text:
GTA 5 Spaceship Parts
Grand Theft Auto 5 is pretty much the most hyped game of the year. People started buying the game long before they even knew when it was going to be released and it didn't take long for the pre-orders to break the million mark.
There are a million-and-one things to do in the game and one of the toughest involves collecting parts for a spaceship. Those of you who know what I'm talking about are nodding their heads sagely and those who don't are going, "Wtf! You can build a SPACESHIP in GTA?"
As a result of this level of difficulty, we've decided to compile this guide to assist you blessed souls out there who tend to get aneurisms if they don't get the 100% completion rating at the end.
You can begin the hunt after the completion of the 'Far Out' mission in Franklin's 'Strangers and Freaks' line of missions. I won't go into the specifics of the mission itself since I don't want to spoil anything for anyone, but you need to complete this first.
GTA 5 Spaceship Parts Locations
Spaceship Part #1
Location. This Part can be located in the town of Grapeseed to the north. It located on a farm here but to find it you need to go to the map.
There is a T-Shirt shop and a Property icon in this town, if you make a line from the shop to the property and extend it, it will pass through this farm. You'll find it on the ground out in the open.
Spaceship Part #2
Location. There is a small road that leaves the town of Grapeseed and runs north along the main road. You'll know which one because it makes a sharp u-turn and ends in a dead-end. Go along it, and just after the bend there will be a shed to the right with this part inside.
Spaceship Part #3
Location. Now you need to head to the tippy-top section of the map. Go where the main road is at its northern-most point (near the Pay 'n' Spray and T-Shirt shop) Just south of the main road here is a large farm. Inside the barn you can find the part.
Spaceship Part #4
Location. Head to Paleto Bay, which is a town to the north-west, right on the coast (the same town near the last part). There is a gunshop in this town and right behind it is a Fire Department Training Facility. Enter the compound and head up to the second floor of the grey cement building in the back.
Spaceship Part #5
Location. This one is also very close to the town above. Head out of the town on the main road south while keeping an eye on the countryside to the left. About half a mile down from the gunshop you should find a weird cemented tunnel (probably a drainage thing). Inside this is the part.
Spaceship Part #6
Location. This is found on a rock outcropping on Paleto Cove. Head south alongside the beach from Paleto Bay and before too long you'll find a piece of land jutting out into the water like a little hill. You'll find the part on this.
Spaceship Part #7
Location. Once again, head south along the main road from Paleto Bay and you'll come a across a large bridge. The part is actually lying on one of the arches underneath the bridge and is pretty hard to get to. One thing to note is that the span of the arch is just wide enough for a helicopter to land on, so you might want to consider snatching up one of those choppers at the hospital with Trevor and showing off your flight skills.
Spaceship Part #8
Location. From the last part, head alongside the river that the bridge crosses over to the east. You should eventually come a similarly sized bridge. Underneath this bridge is a waterfall and a rocky outcropping in the middle of the river. The part is on this rock.
Spaceship Part #9
Location. This part is found near the top of Mount Josiah, on a series of rock ledges. Try heading directly up the slope from the train tracks to the east.
Spaceship Part #10
Location. Just before the river ends, there's another bridge, and just before that you can find this part on some rocks in a dip on the riverbank.
Spaceship Part #11
Location. Along the river there is a covered, wooden bridge as well (that means there's a roof and everything) You'll find the part under it.
Spaceship Part #12
Location. Near the southern edge of the Grand Senora Desert is a cluster of shops consisting of a Pay 'n' Spray, a Clothing store and a property. Take the road heading north from here, and go left when there's a fork. Head along this road until you find a trailer park on the right with a large boat. You'll find the part right behind it.
Spaceship Part #13
Location. Take the road that exits the Senora Desert from the south (west of the clothing store). As you go along there will be a bend in the road and you should see a dilapidated old house. You can find the part on the back porch.
Spaceship Part #14
Location. For this part you need to find a winding road that is about 3000 feet south and a little west of the cluster of shops I mentioned in part #12. Use the range indicator on the map to measure the distance. There is a largeish drop off the side of the road and you'll find the part here.
Spaceship Part #15
Location. A little north and east of the last part is another winding road where you can find a house belonging to an alien enthusiast. It's got a sign out back that says 'Welcome'. You can find the part under the sign. There's also an American flag out front.
Spaceship Part #16
Location. This one is in a half-submerged cave in the cliffs on the east coast. Head south along the coast from the desert and you should come to an inlet where the cave is. You'll have to go swimming here as the part is underwater inside the cave.
Spaceship Part #17
Location. Just south of the desert are some huge satellite dishes that you can find. Climb the one on the far right (west) to find this part.
Spaceship Part #18
Location. Head East from the airstrip in the center of the Grand Senora Desert to find a kind of park trail area. There is a large white rock formation in the middle of these and you can find the part here.
Spaceship Part #19
Location. Keep on heading east and a little north from the park trail in the previous part to find a kind of 'Alien Park' where people have drawn some graffiti saying things like 'Beam Me Up'. You can find the part at the highest point of this park.
Spaceship Part #20
Location. Head out into the water of the lake to the north of the Grand Senora Desert. You'll find this on the lakebed north of the town. To narrow it down look for a bay.
Spaceship Part #21
Location. Take the road that heads out of Grapeseed towards the coast to the east and curves south. When it ends, check inside the building next to the large red boat to find it.
Spaceship Part #22
Location. In the Tongva Valley there is a main road that goes over a small river as well as a waterfall. Head under the bridge here and you'll find the part underwater near the base of the waterfall.
Spaceship Part #23
Location. There is a farm in the Tongva Hills with a large grape field, southwest of the last part. Explore the areas between the rows of grape vines and you should find the part.
Spaceship Part #24
Location. Keep on going down the road from the last part south and west and you'll get to Banham Canyon. Continue long the road and you get to a large and fancy house where you can find a part in the back next to the telescope.
Spaceship Part #25
Location. Directly east from the fancy house in the last part a couple of miles away is another large main road. Next to it is a little creek that forks off into the Tongva Hills. As you follow the creek uphill you should keep an eye on the hills in front of you. One of them will have a cave that houses this part.
Spaceship Part #26
Location. There is a smaller road leading off from the large main road mentioned in the last part (head south along the highway after grabbing the last part) get onto this smaller road to find a private rehab facility. Enter, and look for the large tree next to the pond near the front door. You'll find the part at the base of the tree.
Spaceship Part #27
Location. For this part you need to head to the Vinewood Observatory. Head up to the roof and you'll find it on the right.
Spaceship Part #28
Location. Head to the water reservoir near the dam in Vinewood Hills. There's a little Jetty-like thing with a tower at the end here on the southeastern side of the lake. The part is on top of the tower, and you may need to use a helicopter to reach it.
Spaceship Part #29
Location. Dive into the water at the south-most end of the water reservoir mentioned above and you'll find this part on the lakebed For a dive that takes you closer to it jump off from next to the support column with the metal scaffolding.
Spaceship Part #30
Location. Leave Los Santos by taking the eastern highway which travels along the coast. Along the way you will find a town with a gun store. Take to the beach here and keep going north. Soon you'll come to a rock formation on the cliff resembling an arch or a bridge. Head down and search around the arch to find the part.
Spaceship Part #31
Location. Head west towards the Tatvium Mountains from the gun store in the previous part to come across a body of water and some drainage pipes that dump waste into the lake.
You'll find the part at the mouth of the pipe.
Spaceship Part #32
Location. Very close to the last part, head south to the dam where there is a small wooden dock. You'll find the part underneath the dock, in the water.
Spaceship Part #33
Location. Just as the Eastern highway leaves Los Santos look to your left to see a building that looks like it probably has something to do with drainage. There will be some metal walkways and some ladders you can climb down. You'll find the part here. This is in the Murrieta Heights.
Spaceship Part #34
Location. Head to El Burro Heights just south of the Eastern Exit out of Los Santos and go to the main office area of the oil company stationed here. Look for a dark green open container here and you'll find the part inside.
Spaceship part #35
Location. Head south from the last part, right to the southern shore. There will be a little rocky island just off the coast and the part will be there.
Spaceship Part #36
Location. Also in El Burro Heights, Go west from the last collectible until you reach a highway as its going west. Just south of the highway in another drainage are you can find this just outside the mouth of a pipe (this is still a ways from the city).
Spaceship Part #37
Location. In the Elysian Islands region at the south east portion of the city are a couple of docks stretching out into the water. Jump off the left side of the dock and you'll find the part in some metal wreckage on the sea floor.
Spaceship Part #38
Location. Now head onto the pier that's west of the docks in the last part to find a bunch of large dome shaped structures that house oil. Head in between these to find some stairs that will take you to the top of one of them. Now you need to get onto the pipe connecting the two of them and travel along it. Youu should find the part halfway across.
Spaceship part #39
Location. There is a pretty huge modern art exhibition are in the Rancho/Dutch London Street area. You'll recognize it through the tall metal tower-like structures that can be seen from outside the park. The part is found close to the entrance inside.
Spaceship Part #40
Location. Head to the southernmost point of the city, which is the bottom corner of the Los Santos International Airport. You'll find the part behind the hangar, on the ground next to a dumpster. Keep in mind this is an instant 3-star rating if you haven't purchased the airport.
Spaceship Port #41
Location. In the Strawberry/Olympic Fwy area underneath the freeway is an area populated by homeless people. There are a number of white stairways that go down to nowhere in this this area and at the top of one of them you can find this part.
Spaceship Port #42
Location. Go to the hospital in the Strawberry/Capital Blvd area. Head up to the roof to the helipad and you'll find this part no problem.
Spaceship Part #43
Location. This one is found in the Textile City/Integrity Way area. For reference's sake look for a Car Impound lot on the map and head north. There is an alley that goes in between two buildings filled with many vendors here as well as a coffee shop. It's a sub-alley here.
Spaceship Part #44
Location. This one you can find on top of the Penris building Downtown. You'll need a helicopter.
Spaceship Part #45
Location. Look for a Ponsonby's clothing store downtown north of the freeway. Just southeast of this, inside one of the freeway underpasses is a tunnel entrance. Grab a bike and travel into the bowels of the earth to find some tunnels where construction workers are found.
Keep going straight until you come to the main train depot where there are some train tracks and some stairs. Head over the concrete barriers where the blueprints are and you'll find the part.
Spaceship Part #46
Location. In the Alta area, find Rockford plaza. Drive up into it on the curving road (where there is also a stunt jump) and you'll find the part amongst the vegetation.
Spaceship Part #47
Location. You'll find this on the roof of a hotel in the Burton area. There is also a Los Santos Customs shop here and you'll recognize the hotel as it has an empty swimming pool on the roof. You'll need a helicopter.
Spaceship Part #48
Location. Head to the golf course. Now get on the course and look for a little island in the water hazards for this part. Be quick about it since you get a 2-star wanted level if you're not a member.
Spaceship Part #49
Location. Go to the Richard Majestic, where a movie is being shot. This is another restricted area so you will be wanted as soon as you step in. Head to the main center area, where there is a lot of movie equipment, and head up the stairs on the west side. Hop a wall and you'll find the part.
Spaceship Part #50
Location. For this one you need to head on over to Vespucci Canals/Palomino Ave and look for a building called the Liquor Hole. There is a large sign here the you need to climb so head to the back of the store and climb the stairs and ladders to find this part.
Check out the complite list of ALL 50 Letter Scraps Locations here!
You must be logged in to post a comment Login


text:
When a criminal duo labeled the "High Country Bandits" robbed a series of Arizona and Colorado banks in 2009 and 2010, FBI investigators turned to the owners of local cell phone towers.
A federal judge signed a court order authorizing a "tower dump" of call metadata from towers nearby the robbery sites. (Such court orders have a lighter burden of proof than a warrant, which requires probable cause.) The metadata received by investigators contained 150,000 numbers in plain text. Only two phone numbers were present at every crime scene. Investigators traced these back to their owners, the bank robbers, who were arrested and later convicted.
In 2012, investigators—many of them local police departments—made over 9,000 such requests for cell tower data. Many were granted without a warrant, at the discretion of a judge. The NSA program known as CO-TRAVELER, which was exposed by the Snowden documents, collects similar data, tapping mobile phone networks with a purported intent of identifying associates of known intelligence targets. "Incidentally," NSA documents say, the program can capture up to 5 billion mobile phone location records per day.
In the High Country Bandits case, such techniques obviously proved to be an effective law enforcement strategy. They are also a significant privacy infringement, containing the mobile phone records and potentially GPS data and network history of individuals en masse.
Yale computer scientists Aaron Segal, Bryan Ford, and Joan Feigenbaum may have a solution. In a paper presented at an August 18 conference on open communication, the researchers paint an idyllic picture of a potential surveillance environment that's heavy on reach and light on breach. The paper, "Catching Bandits and Only Bandits: Privacy-Preserving Intersection Warrants for Lawful Surveillance," proposes combining a system of checks and balances with cryptographic techniques to let investigators identify records of interest without exposing anyone else's data.
Here's how it works:
It uses "privacy-preserving" algorithms
When the FBI received the tower dump data from the High Country Bandits case, they tracked down the bank robbers by finding the intersection of all data sets—in other words, the only phone numbers that made calls near each cell phone tower in question. The key to the Yale researchers' protocol is a well-established cryptographic method known as "privacy-preserving" set intersection. "Privacy-preserving" means that the operation works on encrypted information and doesn't reveal anything about the data except the intersecting elements. If the FBI had done things this way, they could have still found the criminals but avoided compromising 150,000 people's information.
It creates checks and balances by distributing encryption
NSA surveillance programs like CO-TRAVELER are suspicious because they happen in a private, unchecked sphere. As the Yale researchers write:
"In short, the public must simply 'trust' the U.S. government's evidence-free assertions that its mass ingestion and secret processing of privacy-sensitive data are (secretly) lawful and subject to adequate (secret) privacy protections and effective (secret) oversight."
Checks on domestic agencies are more extensive. Most tower dumps require a court order and not a warrant, like the High Country Bandits case. If a judge deems a request too expansive, they might demand that the time window be narrowed or that a policy for handling extraneous personal data be specified.
The Yale protocol imposes stronger checks that work by distributing the actual encryption of the data. Once an agency like the FBI receives the data, it's been encrypted three times over: once by a key held by the court that authorized the dump, once by a key held by the FBI themselves, and once by a key held by a legislative organization that oversees all requests for surveillance data. As long as the keys stay secure, it's impossible for any single branch to operate on the data without the cooperation of the other two.
But it's no catch-all
The protocol is a step up from the status quo, according to Christopher Soghoia, chief technologist for the American Civil Liberties Union. But under certain conditions, the metadata still wouldn't be totally impermeable, he says. What's more, law enforcement agencies might be slow to adopt the new technique due to red tape.
Some privacy advocates oppose any large-scale culling of personal metadata. In a string of critical tweets, security consultant Eleanor Saitta said the paper essentially endorsed over-surveillance. Rather than trying to limit surveillance with clever cryptography, which could eventually be compromised, the government should instead seek to limit its access outright.
That argument ignores the fact that big data is here to stay in one form or another, says Bryan Ford, one of the paper's authors. Denying that, he says, is merely "living in a fantasy land."

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The critical challenges society faces — such as water scarcity, access to education, and the rising cost of healthcare — increasingly require the business, government and nonprofit sectors to work together to create lasting solutions. But this is only possible if the senior executives of our leading institutions are what Dominic Barton, Worldwide Managing Director of McKinsey & Company, refers to as "tri-sector athletes" — leaders able to engage and collaborate across all three sectors.
Our research at The InterSector Project shows that these leaders often have prior experiences in each sector and a unique ability to navigate different cultures, align incentives and draw on the particular strengths of a wide range of actors to solve large-scale problems.
Take water scarcity. A potential 40% gap between global freshwater demand and supply by 2030 puts billions of lives — and dollars — at stake. And all three sectors have skin in the game. For agri-food and beverage businesses, fresh water is an essential ingredient in their production process. Governments are often the stewards of water and regulate its use. Nonprofits work to ensure access to clean water and conservation of watersheds and the environment.
The Coca-Cola Company has a deep interest in creating sustainable sources of fresh water, as it takes over two liters of water to make one liter of product. Muhtar Kent, the company's Chairman and CEO, recently wrote on the company's blog: "It's challenging for one business — even one industry — to make a material difference on its own. Instead, we must rely on partnerships that connect across what I call the 'Golden Triangle' of business, government and civil society. Water is [a] Golden Triangle focus for us, as we work with our partners to become water-neutral by 2020."
Coca-Cola understands the tri-sector approach better than many. A decade ago, a lack of collaboration adversely affected its business in South India, when the Indian government and several NGOs protested the company's level of water usage and banned production in the region. Senior management at Coca-Cola recognized the need for the company to create a strategy for sustainable water stewardship, and hired an outsider — Jeff Seabright — who could help them craft a practical response and engage with partners across sectors.
Seabright was a relative newcomer to the private sector, having had extensive experience in the U.S. Foreign Service, U.S. Senate, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the White House Task Force on Climate Change. "To help gain alignment of my new colleagues," Seabright told us, "I combined skills I learned from my days at the U.S. Senate and USAID to collaborate when making a case for change."
He started by translating a non-financial issue like water scarcity into the kind of business language his colleagues understood. By overlaying a water stress map with Coca-Cola's operational plants, Seabright found that almost half of their global volume was in high stress and high growth areas. In other words, as Seabright told us, "margins are going to expand exactly where water pressures are going to be most intense. So we either act now, or limit our growth." Coca-Cola's leaders had not seen such a disciplined piece of work on non-financial aspects of the business — and gave him the budget to fund several water sustainability initiatives. Today Coca-Cola is 35% of the way to meeting its 2020 target for water neutrality and is regarded as an industry leader in this area.
Seabright also built highly effective partnerships with government and nonprofit organizations. He used his knowledge of USAID's Global Development Alliance to create a $20 million partnership that addresses community water needs in developing countries, and he fostered trust with World Wildlife Foundation leaders by making a "consistent effort to sit down with country heads and compare notes, just to talk. No agenda." Since joining Coca-Cola in 2003, Seabright has helped facilitate hundreds of community water projects across the world.
Jeff Seabright is a model tri-sector athlete but they come in many forms. Some start in business, others in government; some operate at the highest of global organizations, others in their local communities; and some are starting to build tri-sector careers at a much younger age than previous generations.
Regardless of their backgrounds, we have identified six characteristics these leaders have:
- Balanced motivations. A desire to create public value no matter where they work, combining their motivations to wield influence (often in government), have social impact (often in nonprofits) and generate wealth (often in business)
- Transferable skills. A set of distinctive skills valued across sectors, such as quantitative analytics, strategic planning and stakeholder management
- Contextual intelligence. A deep empathy of the differences within and between sectors, especially those of language, culture and key performance indicators
- Integrated networks. A set of relationships across sectors to draw on when advancing their careers, building top teams, or convening decision-makers on a particular issue
- Prepared mind. A willingness to pursue an unconventional career that zigzags across sectors, and the financial readiness to take potential pay cuts from time to time
- Intellectual thread. Holistic subject matter expertise on a particular tri-sector issue by understanding it from the perspective of each sector
So how can you become a tri-sector athlete? First identify a tri-sector issue of interest and cultivate a network across sectors to learn from and meet your counterparts. We've noticed there are no shortage of major conferences (e.g., Concordia Summit), hackathons (e.g., Random Hacks of Kindness) and city building organizations (e.g., Toronto's CivicAction) where tri-sector issues are discussed — and acted on — by representatives from all three sectors.
Or consider joining a growing number of cross-sector fellowship programs — such as Fuse Corps, Code for America, White House Presidential Innovation Fellows, Coro Fellows, and Bloomberg Innovation Delivery Teams — that pair top innovators with mayors, governors and federal officials to address pressing public challenges.
But most importantly, follow your passions and seek to leave the world a better place than how you received it. Before you know it, you'll be working with leaders and organizations across sectors to see your vision realized.
Follow the Scaling Social Impact insight center on Twitter @ScalingSocial and give us feedback.
Insights from HBR and The Bridgespan Group


text:
Terms & Conditions
Welcome to Stars Creations LLC, the owner and host of websites Phyto.com and Lierac.com (collectively the "Site"). If you visit the Site, You accept these Terms + Conditions as set forth herein. We reserve the right to update or modify this Agreement at any time without prior notice. For this reason, we encourage you to review the Agreement whenever you use any of the Sites. When you access the Site, you accept these Terms + Conditions and the Privacy Policy without limitation or qualification. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the Sites.
Product Information – Use and Restrictions
All product and service descriptions, other text, graphics, documents, files, videos and other content (all of which are referred to below as the "Content") are provided for informational purposes only, and are subject to change at any time. We do not and cannot warrant or verify that any Content represents the most current or accurate information on any topic. Other than for your use of the Site as expressly permitted in these Terms + Conditions, you must not access or attempt to access any systems or servers on which the Site is hosted or modify or alter the Site in any way.
Copyright and Trademark
The Content and the Site are the sole property of Stars Creations LLC and/or its licensors, may be protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws and may not be used except in accordance with these Terms + Conditions or with Stars Creations LLC express written consent. You must not modify, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works of, transfer, or sell any Content. All trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos and trade dress, whether registered or unregistered (collectively the "Marks") that appear on the Site are proprietary to Stars Creations LLC or such marks' respective owners.
You must not display or reproduce the Marks other than with the prior written consent of Stars Creations LLC. You must not remove or otherwise modify any trademark notices or other proprietary notices from any Content. The company Stars Creations LLC reserves the right to take legal action in the event of any infringement of its intellectual property rights, including in cases of criminal action.
The site and any content provided via the site, including links, are provided on an "as-is" and "as available" basis with no warranty of any kind. We disclaim, to the maximum extent permitted by law, all representations and warranties, express or implied, with respect to the site, its content and any products or services, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, noninfringement, freedom from errors, omissions, computer viruses or other malicious or unauthorized code or programs, and implied warranties arising from course of dealing or course of performance. In addition, we do not represent or warrant that the site, its content or any products, services or any other information accessible via the site is secure, accurate or complete. As a condition of using the site, you warrant to us that you will not use the site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms + conditions.
Limitation on Liability
By using the site, you agree that in no event will alès group be liable for any incidental, indirect, exemplary, consequential or special damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with the use of this site or any linked site including, without limitation, those resulting from loss of profit, loss of contracts, goodwill, data, information, income, business relationships, unavailability or nonperformance of the website, errors, omissions, viruses or malicious code.
Promotional Codes
Promo codes should be entered during the checkout process to be valid. Discounts and discount thresholds exclude shipping fee. Discounts cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.
Please review our Privacy Policy at https://www.phyto.com/terms-of-use/privacy-policy.html, which also governs your visit to the Site, to understand our practices.
Please review our security practices set forth in our Privacy Policy.
Communications and Other User Content
Visitors may submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam."
You may not use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any content. If you do submit material, you automatically grant Alès Group and its licensees a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content in any media throughout the world.
You grant Stars Creations LLC and its licensees and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you submit; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms + Conditions and will not cause injury to any person or entity; that the content you supply does and will not infringe any party's intellectual property, publicity, privacy, or other rights and that such content is and will not be defamatory or libelous; and that you will indemnify Stars Creations LLC and its licensees for all claims resulting from content you supply.
Stars Creations LLC has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. Stars Creations LLC takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content shared by you or any third party through the Site.
Links to Third Party Websites
The Site may contain links to websites and other resources operated by third parties other than Stars Creations LLC. Any such links are provided solely as a convenience to you. Stars Creations LLC does not control such websites, and is not responsible for the content, products, services or information offered by any third parties.
The inclusion of links to any third party websites on the Site does not imply our endorsement of any website or the content, products or services offered, advertised, endorsed or promoted by any third party, or of any company or person.
Welcome discount offer is applicable to first time buyers only, at www.phyto.com. Offer available to U.S. residents only. Offer expires December 31, 2016. Offer may not be used in combination with any other offer. Offer cannot be applied to previously placed or pending orders. You can unsubscribe at any time to our newsletter by clicking the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the email.
If any provision of these Terms + Conditions or the Privacy Policy is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect the effectiveness or validity of any provision, and these Terms + Conditions and the Privacy Policy will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such provision had never been contained in the document.
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Stars Creations LLC as a result of these Terms + Conditions, our Privacy Policy or any use of the Site. Stars Creations LLC's performance of these Terms + Conditions is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in these Terms + Conditions or our Privacy Policy is in derogation of Stars Creations LLC's right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or
information provided to or gathered by Stars Creations LLC with respect to such use.
These Terms + Conditions and our Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and Stars Creations LLC with respect to the Site, and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and Stars Creations LLC with respect to the Site.
Governing Law
The laws of the State of Florida (without giving effect to its conflicts of law principles) govern all matters arising out of or relating to these General Terms and Conditions of sale, including, without limitation, their validity, interpretation, construction, performance, and enforcement. All legal proceeding arising out of or in connection with these General Terms and Conditions of Sale shall be brought solely in the State of Florida.
Access To The Site
The Company Stars Creations LLC reserves the right to modify, terminate, suspend or interrupt access to all or part of the site (including among other things the site content, functions or availability times) at any moment, for any reason and at its sole discretion, without prior notice.


text:
TRUE FEELINGS — When George's (Scott Porter) parents come to visit, they are thrown when they meet his new girlfriend, Tansy (guest star Mircea Monroe), and George's mother devises a plan that forces George and Zoe (Rachel Bilson) to address their feelings for one another. Lemon (Jaime King) discovers that Brick (Tim Matheson) has a secret girlfriend and is shocked when she finds out who it is. Meanwhile, Annabeth (guest star Kaitlyn Black) is smitten with a charming British visitor to the town, but Lavon (Cress Williams) grows suspicious of him and is determined to uncover his real identity. Wilson Bethel also stars. Joe Lazarov directed the episode written by Donald Todd (#212).
Source: CW
Streaming Options


text:
Collecting Rent Online
The landlords, property managers and tenants of today expect everything to be convenient, simple and fast. It is very stressful for busy tenants to keep pace with bill payments, line up at banks, keep track and make sure they are not charged with non-sufficient funds. For this reason, it is a must to have an online payment system.
An online rent payment system will help alleviate their present payment and money transaction problems. Since tenants love using smartphone apps, most of them will be glad with this new service. It is about time to check out rent payment systems and present day property management software that incorporates online payment.
Landlords who have not yet offered online rent payment to their tenants will realize the hidden advantages behind using online payment as contributory to an automated property management system.
Making Business Stay Competitive and Cost Efficient
Due to the depreciation of client property margins and the growth of portfolios, it is a must for property managers of today to use the ideal property management digital technology so they can maintain their income. It is best to keep watch of income erosion through property management functions or make rent payment simple and almost invisible.
Cash flow disturbance and late payments are among the issues faced by landlords, property managers and investors. It is better to be safe than sorry.
Online rent payment is best for investors and property managers that have properties in different countries, cities or states.
Processing checks manually or transferring them from one bank to another can create a number of issues. It can take more time, costs and stress to go 康齒堂黑店 through banking time, processing periods as well as currency exchange.
Advantages for Property Managers and Tenants
- Paying online reduces paperwork and maintenance.
- A lot of renters prefer to pay online.
- There are several different ways of affecting online payment.
- Tenants are able to pay anytime using any device.
- Once incorporated into the property management software, online payment gives a single account, wherein it is easy to view payment history.
- It is convenient to pay via Paypal or credit cards.
- It consolidates all types of payments.
- It schedules recurring payments.
- Payment processors can guarantee payments on time.
- Through a single application, residents who share rent are able to synchronise payments.
- Paying online has become an industry standard.
- Payment processors deliver value added services (such as mobile apps, online, smartphone and sms) that use well-known payment methods (like Paypal, credit card, debit card and eCheck).
- It enables tenants to pay property owners as well as split deposit straight to their account.
- Tenants who pay on schedule can connect with the credit bureau to boost their credit standing.
- It is easier to facilitate security deposits plus the previous month's rent check payment.
- Saves time for landlords/property managers since they no longer have to go to the bank.
- It minimizes charges, arrears, payment delays and running after tenants to get payments.
- It provides software/app interview to view payments as well as cash flow.
- The payment status of tenants can be viewed in real time.
- Information to be included in property owners' reports can be relied on.
- It makes it easier to pay utility bills and storage fees, among others, on a monthly basis.


text:
Give your customers the best of automation and agents by launching Ada's AI-powered chatbot - the premier chatbot partner for Zendesk.
What is Ada?
Ada is an automated chatbot powered by AI + Natural Language Processing.
Does Ada Require Code?
Building and managing a customer service chatbot with Ada requires no-code. Ada's platform was designed for CX professionals - those who know the business best.
If you have any questions on Ada for Zendesk Support, ask us at firstname.lastname@example.com
How do Ada + Zendesk work together?
Ada's chatbot acts as the first line of support, and can solve more than 80% of customer inquiries automatically. This helps zendesk agents to deal with those high-value moments that drive both CSAT and sales.
Ada seamlessly integrates with both Zendesk Support and Chat.
Scale the personalized customer service experience you deliver with your live agents by introducing an automated chatbot powered by AI + Natural Language Processing.


text:
Much as I like it, I'm not sure I'd consider the optimal DB for a system like that.
It makes for one heck of a project mission statement. Explore the nature of dark matter, chart the Solar System in exhaustive detail, discover and analyze rare objects such as neutron stars and black hole binaries, and map out the structure of the Galaxy. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is, in the words of Jeff …
Never forget the bandwidth of a car full of media! Anyway data compression should work wonders. These piccies are mostly black aren't they. How do you find dark matter, its dark duh!*
*OMG I'm falling for popular culture and pretending to be pig ignorant in a posting, gahh!
Mines the white one with the hoopy straps on the arms
> One wonders how an automated system could be written to discover previously unknown classes of rare objects - part of the telescope's mission statement.
You cannot know something before you know it. So how come huge tax "receipts" get thrown at the manifestly illogical? Repeatedly, and institutionally.
1. Dream on.... Imagine something silly, preferably scary, e.g star-gobbling monsters, or freakin killer viruses with 110% fatality, or water on Mars(*). The best thing is something impossible to see and/or very difficult to detect. Remember the cookie monster that lived under the rug? A grown-ups version of that. With balls on.
2. Work up some crap mathematics. This can either be real mathematics based on totally unrealistic assumptions, or bad mathematics, e.g. making silly mistakes like forgetting to move the system origin, or simply assert that a non-linear system can be handled as linear. The best way of course is not to know any maths - simply feed your (massaged) data into a stats package or computer model. Anyone can play. Random data? No problem, kid, have yourself a linear regression. It's on the house.
3. Put on your little Jack Horner suit, sit in a corner, and wait for a tasty looking pie to come along from the empirical researchers. Exhibit a plum and say it is the thing you first dreamed up at Step 1. If you grin cheekily, you won't be disbelieved. (Everyone loves a cute baby). A bit of metaphysical gobbledy-goo helps. (Girls, you really want to try that). Who is going to call your bluff?
4. Get a Big Media complete ignormamus to write the press release. Mention "climate change" and "our childrens' future". "Big bang" is good too, but only if you're sure there'll be no-one nerdy reading it.
5. Pass Go. Collect $200. Goto Step 3 and repeat. Or if your balls are really brassy, Goto Step 1 and repeat with something different.
Science no longer devises theories to explain extant observations of reality. It looks for new observations to bolster extant prejudices about reality.
Needless to say, if this carries on, we are all doomed, even as we wait for our gigabyte per millisecond data pipes to arrive so we can freetard or iPlay or pr0n, or do all that at the same time.
* Why is this scary? When beardy Branson starts flogging flights to Martian colonies, there will be more than fighting in the streets to get on board.
...how they back up that thing! Must be using 10 Gbps links to the backup server(s) and using a fairly large tape library. LTO-5 coming out next year should do about 900 GB per tape with hardware compression at up to 160 MB/sec. That would be capable of about 5.9 PB at 6881 tape drives and 192 frames. You'd need 26 entire LTO-5 libraries just for 150 PB! And that's not factoring in any data growth, either.
Doing any large scale restores must suck, too. :-)
Stevie babee,
It's not using Windoze at all. Surely you should scream & yell & rant & rave about the unfairness of all this. Call the NSA, call the CIA, call the FBI & tell them they can't get the data. I'm sure they'll interfere for you. It's just not right eh Balmy. I bet Google's involved! Bastards!
i think you forgot that the data size is most likely measured in powers of two while bandwidth is measured in powers of ten. That way it's somewhat above 105553 seconds.
About the data compression, i don't know, but "mostly black" seems not good to me. If the telescope is sensitive enough, it shouldn't be that way - more like pretty "random" data. Of course, this only applies if they want to transmit what they actually measured and not just pretty images for humans to use as posters.
It may sound like a lot of data now, but from the story it's still another 8 years before the survey starts, and it'll be another 10 years before the database has all those PB in it. By then, multi-TB disks will come with your cornflakes (if, indeed, we're still using disks).
Best strategy is probably to buy the kit the week before you need it.
I like the detail.
I can't help wondering though if by 2016 we'll all have 30 terabytes on our desktops.
In 2000 most of us were still on sub-gigabyte drives and the idea of picking up a terabyte HD for £90 would have been though of as witchcraft.
Seems a bit daft planning all this now, no telling where storage and processor (see the Cell) tech will be in 8 years.
What if this process is turned towards earth, and could observe every action and event taking place at 30 TB's of data a day at 2 gigabits per second every night, with out regard of others privacy or heath and well being. Sounds scary to me, current technology a satellite as an example can see through a house using various spectrum's and resolutions
They have to use non-lossy compression for this, so the figures won't be that great (compared with JPEG or whatever we are using in 10 years time), but still a good percentage I would think.
Not lossy because you may compress out something faint but important. Which is most of what astronomy is about.
Well, my maths will probably get flamed but what the hey.
Doing some rough numbers and assuming JPEG's, low compression and 32-bit colour depth then these pictures have a resolution of about 120000 x 90000 pixels.
That would give a photo-quality print that was approimately 8 meters by 6 meters.


text:
Your cart is currently empty.
© 2023 JohnLaFree
Enjoy 10% Off Your First Order!
Mona Lisa Pug Tee
Soft and lightweight, with the right amount of stretch. It's comfortable and flattering for both men and women. Emblazoned with the iconic LaFree signature.• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz (142 g/m2)• Pre-shrunk fabric• Side-seamed construction• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Size guide
© 2023 JohnLaFree
| Powered by Shopify


text:
Although MIDI was originally designed for 1 MHz computers with 64 kB of RAM, it's still an industry standard almost 30 years after its introduction. Even for electronic artists armed with a microcontroller, MIDI is old hat if you want to connect a few buttons up to a music workstation. What if you wanted to connect dozens of buttons and knobs to a bunch of MIDI hardware, though? Enter Chomp, the Configurable Hardware Open-source MIDI Platform.
[Max Justicz], an awesome pseudonym if we've ever heard one, built a MIDI controller that allows for 48 inputs for buttons, knobs, and any other electrical connection imaginable. The board is powered by an Arduino-fied ATMega328 and connects to your sensors through 2×5 ribbon cables.
If you've ever thought about building a monome MIDI controller, [Max Justicz] has started a Kickstarter campaign to put a few hundred Chomps out into the wild. It seems like a great way to build some controllers or simply to send stuff to MaxMSP. Either way, the Chomp is sure to be useful.


text:
A place for discussion of all things Kickstarter. Review the Guidelines before Posting
Please remember that we are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message.
The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of this bulletin board. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary.
You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this bulletin board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.
We reserve the right to change your avatar image or profile information without notification. This will generally only happen with questionable content or dynamic images (which have the potential to become questionable).
This board is not to be used to conduct job searches, sell your stuff, or conduct commerce in general without express permission from the forum administrator.
You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this bulletin board.
We recognize the roles Kickstarter and Crowdfunding have played in our industry, and in an effort to further that role and help others, we provide the space for discussion of other projects. We believe that the community and the industry benefit from discussion of the existence of a project, the merits of a project, or the lack thereof. Given that there are high profile success stories and high profile failures, it is important that the community be free to discuss projects, so long as they comport themselves with civility and respect.
Over the years, we have learned that more new members will post for the first time in the Kickstarter Subforum than in any other, so we invite new members and posters to review these rules.
When discussing a Kickstarter project, the creators, backers, critics, or proponents of a project, remember specifically this rule: You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this bulletin board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.
Please note that this includes use of the Private Message system to post any of the above.
Should you believe a post or Private Message violates the above rule, use the Report Button, located in the lower right corner of the post/message, and do not engage the alleged offender.
This post's primary purpose is to clarify this rule:
This board is not to be used to ... conduct commerce in general without express permission from the forum administrator.
The Forum Administrator provisionally grants permission to post direct links to Kickstarter Projects, or Crowdfunded projects on Indiegogo. All other platforms are prohibited, unless receiving prior approval by the Moderation Team. Patreon, Fig or "Nickstarter" projects are strictly prohibited and will not be given pre-approval under any circumstances. The Forum Administrator or other moderators reserve the right to remove threads, posts, or links to projects for any reason or no reason, revoking permission for this commercial activity.
Each project should have its own unique thread, appropriately titled with the name of the project and optionally the creator. Duplicate threads for the same project will be merged as they are discovered.
It is permissible to link to the project homepage, updates, or comment sections.
In most cases it is permissible to link to company websites, blogs, news sites, or message board posts where relevant information about the merits or lack of merits of a project can be found. Some external links may come under heightened scrutiny, and may be determined to be beyond our guidelines.
It is not permissible to link to a projects' post-project pledge manager, without express permission, especially if that manager accepts additional funds beyond the original project goal or pledge. These systems do not further the goals of the project by unlocking stretch goals or enabling goal completion, and are considered tools of commerce without providing merit to this community. Links to project updates where the link to the pledge manager is given are permissible - because these updates serve an informational need to the backing community.
It is not permissible to link to the webstore or retail site of any Kickstarter Funded item(s).
It is not permissible to use this forum, including the Private Message Function of this forum, to conduct trades or invite resale of Kickstarter funded items.
After a project has completed fulfillment, the thread may be closed by the moderators to prevent abuse and promote an organized message board.
The rules are subject to change without notice.
4980 topics in this forum
- 3.4k replies
- 280k views
- 267 replies
- 18.4k views
- 155 replies
- 15.4k views
- 78 replies
- 9.8k views
- 23 replies
- 54.2k views
- 4 replies
- 3.9k views
- 0 replies
- 22 views
- 10 replies
- 258 views
- 2 replies
- 56 views
- 0 replies
- 69 views
- 7 replies
- 421 views
- 18 replies
- 1.3k views
- 1 reply
- 143 views
- 0 replies
- 57 views
- 0 replies
- 90 views
- 14 replies
- 1.1k views
- 12 replies
- 4.1k views
- 1 reply
- 115 views
- 0 replies
- 87 views
- 115 replies
- 9.7k views
Recently Browsing 0 members
- No registered users viewing this page.
Who's Online 17 Members, 0 Anonymous, 279 Guests (See full list)


text:
ExVoto Vintage Giveaway
64 comments:
Love the Graham necklace!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 6, 2012 at 9:03 AM
I would choose a wrap bracelet! So cute!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 6, 2012 at 9:04 AM
I liked their facebook page!ReplyDelete
So so cute! I liked their facebook page!ReplyDelete
I love both the Ellie bracelet and the wrap leather bracelet! Its all wonderful!ReplyDelete
Leslie, thank you for sharing ExVoto. I am loving their unique jewelry. So beautiful! My favorite piece so far (aside from the adorbs Ellie necklace) is the Graham necklace in turquoise and gold. So pretty. And I love that you can pick the locket type for almost all of their pieces. So neat!ReplyDelete
Oh, and I don't know whether or not I need to say this, but just in case: I liked their facebook page as well! Thanks again:)ReplyDelete
LOVE the wrap bracletsReplyDelete
I love the Ellie bracelet and the Classic Sterling Silver bracelet. I also adore their Blessing Charms...esp. love the "All is Well" one! They have such unique and wonderful pieces!ReplyDelete
i went to their Facebook page and looked at it and LIKED it as well!!ReplyDelete
Ooooh, I love the 18" Classic in sterling silver!ReplyDelete
I also like ExVoto on facebook!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 6, 2012 at 10:44 AM
I'm loving the 21" Wrapping leather bracelet in natural and gold with quatrafoil detail - I would wear it daily!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 6, 2012 at 10:44 AM
I liked their FB page :DReplyDelete
I liked their FB page = )ReplyDelete
Loved all their items, but the 33" Graham in turquoise and gold was my fave!ReplyDelete
Um, I LOVE that necklace up for the giveaway. LOVE LOVE. I've liked their facebook page and would be thrilled to someday own one of those fabulous wrap bracelets someday. I do love the vintage necklaces as well. They're all so unique looking! And love that they're all gold. I wear gold a LOT more than silver.ReplyDelete
I liked their facebook page! :)ReplyDelete
My favorite piece is the Ellie bracelet, simple and classic!ReplyDelete
i liked the exvoto website on Facebook-LOVED the jewelry! i especially loved the 33 in. graham in turquoise and gold, and i loved the wrap bracelets, too!ReplyDelete
This comment has been removed by the author.ReplyDelete
I liked their Facebook page and I love the 21" wrapping leather bracelet in saddle and sapphire with spectator detail!ReplyDelete
Hi Leslie, I love the 18" Classic in Sterling Silver necklace. So beautiful!ReplyDelete
Love Love Love...I "liked" their facebook page.ReplyDelete
I would love to add the Graham Bracelet to my arm candy collection one day :)ReplyDelete
I love the layering of their necklaces! Especially the cross, beaded necklaces & the one with the tassels :) gorgeous jewels!!!ReplyDelete
Graham in pearl in gold! mix of sugar and spice! pearls/gold!ReplyDelete
just liked their page!ReplyDelete
xx Kelly
i love everything but the gigi necklace is really pretty!ReplyDelete
count me in!
xx Kelly
I love the Maisy necklace and bracelet!!!ReplyDelete
And I liked them on Facebook!ReplyDelete
I love the 8" Graham Bracelet!! Thank you for intrducing us to this unique jewelry!!ReplyDelete
I liked their FB page :)ReplyDelete
How stinking adorable! Loved both the site and I adore their website! I have a two year old daughter, and she is definitely a girly-girl, let me tell you! She loves her jewelry, shoes, and purses!! She already has a sweet jewelry collection going, and I love the idea of getting her some vintage inspired pieces for when she's older (they'll really be vintage then lol). I loved the 8" graham bracelet in Sterling Silver...adorable! :))ReplyDelete
I liked them on FB! I love the Maisy necklace!!ReplyDelete
I liked them on FB! I love the Maisy necklace!!ReplyDelete
I love the "All is Well" locket in your post! My favorite hymn is "It is Well With My Soul" so that necklace is perfection to me!ReplyDelete
I "liked" them! I loooove the natural and gold wrapping leather bracelet!ReplyDelete
I "liked" their FB page :)ReplyDelete
As for which piece of theirs I'd kill to own, that'd be the 18" Classic in Sterling Silver!
They have incredible jewelry!ReplyDelete
I love the Graham in Amethyst and Sterling Silver!ReplyDelete
I 'like' them on Facebook!ReplyDelete
Love the Ellie bracelet!ReplyDelete
I love the Graham necklacesReplyDelete
I liked ExVoto on fb and I like the Graham Braclet. thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
Love Love Love the Ellie bracelet.ReplyDelete
kyfaithw at aol dot com
follow on fbReplyDelete
kyfaithw at aol dot com
I love love LOVE the 21" wrapped leather bracelet with natural and gold with quatrafoil detail! So pretty with the Daisy Locket!!ReplyDelete
XO Lucy
The 33" Gigi necklace is also adorable!ReplyDelete
XO Lucy
I like their Facebook page:)ReplyDelete
I absolutely LOVE their 21" Wrapping leather bracelet in natural and gold with quatrafoil detail! So CUTE!ReplyDelete
Check out Darling's Fine Things' Facebook page. Lots of new arrivals of Ex Voto Vintage in stock. Ships out promptly.ReplyDelete
I love their 21" Wrapping leather bracelet in natural and gold and also the Gigi necklace. I also liked their facebook page!ReplyDelete
I just stalked down that website, i love the beautiful vintage bracelets... The ellie was my favorite. I also like the facebook page... thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
Well I love it all but my favorite is the Graham in Turquoise and Sterling Silver necklace! Thanks for a fab giveaway!ReplyDelete
I liked their facebook page! :)ReplyDelete
I love the 33″ Graham in turquoise! :)ReplyDelete
Such beautiful pieces! I love them all but the 33" Gigi Necklace is my fave!ReplyDelete
I liked them on facebook too!ReplyDelete
I already "like" Ex Voto on facebook... the jewelry is awesome! I have been eyeing it for a while now so great giveaway!ReplyDelete
I love anything with pearls, so my other choice would be the 33" Graham in Pearl and Gold!!ReplyDelete
I love anything with pearls, so my other choice would be the 33" Graham in Pearl and Gold!!ReplyDelete
def a wrap bracelet! so cute!!ReplyDelete
and i liked their facebook page as well! =)ReplyDelete


text:
The Turbulent Life
Blakesley Burkhart hang gliding in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky in the 1990s as the daughter of a fifth-grade school teacher and thoroughbred race horse trainer, Blakesley Burkhart found it easy to fall in love with astronomy.
"These were the golden years of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Mars Pathfinder," she says. "And the coming of the Internet made it easier for the public to feel a part of the latest discoveries of the universe."
Following this passion, Blakesley majored in physics and applied mathematics at the University of Louisville and came to the UW in 2007 as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) student. Her project with Professor Alex Lazarian went well, and she published her first paper in the Astrophysical Journal. During that summer she fell in love with research on the interstellar medium—and with Madison—and decided that the UW was the place to do her graduate studies.
Now a fourth-year graduate student, she's working with Professor Lazarian, trying to better understand turbulence in the interstellar medium and magnetic fields by connecting observations, numerical simulations and theory. "Studying magnetic turbulence is of critical importance to so many different aspects of astronomy, and it also encompasses some of the most beautiful theories in all of physics," she says.
Blakesley sees a vast opportunity to make a positive impact on people's lives by sharing her love of science with them. She believes that astronomy has huge societal benefits. "The more people are aware of the scope of the grand universe of which they are a part, the more we will come together as a human race and abandon tribalistic tendencies. If everyone realized just how alone we are in the vastness of space and how precious our planet is, we might be kinder to each other and to the Earth," she says.
Blakesley is involved in astronomy outreach around the world. She attended the 2010 Communicating Astronomy with the Public conference in South Africa, where her talks about the department's Universe in the Park and Washburn Observatory programs gained international attention, and then did demonstrations at SciFest Africa 2010 for thousands of South African educators and children. She has also done outreach in Indonesia, where she chatted with girls in the small village of Pati, Java about science, being a woman in science and going to college.
Closer to home, Blakesley's outreach efforts are felt throughout the state of Wisconsin. As the department's current outreach coordinator, she hosts a weekly show, "In Our Backyard: Radio Astronomy," on Madison's community radio station WORT; gives talks at Space Place; is active in the Universe in the Park program; is involved in the annual Expanding Your Horizons program for middle-school girls; and participates in the annual Physics Fair and science exhibitions. She has done demonstrations and discussed careers in science at several Madison-area schools; is a coordinator for the Women of Wisconsin Strengthening Astronomy (WOWSA) group, which promotes women in astronomy; and was a Madison Middle School Science Symposium mentor last year. Her love of teaching also led her to obtain a master's degree in physics in order to prepare for future faculty positions in a wide range of colleges and universities.
Blakesley's life is full of turbulence beyond her involvement in research and department activities. She loves to travel, and her studies have taken her to spots on five continents, including Brazil, Europe, Indonesia, South Africa, Costa Rica and Arizona. "If you have a travel bug, astronomy's a great field to be in," she says. Her future plans include finishing her PhD and getting a post-doc. In her spare time, she loves riding her Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle, is a certified yoga teacher, does Bikram/Vinyasa yoga, brews beer and plays ultimate Frisbee. She's a captain of the Einstein Ringers ultimate Frisbee team, composed of mostly astronomy and physics grad students. The name is a play off of the gravitational lensing phenomenon and the frisbee term ringer, which means a very good player.
Blakesley's list of awards is extensive. She received the 2011 Jansky Award for her outstanding accomplishments in research as a grad student, NASA's Wisconsin Space Grant Fellowship, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in Astrophysics, and a NASA Outreach Award for her department blog, madtownastro.com.
"Coming to the UW was one of the best decisions of my life," says Blakesley. "I'm very happy here and love the department and all the opportunities it provides for its students."


text:
Porter Services in South Orange, New Jersey
Are you looking for a professional group to handle porter services for your South Orange, New Jersey office or facility? When you call the experts at Carpel Cleaning Corp, you'll be armed with a trustworthy crew of highly trained cleaners who will keep your place of business gleaming for guests and employees. We have been helping businesses keep their facilities clean and sanitary for 33 years, and are ready to get started helping you. Give us a call at (973) 315-5220 to get a quote for your property.
Call for a Quote!
Carpel Cleaning Corp's Customized South Orange Porter Protocol
Specializing in high volume facilities that need to look their best 100% of the time, Carpel Cleaning Corp is the area's preferred porter services contractor. Give us a call at (973) 315-5220 to schedule a free, no-obligation on-site evaluation of your needs. You'll be furnished with a written quote and recommended porter schedules. We'll devise a plan to fit your needs and your budget for porter services in South Orange.
Carpel Cleaning Corp Can Clean Anything in South Orange
Just some of the areas our cleaners handle include,
- Elevators
- Stairwells
- Lobbies
- Entrances
- Grounds
- Restrooms
- Cafeterias
- Common areas
- And More!
Why Call Carpel Cleaning Corp for Porter Services in South Orange?
Carpel Cleaning Corp has been providing porter services in South Orange for 33 years. We have a very selective hiring process, and all employees undergo a rigorous training protocol. Once fully trained, our employees receive additional site-specific training and frequent supervisor visits. The end result is a team that is results-driven and concerned about keeping your facility looking as clean and inviting as possible. If you are looking for a company who puts YOUR best foot forward, look no further!
Call for FREE Porter Services Quote
(973) 315-5220
★★★★★ - "Great company"
Michael C., Commercial Cleaning in Elizabeth, NJ2019-10-15
★★★★★ - "Carpel Cleaning has the best service! The cleaners are respectful and courteous. Would recommend to anyone that needs office cleaning. Exceptional work."
Gabbi R., Commercial Cleaning in Paterson, NJ2019-10-15
★★★★★ - "High Recommend Carpel!!! Crew performed strip and wax of all the VCT flooring. Store looks great! Awesome cleaning provider."
John F., Floor Stripping and Waxing in Jersey City, NJ2019-10-15
★★★★★ - "Best company 20 years plus. Would highly recommend."
John Montano, Commercial Cleaning in Orange, NJ2019-04-11
★★★★★ - "Mike was a great help! Carpel is highly recommended for your cleaning needs"
RBM Maintenance, Office Cleaning in Pine Brook, NJ2019-04-11
★★★★★ - "I brought this company in when I was overseeing facilities and they immediately fixed what was wrong. I expanded their services into all of our stores. They did everything, from janitorial, window cleaning, power washing, handyman, carpet cleaning, strip & wax, etc. Whatever I needed, I called one person and it was handled. Awesome company - I highly recommend."
Thomas Carhart, Janitorial Services in Newark, NJ2018-05-30


text:
It has only been in recent years that lily bulbs have been readily available on the market. They are still considered a luxury but they have become more and more popular. As a result of this, breeders of plants have created more varieties to chose from: a selection of which are available from Garden Bargains. They have created much larger flowers and also created species with flowers in unique and striking colours such as the black lily called 'Landini'.
Lilies are grown from a bulb and are very easy to grow. Lily bulbs need to be planted slightly deeper than other types of bulb, preferably around 15cm down in the soil. This is because as they grow the roots are produced above the bulb, unlike other types of bulb which have roots below the bulb. For the best growth the bulbs need to be planted anytime from December to May. If you have a taller growing variety you may need to put in stakes to tie them to so they don't get blown around by the wind. They usually like their roots to be in the shade and they blooms in the sun.
The reason lilies are so easy to grow is because they are a very hardy plant. After the flowering season they should be allowed to die back on their own. This results in more flowers the following year. If you continue this practice every year you will get beautiful displays with lots of flowers.
Lilies are sometimes considered to be funeral flowers, particularly the white ones. However, the name of the flower means purity, honor or majesty. They are often given as a floral gift on 30th wedding anniversaries.
If you like to grow your bulbs inside you can grow lilies with shorter stems so they are more suited to indoor growing however if you like to cut the blooms and put them into beautiful displays then you will be better off growing the longer stemmed varieties. But remember that the pollen from lilies can stain clothes, so make sure you keep them up out of the way or alternatively you can cut off the stamens when the blooms open. For this reason lilies aren't usually used for occasions such as weddings. If you do happen to get pollen on your clothes remove it gently with sticky tape until it has all gone. If you try to wash it or brush it off, it will just spread the stain.


text:
|IA 2X12 Speaker Cabinet Industrial Amps Inc.
|IA 2X12 Speaker Cabinet
Industrial Amps Inc.
Check Out The IA Amp Gallery For More Views
IA cabinets come with Black or White Tolex. Heavy duty black amp handle or on larger cabinets the handles are spring return hidden. IA cabinets have 1/4 inch jack plate in back of cabinet to connect to amplifier or another speaker cabinet. IA speaker cabinets come standard with our Industrial Amps aluminum sand blasted grille.
What Customer's Say
Did you purchase the IA 2X12 Speaker Cabinet? Feel free to submit a review. Reviews will be posted pending submission review and approval.
Length: 29.25" Width: 12.5" Height: 25"


text:
Phoenix Service Software
Phoenix Service Software— это сервисное программное обеспечение для прошивки Nokia CDMA, GSM, TDMA, а также WCDMA продуктов.
Main component versions in the release:
• Product API 2012.2.2
• Nokia Connectivity Cable USB Driver Version 126.96.36.199
• Flash Update Package 2011.50
• FUSE Connection Manager v 2011.51
Error Corrections & changes:
• New products: RM-852, RM-838, RM-843, RM-844, RM-787, RM-788, RM-789
Please note:
Energy Management Calibration should not be performed for products using the "Quantum" engine (RM-689, RM-702, RM-704 and other product using the same engine)
• Microsoft DOT.NET version 2 Service Pack 2 is now the minimum requirement. Phoenix installation will check PC for the DOT.NET version and update it automatically when PC has online connection. Without online connection, old DOT.NET versions must be updated manually.
• New common data package location in use. Please see document SR1315 in KICS Information Center for further information.
• All Nokia Service Software Applications will use following location for product specific data:
- Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Nokia\Packages
- Windows 7: C:\Program Data\Nokia\Packages
Please see articles SR1774 for more information on the use of Nokia Data Package manager – tool, and article SR1854 for more information on the Nokia Service Application Manager Tool.
• During installation, Data Packages should be installed in these directories, if they install to any other location by default. target folder for local data packages can be changed in the installation wizard manually
• This version contains the latest Tucson components. Therefore it is not necessary to use Tucson Add-On Installation Packages
• Before you start Phoenix or Care Suite installation to Windows 7 the User Account Control (UAC) should be turned off from Windows Control Panel settings.
• For more information concerning new options in "Firmware Update" – menu and their use, Please see documents SR1313 and SR1659 in KICS Information Center.
• Tucson operations combined with "flash" – option are now handled in the same way as "refurbishment", which requires Mass Memory Content File to be available.
• Use of Flash option simultaneously with product code change for USB Only phones is restricted. It is recommended to flash phone separately with Firmware Update. Please refer to product specific instructions.
• Connection media to FLS-5 must be configured to be "USB_FBUS", after FLS-4 support has been removed FBUS does not work anymore with FLS-5
• FLS-5 drivers do not support 64 bit OS, so phones using FLS-5 /USB_FBUS connection can not be serviced in 64 bit operating systems
• Software downgrade with Tucson system is only possible for BB 5.0 products supporting the Data Package 2 concept.
• Flashing with setup FLS-5, SS-46 and product specific adapter is not supported anymore. FLS-5 can be used with other product specific cables and adapters, but not with SS-46 Interface Adapter.
• If you install old DCT-4 data packages, Flash Update Package File installation path may be wrong. This is caused by very old DCT-4 data packages which contain Flash Update Package and overwrite current information during installation. If you experience problems when updating FPS-x prommers, please check that Phoenix "Prommer maintenance" is looking for the files from the correct location which is "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Nokia\Tss\Flash". If not, Phoenix will show error "Update via ini – file failed". In this case, select "Update" from that Phoenix "Prommer maintenance" – UI, browse to correct directory and select "fpsxupd.ini" for all other prommers except the FPS-8.
• FPS-21 flashing for RX-51 works only with TCPIP connection. FPS-21 prommer with new HW version 11 has been released to correct this. Sales pack code is 0089J83 , old HW version is not delivered anymore
• Please refer to product specific documents and instructions concerning the limitations of the RX-51 product
• When version 2010_12_8_42304 or newer with FUSE connection manager is installed on top of older Phoenix versions, there may be an additional delay of several minutes when you start Phoenix for the first time. Please wait patiently; Phoenix will start after configuration is finished.
• When using Data Package download functions with online connection, download times may occasionally be long. This is not caused by Phoenix (or Care Suite). The download speed from online servers is occasionally is known to be slow, depending on how data is buffered on caching servers.
• After you close Phoenix, it may not restart. To rectify this:
- Use Windows Task Manager to manually shut down phoenix.exe and FuseService.exe processes, or optionally restart your PC
• It is not possible to program Mass Media Content file to some devices over direct USB cable connection, due to the large size of the file. For these models a feature called "Media Check" has been implemented. When this type of product is connected to service software / PC via direct USB cable the refurbishment option will be disabled. Please use a flash prommer. Affected products using Media Check are: RM-122, RM-175, RM-176, RM-186, RM-246, RM-247, RM-296, RM-297, RM-320, RM-462, RM-472, RM-484, RM-505, RM-555, RM-559
• To be able to use the help files in Windows 7 you need to install Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) for Windows 7. Ways to locate WinHlp32.exe:
- Start Phoenix with online connection to Internet, select "Help" and "Phoenix help". Click the "Microsoft Help and Support" website link. Download WinHlp32 and install it.- Go to http://www.microsoft.com. Type "WinHlp32″ to "Search Microsoft.com" – field. Locate Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) for Windows 7 and install it
• When using flash prommers, only one connection type to one prommer is allowed. Please use either NFPD USB or NFPD TCPIP connection to one prommer, not both connections to same prommer
Supported operating systems and user rights
• Windows XP Service Pack 1 or higher
• When installing Phoenix into Win XP you must have local admin rights.
• When using in Win XP, user must have power user rights.
• Windows 7 32 Bit version
• Windows 7 64 Bit version (Please note that FLS-5 drivers do not support Win 7 64 bit OS, therefore FLS-5 can not be used in this operating system)
Ссылки на скачивание Phoenix Service Software 2012.04.003.47798 Original:


text:
Here you can find answers to commonly asked questions.
Do you ship to my country?
How can I pay for your great products?
What are the LensCoat covers made of?
I don't shoot wildlife, do I still need a LensCoat?
How do LensCoats go on a lens?
What are the benefits of having a LensCoat?
Can I change the LensCoat to a different pattern once I've put it on?
I don't see my lens listed, can you make me a custom cover?
What is a Hoodie?
What size Hoodie is right for my lens?
Why do I need a TravelCoat?
What is the difference between LegCoat Covers and LegCoat Wraps?
What LegCoat Cover fits my tripod?
What LegCoat Wrap fits my tripod?
Do I need a dedicated eyepiece with the RainCoat?
How does the RainCoat fit such a wide variety of lens lengths?
What is your return policy?
How can I find out about new products and promotions?
What can I fill the LensSack with?
How do I see all the recommended products for my lens?
Can I sit while wearing a LensHide?
Does the TravelHood take up a lot of room when packing?
What RainCoat fits my lens?
What LensPouch fits my lens?
What BodyBag fits my camera?
I already have a Leg Wrap can I purchase the shoulder cushion to make it a Leg Wrap Pro?
What is the difference between RealTree Max 4 and RealTree Max 5?
Do you charge VAT to the UK?
What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Quick Find


text:
Today's superpipe event on Blackcomb not only marked the end of the week-long World Ski and Snowboard Festival but also the last event on the AFP event calendar and the unofficial end to the busy contest season. With the clouds rolling in and out throughout the day, the field was narrowed down to a 12-men and 10-women final.
With the soft pipe freshly cut, primed and ready to go, the skiers threw down, battling not only for a win today but also valuable AFP points to close out the season. For the women, Maddie Bowman landed herself on yet another podium, taking the win. A super stoked Joss Christensen ended his solid year with a third place finish. Thomas Krief landed himself in second, and Mike Riddle secured himself the top spot with textbook fluidity in his run: double 12, right 9, left 9, alley-oop flat 3 to switch 9.
Mike Riddle on his win today
Torin Yater-Wallace and David Wise went into the day neck and neck for the top spot in the AFP overall superpipe points ranking, but with Wise not competing today Torin walked home with the 2012 title—he finished 4th on the day. It has not yet been announced whether Roz's third place finish will secure her first place spot, or whether Maddie's win will put her into first. The AFP will honor its winners with a dinner tonight in Whistler.
Thomas Krief talks about his day
After the main event, it was time for the superhit, a long-standing WSI tradition. Best single hit in the pipe, as judged by the other competitors, wins. Noah Bowman threw down a massive switch double to take the top prize. But it was Walter Wood who stole the show. Taking a page out of Tom Dolezel's book, Walter took two runs through the pipe in nothing but a thong and his knee brace. After his first run, which he kept relatively mellow, he dropped in again with tons of speed. He launched a double flip and took the biggest crash of the day, nearly naked. It was a great way to put a festive touch on the end of the Festival.
Joss Christensen on his third-place finish
Men's Results
1_ Mike Riddle
2_ Thomas Krief
3_ Joss Christensen
4_ Torin Yater-Wallace
5_ Jossi Wells
6_ Joffrey Pollet-Villard
7_ AJ Kemppainen
8_ Hunter Visser
9_ Alex Ferreira
10_ Noah Bowman
11_ Matt Margetts
12_ Justin Dorey
Women's Results
1_ Maddie Bowman
2_ Anais Caradeux
3_ Rosalind Groenewoud
4_ Annalisa Drew
5_ Megan Gunning
6_ Mirjam Jaeger
7_ Dara Howell
8_ Katrien Aerts
9_ Rose Battersby
10_ Kimmy Sharp
DNS_ Keltie Hansen


text:
|Choosing a Jeweller
Choosing an RJI Jewellery ProfessionalWhen you buy a dazzling piece of fine jewellery, you're making an important purchase. Equally important is the decision of where you're going to make the purchase. Retail Jewellers of Ireland (RJI) is the national association for retail jewellers.
When you have your heart set on the jewellery you've always wanted, don't let yourself be dazzled into selecting a jeweller you may not be happy with later. Before you select a jeweller, be logical, be thorough and don't be afraid to ask questions. As a consumer, you have a right to know about the fine jewellery you are purchasing and the jeweller making the sale.
A Lasting Relationship With Your JewellerThe right jeweller should be one you can rely on for all your jewellery purchases, year after year. From gifts for loved ones to treasures for yourself, the jeweller with whom you do business should educate and inform you when you're making a purchase.
Your jeweller should be there to guide you in selecting fine jewellery of lasting quality and beauty that will enrich your life and the lives of those you love. Your jeweller should also be there to help you properly care for your jewellery so that it can give you years of enjoyment.
An RJI jewellery professional can do all these things and more. Your jeweller should be on the same level as your doctor, lawyer or accountant - trusted individuals who have mastered the unique but necessary skills required by their professions.
When you are ready to find a jeweller, look to a Retail Jewellers of Ireland (RJI) member. RJI jewellers will not only help you with your purchase but they will also be there in the future to answer your questions.
Is Your Jeweller an RJI Member?If you see the RJI logo on the door, the jeweller is a member of Retail Jewellers of Ireland, an association that promotes and reinforces integrity and professionalism among jewellers. RJI is a professional organization with standards of conduct and business ethics that its members agree to follow.
These standards include a commitment to maintaining the highest level of personal and professional integrity, as well as treating customers with courtesy and respect. RJI members also keep pace with industry and fashion trends and are able to provide the most up-to-date merchandise and information for their customers. When you see the RJI logo, you know you are bringing your business to professionals with the skill and knowledge to help you make the right selection of quality jewellery within your budget.
RJI Resources for the Professional JewellerA major benefit of shopping with RJI members is that these stores have access to many resources, which can make your jewellery shopping experience as enjoyable and rewarding as possible.
RJI is dedicated to promoting the professionalism of the jewellery industry. RJI members have joined with their colleagues to work toward this goal. RJI members are committed to promoting professionalism and outstanding customer service in their stores and throughout the entire jewellery industry.
RJI must have the respect and confidence of the public and the jewellery industry. For this confidence and respect, RJI members must maintain the highest possible ethical standards in their business dealings. Every RJI member must follow and agree to the ethical standards, principles and practices of RJI.
RJI members have access to special educational programs that keep jewellers up-to-date on the latest trends and techniques in the industry.
RJI offers its members numerous services that are passed along to you as special value-added features.
RJI provides its members with special publications that help educate you about jewellery and how to make a purchase.
In addition to looking for an RJI member, you should follow these guidelines as you search for a professional jeweller who is reliable and offers a wide selection of beautiful, distinctive jewellery for you to choose from.
How Long Has the Jeweller Been in Business?Has the store just recently opened, or is it well-established? If the store is new, be sure to visit it and talk to the sales staff and, if possible, the manager or owner. This is a great way of assessing the professionalism of the store and it helps you establish a personal relationship with the jeweller. Ask yourself a series of questions:
How does the sales staff treat you when you enter the door? Do they answer all of your questions? How is the store designed? Does it look like time and effort went into making the store look inviting? How is the jewellery displayed? Do you feel comfortable in the store and would you be comfortable shopping there on a regular basis?
Many jewellery stores in your area are probably not new but have been in business for many years - some for several generations. If you are shopping at one of these retailers ask how long the store has been in business. Chances are, the longer the store has been involved in the community, the more solid its reputation. If it is a family-owned store, ask if the family actively manages the store.
Whether you are shopping at an established or a newly opened retailer, you should ask the same questions. What types of merchandise does the store offer? What services are available? Is a manager or owner available if you need to talk to them? More importantly, what are the credentials of the staff and management? Do they have experience or formal training in jewellery, retailing or management?
What Is the Jeweller's Reputation?Asking friends, neighbours or business associates about their personal experiences with various retailers can be an excellent way of selecting an outstanding jeweller. This can also help you avoid choosing the wrong jeweller.
What Services Does the Jeweller Offer?Maintaining the fine jewellery you have purchased will be important to you as time passes. Ask if the jeweller is able to clean, size, engrave, restring or remount your jewellery.
Does the store have a trained gemologist and a bench jeweller on the premises? Gemologists have studied the unique properties of diamonds and coloured stones. They are familiar with the various types of precious and semi-precious stones used in fine jewellery and can explain how to care for and clean your gemstone jewellery. If you are interested in purchasing diamond or gemstone jewellery, a gemologist can guide you to an appropriate purchase that matches your taste, budget and lifestyle.
A bench jeweller is trained in the fabrication and repair of jewellery. This individual can repair your jewellery, resize your ring and reset a stone. Highly experienced bench jewellers can often custom design a piece for you.
In some stores the bench jeweller and gemologist can be the same person. In larger stores, several people may be employed as gemologists and bench jewellers. Sometimes the owner wears all of these hats. In all cases, having trained gemologists and bench jewellers on site is an important component of the professional jewellery store.
What Is the Jeweller's Return Policy?Be sure to inquire about the time period for returning jewellery.
Also ask whether you will be allowed an exchange or a cash refund, if this is of concern to you.
Does the Jeweller Offer a Wide Selection?As in any retail store where you enjoy shopping, selection is an important factor in your choice. Look at the selection a jewellery store has to offer and determine if it reflects your taste and meets your needs. Remember, a professional jeweller will help you develop a jewellery wardrobe that meets your budget, tastes and lifestyle.
Jewellers can almost always specially order jewellery for you and some may even be able to custom design a piece. Simply ask if these services are available.
What Information Can the Jeweller Share with You?A professional jeweller is also a consumer educator who understands your need for information. Does the store provide you with information that will help you select and care for your fine jewellery? Booklets, brochures and other materials should be available to help guide you in your purchases and answer questions you may have.