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At approximately 7.17am on a Thursday morning, I stood weary and bleary-eyed in a cold, windy train station facing a large blue ticket machine.
Destination selected, Railcard discount enacted, money paid, ticket collected. So far so good. That was, until, I charged into the immovable barriers, bouncing back into the person behind with such velocity that they *nearly* split their FrappaMappaCino thing.
The conversation with the train guard was polite and pleasant, simply pointing out that my railcard discount wasn't valid before 9am. So I paid the difference, got my new ticket, and turned with trepidation to take on the barrier once more.
But there was one more step. A 'change of ticket' form. What was the 'reason for the change'? Quite simply, at 7.17am, it was the machine not being good enough, not being human and intelligent enough, to realise that the only reason I would be buying a ticket to go one stop at that time in the morning was because I was going to use it there and then. It's not the kind of journey you feel the need to pre-book, by two hours, to guarantee your seat, in person, at the station.
The pattern continued last week, when I got a polite notice from the Royal Mail informing me that they were impounding some t-shirts I'd ordered from the USA due to unpaid custom charges. Having bought lots of things from the company before without the threat of imprisonment, I wrote to them and asked how they were going to sort the situation out.
Their reply – lacking a 'sorry', stating that it does mention in the small print that extra charges could apply, and suggesting it was the fault of UK Customs for being extra-vigilant – left me less than impressed. As did the offer to refund me half of the original (discounted) shipping costs, which amounted to the princely sum of £2.43…
In both of these situations, I'm at fault. I bought the ticket, I ordered the t-shirts, and I definitely didn't read the small print. But that's not good enough. In 2016, if I make a mistake, it's the company's fault for making it possible for me to make a mistake.
So what can companies do about this? I'd suggest three things to start with:
Identify potential for error
When mapping a customer journey, it's no longer enough to consider the emotional and rational thoughts and actions. We need to identify all the moments with potential for error, and understand what questions a customer might have at each point, to answer them before they get asked.
Get an outside-in view
It's human nature to see the world from where we stand, close to the product or experience you're creating. So bringing unconnected people in to challenge what you've created is the only way to get a truly independent view. My wife is always my sounding board, and she's remarkably good at picking me up on my use of awful corporate phrases…
Act quickly on feedback
No company will get it right 100% of the time, and customers don't expect that, either. In fact, customers quite like an element of human fallibility in a company – as long as they feel like they're being listened too, and can see improvements being made as a result. So companies need to plan their approach to open and transparent continuous improvement.
As customers become ever-more empowered and the demand for seamless and unobtrusive customer experiences increases, blaming mistakes on time-poor customers is no longer an option for companies who want to be seen as successfully customer-led.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to pay a visit to the post office…
John Sills is a Senior Consultant at The Foundation. If you enjoyed this article, you can sign up to his personal blog at johnjsills.com/subscribe for more of the same.


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Welcome back to This Week's Picks – ArcGIS Enterprise! This week we're going to focus on some content that'll make your life even easier with ArcGIS Enterprise. Here are the questions we'll be answering:
1. How do I deploy ArcGIS Enterprise in AWS? It seems rather intimidating.
2. Switching services to use the shared instance pool, simply with Python.
3. I need to make sure all feature classes in my enterprise geodatabase are available as feature layers for my users. Is there an easy way to make sure this happens?
1. How do I deploy ArcGIS Enterprise in AWS? It seems rather intimidating.
Deploying your first ArcGIS Enterprise instance in Amazon Web Services (AWS) may sound intimidating but it doesn't have to be. Using the ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for AWS provides an interface for you to deploy ArcGIS Enterprise so you don't need to use Command Prompt or a script (though that's always an option!). To learn more about this process, take a look at this blog.
2. How do I switch my services to use the shared instance pool without having to go through each individual service?
For those using ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7 and later, shared instances can help alleviate some of the resource pressure in your ArcGIS Server environment. This is a setting that can be configured for each individual service through ArcGIS Server Manager. If you only have one compatible service that you want to use the shared instance pool, it isn't too much work to make the switch. But if you have tens or hundreds of compatible services, this can be potentially tedious. To avoid such tedium, consider using Python, as explained further here in this blog.
3. I need to make sure all feature classes in my enterprise geodatabase are available as feature layers for my users. Is there an easy way to make sure this happens?
If you're using ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1, you're in luck! This release introduced bulk publishing (sometimes referred to "batch publishing"), where you register your database as a data store item in the Enterprise portal. Map image layers and feature layers are published from this data store connection. You'll also find an option to sync the layers, meaning your existing services will be updated and new feature classes will be published as services. For more details on this new functionality, take a look at this blog.
Thanks for reading, fellow ArcGIS Enterprise groupies! Be sure to check out This Week's Picks - ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro - and stay tuned for the next ArcGIS Enterprise installment coming on Wednesday, November 13th.

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In a brand new interview with The London Free Press, GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin was asked what advice he would give to young drummers. He responded: "It might not sound very sexy, but wear earplugs. When I was in my mid-30s, my wife and I would take turns getting up at night to feed my daughter and change her diaper, but I couldn't even hear my daughter crying even in the same room. The truth is, you'll thank me for that."
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, research suggests that 30 to 50 percent of musicians have hearing problems. To better protect their hearing, many musicians wear earplugs that are specially designed for people who play music. Musicians' earplugs let a person hear all of the music, but at a lower sound level.
Musicians can do other things to protect their hearing. Sound travels in a straight line, so the sound is louder when someone stands directly in front of, or behind a speaker. Professional musicians know to stand to the side of a speaker, or to angle the speakers away from them. Musicians also take breaks between sets of music or while practicing to give their ears a rest.
Dr. Anthony Kovacs, an audiologist, told KUNC that he isn't surprised that hearing protection hasn't been a big priority for many musicians.
"With hearing protection, it can be challenging to communicate on stage and to hear your instrument with as much clarity as you need to," he said.
"Musicians, sound engineers, even bouncers at a loud music venue who are just exposed night after night to really loud music, eventually that very well can take a toll on your hearing," he added. "When you rely on your ears for your livelihood, you really need to protect them."
GODSMACK is continuing to tour in support of its latest album, "When Legends Rise", which was released in April 2018. The disc follows up 2014's "1000hp" and is the band's first release through BMG after splitting with its longtime home, Republic/Universal.


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DescriptionBlack Tube Coral (Tubastrea micrantha)
Quick Care Facts
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Peaceful
Waterflow: Medium to Strong
Placement: Any
Lighting: Low
Color Form: Olive Green, Black
Supplements: Calcium, Strontium, Trace Elements
Water Conditions: 72-78° F; sg 1.023-1.025; pH 8.1-8.4; dKH 8-12
Origin: Indo-Pacific
Family: Dendrophylliidae
Species: LPS Hard Corals
Species Information
The Black Tube Coral is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral, also commonly referred to as the Black Sun Coral. It is a very dark olive green to black colonial coral, markedly different than others within the species. It is often found on reef ledges or steep reef slopes in the wild, where it feeds on drifting zooplankton. Its skeleton has tubes branching in all directions. They should be placed into rockwork and prefer to be beneath a ledge where they will be shaded from high light. They are a low light species, but do require medium to strong water movement in order to feed on zooplankton that drifts by.
Aquarium Care
Be careful when handling the Tube Coral; it can be fragile and needs to be picked up by its underside when placing it in the aquarium. Moderate to strong water current combined with low lighting levels will provide a good aquarium environment in which the Black Tube Coral can thrive. Usually, it will only expand its polyps in the evening unless it is hungry, when it may expand its polyps during the day. The tentacles have stinging cells that can shoot tiny poison darts into their prey or can even be used as a defense mechanism if necessary, but generally this species is peaceful with other if not overcrowded.
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While it is a hardy coral for the reef aquarium, it is classified as moderately difficult to maintain because it has special dietary needs. It is one of the few corals that does not contain the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae. Instead, it must be regularly fed vitamin-enriched brine shrimp or micro-plankton from an eyedropper directly to each of its polyps to promote rapid polyp budding. It will also benefit from the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water.
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What better way to celebrate Fall than with this seasonally flavored dessert? Layers of dense chocolate cake and fluffy frosting make this Chocolate Cake with Pumpkin Buttercream Frosting irresistible!
I just love the dark brown and light, golden amber color of this cake. It fits so well with the fall flavored dessert.
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Several months of 100°+ temperatures starts to fry your brain! By the time September rolls around I am more than ready for cool, crisp autumn days. Alas, I have about 2 more months before the weather cools.
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Bahlsen North America is celebrating 125 years with a "Let The Good Times Roll" Birthday Cake Recipe Contest. And this Chocolate and Pumpkin Cake is my celebratory slice!
I carefully sliced the cookies with a serrated knife to create the decorative curly cues on top of the cake. I think it makes the cake look unique and interesting while remaining rustic and minimalist in appearance. And the best part, it is a super easy way to fancy up a plain cake!
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Rawalpindi, March 16, 2013 (PPI-OT): Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicines (AFIRM) Rawalpindi and inaugurated the 3rd Annual Sports Day organized for our officers and soldiers wounded in operations, at a specially designed sports centre here within the institution. Amidst moving scenes during the conduct of various sports events for these war wounded heroes he appreciated their courage and determination which has helped them integrate in the society as useful citizens once again. There can't be a sacrifice for the motherland more than losing one's life or precious limbs.
During his visit to AFIRM, COAS also appreciated the standard of facilities and care extended to the inmates by a team of dedicated doctors and paramedical staff of AFIRM and praised their efforts in helping all military personnel wounded in various operations rehabilitate. With concerted efforts at the Army level, AFIRM has transformed into a premier rehabilitative medicine institute with all sub specialties available under one roof.
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- F Perfume by Salvatore Ferragamo, F perfume is a floral fruity fragrance for women that was launched in 2006 by salvatore ferragamo . The top of the fragrance captivates with jasmine flower and spicy rose essences. The fullness of the orange blossom fills the heart of the perfume, which is anchored at the base with leathery undertones. The result is a sweet and citrusy fragrance that is long-lasting and has moderate sillage. The fragrance was designed by francis kurkdjian, who has created fragrances for burberry, christian dior, and ellie saab. Salvatore ferragamo was eager to begin designing shoes, as he made his first shoes when he was nine years old. After moving to the united states and working in a boot factory for a time, he moved to southern california, lured by the prospects of the film industry. Originally repairing shoes and making custom footwear, he moved into making shoes for the film industry, including designing roman sandals for a cecil b. De mille film. After ferragamo's death in 1960, his family continued to run his enterprise and has since expanded to also include clothing, accessories, eyewear, watches, and perfumes. The first ferragamo fragrance was launched in 1998. In 2001 ferragamo parfums was launched which also sells fragrances under the incanto name.
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Come out on a trip into the Bay of Gibraltar, home to an abundance of dolphins, including 3 different species: Common, Striped and Bottlenose.
Our 40 foot power boat can get us close and personal with these wonderful marine creatures that will often surf and play so close to the boat you feel as though you can reach out and touch them! The tour lasts for approximately an hour and a half and our fully qualified, expert crew using our state of the art navigation system will do their upmost to ensure you have an amazing experience with these magical marine mammals, whilst minimizing any disturbance to the dolphins and effects on the environment. They will also give you a full commentary on the different species of dolphin along with any other marine life you may see: Sunfish, turtles and flying fish are a few of the residents here in the Bay of Gibraltar.
We offer a 99% guarantee to see dolphins and if we don't we will invite you to join us for a free trip another day.
The boat is fully equipped with all the necessary safety equipment including lifejackets for everyone including babies. We also have an inside seating cabin with tinted windows for anybody who is too hot/cold and we have jackets, caps etc should you need to borrow one.
This dolphin safari tour from Gibraltar is ideal for anyone wishing to see these wonderful marine mammals in their natural habitat, whilst enjoying a fabulous boat ride. It makes a very original holiday activity for kids, families, couples, friends, etc.
- Arrival at our offices 30 minutes prior to sailing time.
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Didicars are amazing! That's what we think. In fact, it could be said they are the single best thing we have introduced to our packages. Three years ago, we bought 4 to try, now we have 20 and they are out with nearly every party!! Not 20 at a time I hasten to add.
So, what is the attraction? Well, basically they are so much fun for everyone, from toddlers to adults….Yes adults love them too. They are so well made they can take up to 120kg's
For those who haven't heard of didicars, basically they are self-propelled ride on cars and work brilliantly on flat surfaces (not carpets) and work really well in most halls. They come in a range of bright colours and we supply 4 per package and are part of all our packages except the Disco Castle.
They can be added to the Disco Castle package as an extra and often our customers will order an extra 4 to make it 8, such is their popularity.
We have also just acquired 4 of the didicars 'Walk and Rides' which are built for 1 – 2 year olds. If they prove as popular as the didicar, we'll have to buy more soon!
When they first arrive, I have to put them together and try them out…lol…well someone's got to do it!! Even raced my daughter down the drive ….I won of course 😊
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Dunnett's Multiple Test of The Difference Using 'R'
I recently have encountered a statistical question simultaneously comparing multiple groups on the difference of certain characteristics. Normally, I use some statistical programs like Minitab, to run multiple t-test (e.g. Dunnett's, Duncan etc), but I couldn't find the way to compare the difference among groups using these programs straight.
Here is an example, there are 4 class rooms and each class room is divided by male group and female group. Then took a measurement of height of students. I want to test whether the difference in height between male and female students are statistically significant when all classes are compared to each other.
Class Sex Height [cm] A Male 175 A Male 169 A Male 177 A Female 162 A Female 167 A Female 155 B Male 183 B Male 171 B Male 179 B Female 171 B Female 166 B Female 164 C Male 162 C Male 175 C Male 176 C Female 161 C Female 165 C Female 152 D Male 175 D Male 178 D Male 172 D Female 161 D Female 167 D Female 153
Calculate the difference of average height for each group.
Avg Male - Avg Female A 173.6 - 161.3 = 12.3 B 177.6 - 167.0 = 10.6 C 171.0 - 159.3 = 11.7 D 175.0 - 160.3 = 14.7
By looking at the number, D has the largest difference between Male and Female in height and B has the smallest difference. Are they statistically significant? How do we test?
In "R", there is a package for multcomp. In this package, there are several important features for this type of analysis.
Please read here for more details.
>library(multcomp) ## install multcomp package
Before start using "R", let's save the data above as "test.csv". You need to add column name "Group", "Sex" and "Measure" at the top of each column. Remember the directory you save the file (e.g. ./data).
Let's set working directory and read the test.csv file.
>setwd("./data") >dat<-read.csv("./test.csv")
Then run ANOVA. Measure is height, Group is A~D and Sex is male or female.
Note that Group and Sex may interact each other, so you use * to run ANOVA. "-1" will remove intercept term.
>mod <-aov(Measure~Group*Sex-1,data=dat)
Print coefficients
GroupA GroupB GroupC GroupD
161.3333333 167.0000000 159.3333333 160.3333333
SexMale GroupB:SexMale GroupC:SexMale GroupD:SexMale
12.3333333 -1.6666667 -0.6666667 2.3333333
You may wonder what these numbers are….. But it is not hard.
First row is simply an average of female height for each Group.
SexMale (12.3333) is the difference height in Group A.
GroupB:SexMale (-1.6666) is the difference of the difference height B and A.
GroupC:SexMale (-0.6666) is the difference of the difference height C and A.
GroupD:SexMale (2.3333) is the difference of the difference height D and A.
As you can see, A is always used as reference to generate these numbers.
Now, to test difference in A and B is to test GroupB:SexMale=0
To test difference in A and C is to test GroupC:SexMale=0
To test difference in A and D is to test GroupD:SexMale=0
How about the rest of the comparisons?
To test difference in B and C is to test GroupB:SexMale -GroupC:SexMale=0
To test difference in B and Dis to test GroupB:SexMale -GroupD:SexMale=0
To test difference in C and D is to test GroupC:SexMale -GroupD:SexMale=0
The code for this is
>summary(glht(mod,linfct = c("GroupB:SexMale = 0", "GroupC:SexMale= 0", "GroupD:SexMale= 0", "GroupB:SexMale - GroupC:SexMale= 0", "GroupB:SexMale - GroupD:SexMale= 0", "GroupC:SexMale - GroupD:SexMale= 0")))
Simultaneous Tests for General Linear Hypotheses
Fit: aov(formula = Measure ~ Group * Sex – 1, data = dat)
Linear Hypotheses:
Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
GroupB:SexMale == 0 -1.6667 6.6792 -0.250 0.994
GroupC:SexMale == 0 -0.6667 6.6792 -0.100 1.000
GroupD:SexMale == 0 2.3333 6.6792 0.349 0.985
GroupB:SexMale – GroupC:SexMale == 0 -1.0000 6.6792 -0.150 0.999
GroupB:SexMale – GroupD:SexMale == 0 -4.0000 6.6792 -0.599 0.931
GroupC:SexMale – GroupD:SexMale == 0 -3.0000 6.6792 -0.449 0.969
(Adjusted p values reported — single-step method)
Well, in this example none of the comparison ended up in significant p>0.05 (numbers on the right).
I think standard deviation of height was probably too large.
Please test with your own data to see if it works.


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Corrugated boards are useful building materials for a home, but corrugated boards must be used properly during the construction process. Construction work around a home must be done using proper materials, and each new material must be chosen for its overall usefulness. This article explores how corrugated materials can be used around the home, and the boards will move outside the house to help dress up your property. Remodeling and transforming a home is a complicated process that requires better building materials.
#1: Where Do The Boards Go?
Corrugated building materials may be used on either side of your home to create an interesting texture, and the materials may be used to create a shed that sits outside the house. A shed in your backyard may be made from nothing but corrugated materials, and the shed will protect everything you must keep in the backyard. The safety of everything you have invested in is of the utmost importance, and the corrugated materials you use will keep wind and rain out of the shed.
#2: Dressing Up The Walls
You may dress up the walls in your home using these simple boards, but the boards must be used in a room that has a rustic aesthetic. The rustic appeal of corrugated materials will make a room look interesting, or you may cover the walls in a room that is to be used as a workroom. A basement can be finished with these boards, and the design of the room may be changed when the boards are cut into interesting shapes or styles.
#3: The Exterior Walls
You may use corrugated materials on the outside of the house when you need to do quick repairs. The siding on your home could be damaged by a storm, and a corrugated material will cover up a problem until you can address the problem with a professional. Professionals may choose to plug holes with the corrugated boards, or the materials can be used as the base for another design. A builder can build over the boards, or the boards can be painted to blend in with the exterior of the house.
#4: Ceiling Tiles
The ceiling tiles in a modern room may be made from a corrugated material that is striking in its presence. The ceiling will look unique when it is covered with a corrugated board, and the room will reflect light differently than a traditional room. Adding the corrugated materials to the ceiling will make a room look brand new, and the material may bring a darkness to the room that is needed. Add a light to the room, and you will get a lovely effect from the light bouncing off the ceiling.
The best homes are created from many different materials that create variety in the space. Your home must be cared for in wise ways, and the corrugated board materials you use in your home will patch holes or create texture. Your home will be protected, and the interesting textures you introduce will change the way your home appears to your guests.


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Soundbath first birthday!
I'd never been to or even knew what a Soundbath was until just over a year ago. I'd heard of sound healing over the years but didn't have a great understanding of it and when I visited Woodstock in America last year, I came across a sound healing therapist in my quest for new types of healing experiences. I was in Woodstock afterall, the hippie epicentre of the east coast! I went for a one to one sound healing and the experience was completely mind blowing. The practitioner was warm and gentle, she was intuitive and curious. Her therapy room was a sight to behold. Every surface was covered with instruments of sound, wall to wall, they were even hanging from the ceiling. There were countless Tibetan singing bowls of all sizes, massive gongs, rattles, bells, drums and all sorts of instruments I'd never seen before. We talked for a bit and she got a sense of what she needed to work on. I lay on the plinth, closed my eyes and for 90 minutes I was transported to another dimension. I was in a world somewhere between awake and asleep. I would later discover that my brain waves had switched to theta – the level at which we feel bliss, at which meditation is successful, which induces deep relaxation, where healing and coherence can happen in the body. After I came back into my body, I felt physical shifts in my energy, I felt like a weight had lifted. I felt like a lot of healing had taken place. It elevated my mood, I felt bliss, calm, love… I was hooked. A few days later, I went to a soundbath event run by the same therapist where 50+ people came and experienced the sound together. Again, I felt bliss, deep relaxation, experienced another dimension. This time was different, because it wasn't a tailored one to one therapy but it was still a hugely enjoyable and healing experience.
That was in September 2018. I came home and started looking into attending soundbath events. I found one in Athlone and I attended it once. It was a lovely experience but it was an hour's drive and I didn't feel like a long drive after being in a meditative state for an hour! There was nothing closer to home so I put the feelers out on Facebook to see if anyone was practicing locally. A few people mentioned sound therapist Andy Tyler-White. We chatted online and connected, decided on a date to run an event and over 30 people showed up. We couldn't believe it. So we decided to make it a monthly event. The event grew more and more popular with most selling out weeks in advance.
Andy is an amazing sound therapist. He has been using sound healing for 19 years. His gentle manner and soothing voice allows for an easy transition into the theta brainwave state. He holds the space for the 50-60 attendees, guides us into a journey of breathing, colour, sounds and relaxation. He makes the space feel safe while he looks out for every participant. He encourages us to get comfortable, move around on the mat if you need to, snuggle up under the blanket and be bathed in sounds. He uses singing bowls, tshinga, tongue drum (my favourite), gongs, chimes and other instruments rich in harmonic frequencies. Stresses are melted away, toxins are flushed from the cells and if you are lucky, you might slip into a deep meditative state. I often use this time to go into my body to ask it what it needs, I use the time to connect to my intuition, it is ripe for the picking.
Sound therapy is not a new thing, it dates back to prehistoric times. Many tribes used drums and chanting as a way to heal the sick. The body contains thousands of frequencies, many of which resonate with the instruments used in a sound healing experience. The body's cells and energy fields respond to the sounds causing them to do many things – release toxins, become coherent, align allowing energy to flow better resulting in enhanced health.
The feedback from people who have attended the events over the last year has been so encouraging. About three quarters of the attendees are regulars with many reporting that they live for this event every month, some me time, some self care, time away from the house and the kids! Every month is different and some experiences are better than others. I find sometimes that I am extra tired after a soundbath and then that night I will sleep like a log. Sometimes I find that my energy is renewed. Sometimes I fall asleep for the whole lot of it and sometimes I'll lie awake unable to slow down the thinking. It varies. It is time out, it is chill time, it is time to think if that's what you need to do! It's time to sleep, time to meditate, time to connect within, time for chilling. It's what you make of it.
Andy finishes off the session by using a rattle over every person individually and declares 'In beauty it is done'. We then have herbal tea kindly donated by Teresa in Healthy Beings food store and healthy treats, usually some organic biscuits or some homemade energy balls. This month for our first birthday, we will be having cake and treats – healthy ones of course!
This video from Anthony Holland shows a scientific explanation of the benefits of sound healing for health if you'd like a look, it's fascinating how it works.
Our next soundbath is Friday October 18th. Tickets are available here. This post is taken from my Patreon page, if you'd like to read more or sign up, click here. Patrons receive discounts on soundbath tickets.


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Hello girls! How about the New Year's Eve plans? In fact, today I would publish a post of art, however, is new year, and I will post some proposals for tonight.
Tonight, surely, most girls go with dresses, and especially with paillettes because it's a must of this winter, and the shops are full of this trend. Well here's my look, not to go like the rest and not go unnoticed.


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This 2 year programme is the equivalent to 3x A-levels, and is for those looking to progress onto Work, Higher Education and University. The modules are designed to provide students with a detailed insight into the vast array of careers and industries within Sport and Sports Science such as Anatomy, Physiology, Nutrition, Sports Injuries, Psychology, Sports Massage, Sports Coaching, Biomechanics, and many more. Students from this course regularly progress onto university, studying areas such as Physiotherapy, Sports Therapy, Physical Education, Sports Nutrition, and Sports Science.
Entry requirements
Entry is by interview. Applicants will need a minimum of five GCSE's Grade 4 or above, including maths and English at Grade 4 and science at Grade 4. Applicants will need to be motivated and manage their own time. Learners will need to have a mature and responsible outlook as they will be required to work with a high degree of independence for certain aspects of the course.
Within this course, learners will have the opportunity to take either Edexcel Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sports and Exercise Science, Edexcel Level 3 Diploma in Sports and Exercise Science, or Edexcel Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Sports and Exercise Science.
What you'll learn (core modules)
Learners will be taught by a highly qualified and passionate team who have relevant industry experience as well as an excellent track record in teaching and learning. The course content includes Anatomy, Physiology, Sport Psychology and Fitness testing, Research Projects, Coaching and Social Aspects in Sport. We also explore elements such as sports biomechanics, sports injuries and sports massage as well as sports nutrition and instructing physical activity. This variety allows all learners to gain excellent tools for the industry as well as higher education. The course requires learners to be in College for four days a week and is specifically designed to enable learners to gain an understanding of the main areas within the field of sport and exercise sciences. The course has a large applied science component within it. Learners are expected to complete a minimum of ten hours home study in addition to timetabled sessions. Additionally, work experience contributes as a large and valuable cornerstone of our courses. Students are required to commit to a work experience placement per academic year.
Any student aged 16 to 19 who does not hold a GCSE A* to C (9 to 4 on the new grading structure) or equivalent qualifications in Maths and English by age 16 will need to continue to study these subjects in each academic year.
Where will the course take me?
The course is well suited to learners who also want to develop their academic skills within a subject area that they enjoy with the intention to continue into the sport and leisure industry or higher education. Previous learners have gained entry to some of the most prestigious sport and exercise science universities. Of the students who complete this course, approximately 3/4 progress into higher education and the Universities of their choice, with remainder gaining employment in local sport and leisure fields and/or continuing their studies in apprenticeships and other further education courses. Pathways include Physiotherapy, Sports Therapy, Sports Science, Dietetics and Sports Management, Coaching and Strengths and Conditioning roles.
We are also very proud to offer a successful degree course in Sports Development and Coaching following the completion of a Level 3 qualification, and have seen a steady increase in internal progression from our college students in recent years.
Will I need any materials or equipment?
Essential: Sport and exercise clothing and kit for practical activities (indoor and outdoor) A range of pens to include highlighters and different colours. A note pad and a set of 'plastic wallets' for submitting coursework in. Desirable: Smart device, IPad/MacBook/laptop BTEC Level 3 Sport and Exercise Sciences textbook
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For almost two weeks, the city of Atlanta has been in a "hostage situation."
That's how Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance-Bottoms described a March 22 ransomware attack that has spread through the municipal computer systems, causing serious disruptions in several departments of city hall. The attack crippled Atlanta's courtrooms, disabled online bill payments, and forced many public employees – including the Atlanta Police Department – to keep records with pen and paper.
Security experts have long known that local governments are vulnerable targets for cybercrimes. But the attack in Atlanta, followed by a March 28 hack that disabled 911 services in Baltimore, show that many municipalities have failed to mount adequate defenses for their local computer systems.
"Networks fall into two categories: those that have been breached and those that will get breached," said Jason McNew, president of Gettysburg-based Stronghold Cyber Security. "This is definitely a public safety issue and municipalities need to take it seriously."
A 2016 report from Pennsylvania's auditor general found that cybercrimes are certainly on the minds of government leaders across the state. Sixty-five percent of municipalities reported being concerned about cybersecurity threats, and 55 percent said they needed more resources to improve their network's defenses.
As it turns out, though, many municipalities across the country operate with outdated or nonexistent cybersecurity programs. A 2016 study by the International City/County Management Association found less than half of local governments surveyed have a formal cybersecurity policy, and only 34 percent have a written strategy to recover from breaches.
The city of Harrisburg is among the municipalities that has neither. Steve Bortner, Harrisburg's director of information technology, said that updating policies has been a priority of his since he took the helm of the IT Department in July 2017.
Harrisburg does have an information security policy, but it's more than 10 years old and has "very little reference to anything related to cyber security," Bortner said.
The city is also developing a written strategy for recovering from breaches.
"These policies are things that I guess had never been a priority," Bortner said. "There are several other IT policies that we are trying to make current."
Bortner explained that the city's working cyber-security policies are embedded in other IT guidelines that govern computer usage for employees. New employees pledge to follow these policies, but Bortner said that there isn't formal training for employees when they're hired, nor are there regular cyber security trainings for staff.
McNew recommends that all cybersecurity policies and procedures be updated annually to keep up with emerging threats and industry best practices. He also urges his clients to hold annual, mandatory cyber-security trainings for employees.
"The analogy I like to make is that it's like a safety program," McNew said. "If my clients do safety training, I tell them to do the cybersecurity training at the same time."
Bortner said the city has considered implementing mandatory employee trainings, but it would likely require a costly third-party vendor. The IT department does conduct phishing tests, when they send out suspicious emails to see if employees click on them, which he said were "fairly successful."
An attack on Harrisburg's municipal computer network would likely hit email and phone communication systems first, Bortner said. Other city applications run on mainframes that are connected to a different internet network. According to the city website, the mainframe systems run city operations such as insurance claims management; field reports for all service calls for police; billing systems for property real estate taxes, and codes licenses, permits, inspections and complaints.
"It depends on the nature of the attack as to what would be impacted, but not everything would be adversely affected," Bortner said.
For instance, courts in Harrisburg would likely be safe if the city's system was breached, since the Magisterial District Judges offices are run by the county. Dauphin County has a cyber security policy and an incident response plan that are updated yearly, according to IT Director Tom Guenther.
Bortner pointed out that almost all of the information that Harrisburg stores is public information, either published online or obtainable through a right-to-know request. But most hackers who target municipal governments aren't after sensitive data.
As was the case in the Atlanta ransomware attack, most cybercrimes aim to hold computer systems hostage from city employees. The hackers who contaminated Atlanta's IT system demanded $51,000 in bitcoin to end the attack; city officials have not said yet whether or not they have paid it.
Since every city relies on some form of IT infrastructure, hackers can afford to be indiscriminate when launching attacks, McNew said.
"Hackers troll the internet looking for targets," McNew said. "Your data may not be interesting to them, but it's interesting to you, and if they get a toehold in your network they can compromise it."
Bortner said that the recent scourge of municipal cybercrimes hasn't led him to reevaluate the city's defense systems. He reports that finances have not been an issue for the IT department, and he's fairly confident that Harrisburg could weather an attack with the systems it currently has in place.
"I believe we would be in a position to reckon with an attack," Bortner said. "It would be a triage situation, but we have the knowledge and the resources to address a breach in the event that we have one."


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Any Other Name
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written by George Brant
directed by John J. Wooten
In 1840's London, a struggling poet visits his idol in search of inspiration, but instead unleashes a madness that feeds his insatiable hunger for fame. As art and ambition collide, how far will he go to make a name for himself in a world where the truth cannot be.
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1776 - George Washington has just set across the Delaware River to attack the Hessians and turn the tide of war. One small problem… the river freezes over when George and his men are only halfway across. In this new comedy, set in real-time, the colonists contemplate their escape from the icy river, knowing full well that the future of the country hangs in the balance.
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I Tried A 'Natural' Butt Sheet Mask To See If The Hype Was Real
Sheet masks are everywhere, literally. Open up the beauty explore tab on Instagram and you'll see that people aren't just posting from their homes—they're masking in public, on planes, trains, and automobiles. So of course, sheet masks for your butt is where the trend went. Of course.
As the senior wellness & beauty editor at mbg, I feel obligated to disclose up front that I'm not the biggest fan of sheet masks to begin with. They tend to contain questionable ingredients at best, and at worst, they contain single-use plastics and nonbiodegradable, petroleum-derived fabrics like polyester. The sheer amount of packaging they require makes me feel guilty every time I use one. And since we don't know much about how all these ingredients affect our skin and our health, it's best to use sheet masks that have fewer ingredients, and better yet ones that are from recognizable plants.
So when Credo—a "clean beauty" retailer focused on natural, organic, nontoxic ingredients—sent me four different butt sheet masks by Bawdy, curiosity got the best of me (as it usually does). Each mask is supposed to have a different benefit: a firming and illuminating marine algae butt mask, a retexturizing and detoxifying mask with caffeine, a hydrating and toning one with plant-based collagen, and a brightening and rejuvenating version with citrus. I tried the firming and illuminating one because the package looked like outer space, and I'm into extraterrestrial beauty. I shared the others with willing colleagues who agreed to report back for the sake of this article. Bless them.
I had so many questions. How would this mask fit everyone's butt? Would it stay on when I stood up and walked around, or would I have to lie facedown the entire time? Perhaps most importantly, how would I know if it "worked"? I certainly couldn't get close enough to my own butt cheeks to see the difference, even with selfie angles and mirrors. Thankfully, a few trustworthy friends and my husband agreed to weigh in on its effectiveness.
When I opened the package, a gold-hued, shimmer-flecked liquid oozed out immediately, and to my delight, there was not one but two pie-slice-shaped masks in there. If you do your own butt mask, learn from my mistake and apply it in the bathroom, not on your nice bed linens. Printed on my sheet masks were the words "Shake" and "It!" which was a cute and ridiculous detail. The other masks said, "Slap it!" "Bite it!" and "Squeeze it!"
In terms of sizing, the individual pieces fit me but didn't reach the butt-meets-thigh crease as well as I was hoping, nor did they come close to the butt crack. Other testers said the same—most surface area was covered, but nooks and crannies were missed. Maybe future iterations will come in more accommodating sizes.
I applied each slice while standing and then proceeded to tidy up my apartment, do the dishes, and lie belly-down on my bed to do some mindless phone scrolling. Other mbg testers reported that their masks were much easier to apply than expected, and they were also able to move around while wearing theirs.
You're only supposed to keep the mask on for 10 minutes, but I kept it on for double that because I wanted to make sure I saw a difference. I took before, during, and after photos to share with my judges, who laughed out loud when they saw them. "It does look more glowy, but maybe that's just the lighting," one friend said. "It does look softer," another told me. The skin on my butt did seem smoother, softer, and more three-dimensional than before I used the mask—so it did brighten and illuminate the area—I'm just not sure how long the effects will last. I've never tried any other butt sheet mask, but I'd say this was just as effective as mainstream "conventional" sheet masks I've tried on my face. My fellow mbg testers agree.
The verdict? It was a cheeky (sorry) experience that had both physical and mental benefits. Meaning: Not only did my butt look more "glowy," but the whole thing was a hilarious experience to do and even more so to share—what more could you want from a butt sheet mask? I'd definitely do it again, especially if my derrière was going to see the light of day in a bathing suit. I personally won't be butt sheet masking on a plane anytime soon, but if this is truly the next wave of masking, I'm here for it.
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Born and raised in the outskirts of New York City, Greg began studying music at an early age into his college years. Starting with the saxophone in grade school and later moving on to guitar, it became clear that music would be a lifelong passion.
Greg moved to the city in 2010 to intern at a recording studio and focus on his musical path. He has played guitar and bass in various NYC bands for over a decade including genres such as pop punk, indie rock and hardcore.
Fueled with inspiration by a range of artists from the Beastie Boys to the Beatles, he is ready to lead his students on the path to guitar greatness! Greg loves teaching newcomers to help find their love of music. His lessons are focused on building self confidence in an encouraging environment by accomplishing student's goals while having fun. His favorite things to teach students of all ages are pop, singer-songwriter, classic, indie and alt rock.


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Vol. 31, No. 1 (2010)
Publication date: 2012-06-07
Number of articles: 18
Editorial Note
An Introduction from the English Editor - PDF through Erudit
Contemplating Caplin
A Note from the Editors - PDF through Erudit
Clementi's "Progressive Sonatinas," Op. 36: Sonata semplice or Mediating Genre between Minuet and Sonata Design? - PDF through Erudit
In this article, I apply William E. Caplin's theoretical model of formal functions as the modus operandi to study variations to the sonatina genre. In particular, I use Clementi's op. 36 cycle of six "Progressive" sonatinas to illustrate some of the compositional options available along the evolutionary pathway between a single-themed minuet exposition and that of a mature sonata exposition. Despite the sonatina's relatively smaller dimension, the variety of loosening features and use of interthematic fusion reveal that the genre is a more captivating topic of study than may have been generally appreciated.
Closure in Classical Themes: The Role of Melody and Texture in Cadences, Closural Function, and the Separated Cadence - PDF through Erudit
This article challenges two of William E. Caplin's basic precepts regarding cadences in the classical style. First, the author argues that melody and texture contribute to the onset of cadential function. Second, he contends that themes may end not only with a half or authentic cadence, but also with a "closural function", which substitutes for cadential function through a "cadence-like progression". Moreover, he discusses how a theme may end with a cadence such that its melody and bass resolve at different times, a phenomenon he calls the separated cadence.
Two-Part Transition or Two-Part Subordinate Theme? - PDF through Erudit
In William Caplin's Classical Form (1998), the ending of a sonata-form exposition's two-part transition and a two-part subordinate theme's internal cadence share the same harmonic goal: the new key's dominant. In this article, the author contends that the choice between the two is not as clear-cut as Caplin suggests, arguing that the functional role of these passages should be read within the context of the entire sonata movement, rather than on more localized analytical interpretations of the sonata's sections taken in isolation. Two works are discussed: the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata op. 2, no. 3, and the first movement of the Piano Sonata op. 10, no. 2.
In Memoriam Carl Wiens - PDF through Erudit
William Caplin Responds - PDF through Erudit
Formal Mixture in the Sonata-Form Movements of Middle- and Late-Period Beethoven - PDF through Erudit
Modal mixture is defined as a local colouration of a diatonic progression by borrowing tones or chords from the parallel major or minor tonality. In his efforts to expand tonal resources, Beethoven took this technique further: he borrowed large-scale tonal processes from a composition's parallel tonality, a technique that I term formal mixture. After tracing its origin to certain works by J. S. Bach, C. P. E Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, and Joseph Haydn, I demonstrate how Beethoven built upon his predecessors' use of the technique throughout his career, thereby expanding and diversifying the tonal resources of late classical era sonata forms.
Poésie et musique : L'Horizon chimérique, de Jean de la Ville de Mirmont à Gabriel Fauré - PDF through Erudit
In this article, the author follows the genesis of Fauré's L'Horizon chimérique from the first encounter between musician and poet to the completion of the musical setting and finally to problems of performance. He pays particular attention to the formal characteristics of a poem (prosody, rhythm, metrics) and tries to show their importance all the way to the smallest details of the musical setting.
Jean Molino et les histoires de la musique : de nouveaux modèles pour les réécritures de l'histoire - PDF through Erudit
Le singe musicien (2009) brings together selected published and unpublished texts written by Jean Molino between 1984 and 2005. Known for his theory of tripartition, Molino proposes a new basis for the understanding of the sociology, history, and anthropology of music. The wide-ranging nature of his thinking requires synthesizing his ideas, which constitute true programmatic foundations. This is the task we propose to accomplish in this study: to summarize the author's thoughts on the development of historical discourse from a few selected texts.


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|Keli McGregor
|January 23, 1963
Primghar, Iowa
|President, Colorado Rockies
|January 23, 1963
Primghar, Iowa
|Career information
|NFL Draft
|1985 / Round: 4 / Pick: 110
|Colorado State
|Professional teams
|Career stats
|Games played
|Stats at NFL.com
|Career highlights and awards
Keli McGregor (born January 23, 1963 in Primghar, Iowa) is the President of the Colorado Rockies and a former tight end in the National Football League.
|Preceded by
Jerry McMorris
|Colorado Rockies
|Succeeded by
|Date of birth:
|January 23, 1963
|Place of birth:
|Primghar, Iowa
|Date of death:
|April 20, 2010 (aged 47)
|Place of death:
|Salt Lake City, Utah
|Career information
|Tight end
|Colorado State University
|NFL Draft:
|1985 / Round: 4 / Pick 110
|As player:
|Denver Broncos
Indianapolis Colts
|Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
Keli McGregor (January 23, 1963[1] – April 20, 2010) was a professional football player in the NFL and was president of the Colorado Rockies from 2001 until his death.[2]
McGregor was a multi-sport athlete at Lakewood High School in Colorado before starring with the Colorado State Rams football team as a tight end. McGregor was a four-year starter at Colorado State University. Considered to be an undersized halfback when he arrived on campus, McGregor went from freshman walk-on to second-team all-American tight end in 1984. He grew to 6 ft 6 in and 250 lb, and went on to become an all-Western Athletic Conference tight end from 1982-1984. He set a single-season school record with 69 catches in 1983, a mark that stood for ten years. He was voted to Colorado State's all-century team in 1992 and was named to the CSU Hall of Fame in 1996.
McGregor was selected by Denver in the fourth round of the 1985 NFL draft and played for the Denver Broncos and the Indianapolis Colts during the 1985 NFL season.
Following his retirement from football, McGregor then embarked on a career in sports administration. He was as an associate athletic director at the University of Arkansas for four years, and then assistant football coach for two years at the University of Florida from 1988-89, where he earned a Master's degree in education with an emphasis on athletic administration.
He joined Colorado Rockies in October 1993 as senior director of operations. He was promoted to senior vice-president in 1996 and executive vice-president in 1998. He was named president of the team in 2001. [1]
On April 20, 2010, he was found dead at the age of 47 in a Salt Lake City hotel room while on a business trip. He was in his seventeenth season with the Rockies, his ninth as club president. Initial indications were that he died of natural causes. Other major figures in the game paid tribute to him as the news of his death became public. [3]
On August 30, 2010 it was announced that McGregor died of a rare virus that infected his heart muscle. The infection caused lymphatic myocarditis, killing an otherwise healthy McGregor. "In an unusual manifestation of a viral illness, this organism infiltrated his heart muscle and disrupted the electrical pathways that signal the heart to beat properly," a statement from his family said. "The heart muscle may have recovered from the viral attack had these electrical pathways not been destroyed, but the muscle may have been permanently weakened and destined for eventual heart failure." It continued, "Just as a healthy brain can be infected with viral meningitis, a healthy heart can be infected with viral myocarditis," the McGregor family stated. "Fortunately, the vast majority of viral illnesses do not damage the heart or the brain." [4]


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In an odd move in response to the controversy surrounding the nomination of 30 men and 0 women for the Grand Prix du Festivale d'Angouleme, a French comics award that translates roughly as "Cheese of a Particularly Pungent Odor," the festival has not added women to the ballot, but instead removed men. In an even odder move, the method they used to reduce the number of men was to disgust them so badly that the men publicly asked for their names to be removed from the list of nominations.
According to a report from Robot 6, who are doing a far better job on this than us in terms of comprehensive coverage, but conversely a poorer job in terms of puns involving Jean Van Hamme, nine of the artists nominated for the lifetime achievement award have asked for their names to be removed from the ballot, including Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, Charles Burns, Riad Sattouf, Joann Sfar, Milo Manara, Pierre Christin, Etienne Davodeau, and Christophe Blain, either on their own or in conjunction with their publishers.
However, feeling that the number of men has not quite been reduced enough, Angouleme executive officer and person who, statistically, probably really enjoys the work of mimes, Franck Bondoux, decided to make some even more insulting comments in hopes that more of the male nominees would ask for their names to be removed in protest (or at least, that's the only logical reason we could think of for saying such ridiculous things).
"Unfortunately, there are few women in the history of comics. That's the reality. Similarly, if you go to the Louvre, you will find few women artists," Bondoux told a French newspaper before lying that Marjane Satrapi, whose name was removed from the ballot this year, was excluded because she is no longer making comics, even though the award was given to Bill Watterson in 2014 despite the fact that Watterson had effectively retired from comics nearly twenty years earlier. Bondoux then had to excuse himself from the interview as his pants had suddenly burst into flames.
In France, comics are serious business (though before you think of that too proudly you should consider that so is the comedy of Jerry Lewis), so even the French Minister of Culture and graduate of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, Fleur Pellerin, was driven to comment, saying she was "a little disturbed" by the lack of women on the list. Daniel Clowes was more blunt, calling the affair "a ridiculous, embarrassing debacle." Several of the other nominees who asked for their names to be removed also made scathing comments, which you can read at the source link above.
UPDATE: "The Great One" Brian Bendis has now also joined the boycott of the awards.


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I just read an inspiring career exploration story about a would be chef and high school senior, Chelsea Ciomei, who lives on Deer Isle in mid-coast Maine. According to a story in the local newspaper, the Island Ad-Vantages, she helped organize student volunteers to prepare and serve a "top chef" fund raising dinner for the Island Culinary and Ecological Center (ICEC). Several very high profile chefs donated their time to this event.
ICEC's "long term goal is to provide culinary and ecological education and training that will lead to job opportunities for Island young people, and open up new resources for adults."
My family and I have been "summer people" on Deer Isle since the mid 1980s. It is a spectacularly beautiful place but with limited career opportunities. (Here's a plug: please buy Maine lobster! It tastes so much better than other type of lobster - no offense to our Caribbean friends) So it takes a lot of initiative and creativity to explore careers on or close to the Island.
We can learn from and be inspired by others' creativity in combining their career interests with volunteer work for a good cause. With whom can you volunteer to learn more about a career that interests you?


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A full six years after the 24 Hours of LeMons last raced in Arizona, we headed to Inde Motorsports Ranch near Tucson last weekend and put on the Arizona D-Bags 24 Hours of LeMons. We saw perhaps the highest-ever per-capita concentration of effluent Class C machinery at this race, which means it ranks up there as one of the all-time great LeMons events. Here's what we saw and did.
This race kicked off the "Ramble On Forward" program, in which the Panting Polar Bear 1961 Rambler Classic will be passed from team to team around the country, being driven— not towed— between venues. This plan worked
disastrously well with the K-It-FWD 1986 Plymouth Reliant-K wagon race car, which consumed seven engines and racked up more than 30,000 miles during the 2013 season, and now the Race Rambler— 196-cubic-inch Nash six, three-on-the-tree manual transmission, faded pink paint, and all— will embark on a similar journey.
So, East Coast racers Sasha Rashev and Troy Frew flew out to the San Francisco Bay Area and picked up the Rambler, then began their journey of 1,000 or so miles to southeastern Arizona. After 55 years, who-knows-how-many street miles, and four grueling LeMons races, the Rambler was a little tired, but Sasha and Troy only had to put in a few (or maybe a dozen) hours of wrenching to complete the trip. Along the way, they stopped at the Tucson airport to pick up the stranded Judge Steve McDaniel, giving him a very un-luxurious drive to the track hotel.
The Race Rambler ran pretty well, if slowly, for the entire race weekend, finishing a respectable third in Class C.
After the race, Troy and Sasha headed east, to drop the car off for the next team, who will be racing the Rambler in the North Dallas Hooptie next month.
Unfortunately (though not unexpectedly), the Rambler's engine lost oil pressure just over the Texas border, stranding them near the Mecca Cafe. We're not sure what happened next, but we know the Texas LeMons Mafia will rescue the Rambler and have it in running condition in time for the Dallas race.
Most of the Class C cars pitted in the same corner of the paddock, no doubt nearest the sharpest cacti and angriest rattlesnakes, and sounds of engine hoists clattering and duct tape unrolling never ceased. The competitors for LeMons racing's most important class came from California, Arizona, Washington, Utah, and Texas; here we see the notorious stitched-together Austin ADO16 of the United America Wrenchers getting one of its two engine swaps of the weekend.
The winners of Class C, however, pitted far away from the neighborhood containing such cars as the Triumph of Thatcherism MG Metro and the Nine Finger Drifters '80 Corolla wagon. Meet the 1961 Ford Anglia of Stick Figure Racing, winner of Class C by an impressive 12 laps over the Le Citron 1977 Pontiac LeMans.
The members of Salt Lake City-based Stick Figure Racing started out as good fabricators, and they got even better after they built a pair of twin-engined, all-wheel-drive Toyotas. The Anglia made its LeMons debut with a 130-horsepower Zetec engine out of a late-1990s Escort under the hood, converted to rear-wheel-drive using some sort of marine-engine adapter plate.
The team had an "angler" theme, complete with custom Rat Fink-style graphics.
Nearly every time a team shows up with an engine swap this radical, the car spends most of its first race in many pieces, as unforeseen design flaws are sorted out and weak points are repaired. This was not the case with the Stick Figure Racing Anglia, which still has much of its original suspension and was described by one of its drivers as "a wobbly missile." The car ran well all weekend, requiring only a few minor fixes.
The Class B trophy went home with the members of Oktoberfest Racing, who have been trying for a class win with their battered and beer-tap-equipped BMW 2002 since 2010. This time, everything went right for this team, and they beat the Team Black Bird Camaro by five laps. Congratulations, Oktoberfest Racing!
The Class A and overall win was achieved by the drivers of the Turrible T and Pinto Bean Bandits Ford Model T GT. This car, which is essentially a Mustang chassis with a Model A/Model T-mashup body replicating the Ak Miller Caballo de Hierro Carrera Panamericana car, cruised to a 19-lap margin of victory after its competitors— which spent much of Saturday on the same lap as the T— got sidelined by mechanical maladies.
One of those competitors was the Super Trooper 1978 Mercury Zephyr, which has been getting quicker every race for years now. The Super Troopers were really sweating the Model T GT drivers, but then a catastrophic differential failure took them out of the running.
Yes, their pinion gear sheared right off. Ouch!
Some contending teams would have packed up and gone home right meow at that point, but the Super Troopers are serious racers and headed straight to the sketchiest junkyard they could find, where they fortified themselves with maple syrup and yanked a Mustang rear end using (to hear them tell it) nothing but big rocks and tree branches as tools. They got their car buttoned up in time to catch the green flag on Sunday morning… and then got collected by a spinning Toyota MR2 and got their oil cooler torn off the car.
Running to the junkyard at closing time and scoring a major component even when the yard manager won't let you use proper tools is the kind of thing that gets you a Most Heroic Fix trophy, but the Super Troopers' accomplishment was eclipsed by the As Seen On TV Racing crew. Their 2003 Kia Rio launched a connecting rod out of the block (sending a shard of engine block through the radiator in the process), around the same time on Saturday as the Super Troopers were nuking their differential. Go home? Hell no!
As you might imagine, 2000s Kias are plentiful in junkyards, but that means that they are also plentiful on Craigslist with bargain-level price tags. Instead of pulling an engine of questionable condition at the junkyard, why not buy an entire running parts car? The As Seen on TV guys found a Rio in Phoenix for a few hundred bucks, bought it, and drove it back to the track.
Then they spent all Saturday night extracting the bad engine and installing the good one.
While they were at it, they yanked all the rest of the useful mechanical parts plus all the bumpers, doors, and body panels, for use in later races. The gutted shell was then dragged to the nearest junkyard that would give the team a few bucks for it.
The donor car's bumpers came with some great stickers, perfect for a LeMons car. Sadly, the new engine exploded late on Sunday, but now the team has a big stash of useful parts for the Thunderhill race in May. All of this resourcefulness gained As Seen On TV Racing and their Chia Pet-themed Kia a well-earned Heroic Fix award.
One of the teams that had the pressure on the Model T GT drivers early in the going was Too Stupid To Know Better and their 1989 Volvo 740 Turbo wagon. This car is quick and its drivers are skilled, as they proved by getting the most laps at the 2014 Utah race, but various mechanical problems knocked the car out of contention this time.
Being nice guys, the Too Stupid To Know Better drivers offered to let the justices of the 24 Hours of LeMons Supreme Court take their car out on the track for the last couple of hours of the race. There's a reason that the judges often say "do as I say, not as I do" to miscreant racers being chastised in the penalty box, and Judge Steve proved it by failing to use his psychic powers to predict that a driver would panic-brake in front of the fast cars on the long straight during the final lap of the weekend. Boom!
He knocked the race winner into the wall, tearing off its vanity plate, and bending up the front bodywork on the Volvo. Nobody was hurt and some junkyard will provide fresh Volvo 740 fenders, but this episode ensured both a future of crashy-Swede jokes for Judge Steve and an I Got Screwed trophy for Too Stupid To Know Better.
Speaking of the LeMons Supreme Court, the just and fair judges selected the Todd's Last Days team to receive their extremely prestigious Judges' Choice trophy. These Marylanders learned about the 24 Hours of LeMons about a day before the entry deadline for this race and decided that the best possible bachelor party for about-to-be-married Todd would involve towing a Honda CRX 2,300 miles and then racing it in the desert. Which they did, and had a much better time than guys who have strippers-and-barf bachelor parties in Vegas or preparing-for-somnolent-middle-age bachelor ennui at the golf course.
For our race-specific, created-for-the-occasion award, we honored Leo the Safety Guy with the Heroic Catch trophy. Leo, who is in charge of safety at Inde Motorsports Ranch, noticed that the Eyesore Racing ghettocharged Miata had a serious coolant leak from their engine a few minutes before the green flag on Sunday, giving the Eyesores— the winningest team in LeMons history, in P2 at that moment— a chance to fix the problem without missing a single lap. Thanks, Leo!
The Organizer's Choice award is a tough one to win, going to teams that build the most spectacular cars we've ever seen. This race, a rookie team showed up and knocked everybody out on their first-ever LeMons race, by turning a boring BMW E36 3-series into this incredible garbage truck.
Team Totaled— so named because their car was LeMons-priced due to an unfortunate dumpster-crash incident— started the weekend with a big advantage in the Organizer's Choice race, by creating this all-steel garbage truck out of a slushbox-enhanced BMW.
Not satisfied with just racing a Waste Management Sanitation Vehicle, the Totaled guys went above and beyond with their theme over the course of the weekend. When they showed up to the car inspections on Friday, they had all their race gear in trash bags in the back of their "truck." On Saturday night, they drove around the paddock picking up trash and depositing it in their racer. On Sunday, they brought a wagon full of beer and supplied everyone with cold beverages during the awards ceremony. A most well-deserved Organizer's Choice, we say.
Ever since the earliest days of the series, we have been asking— pleading, really— for a team to race a first-generation Hyundai Excel. Yes, the only 1980s car that may have been even worse than the wretched Yugo GV, and no team had the guts to bring one. That is, until Certified LeMons Madman Mike "Spank" Spangler managed to find one of the few early Excels that didn't get scrapped by the early 1990s.
This is a genuinely vile car, which should not have been allowed anywhere near a race track. In other words, an ideal 24 Hours of LeMons car.
Spank showed up dressed as a Southern California Excel owner, circa 1989, complete with scary mullet and creepy polo shirt. Accompanying him was South Korean strongman Syngman Rhee and a color guard with South Korean flag. The pride of South Korea!
The team managed to find a brand-new Excel car-bra, which had been awaiting this moment for 30 years.
The only tires of the correct size that Spank could find for the Excel (cheaply and at the last possible second, in San Diego) were these used Goodyear Nordic Winters.
Since the early Excel ran an engine that was a license-built copy of the Mitsubishi Orion, the team acquired this bargain-priced Plymouth Colt with, theoretically, the same engine as the Excel. That meant that the team had a slim-but-not-nonexistent chance of doing a bolt-in motor swap if the Excel's 68-horse powerplant dissolved like overcooked kimchi.
The Excel ran like crap, and it suffered from an encyclopedia of mechanical, electrical, and spiritual ailments over the course of the weekend. The engine overheated every few laps, the top speed down the main straight was precisely 62 mph, and the thing sounded like an oil drum full of sick rats being dragged through the Blue Pond at the Porta-Potty facility. On the plus side, the majority of its snow tires did not suffer from blowouts.
It was the slowest car in the entire 54-vehicle field, and it was consuming four quarts of water and four quarts of oil per hour by the end of the weekend, but it kept returning to the track after each repair and accomplished the miraculous— for an Excel— feat of turning 299 laps by the time the checkered flag waved on Sunday. It finished in 47th place overall, beating seven much-less-terrible competitors in the process, and for this we awarded Team Aigo! Eojjeoji?? the top prize of LeMons racing, the Index of Effluency.
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First responders have had a busy holiday weekend dealing with reports of distressed and lost hikers in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
Officials say two Rhode Island women became sick and dehydrated Sunday evening near the summit of Mount Cardigan in Alexandria. Rescuers from Canaan Fire and Rescue and Enfield Fire reached the pair at 9:25 p.m. and helped them down the mountain in the dark.
Also on Sunday, a 35-year-old man from Massachusetts became lost on Mount Moosilauke in Benton, but was located thanks to coordinates from a 911 call he made.
First responders also helped a Massachusetts woman who had to be carried out after suffering a lower leg injury while hiking down Mount Lafayette, in Franconia.


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December 2011 Listening List
Here are the CDs (yes, real legitimate discs and NOT downloads) that I'm listening to this month, just the sonic tonic to keep my spirits high amidst the depressing seasonal onslaught of Christmas nonsense.
Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
Coldplay – Mylo Xloto
The Winstons – Color Him Father
Tony Joe White – The Heroines
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Swamp Dogg – It's All Good
Lindsey Buckingham – Seeds We Sow
Red Hot Chili Peppers – I'm With You
Jackie McLean – Bluesnik
Daryl Hall – Laughing Down Crying
Various Artists – Nigeria 70
Dan Fogelberg – Live: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, … and Some Blues
Art Farmer – Brass Shout/The Aztec Suite
Grant Green – Iron City
Lonnie Liston Smith – Cosmic Funk
Eddi Reader – The Songs of Robert Burns (Deluxe Edition)
Tony Rice – Sings Gordon Lightfoot
Blue Rodeo – Casino
Bob Mould – Body of Song
Ben Webster & Joe Zawinul – Soulmates
Various Artists – Carolina Funk: First in Funk 1968-1977
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
The Black Keys – Attack & Release
The Coral – Singles Collection
Ray LaMontagne – Gossip in the Grain
Jim Ford – The Sounds of our Time
Danny and the Champions of the World – Streets of our Time
Tommy Stinson – One Man Mutiny
Kelley Stoltz – Circular Sounds
The Grid – Four Five Six
Dusty Springfield – The Complete BBC Sessions
The Red Button – As Far as Yesterday Goes
Booker T and the MGs – Play the Hip Hits
June Tabor and Oysterband – Ragged Kingdom
Hurrah! – The Sound of Philadelphia
Tinariwen – Tassili
Mekons – Fear and Whiskey
John Mellencamp – No Better Than This
Boston Spaceships – Let it Beard
The Originals – California Sunset


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I bought a little roses covered tablecloth piece, gorgeous vintage rhinestone brooch, and some cute gum packages for the kids. I could have spent a whole lot more there, but I was trying to be good.
Saturday was the day I mentioned that Isabel and I were going to the "3 Friends" Sale. We had a great time and it was fun seeing how cute everyone decorated their own individual sales. I even got to meet some sweet bloggers, Sheila was helping Joy, Rene was shopping at Joy's as was Stephanie. Here is a picture of what I got at the 3 sales.At Joy's I got the sweet vintage slip and minty green pillowcase with lace. At Diane's I got the hyacinth in the vintage pot, a pink roses ticking, bunch of milinery roses, crochet basket with eggs and lovely hat box. At Cindy's I got the cute white lap desk, pink roses, white milinery and ribbon. I was very happy with my finds.
I have been keeping a secret for awhile, but now I just have to tell you. I'm too excited. On Friday I am going to Sally Jean's studio in Portland to attend a Soldering Workshop. I have been wanting to try soldering for a long time. I hear from those who have taken her class that it is not an easy skill to master and that it takes a lot of practice, but I am definitely up for the challenge. Wish me luck!On my next post I want to share with you some pictures of a very special swap that I participated in. It deserves a post all to itself. Until then, have a happy day!


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The camera transitions in this so soooo…. smooothh~~ Oh and the Yuri hair flip and dancing is really nice~ Song get catchy once you play it like.. twice. Not really a song you play to sing along to.. more like one thats playing in some club xD Its nice cause it was -kinda- released on my bday~~ So that's always nice =3
As for my birthday it was an eventful day. I didn't think I'd be out of the house that much but at the same kinda I'm kinda glad I didn't spend it like any other day. Which is usually my goal for birthdays is to do something different! :D So I went shopping… like had money to ACTUALLY shop and couldn't find crap QQ Well here and there but nothing really wow-ed me. Then went home to talk to Gee a bit =3 We went to the pier where I got to pick an oyster and behold! Two pretty pearls in one =3 And it was free… so it was awesome~~ I want earrings made out of them ^^ They also have a slight pink tint to them which is soo adorable!! Afterwards I picked up my own cake (lol!! my family is so scared of disappointing me with the "wrong" cake) And ate cake at home.. then Janice came over and took me out for some snack/dinner/drinks! It was entertaining and slightly tiring since by that time my throat was not getting any better.
Oh right. I'm also sick QQ I dunno how I got it or what it is but it sucks.
In the end it was quite different and other than the fact I couldn't find things to buy it was… nice. My actual birthday celebration day which im really really looking forward to is next week! Cause I won't be able to fully celebrate my birthday until after tax season~ XDD
Anyways. Good times! Tiff was nice enough to give me a present~ My brother got me a little figurine though and its ADORABLE :D It's weird getting presents though so pls.. stop xD >.>


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MacBook Air review
by Tricia Marie Villaluz
February 22, 2017
''Thin. Light. Powerful. And ready for anything.'' Is Apple's slogan for the 13.3 inch MacBook Air launched in mid-2015. So, is it really all that they advertise?
The MacBook Air features a full machined aluminum case and a full keyboard which makes the laptop give out a true premium quality feel, both, when you see it and when you feel it. Along with the high-quality casing, it features a backlit keyboard which makes writing in any light conditions with an ease. The backlit keyboard's brightness can be adjusted to one's need and even set to change during certain hours, which is great when you don't need it lit in the day, yet need it in the evening when writing or browsing the web.
It is indeed thin, while it is not the same height all around, as it gets thinner from the screen to the keyboard. This gives the laptop an elevated, tilted feel for they keyboard, which in turn, makes it easier to type than it would be if it was just a horizontal surface.
The laptop features a 13.3-inch glossy display which is clear but also has very good viewing angles. You can find also a smaller version, which is 11.6 inches, but I find that the 13-inch variant is the best size as it is well fit for movie watching, writing and even video editing without the need for a second monitor.
And lastly, but not least, it, of course, features Apple's famous "Apple logo" design behind the display, which lights up, which the newer MacBooks do not. This looks great, and if you like modding things or using decals, you can play around with this.
Battery life and usage
There are many things Apple can be praised for, but one consistent thing they always get right is the battery life. From iPhones to MacBooks, the battery life is always superb. A lithium-ion polymer battery is installed, which can be removed if the need arises, though you would need to use a screwdriver to do so, and it is not yet certain if it voids the warranty.
MagSafe is used to charge the MacBook Air, which is probably one of the best connectors in the market, usability wise. MagSafe allows to put the connector in any way, similar to a USB-C connector, but with the added benefit of it snapping into place with the help of magnets. While it is understandable that the new USB-C type charging might be advantageous as seen in the newer MacBooks, MagSafe is still one of the best solutions regarding laptop charging and I would prefer it over USB-C any day of the week.
Apple advertises up to 12 hours of battery life on the MacBook Air. And it delivers. The MacBook air can easily last for more than 10 hours on a full charge, whether you are browsing the web or watching movies all the time, it will last you the whole day. It also features 30 days of standby time in which the battery does not drain which is great if you are not a heavy laptop user. Overall, the battery life is one of the strongest points of getting a MacBook Air. Having compared both the MacBook and my other, similarly priced laptop, I'd say, the MacBook wins, just because it allows for more usability.
Is it ready for anything as Apple advertise? Mostly. It features an Intel I5 processor, however each iteration of the MacBook Air has a different generation of the processor, so you should double check if it is indeed the one you need and want before buying. Power wise, it delivers, as it can perform day to day tasks, such as browsing the web, movie playback, programming and compiling. It also gives very good results on video editing. The best results I've gotten was when using iMovie and Final Cut Pro. It is a great solution to when you need to edit videos on the go and with the long-lasting battery life, you are sure to get your video rendered and not have your laptop die on you.
The only thing you cannot do is gaming. There is a saying that if you want to do gaming, you do not buy an Apple computer. This is because most games are made for the Windows operating system and not MacOS. But it can run browser games and games, that are not GPU intensive, as it only features an Intel HD Graphics processor and not a dedicated video card. So, if you do not have high hopes for gaming, you're in the clear!
Storage is a tricky thing. While it does feature a fast flash storage, similar to a USB thumb drive, it has its downsides. For one, the flash storage is expensive, and at the time of making these laptops, the storage capacities of flash drives were fairly small. The MacBook comes with the options of either 128GB or 256GB. It is enough and you can always buy an external HDD or use cloud-based solutions if you need more space, but many might see it as a burden. This does, however, allow for faster processing times, up to 17 times faster in fact. You also do not need to worry about the hard drive breaking as it does not have any moving parts, which not only improves performance but also removes any additional sounds.
With all of this processing power and the possibility of video editing, you might wonder if it suffers from the same problems as other laptops, such as overheating, throttling due to said heat and what about the noise? To which the answer is, do not worry. It does not heat up at all, there is no throttling and it is as silent as it is when turned off. The aluminum casing always gives you a nice cool feeling that makes it a joy to work with.
The MacBook Air is an amazing device for a decent price. Featuring a slim design, aluminum casing, incredible battery life and good processing power, it is the laptop to have for either a regular user or more of the creative type that loves writing, video editing, and movie watching. The pricing starts from 999$ for the 13.3-inch model, but you can find it even for a cheaper price during sales or specials. If you are looking for a laptop, this might be a good choice.


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