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OMNIRIDE Service Change Takes Effect July 23, Info via Temporary Call Center
UPDATE, July 25 at 5:30 p.m.:
OmniRide is providing customers with a Temporary Service Phone Number this week.
Message from OmniRide:
OmniRide's phone are not functioning due to a damaged Verizon line (while the email system has only recently been restored.) This impacts our Customer Service Office.
In light of these extenuating circumstances, we have set up a temporary off-site call center to answer service-related questions and schedule OmniRide Local off-route trips. We will continue to post service updates at www.OMNIRIDE.com.
Customer Service Agents will be available at a temporary phone number between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays during the outage. We will resume regular Customer Service hours and contact information when our phone and email service is restored.
Temporary Customer Service phone number: 703-792-8045
To cancel OmniRide Local off-route trips: 703-254-4074
Original Article:
Riders will notice that many of the region's bus services have a new and yet familiar name when OmniRide implements its Summer Service Change on Monday, July 23.
As part of a rebranding strategy, the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC) will be known as OmniRide. PRTC will still exist as a multi-jurisdictional transportation agency, but all our bus and ridesharing services fall under the OmniRide moniker. All the names of transportation services also are getting an overhaul.
- OmniRide becomes OmniRide Express;
- Metro Direct becomes OmniRide Metro Express;
- OmniLink becomes OmniRide Local;
- Cross County Connector becomes OmniRide Cross County Connector; and
- OmniMatch becomes OmniRide Ridesharing Service.
In addition to the new names, some routes will have new timetables and routing. Fares will remain the same. OmniRide Express changes taking effect next week include:
- Dale City-Washington – PM timetable changes;
- Dale City-Pentagon/Rosslyn/Ballston – Revised times for some trips;
- Dale City-Navy Yard – Midday timetable changes and one bus stop being relocated;
- Lake Ridge-Washington – PM timetable changes;
- Lake Ridge-Pentagon/Crystal City – AM and PM timetable changes;
- Montclair-Washington/Pentagon – Adding direct local service to neighborhood stops after 7 p.m.so the CL-X trip can be eliminated;
- South Route 1 – Adding direct local service to neighborhood stops after 7 p.m.so the CL-X trip can be eliminated;
- Manassas-Washington – Several PM trips extended to serve Cushing Road Commuter Lot;
- Manassas-Pentagon – PM routing changes;
- Gainesville-Washington – Several Manassas Express trips extended to serve Cushing Road Commuter Lot.
Updated schedule brochures are now available online at OmniRide.com. For additional information, please contact OmniRide's Customer Service office at (703) 730-6664 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Us
The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC), operating as OmniRide, provides express and local bus services as well as ride-sharing services in Prince William County, the City of Manassas and the City of Manassas Park. It also co-sponsors the Virginia Railway Express in partnership with the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission.
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Stress isn't always a bad thing, but over time, continued strain on your body from routine stress can contribute to serious physical and mental health problems. Stress is difficult to define because sometimes an appropriate stress response is inappropriate to another. However, the evidence is clear that most stress is a negative. Speaking with a trained professional can help you learn to deal with stress and become more aware of your own thoughts and feelings. Common types of treatment include: cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based stress reduction, alternative therapies and medication.
Local Experts in Stress
Individual Therapy
To be a woman in this culture means to understand stress. More than ever before, we are busy fulfilling a number of roles: friend, employee or boss, mother, daughter, sister, partner, healer. We may have seasons of relative ease, and then…BAM! something happens – and we\'re no longer OK. At Root, we are experts at helping women make lasting changes that free them from overwhelm and stress.
Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Individual Therapy
Most of my clients deal with extreme stress when it comes to money. The tools of handling stress and anxiety works the same for all areas of our lives
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We are dealing with stress everyday in our lives. Stress manifests in all kinds of ways in our adulthood. We cope with stress by overspending, abusing substances, overeating, remaining stuck in our jobs and relationships. Stress adds up and turns into toxicity. I have the coping tools, techniques, and strategies to manage your stress.
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Maybe it feels like you are always working and your stress is out of control. I help professionals who are stressed, burned out, overworked, and overwhelmed find balance, peace and happiness.
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With so many stresses in life, it can be hard to not feel weighed down, overwhelmed, or stuck. Therapy looks different between each individual I work with. It can be easy to focus on the problems, but with my help we will be solution-focused, facilitating growth and progress.
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I specialize in treating work stress that comes about from having too little control over your work and high demands made on you. I also work with people to transition careers or jobs when they are unhappy in their field of work. Stress is often more than just work - related, and it can affect your family and home life too.
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Stress is inevitable but doesn't have to be toxic. I take a psycho educational approach to stress so that clients understand the healthy and unhealthy consequences of stress. I work to identify burnout and work with clients to change their relationship with the stressors they cannot control, eliminate the stressors that do not serve them, and manage and cope with their stress in a healthy way.
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Did you know that approximately 120,000 deaths occur annually because of work? A major cause of illness is workplace stress. Let\'s find ways to overcome yours!
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Stress frequently impacts our nervous, digestive and musculoskeletal systems in negative ways (tense shoulders much?). It also negatively impacts our relationships. I help clients manage and reduce stress by identifying and eliminating unnecessary stress and teaching management and reduction techniques for things that cannot alway be avoided (like your mother/boss/neighbor/etc).
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Individual Therapy
Learn to make stress less corrosive and more useful. Dr. Carrie can help you find the sweet spot between being challenged in a healthy, motivational way, and being overwhelmed.
Individual Therapy, Family Therapy
Stress comes in many different forms. Specifically, I work with stress around life transitions. Life transitions are happening on a daily basis. Having support during stressful times can help to reduce the stress that you are feel. I am here to help you process through your life transitions and provide you extra support before, during, and after the transition.

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The next question is, how the [expletive deleted] was this done? And how long did it take?
It took about 20 minutes (!) and here's the cookbook method.
Start DAZ and load in a basic Michael 4; give him long hair with the Mon Chevalier hair style; set the color to dark by using your surfaces tab (the default is golden blond). Put a pair of jeans on him, and set the color to black (surfaces tab again). Set the background to black. Now it starts to get more interesting.
You're going to need two props to make the whole thing the same as the above, but at least one to get the neat crystal ball effect. If you can get hold of a "donut" as an .obj file, you can import this. Or you can go to DAZ (see the banner below) and buy some really amazing jewelry, among which there is sure to be a bangle. The plain gold bangle I've been using for ages is just a "donut" made in 3D Studio Max and exported to the OBJ file format, which can then be imported into DAZ. (I just got Hexagon for making models, but I still have to figure out how it works!)
The important prop is the crystal ball. In DAZ, click on Create > New Primitive > Sphere. Then use the controls to scale it to fit as a crystal ball. Then use the surfaces tab to make the color light blue or green, and set the opacity close to zero, which makes the object go transparent.
Position it between the character's hands; put a frown of deep concentration on his face ... so far, so good. The real magic happens when you set up the lights.
This shot was done with one distant light set to dim gold and two spotlights set to dim green. One spotlight was jiggled around till it was actually "inside" the crystal ball. The other was set just outside the glass. Both were VERY dim, and set to "point at" the character's head. Render an image right here, and then adjust the brightness and color of the lights till it looks something like this:
The next thing you want to do is add the razzle-dazzle, and you do this in your photo studio ... if you have Photoshop, bully for you! The rest of us don't have A$1800 to spend on a single prog (and even if I did, I'd use the money to take a holiday in the tropics), so I'm going to tell you how to do this in Micrographx, which costs about forty or fifty bucks (shop around!!), does the same job, does it with a dead-easy interface, works on XP and even Vista. You don't have to have a name like Gates or Murdoch to be able to afford the progs to do this work!
Open your best-so-far render in Micrographx 10. Open the Lens Flare browser (look under "Effects"), and --seriously -- play with the controls till the penny drops about how to use them. You're going to be jiggling flares and rays; you get to change the aspect ratio of the main one, set the length of the ray trail, change the color and brightness and sharpness of everything, decide where in the image the effect is going to be located (x,y controls), and ... lots more elements to play with. Christmas morning came early!
So play with the lens flare till you get exactly what you want, and then save (duh), and start to think about the border. You might not want a border ... I think it enhances the shot. This one was done in Serif X3. Import your best-so-far image to a new publication, and then draw a rectangle the size you want the border to be; set the "fill" at none; use the nodes on the drawn image to set the corner style. Use the Line & Border controls to set the color ... I used golden yellow. Now, click on the FX icon ... add a bevel & emboss to make it look 3D. Now, get into the 2D Bump Map controls ... set the "scale" to small and the "depth" to high, and then choose a pattern from the browser to control how the bump map looks. Play till you get just what you want. Sign the piece; select all objects; lock them together; export as a 200dpi image.
And you're done! If you don't know the software backwards and sideways, you could play happily all afternoon at this. If you do know the software, you can get this 3D painting from concept to "done" in the time it takes your rice to cook in the microwave. I did this last night, while the rice was cooking for dinner.
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Hackspace 2.5
|Hackspace 2.5
|Intended Use
|More Hacking, More Making & More Being
|Locations: all pages {{}}
Hackspace 2.5 is the new downstairs section of our space. It is a work in progress but has partly opened up for general use. Currently Electronics, CNC and the Blue Room are fully opened.
You will find the main route to Hackspace 2.5 is sign posted from the back door of the Hackspace 2.0 Metalworking Area. It's also possible to access this area from the street level doors on Roden Street at the north side of the building.
Video Tour
The currently open section of Hackspace 2.5 is covered in this tour video.
Floor plan
|Information in this section is out of date. The specific problem is: Link to Github Matt posted on Slack Please help update the page if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (21/02/2019)
Currently open rooms
Work on Hackspace 2.5 started after a decision to proceed with the project at the AGM on 2015-12-03. A dedicated team of members have been working on the space every Tuesday night since we got the keys to the unit. If you would like to help out, join the Hackspace 2.5 slack channel or read more on the Volunteering page.
Painting (September-October 2016):
Some of the progress is documented on the Hackspace 2.5 Project page.


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You can track the shipments that are out for pickup in your Shiprocket panel. To do so-
- Go to the Shipments option from the left panel.
- The Tracking tab will open by default.
- Select the 'Out for Pickup' option in the drop down of the All Statuses filter
- All the orders that are out for pickup will be displayed on the tracking page. You can also select the date range to view your orders.
Alternatively, you can also filter your orders with the following statuses-
- Shipped
- Pickup Exception
- In-transit
- Out for delivery
- Delivered
- RTO Initiated
- RTO Delivered
- RTO Acknowledged
- Undelivered
- Delayed


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Again this year Pack 243 will participate in the annual City of Sachse Christmas parade!
The parade is Sat Dec 10. The
lineup starts at 8:30am but kids can arrive 9:00am. Note this year the
parade will start at Hudson Middle school. Leader
Scott will be pulling the float so look for a gray F-150 crew cab truck
and a white trailer.
News >


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Ulla Hohmann
Ulla Hohmann is a Senior Manager operating from the head office of PMC International AG, Neu-Isenburg (Frankfurt/Main). Ulla can look back on more than 20 years of experience in executive search. She originally started in research, moved into team and project management and finally in the role of a consultant as a Senior Manager. Ulla has a broad scope of recruiting experience covering management positions and hard-to-find specialists on various levels and in several industries, both nationally and internationally.
In recent years Ulla Hohmann was concentrating on family-owned businesses ("German Mittelstand") in the sectors of automotive (particularly on plastics and rubbers), food, machinery and plant construction. Furthermore, Ulla is engaged in Interim Management projects, a business that is taken care by PMC Interim Management GmbH, a subsidiary of PMC International AG.
- Master Craftswoman
Professional Career
- Various positions in the food industry
- Team Manager Executive Search International, eTecConsult GmbH
- Project Manager, Deininger Unternehmensberatung GmbH
- Research Consultant, Anthropos Personalberatung GmbH
- 2011 Senior Consultant, PMC International AG
- 2012 Manager, PMC Interim Management GmbH (additionally)
- 2018 Senior Manager, PMC International AG


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Rant: The Nokia Social App – Please stay signed in! (And a bunch of other annoyances)
Before I begin my coursework I'll let off some steam and rant about the social app.
The Nokia Social App
It really feels like a half baked offering when compared to something like gravity:
- Scrolling – why the hell is it so crap? You've got smooth scrolling in browser, photos, contacts, apps yet here it's like I've stepped back to the first N97 firmware. Yes it's still kinetic scrolling somewhat but it's so painstakingly SLOW and CHOPPY.
- Titleless photouploads: The NEW update allows you to send photos to social places immediately after taking them. But why autosend without a title? On the plus side it compresses a picture and goes up pretty quick which might be OK for facebook (where it goes into a random "Mobile Uploads" folder). For twitter though, you kind of need to caption images most of the time. I wish PixelPipe would be preinstalled and let me upload like I did in N900 (where it also gave you option to compress photos in settings, titles and a million other social places not just facebook or twitter)
- Forgetful sign-in: I thought it was just me until I got replies saying it was happening to other folk too. The app keeps making me log in OVER and OVER and OVER for EACH social network after a few hours. Very annoying when you just maybe want to read some statuses, or just quickly update one. It's NOT an issue with security as Ovi Store remembers my password and I can easily make purchases without ever typing my password. This is why I go to other apps and even bookmarked twitter sites like tweetgo as that's just left signed in. Perhaps it's to prevent the old Frape or "Facebook Rape" (basics are that your status is abused, possibly many other features of your profile but that's not possible even if you are logged in to social app as it's very limited.
- Ovi Log in fail. Maybe it's just me. The initial OVI account log in was also somewhat difficult (required to even let you sign in to twitter/facebook). I already had an account but got convinced mine got deleted when I was allowed to sign in again with THE SAME email address and THE SAME phone number which is now associated with a +1 account I will NEVER use. Shame really as when you do this, if you switch your phone to say another new S^3 device, the phone picks up your account name.
- Missing Features: There's a few. Main ones for me – Twitter: When clicking a tweet there's no retweeting, option to DM. Just reply. Facebook: photo tagging.
- Stop re-inventing the wheel with a cube: It's an absolute shame we do not have an official twitter or facebook app that's to the grade on other platforms. We have the AWESOME gravity twitter for years folks have wanted Nokia to make their official twitter app (but would @janole have gotten the same room to keep giving us new awesome features?). e.g. Tweetie 2 now twitter for iPhone. Though iPhone has a crapload of great twitter apps. Gravity is really the only decent option. On a side note, Mark Guim from TheNokiaBlog says that "Nokia is looking at partnerships – no more looking to buy or make everything" – Bloomberg (orig article) says something's coming on 23rd of Nov and Mark asked what Partnerships you'd like to see to which James Whatley commented: How about a parnership with @janole for their social client? YES PLEASE.
- Well, let's end on a positive. It's free, the single stream is great if you connect your twitter and facebook friends together so they all get the same statuses – the facebook calendar/events integration with phone calendar is great if you're a facebook user. It's kind of OK once you're signed in and perhaps in a few months time after a truck load of polishing we can all sing social app's praises.
btw – These RANTS are not simply to bash Nokia but are little nudges in hope for improvement because we know Nokia can certainly do better.
What about you guys – any issues or improvements you'd like to see with the Social App?
November 14, 2010 at 10:45 am
This is what I hate about Nokia. They know what needs to be done and yet they try to "reinvent the wheel with a cube". Why are they wasting their time and money and your time and money (yeah, now they only waste my time, money went to Apple) doing other stuff nobody cares about? Who cares about ovi share and ovi mail? Just get those engineers doing something useful like… Heck I don't know… Making a proper OS?
Personal rant over.
November 14, 2010 at 11:02 am
Nice work Jay and good comment Diogonev. This is where Nokia falls over, trying to make things again and again. Pixel Pipe is great, just include it as part of the phone! Use your skilled people somewhere else!
November 14, 2010 at 11:03 am
It's annoying, isn't it? That said, I don't really use Twitter and the Facebook app works OK. The scrolling does need work though.
November 14, 2010 at 2:36 pm
I noticed its the same issue when trying to log on to hotmail! Everytime you try to go onto hotmail you have to put in your username and password! Can it not save it so i dont have to?! I didnt have to put it in constantly with my S60V3 device!
November 14, 2010 at 4:06 pm
I have to say that Nokia REALLY needs to work on this and a few other apps. also, did you have problems with writing your status on facebook? When I write something and hit spacebar ONCE, it actually generates 2 spaces. so i have to press backspace after every word 😦
The app is up-to-date, latest version but still too many bugs are present. I dnt kno if this app is Qt based or not (looks like it's not). But if it's not, Nokia needs to make a Qt based social app for S^3 and upcoming MeeGo phones.
November 14, 2010 at 9:10 pm
It WAS a handy app. But since it's broken now on a lot of N8's and there is no apparent fix for it…. I use gravity now, infinatly better only lacking a decent widget plugin.
November 15, 2010 at 9:02 am
In general everything about the S^3 integration with your accounts is very poor.
What's up with the initial Ovi services login at initial boot-up of the device? What does it get you? Not much as you need to log-in again, again and again. Read about my experiences here: http://bit.ly/bpZX8A
(sorry for advertising, trying to show I stringly AGREE!)
November 16, 2010 at 9:24 am
So you're essentially saying that there would be plenty of money for any developer who could create a better app?
Sounds like an opportunity to me 😀
November 16, 2010 at 10:47 am
at least on my N8 I can send a DM from Social by clicking on the contact picture.


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- "December 10, 2019. On that day he will answer the call and make the ultimate sacrifice. Soon, this world will fight for the fate of all the known universes."
- —Mar Novu warning Barry Allen and Iris West-Allen the Crisis is near[src]
The Anti-Monitor Crisis,[2] commonly referred to simply as the Crisis, was a massive, apocalyptic event that encompassed the cataclysmic destruction of every single Earth in the multiverse by the Anti-Monitor's wave of antimatter, leaving only the chosen Paragons as the last survivors.
Oliver Queen would later on become The Spectre, gathered the Paragons and reformed the Multiverse and a new universe that is a merged Earth-1, Earth-38, and Earth-BL to Earth-Prime before an alliance of heroic teams banished the Anti-Monitor to an eternity of shrinking. This also resulted into a formation of a Special Task Force in order to put down further threats to the new multiverse.
In the original timeline, the Crisis took place on the night of April 25, 2024, where both the Flash and his nemesis Reverse-Flash traveled back in time to March 18, 2000 to create the current timeline, resulting in a temporal loop that allows the Crisis to happen in every timeline regardless, except the Flashpoint timeline.
Due to a change in the timeline in which Team Flash destroyed Cicada's dagger in 2019, the crisis occurred much earlier, on December 10, 2019.[3]
Novu's plan
At the dawn of time, a cosmic entity called Mar Novu saw the future and found out about his antimatter's counterpart, Mobius, and the crisis that he planned for the entire multiverse, learning that was supposed to happen in 2024. in preparation he built Quantum Towers on several Earths to defend against the attack. He began testing different Earths throughout the multiverse by bestowing the Book of Destiny to an individual from the earth he was testing, and let him/her create his/her own Elseworlds.[4]
Original timeline
Sometime in the 22nd century, a speedster named Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash began to study the life of his archenemy Barry Allen/The Flash, after he somehow discovered his true name and acquired knowledge of his parents and loved ones; Nora Allen, Henry Allen, Iris West-Allen and his daughter Nora West-Allen (in which was presumably named Dawn in his timeline). When he gained knowledge about everything from Barry's life, Eobard decided the best way to defeat Flash was to murder Barry as a child. However, before he did this, he wanted to have a last encounter with his arch-enemy.
The event
Somehow the Anti-Monitor was freed and the Crisis began, prompting Novu to gather the heroes to help him save the multiverse. During this, Thawne, having gained help from the Anti-Monitor's shadow demons, arrived to April 25, 2024 and gained the attention of the Flash and his allies: Green Arrow, Hawkgirl, and The Atom. They started fighting on the streets of Central City causing the most destruction the city had ever seen. The fight (and possibly the antimatter) caused the sky to turn a deep crimson color.[5]
At some point during the battle, while Green Arrow yelled in the background, The Flash recorded a message for his daughter to see in the future, knowing he had little time left.[6]The battle caused several trucks to start leaking their contents onto the streets and caused power outages spread over 20 blocks throughout the city. The Atom left the fight and aided the Central City Police Department in evacuating all the nearby buildings during the power outage. The speedsters then started battling over two overturned tanker trucks, and the lightning emitted from them caused the oil from one of them to ignite. While surrounded by smoke both speedsters had a very heated conversation on an unknown matter, and then the two sped off leaving Green Arrow, the Atom, and Hawkgirl behind. The two then continued their fight up and down an unknown avenue before they vanished in a flash of light.[5]
Unknown to everyone, during the explosion, the Reverse-Flash traveled back in time to March 18, 2000 to kill his nemesis as a child (like he planned before).[7] However, the Flash followed his nemesis back through time. The two fought inside the Allen house around Nora Allen, each landing solid hits on the other, but their skills were fairly equal. Eventually, the future Flash proved to be the better of the two.[8] When the 11-year-old Barry came into the room, Nora was in the center of it, surrounded by streaks of yellow and red lightning and caught a brief glimpse of the Reverse Flash's face.[9]
During the fight, the Flash saw his younger self from 2015 during his first trip into the past and signaled him not to interfere, because of what would happen to the timeline if he did. As the Reverse-Flash moved in for the kill, the future Flash intervened and transported his younger self to safety 20 blocks away, much to the Reverse Flash's outrage. However, Reverse-Flash quickly theorized another way to achieve his goal: to kill Nora and frame Henry Allen for the crime in the hopes that such a tragedy would traumatize Barry enough that he would never achieve his destiny, and Eobard would be free to return to a future without the Flash, so he grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed Nora in the heart and fled the scene to return to his own time which he hoped would now be one without the Flash.[10]
Originally, a newspaper from the Central City Citizen was published and written by its founder Iris West-Allen,[5] which Eobard later used as the basis to see if the future remained intact.[11]
After Flashpoint, Savitar killed Iris and continued the loop of his existence, causing Julie Greer to be hired and to replace Iris with writing the article.[12] However, thanks to the efforts of Team Flash that caused Savitar to be erased from existence, Iris's name was once again restored as the author of the article.[13]
According to an article from the Citizen in 2049 that Nora West-Allen presented to Barry, the Flash was still missing 25 years after the Crisis. Roger Hayden/Psycho-Pirate, said that during this crisis, entire worlds lived and died, implying that the Crisis was more than just a fight between the Reverse-Flash and the Flash.[14]
Current timeline
In 2018, Novu tested the Earth-90 and like many others, it failed. After this, he traveled to Earth-1 to test it by bestowing the book to John Deegan.[15] He was genuinely impressed when the heroes of that earth were able to steal the Book Of Destiny, something that had never happened before.[4] He started to respect Earth-1 even more when Oliver Queen came to confront him, in his realm, without any sign of fear, demanding him to change the destiny of Barry Allen and Kara Danvers. Impressed by the heroes of Earth-1, with Queen in particular, Novu gave him the means to save the two,[16] but in exchange for helping him deal with the Crisis when the time comes.[17]
In mid-2019, Team Flash, with the help of Nora West-Allen from 2049 and the manipulation of Eobard Thawne, managed to destroy Cicada's lightning dagger. Those actions resulted in many changes to the timeline, including the change of the date of the crisis from 2024 to 2019.[3] This forced Novu to take action to prevent the crisis far sooner, causing him to pick up Oliver much faster than he initially told Oliver he would in order to have him complete missions to delay the crisis until his preparations are fully completed. Around that time, Novu looked into the future and found out Oliver will die during the crisis, which he told Oliver.[17] He also destroyed the plinth in the Time Vault to prevent Team Flash from learning about the much faster crisis so that when the time came, he could tell them personally.[1]
Novu also retrieved Lex Luthor's corpse[18] and brought him back to life so he would use his intellect in the crisis but confined him in his realm apparently to prevent him from trying anything malicious.[19]
Oliver's mission
Novu first sent Oliver to Earth-2 to retrieve Dwarf star particles. Although he experienced problems doing so because of Tommy Merlyn's mission to destroy the Glades using the Dwarf star particles, he eventually succeeded. However, due to him interfering with the events of the alternate earth it was destroyed by a wave of Anti-Matter.[20]
Displeased but still tolerating Oliver's tendency to let his feelings get over him, Novu brought Oliver, Diggle, and Laurel to Hong Kong and tasked them to find Dr. Robert Wong. Although Wong was retrieved, Oliver defied Novu by sending him to A.R.G.U.S but as Lyla Michaels was Novu's ally, the Monitor simply contacted her and she gave him Wong straight away.[21]
Not concerned at all by Oliver's decision to defy and destroy him out a false belief that he was causing the crisis, Novu simply integrated Oliver's plans into his own and to reward Oliver's determination,[22] he brought his kids and Connor Hawke from 2040 to the present day.[23] Since Laurel was not supposed to have survived, Novu decided to test her next.[22] He approached her and offered to restore her Earth if she betrayed Oliver.[24] However, Laurel ultimately refused,[25] which was Novu's plan originally. To reward Laurel, Novu put her and Oliver in an alternate reality where Laurel could say goodbye to Quentin Lance. The alternate reality also served to teach Oliver that he could not alter his fate.[22]
Once both completed their tasks, Novu brought them to Lian Yu.[22] Their goal on the island was to create a device to power a weapon. The device, however, only responded to Lyla's DNA. When she touched it, she suddenly had an epiphany and realized she had to go.[26]
Team Flash's preparation
Around the same time, Novu went to S.T.A.R. Labs to inform Barry and Iris that Barry was now going to sacrifice his life on December 10, 2019.[1] Now knowing about his upcoming death, Barry decided to prepare Team Flash for protecting Central City without him.[27]
After preparing Killer Frost,[28] Barry put his focus on Cisco Ramon, who he decided is the perfect guy to replace him as team leader after he is gone. Although at the beginning Cisco refused to accept Barry's death, he eventually learned to do so.[29]
After that, Barry decided to promote Ralph Dibny to his successor as the official protector of Central City after his death, which he did after a mission to get more information on Sue Dearbon's disappearance.[30]
J'onn J'onzz's test
Having witnessed J'onn J'onzz fight but knowing that he was plagued by his past,[19] Novu traveled to Earth-38 and released J'onn's brother, Malefic, from the Phantom Zone.[18] After multiple encounters between Malefic and the Superfriends, J'onn learned to make amends with both his past and brother, which eventually resulted in Malefic forgiving him.[31]
Novu then returned to Earth-38 once J'onn had completed his test, claiming that he was now ready for the Crisis.[19]
Harrison Nash Wells
- "You nearly damned us all to Hell, Nash Wells!"
- —J'onn J'onzz[src]
On December 9 in Central City, Harrison Nash Wells, after having been attacked by a Blood Brother outside a door to what he believed was the Monitor's realm, was saved when Allegra Garcia used her powers to spread a cure to the city. Wells, however, misattributed this to Novu himself.[32] At 11:58 pm, just as Nash was about to open the portal to his realm, a voice that sounded like Novu noted on how he wished to know the truth and offered to reveal to him what he wanted to know in exchange for his help stopping the Crisis. The voice told him to stop his attempts to kill him and begin a new life. When Nash asked the voice to show him, he was told that he already has "the knowledge" (probably to solve a code). After Nash solved the code in the cave, the rock opened and pulled Nash inside it in a flash of light before slamming down the rock wall again.[19][26][32][33] However, in doing this, Nash accidentally released the Anti-Monitor instead and became a Pariah.[34]
The event
As the Crisis began on December 10,[32] the skies above Lian Yu, Central City, and possibly the entire planet began storming and turned red. On Mar Novu's command, Harbinger arrived on Lian Yu to retrieve Oliver and Mia.[26] At midnight in Central City, Team Flash watches the skies turn red and prepare themselves for the upcoming battle.[32]
Lyla then warped all the greatest heroes of Earth-1 to Earth-38, where Argo City had just been destroyed by an antimatter wave, and the heroes worked with the rest of Earth-38 heroes to evacuate as much of the universe's population as possible. As the battle between the heroes and the shadow demons of the Anti-Monitor continued to prove fruitless as more and more kept coming, the Monitor arrived to announce that the battle was lost and they must escape. Novu breached all but Oliver Queen, who immobilised him temporarily using an antimatter arrow and fought off the shadow demons long enough for 3 billion people to escape to Earth-1, although sustaining mortal injuries in process, until the Monitor teleported them to Earth-38, where Oliver said his last words to his comrades and daughter before dying, fulfilling Novu's prophecy of Oliver dying in the Crisis,[17] but not the same way that Novu had foreseen.[34] As the surviving heroes mourned the loss of their comrade, Harrison Nash Wells, now a branded a Pariah for his actions, teleported in garbed in a suit of green and gold armor, declaring that all was lost. Meanwhile, the Anti-Monitor's anti-matter wave continued to flood across the Multiverse, sowing massive chaos and instability and even causing the Pillars of Magic to crumble, effectively robbing individuals like John Constantine of the ability to use magic on a continuing basis.
Unable to match the Anti-Monitor's armies or raw power, Novu and Harbinger set up the remaining heroes on the Waverider of Earth-74 as a base of operations with that Earth's Mick Rory while the Earth-1 Legends remained on the front lines. Novu informed the shaken heroes that there existed seven Paragons; seven special heroes who each exemplified a particular heroic trait above all others. He named Sara as the Paragon of Destiny and Kara as the Paragon of Hope. Eventually, the remaining Paragons were located, with Ivy Town resident Ryan Choi as the Paragon of Humanity, Barry Allen as the Paragon of Love, Kate Kane as the Paragon of Courage, J'onn J'onzz as the Paragon of Honor, and Clark Kent as the Paragon of Truth.
In trying to locate the Anti-Monitor's base of operations, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, and Barry, with the help of Pariah, discovered a hidden room within the Central City sewers that contained a treadmill which was the source of the antimatter wave. Barry soon realized that his counterpart from Earth-90 was powering the treadmill with his super-speed, being forced by the Anti-Monitor to do so against his will. After he was removed from the device by Cisco, Barry-90 warned that the multiverse would be destroyed entirely if he failed to continue powering the treadmill. In order to offset this destruction, Pariah brought Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning to Earth-1, having him use his powers to temporarily contain the process. After it was revealed that in order to permanently stop the antimatter wave, a speedster would have to run in the opposite direction of the treadmill and die in the process, Barry-90 transferred Barry-1's speed to himself and did the deed, stopping the wave and averting Barry-1's foretold sacrifice albeit at the cost of his own life.[35]
In the newspaper that chronicled the Crisis, when the Crisis hit Earth-1, the battle to save it took place within Central City and included the likes of The Flash, Green Arrow, White Canary, Supergirl, Batwoman, and numerous other "legendary heroes" against The Reverse-Flash at midnight.[3] What is currently known is that Barry Allen made the ultimate sacrifice on December 10, 2019 to save Earth-1,[1] being declared missing soon after,[3] although this was averted after Earth-90's Barry Allen sacrificed his own life instead. Due to Barry-90's death, Barry-1's fate during the Crisis remains unknown.[35]
In a possible future, after his death, Oliver Queen will be buried next to his father and his paternal half-sister, his tombstone will read that he was a "beloved husband, brother, father and son. Hero of Star City. The Green Arrow".[17]
Crisis Changes
Following the Crisis, many differences have appeared in the new Earth-Prime. Here is a list of those changes:
- Earth-1, Earth-38, and Earth-BL have merged into Earth-Prime.
- L-Corp is erased from existence, and Lex Luthor is still the owner of Luthor Corp, as well as the Department of Extranormal Operations, which is now a subsidiary of LutherCorp.
- The reincarnated John Diggle and Lyla Michaels now have two children: Sara Diggle from the Earth-1 pre-Flashpoint timeline, and John Diggle, Jr. from the post-Flashpoint timeline.
- Rather than having a son, Jonathan Kent, Lois Lane and Clark Kent have two children - both boys.
The Flash
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 4
- "Elseworlds, Part 3" (mentioned)
Season 5
Season 1
Black Lightning
Season 3
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Season 5
- The Flash: The Tornado Twins (mentioned)
- While it is well-documented that Eobard Thawne wasn't able to return to his time period after killing Nora Allen and thus had to spend the next 15 years of his life in the 21st century, the fate of the future Flash that followed him back from 2024 is still unclear after saving his younger self from Thawne.
- The photograph depicting the Flash on the newspaper article shows the Flash's suit in 2024, with a bright red suit with red earpieces and a white outline on the emblem. In an erased future of 2024, the Flash suit bears a closer resemblance to his fourth suit.[36] However, that future was erased when Team Flash erased Savitar from existence on May 24, 2017.[13]
- In the original time of the Crisis, meta-humans like the Flash still operated in 2024, despite the Anti-Meta-human Act of 2021, which apparently makes it illegal to even be a meta-human.[37]
- Due to Oliver Queen and his team being deputized by the SCPD in 2018, it stands to reason that they and several of the other heroes present were working alongside local law enforcement and possibly even A.R.G.U.S. and were no longer consider "vigilantes".[38]
Behind the scenes
- Nora West-Allen traveled back to the present day and revealed more about this crisis event by bringing in a newspaper from 2049. This newspaper shows that this crisis event is similar to the comic book event Crisis on Infinite Earths. This is due to the appearance of characters such as Roger Hayden a.k.a Psycho-Pirate and shadow demons, both of which appeared and played a relatively important role in the DC comic book event.


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Seamless navigation is the path towards highest conversion with smart design UI/UX.
User Interface / User Experience (UI/UX)
Optimal Website User Interface for a Smooth Online User Experience
At Adaptify we consult with our UI/UX web developers to ensure that our responsive, mobile-friendly websites and other digital strategies align with best-practices. A streamlined website user interface that is easy to navigate and flows logically between pages will promote a positive online user experience, which will result in improved click-through rates, more site traffic and other benefits.
From a UI/IUX perspective, you want to consider the following guidelines for your online marketing strategies.
Keep it Simple
UI/UX Design fundamentals
Always think about the website user interface and how your visitors will respond to your design features. Ideally, you want to make your landing pages as easy to read as possible. Colour, typeface (text lettering) and other graphics are the core features that can make a website look balanced or busy. If you introduce design elements that are difficult to read or distract the reader from the core messages, then you have a UI/UX issue to address.
Sitemap and Visual design Flow
UI/UX Structure and heirarchy
In terms of navigation, does the online user experience make logical sense when you cascade from the home page to other grouped pages? Are interactive features like calls-to-actions, banner images and other content prioritised in a way that is easy to follow? Get in touch with our team at Adaptify to learn more.
Intuitive Navigation
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When potential leads visit your website you want them to be able to click around without having to worry about how to navigate the landing pages. You will lose site traffic if the website user interface is not optimised for ease-of-use. Our UI/UX developers can resolve these problems with smart web design.
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Killer branding and design can be the difference between attracting great customers and getting lost in the crowd. Through the use of photography, video and custom design, we can help give your brand a voice and a face in a fiercely competitive market.


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Good, Bad, Ugly, Jaguars show signs of life vs Colts
If you read the piece from yesterday, you saw in living color the problems the team has and it points to leadership. Read more in Good, Bad, Ugly, Jaguars show signs of life vs Colts to see that there was a lot of good. Good enough to win out. Good will be saved for last as incentive to keep reading.
I'm going to lay some fault for the ugly in Perry Fewell and Mark Collins' laps. Yes, the defense is missing Paul Posluszny as a hub to balance all the spokes of egos, but the team has had eleven months to fill that role.
Granted, coaches can't make someone a leader, especially since no one on defense has been there long; however, coaches are responsible for a disconnect.
They're responsible for the linebackers and secondary not being on the same page, having communication issues and not trusting each other with assignments. That was ugly.
Ugly was penalties and when they happened. 8 for 61. Not all flags are equal, but Jax had ones that helped Indy keep drives going. In particular, a nasty personal foul that gave the Colts what they needed to score. That flag very well was the difference between a loss and a win.
That ugly is on Doug Marrone. Get a grip on this, it's losing games.
The ugly was only 34 total tackles, 0 sacks, no QB hits, only three tackles for a loss and only two passes were defended. Three. That is why no sacks, since the secondary wasn't a threat, Luck didn't have to hold the ball waiting for a better opening.
For comparison, Indy had 57 tackles, 8 tackles for a loss, and six passes defended. Granted, Luck is a better QB and had a better OL, but this defense has played several QB's in the last 12 months every bit as good and didn't choke.
Ugly was allowing Indy to get 83% of their third downs in the first half, going 5-6 and getting 306 yards. Allowing their three tight ends to walk all over the defense was the ugliest of all. Maybe they stunk at it because they have little to practice against.
Indy 3-3 in the red zone during the 1st Half was damn ugly
The bad was injured offensive linemen. When Blake Bortles has protection and time to throw, he can get the job done. After losing left tackle Josh Walker, already a 3rd team replacement, and center Jeremy Parnell, the run game was affected. Fournette's production dropped 3/4 a yard in the second half.
We also saw Bortles play small, intent on getting the ball out fast (for him) to avoid sacks, but it also allowed Indy to play close which also made the run game tougher.
Then here's the good and bad of Leonard Fournette. His bad was only averaging 2.2 yards per carry (2.9 1st half); however, he picked up key downs that has been missing. The bad was he missed easy lanes showing he lacks vision.
The good was many fold. First, and key, was we saw TIGHT ENDS. Not going to insert disco dancers and a choir singing Hallelujah, but it's what I'm thinking. They helped block, gave Bortles a little more confidence and caught passes (wow). Plus, a beg thee, use them more.
We also saw more of Tommy Bohanon, who helped bust a run and also caught a pass. He's been woefully underused this season. To me, the play calling was much better than it's been in a month.
More good was we held the rush to 3.5 yards which is better than they had. Next was Jax getting 91 yards rushing, also an improvement. Bortles threw 320 yards, two TD's and no interceptions.
Good was DJ Chark averaging 38 yards per kick-off return which can't be overlooked. Often this season, the offense has started deep in their territory. If they can rely on 36 yard returns that's a big relief (minus dumb flags). The average start was at the 31.
Good was 24 first downs, and 53% 9-17 on third downs, plus 2-3, 67% in the red zone (big improvement). Finally for the offense, they controlled the clock for 35:10 and put up 26 points.
You add all that up and it's enough to win games. The second half of defense was also good. Not a point was allowed, although that partly was due to a missed field goal.
Good was getting an interception, having the Colts start at an average of 24 yards. For three quarters, the Jags controlled time of possession and during the third quarter, had the ball for 12:09. That's massive.
Had that defense showed up from the start, the Jags would be in a manageable 4-5 situation and have a divisional win. Can they rattle off seven wins in a row? Yes, they can. Do they believe it? That's the only thing stopping them.
Good is ten wins puts Jacksonville in the hunt for a play off birth. Ten wins, gives them belief in next season. Ten wins helps keep or get free agents. If they don't do that, some players and coaches need pink slips because the talent is there, all that's missing is belief and teamwork.


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In order to get PHP to run I had to enable Includes on Apache webserver. No one can actually see my .php files because when they're fetched by the server they're rendered and the client sees just css/html/whatever. It might just highlight my newness with PHP.
Is it possible for someone to break the PHP-rendering part of my server such that clients would be able to see my .php code when they request a page?
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Assembling the perfect set of dive gear took me years. Every time I saw a woman who had something great, I asked her about it, then went home and bought what she loved. That's what gear is all about. Trial-and-error. Talking about gear with women who've tried a lot of it. Making discoveries on dive trips, seeing which dive gear is working best for other women. Because scuba gear isn't one-size-fits-all, especially for women. It's about finding the pieces that give you the most comfort, security and style. Here are five pieces that I've found I can't dive without.
Women's BC
A woman's BC sits higher on the waist to accommodate the hips, thus eliminating the friction that men's BCs can often cause when sitting too low on the body. They are sized smaller, which means we can cinch them down so they fit properly. Those with integrated weights mean there's no need to wear a weight belt, which tends to ride up on women as we invert or move in the water. Some styles even offer a bra-like layer for additional support.
Wetsuit with Style
Women who want a "fun" wetsuit can turn to surf brands, such as Body Glove and Roxy, which craft wetsuits with patterns, pops of color and a host of style options. I love the 3/2mm Synchro Plus Chest Zip suit for its blue and pink coloring, and styling that flatters the female form.
Neoprene Vest
When we log three to five dives a day, we need layers. I like adding a vest for warmth, and I prefer mine without a hood (otherwise, with a vest that comes with a hood, you have to wear the hood or have it bunched up around your neck, which just looks and feels awkward). Note: Henderson offers just such a product in sizes 4 to 14.
Rash Guard
I always pack a rash guard on every dive trip for two reasons: It adds warmth under the wetsuit. And, second, it makes the wetsuit easier to slip into. Plus, if you're going to snorkel on your trip or enjoy beach time, a rash guard eliminates the need for sun block.
Frameless Mask
Yes, masks are unisex, but that doesn't mean what works for him is always going to fit best for her. I like the Atomic Frameless mask in clear because it disappears the most on the face in photos. If you teach scuba and are on the surface a lot, you might prefer it in black to keep the sun out. Plus, they make the mask in two sizes: Regular/standard and medium. The medium size fits smaller, narrower faces—which women often have.
Neoprene Hood
Let's face it—sooner or later, every diver needs a hood because it's cold out there! Terrapin Wetsuits has the largest offering of fun, colorful hoods—everything from a yellow-and-blue nudibranch to a clownfish to ladybug to Hello Kitty. Why not have a little fun? After all, if you're like me, you spend at least 30 minutes picking out your outfit, so may as well extend your underwater accessories, too. Plus, having a giant neoprene nudibranch on your head makes you easy to spot in a group of divers, so it's a safety thing, too.
Don't forget, PADI Women's Dive Day is July 21st! Find an event here.


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If your niece had any inkling of what your family has been making homemade in your recent post, then I can see why she added on 'any home made gift'. In capitals with an exclamation point no less. You've got some nice homemade gifts to wrap up and I'm guessing she knows her crafty aunt pretty well. -heatherReplyDelete
Thank you Heather, you're so kind. My niece added the yellow highlighting too :) This is the same niece I mention every once in a while. She loves making and receiving all kinds of hand made goodies.ReplyDelete
The day they sewed without my help http://6berries.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-had-wonderful-guest-last-night-my.html
The playmat they made their pregnant teacher http://6berries.blogspot.com/2009/11/playmat.html
Her birthday gift from me this year http://6berries.blogspot.com/2011/08/simple-gift-idea.html
She certainly inspires me to make.


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I've missed writing, but I've struggled to get back into it. My mental health hasn't been great recently, but, having said that I've actually taken some positive steps in my recovery. Of course, if I stop to look back on the past month, it's been filled with lots of blessings. One of the biggest blessings has been starting pet photography.
Despite the blessings, I suffered with symptoms of my mental health disorders – but each day I've bounced back and come back fighting.
One of the things I've learned – the hard way! – is that when the time comes to let go of something, it's probably better to get on with it than rebel and stick your heels in. This month I've faced that choice, repeatedly, and each time I've rebelled – I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT. The person that I've felt ask me to let stuff go is Abba (my heavenly Father). In proper child-like style I've had a strop over it and wrestled with Him over it. I'm finally starting to let go (and let God work in and through me), but it's tough. I'd, still, rather not do as I've been asked. But, after several weeks of rebelling, and my mental health suffering as a result, I've taken a deep breath today, and I now intend to give it a go.
So, now starts the long, and painful, but potentially healing process of letting go. Letting go of hatred, anger, jealousy, pain, past experiences, control, etc. I'm scared, but I know that starting this journey will be worth it in the long run. I also know that I've got to the point where holding onto the hurt and anger, etc. is more costly than letting it go and letting God heal my heart and renew my mind through it.
Then, once I've started to unwrap all of the destructive packages, unpacked them, sorted through them, and put back what's needed and thrown the rest away – I shall have to keep, continually, on top of it and learn how to manage it for the rest of my life. I think I know where to find the support I need as I unpack this stuff! But, pray for me, please.
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Discussion in 'Fan Forum - Random Thoughts' started by Juan Gris, Apr 8, 2017.
"Thoughts that do not warrant an entire new thread."
Beef jerky is damn delicious.
Going to Red Lobster tonight. Havent been in years and I fear for my life.
Those cheddar biscuits tho :drool:
Oddly enough, I've never actually given a good listen to Pink Floyd outside of their songs that everyone has heard. Been skimming through some lesser known material and, when in the right mood, really enjoy it. What are some of your favorite Pink Floyd songs?
They don't seem to be as good as they used to be.
So will it be like the old bb where i completly forget theres other sections other than random thoughts
Most definitely.
Now I understand why some old fucker said, "if you're a male over 30, don't even try having sex within 3 hours of taking a shit."
What's the logic there? Ass sweat drippings?
Step on a scale. Whatever the result is, buy 2/3 the pounds of Everything jerky, and 1/3 of Maple. Eat it all within a week of receiving it. You will literally become a Norse god.
They were fucking delicious, as was everything we ordered.
Totally shocked by that
I havent eaten there in like 10 years, I really dug the coconut shrimp.
One of us ordered that tonight and she loved it
Good call
I fucking love beef jerky. However, I will consume an entire pound bag in a sitting or two if I'm not paying attention, and that shit ain't cheap, so I don't get it often.
I always buy a ton of meat when I make jerky and it disappears within a week. I'm a helpless child when it comes to self control.
All beef jerky is awesome. The shitball stuff that's $3 for 9 oz, and has like 1/8 of an inch of weird congealed grease before you get to the "meat"? That'll do, pig parts.
And the like 2 oz bags that go for $9? Oh God please take my family and friends just make the sodium in this not count towards my increasingly-inevitable death.
I like a variety of textures. Rosie's is my all time favorite. It is a great balance. But sometimes - okay oftentimes - you want that jerky that's dry as hell, hard, and makes you question the integrity of your teeth. Harrington's of Vermont is great for this.
My store sells a jerky out of New Mexico thats like paper thin and super brittle, when you eat it the saliva in your mouth practically dissolves it. Weird jerky but the flavor is pretty spot on.
My favorite brand jerky by far
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Where does the phrase "peachy keen" come from? From m-w.com, I see that it originated in the 1950, but the phrase doesn't even make sense to me. Why is my peach keen?
A young director who commited a murder used this phrase in ''Colmbo." – user137595 Sep 5 '15 at 4:49
The adjective peachy keen was popularised and probably invented by LA DJ Jim Hawthorne around 1948.
Time Magazine
The OED has peachy-keen from 1951, but here's a couple of antedatings from Time Magazine in 1948.
First from Monday, May 10, 1948:
Radio: Peachy-Keen
Jim Hawthorne, a young Pasadena disc jockey, used to be bored with his job ($85 a week). Sometimes he would sign off with a sneer: "This is KXLA, the 10,000-watt jukebox." But he is bored with his job no longer.
One night, without notifying his bosses, Hawthorne suddenly turned his show into a carefree, wit-loose "Hellzapoppin on the air." Next day, before the station had time to fire him, the place was snowed under with fan mail. By last week, the scattyboo platter session was being broadcast over five Southern California stations ("the net-to-net coastwork of the Oh-So-Peachy-Keen Broadcasting Company").Both ABC and Mutual were dickering for national network rights. Hawthorne's salary is now $450 a week. The Hawthorne formula is a well- stirred ragout of one part Henry Morgan, three parts Arthur Godfrey and a dash of Colonel Stoopnagle; it is a blend of the outrageously unexpected and the shaggy dog joke. In the middle of a recording, voice may suddenly announce: "I've got cole slaw in all my pockets I'm cold." Sometimes Hawthorne heckles his lovesick records. "What are you in the mood for, honey?" he will ask during the opening bars of a song. "I'm in the mood for love," the record croons back.
Whatever adults — and sponsors — may think of such carryings-on, Hawthorne and his peculiar banana-split lingo have become the rage of Southern California's younger set. Most popular root word is "hogan" (example: "I was driving my carahogan in from Pasadena-hogan so I could get a hoganburger"). The young folks also overwork Hawthorne's favorite adjectives: keen, peachy-keen, and oh-so- peachy-keen.
Next from Monday, Oct. 11, 1948:
Music: Gumbo
The piece begins with a wolf call, and ends with all the instruments thrown into a corner. It is scored for ukulele, kazoo, hogan-twanger (wooden box and hacksaw blades), cardboard box, seal barks and an Indian elephant bell. It has words like this:
The boy I mean was oh-so peachy-keen,
A real gone guy from Goneville.
He was scattyboo and oogledy-too,
And he lived in Pasahogan.
The title of the piece spells Nature's Boy backwards. By last week Serutan Yob had sold 350,000 records, and Capitol was threatening to make at least a million.
(Both use the word scattyboo and other contemporary slang.)
Listen here and read the lyrics in full here. Wikipedia says:
A parody named "Serutan Yob" was recorded by The Unnatural Seven, an offshoot of Red Ingle and his Natural Seven that did not include Ingle due to the 1948 AFM recording ban. The record featured vocals from Karen Tedder and Los Angeles DJ Jim Hawthorne. It was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 15210. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on 1 October 1948 and lasted 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 24.
There's that DJ's name again, Jim Hawthorne, who delivered the peachy-keen lines quoted above. The book Echo and Reverb: Fabricating Space in Popular Music Recording, 1900-1960 says it was released in August 1948 and can be found in the 11 September 1948 Billboard Magazine.
Chapman & Kipfer, Dictionary of American Slang, Third Edition (1997) offers this not-very-illuminating entry:
peachy or peachy-keen adj. first form by 1900, second by about 1955 Excellent; wonderful; = GREAT, NEAT: ...this president's political health, which Wirthlin thinks is peachy—George Will
But this entry ignores what I take to be an essential element of the expression—the sense that the enthusiasm underlying unironic use of the term "peachy-keen" is immature, and hence the intimation that something referred to as "peachy-keen" is actually kid's stuff.
The earlier Wentworth & Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang (1960) captures this sense very neatly:
peachy-keen adj. 1 Excellent; fine. More often than not, used ironically. See peachy. [peachy adj. Excellent; attractive; wonderful; spectacular. 1951: "The reporter hasn't called the composing room and ordered a replate on a peachy murder." Syracuse N.Y., Post-Standard, Aug. 18, 12/6. 1952: "These periscopes are peachy, grandma." Charles Kuhn, "Grandma," synd. newsp. comic strip, May 29. Since c1900. Since c1930 primarily schoolboy use; adults more and more use the word ironically.] 2 All right; fair; not good enough to warrant enthusiasm but adequate. Fairly common since c1955. This combination of two words formerly associated with youthful enthusiasm to = just fair" or "adequate" is typical of cool usage.
It's worth noting that keen in the sense of "Beautiful; attractive; swell" was especially popular with teenagers and younger folk, at least in the 1950s and 1960s. Thus, Max Shulman resorts to the term frequently in his novel Dobie Gillis (1951). Wentworth & Flexner gives several examples from that novel:
"I think she's a keen kid. ... Tell me some more of this keen stuff. ... That sounds so keen."
In the mid-1960s, targeting a youthful audience, Nestlé marketed a powdered drink mix that fell somewhere between Kool-Aid and Tang, which it called Keen.
In Texas (where I grew up) my father sometimes used the expression "ginger peachy-keen," usually with sarcastic overtones. According to Wentworth & Flexner, ginger has the slang meaning "Vigor; vitality; spirit; enthusiasm"—which in company with "peachy-keen" reinforces the note of upbeat naïveté that the speaker means to underscore and (perhaps) mock.
I would have said that peachy reminds me more of juicy than immature as in "I have some juicy gossip/news for you." The juice of a ripe peach dribbles and it can be difficult to eat without staining oneself. Hence to be keen on something means I can barely contain my enthusiasm. – Mari-Lou A Nov 11 '13 at 21:29
OED has
peachy adj.
2. colloq. (orig. U.S.). Excellent, marvellous, great; (of a woman) attractive, desirable.
1900 Dial. Notes 2 48 Peachy, 1. Good, excellent; hence 2. Attractive.
keen adj.
4d. Jolly good, very nice, splendid. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1914 'High Jinks, Jr.' Choice Slang 14 Keen, excellent... 'A keen day.' 'A keen time.
Both are first cited within fifteen years of each other. Peachy keen simply emphasises the excellence, although that came rather later.
peachy-keen adj.
N. Amer. slang excellent, wonderful.
1951 Independent Jrnl. (San Rafael, Calif.) 27 Oct. 5/8 The recently-installed time clock was well-received... Now all that is needed is a new lighting system and everything will be peachy keen.
Thanks, didn't even think about looking up "keen"... never heard it used in that context. – eykanal Nov 1 '13 at 16:25
My guess is it's a facetious/childish malapropism for squeaky clean
"He's pie-eyed about you. He thinks you're peachy-keen, squeaky-clean."
Richard Bausch, Take Me Back (1981)
If you Google "peachy keen" "squeaky clean" you'll find the two expressions often occur together.


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A long time ago, on a sod farm far, far away...It is a period of unrest. Rebel fighters from Raleigh, striking from hotels and jumbo jets, have won their first victories from the evil Galactic Empire of Gary Bettman.
During the battles, rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Crosby, an armored space station with enough weapons to destroy an entire planet.
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Prince Eric has raced home aboard his starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save his people and restore freedom to the galaxy...
Go Canes.Hit up Cool Bars at the Carolina Ale House in Cary tonight if you've got your drinking legs on.


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I have been asked to make a payment to my loan via my smartphone, what method of payment can I use?
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Gospel Touch Northwest
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Recent review: Great singing, but it would have been good if the choir had all sung with the congregation and also more songs at the beginning. Lovely people though, thank you.
Pop Up Choir (Gospel)
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Recent review: Great work by all, very professional, beautiful voices, nothing but postive comments from all.
Clubland Entertainments
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TF Productions
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About: Our aim is to bring all in one entertainment solutions to all your events. From corporate events to solutions for all types of venues TF Productions are constantly thinking outside the box. Our clien…
Belles Voix
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About: Belles Voix is a 6 piece female vocal ensemble based in Staffordshire, UK. With a broad repertoire and stunning sound, the Belles will add class to any event.
Stacey Lynn
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Recent review: Absolutely loved working with Stacey! She was so professional and adaptable to our special needs for this charity event. Everyone loved her and we can't wait to use her for our next event!
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Recent review: Neil came and did songs at my celebrations of re newing our wedding vows He was absolutely brilliant Fitted in straight away with the songs people asked for even though I did not ask prior to wedding…
Fancy Entertainment Ltd
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About: Fancy Entertainment is an established, East Midlands based entertainment company dedicated to adding a little extra pizazz to your events and special occasions. Whatever the theme, whatever the clien…
Pippa Langhorne
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Recent review: Brilliant singer, very professional thanks for everything. See u soon
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About: Over 15yrs of Gospel Arts experience from workshops, artist management and events private bookings. Our choirs have performed for The Queen, through to supporting Susan Boyle and singing alongside Al…
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About: Poperasops soprano duo burst onto the classical crossover scene in 2016 and have been delighting audiences ever since. Phillippa Lay and Victoria Wilson are both former students of the Birmingham Con…
The Noelles
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About: This Christmas, treat your guests to the gift of harmony with the sophisticated sounds of The Noelles! The Noelles will dazzle your guests with their own original arrangements of joyful Christmas …
A La Canto
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Owl Weekend
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About: Alternative party band collective specialising in Brass and voices. We provide a range of line ups from brass function band to a cappella choirs. Also available to perform as singing waiters.
Music Students for Hire
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About: The UK's Number 1 provider of young musicians for functions and events. Launched in 2010, Music Students for Hire has provided live music for over 3,000 private and corporate events. Our aim is t…
Andrew the Tenor
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Jak Lewis "The Budget Ed Sheeran"
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A few recent conversations with our company's receptionist have reminded me of two things: 1 – HR's unique opportunity to bring people and resources together; and 2 – It is often the "little" conversations that spark the true "eureka" moments and help people and resources connect in meaningful ways.
Playwright … Parent … Receptionist
In chatting with our receptionist, Carla, over the past year, I've gotten to know her from a variety of perspectives. Taken at face value, she works hard to serve the company's needs everyday from 9 – 5 – whether it is "putting a smile into her voice" every time she answers a call, or helping to support other projects. However, that isn't where her true focus and calling reside.
Carla is a playwright … parent … non-profit director … spouse … church member … among many other roles … and she puts great energy, meaning, and vocational zeal into each of these roles. In short, she's a really neat lady! Given the number of people holding down "ordinary" day jobs while pursuing their hopes and dreams outside of work, I'm sure your organization has people just like Carla, too.
Bridging the Personal and Professional
During one of our recent chats, I casually mentioned the specialty area of someone in our management consulting group. Carla reacted with amazement, as she has been answering our phones for over a year without knowing what this particular person (and many others) actually do on a daily basis (yes, our orientation and training programs need a lot of work – but that's a story for another day!).
Having this information would not only help Carla serve clients better on the phone, but also had a "personal" impact. As it turns out, the consultant's expertise and personal interests might benefit Carla's non-profit group. This followed another chat a few weeks earlier in which, understanding other aspects of Carla's background, I was able to suggest a project she may be able to assist us with beyond what would ordinarily be a receptionist's role – and which can benefit both the company (by using internal expertise) and herself (personal and professional satisfaction). All of this just from a few "casual" conversations!
HR's Ability to Connect Resources
These events reminded me of HR's unique role as one of the few functions aware of resources, talents, capabilities, and needs across the whole organization. In this way, we're best-positioned to help connect employees with other employees, resources, and opportunities that benefit all involved.
This might happen in a variety of ways:
- In large organizations, there are sophisticated "knowledge-sharing" databases, and most recently, "chat rooms" and other "social media" venues
- Many firms have professional development programs (e.g., dedicated efforts — usually stemming from annual performance evaluations – to actively use internal and external resources for professional growth and renewal)
- Perhaps most to the point of this article, there is "HRBWA" ("HR By Walking Around") – i.e., getting out of our offices and engaging in conversations with people throughout the organization; getting to know their skills, talents, hopes, dreams, and interests; and making the effort to put the people and pieces in touch with one another, whenever possible (in concert with the manager's own efforts supporting their employees, of course).
In the constant swirl of events, it is very easy for "HRBWA" to fall by the wayside – a "nice to have" that gets sacrificed to the urgent item of the moment ("I can't talk to anyone today. I have to get Project 'x' done."). If we can fight this urge – at least occasionally – great things (both large and small) may occur.
Looking Forward
For me, there is great personal and professional satisfaction when "little things" like my chats with Carla come together in a way that serves a larger purpose. What are some of your experiences in helping people "connect the dots" and connect with each other?
Related articles
- HR's true role (anamcgary.wordpress.com)
- HR Skills for the 21st Century (bjconquest.com)
- This ain't no social media Hogwarts, kids (thehumanracehorses.com)


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Saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia (UK) is one of the leading forces of the resurgent London jazz scene. Raised in a musical Caribbean family, her brand of Afro-tinged jazz has made her a key component in a string of new and established groups.
With her first solo project, Nubya 5ive, she wants to explore the common ground between progressive jazz and hip-hop.
Nubya Garcia & band draw from hip-hop and backbeat influences as well as the futuristic sounds of iconic composers and musicians Sun-Ra, Fela Kuti and Pharoah Sanders.


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Tiny Ruins
- When: 8th Mar 4:00pm
- Where: South Stage
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A rare blend of eloquent lyrical craft and explorative musicianship, the songs of Tiny Ruins have been treasured by crowds and critics for almost a decade. Traversing influences that cross genre and era, the artistry of Hollie Fullbrook and her band spans delicate folk, lustrous dream pop and ebullient psychedelia.
Born in Bristol and raised in West Auckland, Fullbrook's debut LP Some Were Meant For Sea (2011) features her alone, and was quickly celebrated by radio playlists and blogs worldwide. The album's clutch of "gorgeous vignettes" (BBC) put the artist on the map, and she took to the road from her home in New Zealand to tour extensively through the UK, Europe and North America – a passage repeated many times since.
Second album Brightly Painted One earned more accolades, championed by the New York Times, NPR and David Lynch, and winning Best Alternative Album at the New Zealand Music Awards in 2014. "An album of quiet, devastating beauty," wrote Pop Matters. The album saw Fullbrook join forces with producer Tom Healy, whom, alongside long-time tourmates bassist Cass Basil and drummer Alex Freer, Fullbrook has worked and toured with ever since.
"…an album that both bruises the heart and lifts the soul…songwriting that demonstrates a novelist's eye for detail."— Uncut review of Brightly Painted One
While spanning continents, Tiny Ruins became a sought after collaborator. A New York recording session culminated in the EP Hurtling Through (2015) with indie-rock legend Hamish Kilgour (The Clean), while 2016 single Dream Wave was recorded and produced by award-winning cult filmmaker and musician David Lynch:
"A tranquil, pared-back track [with] a gradually rising sense of the macabre… very special indeed."— The Line of Best Fit
Building on the sparse minimalism and mesmerising songwriting of earlier releases, third album Olympic Girls comprises a taut and agile quiver of songs, dancing with explorative instrumentation and a pop sensibility that springs with life.
"How much would you be willing to give?" Fullbrook asks point-blank in first single How Much, ahead of woozily discordant strings and a stomping neo-psychedelic rhythm. The lyric brims with imagery of supermarket breakdowns, lilos, snarks and silos while an anthemic guitar hook soars throughout. Not content to leave the song at a stable conclusion, a thumping 'I am the Walrus'-esque bass outro propels the track boomerang-style back to a space of adroit experimentation.
"I've heard Olympic Girls, and I had to pick my jaw up off the floor… Clustered around more introspective passages typical of confessional singer-songwriters are gnarlier phrases that give her work its buzzy voltage: arresting visual images, weird associations, daisy-chains of telling detail."— Grant Smithies
A group renowned for their electric dynamic live on stage, Tiny Ruins have played stages in solo and varied group formations across countless cities and states with Sharon van Etten, Calexico, the Handsome Family and more.


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A local college's workforce training program is receiving a big boost.
For the third straight year, Texas Mutual Insurance Company presented Texarkana College with a $100,000 grant.
The money is to help fund workplace safety training courses that are provided free to employees.
So far, Texarkana College officials said more than 1,000 people have received training through this program.
"It's having a huge benefit for our region, and the people and the companies in our region," said Jason Smith, Texarkana College president.
"Business owners benefit when their worders aren't injured, because they're able to stay on the job and be productive," said Jeremy Hansen, regional safety services manager for Texas Mutual Insurance Company. "The workers themselves benefit because they're able to remain healthy. And, of course, the insurance industry benefits from having lower levels of claim activity, so it's something that's really a win-win situation for everybody involved."
Texas Mutual Insurance Company is the state's largest provider of worker's compensation coverage. So far, officials said they've given $7.6 million in safety grants to campuses across the state.


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Inspirational quote for the day
"The Way Get Started Is To Quit Talking And Begin Doing." – Walt Disney So true! Put your words into action! I say I want to lose weight, but what do I do about it? Come up with steps and plans, and start doing, (achieving).


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Filed under: Dance | Tags: counterfeit madison, eve hermann, justin fitch, michael j morris, osu dance, phil brown dupont, TOWARD BELONGING
On April 29 and 30, I will be premiering a new dance work entitled TOWARD BELONGING, featuring performers Phil Brown Dupont, Justin Fitch, Eve Hermann, and Counterfeit Madison. We have been developing this week since the beginning of January, and now we are mere weeks away from sharing our work with you. This new dance moves through the mechanics and formal dimensions of sociality, the physical vocabularies of how bodies are together. It examines how bodies follow one another along paths that are straight or along trajectories that veer queerly, how they fall in line and out of step, how they carry one another along and are moved by what other people do, how they gather and separate.
Here are the details for the performances:
choreography: Michael J. Morris
performance: Phil Brown Dupont, Justin Fitch, Eve Hermann, and Counterfeit Madison
-Wednesday, April 29, the Sullivant Hall Barnett Theatre, 8pm
-Thursday, April 30, Sullivant Hall Studio 290, 8pm
Sullivant Hall is located on the OSU campus at 1813 North High Street in Columbus, Ohio.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
Please enter from the front (east) entrance facing N. High Street. Other entrances to the building may be locked after hours.
The Barnett Theatre is on the third floor, just off the rotunda.
Studio 290 is on the second floor, in the north-west corner of the building. Follow the second floor north corridor.
Sullivant Hall has an elevator to the second and third floors, located just off the rotunda.
The seating in Barnett Theatre is folding chairs on risers, with floor space for additional adjustable seating.
The seating in Studio 290 is folding chairs and floor seating.
Please contact me at morris(dot)787(at)buckeyemail(dot)osu(dot)edu if you have any questions about access or have particular access needs.
You can RSVP on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1411144869192127/
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Friday, September 20, 2013
Patent Grabber 6.2 is now available!
Patent Grabber 6.2 is now available for download from the Patent Tools page of the Blazing Dawn Software web site. Fixes the ability to download U.S. patents and published patent applications. Full length U.S. patents and applications now download much faster. Adds "International" search through the EPO's library. "Demo mode" now uses a separate patent number entry field .
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Exhibition at LVMH
MOET-Hennessy-Louis Vuitton
326 Avenue Louise -
Blue Tower 1050 Bruxelles
curated by Elena Sorokina
Celebrated for her distinctive, complex and poetic films since the 1960s, Agnes Varda has also been a prolific artist. Her compelling art projects often explore a wide range of formal and thematic concerns already present in her films. Blends of fiction and documentary, collage of success and failure, solitude and happiness, resonate in a novel way in Varda's photo and video installations, as well as her photographic series.
The present display includes recent projects by Agnes Varda and proudly presents the new work created especially for the exhibition. Entitled "Temps Triturés", this multi-screen installation is based on several fragments from Varda's films. These fragments bring together different locations and times - from the 1960s through the 2000s and from the rural French landscapes to the beaches of Los Angeles. They originate from the iconic "Cleo from 5 to 7" (1962) and "Le Bonheur" (1965), the very personal "Documenteur" (1981) and the acclaimed "Les Glaneurs et La Glaneuse" (2000). "Vagabounde" (1985) completes the installation through a series of photographic stills.
From each of these films, Varda selected a short fragment which suspends for a while the time-flow of the respective sequence, cuts the narration and stops the continuation of the story. For the spectator, suspension of time becomes the suspension of senses, a reflective moment transposed from Varda's films to the space of art. The actual time of the installation thus becomes - as suggested in the title - "trituré". This French word has multiple meanings, relating to both cinema, and visual arts. It can signify "shredded", "cut in pieces", like in a montage. It can equally describe a sculptural gesture - "to press", or "to model". In the installation, Varda plays with all of these possible readings. She shreds and re-models the time of her images through the suddenly accelerated succession of stills, or a slow motion, locating them between "moving image" - like in cinema, and "still image" - like in photography. Using the conceptual and expressive potentialities of these fragments, Varda creates in her new work a fascinating variation on cinematic time.
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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Subject to fact-checking by Rappler and Vera Files – In boxing, the winner of a match is decided by the judges' unanimous decision, majority decision, or in some cases, by a technical knockout.
Today, the Philippines' Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) voted unanimously in favor of Bongbong Marcos' electoral protest.
While the ballot recount is still ongoing, PET decided to declare the process null and void by virtue of a technicality.
The technicality arose from yesterday's revelation that a PET Revisor from the Vice President's camp broke bread (and broke the rules) with members of the PET Revisors. It happened during an outing in Pansol, Laguna. The group was literally in hot water. (Pansol is known for its hot springs.)
In its decision, PET said that the Robredo camp all but tainted the judicial process by creating an impression that the High Court's personnel can be corrupted by politicians. It declared Robredo as a 'persona non grata' not worthy of the position as second highest official in the land.'
The Adobo Chronicles spoke with sources at the Supreme Court and they all said that the Robredo camp erred in joining the PET Revisors' outing.
"The event was bound to be caught by the public's eye," the sources said. "The Revisors could have chosen a more private venue for the bonding, like SOGO Hotel."


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Released my first Android app
After searching for a simple GPS Speedometer app that provided a speed readout in more than just 2 units (a free one, of course), I thought it would be the perfect project for my first Android app. It took only a few hours to make it, the Eclipse ADT makes this pretty easy. Google Play link I'm glad I've gotten more familiar with the publishing process. It'll help when I release a game I've been tinkering with for a few years.


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Limited to only 24 units in the world, the Aston Martin Vulcan is certainly bespoke in every sense of the word. The Vulcan is a thoroughly bred super sports for hardcore super sports lovers.
The Aston Martin Vulcan is a Motorsport-inspired Super Sports
Styled entirely in-house by the Aston Martin design team led by Chief Creative Officer Marek Reichman, and with a design language hinting at the next generation of Aston Martin sports cars, this supercar is powered by the most potent iteration yet of the company's naturally-aspirated, 7.0-liter V12 petrol engine.
With its 800-plus bhp powerplant developed in conjunction with Aston Martin Racing, this front mid-engined, rear-wheel drive sports car draws extensively on the brand's rich GT motorsport experience.
Utilizing the techniques of world-class motorsport engineering, the supercar sees its power-to-weight ratio exceed those of the GTE cars which compete in the WEC (World Endurance Championship).
The car features a carbon fiber monocoque and body constructed by partners Multimatic, integral LSD (limited-slip differential), magnesium torque tube with carbon fiber propeller shaft and Brembo racing calipers acting on carbon ceramic racing disc brakes, which measure 380mm in diameter at the front and 360mm at the rear.
Drive is channelled to the 345/30 x19 rear wheels and Michelin race specification tyres through a race-bred rear mid-mounted Xtrac six-speed sequential shift gearbox. Additionally, Track-derived pushrod suspension with anti-dive geometry is complemented by Multimatic's Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve (DSSV) adjustable dampers and anti-roll bars front and rear, driver-adjustable anti-lock braking, and variable traction control.
According to Aston Martin, new Vulcan owners will receive intense track driver training prior to taking delivery of the desirable Super Sports. Owners get to choose from a V12 Vantage S, One-77 and Vantage GT4 during the track driver training at some of the world's most famous circuits.
The Aston Martin Vulcan is offered with a myriad of colors and trim options, as well as the brand's 'Q by Aston Martin' bespoke personalization service.


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Canobie Coaster wrote:I really wanted to visit Volcano Bay, but the nightmare stories I've heard about Tapu Tapu had me delay it for a future trip. Krakatau looks like Wildebeast in a fake volcano and those trap door slides look like some of the most terrifying slides out there. How bad were the queues on your trip? In particular I remember hearing 4-5 hour Tapu Tapu times for Krakatau and I couldn't spend that long in a lazy river.
Sorry for the delayed response but it wasn't that bad overall although there were a couple of hiccups. I went on a Tuesday on the last week of August so the crowds were manageable. About a third of the slides were listed as "Ride it Now" all day, so there was no need to spend all that time in a lazy river. Two of the trap door slides were listed as "ride it now" most of the day, although there was about a 20 minute stand by wait in the line, so I think now for certain attractions if the projected wait is 15-20 min or less, they list them as ride it now.
The longest wait I waited for was Krakatau, it was listed as 60 min when I tapped my Tapu Tapu, so I decided to have lunch and walk around and take pictures and then when I was about 15 min away from my time, thunder in the distance was reported so everyone had to get out of the water. It poured like a monsoon for about 20-30 minutes and then it started to clear up again, but they had to wait for thunder to be out of a 5 mile radius before they let people in water again or start up waterslides again so it was another 30 min. About a third of the people left the park during the heavy rain so that was nice. My Tapu Tapu would list Krakatau as temporary closed during the storm and until it reopened. When I was able to enter the Krakatau line it was about 30 minutes until I was about to board and then the ride broke down. I decided to wait it out and the cast members in the station played a trivia game with the guests waiting to see which group would get to ride twice when it reopened. It was about another 30 minutes before they started testing the ride and then about five minutes after that the ride was ready to go. The ride was great and was a pretty decent length for a waterslide, but there were a couple of water slides that I ended up liking better at Volcano Bay.
The Ko' Okiri trap door slide (the straight down one) had about a 45 min wait time (which was accurate) when I was done with Krakatou (after 4:30 PM now) so I tapped into it, but once I was ready to go in its line it was a straight climb to the top and about a minute wait until it was time to go down. This waterslide was amazing and exilerating and my favorite one at Volcano Bay - it was only 7 seconds long but what a rush. Everything that was listed as "ride it now" (over half of the slides) after riding this (after 5:30 PM now with a 7 PM park close) was a walk on to the top of the waterslide including the other two trap door waterslides. I did Honu (blue dual wall raft slide) late in the day which listed a 20 min wait time, but moments after tapping it as I was walking away it listed 10 min, 5 min, and then "ready" on my Tapu Tapu so I headed back to Honu and went up to the top where after a couple of minutes I was boarded into a raft with a couple of others and it was a crazy fun ride - my second favorite after Ko' Okiri and better then Krakutau in my opinion which the other people on the raft agreed with me. I also tried the TeAwa Action River which is the faster paced lazy river and goes through the volcano and that was pretty good for a lazy river.