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At the end of last year and early part of this year, I detailed several "new" phenomena that signaled the end of the vulnerable refractory phase of the 15-year excitement cycle, and the beginning of the restless warm-up phase. "New" in the sense of they hadn't happened since the summer of 2015 at the very latest, and were more of a staple of the zeitgeist from 2005-2014 (a warm-up phase, and a manic phase).
One of those was girls in a car cat-calling guys (me). I felt sufficiently in-the-mood on Halloween to do some cat-calling of my own from the car. But it was from behind, since they were on the same side of the street, and we could only look sideways at each other as I passed them, which didn't leave much time for them to process what was going on and respond in kind.
So tonight I felt like experimenting a little, and made sure to look for a group of girls on the opposite side of the street, on the main drag through campus / downtown. Sure enough, despite the 30-something degree weather, there was a group of 5 or 6 girls in their early 20s, all dressed in short skirts and fishnet leggings, looking like they were heading somewhere with a goth / industrial / alt / e-girl theme.
Not that I don't appreciate the ones jogging around in yoga pants, but if you're showing your legs in near-freezing weather, you deserve the reward most.
So I howled out like a wolf -- OWW OWWWWWWW!!! -- and this time they had enough time to see me and process it all, and they all howled back using my exact same vowels and rhythm -- OWW OWWWWWWW!!! An entire pack of she-wolves out on the prowl, baying back at a random hot lone wolf guy. I honestly cannot remember the last time this happened, sometime during the heyday of '80s night around 2010, give or take.
I think it's important to make sure they can see you first, so they know it's not some ugly / creepy / soyboy guy, as they might worry if you called to them from behind. Even then they probably assume that an awkward dorky guy wouldn't have the balls to make such a public move on a group of girls, but still, don't leave any uncertainty in their minds.
Same reason why you don't ever approach a girl from behind to dance in a club -- even if she would want to dance with you, the event takes too long to process if she can't see you first, and she's going to instinctively feel awkward. Either she'll scurry away, or look tensely at her friend who can see you, to get a signal if it's a hot guy or a dorky guy. Bad spot to begin the interaction in.
Certainly your mileage may vary depending on how hot you are, and what music you're playing out the windows. ("Long Hot Summer" by Style Council tonight, despite the season, still set the flirtatious mood perfectly.) But even if you're not a follow-around-the-store hot guy, girls are still pretty forgiving when you're giving your best effort to flirt with them in public, especially where actual physical contact is not yet involved. If you and your normie friends are out driving around, and it doesn't look like you'd all be alone at a danceclub, just go for it and have some fun.
Cat-calling, wolf-howling, etc., are not going to get you laid right then and there -- and the girls know that. They won't interpret it as an awkward slide into their DMs, accidentally liking one of their selfies from 4 years ago on Instagram, or any of that other fake gay online shit. And therefore, there's a good chance they'll give you a signal of their own right back. It's just fun and exciting flirtation, meant to get everyone into a coming-out-of-their-shell mood.
The girls are signaling that they're out of their shell by making themselves presentable, and then actually presenting themselves for public evaluation. The guys signal that they're out of their shell by giving the girls a glowing evaluation.
You can't carry out this call-and-response ritual online, over text, etc. That's too pod-like. Girls feel no validation from it because it's the easiest thing in the world to send a text, so the guy isn't investing anything in them. And guys get no enjoyment either because sending a text, liking a tweet, etc., is not a ballsy move, so they don't feel their testosterone surge. Also, the timing is a nightmare online -- did they actually read it yet, when are they going to text back, etc.? When it's IRL, everything happens immediately and directly, so there's never a moment for either side's anxiety to build up. They just go with the flow.
One aspect of these interactions that I have not discussed yet is the impression they leave on everyone else in attendance, as it were. These are public spaces, filled by more bodies than just the two parties to the mating calls. Not only do these rituals change the mood and steer the behavior of the people directly participating, they alter the mood for everyone else as well.
"Wow, what kind of atmosphere are we in, where guys and girls are wolf-howling to each other in a densely packed public street? Horny levels must be going off the charts these days. Noted for future reference..."
These public spectacles can serve to shatter the conformity effect, when the time is right in the excitement cycle. If no one perceives anyone else to be bucking the trend of low-energy isolation, then even if they wanted to do so, they might just go along to get along. Maybe the timing is wrong. Maybe I'd be too weird. But once they see just a handful of other people breaking the "rule" and getting away with it, then all bets are off. Time for us to do a little cat-calling of our own.
One instance of the spectacle can alter the mindsets of dozens of others watching, and at least a few of them will perform the spectacle themselves before long, which propagates the phenomenon in an exponential fashion, as a social contagion.
Of course, you couldn't do this a few years ago during the height of the #MeToo vulnerable phase. It would have been poorly received by the girls, and the spectators would've taken it as a reminder to just keep to themselves for awhile longer.
But when you get the sense that the vibes are changing, risk-taking people can experiment to see what the reception is. And provided the time is right, they've just kicked off a return to the fun and flirtatious climate of the last restless warm-up phase (in the late 2000s).
Happy to do my part for the greater good of society.
I've been meaning to write a brief review of Miley Cyrus' new album Plastic Hearts, but in the meantime, here's an apropos track (featuring "Billy Fucking Idol," as the CD booklet says):
December 5, 2020
Social weather update: girls wolf-calling back in response to guy calling out first
At the end of last year and early part of this year, I detailed several "new" phenomena that signaled the end of the vulnerable refractory phase of the 15-year excitement cycle, and the beginning of the restless warm-up phase. "New" in the sense of they hadn't happened since the summer of 2015 at the very latest, and were more of a staple of the zeitgeist from 2005-2014 (a warm-up phase, and a manic phase).


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Maybe you were like me when the George Zimmerman trial was going on, shocked (not necessarily surprised) that the defense would come up with something so totally messed up as to say that Trayvon Martin was not unarmed because he used the ground upon which he was standing (and defending himself against an unprovoked aggressor) "as a weapon."
In case you missed it then, or want to be reminded, here it is, described in an article from The Daily Beast:
Martin, who was on his way to his father's house after buying a bag of Skittles candies and a can of drink, was not unarmed, said [Mark] O'Mara [defense counsel]. He was armed with a concrete sidewalk, on which he slammed Zimmerman's head.
It drove me crazy. Certainly, this must be an oddity. A freak of the legal system that was just one element that fed the whacked ultimate findings of that court that acquitted Zimmerman.
Yeah, right.
Just this week, I heard on the radio a report about young Black men killed by police officers. The report was based on an investigation conducted by the intrepid folks at ProPublica (winner of 2010 and 2011 Pulitzer Prizes).
Lots of bad news and overwhelming evidence for racist trends and patterns. Again, shocking (I never want to lose that sense of shock), but not surprising.
Like, how Black men in this nation have a twenty-one times higher risk of being shot by a police officer than a white man has. Twenty-one. Not 21% higher risk. Twenty-one times higher.
I knew there would be a heart-achingly, enragingly higher risk for men of color, but I would not have guessed at that number.
As if that were not bad enough, the thing that took my breath away, despite my cynical stance on these things, was that in at least one case, one police department (NYPD) when providing documentation after a police officer shoet and killed someone, they noted that the now-dead suspect had as a weapon, "furtive movements."
Furtive movements.
Not as a precursor to gaining access to a weapon. Not as a reason that drew the police officer's attention. Listed as weapon.
Just so we all are clear — especially those of us (me included) with race privilege who have short attention spans and big blind spots – this is not a modern-day invention. There is history here. Far too much history.
For example, in Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, she describes the era on the hinge of Reconstruction being abandoned (federal troops were pulled out of the South) and the era of "Southern Redemption" being firmly, brutally established. Racialized vagrancy laws were continually defined and refined to make mundane activities into criminal ones. "Mischief" and "insulting gestures," were made into criminal offenses. You can view a "book trailer" (about 3 minutes long) to get to know Alexander's book's premise here.
The folks over at this blog I was newly introduced to — Interracial Jawn (self-described as "an interracial couple discusses pop culture, tv, movies and current events from their unique perspectives as a very white guy and a mostly black woman") – put together this informative Ferguson Flashcard (it's #3).
This shows us the hateful roots of today's systematic racism in yesterday's and last century's and last two and three centuries' systematic racism. This so happens to show the parallels between the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act and modern-day "tactics of law enforcement."
You don't have to agree 100% with the analogy to still see the truth of what their flashcard reveals: never was it true that electing a Black president meant the end of racism in this country. This is not about individuals and bias. This is about systemic racism that continues to infect our nation. It is not easy to face; it is even harder to endure.
We are called, as people of faith and people of conscience, regardless of our place in this culture and nation, to not turn away and do what we can to undo this and make the world new, standing (and sitting and leaning and laying) on the side of love as we do.

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Portal: DCC/Intro
DCCWiki, a community DCC encyclopedia.
Digital Command Control (DCC) is a scheme for controlling locomotives on a model railroad layout. It allows more than one locomotive to occupy the same electrical section of track.
The most basic Digital Command Control (DCC) system consists of several parts: a throttle, a command station, a booster, a decoder, and a power supply to run it all. Most systems also use a throttle network which allows multiple throttles to talk to the command station.


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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Goodbye, Milky Way
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Remember when we went to Sudhagarh for that trek? remember how beautiful the sky was that night when all of us were laying on our backs on that hilltop looking up??
we should go to an equatorial forest and look up. i have read that the stars look like theyre really close up at the equator and that nightfall is drmatic and sudden.and we should go to the arctic to look at the aurora.
the nightsky isn't gone cookie. you just have to go a little further than ur bedroom window to see it. :-)
- October 13, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- Antara said...
When I look up from my rooftop, the night sky is a hazy display of oranges and pale blues.
And just the one northern star shining bravely through it all.
- October 13, 2010 at 10:02 PM
- S. Susan Deborah said...
I love the stars and you know that. But this post was not only about stars. It was much more and I felt very sad for those people in Clarke's work, who could not see the stars. What life without stars, by Jove! I love the last quote. I quote it very often. even Einstein said something along those lines.
I love you for this post. I am feeling happy happy after reading this post.
Hope you are well dear Karishma.
Joy always,
- October 14, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- Srishti said...
Hey TUIB :)
I really understood the point you are making. In cities, you're just not able to appreciate the beauty of the stars. Few years back when I was younger and the nights were much clearer, I absolutely adored looking at the night sky and had Universe, Earth and Animals books from Discovery of which Universe was my favorite. It was so sad when Kalpana Chawla died.
But this summer, I had been to a camp to Chakrata okay, and its high up in the mountains and in our night out, we went even higher and slept outside and the stars were so bright and vivid and so many, I felt like all I had to do was extend my hand and pluck them out of the sky. I even saw 3 shooting stars! Starry nights :)
And there's also this line from twilight where Bella says that she likes the night, for if it weren't for the night, how would we see the stars? Well, she said something profound related to stars and I can't remember what so I made the above line up.
Anyway, wonderful post as always :)
- October 15, 2010 at 11:27 AM
- Mohit said...
I once spent six weeks in this village in the middle of nowhere. We used to sleep outside under the stars. The first day I had trouble going to sleep because the sky was filled with starlight. The next day and the days that followed were those of true wonder. I have never been able to forget that scene. You feel minuscule.
And then there was that other time when we'd looked at Saturn through a telescope we'd built. Its one of the prettiest li'l things I've seen :) ::goes into girly giggly mode::
- October 15, 2010 at 9:08 PM
- mgeek said...
Watching documentaries on Space always leave me feeling humble and small. Until the next turf war over the shotgun seat. :-)
- October 15, 2010 at 9:16 PM
- Tangled up in blue... said...
T., how cud one forget Sudhagarh? You know what, we shud go on another trek after my exams! :)
And yeah, I'd read that abt the equator, too. But an equatorial forest, thats a bad idea..have you any idea how dense one of those are? We'd look up and see treetops! And the aurorae! Yes! Definitely..lemme know when we're going..:D
Antara, I cudn't even see the Pole Star! :|
- October 16, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Tangled up in blue... said...
Susan, I'm glad it made you happy, dear Susan..the night sky has given me such great moments in the past.. but its very sad to see how one cant see the stars in my part of Bombay any more..
Srishti, you know the skies are beautiful from mountain-top! It really makes me want to go away to the hills for a while! :)
- October 16, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Tangled up in blue... said...
Leo, I am jealous! I've never seen Saturn thru a telescope but I imagine it must be incredibly awesome! Cud you see the rings, too? I've read that Galileo cud see them when he first trained his telescope towards Saturn, he knew immediately that it was a ringed planet..
mgeek, oh yes! The heavens are so overwhelming..you do feel very humble in the face of so much magnificence..
- October 16, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- Mohit said...
Yep. Those rings were very clearly visible. And they weren't horizontal you know. 110 degrees to the horizontal. Surreal it was I tell you
- October 16, 2010 at 11:52 PM
- Unknown said...
Dear TUIB,
I read this post the very day it was published. And then re-read it, again and again. As always, it spoke for the virtuous person that you are. But more importantly, I acutely felt the dismay.
I think it's high-time that we invented a time machine. And then, we shall regress to those times when the stars twinkled with all the sublime elan. Seriously!
But one consolatory thing, as far as I'm concerned, is that the sky over my head still remains chaste, more or less. Hope it remains so forever.
A poignant post from a lovely lady! :) TC.
- October 18, 2010 at 10:19 PM
- Deeksha said...
I look at this without augury. Call me nihilistic if you want to, but the world was made to be born, function, deteriorate and die. It is merely coincidental that we are giving anjaam to it.
Yaar phir say shaayrana ho gaye andaaz...
Har shay ko jalna hai,
aur jal ke guzar jaana hai...
- October 21, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Tangled up in blue... said...
Rohith, oh, how I envy you your beautiful walks underneath that chaste sky! :) And yes, a time machine is in order! :D Thank you for that most heartfelt comment..:)
Dee, I dont think it is an augury, mostly, a sign of the times. And that is certainly not nihilism, it is the way of all things, the great universe included. It's just sad that we won't be able to make this wondrous oasis in the mostly lifeless universe last longer..
- October 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM
- Nitisha said...
I think you would love this. :)
- October 22, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- Pankaj said...
lovely :). life without light must have been so interesting. imagining only the moon and star light, and the odd fire, lighting up peoples lives.
i think i read that tale too as a kid. and now that i think of it, it is such an amazing theme.
- October 27, 2010 at 4:24 AM


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I will go ahead and admit it; last season I bought into the hype... hook, line, and sinker. I drank the Kool-Aid; I thought the 2014 Kentucky Football Wildcats were going to win seven games and shock everyone. I rationalized stretch possibilities because I so badly wanted it to happen.
I incorporated emotion instead of rationale, but in my defense, we were a delay of game penalty (Florida) and a dropped interception (Louisville) away from going 7-5... so maybe predicting seven wins was not that far fetched.
This season I have adjusted my blue tint, I have fought urges to make decisions based on hating a certain team and I have come up with a fair assessment of the coming season, in my opinion. In fairness though, my opinion is probably worth exactly what you paid to get it.
I like the Wildcats to go 7-5 in the regular season and head to a solid bowl for all of Big Blue Nation to rejoice and remember the fun that used to be reserved for the Rich Brooks era.
I will cover the game-by-game prediction a little later but the biggest point is that I feel strongly that this group is somehow getting to seven wins for the debut of the new Commonwealth Stadium.
UK's football stadium renovation is looking great. Photo courtesy of @PeytonBryce12. pic.twitter.com/8sOH7Ob7lV
— Mike Stunson (@Mike_Stunson) July 3, 2015
I am sure you are wondering how it is that we are going to improve our win total by 40% in the nightmarish SEC; this is how I believe we will be able to make that jump:
The Quarterback Position
Patrick Towles is coming into his junior season with a year's worth of SEC successes and failures under his belt. The jump he has made from this time last season to now should be exponential. Add to that, he now has some real competition behind him, last year it was pretty much Patrick or bust.
I am not saying Towles knew he would not lose his job and may have gotten complacent, but I am saying that competition breeds excellence. Drew Barker is likely chomping at the bit to prove that it is his time in Lexington and I would imagine Towles is feeling every puff of breath on his neck.
The Backfield
Last season Kentucky supposedly had a stable of running backs from which to choose. While the talent was there in the form of JoJo Kemp, Braylon Heard, Josh Clemons, Mikel Horton, and Stanley Williams, the fact of the matter is nobody was able to separate himself as the man of the backfield. In fact, the leading rusher was Quarterback Patrick Towles.
This season it is not a question as to who is the man leading our backfield. Stanley "Boom" Williams will likely be the first two downs back and likely be in on third down quite a bit. Williams was one of the most explosive runners in the SEC last season, being the feature back this year will only enhance his potential Sportscenter Top 10s.
I firmly believe that UK will benefit greatly from two things; 1) Boom Williams being a year older and stronger, and 2) knowing whom the feature back is from day 1. I think there certainly needs to be balance and more than one good running back, but I think it hurt the running game last year with the perpetual revolving door.
The Receivers
This group may be the most improved over last season, even though DeMarco Robinson and Javess Blue have graduated. A healthy Ryan Timmons leading a group of Alex Montgomery, Jeff Badet, Garrett Johnson, Blake Bone, Dorian Baker, T.V. Williams, and Thaddeus Snodgrass is as deep and talented of a core of ball catchers as UK has seen in years.
The biggest upgrade to the receiving corps is undoubtedly freshman C.J. Conrad. Conrad is a 4-star tight end who turned down Ohio State and enrolled early at UK. Conrad made waves in the spring and looks to be our most dangerous weapon at the position since a guy named Jacob Tamme.
The Offensive Line
The big uglies up front return mostly intact from last season. While the loss of Darrian Miller will hurt, the 'Cats have a plethora of strong young talent coming off redshirts that will more than make up for the loss. The line will be anchored by junior Center Jon Toth. Toth is already considered one of the best centers in America and under his leadership; this season should be one of strength for this unit.
The Defensive Line
Kentucky has big shoes to fill in with the loss of Za'Darius Smith, but they have a strong candidate in Senior Farington Huguenin. Huguenin had a strong spring and look for him to step right in and not miss much of a beat. The rest of the line will be strong and deep in the form of Melvin Lewis, Matt Elam, CJ Johnson, and Reggie Meant. Even with the loss of Big Z, the D-line should be improved and deep.
The Second Tier
No question, losing Bud Dupree is going to sting in this area, which is understood. However, Jason Hatcher and redshirt freshman Denzel Ware are both SEC level talents that will soften the blow significantly. Josh Forrest and his 110 tackles are back in the middle for UK as well.
I think we will hear so much about Forrest during games that the phrase "Did you know Josh Forrest is a converted wide receiver!" to be the new version of "Did you know Willie Cauley-Stein played wide receiver in high school!" for 2015.
Alongside Forrest is most likely going to be Ryan Flannigan. Flannigan really came on late last season (only Forrest and Dupree had more tackles in the final two games) and could have a similar impact as the 2014 version of Josh Forrest. Kentucky also has some talented redshirt freshman mixed in with veteran backups to make the position deeper than it has been in years.
The Defensive Backfield
The secondary is going to be strong in 2 out of 3 areas for sure... but the third one could be a real killer. I LOVE our safeties this season; we have senior A.J. Stamps returning along with uber-talented redshirt freshmen Mike Edwards and Darius West to go with veteran Marcus McWilson.
The nickleback position should be strong as well with sophomore Kendall Randolph and junior Blake McClain reprising their roles from last season.
The cornerback positions are where it gets dicey for the 'Cats. They have everyone returning from last season, but just because you are a year older does not correlate to a year better.
I think you will end up seeing seniors Cody Quinn and Fred Tiller supplanted by the youthful talent behind them. My concern is the in-between transition of that happening plus the learning curve of being a corner in the SEC could spell problems for D.J. Eliot and crew.
Special Teams
This is an easy unit to predict success; you have senior Landon Foster returning for the punting duties and sophomore Austin MacGinnis for the kicking duties. Foster has the ability to be one of the conference's best at his position with confidence and consistency.
I think Austin MacGinnis will end up as the all-time great kicker at UK before he leaves. Last season, as a freshman, he hit 21 out of 27 field goals and made several 50+ yarders. MacGinnis was also named first team All-SEC by the Associated Press and the coaches last season.
It is refreshing to have a kicker that gives you the confidence to know that if you get to the 35-yard line you have a great chance of scoring points on that possession.
Watch former Prattville star Austin MacGinnis kick school-record 54-yard field goal for Kentucky http://t.co/inyGht5mfc
— KeithGarrett (@_KeithGarrett) July 4, 2015
Game-By-Game Predictions
Here is how I think the season will play out, if I am right we are in for one heck of a rollercoaster. Two separate 3-game winning streaks with a 4-game losing streak sandwiched in the middle is enough to turn your hair grey.
I initially looked at the games independent of where they fell on the schedule and I will admit, I now have reservations about my picks. However, the 2014 'Cats did win 5 out 6 before losing six straight so maybe we are a team of streaks.
I do believe there are a few games that are interchangeable to get to seven wins. We could just as easily win at South Carolina as lose to Missouri at home. We could end up upsetting the Vols in Lexington but losing the finale to Louisville.
We could even lose at home to Florida for the 28th season in a row, and then end up riding the electric atmosphere to an improbable win over Auburn on that Thursday night extravaganza.
If you were to put each game into a tier ranking of winnable or not games, I think it would go something like this:
No Matter how it happens, I think the Big Blue Nation is in for a fun year of football that extends through December. The unveiling of the New Commonwealth stadium and being a year closer to SEC depth to go along with its SEC talent should make for a great 2015, Enjoy.


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What You Need to Know About Xeriscaping
By definition, Xeriscaping means water wise or water efficient landscaping and came into existence in Denver, Colorado in the 1970s.
It should be pointed out that Xeriscaping isn't any type of garden style but is really common sense that can be applied to any type of gardening style.
As mentioned earlier, this is about grouping plants together that will conserve water but also result in healthier landscapes and gardens too.
That said, here are 4 principles of Xeriscaping that will help you create a better garden:
#1: Planning & Design
Planning your garden instead of fighting your site is a good idea by reviewing your garden's exposure, soil and topography. With that done, then pick planting zones and group your plants according to your planting needs.
#2: Improve the soil
Without a doubt, if you take care of the soil, it will take care of your plants. There's much truth in that statement. In order to do this, you have to generate a good amount of organic matter which will improve water retention and penetration in any kind of soil. Organic mulch is also another way of improving the soil.
#3: Mulch
Most gardeners want things tidy and which is why some of them go to great extents to remove all the debris and leaves that cause decay. Alternatively, shredded bark and compost being aesthetically pleasing
#4: Efficient Watering
As mentioned earlier, grouping plants according to their water needs can save you a lot of water. In fact, drip irrigation is recommended as they help you control when and how much water the plants can get. You can base your watering schedule based on the needs of the plants which become less frequent as the plants grow.


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United States
The number of job openings in March totaled 5.743mm, about in line with the estimate while February was revised down by 61k to 5.682mm. This is the most since July 2016 but has basically been in a range since mid 2015. See below.
Subtracting separations from hirings saw net hiring at 172k which is essentially in line with the recent trend. The hiring rate held at 3.8% while the level of quitters rose by 80k after falling by 150k in February. The quit rate held at 2.1%.
Bottom line, the supply of jobs is there, although it hasn't risen much over the past few years. As seen in the following chart though, it is getting harder and harder to fill these spots. This is from today's April read on Job Openings Hard To Fill dating back to 2000:
In the March final read on wholesale inventories, we saw an upward revision to .2% from the initial print of down .1%. The inventory to sales ratio held at 1.28 as sales were flat. Bottom line, this may lead to a slightly higher revision to Q1 GDP as remember inventories were a major drag. Specifically looking at auto inventories, the I/S ratio matches the highest level since November.


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Help--I read the tutorials--videos and copy and scheduler still not working--need a request ticket.Answered
Is there anybody out there?
Self-scheduling doesn't work only allows pt to call the office: "To request this appointment call". I configured it exactly the way the tutorial shows and still no success...I made sure all clients have access...this is my first month and not going well in getting customer support
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Leelanau Peninsula just SW of the Village of Suttons Bay. This 22 acre parcel is great for many options; Equestrian or Small farm. Mostly level with approx 5 acres at the back wooded. 33' easement for access (tree line to the east). Seller owns adjoining parcels and wants to maintain as ag (non-development); May be deed restricted to single family residential, home to have natural siding & any outbuilding to either match color or be same siding as home. Survey in associated documents. Note: Home & buildings at the road are NOT part of this parcel...access is via the easement.
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So let's understand how the end of the anime, which fans have been enjoying for long 11 years, the last Chapter that is Chapter 139 of Attack on Titan, is expected to release soon.
There are many issues that haven't been solved, open strings, and unanswered questions that fans are eagerly waiting to know.
There are a lot of mysteries that lie ahead on what will become of the Titans since, after the last chapter, most of the alliances have turned into a titan.
The manner in which their destiny will unfold is what all fans want to know. So here in this article, we will discuss all the updates associated with the upcoming chapter.
Attack On Titan Chapter 138 Ending: What Happened?
There was a huge surprise for fans at the end of the chapter, making them feel all kinds of emotions.
Anyway, though it was chaotic, it was ended by Mikasama while he was decapitating the body of Eren.
A dead Eren gets a final smooch by Mikasama, turning things more emotional. But no one knows whether Eren is really dead or not?
It's a mystery what will happen in the next chapter, 139? Many things like whatever Eren's achievements were, from the Rumbling to being Historia's child's father, need to be answered.
Will the world now be safe after what Mikasa did? Will there be no more Titans?
According to Omenitos, Eren has the capacity to see the past and future, so it is quite unknown why he let that happen to him, in spite of his ability.
We can't really believe that Eren will just as easily give an upper hand to Armin Mikasa and Levi in the game after whatever he endured and experienced.
All this seems to be part of a plan. Hence we need to remind ourselves that similar to the alternate storyline featuring Mikasa, Eren has the power to manipulate the memories of people.
As events stand this way, it's really hard to predict how the final chapter 139 will turn out to be and what it will show.
For this, there's no option other than waiting for the 9th of April, Friday, to find it out. This makes the chapter a must-read.
Attack On Titan Chapter 139 Release Date: Where to Read Online?
Volume 34 of the manga carries Chapter 139 of Attack On Titan. According to Kodansha Attack On Titan, Chapter 139 is due to be published on Friday, 9 April 2021.
The final chapter is expected to be published by the Bessatsu Shonen Magazine around April, but the physical issue of Volume 34 will begin on 9 June.
The release time of this chapter can vary based on the time zone you are in. Here's the timing of the release. Please note that these timings have not yet been formally announced but have been stated on the basis of the release time of the previous chapters.
Here are the Release Date or Attack On Titan Chapter 139 country wise
- Pacific Time 7 a.m.
- Central Time: 9 a.m,
- UK Time: 3 p.m,
- Time in Europe: 4 p.m,
- Pakistan Time: 8 a.m,
- Indian Standard Time: 8:30 a.m,
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Attack On Titan Chapter 139 is available on Crunchyroll, Kodansha Comics, and Viz Media. Fans will also get the full volume as soon as they start shipping to Amazon and MyAnimeList. Here are some of the most popular leaks from the next chapter.
Attack On Titan Chapter 139: What to Expect?
Due to inhaling the vapour released from the Founding Titan, Gabi, Jean, Connie, and Karina have transformed into Titans themselves.
This incident was a part of Eren's plan. Now no one knows whether the end of the chapter brings a solid reason to answer this or will the chapter end without a major cliffhanger.
Also, there are possibilities, according to theories, about starting the Rumbling by taking the alliance members, the new Titans. And also, there are chances of Eren controlling all the rest of the people since all of them have changed into Titan. Stay tuned for more!!


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Everyone's going for a swim in the swimming pool, but it's baby John's first swim, and he's terrified of the water. Jack and Jill are ready to teach their little brother how to paddle, float and breathe underwater! Enjoy this song and more by #littleangel #littleangelnurseryrhymes
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Let's go swimming
Let's go swimming
At the beach
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Like we're on vacation
Like we're on vacation
Come with me
Come with me
Let's go swimming
Let's go swimming
Baby John
Baby John
You don't need to be scared
You don't need to be scared
Swimming is fun
Swimming is fun
Baby John
Baby John
Come on in
Come on in
Everyone will help you
Everyone will help you
Learn to swim
Learn to swim
Kick your feet
Kick your feet
Just like this
Just like this
Now you're learning swimming
Now you're learning swimming
Like a fish
Like a fish
We're all swimming
We're all swimming
Look and see
Look and see
It's fun to play together
It's fun to play together
A family
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Wild carrot (Queen Anne's lace)
August 28, 2015
Daucus carota L.
Life cycle
Erect, fernlike biennial.
First-year leaves originate from a basal rosette followed by an erect flowering stem with few leaves in the second year. Cotyledons are long, very narrow and thin. Leaves are doubly compound, fernlike and attached by long stalks inflated at the base. Damaged leaves will emit a carrot-like odor.
Erect, hollow, grooved, rough-hairy stems elongate during the second year, up to 5 feet tall with numerous branches.
Flowers and fruit
Numerous white flowers, often with a central purple flower, form terminal, 2- to 6-inch-wide, flat-topped clusters. Fruit have two egg-shaped sections; each section is yellow to grayish brown, flattened on one side and ridged with barbed spines.
Similar weeds
Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) Differs by having a rhizomatous perennial nature, more finely dissected leaves that lack a carrot-like odor, and a shorter, bushier appearance at maturity.
Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L.) Differs by having hairless, waxy, purple-spotted stems and dark, glossy green leaves that have a musty odor.
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In January ARROW presents an exclusive selection of the outstanding entries from its HORROR LOCKDOWN SHORTS contest, short films delivering slick, sharp scares, delving into oft-uncharted and bizarre worlds, offering a glimpse of burgeoning new talent just waiting to burst forth. The entries were judged by cult directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, who said the films are "better than they have any right to be".
Night Feed
A fun minute long short that has the audience view the world in the eyes of a baby. When the lights go out and the baby wakes up a terrible fuzzy like being appears. Left alone in the room the baby has no chance.
There is a great use of animation here in the opening titles to bring a little bit of dread to proceedings thanks to the elongated shadow of the trees. This coupled with the animation of the being,it is great character design that brings a true sense of horror to the such a short film. William Allum has done something joyous here and Emma Allum is a star in the making.
A Date with Death
A girl has a bad date and just wants to get home, The guy walks here home to make sure she gets safe, she rebuffs this to her friend on the phone, unbeknownst to here. Someone is in the house with her.
A great little set up and one that is so easily effective. What is so clearly evident is that Giallo horror and specifically Dario Argento's Suspiria are heavy influences on A Date With Death. This doesn't harm the film at all, in fact it becomes a wonderful homage to the genre. The use of split screens here are also excellent thanks to the angle from the staircase. A very well thought out piece that would work just as well in a longer piece as it does here. Bravo to Tom Hughes.
What lengths would you go to, to have your new partner look like your dream person? In Ken Cohen's macabre UnTooned we find out. The twist being that our lead's dream person is an oddly shaped cartoon character.
Our chirpy happy go lucky lead gives us the low down on her situation, filmed as if it is a vlog for her audiences to see. Everything down to music lends us to believe this is your average girl. Then we get to what she wants her dream guy to look like and we venture far off the deep end of sanity.
The make up work here is very, very strong. With the surgically enhanced boyfriend looking quite horrific, yet on the nose for the character he is meant to be like. It is a simple piece, but a lot of work had to go into that make up design. A great 59 second jaunt into the glory of special effects make up.
The Wedding Ritual
A bride awakens to find herself tied to a tree somewhere in a forest with no one around, until blanket clad people being to emerge from behind trees around her.
Aleksandr Chitrenko's The Wedding Ritual is fantastic. A sharp short that makes use of Special effects very well, this is a jarring short as you don't expect what comes each time. Also the surprise of how well done the work is heightens your appreciation of it. There is some better Special effects work here than in some modern horrors. What also makes this a great film is there is some great cinematography on screen as well. The Wedding Ritual is a very visually rich film. Simple and to the point and in horror that is what you want. An outstanding couple of minutes.
The Garden
A mother is looking at insects she has in her garden, distracted from things, the world. Her daughter tries to arrange coming up to visit her parents, worried. She is told not to worry, that it is too dangerous, but what is she hiding as her garden becomes more and more overgrown.
The focus on the torture of the insects wanting to escape their glass cages and our reaction to being trapped inside for months does not go unnoticed. What helps The Garden stand out is the acting in it. The mother played by Jane Arnfield is terrific here. It is clear from the offset that she is struggling with something and the guilt that is wrapped around her need an escape it and all of her worries grows on her. This black and white piece expertly shows its audience how horror can be done without the gore or the special effects. By focusing on the tone and acting we are creeped out by the story. Ian Cottage is one to look out for.
When a germaphobe has the anxiety of not only a virus that can infect and possible kill you to deal with, but also a water based black demon that is coming for her, how will she cope and is everything she is seeing real?
Insecticide makes the use of its black and white visuals to make us look at every corner of the screen for the apparent monster but also to utilise the darkness so the black being can hide. We are also presented with a resourceful lead who only wants to survive and will do whatever it takes to make sure that happens. This is an interesting take on the virus. Is there a being chasing her, or is it her visualised version of the virus coming for her. No matter what she is never going to be as safe as she wants to be.
Bryan M. Ferguson has delivered a spectacular film here. It conjures all of our real fears of what has been going on and merely ramped them up to 11. The cinematography is also wonderful with how it causes the audience to have a true sense of defeat. If washing oneself in bleach while using an oxygen mask is our future then what is the point? A bleak film that brings out the worst fears humans have.
That is the end of our part 2, remember to look back at the first 4 final choices from the competition here. There was a lot to love here and seeing as some were merely only a couple of minutes in length, all are astounding pieces. Congratulations to everyone involved. I hope these type of series continues (without the lockdown).
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External house painting can be a highly technical job that requires specialized paint, equipment, training and more. Our 16 years in the painting business have taught us that external house painting should be left to the professionals. DIY external house painting attempts often have to be fixed by a seasoned professional and can cost more money in the long run. If you are looking to learn more about external house painting, keep reading.
First off, it is important to be mindful of the time of year you chose to paint. External house painting can be greatly impacted by the elements — a rain or snowstorm could ruin the project. Do not try to paint your home in the middle of spring or winter. According to our experts, the best time of year to paint is in the summer.
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The Reflective Safety Clothing for a Pet keeps pets safe and highly visible at all times.
Inventor Tona Rollins of San Diego, CA has created an overcoat designed to keep pets safe and highly visible at all times.
Walking or jogging with a pet often occurs on roads where vehicles travel. For everyones safety, it is important that passing vehicles and other bystanders can clearly see the animal. In fact, some communities even require it.
Inventor Rollins was inspired to create the Reflective Safety Clothing for a Pet to protect her dogs. Due to her job, she frequently walks her dogs at truck stops. She wanted to create protective clothing that would notify all the passing cars and trucks of the dogs whereabouts.
This clever new invention is a reflective soft sleeve stretch pullover. It allows a pet to be seen at any angle. It alerts passing vehicles or other walkers and joggers of the pets presence. The invention is soft and comfortable and wont interfere with a collar or harness.


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After a hysterical 1-hour special from Brad Paisley's Brad Paisley Thinks He's Special, tv segment tonight (Dec. 3), The Country Music Association stunned with a star-studded lineup of performances for this one-a-of-kind Christmas special which brought some of country's hottest stars to the stage for some memorable performances of holiday classics and originals.
Chris Janson gave an energy-driven performance of the Christmas classic "Run, Run Rudolph" that only he could do justice for, as Janson is known best for his incredible live performances that are forces to be reckoned with and full of energy. This CMA Country Christmas performance was no different from that. You can just feel the energy within Janson's unique vocals on the song between his impressive harmonica solos throughout the song.
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We're here to tell you what's hot and what's not on this week's music roundup
Hand Habits – PLACEHOLDER
Genre: Indie Rock
Favorite Tracks: "jessica," "what lovers do," "placeholder"
The point of this write-up is obviously not to centralize myself in the place of reviewing this artist's work. But that being said: I feel left out. I don't know if I missed a meeting, there was a text I was supposed to respond to, or if maybe my secretary didn't send me a fax, but I wasn't a huge fan of Hand Habit's sophomore release PLACEHOLDER. Don't misconstrue—it is absolutely integral for more queer people to be making their art, especially non-binary individuals. Hand Habits keeps the mentions of their identity subtle and inherent, which is, of course, entirely valid. The aforementioned notions in tow, PLACEHOLDER itself feels like a twisting and undulating labyrinth, each track taking you deeper and deeper than the last. Unfortunately though, by the end, there isn't much of anything. There is not a cube of cheese or a minotaur to behead, rather a flick of the lights and an Escape Room attendant telling you your session has ended. In short, the album feels intransferable, as if Hand Habits knows exactly what they're trying to say, yet it stops with them. What's most sad, however, is that the lyrics and the feeling behind them are genuine and incredibly poignant. With a lack of enunciation, and vocals that are too soft paired with instrumentals that are too loud, the audience has to wade through mumbling to already find a needle in the haystack. While it's completely clear that Hand Habits is talented and knows themselves well, for now I'm gonna turn to artists with a similar **cough** The Japanese House **cough** position. [Jesse Herb]
Helado Negro – THIS IS HOW YOU SMILE
Genre: Indietronica
Favorite Tracks: "Please Won't Please," "Fantasma Vaga," "Running," "Todo lo que me falta"
A decade since we came to know him via 2009's AWE OWE, Roberto Carlos Lange has turned in what many are pointing to as the crowning artistic achievement of his career—once THIS IS HOW YOU SMILE runs its course, it's hard to disagree. Though it pays its respects to the rich and varied legacy of Latin-derived musical genres, bossa nova being the most readily identifiable, THIS IS HOW YOU SMILE more holistically traipses through spacious and psychedelic folk. With the album's stated framework being an imagined walk between Lange and his older brother through the South Florida town where they spent their formative years, it's hard not to be swept up in the relaxed, dreamlike nature conjured and maintained throughout, with just a hint of melancholy nipping at the edges. Whether that's because of nostalgia ("Running") or more somber reflections on the complicated legacies of immigrants and the struggles they face ("Please Won't Please") varies from track-to-track, but Lopes is able to deftly balance equal measures of vulnerability and resilience, a record comfortably beholden to looking back but confident there will always be another step forward. It can be difficult to light upon the vitality of more understated works, but Lopes' masterfully light touch ensures subtly seismic emotional shifts, leading to a record whose lingering effects are more likely to floor you than their initial presentation ("Todo lo que me falta" stayed with me, personally). I could do without the more precocious baroque extremes of "Imagining What to Do," but that's a small complaint on this endlessly affable slice of lazy Sunday dream-folk. [Thomas Seraydarian]
Lil Pump – HARVERD DROPOUT
Genre: Trap Rap
Favorite Tracks: "Multi Millionaire (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)"
Look folks: You and I both knew that this was coming. In our roundup of last year's XXL Freshman Class, I rather morosely predicted that by summer 2019, Lil Pump would be but a distant, hazy memory. As it turns out, I was right: it's not as if we could have done anything to prevent the ever-creeping slog of corporate plateau, but lo and behold, put Pump through the Warner Bros. Records wringer, and you lose everything that once made him interesting. To criticize Lil Pump's rapping ability or lyricism is a fool's game: if there's one thing you can say about him, it's that he's never pretended to be anything other than what he is, and what he is has never been a rapper of talent, vision, or drive. But that was the point, and what made 2017's LIL PUMP such a shocking middle-finger to any sort of semblance of taste or artistic hierarchy when paired with the absolutely paradigm-shifting gnarl of South Florida production presented within. But far removed from the battlefield bass of "D Rose" or the damn-near frightening assault of "Smoke My Dope," and paired with a laundry list of workman beats that fail to leave any sort of impression, we're left with an 18-year-old that already sounds tired. The constant recitations of lean, violence, and sexual conquests feel rote and like something we've already heard, sometimes literally, since Pump's preference of repeating the same hook ad infinitum hasn't changed in the slightest. Apart from some hints of a former flare production-wise on "Too Much Ice" and "Vroom Vroom Vroom," Pump is unfairly stacked against established and even legacy guests (respect to Lil Wayne's verse on "Be Like Me") that more often than not make Pump sound out-of-place on his own album, YG and 2 Chainz literally sounding like two uncles stepping out of the playroom to share a cold one during a family gathering on "Stripper Name." Apart from Lil Uzi Vert's star turn on "Multi Millionaire" there's almost nothing meritable, traditional or otherwise, to light upon over the course of HARVERD DROPOUT, although to be honest, the bizarro, juvenile perversity of "I Love It" is much more palatable when stacked up with the middling dross that surrounds it. It's not Lil Pump's fault, and in some regards the fact that someone with so little respect or investment in…anything… has become this commercially viable is admirable. But there's no chance of Lil Pump developing into anything more than what he's given us already, so it's time to set him out to sea to whatever island the disgraced King of the Teens is circling. [Thomas Seraydarian]
Sleaford Mods – ETON ALIVE
Genre: Post-Punk
Best songs: "Into The Payzone," "Kebab Spider," "Policy Cream"
English post-punk outfit Sleaford Mods have been one of the more interesting acts in what has been an incredibly vibrant scene these last five-or-so years, but anyone coming to ETON ALIVE looking for more of the usual will be sorely disappointed. On their newest record they trade in their guitars for synthesizers and take on a very bleak sort of new wave sound, inspired more by Kraftwerk than by Wire. We'll start with the good stuff: This record has some really interesting and, at times, infectious grooves on it, mostly consisting of simple drum machines and old-school analog synth loops with some bass guitar thrown in here and there. The trademark smash mouth, blue-collar attitude of the band is here and on full display, as frontman Jason Williamson is spitting his witty diatribes onto his songs just as energetically as ever. "Into The Payzone" is a quick and punchy opener with a very cool and dark instrumental, and "Policy Cream" finds Williamson letting a little bit of Bowie creep into his voice over a seedy and sinister bass line. That was how I immediately felt after about the first three songs. After having gone through all 12, though, I unfortunately must report that there really isn't much else here to talk about. This album is monotone, front-loading its best tracks and causing the last 25-30 minutes of the record to largely slog through inferior re-hashes of what we've already heard. At times, like on "Firewall" and "Big Burt," the vocal tracks and instrumentals don't adequately mesh, and the whole production comes across as cheap and amateurishly done. The flashes of a cool and unique energy that crop up on the first few songs are tantalizing, but taken as a whole, ETON ALIVE represents something of a failure to expand upon a musical idea enough to justify a full-length project. [Jacob Martin]
Telekinesis – EFFLUXION
Genre: Indie Power Pop
Favorite Tracks: "Running Like a River," "How Do I Get Rid of Sunlight," "A Place in the Sun"
10 years after Michael Benjamin Lerner formed Telekinesis and released a stunning self-titled debut on Merge, the promise of Lerner's would-be Jeff Tweedy power pop is still simmering just underneath the surface of his music. Make no mistake: TELEKINESIS! remains one of the last decade's great "What If's," a star-making album in theory only that should have and could have been bigger had it come just two or three years prior when both Merge and Lerner's brand of indie rock was at a cultural apex. Light, buoyant, and as slap-happy as ever, EFFLUXION recalls the devil-may-care, feel-good energy of the debut even if it kind of hazily fails to grip the same way its predecessor did. While much of the slickness of 2015's AD INFINITUM (re: a move away from guitar jangleness and towards bubbling, sci-fi-scoring synths that felt, at times, awkward) is thankfully gone, EFFLUXION never really finds the hooks or melodies to grab ahold with any kind of authority. We see crunchy, quick-hitting radio material come in spurts through tracks like the piano stomp "How Do I Get Rid of Sunlight?" or earworming ripper "A Place in the Sun," but even in its most agreeable state, EFFLUXION is another release that fails to jump off the tape the way "Coast of Carolina" or "Look to the East" memorably did a decade ago. Instead that promise of simple-yet-aggressive power pop, a mix of sensitive disposition meets emboldened and catchy guitar lines and drum fills, comes to us in a blitzing haze. The lala'ing and piano-centric backbone of "Cut the Quick" reads like latter-day Oasis, and bass-heavy blitz "Set a Course" is reminiscent of the other Gallagher brother-influenced British rock, the kind that made Telekinesis interesting in 2009 by comparison in the first place. By no stretch is EFFLUXION a bad record, but it's another in a line of grasping attempts to reach the immediacy of the debut. [CJ Simonson]


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The Problems with the Saudi-Russia Oil Agreement
OPEC countries and Russia's allies recently agreed in principle to cut their oil output by more than a fifth and said that they expected the US and other nations to join in their effort to prop up prices that have been shattered by the coronavirus pandemic.
This represents the biggest oil crisis in decades as reductions of 5 million barrels per day are expected to come from numerous nations. Global fuel demand has sunk by around 30 million barrels per day, or 30 percent of global supplies, as measures to tackle the virus have slashed vehicle usage, grounded planes and halted economic activity in general.
Trump Insists the US Oil Industry Should Not Suffer
US President Donald Trump held a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in order to ensure that the US oil industry would not suffer as a result of this deal. Trump has gone as far as threatening Riyadh with tariffs if the Saudis did not cut enough oil to help America. The cuts to oil production are likely to be gradual due to US resistance.
However, there is one crucial reason as to why many countries continue to struggle to cut their output- there is no global body that all oil producing nations are a member of. Instead there are rival organizations like OPEC and a bloc of nations led by Russia. The US is not a member of OPEC, which means that they cannot have an effective dialogue with other producers. Also, each country will always exercise its own self-interest when they attempt to form a deal on this issue, as shown by Trump's insistence that the US oil industry does not suffer.
The Saudi-Russia-US Deal Has Major Problems
The US federal government has no sovereignty over oil production either. In theory, states such as Texas and Oklahoma have the authority to slash production. The case of the Texas Railroad Commission serves as a good example of when a body imposes quotas on companies that oppose them. Quotas are complicated because they can lead to price controls and other unwelcome state interventions that could be used as a basis for restrictions on production.
State efforts to cut oil production also show that politicians have a lack of faith in markets. American oil companies will embark upon this path whether the federal government requires it or not. As the weakest companies with substantial debts collapse, shale oil resources are likely to become more attractive to help stabilize any market imbalances. The long-term result will be a stronger shale industry.
US policymakers should also look at ways their country can reduce its long-term dependence on fuel so that America is not vulnerable to unavoidable cycles regarding oil prices.
It's Time for a Stable Global Oil Market
As Bloomberg's Christof Ruehl argues, a Saudi-US-Russia oil deal is not a good idea full stop. Neither is allowing OPEC and OPEC+ to interfere in the oil market, as all they do is raise prices. The international oil market needs to be more stable.
A global oil market should emerge whereby Gulf countries would be allowed to sell whatever quantity of oil they desire. A mix of global companies would be next, which could be tilted in favor of Russian producers with low production costs. Unconventional companies would produce the residual, and the cost at which they are capable of doing so would set the global price of oil.
State interference in the global oil industry never works. These types of deals are an opportunity for countries to flex their muscles and exercise their own selfish interests. It is time to pave the way for an oil market that allows for prices to respond to global circumstances and for the US in particular to end its vulnerability to falling oil prices.


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"Be prepared" is more than just the motto of the Boy Scouts or a Disney song featuring an animated lion. It's a concept that is at the forefront of many American minds as 2020 showed the importance of having a plan in place if the world goes to hell.
Before 2020, you might have thought you were prepared for any situation to come your way, but now are wondering how you can better prepare yourself and your family for all contingencies.
That's why we've put together this list of tips for beginning preppers to help you figure out the best approach for yourself and family.
1. Keep It Simple
Prepping can be overwhelming. There are so many factors to consider when you decide to prep. In order to keep it simple, start with the basics. By preparing one item at a time, you'll stop yourself from being overwhelmed and stay focused on completing the task at hand. Start with preparing for a natural disaster that would leave you and your family without power for three days. Then build your supply to two weeks. Then a month and so on and so forth. Soon you'll have a plan and be prepared for whatever may happen.
2. Start small
Similar to Tip 1, you'll want to start small and slowly build. Assess your risks to determine what kind of prepping you should start with. Many preppers start with their bug-out bag and plan and then build from there. Another popular first step to prepping is preparing your vehicle for an emergency.
3. Remember the rule of 3
You can survive three minutes without air, three days without water and three weeks without food. If you are serious about being prepared, you will need to ensure you have a clean and efficient source of water. You probably grossly underestimate how much water you use on a daily basis for cleaning, cooking and consumption.
The other rule of three in prepping is to have a primary, secondary and tertiary source for everything. For example, your primary source of water is the faucet; secondary is bottles of water and tertiary is a water filtration system. You'll want redundancies in place to ensure you have what you need when you need it.
4. Prepare financially
Not only will you need to budget accordingly to afford prepping supplies and materials, you'll want to start keeping a cash stash on hand. If anything were to happen to the banking system, debit and credit cards will be useless.
One of the biggest pit falls many beginning preppers make is buying already-made survival kits. They are expensive and aren't customizable to your family and situation. They may be tempting because they are quick, but take the time and avoid the easy solution.
5. It's more than just food
When it comes to prepping, most people imagine a warehouse of food in a basement. While stockpiling food items that you and your family eat on a regular basis is an essential part of prepping, there's more to it than that. You have to have back ups for all kinds of essentials. If your house were to lose power, how would you cook, do laundry or even keep your food from spoiling? You'll need to think of back up
Refine your skills
You'll need more than just a few skills in order to survive. You'll want to practice and refine all survival skills before an event happens. It'll be important to cook outdoors, sanitize water, grow food and start a fire, among other things. These are things you can practice ahead of time and are cheap, if not free. Break out the camp stove and learn how to make your favorite meal in a small space. Learn how to start a fire using different materials – wet and dry wood, for example — and with matches, lighter or other fire starter.
Never assume
We all know the old saying about "don't assume" anything. And that applies to prepping too. Don't assume that you'll be able to stay in your home during any certain event. Have a plan to leave your home, and potentially your stash.
Build a stockpile and rotate it
You have your stockpile and you're feeling good. But don't forget to rotate it and use items and replace them to maintain freshness and shelf life. This is another reason why ready-made survival kits aren't a great investment: you won't break the kit open to use a can of vegetables for dinner and replace it on your next shopping trip.
One other important tip is to make sure and keep your gear all in the same place. Don't separate it for those weekend camping trips because then it won't be all in one spot when you need it.
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend the use of a NIOSH-certified N-95 or better respirator for the protection of healthcare workers who come in direct contact with patients with H1N1.
The CDC guidance can be found in Interim Guidance on Infection Control Measures for 2009 H1N1 Influenza in Healthcare Settings. In September 2009 the Institute of Medicine released a report "Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A" that also recommends N-95 respirators for the protection of healthcare workers from H1N1.
This blog examines the scientific principles behind the design and performance of surgical masks and respirators. Although these principles apply to all particulate respirators, the discussion presented in this article is focused on the most frequently used respirator in healthcare settings, the N-95 filtering facepiece respirator (FFR).
Evolution of respiratory protection against particulate exposures
Early surgical masks were constructed from layers of cotton gauze. They were first worn by surgery staff in the early 1900s to prevent contamination of open surgical wounds. With time their design, function, and use have expanded. Today surgical masks are worn in a wide range of healthcare settings to protect patients from the wearers' respiratory emissions. A surgical mask is a loose-fitting, disposable device that prevents the release of potential contaminants from the user into their immediate environment.
In the U.S., surgical masks are cleared for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They may be labeled as surgical, laser, isolation, dental, or medical procedure masks. They may come with or without a face shield. Since OSHA issued the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) in 1991, surgical masks have been recommended as part of universal precautions to protect the wearer from direct splashes and sprays of infectious blood or body fluids. (The FDA offers further information on surgical masks.)
The first modern respirators were also developed in the early 1900s. The impetus for their development derived from the need to protect miners from hazardous dusts and gases, soldiers from chemical warfare agents, and firefighters from smoke and carbon monoxide.
In 1919, the U.S. Bureau of Mines published the first respirator performance standards for self-contained breathing apparatus for use in mines and for gas masks for use by soldiers against chemical warfare agents.
Today respirators are found in a broad range of workplaces. Their use in healthcare settings dates to the 1990s in response to concerns about employee exposures to drug-resistant tuberculosis. Healthcare worker illnesses and deaths during outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in the early 2000s led to renewed attention to the use of respirators for some infectious respiratory diseases.
Most recently, planning efforts for pandemic influenza in 2006-07 led to considerable discussion about the role of small particle inhalation in disease transmission and the use of respirators to protect healthcare personnel from airborne influenza particles. A listing of all NIOSH-approved disposable, or filtering facepiece, respirators is available. NIOSH also maintains a database of all NIOSH-approved respirators regardless of respirator type—the Certified Equipment List.
Whether the goal is to prevent the outward escape of user-generated aerosols or the inward transport of hazardous airborne particles, there are two important aspects of performance. First, the filter must be able to capture the full range of hazardous particles, typically within a wide range of sizes (<1 to >100 µm) over a range of airflow (approximately 10 to 100 L/min). Second, leakage must be prevented at the boundary of the facepiece and the face. However, it is not possible to assure the latter—good face seal performance—without first ensuring a well-functioning filter.
Filter performance
The filters used in modern surgical masks and respirators are considered "fibrous" in nature—constructed from flat, nonwoven mats of fine fibers. Fiber diameter, porosity (the ratio of open space to fibers) and filter thickness all play a role in how well a filter collects particles.
In all fibrous filters, three "mechanical" collection mechanisms operate to capture particles: inertial impaction, interception, and diffusion. Inertial impaction and interception are the mechanisms responsible for collecting larger particles, while diffusion is the mechanism responsible for collecting smaller particles. In some fibrous filters constructed from charged fibers, an additional mechanism of electrostatic attraction also operates. This mechanism aids in the collection of both larger and smaller particle sizes.
This latter mechanism is very important to filtering facepiece respirator filters that meet the stringent NIOSH filter efficiency and breathing resistance requirements because it enhances particle collection without increasing breathing resistance.
How are surgical masks and respirator filters tested?
Respirator filters must meet stringent certification tests (42 CFR Part 84) established by NIOSH. The NIOSH tests use what are considered "worst case" parameters, including:
- A sodium chloride (for N-series filters) or a dioctyl phthalate oil (for R- and P-series filters) test aerosol with a mass median aerodynamic diameter particle of about 0.3 µm, which is in the MPPS-range for most filters
- Airflow rate of 85 L/min, which represents a moderately-high work rate
- Conditioning at 85% relative humidity and 38°C for 24 hours prior to testing
- An initial breathing resistance (resistance to airflow) not exceeding 35 mm water column* height pressure and initial exhalation resistance not exceeding 25 mm water column height pressure
- A charge-neutralized aerosol
- Aerosol loading conducted to a minimum of 200 mg, which represents a very high workplace exposure
- The filter efficiency cannot fall below the certification class level at any time during the NIOSH certification tests
*Millimeters (mm) of water column is a unit for pressure measurement of small pressure differences. It is defined as the pressure exerted by a column of water of 1 millimeter in height at defined conditions, for example 39°F (4°C) at standard gravity.
As a result of these stringent performance parameters, fiber diameters, porosity, and filter thicknesses of all particulate filters used in NIOSH-certified respirators, including N-95s, are designed and engineered to provide very high levels of particle collection efficiencies at their MPPS.
Manufacturers of surgical masks, on the other hand, must demonstrate that their product is at least as good as a mask already on the market to obtain "clearance" for marketing. Manufacturers may choose from filter tests using a biological organism aerosol at an airflow of 28 L/min (bacterial filtration efficiency) or an aerosol of 0.1 µm latex spheres and a velocity ranging from 0.5 to 25 cm/sec (particulate filtration efficiency). It is important to note that the Food and Drug Administration specifies that the latex sphere aerosol must not be charge-neutralized.
The generation of the test aerosol can impart a charge on a higher percentage of the aerosolized particles than may normally be expected in workplace exposures. A charge-neutralized test aerosol, like those used in the NIOSH tests, has the charges on the aerosolized particles reduced to an equilibrium condition.
Therefore, higher filter efficiency values than would be expected with the use of charge-neutralized aerosols may result due to the collection of charged particles by the filters' electrostatic attraction properties. Additionally, allowing the manufacturer to select from a range of air velocity means that the test results can be easily manipulated.
In general, particles are collected with higher efficiency at lower velocity through a filter. Both of these aspects yield a test that is not necessarily "worst case" for a surgical mask filter. Because the performance parameters for surgical masks are less stringent than those required for filters used in NIOSH-certified respirators, the fiber diameters, porosity, and filter thicknesses found in surgical masks are designed with significantly lower levels of particle collection efficiencies at their MPPS.
How do surgical mask and respirator filters perform?
Respirator filters that collect at least 95% of the challenge aerosol are given a 95 rating. Those that collect at least 99% receive a "99" rating. And those that collect at least 99.97% (essentially 100%) receive a "100" rating. Respirator filters are rated as N, R, or P for their level of protection against oil aerosols. This rating is important in industry because some industrial oils can remove electrostatic charges from the filter media, thereby degrading (reducing) the filter efficiency performance. Respirators are rated "N" if they are not resistant to oil, "R" if somewhat resistant to oil, and "P" if strongly resistant (oil proof). Thus, there are nine types of particulate respirator filters:
Respirator filters are tested by NIOSH at the time of application and periodically afterward to ensure that they continue to meet the certification test criteria.
The FDA does not perform an independent evaluation of surgical mask filter performance, nor does it publish manufacturers' test results. In many cases it is difficult to find information about the filter test results for FDA-cleared surgical masks.
The class of FDA-cleared surgical masks known as Surgical N95 Respirators is the one clear exception to this uncertainty of filter performance. This is the only type of surgical mask that includes evaluation to the stringent NIOSH standards.
All members of this class of surgical masks have been approved by NIOSH as N-95 respirators prior to their clearance by the FDA as surgical masks. The FDA, in part, accepts the NIOSH filter efficiency and breathing resistance test results as exceeding the usual surgical mask requirements.
In studies comparing the performance of surgical mask filters using a standardized airflow, filter performance has been shown to be highly variable. Collection efficiency of surgical mask filters can range from less than 10% to nearly 90% for different manufacturers' masks when measured using the test parameters for NIOSH certification. Published results on the FDA-required tests (if available) are not predictive of their performance in these studies.
It is important to keep in mind that overall performance of any facepiece for particulate filtering depends, first, on good filter performance. A facepiece or mask that fits well to the face but has a poor filter will not be able to provide a high level of protection.


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New Maryland Law – 10-year Battery Smoke Alarms
In an effort to save lives, a new law will require 800 some thousand people to change their homes' smoke alarms. 2/3 fire deaths occur in homes without alarms, or with those that have missing or disconnected batteries.
This is why come January 1st, 2018, Maryland will require homeowners to replace the traditional battery operated devices with new tamper resistance 10-year, lithium ion battery smoke alarms. This new technology will do away with the need replace outdated batteries each year.
How will it be enforced?
Inspectors will assure the replacement occurs in new homes, apartment,s hotels and motels. However, it is up to the average homeowner to recognize the need to update the alarms on their own. Although it is a state law, it will be hard to enforce, because there will not be any penalties for not having such an alarm. No one will be knocking on your doors asking if you have these 10-year lithium ion alarms. no penalty..
Adding to the difficulties, there are separate requirements for a home depending on when it was built, whether the existing alarms have an electrical backup and, of course, the expense of replacing multiple devices at once.
There will be a little money up front, nut it is estimated that homeowners will recoup those costs by not having to replace the batteries every year. In the end, what pays for itself is the saving of a life.
Request Free 10 – year smoke alarms.
In Harford County, residents can request up to three free 10-year smoke alarms from their nearest fire company through a program funded by the American Red Cross.
To qualify, you must set up an appointment to allow the firefighters to install the devices in your home.
Viewers in other areas can check with their respective fire departments to see if they participate in that program as well.


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A heavily camouflaged test mule of the upcoming Tata Nexon has been spied on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, courtesy CarWale. First introduced as a concept at Auto Expo 2014, the Tata Nexon was unveiled in production form at Auto Expo 2016.
The Tata Nexon will be the third vehicle (after the Tata Tiago and the Tata Hexa) to feature the 'IMPACT' design language, with projector headlamp, LED taillamp and the signature chrome 'Humanity Line' on the grille. The 3,995 mm crossover would also come with the switchable driving modes, Harman infotainment system with a 6.5-inch touchscreen and 8 speakers, and an electric power steering.
The Tata Nexon has a 200 mm ground clearance, dual path suspension, optional 16-inch alloy wheels, and will be available with 1.2-litre turbocharged petrol and 1.5-litre turbocharged diesel engine choices. A new 6-speed manual transmission will be offered probably alongside a standard 5-speed manual transmission and an automatic transmission.
Also See: Tata Hexa spied on Bangalore-Chennai highway by IAB reader
Detailed specifications will be available only closer to launch, which will happen in the second half of the year. The Tata Nexon is also being considered for South Africa.
Rivals: Ford EcoSport, Maruti Vitara Brezza, Mahindra NuvoSport
Expected release date: H2 2016
Expected price: INR 6-10 lakhs
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Are you playing The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited? Prepare for the upcoming Imperial City dungeon coming this summer with a trailer and details from Zenimax Studios Online starting August 31st for PC/MAC, on September 15th for Xbox One, and on September 16th for PlayStation 4. For those with ESO Plus will get it for free and those who do not can pick it up for 2,500 crowns via the ESOTU Crown Store.
The Imperial City, the heart of the Cyrodiilic Empire, has fallen to Daedric Prince Molag Bal and now all three alliances must battle not only against the Daedric forces, but each other. Imperial City, the first DLC game pack for The Elder Scrolls®Online: Tamriel Unlimited™, adds hours of additional gameplay featuring new areas, quests, enemies, and exclusive items for those adventuring on their own, in small groups, or with hundreds of others.
New PVE and PVP Content
Featuring six distinct Imperial Districts, battle against the forces of Molag Bal as well as the other Alliances.
Additional Dungeons
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New Quests, Enemies, and Characters
Whether participating in massive PVP battles in the Imperial Districts, or adventuring in one of the new dungeons, players will be introduced to new quests and enemies, including the Xivkyn.
Addition of New Currency, Weapons, and Armor
Fight the forces of Molag Bal to plunder Tel Var Stones, a new form of currency you can use for exclusive Veteran Rank 16 weapons and armor, or search for new Treasure Vaults containing other rare finds.
Imperial City-Exclusive Collectibles and Items
Exploring Imperial City or visiting the Crown Store will reward the player with a host of new collectibles including pets, mounts, costumes, and polymorphs!
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For Jacques-Noël Pérès, retired professor of classical Ethiopian studies at the Institut Catholique de Paris (Catholic Institute of Paris), French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Lalibela in northern Ethiopia on Monday 11 March kindles hope of a path to safeguarding the churches of this exceptional XIIth Century site.
La Croix: What is the state of the churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia?
Jacques-Noël Pérès: These churches, which are very ancient, number about 12 all told.
Their construction is attributed to King Lalibela who, in the XIIth Century, set out to build a "new Jerusalem", sometimes described as a "black Jerusalem", after the Muslim conquests put an end to Christian pilgrimages in the Holy Land.
These churches were hewn out of the rock, doors, windows, columns, stories and roofs were all carved.
The drainage of water was engineered in an astonishing manner.
These buried or dug-out churches form a whole on either side of the River "Jordan," which serves to drain away the waters.
Biete Ghiorgis (Saint George Church), best known for its roof in the form of a church, is also the one that is best conserved for the moment. Others were hewn out of the cliff, including Viete Medhani Alem (Church of the Savior of the World).
Viete Medhani Alem was restored by the Italians, who righted its collapsed columns.
However, most of these churches have been spoiled by rain and erosion, and by the repairs and modifications, to run electric wires, for example, done indiscriminately.
Shelters were installed by UNESCO, but not everyone is in favor of these structures, in fact, they are massive tarpaulin sheets supported by metallic grids.
What has also hastened the deterioration of the churches is the vapor given off by breathing, which destroys the murals.
Since 2008, which corresponds to the year 2000 in the Ethiopian calendar, money has flowed in from the Ethiopian diaspora; a large number of small shops for tourists have been set up along the streets and all around Lalibela, transforming the city.
Do you feel this patrimony of Lalibela needs to be restored urgently?
Yes, it is high time to be concerned about it because these churches have been UNESCO's world heritage sites since 1978. Their importance is comparable to that of the temples of Angkor (Cambodia). It is therefore essential to restore and preserve them.
However, as tradition has it that King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela built them "with the help of the angels" some Ethiopian conservatives feel no one can do better than the angels and they are thus not prepared to accept restorations.
What can we expect from President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Lalibela?
The French president is coming to Ethiopia first of all to talk about the economy, especially since Ethiopia is in mourning after the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on Sunday the 10th, March.
He is coming to see the black Jerusalem, which represents a lot for the country, since Lalibela was the capital during the time of the Zagwé (a royal dynasty that ruled Ethiopia from 1140 to 1270).
It can be hoped that the French president will commit to providing French aid for safeguarding this site, which is important from a cultural and religious standpoint.
However, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, including its conservative wing, will need to authorize any works to that effect, and that is by no means a given.


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Happy Halloween!!!! Megan and Ashton, your pumpkins look fantastic!! I can't wait to see you all tonight!
The laundry/cleaning costumes are hilarous! So cute, so cute!
I thought you were going to take it easy this year?
Come one, come all to the Halloween Bash,
If you need fresh clothes, go see Smash,
If your clothes are dirty, Megan has the space,
and Emily is the lady that will clean up your place.
Although you've not seen Nathan, don't make a scene
When a muscleman shows up that looks like Mr. Clean!
So come one come all, to the Halloween spot,
Don't wait, come while the donuts are hot!
As usual Jonathon, you make me laugh. Love the costumes and and pumpkins. Unbelievable that you can carve outside though. It was a chilly 36 here last night. No outside fun for us! Have a great Halloween bash (without us :) Maybe someday I'll get to sink my teeth into some of those yummy donuts!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO EVERYONE. THE PICTURES ARE GREAT, THE COSTUMES ARE SO FUN AND CREATIVE. THEY FOLLOW GRANDPA WHO IS KNOWN AS THE GREAT BIG GREEN, CLEANING MACHINE. Enjoy grandma Lloyd's donuts. That is one of my fondmest memories. The tradition is carried on.
Happy Halloween! I wondered what the theme would be this year...clever as always, ya'll look great! We will miss the Lloyd donut bash! Love, The Baca's
SAD to miss this year's fun
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Programmable Mixed-Signal Matrix ICs with Asynchronous State Machine and Dual Supply
Dialog Semiconductor has introduced the SLG46880 and SLG46881, the newest members of the GreenPAK™ family of Configurable Mixed Signal Matrix devices. These parts include the latest development of the Asynchronous State Machine (ASM) architecture, which supports up to 12 states, and as many as 84 state transitions.
This new architecture is expected to expand the range of applications that can be implemented with the ASM, including many applications that would have previously required a low cost microcontroller. These devices also support low power, low speed clocking that can run on less than 500 nA typical, and low power analog comparators that can operate at about 2.5 uA typical.
The SLG46880 provides a small, low power component for commonly used mixed-signal functions. The user creates their circuit design by programming the one time Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) to configure the interconnect logic, the IO Pins and the macrocells of the SLG46880. This highly versatile device allows a wide variety of mixed-signal functions to be designed within a very small, low power single integrated circuit.
The SLG46881 is a lower-voltage alternative delivering the same performance capabilities. Applications for the SLG46880 and SLG46881 are expected to include personal computers and servers, PC peripherals, consumer electronics, data communications equipment, handheld and portable electronics, smartphones and fitness bands, and notebook / tablet PCs.
- Macrocells Overview:
- Two High Speed General Purpose Rail-to-Rail Analog Comparators (ACMPxH);
- Two Low Power General Purpose Rail-to-Rail Analog Comparators (ACMPxL);
- Two Voltage References (Vref):
- Two Vref Outputs;
- Twelve Combination Function Macrocells:
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- Asynchronous State Machine:
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- Operating Temperature Range: -40°C to 85°C
- RoHS Compliant / Halogen-Free
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Do you think mankind will ever see beyond what is called The Observable Universe?
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The scientific knowledge about our (observable) universe is cumulative of what we have learnt, little by little, through awesome sound, light and signals. Technology advances forever to see beyond.
Jan 17, 2016
You are asking a question no human is evolved enough to even truly comprehend.
No human will be able to see what is beyond the observable universe in the upcoming thousands of years. I think it is a matter of evolution. I think it and technology will be one of many factors in it all.
But you can dream about this philosophical question, imagine...
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Guy Parker-Rees's beloved animals are back in this humorous look-and-find novelty book featuring all kinds of daddy animals and their little ones. "Ready or not, here I come!" Walt the Walrus called to his daddy. They were playing Hide and Seek. Walt looked to the left and he looked to the right. Suddenly, he spotted something bushy that looked like his daddy's mustache. "Are you my daddy?" he asked. "No, I'm Daddy Penguin, and these are my bushy eyebrows." This sweet, simple story with touch-and-feels, pull-tabs, and flaps is all about little Walt the Walrus's search for his mustachioed father in the zoo. As Walt searches, he comes across a hilarious array of bearded, bushy-eyebrowed, silly-haired, and yes-even bald!-dads. When he finally finds Daddy Walrus, he only has one question left to ask: "Can we play again?"
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