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Luc walked into the school the next morning to work on the computer lab where he'd been yesterday before the deputy had interrupted him. Everything was quiet and he checked the door for damage and to make sure it was still locked before he began working. He worked uninterrupted for nearly thirty minutes before Charles walked in.
"Um, Luc, about yesterday. You really did attack a deputy? And he didn't arrest you?"
" Yes Charles. I protected my school. The person who works as a deputy was going against regulations. I asked him if we needed to go down to the sheriff's office and file an assault report. He said no. That's when I realized that he really was acting without orders."
Charles looked at Luc. "Do… do you realize that you don't look strong enough to hold anyone up by the throat?"
"I'm much stronger than I look. Now, do you have anything you want to know, or can we get on with the computer lab?"
"I… no, I guess not." Charles turned and went back to pulling computers out of the storage room.
By lunch, the story had gotten around the school. The whisper-net was working well. Luc found himself being watched. He smiled and tried to ignore them while he worked. The principal, Mr. Swanson walked past and just smiled. Miss Perry waved as she headed into her classroom.
"Hey Luc," Charles called as he entered the lab.
"You know our favorite obstinate teacher?"
"Yeah. He's decided that we should come in and fix his printers."
Luc laughed. Mr. Hunter had been a pain in the ass. He'd chased the last IT guy out and refused to let any of the IT staff in to work on any of his computers. He and Charles had put the teacher on the bottom of the priority list after the guy had slammed the door in their faces.
"Oh? What changed his mind?"
"Apparently you did."
"Ah, because I'll huff and puff and blow all the bad guys away?"
Charles laughed and nodded. Luc joined in, and then went back to work. He smiled to himself at the joke he'd made. "Big bad Wolf indeed."
David Hearns walked into the school. He was still laughing over the situation. Stupid deputy. He stopped at the office. "Hi, I'm Officer Hearns, and I'm looking for Luc Moreau."
The secretary looked up. "He's down in the computer lab on the first floor. Shall I call him for you?"
"Nah, I'll find him. Thanks." David walked down the hall the woman had pointed and found the lab where Luc and another man were working.
"Luc? Can I talk to you for a minute?"
Luc looked up. "Sure David." Luc walked over to where David stood. "What can I do for you?"
"Tell me what happened the other day."
"Are you here as a cousin or a cop?"
Luc gestured for David to follow him over to a corner of the lab. He explained what happened. When he finished, David was laughing so hard that tears were running down his face.
"Damn, Cuz. You should see his neck. Oh wait. Almost forgot. He'll be down here to apologize this afternoon."
"What? Why?" Luc was puzzled.
"He fucked up bad. Way bad. So bad that the Sheriff won't even talk to him until he does." David was holding his side to ease the pain from all the laughter.
Luc smiled. "I guess I'll let him apologize."
"Got to let you know too that he thinks you're some kinda weird thing. 'No normal guy could do that to me…' kinda bullshit, so watch it."
"Thanks for the heads up. I appreciate it."
"So do I. Plus, I'll let the cops know to make sure that they let the school know when an exercise it going on."
"Good thing David. Too many combat vets in this school."
"Yeah. Been talking to the custodians. Most of the older ones are Vietnam era vets. Rangers, and a couple of others that I wouldn't want to startle. Plus me."
David smiled. "Yeah… can't have fur flying now can we."
Luc about choked. "No… We can just hope that the bad guys run into me and not Sara or her two henchmen."
"Oh Damn! I forgot that they attend this school. Plus your twins are going to be here too? Does this school have a clue?"
"No, and I hope they never do."
Charles walked over to the two men. "Luc, you have another visitor." Charles pointed over to where a man in a sheriff's uniform waited. Luc nodded. "See you later David."
David waved and walked back down the hall.

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Vela's fleet feet led to stints with Raiders, Gunslingers
Making his debut with the Los Angeles Raiders in 1983, David Vela didn't have to wait long for his first real brush with NFL greatness.
Tied 23-23 in overtime of a preseason home game against the San Francisco 49ers, the Raiders called a fourth-down pass for the undrafted rookie wide receiver. That's when a future Pro Football Hall of Fame safety left a bone-jarring impression.
"They told (quarterback) Jim Plunkett, 'Let's go ahead and hit David on a slant (pattern),' " said Vela. "They said he'll catch the ball, and we'll make a first down, kick a field goal, and win the game. Sure enough, I caught it and the guy who hit me was Ronnie Lott."
Vela, whose tough reception against Lott helped the Raiders seal a 26-23 victory, will be among seven honorees inducted to the SAISD Athletic Hall of Fame on Aug. 25 at the Alamo Convocation Center. The 1979 Burbank graduate will join Fennis Dembo, Tai Dillard, Dolores "Delo" Dyer, Darryl Grant, Cliff Johnson and Julius Whittier in the Class of 2018.
In 1978, Vela starred as an All-City performer on the only 10-0 district championship team in Burbank history. The Bulldogs, coached by Jerry Janert, suffered their only loss to Churchill in the first round of the playoffs.
"Going undefeated was kind of the goal for us," said Vela, 58. "We had camaraderie, and we played together as a team. Not one person was saying, 'Give me the ball or throw me the ball.' Our coaches were a big reason for that."
Vela, who also excelled as a sprinter in track, did it all for Burbank. Not only was he the Bulldogs' go-to receiver on offense, but he also started at defensive back and served as the place-kicker, punter and kick returner.
"I was never on the sideline," said Vela, who now works as an assistant coach at Holy Cross. "I can't recall them ever pulling me out. To this day, I'm like, 'How did I do it?' "
Playing for legendary coach Jim Wacker at Southwest Texas State, Vela helped the Bobcats claim a pair of NCAA Division II championships in '81 and '82 and earned Little All-American honors both seasons. He still ranks among the Bobcats' career receiving leaders — third in yards (2,110), eighth in catches (101) and third in touchdowns (17) from 1979-82.
Vela was blessed with the opportunity to finish his career in the same place he started — at Alamo Stadium.
In 1984, he joined the San Antonio Gunslingers for their inaugural spring season in the United States Football League. The Gunslingers played their home games at the revered SAISD facility where Vela had been a standout for Burbank.
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What: SAISD Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony
Who: Class of 2018 — Fennis Dembo (Fox Tech/basketball), Tai Dillard (Sam Houston/basketball), Dolores "Delo" Dyer (Jefferson/volleyball), Darryl Grant (Highlands/football), Cliff Johnson (Wheatley/baseball), David Vela (Burbank/football), Julius Whittier (Highlands/football)
When, where: Saturday, Aug. 25 (4 p.m.-6:30 p.m.), Alamo Convocation Center
For more: Tickets cost $25 each or a table of eight for $200. For tickets, sponsorship information, eligibility requirements and nomination form, call 210-554-2655 or go online at www.saisd.net/athletichalloffame2018.
Facts: The SAISD Athletic Hall of Fame, established in 2014 and chosen annually by a committee, recognizes past district graduates for exceptional sports achievements or program contributions. The SAISD Hall of Fame Wall, featuring bronze plaques of all those enshrined, is located on the visitors side of Alamo Stadium.
"I never even knew about any hall of fames growing up," said Vela, who was selected to the National Hispanic Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. "In high school, I just wanted to play sports. When me and my (two) brothers would go out and play (football) in the street or play on the grass, we never knew that one of us would actually make it to the highest level."


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Saturday, September 20, 2014
I Don't Know Why
This serial killer, Louise Peete, died in the California gas chamber, 20 September 1947. Grisly details? Here.
6 comments:
- Secondary Roads said...
Unusual for a female to be involved in such nefarious deeds.
- September 20, 2014 at 10:06 AM
- vanilla said...
Chuck, unfortunately the annals of murder are filled with persons of the female persuasion, some of whose body counts makes Peete look like a piker.
- September 20, 2014 at 10:47 AM
- Grace said...
I read all the stuff and came away wondering - What happened to her daughter? And - why did those men commit suicide when she left them? She must have been quite a femme fatale.
- September 20, 2014 at 12:01 PM
- vanilla said...
Grace, when Betty, the daughter, was about eight years old, her mother was imprisoned and her father killed himself. A kind couple, Margaret and Arthur Logan took the child in and raised her to adulthood. Later when Louise was out on parole, she moved herself into the Logan home, which eventuated into the murder of Margaret. Louise the committed Arthur to an asylum. These were the events, as I understand it, that lead to the death penalty for Louise.
I am totally puzzled as to why anyone would kill himself over the loss of a woman. Maybe that is just me.
- September 20, 2014 at 12:29 PM
- Sharkbytes said...
No one would kill themselves if they lost me. haha! Fascinating. She was my grandmother's age.
- September 21, 2014 at 10:01 AM
- vanilla said...
Shark, truthfully, we hope no one would be suicidal; but I know there would be sadness for many. Interesting that you mentioned your grandmother. My grandmother was born in July of the same year this woman was born.
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Every once in a while, when the specter of an outside temperature in the single digits makes us question our sanity we take ourselves to Cozumel, Mexico for a week of diving.
Many things about Mexico are appealing. The people are open and friendly. They don't laugh too hard at my Spanish. Our hotel is really nice. The ocean is warm and inviting and teeming with fish. I am given to understand, however, that Mexican jails are not a day in the park. They are a day at the jail. The bad jail.
So you can grasp my concern when a drug-sniffing dog at the Mexican airport showed great interest in my carry-on bag.
Let us back up for a moment to a time prior to departure. After clearing security (oh, the humanity), I purchased a large load of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins in the form of a ham and cheese bagel. Because this particular food item had both the density and nutritional value of a boat anchor, I split it into two pieces. I ate half of it between Dayton and Charlotte and the other half between Charlotte and Cozumel. As a good, upstanding citizen I did not leave my trash behind in the airplane. I put the empty balled-up bagel wrapper in my carry-on. In hindsight, I should have just been a slob and left it in the seat back.
Given what is going on with politics in this county, it can't be too long before the fine folks in Mexico build a wall to keep us out. In the interim, the immigration people took a cursory look at my passport, applied a great number of official-looking stamps with a great deal of force, and handed me a piece of paper without which, it seems, I would not be allowed to exit the country.
Once through that hurdle, I went to claim my luggage. It was on the way there that a young woman with a sandy-colored dog on a leash indicated I should offer my carry-on bag for the dog to sniff.
I do not know which specific drug this dog was trained to detect but he focused on that suitcase as though the entire Mexican cartel had set up housekeeping in there.
With many gestures and virtually no Spanish, I explained that while my luggage did not contain actual, you know, cocaine, it did hold something far more desirable to a dog — the irresistible aroma of processed cheese and smoked pork.
I managed to convey the fact that the sandwich itself was gone and only the wrapper remained. Senorita Dog Handler was unmoved by this information. She, in very clear English and not actually using the words "you stupid gringa," explained that once the dog alerted, a cascade of actions was set into motion and part of the cascade entailed a search.
Thankfully, the search did not include a small windowless room or latex gloves. It did, however, feature an untidy unloading of the contents of this bag onto a card table while the other passengers from my flight filed past with looks ranging from disapproval to relief. I was treated to several varieties of the disparaging look known colloquially as the stink eye … guilty of drug smuggling until proved innocent.
Mostly what I was guilty of was purchasing and then ingesting airport food. Mostly what I was innocent of was littering. I wonder if the dog would give me credit for that.
Marla Boone resides in Covington and writes for the Troy Daily News and Piqua Daily Call.


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Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases pp 457-462 | Cite as
Robot-Assisted Endoscopic Mediastinal Parathyroidectomy
Case Report: A 45-year-old man admitted to an outside hospital with a history of nephrolithiasis, diffuse joint pain, and problems with walking, lasting for a year. The patient had normal findings on physical examination. Blood tests revealed elevated serum calcium, alkaline phosphatase, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and a decreased phosphate level. Ultrasound of the neck showed no evidence of parathyroid adenoma. Subsequently, a computed tomography scan of the thorax showed a hypervascular solitary nodule of 2 cm in the anterior mediastinum, at the level of the anterior aspect of the ascending aorta. 99mTc methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) scintigraphy confirmed the presence of an adenoma.
Surgery was performed thoracoscopically with the da Vinci Si robotic system. Four ports were used for the operation, three of them for the robotics arms and one for assistance. Post-excision PTH level was used for intraoperative confirmation of success. The total operative time was 119 min. Intraoperative blood loss was minimal, and no complications occurred during the operation. The patient was discharged without any complications on the fourth postoperative day.
The robotic technique provides excellent visualization with a three-dimensional view, better color resolution, better contrast, precision, and enhanced skills in order to ensure an effective, safe, and accurate operation. The robotic approach is our preferred method for mediastinal located parathyroid glands. Besides, accurate localization of the ectopic parathyroid gland(s) due to preoperative screening is an important aspect of the robotic approach.
KeywordsMinimal invasive surgery Robotic surgery Thoracoscopic surgery Parathyroid adenoma Parathyroidectomy
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Dhgigg needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 10 designs submitted by 1 freelance designers.
Target Services Limited
Provides weather for holiday destinations
Design of three Booking Buddy Hotel widget s
2 MPUs 300 by 250
2 Banners 486 by 60
2 Skyscrapers 160 by 600
The objective here is to design widget ads that make the web visitor click on them and that they really well designed .
An example of the ad is on http://www.holiday-weather.com/san_…-hire.html
The skyscraper on the right hand side
1. The fields in the ads need to be the same
- Hotels %resort% name
- Guests
- Rooms
- Check in Date
- Check out Date
- The five tick boxes with their logos
- Check rates button
2. The key here is the design , it needs to be with a holiday feel – bright colours and graphics that are happy
3. There should also be a design which will be for cities that are not always holiday destinations like beach destinations but cities like Paris , New York or |London .
4. The banner will be tricky as there is not a lot of space on it but its important . The suppliers here can be without their logo
5. The MPU will need to be clear and the design should be done to prompt the user to action
6. The objective of all the ads is to ensure that the user clicks on the suppliers and clicks get rates – so the get rates button must be prominent , we want them to click on this.
7. Different colours and designs should be tried – which is why there should be 2 of each
Other examples of the same hotel widgets
click on a hotel on the left and a pop up box come up – this is very clean and clear and affective and user friendly and is the size of an MPU – Should be titled Paris Hotels then next line : " Check Rates and Availability"


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Project Managers: Dennis Boyer, Ieva Notturno
U.S. National Security and Defense Policy Project
This is a discussion-based project to explore, develop, articulate, and test contrasting conceptual possibilities for future public policy regarding the United States' national security and defense. It has produced a report for public discussion. The Interactivity Foundation will support at least initial discussions of it in different parts of the country.
About the Process
Two small working panels developed the ideas for the report, which describes conceptually contrasting policy possibilities pertaining to national security and defense. The specialist panel—consisting of people working in the area of national security—met in Washington D.C. The generalist panel—consisting of interested citizens—met in Wisconsin. Both panels began their discussions in late 2012. The two panels met separately, about once a month, over the course of a year for 3-hour discussions to explore concerns about national security and develop policy possibilities for addressing them. These discussions were confidential and follow the Chatham House Rule. They began with an exploration of different concepts and dimensions of national security. They then explored current and future concerns that people might have about national security. And then explored and developed different conceptual possibilities for addressing those concerns, together with their possible implementations and effects. The two panels met together toward the end of the project to meld the possibilities that they developed separately into the final report.
Context for the Project
One of the key duties of our government is to keep the nation safe and secure—or, in other words, to provide for our national security and defense. To do that the government continually uses its soft power, hard power, and intelligence assets to detect and fight various threats. Accelerating technological innovation, globalization, and our recent involvement in Afghanistan, the longest war in our history, have been teaching us about the changing nature of threats to our national security—from terrorism and irregular warfare to transnational crime—and are pushing us to rethink what the 'readiness of a force' means in the 21st century.
This Project Explored Some of the Following Questions
o What are some different ways of thinking about or describing national security?
o What could national security mean?
o What are the different dimensions of national security?
o What concerns might Americans have about national security?
o How might our public policies address these concerns?
o What does 'readiness' mean in the 21st century?
o What policy or societal goals might pertain to national security?
o What conceptual policy possibilities might we develop that might affect the future of national security?
o What are the emerging threats to our national security?
o What does it mean to keep our nation safe and secure?
o How can we go about preparing our defenses, when we fully understand that we cannot predict the future?
o What does it mean to preserve the quality of our force?
o How can we maintain our values while ensuring security?
o What is the connection between healthy economy and our national security?
o Is financial stability a necessary foundation to our security?
Project Update: the final report, U.S. National Security and Defense Policy, has now been published by the Interactivity Foundation. You can view it online by clicking on the cover image above or download a pdf copy (40 pages/1.5 MB) by clicking on the blue button in the sidebar to the right.


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It might be premature to break out the champagne to celebrate a fourth Avatar sequel. In recent interview with the Courier-Post, Avatar producer Jon Landau clarified that while both Avatar 2 & 3 will be shot back-to-back, Avatar 4 is still a long ways off from becoming a reality.
Previously in June, it was hinted by Sigourney Weaver who played the role of Dr. Grace Augustine in Avatar that there was a potentially a fourth sequel in the works. While admittedly "Avatar 4 is a long way off" fans should be heartened to hear that it has not been discounted completely and could eventually make its way to a theater near you in the coming years.
For more on the Courier-Post's interview with Jon Landau, click here.


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The best option is to bring the old hinge in. But as a standard, an exterior door uses a hinge that is 4' long with four holes on each side. An interior door usually has a hinge that is 3-1/2' long and has three holes on each side.
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The Racecar for Everyday Driving: The Alfa Romeo 4C Spider in Hurst, TX.
Have you ever wanted more out of your driving experience: more excitement, more style, more power? It's a feeling that isn't easily shaken, but when you choose a new Alfa Romeo 4C Spider as your next vehicle, you will never feel like wanting more.
Alfa Romeo takes pride in incorporating parts of their racecars into their roadcars, and the F1 lineage is most clear in the case of the 4C Spider.
The Alfa Romeo 4C Spider is designed to be driven with an open top so you can feel the sun on your face and the wind in your hair. The body is shaped to maximize aerodynamics so that you'll be cutting through the wind and not feeling the effects of drag.
Inside the car, you'll discover minimalist beauty, and features including Alfa DNA Pro Drive Mode Selector, which allows you to dial in your desired driving settings. All of the controls are angled toward the driver so you have an ideal view of it all.VIEW INVENTORY
The 4C Spider is powered by a turbocharged inline four-cylinder engine that makes 237 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque for a 0 to 60 mph time of 4.1 seconds. This is enough to conquer any sweeping highway on-ramp in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, giving you that nimble racecar sensation you've been looking for.VIEW INVENTORY


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- NAR wants HUD to make changes to its Community Development Block Grants assessment process and to clarify the process by which disabled people can request reasonable accommodations for service animals.
- It also asks that HUD reconsider whether lifetime mortgage insurance premiums are necessary and to lower premiums, and addresses PACE loans and FHA condo policy tweaks.
When President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13777, "Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs," it's a fair bet that he intended the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to take a close look at its rules and regulations in order to determine what's necessary and what's excessive.


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Confessions Of A Yoga Teacher
The following are questions that yoga teacher still need to answer, despite overwhelming evidence that Yoga is "the mother of all health maintenance systems." Mainstream thought is finally catching up, with the progress Yoga is making, but it has taken 5,000 years for us to get this far. Seriously, How Can Yoga Make You Lose Weight? Finally, some of the "Yoga and Weight Loss" studies have come in, and even, a little bit of Yoga is much better, than none, for weight control, but there are a […]More info


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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea, a hermetic country stuck in the Cold War and obsessed with its long-dead founder, now wants to turn back time.
By a half-hour.
The government announced on Friday that it would create its own time zone — "Pyongyang time" — and set its clocks 30 minutes behind those of South Korea and Japan. The change is set for Aug. 15, the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II, which freed the Korean Peninsula from Japanese rule.
The current time on the peninsula — nine hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time — was set by Japan. North Korean public pronouncements can be as virulently anti-Japanese as they are anti-American, so it was natural that the clock change would be billed as throwing off a hated vestige of colonial domination.
"The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time," the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency said on Friday.
South Korea has its own historical grudges with Japan, but the time of day is not one of them. Jeong Joon-hee, a spokesman for the Unification Ministry in the South, said that following Pyongyang's lead now would be confusing and expensive for a country that, unlike the North, is thoroughly integrated with the global economy.
Mr. Jeong said the time change in the North would probably create only minor communication problems, notably at the inter-Korean industrial park in Kaesong, where South Korean managers oversee North Korean workers. But down the road, he said, "this will disrupt our efforts to integrate the South and the North and restore our homogeneity."
Illuminating North Korea
A photographer parts the curtains on one of the world's least-known places and brings back pictures of a country that is defined for many by mystery and war.
Japan is widely resented on both sides of the border, but the North enshrines its hostility toward Japanese and other foreign "imperialists" in its Constitution and puts the resentment at the core of the country's ruling philosophy of "juche," or self-reliance. The founder of North Korea, Kim Il-sung, fought as a guerrilla against the Japanese before independence.
Mr. Kim died in 1994, and his grandson Kim Jong-un runs the country now, doing whatever he can to highlight his ancestry, even imitating his grandfather's hairstyle and the way he held his cigarettes. His grandfather's rhetorical themes are invoked to justify policies like maintaining an enormous military and developing nuclear weapons.
Chang Yong-seok, a North Korea expert at Seoul National University, saw the clock change in the same vein.
"With the new time zone, Kim Jong-un is reasserting his code words of self-reliance and national dignity to his people," Mr. Chang said. "Whatever difficulties and inconveniences the new time zone may cause are nothing to his government, compared with its propaganda value at home."
The Japanese government offered no response to the North's announcement, but the Japanese news media pounced on the news, including Pyongyang's accusation that Japan "stole Korea's time." Some Internet users offered amused criticism. "Why did they wait 70 years?" several asked on Twitter.
The North's new time zone is actually an old one. Korea briefly set its clocks that way before it was annexed by Japan in 1910, around the time when countries the world over were establishing standard time zones. South Korea went back to it in 1954, then re-adopted the present setting — the same as Tokyo's — in 1961.
South Korean officials said one reason was that American troops stationed in Japan and South Korea would be using the same time if war broke out.
Wang Sheng, a professor of international politics at Jilin University in China who focuses on the Korean Peninsula, said he did not think the shift would disrupt what little international trade the North has. And he noted that it would put the country's clocks just a half-hour ahead of China's, instead of an hour. "Looks like North Korea is getting closer to China," he said.


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#273 Cover from Argentina
My first cover from Argentina! It was sent by Viviana from Buenos Aires.
There are two postmark dates: the original FDC date is 3 March 2012, while the postmark on the additional stamps is 9 May 2012. Usingg google translate, the FDC is about the bicentennial of the creation and first pledge of allegiance Argentina. Thank you very much Viviana!


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I follow a natural soap company on instagram called irma and violet who are based in Australia, and who make natural, handmade soaps, body scrubs, bath bombs and bath salts, which are so beautiful and carefully made, and feel lovely to use 💛
Month: July 2017
A lovely blog: Kitty Cotten
I found a lovely blog today called Kitty Cotten 🙂 Before finding the blog, I found Kitty's channel on YouTube, where she has a lot of videos about home interiors, vlogs, style (including capsule wardrobes), weddings, travel and beauty, and I enjoyed watching some of her videos about style and capsule wardrobes.
Cherry Blossom perfume
I went shopping about a month ago and found a L'Occitane shop, where I looked around for quite a while at the beautiful soaps, body lotions and skin care. There were also quite a lot of perfumes, and I really enjoyed reading about the different scents and flavours and trying the different fragrances.
Coconut body lotion by Mailelani
My sister Bid went on holiday to Samoa in the summer, and bought home some lovely gifts, including a coconut body lotion. The body lotion was handmade in Samoa, and is from a brand called Mailelani.


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Musket Demonstration
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Musket Demonstration
Meet in the fort's parade ground to learn about a 19th century musket's history, loading procedures, and firing.
2303 East Fort Macon Road
Atlantic Beach, NC 28512
Fort Macon: 9am - 5:30pm daily.
Coastal Education and Visitor Center: 9am - 5pm daily.
Bookstore: 9am - 5pm Phone 252-247-3100
Bathhouse Area:
November - February:
8am - 5:30pm
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Fort Parking Area:
October - March: 8am - 6pm
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Closed Christmas Day
Swimming Area:
10am - 5:45pm Memorial Day until Labor Day, if staffing permits
Park Office
8am - 1pm, 2pm - 5pm Monday - Friday
Closed state holidays


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text: Recently I've been photographing for the Kingston Fine Lifestyles Magazine and it is so enjoyable getting to know the wonderful businesses in Kingston! These photo sessions usually allow great creativity and exploration on my part and I've been loving it! This is a peak at the fabulous Chris James Men's and Ladies fashion boutique!


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With its most recent acquisition of Vector Horizon Technology, Aventics (www.aventics.com) will add electric actuators, valves, emission controls, and advanced mechatronics products to its pneumatic systems product portfolio. VHTek's longstanding commitment to developing clean-emission systems will strengthen Aventics' global commercial vehicle sector, further aligning its solutions with goals set by international emission standards.
Based at Western Kentucky University, VHTek leverages its R&D capacities to manage the design, research development, and prototyping of systems for electro-mechanical actuation and electro-hydraulic actuation. VHTek current air valve offerings include Exhaust Gas Recirculation ("EGR") valves, exhaust flap valves, and backpressure valves used for lowering emissions in medium to large engines.
Aventics Corp. acquired VHtek in the beginning of March 2017. VHtek CEO, Jon Bigley is already part of the Aventics organization, and has taken over the role of Global Sector Head Commercial Vehicles.
"VHtek and its employees are excited to be taking this next step in joining Aventics. This solidifies us as one company to achieve our common goals of providing our customers with the necessary technology and best value. Furthermore, our collective desire is to grow our business and establish a strong and lasting position across sectors in our diverse markets," says Bigley.
VHTek's developing partnerships with Autodesk, Matlab, Systems2Win, and other companies will also bolster Aventics' R&D at the university level. Sharing VHTek's R&D resources will serve Aventics' other core sectors, which include industrial automation, life sciences, energy, food and beverage, and railway technologies.


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September 17, 2009
By Tim and Penny Iverson, serving among the working class in Taiwan
At an incredibly early hour, the phone jangled in our ears. Struggling to understand through the fog of sleep, I (Tim) listened as a taxi driver explained that he had an Indonesian woman at the airport who insisted that she was coming to work for us.
"Huh?!" was all I could muster. Early in the morning, Mandarin Chinese is not my strong suit. Finally coming to some kind of comprehension, I told the driver to bring her down, a three hour-and very expensive-trip. But this story really began two months before.
Divine Appointment
A visiting Alliance pastor, Rev. Rob Douglas, had accompanied us to a restaurant, where an Indonesian woman named Tikka was working. Since Rob is an MK from Indonesia, he spoke with her briefly. We gave her our card, telling us to call if she ever needed anything.
Two months later, while we waited for Tikka to arrive at our home, Penny and I had a strong sense that God was bringing Tikka to us.
Thousands of workers come to Taiwan from Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Their agencies hire them with a three year contract, and they are placed in factories, construction work, as care-givers, and in various other jobs. Although Taiwan's government is trying to establish safeguards for the immigrants' protection, still there are many cases of abuse and unfair treatment. In Tikka's case, this included not being paid in 10 months, having to eat table scraps to survive, and being forcibly taken to the airport to be sent back to Indonesia against her will, before her contract had expired.
A Desperate Move
At the airport, Tikka was checked in and ready to board, but she didn't want to leave. So she left the airport, hailed a taxi, and pulled out our business card.
As we pieced together Tikka's story, we really didn't know what to do. We were concerned that Tikka was now considered an illegal and in danger of being sent to a detention center. We decided it was best to take her to a pastor friend who had more experience dealing with these kinds of situations.
Tikka had come to us as her only shred of hope, and as we comforted her and tried through language barriers to explain what we needed to do, she was obviously frightened, confused, and embarrassed. Penny asked her if she could pray to our God, Jesus, on her behalf, and Tikka quickly agreed. Before Tikka and I left, she turned to Penny again with sorrowful eyes and asked her to pray. With a breaking heart, Penny let her go, but God was watching over Tikka.
As Tikka and I started out, the Holy Spirit prompted me to take a detour to the home of Sally, our Indonesian friend, who is a believer. Soon there were three Indonesian women comforting Tikka. After hearing her story, they called the immigration office. The immigration worker told the women that the office was aware of problems with the agency that had hired Tikka and would look into the situation. Now, Tikka could not be reported as an illegal runaway.
That afternoon, the immigration official came to our home. The employment agency will be dealt with, and Tikka will be placed in another job. Sally and Lena, another believer, have offered Tikka a place to stay until things are worked out. These women have provided Tikka with comfort, a safe refuge, and even some of their own clothes.
After Tikka was moved to a government shelter, we visited her and learned that she had decided to become a Christian. We have seen God's hand in this all along, and we also found out that she'd had other Christian influences in her life before this.
We received word recently that Tikka is fine in the shelter where she is living and had a job interview that will allow her to remain in Taiwan. But the real matter for prayer is that a couple in our town applied to have Tikka come and work for them as a caregiver for the man's mother. Please ask that this might be God's will for Tikka.
We praise God for protecting Tikka in the midst of her troubles and for bringing her to us. "He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing" (Deuteronomy 10:18).
Please pray
- that God will provide the right employer for Tikka in our town. Pray that Tikka can remain in our area, within reach of Christians who love her
- that God would protect Tikka and continue to provide Christians to encourage her and help her grow
- for those ministering to foreign contract workers in Taiwan. Pray specifically for Thu and Hanh Nguyen, C&MA missionaries ministering to Vietnamese workers in northern Taiwan, and for an Alliance ministry to Thai people in Taipei.
- Although our ministry focus is to working-class Taiwanese, during the past three years, God has brought a number of Indonesians into our lives; most are married to Taiwanese men. We will soon begin meeting with two other Indonesian women, Lily and another Lena, who desire to study the Bible and walk with Jesus. Pray for them to faithfully follow Christ.
What You Can Do
Donate now to Alliance Great Commission Ministries to ensure that our worldwide team of workers, including Tim and Penny, can continue to faithfully serve the Lord.


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This episode features an interview with Dr. Iwasa from University of Utah School of Medicine. She specializes in data visualization using Hollywood and video game techniques to create animations of systems of molecules.
We recorded on location in a restaurant in Salt Lake City. We apologize for the sound quality.
Image Credit: TED


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Every library has a catalogue which is a database (search engine) that only searches what's in that library.
University libraries are large and complex, with a variety of material in various locations, including e-resources that aren't on any shelf. The library's catalogue is your tool for discovering what's available and where it is.
The Library Catalogue tells you what we have in our library, but its coverage of items is general. The Library Catalogue does NOT search the full text of books, journals, or any other item it describes.
It's not specific enough to tell you what's on every page of a book.
You can't find individual journal articles using the Library Catalogue.
The Library Catalogue is accessible on the internet to anyone, without restrictions. You don't need a library card or password in order to search the Library Catalogue.
There are some limitations on what you can do without an account, such as placing a "hold" or accessing e-journals. You must be a registered student (or staff / faculty) with a library card to use these features.
A Library Catalogue record is a description of an item in the library.
Every item in the library has a record in the catalogue that provides:
Sometimes (depending on the item) there's even more information in a record, like subject headings, book cover images, descriptions, and links to material online.
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This Library Catalogue tutorial is detailed, with examples and screen captures spread throughout. The Library Catlaogue is logical and easy to use, when you understand the general principles, so you may not need to be told all the details. As you use it more, you may need to understand it better. The tutorials are always available from the Library's homepage, for further consultation.
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Last month we covered the more valuable of the two education tax credits, the American Opportunity Credit (AOC), which is used for the first four years of post-secondary education. The other education credit, the Lifetime Learning Credit, does not have a limit on how many tax years it may be taken, but there are some differences with how it is calculated compared to the AOC.
With the AOC, a student had to be at least a halftime student in a degree granting program to be eligible for the credit. For the Lifetime Learning Credit, all post-secondary coursework, including non-degree granting programs, and courses at eligible institutions used to acquire or improve job skills qualifies for the tax credit. Therefore, if you take and pay for one course per semester you would qualify for this credit.
The Lifetime Learning Credit is calculated by multiplying all eligible tuition and fees (not paid by grants and scholarships) by twenty percent yielding a maximum tax credit of $2,000. If you paid $10,000 or more for tuition and fees, you would receive the maximum credit per student per tax year. Payment may be through cash, credit, parent loans, student loans and gifts. Unlike the AOC, most textbook and classroom material purchases are not qualified education expenses for the Lifetime Learning Credit.
Who gets to take the credit on their tax return? All education credits are taken by the person who can claim the student as a dependent on their income tax return. The impact of the Lifetime Learning Credit on your tax return depends on your personal situation. You have to have a tax liability in order to take advantage of the Lifetime Learning Credit. There is not a refundable portion of this credit as there is with the AOC. There are also income limits for taking the credit. If your modified adjusted gross income is $128,000 or more for "married filing joint" status, or $64,000 for "single or head of household" status, the credit is not available. The AOC has higher income limits which are $180,000 and $90,000, respectively.
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1960 United States presidential election in Alabama
The United States presidential election in Alabama, 1960 was held on November 8, 1960, as part of that year's national presidential election. Eleven Democratic electors were elected, of whom six voted for Harry F. Byrd and five for John F. Kennedy.[1]
All 11 Alabama votes to the Electoral College
County Results
In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other 49 states. There were 22 electors on the ballot, 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats. Voters could vote for up to eleven candidates. As a result of a state primary, the Democratic Party had a mixed slate of electors, five being pledged to Kennedy and the remaining six being unpledged.[2][3] The highest vote for a presidential elector was 324,050 votes for Frank M. Dixon, who was unpledged; the highest vote for an elector pledged to Kennedy was 318,303 for C. G. Allen, and the highest vote for a Republican elector was 237,981 for Cecil Durham, which was lower than the vote for any Democratic elector.[2] As a result, six unpledged electors and five electors pledged to Kennedy were elected. All six elected unpledged electors cast their vote for Byrd.[4]
Varying methods have been used to break down the vote into Kennedy and unpledged votes. One method is to take the 318,303 votes as Kennedy votes and the 324,050 votes as unpledged votes, giving a total much higher than the actual votes cast.[5] Another is to take the 318,303 votes as Kennedy votes and the remainder (5,747 votes) as unpledged votes.[6] A third is to split the 324,050 in the proportion of 5⁄11 to 6⁄11, giving 147,295 votes for Kennedy and 176,755 for unpledged electors.[7] In all cases Richard Nixon has 237,981 votes. If the last method were used, it would mean that Nixon not only won the popular vote in Alabama, but won it nationally.[3][7]
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*Presidential electors were elected as individuals rather than as a slate. The votes shown are for the highest unpledged elector, the highest elector pledged to Kennedy and the highest elector pledged to Nixon, respectively.
**All 6 unpledged electors voted for Harry F. Byrd
See alsoEdit
- ^ "Alabama". 270 to Win. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Alabama and the 1960 Popular Vote". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ a b Trende, Sean. "Did JFK Lose the Popular Vote?". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Alabama". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Kennedy Wins 1960 Presidential Election in Closest Race of the 20th Century". CQ Almanac Online. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ White, Theodore H. (1961). The Making of the President, 1960. p. 461.
- ^ a b Fund, John (November 20, 2003). "A Minority President". Opinion Journal. Archived from the original on November 23, 2003. Retrieved 25 August 2016.


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