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September has been a whirlwind month attending exciting conferences and workshops around the globe for our 3DLOOK executive teams!
Our CSO Whitney Cathcart and CEO Vadim Rogovskiy attended the prestigious TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco in early September. As a top pick startup for AI, we presented our 3D body scanning technology and latest AR features in the coveted Startup Alley. Vadim participated in a Q&A interview discussing how our technology has the power to transform the retail industry. Watch the interview here!
Meanwhile, our CCO Katerina Galich headed to Paris Retail Week 2018 to showcase our technology at Europe's largest retail trade show. With over 40,000 decision makers, this year's conference highlighted innovative solutions for retail and Katerina collaborated with experts to discuss the evolution of fashion, retail, and the future of commerce.
We then joined the Alibaba Cloud team and took part in workshops where we had a chance to showcase our technology and solutions. Stay tuned for details about an exciting upcoming joint pilot!
We ended the month in hot and sunny Las Vegas where we were part of the Shop.org Innovation Lab. We took part in media and retailer lunches with top executives from the world's biggest brands and retailers and had the opportunity to hear fantastic presentations from some of the most influential innovators in the retail and tech sector. Major topics discussed included friction-free retail experiences, AI-powered commerce, the future of new retail, and the power of data.
Clearly, this is an exciting time in commerce and 3DLOOK is thrilled to be working on retail transformation with so many bright minds.
Visit our Events page to follow 3DLOOK during the month of October as we head back to Europe!

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
books and flowers
6 comments:
- Flower said...
Hi Mary, Isn't this blogging fun! I really had no clue where it would take me but it's fun to meet new people! Stillmeadow books are wonderful..I have found several of Glady's books and it's not easy on the Westcoast! Her books are like friends!! :))
We do have similar taste and interests! I have enjoyed looking at your art....I wish I could see it up close!! The piano key painting is really nice!! My painting is coming along..I have much to learn but it's something I want to do for a long time!
How long have you been "doing" art?
I'll add you to my list of blogs!!
- June 18, 2008 at 8:48 AM
- Flower said...
Hi Again! I just picked up my granddaughter for the day and overnight! Fun for me!
My art is watercolor and it is so basic...I need to spend more time doing it to get to a place where I could sell it. Of course I do flowers for weddings also and that a kind of art.
Do you have an Etsy shop on-line?
- June 18, 2008 at 1:43 PM
- mary said...
I was just about to comment again to say that I didn't see many paintings, (just the one of the shore with gulls which was very nice) but saw your floral arrangements which are certainly works of art. So beautiful! Isn't it fun to be able to express ourselves in so many different ways. Do you rent your farm as a site for weddings? We have been toying with the idea since our daughter was married at ours, but don't feel quite brave enough to take the leap. Another funny thing - last night I went to Heidi's site from your link and was completely blown away by her work! She is incredible and I've bookmarked her site. I hope to own a piece of her work someday. My favorite was The Homecoming and I was disappointed to see the red dot indicating it was sold. Then, today, as I was looking through your site for your paintings, there it was. YOU bought it. I actually wasn't too surprised - we seem to like the same things. I'll just keep shopping...
And, no, I don't have an etsy shop, though I'm considering it. Just my website.
- June 18, 2008 at 2:02 PM
- Flower said...
Hi! I see your on-line art shopping! :)Wonderful....
....it's fun to discover common likes!! You know why I like the butterflies!! Heidi and Bruce are both very talented artists... We belong to CIVA...Christians In Visual Arts. You might like to check it out. Or, maybe you already know about them.
Heidi's work is often shown in their publication because everything she does expresses her faith. I will tell Heidi of your reaction to her work. Yes, I bought the "Homecoming"...it is a large piece and it spoke to me...had to have it!!
I think we could just talk and talk!!
No, we don't rent out the farm. My husband would have to quit working in our business and stay home to do yard work! I have a friend who does use her farm for weddings and pay. Her husband is home. :)
- June 18, 2008 at 2:27 PM
- Elizabeth Gregory Brown said...
hi mom! I like the new look! it looks just like you.
- June 18, 2008 at 3:47 PM
- Elizabeth Gregory Brown said...
oh, and that books and flowers picture? love it! sigh...if only i had a camera handy for whenever something so totally cool and spontaneous happens in the back of my car... haha.
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It's time! I hope your church has begun taking sign-ups for this years conference, whether it be Branson or Gatlinburg. Currently there are only 10 fewer signed up for Branson than Gatlinburg. I would love to see as many register for Branson as Gatlinburg, well maybe half as many. Wouldn't that be amazing! I would recommend that you make your room reservations soon. I had someone tell me yesterday that the hotel they wanted to stay at was full already. That is exciting! This is only July!
Please keep the conferences in your prayers. I know that the Lord has great and mighty things in store for both Branson and Gatlinburg.


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The story in the Prague Daily Monitor compared the number of Czech holidays to the number of holidays in some other European countries. Here is the count:
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1 and 8 May are both holidays – if one falls on a weekend, so does the other. 5 and 6 July are both holidays – if they are on Saturday and Sunday, that is another two lost at once. Last Christmas, we lost the 24th and 25th of December as they were Saturday and Sunday, which means that we also lost the 1st of January. I am fairly certain that it is not possible for us to enjoy the benefit of all 13 public holidays in the same year.


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"What does it mean?" I hear this a lot. The truth is, I often don't know until months after a piece is finished. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, the relevance of the symbolism to my life will hit me–the way suddenly a dream you had forever ago will make perfect sense.
Like many other artists, I don't feel entirely responsible for the worlds depicted in my art. Like Elizabeth Gilbert says in her book, Big Magic, "The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them." These are what I've found so far. I'm grateful I could find some worth sharing, and just as grateful for those that weren't.
I am a mixed-media artist and graphic designer. My work is hand-cut collage. I favour scissors over X-Actos. My images are created using archivally printed paper, some acrylic paint and specialty papers. My subject matter is primarily surreal and most often is nature, water, animal oriented.
In 2016, I was chosen to participate in the ArtStreet (Sacramento, California). This exhibit was a huge success. Thousands of people came to the month-long event which was covered by every major media outlet in the area. In addition, Juxtapoz Magazine ran an online article that featured two images of my piece, After Us–a 4 foot x 8 foot surrealistic collage depicting nature alongside decaying man-made items.
I currently maintain a studio located in the ARTHOUSE on R Gallery in Sacramento, California.
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TMJ Therapy An Overview
If you are a patient of our office and have TMJ related problems, let us know at your next visit. We can help to diagnose the source of the issue and recommend a treatment plan and then help coordinate that treatment with a TMJ specialist.
There is no single course of treatment for TMJ disorders. TMJ treatment depends entirely on the patient. In many cases, we can carry out the treatment plan in our office using oral appliances and restorative dental techniques to bring the bite into harmony.
Our dentists also work with patients of other dentists to coordinate TMJ treatment plans. If you are seeing another dentist and want a second opinion on your TMJ Disorder, please call our office for a consultation. Your Lanier dentist will perform a comprehensive evaluation, focusing on the joint tissues and muscles to identify signs of instability.
About TMJ Disorder
There are few true "experts" in the field of TMJ Disorders, which is a complex group of conditions surrounding jaw joint instability and fit of the bite. Our dentists experience in the field of restorative dentistry, combined with their training in the discipline of "functional occlusion" from the Dawson Academy, gives them a deep understanding of how the teeth, jaw joints and muscles work together. When one or more aspects of the occlusion are out of sync, it can create a host of problems including headaches, locked jaw, limited mobility in the mouth and other conditions.
Our dentists are also able to refer patients, as needed, to TMJ specialists.
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Because of the complexity of TMJ disorders, causes and symptoms vary greatly from one patient to another. There are a number of factors that can contribute to TMJ disorders. Most commonly, the source of TMJ Disorder is trauma to the head. Common signs or symptoms that many patients share include:
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Prehistoric Shark Week, Day 3: Flat Fish
For Day 3 (a little late, yes) of Prehistoric Shark Week, I want to bring to your attention the diversity of chondrichthyans that have opted for a flatter bauplan.
Sharks are generally split into two groups, the galeomorphs, which are mostly the more typical torpedo-shaped sharks, including the sharks that most people think of when they envision a shark. The other group is the squalimorphs. These sharks lack an anal fin and many of them have developed a penchant for flatter bodies and broad pectoral fins, and in some cases pelvic fins as well (although not all, such as the dogfish and frilled sharks). Up until recently, the batoids, otherwise known as skates and rays, were considered part of this group, the consensus being that they were a more specialized type of squalimorph shark that had taken flat to an extreme. But the most recent molecular studies have indicated that they are a group unto themselves. The batoids have a long fossil history, with a number of ray teeth found in the Cretaceous deposits of Arkansas, particularly the eagle ray family Myliobatidae. Their teeth are typically flat rectangles on top with a comb-like surface below. Another type of ray that can be found are the guitarfish, or Rhinobatos casieri. These pectoral fins of these fish extend to their head, giving them a triangular shaped front end of a more traditional shark-like back end.
Skates and rays are generally very docile and would not be very threatening, spending their time scrounging about on the sea floor for benthic (living in or on the sea floor) invertebrates and the occasional fish. The same can't be said for the last member of this group, the sawfish. Armed with a rostrum (its elongated snout) with teeth out to the side, the fish looks like it has a chain saw for a nose. The sawfish will swim into a school of fish and thrash its rostrum rapidly back and forth, spearing and stunning several fish, which it can then gobble up. They can also use it to dig up clams and crabs from the sediment. While they won't attack humans, any human who provoked one may easily wind up perforated by the rostrum, probably not deadly but certainly painful. Most modern sawfish reach a respectable two meters, but the largest species, the green sawfish (Pristis zijsron) can top seven meters (24 feet). This is as large as the Cretaceous versions. Modern sawfish are typically put into the family Pristiformes. The Cretaceous ones are in their own family, called Sclerorhynchiformes and are not directly related, in that the Cretaceous ones are not thought to be ancestral to the modern ones. They are both put into the group Pristirajea, so they are thought to at least be related. But with the uncertainties in the relationships of the modern fish, the relationships with fossil forms are necessarily less certain. In any case, Arkansas sports several different species from this group, including Schizorhiza stromeri, Sclerorhynchus sp., Ischyrhiza mira, Ischyrhiza avonicola, and Ptychotrygon vermiculata. We were postively awash in sawfish.
The true squalimorph sharks that have shown up in the Arkansas Cretaceous rocks are best represented by the Angel shark (Squatina hassei), which looks like an early rendition of a skate, so it is little wonder that most researchers viewed skates and rays as simply more specialized versions of these sharks. Nevertheless, it appears this is case of convergence, not homology (similarity due to relationship). If it is homologous, it isn't directly so. It is possible both groups had a common slightly flattened ancestor and each took their own route from there.
All of these fish are pretty docile hunters, scrounging around the sea floor for benthic organisms, all those animals that make their home in or on the sea floor sediments. They spend their time digging around the sand for crabs, clams, and other invertebrates, the occasional fish. When threatened by the presence of a predator, they hide on the bottom, using their shape to help them blend in with the seafloor. Neither the ones today or the ones in the Cretaceous would have bothered a human swimming around them.
Becker, Martin A., Chamberlain, John A., Wolp, George E. 2006. Chondricthyans from the Arkadelphia Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Upper Maastrichtian) of Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Prehistoric Shark Week, Day 2: Goblins
For Day 2 of Prehistoric Shark Week on paleoaerie, we are going to take a look at my personal favorite shark. In the late Cretaceous, it was called Scapanorhynchus, the spade snout. But its closest living relative is called Mitsukurina owstoni, also known as the goblin shark. The perfect shark for Halloween.
Scapanorhynchus means spade snout, so named for the elongated, flat snout, the same feature which got the modern shark named goblin. Most of them are small, less than one meter, but can get in excess of four meters. Spade snouts were some of the earliest sharks in Neoselachii, the modern sharks. One of the things this means is that they did not just have straight cartilaginous skeletons, they calcified most parts of the skeleton to reinforce the cartilage. They didn't make true bone, but the calcium spicules provided more strength for the cartilage.
Goblin shark teeth are long and thin, looking like a mouth full of curved needles. But what most people are fascinated by is the amazing length to which they can protrude their jaws. Modern sharks have what is known as hyostylic jaws, meaning that the jaws are not directly connected to the skull. Instead, they are attached at the back of the jaws on an intermediary bone that allows the jaw to swing forward. All sharks can do this to an extent, but the goblin shark is expecially known for it.
The modern goblin sharks are generally only found in deep water. Its Cretaceous cousins, on the other hand, were widespread in shallow marine areas. Like many fish in the Cretaceous, they seem to have survived the mass extinction even at the end of the Mesozoic by going deep.
Prehistoric Shark Week
This week we will celebrate fossil sharks of the Mesozoic that have been found in Arkansas. Because all of our surface rocks of the period are from the Cretaceous, the sharks are limited to that time. There are other cool sharks from the Paleozoic, but they will have to wait for another time. Hunting for shark teeth in Arkansas can best be done in the chalk formations called the Annona and Saratoga in southwest Arkansas. But you can also find them in several other formations as well.
Many of the sharks found in the Cretaceous in Arkansas have contemporary species. While the species may vary, the genus name is very long-lived. For those who are unaware, scientific names follow a binomial system, with a genus and a species name, the genus being the first name and indicating a group of very closely related species. It is next to impossible to tell the difference between species of sharks just by their teeth unless, and many times even if, one is an expert, so I will be sticking with the genus names.
To begin the week, I present to you Ginglymostoma, the nurse shark.
The scientific name comes from the shape of its mouth. The origin of the name nurse shark is not clear, but it is considered likely to have originated with the Old English word Hurse, for sea floor shark.
Known for its puckered mouth and barbels on the sides of its mouth, nurse sharks spend most of their time near the sea floor scrounging for whatever small animal they can catch. They are very docile and will only bite if provoked. Humans are far too big for nurse sharks to be interested in, so unless one really goes out of their way to annoy a nurse shark, you're pretty safe, even from the largest ones, which can get over 4 meters.
Day 5 of Paleo-Animal Fest: Elasmosaurs
We have reached the end of Paleo-Animal Fest celebrating the animals that populated the Cretaceous seas of Arkansas 65-120 million years ago. We have seen early crocodilians and gars. We have seen the largest of the predators in the ocean and some of the smallest of creatures populating the seas. Today we are going to wrap it up with an animal famous the world over: elasmosaurs.
Many people today will not know them by that name, but show them a picture of Nessie, the Loch-Ness Monster, and the image they conjure up is the classic elasmosaur, a long-necked marine (which is funny because Loch Ness is a freshwater lake) reptile with big flippers and a small head, essentially looking like a predatory aquatic sauropod. Of course, it probably didn't hold its head way out of the water like shown in most imaginings, but the general appearance is close.People are frequently pulling things out of the ocean and claiming they are long-lost Mesozoic Monsters from the time of the dinosaurs. Of course, they always wind up being something else.
Sadly, elasmosaurs died out the same time the big dinosaurs died out.But they had a good run, first appearing in the Triassic, close to the beginning of the Mesozoic Era. Elasmosaurs were part of a group called sauropterygians, which first appeared over 200 million years ago.
Here are a couple of illustrations of elasmosaurs. One is by my son, which will be appearing in a booklet I am making about Arkansas during the Cretaceous, as well as a coloring book for kids I am putting together. Some of them really did have amazingly flexible, ridiculously long necks.
Here is one in the expected habitat and following expected behaviors.
Come back next week to celebrate Arkansas Cretaceous Shark Week.
Day 4 of Paleo-Animal Fest
Welcome to Day 4 of Paleo-Animal Fest, celebrating the creatures populating the Arkansas seas during the Cretaceous. Today we are going to look at a fish that has survived for an amazingly long time. They first appeared in the Late Cretaceous and have survived to the present day, still thriving. You can find them in many freshwater lakes and rivers, especially brackish and hypoxic (low oxygen) waters, even into marine waters on the occasion. They are a tough predator in many ways, from their durability in the fossil record to their physical defenses and their intimidating jaws. I am of course talking about gars.
Gars are piscivorous, meaning they eat other fish. The most common description of them is "voracious predator." They are known for their tooth-filled jaws, scales of armor, and their fight. Their typical mode of attack is a lightning-quick sideways bite. Gar fishermen are often called "not right in the head."
Gars can be found in many places within North America, but their fossils can be found all over the world. The vast majority of the fossils have been identified as Lepisosteus, which includes the longnose, shortnose, spotted, and Florida gar. However, most of their fossils are isolated scales, which makes it difficult to impossible to tell what type of gar it is from. So I am going to go with most people's favorite gar, Atractosteus spatula, the alligator gar (pictured above). It is the biggest one reaching almost 3 meters. Another impressive armored, ancient fish that is still around is the sturgeon, which can get a lot bigger, but are nowhere near as impressive in the teeth department.
There are not a lot of skeletons of gars with heads and tails, but there are a lot of body pieces covered in scales. Gar scales are thick, rhomboid-shaped ganoid scales, meaning they are covered in what is effectively enamel. The scales form an excellent armor, making handling them hard on the hands. They are so tough and dense, in fact, that the scales have been used as arrowheads and make even CT scans on gars hard to impossible to get decent views. On the plus side, this results in them having excellent preservational potential and can be found quite commonly. The scales make the fossils really stand out and readily identifiable to at least the group Lepisosteiformes.
By far, the most complete and detailed description of gars ever published is by Lance Grande, the universally acknowledged leading world expert on fossil fish, called "An empirical synthetic pattern study of gars (Lepisosteiformes) and closely related species, based mostly on skeletal anatomy. The resurrection of Holostei." Special publication 6 of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, published in 2010. This is a massive tome, amassing almost 900 pages of detailed observation on gars. This book is a companion to a similar volume he did on bowfins. I can honestly say I have never seen a more thorough job on any group such as this in my life. Every time I look at it, I think wow, all this on just gars? This would make any scientist proud to have one of these capping their life's work and this doesn't even begin to touch the work put out by Grande. I am in awe.
Marine Paleo Animal Fest, Day 3
Monday was a goniopholid crocodilian. Tuesday was mosasaurs, the largest of the marine predators. For day 3, we're going to the other end of the scale.
What is a picture of a rock outcrop doing here? This is a picture of the Saratoga Chalk, courtesy of the Arkansas Geological Survey. Look at it this way, and it is tons of chalk, the same that they used to make for blackboards when they used the real thing.
But look at it under a microscope and you open up an entirely new world. For chalk is not just a rock. It is a rock made of trillions of shells of microscopic organisms that live in the oceans.
Two kinds of microorganisms make up most of the chalk. The Saratoga is primarily noted for its abundance of foraminifera, (forams for short) one-celled organisms that form shells, or tests, out of minerals dissolved in the sea water. The ones that make up chalk and limestone form theirs out of calcium carbonate. It is unclear what they are related to, but one thing is clear. They have developed a huge diversity in their over 500 million years of existence.
I find forams fascinating because of their wonderful diversity. Here is another picture posted on the blog "Letters from Gondwana." The article is a nice description of forams if you want more information on them.
The other group that is commonly found in chalk is called the coccolithophores. These are very tiny, once-celled plants found in the ocean and make up one of the largest groups of phytoplankton. They also make shells of calcium carbonate, but instead of a shell like the forams, they create their home with a few dozen intricately formed scales.
The coccolithophore Gephyrocapsa oceanica. Wikipedia.
When the cells die, the scales scatter and become tiny grains of calcium carbonate which, when piled up on the ocean floor with all the other debris from the oceans, can form those particles of chalk that you used to clean off the blackboard.
Both of these groups prefer shallow, warm seas. Go to the Bahamas or the Persian Gulf and you will get an idea of the environments that are admirably suited to making modern day chalk, as well as getting a good idea of what Arkansas was like 100 million years ago.
Day 2 of marine paleo-animals: Mosasaurs
Continuing our celebration of marine animals of the Cretaceous found in Arkansas, here is a picture of a mosasaur. It is from the Dallas (Perot) Museum of Nature and Science. They have a great display of several different mosasaurs. You can also see one on display at the natural history museum located at the University of Texas at Austin.
Mosasaurs were the apex predators of their time, which was in the Late Cretaceous. Tyrannosaurs may have ruled the land, but mosasaurs ruled the seas. The first mosasaurs appeared in the early Cretaceous, but by the end, they dominated the oceans. Unfortunately for them, they only had a 20 million year or so run at the top before the mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era wiped them out along with the dinosaurs.
Mosasaurs were not related to dinosaurs, other than also being reptiles. They were most closely related to the group of lizards that include the monitor lizards, such as the Nile monitor and Komodo Dragon. They were fast predators with a powerful tail to move them through the water. Mosasaurs were so adapted to the water that they bore live young and were not able to walk on land, although they did still have to surface for air like every other reptile. Recent research has found they were endothermic (warm-blooded), unlike their competitors, giving them an edge by allowing them to sustain higher activity levels. It also meant they had to eat more often, making it necessary for them to be effective hunters. Research has also indicated they were countershaded, with a lighter belly than the back, much like many sharks of today. They had a varied diet, with some species specializing in different prey, so over the whole group, they pretty much ate everything in the ocean.
Mosasaur bones have been found in many places throughout southwest Arkansas, which was covered by the Western Interior Sea during the Cretaceous. Two species have thus far been recognized. Platecarpus was fairly small, only 4-5 meters (13-16 feet), but were noted for some exceptionally preserved fossils that retained the impressions of a tail fluke, allowing paleontologists for the first time to see what their tails looked like. The other species is Mosasaurus itself, a huge predator that reached lengths of 15-18 meters (50-60 feet).
Sharks! Welcome Back to School
Welcome back to the new school year. Some of you will be excited to be back, seeing old friends, making new ones, and learning new things. Some of you will be sad to see summer end. Many of you will be doing both at once. Others of you of course aren't in school and don't care about it, but if you are here, you are nevertheless interested in learning cool new stuff. So it is a time for a celebration of the natural world.
Shark Week is a big summer event on the Discover Channel. It is probably their biggest viewer draw all year. Who doesn't like learning about sharks and seeing them in all their awe-inspiring glory? Additionally, if one is keeping up with the weather, southern Louisiana is currently being deluged, with Baton Rouge and surrounding areas practically getting washed away.
So I thought this would be a good time for Paleoaerie to hold its own version of Shark Week. I can't do a series of tv specials, so I am going to extend my Paleo Shark week over two full weeks. All this week I will be putting up short posts on marine creatures that swam in the oceans of southern Arkansas during the Cretaceous. Every day will be a new post on something that would make your swim…interesting. Next week will truly be Paleo Shark Week. Every day next week will be highlighting a different shark that would be swimming in the Cretaceous waters of southern Arkansas.
To kick things off, I will start with this creature.
This is a crocodylomorph, meaning that it is in the same group that includes crocodiles and alligators. Specifically, it is a member of the family Goniopholididae. Species in this group were, at least superficially, similar to modern crocodilians. They were semi-aquatic hunters living in marsh and swamp lands. They wouldn't look out of place with the modern alligators swimming around Arkansas today, except that they probably couldn't compete effectively with alligators, who are better adapted for the lifestyle than they were. They lived throughout much of the Mesozoic, from the early Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous, when the more modern forms replaced them.
Goniopholids are what is known as mesosuchians, which means "middle crocodiles". Mesosuchians, as the name suggests, were more derived than the earliest crocodyliforms, such as the protosuchians, although less derived than modern-day crocodilians. Mesosuchians is not a formal name, but an informal and decidedly paraphyletic (i.e. not a valid cladistic grouping because it leaves out some descendants) name to designate those crocodyliform species showing the early characteristics and those that show the characteristics of the modern crocodilians. Here is a phylogenetic tree put out by Chris Brochu in 2001, showing the general relationships within the crocodylomorphs. The names on the left side of the long main line include everything from that point on, e.g. Crocodymorpha includes "sphenosuchians" and everything below it, but not the Aetosauria and above. Mesosuchians plus Eusuchia (which does include all modern groups) can correctly be called Mesoeucrocodylia, but that hardly helps us specify the group.
Mesosuchians include a wide variety of animals with a large number of species. They include terrestrial animals like the carnivorous boar croc Kaprosuchus and the herbivorous Simosuchus, as well as the more typical semi-aquatic pholidosaurs, which include the super croc Sarcosuchus, one of the largest crocodylomorphs ever, reaching almost 40 feet.
Sarcosuchus may not have been quite as big as Deinosuchus though. Deinosuchus was an alligatoroid (within the larger alligator family, but not a modern alligator), which potentially reached upwards of 40 feet, but may have been heavier set. Sarcosuchus lived in the early Cretaceous at the same time as Goniopholis in Arkansas, but lived in Africa and South America. Deinosuchus, on the other hand, lived int he Late Cretaceous right here in Arkansas. While we have no bones to prove this, we do know they lived in Texas and Mississippi, as well as many other places in the United States. The environment would have been suitable for them, so there is no reason to think they did not live here as well.
Real, Replica, or Fake
One question I get asked a lot when I show fossils to people is "Is it real or fake?" It is a question that always irks me because it seems very few people understand that this is an entirely wrong question.
People like to categorize things into binary bins. Is it black or white? Republican or Democrat? Is it raining or not? Do you accept science or religion? Of course, none of these questions make any sense as an either/or question. Just like real or fake, all of these questions miss the fact that there is more to it than one or the other. All of them can only be correctly answered if one is cognizant of the other variations. So today, I am going to introduce to you a more nuanced view of whether or not the fossils you see in museums are real or not.
Real fossils need little explanation. They are the actual fossil material. Whether or not it is actual bone or shell being preserved, a bone that has been replaced with minerals, a natural mold, or other some such style of preservation, they are real.
Real in this case does not mean it is remains of the actual organism, although it can be. Bone, shell, leaves, and other tissues can be preserved indefinitely under the right conditions. Usually however, they are replaced with minerals or remain only as impressions in the sediment. In any case, these are all real fossils. They are the original fossil found, dug up, and brought back to the institution or person to whom it belongs.
Replicas are casts or molds made from the actual fossil. They are made to look as close as possible to the original fossil. These are made so that the original can be protected while the copy is shown to many more people than could see the original. Use of replicas allows copies to be put in the hands of many people all over the world. In many instances, the original is too fragile or heavy to safely transport.
The important point about replicas is that they are not fakes. They are duplicates of a real fossil. In some cases, they can be even better than the real thing. After decades of handling, the original fossils can get worn or broken, with details once present no longer visible.
Fakes, on the other hand, represent something that is not only not real, but never existed. Many fakes are designed to deceive and so are often called forgeries. The difference between what many people think of as forgeries and what we are talking about here is that forgeries are usually designed to trick people into thinking they are the real thing. A replica, if presented as the real thing, would be considered a forgery. However, in paleontology, most things described as forgeries are in reality fakes designed to deceive people into thinking a fiction is real. Fakes are never acceptable in museums unless explicitly labeled to indicate that they are fantasies. The Piltdown Man is an example of a fake. It was made with the express purpose of making people think it was real, when in fact it was created from bits of human and animal bones that were altered to make them look like they belonged to the same primitive human.
Archaeoraptor was another fake. This one adds a wrinkle in the topic though. Archaeoraptor was made by gluing pieces of different fossils together. The individual pieces were real, but the resulting chimera was a fake.
As Archaeoraptor shows, fakes don't have to be unreal to be fictional. There are lots of fakes that are real fossils put together in intentionally misleading ways. In the case of Archaeoraptor, they were simply trying to make the fossils more spectacular so they could sell them for a higher price. Others are done to discredit scientists or simply as pranks for fun.
Of course, there are plenty of fakes that are made up out of whole cloth. Numerous "human" footprints found with dinosaur tracks are nothing more than carvings designed to trick gullible people. I have personally seen several in which the tool markings were clearly visible. The most famous picture of the Loch Ness Monster, known as the surgeon's photo, was a fake.
So remember, when you are going to a museum or looking at fossils from a paleontologist, you may be looking at real fossils or replicas. But you will never be looking at fakes. They may not be the original fossils, but they are not trying to mislead you or lie to you, which is what fakes are trying to do. If you really want to see fakes, try here or here. And please, don't insult your local paleontologist by saying they are showing you fakes when all they are doing is showing you replicas of real fossils that you might otherwise never be able to see.
Talks: Upcoming and Past
I know it has been forever and a day since I last posted, but I have not disappeared and Paleoaerie is not going away. I have been busy and pondering a reorganization for the website. One of the things that has kept me busy is a series of talks that I have given and, most importantly, am about to give. Mid-America Science Museum has asked me to be the guest speaker for their dinosaur exhibit over the summer. I will be giving one set this Saturday, July 23 and again on Saturday, September 3.
It is my plan to put all these talks online. But one thing I have learned this summer is that I am truly horrible at making a video that requires me to actually talk in it. So I am trying to figure out a way to get over that problem and bring my talks to you. In the meantime, here is a short description of the talks.
New Discoveries in Paleontology: This talk will focus on, as the name suggests, new discoveries in paleontology. I will be discussing new dinosaurs that have been found this year, but the majority of the talk is discussing how paleontology has gone high tech and what we have found with these new techniques.
Tyrannosaurs vs. Spinosaurs: A question that gets asked of all palentologists since Jurassic Park III came out is who would win in a fight between T. rex and Spinosaurus. So this talk discusses the new science on tyrannosaurs and comparing them with what we know of spinosaurs.
Mesozoic Arkansas: This talk covers what Arkansas was like during the Mesozoic, including all the different fossils that have been found in the area.
Dinosaurs, Giant Sharks, and Evolution: Selected Good (and Bad) Educational References: This is a talk I gave in April at AAIMS, the Arkansas Association of Instructional Media Specialists. I cover good books, websites, and shows on these topics, as well as a few to avoid.
500 Million Years of Natural History: Arkansas's Secret Treasures: Here I give a brief rundown on all the fossils of Arkansas, starting from the Cambrian all the way up to the Ice Ages in the Pleistocene.
If you have a particular talk you want to see, let me know and I will concentrate on getting that one as soon as I can. If you can make it to Hot Springs, AR this Saturday or in September, stop by the Mid-America Museum and hear these talks in person.


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Couples bridging cultures
Couples bridging cultures
Editor's note: As every couple knows, nothing says "I love you" quite like committing to go the extra mile to make things work with that special someone. While every marriage presents ample opportunity to express such undying devotion, international marriages – often spanning language barriers and merging cultural differences – can offer more. Since the U.S. military community is no stranger to such marriages, we invited international couples across the Pacific to share their experience – and send out a special Valentine's Day message.
How and where did you meet your spouse?
Waylon Reed: We met at Lake Issyk-Kul (in Kyrgyzstan). ... I was working in Afghanistan at the time and was going back to the U.S. for Rest and Relaxation. When I left Afghanistan, my next stop was Manas Air Force Base in Kyrgyzstan. There were no scheduled flights leaving Manas for a couple of days, so a friend and I decided to take a trip into Bishkek, a nearby city and the capital of Kyrgyzstan (I'm sure we were not supposed to leave). With a few twists and turns, our adventures landed us at Lake Issyk-Kul which is about a 3 hours taxi ride from Bishkek. This chilly lake with beautiful snow capped mountains in the background is where Guzialia and her two friends were spending their vacations.
One friend was Guzialia's roommate and one friend, who worked in the same company, was visiting her from the England office. Because her friend was from England and did not speak Russian, they were speaking English. They were probably the only people at the resort speaking a different language. So, when my friend and I tried to check into the resort, nobody could understand us. The security guard, who earlier heard these ladies speaking a different language, motioned for us to have a seat and he would be right back. He went out to the court yard where Guzialia and her friends were setting and told them, "I have two guys out there speaking perfect French, I heard you three speaking French, can you can come help us?"
Happy Valentine's Day. Thanks for being a great wife and mother.
We love you.
- Quintin
Guzialia told him, "We are not speaking French we're speaking English, but we will try and help anyway." So when her and her friends arrived at the check-in counter they were surprised (amused) to see two American guys talking to each other in English. I was relieved to see somebody else who spoke English, but most of all I was delighted to see how beautiful one of the translators was. About three years later, we were married.
Cmdr. Randy Vavra: Gina was the in-court translator during a court martial being held at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily. I was assigned as the Trial Counsel (prosecutor) for the case. She says I looked dazzling in my whites (Ok, she doesn't really say that, but I'm telling the story, not her!)
Tech Sgt. Robert A. Goodman: I meet UnSon at a dance club, however, she said she noticed me for a while. We meet before but I didn't recognize because she drastically changed her hair.
Senior Airman Edward Chase Rand: Through friends and at a restaurant.
Tech Sgt. Quintin Robinson: I met my wife at Misawa (Air Base), she was the Enlisted Club catering manager at the time.
MSgt (Ret) Ray Savoy: I met my wife through a mutual friend (blind date) while I was stationed at Misawa, AB.
What is the best part about an international marriage?
Waylon: Sharing and learning about different cultures, particularly traveling to the other culture('s home country), along with learning about their traditional food.
Guzialia: The best part of international marriage is the knowledge you obtain through the culture of your spouse – traditions, holidays, food (my favorite part). And now being a mom, I think it is very cool that my kids are going to be bilingual. I also hope they will be more open-minded then we are.
Vavra: The yummy, yummy Italian cooking!
Goodman: Able to understand and experience a different culture.
Rand: The best about having an international marriage is learning their customs and traditions.
Robinson: My kids will learn both cultures and languages.
Savoy: The best part of being in an international marriage is learning another culture and still being able to love one another regardless of different perspectives.
Thank you, for being such a great friend and husband all this time.
I really enjoyed every day of our life together and I'm sure that there is going to be many more happy years.
- Guzialia
I love you and I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for us and our family.
Thank you for being a wonderful wife, mom and person.
- Waylon
What are the challenges in an international marriage?
Waylon: Communication, especially in the beginning. My wife is a native Russian speaker and sometimes words are not translated exactly how you want them to be.
Guzialia: The best parts could be the worst part as well. I guess it all depends on how ready you are to accept a different culture, traditions and rules. I am very thankful for my husband's patience, as well. There were some moments in the beginning of our marriage when it was hard for me to live in a foreign country, but his love and support helped a lot for me to overcome my fears and frustration.
Vavra: One of the hardest things is being away from her family. Being married in the military means lots of moves, and in the 12 years we have been married we have not been able to get back to being stationed in Europe to be close to her family and friends.
(Goodman): Sometimes language barrier is the most challenging. When talking and trying to explain any situation. Most words are not comprehensible.
Rand: There are many challenges associated with an international marriage. Getting accustomed to their customs and traditions for one. Language barrier with the spouse or relatives and getting citizenship for your spouse is by far a very lengthy process.
Robinson: International marriages are the same as any other. In order to have a good one you need faith, love, trust and dedication.
Savoy: One of the challenges to being in an international marriage can be miscommunication due to language barriers.
Thank you for leaving all you left behind in Italy to join me on this journey.
I love you, and it will all be worth it in the end!
- Randy
Can you give an example of a cultural difference that you and your spouse have made the best of?
Waylon: In my wife's country, people are not polite to strangers. Well, they are not what my culture would consider polite. There, you do not hold the door open for someday when they are coming in right after you. Additionally, it is perfectly acceptable to toss money down on the counter when paying for something at the store, instead of handing it directly to the cashier. Subtle culture differences such as these were a minor snag when my wife first came to the United States. She did not realize that some of her actions maybe regard as impolite or inconsiderate. However, as soon as I made known my observations, she was more than happy to comply with her new cultural ideals. Conversely, if it had been me making the adjustment of living in her culture, I'm sure the differences would have been much more challenging.
Guzialia: Even though I thought that English wasn't my weakest point when I moved to the U.S., it was a lot of trouble for me to understand common American phrases and slang words. My husband helped me to enroll in school, and I think it was the best investment for my personal and professional life.
This will be our 19th Valentine's Day together.
You are my love, my heart and my joy.
Thank you so much for being a loving wife and mother.
Happy Valentine's Day Baby!
Vavra: When I went and got Gina a military ID, I assumed (wrongly) that she had changed her last name to mine. It turns out that Italians don't normally change their last name. I got her listed in DEERS and the military ID under the last name "Vavra." When we got her a green card they used her military ID last name. So now her last name on her green card and military ID are Vavra, but her last name on her Italian passport is Cultrona (her maiden name). International travel is interesting, especially when we PCS as they always issue her tickets to Gina Vavra, and her passport says she is Gina Cultrona. One of these days she may get left behind!
Goodman: Hmmm… raising our kids. My wife/family has a different approach on how to raise a kid compared to my family. The only approach we could make the best of was to find a common ground … which she won 80 percent of.
Rand: Religion, I am Christian and she is Buddhist. Or having to get used to bowing to her relatives and praying at their families' "butsudan" (Buddhist altar).
Robinson: I think we sometime have cultural differences with raising our kids. But at the end of the day, we always agree upon the best choice for the kids.
Savoy: We've experienced a range of cultural differences at the beginning of our relationship, but after being married for 18 years we've become accustomed to American and Japanese culture. Surprisingly, I can't think of an example to share. All I can say is that we make the best of our marriage because we love and respect one another.
Life has become more meaningful because of you.
I can't imagine my life without you.
Loving you is my mission. Being with you is my reason.
I love you! Happy Valentine's Day!
- Robert
What advice do you have for anyone considering, or entering an international marriage?
Waylon: I would say, keep an open mind. Your relationship is not going to be the same as having a relationship with somebody from the same culture. Embrace these differences and enjoy learning new ways of thinking and doing things.
Guzialia: I think you have to be sure you really want to spend the rest of your life with "this" person. Real love always can overcome all troubles and issues, but you have to be ready for that.
Vavra: Things are a little bit harder, but oh so much more fun! Different cultures make for more interesting interaction, but they also lead to misunderstandings, which take work to manage.
Goodman: Take time in learning your spouse culture and experience it with her family. This will make you and your spouse's life easy when bridging two cultures.
Chase: I would highly consider looking at what it takes to make her a U.S. Citizen. Just because you are married doesn't mean that she is a citizen and can come with you anywhere. I highly recommend looking into this before marriage and plan accordingly.
Robinson: If you're in love and happy with the person, go for it! I would tell them love has no international boundaries.
Savoy: My advice would be that you know enough about him/her before you get married and that you should also learn more about their family. Have you met or spoken to each other's families and found out how they view your relationship? Realize that you need to be flexible, open-minded and patient with your soon to be spouse and family members.
Since we met, there has never been a dull moment between us.
I cherish the time that we spend together and I am grateful to have you every day in my life.
- Love Chase
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We went 1-1 last night, winning with the Islanders over the Penguins but losing the Bruins/Lightning Over 5.5.
There was some great drama in the NHL last night, especially Carolina scoring with less than a second left in regulation to tie Ottawa and then winning the game in OT. It reminded us of last week when the Senators scored with less than 1 second left in regulation to tie a game themselves (costing us an Under ticket). Guess it's true, what goes around comes around.
6 games in the NHL tonight, including a couple of beauties. The Blackhawks/Blues is a great showdown of Central Division rivals, and Kings/Capitals should be a great game as well.
We're going with 2 picks for tonight. Good luck with whatever you play.
Odds below are at the time we made the pick. Be sure to check out our live odds page for updated odds on today's games.
The Blackhawks have won 3 of their last 4 and now get Hossa back, which should light a spark. They've also collected 5 out of a possible 6 points from the Blues this year. Chicago is considered a more legitimate Stanley Cup contender than St. Louis, and this type of game (crucial in the race for first in the Central Division) is the type of game Stanley Cup champions win.
This is just the Blues' second game in their last 8 days. We saw recently what an extended layoff did to the Capitals, and we think there's a strong chance St. Louis might come out of the gate a little slowly tonight as well. In a game that should be close, that might be enough to make the difference.
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The Leafs are bringing their best every night, but they just don't have very much offensive talent in the lineup right now. Both of those are great ingredients for an Under team, so it's not a big surprise the Leafs have gone Under in 7 of their last 8 games.
This is a letdown spot for the Islanders, coming off a nice home win over the Penguins last night. That was a 2-1 game, and New York's been playing some good defensive hockey itself lately, going Over just twice in its last 10. We don't expect the Islanders to light up the scoreboard tonight, and we definitely don't expect the Leafs to either.
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The Challenge
With the 2019 grand opening of a new Corky's BBQ location in Katy, Versa Creative was tasked with establishing Corky's Tennessee presence in Texas to potential new customers. With this new location in the competitive restaurant culture of Houston, the need to develop highly targeted audiences likely to be interested in Corky's BBQ restaurant arose.See Our Results
The Objective
For over 30 years, Corky's BBQ in Memphis have prided themselves on serving their famed hickory and BBQ pit selections. In order to increase awareness and interest in Corky's BBQ in Houston, Versa Creative established social media, SEO, and PPC objectives designed to differentiate the Corky's brand, target specific audiences, and drive traffic
Increase Brand Awareness
Generate awareness of Corky's history and story to introduce the brand to new customers and send traffic to the new Facebook page and website.
Make an Impression
Rank Corky's BBQ organically and locally, increase organic sessions to Corky's Katy page, and create business listings to improve local search (GMB, Yelp, Trip Advisor, etc.).
Generate Buzz
Increase engagement and hype around the grand opening event, party on the patio, and live music, as well as future events.
Page engagement prior to the grand opening:
6,093 (Includes likes, shares, and comments)
A PPC Presence
Drive a high number of targeted clicks and impressions and generate a significant number of engaged video views with a solid video view rate.
The Results
Corky's BBQ in Katy saw a successful start in Houston with the results leaving lasting impressions on the Houston restaurant community. The objectives established were reached as Corky's BBQ successfully ranked on the first page of Google search results for all primary targeted words. With its name on the Texas map, Corky's BBQ established itself as a brand that demands to be known.


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Everybody knows the drill. A group of four soldiers–one you have to break out of an asylum, the other you have to sedate to get him on an airplane–drive around in their black and red van, writing wrongs for a bit of coin. Nobody ever really gets shot unless it's an important plot device, proving that they all went to the G.I. Joe school of marksmanship. And at some point in the episode, the team will construct a fully functional M-1 tank out of a rusty mattress, a cheese grater, a Slinky, and ten heads of lettuce.
Before anybody gets excited about this happening–assuming that you are indeed excited–perhaps I could mean excited in a particularly apprehensive way if you enjoyed the original–I thought we should take a look at how we got where we are right now with the project. Which is, you know, effectively nowhere since nothing's happening yet that ensures it's going to actually happen.
This thing has been at Fox for pretty much the duration. Stephen J. Cannell, the creator of the original, has always been on board as a producer to my knowledge, any time there was anything to be on board. Back in 1996, Variety reported that Richard Hatem (Mothman Prophecies) had been tapped to scribe. This no doubt after another television show did so well at the theatrical box office–that being Mission: Impossible, of course.
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Now it's reported that Scott Free (Ridley and Tony Scott) is producing with Cannell and Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces) is in talks to helm. This after apparently the last person on board was John Singleton, who left when the script wasn't ready. However, Fox is confident enough to have slapped a release date on the table: June 11, 2010. Granted, they had a date on the table before, namely this year. Skip Woods is the scribe–and he wrote Swordfish. Now don't groan–if you had read the original version of Swordfish you'd actually be intrigued.
They write as though the script was already in the can, which means if Carnahan comes on board, they'll need to figure out casting fairly quickly if they want to make that date. If we start getting more announcements, then we'll know they're serious this time. If all goes quiet for a few months, you can expect the date to get pushed…or just nothing at all. We're going to need a lot more to actually believe the film's happening.


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Welcome! You're in the right place.
Here's a little of what ANTHEM is all about.
Every weekend we gather together.
ANTHEM gathers at various times every Sunday in the Student Center at MISSION Community Church. When you come on the weekend, you can expect to hear some great live music with a full band, hear a message that will help you make life decisions and have a lot of time to hang out with friends. When you arrive, make sure you stop by The Post and let the volunteer know its your first time.
Anthem Weekends:
JHM: Sun 9a
HSM: Sun 1030a
So, there's these things called Tribes…
Tribes are the best way to make the most out of your experience as a part of ANTHEM. We believe that ultimately, circles are better than rows, which means that when we are talking/sharing/hanging with each other outside of the weekends, that's when real life change happens.GET TRIBE INFO
Giving is better than getting.
We know that we are a part of a world that is much bigger than ourselves, a world that God cares about just as much ours. Because of that, we regularly find opportunities to serve others in our church, our community and our world.SEE SERVE EVENTS
We know how to party.
Last but hardly least, we have a good time together. We regularly have fun events in each ANTHEM ministry such as summer camp, worship nights and much more. This might be the best way for you check out what ANTHEM is like, you should totally come!.SEE ANTHEM EVENTS


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Definitions for "Scottish"
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.
An adjective describing things pertaining to Scotland, e.g. Scottish descent, Scottish heritage.
the dialect of English used in Scotland
Keywords: edinburgh, tso, overnight, oce, parliament
Generic term used to describe publications produced overnight for The Scottish Parliament. These jobs are produced from PDF files received from TSO in Edinburgh via ISDN and are usually produced digitally via the OCE web line.
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Jason Heyward's two-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning drove in the go-ahead run, and the Chicago Cubs opened the second half with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.
Heyward's heroics came after the Cubs blew a 3-0 lead in the top of the eighth. Starling Marte hit a three-run home run with two outs off Pedro Strop before winning pitcher Randy Rosario (1-0) got the final out of the inning.
The Cubs responded by putting two runners on base against Pirates reliever Kyle Crick (3-5).
Heyward ripped a single to left field to drive in Kris Bryant, who had homered in the seventh to break a scoreless tie.
"Just trying not to wait around, being aggressive in the zone if I can. You're not going to get too many pitches to hit off that guy. He's pretty nasty," Heyward said afterward on the NBC Sports Network broadcast. "Just trying to get one and keep it simple."
The Cubs received six scoreless innings from starting pitcher Yu Darvish and are now 11-16 in their last 27 games going back to June 10.
Craig Kimbrel pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his third save since joining the club.
The Cubs scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh, ending what had been a pitchers' duel until the late innings between Darvish and Pirates starter Chris Archer.
Both entered the game with losing records and high earned run averages, with Darvish still seeking his first career win at Wrigley Field. Darvish didn't get a win, but he struck out eight and surrendered just two hits.
All-Star Javier Baez got the first hit of the game in the bottom of the fourth, a one-out single to right field. The Cubs put runners on first and second base with two outs after Archer walked Anthony Rizzo, but Archer got Victor Caratini to fly out to end the inning.
Melky Cabrera delivered the first hit for the Pirates with one out in the fifth inning, but was stranded at first base.
Archer struck out the side in the top of the fifth. He allowed three runs on three hits with 10 strikeouts in six innings of work.
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Developed for the demands of the aggressive trail and all-mountain riders, the Factory Series 34 impresses with FIT4 damping, FLOAT air spring and a super-light chassis. With a weight of approx. 1,630 g, the 34 provides fantastic performance on the trail, giving the rider full confidence and control.
All 34 and 36 FIT4 forks work with new damper tuning. A redesigned shim stack ensures finer responsiveness while providing the necessary counter-support for a bold, hard riding style. The fourth-generation FIT4 system offers three adjustable settings for compression damping - Open, Medium and Firm - via the closed damper cartridge, this allows optimal adaptation to changing trail conditions. Factory-Series forks are characterised by the low-speed pressure stage in open mode, which can be additionally adjusted in 22 clicks. This allows the driver to adjust the fork exactly to his damping preferences.
Patented air transfer port system
The FLOAT air suspension system reduces the breakaway torque and thus offers a highly sensitive fork and full comfort even with small impacts. This applies for all types of riders and at varying air pressures.
Similar to the FLOAT suspension struts, the FLOAT suspension system is characterised by positive and negative air chambers, which automatically balance each other out when riding. Every rider therefore enjoys the benefits of the correct, precisely balanced air pressure in both air chambers. The progression of the spring characteristic curve can be adjusted with the air volume spacers - enabling every driver to precisely adjust the characteristics of the air spring.
The FLOAT air suspension of the Fox forks and struts can be fine-tuned using volume spacers to make the suspension elements more or less progressive. This allows the rider to fine-tune the suspension exactly to his or her needs.
- Maks. bremseskivediameter: 203mm
- Maks. dækbredde: 2.4"
- Offset: 44mm
Diameter - gaffelskaft (tommer): 1 1/8" -> 1.5" (tilspidset)
Aksetype: Stikakse
Akse diameter: 15
Installation bredde akse: 110 mm
Fjedervej (mm): 120 mm
Stigrør: Aluminium
Gaffelakse: Aluminium


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Summertime Learning Grade K
Author by : Teacher Created Resources
Language : en
Publisher by : Teacher Created Resources
Format Available : PDF, ePub, Mobi
Total Read : 27
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Description : Heres the question parents ask at the end of every school year: How can we help our kids prepare for the next school year, while allowing them to enjoy their summer vacation? Heres the perfect answer: short lessons presented in a daily schedule for 8 weeks. The MondayThursday lessons cover a variety of grade-appropriate subjects. Fridays lessons are fun, brain-teasing kinds of activities. All of the lessons can be done in about 30 minutes, leaving children with plenty of time for play. Each book includes over 300 stickers that can be used to track progress and reward good work.


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Danny Masterson Has Been Dropped By His Talent Agency
It seemed to happen at a much slower pace than some other alleged creeps, but more people are cutting ties with alleged rapist Danny Masterson. In December, Netflix announced there would be one less douche on the range because Danny had been written off The Ranch. And then it was like, okay, so where is Danny going to work now? Well, he's going to have a little trouble with that. The Huffington Post says United Talent Agency has dropped Danny as a client after 20 years.
UTA commented on their decision by simply telling HuffPo: "UTA no longer represents Danny Masterson." A source familiar with Danny's relationship with UTA tells HuffPo that the decision to drop Danny was made a while ago and it probably has to do with him currently being under investigation after four women came forward saying he raped them.
Danny signed with UTA around the same time he booked That '70 Show. Before that he was playing Alicia Witt's boyfriend on Cybill and the boyfriend in Beethoven's 2nd. Normally I would say he could knock on his old agency's door and try to get those boyfriend roles again. But with his current alleged reputation, I'm not sure anyone is going to want to cast him as someone who takes women out on dates. It seems like the only person who hasn't dropped Danny is Scientology. Don't worry Danny, I'm sure they still love you very much….just as long as your checks don't start bouncing.
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