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Linas 451 (1420)
Fiber Content: 100% Linen
Knitting Weight: Very fine lace, close to cobweb
Weight: 100 g
Yards: 1420
Needles: 000 - 1
Hooks: B1 , steel 7,8
Put Up: Ball
Care: Hand wash/ Dry flat/ Iron if needed
Made by Midara, Lithuania
This lace linen thread, has 2 plies and 1420 yards in a 100 g ball. It is so soft, you will forget you are working with linen.
Linen is coming back to claim it's place in knitting and crocheting. You can knit or crochet hats, shawls and shawlettes , summery tanks and tees, even gloves and bikinis as well as sweaters. Linen doilies look beautiful, as well as summer dresses .
As linen drapes very nicely, this particular linen is perfect for lace shawls or scarfs. It will give you some warmth in colder weather and keep you cool in higher temperatures. That is one of linen's features.
Summer dress , skirt or blouse will look just beautiful. It will take time to knit it, but it will be worthwhile.
I always check with Wikipedia when trying to describe the color, Metallic Gold on the darker side.
Linen ( flax ) yarn is very durable and with every wash it gets softer. We recommend all knitted or crocheted works hand-wash and dry-flat. First wash is recommended in cold water.
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As a young child I was fascinated with color and form and this is what started my interested in art, specifically painting. Throughout my educational years, art always remained my focus. In the years that followed, my love for art and creation took a back seat to family and work and for 35 years my for art and creation was dormant. Now I am fortunate to have the time to fulfill my creative passion, by devoting a few hours each week to painting with a focus on oils. I love to explore the color and texture of nature and find joy in painting the world around me, whether it is landscapes, florals, pet portraits or people involved in everyday activities.
I live in Wilton, NH and you can find me busy at my studio in downtown Wilton where I share space with an artist friend. Although we have no formal training, we like to collaborate and continue to push each other to go beyond our artistic comfort level.

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What is the Key to Spiritual Maturity?
Andrew and Jamie spent the first weekend in May ministering at a Gospel Truth Seminar held in Atlanta, Georgia where Andrew shared a message called, The Key to Spiritual Maturity. During the opening meeting Thursday night, Andrew asked the crowd to think about what it means to be spiritually mature. After touching on common responses to his question, he explained that the key to spiritual maturity is being absolutely committed to, and controlled by, the Word of God. "The Word of God is like the key that unlocks everything else," Andrew said. He stressed the fact that interaction and personal knowledge of the Word of God is essential to spiritual growth.
Friday night Andrew continued to emphasize the importance of spending time in the Bible. "The key to spiritual maturity is the Word of God. The Word of God was given to bring us to a place of maturity, and the vast majority of Christians are struggling in their life because of their lack of knowledge. The Scripture says that my people perish for a lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6), and that is exactly the reason why people are perishing in their bodies, finances, relationships, emotions, in any area of life." Andrew went on to say, "The Lord will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed upon him (Isaiah 26:3). That is not descriptive of the average Christian."
Throughout the weekend lives were transformed. Roughly two hundred people came forward for the baptism in the Holy Spirit, sixteen people were born again, and the prayer ministry that followed each session was full of the manifestation of God's power.
After one meeting, a woman came to the front to receive salvation. As she rolled forward in her wheelchair, Andrew asked her a question to which she replied, "I can't hear you." Andrew responded with a smile and said, "No problem. We'll get that taken care of." Andrew then called a prayer minister over to address the woman's hearing problem. After a few minutes, Andrew paused and looked at the woman again and asked, "Can you hear me now?" The woman replied, "Yep!"
One minister prayed with a six-year-old girl who had limped forward, suffering from pain in her feet as a result of juvenile arthritis. The minister played a hand slapping game with the child and explained that in the same way they were slapping hands, the little girl should slap away the pain. Providing another example, the minister asked the child what she would do if she saw a bug scurrying across the floor, and the little girl replied, "I'd stomp on it." The minister told her to do the same thing if her pain tried to return. After receiving these instructions, the child left—pain free and with a smile on her face. The following morning the little girl's grandmother returned to speak with the prayer minister. Amazed by the change in her granddaughter, she said that the child had stomped around the night before saying, "Get off me pain," and it did!
As Andrew spoke forth the truth of God's Word, and explained it with straightforward simplicity, many were able to receive the revelation that His Word is The Key to Spiritual Maturity. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17).
Watch the video below as Andrew introduces the topic for the Gospel Truth Seminar held in Atlanta, Georgia: The Key to Spiritual Maturity.


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This Star Wars-Themed Plane Will Fly You To A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Buckle up, Jedis: Star Wars season is in full swing, and now it's taking to the skies.
A month ahead of the opening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a Japanese airline has decided to celebrate with a full-blown Star Wars-themed jet—complete with flight attendants carrying lightsabers.
All Nippon Airways' R2-D2 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft is the first commercial airplane to pay homage to everyone's favorite droid, with markings on its nose that resemble R2-D2. Inside, R2-D2 seat covers decorate the aisles and drinks are served in R2-D2 coffee cups.
The Star Wars plane made its first appearance on Thursday at Singapore's Changi Airport. It'll be stationed there for two days as part of the airport's Star Wars exhibition, which also includes life-size replicas of the rebel X-wing fighters and the Empire's TIE fighters.


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A. Elliot (Fine Fabrics) Ltd.
Forest Mill
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Tel: +44 (0)1750 720412
Fax: +44 (0)1750 723160
Web site: Andrew Elliot Specialist Textile Manufacturer
A. Elliot Ltd specialises in the production of a range of textile products, including ladies and gents suitings, rugs, scarves and accessories.
Andrew Elliot received his City and Guilds medal in 1948 closely followed by a textile Degree in 1950 from the Scottish College of Textiles. His work on design and marketing began in the Scottish Borders moving on to Yorkshire and Ireland.
Andrew Elliot Ltd can offer a full design package and commission weaving service on estate tweeds, interior design fabrics, upholstery cloth and sample weaving on weaves of up to a maximum of 16 shafts.
Today the company produces co-ordinating fabrics in checks (plaids) and plains in Shetland and lambswool qualities, boucle cloths using Shetland and mohair, estate tweeds and lightweight suiting fabrics.
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Shell, Total start 2018 on a high thanks to rising oil prices
By Ron Bousso and Bate Felix
LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Higher output and soaring oil prices helped European majors Royal Dutch Shell and Total to begin 2018 on a high note with better than expected first-quarter results on Thursday.
Brent crude oil prices in the first three months of this year averaged around $67 a barrel, leaving last year's $54.5 behind as a distant echo of the price crash of late 2014.
The world's top oil companies are expected to generate more cash in 2018 than at any other time this decade after three years of cuts, but boards remain cautious over near- and long-term price uncertainty.
However, Shell shares slipped 2.7 percent by 1000 GMT as cash flows fell short of investors' strong expectations. Total shares gained 0.7 percent.
With Shell's output up 2 percent at 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) and Total's production rising 5 percent to 2.7 million boe/d in the quarter, both were well positioned to capture the price upswing in benchmark oil prices.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, together with other producers led by Russia, started in early 2017 to throttle its output to revive prices and regain market share from U.S. oil producers.
This month, Brent crude oil futures climbed above $74 a barrel, reaching highs last seen in late 2014 -- a welcome development for oil producers.
Shell reported a 42 percent rise in first-quarter profit, its highest in over three years. Adjusted net income rose to $5.322 billion, topping a company-provided analysts' consensus of $5.277 billion.
Total's net adjusted profit came in at $2.9 billion, beating analysts' forecast of $2.77 billion in the quarter.
Armed with such results, Shell and Total are in payback mood to investors, buying back shares after diluting stakes with scrip dividends - consisting of shares rather than cash - introduced after the price crash which sent oil prices as low as $28 a barrel.
Shell plans to buy back $25 billion of shares by 2020 and Total said it will raise first quarter interim dividend by 3.2 percent, while Scrip shares issued in January for the second 2017 interim dividend were bought back.
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Snowballs in May
May 29, 2008 § 5 Comments
… well, almost June. This quilt top is finally finished! And it feels good to be finished.
Started last fall… intended as a Christmas gift for my husband… constantly pushed to the bottom of the To-Do List… finally ready to be quilted. It is my interpretation of Brandon Mably's Rustic Snowballs Quilt from the book Kaffe Fassett's Kaleidoscope of Quilts. I wanted to work in coffee themed fabrics because my husband is a coffee geek. Well, I am a little too. Freshly roasted, French pressed, South American origin, no added sweeteners or flavors… Zoka's if at all possible.
Whew! It felt like I would never get to the end of this quilt. But I took the last couple of days to finish up the last six rows. And it feels good to have an empty design wall. I'm Free! Free to move on to other projects begging for my attention. Free!
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What a gorgeous quilt! Maybe it is baseballs in June? Hubby looks great all wrapped up in it. Have a great weekend. Cheers.
Really gorgeous! I love this design too and the fabric were all a great choise. I love coffee too…
What will you do next: hand or machine quilting?
Beautiful! And now I have to go order some beans…
What a lovely quilt!!! I hope your husband gets lots of use out of it.
This is so stunning! Your work is just delightful!


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This was a family challenge that was put out by Nina which was using scraps. I went with a simple layout.....tried to do something a little more complex but it just wasn't working out so I took the easy road.
As many of you may notice I was a little short on some of my strips but I rolled with it anyways.
I bought some color spritzers on the weekend and thought I would try it on my card, the color didn't show up quite like I thought it would. It was my first time trying to use the spritz technique so I'm sure I will get better at using it.
Be sure to stop in and check out what the other ladies have created.
Supplies: brown card stock, patterned paper from SEI paper pad-Dill Blossom, sentiment "Amazing wishes" Verve stamp, flowers stamped using "Discover your wings " Taylored Expressions.
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Evan Lewis was born in New York City, grew up mostly in California and graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His sculptures have been acquired by many private and public collections and his furniture collections are represented in showrooms nationwide.
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Learn more about President Robert L. DuPont, MD and Vice President Caroline DuPont, MD.
Robert L. DuPont, MD, President
For 50 years, Robert L. DuPont, MD has been a leader in drug abuse prevention and treatment. Among his many contributions to the field is his leadership as the first Director of the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (1973-1978) and as the second White House Drug Chief (1973-1977). From 1968 to 1970 he was Director of Community Services, for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, heading parole and half-way house services. From 1970 to 1973, he served as Administrator of the District of Columbia Narcotics Treatment Administration (NTA), the city-wide drug abuse treatment program that was the model for the federal government's massive commitment to drug abuse treatment in the early 1970s. Following this distinguished public career, in 1978 Dr. DuPont became the founding president of the Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc.
Dr. DuPont has written for publication over 400 professional articles and 15 books and monographs on a variety of health-related subjects. In 2018 he authored his most recent book, Chemical Slavery: Understanding Addiction and Stopping the Drug Epidemic.
His other books include The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction, A Bridge to Recovery: An Introduction to Twelve-Step Programs, and Getting Tough on Gateway Drugs: A Guide for the Family. In 2005, Hazelden, the nation's leading publisher of books on addiction and recovery, published three books on drug testing by Dr. DuPont: Drug Testing in Drug Abuse Treatment, Drug Testing in Schools, and Drug Testing in the Criminal Justice System.
Throughout his decades of work in addiction prevention, Dr. DuPont has served in many capacities. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). His activities in ASAM include chairing the forensic science committee from 1995 to 2004. He served as Co-Chair of two writing committees that produced ASAM white papers on "medical" marijuana and marijuana legalization in 2010 and 2012, respectively, and served as Chair of the writing committee that produced an ASAM white paper on drug testing in 2013. He is a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and was chairman of the Drug Dependence Section of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) from 1974 to 1979. In 1989 he became a founding member of the Medical Review Officer Committee of ASAM.
A graduate of Emory University, Dr. DuPont received an MD degree in 1963 from the Harvard Medical School. He completed his psychiatric training at Harvard and the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. DuPont maintains an active practice of psychiatry specializing in addiction and the anxiety disorders and has been Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Georgetown University School of Medicine since 1980. Dr. DuPont's signature role throughout his career has been to focus on the public health goal of reducing the use of illegal drugs.
Watch a 2016 interview with Dr. DuPont by C4 Recovery Solutions:
Caroline DuPont, MD, Vice President
In her role as Vice President, Caroline DuPont, MD focuses on the areas of addiction treatment and prevention. She maintains a private practice specializing in anxiety and addiction.
Formerly she was the founding President and Principal Investigator of DuPont Clinical Research, Inc., where she directed a team that conducted studies of investigational medication for the anxiety and affective disorders.
Dr. DuPont received her MD from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston and completed her training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, where for years she held an appointment on the clinical faculty of psychiatry. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and by the American Board of Addiction Medicine. She is the co-author of numerous publications and several book chapters on anxiety and addiction.


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Sarthak Production is going to present its 20th Odia film Dil Deewana Heigala on the eve of New Year, 13th Jan. The film is lead by Babushan as hero along with Sheetal as heroine. This is a romantic film produced by Sitaram Agrawal under Sarthak banner. All have done wonderful job to present a good movie in front of audience.
In other leading roles Bijay Mohanty, Aprajita, Mihir Das and Pragyan will be seen. The film is directed by Sudhanshu Sahu. This is a romantic film filled with melodious songs. The music is directed by Abnu Selvan and written by Babu Goswami.
Release Year- 13th Jan 2017
Language – Odia
Actors- Babusan , Seetal
Director- Sudhanshu Mohan Sahoo
Producers- Sitaram Agrawal, Namita Agrawal
Writer- Ranjit Patnaik
Music – A.Kumar
Lyric Writer- Bapu Goswami, Arun Mantri
Singers- Nibedita,Human Sagar, RS Kumar, Shaurin Bhatt
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With CES now well and truly over we still have a few titbits to bring you which we'll try and fit around the week's other breaking news but I suspect there will be little more important announced than the Palm Pre smartphone and its Web OS platform.
Following our coverage of its announcement I managed to score some serious hands-on time with this remarkable device after some particularly sneaky persuasion so here are my first impressions.
Getting the major news out the way first: Yes indeed the Palm Pre is worth the tremendous amount of hype it has generated. It is a potentially game changing device which has unashamedly copied the best aspects from the likes of the iPhone (software design), Android (openness) and even the INQ1 (integrated social networking and automatic contact merging). So let's now break it down.
The Palm Pre is a beautifully made phone. It may be slightly chunkier than the iPhone 3G but it feels equally good in the hand and a lot more sophisticated than the T-Mobile G1. In fact it somehow merges the feeling of a BlackBerry with an iPhone which is no bad thing at all. A nice touch is also the back of the phone where a mirror has been discretely positioned so it is only visible when the keyboard is slid out – handy.
As for the keyboard itself, it's perfectly fine. The layout is highly intuitive and representative of the huge amount of thought that has gone into the Pre's design but its action isn't quite as nice as that seen on the BlackBerry Bold or Nokia E71. Still, it is pre-production. Incidentally, I also found out so are the build materials as Palm hasn't finalised them at this stage so there's still room for further improvement.
At 3.1 inches, the screen could possibly have been a smidgen larger but with a 320 x 480 native resolution it is wonderfully vivid. Multi-touch also works a treat too since the Pre wisely employs a highly responsive capacitive touchscreen.
The camera? Well it may be just 3MP and utilise an LED flash but there must be a lot of clever processing going on in the background because it produced the best images I've seen at this resolution and remember, megapixels are far from the be all and end all of photo quality. In short, it's far better than you'd expect.
Now nice as the Pre is, the real magic is performed by the superb Web OS and here it seems Palm has deliberately set out to not only (in some cases quite blatantly) swipe the best bits of its biggest rivals but also deliberately highlight their failings. Check out this list when compared to the iPhone, for example: multitasking, copy and paste, MMS, turn by turn Google Maps directions, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR with A2DP, video recording, multiple calendar support, drag and drop media content, free OTA syncing, an open source platform and a removable battery. Are you listening Mr Jobs?
In practice however these inclusions are not just to score points they really are beautifully implemented. For those who are fans of the iPhone interface a homescreen of icons can be called up at any moment (and without exiting your particular application) while the 'cards' system of grouping open apps like browser tabs which can be shuffled between is quite brilliantly handled.
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DEVELOPMENT: Cape Town To Be Africa's Global City
Recent Western Cape Business News
More than 200 of the Western Cape's most influential business stakeholders have gathered to discuss the future of the Cape Town city region (CTCR). The indaba, facilitated by business organization Accelerate Cape Town, was called Vision 2030 as the focus was on developing a plan for the CTCR 20 years after the FIFA World Cup in 2010, with the goal of being regarded as "Africa's global city: a city of inspiration and innovation" by 2030.
"The 2010 World Cup represents the greatest economic boost the province can expect for some time, but we don't want to party through 2010 only to wake up and suffer a bout of depression because we don't know what to do next," says Accelerate Cape Town CEO Guy Lundy. "Vision 2030 is business's contribution towards the thinking on how we create sustainable growth and prosperity for everyone in the Cape Town city region over the long-term, developing a more equal and just society in ways that are environmentally sensitive. It helps us to draw a roadmap of how to develop our economy so that we truly can be considered Africa's Global City, a city of inspiration and innovation, by 2030."
Vision 2030 is the culmination of six months of research conducted for Accelerate Cape Town by Freedthinkers, a company that has done similar visioning processes for cities such as Johannesburg and Sandton. Several hundred business, political, labour and other leaders were canvassed for their views on how the next 20 years should develop economically and on what a potential vision should be. The vision statement, "Africa's Global City, a city of inspiration and innovation" acknowledges both Cape Town's African identity as well as its global standing. "It suggests that we should be using our natural and human diversity, which inspires so many people, to develop and attract the world's most creative thinkers and get them to develop global innovations from here," says Lundy. "It suggests we should be a thinking city that comes up with solutions for Africa and the world."
The meeting kicked off with an overview of the CTCR in 2009, summed up as the "the best of times, the worst of times". Although the area is riding high as restaurants, resorts, sporting events and its natural beauty garner international acclaim, there is widespread dissension in diversity, poverty, a pervading sense of hopelessness and a culture of drugs, gangs and violence. Delegates did not shy away from the unpleasant realities of Cape Town, acknowledging them in order to develop several key themes from which to work. These are to:
Make safety of residents a priority
Seriously address poverty
Develop social and human capital
Align higher education and training with business needs and opportunities
Make public transport work
Preserve and promote the region's natural heritage and vibrant culture
Embrace Cape Town's unique location
Reunite the city and the sea
Strive for greater quality of life and business opportunities
Acknowledge and celebrate progress
Become a city filled with natural inspiration and new ideas
Develop a co-ordinated and compelling brand for Cape Town
If these elements can start being tackled now and are coupled with the boost presented by the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the CTCR can begin creating a credible and achievable vision for 2030. "In order to plan for 2030, we need to have a shared idea of the city we want to live in then," says Lundy. After a review of the present state of the city region and the interventions required, delegates broke away to discuss key goals for two decades after the World Cup.
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Dr. John Kenny Oseni Olajugba was born into a muslim family in the city of Sagamu, Ogun State located in the South-Western part of Nigeria. However, since dedicating his life to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on 23 October 1988, Dr. John Kenny Oseni Olajugba has had an extraordinary journey of faith and of blessing.
He has been in the ministry since 1988 and in 2000 was ordained as a Pastor. He passionately served as a Pastor in various churches both in Nigeria and the United Kingdom before God called him to start his own ministry, POWERHOUSE REVIVAL CENTRE in 2010.
During his time of ministry he has been a prophetic mouthpiece for God's instructions to His people, utilized spiritual leadership gifts from God, seen hundreds of signs and wonders and till today is still committed to the commission, "And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." (Mark 16:15). It is clear the call of God is upon him which has made him a well sought after speaker at Churches and Conferences and at the same time, he endeavours to travel to minister.
He is a man of God who strongly believes 'knowledge is power' which is evident in the various distinguished qualifications and degrees he has achieved in highly acclaimed universities both in the United Kingdom and United States of America including but not limited to; a PhD in Christian Education, MA in Ministry, BA (Hons) in Management and Marketing, National Diploma in Business Administration.
Dr. John Kenny Olajugba is a man who has a strong belief that he was called to a ministry to bring people to Christ Jesus and to become members in God's family, developing them into mature disciples, empowering and equipping them for personal ministry, and sending them out to fulfill their mission in order to bring the glory and honour to the name of God.
He is a man who is never afraid to believe God for mighty explosion of His miracle working power to do wondrous things and turn impossibilities to possibilities by the power of the Holy Spirit.
He is a man of faith who totally believes the promises of God for healing and liberation even in discouraging times. He is a man after God's heart, who trusts God and takes God by His Word.
Rev. (MRS) Gloria Adejoke Olajugba
I do believe every Christian is born to preach the word of God, therefore I have seen myself to be a preacher of the word of Jesus. As a Pastor's wife, I know that God has called me to the ministry. I have made up my mind to deliver the message of Christ Jesus wherever I find myself.
I have confidence, faith and trust that God will work through me and deliver the oppressed because of the spirit of the Lord that is upon me as He has anointed me. Isaiah 61:1-3.
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EL PASO — The first National Guard troops headed to the Mexican border are expected to be in place in Texas and New Mexico by mid-August, and more than 1,000 troops are on track to be along the border in those two states plus California and Arizona by the end of September, military officials said Thursday.
The troops deployed to the border will spend about a year helping federal agents look for illegal border crossers and smugglers and help in criminal investigations. But soldiers will not make arrests.
"We're just there in a support role," California National Guard 1st Lt. Patrick Bagley said.
President Barack Obama announced the deployment in May amid outcry for better border security and worries that Mexico's volatile drug war would spill across the border into the United States.
More than 24,000 people have been killed across Mexico since President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against cartels in December 2006. Most recently, a car bomb was detonated in Ciudad Juarez, the drug war's epicenter just across the Rio Grande from El Paso. Three people were killed in the blast.
Federal officials announced earlier this month that deployments of about 1,200 National Guard troops would begin Aug. 1, with soldiers initially training and fully in place in September. Officials in New Mexico, Texas and California say they are on track to meet the federal government's timeline.
First Lt. Valentine Castillo said Arizona National Guard officials hope to have 524 troops on the border by the end of September.
In Texas, Col. William Meehan said training is expected to begin next month and soldiers will start being deployed by the middle of the month. The full contingent of 250 to 280 troops will be in place by the end of September.
National Guard officials in New Mexico, where 72 soldiers will be deployed to the border, are on a similar timeline.
"One August was a target to staff at least a few folks and start training," Lt. Col. Jamison Herrera said. "We are doing that now. It's going to be a gradual buildup."
Bagley said the California National Guard will meet Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Oct. 1 deadline, though some troops are already in training.
This is the second time in recent years that troops have been deployed to help secure the border. In 2006, President George W. Bush sent 6,000 National Guard troops to the border.


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The Secret Camps
This project is the result of an ongoing partnership with Kvinnorättsförbundet in Malmö. The work itself is a combination of photographs taken in the summer of 2013, a book from Kvinnorättsförbundet called "Summer's Sheerest Light" written by Lars Åberg and new photographs from 2014 and to be continued on this summer camps. The work have been honored the professional Catchlight (former PhotoPhilantrophy) Activist Award 2015.
The project centers on the emotional trauma of violence against women and children--the despair, the darkness, the vulnerable situation, but also the hope and the commitment to help.
It takes place in Sweden, where I've seen the faces of the children, and been inspired to work more closely on their rights and forgotten needs in relation to these issues. The Women's Rights Organization (Kvinnorättsförbundet) wishes never to silence the despair and voices of these young individuals.
While the camp lasts only three days, the impression it leaves on its attendees is significant. Although residents are safe at the traditional women's shelters, the conditions can feel prison-like. Your life is strictly controlled: you're not allowed to receive visitors, and addresses are kept secret. All while the abusive father or relatives walk freely. Children are largely forgotten at women's shelters, falling somewhere between the adult world and the jurisdiction of the authorities. At many shelters, specialists for helping children deal with domestic violence are rare. The shelters themselves can be crowded, and the relationships between mothers and children often become strained as the mothers go through the difficult process of restarting their lives. The secret camp offers a welcome reprieve from such stressors.
The voice of a 17 year old girl, reflecting on life at the shelter before camp: We are at the camp because our stepfather wants to take my two youngest siblings to his former homeland, kill our mother and ruin my face and my sister's face so that we never again would dare to look at ourselves in the mirror. In the beginning, it was horrible at the shelter: We had no private room, and the apartment was filled with children of different ages who were all sad. The children started arguing with each other about the few toys at the shelter. Everybody had a hard time sleeping. It's not a good environment for children, though it is better than our former home. I'm worried about my younger siblings.


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Jan 29, 2007
Character sketches
I started doodling again! The first two are a waiter-robot named "Breakfast" who was re-programmed for combat, as well as coffee. The second two are sketches for my sister, who plays an undead rogue on WoW. I did the crazy, strung-out, emaciated, scarred and vicious looking one first, but apparantly her character is supposed to be about eleven, and look all innocent. So I tried the second one, and I'll wait and see what she thinks of it.
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Our first nude model
My first shot at drawing a nude model. The tupperware thingy she had her feet on was really hard to do.
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New Update! Character lineup
Here is a character line-up I did for History of Animation. The monkey and the gorilla are trying to get of the zoo, you see? Only the zookeeper and Bruno the bear don't let them. Also, Lucy the nervous crocodile has a crush on the gorilla. Chuckles is an annoying hyena who laughs everytime someone fails or gets hurt.
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Jan 21, 2007
Layout - 2 points of view.
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Stretch and squash
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Next batch.
Scanning in my character for Steamboat Willie: Ollie, an ostrich with transpecies issues. HE thinks he is a rooster, you see.
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Jan 8, 2007
First Post
So now I have a blog. I might as well take advantage of this to post some stuff that I've drawn so far. I liked some of the all-geometric-shape guys we have done too, but I'll wait until we've done skin and clothes and whatnot before I start posting them.
Apparanlty I have to start drawing darker, or get a more sensitive scanner. I'm leaning towards the former. That's all for now.
Starting with layouts, then.
And now a couple of characters I did. Rich helped me with these two, and the werewolf still needs work, but there you have it.
Apparanlty I have to start drawing darker, or get a more sensitive scanner. I'm leaning towards the former. That's all for now.
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What's that saying about taking lemons and making lemonade? How about taking a five hour flight delay and getting a date out of it?
How did you meet? O'Hare airport
Name: Emmett
Height: 6'2
Age: 27
Occupation: finance
Good quotes from date:
Him: "I'm feeling really loose." (after 3 drinks. He doesn't drink that often)
Him: "I'm so exhausted!"
Me: "Why? It's July 4th, you had off from work. Why are you so tired?"
Him: "I had a really hard-core work out at the gym today."
Me (in my head): There is no response in this world that can bore me more than this one. File away for blog post.
Why is he still single? Although sweet, he's self-absorbed and immature. He doesn't know how to navigate the dating world: longest relationship ever = 2 months.
Did he pay for the date?
We split everything and he said how refreshing it was to date a professional woman who can pay her way. I refrained from telling him how un-refreshing it was that a professional dude can't pony up and buy a professional woman a drink.
Did he contact you after the date? Yes, via text and phone call
How many dates did you go on? 2 dates and 1 group date
Would you recommend to a friend? no
After the Delta shuttle screwed me again and cancelled my flight home due to thunderstorms (and didn't announce it at our gate, I received a text message from Delta), the guy sitting behind me and I started to complain and discuss which flight to get on next. He was in town for a bachelor party and was hungover. I was tired, dressed in a typical plane outfit (think loose everything), and had no make-up on. Five hours and many unhealthy airport snacks later, he found me at our new flight's gate and chatted me up. Got my number and 2 weeks later we went out.
Date 1:
On a rainy evening he came all the way to my neighborhood. He got a little drunk and silly. I noticed he is really tall and handsome and an excellent dresser. I like this. We shared a little smooch on the sidewalk at the end of the date. I still like this.
Date 2:
This time I went to his neighborhood and he took me to one of his favorite restaurants. I offered to split bill (like I did last time) and he accepted - again. He held my hand, cuddled with me on a bench in a park and we kissed some more. He talked about himself most of the time, the majority of which included him whining about how he didn't want to play in a soccer game later that night, but really he has to, but he doesn't want to, but if he doesn't show his team won't win, because, yeah, he's that good. I like this less and less.
Date 3 - group date
Several weeks later it's July 4th (he was out of town for 3 weeks). He called me when he got back. I needed to see him one more time to decide if there was anything between us besides my physical attraction to him. I invited him to meet my friends and I at a bar and to watch fireworks on a rooftop. The owners of the rooftop are a couple who I just met that very same night.
Aside from flirting with my blond friend the entire night and not paying for the pizza we ate, he won the prize for "most annoying date in the world". He whined about how much he wanted to see the fireworks, and guys, what if we miss them because we're eating pizza? They start at 9:20pm we better get up there....yadda, yadda, I tuned out.
Let me reiterate: we were at a friend of a friends' home who kindly gave us booze and an invite to their rooftop. Any mature person would shut the hell up and let the hosts guide us upstairs when they are good and ready. I worried I might shove him off the roof by accident.
Once on the rooftop he whined about how the fireworks should just hurry up and end so he could go home and sleep because his day at the gym was so very tiring.
Sorry folks. I'm an adult now and no matter how hot you look in a pink buttondown shirt, I can't keep you around if you are annoying as shit. Two days later he left me a "happy birthday" voicemail. I decided to phase him out and not respond. One week after that I got a text message asking if we can just be friends to "expand our networks" and that I should think about it. I've thought about it.
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Published by the Washington Business Journal. By Michael Neibauer.
LCOR Inc. is expected to begin construction this month on a 20-story residential building in Crystal City after landing $100 million in construction financing.
The Altaire, at 400 Army Navy Drive, will feature dual towers, one with 150 "top of the market luxury" rental units, and the second with 300 high-end units. Wells Fargo provided the $100.33 million loan. Balfour Betty is the general contractor, SK&I the architect and Akseizer Design Group the interior designer.
The 500,000-square-foot project from the Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based LCOR is scheduled to deliver in the second quarter of 2018. Located on Crystal City's border with Pentagon City, The Altaire will be located within half of a mile of both the Pentagon and Pentagon City Metro stations. Amenities will include a landscaped courtyard, outdoor pool with fire pits, fitness center, club room, "sky lounge" and rooftop terraces overlooking D.C.
It will replace the "Paperclip building," a 230,000-square-foot, nearly 50-year-old office property that LCOR acquired from Lerner Enterprises in late 2012 for $39 million. The Lerner building was left vacant by the Base Realignment and Closure actions.
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No legs.
No limits!
Time spent with Nick Vujicic will change your life.
I know that's quite a bold statement but I really mean it.
He's one of God's special messengers.
But what a journey he's had.
Being born without arms and legs wasn't an accident.
God wasn't taken by surprise.
But the pain, confusion, and struggle with the whys made for hard going sometimes.
Especially as a child.
He often thought of ways to commit suicide.
Nick's Christian parents prayed for him, loved him, and encouraged him from God's Word.
At age 15 these words changed his life:
John 9:1-3 (ESV)
" As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him."
"God… is this why I'm the way I am? Wow. Thanks for trusting me with the hard road. May I bring you glory in the midst of this."
And he has.
Because of Nick's faithfulness and surrender God is doing truly amazing things!
Nick's message of hope has been featured on TV worldwide, videos of him on the Internet have gone viral, he's spoken to millions of people in evangelistic events all over the globe, and he's met with presidents and government leaders.
His appearances in churches have given encouragement to weary Christ followers just when they need it the most.
Maybe you need it now.
"Hi, I'm Nick. I've got no arms or legs. What's your challenge?"
This podcast is worth setting aside what you're doing to listen to a man who truly is God's hands and feet.
My conversation with Nick left my soul sparkling with the goodness and love of God.
I hope I'm trusting Jesus more than ever.
I know I'm a better Christian for it.
A better man.
Learn more about the book Life Without Limits as well as Nick's ministry Life Without Limbs.
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Uniqueness in organization model and creativeness in intellectual mobilization
On the first days of establishment with numerous difficulties, the number of member organizations was only 5 associations with over 100 members out of nearly 14,000 intellectuals, up to now, Ha Tinh Union of Science and Technology Associations (HUSTA) has 31 member unions and 5 dependent science and technology centers. Especially, HUSTA is the only one over the whole country which has a district-class model with 12 unions of districts, towns and city. District-class unions fails to increase the workforce but operates very effectively in terms of solidarity of intellectual mobilization, promotion of creative labor emulation movement, and application of technology science advances into production and life. From the workforce of 3 people and without the head office and the union must borrow an office of Department of Science and Technology, up to now, total number of officers and staff at the office is 08 people, Qualification: 04 masters and 04 bachelors; 01 cell with 06 party members and union organization. Material facilities: There are 4 working rooms, 1 car and office facilities. Apparatus organization includes office and 2 professional divisions.
Cam Xuyen District Union of Science and Technology Associations partially sums up 6 first months of year 2016
Take a clear awareness of importance of intellectual assembling solidarity work, HUSTA consulted the Provincial Committee of the Party, People's Council and People's Committee to hold a meeting for respecting the typical intellectuals annually, especially, for mobilizing the intellectual force, science potential and investment capital of intellectual circles outside the province. The union consulted the province's leaders to hold a conference to get opinions of intellectuals as a Ha Tinh people living and working in Hanoi City, Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces to give the consulting opinions, make suggestions, and contribute their effort into development of the home and country. This is conducted by few provinces over the whole country. After many years of positive preparation, HUSTA collected information to publish the book: "Ha Tinh's children in all parts of the country" with nearly 700 people including professors, associate professors, leaders of levels, commanders in armed forces as Ha Tinh's children living and working in all parts of the country and holding a meeting in Ha Tinh City to get opinions into the province socio-economic programs.
Pioneering and creativeness in knowledge popularity and communication activities
Take a clear awareness of information, propaganda and knowledge popularity, HUSTA made a proactive creation in this activity. In 2000, in spite of difficulties in expenditure, HUSTA was brave to connect the high speed internet transmission line with the hiring amount of 1,500,000 VND/ month, built up Website http://www.lienket4nha.vn to serve the communication work. This is a bridge of connecting HUSTA with organizations at home and abroad. From then, office activities have been informative comprehensively. Apart from the electronic website, HUSTA maintains to publish the newsletter "Science and Life" every month and send freely to departments, districts, 262 communes, wards and towns; Create agriculture – rural area column and broadcast on Ha Tinh television; build up the project of computer support, train for communes to introduce information technology to units. Website and newsletters are timely to give information to units for serving the production and life of farmers and get the good response from readers. HUSTA in coordination with Ha Tinh Newspaper, the Provincial Radio and Television, Department of Science and Technology, the Central Communication Center forces the propaganda of intellectual's activities on the Provincial Technical Creation Competition; implements and broadcasts the program "Intellectual Ownership", "Idea – Solution – Creation"; execute specialized reportage on activities of intellectual circles, and creative activities in production and life of officers, civil servants and labor. HUSTA and member associations coordinate with departments, branches and localities to hold hundreds of training classes for farmers and craftsman in trade villages on agriculture production techniques, breeding, soil improvement, desertization prevention, micro-organic fertilizer production by biological finished products Hatimic, fish sauce production technique by applying solar energy technology, rice cultivation, salt removal, model improvement, product enhancement of product quality of villages, model construction to support people for approaching and applying science and technology advances into production and life. Through training classes, means of media information, newsletters, and HUSTA and member associations regularly propagate activities of intellectual circles and populate the guidelines and policies of the Party, the State and achievements in science and technology for officers and people.
Proactiveness, competence and intelligence in consultancy, judgment and social expertise.
HUSTA and member associations take a proactive and positive participation and offer many opinions to contribute the construction of projects and development plans of departments and localities. The office of HUSTA in coordination with science agencies of the Central Government and provinces implements consultancy and judgment for a number of important projects such as Huong Son Hydropower Plant Project; Ngan Truoi – Cam Trang Hydropower Irrigation Construction Project; Ha Tinh Environment Protection Planning Project; the Project on constructing the Organic Fertilizer Processing Plant from household rubbish of Ha Tinh City; Consultancy and Judgment on delivering land and forest as per Decree No. 23/CP in Ky Nam, Ky Anh; Coordinate with the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations to organize survey, research and perform consultancy duties on transferring the forest land management for the closing report as per Resolution 28-NQ/TW of the Central Government on June 26, 2003 on arranging, renovating and developing the rural areas and State forestry enterprises. Many specialized science associations such Agriculture Association, Forestry Association, Irrigation Association, Lawyers Association, etc. positively implement the consultancy and judgment duties. The fact to be worth recognizing is a consultancy and judgment process with the participation of many experienced officers and specialists in and outside the province. Consultancy and judgment opinions of technical officers and specialists bring the scientific and realistic value and show the intelligence and brave competence, and then many true scientific foundations are given to help leaders of authorities, department, branches to get full necessary information for effective implementation of programs and projects of provinces, departments and localities.
Creative research and transfer of advanced Science and Technology closed with production and life, and sustainable development
HUSTA has many measures to attract, concentrate and promote the potential intelligence of intellectuals studying and resolving lots of issues raised in the practical production and living; participates in planning guidelines and policies of economic – social development; organizes conferences for purpose of contributing opinions to build strategies of economic – social development in provinces, draft documents of Party congress at all levels, programs, schemes, and projects of development of branches.
Successfully implements and puts into operation plenty of research themes, especially the research theme of processing Hoan Xich Huong drug by Doctor Tran Xuan Dang and Moc Hoa Trang drug of Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Company; Research of feeding frog and soft-shell tortoise by Ly Thanh Sac; Research of methods to heat salt and fish sauce by using solar energy in fish sauce producing facilities in Ha Tinh province".
Movements of promoting initiatives and technical innovation of officers, civil servants and labor citizens are pushed up. Yearly festival of competitions, such as competition of technical initiatives, Initiative competition of Youth, Teenager, and children with new and advanced contents, form of organization, judgment, and rewards, create chances for competitors to introduce more sufficiently and deeply their products and solutions, attract numerous participants from all sections and classes. After 9 times of organizing festival of competitions, the competitions rewarded to 195 excellent solutions in the province, selected 93 solutions for participating in the national festival of competitions, in which 24 solutions were rewarded with national awards. After three times participating in the global exhibition for young prize winners, Ha Tinh province won 3 Gold prizes, 02 Silver prizes and 01 Bronze prize, and were evaluated and praised to be one of the ten provinces to organize good competition of technical initiatives for citizens by Organization Board of national competition festival. The festival of Competitions and Competitions contribute to promote movements of creative work of officers, civil servants and labors; become the places to gather initiative talents from all ages and economic elements in all aspects of research and production, and contribute to bring initiatives with economic values and social meanings into implementing industrialization and modernization of the province.
HUSTA and members make use of assistance from Central ministries, branches, and non-government organizations to fulfill successfully programs, schemes, and projects of economic social development such as the first project of feeding lean pig in Duc Tho; Project of model of agriculture and rural in direction of industrialization and modernization; Project of "Constructing model of sustainable developing ecologic village in the coastal abandoned sand region" in Thach Van commune; project of "motivating community to apply technical solutions to develop production and limit adverse impacts on climate change" in Ky Nam commune; project of application of solar energy in manufacture and process of fish sauce in Cam Nhuong commune supported by Global Environment Fund and UNDP, etc. It is impressed that these projects are successful in terms of efficiency and sustainably, and is widened in the whole province.
Active, creative and effective foreign affairs and international
Project of application of solar energy in manufacture and process of fish sauce in Cam Nhuong commune supported by GEF SGP – Global Environment Fund
Be a province early paying attention to foreign affairs and international cooperation, HUSTA has good relationship with numerous international organizations, the unions of province and city level, specialization unions and Central research centers and institutes.
Up to now, HUSTA has connected with international organizations including: Non-timber forest products (Netherland), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Global Environment Fund (GEF), World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), Non-timber forest product fund of Netherland, etc. Therefore, HUSTA and members have appealed tens of projects with amount of tens million dollars, in which the project of biodiversity at the Northern Truong Son mountain range with amount of over 2 million dollars funded by DANIDA is the largest project out of the projects of provincial unions. Project of "Constructing model of sustainable developing ecologic village in coastal abandoned sand region" in Thach Van commune; Project of application of solar energy in manufacture and process of fish sauce in Cam Nhuong commune supported by Global Environment Fund and UNDP, etc., are highly appreciated in terms of initiative, efficiency, and sustainability by Global Environment Fund. Not only the provincial union but members such as Ha Tinh Association for Sustainable Life, Association for Agriculture, Ha Tinh Pro-Poor Center, Ha Tinh Center for Community Development, etc., are also typical associations in international cooperation activities.
In addition to receiving international aids, HUSTA coordinates with General Department V, Ministry of Public Security in researching and transferring application of new basic crop into production; cooperates with Laos to execute the project of transferring technology of growing and taking care of Aquilaria, builds model of solar battery; Hold talk and sign a minute of Science & Technology cooperation with Department of Science & Technology of Bolykhamxay and Khammuon provinces of Laos People's Democratic Republics in period of 2012-2013. Coordinate and take part in Meeting and Conference of science and technology cooperation organized by Vietnam Ministry of Science & Technology and Laos Ministry of Science & Technology. Support high quality rice breeds, materials and fertilizers, and instruct technical procedure for trial of growing in the two provinces including Bôlykhămxay and Khămmuộn in Lao People's Democratic Republics with the scale of 2 hecta per province", then accept results of good rank. The project is highly appreciated and recorded by Laos.
Factors contributing to success of HUSTA
Success of HUSTA in the past years is knowing to firstly concern, assistance, and facilitation of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, of the province, People's Committee of Province, levels of Party and localities; Activeness and creativeness of Standing Committee and Executive Board of HUSTA and members of Ha Tinh province; Closed coordination and cooperation among the Union of Science & Technology Associations of the province, branches, units, and members, and regular organization of experience exchanges with other provinces in the system; Making use of assistance from international organizations and intellectuals from other provinces, appealing resources positively impacting on development of the province.


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Since the hotel is set on the quiet east side of Pythagorion (1.5 km away from the busy centre) on a hill close to the Yachting marina, it is the perfect choice for those guests who don't want to live in the noisy centre, but still want to be close enough so that they can enjoy everything that the town has to offer.
Last but not least the Electra apartments are the sensible choice for those thinking of a low budget holiday, whilst still meeting the demanding standards of today's tourism industry.
The Holy Monastery Spiliani where you can find the early Christian catacombs and part of the ancient mines is located at the north of Pythagorion almost 3km away from the Electra Apartments & Studios.You may explore many other monasteries all over the island.


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Quirky and GE introduce seven affordable and app-controllable smart home devices
The companion Wink app has also been updated with a trio of improvements.
The companion Wink app has also been updated with a trio of improvements.
General Electric, the very company company founded by Thomas Edison, has introduced a "smart" light bulb called Link.
The invention startup Quirky is set to further hype the "smart home" sphere up with an interesting development concerning its flagship app, Wink.
The smart device, which can cool medium rooms of around 350 square feet, will arrive in early May.
Fill the fish bowl with water by turning the pipes and making a pathway to it.
Rearrange the dominoes so that you knock them all down with one tap.
Explode your favorite memes with the touch of a finger.
Lay your pipes before time runs out and the oil starts flowing.
Find out how much pain you can inflict in one minute with this rag doll physics game.
Steal the carrots from the humans while they're on their way to the bus.
Decide what abilities you want by making quick choices.
Solve the case of a mysterious disappearance and a supernatural mirror.
Squash the competition in order to get a promotion.
Sebastian sets out to face his fear of the dark and the monsters that live in it.
Solve the puzzles in each room so that you can steal the special item.
Escape the saloon with your loot in hand while the sheriff is distracted.
The cat has ruined the photographs, but now you can play this game that challenges your mind and reflexes.
Take out the zombies with your trusty stapler while you fight through offices, neighborhoods, or space.
Combine your skills in creating items and solving puzzles as you try to escape the island.
Help the princess kick her soldiers into battle as she pursues the things her heart desires.
Help Superbloke get through the level by blowing up the bad guys and grabbing those coins.
Attempt to seize different forts or hold off the enemy in this strategy game built around the Roman Empire.
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The Presentation Outlook: Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Review with Recommendations – Part 2Networking
Continued from previous post
The X Files: New Documents Makes The World Differences
Such wise improvements for an application would be great spotlight, but Microsoft's totally new Office format (OOXML) for PowerPoint 2007 is not that satisfied to ensure widest compatibility of files. Certainly, Microsoft provides PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (Get it directly at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&displaylang=en). But most users don't just tend to watch and go. As they're still using previous versions of PowerPoint, new X format make the documents become untouchable files. The unfriendliness will scare some new officers away.
Also, Microsoft makes an Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats" (Go to find it at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en) to make up any inconveniences. But even so, the current situation is that, most PowerPoint 2007 users cannot edit the old non-X documents properly: wrong position, sprained objects and some loss.
The essential recommendation on this point is that you'd better transform the new PowerPoint 2007 files formats PPTX/PPSX to older vision files formats PPT/PPS before you take your presentation to anywhere else. Maybe you can always save your documents as non-X files to avoid some problems before PowerPoint 2007 is generally installed in most computers.
By the way, you can enable the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Compatibility Checker in PowerPoint 2007, and PowerPoint will prompt for those features in current presentation which are not supported by earlier versions of PowerPoint. Once continue to save, those unsupported contents will be removed or converted to static objects in older versions. This is the friendliest feature for compatibility as Microsoft has knew there're always some troubles definitely.
However, as the new ribbon tab rearranges the group of commands and features, it puzzles most upgraded users from previous versions. On the other side, the pretty ribbon takes much more system memories and other resources and may slow down your computer somehow. Therefore most people think the starting time is delayed in PowerPoint 2007 from previous versions. About the ribbon, I generally favor the idea that introduces more intuitive icons to click on. If you're really not filled with the tabs, just right click and "Minimize the Ribbon".
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The Presentation Outlook: Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Review with Recommendations – Part 1Networking
This essay just provides personal perspective on using PowerPoint 2007 as presentation tool and share the proven methods and techniques I've developed after the throughout year of facilitating PowerPoint 2007 presentations.
Like any other baby, PowerPoint 2007 is really delighted with its 1st birthday and Christmas gift Service Pack 1 this winter. Also, the parent Microsoft is so happy to see the new baby's greatly sales excellence last year. However, we still need to look carefully at what the newcomer executes and conduct a review of PowerPoint 2007 with recommendations that every user and consultant would consider.
While most of practice users are fond of PowerPoint 2007 focusing on their attention on the design process, we produce more functionally by leveraging meaningful business approach. We'll experiment with three fundamental elements in PowerPoint 2007 and provide integrated recommendations for current and potential users.
Charming New Face: Does Everyone Like The Ribbon?
Most IT organizations tend to deploy new PowerPoint 2007 through its favored enterprise acquisition channel in the one year. All enthusiasm apart, actually many things stayed the same in PowerPoint 2007 from previous versions.
One of the great changes of PowerPoint 2007 is it lets users make presentations much faster and easier than ever before. Actually, just the new ribbon interface make PowerPoint 2007 look and feel dramatically fresh, even though most features are unchanged. Compared with long drop-down menu and task listing in earlier versions, the ribbon is simply more accessible and usable, and people really like the WYSIWYG [What You See Is What You Get] thing. About Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, you can read more at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA101679411033.aspx?pid=CL100605171033.
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Rockford is in Chicagoland?! --goethean ॐ 14:20, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
I've merged this into Template:Chicago; what do you think of this solution?--Pharos 04:04, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
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I have done away with the regions section of the template and replaced it with "States" because only two, very loosly defined regions were listed. The whole template deals with a region, and splitting Chicagoland up into smaller sub-regions seems futile as there is an overwhelming number of possible regions. In this case, only two were listed and they covered a very small part of Chicagoland. IMO, if you are going to pick two regions, I would not have picked those two; they dont even have articles. --Gpyoung talk 16:28, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
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Should we bother making the distinction between these two categories? perhaps should we just catagozrize based on size, making the top something like 60,000, and the middle 30,000? Is the current distinction really useful? --YbborT 21:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Titling this template "Metropolitan area of Chicagoland" is annoyingly redundant. Notwithstanding the usage concerns, can we call it either "Chicagoland" OR "Chicago Metropolitan Area" and not a mix of the terms? Speciate 19:57, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
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At first glance, you may say no, but is there something to it? Let's take a look at how this might be possible.
Here are some factors that could be linked to being successful:
- Confidence
- Being assertive
- Strength
- Charismatic
- Outgoing
Sound attractive yet? *fans self* There might be something to this after all.
It may not be that successful people are having more sex necessarily, but generally speaking, people who are successful carry some of the same traits as people who do.
You might think this is gender specific, but members of both genders find power sexy in the opposite gender. One could say that one gender appreciates it more, but different strokes, right?
In closing, it seems like there are some commonalities, but I still stick to the fact that there are exceptions to every rule. For example, that beefcake barista at the coffee shop near where I live seems to get a lot of phone numbers.


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Smart security systems for your home
Blog post • Aug 05, 2016 14:34 +08
Your home is your sanctuary, a place you can't wait to return to at the end of the day. It is also one of the biggest investments you'll ever make. But have you thought about how to keep your home and family safe from intruders?
The latest security systems offer a range of sophisticated features that can provide peace of mind for the most vigilant homeowner. But given the plethora of options out there, it is better to evaluate your needs to know what best suits your home. Here's an overview of the latest security system technologies in the market today.
Smart security cameras, sensors and apps
Thanks to the latest advances in home automation, devices and sensors, there are now countless ways to keep your home and its occupants safe. A key feature of these systems is that they allow you to control and monitor your security appliances from wherever you are in the world, via a smartphone or web-connected device.
Examples include live images on your phone from a camera installed at the front door, text alerts that are sent whenever smoke or carbon monoxide is detected, and a floor map that shows the activity of motion sensors inside the house. And because these systems give you a direct line to your security cameras and sensors, you don't have to worry about paying monthly fees to a security company.
As our mobile devices become more powerful, the security apps that run on them are getting more sophisticated as well. The latest iPhone and iPad security viewer apps, for instance, do much more than just display an image. You can also use them to pan, tilt and zoom the camera, as well as review previously recorded footage – all from your device's touchscreen.
Sharper images, better portability
One of the biggest innovations in home security is the introduction of wireless networks. They allow homeowners and renters to build and maintain a custom-designed home security system at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems. In addition, because a wireless security camera isn't tethered to your home, you can also take it to the office, on vacation or wherever you need security surveillance at short notice.
The Panasonic Nubo monitoring camera is at the cutting edge of this new concept. Its 4G network connectivity enables it to be used wherever Wi-Fi is unavailable – ideal for your garage, so you can monitor your car. ZigBee support also offers seamless integration with an existing smart home system.
The superior imaging of the Nubo delivers high-definition video, and infrared sensitivity keeps you safe when you're snuggled in bed at night. It also packs a two-way speaker and microphone, allowing you to use it as a baby monitor directly from your mobile device.
Thanks to new advancements in sensor technology, apps and wireless networks, the latest home security systems are more than just 'smart' – they are advanced enough to integrate products and networks in a way that ensures the complete safety of your home. To find out more about such technological marvels, join the discussion on our Panasonic Homes & Living LinkedIn page or subscribe to our Panasonic Homes & Living blog.


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Five years ago, my Mom gave me a collection of vintage postcards from Bolton Landing, NY, with correspondence from the early 1900s to 1940s. The back of the postcards have small anecdotes written to friends and family. Today, every time that I hear someone talk about their handwriting it's always with apologies – my handwriting is awful, or, your handwriting is so much better than mine! But, whenever we look back at stories the generations have written before us, we never think… gosh, they have bad handwriting. Rather, we're fascinated by the note they left us to read and see a small moment in their life.
I was inspired by this new Creative Memories Archiver's™ page design that Melissa created, so I found my old postcards and decided to write down the story of why my Mom gave them to me.
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The Latest IRS Political Crackdown
An ambiguous new rule to stop Americans from influencing elections
The Obama Administration doesn't lack for nerve or, more to the point, disdain for the law. Even as investigations continue into the IRS targeting of conservative nonprofit groups, Treasury and the IRS are introducing a new regulation to further restrict the ability of nonprofit groups to participate in elections.
Treasury's draft of the proposed rule would redefine as political activity a wide range of actions currently undertaken by hundreds of 501(c)(4)s, which are allowed to engage in politics as long as it is not their...


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An All-Access Concept. Using technology that reduces the burner flame size, boilers can become less than a fifth the size of conventional plants and therefore, mountable on vessels or barges.
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Pulverized Coal Boilers are enormous field fabricated units that must "hang" from expensive superstructures to allow for thermal expansion. SEAPOWER® Micronized Coal Boilers are small modular floor-mounted units typical of those that burn heavy fuel oil; as such, are mountable on vessels or barges.
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Hello! Also, What?!?
Okay, so I know an entire page to cooking and food on Deeply Dapper seems a bit odd, but the simple fact is that Deeply Dapper is pretty much just my wife and my interests that we've turned into product and books and in addition to writing, podcasting and drawing, I also really love cooking, sampling new and unusual foods and entertaining. I used to cook regularly for my family growing up and these days I do almost all of the cooking in the house and I'm usually responsible for our assorted forays into new restaurant territory too. On our old blog, the ROUS Motel, food was a big part of the site and I decided to bring it back here.
So on this page of the site, you can find a whole kitchen of things eventually - food reviews, recipe tests, videos, family recipes and party pictures... anything that happens when I'm not holding a pen, basically.
I hope people will find this blog entertaining, I know it's a bit of a different beast than the rest of the site, but hey - If Vincent Price can have multiple cookbooks and love entertaining and cooking, then Deeply Dapper can try to do the same in an albeit less dashing fashion.


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Bath to Trowbridge Map
Bath to Trowbridge Map
A map that shows the footpaths between Bath and Trowbridge.
This double sided map details two possible routes that connect Bath, Bradford-on-Avon and Trowbridge in Somerset and Wiltshire. Side one contains the map. Side two describes a number of points of interest and places to grab provisions or a pint of beer along the way. Points of interest include stories of hauntings at Browns Folly and areas of bat conservation.
- 10 x 17cm (folded), 50 x 51cm (open)
- Printed on recycled matt paper
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