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I am extremely happy about this.
ByA. Cleaveron July 2, 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
I picked up the paperback at a book signing in San Antonio and am just blown away!
This is a series of short stories, each story with something unique to say. They range
from funny to poignant to sad to whimsical. At the turn of every page, you want to see
what Maria Elena is going to say next. Her writing has such a lyrical quality that it is
almost like reading the lyrics to a song. Beautifully descriptive, you clearly see every
character, every image as she describes it. She transports you to a roller coaster at
a theme park and a home in her native Cuba to a haunted house and with each story,
you can't help but be in her world. In the end, you are just thrilled that she invited you.
I loved her books The Coin and The Book of Hours but this is something very different.
I loved her books The Coin and The Book of Hours but this is something very different.
It feels completely personal, like we have stepped into her skin for a peek. I can't say
enough good things about it so just pick it up and get ready to get lost in her magic.
|The Fish Tank: And Other Short Stories


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In what has become a car builder's highest honor at the aftermarket industry event of the year, hundreds of exceptional rides were considered for the 10th annual Mothers Shine Award. Held at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, NV, the Shine Award honors uncompromising excellence in vehicle design. The winner is decided upon by an international panel of respected members of the automotive industry, including journalists, seasoned hobbyists and past winners. Judging is based on overall appearance, fit and finish, attention to detail, integration of custom and stock elements, creative vision and execution of concept.
Hosting the ceremony this year were aftermarket industry veterans Joe Sebergandio and Will Handzel, and they presented the 2010 Shine Award to:
1970 Mustang Mach 1 "Dragon." Owned by Jayne Roorda and Jack Alex Stoner of Chandler, AZ, and built by Ringbrothers in Spring Green, WI. Drivetrain is a Roush 427 IR crate motor mated to a Tremec 5-speed transmission. Suspension is Detroit Speed QUADRAlink in the rear and JME Enterprises in the front. Virtually every panel was modified or massaged, it also features Forgeline 3-piece wheels, Flowmaster mufflers, Royal Purple fluids, carbon fiber deck lid and custom billet throughout. Paint is BASF Glasurit in Dragon Blood and Castle Grey, and interior is by Upholstery Unlimited. http://ringbrothers.com
In addition to the Shine, twelve Mothers Choice Award trophies were also presented:
2011 Lexus LS 600 HL Hybrid – Owned and built by Clark Ishihara of VIP Auto Salon, Orange, CA. Paint is by PPG in a custom hue of macadamia and sprayed by Finish Line Auto Craft. Aero style package is by Wald. Time to build was 4-1/2 weeks. Drivetrain is the stock 600 HL, a 4.6-liter hybrid producing 480 hp. Other features include Wald Mahora MII wheels, a Performance Tube Systems exhaust, a custom interior, custom air suspension, 15-inch Brembo brakes, and Pirelli P Zero tires. The goal was to build a vehicle for the next generation of hybrid, expanding one area of detail with a green car by making a hybrid exciting and appealing to the young professionals. http://www.vipautosalon.com
1957 Chevrolet Pickup – Owned and built by Rodger Lee of Ironworks Speed & Kustom, Bakersfield, CA. Rodger owned this pickup for 15 years before starting its current build which took two years. Drivetrain is Chevrolet LS V8 equipped with MSD Ignition, Comp Cams and FAST XFI electronic fuel injection system. It is mated to a 6-speed transmission and a C6 Corvette transaxle. This custom pickup also features a custom-fabricated fuel tank and exhaust, plus many billet items including pedals. Budnik wheels are wearing BFGoodrich rubber and stopped with custom Wilwood brakes. All air compressors and electrical controls for the Air Ride Technologies air suspension are tucked under the seat and are powered by Optima batteries. Cab is cooled by Vintage Air. There are numerous body modifications, including the rear window being lowered 1-1/2 inches. It is painted in DuPont black. http://ironworksspeedandkustom.com
2003 Infiniti G35 Coupe – Owned and built by Randy Riggs in his Gardena, CA home. Custom paint by Estabon Pimentel at Auto Explosion in Gardena is Lamborghini Diablo orange with Murcielago yellow pearl over a custom wide body kit by Auto Explosion. Body and paint time was two months, and total build time was five years. Drivetrain is a Vortech-supercharged VQ35 3.5-liter V6, with custom billet pulleys and intake systems from Australia were port-matched and polished. This is the first G35 with 21-inch wheels. It also includes Recaro interior and many Japan domestic market parts with a custom sound system and PlayStation. A "home built" custom, it was purchased new for his wife as a daily driver, and she provided input on the build. Inspiration for the build was to get his wife involved in his car hobby and to compete in shows together.
1949 Buick Fastback Sedanette – Owned and built by Justin Hills of Hills and Co. Customs in Taree, New South Wales, Australia, it is Justin's personal car and is used as a rolling business card for his custom shop. Paint is BASF Glasurit straight jet black basecoat with a clearcoat. Body work was about 1,200 hours alone and features functional flipper windows, body channeled 1-inch over the chassis, peaked hood, slanted B-pillars, 3-inch chop on the roof, taillights moved, frenched headlights, and the trunk was sectioned and pie-cut. Only vintage pre-1950 parts and models were used. Interior is Manhattan leather and snakeskin. Build time was about 3,000 hours total. Drivetrain is an all-stock straight-8, all completely rebuilt and detailed. Suspension is by Air Ride Technologies. Inspired by legendary custom car builders and a desire to build a custom car based on the early design artwork by Buick. http://www.hillsandcocustoms.com.au
2011 HTR 850R Camaro Supercar – Owned and built by Howard Tanner of Redline Motorsports in Schenectady, NY. Paint is factory Summit White with stripes in blue PPG pearl over a DeNooyer body kit. This "supercar" features a 427 Chevy with Kenny Bell supercharger, ZR1 Corvette dual disc clutch, RPM transmission, 1000-hp axles, PFADT suspension with coilovers and sway bars, Brembo 6-piston brakes and Forza wheels. Build time was 7 weeks, almost 24/7. Purpose of the build was to bridge a gap between the aftermarket and OE limited-edition vehicles. http://www.redline-motorsports.net
1939 Ford "GT" Custom – Owned by Cindy Warn of Wilsonville, OR and built by Tim Divers of Divers Street Rods in Startup, WA. Paint is PPG on an all-steel Ford body. Drivetrain is a Ford GT 5.4-liter supercharged V8 mated to a Ford 4R100 4-speed automatic transmission and 9-inch Ford rear with a Strange Engineering center section. Chassis is a modified Morrison, and also features Wilwood brakes and one-off Schot wheels. Build time was 3-1/2 years, and it was originally built for the same customer 20 years ago and is now a 21st century rebuild using only 20% of the original car with the remaining 80% hand made. http://www.diversstreetrods.com
1967 Ford Mustang – Owned and built by Joe Brown of Hot Rod Joe's in Lafayette, LA. Powertrain is a 4.6-liter Supercharged Ford Mustang SVT Cobra V8 mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox and Ford 9-inch rear end. Independent suspension and 3-inch exhaust are wrapped in a fully-fabricated tube chassis. The hand-fabricated underbody and wheel openings are complemented with a custom grille, hood, intercooler. Interior features a touch screen audio/visual system and stamped stainless steel speaker covers. Paint is butternut pearl and trim is brushed nickel. Build time was 3 years. http://www.hotrodjoes.net
1946 Hudson Pickup – Owned by Bob and Barbara Bruhn of Los Olivos, CA. Built in three years by Bob, in his garage, working on it almost full time. All work, including paint, was done by Bob, and the Hudson never left his garage during the build. The 508 cubic-inch big-block Chevy V8 has a GMC 8-71 blower with Hilborn Shotgun fuel-injection hidden in the blower bonnet. Transmission is a 4L80E with Gear Vendors overdrive mated to a Speedway Engineering quick-change rear end. The TCI chassis is riding on AccuAir air suspension. The cab was lengthened by 7 inches, the wheelbase was shortened 8 inches, and the bed was shortened by 18 inches and is painted in House of Kolor paints. Bob grafted Hudson coupe doors to fit the truck, the grille was all hand fabricated using wood prototypes, and the interior was all done by hand.
1965 Chevrolet Corvette – Owned and built by Brent Jarvis of Performance Restorations in Mundelein, IL. Paint is House of Kolor candy apple red over silver base with micro flake. Build time was nearly 4,000 hours over 3 years. Powertrain features an old-style 565 all-aluminum Chevy big block vintage road racing motor producing 900-horsepower and mated to a clutchless G-force 5-speed and all hand-built independent rear suspension. Fully-finished belly pans with full chrome moly tubing with the exception of the original center frame section. Driven 2,000 miles this past summer. http://www.performancerestorations.com
1959 Cadillac – Owned by Lou Querisio of Naples, FL, and built by Todd Lewis and his team at Xtreme Restorations in Slatersville, RI. Drivetrain is the original Cadillac 390 cubic-inch V8 with a tri-power mated to the original 4-speed automatic. A custom dual-quad exhaust provides quiet driving in the city and bypasses the mufflers on the highway. It has press-button start, and stopping power is provided by custom 4-wheel disc brakes sitting on an Air Ride Technologies suspension. All trim and interior was hand made, and it is painted in PPG Vibrance in Vanilla Shake and Soft Yellow hues. This custom Cadillac was built to replicate a GM concept car. Build time was two years. http://www.extremerestorations.com
1969 Ford Mustang – Owned by Matt Lazich of Anvil Carbon Fiber Products, El Segundo, CA and built by Steve Strope's Pure Vision in Simi Valley, CA. Paint is 2011 Range Rover Alaska White by PPG and laid by Mick Jenkens of Mick's Paint in Pomona, CA. Drivetrain is a John Kaase 520 cubic-inch "Boss 9" all-aluminum 429 making 805-horsepower on pump gas. Transmission is a 5-speed Tremec from a modern driveline and a Kevlar clutch. The owner found the car online two miles from his shop. It was built as a marketing tool for his carbon fiber business and integrates many carbon fiber features. Build time was one year. http://www.anvilauto.com
1961 Mercedes 190 SL "Mercedes-Bent" – Owned by Richard Mott of La Jolla, CA and built by Randy Clark of Hot Rods & Custom Stuff in Escondido, CA. This custom Mercedes has bridged the gap between old and new German engineering and features a 650-horsepower twin-turbocharged V12 with RENNtech performance upgrades. Painted in BASF Glasurit Elfenbein (ivory), the body is stretched and widened, and is set on a 2004 Mercedes 600 SL platform. Featuring billet aluminum bumpers and other pieces, the grille was milled from a single 450-pound block, and the custom 20 inch wheels feature a floating center cap. The trunk also has its own custom luggage. Plating was done by Sherm's Custom Plating. http://www.hotrodscustomstuff.com

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Thursday, August 27, 2009
I would like to thank the Academy...
I'm pregnant!
Do you know how long I have waited to say those words? It feels surreal but I also have a calmness about me right now. I'm sure that will quickly fade but I am milking it for the time being. I am too happy for words.
I started testing on Monday. That one looked negative but then I noticed a very faint line at about the 6 minute mark. Still, I thought I was seeing something and I assumed the worst. When the story keeps having the same bad ending, you just assume.
On Tuesday, I got a slightly darker line- encouraging. Yesterday the line looked the same as Tuesday and I began to get worried again- how come it wasn't getting darker? The clinic let me come in a day early for my beta test since I was being a crazy lady and they wanted to put me out of my misery. I had the beta this morning and they confirmed I was most certainly pregnant.
All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you, for being here with me on this journey- women I have (mostly) never even officially met. I know this is only the beginning of a road that will be marked by uncertainty, fear, who knows.... it's great to know that you ladies will be here as I move forward- as we move forward towards our dreams.
It really does take a village...
13 comments:
- onwardandsideways said...
On my feet cheering for ya!
Congratulations and here's to all things progressing smoothly. Enjoy your pregnancy!
- August 27, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- Addi's Mom said...
I am beyond happy for you!! If you ever need to talk please call or email me. I understand about being the crazy pregnant women after a loss. I want to give you a big hug in congratulations. If you are at the meeting on September 9th I will:)!!
- August 27, 2009 at 11:04 AM
- Summer said...
I kept my pee sticks from my pregnancy and still take them out to look at once in awhile (even though I now have a live baby) just because those two lines are so damn great to look at.
- August 27, 2009 at 12:24 PM
- Meegs said...
Congratulations! What amazing news. Heres hoping for a healthy, happy, uneventful 9 months.
- August 27, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- MrsSpock said...
- August 27, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- areyoukiddingme said...
Oh, Excellent! Much luck on the long road ahead!
- August 27, 2009 at 2:50 PM
- Not on Fire said...
- August 27, 2009 at 3:40 PM
- Jenni said...
congrats! very happy for your positive result. ironically the word verification i have to type in to leave this comment is: puker. so, i guess i'll also say best wishes for morning sickness that is both reassuring and manageable!
- August 27, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- mrsmuelly said...
Awesome, awesome, awesome! Crying tears of joy for you. Yes it will be a bit longer of a journey, bur we are here to cheer you on. So very happy :-)
- August 29, 2009 at 12:47 AM
- Cara said...
Still freaking out for you!!! So honored to have been on this journey with you and looking forward to the next!!
- August 30, 2009 at 3:01 PM
- Jane G said...
That is wonderful news! Big big congratulations!
- August 31, 2009 at 6:25 AM
- Lorraine said...
Wow! I am thrilled for you! Lots of gigantic happiness for you and tons of good wishes!
- September 1, 2009 at 4:57 AM
- Kami said...
- September 1, 2009 at 12:18 PM


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Fire Training Cardiff Gate
Purpose-built training for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Fire Training Cardiff Gate
Purpose-built training for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Building the Cardiff Gate Training and Development Centre was the first step in delivering long-term training excellence for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS).
Meeting ongoing training needs for emergency services
SWFRS needed an experienced training partner that could design, develop and deliver a fit-for-purpose training centre that would give SWFRS the flexibility to meet a wide range of training needs.
The centre had to be in an accessible location, adaptable to future needs and capable of providing fire and rescue training alongside other emergency services training and facilities for the private sector.
Most of the training would be given by SWFRS trainers, with Babcock offering further support, particularly for any third party income generation.
Fully equipped for a range of scenarios
In 2005, we managed a £70 million Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract to build, operate and maintain the new training centre over a 25-year period.
The centre is designed to fully meet the needs of SWFRS and external organisations, delivering a portfolio of more than 60 cutting-edge training courses.
These cover bespoke fire, rescue, management, and health and safety training, as well as offering a wide range of facilities for meetings, conferences and lectures from two fully-equipped theatres.
The Cardiff Gate facilities include:
- state-of-the-art Incident Command training suite
- functional training ground for standard drills and more complex scenarios
- dedicated area for complex road traffic collision training
- brick house for domestic fire training scenarios
- industrial unit with a multi-floor industrial fire training environment
- fully functional passenger lift to simulate high rise rescues up to 12 floors
- multi-purpose rope rescue platform for Safe Working at Height activities
- confined space training tunnel
There are also two air-conditioned lecture rooms with modern projection and sound systems.
The partnership is supported through the Joint Management Board, where representatives from the Fire Service and Babcock work together to deliver on the Key Performance Indicators, resolve issues and share best practice.
Continually adding value
Our commitment to ongoing investment in the training centre means it's suitable for training both now and in the future.
We continue to add further value to the partnership through greater training flexibility, delivering training where needed at our other training centres and helping to save time and money for emergency services.
'The facilities provided are excellent and through effective partnership we (SWFRS) are actively exploring ways to benefit from the wider Babcock infrastructure. The quality of customer care from Babcock that we have experienced has been first class and we look forward to enhancing our relationship over future years.'Area Manager Prendergast, Head of Training and Development, South Wales Fire & Rescue Services


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In the clip above, I discuss Erich von Stroheim's "Foolish Wives," shot—for almost a year—in 1920 and 1921, and released in 1922. No one would mistake S. J. Perelman, one of America's greatest comic writers and screenwriters, for a film critic, but his 1952 appreciation, in the pages of The New Yorker (available to subscribers), of Stroheim's silent classic is both a laugh riot and a fascinatingly skewed but perceptive take on Stroheim's art. He writes of it as the film that "canonized" the director-actor for him, and describes the powerful impression that Stroheim's starring performance, as the predatory, penniless, domineering Count Sergius Karamzin, had made on him:
For six months afterward, I exhibited a maddening tendency to click my heels and murmur "Bitte?" along with a facial tic as though a monocle were screwed into my eye. The mannerisms finally abated, but not until the Dean of Brown University had taken me aside and confided that if I wanted to transfer to Heidelberg, the faculty would not stand in my way.
Perelman's reconsideration of the film depended on the kind of extreme measures that were needed in an age before repertory cinemas and home video:
Not long ago, the Museum of Modern Art graciously permitted me to run its copy of "Foolish Wives," on condition that if I became overstimulated or mushy, I would not pick the veneer off the chairs or kiss the projectionist. Such fears, it presently turned out, were baseless. The showing roused me to neither vandalism nor affection; in fact, it begot such apathy that I had to be given artificial respiration and sent home in a wheelbarrow.
The comedian, accustomed to the humming machinery of Hollywood's maturity (in which he had become a fairly intermittent toiler), saw "Foolish Wives" as an old movie that was the victim of changing styles; he looked upon it as he might have looked upon a former Gibson Girl, now shapeless and wizened, who happened to stroll into his office in her once-trendy garb. But here's how, despite his failure to enjoy Stroheim's visual and dramatic achievement in revival, he sums up the filmmaker's singular moral (or immoral) vision:
When he set out to limn a louse, he put his back into it. He never palliated his villainy, never helped old ladies across the street to show that he was a sweet kid au fond or prated about his Oedipus complex like the Percy boys who portray heavies today…. Von Stroheim not only kicked the dog; he kicked the owner and the S.P.C.A. for good measure. With the things he has on his conscience, I don't suppose the man ever sleeps a wink.
The silencing of von Stroheim as a director—his last work was shared with Alan Crosland, in 1933; the last movie truly his own was "Queen Kelly," from 1929—is one of the tragedies, or, rather, crimes of Hollywood, of a piece with the sudden end of D. W. Griffith's career and the dwindling of Orson Welles's. (In a 1941 interview, he referred to "Hollywood's boycott" of him as a director.) Stroheim—born in 1885 to a petit-bourgeois Jewish family in Vienna—was no titled aristocrat (just an aristocrat of the mind), and, coming of age as an artist in the over-the-top luxuries of Hollywood's first flourish, was expert in both the pretenses and the revels that he filmed. (I talk a little about that in a capsule review of the film.) Stroheim was publicized, in his heyday, as "The Man You Love to Hate," but he was also the man who knew too much.


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Thank you for choosing St. Mary Parish School for your child's education. Here, you'll find a variety of helpful resources to ensure smooth sailing throughout the school year.
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The world is vast. A great orb, covered in brilliant seas and verdant lands. From the ice-bound poles to the storm scarred wastes of equator, this is a world of extremes. A world where ancient forests touch the clouds and dark crevasses reach into the depths of the earth, where endless seas stretch beyond the ken of men and unpassable mountains hide unimaginable secrets. It is a realm where monsters hunt the borders of civilization and dangers unfortold lay within regions yet to be explored.
The world of Naeja is a sphere. On one side lay the continents of Verosia, Old Camus, and Shuro-Tahn. Those realms are surrounded by a great ocean, Vas-Morda. The sun circles the world, rising from the endless sea in the east and and setting beyond the Great Oceanic Barrier in the west. To the north is the great glacier, Thoth-Gald. To the south is ice wall, and the shadow lands. As the sun rises it shines its white light upon the green country of Old Camus, illuminating vast green planes and dark forests, ancient and worn mountains, muddy mires and watery glades. To the north lays the pennisula of Valderheim, jutting from the ice of Thoth-Gald, and to the far south are the beautiful tropical forests, blue bays, and black steeps of Shuro-Tahn. The sun illuminates the Sea of Dragons, and illuminates the great continents of Verosia. In the south, beyond the island strewn straights are the golden shores and emerald fields of Ryosha. Verosia rises from those straights with the verdant, volcanic valleys of Gand, the crosses the River Shanin to reveal the vast farm lands of Rona, which borders the broad southerly flowing river called the Sylvarin. To the north Rona ends its borders at the ancient canyon of a dry river bed that leads into the Cauldera. The Cauldera is a massive sink hole as large as any realm, into which -upon high tide- flow the waters of the seas via those ancient river beds. Beyond are the lands of ogres and giants, a great plane of near frigid tundra stretching from the seas in the east to the water ways of the northern Sylvarin in the west. North of those lands are icy lakes and frozen wastes, leading up to the cliffs of the great glacier, Thoth-Gald.
West of those realms in the north is a great chain of mountains that men have given no name, for they are so far north and so beyond the reach of men that only giants that reside there know their paths and passes. No histories tell what lies beyond those mountains, but the Duervar claim they were once the northern reaches of their once great empire. South of those mountains, though, are the primordial forests of Gelvanmyr. The dark forests of Shanothyr, with its mighty ???, stretches from the Sylvarin to the far western coast, and its southern border is the westward river called the Drey-Sylvarin. To the east is the smaller forest of Issantia, which rises beyond cliffs overwhich flow many tributaries of the Sylvarin, and borders the realm of Rona in the southeast, parted only by the Sylvarin. South of those two forest realms is the broad and wide expanse of Mirvia. This green and temperate forest has grown unhindered for millenia and many of its mighty trees reach high into the sky. The forest is well tended, though, by the Gelvani who live there, guarding it borders and harvesting the fruits and nuts of its natural orchards. From the Sylvarin to the Bay of Brylinia, it stretches for a thousand miles east to west, and that great river turns west and forms its southern border. Beyond which lies a smaller forest called Metanmyr, which was once as beautiful but has been cursed by dark magics. That forest shifts and spawns dark beasts that occasionally creep out into the world.
South of the Gelvani realms is a fading savannah land that leads into the great desert of shifting sands, Vas-Meknor. This desert of white-gold sand is ringed by many forests and fields in the north an east, but stretches far to the south and west where it meets badlands and towering mountains. Its southern border meets the black cliffs of the volcanic mountains of Gand, its southern border becomes a rugged region of barren plateaus and jagged rocks, before suddenly emptying out into a beautiful garden realm descending to the sea, where reside the people of Kal-Mikan in their last glorious city. In the south west the desert fades into the rocky mountains of Baraduum, and on their far southern side is the narrow, green coastal lands of Parthus.
The parthan coastal realms circle the mountains in the south, before extending into a great penninsula which pierces the ocean of Vas-Meknor in the west. South of those lands, beyond the straights is the western edges of Ryosha, but north, those verdant lands continue to broaden away from those mountains, which become called Mordraduum and Tharaduum. Those mountain ranges split the continent with hundreds of miles of tall jagged peaks, some ice covered, some volcanic, but all massive. These are the once glorious realms of the Duervar, once an empire, but broken in war with the Titans ages ago. They are still a great mystery to most denizens of the world. The broad green coastal lands to the west continue north, up a sharp rise called the Mordrasaar, and expanding into arable lands that become the rolling Suthfar and forested Darkfold lands. Beyond that, to the north east is the rolling green Moarvik lands which border the Bay of Brylinia, where the Sylvarin empties out into the Sea. To the north west, the lands here rise sharply to form the peninsula of J'admir, with its mountains in its heart and forests in its girth, the great penninsula seperates Vas-Meknor from the Bay of Brynlinia. Its coastal lands form great marshes in the north, as it sinks into the seas. Here resides the greatest sea-faring culture in history. They are a people who claim to have, at one time, circumvented the world with their fleets, and claim to have come from a realm beyond the The Great Oceanic Barrier.
North beyond J'admir is and the Bay of Bynlinia, beyond the western shores of Mirivia and Shanothyr, are realms unkown to most men. Stories say that giants live here, and elementals clash for dominion, but few have ever traveled to these shores and even fewer return with tales to tell.
Westward, the suns light breaks over the Gelvanmyr to shine upon the Bay of Brynlinia, and out over the great oceanic sea of Vas-Meknor. Far it travels west, beyond the ocean horizon, and farther, as wide as the lands of Verosia before its light falls upon great storm clouds rising from the ocean. A wall of cloud and thunder, fire in the skies, mighty waves, and churning seas, whirpools and upwellings betwix jagged earthen spires- from the trackless south to the frozen seas of the north, this is the Great Oceanic Barrier. No ship has ever found safe passage beyond the storm. Some claim that it seperates the realms of mortal men from the realms of the Gods. The Gelvani say the storm was formed when they were cast out of their eternal realm, and they arrived in great fleets to settle upon the lands of Verosia. Others say it is massive chain of volcanic mountains just beneath the waves that are the source of all the natural world -earth, fire, water, and air. Whatever it is, none have ever passed through.
The sun descends into the western horizons and soon again will return in the east, rising from the Endless Sea.
The Endless Sea…is it endless?
Beyond those far and distant waters there are other lands, as we are now learning. There lies a land called Antrasia. Its people have sailed, for the first time, westward and found Verosia. What is Antrasia? And what other lands lay within the Endless Sea?
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Of all the GUI features on the Mac operating system, perhaps the most iconic is the Dock. It offers users a quick place to launch commonly used apps, as well as switch between those which are currently open. However, with the explosion of available apps for the Mac, the utility of the Dock has come into question among a growing number of users. For anyone who commonly opens dozens of different apps on a daily basis, it just isn't feasible to look around looking for what you need.
Fortunately, a number of options have emerged to help us launch apps without ever needing to look at the Dock. OS X Lion introduced Launchpad, which quickly displays all of your applications. Power-users have long found options like Quicksilver to be faster and more powerful. Bevy, from Berg Design, was designed to be fast like Quicksilver while still having a more tangible interface like Launchpad. Let's check it out.
The Basics
Keeping all of your applications in the Dock can defeat the purpose of having it at all if it takes a long time to find what you are looking for. Additionally, every extra app placed on the Dock makes the other icons shrink, so you could potentially make icons frustratingly miniscule. All of this means that most of us only place a few of the most common apps on the dock. Bevy helps you find your un-docked apps quickly, as well as drop files into them.
Launching Apps
Bevy came out long before Lion brought us Launchpad, but in many ways, it would seem Apple was copying this app's concept. You can activate Bevy either from the menubar icon or the dock, (and you can hide either one in the preferences pane if you choose). Additionally, you can set up a custom keyboard shortcut to launch it.
Once Bevy is opened, you'll see all the apps you have installed on your system. If you have any subfolders within your Applications folder, those will be shown in separate columns automatically. I never bothered to organize my apps in any particular way, so when I first launched Bevy I only saw one additional column, which was the Utilities folder.
Organizing Apps
From the main window, you can simply click on an icon to launch that app. While Lion's Launchpad does allow you some basic control over organizing your apps, it can be very tedious (just like on your iOS device). You also might have to scroll through multiple pages, since there is a set number of apps that can fit on a single screen. Launchpad doesn't let you hide anything, as clicking the X that appears after holding down on an app will delete it rather than remove it from Launchpad.
Bevy is sure to squeeze all of your apps into its single window. I have about 200 apps and I use a 15 inch MacBook Pro, and I never had trouble seeing everything. But if you are using an 11 inch Air and have a few hundred apps, this might mean your icons are indecipherably small.
Bevy does a fantastic job of letting you control what it shows. If you want to organize apps into folders, Bevy will display them as separate columns. You probably have a more than a few apps that you never use and would prefer Bevy didn't even bother displaying. You can either manually hide these apps by right-clicking on them, or you can automate this process. This feature tells Bevy to look for certain keywords like "update" and "remove" and automatically hides these apps. This is particularly useful for apps that install those annoying extra "updater" files, (I'm looking at you, Adobe).
You can also create a list of favorite apps and show them when you activate Bevy. This is an interesting feature, but somewhat redundant when you consider that a list of favorite apps is the entire purpose of your Dock.
Extra Features
While organizing your apps goes a long way towards making Bevy a quick and intuitive launcher, you still may want refine the process of finding what you are looking for. Rather than scanning the potentially cluttered window, Bevy allows you to use both your trackpad and keyboard to filter the window.
With a two finger scrolling motion, Bevy will highlight apps by letter. For instance, if you were looking for Garage Band, you would scroll down until the app showed you "G", at which point apps that begin with that letter are highlighted. Alternatively, you could simply type "G".
The Dock gives you a small light underneath icons of apps that are currently running. It's a nice way to keep track of what you have open. Launchpad, (as well as the iPad, for that matter), lacks this feature. Fortunately, Bevy will highlight all the apps you have running.
My favorite feature is the ability to drag a file onto an app in Bevy to open it. For example, you could drag a picture on your desktop into Bevy, whose window can be moved around on your screen, and then drop it onto your mail client to send the file as an attachment. Once you select a file, Bevy will highlight apps that can accept it.
I have very mixed feelings about Bevy. When looking at Bevy on its own, it is a fantastic app launcher. I've never liked Launchpad for a number of reasons, and Bevy addresses just about all of them with flying colors. You can organize apps, see all of them in one window, hide unnecessary ones, drop files onto them, and keep the window open while viewing other windows (rather than have Launchpad take over fullscreen). All of these are great features.
However, Launchpad was never a great solution to launching apps for anyone with even slightest proficiency with a Mac. You could always just use Spotlight to quickly find an application (or file). Simplistic app launchers like Alfred also have a ton of other functions that they can do, all of which don't require you to bother organizing your apps to begin with.
This leads me to wonder if Bevy, which was designed before Lion, is relevant anymore. I think that if you use Launchpad, you may have come across the same complaints that I've expressed. Or maybe you use Launchpad and just never noticed these flaws. Either way, if you use Launchpad as your preferred method of opening apps, I highly recommend you try Bevy. It's a much better solution, but at 10 dollars, you may need to ask yourself just how much better. On the other hand, if you feel comfortable using even the most basic of keyboard shortcuts, I recommend you move to the big kid table and try out a real app launcher that is exponentially faster.
A well-organized and fast app launcher that displays all of your apps in a single window.
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I've been wondering about one thing for quite sometime now. Why isn't Mercedes Benz putting the M266 into more of it's cars? Where does the engine come from? Is it a Mercedes Benz development used solely in vehicles like the A-class and B-class or is it shared with other cars like Chryslers? As far as I know, Chrysler inline-4 engines use the GEMA engine (4B11) found in Mitsubishi, Hyundai and Chrysler cars.
The M266 comes in a few displacements, but one of the most notable ones is the M266 Turbo (M266.980), found in the Mercedes Benz B200 Turbo. Unlike Mercedes Benz's other inline-4, the M271 Kompressor which uses a supercharger, the M266 Turbo uses a turbocharger. It is mounted transversely and is mated to either a 6-speed manual or an AUTOTRONIC CVT gearbox, sending power to the front wheels. It uses a BorgWarner K03 turbocharger. The M271 is a longitudinal rear wheel drive design.
Here is a comparison table between the M266 and the M271. The M271 specs used in this comparison is of the W204 C200K specifications. The M271 comes in different specs like different boost levels, which result in different performance statistics. Note that the W204 C200K's M271 is not the most powerful M271 around, with factory tuning of course – the W203's C230K has a slightly higher power output (192hp).
|8 valve SOHC
|16 valve DOHC
|Aluminium alloy
|Aluminium alloy
|Aluminium alloy
|Aluminium alloy
|Bore x Stroke
|83 x 94
|82 x 85
|193 @ 5,000
|184 @ 5,800
|280Nm @ 1800-4850rpm
|250Nm @ 2800-5000rpm
Based on the comparison table above, which engine looks like the better performer to you? I'm not sure why Mercedes Benz has two inline-4 engines. It should just pick one and stick to it, economies of scale are better that way.
Maybe the M266 could be adapted to rear wheel drive, or the M271 could be adapted to front wheel drive, though I think the former is easier, plus the M266 is a newer engine anyway and its performance looks better to me. However some might be turned off by the 8-valve SOHC valvetrain design, but then again what does that matter when the performance results are there? Power peaks earlier in the rev range, and torque has a wider spread and kicks in lower and stronger.
DaimlerChrysler is currently using three different inline-4 engines in it's cars, the GEMA 4B11 engine, the M266 and M271. There is no place in the world's automotive industry for inefficiency. Everyone is sharing components – a recent example would be BMW and Peugeot sharing a common engine with different configurations for the MINI Cooper and a few Peugeot models.
These are just my thoughts – if anyone knows these two engines in further technical depth and know why both need to exist, please do share in the comments for the benefit of all motorheads!


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This is a mahogany Parlor Model Regina changer that saw very little use during the 110 years since leaving the Regina Music Box Co. factory in Rahway, NJ, circa 1902. Some of the features of this instrument are a piano sound board, double music combs, tempo control, Banjo attachment, and carrier guides for reliable disc changing. Combs are like new and play with a deep resonant tone. With 12 tune discs. Measures 68" x 28" x 24"


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Last week, ThinkProgress reported that Don Stewart, the communications director for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), had sent an e-mail to reporters encouraging them to cover the right-wing campaign to smear 12-year old Graeme Frost and his family. In the e-mail, Stewart claimed that research by conservative bloggers proved that Democrats did a bad job "vetting this family."
Stewart acknowledged yesterday in an interview with the Louisville Courier-Journal that he "pointed out" the smear campaign to reporters. Stewart comically asserts that he "raised skepticism as to the content" of the right-wing bloggers' research:
He explained yesterday that such e-mails are "part of regular conversation with reporters."
"I pointed out something that had been in the blogs for a couple of days and had been of increasing interest, but I also raised skepticism as to the content," Stewart said.
Though Stewart did eventually send subsequent e-mails to reporters, telling them "there's no story there" and that "the family is legit," his initial e-mail was anything but skeptical. In fact, he trumpeted the bloggers' unfounded smears and used them to attack Democrats:
Bloggers have done a little digging and turned up that the Dad owns his own business (and the building it's in), seems to have some commercial rental income and Graeme and a sister go to a private school that, according to its website, costs about $20k a year for each kid despite the news profiles reporting a family income of only $45k for the Frosts. Could the Dems really have done that bad of a job vetting this family?
The only "skepticism" Stewart showed in his original email was a veiled partisan attack that came in the form of a question. He never "vetted" the research he was propagating to reporters.
As Greg Sargent notes, "when Michelle Malkin pointed her finger at the Frosts and started howling, McConnell's staff immediately joined in the fun — that is, until they realized that they had a big dud on their hands."
UPDATE: Stewart also wrote a letter to the editor today further muddling his role in smearing of the Frost family. BluegrassRoots debunks it here.


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It was all tied at 7 to 7 with 17 minutes to play in the 1st half before the Lions used a 17 to 7 run to take a 10 point lead over the next ten minutes.
It was a low scoring half for the two teams compared to Friday night's match up.
The Lions would take a 20 point lead into halftime.
The Lions led 40 to 20 at the break.
The Lions opened the half with a 13 to 0 run over the first three minutes to put the game away.
The Wolfpack would try to cut into the Lions lead but the Lions defense and scoring was too much to overcome in the 2nd half.
The Lions went on to beat the Wolfpack 88 to 52.
- The Lions shot 44 percent from the field (31/69), 33 percent on 3's (6/18) and 69 percent on FT's (20/29).
- The Wolfpack shot 29 percent from the field (20/68), 20 percent on 3's (7/34) and 45 percent on FT's (5/11).
-The Lions had 6 offensive rebounds to the Wolfpack 3.
-The Lions had 13 Turnovers to the Wolfpack 20.
-The Lions had 6 players in double figures.
-Aaron Stemen led the Lions with a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
-Friscoe Erdahl added 15 points and 5 steals.
-Jamal Williams had 14 points, while both Jaden Shockley and Parker Stemen had 11 points and Josh Bauska added 10 points.
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Autism is much more common than most people think. There are over half a million people in the UK with autism - that's around 1 in 100 people.
People from all nationalities and cultural, religious and social backgrounds can have autism, although it appears to affect more men than women. It is a lifelong condition: children with autism grow up to become adults with autism.
Autism is sometimes referred to as an autism spectrum disorder, or an ASD. The word 'spectrum' is used because, while all people with autism share three main areas of difficulty, their condition will affect them in very different ways. Some are able to live relatively 'everyday' lives; others will require a lifetime of specialist support.
The characteristics of autism vary from one person to another but are generally divided into three main groups. These are: difficulty with social communication, difficulty with social interaction and difficulty with social imagination.
People with autism have difficulties with both verbal and non-verbal language. Many have a very literal understanding of language, and think people always mean exactly what they say. They can find it difficult to use or understand:
Some people with autism may not speak, or have fairly limited speech. Others will have good language skills, but they may still find it hard to understand the give-and-take nature of conversations. They may talk at length about their own interests.
It helps if other people speak in a clear, consistent way and give people with autism time to process what has been said to them.
People with autism often have difficulty recognising or understanding other people's emotions and feelings, and expressing their own, which can make it more difficult for them to fit in socially. They may:
Difficulties with social interaction can mean that people with autism find it hard to form friendships: some may want to interact with other people and make friends, but may be unsure how to go about this.
Social imagination allows us to understand and predict other people's behaviour, make sense of abstract ideas, and to imagine situations outside our immediate daily routine. Difficulties with social imagination mean that people with autism find it hard to:
Difficulties with social imagination should not be confused with a lack of imagination. Many people with autism are very creative and may be, for example, accomplished artists, musicians or writers.
The characteristics of autism vary from one person to another but as well as the three main areas of difficulty, people with autism may have:
The world can seem a very unpredictable and confusing place to people with autism, who often prefer to have a fixed daily routine so that they know what is going to happen every day. This routine can extend to always wanting to travel the same way to and from school or work, or eat exactly the same food for breakfast.
Rules can also be important: it may be difficult for a person with autism to take a different approach to something once they have been taught the 'right' way to do it. People with autism may not be comfortable with the idea of change, but can cope well if they are prepared for it in advance.
People with autism may experience some form of sensory sensitivity. This can occur in one or more of the five senses - sight, sound, smell, touch and taste. A person's senses are either intensified (hypersensitive) or under-sensitive (hypo-sensitive).
For example, a person with autism may find certain background sounds, which other people ignore or block out, unbearably loud or distracting. This can cause anxiety or even physical pain.
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It can be hard to create awareness of autism as people with the condition do not 'look' disabled: parents of children with autism often say that other people simply think their child is naughty; while adults find that they are misunderstood.
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A photograph of the southern end of Elizabeth Street looking south towards Flinders Street Station between 1914 and 1918, as evidenced by the "Enlist and Fight" banner on the facade of Flinders Street Station.
Photograph attributed to the Kerr Brothers.
The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is "A view looking towards Flinders Street station and clock tower, with the North Melbourne tram, Sergeant's delivery cart and a motor car advertising pianolas and pianos."
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Have you ever wondered about the history of the iron? A typical answer would probably be no, but here at Discovery Park of America we encourage you to "see beyond." Behind the sad iron is a young woman named Mrs. Potts. It is because of her invention that we do not have to worry about burning our hands on a handle or having to pause multiple times as an iron reheats. Here are three interesting facts about Mrs. Potts and her sad iron.
1. Why is the iron "sad?"
There is a myth that claims ironing caused women to become sad; so her tool earned the name "sad iron." The sad iron actually received its title from an old English word "sald" which meant solid or heavy; however, the myth does reflect the difficulty of ironing. In the United States, clothing and other items would be washed on Monday and ironed on Tuesday. It often took an entire day to complete the task which forced women to spend long hours by a hot fire in order for the iron to be continually heated.
2. Who was Mrs. Potts?
Mary Florence Potts lived in Ottumwa, Iowa, and was married to a Civil War veteran whose injuries from the war left him unable to work. Mrs. Potts was only 19 years old and the sole provider for her family when she patented her first sad iron in 1870. Having something patented in her own name was an incredible accomplishment for a young lady of the Victorian Era. Mrs. Potts was even featured on trading cards which served as publicity for her sad irons. A woman like Mrs. Potts was practically unheard of at that time, especially when you remember it would be another fifty years before women could vote!
3. What was so special about her sad iron?
Mrs. Potts's second patented sad iron in 1871 included a detachable wooden handle. This was an evolutionary idea considering the handle and the iron had been made from the same material ever since its creation in the Middle Ages. When the traditional iron was left on the coals, a thick cloth or mitt was needed to lift the iron in order to prevent scalding the hands. Mrs. Potts' wooden handle ensured there would be no burns. Her sad irons were also sold in sets of three so that while you used one iron, the other two would always be heated and ready to go. When one cooled off, you would simply detach the handle and reattach it to a hot iron. Her sad irons were in production for almost 75 years. Talk about a long success! It was not until electricity was made available to everyone that Mrs. Potts's sad irons went out of style.
Next time you have to iron something you can thank Mrs. Potts for her contribution. Be especially thankful for her invention of a handle that does not scald your hands! A collection of historic irons can be found in The Farm House in The Settlement. Discovery Park of America is full of great exhibits that tell stories of inventions throughout history like the Technology Gallery, Transportation Gallery, and The Barn. General admission is $13.95 for adults (ages 13-64), $11.95 for Seniors (65+), and $10.95 for Children (ages 4-12). Children who are 3 and under are admitted free. Admission for our traveling exhibit, Jurassic Journeys, is $7 for adults, $6 for members, and $5 for students. We hope to see you soon at Discovery Park of America!
If you wish to see some of the Victorian trading cards that featured Mrs. Potts and her sad irons please visit ark.digitalcommonwealth.org
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The Texas Beer Fest (May 7th, 2011) was created by Texans, for Texans, to promote the idea that beer is a craft, not a mass-produced tasteless product touted by professional sales men. Our festival will only be serving craft beer, and it has been designed to support and share the beers created by local Texas and national craft breweries.On Saturday, April 30th, the weekend prior to the festival, the Texas Beer Fest Pub Crawl will kick off at The Ginger Man (5607 Morningside Drive Houston, Texas) showcasing four of Houston's most popular bars for beer lovers! In the weeks preceding and following the event, the Texas Beer Fest will host multiple beer dinners in Houston and the surrounding areas. Guests will experience a unique pairing of beer alongside a menu designed specially by the Chef.


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Where did the former Vogue operative Stephanie Winston Wolkoff stay in Washington while helping President-elect Donald J. Trump plan the inauguration?
The newly opened Trump International Hotel, naturally, where she was attended to by two assistants as well as a publicist, Zoe Weisberg Coady, who couldn't quite decide whether she liked the place.
"Everything is branded," Ms. Weisberg Coady said Monday afternoon while sitting in the lobby waiting for Ms. Winston Wolkoff to arrive. "Even the mouthwash!"
The hotel is one of Mr. Trump's many new trophies. Another is Ms. Winston Wolkoff, who arrived a few minutes later carrying an $11,500 black Birkin bag and a thick black binder that said, "The Fifty Eighth Presidential Inauguration of the United States of America."
Little about her appearance reflected the working-class voters who helped Mr. Trump win the election. Not the bag, nor her sleek ponytail, nor her outfit: black Dolce & Gabbana overcoat, black leather and fur vest, black Joseph Altuzarra pants. At least Ms. Winston Wolkoff's black Gore-Tex boots were of the people. "I got them on Zappos," she said.
Best known as Anna Wintour's former right hand on the Costume Institute gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ms. Winston Wolkoff, 46, is a high-society swan who once described the edict for entry to that party as, "No money, no come-y."
Now she is leveraging her relationships on behalf of a president-elect whose candidacy was anathema to the vast majority of her social set.
He was opposed by Ms. Wintour, who spent the last year bundling money for Hillary Clinton and giving her wardrobe tips. And by Ms. Winston Wolkoff's former Met Ball colleague Raúl Àvila. "I love Stephanie, but I can't be part of something I don't believe in," he wrote in an email.
And by Euan Rellie, the benefit-circuit bon vivant. "I don't want to pass myself off as a close friend of Stephanie," Mr. Rellie said by phone. "I've known her a little bit for a long time. But there is a real argument against normalizing this administration. There's a lot of scary right-wing guys being nominated for positions. We should make our opposition to any hint of bigotry or intolerance well known."
But the fashion industry is not known for its political resolve. Despite being heavily populated with left-leaning women and gay men, its central players are aesthetes rather than ethicists.
The line between right and wrong — even good and evil — is less debated than the one separating beauty from ugliness. Oscar de la Renta bounced between first ladies with diametrically opposing worldviews. James Galanos pledged his allegiance to Nancy Reagan despite the catastrophic neglect of AIDS by her husband's administration.
If the business has a central underlying philosophical allegiance, it is to change. And the ability to morph with the moment is a defining characteristic of Ms. Winston Wolkoff's life.
She was raised in the Catskills, where her mother, Barbara Batinkoff, was a homemaker, and her father, Barry Batinkoff, a photographer from a line of successful chicken farmers.
Ms. Winston Wolkoff said Mr. Batinkoff told her that her parents' marriage was ending "at my high school graduation," and she stopped speaking to him soon after.
She matriculated at Fordham University, in part because she wanted to be close to her mother, then transferred after two years Loyola University New Orleans. Her mother became involved with Bruce Winston, the son of the jeweler Harry Winston. After Bruce married Barbara, he adopted Stephanie.
The young Ms. Batinkoff changed her name to Winston, after which the Catskills seemed to drop out of her official biography, and she went from playing Division I basketball to being described in news reports as the granddaughter of Harry Winston, an "heiress who grew up in Scarsdale."
Ms. Winston Wolkoff said Monday that she never intended to deceive. "I am who I am," she said, adding that the reason she doesn't describe Mr. Batinkoff as her father is "because I've seen him twice in 20 years and because Bruce adopted me."
In 1993, Ms. Winston Wolkoff got her degree from Loyola in communications, moved back to New York and became a receptionist at Sotheby's. Later, she spent eight months as the assistant to Ron Delsener, the concert promoter who inspired Bill Murray's 2015 performance in the Barry Levinson movie "Rock the Kasbah."
In 1996, around the time Ms. Winston Wolkoff met her husband, David Wolkoff, a real estate developer, she was hired at Vogue as a public relations manager.
One of her first jobs was working on the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards. Graduating to the Met gala, she brought corporate crisp efficiency to an event that had once been rather loosey-goosey.
"She was a thing," said John Demsey, the group president at Estée Lauder, describing her "perfectly blown out" Condé Nast hair and height (she is 6-foot-1).
At Vogue, Ms. Wintour called her General Winston, and as any general might, Ms. Winston Wolkoff bristled at not receiving proper decoration.
In 2009, an article in The New York Observer seemed to suggest that the magazine's style director, Alexandra Kotur, was the true power behind the planning of the Met gala. Mr. Wolkoff fired off a testy letter to the editor.
"For tirelessly organizing this huge event for more than a decade, and for raising millions upon millions of dollars for the Museum, I felt that Stephanie deserves the recognition for anything to do with the event, not Ms. Kotur," he wrote.
In 2010, Ms. Winston Wolkoff resigned to "spend more time with her family," a decision she said was inspired by burnout and fatigue. "I tried to quit five times," she said. But her time as a stay-at-home mom to three children didn't last long.
A few months later, when New York Fashion Week moved to Lincoln Center from Bryant Park, Ms. Wintour — whose spokeswoman said in an email that Ms. Winston Wolkoff had "worked tirelessly" for her — helped install her former charge there as its fashion director.
Ms. Winston Wolkoff also attended charity galas like New Yorkers for Children with women-about-town like Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Lauren Santo Domingo and Rachel Roy.
Another friend was Melania Trump, whose wedding to Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2005 was practically sponsored by Vogue and who attended Ms. Winston Wolkoff's 40th birthday party in 2010.
Fashion Week at Lincoln Center was widely perceived as overly corporate and inconvenient, and shortly before the partnership dissolved in 2015, Ms. Winston Wolkoff left to focus on a consultancy working with fledgling brands. She and Ms. Trump would meet for lunch about once a month, usually at Harry Cipriani on Fifth Avenue or at the Mark Hotel on the Upper East Side.
Never mind that in 2014, Ms. Winston Wolkoff donated $10,000 to the Democratic National Committee. "Did I?" she said Monday. "I honestly can't remember."
On election night last November, Ms. Winston Wolkoff and her husband were among those at Mr. Trump's victory party at the New York Hilton Midtown. Afterward, Ms. Winston Wolkoff paid what she called a "friendly visit" to the couple's apartment, where she was asked to assist the real estate developer Tom Barrack with the inauguration, serving as a kind of editor at large.
Some have said Ms. Winston Wolkoff is auditioning for the job as the White House social secretary, but it is more likely that she will become an adviser to the first lady on things like anti-bullying initiatives and wardrobe selection.
In an email, Ms. Trump said she had always been struck by Ms. Winston Wolkoff's "impressive work ethic" and "fantastic taste." She added, "She has a way of connecting with people — motivating them to get the job done in the best way possible."
A number of designers have voiced strong antipathy toward dressing the first family, but Mr. Demsey thinks there will be some rapprochement.
"The New York City fashion community is having a hard time reconciling the back story of a Trump administration with two incredibly high-profile women who wear designer clothing," he said, referring both to the future first lady and the future first daughter Ivanka Trump. "But they are glamorous people with high-profile lives. There will be some influence."
Managing the expectation of the new first family hasn't been easy, particularly when acts like Jennifer Holliday pull out at the last minute to protect their careers. Early on, Ms. Winston Wolkoff reached out to Mr. Delsener, her former boss, for advice. "I said I didn't want to do a thing," he said. "I'm pretty down on America right now. It's a sorry time."
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Mr. Monn had friends opposed to him taking the gig, but he described his job as "making things pretty," not political. "Our team here is probably more to the liberal side than the conservative one," he said. "But I care about beauty. And I care about our country. I care about things always being right. "
Ms. Winston Wolkoff, ambling over after admiring the "gorgeous" gilt-edged menus, said: "That's the truth. This is not about partisan politics. It's about being able to celebrate the history of America."
Time to go. "Are we good?" she asked Mr. Monn. He nodded, and Ms. Winston Wolkoff shuffled into her S.U.V.
On the way back to the hotel, she showed a photograph of the Washington Monument on her iPhone. "Look at that," she said. " That's amazing. How beautiful is that? I just wish everyone could enjoy it."


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Dutch cyclist Annemiek Van Vleuten had a comfortable lead in the women's Olympic road race just 6 miles shy of the finish line when she suffered an awful crash on a steep, slippery descent. She went head-over-handlebars and appeared to land headfirst on the road's curb.
The conditions on the road race were bad yesterday for the men's road race, which also featured an important crash among the lead group on the final descent.
But Van Vleuten's crash was worse, both because she was all alone and because the crash itself looked far more serious.
It had started to rain during the final descent in Sunday's women's road race right as the leaders reached the start of the final descent. Van Vleuten flew down the mountain and into a comfortable lead when her back wheel gave out.
Van Vleuten started to brake going around one of several steep curves:
But the back wheel went up into the air:
She went over her handlebars and landed headfirst:
Just awful:
A Dutch teammate went on to take gold, but it's heartbreaking to be that close to the finish line — and a possible gold medal — only to crash out in such tragic fashion.
The Dutch cycling federation confirmed that Van Vleuten is in stable condition, despite the fact that she looked unconscious after her crash:
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Talk about Lessons Learned, KM and PM on LinkedIn. Below are 4 recent LinkedIn posts all about Lessons Learned KM and PM. I have made comments and found some like minded folk who share a passion for Lessons Learned… Enjoy the links and reading
Project Manager Community – Best Group for Project Management
Lessons Learned Meetings – Dumb Idea?
Are waiting to do lessons learned meetings at the end of the project valuable or by then is it too late and they are just dumb?
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Project Management Link ( Project, Program & Portfolio Managers )
Hello Project Managers, What is "Lessons Learnt" or "Learning from Experience"?Is it about transferring relevant knowledge of an individual to the many?
Is it about "Experience is the best teacher", and so we should always capture our important experiences and teach them to others?
Is it about not repeating mistakes of the past but repeating its successes?
Is it about collecting the individual tacit knowledge of the organization and transient them into the organization's wisdom?
Personally I think it all of the above and more.
So my question is do you apply "Learning from Experience" in your organization? If so, how do you do it?
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PMO – Project Management Office
Learning Lessons from Lessons Learned
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. During the last decade of last century, many companies had..
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We really need to talk about knowledge..
November 28, 2012 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Crowne Plaza Reading
This event requires registration: http://www.apm.org.uk/event/we-really-need-talk-about-knowledge-knowledge-sig-courageous-conversations-event
How do we know what it means to manage a project? In this APM Knowledge SIG Courageous Conversations event, Dr Jon Whitty and Dr Judy Payne invite you to challenge preconceptions about project management knowledge.
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Labels: Body of Knowledge, project management, professional knowledge
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Might & Magic Heroes 7 Discussion
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Kadorak posted on Oct 21, 2016 5:55:01 AM - Report post
Just wanted to toss in that, given that this would be a fix for one feature for an older game that, even if it's now settled into final forced stasis [barring community mod efforts, which you obviously don't need to worry about making trainers work for] has had many iterations before, I'd be willing to toss all my 8600 credits into the pot of making this fix.[Don't have much else to do with them]
illyanya posted on Nov 29, 2016 11:42:10 PM - Report post
the number pad 1 option unlimited movement doesnt work. have tried it multiple ways but it dont work am a lifetime member but that shouldnt matter.
PWizard posted on Nov 29, 2016 11:43:43 PM - Report post
Please use the update notification system to report a game patch, update or to report that the trainer may not be working with the latest version of the game. If 3 or more reports have been filed, consider BOOSTING the priority of this title for a faster turnaround on the updated trainer.
illyanya posted on Nov 30, 2016 4:25:07 PM - Report post
the only part of the trainer that doesnt work correctly is the unlimited movement part. even hex cheating for unlimited movement doesnt work so it may just be impossible to have that feature for might and magic heroes 7. i have used both cosmos to hex cheat movement and cheat engine to get the hex address for movement and then adjusted the amount and also tried freezing the amount yet nothing holds the change.
nemezid posted on Dec 03, 2016 4:21:46 PM - Report post
I just download last trainer (Might & Magic Heroes 7 Trainer 2.2.1-40632 (12.03.2016)). Everything is working, except unlimited movement.
Masters posted on Dec 27, 2016 11:45:06 AM - Report post
Yes, it doesn't, but there is also something else I'd like to request, if possible.
Would you please add some measures for us to heal units and have unlimited mana? Speaking of the latter, I know it's not that relevant with all that other options at hand, but since the name of the game is Might and Magic, with quite so many heroes and factions focused on magic, it would greatly benefit this other gameplay style, and, therefore, be appreciated.
nemezid posted on Dec 28, 2016 10:36:28 AM - Report post
Great work. Thanks!
[Edited by nemezid, 12/28/2016 10:36:55 AM]
Maint posted on May 31, 2018 9:28:38 AM - Report post
just wondering, why cant you make it permantly unlimited movement insted of turn it of after 3 secont, its kinda anoying
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A burnout is pretty easy to do, but its a lot easier with a line-lock. A line-lock allows you to lock the front brakes independently of the rear brakes, so the car stays put while the tires smolder. The device is basically an electric solenoid, controlled by a switch on the shifter. With the brakes applied, the driver depresses and holds the switch, then releases the brake pedal. The solenoid holds pressure in the front brake lines and releases the rear brakes, which makes burnouts a breeze. Releasing the switch releases the front brakes and allows the car to come gradually out of the burnout.
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Date of Award
Document Type
Degree Name
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor
Paul J. Rullkoetter, Ph.D.
Calibration and validation, FEA, Finite element analysis, Probabilistic analysis, Spine, Total disc replacement
Validated finite element (FE) models of the functional spinal unit (FSU) and lumbar spine are essential in design-phase device development and in assessing the mechanics associated with normal spine function and degenerative disc disease (DDD), as well as the impact of fusion and total disc replacement (TDR). Although experimental data from fully intact specimens can be used for model calibration and validation, the contributions from the individual structures (disc, facets, and ligaments) may be inappropriately distributed. Hence, creation of decompression conditions or device implantations that require structure removal may not have the proper resulting mechanics. An explicit FE formulation may be advantageous compared to standard analysis due to efficiency in handling complex, changing contact conditions and the ability to evaluate either rigid or deformable body contact. Also, probabilistic studies based on these deterministic FE formulations are of great interest currently as model input parameters (such as properties of nucleus, annulus, ligament stiffness and facet material and geometric orientation) have been characterized experimentally, but contain substantial variability. The use of these FE formulations is not only valuable from an intact spine point of view, but also relevant in understanding and improving the design outcome of procedures like the total disc replacement (TDR). It has been shown that clinical outcome and the incidence of adjacent level disease is linked to the range of motion achieved by the introduction of these disc replacement devices like the ProDisc-L (Synthes Spine, West Chester, PA). Placement of the spherical center of the device as close as possible to the anatomical axis of rotation of the segment is essential in achieving optimal performance.
Accordingly, an explicit FE model of the lumbosacral spine and FSU's L2-L3 and L4-L5 using subject-specific in vitro data was developed using sequential transection of each structure. In addition, the objective of this dissertation was to develop a computationally efficient, probabilistic explicit FE model of the lumbar spine, to evaluate spine mechanics for the FSU's L2-L3 and L4-L5. This probabilistic modeling approach was used to assess the capability of efficient probabilistic analyses to predict performance incorporating disc and ligament material variability as well as geometric variability of the facet joint. A well calibrated deterministic and probabilistic model can be used as an excellent computational tool to predict the behavior of the spine with implants like the ProDisc-L. This dissertation also investigates the effect of altering the position of the Prodisc-L implanted in a FE model on ROM during flexion-extension, lateral bending, and axial rotation. Specifically, ROM, bone impingement, implant impingement, and facet forces were evaluated with varying anterior-posterior and medial-lateral placement of the TDR implant.
The uniqueness of this work is the method developed to tune the individual structures in calibrating the FE model using sequential sectioning. This strong calibration against subject-specific in vitro data developed confidence in the predictive power of this FE model. For an applied torque, the rotational root mean squared error between the model predictions and the experimental results were within 0.15deg averaged during flexion and extension. The probabilistic analysis compared some of the advanced reliability and probabilistic techniques with the Monte Carlo simulation which is considered the gold standard. The efficient methods accurately estimated the results from Monte Carlo simulation in approximately 5% of computational time. This study on the implanted spine performed on four different spine models showed the importance of using FE techniques as a pre-op templating tool in decision making process for spinal procedures.
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Accidentally cleaned screen with Endust - isopropyl alcohol?
I used an Endust electronics wipe on my imac before I googled and read never to use anything with isopropyl alcohol.. I buffed it out with a microfiber cloth (it came out super streaky and that tipped me off) but has damage already been done? It was probably on the screen for 5 seconds. And, if so, is there anyway to reverse it? ::fingerscrossed::
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the testimony report of its examination of management practices of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The GAO found that the agency made progress since the previous GAO review, but that there is still room for improvement. The NTSB should develop transparent, risk-based criteria for selecting which marine accidents it will investigate. Writing of the reports of marine accident investigations has materially improved. GAO-08-652T (4/23/08).
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The Mekong Delta is one of the largest on Earth. Formed over the last 8000 years, it fans out and discharges into the South China Sea via nine channels. These channels split and shape the coastline, creating unique habitats for a variety of animals.