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If Women Ruled the World by Genevieve Caron for Bishop Strachan School
Genevieve Caron loves shooting women. Young, old, and in between. For fashion, beauty, portraits and lifestyle. In all her images, women are strong, confident, and beautiful. Inside and out.
The Bishop Strachan School, one of Canada's oldest boarding and day school for girls, has a mission to empower girls to be today's global citizens and tomorrow's leaders of global change. To advertise their annual school open house, they hired Genevieve to shoot a series of images that told the story of what it would be like if women ruled the world.
"For all of their strength, intelligence, and bravado, the world in which men rule is still far from perfect. Let's imagine what it would be like if girls ruled. We think the world would be a better place – one that can be made possible with the help of gutsy, empowered BSS girls."
Beautifully executed, the resulting campaign and images are nothing short of bold and incredibly astute.
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One of the bloodiest battles will be remembered tomorrow (Monday, August 28) in Brigg.
The 100-year anniversary of Passchendaele will be commemorated, with stalls setting up between 10am and 11am and the event starting on or around midday in Station Road Brigg and in The Britannia Inn, where indoor entertainment will take place, including songs of the era and stories from the trenches.
A parade will leave the town centre at 12.30pm and events at the Britannia Inn will run from 1pm to 6pm.
"It may not be a large event, but it remembers one of the bloodiest battles of the Great War in some of the worst conditions faced by British, Commonwealth and American armed forces," said a spokesman for Brigg British legion.
"We will remember all the fallen and all the families back home left to pick up the pieces of lives shattered forever.
"We are also trying to raise the awareness of the Brigg branch of the Royal British Legion, to reach out to potential new members and support any local ex serviceman / servicewoman and families who are in need in any way shape or form, from home / hospital visits through to helping veterans with personal and financial needs however they are presented."


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ONE coconut water comes from young green coconuts. The liquid from these coconuts were then mixed with water and a few natural sweeteners. As a result, you get a refreshing drink with a mild sweet coconut flavor with no unwanted aftertaste.
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If you are ever wondering what O.N.E stands for, it means One Natural Experience. This refers to the name of the company which made this incredible coconut water. ONE is dedicated in serving the Earth and its people. In fact, some profits from the sales of O.N.E Coconut Water will support children's education.
The founder, Rodrigo Veloso, grew up drinking coconut water. As a child, he planned to bring this beverage to America. However, he doesn't want to be a beverage company – He has a different plan. He wants to be an advocate of healthy, natural drinks while helping some children go to school. His goal is to give people natural and healthy drinks in place of the sugary and artificial ones that we usually drink. This is why ONE Coconut water is made.
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Faerie Card Reading for the Week of May 20th – 26th, 2013
Card: Emotional Healing – from the Magical Messages from the Fairies deck by Doreen Virtue.
"As your heart heals of old emotional pain, you receive new blessings and love.
This card signifies that you're healing some old emotional pain – the first thing that comes to mind is exactly the issue you're resolving. As you let go of anger, guilt, or other emotional wounds, you awaken a new level of power within yourself that attracts everything you desire and more. Call upon the faeries, as well as supportive people or professionals, to help you through this time of healing. Know that you're lovable and that you deserve a happy heart."
Message from the Faeries: Do you hear all that cheering and applauding? That's us, your faerie cheerleaders, cheering you on. Wow guys! You are all doing some major and amazing healing work on yourselves right now. We are so very happy and proud of all of you for all the time and hard work you are putting into yourselves right now. It's not easy! We know how hard it is for all of you to be doing this deep healing work. Many of you are facing your core issues, and there is a lot of inner-child work being done on this planet right now. It's amazing! It's also feeling a bit "heavy" right now. We can assure you that this soon shall pass.
We aren't just here to be your cheerleaders though, we are here to help. So please, ask us to take some of the burden off your shoulders. Give us some chores to do! Put us to work! We love more than anything to help you out during this intense emotional time. What kind of help can we offer? Try not to be limited in your thinking. We can knit you a warm baby blanket that will help your inner-child or infant to feel safe in this world. We can hang out and give lots of love and nurturing to you directly. We can build you a beautiful imaginary healing garden for you to come and meditate in. We can surround you in constant white light. Whatever it is you feel we can do for you, please ask us. You don't need to do this all on your own.
See that faerie in the card? She is standing there healing the world. Guess what? When you do all this hard healing work on yourself, you are also helping to heal the world. No wonder it feels like such hard work! Guess what? All your hard work is going to pay off. Not only are you going to feel really good about yourself and feel all recharged and ready to be your awesome selves, but you are also going to receive a bounty for all the hard work that you do. You deserve it! Of course, you are going to have to do a bit of extra work there if you want to receive the bounty. All you have to do open yourself up to receive it. We hope you all choose to open up and receive your hard earned winnings. Once again we would like to remind you: You deserve it!
Keep up all the hard work! It's going to be so worth it!
Many blessings and abundance to all of you!
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The Northwest Indiana Times' Bob Kasarda brings attention to the fact that Indiana is one of only five states in the country without a hate crimes law despite plenty of evidence of bias-motivated crimes. Kasarda writes:
When Valparaiso police learned in October that someone had painted an offensive racial term and posted a cross at a local apartment complex, the department treated the incident as a potential hate crime.
The FBI was called in and steps were taken to address a failure by the responding officer to collect the cross as evidence, Valparaiso police Sgt. Mike Grennes said.
No arrests have been made. But even if someone eventually is apprehended, local officials can go no further with the case as a hate crime.
Indiana is one of only five states in the nation without legislation allowing prosecutors to enhance penalties for bias-motivated crimes, according to Adam Schupack, associate director of the greater Chicago offices of the Anti-Defamation League.
Kasarda explains, "Hate- or bias-motivated crimes are defined at the state and federal levels as offenses committed against a person or property that are motivated by a bias against the victim's race, religion, disability, national origin, ethnic origin or sexual orientation." "Sixteen suspected hate crimes have been reported statewide so far this year, and 51 were reported last year, said 1st Sgt. David Bursten, an Indiana State Police spokesman," Kasarda notes. He points out several hate crimes in the Northwest Indiana region in the past year alone:
-- Six bullet holes were discovered in July in the copper dome of the Michigan City Islamic Center in Pine Township. Doors, windows and a spotlight also were damaged.
-- An obscene racial term was found scrawled in February on the home of a Munster family from India. The month before, the family's vehicle blew up in their driveway.
-- Also in February, a 15-year-old Hobart High School freshman was charged with spray-painting racial epithets and a swastika near the home of a black resident in the city. The resident told police her telephone line also had been cut in the past.
While Indiana has a hate crime reporting law, the law has no teeth to ensure that law enforcement properly report all such incidents. Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi (R) supports the enactment of a hate crimes law. His office assures AI that it's at the top of his legislative agenda this year. His office recently prosecuted a case in Indianapolis where a group of individuals were held responsible for setting fire to a home on the city's near southside out of fear that a black family intended to move into the home--a fear that later turned out be based on a misunderstanding.
An Indiana State Police spokesman questions the need for a hate crimes law. "The proposed hate crime designation will not be any more effective than existing laws in preventing these types of offenses," Bursten said. "Crime is crime," he said. The Anti-Defamation League's Schupack disagrees. "We think it's important government acknowledge these crimes have a disproportionate impact on the community," he said. "The impact is serious enough that officials must resist the temptation to write off these offenses as mere pranks," Schupack said.
Rep. Duane Cheney (D-Portage) tells Kasarda he would support the legislation, but he doesn't think it will have a good chance of passage in a "conservative General Assembly." "I believe we have a duty to send a message that it is morally wrong on its face," he said of hate crimes, "especially in a nation where we claim to be welcoming to all."
Besides Indiana, only Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina and Wyoming don't have a hate crime law. That's not a distinction that helps Indiana's image in the least bit. Hopefully, Bursten of the Indiana State Police doesn't speak for the Daniels' administration. If the Daniels' administration plans to oppose Brizzi's legislative efforts this year, it's going to have some serious explaining to do.


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PHED shuns senate, implements new electricity tariff
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) has said it would undermine the Senate and the law court to enforce the new electricity tariff, saying they have no jurisdiction over electricity tariff matters.
Coporate Communication manager, Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, (PHED), Mr. Jona Iboma, insisted in Calabar on Friday, that the new tariff would soon be implemented by the DISCO. He gave insight into the position of the DISCO at a seminar to intimate customers with the new tariff order, which commenced month.
Iboma said appeal had been filled against the case instituted against the National Electricity Regulatory Commission(NERC), by an individual.
According to him, only NERC has the power to issue an order on tariff implementation, adding that a court or Senate order cannot halt the process.
"One, the case instituted against the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) was not instituted against DISCOs and that case instituted by AN individual has been appealed by the regulatory commission and so because an appeal has been filed, the statusquo remains.
"Two, NECR is the regulator of the industry. How many regulatory agencies can we have? The court cannot regulate the industry, Senate cannot regulate the industry and so the regulatory commission has issued a new tariff order to electricity distribution companies and that is what guide the industry today and until a counter order, is issued, we cannot be obeying any other person but the regulatory commission because that is the government organ that is established by law to regulate the industry,"Iboma said
The DISCO spokesman said the case that is before the court has not even been fully determined. "As a distribution company we are only following what the law is saying, a new tariff order, a new tariff law has been instituted and that is what we are implementing. All the DISCOs are implementing it.
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with mobile internet access getting more common, i'm probably not the only one waiting for a decent im client for the palm os. i've never had much luck with the yahoo! im client for palm, but i'm really more interested in a multi-server client like jabber anyway. well, two packages were recently released that do just that: bring jabber functionality to the palm os. there's chatopus and tipicme. according to the team over at cli�source, tipicme's interface is less than stellar, and they highly recommend chatopus. chatopus lets you into msn, icq, aim, yahoo!, gadugadu, sametime, and other servers. tipicme lets you into icq, msn, aim, and yahoo! servers. i'm without mobile internet access at the moment, but i'll tender my opinion as soon as i can. read more about these two new jabber clients for the palm os at cli�source.
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|big deal, so what (8:01pm est tue nov 25 2003)
what is this intense desire of palmers to have a palm do everything a comp can do. does it make you cool or something?
'hey guys check this out i can im to my friends on my palm, am i the **** or what?'
uh you suck
jonny stop palming yourself – by badger
|badger is stupid (7:01am est wed nov 26 2003)
yeah jabber sounds cool i have been reading up on that. hey totaly of the mark hear but gba normal edition that kinda ooks like an n-gage well whats the main differences spec wise from gba and gba sp is any? – by snooter
|verichat (9:56am est wed nov 26 2003)
verichat is cool and works fine on a handspring treo 600. – by cyril
|badger is cool… (2:53pm est mon dec 01 2003)
it must be cool to come up with such great cut downs…
palms are very usefull tools, if you don't understand that, you can continue to carry around your laptop, and pull it out at the supermarket just to keep track of your expendatures… go for it, idiot. – by badger hunter
|iming on palm (11:18pm est fri dec 19 2003)
yeah. it's actually quite cool to im on a palm, while no one knows where you are. if you use im with your colleagues, some of them may even think you are still in office, while you are actually out for some fun!
jabbering on the palm is particular cool. – by jabbering
|doing what ever on a palm. (11:33am est thu jun 02 2005)
it's not what you are doing in on a palm, that makes you cool. it is the fact that you can do it on a palm, that makes you cool. – by shalidar


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I know that there are hundreds if not thousands or hundreds of thousands of various things your blog and your website can be about but there's no point in going into any of these silly little niches if they aren't profitable.
Is scuba diving training profitable or surf boarding, I don't know, but by looking at these three components you can easily decide if a niche is worth going after. Figure out if you have competitors, ask yourself if you have any existing contacts in these areas and explain to me how this can help me.
First of all, you don't want to blaze a trail when it comes to marketing on or even off the internet. It's good to have competitors. Competitors mean that everyone else has already made the mistakes for you. It means that you already have some people you can contact for interviews or to promote you as an affiliate or even for you to promote as an affiliate and it's overall proof that it's possible to make money in this niche. That means that if you don't have any competitors at all or anyone to even compare yourself against, then that might not be a good niche for you.
The next thing you should think about is do you have any existing contacts in that niche. It's one thing to go on the internet one day and tell yourself I want to teach real estate, but it's quite another if you are an ex-realtor, if you know people who can recommend you or who can be a part of your product or who you can interview to capture leads. If you used to have a job in a certain industry that's perfect because it means you probably know people who can help you along the way. You almost never want to go into a niche cold. Go into something where you are already trained in that area, where you also know the players in that area so that you have an easier time not only making your products but getting traffic in the future as well.
Finally, think about the 'what's in it for me' factor because we want to make this exciting. If your niche was how to solve crossword puzzles, can you explain to me how that saves me money, saves me time, avoids pain or gains me pleasure, And if not, it's not a very good niche but it becomes a lot easier to justify any price or justify any offer if it's, for example, $100 and by buying this it saves me more than $100. If you were selling a real estate course for $1,000 and it saved me six months or a year of aggrevation, you could easily justify that to me. Think about if you can save money, save time, avoid pain or gain pleasure.
Those are the three components to figuring out if the niche you've chosen is profitable. Do you have competitors, contacts and what's in it for me,
One thing that bothers me is when I come across students who have a list of 10, 20, even 30, different topics or niches that they might make a website about. Guess what, If you haven't narrowed down your niche, which could be something like green energy, lawn care, weight loss or even real estate, unless you choose that topic you can't go any further because there's no domain name to make, there is no web page to create, there's no product to put up for sale. You need to choose a niche.
So how do you even think of an idea and narrow it down to just one of these possibilities, Think about what skills you have, what could you personally get paid for right now and who else is advertising in this niche.
It's funny because we all have certain skills. I know that you might have certain hobbies, you might have had certain jobs, you might have gone to school for one topic or another, you have a set of skills and some or all of them might be staring you in the face. For example, are you good at chess, Do you know how to repair cars, Do you know how to fix up a home, Any of these things could possibly be a niche where you could have an authority blog, put out articles and have some kind of membership site where people pay you to get advice. Think about what people ask you about all the time, even in person, because you are the expert on that subject.
Making the website and waiting for it to make money isn't that fun, is it, Let's think about what could you possibly get paid for right now to do a task for someone. If you're a lawyer that might mean setting up someone's business entity structure, setting up their LOCs and their S Corps and so on. If you are a writer then that might be ghost writing, but either way it's more fun to get a job right now that you bid on in a job site or get someone to pay you on an as needed basis. Do the work right now and get paid a few hundred dollars and now you have a case study or a starting point for some kind of training you might make in the future.
It doesn't matter what you are good at or what niche you decide on if no-one is making money in that niche then chances are you won't either and it's not going to be as fun unless you pick a topic where you can make money from it. That's why you need to search for that topic in the search engines, and on Facebook, and on other sites and figure out who is advertising in this niche because if people are paying for ads every single day that means they are making money with it. If other people are making money in these niches, then you can have a starting point, you can see how they do it and then you can do it too.
When deciding on a niche, first think about what skill you have, what kind of activity can you get paid for today or this week even offline in person. Finally, take a look at who is advertising in this niche and that will give you an idea, not only if that niche makes money but if you have chosen one that is too broad or too narrow.
I know that choosing a niche or a specific topic to make your website is a difficult choice especially because if you make the wrong choice then all the websites and all pages you make after that will also be bad. That's why you should choose a good niche the first time and when you're choosing a niche make sure that it is something that is mass market and profitable, something that is specific but at the same time something that is also appealing and fun to your target market.
What do I mean when a niche is both mass market and profitable, Mass market means that many people can use it. A lot of people, maybe not everyone, but many people want to lose weight or want to buy or sell a home and a niche such as weight loss is profitable because you see lots of infomercials, DVDs, courses and membership sites around that topic.
On the other hand, if we were to choose cable knit sweaters as our niche, that might be fun to use as a hobby but unless a lot of people are paying big money for materials or training about cable knit sweaters, then that is a niche you should stay away from.
Not just that but you need to get specific when you choose your niche because a niche like weight loss has so many possibilities that you end up looking just like everyone else because with weight loss there is different areas such as exercise or diet or specific types of weight loss such as fat loss and that means if you were to drill down one more level and make your niche fat loss instead of weight loss then now you look different than other people.
But it's not just that. We also need to make this a fun niche for our potential buyers because nobody likes to do work, nobody likes labor. We want to make whatever we are teaching something that is appealing and fun. For example, I used to teach computer programming and I would make the programming lessons very short and simple with a clearly defined outcome. What we could do if we were in the weight loss niche is not only narrow it down to fat loss but make it appealing and fun, narrow it down to fat loss without diet and exercise and you could have a series of training products about fat loss but specifically how to do it without diet or exercise.
Those are some good examples of specific niches and how you can decide on it. First of all, choose something that you know a lot about and ask yourself is it a mass market kind of topic and not only that, is it something that people are willing to pay for, Is this information valuable,
Step two – how specific can you make it while still making it something that people will pay money for and step three how can you spin it so that it is appealing and fun, making all your competitors dull and boring while keeping you exciting.
A niche is a unique topic where you are presenting your products, your articles and your blog post. A lot of people make the mistake of not making their niche specific enough, not having it unique enough or having it be something they don't enjoy. Avoid those mistakes entirely by following these three simple tips on choosing the right niche.
First of all you have to have your niche be unique and everything you put out including all your content, your training and your products, need to be about that exact niche. That means you shouldn't be selling one real estate product, one weight loss product and one exercise product. Focus on one area such as real estate. But not only that, you should get specific enough where you don't have too many competitors and where you can also differentiate yourself from everyone else, which means that if you were just teaching beginners' real estate or everything there was to know about real estate, then you would have a hard time convincing others why you are so special.
On the other hand, if you were specific enough to teach about foreclosure flipping, then you could show how you are the number one expert in buying foreclosure properties and flipping them and now you can become the expert in your field.
Finally, your niche needs to be something that you enjoy. After all, the reason why you are putting out your own products and your own information instead of having a day job is because you want to have something that gets you excited to get out of bed in the morning. That's why when you choose your niche, it should be something that you enjoy, something that you are good at and something where there is money in the niche where there are buyers. That's why in a niche such as real estate there are lots of people who are willing to pay for real estate training and if you are good at that and can prove you know it and enjoy it enough to keep marketing in that niche day in and day out then you have chosen a successful niche.
Those are the three things you should look at when choosing a niche. Make it a unique topic and produce all of your information in that area. Make it specific enough where you can show yourself as the number one expert in that topic. Finally make sure it's something that you enjoy, that you're good at and has money.
When you were deciding on what the topic of your website and your marketing is going to be, you always have that danger of choosing something that is either too broad or too specific and there is no clear cut formula to figure out if your niche is specific enough or not specific enough.
But you do know that your niche is not specific enough if your solution doesn't write itself. And what I mean by that is if you decide that your niche is going to be weight loss then what product would you make it in weight loss. It's not immediately clear. But if your niche was weight loss from running, then it's pretty clear that the topic you would make would be possibly a 30 day video course about how to train for running and how to lose weight by running or jogging or doing those kinds of exercises, but it's not as general as weight loss.
If you decided your niche was writing, well then what product would you make about writing, It's suddenly not very specific but what if the topic was article writing as a freelancer, Now you know that the product you are going to make is how to get work as a freelance article writer.
On the other hand, you might make it a little too narrow. And you know that a niche is too narrow if no-one is looking for that information. Many people probably are Google searching or asking on forums or looking on your blog for how to lose weight from running or how to become a freelance article writer. But if you can't find anyone looking for someone to write a legal contract for buying 1850s antiques then that is definitely a niche that is too specific. Someone who is experienced with buying and selling antique items, that might be a niche, but narrowing yourself down so much that no-one is looking for it and no-one else is selling that solution means that it is too narrow.
So how do you know that the niche you've decided on is just right, The big give-away on this is if you can easily think of a 'how to' product. In other words, a product that starts people at one position and takes them step by step to the end. If it was freelance article writing, then the step by step is first of all someone needs to decide what kind of article writer they will be, then figure out how to bid on jobs, then take a job, then write the articles and figure out how to get paid. That is an easy step by step process and you can justify why others would pay for this information because you can show how writing a certain number of articles can get you a job that pays a certain number of dollars which means that that is now worth the price of the course.
And that's how you choose if a niche is too broad or too narrow. Does the solution write itself, In other words if you think of the topic can you immediately think of what your information will teach, Do people actually want this information and do you have competitors selling it and is this a 'how to' step by step subject,


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When the first trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse hit earlier today we saw a lot of things for the first time. While this included the titular villain, we actually didn't get the best look at him. Many of the shots from the trailer obscured Apocalypse's face, or were of the "blink and you'll miss it" variety. You might chalk this up to some of the negative reaction that the first pictures of the character received, but according to the director, Apocalypse is going to look just great in the final cut.
The initial images of Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse that were released a few months ago were criticized by many fans. Comparisons to Power Ranger villain Ivan Ooze were made. The character was very purple and did not really look like much of the monster that the character is known to be. In some comments made to Empire, director Bryan Singer explains why Apocalypse looked the way he did, and also why it doesn't matter anyway.
That was a picture, and there were no visual effects. He's a very powerful and imposing character and Oscar acts the shit out of it.
While there are still few decent images of the character in the trailer, we have to agree that he certainly looks better here than he did in the still images. His costume is more blue than bright purple, and with the digital effects, like the one that turns him into a giant, he certainly does look imposing. Singer is putting a lot of his trust in Oscar Isaac's performance but from what the trailer shows us that may be a wise bet. His lines in the trailer certainly give the character gravitas, and we found ourselves not even looking at him so much, but, instead, listening to what he says. Even if there are issues with Apocalypse's physical appearance, Isaac may be able to use his performance to adequately distract people from them. Compare the image below to the one above and see what you think.
Overall it looks like a significant improvement. At the same time, post production is likely not finished yet, which means there's still plenty of time to make improvements to the character digitally, which sounds like it was the plan all along. Are you happy with the modifications, or does Apocalypse still look wrong to you?


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Find answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Waterbox Aquariums Rimless Aquariums. This FAQ provides basic Q&A information about our aquariums.
Waterbox exhibits at the following tradeshows: Global Pet Expo, Reef A Palooza Orlando and New York, Aquatic Experience and Interzoo.
For Advanced product support please submit a request through our support request form.
What is the Waterbox Warranty?
Click Here to view detailed Warranty.
How are Waterbox's shipped?
Waterboxes are securely boxed and crated. Click here to view our shipping page for more details.
Where are the loop bundles?
In order to allow for beginner through professionals to customize their Waterboxes we've discontinued the Loop bundle, however they can be purchased from authorized online vendors. If you'd like to find out more about Loop visit current-usa.com/loop/meet-loop/
Do you sell the tank separately?
At this time we do not sell the tank or stand separately. Waterbox aquariums are plug and play systems that meet the needs of beginner to advanced aquarists.
Do you sell the stand separately?
At this time we do not sell the tank or stand separately. Waterbox aquariums are plug and play systems that meet the needs of beginner to advanced aquarists.
What size is the plumbing that is included?
Waterbox uses custom engineered metric standard plumbing, our plumbing system is proprietary to the system. If you want to do some customization to the plumbing system you can go to places such as FlexPVC.com to find metric adapters.
How do you install the Gaskets on the overflow?
Each drain and return line bulkhead should have a gasket on the inside and outside of the glass. This will allow a water tight seal for each bulkhead.
My overflow is gurgling how do I fix this?
Use the gate/ball valve on your main drain line until the water level inside the overflow is just touching the top of the safety drain. This should make the overflow whisper quiet.
What are the extra white pieces with my cabinet hardware?
They are intended to secure the top panel to the side panels for added support. These are optional to use.
Do you sell a lid for the aquarium?
We do not offer any lid systems for our rimless aquariums however there are 3rd party companies you can contact such as Reef Tops.
My Pump is not working who do I call?
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Join us for a great Austin evening! We will get on the water for our bat-watching tour and then stay on the water to view the fireworks! See the famous bat colony up close, avoid traffic and parking nightmares to get to the fireworks, listen to the orchestra while relaxing on the water and view the fireworks from the coolest and closest seat available with a uniquely Austin vibe!
Tour Details:
- Tour Date: July 4th
- Tour Price: $70/person
- Meeting Time: 6:30PM
- Trip time: Approx 3 hours
- Featuring: Music, Bats, and Fireworks!
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Authors: Mohamad Koteich, Gilles Duc, Abdelmalek Maloum, Guillaume Sandou
Conference: The Third International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering and their Applications (EECEA2016), Apr 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.
Abstract: This paper presents a unified modeling approach of alternating current (AC) machines for low-cost high-performance drives. The Equivalent Flux concept is introduced. Using this concept , all AC machines can be seen as a non-salient synchronous machine with modified (equivalent) rotor flux. Therefore, complex salient-rotor machines models are simplified, and unified shaft-sensorless AC drives can be sought. For this purpose, a unified observer-based structure for rotor-flux position and speed estimation is proposed. The equivalent flux concept generalizes the existing concepts, such as the extended back-electromotive force, the fictitious flux and the active flux.


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Cara Delevingne & Michelle Rodriguez Lean In For a Kiss at Knicks Game
Cara Delevingne leans in for a smooch with Michelle Rodriguez as the duo watch the Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks game held at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday (January 7) in New York City.
After the game, the 21-year-old model and 35-year-old actress walked together out into the frigid evening, karate kicking the air as they made their way through midtown Manhattan.
"Get out the licks for the Knicks @kellanlutz" Cara tweeted while at the game, along with a pic of her and Kellan Lutz. See the photo below!
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It has come to our attention that, over the last week or so, one person has been responsible for all of the following single observer records: Lanceolated Warbler, Pechora Pipit, Black-throated Thrush, Arctic Warbler, Black-bellied Dipper, Red-throated Pipit and Firecrest (which is considerably rarer than Lancy, Pechora, Arctic Warbler or Red-throated Pipit in Shetland).
Other people have looked for most of these birds, but not one has been confirmed by anyone else. Now, it's been a pretty good October in Shetland, with around 50 BB rarities so far (compared with one [Long-billed Dowitcher] in Scilly – just thought I'd throw that in), but for one person to have found all that lot would be amazing. To have claimed all that lot with a single observer rate of 100% is nothing less than utter bollocks.
Apparently when someone met this bloke and showed him an Arctic Warbler at Wester Quarff the other day he said "Oh, that's an Arctic Warbler is it? It doesn't look like the one I saw at Kergord yesterday." No, because that was a Chiffchaff.
Verdict: guilty as charged. You are hereby sentenced to spend all of next October on Muckle Flugga with no bins or mobile phone.


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30 August, 2014
New Kit In Stores- Pumpkin Spice
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27 August, 2014
New Kit In Stores- Nuts About Autumn
You can find this sweet Autumn kit in all my stores
located over there on the right. ;)
I enjoy seeing your creations with my kits.
You can send them to me at:
(remove the brackets in my email.)
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13 August, 2014
Beautiful Blog Award
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12 August, 2014
Awards Time Again!!
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FTU- Time 4 School Kit
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10 August, 2014
Funeral Of Hearts 1 & 2- Revamped & Now At Mystical Scraps
You can now find it ONLY at Mystical Scraps.
You can now find it ONLY at Mystical Scraps.
I enjoy seeing your creations with my kits.
You can send them to me at:
(remove the brackets in my email.)
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PTU- Midnight Mermaid
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This tutorial is borne from my own manipulated lil' mind.
Any similarity to any other tutorial(s) is purely coincidental.
This tutorial was written for those who have a working
knowledge of PSP and was written using PSP X1,
tho' any version should work.
Supplies Needed:
Scrapkit: I'm using the beautiful
Midnight Ocean kit from Tasha's Playground.
You can find more information on this kit & where to find it
on Tasha's blog, here.
Tube: I'm using the artwork of Anna Liwanag.
This is a PTU tube & you can find more
of her artwork here at CDO.
Do not use this artwork unless you have a license to do so
& have purchased the tube.
Mask: of choice
Filters: (optional) Photo Tools- Gradient Sky- Compliment
Eye Candy 4000- Gradient Glow
Font: Pea Meagan's Hand
Drop shadow: 3 3 55 10, black
Save your progress often.;)
Let's do this! =)
Open a new canvas 650 X 650 px.
Copy & paste a paper of choice into your canvas.
Apply your mask of choice & merge group.
Resize your mask if needed.
Now, copy & paste TP_MO_frame05.
Keep it in the center of the canvas.
With your magic wand, click inside the 2 outer frames.
Selections-Modify-Expand by 5. Invert.
Now copy & paste TP_MO_paper05
(or other 'scenic' paper of choice).
Hit delete & select none. Crop to canvas.
Move the paper below your frame in layers palette.
Now on your paper layer, apply
Photo Tools- Gradient Sky- Compliment
at these settings, if you want:
Do not add a drop shadow to the frame yet.
We'll come back. ;)
Next, copy & paste TP_MO_frame04.
Keep it centered where it's at.
With your magic wand, click inside the frame.
Selections-Modify-Expand by 5. Invert.
Now copy & paste TP_MO_paper05
(or the same 'scenic' paper you used before)
& resize about 60%.
Position in it in the frame how you want it,
so it somewhat lines up with the other paper.
Hit delete & keep selected.
Copy & paste your tube or closeup.
Resize it about 60% or as much as needed.
Position it so its in the lower right of frame.
Hit delete & select none.
Move both the paper & your tube below the
frame in your layers palette.
Add a drop shadow to this frame.
Duplicate your closeup.
On the top one, add a Gaussian Blur of 3.
Change your blend mode to Soft Light.
Then, on the bottom one, change the blend
mode to Luminance (L) & add a drop shadow.
Now add your main tube.
Resize it the best you can so the size
matches up with your closeup.
Place over your closeup tube.
Then, with your magic wand, make a
selection around the tube except the part
that over hangs into the left frame.
Hit delete & select none.
You should now only have the tail left. ;)
Now, go back to your first frame.
On the left side, click inside
with your magic wand. Invert only.
Then, move your 'tail' layer down in your
layers palette so it's just above the frame.
Then use your eraser to erase only the
top part of the tail at the top of the frame.
Select none.
Now add a drop shadow to your tail & frame.
Now we'll add some elements.
For each one, I added a drop shadow to,
unless specified otherwise.
TP_MO_e10- 55%
Place in the upper left corner
of the left frame.
Move below your tail in layers palette.
Duplicate & mirror.
TP_MO_e61- 75%.
Left click in layers palette & send to bottom.
Move above your mask layer.
Position it on the left side,
like my example.
TP_MO_e50- 65%. Mirror.
Move over to the lower left of the frame.
Then move below the frame in layers palette.
TP_MO_e58- 23%. Move to the top right
of the middle frame & move below frame
in layers palette. Change the opacity to 65%.
NO drop shadow.
TP_MO_e46- 55%.
Position it in the top middle
of the center frame.
TP_MO_e14- 45%.
Place over on the lower left corner
of frame 1. Duplicate & mirror.
TP_MO_e06- 60%. Place with the other
shell on the left. Duplicate & mirror.
TP_MO_e20- 55%
Place on the left of the center frame,
move down slightly.
TP_MO_e07- 70%
Place on the right of the center frame.
Move down slightly.
TP_MO_e22- 45%
Place slightly off to the right of middle frame.
Move down slightly. Duplicate & mirror.
TP_MO_e11- 80%
Place at the bottom center
of the middle frame.
TP_MO_e24- 45%.
Position in the center of the middle frame,
at the bottom.
TP_MO_e47- 60%
Position off to the right of center frame.
Move down slightly.
Duplicate & move that one down
& to the right slightly.
TP_MO_e02- 55%. Place on the lower right
of the middle frame. Duplicate & mirror.
TP_MO_e30- 30%
Place on the right of the compass.
TP_MO_e18- 50%.
Place on the left, like my example.
TP_MO_e15- 45%. Rotate 15 left.
Place off to the lower left of center frame.
TP_MO_e34- 30%
Place slightly to the right of the anchor.
TP_MO_e36- 30%
Place on the right.
TP_MO_e38- 45%. rotate 20 right.
Place him on the lower left.
TP_MO_e41- 45%. Rotate 25 right.
Place with the other starfish on the top left of frame 1.
Duplicate & mirror.
Add any other elements if you prefer.
Crop your tag to remove some of the excess
blank space on the top & bottom of the tag.
Resize to your own preference.
Now add your proper copyrights & watermarks.
Now add your name.
Add a gradient glow at these settings:
Then add your drop shadow.
Finally, merge visible, save as a PNG & enjoy.
I hope you enjoyed trying this tutorial. =)
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09 August, 2014
You Rawk My Socks Award 2
Posted by Magik at 16:15
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You Rawk My Socks Award
Posted by Magik at 14:28
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08 August, 2014
Time For Some Awards....
Posted by Magik at 19:49
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PTU- Diamond Faerie
Posted by Magik at 14:00
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Labels: Barbara Jensen, ptu tut, Tasha's Playground
07 August, 2014
FTU CU- Okay Basketball Templates
Posted by Magik at 19:53
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Labels: CU, CU freebie, ftu, ftu CU
06 August, 2014
Schoolgirl Blues In Stores Now
Posted by Magik at 21:04
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04 August, 2014
Razorblade Kiss Now At Mystical Scraps
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03 August, 2014
Tag Show- offs & Blog Layout
Now as for the blog layout.
First of all, I normally do NOT do
blog layouts for anyone else.
I will do my own & that's pretty much it.
I just use the tools that come with Blogger
& my PSP.
I have Artisteer (or whatever it's called)
& refuse to use it, since I visit many blogs that
are designed with that & they just do NOT load
correctly or don't look right. >.<
Anyway, Alisha had asked me to make her a blinkie
for her blog. Again, this is something I rarely
ever do. And I made her this one:
I used my Stardust & Moonlight kit to make it.
She liked the blinkie & then asked me if I could
make her blog match it. Again, I only do my own blog,
BUT! I gave it a go & this is a screenshot of it:
You can see the layout on her blog here, too.
I actually love how it turned out. =)
And since I made her new clothes for her blog,
I also had to make her this matching siggy:
Thank you so much for looking. =)
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Hello everybody,
I was using Firefox ESR 52.9.0 before and I'm using Basilisk to extend the time of XUL availability a bit. I was using a full theme in ESR, it's called "FXChrome" (version 52).
it installed pretty well in Basilisk and it was looking good. I didn't think it might cause a problem. However, after a while, I realized Basilisk suddenly crashed or simply disappeared when browsing to some websites. After some analyzes and disabling all other addons, I came to the conclusion that the cause of the crashes was this very theme.
The Link to the theme is here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... version-52
To make myself clear: this theme works perfectly fine at the first glimpse. But after surfing to some sites, Basilisk suddenly disappears/crashes without error messages. I suspect iframes with html5/video containers on that sites might be a reason.
However, I can't tell what it is. There is no error log and the Browser just disappears.
I wanted to fix this theme so it doesn't crash Basilisk on some sites. But I have no idea how to get the information why it crashes - no logs or anything.
Could you please tell me either how to find out what causes the problems or how to fix this theme for Basilisk?
I want to add an URL where this problem happens:
--> https://apina.biz/167011 (be warned, there might be some random NSFW content when you visit).
I didn't find any errors specific to the FXchrome theme/extension in the Browsers "error console". However there is no doubt that this theme is the reason for the crash. Enable/Disable the theme, visit the URL, you will see it crashes / doesn't crash depending on the theme.
FXChrome 52 Theme
Board for discussions around the Basilisk web browser.
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Welcome to Broadcast Jounralism. Here you will find all the things you need should you miss class or if you just need a reminder of what we went over in class each day. Below you will find our syllabus, class posters, power points, and homework assignments in case you ever miss class. As it says in the syllabus you can contact me at any time!
Read all about our curriculum, homework policy, late work policy, and much more!
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Want to know what we went over in class because you weren't there? Or maybe you were there, but not paying attention...either way, check out our daily objectives and work.
Classroom Posters
Want to see that anchor chart at home? Want to admire Mr. Schmitz's super awesome art work when you're not at school. Check it out here.
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We have some amazing authors among us, and they deserve to have their work read by the world! You can click on the picture above and see some of our communities best work. Feel free to give them a high five after reading what they have to say. Or, gain some inspiration from your peers. Whatever you do, make sure to stop by and see this work!


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Press Freedom Festival in Rabat
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), UNESCO's Office for Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia, the Moroccan Association for investigative journalism (AMJI) and the Ibn Rochd Centre are organizing a three-day festival in Rabat. The Festival will include various activities such as conferences, training sessions, art exhibition, movie screening and live entertainments.
Each year, the World Press Freedom Day celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom as well as professionals and citizens who fight for the right for freedom of expression, despite the dangers existing in many areas.
The Rabat festival aims to provide a professional and public platform to foster dialogue and exchanges on freedom of expression and press freedom as fundamental pillars of a democratic society.
Among the planned key activities, the conference on 3 May, entitled "Safe to speak: ensuring freedom of expression in all media", will focus on issues of journalists' safety, combating impunity and online safety, with journalists and bloggers' testimonies, workshops and a presentation of the UN plan of action on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity.
The World Press Freedom Day 2013 general theme will be discussed from a North African perspective with a particular focus on the specificities, challenges and opportunities that exist in Morocco. The conference will bring together journalists, bloggers, media professionals, civil society as well as governmental representatives. The conference will be followed by the official presentation of the new press code by the Moroccan Ministry of Communication and discussions around.
Another highlight of the festival is the international exhibition of Mail Art to promote press freedom and freedom of expression in the Arab world called "Once upon a time ... the Arab Spring" that will be launched on 4 May. The festival also includes three trainings on investigative journalism, on the techniques of web search, and on new media and citizen journalism.
The festival receives support from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Free Press Unlimited, International Media Support and the Embassy of Netherlands in Morocco.
Detailed programme is available at: www.amjipress.com and http://rabat.unesco.org.


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New NASA Satellite Photos Show Japan Tsunami Devastation
NASA has updated new satellite photographs that show the extent of flooding in Japan following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake (and related aftershocks) that hit the country on Friday. The images, shot with NASA's Terra satellite, makes it quite a bit more difficult to find parts of Japan's coastlineat least, when compared to an earlier satellite image where the country's edges are a lot more discernable.
A tsunami tore into Japan's countryside following the main Friday earthquake, whose epicenter was located about 80 miles east of the city of Sendai. The quake itself hit around 15.2 miles beneath the seafloor, and the resulting surge of water generated by the seismic activity reached a maximum height of around 24 feet, as measured in Soma, Fukushima all of one hour after the 8.9-magnitude quake.
As seen on the NASA image, Japan's coastline near Sendai goes from easily definableas seen in a comparison image shot on February 26, 2011to one that's basically erased. Only a thin green line provides any sort of references for the coastline previously shot, as large pockets of blue water now break up the solid edge of the country that appeared on NASA's previously shot satellite image.
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"Both images were made with infrared and visible light, a combination that increases the contrast between muddy water and land," reads NASA's description of the satellite images. "Plant-covered land is green, while snow-covered land is pale blue. Clouds are white and pale blue. The paved surfaces in the city of Sendai colors it brown."
A second image, shot later in the day via NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on its Aqua satellite, shows a more photographically accurate version of Japan's coast. In this shot, a large plume of smoke can be seen emanating from Sendai itselfpresumably the result of a fire at a refinery following Friday's quake.
The earthquake was the largest to hit Japan in its history, in addition to registering as the fifth most powerful earthquake since 1900both categorizations coming from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Update: See how Google and other tech giants like Twitter, Apple, and Microsoft are helping with the quake response effort, as well as attendees at SXSW. Also, check out where you can donate.


text: My life is one big blue bouncy ball right now. I am bouncing as I type (special new skill) with our 13 week old baby strapped to my body. He sleeps with the constant motion of the bouncing. My thighs are becoming strong and my knee joints seem to be a little sad. I keep reminding myself that this, too, shall pass and that one day he will not want me to bounce him on the blue bouncy ball. When I am feeling tired I invite myself to remember the impermanence of these moments and that I can do some stretching to care for my muscles after bouncing him, sometimes for hours. I love the subtle movements that the brilliant Alex Auder (www.maguyoga.com) teaches. I am realizing, in my 44 year old body, that the giant asanas do not actually help me as much as soft, gentle, delicate movements into my tight fascia. I wonder what muscles are being activated as I bounce up and down. I try to engage my abdominal muscles when I can remember to do so. I try to sit up tall on my ischial tuberosities. During these first few months of welcoming this little being into our lives, I have experienced quite a few moments of falling deep into a hole of despair and grief and hopelessness. The good news is that I knew enough to reach out to my most excellent psychiatrist and have my medication adjusted. I also knew enough to tell the people around me that I was struggling and that I needed prayers. Another change that I made was to stop reading and listening to astrology forecasts. I came to realize that I was starting to become compulsive about reading and listening, and that I was allowing the forecasts to influence how I experienced my days. It is interesting the space that I feel after letting go of reading these writings. One day at a time. I do feel a bit lighter in my mood as a result of A) increased Lexapro and B) no astrological input. I know that I can bounce down down down, quite low, AND that now I have the tools to bounce back up and function and enjoy my very beautiful, precious life. Again, my life is one big blue bouncy ball. I am on minute 62 now of bouncing with little Orion on my body. Up and down. Up and down.


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The day Romance Writers of America® notifies finalists in the annual Golden Heart® and RITA® contests is big event in the RWA world. I'm in a plotting group with Kris Kennedy and Presents authors Natasha Tate, and Jennie Lucas. We meet annually for a long weekend of chocolate, potato chips, wine, and to plot two books apiece. This year our annual retreat coincided with the Golden Heart and RITA finalist announcement day. Knowing I'd be out of town with two manuscripts entered in the Golden Heart, I'd checked my membership with RWA and saw that they had my cell phone number (you know, just in case).
We'd rented a vacation house, which didn't include Internet, but we were occasionally
At various points throughout the morning, I was able reload the RWA website to see which finalists had been notified. Seeing friends' names,
At this point in the story I need pause and say, unbeknownst to all of us, when we took the break from plotting Jennie's book, Natasha thought she'd turned off her digital recorder but hadn't. The moment of discovery had been captured for posterity. You can listen to it here. It is only a minute and twenty seconds long.
Check the volume on your computer and don't play this if there is a need for quiet.. There's, um, a little bit of excitement. :)
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Biden acknowledged the mayor, a former NBA player, during the event in Washington, D.C.
"And I told the president, next game, I have him," said Biden. "Just remember, I may be a white boy, but I can jump."
The quip, referencing the 1990s film starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson, was followed by laughter.
"I think we can take him," Biden said.
This is the second reference to California this week for the vice president. During an appearance on "Late Night With Seth Meyers," Biden praised Gov. Jerry Brown's involvement with the high-speed rail project.
Jerry Brown is leading the country in having high-speed rail," Biden said. "I mean by high-speed rail, rail that can go 230, 240 miles an hour. It's environmentally more sound, it is economically more sound, it makes sense in every way and it's about time we get up and do it.


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Eight Forty-Eight
The Weekend Guide: Artist Myra Greene
Artist Myra Greene is usually busy at work inside the darkroom. Take her latest project, My White Friends. That title tells it like it is. The project is a collection of photos of her white friends!
But today she's stepping away from the camera to bring you The Weekly Guide which might include a snapshot or two!
Myra Greene is an artist and photography professor at Columbia College Chicago.
Myra Greene's Picks:
Northwestern Women's volleyball
Friday at 7 p.m.: vs. Illinois
Saturday at 7 p.m.: vs Wisconsin
Green City market goes indoors
Sat from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Critical Mixed Race Conference:
Nov 5 and 6
Location: DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus Building: Student Center 2250 North Sheffield Avenue
First Friday: Elisabeth Ernst-Artist at Catherine Edleman Gallery
Museum of Contemporary Photography


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ABU DHABI // This Sunday, October 2, will be a public holiday for all government and private sector workers to mark Al Hijri New Year The Islamic year consists of 12 lunar months and is 10 to 12 days shorter than the Gregorian year. Najaf (IraqiNews.com) The Supreme Religious Authorities in Najaf province announced Wednesday as the first day of Tho al-Hija Hijri month consequently the Friday of the next week will be the first day of Eid al-Adha. A source from the office of the Four of the twelve Hijri Months are considered sacred: Rajab (7), and the three consecutive months of Dhū al-Qa'dah (11), Dhu al-Ḥijjah (12) and Muḥarram (1). [4] As the lunar calendar lags behind the solar calendar by about ten days every gregorian Many Muslims are oblivious to the Hijri calendar, such that most are unaware of what lunar year or month we are currently in.
Most of our children are unaware of the names of the Arabic months let alone able to name them in the correct order. The concern who has accorded special care to Hijri Months timings and months." He added that the royal directive was to adopt the Bahraini calendar to ensure accuracy of prayer times and lunar months. Muslims around the world will be marking the first month of the Islamic calendar, also known as Hijri New Year, the second holiest month in the religion's calendar following Ramadan The first month of new Islamic Hijri year 1438 Muhurram will start Sunday .
Muharram is the first month of the lunar Hijri Calendar, followed by muslims the world over. The Islamic Calendar, used by many Muslim nations of the world, is used to ascertain most Islamic religious observances including the Ramadan fasting, Hajj The actual starting date for the Calendar was chosen (on the basis of purely lunar years, counting backwards) to be the first day of the first month (1 MuHarram) of the year of the Hijrah. The Islamic (Hijri) calendar (with dates that fall within the in line with the directives of HM the King who has accorded special care to Hijri timings and months since his accession to the throne in 1999. Dr. Al Meftah added that the royal directive to adopt the Bahraini calendar aim to ensure accuracy of prayer The actual starting date for the calendar was chosen (on the basis of purely lunar years, counting backwards) to be the first day of Muharram, the first Hijri Months of the year of the Hijra. The Islamic calendar is usually abbreviated AH in Western languages .
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John Paul Jones to the American Commissioners, 4 July 1778
John Paul Jones to the American Commissioners
ALS: University of Virginia Library; AL (draft): National Archives; copy: United States Naval Academy Museum
Passy July 4th. 1778
When Congress thought proper to order me to France it was proposed that the Ranger should remain under my direction and be Commanded by a Lieutenant, and as the French Ministry have now in contemplation Plans which promise Honor to the American Flag, the Ranger might be very Useful to Assist in carrying them into execution.
Lieutenant Simpson has certainly behaved amiss; Yet I can forgive as well as resent, And upon his making a proper Concession, I will with your Approbation not only pardon the past but leave him the Command of the Ranger. By this means, and by some little promotions and Attentions that may be consistent, I hope to be able to satisfy the Rangers Crew so that they will postpone their return as long as the service may require. I have the Honor to be with sentiments of due Esteem and Respect Gentlemen Your very Obliged, very Obedient very humble Servant
Jno P Jones
Their Excellencies the American Plenipotentiaries &ca.
Addressed: Their Excellencies / The American Plenipotentiaries / at the Court of / France.
Notations: Capn. Jones about Lt. Simpson / J.P. Jones to Amen. Plenips. 4 July 1778.


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Last year, OCZ was the first vendor to mass market affordable, high-capacity solid state disks with its Core Series. While those drives ushered in an age of affordable SSDs, a huge price gap continued between value-priced SSDs that offer middling performance and high-priced, high-speed models. With its Vertex series, OCZ bridged that gap, offering top-notch read and write rates at a relatively affordable price.
When we first tested the Vertex in May 2009, we gave it our Editor's Choice award, based on its ground-breaking performance, performance which blew away even the legendary Intel X25-M. Since then, OCZ has issued several firmware updates to increase the speed of its drive, butslew of competitors have stepped up their game, releasing their own affordable high-speed SSDs, many ofwhich are based on the same controller chip.Though the race is tight, the Vertex remainsour leading choice, because of its strong combination of performance, value, and support.
Editor's Note - 7/29/09: This review was updated to reflect a new round of testing that was conducted in July 2009, pitting the Vertex (with updated firmware) against a new series of competitors.
Design and Form Factor
TheOCZ Vertexcomes in a standard 2.5-inch form factor and uses a standard SATA interface. Most notebooks made in the past couple of years support drives of this size and come with SATA ports. However, some ultraportable and thin-and-light systems such as the Lenovo ThinkPad T400s use smaller 1.8-inch drives; before you upgrade, be sure to check your manual.
You won't spend a lot of time staring at an SSD, so the way its casing looks isn't critical. Still, when you plunk down hundreds of dollars on a drive, you want it to look sturdy. The drive's plain black metal case, adorned with a Vertex sticker, is not very attractive, but at least appears solid.
*Capacity Note: Though the Vertex is labeled and marketed as 120GB, it's actually got 128GB worth of memory. Unlike most storagevendors, OCZlists only the amount of drive space that is visible under Windows.
Controller and Cache Memory
Like all but the most expensive server-class drives these days, the Vertex uses multi-level cell (MLC) rather than pricey single-level cell (SLC) NAND Flash memory to store its data. While MLC-based drives used to be weak performers, current-generation controller chips have made it possible to achieve incredibly strong performance.
Just as the CPU is the computer's brain, the controller chip does all the thinking in SSDs. Like several other leading SSDs on the market today, theOCZ Vertexuses an Indilinx Barefoot controller with 64MB of DRAM cache. Other Indilinx-based drives include the Patriot Torqx, RunCore Pro IV, and Super Talent UltraDrive ME.
The Barefoot is popular with vendors because it offers great read and write performance at a reasonable price, and because its firmware is upgradable. OCZ has issued a number of firmware upgrades since releasing the drive in spring 2009. Our latest tests were conducted with firmware version 1.30.
TheOCZ Vertexwas placed into our standard testbed, a Gateway P-7808u FX with a Mobile Quad Core processor, 4GB of RAM, and Vista Home Premium 64-bit. We use this high-performance system with all of our drives so we can see their full potential. The Vertex was put through our standard suite of tests, which include:
Synthetic Benchmarks - Measures read transfer rate and seek time under ideal conditions.
File Transfer Tests - Time to copy files from one folder to another.
Zip/Unzip Tests - Time to create and extract large zip files.
Application Open Tests - Time to launch popular applications, both alone and while multi-tasking.
Boot Time - Time from power on to last tray icon loaded.
Synthetic Benchmark - HD Tune
To get a baseline idea of what to expect in terms of performance, we tested the Vertex using HD Tune, a program that measures both seek time (the time it takes for the drive to locate data) and read transfer rates (the average amount of sequential data read to the computer per second). While high transfer rates should help most with loading large pieces of data, low seek times allow a disk to quickly launch an application, which is made of many small files.
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The Vertex, like almost every other SSD we tested, had a 0.2 ms seek time. Its average read transfer rate of 172.1 MBps is second only to the Patriot Torqx, and is miles ahead of slower SSDs such as the Imation M-Class and Kingston V-Series--not to mention the Fujitsu MHZ2320BJ, the fastest 7,200 rpm hard drive we've tested.
File Copy Tests
To see how the Vertex was able to read and write data in real-world situations, we conducted two file copy tests. In the first test, we copied 4.97GB of mixed media files--music, video, photos, and documents--from one folder to another. In the second, we copied only one 3.5GB MPEG-2 video from one folder to another. Both tests were conducted three times, and the results were averaged.
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While it did not lead the pack, the OCZ Vertex was only seconds behind the leaders, returning strong scores that were on par other Indilinx Barefoot-based drives such as the Super Talent UltraDrive ME and RunCore Pro IV.
Zip/Unzip Tests
In addition to simple file copies, we tested the Vertex's ability to zip and unzip large files. In our first test, where we zip 4.97GB of mixed media files, the drive notched a respectable 4:24 completion time, which was on a par with the UltraDrive ME and Summit, though a bit behind the RunCore Pro IV. When unzipping the large zip file we'd created, the Vertexwas also extremely fast, finishing in 2:43, just 3 seconds shy of the Super Talent UltraDrive ME.
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Application Open Tests
Perhaps the most important benefit a high-speed SSD can provide is faster application and file open times. The less time you spend waiting for programs to launch, the more time you can spend being productive. To measure this benchmark, we use custom scripts that display time stamps when apps start and finish launching.
The four programs we used were Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Reader 9, Firefox 3, and Microsoft Word 2007. Firefox and Word were timed opening to blank pages, while Adobe Reader was opened to a large PDF (the 7.2MB, 567-page 9/11 Commission Report) and Photoshop was opened to a 398MB TIF file.
To ensure the accuracy of these tests, we disabled Windows Vista's built-in SuperFetch service, which preloads frequently used applications into memory and affects open times. We tested each application three times, rebooting between tests to clear the system memory, and then calculated the averages. The chart below shows the average open time for each drive across all four apps, while the table shows individual open times for each app on each drive.
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|Adobe Reader 9 PDF
|Firefox 3
|Photoshop CS4 TIF
|Word 2007
|Super Talent UltraDrive ME
|OCZ Summit Series (120GB)
|RunCore Pro IV (128GB)
|Patriot Torqx (128GB)
|OCZ Vertex (120GB)
|Imation M-Class (128GB)
|Kingston V-Series
|Fujitsu MHZ2320BJ 320GB (7,200rpm)
TheVertex providedstrong open times of 5.9 seconds for Adobe Reader, 0.8 seconds for Firefox 3, and 2.1 seconds for Word 2007. Photoshop CS4 opened in a lightning quick 9.1 seconds, which was only 0.1 seconds slower than the leaders on this test, the OCZ Summit and Patriot Torqx. In comparison to slower SSDs and the 7,200 rpm hard drive, the OCZ Vertex is as much as 200 percent faster on demanding applications such as Photoshop.
Application Opens Under Stress
To measure the Vertex's ability to handle multitasking situations, we ran the same application open tests while zipping 4.97GB of mixed media in the background. The stress of performing an input/output-intensive task such as zipping slows down the open times of every application on every drive we test, but the amount of slowdown really separates the contenders from the pretenders. On the fastest drives, open times are still reasonable under stress, but on the slowest the wait can make you want to pull your hair out.
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|Adobe Reader 9 PDF
|Firefox 3
|Photoshop CS4 TIF
|Word 2007
|OCZ Vertex (120GB)
|Patriot Torqx (128GB)
|Super Talent UltraDrive ME
|RunCore Pro IV (128GB)
|OCZ Summit Series (120GB)
|Imation M-Class (128GB)
|Kingston V-Series
|Fujitsu MHZ2320BJ 320GB (7,200rpm)
It was in this all-important series of tests that the Vertex pulled slightly ahead of its closest competitors, deliveringa slew of best-in-class scores. When opening the PDF in Adobe Reader under stress, theVertex was barely fazed, returning a time of 5.7 seconds, actually .2 seconds faster than it took with no stress. Firefox 3 opened in just 1.8 seconds under stress, a mere 1 second longer than it took when launching alone. Under stress, the Vertex opened Word 2007 in a record-fast 4.0 seconds, which is only 1.9 seconds longer than it took alone, and still miles ahead of the 7,200-rpm drive launching Word 2007 alone.
The Photoshop CS4 open test is the most intense, and it always shows in stress open times. Here, the Vertex showed why it is a LAPTOPEditor's Choice, finishing in just 18.2 seconds, which is the best we've seen yetand at least .8 seconds faster than every drive except the RunCore Pro IV (which was .1 seconds behind the Vertex). The slower SSDs from Imation and Kingston took 30 and 60 seconds, respectively, while the 7,200-rpm mechanical hard drive took an interminable 2 minutes.
Boot Times
Many factors affect start-up time besides drive speed--post time, time to power up devices, start-up programs--so even a blazing SSD may not have much effect on boot time. That said, the OCZ Vertex booted Vista on our test notebook faster than any other SSD, averaging49.3 seconds from power on until the last tray icon loaded.
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Support and Warranty
OCZ was arguably the first to release a drive with the ground-breaking Indilinx Barefoot controller when it rolled out the Vertex in spring 2009. Since launch, the company has supported its drive to the tune of at least five firmware updates, which improved performance signifiicantly. Firmware updates will be even more necessary in the future for users to take advantage of Windows 7's built-in support of Trim, a set of commands designed to improve SSD performance. (For a detailed explanation of TRIM, seeMicrosoft's Q & Aor thisgraphical representation from Anandtech.)
Because the Indilinx controller already supports Trim even without Windows 7,OCZprovides Vertex users with a performance refresh tool that purges pages of flash data that have been marked for deletion so it can maintain fast write speeds.
The OCZ Summit is covered by a three-year manufacturer's warranty on parts and labor, as is OCZ's Vertex drive and Kingston's SSDNow V-Series. Super Talent, RunCore, and Imation offer only two-year warranties, while Patriot offers a ten-year warranty. OCZ also provides toll-free phone support and very strong Web support for all of its drives, with highly-active community forums where staff frequently answer the most detailed technical questions.
Value and Verdict
When we first evaluated the Vertex, we noted that it wasthe first consumer SSD we'd tested that truly offers groundbreaking performance at an affordable price per gigabyte, particularly in the 120GB capacity, a sweet spot for many upgraders. We said that, though the Vertex is still pricey relative to a 7,200-rpm hard drive (the 320GB Fujitsu MHZ2320BJ, for example, costs $79.99 or 25 cents per gigabyte) upgrading to a high performance SSD has such a massive impact on day-to-day tasks like opening applications and copying files that it can make an old notebook feel new.
Today, the race has tightened and, as of this revision (7/29/09), other Indilinx Barefoot-based drives offer similarly strong performance at comparable prices. Because of OCZ's aggressiveness in issuing numerous firmware updates and because of the drive's leading performance on the all-important app opens under stress tests, we continue to give this drive our highest recommendation. However, other Indilinx-based drives like thePatriot TorqxandSuper Talent UltraDrive MEcome close to the OCZ Vertex on some tests and best it on others, so street price at the time you're ready to buy should be a strong factor in your ultimate decision.


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Unfortunately, one of our elderly residents was most likelyjust scammed out of some monies by an unknown individual in the area offering to do work around her residence on Lake Butler. This occurred around 1:00 PM today. At this time all we have is that we are looking for a white male, bald head, medium build and in a white vehicle. The male offered that he was working with J&D Lake Services and needed a couple hundred dollars to start the job and that he would return. A handwritten note with erroneous numbers were given for his contact.
If you have information please contact the PD or the patrol phone at 321-299-2414.
This information has also been posted to the Town's Facebook page, PLEASE DO NOT REPLY BACK ON FB with any updates please! We will not provide personal information regarding the victims.


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How to create an auto reply for Facebook
I saw lately a couple of posts here that people are looking for a auto-reply function for the connected Facebook pages.
I've set this up for our account last month and will share it with you ... and yes, i am also interested in the Zendesk Swag offered in the january e-mail 😎
I will try to explain as simple as possible, if you need it more detailed please comment. But enough talked, let's start :)
Why I've implemented it?
We have around 3k tickets per month in our company, approx. 10% of them are via Facebook Messenger Channel. At a certain point this were simply too much tickets each month, which have not the same customer service experience as over the E-Mail or Help-Center channel, where we've set up dozens of automated service e-mails.
I think especially for Facebook messages, this missing feature is very critical for Zendesk, since customers expect an answer within minutes not hours.
In fact it just consists of 2 parts:
- Trigger for determining when it should be sent
- Extension for posting a public reply
Integration Account: Choose your Facebook page (watch out if you are using global pages, they have all the same name!)
Ticket Is: of course only created when we are dealing with an auto-response
Tags: just in case i am adding a tag to prevent multiple auto-replies, since I remember a service outage where Facebook messages got fetched dozens of times.
- Requester Tractive: This is a user flag I've added to all the "Users" of our Facebook pages (Every Facebook page has a user in Zendesk, which is used when you write a customer first, or somebody is replying via business manager), so that a message created from ort marketing team e.g. reply to a post with a PM does also not get an auto-reply.
- Before sending the message, I am checking if the tag is not set already, to prevent duplicate messages as written before
- I am using my Extension to update the ticket with a public reply.
This extension will update the ticket itself via an API call. I know this is not the proper way according to Zendesk documentation, however i saw plenty of forum posts which are using this for example to write internal notes from triggers.
Attribute Name:
Basic Authentication
Username: e-mail address + "/token"
Password: create an API token in your settings
Voila, after you made this everything should work. 👍
I hope i could help you a little bit, in case there is something not understandable or missing please let me know 😃
PS: In addition to the nice auto replies you have, the facebook page you manage will also get the very responsive badge quickly :)
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Thanks, Andreas! This worked perfectly for us.
Hi Dennis,
thanks for getting back to me, I am happy that you could achieve what you wanted. In case you've implemented some additional features, feel free to share with us here to make this article even better! :)
Thanks for sharing your tip, Andreas.
And you already have one happy customer. Nice work. :)
Many thanks for taking the time to share what you know, Andreas! We haven't set up auto-response for Facebook yet. Seeing what you've done here, I'd like to have this implemented ASAP.
Hi Mike,
thanks for your thoughts about my implementation.
I would love to your feedback as soon you've implemented it.
Hello Andreas,
This looks good but I think Zendesk has changed UI and the screenshot seems to old which doesn't apply anymore.
Can you help me apply it to my account or do a video around the same? Will be really helpful.
Hey Sachin -
Welcome to the Zendesk Community! Hopefully Andreas will weigh in soon. :)
If you are looking for an Auto Responder for your Personal Facebook Messages, I have developed an open-source app just for that. Visit https://faceply.io to download it. Or check out the source code on https://github.com/romankisil/Faceply.io
Thanks Andreas, this really saved me! :)
Hey Guys,
Just dropping this here :), I created an article which shows you how to enable auto replies within the settings of your Page on Facebook for those not aware of this possible option:
Hi all,
I changed my employer last autumn, that's why I don't have access anymore to the account I created this article with.
In case this is still relevant, please post your questions here.
I'm not aware of any delays, as soon the ticket is fetched and replied in your Zendesk, it should also update on Facebook. Is it still persistent?
Always nice to hear that my solution could help a community moderator :)
Your solution of course also works, but there are several reasons why I think my solution could be the preferred one especially when using Zendesk.
- An auto-reply set up in Facebook is considered as public comment in Zendesk, this can mess with your triggers.
- My implementation can get you the responsive badge very quickly, while the official Facebook responder does not count towards that metric.
- You can populate the content based on information in Zendesk e.g. Out of office hours, holidays.
Hope I did not miss anything, I'm very happy to see that this solution is still in use and helpful to other people.
Hey @Andreas,
Totally get your point :) there are some customers who do not have complicated workflows, so they don't take those points into account. I just posted my solution for those who are looking for a simple auto reply and they are not aware of that option existing on Facebook.
Hey @Andreas,
Like Sachin, I would like an updated version to the post since the UI has changed so much. Not seeing the option to add a public reply under Actions and would love to implement this for our business.
Any assistance would be great!
Hi @Andreas,
I am having the same problem as Kelsa. After adding the URL target, I am not seeing the option to add a public reply. Can you help us please?
Thanks @Andreas! I'm trying to create the extension, but I think something is wrong with the URL. I'm getting the attached error. Any ideas?
Hey Dion,
It may help to provide a screenshot of the target you've set up on your end so users can take a look. I'm rather limited on what I can assist with on my end but some additional information may help other users :)
Hi Andreas Schuster,
Thanks your article save my day :)
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|People love the veggie food!
The first pairing for the night was miso marinated heirloom tomatoes with red chili mozzarella and Thai basil pesto focaccia with Brouwerij van Steenberge Piraat. The miso added a savory component to a sweet tomato, and the Belgian IPA is just a dang good beer. I like dang good beers. There wasn't a lot of chili spice in the mozzarella, but the classic pairing of tomato and fresh mozzarella is magic.
Up next was a golden and red beet napoleon with feta and Burmese sorrel paired with Contact High from the St. Louis brewers at 4 Hands. I rarely eat beets, but when I do I wonder why I don't eat them more often. They've got a sweet earthy flavor, cut here by a little bit of an acidity in the sorrel and balanced in creamy feta. Contact High is a hoppy, hoppy wheat, so a hint a sweet with bitterness. It all worked so well.
As odd as this may be, I think this next course might have been the first time I've had ratatouille. Accompanying the ratatouille terrine was crispy black truffle polenta and micro greens with a white balsamic gastrique, and another beer from Brouwerij van Steenberge. This time the beer was a favorite, Monk's Cafe. A Flemish sour ale that's on the sweet side, it went wonderfully with the bitterness from the dish. I would eat ratatouille again. In terrine form or otherwise.
The next dish was probably the one that most resembled meat with a portabella-seitan wellington served alongside roasted fingerlings, oyster mushrooms, and a rosemary pan jus. The picture below doesn't do the dish justice... you can't see the portabella seitan inside of the puff pastry. But trust me, it's in there. And it was fantastic. And you can't go wrong with potatoes and mushrooms. Again, trust me. The beer was another from St. Louis, this time Civil Life's American Brown Ale. I'm a big fan of Civil Life, and especially of this beer. It's a great example of a brown ale, and a great choice to compliment the food.
Before the dessert was a nice palate cleanser, watermelon sorbet and marinated melon. Mint and vinegar flavors, very cleansing.
Dessert was a combination of sweet and savory in with kale zeppoli with Calabrian chili honey, and Bell's Oarsman brought a light tartness. A zeppole is kind of like an Italian doughnut. So, this was kind of like a kale doughnut. I'm not big on kale by itself, but I am big on doughnuts covered in powdered sugar. And honey. The Berliner Weisse was light and kept the dessert from beginning too heavy.
Another successful dinner! One of the great things about going to the beer dinners is getting to try a wide variety of foods with first class beer, and this was no exception. The chefs showed meat is optional!


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print. steel engraving: Balloon of the Marquis D'A
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- 1879
print. steel engraving: Balloon of the Marquis D'Arlandes. plate in volume [Voyages Aeriens] / [Albert Tissandier; [Paris; London]: Hachette & Co, 1879. 600pp]. 18.3x11.5cm., image 12.7x8cm.
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