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Material Grade in Gears
Each grade of steel has a distinct "hardenability profile." Some provide great hardness at shallow depths and then decline rather rapidly to a much softer potential. If you are making small parts this may not be a problem. Others lack that high potential at the surface but are capable of relatively high hardness much deeper into the part.
Modern standards predict tooth strength based upon the hardness at the centerline of the tooth at the theoretical root diameter. ISO and AGMA methods disagree on the exact methodology used to locate the "sweet spot," but they share a goal of having a hardness there of at least 28 HRC. Or, perhaps, 30 HRC — or even more. As I said, they are not in total agreement on the details.
When you look up allowable bending stresses in a standard you are offered a range of values. What you use in your calculations will be somewhere in that range and depend upon your achievement of process conditions outlined in supporting documents. An assumption is made that you will have that minimum core hardness, however.
While there is no "bonus" for extra core hardness, wise designers know to select an alloy that is capable of delivering a core hardness on a cut up part. Despite my promise not to provide shortcuts to understanding, I think it is worthwhile to post my own "rules of thumb" for this in the next blog because so little published data is available.
Through-Hardened Parts
The question of hardenability is not confined to surface-hardened gears; the same dynamic is at work in through-hardened parts. In extremely large teeth or cross-sections it may even be necessary to rough-machine the teeth prior to finish cutting so the needed core hardness is present on the resulting part. We do not typically run heat treat coupons with through-hardened parts so this hardness variability is usually discovered during failure analysis.
You can learn a great deal from failure analysis; unfortunately, one common lesson is the need to find a new job. Learn from the mistakes of others and think about core hardness up front.


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Find Notes with Full Text Search
You can now search your notes by keywords when using the command line interface. The latest Dnote CLI release features the
find command which performs a blazingly fast full-text search across your locally stored notes. Easily retrieve the information you need without leaving your command line.
To find notes by keywords, you can use
dnote find [keyword], or its short version,
dnote f [keyword]. For instance, the example above shows a search with a keyword 'tar.' The output will contain the book name and the note id so that you can access the content using the
view command. Also, the result will show a short snippet of the match with a highlight.
You can use multiple keywords by wrapping the query in double quotation marks. For instance, you can run
dnote find "building heap". Dnote will treat space characters in the query as implicit 'AND' operator and find the notes that match all terms separated by whitespaces. In the example, Dnote will return notes whose bodies match both 'building', and 'heap.'
Dnote will perform a full-text search on all Unicode characters in the note bodies, with an exception of spacing and punctuations. Moreover, it wraps the output of the Unicode tokenizer with a porter tokenizer which implements the Porter Stemming Algorithm. This implementation means that the full-text search will not only match all Unicode characters but also make use of stemming to match related terms when looking for notes in English. For instance,
dnote f mesmerize will match notes that contain such terms as 'mesmerize', 'mesmerizing', 'mesmerized.'
Search is very fast. To measure the execution time, let's do some test search on the Enron Email Dataset, which contains about 500,000 documents. First, we write a small script to load each message to our SQLite database for Dnote:
for d in "$dataset_root"/*/; do
echo "processing $d"
for f in `find "$d" -type f`; do
value=`cat "$f" | sed 's/"/""/g'`
sql="INSERT INTO notes (body, uuid, book_uuid, added_on) VALUES (\""$value"\", \""$d$f"\", 1, 1)"
sqlite3 ~/.dnote/dnote.db "$sql"
After running the script, we can confirm that the whole dataset is loaded into Dnote.
▶ sqlite3 ~/.dnote/dnote.db "select count(*) from notes;"
Let's run some test queries to see the performance on a ThinkPad with an Intel i7 CPU.
# 3 results
▶ time dnote find starcraft &>/dev/null
dnote find starcraft &> /dev/null 0.01s user 0.01s system 100% cpu 0.011 total
# 42 results
▶ time dnote find "limp bizkit" &>/dev/null
dnote find "limp bizkit" &> /dev/null 0.01s user 0.01s system 109% cpu 0.019 total
# 52604 results
▶ time dnote find "note taking" &>/dev/null
dnote find "note taking" &> /dev/null 7.09s user 0.16s system 102% cpu 7.075 total
It takes 0.1 seconds to match and display a small number of records. It seems that the find command is running a bit slow for matching around 10% of the half million documents. However, situations such as this will no longer be problematic when we implement pagination. The following measurement demonstrates that, with pagination, we can expect the find command to be super snappy even for the last example, matching 52000 records.
# without pagination
▶ time sqlite3 ~/.dnote/dnote.db -cmd ".timer ON" "SELECT notes.rowid, books.label AS book_label,snippet(note_fts, 0, '<dnotehl>', '</dnotehl>', '...', 28) FROM note_fts INNER JOIN notes ON notes.rowid = note_fts.rowid INNER JOIN books ON notes.book_uuid = books.uuid WHERE note_fts MATCH 'note taking'" &> /dev/null
sqlite3 ~/.dnote/dnote.db -cmd ".timer ON" &> /dev/null 5.95s user 0.10s system 99% cpu 6.085 total
# with pagination
▶ time sqlite3 ~/.dnote/dnote.db -cmd ".timer ON" "SELECT notes.rowid, books.label AS book_label, snippet(note_fts, 0, '<dnotehl>', '</dnotehl>', '...', 28) FROM note_fts INNER JOIN notes ON notes.rowid = note_fts.rowid INNER JOIN books ON notes.book_uuid = books.uuid WHERE note_fts MATCH 'note taking' LIMIT 50 OFFSET 50" &> /dev/null
sqlite3 ~/.dnote/dnote.db -cmd ".timer ON" &> /dev/null 0.01s user 0.00s system 97% cpu 0.019 total
The find command has been the one command that I felt was missing from Dnote ever since its early days. I am happy to have finally implemented it. Now your knowledge is at your fingertips: that pesky snippet you are trying to remember, the word you are learning, class notes. I hope this command is as useful for you as it is for me.


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Transforming History examines the profound transformation of historical thought and practice of writing history from the late Qing through the mid-twentieth century. The authors devote extensive analysis to the common set of intellectual and political forces that shaped the study of history, from the ideas of evolution, positivism, nationalism, historicism, and Marxism, to political processes such as revolution, imperialism, and modernization. Also discussed are the impact and problems associated with the nation-state as the subject of history, the linear model of historical time, and the spatial system of nation-states. The result is a convincing study that illustrates how history has transformed into a modern academic discipline in China.
Brian Moloughney
Brian Moloughney is Pro-Vice-Chancellor Humanities at the University of Otago. His research includes work on Chinese history and literature and the Chinese diaspora.
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Peter Zarrow is currently Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taipei. His research focuses on the thought and culture of twentieth-century China.


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The first bay was ok, 2 big boys just chilling but then I walked to the end of the beach and a person notified me of another bay up a small track where they're was about 8 lazing and a few having a scrap. Would recommend ✊
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Were hitchhiking and a local took us for a drive on this beach. Opened the window and had a conversation with a HUGE sea lion and a small seal. It was mostly me talking, but still... I could tell they loved it too!
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Walk with the sea lions!!
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Fur seals, sea lions and few people. The vistas are scenic on Long White Beach.
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Balancing motherhood with the demands of private equity was not the usual career track in an industry overwhelmingly dominated by men. But Hadley Mullin, with three children, is now senior managing director at TSG — where 50 percent of the firm's employees are now women.
Hadley Mullin was already an anomaly as a female investor at TSG Consumer Partners, the private equity firm she joined in 2004. Six months later, she found out she was pregnant.
Balancing motherhood with the demands of private equity was not the usual track in an industry overwhelmingly dominated by men. But even after Mullin nervously told the TSG partners her news, they did something unexpected: They promoted her. And kept promoting her, three children later.
Now, Mullin, 41, is the No. 3 executive at TSG, as senior managing director. And she is no longer surrounded only by men, as she was when she joined the firm and only one other full-time investor and one contractor were women. After a concerted effort, 50 percent of the firm's employees are now women.
Hadley Mullin
Age: 41
Education: B.A. in government, Dartmouth College; MBA, Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Career: Bain & Co., working on business unit strategy, sales and marketing optimization and new product development; TSG Consumer Partners, senior managing director and member of the Investment Committee.
Other roles: Judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards; guest lecturer at Stanford Business School; a trustee of the Stanford Business School Trust.
Source: TSG Consumer Partners
That contrasts with the sluggish grind toward gender equality in all areas of finance, with perhaps none slower than private equity. Firms often blame a lack of female applicants, while women say the clubby nature of the industry has been a hurdle to their entry.
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This year, 13.7 percent of professionals at private equity firms in North America on average are women, which is a few percentage points higher than in 2014, according to data compiled by Preqin.
For Chuck Esserman, TSG's co-founder and chief executive, and Jamie O'Hara, the firm's president, the gender-balance pursuit was not just the politically correct thing to do, but they also saw it as a competitive advantage. The 28-year-old firm focuses exclusively on companies that make consumer goods, like Glaceau Vitaminwater and Pureology, which manufactures shampoo and conditioner. Because women make the majority of purchasing decisions in the household, TSG wanted their expertise at the table.
In its most recent fund, TSG reported a net return of 50 percent, more than double the industry average. The firm takes a distinct approach compared to traditional buyout shops, adding less leverage and investing in the business from the outset of their acquisition, rather than slashing expenses from every angle. TSG said earlier this month that it had raised $2.5 billion for two new funds. The firm has a total of $5 billion in assets under management.
Three decades ago, when Esserman helped start TSG, which is unaffiliated with the better known private equity firm TPG Capital, it was a novel concept to focus exclusively on one industry. That maverick legacy was applied when they started embracing greater gender equality a dozen years ago.
"Better decisions come from diversity," Esserman said. "Realizing that over 80 percent of the purchase decisions were made by women meant that a balanced perspective in the organization could further enhance the success we had."
Mullin credits the mentorship she has received from Esserman and O'Hara.
She is well versed in handling a balancing act. When she was in high school in Marin County, Calif., she wanted money for a car, but after school, she was already committed to tennis, swimming and an after-school tutoring program. So she found a job at Marin Bagel, and from 3 to 7 a.m. Mullin would pack orders to be delivered that day, then go to school and participate in extracurricular activities after.
She did not know it then, but keeping up that schedule in high school was a precursor to being a mother and a private equity executive. These days, Mullin will be on the road two or three days a week, often leaving her home by 5:30 a.m. to catch a flight out and then back home by 7:30 p.m. to put her children to bed.
Mullin's husband started a renewable-energy company after the two graduated at the same time from Stanford Business School, and is just as likely to drop the children off at school, she said.
"We've been growing two careers and three kids," she said, adding that her secret to doing it all is the support she receives from her husband and making sure that when she is home with her family, her attention is focused solely on them.
Outside the home, she has faced her share of preconceived notions about her role in the boardroom. When Mullin was pregnant with her second child, she was working on selling one of TSG's portfolio companies. A banker asked her if she had arranged certain travel associated with the deal, assuming that she was an assistant, rather than an investment professional, she said.
Returns are blind to gender, of course. Although the latest fund's returns were the best ever for TSG, the average has been 24 percent since the beginning. However, having women involved has helped make TSG more competitive when buying certain types of assets, as well as driving strategy in the aftermath. That has kept limited partners happy.
"It's an important component in the way they approach the market — their ability to talk to a management team that's focused on cosmetics, beauty, fashion, where these women have enormous insights," said Thomas Galuhn, the president of Mesirow Financial Private Equity, a fund of funds with $4.6 billion in commitments. His firm is a limited partner that has invested or committed $193 million to various TSG funds since 2002.
Esserman, who has two daughters, was surprised that more firms did not seek the same kind of gender balance. There is still a long way to go toward equality in private equity, Esserman said, but the overall mindset is bound to change.
"The larger issue is that people don't believe there's benefit in having gender balance," Esserman said, referring to women in private equity. "We'll see a time in the not-too-distant future where our industry embraces it."


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PRIMARY EYE CARE includes a comprehensive vision and eye health examination. This examination is designed to detect a wide range of problems affecting vision function, such as blurred vision or eye discomfort.
Evaluations for eye health disorders are also performed. The American Optometric Association recommends that all people should have a periodic, comprehensive eye examination every one to two years starting at the age of 6 months old.
Here at the Agape Optometry Center we incorporate computerized technology to assist the evaluation of spectacle prescriptions, peripheral vision, intraocular pressure, and eye health. Computerized examination instruments are used to supplement rather than replace personalized care. Examinations include tests for glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, and the ocular effects of many general health disorders such as diabetes and high blood pressure, as well as effects of medications. A dilated pupil examination allows us to provide the best assessment of eye health. It is recommended for all new patients and on a scheduled basis thereafter.
Some of the unique equipment our Thousand Oaks optometrist uses includes:
The TRC Scan is a state-of-the-art method of evaluating the retina, the sensitive lining inside the eye. The images are captured in less than a second and become immediately available for review. The procedure is non-invasive and simple enough that children can have it done.
The TRC scans become part of your permanent exam record, available for future comparison and analysis from year to year.
Additionally, the TRC scan greatly reduces the likelihood of eye dilation while improving Dr. Mayer's ability to detect early signs of eye disease. This sophisticated exam has helped us to diagnose eye tumors, diabetes, glaucoma, macular degeneration and a number of other retinal diseases.
Agape Optometry Center is one of the first optometric practices in the United States to own a Z View Aberrometer. This instrument allows us to comprehensively evaluate how your eyes uniquely focus light in just seconds, without asking you, "Which lens is better, 1 or 2?"
Unlike existing technology, wavefront aberrometry measures the visual imperfections, termed "high order aberrations", which were previously too difficult and elusive to measure. High order aberrations can significantly reduce vision, especially at nighttime.
Wavefront aberrometry allows Dr. Mayer to precisely determine the most appropriate eyeglass and contact lens prescriptions, while also assisting him in diagnosing eye diseases including cataracts and keratoconus at their earliest stages.
For some of our patients, wavefront aberrometry enables Dr. Mayer to prescribe special high-definition corrective lenses. Candidacy for these lenses can only be determined during an eye examination.
Corneal topography via the Keratron Scout precisely measures the front surface of the eye, called the cornea, while performing powerful statistical analysis for diagnosis. Measuring 14000 points provides valuable information for prescribing contact lenses and corneal mold designs, reducing the amount of time required to get you the best prescription.
This technology also allows us to properly identify candidates for laser vision correction and monitor the healing response after corneal surgery. Corneal topography also is invaluable in detecting sight-threatening corneal pathology including keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration.
Computerized side vision analysis or automated visual field analysis is done with the Octopus 311. During routine examination, our patients undergo a screening side vision measurement using flicker technology. It provides a clinically verified and rapid method of detecting early side vision loss. Side vision loss can signal glaucoma, damage to the retina, or even life-threatening lesions in the central nervous system.
In situations when a highly detailed or "threshold" measurement of side vision is required, our patients undergo measurement with sophisticated threshold testing with white on white targets and blue on yellow targets. Statistical tools offered by the Octopus 311 are backed by decades of research and clinical validation. Since we own the Octopus 311, our patients are afforded the comfort and convenience of not having to go elsewhere when this measurement is necessary, thereby minimizing any delay in getting you the test results, not only for earlier diagnosis, but your peace of mind.
You are probably aware of the "air puff". We use the Reichert XPert tonometer. The computer generated "puff" is substantially less and the results are consistent and accurate. A tonometer measures the pressure within the eye. Eye fluids (aqueous humor) are replenished weekly and body metabolism changes can result in overproduction. This can cause increased pressure and nerve damage, eventually resulting in glaucoma.
The DGH pachymeter measures corneal thickness to the micron. Why is this important? For those interested in refractive surgery (LASIK), we can determine if the cornea is thick enough for the procedure. This is very important with higher prescriptions in order to prevent problems. The pachymeter is also important with glaucoma suspect patients. If the cornea is very thick it will result in higher readings for eye pressure. This means that the pressure may really be normal and glaucoma is not a problem.
The PhotoScreener" is a fully portable battery operated camera especially designed for the detection of vision disorders in young, preverbal children and those with developmental anomalies such as autism and Down's Syndrome.
The PhotoScreener" can accurately screen for conditions that can lead to amblyopia (lazy eye), including all refractive errors (like myopia & astigmatism), strabismus, media opacities and ptosis (droopy eye), all of which are treated more easily if detected early.
The Taylor Visagraph II is a computerized eye movement recording system.
With it we can measure and electronically record eye movements used when reading. These findings are compared to norms to determine if there is a deficiency. Specific therapy can be done to improve deficient eye movements - improvement results in increased reading fluency and information processing.


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Are you looking to get married in Florida, but not sure on where? If you've looked into various wedding services, you see a lot of pretty beaches, but maybe you don't want to plan a service through a company and can't go visit Florida to pick out your own beach.
A very beautiful location to perform your beach wedding in Florida is on Key Biscayne, a small island off of Miami. When you cross the bridge from Miami onto the island, you first end up in Crandon Park, a Miami/Dade County park.
From the road, the park isn't anything special, but the beach is real nice. The park allows you to reserve an area commonly used for weddings, named "Paradise Cove".
There are many Palms around and it is right near the beach. You can't see the water very well from the cove because it has a built up sand dune that keeps it a little more private, but just beyond that you will find beautiful views of the ocean.


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The primary mission of the Freedom Walks is to mobilize diverse communities and to shed light on the injustices that exists in our country by increasing voter registration and civic engagement. The Freedom Walks will act as a vehicle to grow the movement of change makers to bring justice, equity, and dignity for all.
We aim to help elevate local issues from a bottom-up agenda rooted in intersectionality into an inclusive coalition to take action in 2020 led by everyday individuals who will walk in unity through south Texas, cities in between and end in the District of Columbia. Donate and help us take our walks into a better future!


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Blue Glass PendantPosted: January 19, 2011 Filed under: Pendants | Tags: beads, blue, coin, copper, copper wire, glass, gold, jewelry, lampwork, pendant, postaweek2011, puffed coin, round, silver-lined, square, wire, wire wrapped, wire wrapping, wirework, wirewrapped, wirewrapping, wrapped 2 Comments
Rich blue, silver-lined glass coin wrapped in copper wire with dark gold Miyuki square beads.
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BEAUTIFUL work!!! I love that you've incorporated Miyuki beads into the design!
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text: THUMPASAURUSwith DIRTY MCKENZIE Friday, March 1, 2019 at 10:30pm$12.00 advance$14.00day of show18+Venue: First Avenue7th St Entry Info TabsDetailsOnline sales have ended, but tickets will be available at the door. PerformersPerformer: THUMPASAURUS WEBSITEFACEBOOKTWITTERSOUNDCLOUDLos Angeles-based Thumpasaurus are a gang of five superbly-skilled young American musicians taking hugely divergent influences and channelling them into something uniquely Thumpasaurian. Thumpasaurus offer up their own unique punk/funk stew wherein, hidden in plain sight and sound, you'll find traces of Zappa, Beefheart, James Chance, Funkadelic/Parliament, Morphine, Devo, Talking Heads and Prince, as well as some rocking heavy metal, free jazz, musical theatre and even some light opera references thrown in for good measure. Read more about THUMPASAURUS Special GuestsSpecial Guests: DIRTY MCKENZIE FACEBOOKTWITTERMIXCLOUDINSTAGRAMDory Kahalé is a highly active music producer and DJ/Turntablist with 14 monikers and over 50 record releases spanning over two decades in multiple genres. Read more about DIRTY MCKENZIE


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WTC utilizes well trained teams using State-of-the-art equipment and decades of experience to safely and efficiently deliver accurate surveying and mapping projects in the most demanding work environments. WTC understands that accurate and usable information that is delivered timely is very important for our clients and is used in making decisions in the fast paced business climate in which we work.
As a full service consulting, engineering, surveying, construction and technical services firm, our surveying team specializes professional land surveying, construction services, GIS mapping, and LiDAR/3D scanning services. Markets we serve include Oil and Gas, Power, Transportation, Water and Wastewater.
WTC utilizes the latest equipment and software to deliver the greatest efficiency and accuracy to our clients. WTC maintains a commitment to safety and quality work, whether surveying hundreds of well locations, hundreds of miles of pipeline, or performing an as-built survey of an existing plant facility our survey team is ready to complete your project.
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Paper Stash, Double Sided Paper - Etcetera 8"x8" (20.3cm x 20.3cm)
These pages of high quality scrapbook paper are printed on both sides with coordinating designs and colours. They're unique, colourful and inkable :)
Beautiful scrapbook paper in designs and motifs that can be used as is or personalise with inks, paints, pencils or markers. The perfect addition (or start) to your scrapbooking, card making and other paper crafting projects.
The vintage style designs include men exercising, blueprints of planes, planner pages, letters, rulers, stamped envelopes, stripes, spots, flowers, ledgers, advertising, insects, labels and much more. They're wonderfully eccentric and versatile.
High quality with a smooth matte finish. Perfect for altering or using as is. Larger than most small paper pads, it has 36 double sided papers.
This pad contains thirty-six 8x8 inch double-sided sheets.
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Why are some people traveling by air not tearing off the luggage tag on the box? What is the special significance?
We all know that the plane is now the fastest vehicle in the world. Although China's high-speed rail is relatively developed now, the speed of the high-speed rail is not comparable to that of an airplane. Compared to some distant journeys, airplanes are the first choice. Anyone who has had a flight experience knows that we will be allowed to check some luggage when we are on the plane, and some small luggage can be taken on board. Great luggage needs to be checked.
Before the baggage is checked, the baggage needs to be inspected before it can be checked in. There are some dangerous goods, and the inflammable and explosive items cannot be checked. At the same time, when the counter is checked, the teller will be in the line, and some labels will be put on the box as the identification of each baggage. It is called the air baggage tag. This baggage tag is very big and very important. Only through this, luggage tag, you know which flight your baggage belongs to.
If you accidentally mistake this baggage tag, then your baggage may be sent to another city, or other airlines. This will result in the loss of luggage. Therefore, this baggage tag must be affixed to each suitcase. Some people will tear off the label on the bag when they get the baggage. Some people don't like to tear off the baggage tag on the box. What is the reason?
First of all, Xiao Bian believes that some people are not willing to tear off the luggage tag, in fact, to keep it as a commemoration. People will go to many places in their lives, and they can go to those places. In addition to buying some souvenirs or taking pictures, they can make a circle of friends and leave some impressions.
The luggage tag can also be used as proof that you have been to that place. Especially for some people who love to travel, they will go to many places. If you leave these luggage tags on the suitcase, when you look at your suitcase one day, you will find that you have gone so much at once. Places, walking through so many cities, I will see a different feeling in my heart.
Secondly, there is a possibility that if these baggage tags are torn off, there may be some glue left on the trunk, which is very bad, cares, and very ugly. So some people simply don't care about it, and it doesn't matter if it is attached to it. In fact, it is not without impact. If you do not tear off the luggage tag on your suitcase, it is very likely that when you check in your baggage, the consignee will mistake your previous baggage tag as your luggage tag for today's airline. Then your baggage is likely to be shipped to other cities.


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WMO PUBLICATION No. 306 - MANUAL ON CODES
Volume II
Several international code forms, in particular those needed for the functioning of basic systems in meteorology, contain provisions for regional or national options in the use of certain figure groups or the specification of certain symbolic letters. Volume II of the Manual on Codes contains information on the use made by regional associations and individual Meteorological Services of these options. It also contains full descriptions of additional code forms adopted by regional associations for use witin the Region and inventories of those national code forms which might be of interest to other countries.
Note: Amendments to the Volume II implemented or to be implemented, which will be incorporated in the next publication, are shown in the second table below.
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Can You Run Through Pregnancy?
It used to be the protocol that when you found out you were pregnant, you were basically wrapped in bubble wrap and told not to move. Now, apart from the eating (and the obvious drinking) restrictions, the advice generally now is to stay as active as possible – within reason*. Why has the advice changed? Well, as with most of our medical advice from years ago our knowledge of everything has evolved (Hinman et al 2015). Remember when we used to put everyone on bed rest when there was something wrong with them? Now, they want you to move as much as possible. Research has told us that activity and fitness can help with most problems from depression to back pain (Stanton & Reaburn, 2014; Vanti et al 2017), so it's no surprise that the advice has changed for pregnancy too.
So the big question is – can you run during pregnancy? To answer this question in full, I'd like to share my own personal experience.
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The black and white answer is YES, you can. The more greyish area is – you may not want to.
The Struggle is Real
From the very very very beginning I was hit with all the weird and wonderful less common symptoms. Most women develop back pain or symphysis pubis diastis/dysfunction, also known as SPD, (where your pubic bone becomes so soft from your hormones that is separates – ouch!). So far (there's still time), I haven't been hit with any of these ones, but I do have a headache 24/7, pregnancy rhinitis (sneezing and sniffly), and an occasional bloody nose from doing absolutely nothing - none of which have stopped me running.
For the first 4-6 months the thing that really surprised me when running (and walking upstairs for that matter), was the shortness of breath. I remember racing a cross-country race at about 8 weeks pregnant and I was out of breath for a lot of it – which completely freaked me out. Needless to say I threw in the cross country towel after that. From here on in I stuck to plodding my usual routes, the same distance, but slightly slower.
It wasn't until about 5 months that I started to feel like I couldn't do as much. My mileage was cut short per week, and my times were falling. Why you ask? Was it pain? Was it tiredness? Shortness of breath? Not exactly. At this point I started getting something I would never have expected - cramping. Possibly from the grapefruit sized cargo I was carrying around with me. I spoke to my midwife about it and she said, "its not harming your baby – it's just you that's in pain – you may find that you might have to adapt the exercise that you do." Once I knew it was "just me", and not my baby – totally fine. I can push through pain that's just mine and not harmful. I figured out a tactic that if I shorted my stride (a lot!) and ran a certain pace (slow), plus breathing in and out of my nose – I could manage about 5 miles before any cramping kicked in. Granted, it took me about 50 minutes, but I was "running" and that was fine by me.
You think long car trips are bad?
This was also about the time when I started noticing I had to pee all the time. Seriously, over a 4 mile run I think I would have to go about 3 or 4 times. This limited my routes to the less populated trail runs, where bushes and trees were frequent. Jumping up and down with a grapefruit sized object on your bladder, I can honestly say is not the most comfortable thing in the world. Fast forward three more months, as I've gotten bigger – and slower, this is the most compromising symptom yet. Cramping, and shortness of breath I can deal with tactics to reduce them. Having to pee every 20 seconds only to find there's not much there, is extremely unsatisfying, and honestly, demotivating.
You've heard it all before
The bottom line, is that everyone will be different. For some people they have so much pain in their pelvis that just walking is a struggle. I consider myself lucky that I've made it this far, as I know friends who had to quit running much sooner. I also know people who made it much further! You may be that person who runs all the way to the hospital to give birth, or you may choose to eat Oreos the entire time (which by the way, sorry to burst your bubble, but eating for two thing isn't really a thing anymore!), sometimes you have to just go with the flow.
Safety first
What we do know, that if you're a runner beforehand, and you're classified as "low risk" – running is perfectly safe in pregnancy*. The general guidelines recommended that you slow it down and be more gentle, but to be honest – the symptoms will force you do that, whether you like it or not! Whether you can run to 20 weeks or 40 weeks, the fact that you're still moving and exercising is a bonus. If you're stopped in your tracks by pelvic pain, or if you just simply decide that running isn't for you at the moment, that's totally fine too. We are all different in what we can do, and what we choose to do.
For me…I'm just a little bit too stubborn to call it a day, and I'm sure I'll attempt some jogging here and there for another week or two– or what we have come to call "WOG's" ( walk/jogs) in my house. I'll be honest and tell you that its now about 90% walking and 10% jogging, but in my head - I'm still running!
**Please remember to check with your health care provider if running through pregnancy is safe for YOU !**
Hinman, S., Smith, K,. Quilen, D., & Smith, S. 2015, Exercise in Pregnancy, A Clinical Review, Sport Health, pp. 527 – 531.
Perales, M., Artal, R., Lucia, A., 2017, Exercise during pregnancy, American Medical Association, Vol 317, No. 11, pp 1113-1114.
Stanton,R. & Reaburn, P. 2017, Exercise and the treatment of depression: A review of exercise program variables, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Vol. 17, pp. 177-182.
Vanti, C., Andreatta, S., Borghi, S., Guccione, A., Pillastrini, P., & Bertozzi, L. 2017 The effectiveness of walking versus exercises on pain and function in chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials, Disability and Rehabilitation, Vol, 41, No. 6, Pp. 622-632.
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As I'm sure most people are aware, Youtubers (and by extension the internet itself) have been ruthlessly critiqued by the traditional media recently. Although some hostility has been present before, it was arguably the Pewdiepie situation that encouraged all the news providers to come out of their holes to make a desperate attempt to attack the internet for it's supposed wrongdoing.
The Pewdiepie situation, in which the details I will not go into, involved a satirical joke about an admittedly sensitive subject which was taken wildly out of context by the mainstream media outlets. I was not/am not a Pewdiepie fan as 53 million others are, but after some basic research I concluded with many others that these hostile accusations were highly misinformed and downright false. I think one of the saddest results of this attack on Pewdiepie (real name Felix Kjellberg) was when one of my heroes J.K. Rowling voiced her opinion which was also misinformed. She is incredibly clever and it shocked me and others to see that her thoughts had been tainted by the lies of the media.
A few days later I listened to a very interesting and intelligent podcast by Jenna Mourey and Julien Solomita in which they talk about the situation and propose the idea that the traditional media feel threatened by these new Youtube stars and are trying desperately to ruin their image. These outlets post ridiculous articles to attract the outrage of people and gain thousands of clicks. Jenna and Julien also conspire that the whole ordeal really has nothing to do with Felix's seemingly distasteful joke, but instead on individual content creators as a whole. A method to subtly turn the public against this new and powerful media.
At first I did not wholeheartedly believe in that, and merely thought that these news outlets were being petty but the more articles I read attacking particularly Youtubers, the more this sentiment made sense. Then I saw an embarrassingly out of touch article by Zoe Williams from The Guardian which only confirmed my belief in this theory.
This article was hilariously petty and very blatantly hating on the Youtube community which logistically was probably not the smartest move considering the countless internet loyalists. The piece focused on the criticism of Youtube star Zoella (real name Zoe Sugg), but included other names in the slamming of Youtube.
The piece started off claiming that Zoella is to blame for the decline in teen literacy, but soon digressed to an all over the place rant about Zoella and Youtube as a whole.
Williams, after a brief bit about Zoella as an author, goes on to quote meaningless lines from Zoella's recent videos. One of the more amusing parts of the article said this: 'She sometimes segues into the third person, though it's unclear (to me, at least) what it is in the subject matter that necessitates the gear change. "I was 14 in that photo … she's got Orlando Bloom on her wall." The form itself is the endpoint of narcissism, a stage of self-enthralment so complete that there is nothing too trivial to share.' . Which is all well and good, except when it is completely and utterly untrue. Zoella does not talk about herself in the third person, she speaks about her own age then explains her friend (the 'she' in question) has an Orlando Bloom poster on her wall. This is either a direct attempt to distort the video's content, or an embarrassing lack of research and understanding on Williams' part. This furthers my belief in the fact that the media don't actually care at all about the specifics of any content creator drama, but just use any excuse to make a harsh attack on the internet.
'But the depth of her fascination with herself is also rather alienating.' Pathetic, petty and out of touch.
' The male Zoella is probably Dan TDM, who plays Minecraft, commentates on himself playing Minecraft, and posts it on YouTube.' Precisely, just like the male Cleopatra is Liam Neeson. She goes on to slag off family favourites such as Stampy before ending the segment with 'asking a nine-year-old what they're up to, "watchingpatnjen" … "pewdiepie'sanazi . What's a Nazi?"' as if teaching a nine-year-old about important historical events is to be frowned upon.
'Aficionados say that he [PewDiePie] had been making subtle Hitler references for years ("years" in a vlogging context means more than one month), you just had to know where to look.' Making PewDiePie out to be a legitimate Nazi.
Overall the article was clearly fearful of her. Williams pointed out and even made up petty/irrelevant flaws in Zoella and the Youtube community. The whole thing was entirely distasteful.
I encourage everyone to keep updated on the media's attack on the internet and to make your own responses to the situation.


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WU Hillel won't back up accusations against StandWithUs
Imagine a group of renegade US soldiers, soldiers who acknowledge violating stated military protocols and claiming to have engaged in immoral acts. Now Imagine those same soldiers going on an international tour generously funded by their country's most vociferous critics for the sole purpose of demonizing their homeland. Replace the US with Israel and we have just described Breaking the Silence (BtS).
The controversial organization works closely with organizations hostile to the Jewish State and creates dissension wherever they travel in the Diaspora. For example Jewish Voice for Peace, which promotes boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel, and which seeks to drive a wedge within the American Jewish community over support for Israel has a close relationship with Breaking the Silence having co-sponsored several events together.
As Naftali Balanson at Jweek writes,
"Breaking the Silence has contributed to polarization on college campuses. At U.C. Berkeley, the Jewish Student Union denied membership to J Street U, in part because it hosted an appearance by Breaking the Silence representatives.
There are, however, two groups that benefit from the international tours.
The first is Breaking the Silence itself, whose leaders and members are frustrated by their marginal role in the Israeli democratic debate. In contrast, they find receptive audiences in European capitals, U.N. forums and college campuses. Instead of the difficult task of addressing Israelis who usually have firsthand experience with the Israeli army, Breaking the Silence can "convince" audiences with no understanding of day-to-day Israeli realities. So instead of being ignored, they are the center of attention.
The second and more disturbing winners are the pro-Palestinian propagandists who use Breaking the Silence to support their demonization of Israel and of the legitimacy of Jewish sovereign equality."
Former IDF officer and StandWithUs campus coordinator Hen Mazzig created quite a stir when he wrote of his experience at a recent Breaking the Silence event shockingly hosted by the Hillel at Washington University in St. Louis. Hen wrote of the elaborate efforts made by the Hillel leadership to stifle debate, actively preventing former Israeli soldiers in attendance, including himself from defending the reputation of their nation and their military.
Said Mazzig in his article "I wished I could have spoken up and shared the reality I knew. Instead, the organizers and sponsors made it very clear that there would be no dialogue. They handed out a list of rules that included not telling anyone what was said in the room, how we needed to allow our beliefs to be challenged, and how we should be accepting of the speaker's comments. The sponsors didn't even allow us to openly ask questions. We could only write them on a piece of paper, and then they would choose which ones to ask the speaker. Clearly, they did not want the speaker to be challenged."
The sponsors didn't even allow us to openly ask questions.
Firing back at Mazzig in an article in the St. Louis Jewish Light, Jacqueline Ulin Levey, executive director of St. Louis Hillel asserted that rather than stifling debate Hillel provided "a forum for thoughtful and respectful exploration of, and dialogue about, these diverse views and perspectives". She said of Mazzig and StandWithUs "they reflect a desire to suppress the conversation". In her perhaps most incendiary remark, Levey accused Mazzig of having prepared an ambush for WU Hillel prior to the event. Said Levey "If Hen couldn't speak alongside [BtS Representative] Oded, then Stand With Us was going to create a national firestorm based on an article Hen had prepared before stepping into the event."
In a conversation with The Mike Report, Mazzig expressed wonderment at Ulin Levey's accusations.
When asked if he had, as Levey alleged, pre-written his article prior to the event. Mazzig told The Mike Report "of course not. If you read my article, I reference specific comments and events that occurred at the Hillel-Breaking the Silence event. I spent years working to protect civilians and to live up to my moral obligations, I saw all of my colleagues in the IDF doing the same. The speaker invalidated my entire military service, accusing me of the very things that I worked so hard to prevent. It was because they didn't allow me (or anybody else there) to defend myself and my country that I felt compelled to write the article. If they hadn't worked so hard to suppress the conversation it wouldn't have ever occurred to me to write it."
Ironically Hillel demanded that the students in attendance keep silent about anything said at the Breaking the Silence event. In his viral JNS article Mazzig asserted that Hillel took the bizarre step of demanding that attendees pledge not to share what happened or what was said outside of the room.
The Mike Report has obtained a copy of what Hillel called the "Community Covenant" that was distributed to attendees at their BtS event. The document supports Mazzig's assertion that Hilled did indeed attempt to suppress what happened at the Breaking the Silence event. The first "rule" on the document states "What is said in our conversation stays in the conversation and may not be repeated outside it".
Hillel took the bizarre step of demanding that attendees pledge not to share what happened or what was said.
The Mike Report contacted Ms Levey via email and asked if she could support her contention that Mazzig had written his condemnatory article prior to the event. Ms. Levey declined to offer any evidence to substantiate her allegations against Mazzig and StandWithUS but did provide The Mike Report with the following statement which we have published in toto.
"The event was limited to a student audience as mentioned in my op-ed. Stand With Us insisted on sending Hen to attend the event although I offered to host him for a student event at another time. Hen claims he was silenced because he was not permitted to speak alongside the speaker in a panel format, but Stand With Us knew well in advance that we would not be changing the program format. Our students welcomed Hen and introduced him during their opening remarks. He spoke with various students following the program. Otherwise, please refer to my op-ed."
WU Hillel partnered this event with J Street U, an organization already embroiled in controversy on their campus. On March 28th photos emerged of two J Street U activists at WU, Fadi AbuNe'meh and Taka Yamaguchi, wearing t-shirts sporting a photo of AK-47 toting terrorist Leila Khaled and emblazoned with the words "Resistance is not Terrorism".
According to Sara Greenberg a member of the board at Harvard Hillel, "J Street U partners with some of Israel's greatest enemies on campus including BDS activists and anti-Israel faculty. In a recent example from March 6, the J Street U chapter at Smith College co-sponsored an event with Students for Justice in Palestine and Faculty for Israeli Palestinian Peace entitled "A Forum on the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement." "
While Hillel's Levey aserts that J Street U should be welcomed within the communal pro-Israel tent, others disagree. Greenberg points out that J Street U's views on Israel are so extreme that "the campus Jewish Student Union at UC Berkeley voted this fall to deny membership to J Street U. The bylaws of the Jewish Student Union stipulate that a member organization must not host speakers who demonize Israel. Jewish Student Union members were uncomfortable with J Street U having invited among other anti-Israel groups, the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement to campus, an organization that calls for the liquidation of the Jewish Agency and Jewish National Fund for encouraging Jewish immigration to Israel."
In her op-ed Ms. Levey asserted that the controversy following the event created "a divide within our community". In this she is correct, but she should not be surprised. When an organization charged with a mission of providing a safe and supportive space for Jewish students on campus betrays that trust, it is of course going to cause division. Rather than being defensive about the intense communal revulsion her actions elicited it would behoove Ms. Levey and her colleagues within the Hillel leadership to do some soul-searching regarding the harm she and her organization are causing to Jewish students, to Israel and ultimately to their own reputation.


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Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney
Opening Statement: "I'm so proud of these guys today. They executed and played a physical game. I always believe that the physical team always wins games. We came out here and ran with toughness today against our in-state rival."
On turnover margin: "We capitalized on turnovers in today's game. Our motto is always `take care of the ball'. I always tell our offense to `keep the ball' and for our defense to `take the ball', and that had a major impact on the outcome of the game."
Performance of Clemson's offense and defense: "The kids got out there for four quarters and played with mental and physical toughness today. When you can run the football and stop the run, then you can win championships. The offensive line has also done a tremendous job. They have grown as a unit, and worked hard for the team. Our defensive line was also relentless today. They played with an attitude of expectancy to win, and when players have that mental confidence, we win games."
On bowl eligibility: "We've won four of the last five games, and I commend these guys for their leadership and heart during these last few games. We now just have to wait on our fate for a bowl game. I also want to thank our fans for being here with us through the good times and the bad, especially sitting through this nasty weather today."
South Carolina Head Coach Steve Spurrier
Opening Statement: "Clemson was the better team today. They had the better coaches and players. The team we played today is an ACC Championship team. They thoroughly beat us. They have a great team and are playing better ball at the end of the year than we are."
On the play of his quarterback: "I planned to play one quarterback the entire game. I was determined to stick with (Chris) Smelley. Stephen (Garcia) had been sick this week. If we need to make another quarterback change, I will. I'm tired of changing quarterbacks in the game. Obviously, the quarterback position is still up in the air. Chris struggled early. Protection wasn't good, but we got the score to 24-10. Our offense needed to score on that next drive and we didn't."
On Clemson's efficiency today: "Clemson made a bunch of third down plays. Harper played well and made plays. Clemson is a good team."
On bowl destination: "We will go (to a bowl) wherever they send us. We are 7-5 and it is what it is. We will try our best to represent South Carolina better than we have these past two games."
Clemson Player Quotes
Quarterback Cullen Harper: "I'm so proud of our seniors, and the rest of the team, because we could have quit six weeks ago, but we didn't. We just kept fighting and taking it one game at a time. (The offensive line) has been playing really well for us lately. They've come together, they've been playing together for a few weeks now, they've been healthy, and they've really been playing great."
Cornerback Chris Chancellor "Coach motivated us to go out and play hard-nosed Clemson football, and that's what we did today. We were the more physical team, we came through adversity at the beginning of the year, we pulled it together, and came out with a win today."
Running Back James Davis "It felt good today. (The crowd's) been there for me and I just wanted to thank them. These fans showed up in the rain today. I just wanted to thank them for loving me and showing up to watch the game today against the Gamecocks. The offensive line's been getting really good these last couple of games. Our gameplan was to come in and run the ball. We were able to run the ball successfully. They showed improvement, they were knocking guys off the ball."
Safety Michael Hamlin "This was football weather. I love playing when it's rainy and muddy outside. Everything I had is still out there on the field. (Smelley's) a tough quarterback to read. Everybody stuck to their assignments today, and everybody was disciplined."
Offensive Guard Thomas Austin "We played hard and we played physical. They're one of the top defenses in the SEC and I think we dominated them for most of the game. I think it'll be good as we go into bowl practices to build on that. I think we dominated both the offensive and defensive lines, and I think that's where the game was won. It's definitely a big win for us; we're tired of being called soft as an offensive line."
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"What effects do you see from players like Google and Adobe entering the digital signage arena?"
When discussing digital signage solution providers, leaders in the industry have often commented about high numbers of new entrants and exits each year. New startup companies bring innovation directly to the digital signage market year after year. Some are successful while others are not. Turnover and technology always seem to go hand in hand. Likewise, established companies such as Google, Adobe, and Cisco sometimes enter with their own take on our niche industry.
What impact has the entry of these large, established companies had? From my vantage point, virtually none. Some may think that the lack of properly targeted marketing may be holding these giants back. I believe that the issue may be more fundamental. It boils down to one key business principle for these established companies, which is it is not their core business. That simple concept has repercussions.
First, let's describe our industry in a Venn diagram. In the middle, we have a circle representing the "core" of our industry. If we were starting a new company today, focused on providing an enterprise-level platform that met the needs of potential customers looking to purchase digital signage solutions in any way shape or form, we would call the middle circle home. Digital signage is our core business.
That said, digital signage is very complex. We rely on other tangential industries and disciplines to function. Digital signage could not easily exist without display technology, small-form-factor computing, and digital content creation. We represent these with smaller circles around the edge of our core business. There is nothing magical about the list, and they can become more or less inclusive and more or less granular. I am simply illustrating how the concept of core business applies to the digital signage industry and the question at hand.
When we are working within our core business, we may succeed or fail. We may have a good platform or a bad one. The value of our platform may be measured by how well we leverage those tangential industries; (e.g. how well our platform works with enterprise IT standards such as Active Directory, or how well it integrates with sources of data). The key is that we are working from our core business outward.
When we look at it from the perspective of the established companies, this takes on a different feel. Our starting point is not the large middle circle but rather one of the smaller ones. The circles are not smaller because the industries or companies are small. In fact, they may be enormous. If we take on the role of a display manufacturer, for example, it is natural for us to seek out new business opportunities. Digital signage presents itself as a very interesting one. There are opportunities to add OPS slots for adding internal player and for adding embedded operating systems so signage can become an application just as it is in the consumer market. We can even add network interfaces to our displays to be able manage them online. These concepts are not too far from our core business of displays.
But, from here, we may begin to veer off course. We want to manage the display over the network since our displays have network ports. We need a web application, but we don't know much about software development. Our monitoring application has a primarily technical audience, so we might be able to develop something simple. But, if digital signage is an app, there needs to be a content management and scheduling system. That is a more complex piece of software for a more sophisticated demographic. Not only are we inexperienced at software, but our core business is not digital signage, which means that we lack subject matter expertise. It is easy to take a step, thinking it will be a small single step, and end up taking a long, time- consuming and expensive walk.
Hopefully, I have made my point, but I will put the final nails in our venture. Since our core business was displays, specifically our brand of displays, our solution was focused on that. That proved to be a challenge for our potential customers who didn't want to be locked into a single brand of display. That and a host of other issues means that customers are still buying our displays, but may not using the digital signage solution even though it is free. Our hypothetical step into the digital signage market was rough. In the end, endeavors like this may very well end abruptly or be quietly shelved. Sometimes, the best move is to retreat. We are sinking resources into a project that we are giving away and nobody is using.
I am not picking on display manufacturers; it was the most vivid example, and I took it purely south. I could run through any number of hypothetical scenarios. I don't believe I am negative either. Is it possible for the "big players" to be successful in the digital signage industry? Sure. But is there a business case for them to make such investments outside of their core businesses? Is there cause for them to truly learn the digital signage industry so that the solutions they built were as if they came from industry insiders? Probably not, on both counts. Chances are, things will be what they have been – token efforts with limited functionality intended for very small deployments. There is nothing wrong with that or efforts begun with the best of intentions, but so far, there has been minimal impact on the digital signage industry.


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What's New at Freda's Kitchen?
My oh my! It's been a busy couple months since the beginning of the year. What's new? We only offer full customized private events; no more pop-up events means you choose the chef, the menu, and we come to you! We've partnered with some incredible people to bring some of the most unique events in Austin.


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In case I haven't gushed about him enough, I want to again tell you that Richard is the best husband on Earth! Each year, he lets me choose his Halloween costume and he never knows what he's going to be until Halloween. And, each year, he wears whatever I set out for him. He's such a good sport!! A few years ago, I was a firefighter and he was my Dalmatian. He was so adorable (but the costume was a bit warm)! Last year, I was a witch and he was my black kitty cat, complete with a full-body Danskin leotard. (There are not many guys who can rock a leotard but he did!) Another year, I was a police woman and he was my prisoner.
Today, his Halloween costume for this year arrived and I am SO excited! I snuck the box into the boys' bedroom to open it. The costume is AWESOME!! I can't WAIT!! Of course, when I opened it, the boys rolled their eyes. Max uttered one word. "Uck!" Ha ha ha!!!
Frank (now age 22) hung orange and purple lights all over the front of the house and Richard replaced our white lantern bulbs with creepy, flicking orange ones. We're so excited!
Don't forget! Only one more week until we announce the winners of the Fall, 2014 24-Hour Short Story Contest! Who's going to win the $300 first place prize?!
We have a large bearded dragon named Cool. One day, Mason was standing next to Cool's aquarium with his mouth wide open. After a few moments of watching him, I said, "What are you doing?"
Mason replied, "I'm seeing if he will fit in my mouth."
Angela Hoy lives on a 52' Irwin Center Cockpit Ketch (sailboat) with her family and pets. She is the publisher of WritersWeekly.com, BookLocker.com, and AbuzzPress, and the author of 19 books. Keep up with her family's adventurous liveaboard lifestyle at GotNoTanLines.com.
Angela is the creator of the Original 24-Hour Short Story Contest!


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The Author was teaching The Poppet how to play guitar. His instructions? "Just pick it up and play along with a song you like. That's how you'll learn."
Well, I think I might have a thing to say about that. First of all, if you don't know how to do something, how can you start doing it? Secondly, how do you get the confidence?
I was thinking about this because it's similar to telling someone how to cook something. When you've done it for a while, it seems pretty easy. "Cook till done." "Bake till the loaf sounds hollow." But what does "hollow" mean with a loaf of bread? Continue reading


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Today marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, (ראש השנה). The Hebrew term literally means "head of the year". The Jewish New Year begins with a ten-day period of prayer, self-examination and repentance (with penitential prayers called "selichot," (סליחות), culminating in the "Day of Atonement," or Yom Kippur (יוֹם כִּפּוּר). These ten days of repentance are known as "Days of Awe."
The Jewish New Year also celebrates God's creation of the universe, the creation of Adam, and the pinnacle of creation, Eve. It is the Feast of Trumpets when the shofar is blown to coronate God as King of the Universe, and to awaken all people to a remembrance of Him and of our true identity as God's children, while alerting listeners to the impending day of judgment. The "Days of Awe" are a time to prepare one's soul for the "Day of Atonement," the holiest day of the year, by turning to God, forgiving others and asking forgiveness, and caring for the poor and the afflicted. In other words, it is a time to do God's will and to serve others.
What a great way to start the new year! Happy New Year! Shanah tovah! (!שנה טובה)
What a great way to start the new year! Happy New Year! Shanah tovah! (!שנה טובה)


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Ultimate Aqua Splash
This Summer, Ultimate Aqua Splash - the UK's largest indoor inflatable aqua experience, is coming to the 'Pool Of Champions'.
Tickets for Ultimate Aqua Splash as well as Extreme Aqua Splash and Aqua Splash go on sale from Friday 14th July 2017, tickets can be purchased online here only.
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