you're free to explore this place at will. You'll want to keep exploration to a minimum if you're going straight for the book first, however. Follow the linear corridor until it splits for the first time. Continue forward and go right -- you'll find an already-cracked safe with some Moonshine and a Stealth Boy within it. From there, backtrack and head leftward (well, it's rightward if you're backtracking) down a ramp. Eventually, you'll reach an area to your right that appears to be an altar. Approach the altar and examine it, and you'll find the stolen book, the Krivbeknih, there. Take it, and then get ready for a battle.
Taking the book, of course, has infuriated the inhabitants of this subterranean chamber, and now they want a piece of you. Naturally, you can fight them head-on or opt to run by them and emerge back outside relatively unscathed. What you do in that regard is completely up to you. Nonetheless, when you do finally emerge from the Ritual Site, you can teleport back to Blackhall Manor instantly (assuming there are no enemies outside stopping you from doing so). Walk back into the manor and hand over the family book to receive your prize, though for whatever reason, the old man treats you in a hostile manner hereafter. We didn't appreciate that much and decided to off the old man after we were paid, but how you handle the situation is up to you. After all, once the book is handed over and you get your 1,000 Bottle Caps, the side quest comes to an official end.


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Journalists belonging to the Afghan Women Journalists' Association urged UNESCO to play a leading role in supporting Afghanistan's transformation after 2014, the date when most peacekeeping forces are expected to withdraw and national elections are to be organized.
On 17 May, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova met in Kabul with the Association, founded in 2005 by Ms Shafiqa Habibi and now counting 350 members in five provinces.
"Our greatest challenge is the lack of capacity – many journalists have no professional training. In some provinces there are no women journalists," said Ms Habibi, whose Association conducts training workshops for women journalists across the country.
"We are also afraid that women won't participate in the elections. This is why we are now developing projects to run workshops for all women journalists, to encourage them to cover the issues."
According to Ms Sharifa Zurmati, a journalist who became one of 68 Afghan women to win a seat in the country's Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of Parliament, there are 2400 women journalists working across the country. "We have been able to bring tremendous changes in the last decade, we have made great gains in freedom of expression and we don't want to lose these gains," said Ms Zurmati. "We hope that UNESCO will play a lead role in putting pressure on the world community to keep supporting Afghanistan and Afghan women after 2014."
Women face tremendous challenges in breaking through conservative traditions: at least 300 have been forced to leave their jobs in recent years during to insecurity, says Ms Zurmati. Ms Sohayla Waziri, a student in her third year of journalism studies at Kabul University, said that the first challenge is to break down barriers about women's role. "Society tells us that this is not a good job for a girl, that only men can do it, that our religion is against it. But we know how honorable this profession is. We are messengers for innocent women who are under the pressure of different ideologies. And after 2014, once I have completed university, will I have the opportunity to work or now?" Ms Nargis Waziri, a student in her fourth year of television journalism, recalls that at the beginning, simply being heard was difficult. "I always knew that I wanted to form my own ideas and express them, and now my fellow students and teachers respect me."
The Director-General commended the women for their courage, assuring them of UNESCO's solid intention to accompany their country and profession. She referred to UNESCO's expertise in journalism training in transition settings and election-related overage. "We are looking to expand our support in the run up to 2014 and beyond," said Ms Bokova, insisting also on the importance of gender-sensitive reporting. "How journalists speak about different aspects of women in society, whether in terms of language, politics, family, education, rights, health – all this contributes to slowly changing mentalities, and to showing that an educated woman has benefits for the entire family and society." She pledged to seek support for training workshops to build up the capacity of journalists to report on elections.


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Our first exposure to geometry is to that of Euclid; in which all triangles have 180 degrees. As it turns out, triangles can have more or less than 180 degrees. This unit explores these curved spaces that are at once otherworldly, yet firmly of this world—and present the key to understanding the human brain.
We live in a world — a reality — ruled by straight lines. Our streets, houses, cubicles — virtually all of our space is parceled into rectilinear grids. Mathematicians were also ruled by straight lines — some would say imprisoned by them — for two thousand years. But what is a straight line? And when is a straight line not "straight"?
Math encompasses far more than the study of numbers. At its heart, it is the application of logic in the search for order in the world around us. A fundamental question in this search is how to divide up, or describe, space.
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Unlike an abbreviation, an acronym is usually pronounced as a word. You do not pronounce it letter by letter. The British Broadcasting Corporation is often abbreviated to BBC. We pronounce all three letters. In the case of acronyms like NATO and AIDS, we pronounce them as words.
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Lee leads by a shot after Thompson's 63
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Ilhee Lee of South Korea kept her lead in the LPGA Malaysia on Friday while 18-year-old American Lexi Thompson shot an 8-under 63 Friday and was one stroke behind after two rounds.
Lee, seeking her second title on the LPGA Tour, had a 65 that left her at 13-under 129. She led by four early on, but Thompson surged on the back nine with four birdies around an eagle on the par-4 14th.
"It was right on line," Thompson said, referring to the eagle. "But I couldn't see the bottom of the hole, but a few of the volunteers up by the green started yelling, so I was like, 'All right, maybe it went in.'"
Thompson, third in the recent Evian Championship, is going after her second tour victory.
Last week's Reignwood Classic champion, Feng Shanshan of China, also shot a 65 and was at 10 under. I.K. Kim of South Korea (66) and Paula Creamer of the United States (67) were at 9 under.
Amy Yang of South Korea shot a tournament-record 62 at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club and was among those five off the pace.
"It was a great round," Yang said. "I've shot 10 under before, but that was during a mini tour, so this is my best on the LPGA Tour and it feels great."
Defending champion and top-ranked Inbee Park shot par and was at 1 under.
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As stated in the first post, the purpose of this blog is to serve as a log or journal of my family history research. Before I describe the first few encouraging steps I have taken on my genealogical quest for knowledge, I feel the need to detail the background information I have gathered informally over time. I guess that should be expected from someone who is interested in researching her family history – how can I tell you about where I am without describing the events that brought me here?
In the 8th grade one of my teachers arranged a potluck in which each student was to bring in a dish from their culture and explain where it came from. When I asked my mom why our Panamanian family eats fried plantains (pronounced plantin' NOT plantanes, thank you), she talked about how everyone in Panama eats plantain. As some sort of afterthought she mentioned that that her grandparents, who were from St. Lucia and Martinique, and my father's grandparents, who were from Barbados and Jamaica, came from countries where plantain was also widely consumed.
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|What is an Organic Church?
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Organic Church. I've been using this term for around fifteen years now. Today it's become somewhat of a clay word, being molded and shaped to mean a variety of different things by a variety of different people.
T. Austin-Sparks is the man who deserves credit for this term. Here's his definition:
God's way and law of fullness is that of organic life. In the Divine order, life produces its own organism, whether it be a vegetable, animal, human or spiritual. This means that everything comes from the inside. Function, order and fruit issue from this law of life within. It was solely on this principle that what we have in the New Testament came into being. Organized Christianity has entirely reversed this order.
The phrase, "the organic expression of the church" was a favorite of Sparks'. I've yet to find a better phrase to improve upon it.
By "organic church," I mean a non-traditional church that is born out of spiritual life instead of being constructing by human institutions and held together by religious programs. Organic church life is a grass roots experience that is marked by face-to-face community, every-member functioning, open-participatory meetings (opposed to pastor-to-pew services), non-hierarchical leadership, and the centrality and supremacy of Jesus Christ as the functional Leader and Head of the gathering. Put another way, organic church life is the experience of the Body of Christ. In its purest form, it's the fellowship of the Triune God brought to earth and experienced by human beings.
To use an illustration, if I try to create an orange in a laboratory by employing human ingenuity and organizational skills, the lab-created orange would not be organic. But if I planted an orange seed into the ground and it produced an orange tree, the tree would be organic.
In the same way, whenever we sin-scarred mortals try to create a church the same way we would start a business corporation, we are defying the organic principle of church life. An organic church is one that is naturally produced when a group of people have encountered Jesus Christ in reality (external ecclesiastical props being unnecessary) and the DNA of the church is free to work without hindrance.
To put it in sentence, organic church is not a theater with a script. It's a lifestyle-a spontaneous journey with the Lord Jesus and His disciples.
The Traditional Church. By this I mean a church that is created by human organization, chain-of-command styled leadership, and institutional programs. It's marked by a weekly order of worship (or mass) officiated by a pastor or priest. It's controlled by a top-down hierarchical organization and sociological slots (called "offices") that people fill.
The traditional church has often been called "the institutional church," "the organized church," and "the audience church." Congregants watch a religious performance once or twice a week, and then retreat home to live their individual Christian lives. Leadership is hierarchical, and Christians are divided into "clergy" and "laity" (or their equivalent-"pastors" and "laymen").
Granted, some traditional churches have small group meetings outside of weekly church services where members get a taste of community life. But this community life is not the driving force of the church. And a hierarchical leadership structure is in place in the small group gatherings. Someone is always "in charge," and the group is ultimately under the authority and restrictions of the pastor or priest.
We can think of the difference between organic churches and traditional churches this way. When God's people assemble together on the basis of the organizational principles that run General Motors and Microsoft, we call it a traditional (or institutional) church. But when God's people assemble together on the basis of the life of God, we call it an organic church.
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From digitally printed textiles to stylish tech gadgets and even wearable computing, the ever-growing partnership of fashion and technology is catapulting the design world into a whole new dimension.
Evidence was everywhere at the New York fall-winter 2013 fashion presentations in February — from models tweeting as they walked the runway at the end of the Kenneth Cole show to Vivienne Tam's "propaganda print" dresses bearing a pattern that incorporated QR barcodes, readable by scanners to link back to Tam's Facebook page.
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Just a few years ago, digital textile printing was hailed as a fashion innovation, most notably when the late Alexander McQueen showed vivid digitally printed, reptile-patterned dresses in his spring 2010 collection. Now nearly every major fashion house uses digital prints.
For instance, designer Daniella Clarke, creator of local denim brand Frankie B., is offering stretch denim leggings digitally printed with a night photograph of the Los Angeles skyline taken near Figueroa Street. The style is to be available for $189 at Bloomingdale's stores as of June 15.
Another new permutation is a collaboration between New York fashion designer Alexander Wang and Samsung Electronics. For the project, Wang enrolled a group of friends and fashion influencers, including Barneys New York creative ambassador-at-large Simon Doonan and fashion photographer Hugh Lippe, to create sketches on Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphones. Wang then combined them to create a crowd-sourced digital pattern. The final print will be featured on a limited-edition leather Wallie Gym Sack backpack to be sold this summer at alexanderwang.com.
Wearable computers
Up in Silicon Valley, all the hype is about "wearable computing."
Google's "Glass" technology debuted at Diane von Furstenberg's spring-summer 2013 fashion presentation, where models donned the "augmented reality" eyewear that puts digital information literally in front of your eyes. Featuring Google Voice Search, a built-in camera, microphone and GPS, the high-tech specs take photos and video footage, plus act as a smartphone, navigation system and more. Apps that work with the glasses are in development. Stylish in a geek chic kind of way, the developer version of
the highly anticipated glasses, called the Glass Explorer Edition, can be pre-ordered for $1,500 only by the winners of Google's #IfIHadGlass contest. A consumer version, expected to be significantly less expensive, is to be released late this year or possibly in early 2014. Apple, Microsoft and Sony are all said to be working on competitive designs.
Much less high-tech, the tiny, wearable "life blogging" Memoto camera, funded on crowd-sourcing investment site Kickstarter, clips to a jacket or shirt and automatically takes a photo every 30 seconds. While the lack of an on-off button may seem like a drawback at first, it is exactly what captures all those precious, unguarded moments, which are what life is about — or, rather, what it was like before cellphone cameras and social media existed. The miniature camera with a built-in GPS ($279 by pre-order at memoto.com) does shut down when placed in a dark place, such as a pocket or purse, and synchs with a computer to upload geo-tagged images to the company's cloud storage space. Images can also be downloaded to a computer.
Launching another form of wearable tech, New York-based menswear designer Asher Levine partnered with Phone Halo to implant TrackR's Bluetooth tracking chips in higher-priced outerwear, gloves and a weekend bag in his fall-winter 2013 fashion collection. If an item is lost, a "separation reminder notification" lets you know that you have left your coat or gloves behind; the items can be tracked via a smartphone or iPad using an app that triggers an audible alarm or a silent proximity indicator. The trackable coats and accessories were available for pre-order beginning May 13 at asherlevine.com.
"I see a future where fashion and technology are as one, where the clothing interacts with its wearer and the environment, augmenting the experience of being human," says Levine, who has dressed stars such as Rita Ora, Bruno Mars, will.i.am and Lady Gaga.
Three dimensions
New 3-D printers that print in length, width and depth mean that designers can actually print multi-dimensional forms, such as jewelry, shoes and garments. In March, burlesque dancer and style maven Dita Von Teese stepped out in a black powdered nylon gown, printed entirely on a 3-D printer and designed by Los Angeles fashion designer Michael Schmidt in collaboration with Brooklyn architect Francis Bitonti. The open-weave dress, assembled from 17 printed pieces with 3,000 connective joints, was designed entirely on an iPad and printed by New York-based 3-D printing company Shapeways.
Schmidt, who created Lady Gaga's glass bubble bodysuit in 2009 and counts Debbie Harry, Madonna and Rihanna among his clients, says that he and Bitonti "intend to continue exploring the boundaries of the technology.... This will include projects for the entertainers I design for, as well as a [3-D] jewelry collection, which is in development now."
New, smaller 3-D color printers, designed for use at home, were star attractions at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held in Las Vegas in January. The compact Cube and CubeX 3-D color printers by 3D Systems (from $1,295 at cubify.com) print objects up to 10 inches in each dimension. Each printer comes with basic models, and available apps include designs for basic jewelry and other objects. The site also offers new 3DMe figurines: miniature action heroes or heroines personalized with your face from an uploaded photo. Other 3-D goods can be bought and sold in the online marketplaces at both cubify.com and shapeways.com.
The new 3-D fashion design site constrvct.com allows anyone to create customized ready-to-wear fashion. The company transforms an uploaded photograph into digitally printed fabric. Then the customer selects from a variety of basic fashion silhouettes, and a 3-D design tool will custom size the pattern to fit the exact body measurements. Garments are individually printed, cut and sewn in three weeks and come complete with a label bearing the customer's name. Fabric swatches can also be requested for advance approval.
Tech accessories
The other next big little thing in the wearable computing world is the smartwatch. Designed to synch with your smartphone, the smartwatch helps eliminate phone dependency by flashing caller ID, messages and other key data on its face. In other words, forget that constant fumbling with your cellphone while driving or dining out. The Pebble smartwatch, one of the highest-funded products on Kickstarter, was another show-stopper at CES. With an array of downloadable face designs that give it museum-worthy style, the waterproof smartwatch ($150 at getpebble.com) displays the time, caller ID, text messages, Twitter, email, calendar alerts and weather updates, and looks good doing it. Additional apps in the works will enable Pebble to control music, display cycling and biking data or morph into a golf rangefinder. Companies such as Google, Samsung and Apple are all said to have smartwatches (or iWatches) in the works.
Hair accessories made a statement in so many fall 2013 fashion collections, and soon there will be headband headphones, thanks to a CES debut from the latest celebrity to get into electronics: reality television star Snooki. Embellished with bows, feathers, flowers and rhinestones, the headphones disguised as headbands are part of the Snooki Couture by Nicole Polizzi collection, a partnership with audio accessory company iHip that also includes earring earbuds, tech cases and rhinestone-encrusted cellphone handsets that range from $24.99 to $59.99.
"I'm so excited to have headphones with style!" says Polizzi. "I love listening to my music and being accessorized."
One piece of wearable tech that fashion-forward women might be eager to get theirs hands on is the wireless clutch handbag speaker by recently launched Newport Beach company Stellé Audio Couture. Made to look like a luxury designer handbag with a snakeskin, ostrich or black woven finish, the clutch ($299) pops open to reveal speakers that stream music or double as a speakerphone. New York fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff, who originally hails from San Diego, has designed two additional versions of the clutch in stingray and silver-studded leather, both available in three colors, for $399 each. The clutch speakers are available at stelleaudio.com and Fred Segal stores in West Hollywood and Santa Monica.
Created by Anna Perelman and her husband, Wayne Ludlum, the founder of electronics company Vestalife, Stellé Audio Couture caters exclusively to women with its "female-centric lifestyle audio products" that are both fashionable and portable. "Women outspend men in consumer electronics, yet it's an industry that has not truly catered to her ... until now," says Perelman.
Fashion for gadgets
Two other local companies, Computer Apparel in Studio City and Pursecase in Santa Monica, are dressing tech gadgets in miniature clothing and accessories. A gold chain-handle bag with a quilted pattern may call to mind Chanel's signature flap bag, but this tiny version in colorful silicone by Pursecase is sized to fit an iPhone. Pursecase is designed with convenience (and a light night out) in mind, featuring a slim card pocket in back and a compact mirror under the flap.
"We love our clutches and our totes, but what's a girl to do when her once-trusty carryall becomes a Bermuda Triangle for cellphones?" say Kelley Coughlan, who co-founded Pursecase with Jenn Deese, also her business partner at Melrose PR in Santa Monica. The two tout the case as a solution for keeping a phone and essentials at your fingertips.
Designer brothers Zack and Roger Ein of Computer Apparel have downsized their favorite V-neck T-shirt and cozy fleece sweat shirt and tweaked them to function as tablet and laptop sleeves (from $39.99 at computer-apparel.com). The "hoodie sleeve" features a kangaroo pocket that zips on both ends to cleverly serve as a bonus phone case. "We've taken the design elements straight out of your closet and merged them with all the features you'd expect in a computer bag," says a sales sheet from the company. Perhaps best of all, if you spill on them, these cases can move directly into the wash.


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A hat-trick from Edinson Cavani gave Napoli a 3-1 comeback win over defending champions AC Milan on Sunday and top spot in Serie A.
Napoli have a perfect six points from two matches and lead the way on goal-difference from Juventus, Udinese and Cagliari, while Milan, with just a point from two games, are fourth from bottom.
The champions took the lead in Naples when Alberto Aquilani rose to head in a precise cross from Antonio Cassano after 11 minutes, but Uruguayan star Cavani pulled Napoli level two minutes later by cheekily nudging the ball between the legs of goalkeeper Christian Abbiati.
He then combined with international teammate Walter Gargano to put Napoli in front in the 36th minute.
Cavani added the third in the 52nd minute when Ezequiel Lavezzi pounced on an error by Alessandro Nesta and crossed for the striker nicknamed the "Matador" to complete his hat-trick.
"We're not worried, everything is calm, but it's true we need to get better — we have conceded five goals in two games," Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said.
Juventus also maintained their perfect start to the season with a 1-0 win at AC Siena in a match that saw the Turin club's new coach Antonio Conte get one over on the team he left in the summer.
Conte cut his teeth as an assistant coach at the modest Tuscan club and he returned last year to lead them to promotion back into the top flight.
However, his new-look Juve team — fresh from thumping Parma last week — spoiled Siena's first home game of the campaign by running out 1-0 winners at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.
Alessandro Matri got the game's only goal nine minutes into the second half after Mirko Vucinic had done the spadework.
After two disappointing seasons in which Italian soccer's most successful club have finished in a lowly seventh place, excited supporters are now hoping to see their team end the Milan clubs' domination of the scudetto.
However, Conte was eager to play down the fans' expectations afterwards.
"The title? It's far too early for such talk," Conte told Sky Italia.
Udinese made it two wins from two as they got the better of Fiorentina at the Stadio Friuli.
Antonio Di Natale got the breakthrough for the hosts from the penalty spot eight minutes in, before Mauricio Isla doubled the lead prior to the half-hour mark.
A disappointing result for the visitors was compounded by what looked like a potentially serious knee injury to striker Alberto Gilardino. The 29-year-old was scheduled to undergo tests yesterday to determine the full extent of the problem.
SS Lazio have high hopes for this season and after drawing at Milan in their opening game they were looking for a first win when they hosted Genoa in Rome.
Giuseppe Sculli gave Lazio the lead against the club he left in January, but Genoa fought back in the second half to secure a 2-1 victory courtesy of goals from Rodrigo Palacio and Juraj Kucka.
Sebastian Giovinco scored a brace, including the winner in stoppage-time, as Parma beat Chievo Verona 2-1, while a Maxi Lopez penalty proved enough for Catania to beat Cesena in Sicily and Lecce ran out 2-0 winners at Bologna.
In Sunday's early game, Palermo — conquerors of Inter last weekend — went down 1-0 at Atalanta BC in a match played in farcical conditions in Bergamo.
The match was delayed for 40 minutes in the second half to give ground staff a chance to drain a pitch that had become waterlogged in torrential rain, but when the players returned Palermo were unable to find a reply to German Denis' first-half opener for the hosts.


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The Alesis DM10 Studio Kit will play the same role in your studio set up as Guile did in Street Fighter, it will supply the necessary, "SONIC BOOM!" to make a rampaging raucous on any and all recordings. Alesis presents an overwhelming bargain in the form of the DM10 Studio drum kit which has an undeniable quality difficult to find anywhere for $999.
Upon receiving the unit one is overtaken with how much Alesis can fit into a single box. It is very clear that Alesis measured down to the nearest yactometer on how to properly finagle the DM10 without so much a breath of extra space. At first that caused a bit of worry that certain pieces were not protected or packaged as well as others within the massive shipment, but all was safe and securely delivered.
Setting up the DM10 Studio Kit will take a Zen-like patience and the ingenuity of MacGyver. It should be noted that the directions sheet is ludicrously cramped and printed in what must have been a carpenter ant's Gutenberg press. No fear, this is remedied by a quick Google search and some freshly minted instructions for people who cannot fit into Zoolander's original reading center.
What seems to be a corner cut are the plasticity of the clamps used to hold the frame, drums and cymbals. They crack without too much pressure from hand-tightening so be warned about exuding Hulk strength. However, the cables are clearly marked and that is another point for the good guys, now you're mounting drum pieces and getting excited. Until you realize how precisely measured the cables are, and that any rearranging of drums on the rack alternative to the Alesis standard will result in failure. After yielding to the design overlords at Alesis, you will recognize a beautiful sight to behold: your very own electronic drum kit waiting to be manhandled. Almost.
Post-set up there is an extensive calibration period that can take an hour or two if you have experience with this. The hi-hat pedal, as this unit is now notorious for, is a bit less than the real deal but you didn't purchase an acoustic kit and you didn't blow the bank for this electric one; therefore, for the price range it would be in poor taste to complain too loudly. The sounds emitting from the DM10 module itself are great, and surpassed what we'd expected by quite a bit.
The "RealHead" drum pads are dual zone and "feature real mylar," which supply a more authentic drumming experience. Dual zone meaning the possibility of rimshots, clicks as well as a slew of other assignable sounds is never out of reach. A definite plus to the unit is the ability to use any single or double kick pedal with the kick pad.
The four low noise cymbals included, DMPads are rubberized and take a little adjustment period to really feel out. With any electronic drum kit that is standard, regardless of sales pitch—it will take time to transition from acoustic to electric.
The rubber lining on the drum rims is softer than a cliché about something extremely soft. The harder hitting among us will certainly see some heavy splitting after a few thorough jam sessions. 8 inch drum pads are smaller than the 10 inch pads you most likely learned on; again, for the price of the unit the loss of 2 inches is a noble sacrifice. Your first big surprise with the DM10 Studio kit will be the superb rebound on the triggers during play, possibly stiffer than what you're used. The bass drum packs a noticeable BOOM but less than an acoustic kit. A patch of Velcro, included, on the bottom of the bass drum is a nice touch to securing the unit.
Briefly we touched on the DM10 module itself and the sounds created by it. Let's expound on this a bit more. The menu system is high five worthy in its simplicity and design, extremely easy to navigate and there are no qualms imaginable with this aspect of the kit. 1047 sounds make up the brains, 16-bit uncompressed standard samples and a smorgasbord of snares, toms, rides and the like. Some 100 kits are included, all with overwriting available and 75 preset sequencer patterns. A USB port allows an ease of updates and modifications.
The Alesis DM10 Studio Kit is a wild ride. I'm unsure of the equation necessary to compute the amount of drumming awesomeness per dollar spent, but I am confident any mathematician would find the deal is roundly delivered to the consumer. Alesis DM10 Studio Kit is a great addition to any at-home studio set up, and with a great sound, magnificent quality and bar-shattering price it is impossible to beat.


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Sugar Cane in syrup from Chaokoh is sweet and juicy like the fresh one. Sugar cane is usually eaten by itself as a fruit. Sugar cane is widely eaten in Thailand. Sugar cane can be part of ingredients in certain Thai dishes like salted tuna soup. Ingredients; sugar cane, water, sugar, citric acid. Net weight 20 oz. Product of Thailand.
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"Au-some Evenings" is an exciting new program at Explore & More Children's Museum dedicated to children with autism spectrum disorders and their friends and families.
The program was developed in collaboration with The Children's Guild Foundation Autism Spectrum Disorder Center at Oishei Children's Outpatient Center and the Center for Autism Support and Education (CASE) and is the first program of its kind in Western New York. Once a month, these special "au-some evenings" will give children with autism spectrum disorders, their friends and family an opportunity to play and learn together in an understanding and supportive environment.
Through generous support from Hodgson Russ, "au-some evenings" will be free of charge to participants.
Children will have access to the museum and Imagination Playground where they can run around and be creative with large foam objects.
Children, siblings and friends are welcome but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during the visit.
To prepare for a visit, a social narrative "My Visit to Explore & More" was created to help familiarize children with what they may see and do.
This pilot program will run from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the second Friday of every month!
For 2015 the dates are:
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February 13, 2015
March 13, 2015
April 10, 2015
May 8, 2015
June 12, 2015
|July 10, 2015
August 14, 2015
September 11, 2015
October 9, 2015
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December 11, 2015
Space is limited so reservations are essential. For more information or to secure your spot, please call Peg at (716) 332-4170.


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* Decline slowed 34 pct among mild Alzheimer's patients
* Combined results of two failed trials
* Lilly shares close up 5.3 pct
(Adds analyst, researcher comment, study details)
By Ransdell Pierson and Bill Berkrot
Oct 8 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co said its experimental Alzheimer's drug led to a 34 percent reduction in memory decline for patients with mild symptoms over a period of 18 months, giving it potential ammunition to seek approval for the medicine that showed no benefit in more advanced stages of the disease.
Shares of Eli Lilly rose as much as 5.6 percent in Monday trading, sending the stock to levels not see since April of 2008, as some investors were encouraged that the improvement could warrant consideration from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Lilly in August said the drug, solanezumab, did not meet the primary goal of halting progression of the memory-robbing disease in patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms in two late-stage trials.
But while many rival compounds have been relegated to the scrap heap after similar failures, Lilly indicated at the time that there were signs that solanezumab prevented cognitive decline for people at an earlier stage of the disease.
On Monday, the company presented results on the drug pooled from the two large studies that focused only on those with mild Alzheimer's.
"Today's data supports the view that solanezumab may be active in early Alzheimer's patients but that further clinical work will likely be needed prior to FDA approval of the product," said J.P. Morgan analyst Chris Schott, adding that any drug that slows Alzheimer's would have "multibillion-dollar annual sales potential."
Lilly badly needs new drugs to offset sales declines of its treatments facing generic competition. Company executives said the new data could give solanezumab a fighting chance.
"Today there are no medicines that slow progression of Alzheimer's and we think that ought to be considered as we go talk to regulators," David Ricks, head of biomedicines for Lilly, said in a telephone interview.
"We'll make the argument this data is important in view of the high unmet need. But ultimately it's the FDA's judgment to make in terms of whether to let the drug on (the market) with these data," Ricks said.
The newly released data did not show that solanezumab offered protection against the loss of physical function.
But it will likely lend further credence to the theory that Alzheimer's must be attacked early in the progression of the disease for drugs to have an impact.
Dr. Ronald Petersen, Director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in Rochester, Minnesota, threw out a note of caution about the drug's prospects.
"What you are seeing in the data is statistically significant," he said. "But it's hard to say that this is going to be meaningful clinically."
Initial data unveiled in August created doubts about whether the drug could be approved by the FDA without large new studies. It followed disappointing results for Pfizer Inc's and Johnson & Johnson's bapineuzumab, which also failed in pivotal studies. Both treatments block a protein called beta amyloid that forms plaque deposits on the brain.
"Our committee is encouraged by the results of the solanezumab studies," Dr. Rachelle Doody, who presented the data at the American Neurological Association meeting, said in a statement. "They support amyloid as a target for future Alzheimer's research."
Doody, an Alzheimer's specialist from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, was a member of the steering committee for the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study that conducted an independent analysis of the solanezumab data.
In one of the two Lilly studies called Expedition1, mild Alzheimer's patients experienced a 42 percent reduction in decline in cognitive function after 18 months of treatment, which was deemed to be highly statistically significant.
In the Expedition2 study, a 20 percent reduction seen in cognitive, or memory, decline among mild Alzheimer's patients was not statistically significant.
Lilly reached the 34 percent reduction by combining data from the two studies, which it said had been pre-planned and was legitimate because the design of the two studies was nearly identical. By combining the studies, Lilly said, it had a greater number of mild Alzheimer's patients for purposes of data analysis.
Eli Lilly shares ended up $2.55, or 5.3 percent higher, at $50.78 on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting By Ransdell Pierson and Bill Berkrot; Additional reporting by Toni Clarke in Boston; Editing by Michele Gershberg, Richard Chang, Maureen Bavdek and Tim Dobbyn)
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Chemical etched glass has a distinctive, uniformly smooth and satin-like appearance. Etched glass admits light while providing softening and vision control. It can be used in both residential and commercial settings (doors, shower screens, furniture, wall paneling, etc.).
Early Egyptians made glass since 1500 B.C., but it wasn't until the 7th century A.D., that the Germans developed glass that was well suited for cutting and etching. By the 1600s, etching techniques were used to create decorative windowpanes. During the Victorian Era, acid etched glass became popular on mirrors and windows in England. The end of the glass tax in 1845 made glass cheap enough that shop owners used it for large windows. Local pubs didn't want to have their patrons exposed to public view so they added etching to hide the identity of those drinking inside the pubs.
The etchings at that time were created using beeswax-coated glass. The artist would scratch designs into the wax or paraffin using small knives and chisels, then submerge the glass in hydrofluoric acid to etch. The acid would settle into the pattern and form everything from landscapes to portraits, figures, and animals. Because the hydrofluoric acid was so dangerous, etching creams were developed in the early 1900s thereby reducing the danger to the artist. This formula may have been responsible for the rebirth of glass etching in Victorian homes. Etched glass adorned windows in the grand entryways of many lovely turn-of-the-century homes. It enhanced the beauty of the window without obscuring daylight as stained glass windows did.
During the early 1970�s, pre cut, rub on stencils were developed. When combined with the etching cream, this easy-to-use method inspired many at-home crafters to take up the art. These pre cut stencils are available in a wide variety of sizes and patterns making it easy to recreate designs and motifs. Now even dabblers in the art can enjoy the finished effects of glass etching on virtually any plain or colored glass surface, from decorative boxes and goblets, to windows, mirrors, and so much more!


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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are working together again!
CBS has secured a comedy pilot produced by Affleck and Damon, according to Deadline.
The half-hour comedy, "More Time With Family," stars Tom Papa as a stand-up comedian (not a big stretch!) who decides to cut back on travelling for work in order to spend more time at home with his family. But of course, when he settles into his routine, he realizes that "no one asked him to do that."
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The show idea came about after Papa and Damon collaborated together on two movies, The Informant and Behind The Candelabra. Enter Damon's BFF Affleck, whose production company, Pearl Street Films, is taking on more television projects, and voila!
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Besides starring alongside Damon in The Informant, Papa is known for his extensive stand-up work and appearing Analyze That opposite Robert De Niro.
This isn't the duo's first experience working together in TV. The Oscar winners were responsible for bringing Project Greenlight to HBO, the drama Push and Nevada.


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High-tech program launches new career opportunities
$65M grant sends adults back to school
A multimillion-dollar grant is sending adults back to school in order to compete in a high-tech work environment.
Iowa Western Community College created a two-year accelerated program that teaches high-tech engineering technology, design and product development.
The Design Technology Program is funded by a $65 million grant from Siemens PLM Software. The company came to the college asking for help.
"(They said) we need a pipeline for students to get trained and get out in the industry maybe not on a four-year timeline, but a two-year," said Joe Vanstrom, Iowa Western instructor.
Vanstrom said manufacturing jobs are coming back, but they're different and many require a new level of education.
"There's a lot more companies that are bringing those jobs back, and they're the creative jobs that require a higher skill set," he said.
Many students in the program are considered nontraditional because they are veteran workers or 30-50 years old. The program will help these students technically advance and learn to adapt to new situations.
"The industry is getting more technically advanced, and they need workers who are just as advanced and willing to adapt to these situations," said Tim Adams, retired vet.
Some companies are even offering incentives to workers who go back to school.
Paul Harry, one of the first graduates of the program, decided to go back after realizing a lot of people were retiring and places needed to be filled.
His employer, the Iowa Department of Transportation, paid part of his tuition.
"(The program gave me) the confidence to know that I can take the modern technology and I can learn all the new modern technology, and I just proved it," Harry said.
Twelve students are set to graduate next year, half are nontraditional.
The program is available at Iowa Western's campus in Atlantic.