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Who Drew All Over the Walls?
I cannot seem to figure out who marked up my hallway so much. There are designs just everywhere! At least my stealthy graffiti artist has nice taste.
This banner measures almost 7 inches long by about 1.25 inches tall ( 173.2 mm x 31.2 mm)
Your download will arrive in .pes format. If you cannot convert, please email me. I just do not know the max sizes for the different formats.
Trick or Treat Banner $1.50
The picture might be a little deceiving, but the purple is just my background color,
not part of the design.
5 x 7 Boo only $2.00
Spooky Witch - For the 5 x 7 frame.
Not available as 4 x 4.
Spooky - You will receive the 4-inch and 5 1/2-inch files.
Joy $1.25
Happy Holidays $1.25
Peace $1.25
Seasons Greetings $1.25
Each design fits a 4 x 4 area
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Last Saturday, August 13th, 2016, PRYME Editions officially opened for business. To celebrate we threw an exhibition and launch party featuring works from our three artist's flagship books: Amanda Mason's Aphelia, Nate Matos's Serif and Silver Compendium, and Rudi Amedeus's Burning Man, 2015. We had an excellent time and wanted to share it with all of those who couldn't make it due to travel restrictions! Read what your fellow instant film artists had to say about out first event as PRYME Editions!
"It was so exciting to meet photographers I have known and admired online for a long time, and to talk with them about their process. It's always special to see tangible prints and books you can feel and flip through, too."
-Heather Polley
"Seeing Rudi's portraits from Burning Man and being able to hear stories of his experience really gave a lot of meaning to the photos. He did a great job of capturing the energy of it all."
-Alleha Navarro
"It's been pretty neat to see PRYME grow from a online web magazine into a book-publishing platform, with something like a community revolving around it. The night of the opening felt like a culmination of that growth. It was rad to see the work of Amanda, Nate and Rudi next to each other, under the same banner — all of which are even more impressive in person. The standout part for me, and a topic of conversation for me and some friends later that night, was the packaging of Amanda's Aphelia — the book, which at first glance seemed like beautiful snippets of a lost diary of the occult, was greatly amplified by its presentation. The deep sense of care, ownership, and collaboration between PRYME and the artist was glowingly obvious. I understand it's increasingly difficult for artists to have actual spaces in the bay area for these sort of events, so I really appreciate PRYME making the effort to make these things happen. I hope it continues!"
-Paul Hoi
"A magic night of reconnecting with instant friends, whether only admired from afar before, familiar faces, or fresh connections. Wish I could have bought all three books. Prymed for more!"
-Crom Schubarth
Images provided by Crom Schubarth, Nate Matos, and Heather Polley

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Over the Chinese New Year holiday I had from February 19 to 22 I probably played between twenty to twenty-five hours of Avernum: Escape From the Pit. I loved almost every minute of it.
I can't express how long it has been since I have had the opportunity or even inclination to sink so much time into a game and not feel bad or guilty about it. That is not to say that it is a miracle game. It has everything to do with recent life changes, but the feeling is incredible. Not only was I able to do that, but I was also able to spend time with close friends and loved ones throughout the holiday to make it one of the most relaxing periods of my life, although I'm not entirely happy about the context and causes.
That being said, I have a lot of ground to cover and I will not be able to write or even remember much of it in great detail, so I hope to paint a good general picture and do a little wider extrapolation for other ideas the game got me to think about. If you like RPGs, you absolutely have to try this game. Ten bucks on GOG for such a large amount of entertainment is a steal.
A lot to cover
I spent much of the last entry explaining how the game has a very consistent tone and how it will be difficult to write about. This continues to be true, and, although it may be bad for blog entries, it is great as a player. The overworld is quite huge, but I was able to arbitrarily section it off in my mind into quadrants, although I'm not sure I tackled them in the order everyone does. Even though the player is started in the SE section of the map, the game instructs the party to head north to consult with another mayor who provides fairly easy quests. I found most of these quests to be quite fun, although most are orders to tackle a dungeon and special encounter then return an object. The encounters within the dungeons were well planned and work well with the combat engine.
There were several times I was unable to complete a quest or found myself completely out of my depth, after which I was easily able to find something else to do. Common quests included dealing with encroaching giants in the NE, an undead scourge in the SE, Slith raiders in the SW, and some more end game content in the NW which I am currently dealing with. I felt like the clockwise progression was correct, but with the cheap purchase of boats for sailing and easy fast travel via the Mage Tower's portal, the game can be handled in almost any order.
I must congratulate Jeff Vogel on balancing the game to feel so open at all points of the adventure. In every area there are friendly towns which act as instant healing and resurrection for characters which takes a lot of the legwork out of the upkeep process. This is a great system because, let's be honest, everybody is going to save before an encounter and just restore if things don't go well. This feels much more organic and keeps the player's momentum going.
Besides the towns and dungeons, there are many optional formations and areas that are begging to be explored that contain secret dungeons, powerful items, and creatures. These are usually easily explored on to the way to the next objective and fit nicely into the story. As for the story itself…
Right, the story
I ended the last entry by talking about my encounters with the Slith and their motivations. Just as I suspected, there was much more motivation to their anger. The Slith race that is in Avernum actually has a lot in common with the humans. The group that is raiding peaceful villages and plotting to take over the land of Avernum was itself banished from the greater Slith kingdom located further underground and was forced into the same prison with the barbarian king Sss-Thss leading the faction. Needless to say, although a band of peaceful Slith broke off to live alongside humans, this guy had to be taken care of, so I did.
Another interesting factor is that even though the prisoners of Avernum have been banished to a subterranean jail… that doesn't mean they are not still under the watchful eye of the Empire. After investigating a suspect cave full of Gremlins and magical traps that do not match their level of intelligence, I found an outpost of the Empire deep underground spying on Avernum and recruiting mercenaries for their purposes. I have not yet decided how to handle this situation, but my new alliance with The Scimitar, a rebellious group opposed to the Empire, it will probably not end well for the envoy. Speaking of Scimitar, they also requested me to assassinate the Emperor which I think will be a major ending plot point for the game, although I have to assume that it is possible to join the Empire faction, knowing Vogel's love of player choice and role playing.
The final major plot point is that of the Tower of Magi who seem to have an insane obsession with summoning demons that they are then unable to control or deal with in any reasonable way. Upon arriving at the Tower of Magi the first time, the player is informed that something feels malevolent only to soon find out that a demon is trapped at the top of the tower. After going to the ends of Avernum to reforge the legendary "Demonslayer", I was able to defeat the demon only to have to face another that destroyed an outpost after defeating the Slith. Then, on top of all this, at the beginning of life in Avernum, the same original Magi, known as The Triad, had summoned an even OLDER demon which had to be trapped in a bottle in a secret fortress. Unfortunately, its power has grown to be able to affect areas outside of its prison, so guess who has to take care of that? As of this moment, I have freed the demon Grah-Hoth but have not slain him, so I bet he's causing all sorts of trouble down there as I type.
I like the wide variety of motivations and events going on in Avernum that are not all pertaining to any central conflict. It's almost as if these things are just par for the course in exile and have to be dealt with on a daily basis. It makes the land feel a little more unique, although I must say I do feel good about leveling up and being able to go back to events I should have done earlier and absolutely mop the floor with demons and lizard kinds that think they are tough guys.
My Thoughts on "The Empire"
The Empire is quite a generic oppressive government in the game that serves as a good boogeyman for the player and an overarching narrative for the whole series, maybe. What I find unique, however, is that living just across the border from China has made me very sensitive to these kinds of activities the Empire is involved in such as political prisoners, unjust punishment, and oppressive tactics. When an exiled innkeeper tells me of how she was sent to Avernum because a rebel leader stayed in her above-ground inn, even without her knowledge, my first thought was "Yeah… I get that."
I will use "The Empire" to comprise any "particular" government that fits these standards for the remainder. I find it very easy to role play as characters who are victims of this type of government. My first meeting with Empire envoys was pretty rough as she promised to outright bribe me with goods from the surface to spy and perform underhanded deeds. This government only understands three things: money, power, and attempting to keep money and power. Then, it has the audacity to ask people it just sent to prison to help it for a pittance. This is all too familiar.
One of the things I hate the most about living in this city, now, is that everything is being slowly degraded and then shored up with "Well it could get worse, so we should just take this deal now and stop it before it gets worse" even though it already sucks! My life has changed fairly greatly over the last ten years and Hong Kong does not resemble what it used to. Everybody is riled up and being pushed to their limits in terms of housing prices, overcrowding, freedom of speech, and freedom of press while the government does nothing and tells everyone to get with the new program.
The recent protests in the city were a great bright point, but were waited out and subversively deflated by some of the coldest hearted and selfish tactics I have seen in recent times. I do not really have much hope for its future, but at least I can do my part virtually in Avernum… As for Hong Kong, it was nice knowing you.
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In vlog 009 the is a metal and wood project, updates on workshop improvements and a decision on Paris.
I have had a welding lesson, so now is the time to put the theory into practice. I am have drawn up a design for a metal and wood side table. At first I thought I should use bright steel, but my good friend Tony at www.penn-farm.co.uk persuaded me as this is my first adventure in metal, that I should use mild steel. Mild steel is cheaper, easier to weld and easier to get hold of. As for the wooden shelves I am looking to source some local hardwood with good grain figure.
In preparation for the metal work I did need to buy some new tools, yay! Nothing too extravagant, flap disks and metal cutting disks for my angle grinder. But if you know anywhere to get multipurpose blades for my chop saw, 254mm, then I would love to hear about it.
This last week has been half term, so no making has occurred in the workshop. Lots of trampolining and other activities run the beans off my three.
I did get a chance last week to tidy up the workshop, sort out the offcuts heap, finish the side wall and move the overhead filming mirror.
It has been confirmed, we are going to Paris, all signed and sealed, so now the search for schools and flats starts.
I am aiming at getting a project video out every other week, with a vlog of progress in between i.e. Project video, Vlog, Project video, Vlog and so on….. The next video I am working on is the Metal and wood side table build, hopefully you will like it!
Last of all some thanks. Thank you for subscribing to my YouTube channel, I am up to 130 subs, every one counts! Also, thank you to Joshua Luther for sending out a sticker, I really appreciate it.
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Our web design & development portfolio
Our relationships with our clients definitely aren't average: they're much bigger, and better, than that.
From scoping and research to adding those final touches, take a look at some of our recent projects to see how we've helped these businesses and organisations grow online.
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At Betty Baxter, we've watched as a lot of diet and weight control products have flooded the market over the years, each claiming to be the definitive solution to people's weight loss needs. The one thing that has stood out to us is that most of these products are designed to get rapid, fast acting, short term results. What they don't do is provide a platform from which people can build lasting and sustainable weight loss over the long term.
The Betty Baxter Complete Weight Management system has sustainability as a key premise and foundation concept.
Our goal is to help you change your life for the long term, not to see you yo-yoing back and forth with weight issues because of the unrealistic nature of your weight loss product. Because of this, our program doesn't rely on ketosis, like many other programs do, to generate your weight loss. We focus on helping you lose body fat while learning better food choices, long term.
That's why Betty Baxter has found so many fans in such a short space of time. Our program is not about starvation, or about promoting rapid fluid loss to momentarily drop your weight. Our meal replacement shakes, soups and bars have been designed to taste great whilst at the same time offering reliable and gradual weight loss over the total period of their use.
Our products also taste like real food and not like liquid cardboard, as we've heard others described in comparison. In fact, in our independent 'blind' taste tests, Betty Baxter was voted the best tasting weight loss shake and was consistently preferred when compared against competitor diet products.
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Betty Baxter members can receive support from pharmacy staff to help them understand and set individual health goals to achieve a healthy ideal body composition. We educate our members and monitor their progress towards their goal using a variety of key body composition indicators:
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- waist measurement
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These indicators are monitored at recommended FREE weekly consultation sessions at our full consultancy pharmacies, using the most advanced bio-impedance scales associated with any current in-pharmacy weight management solution.
The Three Phase System
The Betty Baxter program offers three calorie levels to help you lose weight in a way that is best suited to your body type. No other weight management program has this unique three phase approach. Some people have higher calorie requirements than others so our program and our pharmacy based consultants take into consideration factors such as your height , whether you are male or female and your current activity / exercise levels when recommending the right phase to help you achieve your weight loss goals.
Hop (Phase One)
1st Step for most Women: As a general rule, women start on this phase which has the lowest calorie count. The program recommends two meal replacements a day, a healthy range of fresh, low GI and whole foods (lean meats, fish, chicken, vegetables, fruit, nuts) 30 minutes of exercise and a minimum 2litres of water per day to minimise dehydration.
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1st Step for Men and 2nd Step for most Women: A slightly higher calorie diet with all the benefits of hop while introducing wholegrains. Some women start on this phase based on their BMR reading during the initial consultation (the calculation of how many calories your body needs as a base metabolic rate, based on your height, weight and age). The higher calorie level is also suitable for most men. Most women move to this phase when they have lost the majority of their unwanted weight and until they reach their ideal body composition and weight loss goals. This phase adds to the calorie, exercise, hydration levels and range of foods allowed in the Hop phase.
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My husband, Jeff, is a writer and copy editor for a rural small-town newspaper. He saw this gem, headed for publish in his newspaper, and sent it to my office, via email.
I have to tell ya, it made my day, my week, brightened my end of January and certainly covered February…..
From Dear Abby for tomorrow's paper
"A life without love is no life at all."
"You will know you have found love when you meet someone
who makes you feel strong instead of dependent,
who appreciates you for the person you are and isn't threatened by your successes,
who supports you when you're down, takes pride in your accomplishments,
and will hug you even after a difficult day."
You fill the bill in all categories, Sweetheart. I love you!!!
….My response to Jeff's email….
BEST Valentine EVER…. well, except for my ENGAGEMENT RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😉
You do the very same for me, my dear Jeffry.
You even like me when I am grumpy and out of sorts for no apparent reason.
You lift me up in times of difficulty and trouble.
You support me when my road is rough.
You comfort me and hold me, telling me all will be okay when I am sad and in despair.
You laugh with me as we share in our own silliness.
You rejoice with me in triumph.
You celebrate our life together.
You constantly remind me, my family and friends and all who know one or both of us…
that I made the right choice…..
that we made the right choice…..
You, are my person…. my one and only person.
I love you.
Forever and a Day!!!!
I know Mom is happy about this love.


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Despite his unassuming appearance, Maximilien Robespierre came to symbolize both the brutality and idealism of the French Revolution. He was described by his contemporaries as either a tyrannical dictator or a revolutionary democratic leader. He led the Committee of Public Safety and was responsible for the Reign of Terror that began with the execution of Marie Antoinette and caused the deaths of 30,000 people.
Robespierre was called "the Incorruptible" by his peers, reflecting both his greatest virtues and flaws: he was highly moral but extremely inflexible, willing to uphold his beliefs to extremes. During the Reign of Terror he encouraged citizens to inform on each other, putting to death anyone who fell under suspicion of calling for counter-revolution. Eventually even his supporters turned on him. The radical Jacobins executed him, officially ending the Reign of Terror.
Although the French Revolution had multiple leaders responsible for the mass executions, Robespierre's inflexible politics dominated the discourse of the time and greatly influenced the severity of the punishments. Before he assumed control, executions were relatively rare, but historians theorize that he enjoyed being able to silence his opponents permanently and efficiently. His rise to power and subsequent downfall reflect the high-minded ideals of the Revolution as well as its corruption.


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What's your 4-8-15-16-23-42?
It's LOST day, and I want your theories. All of them, even if they could easily be disproven. The idea is to gather as many as possible here and then come back at the end of the season (series :() and see who's the closest to being right. Take your time, post as many as you like, and if you need more room, let me know and I'll loop you in with your own post.
Also, don't give me any grief about spoilers. These aren't spoilers, they're fan theories, so unless Damon himself wanders over...don't take it so seriously!
My early theory:
Everyone is in a coma at the same hospital. Doctors are performing experimental therapy on them by feeding all of them the same "reality" and the observing how their brains react. When a character is pulled by the Others, they are actually waking up from their coma. This would explain why most of the kids were taken early: their bodies were able to recover more quickly. Also, because every character entered the show soon after some sort of tragic accident (or connection to a tragic accident), they could all have been in some sort of physically/mentally altered state. My theory was pretty much blown when they saw Cindy the Stewardess with the Others.
Another theory:
Vincent is Walt. Or an extension of Walt, a la His Dark Materials. Think about it...
Okay, now what're yours? Go!


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- Nationality
- South Africa
- Position
- Utility Back
- Height
- 1.76m
- Weight
- 84kg
- Current Team
- Cell C Sharks
After representing his home province at Provincial age group, Under 13, Under 16 and Under 18, level, he moved to Durban to seek his rugby fortunes. A prodigious young talent, he represented The Cell C Sharks aged 18 and 19 in consecutive Absa Under 19 Competitions before playing a starring role for UKZN at last year's FNB Varsity Shield. In 2015, he was also selected to play Vodacom Cup for the Cell C Sharks XV as well as moving into the Under 21 ranks, where he is eligible to remain in 2016. However, his attacking prowess and all-round flyhalf skills – which include being an accomplished goal-kicker with a commendable strike rate – have been recognised and he has been drafted into the senior Vodacom Super Rugby squad this season.


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GOTY 2014 - Top Ten - #9
Here it is: our list of the top ten games of 2014. The result of dozens of hours of preparation, discussion and debate, this list represents our consensus on the ten best and most-significant games of the year. Don't miss out on any of our Game of the Year coverage. Check out our full schedule here, and follow us on Twitter and Facebook for instant updates.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Sledgehammer Games | November 4, 2014 | Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Activision may be one of the most successful pariahs in the brief history of games. The publisher has been a presence in gaming since the early years of Atari, but it's known in the 21st century as the company that fostered incredibly original and groundbreaking series such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Guitar Hero...and then proceeded to run them into the ground. Since 2006, Call of Duty has been an annualized game. Most people expected it would eventually find itself in a similar predicament to the aforementioned Activision games. It started to certainly look that way in 2013 with the release of Call of Duty: Ghosts. While not a bad game, it was a textbook example of been there, done that.
Activision wanted a new Call of Duty to revitalize the franchise the way Modern Warfare did seven years ago. Developer Sledgehammer Games has been working with the series for years and was rumored to be working on a spinoff, but plans went south. Finally Sledgehammer, a studio founded by ex-Visceral Games staff, has the opportunity to prove themselves with Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. What Sledgehammer did for Call of Duty in both the single-player campaign and multiplayer gives the franchise the kick it needed.
Advanced Warfare is set decades in the future, giving it the familiarity it needed to stay relevant while allowing some speculation in terms of technology. The result is the Perfect Dark to Modern Warfare's GoldenEye 007. Players can see through walls, toss homing grenades, and use nanomachines (or whatever modern sci-fi magic Solid Snake usually has available). The significant change to Advanced Warfare, however, is the mobility. First-person shooters have been slowed down significantly since the days of Quake III and Unreal Tournament and it appears developers are starting to realize that lumbering across a map with bullets flying isn't all that fun. Now players have access to boots that allow them to boost laterally, double-jump and perform slow descents from tall heights. It sounds like a gimmick (and it probably is), but it fundamentally changes the way Call of Duty plays. These changes make their way into multiplayer, too, and help produce a frenetic online experience.
These additions wouldn't matter if Advanced Warfare lacked the gameplay to back it up. This is especially true on the single-player side. Sledgehammer managed to create the best CoD campaign since Modern Warfare 2. Advanced Warfare's future manages to stay down-to-earth despite the new technology, and it doesn't require you to watch a Ken Burns documentary on PMCs the way Metal Gear does. The campaign is like the first season of a Tony Scott-directed Netflix original with Kevin Spacey chewing scenery so hard you'd think he was a famished koala on a eucalyptus plantation. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare might not be the deepest game on our top ten (hell, it might actually be the shallowest), but it is tremendously entertaining and accomplished the insurmountable task of making us care about Call of Duty again. – Tyler Martin


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FCE Listening Part 3
1. Overview
In part 3 of the listening test you hear 5 short clips, each from a different speaker, on the same topic. There are 8 options and you have to match the options to the speakers. Obviously that leaves 3 options that don't match any of the speakers.
The introduction is always the same and you should pay attention to two things:
In this example, the topic is a visit to a city, which probably means vocabulary about travel and cities. You have to say what the speaker liked most about the city. Without looking at the options, what would you expect to see on the list? The food, the weather, the architecture, the people?
When you've eliminated the 3 wrong answers and decided which speaker said what, your finished paper might look like this:
2. What skills does part 3 test?
This part of the exam is about how you understand attitudes and opinions, plus your ability to work out the overall meaning of what someone is saying.
For example, you might hear 5 people talking about their last holiday, and you have to decide if their holiday was stressful or fun, expensive or cheap.
That means understanding that a person was happy with his holiday even though he never used the exact word 'happy'.
3. What are the biggest mistakes students make?
Mistake 1
One trap a lot of students fall into is hearing specific words on the audio and matching them with words in the options. For example, take a closer look at two of the options from the picture above:
Now 'listen' to speaker 1.
Is the answer C or D?
Think about it...
As I hope you guessed, the correct answer is neither C nor D. The people have style, but answer D is about the buildings, not the people. And the markets might be good but answer C is about the variety of goods.
If C was the answer it would sound like this:
Get it? If you hear the exact word it's 98% NOT the answer. Repeat - NOT THE ANSWER!
Mistake 2
I don't know about you, but all my students are very lazy and arrogant (except the ones reading this...). They listen to the CD for ten seconds and write their answer. Then they pick up their phones and send smiley faces to their boyfriends.
That's a big mistake because the answer can be in the middle or the end of each speech. It's a DOUBLE mistake because if you write 'B' as the answer for question 1, but B is really the answer for question 4, then you're sure to get two questions wrong.
It's a listening test and you have to listen!
The good news is you get to listen twice - use the opportunity to check your answer the second time round.
Mistake 3
I always give my students time to read the task and options before I play the CD. Sometimes they use this time to draw little spider webs on the page or add facial hair to people in the coursebook. What they should be doing, as you know, is reading the options and underlining key words!
4. Case Study
Let's 'listen' to one of the speakers from the example above and discuss it a bit.
Here are the options:
- A the efficiency of the public transport system
- B the natural beauty of the scenery
- C the variety of goods in the markets
- D the style of the architecture
- E the well-designed plan of the city
- F the helpfulness of the people
- G the range of leisure opportunities
- H the standard of the accommodation
Okay, first up - the room. The room WASN'T the best, and our job is to find what the speaker LIKED, so we can rule out H.
We had a view of the lake, forests, mountains - that sounds like B - the natural beauty. But let's keep listening just in case.
We were too lazy to go to the market - so it's not C. How can it be his favourite thing if he didn't even go?
And what about G - the range of leisure activities? He mentions a swimming pool, shows, theatres... but he didn't go to the last 2 things and he doesn't say it was HIS favourite thing, only that he heard good things about it from others.
So B then.
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FCE Listening Part 4
You hear an interview or conversation (about 3 minutes long) and have to answer 7 multiple choice questions. By this time, you might be quite tired from concentrating so this will be a challenge even if you're normally quite good at this kind of task.
Like in the rest of the listening test, you have to ignore distractors, listen for linking words, and understand the meaning of what the people are saying.
What it looks like
After underlining key information, eliminating wrong answers, and choosing the right answer, your paper might look like this:
Read the question - carefully!
Make sure you read the questions carefully because some of the answers might be true without being the answer. A good example is when the question asks you to find the main reason for something. Example:
What's the main reason the writer moved to Spain?
- a) the weather
- b) his girlfriend
- c) the food
'What everyone knows about Spain is that the climate is perfect for writers, and I'm a bit of an amateur chef so it's great to be surrounded by good restaurants and fresh ingredients. But despite that, I would have stayed in England had it not been for my partner. She wanted to be close to her family, whereas it's quite easy for me to work from anywhere in the world.'
As you can see, the speaker mentions all three choices - the food, his girlfriend, the food. But only one is the MAIN reason for his move.
Guess before you listen
Another good tip is to think what the answer will be before you hear the recording. But while that can be VERY helpful, some students go too far with it. A lot of my students work in banks, so imagine you're a banker and this question comes up:
What is the speaker's opinion of bankers?
- a) They are true heroes; princes among men
- b) They are thieves and criminals
- c) They are bad people in good suits
Sometimes my students will decide 'the answer must be A, of course!' and as a result they don't listen to the CD. The correct method is to think, 'My answer is A, but I wonder what the speaker says?' That way, you are alert and attentive.
More Tips
- When you're practicing this before the exam, don't only try to find the answer. Also say why the wrong answers are wrong. That will really help you build the skills you need to do well in the exam.
- The answers are in the same order as the questions.
- You've got a lot of text to read in part 4, so as soon as part 3 finishes, turn to part 4 and start underlining key words.
- As always, be very suspicious when you hear the exact words from the answers in the audio.
- You probably won't know every word, so sometimes you'll have to guess the meaning. That's a skill you can work on while you're preparing. Take a text with a new word and instead of reaching for your phone to check the meaning, think about what it could mean from the context.
Case Study 1
Here's one taken from everybody's favourite Cambridge English: First preparation book, Ready for First. It's about a man who gives guided tours of his city called 'ghost walks'.
Alan says that his customers on the ghost walks:
- a) are never disappointed
- b) want to be frightened
- c) laugh at all his jokes
Before we listen, let's use our knowledge to guess at the answer. First, nobody ever laughs at every joke, so I think it's unlikely to be C. And customers are always complaining about something - people even complain about the free information I give on these websites! So probably it's not A. How about B? People want to be frightened? Seems strange, but horror movies are very successful, and most people like to sit around a fire and tell ghost stories. Right, let's listen:
Interviewer: How about people who go on the tours? Do they get frightened?
Alan: Well, obviously these are ghost walks, so it wouldn't be much fun if there wasn't a bit of fear involved. Not too much, of course, we often have children in the groups, so we have to be careful. But people expect to be scared and they'd be disappointed if they weren't, so we aim at least to give them goose bumps, and perhaps even a little fright - after which they all laugh nervously and enjoy the release of tension.
What do you think the answer is?
Me, I don't think it's A. He uses the word 'disappointed', which makes me suspicious. I want to check exactly what he says - 'people would be disappointed if they weren't scared.' Okay but that's very different from 'his customers are never disappointed', right? I mean, an 'if' sentence is for things that are less than 100% certain, so that doesn't match the word 'never'. Never means 100%.
He does say that they laugh at his jokes… maybe it's C? But wait - he gives them a little scare and then they laugh - not because of a joke. Ah! They nearly tricked me! In fact, he doesn't mention telling jokes at all.
That leaves B, and we know that's the correct choice because he says 'people expect to be scared' and they 'would be disappointed if they weren't scared'. It seems that people will pay you money to frighten them. Good business model!
Case Study 2
This one's from a Cambridge exam book. It's from an interview with a man called Tony who makes wildlife films.
Tony says the achievement he is most proud of is:
- a) helping to make a popular film
- b) doing a scientific study
- c) working on an award-winning project
Before I listen, I'm already on high alert! I'm pretty sure Tony will mention ALL THREE THINGS because the question asks for the one he is MOST proud of. So I'll have to filter out the two that are not the right answer. Deep breath - okay I'm ready!
Interviewer: What have you achieved that you're most proud of?
Tony: Actually, one of my most popular films was the one I did on lions but I didn't feel it got anywhere near, in terms of being closest to my heart, to the time I spent rescuing orphan monkeys. The special sanctuary I set up won a world nature prize. A close second would be the research project I was involved with on whales in the South Atlantic. I spent quite a bit of time there and it was brilliant.
Ha! That was easy! So the first mention was the film on lions - okay that's his most popular film, probably the reason that most people know him. But the most important part is what he says next. The sentence construction is a little bit complicated, but in a simple form goes like this:
My most popular film is the one about lions but helping orphan monkeys meant more to me.
The monkey project won an award (the world nature prize), so C is closer to the answer than A.
All we need to do now is check whether B made him more proud than C.
'A close second would be the research project' - that's pretty clear! So the things that made him most proud go C>B>A.
Actually, one of my most popular films was the one I did on lions but I didn't feel it got anywhere near, in terms of being closest to my heart, to the time I spent rescuing orphan monkeys. The special sanctuary I set up won a world nature prize. A close second would be the research project I was involved with on whales in the South Atlantic. I spent quite a bit of time there and it was brilliant.
You can try a free listening test online RIGHT NOW by following this link. The answers are here.


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Loft has developed a range of enhancements and features since first launching Kérastase Education Australia in 2012. The benefits extend beyond the academy environment with the ability to engage educators and students in their Salon. It empowers the sales team and provides executive dashboards, business intelligence and analytics in order to measure and monitor across key performance indicators.
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Tax complication is a ancestry arena for government corruption. It's abundant easier to add new accumulated handouts to a tax cipher that's already beat with favoritism, and it's simpler for politicians to absolve abacus almost targeted allowances back the convenance is already common. Businesses, in turn, accept an allurement to absorb added time and assets lobbying the government than acceptable customers.
That's why description of the tax cipher was one of the objectives of tax reform. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act brought a beyond accepted deduction, which agency far beneath taxpayers will itemize. It additionally alone abundant deductions and the capping of others. Yet abounding appropriate accoutrement and exemptions remain. Among them is the tax acclaim that comes with the acquirement of an electric vehicle.
The electric agent tax acclaim is admired from $2,500 up to $7,500, depending on the agent specifications. As the Tax Foundation has shown, the acclaim is disproportionately claimed by higher-income households. Including its assorted phaseouts, it would amount $7.5 billion in federal acquirement through 2022, says Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation.
The distortions and ambiguous advertisement to top assets earners fabricated the EV tax acclaim a prime ambition for elimination, but ultimately, it survived. The accepted credit, however, will end all on its own acknowledgment to a phaseout that it triggers for a accustomed architect already it hits 200,000 in absolute EV sales. Tesla has already beyond the threshold, and GM is accepted to do so afore the end of the year.
But rather than let the account expire for these manufacturers and abridge the tax cipher alike further, some Republicans are attractive to extend the acclaim able-bodied into the future. Republican Sen. Dean Heller — whose home accompaniment of Nevada hosts Tesla's Gigafactory 1 — alien a bill with a accompaniment bill from three Republicans in the House to lift the 200,000-vehicle cap and extend the tax acclaim until 2022. But don't let that date fool you. If the acclaim isn't accustomed to die today, there's little acumen to accept it would be accustomed to do so in the future.
Once 2022 rolls around, it's added than acceptable that the EV tax acclaim will be included in the anniversary "tax extenders" bill, area assembly renew for the aing year what is mostly a accumulating of handouts that accept anesthetized their planned dusk dates, some of which occurred continued ago.
The extender ritual is explained by the abnormality of concentrated allowances and broadcast costs. That's area the recipients of government handouts accept a greater allurement to action for the canning of their allowances than the beyond cardinal of taxpayers, whose costs are advance thinner, accept to abide them. And the best the EV tax acclaim exists, the added able its constituency becomes.
Seven Senate Democrats would go alike added than Sen. Heller and accept proposed legislation that would access the cap, extend the acclaim until 2028 and acquiesce bare portions to be agitated advanced up to bristles years.
Yet a third option, the Fairness for Every Driver Act alien by Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, would annihilate the acclaim immediately, while additionally allurement electric agent owners to pay a user fee almost analogous the gas tax that's acclimated to armamentarium the Highway Trust Fund. Since electric cartage use and accord to the abrasion and breach of highways, too, the absence of such a fee amounts to its own anatomy of favoritism. Whether or not the Highway Trust Armamentarium is the best access to basement aliment is addition question, but so continued as it exists and is adjourned by gas taxes, owners of all types of cartage should pay proportionally to their alley usage.
This isn't the account of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," area a bourgeois advantage amid the three proposals is "just right." Barrasso's angle makes the tax cipher simpler and beneath distortionary, authoritative it the best economically sound. Returning to able banking basement requires absolute alternatives to our accepted arrangement — not aloof options that are alone hardly beneath bad.
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Tropical white sand beaches, thriving plantations, a rich culture and fascinating history.
Arguably one of the most idyllic beach destinations worldwide, the island has a history dating back centuries and a port whose activity bustles with energy as huge as the ocean. Majestic wooden dhows slip quietly back into port returning from plying their wares up and down the mainland coastline. Despite being a well-known tourist hotspot, Zanzibar remains passionately and absolutely African, unchanged by the number of visitors to it's shores.
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Heyyy, let's make a few cute Valentines out of Airheads! (and pssss, hopefully I'll win a ticket to Alt NYC).
Mini tutorial starts now...
You're kind of getting two DIY's for the price of one here... I'm going to start with the napkin ring tutorial. It's the first step in crafting the lollipop above:
1. Remove Airheads from packages and let sit until they become soft and just a bit more pliable.
2. Use a sharp knife to cut strips of each color.
3. Take six strips, three of each color and stick them together at the top, and two contrasting colors beside each other.
4. Braid the strips in a standard three string braid.
5. Attach ends and circle around a pretty napkin! Voila.
NOW, say you don't prefer the napkin ring because most people don't use them that often. Here's how you make a lollipop for your kids' friends at school:
1. Take that braid and begin looping it around itself (pardon the fact that these photos show a slightly messier braid. It's way prettier with the braid above.
2. Take a lollipop stick and stick it on the back of your pop.
3. It stays balanced if you cover the back of the stick with additional airhead "material."
4. Your kids will thank you and give you extra kisses.
There you have it! A Valentine lollipop. Who knew Airheads were such a sweet material to be crafty & creative? Go buy yourself a whole bunch. You're right if you're guessing that I ate my fair share through this process.


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The new Apple Watch offers exciting new possibilities for quick interactions on a distinct, one-of-a-kind interface.
We've explored some ideas of applications for the Apple Watch using the Apple Watch kit for everyday activities, ranging from to do lists and ordering coffee to money transfers and electric cars. We love that you can make a phone call from your Watch. How cool is that?
Apple Watch also comes with health and fitness tracking tools and reminders to help you be more active and aware. We're excited to see how health and fitness apps like Nike+ and others will integrate with the Watch's native functionality.
It's incredibly exciting what this new interface offers for application development for things that make your life easier, more enjoyable and can simplify daily tasks.
Three aspects that we're keen on:
Taptic Engine - Get vibrating feedback directly on your arm and set up customized taps for different alerts.
Voice Command - Give voice commands more easily and faster than using Siri from your phone.
Glances - Browse contextually relevant moments from your favorite apps.
While we've not yet pictured laser cutting or detonation options like the watches of agent 007 (James Bond) offer, we love that it definitely makes travel a lot easier. : )
Travel conveniences include:
+ Booking a car via Uber right from your watch
+ Boarding pass access on your watch via apps like American Airlines (just waive your watch by the terminal check-in)
+ Unlock your hotel room securely via apps like the W hotel without a room key, check in and bypass the front desk
Below are 9 ideas for daily use. We've included some awesome functionality showcased at the keynote on March 9th.
1. Budgeting.
This can be useful when you're on the go and need to check your budget before you spend.
• Track spending and quickly check finances.
• Sync with financial institutions using apps like Mint via Quicken/Intuit.
2. Ordering Coffee or Food to Go.
The Apple Watch uses Bluetooth technology via iBeacons to figure out your precise location. This can be helpful when you need location-based reminders or promotions.
• Find local stores (grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops and retail) for what you need.
• Sync up with task apps so that you get a reminder when you pass a store or location to get something.
3. Chase and Money Transfers.
The Watch makes money transfers easy. Just double-clicking on the side can enable transactions with the thumb sensor and using Apple Pay.
• Make easy, instant transfers to pay bills and send money to people.
• Check cash withdrawals, deposits and balances via your bank and other financial institutions.
4. Calendar and To Do Lists.
Add appointments and things to do to your calendar with voice dictation. Get reminders for meetings.
• Receive easy reminders for upcoming appointments and actionable items to do.
• Update calendar in real time when tasks or meetings are completed.
• Receive contextual suggestions based on locations.
5. Blue Apron and Food Prep.
Have a kitchen assistant right on your wrist, keeping your hands free. Voice command options can help with cooking.
• Step by step instructions for cooking.
• Recipes with voice commands.
• Time steps in meal preparation easily.
6. ESPN Sport and Fantasy League Stats.
Follow your team in real time. Set up and play fantasy league games with friends. See data with a glance.
• Access to stats and details of games in real time.
• Notifications and alerts in real time.
• Set up, renew and play fantasy league games.
7. FedEx and Your Packages.
Get package notifications fast so you know when and where it is arriving.
• Fast notifications with time and location.
• Can also include details such as "signed by" and weight of package.
8. Your Electric Car.
Control your electric car via the Internet using the web service API. Gain important information about your car quickly without having to take out and unlock your phone.
• Check battery charge and mileage.
• Lock and unlock vehicle.
• Control temperature and other settings such as lights.
9. Foursquare and Check Ins.
Use voice search to find and check into nearby locations and quickly pull up options based on your habits. Scroll through choices using the digital crown and check in with a tap.
• Voice search.
• Suggestions based on your habits and location.
• Check in with a tap.


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I follow the blogs of Mel Wiggins and The Owl and the Accordion written by Victoria, both are great blogs and have interesting, thoughtful pieces along with show casing various ethical brands and top tips for eBay shopping. Last week I read about an idea that they had come up with together (don't you love it when you find out your favourite bloggers are friends!), the Ethical Fashion Collective and it immediately intrigued me. Basically it is an idea to save some space online to show off and share information about ethical fashion – this includes vintage/second hand/articles/small brands/big brands – you name it! The idea is to do this on the 1st Friday of each month, and I love it! While I have my own reservations about the phrase 'ethical fashion' and prefer 'ethical style' I see no need to prescribe that to others and I'm excited to join in. Continue reading "Joining the Ethical Fashion Collective"
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Oh so that's where my style was, it is always in the last place you look
For the past year (almost) I have been feeling particularly patchy about my style. In fact I am pretty confident I don't have any at the moment. I have tried many challenges, tried to work through activities to help me define my style and talked about it so much I may have lost friends due to it (only kidding, or at least I think I am only kidding).
The last challenge and exercise I have been trying out have been some of the most fun ones I have come across. Both I have found via the great blog I recently discovered Sustainability in Style, a really inspiring blog and I would recommend having a read if you are interested in ethical and sustainable style.
The first I have tried has been the 30 day Who What Wear challenge. I have been enjoying it, I haven't been doing it religiously as some of the challenges I haven't been able to do. Also not owning a full length mirror or really being able to take a decent photo of my outfit has let me down slightly for taking pictures (see my interesting outfit photos below) but it has been fun and interesting trying to put different outfits together. I will keep going with this one.
The other thing I have been trying is to do the Into Mind website exercises to try and understand what my style is. I will hold my hands up here and say that I have found it difficult to actually sit down and do these exercises but I can see how this would be of benefit. I *will* do this though.
Although at the end of all of these challenges and activities it was my lovely friend Roz who I met on Saturday who made me realise that I actually might not be in such a style funk as I thought. She laughed when I said I didn't think I had any style at the moment and said that she felt I always had a particular style and over recent years I have toned down my clashing prints but that she felt I tend to be casual but with bright colours and prints, that I wear items in different ways to how it might be expected. That was really nice to hear, the more I think about it the more I start to think I do know what my style is! I like prints and while I adore my heels I like to be active so love flat shoes to run around in or shoes I can use on my bike. I really like the 50s style of turnups, never really realised I have turned up the hems on nearly all the trousers I have 🙂
Still reckon I have a wee bit to go to work out style for things such as future purchases and what to keep and what might make its way onwards to friends, family and charity. I think I might have been inspired to do a new and more full-on challenge but more on that shortly.
April Challenge – Completed!
In April I took part in Fashion Revolution Day on the 24th (the 1st anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh that killed 1,138 and injured many, many more). Fashion Revolution Day is designed to "bring everyone in the fashion value chain together and help to raise awareness of the true cost of fashion, show the world that change is possible, and celebrate all those involved in creating a more sustainable future." This was one of my challenges that I was particularly keen to do and that I hoped would help show a change, however small in the industry and this year the focus was on transparency in the supply chain – something I feel is lacking for most companies. I deliberately didn't choose an item from one of the more ethical and sustainable companies I buy from as I felt it would be more interesting to hear what a high street brand had to say. I chose my brown wax jacket from Joules which I have had for a few years now.
Fripping Hell! – January Challenge Completed
The first in the A Challenge for Every Month series, remember to check out awesome New York blogger Jesse Anne O at http://jesseanneo.blogspot.co.uk/ for her version.
I had been planning to look through the fabrics in my wardrobe or try to mend the hems/zips/holes in the clothes that need a little tender care but some how it was coming to the end of the month without me having done any of these things. I blame procrastination 🙂 Continue reading "Fripping Hell! – January Challenge Completed"


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NCI Drug Dictionary
The NCI Drug Dictionary contains technical definitions and synonyms for drugs/agents used to treat patients with cancer or conditions related to cancer. Each drug entry includes links to check for clinical trials listed in NCI's List of Cancer Clinical Trials.
- allogeneic tumor cell vaccine
A vaccine composed of tumor cells isolated from the tumor of one patient, killed and processed, and administered to another patient in order to stimulate cytotoxic immune responses to a similar tumor cell type. The cells found in this type of whole-cell vaccine express many cell-surface tumor-associated antigens. This vaccine is frequently administered with an adjuvant immunostimulant. Check for active clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
Synonym: Allogenic Cell Vaccine Abbreviation: ALLOTCV


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Expect a memorable visit that combines entertainment and education. Activities adapted to different age groups unfold in an exhilarating environment that has something to delight your every sense. The spotlight is on nature and the outdoors. You can even design your own activity program to match your needs and interests.
It will never rain on your paradeÖ.the day's program can be adapted to the weather conditions.


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Be Yourself...
Just be yourself. I think I have heard this piece of advice more than a thousand times in my life. It comes from a good place and I can understand what they mean in theory but does anyone actually know how to do that? Everyday, there are new headlines, magazine articles and talented leaders in the field of psychology and self improvement touting this notion of living more authentically and intentionally. But what they don't say is just how hard that really is and to be honest, I am not sure that most people who talk about this even really know what it means. From the time we were born, we learned how to perform - how to make others feel more comfortable, how to be taken more seriously or make people happy. We live in a world where honesty is celebrated only in theory but we are told behind closed doors to "fake it till we make it". Compromise and stagnancy become the underlying theme to our lives. One of your biggest assets becomes knowing how to not rock the boat and when you do, all eyes are on you and you are alone, not celebrated but judged. We have become the nice, quaint elevator music - not offending anyone but never making waves that can really shift the equilibrium in which we exist. We learn to play a part, performing but not really existing because to exist means to be bold and run straight into your fears and vulnerability, thriving and feeding on passion.
This safeness can be alluring - and has been something I have lived in for a long time. I learned how to tell people just enough about me to make them feel we were connected but never tell them the things I knew would make them shy away from me or challenge them in a way that might make them uncomfortable or dislike me. I celebrated my success and worth based on external systems of evaluation - the number of friends I had, my grades, numbers on a scale or clothing sizes, the number of likes I got on a Facebook post or comments on my art. I would stew for days on an interaction I couldn't figure out or that went negatively trying to figure out how to fix anything that upset the equilibrium. I assumed all responsibility for the happiness of others and never really explored what made me happy. I sacrificed my feelings and passion on countless occasions too repair what I am never sure I really wanted - false and superficial relationships with people who didn't challenge me or excite me or make me want to be a better person.
I lied to myself for years telling myself that everything I was doing was what I really wanted to do. But in the past few months, I started to realized how tired I am of performing and all of the lies I told myself are catching up. I am not happy being the nice elevator music. I wasn't made to blend in. I was made to stand out and be bold. I was made to push people and extend well beyond what is acceptable and normal and ignite a spark in people to celebrate the beauty that is each person in their own skin, with their own thoughts, dreams and feelings about themselves and the world.
I genuinely don't want to live a life I am not excited about and I don't want to die without failing at least 10 times because that means I have the courage to jump and try something that had the potential to make a difference in the world. I want to be able to come to terms with and grieve for everything I will lose as I make the shift to align my actions, beliefs and feelings with who I am, truly and authentically and get excited about the potential I have to deepen the most important relationship I could ever have - the one with myself. I have no idea if living authentically means living happily or being content all of the time or even secure. But I do know that not living authentically is not really living and that is not a choice I am willing to make anymore. I am scared to not be the person everyone likes or wants to go to with their problems or to stop being the person everyone celebrates for being able to "do so much"…I have no idea what my identity is if I am not constantly performing but I think that's the point, isn't it? Tear off the mask and be okay with not knowing everything I am or stand for and simply follow my heart and find the courage in every action, every challenge, to do and speak and present myself in a way that I can be excited about because if I know nothing else, I can stand their and celebrate I am being the real me.


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NFL's mess in Los Angeles has left Chargers hopeless and virtually homeless
The Chargers are winless in Los Angeles, but the NFL looks like the bigger loser.
With an 0-4 record this season, the team's losing streak stands at nine after it dropped its final five games in San Diego last year. While the crosstown Rams look like factors in the NFC, the Chargers are already doomed to end a distant fourth in the AFC West. Their record indicates they're as bad as the Browns, but looking at the Chargers' talent, that clearly is not the case.
Not helping the Chargers is the fact that they have been strange intruders in their temporary home. Visiting fans of the Dolphins, Chiefs and Eagles have taken over the emptiness of StubHub Center in Carson — and rudely taken any home-field advantage away from the hosts. That's the fault of the NFL.
MORE: Chargers opponents legitimately feel bad about lack of support in LA
The league and its worst owner, Dean Spanos, are literally banking on things to be better in three years when the Chargers can share Stan Kroenke's $2.66 billion palace with the Rams. Their thought was simply being in Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest media market, would magically wipe away all short-term problems for the Chargers.
That thinking ignores how miserable both San Diego and LA are in the situation. The Chargers' old home is jilted, and in their new home, there's little care or even knowledge about when and where they're playing. It's hard for a team to play in a place where it isn't wanted and nobody cares.
The Kansas City game was a rout by a superior division foe, but Los Angeles' losses to Miami and Philadelphia were two-point heartbreakers. There was Philip Rivers trying to outduel Jay Cutler and Carson Wentz, respectively, while having to drown out crowd noise in what's supposed to be a comfortable environment for the offense.
"It's certainly not ideal," Rivers told reporters after Sunday's 26-24 loss to the Eagles. "I don't think it compares with other teams having three straight home games. It's tough.
"I appreciate the Chargers fans that were here. I don't want to insult the ones that aren't. Who am I to say how they should spend an afternoon? It's just not a home game."
Never before has a team welcomed playing four of the next five games on the road, even with trips to Oakland and New England looming.
The NFL hates falling to other sports as much it hates "outdated" facilities that won't be Super Bowl-worthy sometime soon. That's why the league moved the Rams from St. Louis and is moving the Raiders from Oakland.
For the Rams and Raiders, though, at least Los Angeles and Las Vegas offer some appeal compared to their current situations. The Chargers' move was forced and poorly planned with the players least in mind.
While the Rams are rebuilding and the Raiders are on the rise, the Chargers are a middle-of-the-pack team still fighting to return to relevancy in a loaded division. While their rivals get to play in comfortable environments, Rivers and his teammates are being thrown off well beyond the issues associated with adjusting to a new coaching staff and scheme.
That first-year coach, Anthony Lynn, has been put in an impossible, unenviable position to try to find early success. Jeff Fisher should have not been the Rams' coach in 2016, but he was worth keeping around for the initial transition given his experience in that area after the Oilers/Titans move. New Rams coach Sean McVay is reaping the benefits a season later without having to worry about relocation. And it will be easier for the Raiders to make it in Vegas with unflappable leaders such as Jack Del Rio and Derek Carr.
MORE: Biggest surprises of 2017 season
Rivers is trying to lead the Chargers to one more playoff run late in his career, and he's getting no favors from his team owner. The NFL let Spanos walk all over San Diego by walking away from the city.
Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL team owners may no longer stand for it, but now they can only sit and watch the mess they created that is the 2017 Chargers.
It's not like anybody else in LA is watching.


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Don't Run With Cheeseburgers
So, due to a busy weekend of seeing friends get older, catching up with old buddies from around the way, going to two mind-blowing performances of Fat Freddy's Drop (click on this link to listen to one of their concerts), and becoming a Divine Non-Chalant, I had no time for running. Well, no time for running 2.5 hours anyway.
I actually grew antsy, as I'm sure Vikki can attest, but all was remedied on Monday. After a day of workin' the WebGreek, I took off from the Haight house at 6:30 and ran. I went through Golden Gate Park, through the Richmond to the Presidio (where I enjoyed a spectacular pre-sunset battle between UV rays and fog), to the toll plaza for the Golden Gate Bridge, down past Crissy Field, and along the water all the way to AT&T Park. There I rested briefly and watched about three minutes of the Giants game, then ran along 3rd street to Mission Bay, took a right on 16th, and ran back home through the Mission and the Wiggle. I basically ran the marathon backward, but without the loops in the park and the traverse of the bridge. All in all, it was probably about 17 miles. It took me 2:35.
I had a great time circumnavigating the entire part of SF that I hang out in, but I made a grave mistake. I had two gigantic cheeseburgers at around 2pm. They were still in me when I ran, to the point where I spent the first half hour trying to burp to relieve pressure on my jostling stomach. Things turned out okay after about an hour, and it may have actually been helpful in the long run (no pun) because I felt very well nourished. I still ate energy goo, but I never felt hungry. Perhaps the night before the race, I shall consume 4000 calories. Hmmm…
2 Responses to "Don't Run With Cheeseburgers"
Your run sounds glorious. Too bad you will have to do it with hundreds of others on THE day. But I am really impressed. Would you have guessed a year ago that you could enjoy a
17 mile run?


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ruh, roh.
My daughter is on the roller coaster of hormones we call puberty.
It's…not as fun or as deeply spiritual a roller coaster as I had thought.
There are lots of tunnels and high peaks. So there's that.
It's bumpy. I guess I knew it would be…maybe I thought I'd be better at handling the bumps. Yes, yes. I did think I'd be better at handling the bumps. Damn I hate when I'm wrong.
I used to work on a roller coaster. Not metaphorically, like I am now…I mean in real life…in high school…in Ohio. I worked on a "stand up" coaster called the King Cobra at King's Island. The park is still there. The coaster is gone. It was steel, not wood. It was a smooth ride. It was exhilerating, wind in my face, going so fast I felt like I could fly if only I could break loose of the restraints. I felt safe though all strapped in there. It held tight. It was a good feeling. It was a good time in my life.
There was another coaster at the park called "The Racer." It was, I think, one of the original coasters at King's Island. It's still there. It's still popular. It's a wooden coaster. I've ridden The Racer. It's bumpy. I felt like my teeth were going to pop out of my head while I rode it. Perhaps it was because I worked on The Cobra that I disliked that coaster. Probably. Truth be told in retrospect there were moments I liked whilst riding The Racer.
I thought the Cobra would outlast the The Racer…but some things stand the test of time and some do not.
I thought that my parenting through Riley's puberty would be The Cobra…but it's The Racer. It's bumpy.
I hope the metaphor holds and we all survive the test of time….and keep our teeth in our heads.


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Real Name: Madhavan Balaji Ranganathan
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Birthday: 1 June, 1970
Birthcity: Jamshedpur, Jarkhand, India
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Height: 1.77 m
Spouse: Sarita Birje (1999–present)
First film: Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin
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Madhavan was born on 1 June 1970 in Jamshedpur, India, to a Tamil family. His father Ranganathan was a management executive in Tata Steel and his mother, Saroja was a manager in the Bank of India. His sister, Devika, is a software engineer settled in the United Kingdom. He had a Tamil-speaking upbringing in Bihar.
In 1988, Madhavan was chosen to represent India as its cultural ambassador from Rajaram College, Kolhapur to Canada after his graduation in electronics. At 22, he was awarded the Maharashtra NCC Best Cadet, allowing him to make a trip with seven others as NCC Cadets to England. Because of this honour, he received training with the Royal Army, the Navy and the Air Force, which he previously planned to join. However he was rejected from the opportunity, as he missed the age cut-off by six months. After he lost out on the place, he began taking courses in public speaking which eventually helped him venture into the film industry. He won the Indian Championship for Public Speaking and was subsequently selected to represent India at the Young Businessmen Conference in Tokyo, Japan in 1992.
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Dodge Demon's A/C helps its supercharged Hemi make more power
http://www.autoblog.com/2017/03/30/dodg ... r-chiller/
This is pretty interesting. No more ice bags on the intake manifolds.Staying cool is one important key to performance. Simply, more air means more power, and cool, dense air is better than hot air. While forced induction might help make copious amounts of horsepower, turbos and superchargers produce heat. Intercoolers help, but the new Dodge Demon and its supercharged Hemi need a bit of an extra boost. In Drag Mode, the Demon's engine commandeers the car's air conditioning system to help chill things out.
The Demon will have the first production application of a liquid-to-air charge air cooler chiller system. Literally, the car's air conditioning system is used to cool the air going into the engine, dropping temps by up to 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Dodge claims the system helps achieve "temperatures previously unattainable by pressure-charged street-legal production vehicles."
As cool as this may sound, the technology isn't new. Ford had a prototype system in the early 2000s called SuperCooler, though that system never made it to production. While the Demon's system doesn't have a super cool name like the one from Ford, the pair essentially work in the same way. In theory, it should have the same effect as a bottle of nitrous. According to Autoweek, Ford's system bumped up the output of the F-150 Lightning by about 50 horsepower. Turns out that air conditioning isn't always a huge power suck.


text: Anna Huff is a performer, multi-media artist, composer and sculptor of events and experiences. In her work she teases out intersections of body, presence, object, and ritual while considering the social codes and structures that define or permeate these intersections. She has extensively toured Europe and the United States under the name Anna Oxygen performing narrative pop recitals and interactive performance pieces. She has released several albums of electronic and acoustic music, previously on the Kill Rock Stars label and most recently a self released fantasy metal rock opera soundtrack for her media performance group Cloud Eye Control. Her solo and performance work has been presented at The New Museum, PS1 MOMA Contemporary, The Seattle Art Museum, LACMA (LA),The Hammer (LA) NYU, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, and the Rohsska Museet in Gothenburg, Sweden among others. Her collaborative work includes performances at Festival A MIL (Santiago, Chile), EXIT (Paris) Fusebox (Tx) and the REDCAT in Los Angeles. In addition to being a founding member of Cloud Eye Control she is one half of noise folk band DAY/MOON with long time collaborator Tamala Poljak.