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May 18, 2015 14:53 ET
Award-Winning Agency Continues to Add Creative Strength
Award-Winning Agency Continues to Add Creative Strength
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA--(Marketwired - May 18, 2015) - Grupo Gallegos, one of AdAge's "Agencies to Watch 2015," is pleased to announce the hiring of Lixaida Lorenzo as Creative Director. Lorenzo is one of several additions to the creative department this year, including Executive Creative Director Sebastian Garin who joined the agency in March.
"We're putting together an exciting team to be a unique kind of agency and Lixaida is a big part of that plan," said Marty Orzio, Chief Creative Officer. "She has a unique voice and a history of creating innovative ideas for a range of clients and media touch-points. It's really no wonder that she has won 3 Cannes Lions and numerous short list honors. She brings an energy level that will make us all better."
Lorenzo joins the agency from JWT Puerto Rico, bringing 13+ years of experience in copywriting and creative direction for iconic brands such as AT&T, Gatorade, Kraft, Ford, and the American Red Cross. As a longtime JWT employee, she was part of the team that put the JWT Puerto Rico office on the map creatively and brought it to its position as one of the top agencies in the JWT network. In recognition of her talents, Lorenzo was invited to be a member of the LATAM JWT Regional Creative Council and President of the creative jury at Cuspide, a local creative festival.
"Grupo Gallegos has a great reputation for innovative and creative work; it thrives on discovering cultural insights and converting them to relevant, inspiring ideas for our clients," shared Lorenzo. "I am excited to be a part of this team whose focus is to create big, ambitious work across several platforms."
While at JWT, Lorenzo was responsible for the Gatorade "Sweat & Win Challenge," a unique experiential campaign that provided a new take on the idea of an Instant Win game. At sports event around the world, Gatorade provided consumers with unique t-shirts that, when sweated through, revealed a 'win' or keep sweating' message. The campaign was honored with a Silver Lion at Cannes and was featured in Contagious magazine and Creativity.
In addition to Cannes, Lorenzo has been recognized at the Clios, Communicator Awards, OneShow and D&AD, adding to the creative firepower at the agency. Within the last few weeks, Grupo Gallegos was honored with 18 Communicator Awards, including 2 Gold and 16 Silver for work for Comcast, in addition to taking home the top prizes at the FIAP and U.S.H Festivals.
About Grupo Gallegos:
Founded in 2001 by CEO John Gallegos, Grupo Gallegos is a full-service independent advertising and marketing agency dedicated to growing clients' businesses. Known for award-winning creative, Grupo Gallegos takes a total-market approach and currently leads the Hispanic market with campaigns for Comcast, The Clorox Company, California Milk Processor Board (Got Milk?), JCPenney, Wonderful Pistachios, Valvoline, Mitsubishi and Foster Farms, to name a few. For more information, please visit us at www.grupogallegos.com.
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There are a lot of things to know about jewelry, whether you are giving it as gift, receiving a gift yourself, or caring for a piece passed down to you. Beginning to seek out information about jewelry can be difficult. You will find some tips about jewelery when you are trying to make a informed decision.
Be cautious of the way all of your personal jewelry gets stored together. Using boxes, hooks, holders, and compartments is very effective for ensuring the pieces stay separated. Tossing all of your jewelry into the same box is a bad plan. This can damage fragile jewelry, and make it difficult to find the necklace you want because it's tangled with other pieces.
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Some precious metals and gems need to be kept away from moisture and humidity. Some good examples of proper storage would be,a jewelry box that is closed, or a small draw string bag. Both air and humidity can lead to tarnished metal. While precious metals can be polished back to their original luster, non-precious metals are only coated in which case polishing causes the copper metal underneath to show through.
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Release Date: May 31, 2017Love sometimes comes to us when we've completely given up on it. You just have to let go of the past and accept it. Tori Campbell has neglected her needs as a woman, for far too long. Times are tough, money is tight, and raising three boys without a positive male role model in the house is challenging. After months of online dating, she realizes that there's a whole lot of crazy out there. Discouraged, she struggles to accept that she may spend the rest of her life alone. Roger Ford hasn't been lucky in love, so far. He's looking for someone to share his life. Someone to laugh and dance with. The moment they meet and he gazes into her enchanting, green eyes, he falls hard. Everything just seems to fit. Well, almost everything. Roger may not be the perfect man, but he is no quitter, and he's determined to prove it. Tricia Daniels lives in a small town in Southern Ontario, Canada, where she raised three kids as a single parent. Creativity and imagination is something there is never a short supply of in her home. Between her quick wit and wicked sense of humor she found that she has a passion for writing steamy romance novels. Her goal is simple, tell her story, warm a few hearts, shed a few tears, share a silent chuckle, and occasionally, make people blush. That's the official version. But the simple truth is... I'm just a normal woman, struggling to pay the bills and trying to raise my kids in a home where they feel empowered, supported and loved. I'd like to say that the story came to me with a gentle persuasion...but oh no! This story hit me like a full on tackle from behind and there were no foul flags thrown by the referee. Here's a little something unusual about me, well at least I think so... I'm not an author. My friends laugh when I say that. I have never aspired to write the next great love story or take the literary world by storm. I'm just a girl, who woke up from a dream with characters, scenes and a story in my head that was tied to such powerful emotions I couldn't settle until I wrote them down to get them out of my brain. This story would have never been shared with any of you if it wasn't for very good friends, who continue to try and convince me that I have a gift. Who knew? Definitely not me.
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This week saw an explosion of painting from smash. I had the flu, so nothing got done from me (I spent most of my time trying to get up the energy to do anything at all :P) Squelch was busy with school, so not as much got done this week.
Keep painting! Current status below the fold.
- Supreme Aptimus Zaal [+5] (Painted September 11th)
- Kovaas [included] (Painted September 11th)
- Cyclops Shama [5] (Painted September 15th)
- Aptimus Marketh [3] (Painted September 11th)
- Ancestral Guardian [3] (Painted September 15th)
- Ancestral Guardian [3] (Painted September 15th)
- Bloodrunner Master Tormentor [2] (Painted September 8th)
- Bloodrunner Master Tormentor [2] (Painted September 10th)
- 6 Cataphract Arcuarii [9]
- Extoller Soulward[2] (Painted September 8th)
- Hakaar The Destroyer [4] (Painted September 15th)
- Orin Midwinter, Rogue Inquisitor [2] (Painted September 15th)
- Saxon Orrik[2]
- Tyrant Commander and Standard[3] (Painted September 8th)
- 1 Cataphract Cetratus [?] (leftover from my unit of Cetratus, finishing it up with this set) (Painted September 15th)
Bonus Round: I also decided to paint up Hexeris1, since I was playing an unbound game against MeatKat's Cryx army. He was finished September 15th as well.
I got almost nothing done, as I was too busy having the flu all week. Yes, it was pleasant. Hoping to get started on the Arcuarii this week.
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- Reckoner [8] (Finished)
- Sanctifier [9] (Finished)
- Hierophant [2] (Finished)
- 6 Choir of Menoth [3]
- 10 Holy Zealots [6] (Finished September 13th)
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[Menu Scripting] How to make an Rcontool - Part 1Learn step by step how to create your own rcontools and mods with this tutorial!
In this tutorial you will learn how to make your own rcontool in Call of Duty 1 and other Quake 3-based games. I never found any good tutorial for menu scripting so i thought why not invest 2 hours and teach people from my own experiences and make it available forever?
You may know me as the guy who coded Rafi's RconTool in 2009. When i started, didn't really follow any tutorial on how to do that, i just looked at existing code and learned from it. It was a matter of hours to get started, so it really isn't as complicated as you might think.
You will need the following things before you can start with this tutorial:
- A Call of Duty 1.1 Installation
- Patience and the will to experiment
This tutorial consists of the following parts:
- What is a .PK3 file and how is it related to rcontools?
- Let's get started - Introduction
- My first window!
1. What is a .PK3 file and how is it related to rcontools?
Every Call of Duty installation has a "Main" folder which contains all the .pk3 files, menus, scripts, configs and other assets for the game. So this is the place you would put all your mods in. Your Call of Duty installation is most likely located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Call of Duty
A .pk3 file is a normal ZIP-archive that has been renamed to .pk3 and contains all the game assets such as menus, models, textures, scripts, animations, sounds, weapons, etc.. So you don't need any special program to create a .pk3 archive, you can just use WinRAR, create a zip and rename it into pk3 and it will be exactly the same.
So what's the deal with the .pk3 stuff now?
Our rcontool will be in a pk3 file, and don't worry, you won't have to create it, i will give you a downloadable example and you can just use that.
• Every mod or rcontool is in a .pk3 file which is basically a renamed .zip archive
• Your .pk3 file cannot start with a capital letter or m (like Rafimod.pk3 - cod will simply ignore the file - god knows why)
• You can't lick your elbow
• Every mod or rcontool is in a .pk3 file which is basically a renamed .zip archive
• Your .pk3 file cannot start with a capital letter or m (like Rafimod.pk3 - cod will simply ignore the file - god knows why)
• You can't lick your elbow
3. Let's get started - Introduction
To make everything easier for both of us, i will provide you with an example file called "_mywindow.pk3". It contains everything you need to get started with menu scripting. And don't worry, i'll explain to you everything.
Step 1:
Download the example file mywindow.zip and put the containing "_mywindow.pk3" it into your Call of Duty "Main" folder.
Step 2:
Start Call of Duty. Then, in the main screen, you will notice a new menu item called "Open Window" (Second from top). This will open our rcontool! Click on it to see what happens, you will see a window popping up. Now close Call of Duty, clean your desk, turn off all distractions and get ready to proceed with step 3!
Step 3:
Head over to your Call of Duty "Main" folder and open our "_mywindow.pk3" with an archiver tool such as WinRAR (or winzip, 7zip et centera).
You will see two things: A folder named "ui_mp" and a file named "default_mp.cfg".
The "ui_mp" folder contains all our rcontool's files and the "default_mp.cfg" file is just an essential part of every pk3, so we will just ignore this file and only focus on the "ui_mp" folder.
Step 4:
Open the "ui_mp" folder. You will see 4 things:
• A folder named "scriptmenus" - this contains ALL "pages" of our rcontool (in this case only one)
• ingame.txt - this is a text file where you include/specify your menu files so call of duty knows they exist when you launch the application
• main.menu - this is a copy of the main screen of call of duty (this contains the "Open Window" button so we can open our rcontool from the main menu)
• menudef.h - this contains some definitions - we can just ignore this for now
That's pretty simple, isn't it?
Let's count the facts again:
• The ui_mp/scriptmenus/ folder contains our rcontool's pages, right now we only have "window.gsc" which is our rcontool's main page.
• The ui_mp/ingame.txt file is loading all menu files so call of duty can register them. In this case only "window.gsc"
• The main.gsc is just a copy of the original call of duty main screen and it is only needed to open the rcontool
Note: If you still don't fully understand it - don't worry. I didn't even know as much this when i started. I had to dig through the things to understand them. You will get used to everything very soon.
3. My first window!
Step 1:
We will now proceed to editing the actual ".menu" files in our "scriptmenus" folder. Head over to "ui_mp/scriptmenus/" and open "window.menu" with a proper text editor.
Please, for your own good, download a real text editor such as Notepad++ before continuing. Editing code with the default notepad on windows is just horrible as it has no syntax highlighting and no proper code editing capabilities (and the fact that it just sucks is enough).
Step 2:
Once you opened the "window.menu" file, you will see a jungle of structured code, full with menuDef {} and itemDef {}, let's first explain them.
itemDef's are the elements you see, this can be a button, a text, a rectangle, a selectbox etc..
menuDef's are only defined once per page, and that on the very top, they are basically the canvas and are holding the itemDef's, e.g. if you add a 20 px left margin to the menuDef, all itemDef's WITHIN this menuDef will inherit its properties and move with it, so let's say menuDef is the parent and the itemdef's are its children.
Step 3:
Do you remember when you placed the "_mywindow.pk3" into your "Main" folder and started Call of Duty?
You have seen a window, and the window had the following things in it:
â—˜ A biiiiiig gray rectangle (the window surface/background itself)
â—˜ A light gray title bar on top with the title "My Window"
â—˜ A text on the body of the window
â—˜ A red [X] button on the top right corner to close the window
That is 4 individual elements, now guess how many itemDef's we would need to build that? Exactly, 4! And if you look at the source code in "window.menu" you will see that we have exactly 4 itemDef's, which are named:
â—˜ dialog_container
â—˜ dialog_titlebar
â—˜ dialog_content
â—˜ dialog_close
So what's the thing with these itemDef's and how do i work with them?
Let's first explain how an itemDef is structured. Every itemDef has properties and values which describe what the itemDef should do.
Let's take one itemDef as example and look at it, we will take the dialog container as example now.
name dialog_container
rect 0 0 280 260
style WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
border 1
bordercolor 0 0 0 1
forecolor 1 1 1 1
backcolor .1 .1 .1 1
visible 1
This tells us that it is an itemDef with the name "dialog_container", it has 0px distance from left, 0px distance from top, has a width of 280 and a height of 260. It is a filled window with the background color gray, it has a black border outline, a white forecolor (not necessary here), it is visible and it is a decoration (as it is just a box, and not something we can interact with, such as a button).
If you would replace WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED with WINDOW_STYLE_GRADIENT, you would get a nice gray gradient.
As you can see, every itmeDef has several declarations which consist of a property (left) and a value (right).
Wait wait wait wait.... But how does it work to open the window?
If you open "ui_mp/scriptmenus/window.menu" and look at the menuDef {} on the top, you will see that it has the name "window". Based on this identifier, i can call it from EVERYWHERE, right now we are calling it in the call of duty main menu which has the button "Open Window".
Let's open the call of duty main menu file by opening "ui_mp/main.menu" with our text editor to see how the "Open Window" button works.
Scroll down to somewhere around line 168. You will see an itemDef with the text "Open Window" - this is the button that opens the window!
It has an action { } command, which contains the command open window;, and this action command is triggered when you click on the "Open Window" button.
So this is how it works, pretty simple... You can call the "window" page from literally everywhere you want, and not only from the call of duty main screen.
What's next?
I want you to experiment around a bit, play with the "_mywindow.pk3" i gave you and change some values in it, learn how everything is behaving. Play around with the "rect" values and other things.
This is really the only way you can learn and get used to it: By Doing.
In the next part of the tutorial you will learn how to add buttons, labels, backgrounds and much more. This is it for tutorial part 1, i hope you have learned something, and i hope that you will also check out the second part when it's available!
EDIT: Click here to proceed to part 2
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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Sept. 7, 2011) - Spartan Oil Corp. ("Spartan" or the "Company") (TSX:STO), is pleased to provide an operational update. Since commencing operations on June 1, 2011, Spartan's efforts have been concentrated at our Keystone property in east Pembina and our southeast Saskatchewan assets.
In Pembina, the Company has tied in and commenced production from its first horizontal Cardium well (50% WI). The well is currently producing at a rate that exceeds our budget expectation with a high fluid level. Spartan has also recently finished drilling its fourth operated horizontal well in the Keystone area. The first of these wells (100% WI) is scheduled to be completed this week. Finally, the Company is participating in 4 Cardium horizontal wells (25.25% WI each) in the Keystone Cardium Unit No. 1 (Keystone 1). Two of these wells have been drilled. The first has been completed and the second is scheduled to be completed later this week. The remaining wells will be drilled later this year.
In southeast Saskatchewan, the Company is pleased to provide an update on two new pool discovery wells that have recently been drilled and completed. Last month, the Company reported a vertical Bakken discovery well (50% WI) at Ceylon. The well, which was not stimulated, has produced an average of 28 bbl/d during the first 30 days of production with a 100% oil cut. We are very encouraged by these initial results and believe that the potential for significantly higher rates exists through horizontal development and fracture stimulation. Together with our partner, the Company is moving ahead with a 3D seismic program covering our lands and is currently in the process of licensing 6 horizontal wells. Spartan has 21 (10.5 net) sections of Crown land on the Ceylon prospect.
At Torquay, the company recently tested a vertical Midale discovery well (50% WI). The well, which was unstimulated, flowed at an average rate (restricted) of 303 bbl/d with a 98% oil cut during a 67 hour test period, following which the well was shut in for equipping. The well was drilled off a proprietary 3D seismic survey. The survey shows several distinct anomalies that are prospective for Midale oil and the Company believes that it has numerous follow up locations at Torquay in the Midale and the Bakken. The well is expected to be on production in the next week.
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Spartan is pleased to announce that it has launched its first website. The website offers an easy-to-navigate platform that provides investors with quick access to a wide array of information about Spartan. The new website can be found at www.spartanoil.ca.
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The Company is engaged in the business of acquiring crude oil and natural gas properties and exploring for, developing and producing oil and natural gas in western Canada. Spartan is uniquely positioned with a significant position in two of the leading oil resource plays in western Canada, being the Cardium light oil play in central Alberta and the Bakken light oil resource play in southeast Saskatchewan.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements (forecasts) under applicable securities laws relating to future events or future performance. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon assumptions and judgements with respect to the future including, but not limited to, the outlook for commodity markets and capital markets, the performance of producing wells and reservoirs, well development and operating performance, general economic and business conditions, weather, the regulatory and legal environment and other risks associated with oil and gas operations. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "projects", "plans", "anticipates" and similar expressions. These statements represent management's expectations or beliefs concerning, among other things, future operating results and various components thereof affecting the economic performance of Spartan. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements which are based upon management's assumptions and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including the business risks discussed above, which may cause actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers are cautioned that events or circumstances could cause results to differ materially from those predicted.
In the interest of providing Spartan shareholders and potential investors with information regarding the Company, including management's assessment of Spartan's future plans and operation, certain statements throughout this press release constitute forward looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based on the Company's beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time the assumption was made. The use of any of the words "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "project", "should", "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. By its nature, such forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward looking statements. Spartan believes the expectations reflected in those forward looking statements are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward looking statements contained throughout this press release should not be unduly relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date specified in the statements.
The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements contained throughout this press release.
Except as required by law, Spartan does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Barrels of oil equivalent (boe) may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A boe conversion ratio of six thousand cubic feet (mcf) of natural gas to one barrel (bbl) of oil is based on an energy conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and is not intended to represent a value equivalency at the wellhead. All boe conversions in this press release are derived by converting natural gas to oil in the ratio of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of oil.
Spartan Oil Corp.Richard F. McHardy, President & CEOMichelle A. Wiggins, Vice President Finance & CFO(403) 457-4006(403) 457-4028 (FAX)www.spartanoil.ca
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Dakota Briseno, Senior, Midfielder, Burbank
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Dani Garcia, Senior, Goalie, Flintridge Sacred Heart
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When I was pregnant, I made many carefully reasoned parenting choices, most of which flew right out the window as soon as Connor went external. One of the big ones was that I wasn't going to let him watch TV, play video games, or use a computer until he was 7. I thought that was a good age, a solid age — old enough to understand time limits and content restrictions, but young enough to avoid porn; old enough to have established the habit of playing outside, but young enough to benefit from all that hand-eye coordination stuff; old enough to operate these devices safely and sanely, but young enough that he wouldn't mind a ten-year-old Compaq.
Then he was born, and Michael's mom started him with TV pretty much instantly. At first it was Baby Einstein, of which I grudgingly approved. He didn't care about the tube much when he was very small, but as he got older he started taking more notice — and he became able to verbalize his wishes. "Doo-da-box!" he'd crow, 18 months old and already asking to watch these horrifying creatures. At two, he insisted on "Lil' Einsseins, puh-lee-zuh," emphasizing the please until it was almost unrecognizable (as if that alone would break my iron will). Now he's well-acquainted with a wide variety of shows even though we don't have a TV, corrupted by his grandmother's love of the tube and my eventual lack of caring.
ADD, schmay-DD, I shrug. He has to have something to distract him from
the smack withdrawals his tragic Louboutin addiction making gigantic messes while Mama's trying to get paid, right? I've held firm on the no-computers and no-video games rules, though. I figured that this was the sort of compromise most rational adults make when they butt heads with reality. I mean, I'm not heartless — okay, kid, have all the TV you want at Momo's house, but at home all you get is the occasional DVD and you certainly don't need other screens. Play with toys! Here's some Play-Doh! Let's go outside! All well and good, and he's never had a problem with this system.
Until I started working, at home, on the computer. He is now fascinated by what I might be doing on here at any given moment, and he will interrogate me mercilessly, a tiny Torquemada: "Whatcha doin', Mommy? Are you doin' ShaSha? Are you doin' your work, or are you doin' somethin' else? What page can you click on to see somethin' else? Are you going to play some music? Do you have any games on that computer?" On and on it goes, and the precision of some of his questions makes me suspect that he is having computer time at his grandparents' house.
Tonight we had a lot of fun before bed. He sat in my lap and said, "I will be cold, I will be cold!" at which point I was to cross my eyes, make duck lips, and produce the weirdest sound I could. We did this over and over, laughing like loons, my little Inquisitor and me — him covered in hydrocortisone-smeared bug bites, me with sloppy hair and bleachy hands from a day of cleaning. After a while he started casting flirtatious glances at the computer. "What… well… don't you think you need to do ShaSha right now?" he asked. "I could watch you, right here on your lap. I will be very quiet, and you can do some more ShaSha work. That's a great idea!"
He needs to work on his subtlety a little. I got the hint loud and clear, and right then? I gave up. The kid is interested, the kid is bright, and damnit, the kid is not going to learn about computers from his grandparents. That's my area, thank you very much. I opened up Checkbox-a-Sketch, shook the mouse around a little, and Connor's eyes lit up. He me to draw numbers, he asked me to write his name, he had me draw every single member of the Cars cast, and finally… he asked to do it himself.
Kid's a natural. What the hell was I worried about, again?


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We're fresh home from a whirlwind trip to New York City for the New York International Gift Fair! For the better part of two days, we pounded the pavement, so to speak, at the Javits Centers and Pier 94, scouting the best developments in furnishings, textiles, home accessories and artwork for our clients (and maybe ourselves)!
We checked in with some of our favorite manufacturers including Oomph, Worlds Away, and John Robshaw. We've already blogged about these lines, or used them in client projects, but it's always good to see what new pieces and developments are on the horizon!
In addition, we scoped out some new lines and collaborations (Iomoi for Matouk!!!), or just lines that are new to us, including the amazing and accessible textile company Legacy Home, fellow blogger and new friend Coco Cozy's own textile line, and the super lighting of Jamie Young!
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Fill up your water bottle with free filtered water
Fill up your water bottle with free filtered water at bottle-filling stations in Noosa, thanks to Noosa Council.
The new stations provide free filtered water at the push of a button and will reduce plastic waste.
The first water station is near the start of the Park Road boardwalk, near Noosa's Main Beach. Two more stations will soon be brought online on Gympie Terrace, Noosaville – one next to the Lions Park river stage and another near the tennis courts.
Each station can fill two bottles at a time, with a press of the button dispensing 600ml of water.
The water stations, designed by Noosa Council staff, support Council's Towards Zero Waste initiative and add to Council's commitment with Boomerang Alliance to see Noosa become plastic-free.


text: Bornjevski is a Dutch composer and producer. After playing the guitar and playing in several bands for a long time, he slowly fell in love with electronic music at clubs and festivals across Europe. Around 2012 he decided to intensify his focus on producing electronic music. Soon he got noticed by record labels such as Eevonext and Body Condition. In Februari 2014, his first EP 'Introspective' was released on Eevonext Recordings, gaining support from Eelke Kleijn, Michel de Hey, Sean Deason, Navar and Animal Trainer. With his roots in acoustic music, Bornjevski has a great sense for evoking emotions and moods with his music. His sound can be described as melodic, warm and often with a melancholic touch. Not being part of any music scene, and not being married to any musical genre, his aim is to make timeless music with the right blend of melody, rhythm and emotional substance. Music that moves people, emotionally as well as physically.


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Swimming + Safety = Fun in the Sun
Summer is finally here, which means my family and I will spend plenty of time outdoors in the pool, at the beach or doing water related activities. During these hot summer months there is nothing more refreshing than an afternoon at the beach — soaking up the rays, dipping your toes in the sand and feeling the warm embrace of the beach breeze on your skin. There is also nothing more delightful than watching your little ones joyfully playing in the water, building sand castles and looking for sea shells.
And while fun in the water can prove to be satisfying for everyone, it can also pose many risks, especially for the little ones. For this reason, it is extremely important to teach children early on about water safety and swimming skills, ensuring that their days in the water are safe ones.
In order to help you and your family have a safer summer and teach children the skills they need to prevent water injuries, the Red Cross is now offering a variety of "Swimming and Water Safety Courses" available to everyone.
The classes will be hosted by Martin County Community Pool, located at 2801 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart, Fl 34994
Some quick facts about the water safety course:
- Nine different classes are available
- Swimming Classes range from beginners to Levels 1-4
- Children as young as 6 months through 17 years of age can enroll
- Classes will start on July 18 and last through the July 29
- Small groups of up to 10 people participate in each class
- Each class runs for 45 minutes and meets six times
This is your last chance to enroll your child for a low cost of only $50 per class. The classes are a great tool in teaching your children about water safety and teaching them to swim. They allow for children to have fun while learning a highly important skill and obtaining a full body workout. Most importantly, the classes will make your kids confident and cautious every time they step in the water.
Your children's safety is of the utmost importance, take advantage of this great opportunity!
For more information about the classes, schedule or a registration form call 1-877-755-5506, and be sure to also check our more tips on staying safe around the water at the Red Cross water safety page.Post by Ariana Erazo Intern for the American Red Cross from Florida Atlantic University


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Quite a few of you have mentioned my book in the forums or asked about it in private messages, so I decided I would put a few small passages here so you guys can see some of the things I've got so far. The book is full of code and technical stuff, but the passages will be conceptual ones which are used to transition into new topics and such. Remember that these haven't been sent to my editor or production team yet, so there may be typos and such.
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Focusing on the inner balance and energy in one's body, Naturopathy is the alternative healing science that uses natural elements to look for the cause and then treat accordingly against just curing the symptoms of the disorder. It uses the body's natural defense mechanism to remove the cause of the disorder in the most gentle and effective way possible.
Since Naturopathy treatments in India uses elements present in nature as the core therapy, an understanding of the elements is important to begin with. There are five main elements nature comprises of, which are Jal (Water), Vayu (Air), Akash (Sky), Agni (Fire) and Prithvi (Earth). These together are also known as Panchamahabhuta, which are also one of the chief attributes that form our body.
In this way, Naturopathy is more of a refined way of living life in sync with nature than being a mere healing science. It leads a holistic approach and balances the elements back to their Prakruti (natural state) and helps live a healthy, disease-free life.
Any toxin that gets in our system, usually our body reacts via fever, vomiting, cough, etc. in order to get rid of the toxins naturally. However, at times, our body fails to cope with the toxins with incorrect lifestyle, stress and lack of exercise. In such cases, the toxin starts to pile up in our body. Naturopathy plays a significant role in assisting the body to flush out all these toxins through normal channels, thus helping in curing diseases like diabetes, arthritis, asthma, eczema, indigestion and various skin concerns.
A healthy lifestyle and balanced routine accompanied with the goodness of Naturopathy goes a long way. Regular yoga along with mental hygiene and adequate distressing can greatly influence your balance of elements and keep you in good health.


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Natalie Sauber, market intelligence lead at Arcadis, explores how autonomous and connected vehicles are driving a new generation of data centre requirements.
Political uncertainty and the challenges posed by rising costs are considered the biggest threats to the IT industry. This was revealed within the results of Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited's (UPSL) latest industry survey, which questioned over 800 senior IT and data centre professionals across the UK and Ireland.
Rittal is supporting control and switchgear engineering as it transitions to Industry 4.0 and adopts its new VX25 large enclosure system.The new VX25 conversion assistant for parts lists provides free data and an intelligent selector and configurator, simplifying the transition from the TS 8 enclosure system to the new VX25 large enclosure system.
Control and switchgear manufacturers wanting to improve productivity, in line with Industry 4.0, need high-quality data to deliver the results they are looking for.
Schneider Electric has today announced the appointment of Marc Garner as Vice President of its IT Division for the UK. Garner is a 13-year veteran of Schneider Electric having joined the company after graduating from the University of Sunderland with an Honours Degree in Business Administration.
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has won the prestigious Datacentre Solution of The Year category at the European IT & Softwarexcellence Awards, 2017.
The award, for an upgrade project delivered in conjunction with APC™ by Schneider Electric Elite Partner Comtec Power, a UK data centre design and build company, was facilitated to meet the differing needs of Cardiff University's High Performance Computing (HPC), Advanced research (ARCCA) facility.
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, will announce new industry-leading data centre solutions at Data Centre World, London on 15 March 2017.
Greater transparency in energy sustainable practice among data industry players will help improve collaboration to tackle rising carbon emissions seen in the industry. In Greenpeace's 2017 green IT report, 'Clicking Clean: Who is winning the race to build a green internet?', many hyperscalers scored highly in the report for its adoption and initiatives on renewable energy, but other players in the industry were urged to improve advocacy and transparency, and to work more collaboratively.
SDN, hyper converged, open architecture, NFV, web scale, disaggregation…. it's getting confusing isn't it?
The data centre stack keeps on getting more complicated, that's why the smartest crowd in town converges on London's ExCeL every November.
Comtec Enterprises, a leading provider of IT infrastructure, datacentre and communications solutions, has appointed Nick Ewing to its board of directors. Ewing will assume primary responsibility for Comtec's sales strategy and direction as the company sets ambitious targets to double annual revenues in the coming 24 months.
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has announced a new White Paper #202; How to Choose IT Rack Power Distribution, which discusses the criteria for selecting IT rack power distribution from the myriad of choices available, and outlines the practical decisions required to reduce downtime.
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has been shortlisted for awards in four categories in the DCS Awards 2015. This follows on from its success in winning the Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Product of the Year for its StruxureWare for Data Centers software suite at last year awards.
Last summer, the eyes of athletics fans around the globe were firmly focused on Glasgow, as one of the world's greatest sporting events took place in and around the historic Scottish city.
To gain maximum benefit from using Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) as a tool for data centre management, a clear understanding of what factors affect its calculation is essential, says White Paper 158 from Schneider Electric
• Finance and Investment Forum for Datacentre, Hosting and Cloud– London – 22 January 2015 – www.financeinvestmentforum.com - Twitter: @fif_london
Carel, technology sponsor of DatacenterDynamics Converged conference at ICC ExCel London in November, exhibited its impressive range of energy efficient environmental control and monitoring solutions.
Capgemini, one of the
world's foremost providers consulting, technology and outsourcing services, is
to use Schneider Electric's prefabricated modular data centre infrastructure to upgrade the IT, power and cooling capacity of its
Merlin facility.
Network data communications has evolved rapidly from 'high-speed' gigabit (Gb) Ethernet local area networks (LANs) to the integration of cloud-based information technology (IT) and data streams demanding literally terabytes (TB) of data. Moreover, according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast, internet protocol (IP) traffic on a global basis will triple over the next five years, reaching over 120 exabytes (EB) per month. Erin Byrne and Mike Tryson from TE Connectivity explain
Understanding the unique aspects of prefab vs traditional data centre deployments is vital to avoiding delay, cost and inefficiency, say Wendy Torell and Barry Rimmler of Schneider Electric's Data Centre Science Centre
Dave Wolfenden, the director of Mafi Mushkila, a vendor agnostic leading provider of data centre related services, examines why - despite the fact that testing a data centre prior to formal handover to the client is a normal part of the construction process - few IT professionals tend to look at the testing process that ultimately can affect the reliability of the facility
For any data centre, a reliable power supply is, of course, key. Without electrical power, transactions simply cannot take place and the cost of these lost transactions can escalate to many millions of pounds per hour. Clint Noble of Finning Power Systems explains
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Oklahoma Tornadoes
Members of a volunteer team working out of First United Methodist Church in Moore, Okla., remove concrete rubble from the home of Ronald Samaniego. From left are Jennifer Morgan, Mel Rogers and Stephanie Birdwell.
The shelter at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Moore, Okla., set up for survivors of the May 20 tornado, shut down at 4 p.m. May 31.
Six hours later, the shelter reopened after yet another EF-5 level twister swept through the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.
"They really had not gotten everything out of the door when the storm started hitting," said the Rev. D.A. Bennett, St. Andrew's pastor.
To the west of Oklahoma City, his cousin, the Rev. Barry Bennett, had no doubt the approaching storm would be bad.
"I grew up in Oklahoma, and I've seen many tornadoes," Barry Bennett, the pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church in El Reno, explained. "But I've never seen the sky so dark. I knew this thing had to be huge."
He and others crowded into the shelter at the El Reno church, which escaped with minor damage as the twister veered from the center to the south side of town. Several church members did lose their homes, he said.
On the north side of Moore, the Rev. Richard Norman was ushered into a shelter in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's joint field office. The tornado skipped over the mostly shuttered shopping mall where the office is located. Norman serves in twin roles as the Oklahoma Conference's disaster coordinator and president of the statewide Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters.
A man picks his way among tornado debris in Oklahoma City.
Widest tornado on record
The 2.6-mile wide El Reno tornado later was confirmed as the widest U.S. tornado on record.
The cycle of extreme weather, which drew national attention with the May 20 tornado that destroyed a good part of Moore and accounted for 24 storm-related deaths, continued with torrential rains and flash floods in the Upper Midwest and northeastern United States.
Forty-four people died in the two weeks of storms in Oklahoma alone and thousands of homes were damaged or reduced to mere piles of sticks over cement foundations. Every one of the 27 residents of Fallis, Okla., was affected.
"It wasn't just one tornado, it wasn't just one day and it wasn't just one area," noted the Rev. Jeremy Basset, the Oklahoma Conference's director of mission.
As a result, Oklahomans, generally accustomed to tornado season, were on edge. The Rev. David Wilson, superintendent of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, is among the many who admitted to being rattled even as he assisted those whose homes were damaged or destroyed.
"Normally, we are used to this," he said. "But just because there have been so many... it's been very challenging for us to deal with."
Oklahoma's United Methodists are appreciative of support from the United Methodist Committee on Relief as well as the financial donations and prayers that have come from across the United States and as far away as Japan.
D.A. Bennett was thankful to hear that other churches were praying for Oklahoma because "they're really praying in our place."
Relief efforts begin
As of June 4, 5,500 of the 6,600 relief cases registered with FEMA were in Cleveland County, where Moore is located, with the other cases scattered through four other counties. The final tally could range from 10,000 to 12,000 cases, Basset estimated.
Tornadoes caused heavy damage in the rural Little Axe, Okla., community.
Working with other community and faith-based groups, United Methodist are taking the lead in the Oklahoma tornado response. Already, the state's two conferences, with support from UMCOR, are:
Operating long-term recovery offices at First United Methodist Church in Moore and St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Shawnee, which will coordinate aid to outlying areas.
Dispatching teams for debris removal and rebuilding (register at www.okumc.org).
Participating in multi-agency resource centers that provide "stopgap" assistance to storm survivors.
Coordinating with FEMA and working with other volunteer organizations on donations management, volunteer placement, project management and spiritual care.
As soon as Oklahoma Bishop Robert E. Hayes requested it, an initial $10,000 emergency grant was on its way to the state. Additional funding will respond to a joint grant application from the Oklahoma and Oklahoma Indian Missionary conferences.
Two-fold response
Greg Forrester, head of UMCOR's U.S. Disaster Response, spent three days touring El Reno, Moore, Shawnee, Carney and tiny Fallis. "For us, the response will be two-fold," Forrester said after his visit. "We're looking at probably a two-year response; one year in some of the areas and two years in others." UMCOR will focus its efforts on the most vulnerable communities affected by the storms—those where residents have little to no insurance coverage and few resources to rebuild.
The Rev. Bob Younts, pastor of Yukon First United Methodist Church, remains concerned about tornado damage in nearby Banner. "Most of the people lived in trailer homes, and they're just totally destroyed," he explained. "Many of them didn't have insurance."
Following the May 31 storm, a church member who teaches at the Banner school "put us in touch with a number of the families in that community who lost everything," Younts said. "We started sending teams out Sunday afternoon to clean up. People are responding with cash and with gift cards and that helps."
Homeowner Connie Boevers (right) is comforted by the Rev. Tish Malloy after a tornado swept through Boevers' neighborhood in Oklahoma City. At left is the Rev. Adam Shahan. Malloy is pastor of First United Methodist Church in Moore, Okla.
The tribal area of the Absentee Shawnee tribe also is very rural, but an estimated 20 to 25 homes were damaged or destroyed. In past disasters, native people "often have been left out of the equation," Wilson noted.
Experienced in disaster relief, the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference is networking within the native community and making initial needs assessments. "Every day, I think we get a couple of new calls," he said.
In El Reno, it took a few days to get over the shock of the massive tornado, said Barry Bennett, who also chairs the Oklahoma Conference's mission and service ministry team.
Visiting a multi-agency recovery center set up in the high school gym on June 4, Bennett said, "We were able to put some funding and supplies in the hands of families."
But that's just the beginning of United Methodist participation in Oklahoma's recovery. "We will be here until the last shingle is laid," he predicted. "We will be here through to the end."
Linda Bloom is a United Methodist News Service multimedia reporter based in New York. Linda Unger, a writer with the General Board of Global Ministries in New York, contributed to this story.
Prayer, money, time help
The tornadoes in Oklahoma are one of several recent disasters which UMCOR's U.S. Disaster Response team is addressing. UMCOR is also responding to widespread flooding in Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota and other states, tornadoes in Texas and Arkansas, and the April 17 explosion in West, Texas. The Hurricane Sandy recovery is also continuing.
Oklahoma Bishop Robert E. Hayes (left) visits volunteers David and Geraldine Gill of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference in the Native American Disaster Response Center at New Life United Methodist Church in Moore, Okla.
Here are ways to help
GiveYour gift to U.S. Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #901670 will support UMCOR's work in Oklahoma and across the United States. One hundred percent of your gift will assist survivors. Give:
Through your local church. Designate your gift for U.S. Disaster Response #901670.
Online at www.umcor.org.
By calling 888-252-6174.
By check payable to Advance GCFA, P. O. Box 9068, New York, NY 10087-9068 (include the Advance number).
To make an immediate $10 donation, text the word RESPONSE to 80888.
Volunteer. Register as an individual or team at the Oklahoma Conference website, www.okumc.org. You will be contacted to make arrangements for your trip. Visit other annual conference websites for information about volunteering there.
Assemble relief kits
Recent emergencies in the United States and overseas are quickly exhausting UMCOR's supply of relief kits—from cleaning buckets to layette kits, school kits and more. The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1 and will run through Nov. 30, is forecasted to be particularly active. See how to assemble cleaning buckets and more, http://www.umcor.org/UMCOR/Relief-Supplies
For directions for assembling kits and shipping them to UMCOR Sager Brown in Baldwin, La., and UMCOR West in Salt Lake City, Utah, visit www.umcor.org/UMCOR/Relief-Supplies.


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Today is the first day of diwali and it went in a great festive way . Today being the first day of diwali or dhanteras, is the only festival where we g.s.b's prepare varieties of seafood preparation after doing ganga puja and having oil bath . I prepared sungta hinga uda , anjal ghee roast tawa fry and pomfret ghee roast tawa fry . The tawa fry recipe was created by my son which I will share in the coming days . I wanted to prepare some sweet today but as usual got held up with other commitments . I found this aval payasam picture in my recent album and thought of sharing the same . Happy Diwali dear readers and have a safe diwali !
Recipe adapted from : sharmispassisons
Ingredients :
Aval / poha / beaten rice – 1/2 cup
Sugar – 1/2 cup
Milk – 2 cups
Cashewnut – few bits roasted in ghee to garnish
To be ground to a paste :
Coconut grated – 2 tbsp
Khus khus – 1 tsp
Cashewnut bits – few pieces
Method :
- Heat ghee in a pan and roast poha and keep it ready .
- Make a paste of the ingredients mentioned under the paste list .
- Keep it aside .
- Take a thick pan and boil milk .
- Reduce the milk until 1.5 cups .
- Add sugar and keep stirring .
- Add cardamom powder and the paste .
- Stir it well and lastly add roasted poha .
- Take a boil and cook it .
- Garnish it with roasted nuts .
- Serve it hot or cold .
Pictorial presentation :


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As we head into this holiday season, we are reminded that with the warm, open hearths and hot seasonal beverages that await us, comes the opportunity to talk to parents and families about pediatric burns and their prevention.
Pediatric burns are the third leading cause of accidental death amongst children. In 2005, an estimated 120,000 children under 15 years of age received care in the emergency department (ED) for a burn. In children under the age of 5, more than half of these burns were due to scald injuries. During a recent shift in the ED, a 3-year-old boy was brought in by his parents after accidentally knocking over a pot of coffee while twirling a baton. He suffered first and second degree burns over 18% of his body, from hot coffee spilling onto his back and leg, and was transferred to a pediatric burn center for further care.
What is considered a burn?
Burns are broken down into the depth of skin and soft tissue involved and by injury pattern:
Burn classification
· Superficial burns (1st degree) – the skin is pink or red and painful; think sunburn.
· Partial thickness (2nd degree) – the skin is red, painful and with blister formation OR white, pale and less painful (since the nerve fibers have been destroyed); think curling iron or kitchen oven.
· Full thickness (3rd degree) – the skin is white, waxy, leathery without bleeding, and painless; think house fire.
· 4th degree burn – there is destruction of underlying tissue including tendons, nerves, muscle and bones; think electrocution.
Types of burns
· Thermal - a scald burn resulting from contact with fire, hot objects, or hot fluids. Imagine a toddler pulling down a piping hot cup of cocoa and spilling it on themselves!
· Electrical- a burn resulting from flow of an electrical current, carrying temperatures as high as 5000°C. Entry and exit points do occur but most burned tissue remains invisible at surface levels. Imagine a newly crawling baby discovering Christmas lights and chewing on the cord!
· Chemical- injury caused by an alkali (e.g. ammonia, caustic potash, sodium hydroxide) or acid (e.g. hydrochloric, sulphuric). The severity of burn depends on the chemical and type of tissue involved. Imagine a child spraying cinnamon air-freshener into his brother's eyes.
Why are burns in an infant or child more serious than in an adult?
(1) Body surface area (% BSA) –children have different proportions of surface area as compared to adults (e.g. larger heads) so they can quickly suffer fluid loss.
(2) Location...location...location! All burns in kids need immediate medical evaluation. Burns to the face, hands, feet, genitalia, and areas that cross joints are considered high-risk locations. If not immediately treated, children can suffer poor cosmetic outcomes and growth complications.
What can you do to prevent burns in your child?
There are several things that YOU as a parent can do to protect your child, many of which begin in your own home:
· Reset your water heater – Hot water scald burns cause more deaths and hospitalizations than any other hot liquid burns. Most home water heaters are set at 140-150 ℉. Water at this temperature will result in a 3rd degree burn within 2 seconds. Reset your water heater to 120 degrees. And as a reminder, never leave a child unattended in the bath tub.
· Do not leave handles within reach – You would be surprised how far your little one can reach. Many scald burn injuries are the result of a child pulling a pot off the stove or a cup of coffee from the countertop.
· Hide matches and lighters - Most child play-related home fires begin with matches or lighters in a room where children are left unattended. Keep matches and lighters away from children and when necessary, use child-resistant lighters.
· Smoke alarms - Children under the age of five are at greatest risk of suffering fire-related injuries and twice as likely to die in a fire. It is critical to ensure that the smoke alarms in your home are working and checked regularly.
Treating burns in your child
If your child does suffer from a burn, appropriate wound care and further evaluation is key. Contrary to popular belief, ice should never be applied to a burn. Instead, the area that is burned should be immediately cooled with room temperature water for 10 to 20 minutes after the injury. This helps to prevent ongoing damage to the skin and soft tissue.
When available, the wound should be covered with a wet, sterile dressing. Otherwise, the burn should remain uncovered - do not apply butter or any other topical ointment until further evaluation by a medical professional. Elevate the burned extremity to minimize swelling and seek medical attention. This is extremely important to avoid infection and minimize any long term complications from wound healing.
Remember, the best approach is prevention. Re-set your water heater, turn pot handles in, never leave your child unattended in the kitchen or bath, and make certain your smoke detectors are working and you change your batteries once a year.
Written by 3MD | THREE MOMMY DOCTORS
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Reed, JL and WJ Pomerantz. Emergency management of pediatric burns. Pediatric Emergency Care. 21 (2): Feb, 2005: 118-129.
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Canadian commercial real estate surges
Commercial property thrives as residential market slows.
BY Caroline Cakebread | October 17, 2012
Commercial real estate in Canada is turning into a hot property at the same time as warning signs abound about the country's slowing residential market. According to the RE/MAX Commercial Investor Report, almost all markets in Canada saw an increase in commercial sales and dollar volume over the six-month period ending June 30, 2012. Canadian and foreign investors are behind the push, buying apartment buildings and small strip malls. Motivated by continuing low interest rates and a generally bullish tone for the Canadian economy, investors are looking to boost their allocations to commercial real estate in Canada. Private investors, in particular, have gained a serious foothold in recent years, spurring demand for entry-level properties such as multi-unit residential, suburban and urban retail storefronts, and smaller office buildings.
"Given the appetite for tangible investments with long-term revenue streams and potential for appreciation, commercial real estate has been gaining favour and is expected to be a top-performer well into the new year," says Elton Ash, Regional Executive Vice President, RE/MAX of Western Canada. "Despite the enthusiasm, demand is unlikely to be satisfied while those same benefits are prompting owners/landlords to hold on to their properties, especially with the prospect of capital gains taxes down the road. It's a push-pull situation, yet buyers are forging ahead, hoping to ride the wave of year-over-year double-digit equity gains a little while longer."
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How my body responds to panic has changed.
When I used to have panic attacks, during an anxiety period a couple of years ago, my physical symptoms were uncontrollable shaking, hyperventilating, dizziness and nausea and they used to be a very direct reaction to something happening and triggering them.
I have panic attacks now, not super often but every week or so. Nothing obvious triggers them, it's more like suddenly all the thoughts in my brain and the whole world gets too much to deal with and I just can't handle it. I start to get really nauseated, my heart beat increases and I feel like an elephant is sitting on my chest and crushing me. It literally feels like the world is crushing me. These last longer and normally the only way I start to feel better is through mindfulness.
It's at these points when I've felt like life isn't worth living anymore. I feel like I just can't handle it, and I'll never be able to so I might as well just give it up, and let it crush me.
I've been lucky that every panic attack I've had lately has been when my boyfriend is with me, and he can help me get through it. The whole world is trying to crush me, and he's there holding it up just enough for me get up the strength to push it away again.
I can't predict them, they just happen. But naturally they come about in situations where it may be assumed as well.
I'm dealing with a lot of social anxiety right now. It's linked to my depression and such lack of self-love that I don't believe anyone would want to be around me. It's a self-fulfilling cycle though, because social anxiety doesn't exactly make you the best company. I'm okay with close friends (on a 1-2-1 basis) and close family, but anything else and I just struggle like I've never done before.
My shining light is my 6 year old niece. When I'm around, everyone else seems to disappear for her, and we have so much fun. If such a innocent little girl loves me and my company, then that's got to mean something.


text: Annually the Metedekonk Sailing Club holds a fundraiser called "Women Raising Sails for a Cause" to support a local charity. The event consists of a sailing regatta followed by a casual dinner in their sailing club. In the 2012 event, eight boats competed in the regatta with the crew and boat of "Celestine" raising the most donations for the Kortney Rose Foundation. The winning team were Dawn Wagner (skipper) and crew members Lisa Scott-Brennan, Colleen Van Pell and Mary Beth King. The Kortney Rose Foundation was honored to be the recipient of the funds raised from this event. We were welcomed in just like a club member and were excited by the outcome of this wonderful event. Just about $10,000 was donated to our mission. We cannot thank Colleen VanPell, event chair, and all the members of the Metedeconk River Yacht Club, for such a wonderful and generous event.


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Lauren Conrad at her Runway Debut
Recently an exorbitant amount of 'celebrities' have turned into designers. First we had Lauren Condrad for Linea Pelle Handbags, and then we have Lauren Conrad's debut line, followed by Heidi Montag's Heidiwood, now we hear of Whitney Port (another girl from The Hills) designing, along with Rachel Bilson and Lindsay Lohan.
While Lindsay Lohan will be sticking to what she knows, leggings, Rachel Bilson will be designing with DKNY jeans. Whitney and Heidi will be debuting small lines of clothing. But what gives? The gals from The Hills are merely 'reality' tv stars. Sure Whitney and Lauren interned at Teen Vogue, but would that be enough background to teach them the skills needed to be designers. And Heidi? The blond who is enamored with her boyfriend and seems to have no background in design is debuting a line called 'Heidiwood'? Have we turned into a society so obsessed with stars that we now allow anyone to design our clothing?
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Restore Home to Duty allowance to voluntary cadet force staff.
A recent defence spending review decided that service personnel would no longer be eligible to claim a home to duty allowance.
Sadly it has also been applied to the volunteer reserve staff. Previously we have been able to recruit specialist volunteer staff, such as radio technicians etc, from a wide geographical area as they were able to claim a mileage allowance to attend. With the instigation of this policy our potential recruitment pool has been substantially reduced and we are now finding it difficult to recruit volunteer staff to provide training and education to cadets.
It would be a shame for young people to lose such a valuable facility because of a change in policy that was originally intended for paid service personnel, particularly since the more senior, paid, members of the ATC (Regional Commandants) are provided with a MOD funded car and chauffeur. Withdrawal of these perks would go a long way to restoring home to duty allowance for volunteer staff.
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Last week was an interesting week for our family and today has been a rough one for me. My Dad's Uncle Don, the last of the siblings on his mother's side passed away. In fact Don was the last Aunt or Uncle on either side. He was such a hard worker, told wonderful stories, and carried deeply for others. He will be missed. And we are looking forward to a joyful reunion on the other side when that time comes.
And my Mom's Uncle Al passed away. This is a photo of me with him about 11 years ago while I was serving in the Washington D.C. North Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His son got married to a girl who I had gone on splits with in my first area. He gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek in the waiting room in the temple and my Japanese companion about passed out. The last time I saw Uncle Al was in the San Diego Temple in June 2009 - 7 months ago. He lived long enough to see his brother, my grandpa, go to the temple to be sealed to grandma for time and all eternity. I am grateful that is the last place I saw him.
And I wish I had a photo of the last one. Bruce Evans. I went to his funeral today. He was a big part of my Dad's life. He was such a spiritual guide to my father, such an example. We met Bruce while living in Panama. At the time he was in the Intelligence division. He used to sing all the parts to different Operas at get togethers until at least half of us little kids spit ice cream out of our noses. I sat and listened as Bruce and my Dad taught the missionary discussions to Vicki Bishop (a helicopter pilot who worked with my Dad) and her daughter Patti (who was 9 and I was 8) so that they could get baptized. When we moved to Dugway, my Dad kind of talked Bruce's family into moving there too, big homes for his big family, oh and by the way Bruce is supposed to be bishop there too. He was now a JAG officer. And guess what, 6 months later Bruce was called as Bishop and my Dad was called as 1st Counselor. My family wouldn't be what it is today without Bruce's influence. To his sweet wife Connie and his 11 children, we love you. Thanks for sharing him with us. And thank you for moving to Dugway. May your lives continue to be blessed. The last time I saw my Dad cry the way he did today was when I was diagnosed with cancer, but I also saw him laugh and smile today too. So many good memories...
Anyway, I will definitely need some time to process all of this. I didn't cry until today and I didn't realize I needed to until now. Pretty soon I'll be back to my old self, as soon as I figure out what I can do to help those who have lost those they love. My parents fly out tonight for Uncle Al's funeral. I appreciate those who watched my son today so I could go. I know that families are forever and that there is a loving God who has made it possible for us to be together again.


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The 25 Companies Which Pay The Most for Interns
Most internships are downright rubbish, you'd be lucky to get your travel and food paid for, never mind getting a wage. But of course there are some companies which pay their interns a real wage and the top 25 in the US pay a crazy amount on average for their interns - way more than the median household income.
Glassdoor carried out a report on the average intern wage and listed the top 25 highest paying. As expected most of the top 25 are filled with tech companies but what was a little surprising was to see Twitter above the likes of Google and Microsoft, two companies where you'd expect interns to be paid more.


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When there is a CD-ROM mounted, you can eject it by:
- Right-clicking on the CD icon on the desktop and selecting "Eject"
- Running "eject" at the command line
When there is no CD-ROM mounted, you can open the drive tray by typing
"eject" at the command line.
You can close the CD-ROM tray by typing "eject -t" at the command
line, if your hardware supports this operation.
There is no easy way that I know of to intentionally lock or unlock
the drive tray.
I have a laptop which I carry in a travel case. When moving the
computer in or out of its case, it's very easy to accidentally hit the
"eject" button on the CD-ROM drive. If I'm not careful, this could
easily result in serious damage to the hardware if the edge of the
drive gets caught on part of the bag.
So I desperately needed a way to software-lock my CD-ROM drive at
will. After about an hour of poking around online and tweaking the
code I found at
a.k.a. http://zentara.net/perlplay/cdrom-tray-control-inline-c.html
...I had myself a working command that can lock and unlock (and eject
and theoretically close) my drive.
It seems to me that CD-ROM users in general and especially laptop
users, could benefit from a graphical method to lock, unlock, and
close their drives. After looking at the existing facilities, it also
seems that the "eject" command might benefit from being accessible in
more places. This would help keep it near the other CD-ROM commands
when appropriate, and also make it possible to open the drive when it
is empty.
There are several places worth thinking about putting a hook into some
or all of the {eject, close, lock, unlock} commands:
- On the Actions menu.
- In the file browser, when right-clicking on the CD-ROM drive, or
when viewing its properties.
- In the file browser, on the File menu, when browsing files on a
mounted CD-ROM.
- On the menu you get when you right-click on a mounted CD-ROM's
desktop icon.
- Applications that use CDs and DVDs (like burning or music software)
In an ideal world, certain graphical options would either not be
present or would be grayed out if they are not actionable.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure if there's a reliable way to determine
this. For example, my /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info claims "Can close
tray: 1", but my drive is not physically capable of doing so on its
Also note that "eject" should imply "unmount file systems, unlock, and
Fedora Core 3 is now maintained by the Fedora Legacy project for security
updates only. If this problem is a security issue, please reopen and
reassign to the Fedora Legacy product. If it is not a security issue and
hasn't been resolved in the current FC5 updates or in the FC6 test
release, reopen and change the version to match.
Thank you!
This was originally reported for Fedora Core 3, and is still a problem with
Fedora 7.
I could add a support to lock and unlock devices to eject. But eject is only a
console application. So if you want to have lock/unlock commands available
through a graphical menu, you have to make request for Future Feature in these
graphical applications (like nautilus etc.).
Locking support added into rawhide. If you want to graphical interface, please
fill REF into these graphical applications.
Awesome, thanks!