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Bob Baratta is a Partner in the Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Insurance/Reinsurance Industry Group, with an emphasis on insurance and reinsurance disputes. Bob has also represented clients in virtually all areas of environmental and health and safety law, including brownfield remediation and redevelopment, permitting, compliance, enforcement and cost recovery.
Bob's insurance coverage experience includes representation of insurers and policyholders with respect to hundreds of millions of dollars in potential coverage. Bob's work has included coverage under general liability policies for long-tail claims, including those involving asbestos, hearing loss, repetitive stress and environmental injuries or damages. These cases often involve decades of coverage, dozens of insurance carriers and complex issues of causation and allocation.
He has extensive experience analyzing and litigating coverage under directors and officers and employment practices liability insurance policies, recently obtaining summary judgment on an issue of first impression in the federal courts. He was retained by the Illinois Office of Special Deputy Receiver to prosecute and defend claims by and against certain Illinois insurance companies in liquidation or rehabilitation. In these matters, Bob appeared in Illinois courts litigating matters of insurance coverage under general liability, construction, umbrella and other types of coverage.
Bob also represents reinsurance companies in disputes with cedents and other reinsurers, including matters relating to contract exclusions, cedent allocation, good faith and aggregation of claims. He has arbitrated APH reinsurance claims and often advises reinsurance companies on matters such as allocation, occurrences, utmost good faith and notice obligations under reinsurance contracts.
A significant portion of Bob's practice involves assisting clients with environmental cleanups under various state-run voluntary remediation programs or in response to government enforcement actions. In counseling clients in real property transactions, he uses a number of innovative tools and products to address environmental liability concerns, including environmental risk transfers, environmental impairment insurance, fixed-price cleanup contracts and proactive and thorough due diligence. Bob has extensive experience in negotiating agreements with federal, state and local regulatory bodies and has developed strong relationships with various federal and state agencies. On the litigation side, Bob appears in federal and state venues across the United States representing parties in environmental cost recovery and government-led enforcement actions.
- Defended an overseas insurer against claims for insurance coverage associated with very substantial defense and indemnity payments in multi-district litigation arising out of claims by thousands of individuals infected by the policyholder's products.
- Pursued insurance coverage for a major meat snack producer under directors and officers and employment liability policies.
- Counseled various reinsurance companies with respect to cedent allocation of underlying asbestos and human health claims.
- Represented the estate of Statewide Insurance Company with respect to prosecution of coverage claims against other insurers.
- Represented the estate of Centaur Insurance Company against the claims of various policyholders seeking tens of millions of dollars in coverage.
- Counseled clients regarding claims coverage and prosecution under directors and officers liability insurance policies.
- Negotiated insurance brokerage and loss control services contract for major construction projects.
- Represented numerous commercial and residential developers in the investigation and remediation of contaminated properties under state voluntary cleanup programs.
- Represented a utility contractor in criminal and civil matters related to purported negligent services resulting in intense media attention, a class action lawsuit, state and federal criminal investigations, an insurance coverage dispute and a civil enforcement action.
- Defended a major consumer products company in a criminal investigation relating to waste disposal practices in California.
- Represented several railroad companies on environmental cleanups and natural resource damage claims resulting from major developments.
- Represented a major airport contractor in disputes and litigation with airport authorities and airlines at three major U.S. airports.
- Represented contractors and manufacturers in responding to OSHA citations, developing best practices and undertaking audits.
- Counseled clients on European Union electronic waste and packaging directives.
- Negotiated environmental risk transfer agreements and environmental pollution liability insurance policies on behalf of manufacturing companies and real estate developers.
- Insurance: Advice to Insurers, Legal 500 US, 2019
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As part of the centenary commemorations of the voyage of Titanic, the Irish national broadcaster RTE produced a special History Show programme on the luxury liner. Broadcast on RTE Radio One on Sunday, presenter Myles Dungan spoke to a panel of guests which included Know Thy Place Director Damian Shiels. We carried out a lot of unique research into the Irish links to Titanic for our Know Thy Place Titanic Chart and Damian discussed some of these stories with Myles. The programme was recorded in the atmospheric surroundings of the Titanic Experience in Cobh, which occupies the building where Titanic's last passengers embarked for the doomed vessel.
The show is now available as a podcast, which you can listen to by visiting the History Show site here or by going direct to the podcast at the following link: RTE History Show Titanic Special. The Titanic Chart is a unique record of the White Star liner's links to Ireland, and is available for only €39.99 or $56.00. If you are interested in ordering a copy you can do so from our website here.

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I've been looking over old photos of my early art and thought
some bloggers would be interested in where I was at my beginning.
Born in a small town in mid-state New York to a family business
of auto body repair. I worked in the shop from age 12, and learned
welding. Thank God I excelled in school and got a scholarship. I
started in business but quickly found art. Much to my family's
distress. My work in the shop lead me on a path of large welded
sculptures. But times change and now my canvas is different.
A very minimal approach - concentrating on structure. This work
consists of three one inch thick steel plates holding a concrete
wedge. This work was part of an exhibit at the Arnot Museum
in the 70's. Got a $500 dollar prize for best new work, but not
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Hard to believe I have been leading worship for 18 years. 7 kids, 5 albums, 4 cities, and 2 books later, I still love it as much as I did at the start. My love for the Church has not waned, but only grown more fiery and passionate than ever. My desire to lead worship, preach God's word, and equip worship leaders and teams grows stronger every day.
As we are prayerfully considering all opportunities for 2018-2019, it would be my joy and honor to partner with you to lead worship or speak for your event, worship service, conference, or even just to come in and encourage your team.


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Cyber Detectives: The Tech Museum of Innovation
While at Northern Light Productions in 2014-2015, I served as co-producer, user experience designer, and quality assurance specialist for the Cyber Detectives exhibit at the Tech Museum of Innovation. The exhibit features eight interactive kiosks which teach users skills in different aspects of cybersecurity. The experience culminates in four team-based roleplaying missions in which users attempt to save a fictitious company from a cyber attack.
Up to four players design and build internet infrastructure using physical pieces and a MultiTaction table in this digital board game that can be both collaborative and competitive.
Roles: co-producer
Specs: MultiTaction table, Museum API integration, game rules updatable via XML
Cyber Forensics
One or two players attempt to improve network health and speed by first analyzing patterns that reveal malicious traffic and then creating rules to block packets from bad actors.
Roles: lead producer, ux designer
Specs: Samsung 4K monitor with PQLabs touch overlay, Museum API integration, game rules updatable via XML
A single user can send and receive secret messages while learning about asymmetric encryption, clock math, and RSA encryption.
Roles: lead producer, ux designer, testing and quality assurance, graphic support, on-site installation
Specs: HTML5, Museum API integration, Twilio API integration for text message support
Creative Coding
Users build simple programs that control the components in an internet-of-things-inspired Rube Goldberg machine, attempting to guide a ball safely through the machine.
Roles: lead producer, testing and quality assurance, on-site installation
Specs: HTML5, Museum API integration, Arduino integration
Other Interactive Kiosks
In addition to the four programs detailed above, our team oversaw the design and development of four additional interactive kiosks, all developed using HTML/CSS/JavaScript and integrated with the Museum API. These kiosks address social engineering and phishing attacks, safety practices for mobile devices, and the anatomy of a strong password.


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On #GamerGate , heroes, and villains. #Checkyourselfbeforeyouwreckyourself/
You most likely read comics. So, here's something that should be easy for you to picture: Your favorite hero pushed to his or her limits. The rules of the game seem to have flipped in favor of the villain, so the hero starts crossing lines. The ultimate goal and ideal is good and heroic, so the line crossing is acceptable, even necessary, to reach the goal. The ends justify the means. The heroic soul can endure and survive, scarred, but stronger. Having transgressed into the realm of the enemy, the hero now understands the dark areas of the heroic soul. Classic stuff. We love it.
And who is more heroic, the hero who risks his or her own soul to do what must be done for the greater good, or the hero who refuses to set foot outside the bounds of the heroic ideal? This is Superman vs Batman, Daredevil vs The Punisher, Cyclops vs Wolverine, Civil War, the last two years of Avengers. We love this stuff because it asks questions that we find hard to answer.
No matter how noble your ideals, how long can you take up the methods of the villain before you become the villain? How long before you look down at what you have done and find it indistinguishable from that which you oppose?
This defines the difference between hero and villain.
The hero has that moment of crisis. He looks down at the blood on his hands and says "What have I done? How did I go this far?".
The villain has this same moment, but it is not a crisis. It is an affirmation. "This is what I have done. This is how far I have come."
When you are behaving badly, pray for that moment of crisis. If it doesn't come, you are the bad guy. In life, there may be times when doing what is right demands that you treat someone else badly, but if you never question yourself about it, you are the bad guy. How long can you take up the methods of the villain before you are the villain?
I don't know anything about video games or the various scandals therein. I do know about comics, and I know that there is plenty of overlap in fan base and mentality. All of this has been in reference to what I have seen as the emergence of villainous #gamergate thinking surfacing in the world of comics.
If you read this, and you feel strongly about it, let that be your moment of heroic crisis. With the next action you take, will you he the villain or the hero?


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Michael's love of music began at a very young age during a guitar class at a small private school at the age of 12. By the time he reached high school he had begun writing and recording his own compositions and working with other musicians and artists on various projects.
A seasoned professional, Michael has decades of performing experience in numerous locations and venues throughout the Pacific Northwest. He is currently working on an upcoming album of original compositions at the renowned London Bridge Studio in Shoreline, WA.
"I believe it's about the music- the love of music. Just so happens it's on a guitar."


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Microeconomics (from Greek prefix mikro- meaning "small" and economics) is a branch of economics that studies the behavior of individuals and small impacting organizations in making decisions on the allocation of limited resources (see scarcity). Typically, it applies to markets where goods or services are bought and sold. Microeconomics examines how these decisions and behaviors affect the supply and demand for goods and services, which determines prices, and how prices, in turn, determine the quantity supplied and quantity demanded of goods and services.
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One of the goals of microeconomics is to analyze market mechanisms that establish relative prices amongst goods and services and allocation of limited resources amongst many alternative uses. Microeconomics also analyzes market failure, where markets fail to produce efficient results, and describes the theoretical conditions needed for perfect competition. Significant fields of study in microeconomics include general equilibrium, markets under asymmetric information, choice under uncertainty and economic applications of game theory. Also considered is the elasticity of products within the market system.
- Mankiw, N. Gregory. Principles of Microeconomics. 6th ed. Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western, 2004. Print.
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Everyone is welcome!
This event is the third evening event in a series of events held by the Muslim Students Association (MSA) of ASU for Islam Awareness Week 2016 at ASU.
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Is their room to confess sexual brokenness with one another?/
Over the last six months I have been really wrestling with my theology and ministry practice in the area of sexuality. If you read my blog you may have seen little glimpses here and there, some subtle, some not so subtle. As I have been rounding the corner on some clearer understandings and convictions I have found myself engaged in a number of really amazing and challenging conversations. One of the more amazing conversations was with a friend and fellow youth worker who shared with me his addiction to homosexual pornography in his past. As he shared his story with me, I thought that this was a compelling story that was worthy to be shared.
He is remaining anonymous because I don't want his story to negatively impact his ministry context. But I wanted to have him share it because if we are ever going to move forward in this discussion and in bringing the good news of healing and redemption then we have to throw back the curtain and allows space for us to share our stories.
Currently there isn't any place for adults to share their personal struggles with sex and sexuality. It is the forbidden topic, the topic that leads to being fired, divorced, and often forcing people to move away and start from scratch some where else. But I am want to continually push toward a truly authentic Christian community where our entire lives are shared, our entire lives are laid before Jesus, and we truly carry each others burdens and celebrate each other's victories.
I hope you are encouraged by my friend's story and hope that you have people in your life that you can share your story with and that you are someone in which others feel the same freedom with you.


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Just to show that I care about things other than digital strategy, activism, journalism and politics, here's an infographic (click to expand) about my other passion — no not harsh criticism — literature.
Fascinating to see who among literary giants didn't like each other's writing. No surprise, Norman Mailer is the dyspetic winner.


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Can you use a wireless keyboard on third party apps
I have a wireless keyboard and am unable to use the keyboard on third party apps like youtube and facebook. But i am able to use them on the web browser and apps created by samsung. Is there a work around for this and am i the only one having this issue.
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Use of the keyboard in third-party apps is specific to the developer. If they did not include support for the Samsung keyboard feature, you will need to contact the respective company associated with the app.


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Hank's Chocolate Blog/
By Hank Cohen, firstname.lastname@example.com
This is the second in my series of tastings for the Burleith website, the first of which made its debut in April 2015. I plan to taste and rate two gourmet chocolate bars every quarter, ranking them on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the best. The chocolate selections must have a minimum of 70% cacao content to qualify as "gourmet."
Of the four I have evaluated so far, only the Safeway Select rated in this posting comes close to the top. The brands below were selected at random from the Safeway at 1500 Wisconsin Avenue NW on June 25.
Ghirardelli: Intense Dark: 86% Cacao "Midnight Reverie"
Price paid: $3.25 for 3.17 oz. (90 grams)*
Origin: California: Beans sourced worldwide.
Intensity of chocolate flavor: Strong, especially as it is going down.
Duration of taste: Short. Limited to the time it is going down.
Overall appreciation: 7
Eighty-six percent cacao is about the upper limit of edibility for gourmet chocolate. In this case, I felt nothing at the beginning. It was just a smooth velvety mass that needed to be crushed in my mouth. But once it got crushed, it exploded in a complex chocolate taste with other tastes (cherry, peach) sneaking in. And then it disappeared. The taste was awesome, but short lived.
*This bar is 90 grams. The standard bar is 100 grams. Thus, the price is higher per gram.
Safeway Select: Dark Chocolate: 78% Cacao
Price paid: $2.99 for 3.5 oz. (100 grams)
Origin: Switzerland
Intensity of chocolate flavor: Very strong, from start to finish.
Duration of taste: Long, from start to finish.
Overall appreciation: 9+
This bar has real character. A strong bittersweet, almost tart, sensation hits you right away, as soon as the square enters your mouth. It announces its presence with a blast. The strong taste persists and is quite agreeable. It is also velvety and smooth. This is a winner. The 78% cacao is becoming an important factor in the gourmet scale.
Hank Cohen and his wife, Suzanne, have lived at 3605 R Street since 1969, with some absences due to foreign service in Africa. Since retiring from the State Department, Hank has been consulting for U.S. companies doing business in Africa. He just published The Mind of the African Strong Man: Conversations with Dictators, Statesmen, and Father Figures, which is available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.


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Journey back to Addis: poles apart from the word 'nice'
I wandered to the bus station at 4.30am in the dark and found my bus. It's amazing how busy it can be at that time! Every bus leaves at the same time which is hugely sensible as there's only one small exit gate to leave the bus depot but hey?!!! Queues.
The journey turned out to be a 12 hour one instead of about 8. Ow. It was a grim grim journey! I was squeezed on to a seat next to mum and baby (which she insisted kicked me all the way) and dad. A bit into the journey the baby was sick on my feet, mum was being sick in to a bag, you can't open the window without being scowled at or people shutting it because it's unhealthy!!!! I had my window open a crack and my mouth up against the crack sucking in my small allowance of fresh air. The air wasn't very tasty inside that's for sure! I have never been so pleased when we arrived in Addis.
Well, I've definitely developed a big love for Ethiopia. It's a totally unique, stunning and fascinating country and I admire the genuine and warm nature of its people. Can't wait to go back to try and put this all into action. Mission on.


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The challenge was to create a layout with banners on it. Right from the start I knew I wanted to use Trail Mix for that one, as that collection has a lot of different colours that still match.
But what picture to use?
Then my eyes fell on the latest school picture. The last one of me and Duncan. Next year he'll be in school himself and won't be able to join me at the school where I work. So there's a bit of joy as well as melancholy to this picture.
I started with putting texture paste on the paper. When that dried, distress ink came next.
Next was distressing al the edges. It always makes me sneeze, what with all the paper dust flying around.
Putting everything together was a challenge in itself, because I had to keep lifting edges and corners to put all the other papers up and under eachother.
My trusty Silhouette Cameo took care of the title.
Now I have 40 minutes to turn this in.
I can do this. Even though the photo's have been shot with my phone...
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''Renting to buy'' a computer, electrical appliance or TV may sound like a great idea, especially when you can't afford to buy one right now.
But it's important to know that it can actually be more expensive in the long run and it's possible you'll never even own the goods. And, of course, fees and charges apply.
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5 Shows to See in Australia Right Now/
Destinations such as New York City and London are known for having incredible theatre districts, but you may be surprised to hear that there is some wonderful theatre being performed in Australia as well.
While it may not be the first tourist activity you would think to do there(although their most popular landmark is an opera house), we definitely encourage you to check out some of these shows if you're going there in the next few weeks.
If you're wondering why we're talking about Australian theatre, it's the third largest location of our readership behind the United States and Great Britain. So let's give them some attention,
'Hay Fever' at the Sydney Theatre Company
An irresistibly heartless comedy
The Bliss family love intrigue, love arguing and really love a spotlight. They are everything a respectable family ought not to be – unconventional, uncensored and unapologetic.
When each of the four outrageously eccentric Bliss family members invites a guest to their rural retreat, the unassuming visitors face a hectic living melodrama from which there seems to be no escape.
Deliciously funny comedies were Noël Coward's forte. Hay Fever is a "wonderfully witty and deliciously snarky" (Time Out) classic full of secret seductions, misjudged meetings and wicked revelations.
An exceptional cast led by Heather Mitchell as Judith Bliss, the prima donna to end all prima donnas, includes Harriet Dyer (Travelling North), Tony Llewellyn-Jones (Amigos), Josh McConville (After Dinner) and Helen Thomson (King Lear).
Having had us in hysterics with After Dinner in 2015, director Imara Savage and designer Alicia Clements reunite to give us a country weekend like no other.
Hay Fever promises to be a thoroughly enjoyable and seductively comic affair.
The show run thru May 21st. For tickets and info visit sydneytheatre.com.au.
'Lake Disappointment' at Carriageworks
"Kane and me were both rising stars. I was rising to the top of the hand-modelling world and Kane was doing his plays. Kane got his first action film and I became his double. We clicked. Everyone said so."
A new Australian work by Luke Mullins and Lachlan Philpott with collaborator James Brown and Director Janice Muller, Lake Disappointment plunges beneath the surface of an image obsessed world and strums an unnerving riff on contemporary identity.
The show runs through April 23rd. For tickets and info visit, carriageworks.com.au
King Charles III at the Roslyn Packer Theatre
The Queen is dead. Long live the King?
Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play, Mike Bartlett's spectacular King Charles III predicts an audacious future history. This is an epic writ now.
This exclusive Australian premiere comes to STC fresh from its West End and Broadway runs. Described as "ingenious" (The Guardian) and "easily the sharpest, most sophisticated political drama I have ever seen on stage" (Time), King Charles III has been unanimously lauded by audiences and critics alike.
Sometime in the not too distant future, the Queen is dead. Having waited a lifetime to fulfil his destiny, Prince Charles ascends the throne with Camilla by his side. As William, Kate and Harry look on, Charles wrestles with his new responsibilities… but how to rule? Let the royal games begin…
As political pandemonium and civil unrest threaten, Charles is forced to confront the contradictions of monarchy, democracy and his own moral conscience.
Exploring power and betrayal, the play skilfully reveals the people beneath the crowns as nuanced flesh and blood, and turns a Shakespearean lens on relationships in the world's most famous and exposed family.
Directed with tremendous vision and wit by Almeida Theatre Artistic Director Rupert Goold, this is provocative and insightful political drama at its best - with a glint in the eye, a stiff upper lip, and the relevance of the daily news.
King Charles III is an international sensation not to be missed.
'A remarkable achievement.' Sydney Morning Herald
'Generously entertaining and genuinely gripping.' The Daily Review
The show runs thru April 30th. For tickets and info visit, roslynpackertheatre.com.au
'The Detectives Handbook' at the Hayes Theatre Company
Chicago, 1950. A city in the grip of a crime epidemic. Two dead cops have just been discovered.
Enter Frank Thompson, a hardboiled detective who knows just what it takes to get a result. His new partner, Jimmy Hartman, couldn't be more different. Young, fresh and enthusiastic Jimmy is determined to clean up the mean streets without breaking the rules. Following the clues, the old dog and the young pup are led into a world of seedy bars and femme fatales. Will the new recruit teach the experienced detective a thing or two about police work? Will officers Hammett and Spade ever clean out the evidence locker? Will the criminal mastermind be discovered? And just who is the mysterious Miss Raines?
"The Detective's Handbook is an especially exciting show for us to be presenting at Hayes Theatre Co," said Hayes Theatre Co Chair Neil Gooding. "Firstly, it is a new, totally original Australian musical, which is fairly rare in itself. Secondly, it is the first fully staged production of a show that has been guided through our New Musicals Australia program. The Detectives Handbook is smart, funny and has a distinctive voice, with music by Olga Solar and book and lyrics by Ian Ferrington."
"It's a rare honour to be working on a new Australian musical, said Director Jonathan Biggins. "The Hayes is both the ideal laboratory and nursery - musicals are unusual hybrids that need a lot of attention to help them grow! This is a witty, quirky show with a distinctive and unexpected voice and we've got a great cast to showcase its potential."
THE DETECTIVE'S HANDBOOK is the result of when a former rapper develops an obsession with the golden age of detective novels. Coupled with a bright and lively jazz score, this new Australian musical is guaranteed to have you laughing out loud as Thompson and Hartman investigate the crime in an hilarious clash of the old guard and the new recruit, determined to do it 'by the book'.
The show runs thru May 7th. For tickets and info visit, hayestheatre.com.au
'Fiddler on the Roof' at the Capitol Theatre
Direct from Broadway, Australian superstar Anthony Warlow returns to Sydney to star in a brand new production of one of the greatest and most loved musicals of all time – Fiddler on the Roof. Playing from 24 March for 6 weeks only!
Directed by the acclaimed Roger Hodgman, and boasting the spectacular choreography of Jerome Robbins, this eagerly anticipated new production also stars Sigrid Thornton as Golde, Mark Mitchell, Nikki Wendt and Aria Award Winner, Lior.
Fiddler on the Roof has captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences around the world for over 50 years with its humour, warmth and honesty. The show follows the heart-warming journey of a family that has its traditional life turned upside down as the modern world starts to impact on life in their idyllic village. Fiddler on the Roof's humour, passion and warmth has touched audiences all over the world with its celebration of life, love and family.
The show runs thru May 8th. For tickets and info visit, capitoltheatre.com


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20th September 2013.
A study published in PNAS has reported new measurements of methane emissions associated with shale gas production sites. The research included 150 production sites with nearly 500 wells produced through fracking, as well as measurements of 27 "well completion flowbacks". After a well is drilled it has to be cleaned of sand and liquids that had been injected into it during its creation, and during this cleaning (the "flowback") methane can be emitted. An average value of 1.7 Mg of methane was reported for the flowbacks, with a range of approximately 0.01 – 16 Mg. The large range is partially due to the duration of flowbacks, some of which lasted for two weeks and featured large amounts of gas flaring. This figure is substantially lower than the average value of 81 Mg per flowback cited by a recent EPA inventory, and the authors of the PNAS paper suggest that this discrepancy is due to efficient capture and control of potential methane emissions.
As well as flowbacks, the study also examined "unloadings"; during the lifetime of a well, water and liquid hydrocarbons accumulate and periodically need removing. For the 9 unloadings measured, the average release of methane was 1.1 Mg (range 0.02 – 3.7 Mg), although the frequency of unloading events varied between wells. Taking this into account, the average emission per well per year was calculated as 5.8 Mg. Whilst acknowledging the limited sample size and large uncertainty, the authors state that current EPA estimates overpredict measured unloading emissions.
Finally, the paper looked at 150 well sites that were under routine operation. Methane emissions from pneumatic chemical injection pumps averaged 3.7 g CH4 per minute, slightly lower than EPA estimates. However, intermittent pneumatic devices averaged 5.9 g CH4 per minute, whilst the average for low bleed pneumatic devices was 1.7 g CH4 per minute; both higher than EPA estimates. Equipment leaks averaged 1.2 g CH4 per minute which is similar to the EPA inventory.
If these figures are scaled up the cited figure is that these sources emit 957 Gg CH4 per year, compared with EPA's estimate of 1211-1250 Gg CH4 per year. The authors do cite the caveat that their estimated uncertainty in this calculation is 200 Gg. Adding this to other associated sources gives a total of 2300 Gg of methane from US natural gas production. To conclude, it seems that methane emissions from natural gas production may be decreasing, partly due to federal regulations and EPA standards.
Reference: Allen et al, 2013. Measurements of methane emissions at natural gas production sites in the United States. PNAS, 10.1073/pnas.1304880110.
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'Canelo' Alvarez And Floyd Mayweather Getting Ready To Fight
Saúl 'Canelo' Álvarez and Floyd 'Money' Mayweather are set to square off in the ring this September, and the promotional tour is just about to ramp up.
Canelo Alvarez and Money May were in Times Square in NYC on Monday (June 24), preening for a packed crowd and staring each other down.
The 22-year-old Canelo Alvarez is the undefeated challenger to Mayweather, who has picked his opponents carefully for the last few years. The pummeling Mexican Canelo Alvarez may be the biggest threat to undefeated Money May in a long time - perhaps nearly as dangerous as Manny Pacquiáo, the opponent most boxing fans wish would climb into the ring with Mayweather instead of Canelo Alvarez.
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Here's a lovely shot of the Taylormade 4 Piece Live Band set up at Michelle and Paul Nicoll's Wedding in the Cellar Bar at Kilworth House in Leicestershire on Saturday night (15th April 2017).
Those of you with a keen eye will see that we chose the electric drum kit for this performance. The reason for this is that the Cellar Bar is really cozy with beautiful exposed stone and low ceilings. This makes it a wonderful, atmospheric venue but can cause problem with the sound for inexperienced bands.
Here at Taylormade we've been professional musicians since 2008 and have performed at hundreds of Weddings and Events across Northamptonshire, and the whole of the UK. We've played in Barns, Churches, Glass Houses, Cellars, Orangeries and Chapels just to name a few!
Each of them have different acoustics so it's extremely important to have the option of an electric drum kit. Why, I hear you say? Well, if a room has low ceilings, maybe a lot of glass, perhaps lots of stone work or maybe even just not many soft furnishings, then there is nowhere for the sound to be absorbed. This means the sound bounces around, essentially creating a wall of noise and therefore there is no clarity to the performance. With an electric drum kit the sound is pushed towards the dance floor through the PA system, rather than bouncing around the room as it would with an acoustic drum kit.
Every Wedding Band should be able to offer you the choice of acoustic or electric kit because an acoustic drum kit does not suit every single wedding venue! If you're not sure whether to have the electric or acoustic drum kit at your wedding or event, please get in touch. Give me a call on 07976 096 347, email me on email@example.com or contact us through the website. We can chat through the details and decide on the best option for your special day!
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Washington, DC -- The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) has released two new Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination (PTCE) practice tools: the updated Official PTCB® Practice Exam; and the Official PTCB® Calculations Practice Questions app, a math practice tool PTCB is offering for the first time. Updated Official PTCB Practice Exam The updated Official PTCB® Practice Exam is the only practice test authorized by PTCB. Designed with the look and feel of the PTCE, it provides an experience much like taking the actual exam. PTCB developed the updated practice exam according to industry best practices. It was written and reviewed by subject matter experts, piloted by real test takers, and built according to the same content specifications as the PTCE. Like the PTCE, the practice exam contains 90 questions and has a 110-minute time limit. After completing the practice exam, test takers can log in to view their results, including correct and incorrect answers, with explanations for each. They are allowed 24 hours of post-exam review time within their 90-day exam delivery window. The Practice Exam price is $29, with bulk discounts offered to pharmacy technician educators and employers who participate in the PTCB Advocate Program.
Official PTCB® Calculations Practice Questions App The first Official PTCB® Calculations Practice Questions app is now available for iOS and Android devices. Released September 27, 2016, the app features 90 questions that have appeared on the actual PTCE and represent calculations commonly performed by pharmacy technicians. To provide the best preparation experience, questions were selected from previous live PTCE exam questions that reflect a variety of calculation types, strong item performance, and a style similar to the current PTCE. Although the exact questions are no longer on the actual PTCE, these questions will help users develop a feel for the calculations they will encounter when they take the real PTCE, and strengthen their math skills. Test takers can take advantage of step-by-step explanations provided at the end of the practice questions to further enhance their studying. Visit ptcb.org/practice for information about Official PTCB Practice Tools. ###


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Isaiah 49:1-7
John 1:29-42
One of the problems people living in 2011 have when we read the Old Testament book of Isaiah is something the literary critics call its richness. Unlike most of the things we read each day, in any given passage of Isaiah, there may be words about more than just one thing. Sometimes, a passage may be about three things at once. It confuses us. Let me explain.
Last Sunday, I mentioned that tucked among the promises Isaiah received from God about ancient Israel's impending release from slavery to the Babylonian Empire, were promises about the Servant Who would be sent by God to free more than just Israel from humanity's greatest enemies: sin, death, and futility. The Servant would come to set things right for all who would welcome His rule over their lives, including you and me.
There are four "Servant Songs" in Isaiah. Today's first lesson is one of them. As we consider this passage, along with our Gospel lesson for today, I want you to keep the image of an hourglass in your mind. It may help us to understand some of that confusing richness we encounter in Isaiah this morning.
When you stand an hourglass on end, it's wide at the top, tapers to a narrow shape in the middle, then widens out again at the bottom. If we mapped God's mission to bring humanity new life, from say, the moment He delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt about 1000 years before Isaiah, followed it through Jesus some 600 years after Isaiah, and then to the Church today, our map would look like an hourglass. The top of the hourglass would be the descendants of Abraham, more numerous than the stars in the heavens, before the coming of the Servant. The bottom of the hourglass would be chock-full of those who are spiritual descendants of Abraham through their faith in the Servant foretold by Isaiah.
Both ancient Israel and the Church of Jesus Christ were called to be God's "light to the nations." But, in a phrase used by Lutheran theologian Carl Braaten, "the flaming center" of history, the One Whose life is the light of the world, the narrow center of the hourglass, is Jesus Christ.
All the voices that spoke for God before Christ was born pointed ultimately to Him as our only hope for forgiveness and life, the Messiah who would come into our world to set the lives of all who believe in Him aright.
"Long ago," the preacher in Hebrews said to his fellow Jewish Christians sometime before 70AD, "God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days He has spoken to us by a Son…"
Jesus, the Servant Messiah, Who suffered and died to erase sin and death as powers over our lives and rose again to rend eternity open for all who believe in Him, is God's ultimate self-expression, His Word of love and power and restoration for fallen people and our fallen universe.
The Church is commissioned to share Christ's light, to make disciples of Jesus Christ, and to do so by being completely focused on Jesus, the Servant King. The Celebrate introduction to our lesson from Isaiah that Ann read a few moments ago is right as far as it goes. It identifies the Servant as Israel, saying that in the lesson "the Servant Israel speaks for herself." But that's only part of the story.
One of my favorite seminary professors, Tryg Skarsten, once recalled looking out onto a harbor at night. A large light, visible for miles, stood high over the harbor to guide ships coming in. Strung out into the harbor for thousands of yards were smaller lights. Each of them, Tryg said, were connected to the larger light from which they derived their power. Ancient Israel was God's servant, of course, and it was a light to the nations. But it derived its capacity to be God's servant and its power to be God's light for the world from the true flaming center of life, "the Light of the world," Jesus, to Whose coming Isaiah and other prophets pointed.
That's why contemporary New Testament scholar Christine Roy Yoder writes that Christian readers cannot read our first lesson without seeing Jesus. Please pull out the Celebrate inserts. Read along with me silently:
Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother's womb he named me. He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me away.Jesus, as the Gospel of John tells us, is "the Word of God." He is God's Word to you and me. The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus tell us that every one of our lives is of infinite value to God. God so loved you—you personally and individually—that He sent Jesus to take your punishment for sin so that all who turn from sin and take Him as the Lord and ruler over their lives, trusting their lives to Him, will have life forever with God.
If you're anything like me, you don't mind the message of the salvation Jesus brings, but you may not be so hot to make Him the ruler over your life. Jesus as Lord will sometimes tell us to do things we don't want to do. He'll sometimes tell us not to do things that we want to do. Let's face it: Jesus can cramp our styles. When Jesus was eight days old, a man named Simeon spotted Him in the temple in Jerusalem, where Joseph and Mary had taken the baby to be presented to God. Simeon declared that Jesus was exactly Who Israel (and he himself) had been waiting for at the top of the hourglass. Simeon quoted verse 6 of our lesson from Isaiah, calling Jesus "a light" for the nations. But then, Simeon told Mary, Jesus' mother, "This child is destined for the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed…"
Will we take Jesus as our King as well as our Savior or will we oppose Him?
Will we trust or selectively ignore the Word of God in the Bible and the Word of God enfleshed in Jesus?
Those aren't abstract philosophical questions, but urgent ones on which our eternal destinies hang.
True story: Santosh was a blacksmith in India. He was part of the Dalit, the untouchables, the permanent underclass who are denied access to food, housing, clothing, education, or health care. Along with most of his people, Santosh worshiped his Biskarma (the tools he used in his work), thinking that it was them that gave him life. And Santosh led a miserable life, wasting what little money he had on getting drunk. When he came home, he beat his wife and children, who dreaded his very presence in their home.
One day, two missionaries who saw how troubled he was, invited Santosh to church. Surprisingly, the next Sunday, he took a place in the back of the sanctuary. The music was in his language and in a style he liked. Santosh kept coming back, intrigued by the word about Jesus sandwiched between this music he enjoyed.
Eventually, he gave his life to Christ and wanted to share the Good News about Him with his fellow untouchables. With the missionaries' help, he got a scholarship to study at a Bible college. The day before he was to leave for college, a large group of villagers confronted Santosh. They threatened to beat him if he didn't return to the worship of Biskarma and renounced his faith in Christ. Santosh didn't back down, knowing that Jesus had saved him not only from sin and death, but from the meaningless life that had driven him to drink.
After Santosh went to Bible college, the villagers threatened Santosh's family and they eventually had to be moved to safety with him. Today, Santosh is the pastor of a thriving congregation that bravely (and joyfully) invites other untouchables to come and see and follow Jesus.
In the world and even in the Church, Jesus and His Word are signs that are spoken against. That's no surprise. That's because, as Hebrews 4:12, says, "…the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And before Him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the One to Whom we must render an account."
Jesus is the Lord Who said that while we are saved by grace, He had not removed a single one of the Ten Commandments. If we show contempt for the commands in God's Word, we also show contempt for Him Who is God's Word. We cannot take Jesus as Savior if we don't also take Him as Lord. We cannot be free of what enslaves us until we surrender to Christ the way Santosh did.
Now, look at Isaiah 49:6 on the Celebrate insert. These are words from God the Father:
It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.Israel was not the incubator for the Servant Jesus just for itself. Through Jesus Christ, the truth of God's love for all humanity and His offer of eternal reconciliation with God, would go global. And that's where you and I come in.
In our Gospel lesson today, when two disciples of John the Baptist, one of them Andrew, brother of Simon Peter, wanted to learn more about Jesus, Jesus issued a simple invitation, "Come and see."
Later, a man named Philip told someone named Nathanael that he had found the long-awaited Servant-King. Nathanael was skeptical. Philip didn't argue. He just said, "Come and see."
Simon, Philip, you, and I are all at the bottom of the hourglass of God's salvation history. We are the small lights ignited by the cross and empty tomb of Jesus and by the Holy Spirit with whom baptized Christians are filled. Our power for living comes from Jesus. Jesus tells us to "let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven," words we use in our Baptismal service.
The Servant Jesus came to save a dying world from itself, to save us from ourselves. He invites all to follow Him, be reconciled to God, and live eternally.
This week, this month, this year, be a light that helps others to come and see Jesus. God wants to fill eternity with people who have turned from sin and death and turned to Jesus for life and eternity. You are the lights God wants to use to guide others to the true Light of the nations, Jesus Christ. Jesus wants to fill His kingdom with those who have come and seen and believed in Him.
So, this is my simple plea to you this morning:
- Share Jesus.
- Share Jesus with words and actions.
- Share Jesus with honesty, not as self-righteous egotists, but as forgiven sinners grateful for the grace of God.
- Share Jesus so that all the world will come and see what a wonderful God we have!
- Share Jesus so that all the world will have peace with God and with themselves today and in eternity.


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We have this little tradition that we spend our Thanksgiving exploring a new city each year and this year we chose Austin. We ate some incredible food, saw the best street art, and listen to some Austin legends. Austin is weird and I hope it always stays that way. I'm finally sharing with you guys our weekend guide and all of the awesome things we got to enjoy!
For those of you who follow me on Instagram and Twitter, you know that I've been talking about the Her Campus x Aéropostale In-Store Shopping Experience at the Atlanta Lenox Square Mall for a couple weeks now!
Who doesn't want to fly over Texas to experience the rush of jumping from 14,500 feet at speeds over 120mph for their birthday?!
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I love a good hearty breakfast to get me through the day. And you know what they say, breakfast is the most important meal of the day so why not make it delicious and healthy!? This breakfast bowl is filled and layered with wilted spinach, scrambled eggs, melted swiss cheese, and salsa. I also love sliced avocado in it too..You can add your favorite breakfast toppings to this! Stay tuned for more hearty breakfast bowls coming soon! 🙂
My scrambled eggs recipe
2 cups fresh spinach
1/2 tsp olive oil
1 slice of swiss cheese
1 Tbsp salsa
Avocado (optional)
1. Sauté spinach: In a sauté pan on medium heat add a drop of olive oil and then add the spinach. It's ok to pile it up as it will wilt quickly. It may not all fit in at first. Using a tongs, gently toss and turn the spinach so all of the unwilted leaves make contact with the bottom of the pan. Continue to do so for a few minutes until spinach is cooked down slightly.
2. In a bowl, add spinach to bottom of bowl, then top with a generous scoop of scrambled eggs, swiss cheese, and salsa.


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Atos Origin, an international IT services company, today announced that Paula Sussex has been promoted to Head of Atos Consulting in the UK, with immediate effect. Paula will become a member of the UK executive board reporting to Keith Wilman, CEO for Atos Origin in the UK. She will also play a key role in implementing the strategy for Atos Consulting globally.
Paula will continue to realise the division's value across Atos Origin's entire IT and services client base, both in delivery and in supporting sales of complex, major or transformational programmes. In line with the Company's global strategy, she will also focus on continuing to improve the business performance and on increasing penetration in sectors and solutions where Atos Consulting leads the market in both the public and private sectors. She will work with the Atos Consulting global management team to further grow the business internationally and to ensure delivery to clients world-wide. Commenting on the appointment, Keith Wilman, Atos Origin's UK CEO, said: "I am delighted that Atos Consulting starts 2008 under the leadership of a colleague with a proven track record in both consulting and outsourcing. Paula brings a combination of client focus, a determination to deliver, and excellent people skills to Atos Consulting. Her appointment is testament not only to the results she has achieved to date, but also to the confidence of the people she has worked with ? a talent that will serve her well in her new role of moving the business forward." Paula has worked in most areas of Atos Origin and one of its predecessor firms, KPMG Consulting: in the strategy practice of KPMG Consulting, in its telecommunications and technology business, in the public sector consulting practice, and as Account Director for some of Atos Origin's IT service clients, such as the UK Passport Agency. Her most recent role was as Account Director for the Ministry of Justice. In addition to her leadership and delivery skills, she has amply proved her ability to sell to both the company's public and private sector clients in the UK, Europe and SE Asia and in the developing economies. Prior to her joining KPMG, Paula trained as a management consultant with Coopers & Lybrand, having first qualified as a barrister. She also holds a Sloan Masters Degree from London Business School. In her spare time, she is a trustee of Crisis, the charity for single homeless people. "Both on its own and when it teams up with our systems integration and managed operations businesses, Atos Consulting delivers exceptional value to its clients," commented Paula. "There is simply no other services company to compare with our breadth and depth of expertise and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to lead such a strong team of management consultants and to take this value out to market." About Atos Origin Atos Origin is an international information technology services company. Its business is turning client vision into results through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed operations. The company's annual revenues are EUR 5.4 billion and it employs 50,000 people in 40 countries. Atos Origin is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic Games and has a client base of international blue-chip companies across all sectors. Atos Origin is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market and trades as Atos Origin, Atos Euronext Market Solutions, Atos Worldline and Atos Consulting. About Atos Consulting Atos Consulting, the global consulting practice of Atos Origin, is a leading provider of business, process and technology consulting services. With more than 2,500 staff globally, it focuses on delivering proven, pragmatic solutions to the telecom, manufacturing, financial services and public sectors.


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Adaptive Error Control for Wireless Multimedia
Abstract (Summary)Future wireless networks will be required to support multimedia traffic in addition to traditional best-effort network services. Supporting multimedia traffic on wired networks presents a large number of design problems, particularly for networks that run connectionless data transport protocols such as the TCP/IP protocol suite. These problems are magnified for wireless links, as the quality of such links varies widely and uncontrollably. This dissertation presents new tools developed for the design and realization of wireless networks including, for the first time, analytical channel models for predicting the efficacy of error control codes, interleaving schemes, and signalling protocols, and several novel algorithms for matching and adapting system parameters (such as error control and frame length) to time-varying channels and Quality of Service (QoS) requirements.
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Advisor:Copeland, John; Wicker, Stephen; McLaughlin, Steven; Zegura, Ellen; Owen, Henry
School:Georgia Institute of Technology
School Location:USA - Georgia
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:electrical and computer engineering
Date of Publication:04/13/2004


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Crow Valley Crusaders was formed in 2010 with its initial fortnightly meetings being held in a local fire station. The club move to its current home not long after and has continued to grow ever since. CVC now meets twice a week and plays a variety of games that its founding members couldn't have thought possible. From mass battle sci-fi to 6mm ancients and board games you'll probably find somebody willing to give just about any game a go in the club.
Thursday: 16:00-22:00 Sunday: 12:00-18:00
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Starting a business might be your path to wealth, freedom and fulfillment, however let me warn you, it isn't usually a straightforward journey. When individuals ask me about franchising, they've already made up their mind that it might be meals (McDonalds, and so on.) They have that in thoughts as a result of they see a lot of people eating at those eating places so that they assume it's a good business to get into.
Each section of your business plan ought to have the ability to face by itself if need be. In different phrases, the corporate description ought to thoroughly describe your organization, even when sure features are coated in different sections. Assuming you propose in your business listing or city guide to be worthwhile, there are 2 predominant ways you can monetize your web site (and most listing web sites can be a mix of those options). Before getting into right into a business or signing that authorized document, make sure that you are dealing with credible and legit individuals and business entities.
After I enter this business for 3 months, I had already identified that it is good to open agency on my own sooner or later. A spouse, a sibling, a buddy, or a employed associate should have the willingness to manage the business and take all the tasks on behalf of the OFW. They both mentioned the business plan was great and was going to work however the advertising plan was not good. Provide to Communicate: If in case you have experience to share (how to save money on plumbing, accounting suggestions, etc.), provide to present quick talks to business and professional teams. Sangat banyak situs yang menjelaskan bagaimana membuat business plan, mulai dari yang sederhana sampai yang difficult. Business writing is often backwards or the wrong way up compared to other writings. My sister was laid off her job after 5 years and has a house business making treats out of her dwelling.
A couple sued Westgate claiming that commitments made throughout the sale of a timeshare weren't followed up on after they bought a unit in the Tennessee mountain town Gatlinburg — the couple received $500,000. To increase your internet profit, you'll be able to either enhance your sale price, or lower your wholesale purchase worth, or the restore value of the car. Analysis has been carried out that has found companies with a structured business plan stating their overall targets and the way they plan to maneuver their business towards them make a considerably larger profit than those who don't. Instead, these new begin up mowing business homeowners, use this equipment 10 to twenty occasions more than it was ever supposed to work.
Nevertheless, it also needs to be written final, as you will have a better understanding of the overall message of your business plan after you've got researched and written the opposite sections. When you see these alternatives, take time to look at whether you will be doing one thing on the expense of an even bigger (lengthy range) objective when you tackle work that is not a part of your mission assertion and general plan. My spouse is the only agent who does not have a non-compete clause with this company and does/handles greater than 75% of their business. Just as important is the flexibility to effectively talk IT planning and efficiency data in a approach that is useful to business unit administration. These methods be sure that the reader can skim the business plan quickly and efficiently.


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Hello, let's all take a moment to appreciate the amazing talent of a dear friend of mine shall we?
Erin Michelle Art
Erin and I seem to sometimes share the same struggles*.
The most common one being DOING ART. JUST ...DOING IT!
It's so easy to get/disheartened/lazy/over it, so it's great to see Erin creating some beautiful pieces again.
For my 19th Birthday I was super excited to receive this Erin Michelle Original on a paint colour sample. I absolutely love it!
|Erin & I on my 21st Birthday.
SUPER FUN FACT:Erin & I share the same birthday!
Also, this one time, Erin modeled for me!
(Side note: If you haven't seen my photography yet that I'm a little shocked, please click here immediately!)
I have many more posts coming throughout the week, hopefully a couple more artist features also!


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Live from DEFSEC Atlantic
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We've been pleased with the interest attendees have shown in our plasma spray tapes and the critical role these products can play in aerospace industry applications. If you happen to be at DEFSEC, stop by Booth 805 and say hi. If you're not here but are interested in learning more about our thermal spray masking tapes and other high-performance polymer products, please be sure to contact us, by calling 1-800-366-8356 or by submitting the short form at right.


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Before you make s start on your project, I recommend watching Jacqui's tutorial as it takes you through all the ins and outs of her well honed process. Jacqui has built up a substantial inventory of knowledge since she developed her process and you can't beat learning from the source.
what you need to know
Throw the rule book out. I don't like rules. They annoy me. Extreme knitting is not like "proper" knitting. It's physical and a little awkward to manage at first. Leave everything you know about knitting at the door and embrace the experience with everything you've got. Don't give up if it doesn't come to you easily. Keep trying and before you know it you'll be hooked.
Tension is everything. Extreme knitting is very physical and so you will make your life a little uncomfortable if you knit with a tight tension. Just relax, and go for a relaxed to loose tension. The aim is to avoid any resist between the needle and the wool. You may need to practice a little to get the hang of it.
Take regular breaks. Extreme knitting is a workout. It involves a lot of weight bearing and movement, especially as the work grows in size. If you have any health concerns, please consult your health care professional before starting to be sure you are up to it. I recommend taking break every 20 minutes. Get up, walk around and have stretch before returning to your knitting.
Let your yarn recover before knitting. K1S1 has been tightly wound into a bump to reduce as much bulk as possible. This can cause the shape of the yarn to flatten out a little. I recommend unwinding the yarn from the bump in lengthy batches to allow it to recover its shape before knitting.
Pilling is a natural result of friction and does not constitute a defect. While K1S1 has been made with a low pilling quotient, all wool pills with friction to some extent. The little woollie balls can be removed by simply cutting them off. Pilling does not interfere with the functionality of your woollie: it merely affects the appearance.
Different hands will produce different results. I have done my best to explain my process in as much detail as possible but your outcome will be different to mine, as it should be. That's the joy of making something by hand. Your throw will be invested with YOUR energy, YOUR love and care. Celebrate the difference.
While every effort is made to avoid any breaks, inconsistencies in diameter or discolouration in K1S1 at the time of production, nothing is perfect and sometimes irregularities may occur. Sometimes you may even find small pieces of wheat and other vegetation not removed by the fleece's extensive cleaning process. It is important to remember that we are dealing with a natural product and these irregularities are beyond my control. If you happen upon an irregularity in your yarn, cut out the affected area, rejoin the yarn, work the ends back into the throw and knit on.


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IMPORTANT To: All IAMAW Members @ YYZ Subject: Airside Vehicle Operators Permit (AVOP)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Your Union has been working with the GTAA and the Toronto Airport Workers Council in an effort to reduce the growing number of ramp accidents & incursions. Furthermore, we are working towards improving the AVOP program and the . . . → Read More: All IAMAW Members at YYZ (AVOP Survey) -District 140 Bulletin


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All of us have lost someone at some point. The person who wrote this about his loss, made me want to cry. My heart hurt.
So many regrets,
Of things I should have done,
Memories I can't forget,
Of our days, and then some.
Countless tears I've cried,
A heart without a clue.
Something inside me died,
The day I lost you.
No longer my bride,
Or to me be true.
The stars even wept,
As I watched you walk away.
Never a night I slept,
As my mind went astray.
Time no longer kept,
Nor the count of days decay.
I remember every step,
As I watched you walk away.
And still,.. .
As the moon turns blue,
The countless tears I'll cry,
Remembering losing you.
William Hancock © All Rights Reserved
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premier rang - "les corps humides" (stream only)
You'll notice a few more "stream only" posts than usual lately. I've decided that whenever I'm posting something from a single that is available digitally for cheap, I'm going to provide it as stream only so if you like it, you can follow the link below and support the artist for 99 cents. That being said, here's another great track from the Italians Do It Better camp (affiliated with Bot'ox, who I posted last week). Sort of on some "downtempo disco" vibe. I love it.


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A 2,000-mile search for answers: A USA Today Network Special Report/
"Build the Wall." Three words energized a campaign.
But could it be done? What would it cost? What would it accomplish? Our search for answers became this, a landmark new report, "The Wall."
The task was massive. We flew the entire border, drove it too. More than 30 reporters and photographers interviewed migrants, farmers, families, tribal members — even a human smuggler. We joined Border Patrol agents on the ground, in a tunnel, at sea. We patrolled with vigilantes, walked the line with ranchers. We scoured government maps, fought for property records.
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NEW YORK — An analyst downgrade of the semiconductor sector weighed on technology shares Monday, but large-cap stocks benefited from a late-day rally as investors looked to second-quarter earnings for good news.
Merrill Lynch cut its rating on the entire sector from "overweight" to "underweight," citing lower-than-expected demand for both personal computers and corporate hardware. The firm also downgraded Intel Corp. a day before it was due to release its earnings.
While some analysts still expect a strong second quarter, investors were concerned by the continuing stream of earnings warnings and analyst downgrades. However, most of the bearish news was confined to the technology sector, and earnings from banking companies brought large-cap stocks higher.
Yet the news was sufficiently muddled to cause concern on the part of veteran market watchers.
"The market isn't really responding to good earnings," said Todd Leone, managing director of equity trading at SG Cowen Securities. "Expectations have been lowered, so I suppose there's a chance we can see a little bit of a rally as earnings season moves forward, but I really don't know what to expect."
At the close, the Dow Jones industrial average, full of large-cap stocks, closed the day up 25.00 points, or 0.2 percent, at 10,238.22 after drifting in negative territory most of the day. The Dow finished higher for the second straight session.
Broader stock indices were mixed. The technology-focused Nasdaq composite index fell 9.41 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,936.92, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.54 points, or 0.1 percent, to 1,114.35. The Nasdaq has shed 5.4 percent of its value this month.
Trading was light in advance of major earnings reports later in the week, including announcements from Intel, Apple Computer Inc., Johnson & Johnson Co. and Bank of America.Video: Latest market news
"Right now, there's not a lot of impetus for anybody to do anything out there," said Keith Keenan, vice president of institutional trading at Wall Street Access. "The tech stocks are getting hit hard, and if you see an Intel or IBM come out with a warning or lower earnings, then you could see significant downside. But until then, it's wait and see."
The downgrades in semiconductors weighed on the entire technology sector. Intel slipped 33 cents to $26.24, while Novellus Systems, a microprocessor equipment provider, fell $1.33 to $29.72 despite beating Wall Street estimates by 3 cents per share.
The banking sector had a strong showing in its first earnings reports of the quarter. SunTrust Banks Inc. also beat expectations by 3 cents per share on gains in its investment, mortgage and wealth management businesses. SunTrust gained $1.62 to $66.00. M&T Bank Corp. surged $3.70 to $91.60 after it too beat Wall Street expectations by 8 cents per share.
NCR Corp., maker of ATM machines and barcode scanners, provided a rare positive outlook, saying its second quarter earnings could come in as high as 35 cents per share. Analysts had been expecting 18 cents per share. NCR was up $4.79 at $51.81.
Morgan Stanley was up 34 cents at $50.34 after settling a high-profile sexual discrimination lawsuit for $54 million. The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission had accused the investment bank of denying promotions to women in favor of less qualified men.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by about 5 to 4 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume was very light. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 1.67 points, or 0.3 percent, to 562.06.
Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 1.4 percent. In Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 closed down 0.8 percent, France's CAC-40 dropped 0.5 percent for the session, and Germany's DAX index fell 0.8 percent.
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Brass Display Stand - Half Circle
Brass plated stainless steel
DIMENSIONS (L x D x H) CM
27 x 25 x 13
Up your shelf style with this half circle brass display stand. Simplified Art Deco geometry crafted from brass plated stainless steel, channels a quiet elegance. Place in multiple ways however you like.
Use it as a shelf divider or as a book stand, the possibilities are waiting for your excellent eye to discover.
While you're at it, why not check out our other brass display items? We've got a Brass Display Stand - Half Hexagon which we think will pair well.


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Stampologist (noun) Someone who is addicted to acrylic stamps and uses them to create cuteness and beauty to share with the world!
Happy Valentines Day Paige! I really enjoyed the Countdown Blog Hop, I hope you and Lori do another soon! Very cute card! Hugs and Paper Smooches back at ya!
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What a lip smacker for Valentine's Day! It's been a pleasure to be part of the linky party countdown - thanks for hosting and have a wonderful day and evening!
The glitz glitter gel looks fab on those puckers! Thanks for hosting this hop with Lori! It has been so much fun and I've enjoyed visiting your blog and seeing your beautiful artwork! I'll be back!
Pink and black - 2 of my favorites! Thank you for starting this hop. It's been great and I hope we can do it again!


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