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Kraig waited in my sitting room off the bedroom. He was on the couch, huddled under a blanket. It struck me how short a time we'd had together since I found him. His ruff was still a golden stubble, his cheekbones still stood out as his muzzle punched forward more than his human face had. Part of that might be that he was still underweight, but I had the feeling he wouldn't look human even after he recovered.
"Mom." Kraig's voice broke as he stared at her. He glanced toward me.
I nodded. "It's okay."
Kraig shoved the blanket off and jumped up. He rushed to his mom, barely slowing before he slammed into her. He wrapped his arms around her and buried his head in her neck. "Mom," he sobbed thickly.
"Shh." She held him tight, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I know. It's okay to hurt."
As much as my heart ached to hold my mate, I knew Kraig needed his mom. Lydia wouldn't welcome my touch, so I hovered near the doorway. They whispered to each other, and I tried not to pick up what they were saying, but I couldn't help it.
"I'm sorry," Lydia said.
"Why, Mom? Why would Dad do this?"
She stoked his back. "I don't know. I wish I did. If I'd known... I would've stopped him."
"Do you think it's because I was a human werekin? Was he ashamed of me?" Kraig pulled back and stared into her eyes. "Did you wish I was never born?"
"Never," she said fiercely. "You were a precious gift, and I never wished for you to be anything else. You're my son, and I love you." She cupped his face. "Never let anyone feel like you're less than you are, you understand me?" Lydia waited until he nodded, and then she patted his cheek.
Kraig led her to the couch and they sat down. She looked over at me. "What now?"
"Do we have permission to search your house?"
"Whatever you need. Do you think there's something there?"
"I don't know. Henry never once gave me cause to doubt his loyalty. I can't understand why he'd do this to Kraig, much less how. I have enforcers looking for him, but I don't know if we'll be able to pick up his trail." I ran a hand over my head, which was aching. I'd faced mutters and resistance when I took over as Alpha, but that was nothing compared to all of this. "We'll be careful, and I swear we won't leave the house a mess."
"He called me last night and asked about Kraig," Lydia said. "I didn't recognize the number."
Kraig stiffened. "What did he want to know?"
"How you were feeling, if I'd seen you or Deke."
"Is that so?" Was he trying to find out if we'd discovered his betrayal, or was he keeping tabs on Kraig and my whereabouts for another reason? "I'll need your phone. While I'm gone, I'll have guards on both doors. Please don't go outside for any reason."
"You trust me here with Kraig?" Lydia looked shocked.
That hurt, but I tried to keep it out of my voice. "I know what I did was painful; I hate that it was necessary, but you are a member of my streak. If Henry could do this to Kraig, could hurt his own son, you are in danger too. I want you safe, and there's no safer place than the Alpha house with guards standing at every entry."
Lydia stood, patting Kraig's shoulder when he went to follow. He sank back down on the couch. I watched warily as Lydia came closer to me, standing completely still, barely breathing when she reached out. I was unable to stop my flinch when her hand touched my cheek and then dropped down to my shoulder.
"Oh, Deacon." She shook her head. "I know you didn't want to hurt me. I could feel your rage and your pain, and it fed mine. That's why it hurt so bad. How can you handle that much emotion inside you and not break down?"
"I don't have a choice."
She searched my eyes, but I'd learned the lesson early at my father's knee—an Alpha had to be stronger than anyone else because it was his job to take all the stresses and pain without breaking. I had to protect them, not just because it was my duty, but because it was part of my very nature to lead by example.
"I hope one day you don't have to carry that much inside you," she said.
Kraig stared at me, and I stared back over her shoulder. "When we stop the monsters who helped that doctor hurt Kraig. But not before that." I had a feeling I was going to need that fire inside fueled by the rage and pain to stay strong enough to see this through.
Lydia smiled sadly. "I guess the little boy I knew really has grown up." She brightened. "That reminds me! Kraig and I can spend the time planning your birthday party."
I frowned. "Do you really think that's appropriate right now?"
"Yes. We need something to break the tension. Don't let the bad things take away all the good."
"Do you want to help your mom?" I asked Kraig.
"Sure. I have a few birthdays to make up for."
Maybe we could do a party to welcome Kraig back, introduce him as my mate, and celebrate my birthday. Still....
"How about a backyard barbecue?" I suggested.
"If the weather holds."
Lydia went to rummage around for some paper and pens. I squatted next to Kraig. "You going to be okay? I won't be gone long."
Kraig snorted. "You know, you keep asking me that every time you leave. How about I'll tell you if I'm not okay."
"All right." I held up both hands. "Jeez. Damned if I do and damned if I don't." I chuckled.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Dreaming of.... Santorini
I have wished that I could visit Santorini for a very long time. I like to tell myself that someday I might go there on a honeymoon, or at least a romantic vacation, but either of those is probably a long way off, so for now, or until I can save up enough money to go myself, I tend just to look at pictures and sigh. At least for a few moments, I'm somewhere relaxing and lovely.
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I was lucky enough to spend a vacation in Santorini, it was decades ago but it was as beautiful as the pictures show. Hope you get to fulfill your some day!
I love the photos I see of Santorini and all the Greek isles - it looks amazing there. I would love to go too!ReplyDelete
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As best I can tell this female is practicing yoga outdoors in the Philippines. Great angles created by her body as she arches back to grab her toes.
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There's a handy saving to be had on cookware as part of the current John Lewis clearance sale. You can save 20% on a Tefal Emotion Stainless Steel Saucepan. Which means the 16cm pan is just £25.60, and the 20cm version is £30.40. That's a decent saving, if you need some new pans. And I do, having accidentally destroyed the budget set I bought at Tesco after moving house a few months ago!
Having somehow separated the lining from the base of my budget pans, I'm not exactly keen on non-stick flavouring for my cooking. And neither are the rest of my household. Plus replacing cheaper items every six months means the cost ends up being more than buying better quality in the first place.
So why the Tefal Emotion Stainless Steel Saucepan? Besides the discount, it's got some really good features. So it's 18/10 stainless steel and comes with a 10 year guarantee. It's compatible with all hobs, including induction. And it's dishwasher safe, as well as claiming it will be easy to clean by hand. I'll reserve judgement on that until after I've had to scrub dried sauces from it.
The glass lid is handy, especially with an air vent to let out steam. And the interior capacity markings may mean I stop cooking for a family of eight every time I get on the stove. Which means I also then have to eat 4-6 portions of whatever I've been cooking. And finally, it's oven safe for an hour up to 175°C (Gas Mark 4, 350°F). That's a part of more and more recipes I've been looking at. And something which just isn't possible with cheaper saucepans I've considered.
Having read some online reviews, it seems that the biggest issue is the pan handle showing wear after dishwashing. So not owning a dishwasher should ckeep the bakelite handle safe.
The only thing to note is that the 20% discount ends on the 15th July, 2018. So you haven't got long if you're tempted by a Tefal Emotion Stainless Steel Saucepan and want to save money.


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Web security company M86 Security pitted three leading but unnamed antivirus products against 15,000 malicious URLs and found that only 39 percent were successfully blocked. When they ran a second set of malicious URLs against a leading URL list the news was even worse. Only 444, or around 3 percent, were correctly identified." – Content courtesy of Antivirus software often foxed by malicious URLs – Techworld.com


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Fantasy Baseball: 5 Streaming Options for Week 4
If you are unfamiliar with the term "streaming" when it comes to fantasy sports, the idea is to rotate players at a position based on who has the best matchup for that particular game, to give yourself an edge over your opponent. For example, in fantasy football, it is most common to stream defenses, but some also choose to stream quarterbacks due to the depth of the position.
When it comes to fantasy baseball, some stream hitters, but streaming starting pitchers is a much more common practice. Depending on what type of league you are in, you may be able to stream a different pitcher each day, or you may just be able to stream a pitcher for the entire week, in which case finding two-start pitchers is essential.
It's very important when considering streaming that you understand your league rules. Does it allow weekly lineup changes, or daily? Is there a weekly or season-long acquisition limit? These factors must all be taken into consideration if you choose to stream pitchers.
The purpose of this article will be to bring you the five best streaming options for each week that are under 50 percent owned in ESPN fantasy baseball leagues. Often times, they'll be two-start pitchers, but sometimes it will just be a pitcher in an exceptional spot that particular week.
Let's get started!
Ross Stripling, Los Angeles Dodgers, 23.3 percent owned
Probable Starts:
Monday 4/25 against Miami
Saturday 4/30 against San Diego
After two terrific starts, Ross Stripling disappointed in last week's start against the Braves, giving up three runs and being pulled before the end of the fourth inning. He still boasts a 2.65 ERA and 1.06 WHIP through three starts, albeit with limited strikeout numbers.
He'll draw two of the better matchups available for a right-hander this week at Miami and at San Diego. In addition to both playing in pitcher's parks, both teams struggle against righties.
The Marlins ranked dead last in wOBA against righties last season and have only been slightly better this season, ranking 23rd. The return of Giancarlo Stanton and Christian Yelich certainly makes this lineup a bit more intimidating, but not nearly enough to avoid Stripling with his second start coming against the Padres.
San Diego ranked 28th in wOBA against righties last season and struck out at the sixth-highest frequency. Things have been even worse this season, as their .250 wOBA against righties ranks 29th and their 24.8 percent strikeout rate is the sixth-highest.
Stripling probably doesn't have the stuff to be someone you keep beyond this week, but he is certainly one of the most appealing streamers this week and is available in 76.7 percent of ESPN leagues.
Rick Porcello, Boston Red Sox, 25.1 percent owned
Probable Starts:
Monday 4/25 at Atlanta
Saturday 4/30 against New York Yankees
Rick Porcello followed up two terrific outings against Toronto's elite offense with nine more strikeouts and another win last week against the Rays. Through three starts, he has a 2.50 SIERA, 0.93 WHIP, 30.8 strikeout rate, and 3.9 walk rate -- all of which would be career bests.
He will make two starts this week, the first of which is against the light-hitting Atlanta Braves. Atlanta ranked 27th against in wOBA against righties last season, and they haven't been much better this season, ranking 29th in hard-hit rate against righties.
The Yankees are a tough draw, but with the way Porcello has been pitching, you can afford to ignore one difficult matchup when the other is against the Braves.
Drew Pomeranz, San Diego Padres, 29.7 percent owned
Probable Starts:
Monday 4/25 at San Francisco
Sunday 5/1 at Los Angeles Dodgers
Drew Pomeranz has been nothing short of maginificent in his tenure with San Diego, with a 2.04 ERA and 12.74 K/9 through his first three starts. This hasn't come out of nowhere, either, as his dominance dates back until August 1 of last season, a span in which he has a 2.31 ERA and 12.23 K/9. Granted, nearly half of those innings came out of the bullpen, but the fact remains that Pomeranz has some nasty stuff and can be a strikeout machine.
Don't believe me? See for yourself!
Prior to that game, Pittsburgh had the fourth-lowest strikeout rate against lefties.
His matchups this week are far from easy, as both the Giants and Dodgers have capable offenses. But, both games will take place in pitcher's ball parks, as they have ranked 27th and 28th, respectively, in Park Factor over the past three seasons.
Pomeranz definitely needs to be owned in more than the 29.7 percent of leagues he is owned in right now, especially if you are in a head-to-head points league, where his relief pitcher eligibility gives him additional value. The two-start week is just a bonus!
Kevin Gausman, Baltimore Orioles, 24.6 percent owned
Probable Starts:
Monday 4/25 at Tampa Bay
Sunday 4/30 against Chicago White Sox
Kevin Gausman is one of the more polarizing young pitchers in the game. Half of the fantasy baseball world has given up on him after seemingly constant disappointment, while half still clings to the hope that he can return to full health and be the ace everyone thought he was going to be.
Regardless of which side you fall on, it's hard not to be excited about Gausman's two-start this week against the light-hitting Rays and White Sox, who rank 26th and 27th in wOBA against righties this season. The Braves have also posted a 27.1 percent strikeout rate against righties, which is the highest mark in the Majors.
I'm not overly excited about Gausman's long-term prospects, but he is certainly worth a look in deeper leagues with two favorable matchups this week.
J.A. Happ, Toronto Blue Jays, 32.7 percent owned
Probable Starts:
Saturday 4/30 at Tampa Bay
Happ has been excellent for Toronto this season, posting a 2.42 ERA and 1.19 WHIP to go along with a 3-0 record.
His next matchup will come Saturday against Tampa Bay, who has been horrible against righties, which we just hit on with Gausman. Happ likely won't pile up the strikeouts, but the matchup combined with pitching for the best offense in baseball, gives him a very good chance to get another win and pile up some fantasy points. Give him a look in leagues in which you can make daily roster moves.


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Brad Pitt still developing Black Hole with David Fincher and says Marc Forster will not direct the World War Z sequel
Brad Pitt has been as active behind the scenes as he has been starring in movies over the last few years. His Plan B production company has been behind Pitt's films like THE TREE OF LIFE, KILLING THEM SOFTLY, and WORLD WAR Z as well as the movies KICK-ASS, EAT PRAY LOVE, and the upcoming 12 YEARS A SLAVE. While discussing his producing work with The Hollywood Reporter, Pitt shared some information on upcoming films he has in the works and the inevitable sequel to WORLD WAR Z.
Pitt's frequent collaborator, David Fincher, has been long attached to adapt Charles Burns' graphic novel BLACK HOLE. The project has been in development for years with seemingly no progress, but the article indicates that Pitt and Fincher are still working on it. BLACK HOLE tells the story of a group of teens in the Pacific Northwest who contract an STD that deforms them in monstrous and supernatural ways. A great comic and something that would fit with Fincher behind the camera, BLACK HOLE cannot happen soon enough. It remains to be seen how long we have to wait with Fincher getting started on GONE GIRL and then his long awaited 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA remake.
While the article also gives the status on a couple of other Plan B projects, the obvious question was about when to expect the sequel to WORLD WAR Z. Pitt had this to say:
Plan B also is developing a sequel to Z, which still is in its nascent stages, though director Marc Forster won't be back. âWe are talking about it,â says Pitt. âWe are going to investigate a script. We have a lot of ideas we will cull from. Nobody is writing just yet, but we are compiling our ideas.ââ
While WORLD WAR Z did turn out to be a box office success, the tensions between Forster and Pitt are well documented and it was obvious the director would not be back under any circumstances. It also doesn't sound like the project is very active at this point, so don't hold your breath to see if they adapt Max Brooks' material any further for the sequel.
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10 Plus-Size Summer Fashion Steals From Instagram
When the temperatures rise and the layers have to come off, it's not always easy to create a fashionable look without resorting to the classic jean shorts and a white T combo. To break out of the inevitable summer wardrobe rut, I've been on the hunt for new style tricks to freshen up my look this season.
If you are anything like me, scrolling online is part of your daily morning routine. As a style blogger myself, Instagram is one of my favorite spots to style stalk. The wonder app is not only easy to navigate but has thousands of style photos uploaded every minute. This week, I saw everything from layered mesh, killer coordinated sets, and statement swimsuits that will have you rocking some awesome warm weather looks.
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It's that time of year where there are lots of new shows starting up in Japan. Here's a quick rundown of my thoughts on a few of them.
Aria - The Natural - I know this isn't technically a new show, but the second season has started out quite nicely and by the second episode they've already done one of my favorite stories from the manga.
Simoun - After one episode I rate this interesting w/potential. So far we've just got the slightest introduction to the story. But the animation is quite nice. The music is wonderful (includes some Bach I've heard). Yuri content. I can't wait to see more story.
xxxHolic - One of my favorite CLAMP mangas finally gets its own series. So far I dig it, but will still wait to see how other characters are portrayed and stories are presented. Hopefully will be better than Reservoir Chronicle was
Disgaea - Based on a PS2 game of the same name. This looks to be a fairly kid-centric telling of the story. Art and Voices seem to match the game. I'll have to look and see if the voices are the same. Not sure if I'll keep watching for long, but seems decent enough
Strawberry Panic - Imagine Marimite, now suck out everything that was good about it. I always got a warm happy feeling when I watched it (well, except when it made me cry like a baby). This feels like an attempt to cash in on the popularity of it. There are high school girls, there is a yuri vibe, there is no heart. Next!
Air Gear - Feels like a typical shounen series. Though I found myself drawn into it quite a bit as I watched. Kids with motorized inline skates who compete against each other for status. A fun looking series. I'll keep checking it out for an episode or two more.
That's it for now. Next time up I'll talk about Ouran High School Host Club, NANA, KIBA, Zegapain, Soul Link, and Utawarerumono.


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|Evan Tracey
This strategy is wide-ranging and includes a number of topics and groups, with a parade of ads from groups like Americans United for Change, a number of labor unions touting Democratic leadership on issues such as minimum wage and healthcare and anti-war groups like Vote Vets and MoveOn.org targeting candidates for their support for the war in Iraq.
So far, the focus of this spending is in the key upcoming Senate races in states like New Hampshire, Maine and Minnesota. The ads there are designed to put pressure on recent votes on Iraq, as well as serve the purpose of softening up incumbents for the 2008 race, when Democrats hope to increase their margin in the Senate. Recently, these combined efforts have amounted to more than $1.3 million in spending, targeting senators like Republicans Susan Collins in Maine and John Sununu in New Hampshire, and more than $1.5 million on ads supporting newly elected Democratic members such as Reps. Steven Kagen in Wisconsin, Heath Shuler in North Carolina, and Kirsten Gillibrand in New York while continuing to pressure a number of GOP holdovers such as Heather Wilson in New Mexico.
The ad messages are currently reinforcing key Democratic themes of change and a new direction in Washington that began in 2006. Thus far, Republicans and their supporting groups have made little or no TV efforts to defend incumbents or target competitive House and Senate seats. This may be a gamble when you consider the amount of ads and messages that will likely turn many of these media markets into echo chambers next fall.
These advertising dollars may ultimately amount to little more than a rounding error in the final 2008 ad spending tally. However, it may also turn out to be an important strategic investment as we approach November of 2008.


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Over the coming weeks I'll be working on reorganizing this website and blog to hopefully make it easier to maintain and give it a bit of a facelift. The main site was originally implemented in phpwcms which is a great simple php based CMS (Content management system). It's easy to setup and maintain, but between other sites I need to maintain, and other software required to run this site, it's going to be easier to maintain everything in WordPress. When this site was originally developed, wordpress really wasn't a viable option, but it has matured significantly since. Now with countless plugins available and the ease one can create their own plugin, it no longer makes sense to maintain two separate systems.
So for a while both the old and new will be running side by side but will eventually have the same content. So please forgive me if the duplication is a bit confusing and please don't trip over the tools on the floor.


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Basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus, are recognized by their huge size, conical snouts, sub-terminal mouths, extremely large gill slits, and curved tails. It is the second largest fish, growing up to about 33 feet long, only surpassed by the whale shark. I was one of the lucky ones who had the opportunity to view one up close on Menemsha Beach last Sunday. I am sorry to say this one had succumbed to the will of the ocean, but it was fascinating to examine it. It appeared to have a long length of line wrapped around its snout — perhaps from a gill net? Brooks and I discussed how we felt a bit like marine biologists asking questions about what may have caused its death, how all of its body parts worked, and so on. It prompted a little research thanks to the power of Google. Read on if you want to know some of the basics that we found out.
They have numerous small teeth which are of little use. Basking sharks open their cavernous mouths wide and are capable of processing about 1,500 gallons of water per hour. This allows water to pass over their gill rakers, which strain small fish, eggs and other tasty bits out of the water for pleasurable consumption. They are often seen feeding near the surface — hence the name sunfish which they are often called. Their bodies can be grayish-brown, slate-gray, or black, sometimes with lighter patches on the dorsal side. They are generally found in temperate waters of both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. According to the little research I did, they have been sighted along almost every coastline bordering both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Along the west coast of North America, they have been sighted from British Columbia to Baja California, usually in the winter and spring months. This trend is reversed in North Atlantic area.
Gather with friends at the Library for yet another installment of the Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire Film Festival. This week's Free Friday Movie is the 1954 version of "Sabrina." Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, and Audrey Hepburn star in this Cinderella story directed by renowned filmmaker Billy Wilder. Free admission, popcorn, juice — and all are welcome. Dial 508-645-3360 for more information.
It was a double-header birthday party jamboree this past Sunday. Silas Abrams celebrated his first double-digit birthday, also known as ten, surrounded by the boy posse and his little cousin Hazel Hearn. Hazel, with two older brothers, Hoffie and Harper, can hold her own for sure. Grandfather Nat Benjamin pointed out that little Hazel was the only one to use a napkin. The boys held numerous rounds of capture the flag, which landed most of them in the mud, but they all managed to happily settle down for cake.
Happy number nine to Cali Giglio. Cali's mom, Lauren, is a great photographic documentarian so, if you weren't there in person to celebrate but get the chance to look at her pictures, you will feel as if you were there. You will be one with Cali.
Shout out a happy birthday to Susan Stevens, Chilmark School principal, who is celebrating today. Others celebrating this week are Sarah Shipway, Peter Darling, Sara Smestad, Heather Gude, Nicole Cancellare and likely more that I have inadvertently overlooked.
Saturday, January 18, from 7 to 9 pm, step out and enjoy the first Collaborative Arts Installation at Pathways Gathering Space housed within the Chilmark Tavern. Saturday evening's event honors work, according to Marianne Goldberg that is " currently in process, or recently realized, as artists and writers embark upon projects in visual arts, videography, performing arts, spoken word, poetry, music, and more." Kara Taylor, Christopher Wright, Cody Jephcote, James Masek, Ed Schulman, Christine Radant, Nick Fournier, Marianne Goldberg, Joan Lelacheur, Jesse Keller, Richard Skidmore, Christine Radant, William Waterway, Scott Crawford, Rick Padilla, Ted Perry and more with certainly amaze you with the many facets of the artistic world that they each represent. The ArTbaR and Writing Room open at 6 pm for writing, drawing, camaraderie and conversation. All of this for free admission.
Four-day weekend for our kiddos. Do any of you have cool plans?


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100 BLOCK OF COUNTY ROAD 3840 – A man got into a loud argument with his wife over comments she'd posted on Facebook. The couple agreed to separate for the evening.
200 BLOCK OF PRIVATE ROAD 4435 – A man assaulted and injured his wife. He had fled the scene by the time deputies arrived, but they soon located him at a nearby convenience store. The man then took off in a pickup. Deputies were unable to pursue because the roads were covered in ice.
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 3655 AND 3660 – A patrol vehicle lost control on the icy road and ran into a tree. The deputy was uninjured in the crash.
200 BLOCK OF COUNTY ROAD 2526 – A woman and her mother got into a shouting match.
100 BLOCK OF MORTON COURT – A man went into a rage, smashed his television and then assaulted his girlfriend. He was arrested for the assault and more multiple outstanding warrants.


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Dealing death, once removed
One more hurdle that has kept some of our Young Republicans from joining in on our Glorious Clash of Civilizations has come crashing down.
The U.S. Army has discovered a remote control gun turret that works, and cannot get enough of them. The army wants over 9,000 CROWS (common remotely operated weapon stations), but is only getting 15 a month. There should be about a thousand CROWS in service by the end of the year.
The idea for CROWS has been around for nearly half a century. Years of tinkering, and better technology, eventually made the remote control gun turret effective and dependable. CROWS us a real life saver, not to mention anxiety reducer, for troops who drive through bandit country a lot, and have a turret mounted gun (usually in a hummer). The guy manning the turret mounted machine-gun is a target up there, and too often, the bad guys get you. Not with CROWS. The gunner is inside the vehicle, checking out the surroundings on a computer monitor (with night vision and telephoto capabilities). CROWS also has a laser rangefinder built in, as well as a stabilizer mechanism to allow more accurate fire while the vehicle is moving. The CROWS systems cost about $260,000 each, and can mount a variety of weapons (M2 .50 caliber machine-gun, MK19 40-mm automatic grenade launcher, M240B 7.62mm machine-gun and M249 5.56mm squad automatic weapon).
But there's another reason, not often talked about, for the success of CROWS. The guys operating these systems grew up playing video games. They developed skills in operating systems (video games) very similar to the CROWS controls. This was important, because viewing the world around the vehicle via a vidcam is not as enlightening (although a lot safer) than having your head and chest exposed to the elements, and any firepower the enemy sends your way. But experienced video gamers are skilled at whipping that screen view around, and picking up any signs of danger. Iraqis are amazed at how observant CROWS is. Iraqis tend to just wrote this off as another example of American "magic." But the troops know betters. Video games can save your life.
So you see, war is like a video game and if an IED blows up under your Hummer you just hit Up, Up, Square, L2, Right, X, R1, Down, R2, Circle and you get extra life power.


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I see from rereading 2015 by the numbers that "I'm letting myself not feel like I have to do another fifteen projects." Rest assured, I didn't. I managed nine projects in 2016. No, nothing was wrong. I just found other things to do that weren't knitting or crochet.
First up, the colors I used in projects last year. Not that there's a theme here or anything.
Okay, now there's a pie chart I could wear. That's my everyday wardrobe (with one little exception). Oddly, gray, the color I used the most during 2015, is nowhere to be seen. I'm currently working on a gray sweater, though, so if I finish it this year, it'll count.
Well, this certainly wasn't the Year of Crafting Variety. That 11% represents one project. On the other hand, I did do one crochet project. But I definitely want to do more crochet in 2017.
No, not much diversity in my project yarn weight either. I enjoyed the projects I did (most of them anyway), but I'd have liked to have done more of them in something besides fingering weight yarn. And when I did do a project in something besides fingering weight, I went to the other end of the yarn weight spectrum altogether. No happy mediums in 2016!
My plans for crafting in 2017? Still up in the air. More crochet, different yarn weights, and maybe even more colors if that happens to work out. But above all, enjoyment, even if I end up doing a year of nothing except knitted projects in fingering weight yarn.


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Premier League: Liverpool ease past Fulham 4-0 to pile pressure on Martin Jol
Liverpool reclaimed second spot in the Premier League table with a commanding performance in a 4-0 victory over Fulham.
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It was to be another afternoon to forget for beleaguered Cottagers boss Martin Jol, with little resistance offered during a third straight defeat - and a seventh in total this season.
The visitors to Anfield never got out of the blocks, with the returning Daniel Agger and Philippe Coutinho going close in the opening exchanges.
The warning shots had been fired at Fulham, but they were not heeded and Liverpool broke the deadlock on 23 minutes when Luis Suarez touched on a Steven Gerrard free-kick and the ball nestled into the bottom corner off the unfortunate Fernando Amorebieta.
Fulham's Venezuelan defender was to endure a rough few minutes, as he then allowed Martin Skrtel to run off him moments later and nod home another pinpoint Gerrard delivery - this time from a corner.
Buoyant Liverpool ended the game as a contest on 36 minutes, with Jordan Henderson threading a perfect pass into the path of Suarez to drill low under Maarten Stekelenburg.
Nine minutes into the second half and the Uruguayan netted his eighth goal in just six top-flight outings this term, making no mistake in a one-on-one situation after Gerrard had caught Kieran Richardson napping and sent the in-form frontman racing clear.
Jol has resolutely insisted in recent weeks there are a number of teams worse than his in the Premier League but a look at the table, with the Cottagers hovering dangerously above the relegation zone in 16th, suggests otherwise.
They arrived with containment in mind, fielding Dimitar Berbatov as a lone striker, and for 20 minutes they managed just that, albeit not too convincingly.
They even managed a half-chance, with Pajtim Kasami's shot deflected into the side-netting after Berbatov's 50-yard cross-field ball had released Elsad Zverotic to cross from the right.
It took a set-piece to break Fulham's fragile resistance but once the defence had been breached it was open season on the Cottagers' goal.
Gerrard whipped in a near-post free-kick which Suarez and Agger, starting his first match since 24th September as Liverpool reverted to an orthodox back four, both challenged for with the former appearing to get the touch which diverted the ball on to Amorebieta and inside the post.
Having conceded three times in 12 minutes against Manchester United a week ago, the last thing Fulham needed was to let in another quickly. So to be undone at another set-piece would have infuriated Jol.
Again Gerrard's delivery was perfect, the corner sent over with just the right amount of pace to allow Skrtel to power home a header - his first goal since 22nd December 2012, which also came against Fulham.
Liverpool's third was the culmination of a 36th-minute move which saw Gerrard out-Berbatov Berbatov, the king of the fancy flick, with a brilliant reverse nutmeg close to the halfway line before the England captain sprayed a pass out to Jordan Henderson on the right.
The newly-recalled England international slid an inch-perfect ball down the channel for Suarez to fire home first time.
After the break there was no let-up and, had it not been for goalkeeper Stekelenburg, the only Fulham player to emerge with any credit, who knows what the final score would have been.
The Dutchman, who had already produced a great save to tip over a rising Coutinho drive in the first half with the score at 2-0, blocked shots from Suarez and Sturridge in the same attack before Suarez volleyed the rebound from the second strike over an empty goal.
But the Uruguayan was not to be denied and when Gerrard robbed Richardson and threaded a pass forward, Suarez dropped a shoulder to move Philippe Senderos slightly off balance before drilling home inside the near post.


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Colombo: The toll in the torrential rains and landslides in Sri Lanka on Friday rose to 63, the Disaster Management Centre said.
The island nation's central Kegalle district has so far reported the highest number of deaths with 34 people killed after two massive landslides on Tuesday and Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Rescue teams have recovered 16 bodies in Aranayake while 144 are still buried under the debris.
The landslide which struck on Tuesday evening, buried three villages and has been recorded as the worst in Sri Lanka's history.
Teams have also recovered 14 bodies from Bulathkohupitiya and are searching for 15 other people trapped under the debris when a landslide struck on Wednesday morning destroying six rows of houses.
The army said that additional troops had been deployed in Aranayake and Bulathkohupitiya.
More than 450,000 people have been affected by floods and landslides across the island country.
The DMC on Thursday warned that water levels of the Kelani river was also rising and people residing along the river banks were evacuated.
People in the hilly areas have also been warned to self evacuate if they observe any signs of landslides.
In the latest weather update, the Meteorology Department said that a cyclonic storm which had formed in the Bay of Bengal was now moving away from the island but heavy winds and rains would continue in many districts for the next few days.
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Best guardian of Rome's people, dearest boon
Of a kind Heaven, thou lingerest all too long:
Thou bad'st thy senate look to meet thee soon:
Do not thy promise wrong.
Restore, dear chief, the light thou tak'st away:
Ah! when, like spring, that gracious mien of thine
Dawns on thy Rome, more gently glides the day,
And suns serener shine.
See her whose darling child a long year past
Has dwelt beyond the wild Carpathian foam;
That long year o'er, the envious southern blast
Still bars him from his home:
Weeping and praying to the shore she clings,
Nor ever thence her straining eyesight turns:
So, smit by loyal passion's restless stings,
Rome for her Caesar yearns.
In safety range the cattle o'er the mead:
Sweet Peace, soft Plenty, swell the golden grain:
O'er unvex'd seas the sailors blithely speed:
Fair Honour shrinks from stain:
No guilty lusts the shrine of home defile:
Cleansed is the hand without, the heart within:
The father's features in his children smile
Swift vengeance follows sin.
Who fears the Parthian or the Scythian horde,
Or the rank growth that German forests yield,
While Caesar lives? who trembles at the sword
The fierce Iberians wield?
In his own hills each labours down the day,
Teaching the vine to clasp the widow'd tree:
Then to his cups again, where, feasting gay,
He hails his god in thee.
A household power, adored with prayers and wine,
Thou reign'st auspicious o'er his hour of ease:
Thus grateful Greece her Castor made divine,
And her great Hercules.
Ah! be it thine long holydays to give
To thy Hesperia! thus, dear chief, we pray
At sober sunrise; thus at mellow eve,
When ocean hides the day.
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The challenge I have about making an outdoor illustration is that I really want the sun to look like it is out and not hiding behind a cloud somewhere. I find this is best accomplished through the use of warm shadows.
When we're indoors, as we have here, the light is more diffused, it comes from above and bounces off the floor creating some reflections. This is the trickiest to work on. I still don't feel like I've quite got it yet.
A dimly lit basement comes to life by placing a partly snow covered window.Lastly, my favorite lighting to work on is dark nighttime scenes. By just adding some small light sources the eye is easily drawn exactly where I want it to be.Be sure to get the kids in your life a subscription to Highlights. For ages 0-12 it's the best magazine on earth!


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Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Savage by KJ Colt
Series: Klawdia (#3)
Author: KJ Colt
From: Review Copy
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: 17th September 2016
Challenges: 2016 New Release Challenge, 2016 Prequel & Sequel Challenge (2 points)
Links: Goodreads - Amazon
Synopsis (from Goodreads): Fleeing the wrath of Skelkra and carrying his child, Klawdia embarks upon a quest with Margan and Jeykal to rescue Sheyla from the brutal Bones pirates. Their voyage to Pirate's Landing is fraught with danger, and as Jeykal turns spiteful and Margan exhibits a strange dark side to his Speaker abilities, Klawdia begins to wonder just who she can rely on. Impassable peaks and vicious, bloodthirsty nightmares still separate Klawdia from her freedom to the south, but as jealousy and anger bubble amongst erstwhile friends, she realises the worst dangers might not be ahead, but standing at her side.
Savage is the third book in the Klawdia series and I would highly recommend reading books 1 & 2 first as they include important information about the characters and the culture surrounding them. However it has been 18 months since I read Refuge (which is a lot of books in between book 2 & 3) and was able to pick up the important information quickly...either that or Klawdia really stuck with me as a character!) This review may contain spoilers for the previous two books.
As it had been so long since I read Refuge, I wasn't 100% sure what I was really expecting from Savage (other than adventuring goodness that is!) which actually probably meant I enjoyed the book more because the twists and turns were that bit more of a surprise. Like the previous books, this one really takes you on a story, and I don't know about anyone else but I was never too sure exactly how it would end.
Nothing came easily for Klawdia in this one, her love life was difficult and her adventure was difficult (and dangerous) but that helped her grow as a character. All through this book she had one main goal and that was keeping her unborn baby safe, and I loved that. It gave her a primary focus that really helped ground her and push her onwards.
It was also great to see a main character struggling to help someone else with their backfiring magic. Normally it seems to be the MC that needs all the help, but Klawdia is an independant character as it is and that wouldn't quite have sit right. Instead there was more of a focus on her helping and supporting other people.
This was fantasy with pirates, magic, mythical creatures and a fantasticly built world, definitely worth a read!
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Being one of the most sociably adept and popular signs of the zodiac you're more likely to be spoilt for choice than gagging for a little intimacy. You may find love at conferences, conventions, political rally's or whilst on a demonstration. Friends and colleagues may be keen to play matchmaker so don't be shy in asking for their assistance. Since flirtation and romance are second nature to you, a meeting of minds is as important as a meeting of bodies and so with technology promising to bring us all closer together, it might be worth considering making contact over the internet.
You'll soon know whether you've developed a rapport and found a potential soul mate, because anyone who can titillate your favourite sexual organ, the one between your ears, will be more than half way there. At sometime you're likely to have an affair with someone connected with the media, politics or sociological research. In fact you'll attract more than your fair share of eccentric lovers; such as airplane spotters, revolutionary socialists, mad inventors, and anarchists.
Someone who repairs televisions or telephones may pursue you romantically and so to a pilot or racing enthusiast and you could even get intimate with someone who has a passion for large birds.
If you're considering taking up a hobby with romantic possibilities then film, photography, depth psychology and of course, astrology may be where it's at.


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Inventory Module in ERP
Primarily, the term INVENTORY means manufactured end products which are ready to be sold in the market place . Today's so called global market has shrunk into a small market where anyone can reach any market whenever they want to choose from the best and the cheapest with the help of internet. Moreover , Globalization has made it possible for foreign products to get into our developing market places. In this ever changing and developing business trend , the businesses or enterprises need to be updated frequently to keep a pace with the market and its demand and supply. Otherwise, the companies which fail to do so become obsolete in the long run.
To be updated with the latest market trends, the industries need to be fast and efficient , which was impossible with manual labour because human resources cannot be that fast and efficient as like machines. Moreover, storing a huge data in their brain was not possible . Thus, came into being the concept of such a software which does all these jobs with perfection in a much lesser time and effort.
The specific features of INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE which makes it impossible for industries to work efficiently without it are as follows :
- ORDER MANAGEMENT : Once a company has ordered for a product delivery in huge amount, the software of the manufacturing industry automatically creates bills of material required to finish that order. It creates work order also.
- ASSET / INVENTORY TRACKING : After the goods are produced, they are given specific barcodes, which helps in tracking the location of the particular product.
- PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION : Barcodes were invented with the purpose of tracking products on their dispatching from the warehouse. Barcode readers are the machines meant for this reading. Every product of the same type has a barcode of its own an unique number.
- SERVICE MANAGEMENT : There are some companies which provide services in place of goods and product. For such kind of enterprises, the raw materials required to provide the said or mentioned service are the inventory. Incase of these industries inventory management software manages the supply and flow of those materials. For example, JET AIRWAYS is a service industry wherein we can travel from one place to another long distance place in a very short span of time. Here the inventory are the aeroplanes, the fuel, the pilots, the cabin crew etc.
- Besides the various features of this software, it works in the development of any industry as a whole. All things have both negative sides and positive sides. INVENTORY SOFTWARE is no exception. The disadvantage of it is that it is very expensive.
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Allows Procurement time to prepare purchase orders,place orders, and control timing and modes of delivery. Protects againest uncertainties in lead times.Procurement(purchasing)
Provides time to plan and produce items while Procurement is interacting with Suppliers. Prevents downtime and allows for a continuous flowProduction
Some of the more important reasons for obtaining and holding vERP Inventory are:
- Predictability: In order to engage in capacity planning and production scheduling, you need to control how much raw material, parts, and subassemblies you process at a given time. Inventory buffers what you need from what you process.
- Fluctuations in demand: A supply of inventory on hand is protection: You don't always know how much you are likely to need at any given time, but you still need to satisfy customer or production demand on time. If you can see how customers are acting in the supply chain, surprises in fluctuations in demand are held to a minimum.
- Unreliability of supply: Inventory protects you from unreliable suppliers or when an item is scarce and it is difficult to ensure a steady supply. Whenever possible unreliable suppliers should be rehabilitated through discussions or they should be replaced. Rehabilitation can be accomplished through master purchase orders with timed product releases, price or term penalties for nonperformance, better verbal and electronic communications between the parties, etc. This will result in a lowering of your on-hand inventory needs.
- Price protection: Buying quantities of inventory at appropriate times helps avoid the impact of cost inflation. Note that contracting to assure a price does not require actually taking delivery at the time of purchase. Many suppliers prefer to deliver periodically rather than to ship an entire year's supply of a particular stock keeping unit ( SKU) at one time.
- Quantity discounts: Often bulk discounts are available if you buy in large rather than in small quantities.
- Lower ordering costs: If you buy a larger quantity of an item less frequently, the ordering costs are less than buying smaller quantities over and over again. In order to
- hold down ordering costs and to lock in favorable pricing, many organizations issue blanket purchase orders coupled with periodic release and receiving dates of the SKUs called for.
provides Merketing with product to sell while Production is producing items for future sale.Marketing
Provides Distribution with the product Marketing has sold. Immediate customer satisfaction.Distribution
Types of Stock Entry In vERP Inventory Module:
- Inventory basically falls into the overall categories of raw materials, finished goods, and work-in-process. Remember:
- Raw materials : Used to produce partial products or completed goods.
- Finished product : This is product ready for current customer sales. It can also be used to buffer manufacturing from predictable or unpredictable market demand. In other words, a manufacturing company can make up a supply of toys during the year for predictably higher sales during the holiday season.
- Work-in-process (WIP): Items are considered to be WIP during the time raw material is being converted into partial product, subassemblies, and finished product. WIP should be kept to a minimum. WIP occurs from such things as work delays, long movement times between operations, and queuing bottlenecks. Other categories of inventory should be considered from a functional standpoint
- Consumables: Light bulbs, hand towels, computer and photocopying paper, brochures, tape, envelopes, cleaning materials, lubricants, fertilizer, paint, packing materials, and so on are used in many operations. These are often treated like raw materials.
- Service, repair, replacement, and spare items (S&R Items): These are after-market items used to "keep things going." As long as a machine or device of some type is being used (in the market) and will need service and repair in the future, it will never be obsolete. S&R Items should not be treated like finished goods for purposes of forecasting the quantity level of your normal stock.
Offers the Intermediary items to deliver to the Customer/End User.Intermediary(e.g.,UPS, truck line, rail line, etc.)
Intermediary(e.g.,UPS, truck line, rail line, etc.)
Satisfies the Consumer/End User with product while Consumer/End User it is waiting for deliveries from the Intermediary.Customer/End User.
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE was specially designed to meet the difficult purposes of these types. The various difficult tasks performed by this software are as follows :
- Maintenance of balance between surplus and deficit of goods in any warehouse. Invetory tracking while it is being transported from one location to another i.e. either from warehouse to distributors or from distributors to wholesellers or from wholesellers to retailers or directly from manufacturers to customers tracking the barcode of the product with the help of a barcode reader.
- Receiving products into any locations like warehouse , godowns , market places . Packaging and shipment of inventory.
- Tracking the sales of a particular product.
- Slashing down the production of a product or an inventory on it's decreasing market demands.
- For manufacturing industries , this software creates job orders , bills of materials , and helps the workers to assemble required tools and machineries for completing a particular task.


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Originally published in Official Mixers Manual (Patrick Duffy, 1934), our next cocktail shares a name with a forgotten movie of the same year. Similar to the Doctor Cocktail, this cocktail also pairs a base spirit with Swedish Punsch and lime juice. Gin pairs excellently with rum, and as such works wonderfully in this drink. The grenadine serves to add a bit of color and some added sweetness. Go with a big bold Gin in this one. Your tastebuds will thank you. Cheers.
Have A Heart Cocktail
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Pick: I think the Terps return to the NCAA Tournament again this year. Look for Gary Williams' crew to ride Senior All-American Candidate James Gist and Greivis Vasquez to a possible Sweet 16 trip and another 20+ win season.
Roll: Eric Hayes will need to look for his shot more as Maryland doesn't have another reliable outside shooter on the team. Look for Maryland to get a heavy dose of zone in the early season.
Pick: Look for freshman Adrian Bowie and Braxton Dupree (Calvert Hall) to be first off the bench in the eight or nine man rotation that Gary will use. Dupree may even push Bambale Osby for a starting position by the end of the year. At least four of the six freshman must contribute in the regular rotation.
Roll: Bowie's athletic ability along with the development of either freshmen Shane Walker or Jerome Burney as a shot blocker will be needed on the defensive end. Vasquez and Hayes aren't the swiftest of foot back-courts. Maryland lost its premier shot blocker in Ikene Ebekwe and its best defender in DJ Strawberry.
Pick: The 2007-08 Terps will be Gary Williams' best basketball IQ team and his best passing team since Steve Blake, Taj Holden and Drew Nicholas left College Park after the 2003 season. The last few teams just seemed to lack the chemistry and basketball smarts to be consistent.
Roll: Ten seconds left in the game, down one, who gets the shot? I am thinking Vasquez will be the one taking the shot, not Gist. He seems like the type of kid that just wants the ball and pressure.
Pick: Vasquez will use the lessons he learned this summer against Kobe Bryant and the USA in the Tournament of the Americas and push for All-ACC honors.
Roll: Every team needs an Osby, a wide body who will take the charges, hit the offensive boards, and guard the other team's top low post threat. Hopefully, he can stay out of foul trouble.
Pick: Look for the Terps to finish anywhere from third to fifth in the ACC and make the second round of the ACC tournament.
Roll: With up to 11 scholarship players who might see time, everybody but Vasquez and Gist needs to check his ego at the door, because few will get 30 minutes a night.
Pick: Warning to the Terps ACC opponents: get them this year. With 6'11 Augustus Gilchrist and Baltimore's Sean Mosley already committed. Plus foreign import 6'10 Ater Majok supposedly.coming next year. Gary Williams' program is back and ready to compete for a Final Four berth in the near future!
Roll: Debbie Yow needs to start putting some thought into how to blend the need for revenue with the need for home court advantage. It's a fact: the Comcast Center is not as rowdy as Cole Field House was. I have been to both and can make that statement. Maybe it's too comfortable? The students although somewhat muzzled are still great and do most of the heavy lifting. The rest of the crowd seems to have caught Oriole Park disease. Come on people, it's supposed to be a crazy college basketball environment, not the ballet.


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To the Editor:
I would like to thank the Steamship Authority, morespecifically the crew at the Oak Bluffs terminal on Tuesday, September 27, at 6:15. After completing an almost impossible to-do list late in the afternoon at work, in an attempt to make the boat, I was shocked when I arrived 20 minutes early. (How often does that happen?)
After I arrived, I got out of the car and shut the car door to get my bike off the rack, while one of my two dogs decided to step on the button and lock all the doors. Keys, phone, luggage (my boyfriend and I are headed to meet my niece for the first time), wallet, and dogs all stuck inside.
I ran around to all the doors and windows of the police station with no sign of anyone inside. The people inside the ferry office called the police and got someone to come unlock the door.
At this point it was well after 6:15, and we had already planned on missing the boat, only to see that it was waiting. How often does the ferry wait? Bikes, bags, two dogs, and a bike rack in our hands, we ran down to be greeted with smiles and hands offering to help.
We have lived here year-round for almost four years, and days like this make us glad to be Islanders. Thank you to the other passengers as well, for waiting! Here's to a good winter.
Julie Olson


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- Szent István tér, Hódmezővásárhely, 6800, Hungary
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Phone number 1: +36 (62) 241968
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Web: http://www.hodmezovasarhely.hu
Church: synagogue
Open from: 1. January
Open till: 31. December
Opening hours: Open: Sunday-Friday 9.00 a.m -1.00 p.m., closed on Saturday and religious feasts.
Attendability: during opening times
Admission: free
Professional guidance: by appointment only!
Wheelchair accessible: no
Description: In 1834 from an apartment house instead of a meeting house Miklós Busch built a new church between 1852-1857. By Miksa Müller's plans it was reformed between 1906 and 1908 onto its today form. The front garden insures suitable insight onto the building. The building is eclectic style with secessionist decoration. Above the entrance there is an increasing circular glass window dominating the facade, which a stone plate on the top of it. Above the coloured rosette there is a Hebrew language sentence means "My strength and my shelter is the eternity - I trust it". The cupolas decorated with the David star rising on the two sides lend a specific individual character to the building. Balla József prepared the sculpture ornaments. Into the church interior we can step through a hall where the gallery runs around on all four sides. In 1974 in the narthex marble memorial plaques and a symbolical black tomb were placed for the recollection of the deported people. The former Jewish school's eclectic building stands on the Szeremle street side where in 2004. "The Hungarian tragedy 1944" constant exhibition was opened, raising a memorial for the victims of the Holocaust, for the 190 000 Jews children dragged away from the country.
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Last year I posted a trend for Spring/Summer 2014 titled Carnival Brizileno. The trend is inspired by all things Brazilian as the worlds eye focuses in on the country for the Football word cup and the forthcoming olympic games. There are already graphics in store that are starting to be inspired by this upcoming mega trend. Here are some of my top picks found in store this January.
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Key Themes:
Primary Colours
Exotic Birds
Rio Posters
Spray Painting
Bold Decorative Typography
Bold Pattern
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I have been shooting alot in black and white. Why?
Is it that I am trying new creative styles?
Am I trying to catch variations that are lost in color?
I am making a tribute to the glory days of photography?
Wishing I was shooting Tri-X?
I am being abjectly lazy.
Busy really.
I am a couple of months from graduating.
I am not spending my time either watching for or correcting colors.
Just simplifying my life.
Its temporary.


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|Self portrait in painting hat
16 x 12
This portrait was done with a 6 colour + white palette that I restricted to high chroma colours:
Cad red light
Alizarin permanent
Cad yellow pale
Cad yellow deep
Ultramarine blue
Cerulean blue
My white was flake white hue. I like it for its thick texture and the fact that it doesn't corrupt colour as much as titanium does. That allowed me to get good clean colour without chalkiness. I still like titanium, but am aware of its limitations.
What I was trying to do was mix flesh tones that made sense but had no earth tones in them. Convenience colours like raw umber and yellow ochre have their place, but they also impart a certain low-chroma look to paintings, and I was getting a bit tired of that look. Not having raw umber meant that I had to darken a colour with ultramarine (in some form, whether pure or as part of a green or purple), and not having yellow ochre meant that I had to think hard about the cool colours in the face, and not rely on my go to base colour.
The portrait is colourful, but it works because the relationships are right: the cools are in the right places in relationship to the warms, and the values make sense. If these relationships are accurate, you can put any colour that you want into a face, and it will read as true. We've all seen a person's face turn green near a bright lawn, or orange in a sunset, and we accept it. The important thing to remember is that, even in a green face, the cheeks and other areas have a hint of red, just as they would in a more conventional colour scheme.
My next self portrait will be a more earthy, Zorn palette. The greys will be less lively, but it has a certain sophisticated appeal.
Happy painting!


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The Solitary Rambler
Filmed 27th March 2015
Post-production completed 13th April 2015
Running time 19 minutes
I visit the lovely
West Yorkshire
, where "
Last of the Summer Wine
" was filmed. After exploring the town I walk a five mile circuit taking in some of the splendid surrounding countryside.....
Filmed in the county of
West Yorkshire
including a small part of
and the
Peak District
. Locations include
Holme Moss
. This is the first film in the
South Pennines
Background and production details
Last of the Summer Wine
" country had been in my mind for a long time as a definite location for a "Solitary Rambler" film. I was particularly looking forward to making this film as, although a very small part would still be shot in the
Peak District
, the majority would take place in
and the
countryside of
West Yorkshire
, somewhere I had not filmed before.
On Friday 27th March 2015 I made my way up to the A6024 that climbs over
Holme Moss
out of
and into West Yorkshire, where I took my first shots of the day just before 9am. I wanted to get a few scenes of the approach to Holmfirth before filming in the town itself, and Holme Moss was certainly a wonderfully dramatic location to start my film. This was to be the only shoot within the Peak District for this film, so after completing these few shots I drove down into Holmfirth to commence the main part of the day's shoot.
I parked my car in the Co-op supermarket car park and walked around the town shooting many scenes of the surrounding hills, streets and buildings, which included the famous
Sid's Café
Nora Batty's house
from "Last of the Summer Wine". After a great deal of filming in the town itself I decided to move off to film myself walking a circular route I had done some years earlier. My walk took me steeply up through Victoria Park to eventually reach Hill Lane at the very top. Here I followed a delightful green lane into open countryside, from which I had great views over Holmfirth and the surrounding hills.
At the end of this lane I was in the village of
. Taking a couple of shots here I moved off towards more open countryside with fantastic views over the
Holme Valley
and Holme Moss beyond. Following another green lane just off Broad Lane in Upperthong I soon crossed the
A635 Greenfield Road
to drop down to Uphill Bank Road opposite where I shot a few scenes through Brook Wood and on to Booth House. Climbing up to this hamlet and through to the other side it became very windy as I crossed several fields that offered more great views and superb shots with my camcorder.
The path across these fields led me to Cold Well Lane just north of
. Taking shots here I then took another path off this lane, crossing more fields, shooting more scenes here before descending into Holmbridge. I took one or two shots of the church in this village before following the A6024 in the direction of Holmfirth. Turning off Water Street I passed an old disused mill as I followed the course of the
River Holme
. Crossing an old footbridge I took a path that climbed away from the river until I eventually reached Brow Lane, which soon became Cemetery Lane. Taking the last few shots along this lane I soon descended back into Holmfirth, where I finished my day's filming before enjoying a nice well earned cup of tea in Sid's Café.
When I started work on the post-production of "Homesteads of Holmfirth" I had to include the "Last of the Summer Wine" theme, so I recorded my own brief renditions of the tune in order to establish the location. However, I very soon veered away from this theme with my own compositions for the rest of the film, but I tried to make my soundtrack very much in the flavour of the music from the famous TV sitcom as well as mixing in my own style. This was done by replicating as much as possible the sound of the instruments from the TV soundtrack on my keyboard. For example, I used a harmonica voice for the solos and the steel guitar and strings for the accompaniment with a piccolo added in a few places. The theme for the opening shots of Holme Moss was very different as I wanted a more haunting soundtrack, so I used my keyboard's "spectral" voice for this sequence.
Moors of Marsden
Solace in Strines
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Films listed in chronological order


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LA PLATA (Reuters) – Peru has dominated Venezuela, 4-1 in the match for third place in the Copa America football on Saturday.
Peruvians are especially charged with a hat-trick of "Predador" Paolo Guerrero, who rose to the rank of top scorer with five goals, two more than Uruguayan Luis Suarez and Argentine Sergio Aguero.
The tournament final will oppose Latin American Uruguay to Paraguay at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on Sunday at 19:00 GMT.


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Allo polish Pals!
How are you doing today? I hope you have had a lovely weekend so far? Mr Bravo and I landed in England yesterday and we are settling in here for the next four weeks. I seem to have confused some of you - thank you for the birthday messages but its actually on Wednesday! ;) It's going to be so much fun being home during this time! Of course with it being Sunday I can't wait to tuck into an English Sunday roast!
Today I have some very unusual looking studs to share with you. These are 'BlackFlatback Oval Nail Decorations' from The Born Pretty Store.
Today I have some very unusual looking studs to share with you. These are 'BlackFlatback Oval Nail Decorations' from The Born Pretty Store.
They are flat backed and are 8mm in length. They come in a little baggy containing 10 studs so there is enough for you to cover every finger if your heart desires - although don't you think that would be a bit much?! They are very easy to clean, Once I was done wearing this manicure I carefully peeled them off and cleaned the backs with a small amount of acetone and a Q-Tip to reuse again in the future.
I am wearing two coats of Essie's 'Nice Is Nice' and added a coat of Barry M's 'Plumpy' top coat before adding my studs while it was still wet. I applied my studs and carefully added some Model's Own's 'Artstix' around them - I think it gives it a sort of Victorian portrait look! On my other fingers I added a single coat of Essence's 'I Love My Golden Pumps'.
What do you think of these black and golden speckled nail studs? Do you like wearing larger studs?
Have a great day!


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For as long as I can remember people have been predicting the imminent demise of the four-stroke engine as we know it. Chrysler introduced a turbine engine back in the early 1960s which was touted to mark the end of the internal combustion engine. When I drove it and felt the hood, I found the heat from the engine very noticeable. I remember one pundit warning not to let the family dog near the really hot exhaust. Then there was the Wankel that was also introduced in the '60s, which had techs wondering just how much they would have to spend on tools for the revolutionary engine.
The opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder (OPOC) engine seems like a revolutionary concept, yet this not-so-new engine is based on an idea first developed in the first decade of the last century and powered Gobron-Brillie passenger cars. With variations, the idea has also been used on massive Fairbanks Morse submarine engines, WWII German Junker aircraft, Fairbanks Morse locomotive engines and Grey Marine and Detroit Diesel engines. I had some first-hand experience with a Napier Deltic opposed-piston turbo diesel engine some years ago when the New York City Fire Dept. had the "Super Pumper" built. Known as a land fireboat, its fire pump was driven by a massive 18-cylinder Napier Deltic T18-37C engine that was actually carried in a separate 18-wheeler.
In passenger cars and light trucks, the four-cycle internal combustion engine seems to have prevailed over all the challengers over the years and their amazing claims for a new engine that will render the engine we all know and love obsolete.
Recently, the OPOC idea has been in the news, from a Michigan-based start-up company called EcoMotors International. Frankly, when I heard that some company was developing a new version of the OPOC engine, I needed to know how it worked.
First of all, it's a two-cycle engine that creates one power stroke for each revolution of the crankshaft. The engine is composed of modules. A basic module has one crankshaft in the middle of two opposing cylinders. Within each of the cylinders are two pistons, with the top of each piston facing the other. The pistons move in opposite directions, eliminating the need for cylinder heads. As the pistons are driven toward each other, they compress the direct injection air/fuel mixture, which is then ignited at precisely the right moment. (An animation of the OPOC engine in operation can be found at www.ecomotors.com.) There are no valves, in the conventional sense of a four-cycle engine. When the pistons reach the right spot, openings in the cylinder wall provide intake and exhaust, just as in a conventional two-cycle engine. Talk about simple: no cylinder heads, no pushrods, no valves and a lighter weight crank possible because of the opposed-piston design, which reduces stress on the crankshaft bearings.
For more power when needed, additional modules can be connected together, then sepa-rated at will. This modular approach would result in serious fuel economy savings even in engines like the 325-hp version being developed, which combines modules.
EcoMotors' announcement of the OPOC engine might have gone unnoticed by folks outside the automotive emissions community were it not for the fact that Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor Vinod Khosla have provided funding to the tune of $23.5 million for further development of the OPOC concept.
The goal in developing an OPOC engine is to achieve what engineers call power density—an engine with lower weight, smaller size, lower material costs, lower friction, greater fuel efficiency, lower emissions and lower heat rejection. OPOC engines in the past, like the one on the FDNY Super Pumper mentioned earlier, were massive.
The EM100 model from EcoMotors will be available in various power configurations. For example, a military version develops 325 hp and 664 ft.-lbs. of torque. There's a basic commercial version that develops 300 hp and 550 ft.-lbs. of torque. With an estimated fuel economy improvement of 15% over a conventional powerplant, the OPOC engine could be a good way to meet the government's new CAFE standards.
The OPOC engine's unique design (see the illustration on page 10) makes it possible to combine modules and to install a clutch between them. When the extra power is not needed, an electronic clutch disconnects one module from the other, allowing it to stop completely while the other module delivers power. The OPOC engine can be made to incorporate an electronically controlled turbocharger (ECT) that works with an exhaust-driven turbocharger to boost pressure as needed. The ECT virtually eliminates turbo lag because pressure is nearly instantaneous. It also kicks in when exhaust flow is low, and acts as an electric generator when it's being spun by the turbocharger. According to EcoMotors, the OPOC engine is 30% lighter and one-quarter the size of a state-of-the-art conventional turbo-diesel engine, and achieves 50% better fuel economy.
The Trade Secret is that you never know when the "next big thing" is coming, or where it's coming from. Despite all of the disappointments we've seen with "revolutionary" new engines, this could be the one that finally sticks. The involvement of a proven winner like Bill Gates certainly bodes well for the success of EcoMotors.
Only time will tell if this new OPOC engine will fulfill the potential it seems to offer. If this engine is able to deliver 100 miles per gallon in a passenger car, as its developers hope it will, it will be a great success. One thing is certain: EcoMotors' OPOC engine is worth watching.


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text: Rosey comes with a tiny reproduction vintage purse. I stumbled across these in a gift shop, on our recent trip to Lancaster, PA and I knew exactly what I could use it for. The purse is decorated with embroidered organza roses and it is the perfect compliment for Rosey. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. I hope you enjoy her as much as I enjoyed creating her.


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Oh hey summer, you're finally here! Unlike the rest of California (or even the Bay Area), San Francisco typically stays overcast and chilly during the actual summer months. We don't get "real" summer weather until September, with warm temps lasting through October. Though we had an unusually sunny season in San Francisco and record-breaking temperatures over Labor Day Weekend, it's been nice to have consistently 70+ degree days these past few weeks. I've been taking full advantage of the warm weather to dust off some favorite summer-y pieces from Tobi!
Rothy's vs Tieks: A Review
For some time now, I've seen Rothys mentioned quite a few times as an equally comfortable alternative to Tieks leather flats. Similar to Tieks, Rothy's come in a variety of colors and more interestingly are made from recycled plastic bottles. After seeing no less than five girls wearing them on my commute to work one day, I decided to bite the bullet and buy a pair to conduct my own Rothy's vs Tieks comparison.
How to Prevent the Tieks Toe Bump with Moleskin
I've now owned my first pair of Tieks for almost two years – I still love them and rotate them regularly into my wardrobe. However, the buttery softness of the leather has resulted in a unique problem – The Tieks Big Toe Bump. I personally don't mind that the outline of my toes can be seen through the leather (some people do). However, I'm concerned about the durability of the leather that is essentially getting cut by the nail of my big toe.
I recently purchased a beautiful pair of Romantic Blush Tieks that are a perfect balance of neutral and fun. After reading several posts from the Tieks Anonymous Facebook group, I learned that many ladies apply a layer of thin Moleskin padding to the underside of the leather in the toebox. Thereby preventing some of the toe bump from happening. Seeing as Moleskin is relatively inexpensive and any leftovers can be used for multiple purposes, I decided to give this a try on my new pair.


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1. I read the MS out loud.
2. I remember that every sentence must do many things at one time. Each sentence should: read and sound perfect, further the story in the right way, and make the reader want to continue reading.
3. If at any point something sounds odd or just doesn't work, I highlight it in an unoffensive blue gray color.
4. If at any point I find a sentence that is particularly awesome and embodies my voice, I highlight it in a happy pale yellow.
5. If something strikes me and gives me an idea for later in the book (or books, in my case), I make a side note at that point or list it in another document.
6. After I've gone through a few pages in this manor, I go back and prod and poke and manipulate those places that needed fixing until they are perfect. And I mean PERFECT! No "Oh, that's fine," or "That'll do for now." No! I HAS to be PERFECT! *shakes fist at universe*
7. Once I'm done going from front to back, I will go from back to front, starting at the end of the MS.
And this is where my silly post title comes in. I love Kevin Smith and the whole ViewAskew universe. In his film, Dogma, there is a sh** gollum. It's the most disgusting thing ever. (I was going to put a picture of it here but it's just too gross) Of course, I don't look at my MS this way, I love my book (you hear that book, I love you, so give a girl a break, okay?). But, I plan on taking this thing that has practically turned into a monster and molding and manipulating and coaxing it into the beautiful thing I know it can be. A glorious unicorn, prancing through the valleys of representation and publishing!
|Hey, what happened to that unicorn's corn?


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In the past two months, Facebook users have shared the music they are listening to more than 1.5 billion times.
The social networking site recently formed a partnership with a number of music streaming services, including Spotify, Vevo, Deezer and SoundCloud, which has allowed users to tell their friends about the music they like.
Facebook says that with the platform, called Open Graph, the discovery of music between friends can be accelerated and make a "more valuable Facebook experience".
Writing in a developer blog on the website, Casey Maloney Rosales Muller also noted that since its launch, music developers have more than doubled their active users. Spotify, for example, has added over four million new users since it joined with Facebook.
"Over the past few years, developers have started to demonstrate that when music is discovered through friends, people listen to more music and a wider variety of artists," he wrote.
However, there have been some problems with the move, with millions of users of the music services complaining about having to opt out of having their music preferences published on Facebook.
Since Open Graph, ticket sales for music gigs have also increased. Mr Muller explained that sites including Ticketmaster have seen between $2 (£1.25) and $6 (£3.76) in direct ticket sales for every link shared on Facebook. The move to a more social concert experience will also likely bring brand new audiences for musicians.
Other big changes have led to a rise in the number of music videos being shared between Facebook friends. The blog reported that on October 20th, VEVO featured videos by Justin Bieber and Rihanna, resulting in the site doubling their daily active users in one day.
Music videos have hugely benefitted from social media. Statistics from Experian Hitwise recently revealed that music videos are driving the popularity of video-sharing websites like YouTube, accounting for one-third of all views.
Facebook expects the music sharing experience to increase in the coming months as the site gets ready to launch Facebook Timeline, which will allow users to express themselves, share information and discover more.
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