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We realize that not everyone's into hiking, climbing and canyoneering, so for guests interested in sampling Capitol Reef country's gorgeous views and unique experiences in more casual style, we offer 4WD tours across our 2.5-million acre permit area. We've lived right here for over 25 years, so we know the perfect spots, whether it's for scenery, serious photography, or wild horse viewing.
Our 4WD vehicles will get you there safely and comfortably. All our backroad tours are led by certified Wilderness First Responders or Registered Nurses. All tours have complete First Aid Kits, and satellite beacons for emergency support in remote locations. Since these are custom trips, not canned tours, maximum group sizes are small, to offer guests a truly personalized experience. You will never be added to a pre-existing trip.
Scenic Tours
Southern Utah contains some of the world's best scenery. That's no secret, but we'll show you places that are. Ute Indians called Capitol Reef's Waterpocket Fold 'land of the sleeping rainbow,' for its magnificent colors, but that's just the beginning.
From high mountain plateaus to austere badlands, our scenic tours are for guests who want to sit back and enjoy the views, hear about natural and western history, and go on short strolls to easy overlooks.
Photo Tours
For photographers who look beyond the same old national park scenics, Capitol Reef and its surroundings offer truly creative possibilities. We're photographers ourselves, so whether you're into horizon landscapes, near-far scenics, intimate macros, nature details, atmospherics, wildlife, or history and culture images, we can help fulfill your creative vision.
We know the best locations, the proper times for optimal light, and the weather conditions that make each location pop. We're experienced in using solar and lunar software to help you arrive at the perfect place and time. We can offer tips, techniques, and full-on workshops, or we can simply provide location scouting and access services. It's your choice. We'll happily arrange a location-rich tour tailored to your visual style and particular equipment.
Our standard photo tours run six to eight hours, and target either sunrise, or sunset, with meet-up times dependent on weather and seasonal day lengths. Call us! We're happy to discuss logistics and tour options.
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Wild Horse Viewing (June-August)
Utah is home to 2,600 free-roaming horses and burros, now-wild animals descended from the 'mestengos' (strays) of early Spanish herds. North American wild horse history began in the late Pleistocene, when their equine ancestors, native to North America, went extinct on our continent. Horses returned to the Southwest in 1598, when conquistador Juan de Onate, founder of Santa Fe, bred a herd of 75 Spanish stock up to 800 animals. In the American west, horse ownership by Native Americans began after the 1680 anti-Spanish Pueblo Revolt. Within a century, native horse use had spread from the West Coast to the Great Plains.
Wild horse populations in southern Utah increased sharply beginning in 1829, when the Old Spanish Trail connected New Mexico, California, Nevada, and Utah. Many horses were bought, sold, traded, stolen, and lost on the 1,100-mile journey. By 1900, western populations peaked at an estimated 2 million head. Within 50 years, rancher opposition, round-ups, aerial gunning, and even waterhole poisonings, had reduced numbers to an estimated 25,000. Several hundred of these mustangs now call the staggeringly scenic San Rafael Swell, just north of Capitol Reef, their home.
We run these tours only during the June thru August breeding season, when herds are grouped up, stallions are fighting, and the action is more interesting. Our tours typically run from 9am to 6pm, and include a scenic loop drive through Capitol Reef, the Caineville Badlands, the precipitous escarpments of the San Rafael, and the horse plains of Sinbad Country – a magnificent redrock landscape,enriched by its scattered herds of buckskins, bays, paints, palominos, and burros. Let us introduce you.
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Every startup owner initially focuses on creating a business plan, conducting market research and developing a product. These steps are vital if you want your business to reach success. However, tracking your income and expenses loses priority when such big business questions are in place. That's where a lot of startups face difficulties, as they tend to overspend or make wrong decisions when spending their budget on business development.
Hiring an accountant early on may save you a lot of trouble in those early stages of your startup. In fact, an accountant can help you make the right decisions aside from helping you track your cash flow. Here are a few reasons why hiring an accountant is important for your startup.
Get valuable advice
It's no secret that startups have a limited budget for developing their business. How you spend that budget and where you invest can mean the difference between success and failure. An experienced accountant can help you better understand how to spend your budget wisely and what outcome your investments will have.
It's important to know that accountants qualify as financial experts and that they can do more than just simple bookkeeping.They can also advise you on how to proceed with your future investments.Moreover, accountants can help you design a business plan and give you advice on when to scale your business, so that you don't drain your budget.
You can't handle everything yourself
Startup owners take the responsibility of driving their business forward on their own. That means that you must do everything business-related yourself. Sure, being the only employee saves you money, but it also carries a lot of responsibilities with it. When you're overwhelmed with tasks, you can easily forget to do that one thing thatcan cost you a lot in the long run.
For instance, you can attendone of the accounting courses to boost your knowledge and help you handle your own finances, but keep in mind that there are other important business matters you must take care of as well. When you have to handle marketing, social media presence, networking, PR, product development, emails, phone calls and more on your own, then ask yourself do you really have enough time to handle more tasks?
Accountants do more than file taxes
Taxes are troublesome on their own and sorting them out properly will take a good portion of your time. In fact, the IRS tax code is so complicated that taxes are one of the highest ranked concerns for small business owners in the US. If you don't know how to properly handle taxes, then you could really hire an accountant. After all, you can't afford a financial mistake that can ruin everything you're trying to build.
Furthermore, accountants can help you out with business licenses and permits required for your startup's legal operation. Also, they can help you with corporate structures, such as incorporation fillings or establishing an LLC (Limited Liability Company). They can also prepare plans for expense tracking and growth predictions.
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As mentioned before, accountants are good financial advisors and they can help you make important financial decisions. The goal of every startup owner is to successfully launch their business on the market and have a developed product ready. Achieving that goal demands a lot of dedication and careful planning. However, on a tight budget there are a lot of financial decisions to be made as well.
Most startup owners trust their instincts when making these decisions, but the fact that a single bad financial decision could ruin your business makes it too risky to trust your feelings. On the other hand, an accountant can help you make a calculated risks and help you understand when it's the right time to grow your business or expand your reach without spending your funds entirely.
Hiring an accountant for your startup is the right business decision. Having an accountant with you onboard from the start helps you minimize the risks of failure and helps you make the right call when making important financial decisions.
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Hmmmm not really many good interior pics. Did some dash work here, removed carpet here, hmmmm......Originally discussed here and here, installed here.Regards,BigMike
Saturday,This weekend I am trying to completely finish up my engine conversion so I can start on the interior, so here's what left on my check list as of this morning:[listInstall a speed sensor and wire it directly to the ecuAnd after today I can cross off the first 3 items as they are in the bag.You asked for it!
Oh, I found something out which might just be the biggest life saver of this entire conversion: The '81 instrument cluster has it's own speed sensor for the on-board emissions control computer, Toyota's early version efi, or as Marlin likes to call it, a poor-mans EFI. I haven't checked to see if the output is in AC (which is required for the 3RZ) but if it is and it works, MAN that'll save me about a million headaches.
Just performed my 7th smog inspection. 61,331 miles later my baby is still going strong!
Is that Edison dry lake in the last pic ?
Couldnt I just go ahead and disconnect the original relay and hot wire to the starter and leave the original system to power my lights, blinkers, a/c and stuff?
I am having a hot soaking issue with my swap into my 85 4Runner. The truck starts up wonderfully and idles perfectly on cold start. Its when I turn the truck off and then back on after its warmed up that I get a rough low idle until I drive the truck at speed at which point the idle will come back down to normal. I believe the issue is caused by my small stock radiator. I'm wondering what you recommend to cool these swaps? Thanks!
No smog in WA for that year!
its got the egr, cat, and anything to do with emissions deleted!
Do you not have the CEL connected?
So if you want to go Passengers side drive line, which is what I did, here's what you would do:3RZ > W59 Tacoma Bellhousing > W56 transmission > Gear Drive Toy tcaseSome notes:1989-1995 W56 uses a forward shift style tcase just like your G54, so your shifters will nearly be in the same spot. The rods on the tcase are slightly shorter however, so you cant just simply bolt your G54 transfercase directly up to the late model W56. You would have to change the shift rods to the 89-95 shift rods in the transfercase.
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Cindy, the horthead, @ From My Corner of Katy has asked me to tell six random things about myself. I don't know 6 random things but I do know 6 incredibly awesome things. If you can handle it–read on!! But first, the rules—-
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on the blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. 6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.
Alrighty let the magnificent high fives begin—-
1. I'm a 10th or 11th generation North Carolinian depending on whether you follow my mom's side or my dads;)
2. I joined the Air Force when I was 16. Yes, if your parents wanted to get rid of you then they legally could in the old days. I met an Air Force guy who made it his career and then he dragged me all over the USA. We moved over 26times. I'm counting off base to on base–and upgrades in housing with promotions. It was an amazing life and I loved it.
I got out of the AF after getting pregnant with my first. My belly got in the way and I could no longer bend over to tie my combat boots. While in the AF and before I got pregnant–well almost—-I played softball professionally for the base team. Yes, unbelievable…but they paid me to play. I was the pitcher and pitched something like 42 games straight and no one hit off me. I think that's called a no hitter but I've forgotten most of the details cause I was puking my brains out pregnant with my first child. My DH was not happy with me cause he was afraid the ball was going to hit me in the stomach. He was right and I was young and stupid. That child is an engineer and hasn't suffered any brain abnormalities that are obvious.
3. I can–garden, quilt, reupholster, cook, tell stories, play checkers, shop, read, wander, wonder, smell, taste, and see. I'm a walking genius.
4. I recently cut off a foot of my hair and now I have to hobble.
5. I bought 3 dresses and 10 shades of lipstick for my son's wedding last year. The most indecisive moment in my life. I have doubts I got it right even at that.
6. I go to bed at 3 or 4am and get up between 9 or 10 if I'm lucky. Some nights I don't sleep at all. When that happens, I watch episodes of Deadliest Catch.
I'm going to tag people I've been blogging with, or maybe fondly know, or who I just want to make a guest appearance—- from the beginning and have been with me through all my blog changes and would give me the clothes off their backs and feed me if I was hungry. I don't know if they have been picked—probably so– they can just cut and paste.
1. Shirley Bovshow from Edenmakers' Blog cause I wouldn't be the success I am today without her. She recognized my awesome abilities and said–go blog. Those two words changed my life and kept me sane. She is the host of Garden Police. She's also smart and has her own landscaping business. She has a thing for Pepper Trees that landed her a husband. He likes spicy stuff. She didn't let him down. She just got back from Maui and will post pics soon–so go see her blog!! Right now!!
2. Cinj @ Cinj's Chat Room in Wisconsin with her cheese head husband—cause she likes baby bluebirds and talks to them when she is locked out of her house in her jammies. She drives through the blinding rain to help her MIL–( hope it's not the mom) go to a funeral in the next state despite the fact that the bluebirds will be left alone and she is dog sitting. She multitasks. She is able to leap small buildings in a single bound but she can't cut wood straight. If you want to see the shed she is building then you better hurry before she knocks it down. Go right now and look at her blog!!
3. CiNdEe hails from CiNdEeS' GaRdEn and is the master of theme gardens. She quietly goes about her life in Northern California and all the while creating the most amazing stuff. She has several gardens you just have to go see–I don't want to ruin it for you. Scroll her sidebar and see what awaits you. You'd have to look through past post but thank her for being a Daughter Of The American Revolution who has a husband who is The Son's Of The American Revolution. Which means their offspring are Children Of The American Revolution. God Bless America! She and I are very patriotic. I would like to think that her grandpappy way back when fought with my grandpappy way back when in that war. OH–and her son is also an Eagle Scout. She's so quiet you would never know—I love people like that!! Many of our presidents were Eagle Scouts. If you haven't been to her blog—go!
4. I am going to tag someone who doesn't have a blog but should–
Joy–is from Ohio and comes to NC on vacation cause she has good sense. I'll have to go email her that she has been honored with such a prestigious award. She is way to clever and will come up with something totally awesome. I'll let her post it here on my blog cause she's a chosen one. She rescued a chair and rubbed it hard with steel wool bringing it back to its original luster. She has a home shes restoring and has fabulous tales to share about it. Her bike takes her all over town and hill and dale.
5. I am going to tag my husband–Hey Honey….he's Mr. Delicious to all those interested. He is fortunate enough to live with me! He's extremely smart and that's why I married him—it had nothing to do with his square jawline, car, shoulders, or dry humor. It was all about what his kids would look like. So honey—what don't I know about you?? Cough it up!! You are paying for this site so feel free to write whatever you would like that I don't know about you or me.
6. I'd like to tag Catherine Hepburn and find out what she really thinks of Spencer Tracy— but she can't make it—-
Martha Stewart—she admitted her guilt and went to jail. She didn't deserve that! Martha this post is dedicated to you and all you've inspired me to accomplish over the years. I appreciate you. You got guts and glory.


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urSwim is the only on-site swim instruction school in the US that brings swimming directly to our clients - the Geek Squad of swimming.
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urSwim is the first (and only) swim school in the US to provide swim instruction and lifeguarding services in the convenience and comfort of its clients' pools. It is also the first member of the US Swim School Association to deliver swim instruction this way. Truthfully, urSwim was born of frustration. Our clients were frustrated that even with a private residential pool they have to bring their child to an alternate pool location.


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KiOR Inc is Pasadena, Texas, USA based drop-in renewable fuel producer company. Being drop-in replacement KiOR's renewable fuel is infrastructure compatible which means that it does not require modifications in the existing fuel infrastructure. As per the information in the company's official website KiOR is the first company in the world which started production of drop-in hydrocarbon gasoline and diesel from cellulosic biomass at commercial scale.
KiOR's technology platform is feedstock flexible and various sources of biomass such as pulp logs, tops and limbs of trees, urban wood waste such as wood from tree cover, agricultural residues such as stalks, stems, leaves and residues left over after the crop is processed such as bagasse and dedicated energy crops such as Switchgrass and Sorghum all are potential feedstock for KiOR's conversion process.
KiOR Thermochemical Technology
KiOR's proprietary process is based on thermochemical conversion of biomass. The process combines a reactor, separator and its proprietary catalyst to bring out the renewable fuel from biomass.
The first step of the process is the conditioning and processing of the biomass so as to prepare it for next processing steps.
In the second steps the processed biomass is fed into the reactor where it interacts with the catalyst. The technology is based on the fluid catalytic cracking which has been in use for the last more than 60 years. The difference is that KiOR uses it for converting biomass into crude fossil fuel equivalents hence it is known as Biomass Fluid Catalytic Cracking (BFCC). In a few seconds the process produces renewable crude oil as a primary product along with light gases, water and coke as byproducts. After the conversion is over catalyst is separated in the separator and regenerated in the catalyst regenerator where coke is burned off. The regenerated catalyst is then recycled back to the reactor.
In the subsequent steps the renewable oil and byproducts are cooled and separated in the recovery unit. The cooling condenses the renewable crude oil into liquid. Hydrotreatment of the crude oil refines it into gasoline and diesel blendstocks. The blendstocks can be directly dropped-in to conventional fossil fuels. Light gases, the byproduct of the procedure, are burned to produce electricity in the co-generation unit.
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This is the first commercial scale cellulosic fuel production facility of the company which started production in 2012. The plant with 13 million gallons of transportation fuel per year production capacity uses wood waste and non-food crops as feedstock.


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Design and production of insertion devices in synchrotron light sources and particle accelerator facilities. Kyma S.r.l. products and services range from the customization and integration of already existing solutions to complete custom development, consulting and tutoring.
Kyma S.r.l. was established in August 2007 as public-private joint venture consortium between Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. (managing the Elettra light source Laboratory), Cosylab d.d. (Ljubljana, Slovenija) and Euromisure S.a.s (a division of WIKA Group, Cremona, Italy) and in order to produce insertion devices for light souces with the best performance/cost ratio available on the market, with the shortest delivery times. Kyma S.r.l. combines more than twenty years experience in design, assembling, characterization and operation of insertion devices of Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, with the manufacturing capabilities of its industrial partners and shreholders, to build up a world-class company for insertion devices realization.
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Errgh. It's been almost 2 months since my Psalms review … much more time than I had planned to take to get through Proverbs. I have no great excuse this time; this has just been one of those months (err, 2 months) where I've been distracted with dumb stuff. Plus I guess I did have a few really busy weekends in there where I was out doing stuff or out of town. Anyway, I'm done now. Finally.
You may recall that I wasn't all that impressed or enthused by Psalms. I expected more out of it. Well, Proverbs, interestingly enough, wound up basically being the book that I thought Psalms was going to be. And that's a good thing. In a sense, I feel like Proverbs is the book I've been waiting to get to the entire time I've been reading the Bible, because even though I knew to expect a hearty helping of disturbing and terrible things in the Bible, I thought there would also be more "good" stuff along the way than there has been. Finally, now, in Proverbs we're getting some of that.
So what is the book of Proverbs about? Well, the summary of the book is pretty much all there in the title. The entirety of the book is … a long list of proverbs. 31 chapters worth, to be exact. The first chapter starts out with some proverbs attributed to Solomon. Later there's some others that are attributed to various nameless "wise men." There's a few others that are attributed to someone named "Agur son of Jakeh," and some in another chapter attributed to a guy named Lemuel (and/or his mother). Other than that, the rest of the proverbs are just listed in general, without any particular author named.
With that being the gist of the book, let's get right to the Good and Bad stuff, shall we?
Good Stuff:
Proverbs not only has more good stuff in it than any of the previous book I've read, it probably has more good stuff than all the previous books I've read combined. A significant amount more, at that. Here are some of the highlights:
- Proverbs has many many verses about the virtues of learning, in order to gain wisdom. A few examples:
- 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
- 10:14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
- 11:12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. <– Uggh, if only the majority of people who love bible-thumping paid any attention to this verse.
- 12:1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
- 16:31 Whoever heeds life-giving correction will be at home among the wise.
- 13:16 All who are prudent act with knowledge, but fools expose their folly.
- We also get a good helping of verses about being generous and kind to the needy, e.g.:
- 3:27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. 3:28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back tomorrow and I'll give it to you"— when you already have it with you.
- 11:24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. 11:25 A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
- 21:13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
- 29:7 The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
- 31:8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. 31:9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. <– Eh, Republicans?? Yeah?? You skipped ALL these verses didn't ya?
- There are a number of proverbs about being an honest, fair, and trustworthy person as well:
- 3:30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason— when they have done you no harm.
- 10:9 Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
- 12:19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- 16:8 Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.
- 20:17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
- 22:1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
- 25:9 If you take your neighbor to court, do not betray another's confidence, 25:10 or the one who hears it may shame you and the charge against you will stand.
- 28:3 A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
- 28:16 A tyrannical ruler practices extortion, but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.
- We also get a handful of other random verses that I find interesting:
- 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
- 11:13 A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.
- 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. <– Wow, one of the extremely rare verses where the Bible tells you to be kind to animals. What a nice change of pace.
- 12:25 Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.
- 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and rejoicing may end in grief. <– Yeesh that one's kinda depressing. But not untrue.
- 14:30 A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- 16:32 Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. <–Uhh hmm you wouldn't know it from reading the Bible thus far.
- 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
- 18:12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
- 20:4 Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing. <– There are a significant number of verses in there about not being lazy.
- 23:4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.
- 24:11 Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
- 25:16 If you find honey, eat just enough— too much of it, and you will vomit.
- 26:11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly. <– Hahah, interesting analogy on this one. Dogs be cray, amiright??
- 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. <– I live by this one to a neurotic extent.
So yeah, as you can see, the "Good Stuff" section in Proverbs is by far the best one we've gotten so far. For the first time, I'm actually finding a decent number of things in here that are making me say, "Oh yeah I agree with that," or "That's interesting advice." Nice change of pace to feel like I'm actually getting helpful moral guidance from this thing.
Bad Stuff
Ok now that we feel sufficiently warm and fuzzy after finishing the Good Stuff section, I'm going to go ahead and ruin the positive vibe now by listing all the bad shiz. And the questionable stuff. Let's get right to it.
- "1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge …" Umm, I mean, is it though?? There are a lot of verses like that in here. Even within the verses I like about how knowledge is so important, many of them have this slant to them that's like, well, you should gain knowledge, BUT …. only on God's terms and only what God says is correct. Putting boundaries on learning seems pretty counterintuitive to me. But that's how the Bible rolls.
- Chapter 1 also talks about what God will do to "fools" who "disregard all [his] advice" and "do not accept [his] rebuke": "26, I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you." "28. Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me, 29. since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord." Ok God, chillax, we get it. Vindictive, much?
- "5:3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; 5:4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave." There are a LOT of proverbs in here about adulterous women, and how horrible they are. They are presented as these evil predators, just searching out innocent little doe-eyed men to destroy and eat. Interestingly, there's no mention in this book of the perils of adulterous men. The Bible's woman problem continues. Shock.
- HAHA this one's funny too: "6:26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man's wife preys on your very life." Sooo … is this a recommendation in favor of using prostitutes??
- Speaking of the Bible's woman problem, we also get a lot of verses in Proverbs like this one: "21:9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife." And this one: "21:19 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife." Hmm, oddly, I can't seem to find anything in here about what to do with a shitty no-good husband.
- "10:3 The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked." So, good people always prosper and bad people never do. Sure, that's definitely what I've observed in real life, what about you?
- "13: 24 Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them." You've heard the saying, "Spare the rod, spoil the child." Here's where it comes from. This is just one of several verses in Proverbs that give advice to beat your children with a rod.
- There are also a few verses in here that seem to be laughably obvious instructions directly from the king that you need to obey him or else: "16:14 A king's wrath is a messenger of death, but the wise will appease it. 16:15 When a king's face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring." Ohhh my, I've never wanted anything more than to bring brightness to the king's face! Squee!!
- "19:29 Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools."
- "20:30 Blows and wounds scrub away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being." Whaaat the … ?? First rule of Fight Club …
- "25:17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor's house- too much of you, and they will hate you." HAHA, I marked that as questionable in my notes because it's so harsh, but now that I think of it, I actually kinda love it. No one likes a clingy friend.
- "26:18 Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death 26:19 is one who deceives their neighbor and says, 'I was only joking!'" BWAHA! Does this mean you're not ever allowed to play practical jokes? Sweet, now we have an excuse to send Ashton Kutcher to hell.
- "29:19 Servants cannot be corrected by mere words; though they understand, they will not respond. 29:21 A servant pampered from youth will turn out to be insolent." So you're not only supposed to beat your kids for misbehaving, but you should beat your servants as well. Check.
- "30:17 The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures." Uhhh … yikes.
There are a good number of other gems in here too, but you get the idea by now. Some of the proverbs are good, and some are not so good. I can appreciate the simplicity of this book because it makes my summary of it a lot easier. So how would I rate Proverbs overall? Hmmmm. I would say …
I'm gonna go ahead and go with 6.5/10 on this one. I felt that the good outweighed the bad, but that there was still enough bad in here to avoid scoring it super high. So … 6.5 it is. Next up we have Ecclesiastes. 12 chapters, YES!! After 150 chapters of Psalms and 31 chapters of Proverbs, 12 chapters is gonna feel like a dream come true. Ahhhh.


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Ontario Making G1 Written Test Available in Urdu
Ontario is making its written knowledge test for a G1 licence available in Urdu starting next spring, to support newcomers in learning the rules of the road and improve road safety.
Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca was joined by Dr. Shafiq Qaadri, MPP for Etobicoke North,in Etobicoke today to make the announcement.
Adding Urdu will support newcomers to Ontario in completing their tests, knowing and understanding the province's driving laws and gaining the experience required to drive safely in the province.
The G1 knowledge test is currently offered at DriveTest Centres in 20 other languages – including Ontario's official languages of English and French. As part of Ontario's continued commitment to road safety, all new drivers must take a knowledge test as the first step the province's graduated licensing system. Beginner driver education programs can also help teach the skills and attitudes needed to be a safe and responsible driver.
Making the G1 knowledge test available in more languages is part of Ontario's plan to create fairness and opportunity during this period of rapid economic change. The plan includes a higher minimum wage and better working conditions, free tuition for hundreds of thousands of students, easier access to affordable child care, and free prescription drugs for everyone under 25 through the biggest expansion of medicare in a generation.
"This is one more example of our government's work to help reduce barriers for newcomers in Ontario. We constantly work to include new languages to coincide with the ever-changing demographics of our communities to help keep Ontario as a North American leader in road safety."
"This is great news for the Urdu-speaking community and an important step to help reduce barriers to services, especially for our newcomers. Our government is committed to providing equal access to services to everyone in Ontario."


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There's a day for everyone all over the planet to feel free and welcome to generate new ideas, make new decisions, take new actions and achieve new outcomes that make the world a better place and make their place in the world better too.
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At times when we feel stuck, we can shift our perspective to make our place in the world better than it appears.
World Creativity and Innovation Day, April 21 and Week, April 15-21 provide an escape hatch of sorts.
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- Consider and modify ideas before buying into them: What's good about what's going on? How might you adapt to a new situation?
- Appreciate perspectives and approaches different from ones we already use: How might you figuratively walk in someone else's shoes?
- Stretch beyond your knowledge: What's something you'd like to know more about?
- Learn from and have new experiences: Get outside your routine.
- Create new combinations to meet the 2030 Global Goals
- Feed and further develop your curiosities: What new questions can be asked?
- Connect with new people: Who'd you like to meet? How might you arrange that?
- Apply new thinking to technology: What's another use for your device?
- Announce a new startup
- Launch an education campaign: Provide creativity and innovation strengthening activities and lessons
- Consider ways to code for sustainability
Creativity is in our nature; it's important to keep it alive to fuel our spirit and our innovations to create a decent life for all. All.
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Ever brush your teeth using your other hand, or eat dinner backward?
New ideas, new decisions, new actions new outcomes that make the world a better place and make your place in the world better too.
World Creativity and Innovation Day, April 21 and Week April 15-21 – time to free thinking to create new futures.


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Premier League champions Manchester City are reported as being among several clubs looking to acquire Paris Saint-Germain star Adrien Rabiot next summer.
The French midfielder's contract will expire next July and, according to the Daily Star, he has emerged as a target for the likes of Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Liverpool and Juventus.
Barcelona were also heavily linked with the player this past transfer window but nothing materialised from their interest.
The Spanish side could approach the Frenchman again in January, when he will be able to negotiate with other clubs without consequence.
The above source are reporting that City
The 23-year-old spent a brief spell with the Etihad side in 2008, before returning to France due to homesickness. He could possibly have another shot at a City career and would likely be tempted by the prospect of working under a manager of Guardiola's status.
The player is said to be looking for £150m-a-week wages, as well as an £8m signing bonus. Those numbers look pretty good and would suit most top clubs' budgets, especially considering the fact that no transfer fee would be attached.
Adrien Rabiot, who is wanted by Chelsea, Man City, Spurs, Barcelona, AC Milan, Liverpool and Juventus, will demand a salary of around 170k-a-week when he's able to begin discussions with other clubs in January. (Source: Mundo Deportivo) pic.twitter.com/UQ7TreHTRy— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) September 19, 2018
Rabiot has made over 200 appearances for the Ligue 1 giants since his move in 2010. Having made his debut in 2012, he has gone on to make a name for himself in France and is now attracting loads of attention from some of the biggest sides in Europe.
Despite his brilliance in midfield for PSG, the attacker did not make Didier Deschamps' 23-man squad for the World Cup this year and rejected the offer to be placed on a reserve list.


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It's a fantastic time to be a Celtic fan when the biggest problem you have is which striker starts on a Saturday.
Twitter (where most of my interaction with fellow Celtic fans occur) seems to be split almost into taking sides – 'Team Griffiths' or 'Team Dembele'. It's impossible to put my thoughts into 140 characters – so here's how I see Brendan Rodgers options.
Playing both
In theory this is the fairest way to do it. In reality it doesn't work. Although both can link up with each other and undoubtedly form a deadly partnership this causes imbalance to the team in our current set up and this has been evident in the odd occasion we've tried it.
In our most recent attempt to pull this off (vs Hamilton 13/12/2016) the lack of options on the left hand side (as both played through the middle) took away a whole dimension to our attacking prowess in result causing a lot of wasted attacks through not properly utilising the space we had.
The 4-2-3-1 system that we use won't be changed. Rodgers has made that pretty clear. and why should it? We've had great success using this and long may it continue. Playing both would result in dropping our attacking midfielder (usually Tom Rogic) which would mean one of the strikers having to drop deep with added defensive responsibilities.
As evident in the Hamilton game – Griffiths was given this role of dropping deep and to limited success.
We can do this in games we know we'll dominate with little threat at the other end, but as a long term solution it's never going to happen.
Moussa Dembele
He's seen as a hero with the Celtic fans and you don't have to be an expert to see a player with glimpses of a player capable of playing with Europe's best – but at the moment glimpses are all that they are.
He is a physical presence that a moment of brilliance never seems far away but he's inconsistent.
That's not really a criticism of him, There aren't many (if any) 20 year old strikers around Europe who are consistent week in week out.
Leigh Griffiths
Griffith's goalscoring record is impossible to argue with. He's come off the bench a lot – not only this season, but throughout his Celtic career yet his goal/game ratio is still nothing short of exceptional.
A less physical option than Dembele, and not blessed with great pace you can see why people prefer Moussa. Pace and power is the bread and butter of the modern game.
However – Griffiths superior finishing and his rare trait of being able to create something out of nothing is what gives Brendan Rodgers a headache.
Still Undecided? Let's compare.
Moussa Dembele has played 2226 minutes for Celtic so far this season, scoring 17 and assisting 2. This averages a goal or an assist every 117 minutes. How can you leave that out of any side?
However – Leigh Griffiths has played 1261 minutes so far scoring 12 and assisting 5.
Meaning he's averaging a goal or an assist every 74 minutes.
I've no doubt that when we look back on both players careers in 15 years that Moussa Dembele had played at a higher level and amassed more money. However as a case of 'right now' Leigh Griffiths has the edge and is a more reliable player.
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Detail from Again & Again, © Kirwan 1974 & 1977
What most of us have come to realize today is that if we dont stop the actions of CONQUEST, above, then well have to deal with the consequences that always arrive, once WAR, FAMINE and DEATH begin to take over our lives. I was wandering around in that universal puzzle tonight when I stumbled on something that might actually help more of us to deal with life today.
That ah-ha came in the form of a 2004 film called CRASH. It takes place in a post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, where tensions erupt when the lives of people from all walks of life converge during a 36-hour period. Its a phenomenally interesting film, especially in light of Ferguson, Missouri, and hundreds other cities in America, not to mention all the nations in the world that have suddenly found themselves invaded with people that are not native to their countries.
What struck me like an on-coming freight train was the all too simple fact that people seem to view the world like a poorly made black & white movie; where everyone is clearly labeled as either good or bad, in a sort of black & white way. I know thats because the Bankers and Oligarchs have been running this show both forwards and backwards since they decided to own the projection booth, where the false-flag productions are put-together. But most of us tend to forget the Kazarian-Mafia, and their stooges in USI, Israel, NATO, the UN and of course the EU.
The basic behavior of most of the populations now, have been taught to not give a damn about anyone but themselves: Which is what tends to lead people into that black & white version of life that these outlaws want to force people to live in.
But the world has never been about being black or white, right or wrong, masculine or feminine: Its always been about that in-between color of gray which is where the truth usually lives.
Whats happened is that we allowed the government to take control over every aspect of every so-called life: And in that process we not only lost our freedom and our self-respect, we also lost our ability to think through any situation to find out what is true and distinguish that, from what is not.
The parasites who think they own this place actually believe that theyve succeeded in killing our ability to choose to live a real life; as opposed to the artificial dictatorial façade that has become the norm of today, in far too many places around this planet. What this film underlines in subtle and intricate ways is the amazingly complex patterns within this life when it comes down to any individuals personal choices. It also underlines the fact that nothing usually happens as we might think it will, because life is neither predictable nor is any life ever RISK free: So all of us have problems, even without knowing that were living in a total police-state, at the moment.
If we could begin to see the lives were living through a kaleidoscopic scope such as the one portrayed so well in CRASH then we just might begin to more clearly understand just how weve been captured, as well as what we must do to throw away that scratchy aging reel of black and white film and start living our individual lives in a full-color world once more?
Once you understand the game theyve been designing for us to follow, without ever questioning anything: Its then easy to see how important it is that each of us sheds these parasites, like the maniacal-plague they truly are and get on with our lives.
Because once you grasp the concept that there are always choices to make, and almost never does anything ever come down to something as simple as right or wrong. Once you get-it you can never go back to living as a programmed simpleton again.
The films available in lots of places, why not rent it and think about it, before you run out of time. Its true that this piece of the puzzle of life is a long way from solving the universal wars, but it could be a personal start for some
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Milan and New York to exchange advertising and tour packages.
The two cities are capitals of business, creativity and innovation, as well as points of reference for fashion, style and design.
This makes them perfect partners, according to Fred Dixon, head of NYC & Company, the New York City's tourism board, who is in Milan to sign a two-year cooperation deal with the Italian city.
The first nine months of 2015 saw an increase of over 16 per cent in the number of US tourists in the city, compared with the same period of 2014. Milan councillor for tourism Franco D'Alfonso has no doubt that Expo Milan 2015 was the driving force behind the boost.
To ride on the momentum of incoming New Yorkers, the two tourism chiefs have signed a memorandum of understanding to exchange outdoor advertising spaces. Milan will post 700 spreads from the world-wide "Unlock NYC" campaign in strategic positions around the city, and New York will sing the praises of Milan on bus stops for an estimated 41 million contacts.
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Last week my friend Emily and I took our baby girls to a first-time parenting class. There we were told about different ways to play with your baby. We were shown gorgeous sensory treasure baskets, which contained everyday items you can find around your home.
The idea of the treasure basket was created by Elinor Goldschmied, a child psychologist. They are excellent for stimulating brain development in babies and help encourage independence in children.
That night I went online and found a lady and her daughter who make and sell these baskets. I ordered one straight away because I just knew my baby J would love one.
Here's what I received –
It contains various items like a wooden spoon, fabric, a photo album, metal egg cup, ball, scrunchie, etc.
Today I set up a play area for J and sat her on it with the basket. The TV was switched off and the room free from distractions.
A quick note – please ignore some of the blurriness in the photos, my baby is way too fast for me to catch her on camera sometimes!
I held the items up for her to look at and then held the basket near her so she could pull one out. She's only three and a half months old, so her hand-eye coordination isn't quite there yet.
J picked out the wooden spoon first and loved chewing on it. She's beginning to teeth, so it must have felt lovely on her gums.
Next was the feather. I ran it over J's face and she pulled the cutest little faces! She tried to grab it with her hands and it made her smile a lot.The colour of it caught her eye from the start.
With most of the items, J enjoyed putting them in her mouth!
This metal egg cup was also popular. I tapped it with the wooden spoon for a reverberating chime sound. J was really intrigued by this and wanted to hold the cup herself.
Here are a few more objects J enjoyed holding/chewing/playing with –
All in all I highly recommend organising a baby sensory treasure basket for your little one. You can always put one together yourself, or buy one here.
How do you play with your baby? Did you enjoy my first parenting post? Let me know!
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Yazoo County natives Lake Shipp, Hallie Westbrook and Josie Harris (from left) were honored during the Holmes Community College Goodman Campus Honors Day.
Fri, 12/04/2015 - 4:05pm
With increasing random violence in the United States making it more and more difficult to protect students and faculty, school administrators are having to take drastic measures. The Yazoo County School District is no exception.
City seeks to collect overdue court finesBy JAMIE PATTERSON,
Fri, 12/04/2015 - 4:02pm
Yazoo City leaders continue to look for ways to tap into an often overlooked pot of money with its uncollected municipal court fees and fines.
Fun Christmas events for kids at Ricks Memorial LibraryBy THE YAZOO HERALD,
Fri, 12/04/2015 - 3:30pm
Elementary students are warmly invited to the library's Christmas programs. At the events there will be Christmas stories, questions to ponder, and crafts and activities.
Local elections certified, no challenges by deadlineBy JAMIE PATTERSON,
Fri, 12/04/2015 - 11:53am
With no candidates contesting the recent county elections, the Nov. 3 results have been certified.
Yazoo County Circuit Clerk Robert Coleman said his office did not receive any contestation forms by the Nov. 24 deadline.
Yazoo's poet Hermand Bennette Jr. dies at age 83By JASON PATTERSON,
Wed, 12/02/2015 - 8:30am
The story of Hermand Bennette Jr.'s life had many interesting chapters.
As a young man of modest means in Yazoo City he earned a football scholarship to Tougaloo College and ended up going to earning a graduate degree in Springfield, Missouri.
City slow to pay local businessBy JAMIE PATTERSON,
Wed, 12/02/2015 - 8:17am
With over $1,000 in charges from city employees, one local business just wants to get paid.
School board sets guidelines for superintendent searchBy VERNON SIKES,
Fri, 11/27/2015 - 11:33am
Yazoo City school board members met Friday morning and hammered out exactly what they want in a new superintendent.
Broken unit sparks heated debateBy JAMIE PATTERSON,
Fri, 11/27/2015 - 11:32am
It may have been chilly in the building, but the city council got heated in the discussion to repair the heating and cooling system within the police department.
Varner says city needs to consider splitting duties of street departmentBy JAMIE PATTERSON,
Fri, 11/27/2015 - 11:31am
One city alderman said it's time to divide the street department into two separate branches because it's simply too much to get the job done.
Raked leaves must be bagged in the cityBy JAMIE PATTERSON,
Fri, 11/27/2015 - 11:30am
With the fall season comes loose leaves, but the city street department would like to remind the public of the ordinance surrounding their disposal.


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What's going on? We haven't had a chapter for a couple of days now.
Author: Tang Jia San Shao
Updates: Douluo Dalu 2.5 – Chapter 90
What's going on? We haven't had a chapter for a couple of days now.
Thank you for the chapter! 🙂 I wonder how many chapters are left? 😮
Total is exactly 120 chapters, so 30 more left
I never knew there was DD 2.5
And it contains a great deal of spoilers for DD1, 2 and 3.
Thank you for your efforts for this one.
Where did you read the English version of DD2 and DD3? I don't think it's on this web site.
when is eta for the next chap?
Where can I find translations for douluo Dalu 2?
Hi! I just wanted to know if you gave up on this novel since it hasn't been updated since some time now :/
Why there has been no update already this month???
useless website… at least finish what you started…
not to mention chapter 80 is missing!!!
I love your work, finish it pliz I beg you.
I just started to read DD3 yesterday. So it seems that Wulin is Tang San's son hehheh
Thanks for the chapter!
this site dead? hmm what a shame…
Bah.. more low rate translators who bite off more than they can chew. Someone else with some skill should pick up this novel. As long as it's not these people or the people doing the first DD in the series…. While their translation is good, they're just too slow. To the point where it's okay to actually complain about it even if they are doing it for free. Two chapters or so a month is garbage release speed. Funny that even with that, they're still doing better than this site that drops a novel with only 30 chapters left to go.
Pity they dropped this….hope someone finished the translation….only 30 chapters left!!!!
You can grab the rest on MachineTransLation with a relatively understandable quality.
Did the translator died? He just said that he was too busy doing work but he will upload chapters, at the top comment.
But it stopped and there is no progress until now i think he meet some accident
Oh so Dropped? Dang it
Ahhh !! Someone tell me I'm not the only one freaking out that Yuhao had a child !


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Bali to Nusa Penida
Nusa Penida is a small island separated from Bali, located only few miles from Bali mainland in eastern side. Traveling from Bali to Nusa Penida is easy and can be reached by 30 minutes sea transport (fast boat to Nusa Penida).
Fast boat to Nusa Penida
Fast boat to Penida in this area is a medium (30 – 90 passenger seats) fiber made vessel powered by 800 HP – 2000 HP engines (depends on the size). A fast boat to Nusa Penida cruises at normal speed around 30 knots in normal weather. Fast boats depart from Sanur harbor in Bali and stop at the jetty on Toyapakeh in Nusa Penida.
Fast boats to Nusa Penida are:
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|Mola - Mola Express
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|Maruti Fast boat
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How to reach the harbor in Bali
A ticket for fast boat to Nusa Penida normally includes free pickup / drop off service between passenger's hotel and the harbor for the hotels in most tourist areas, so the passengers are no need to worry about the transport between the harbor and their hotel. Just inform the ticketing agent / fast boat company before departure to make the shuttle arrangement easier.
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OfferZen has expanded its placement offering to include additional areas of expertise including data science, UI/UX design, product management and more.
Leaving the sole focus on software developers behind, OfferZen wants to become the single source of tech talent for companies.
"We are super excited about this big change," says co-founder Philip Joubert. "Since our launch, we've had to turn away thousands of excellent people in many of these roles. Now employers will be able to hire their entire tech team through OfferZen's marketplace."
Since the company launched in November 2015, they've focused exclusively on helping software developers find great jobs. But from founding several other startups like SnapScan, Luno and JourneyApps, co-founders Philip and Malan Joubert knew that building great software required more than just people who write the code.
"We realized that if we're serious about supporting local tech products and local tech talent, we needed to expand our platform to cater for everyone involved in building software," Malan says.
To build modern software products, teams need to have a diverse range of skillsets: UI designers make products beautiful, UX designers make them easy to use and data scientists create personalised experiences from millions of data points. In addition, need scrum masters and product managers are needed to ensure that these multi-faceted teams run optimally.
According to CareerJunction, the tech sector has the highest demand for professionals in the South African job market but companies increasingly struggle to fill their open positions.
This is a problem OfferZen aims to solve. Less than two years into operation, the platform is already being used by almost 600 companies including big names like GetSmarter, Takealot, Barclays, Old Mutual, Allan Gray and 24.com, as well as a host of successful startups like SweepSouth and Yoco.
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German Classics
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The Confusions of Young Master Törless
By Robert Musil
Musil's limpid, psychological evocation of adolescent sexuality and its often sadistic eroticism which anticipates the carnage of both World Wars. As the nineteenth century draws to an end, young Törless is sent to a military boarding school for the sons of the nobility on the eastern outreaches of…READ MORE >
Wilhelm Meister
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Seduced by the chimerical world of the theatre and taking upon himself the grand ambition of becoming a successful performer and dramatist, the merchant's son Wilhelm Meister embarks on a tumultuous quest of self-discovery. Along his path he finds himself having to negotiate love, desire and the nee…READ MORE >
The Sandman
By E.T.A. Hoffmann
Nathanael remains haunted by his childhood fear that the lawyer Coppelius, a strange night-time visitor who used to come to his house to conduct alchemical experiments with his father – the latter dying as a consequence of one of these sessions – was none other than the Sandman, a mythical figure wh…READ MORE >
The Black Spider
By Jeremias Gotthelf
After one of their own people repeatedly fails to live up to a pact with the Devil, a petty and morally bankrupt village community is plagued by a swarm of deadly black spiders. Using a complex narrative structure, Gotthelf 's cautionary novella shrewdly dissects the iniquitous social dynamics of ru…READ MORE >
Elective Affinities
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Baron Eduard and his second wife Charlotte enjoy a quiet, humdrum existence in their opulent castle, but when he invites his friend the Captain and she invites her niece Ottilie to stay with them, their lives are turned inside out as both hosts begin to feel attracted to their guests. Using one of t…READ MORE >
By Georg Buchner
Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Vosges mountains, Lenz tells the tale of the real-life writer J.M.R. Lenz's nineteen-day stay in Waldersbach in 1778, describing his wanderings around the mountainous surroundings and his worsening fits of madness, eventually culminating in his removal, unde…READ MORE >
Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing
By Joseph von Eichendorff
Eichendorff's prose masterpiece – a picaresque account of the wanderings of a young man who leaves home after a row with his father, and who eventually finds love with the girl of his dreams – is one of the best-known classics of German literature. Deeply imbued with the style and sentiment of Germa…READ MORE >
Peter Schlemihl
By Adelbert von Chamisso
Unsuccessful in his endeavours, the young and naive Peter Schlemihl seals a pact with the Devil in which he exchanges his shadow for the purse of Fortunatus, thereby gaining everlasting riches. But when he is ridiculed, persecuted and hated for being different from other men, he realizes that povert…READ MORE >
The Sorrows of Young Werther
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Presented as a collection of confessional letters written by the eponymous protagonist, The Sorrows of Young Werther charts the emotional journey of a young man who, during a stay in a picturesque German village, falls in love with Lotte, a local woman engaged to another man. As he realizes that his…READ MORE >
A Village Romeo and Juliet
By Gottfried Keller
A Village Romeo and Juliet is a bitter-sweet tragedy telling the tale of two young lovers kept apart by a family feud. Inspired by the story of two real-life sweethearts and set in rural Switzerland, it evokes the overwhelming beauty of young love and nature, but is ultimately pessimistic about the…READ MORE >
Immensee and Other Stories
By Theodor Storm
A romantic tale of an old man reminiscing about his youth and unfulfilled love, Immensee is considered by many to be Theodor Storm's most accomplished work, evoking a reality which is veiled and haunted by dreams and illusion. This volume, which also contains Viola Tricolor, the delightful story of…READ MORE >
The Lulu Plays
By Frank Wedekind
Two of Wedekind's most seminal plays, Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box both focus on the actions of the young heroine Lulu, who embodies both animal sensuality and waif-like innocence, as she escapes a life on the streets, receives a society education, marries, takes on various lovers, becomes a dance…READ MORE >


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Customers of UK kitchenware firm Lakeland have been told to reset their passwords after attackers apparently accessed two databases holding encrypted data on 19 July.
Although the seriousness of the breach is not known, the Cumbian firm's managing director Sam Rayner contacted customers by email to apologise, blaming the issue on Java-based software used by its back-end servers.
"Lakeland had been subjected to a sophisticated cyber-attack using a very recently identified flaw in the Java software used by the servers running our website, and indeed numerous websites around the world," wrote Rayner.
"This flaw was used to gain unauthorised access to the Lakeland web system and data," in a comment that appears to shift some of the responsibility to the company hosting that server.
Rightly or wrongly, the firm clearly feels it has been left at the mercy of technological issues in Java.
"This has occurred despite the best efforts of ourselves and the industry-leading IT company that runs our website for us to use the best security systems available. We are committed to protecting our customers' data and will continue to seek additional measures to ensure the integrity of our systems."
There was no evidence that data had been stolen but Lakeland had decided to ask customers to reset their account access as a precaution even though the databases had been encrypted.
Java is a constant theme in security breaches, but overwhelmingly at the client side; a back-end server issue connected to Java ranks as unusual.
Attention will now turn to the flaw that let the attackers in, described by Rayner as being recently-identified. That at least narrows down the range of possibilities.
According to Tal Be'ery of security vendor Imperva, the Apache Struts 2 framework (CVE-2013-2251), publicised ten days ago, was a strong possibility.
"The flaw is considered to be 'highly critical' and allows code execution on the attacked server," he said. "This underlines, once more, the dangers of third party code. In Lakeland's case, the culprit was the Apache Struts framework, or another Java related software in case our guess proves to be wrong."
The Struts vulnerability he mentions has now been patched.
Unconnected with this but on the same general theme, Java SE saw a 40-fix patch in June in the face of persistent criticism that Oracle has not treated software flaws with the urgency they deserve.


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A blog following the restoration and stories of my VW Beetle 1500cc 1970 Bug. Feel free to comment and follow :)
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Drive, Stratagy, ACTION!
I have now realised the dampness is due to some damaged door seals! I must replace them!
I have now taken out the back seats and the speaker shelf... Pioneer 250's ... nice :)
I have also i am going to rub down the inner floor pan ...its better than i thought but it could do with a rubbin'
I have wire brushed the fuel tank and it looks better .. just needs a coat of black expandable gloss ...
I have cleaned out the inside and the road outside due to an oil leak!
I have now replaced all of the leads with new ones ... No as easy as thought... The spark plug end were different so i have had to get the end off of a new pair of spark plugs and replace them .... One step closer to homogeneity in Charlie .... Not her strong point!
The fuel filter is still bugging me!
Ah well ... time to call it a day!
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I love to cook but have only made one Charlotte Russe in my life. I think I picked the most elaborate recipe known to man including making my own lady fingers. After four hours of labor we sat down to devour this special treat only to find that it was mediocre at best. I went back to pies after that.
Hello, Darlings! It's, Alice, shining down to deliver a weekly "delight" to your in box. The view through Heaven's soft as gossamer clouds is a glorious one! Today's weekly delight offers wisdom (from myself, Alice) and a lovely, French dessert recipe, dedicated to the young and the young at heart. First, an Alice Rule~ The young wife learns that it is impossible to live on Love, so I have chosen an economical yet lavish recipe to sustain life (and perhaps, Love). Charlotte was one of my husband Charles' favourites ~(dessert, that is).
Charlotte Russe*
- I have recently been advised (by Grace~ my rather vain grand-daughter) that a rather lavish, economical chain boutique goes by the same name as my prized French dessert! Dears, in my day we made do.
- http://www.charlotterusse.com/custserv/custserv.jsp?pageName=About
Alice's Charlotte Russe
Soak two tablespoons of gelatin in a little cold water for fifteen minutes; dissolve with a cup of boiling water; add four tablespoons of powdered sugar; when cool strain slowly into a pint of rich cream which has been chilled and whipped to a stiff froth, stirring all the while the gelatin is being poured in. Pat between layers and on the top of sponge cake, or turn into individual moulds. Line with lady fingers or sponge cake cut to fit the moulds. Leave in a cold place until serving time.
Ta- dah! Enjoy and until next time, Cheerio my dears!


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Let me start by saying that I thank God every night since I found you. You came into my life when everything seemed so dark but you provided the light to find my way. I've never been so certain of anything in my life like I am of us. You have totally changed my outlook in life and I thank you for that. I never thought that someone could love me like you do, but guess what? I love you that much too. I feel as if I'm walking over clouds just thinking about you. You make my life complete. I know you've said we could do foolish things while in love, but you know what? With you I wouldn't mind being a fool for the rest of my life. I love you so much and I know you love me too. I know that others looking into our relationship might think that we're saying too many foolish things too soon but they just don't know how we feel about each other. There's nothing foolish about the things I've told you, I meant every word I said. I love you. I would do anything; I love you so much. Today I promise you that I would do anything in my power to make you a great person, outstanding lover, and supportive partner.
Dear "Darling";
Hey I am a 22 year old, soon to be mommy. Just call me "Gypsy". I wanted to get back into writing, so here I am. Not sure what all I will be writing about, but feel free to take a look, read and enjoy. :)


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EBT Industry Council Elects New Officers for 1999
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The Electronic Funds Transfer Association's Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Industry Council elected as its chairman John Pfeuffer, vice president of Citicorp Services Inc., a developer and operator of debit-card systems.
Re-elected as first vice chairman was Arthur W. Burger, president of Burger, Carroll & Associates, a New Mexico-based information technology and management company specializing in advanced card application design for electronic benefits transfer systems.
Elected second vice chairman was John Wojcik, director of business development for government programs at VeriFone Inc., a supplier of point-of-sale technology for EBT, and a developer of transaction technology.
Elected secretary was Bob Bucceri of Chaddsford Planning Associates, a consulting group specializing in EBT marketing and development based in West Chester, PA.
The EBT Industry Council is a trade group dedicated specifically to the business and policy issues of electronic benefits transfer systems. Its accomplishments include assisting in the development of the 1992 federal operating rules for EBT, as well the updating of consumer-protection requirements pertaining to EBT.
The Electronic Funds Transfer Association is an industry trade association dedicated to the advancement of electronic payments and commerce. Its members include Tandem Computers; Diebold Inc.; Wells Fargo, Comerica and Fleet banks; Visa, MasterCard and American Express; and virtually all shared ATM networks in the US.
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In late last year, we wrote about a post about an AWMUG event format to test interest, which culminated in Mapping Opera, an open workshop run with the Royal Opera House.
If you couldn't make it, here's how it went, what we'd do differently in future, and if you're interested in running a similar event, a link to all the resources created for the workshop, free to re-use.
Wait, Mapping Opera?
Until Wardley Mapping becomes mainstream activity, it's actually quite hard to find examples of Wardley Maps beyond Simon Wardley's pseudo-book/medium-collection thing on medium.com. It's even harder to find somewhere to get some practice with others in a relatively safe space.
This isn't helped by the fact that maps are often used as an aid for strategically sensitive discussions that you might not want to share publicly.
With Mapping Opera, we set out to provide this safe space for people interested in using the technique to get some practice with others, using some real scenarios, real personas, and real user needs. Working under something like the Chatham House Rules, the Royal Opera House was game enough to play along with us, and provide these to make the event possible.
For people coming along to the event, they had the chance to get in some practice, to help them see when to use this in their jobs, and in a swanky venue.
In return, the Royal Opera House ended up with some smart people creating maps, that they could compare their own ones too, and identify any blind spots they might have.
How did it go?
In the end, the event ran much like this blog post sketching out a format for the event:, and this slide deck should give an idea of the specific activities.
One of the goals of this event was to test the format, so others can try it out, so feel free to copy this deck and adapt for your own activities.
Making maps
We started with an introduction of the users and with journey maps of how people tend go about going to the opera – looking over the personas and running through some of the user needs they were meeting.
Next, in groups we created value chains, based on what we knew, with at least one person from the Royal Opera House in each group. Next, we then added in movement and evolution.
Using maps
Once we had maps, the next step was to try using them, to help explore some questions like the ones below, to practice using them as a communication tool:
- What would this map look like 5 years ago?
- What might this map look like in 3 years?
- What would this map look for a competitor, and what would you do in their position?
Sharing maps
Finally, we ended up with sharing our maps in the room, discussing our exploration of one of these questions together, wrapping up with a show and tell from the Royal Opera House, where they shared their maps from earlier sessions, to compare and contrast our plays, and where we'd put various components, on the map with theirs.
An experiment with feedback
As an alternative to asking people to fill out a feedback form, rating things from one to five, we asked participants to anonymously sketch out a journey map of how they felt the event went, marking the points that stood out to them as they went through the exercises.
The idea here would be that this would provide richer feedback than getting a set of numbers, especially given the relatively low number of participants – we'd end up with an idea of the high points, the low points and the thoughts or questions they had at various places.
And to the extent that giving a feedback in a survey can be fun, they're kinda fun to make – I've added a couple here, to give an idea of what they look like, after checking about sharing them:
Things we'd do differently in future
We saw a fair few patterns in the feedback that came back, and based on that I think we'd do a few things differently for a future one.
Choose a single user, and user need and map that
Initially when introducing the users and their user needs, we left the decision of which users to map the needs for down to each group. This meant people ended up spending time working out which user to map, and reaching an agreement together, before starting.
Given the time available, I think we'd just choose one ahead of time in future if we had a similar half day slot.
Make sure that everyone knew to use the cheat sheet
We'd put together a short mapping cheat sheet to refer to when running through the exercises, and the feedback was generally that it helped, but quite a few participants didn't really use it until prompted, at which point it helped clear things up.
Have some nominal fee for tickets or enforce timing
One of the issues of running a free event is that you get no-shows, and last-minute cancellations.
When you're running a meetup, you can get away with this, as typically if you have a couple of speakers, and while latecomers can be a bit awkward, they tend not to have much effect on the overall outcome of the event.
If you have an event where you're relying on group activities, to end up with some satisfying outcomes, the event is much more reliant on the size of the groups that form, and the dynamics inside them.
This means if you have no-shows or latecomers after you've split people into groups, you can end up with awkward-sized groups, which make communication within them harder, or you can end up re-treading old ground to get the whole group back on the same page, eating into the activities planned for the day.
Running this yourself
If you're up for running something like this yourself – that's great news! Feel free to use all the information below.
There's blog posts about the event format, the deck we used, and the cheat sheet we relied on to get through the day:
The CC licensed deck used for the event
The Wardley Mapping cheat sheet, to help work out where to put components
The initial post about this event format
Why you might share a scenario for an event like this
Coming to other events like this
If this is interesting to you, and you'd like to come to one of these, or host one like this, we'd love to hear from you – the most efficient way to do that is to fill this form below:
If you prefer email, you can reach us at firstname.lastname@example.com, or follow us on twitter as @awmug.
Alternatively, come hang out in the map-camp slack workspace.


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Tooth & Claw #8
Featured in this issue are: The Future of the BDO, by Greywolf and Bobcat (so you can see how much of it came true);
plus A Year in the Life, by Greywolf; Cat in Erin, by Bobcat; An American Druid in Solitude, by Ian Durham; Raven Revelation, by Kiri Johnston; In the Bone, by Alan Tickhill; Interfaith Interference, by Archbishop Greywolf (a bit of a giggle); Hell Theory, by Anon (another chucklesome treat); Druid Funerals, by Greywolf and Bobcat; Databases, by Dave Hughes, an eisteddfod section and various reviews, &c. 24 A4 pages, illustrated.
Tooth & Claw #11
Featured in this issue are: The New British Druid Order (well, new then, we've got newer since), by Greywolf and Bobcat (look carefully and you'll see the seeds of the Druid Network being planted);
plus On the Nature of Pagan Druidry – and being a heretic, by Emma Restall Orr; Reflections on the Cycle of Life and Death, by Ricardo Campos; and Volunteering for Druids, by Geoff Boswell. There's also a cracking selection of bardic poetry in this issue, a report on the Awen Camp we held in the Forest of Dean, plus lots of reviews and other short pieces. 24 A4 pages, illustrated.
Tooth & Claw #12
This issue features articles on the financing of the BDO and the Druid Forum event at Stourbridge;
plus On the symbolism of The Ram-Horned Snake, by Stuart Barrett; a Lughnasad Festival and Pilgrimage at Sleive Gullion in Northern Ireland; a piece on the Museum of Witchcraft at Boscastle in Cornwall, by Francis Cameron; an article on Druidical map-making; more fabulous bardic poetry, news, reviews, etc. 20 A4 pages, illustrated.