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Designed to run on any surface including highways and rough terrains.
1) Wide grooves – Ability to prevent hydroplaning.
Benefit –Evacuates water effectively.
2) Rigid shoulder blocks - Provide responsive handling and precise cornering.
Benefit – Maintains proper balance throughout the drive.
3) Five random pitch variation - Reduces road noise.
Benefit – Makes for a peaceful ride.
4) Twin-block design - Improves road contact.
Benefit – Gives good control and makes it durable.
- Width255
255 is the width in millimetres of the tyres cross section.
- Aspect Ratio70
70 is the Aspect Ratio, it is the ratio of the sidewall height to the cross section width.
- ConstructionR
Radial construction. R stands for radial-ply construction.
- Rim15
15 inches, stands for the diameter of the wheel that the tyre is designed to fit.
- Load Rating108
108 (1000 kg) is the load index i.e. the maximum weight each tyre can carry at full speed.
- Speed RatingS
S (180 kmph) is the speed rating i.e. the maximum speed for the tyre at full load.


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S: A Treasure Chest is not always best
BC: Thank Yous | I dedicate this book to Carly who gave me the idea for a koala, Joel who gave me the koala name, and Craig who named my kookaburra.
FC: A Treasure Chest Is Not Always Best | By Devin
1: Once upon a time in the land of Jungleania there lived a koala named Joel. He lived in a small tree house in the second tallest tree. Every day Joel explored around the jungle and one day he discovered a strange cavern behind a waterfall.
2: Once upon a time in the land of Jungleania there lived a koala named Joel. He lived in a small tree house in the second tallest tree. Every day Joel explored around the jungle. One day he discovered a strange waterfall spring.
3: He looked around and discovered that there was a cavern behind the waterfall! He was curious and so he decided to look further into the cave. Oh My Gosh! What should appear before him but a treasure chest atop a large pedestal. It amazed him so much that he had to have it.
4: He slowly approached the chest when someone jumped out in front of him! It was a small kookaburra bird named Craig. He told Joel not to go near the chest because when you opened it the cave started to collapse. The two became friends and then pondered ways to get the chest without making the cave collapse. "I got it!" said Joel, we can replace the chest with a boulder and then it won't collapse.
5: The two quickly found a boulder and placed it on the pedestal. They then grabbed the chest and started to leave feeling very triumphant. As they were exiting the cave Craig said, "Do you here a rumbling noise?". They looked back and realized the boulder had rolled off the pedestal and the cave was starting to come down!
6: They started to sprint but the chest was too heavy. They could just see the entrance taunting them, they were so close. They threw the chest over the falls and jumped out of the cave, just barely avoiding the last falling rock. As our heroes plunge into the mist we await to see what has become of them.
7: Our adventurers climbed out of the water soaking wet and sad, as their treasure was lost and they weren't to glad. "It's gone it's all gone" moaned Craig. "Don't give up, it could be around here somewhere" said Joel. While he sat there dismayed Joel looked around. He almost gave up when he saw something shine by the edge of the falls.
8: "Craig it's over here!" screamed Joel. There was money and gold everywhere! They laughed an played in the treasure filled water all day happy with their marvelous discovery. The sun started to set and the two new friends looked at each other, they realized that the treasure didn't matter because even though they had found the treasure the treasure of friendship was the only one they needed to keep.
9: Attributions | Koala, pg2 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cutest_Koala.jpg by Erik Veland Tree House, pg2 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tree_house.jpg by emdot WaterFall, pg2 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clovelly_Waterfall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1563289.jpg by Peter Gwenlan Money Bills, pg6 http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/196926 by pennywise | Treasure Chest,pg3 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Treasure_chest_color.png by The Evil Spartan Albino Kookaburra,pg3 http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/102953 by paulcopeland Cave, pg4 http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/599678 by mconnors Waterfall w/mist,pg5 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double_Rainbow_at_the_Base_of_Vernal_Fall_along_Mist_Trail.jpg by Wing-Chi Poon Gold Chalice, pg6 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gold by Vassil

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Math.fround() function returns the nearest 32-bit single precision float representation of a
The source for this interactive example is stored in a GitHub repository. If you'd like to contribute to the interactive examples project, please clone https://github.com/mdn/interactive-examples and send us a pull request.
var singleFloat = Math.fround(doubleFloat);
Number. If the parameter is of a different type, it will get converted to a number or to
NaNif it cannot be converted.
Return value
The nearest 32-bit single precision float representation of the given number.
JavaScript uses 64-bit double floating-point numbers internally, which offer a very high precision. However, sometimes you may be working with 32-bit floating-point numbers, for example if you are reading values from a
Float32Array. This can create confusion: Checking a 64-bit float and a 32-bit float for equality may fail even though the numbers are seemingly identical.
To solve this,
Math.fround() can be used to cast the 64-bit float to a 32-bit float. Internally, JavaScript continues to treat the number as a 64-bit float, it just performs a "round to even" on the 23rd bit of the mantissa, and sets all following mantissa bits to
0. If the number is outside the range of a 32-bit float,
-Infinity is returned.
fround() is a static method of
Math, you always use it as
Math.fround(), rather than as a method of a
Math object you created (
Math is not a constructor).
The number 1.5 can be precisely represented in the binary numeral system, and is identical in 32-bit and 64-bit:
Math.fround(1.5); // 1.5 Math.fround(1.5) === 1.5; // true
However, the number 1.337 cannot be precisely represented in the binary numeral system, so it differs in 32-bit and 64-bit:
Math.fround(1.337); // 1.3370000123977661 Math.fround(1.337) === 1.337; // false
is too big for a 32-bit float, so
Infinity is returned:
2 ** 150; // 1.42724769270596e+45 Math.fround(2 ** 150); // Infinity
If the parameter cannot be converted to a number, or it is not-a-number (
Math.fround() will return
Math.fround('abc'); // NaN Math.fround(NaN); // NaN
This can be emulated with the following function, if
Float32Array are supported:
Math.fround = Math.fround || (function (array) { return function(x) { return array[0] = x, array[0]; }; })(new Float32Array(1));
Supporting older browsers is slower, but also possible:
if (!Math.fround) Math.fround = function(arg) { arg = Number(arg); // Return early for ±0 and NaN. if (!arg) return arg; var sign = arg < 0 ? -1 : 1; if (sign < 0) arg = -arg; // Compute the exponent (8 bits, signed). var exp = Math.floor(Math.log(arg) / Math.LN2); var powexp = Math.pow(2, Math.max(-126, Math.min(exp, 127))); // Handle subnormals: leading digit is zero if exponent bits are all zero. var leading = exp < -127 ? 0 : 1; // Compute 23 bits of mantissa, inverted to round toward zero. var mantissa = Math.round((leading - arg / powexp) * 0x800000); if (mantissa <= -0x800000) return sign * Infinity; return sign * powexp * (leading - mantissa / 0x800000); };
Faster Alternative Polyfill (Work In Progress)
The below polyfill is much faster and uses double-precision rounding errors to emulate the rounding errors caused by floating point narrowing. Although the polyfill higher on the page is good for comprehension, all of the complex Math function that it uses make it terrible slow. Although this polyfill is much faster, it is off by a bit in about 1 out of 2048 of the tests due to the tendency to round upwards like
Math.ceil instead of like
Math.round in the division of the subnormal-handling section of the code. Because single precision floating points have 23 bits of precision, the mean error deviation from the correct value is roughly
2**-28 or 0.0000000058%. This deviation from the correct value should be insignifigant in most circumstances, however please edit this polyfill if you have some tweaks to increase correctness without bloating the code size too much. NaN is not optimized for because it is most likely (almost certain) that you will not be calling
Math.fround with NaN exclusively in a tight loop. Moreover, an additional check just for NaN instead of letting NaN naturally arise would induce a performance penalty for this function in older browsers when not called with NaN. Thus, the code below handles NaN correctly, but inefficiently for good reason.
const Math_round = Math.round; if (!Math.fround) Math.fround = function(x) { if (x > 3.402823669209385e+38) return Infinity; // maximum float is 2**128 if (x < -3.402823669209385e+38) return -Infinity; // minimum is -2**128 if (-1.1754943508222875e-38 < x && x < 1.1754943508222875e-38) { if (-1.401298464324817e-45 < x && x < 1.401298464324817e-45) return 0; // else, it is a subnormal var mul = Math_round(x/1.4012984643e-45)*1e-323; return mul * 1.418129833677085e+278; } var hi = x * 9007199254740992; // 9007199254740992 is 2**53 which is the maximum of double precision var exp = (x + hi) - hi; // adding this number chops off all lower bits, rounding the number. exp /= 16777216; // 8388608 = 2**23 * 2, so preserve 23 bits in x because there are 23 bits in a float // The "* 2" compensates for the addition shifting up the bits unwantedly return Math_round(x / exp) * exp; }
Below is code used to test for deviations from the correct value. The code below is meant for testing the merit of the function, not for polyfilling older browsers (as evidenced by the fact that the native Math.fround function is used).
requestIdleCallback(function(){"use strict"; const Math_fround = Math.fround; const Math_round = Math.round; function my_fround(x) { if (x > 3.402823669209385e+38) return Infinity; // maximum float is 2**128 if (x < -3.402823669209385e+38) return -Infinity; // minimum is -2**128 if (-1.1754943508222875e-38 < x && x < 1.1754943508222875e-38) { if (-1.401298464324817e-45 < x && x < 1.401298464324817e-45) return 0; // else, it is a subnormal var mul = Math_round(x/1.4012984643e-45)*1e-323; return mul * 1.418129833677085e+278; } var hi = x * 9007199254740992; // 9007199254740992 is 2**53 which is the maximum of double precision var exp = (x + hi) - hi; // adding this number chops off all lower bits, rounding the number. exp /= 16777216; // 8388608 = 2**23 * 2, so preserve 23 bits in x because there are 23 bits in a float // The "* 2" compensates for the addition shifting up the bits unwantedly return Math_round(x / exp) * exp; } const doublesArray = new Float64Array(8192); const int32s = new Uint32Array(doublesArray.buffer); const crypto = window.crypto; var hasWarned = false, warnings=0; for (var i=0; i<4; i=i+1|0) { crypto.getRandomValues(int32s); for (var k=0; k<8192; k=k+1|0) { const myValue = my_fround(doublesArray[k]); const froundVal = Math_fround(doublesArray[k]); // quicker version of Object.is because of no function call overhead: if (myValue === myValue ? myValue !== froundVal : froundVal === froundVal) { if (!hasWarned) console.error(doublesArray[k]); // only show the first incorrect number hasWarned = true; warnings = warnings + 1|0; } } } console[warnings > 0 ? "warn" : "log"]( "Total number of mishandled floats: " + warnings ); });
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The definition of 'Math.fround' in that specification.
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Mal Brough
Mal Brough
|Member of the Australian Parliament
for Fisher
|In office
7 September 2013 – 9 May 2016
|Preceded by
|Peter Slipper
|Succeeded by
|Andrew Wallace
|Minister for Defence Materiel and Science
|In office
21 September 2015 – 29 December 2015
|Prime Minister
|Malcolm Turnbull
|Preceded by
|Stuart Robert
|Succeeded by
|Marise Payne
|Special Minister of State
|In office
21 September 2015 – 29 December 2015
|Prime Minister
|Malcolm Turnbull
|Preceded by
|Michael Ronaldson
|Succeeded by
|Mathias Cormann
|Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
|In office
27 January 2006 – 3 December 2007
|Prime Minister
|John Howard
|Preceded by
|Kay Patterson
|Succeeded by
|Jenny Macklin
|Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer
|In office
18 July 2004 – 27 January 2006
|Prime Minister
|John Howard
|Preceded by
|Helen Coonan
|Succeeded by
|Peter Dutton
|Minister for Employment Participation
|In office
14 February 2001 – 18 July 2004
|Prime Minister
|John Howard
|Preceded by
|Tony Abbott
|Succeeded by
|Fran Bailey
|Member of the Australian Parliament
for Longman
|In office
2 March 1996 – 24 November 2007
|Preceded by
|Constituency Created
|Succeeded by
|Jon Sullivan
|Personal details
Malcolm Thomas Brough
29 December 1961
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
|Political party
|Liberal Party of Australia
|Sue Brough
|Rob Brough (brother)
|Alma mater
|Monash University
|Military service
|Australian Army
|Years of service
Malcolm Thomas Brough (/ˈbrʌf/ BRUF; born 29 December 1961) is a former Australian politician who was the Liberal National member for the Division of Fisher in the Australian House of Representatives. Brough was the member for the Division of Longman from the 1996 election to his defeat at the 2007 election. He was re-elected at the 2013 federal election as the member for the Division of Fisher. He held various positions in John Howard's second, third, and fourth ministries, and sat in cabinet as Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs from 2006 to 2007. In this role, he conducted the controversial Northern Territory Emergency Response. From Brisbane, Brough was a member of the Liberal Party, and briefly served as president of the party's Queensland Division in 2008, until he resigned following its merger with the Queensland Division of the National Party. He later joined the new Liberal National Party.
Brough served briefly in the First Turnbull Ministry until he stood aside in December 2015 and resigned from the Ministry in February 2016 after it was revealed that the Australian Federal Police had investigated him over his alleged involvement in the James Ashby affair.[1]
On 26 February 2016 Brough announced that he would not seek preselection for the seat of Fisher at the 2016 federal election.[2]
Early life[edit]
He was born on 29 December 1961 in Brisbane, Queensland, and was an Australian Army officer and businessman before entering politics. His brother, Rob Brough, is a Seven News presenter and former host of Family Feud.
Brough has Indigenous Australian ancestry through his maternal grandmother Violet Bowden, whose father was Aboriginal.[3] His sister, Carol Stubbs, has served on the board of several Aboriginal corporations.[4]
Political career[edit]
Brough was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business 2000–01 and Minister for Employment Services from 2001 to 2004. In July 2004 he was moved to the portfolios of Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Revenue. He was Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs from January 2006 to November 2007. In his Indigenous Affairs portfolio, Brough was the chief architect of the government's Northern Territory Emergency Response, a package of measures designed to combat alleged high rates of child neglect and abuse in the territory.
Brough was one of a number of government MPs including John Howard who lost their seats at the 2007 election. Brough suffered a swing of 10.3 points in the two-party-preferred vote in his seat, to finish with a vote of 46.4 percent. He was succeeded by Labor's Jon Sullivan.[5][6] Brough switched to the seat of Fisher and won it back from Liberal turned independent and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Peter Slipper at the 2013 federal election.
State politics[edit]
Brough was elected as the President of the Queensland division of the Liberal Party in May 2008.[7] He remained in that position after a vote in July 2008 to merge into the new Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP). He opposed the merger as it had not received final ratification from the federal Liberal Party. On 26 September 2008 he resigned from his post, saying: "You try and do the right thing and, quite frankly, at this point it's all over the shop and it's no wonder voters get so disenchanted with the non-Labor side of politics."[8]
It was because of his opposition of the merger to the LNP that he was not a candidate for his former seat of Longman at the 2010 federal election. That would have meant securing preselection from the LNP in order to have a good chance of reclaiming the seat. He also criticised the party leading up to the 2010 election on its absence of policies, but he did not rule out running for his resident seat of Fisher against Peter Slipper, a National party member who had joined the Liberals.[9]
Federal politics and diary allegations[edit]
In 2006, Brough was the Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Faced with allegations regarding the degradation of Aboriginal communities and frequent cases of child sexual abuse, Brough, combined with the Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin, commissioned a report into child sexual abuse in the Northern Territory. This report received much criticism, beginning with the view that it was a hasty reaction to these allegations. Researchers have suggested that the report was not simply used as an opportunity to resolve these issues, but rather as another way to control these communities.[10]
In mid-2012, following the defection of Peter Slipper from the Liberals to become an independent MP and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Brough announced that he was seeking LNP preselection for the seat of Fisher for the 2013 federal election.[11] On 29 July 2012, it was announced that had won the preselection for the seat,[12] despite criticism over his contact with James Ashby. Ashby had been an adviser to Slipper who had made accusation of sexual harassment. Justice Steve Rares found that Brough had acted with Ashby and another Slipper staffer, Karen Doane, in abusing the judicial process for the "purpose of causing significant public, reputational and political damage to Mr Slipper".[13] On 9 October 2012, Slipper resigned as Speaker following revelations of mobile phone text messages he had sent to Ashby. In an early 2014 appeal ruling the full bench of the Federal Court found that Justice Rares had 'no basis to conclude that Brough was part of any combination with anyone in respect to the commencement of these proceedings with the predominant purpose of damaging Slipper in the way alleged or at all,' and that there was 'nothing untoward about those matters'.[14][15]
On 29 December 2015 Brough stood down from the Turnbull Ministry and moved to the backbench pending the completion of an investigation by the Australian Federal Police over the alleged copying of the diary of former speaker Peter Slipper. Jamie Briggs also resigned on the same day. Questions were raised over the holiday timing of the announcements.[16][17][18][19]
On 13 February 2016, Brough resigned from the Ministry.[1] On 26 February he announced that he would not recontest the seat of Fisher,[20] concluding that it was "a privilege and an honour" to represent the electorate.[21]
- ^ a b Massola, James (13 February 2016). "Cabinet reshuffle: Malcolm Turnbull announces new frontbench as Mal Brough resigns". The Age. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "Mal Brough quits federal parliament". Sky News.
- ^ "Don't know for sure, no real way of ascertaining it" - Brough in "In the eye of the storm". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 June 2007.
- ^ https://www.crikey.com.au/2006/01/31/does-mal-brough-have-a-conflict-of-interest/
- ^ "QLD Division Results - Longman". 2007 Election Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Qld conservatives plan fresh merger talks". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ "Brough quits Liberal presidency". The Brisbane Times. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ Dennehy, Kate (22 June 2010). "LNP has no idea, says Brough". The Brisbane Times. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ^ Roffee, James A (1 March 2016). "Rhetoric, Aboriginal Australians and the Northern Territory Intervention: A Socio-legal Investigation into Pre-legislative Argumentation". International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. 5 (1): 131. doi:10.5204/ijcjsd.v5i1.285. ISSN 2202-8005.
- ^ "Brough to learn if he'll win preselection". News.com.au. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ Parnell, Sean (29 July 2012). "Mal Brough's plan for federal comeback passes a key hurdle, with LNP preselection for Fisher". The Australian. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ^ Ireland, Judith (28 February 2013). "AFP suspends Mal Brough conspiracy prober". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ Mccutcheon, John (1 March 2014). "Ruling clears Brough in Ashby affair". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ The majority judgment of the Full Federal Court stated that there was insufficient evidence to support the finding of Rares J at trial: Ashby v Slipper [2014] FCAFC 15 at [120]-[122] per Mansfield and Gilmour JJ.
- ^ Han, Misa (30 December 2015). "After work drinks 101: lessons for Jamie Briggs (and other bosses)". The Australian Financial Review.
- ^ Keany, Francis (29 December 2015). "Mal Brough, Jamie Briggs stand down from front bench roles; reshuffle on the cards for PM Malcolm Turnbull". ABC News. Australia.
- ^ Anderson, Stephanie (29 December 2015). "Timeline: Mal Brough under fire". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Cox, Lisa (2 December 2015). "Why is Mal Brough in trouble?". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Anderson, Stephanie (26 February 2016). "Mal Brough will not recontest Fisher seat at next election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ "Mal Brough Press Release". Mal Brough Website. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
External links[edit]
|Parliament of Australia
|New division
| Member for Longman
|Succeeded by
Jon Sullivan
|Preceded by
Peter Slipper
| Member for Fisher
|Succeeded by
Andrew Wallace
|Political offices
|Preceded by
Tony Abbott
| Minister for Employment Services
|Succeeded by
Fran Bailey
|Preceded by
Helen Coonan
| Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer
|Succeeded by
Peter Dutton
|Preceded by
Kay Patterson
| Minister for Families and Community
Services and Indigenous Affairs
|Succeeded by
Jenny Macklin
|Preceded by
Michael Ronaldson
| Special Minister of State
|Succeeded by
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|Preceded by
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| Minister for Defence Materiel and Science
|Succeeded by
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- Living people
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080310/ This movie was nominated for an Academy award at the Oscars. 1920 X 1080 H.264 video @ 4000k video bitrate, 384k Dolby AC3 Stereo audio (bluray disc audio track was originally mono and was converted to 2 channel for you. Subtitles files included for English French Polish Portuguese Romanian and Spanish An interesting movie about the decision of the British (UK) to offer as sacrificial lambs three good men of Australia in a bid to appease the Germans and hopefully bring the war they were involved in to an end even sooner than otherwise might have been the case perhaps. Reminds me of another great movie Gallipoli(with similar undertones I would say) indicating the British don't seem to realize that for many folks that have dealt with the great peoples of Australia, they are the best the British have to offer the planet and are a far cry from being expendable as it were I do love the dear folks of Australia - I was married to a British gal of French ancestry whose roots were in Australia and in this respect I remain optimistic about their future if they seek a course all of their own, free from the strings being pulled anywhere else with other ideas of wisdom at times,I say. seed kindly - with thanks! Michael Rizzo Chessman (moviesbyrizzo)


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Two men separated by over 100 years of history, yet both planted the seeds of their downfall by invading the same country. Possibly the two most significant invasions in modern military history that would significantly change the balance of power in Europe. Napoleon Bonaparte, a man that would change European history forever with not only his military skill, but with the ideas of the French revolution spread across the continent. And Adolf Hitler, possibly one of histories most horrific ruler whose ambition dragged the world into yet another horrifying war that saw the death of over 50 million people worldwide.
Napoleon was born in Corsica, an island just off the west coast of Italy. The ownership of the island had changed in years close to Napoleon's birth, the islands being at one time part of the Republic of Genoa in Italy. When Napoleon was born it was then owned by France but he was hardly a Frenchman. The young Napoleon did not even speak French, the majority on the island speaking Italian, and had to learn it in his youth, however he would speak it for the rest of his life in a strong Corsican accent. Like Napoleon, Hitler was also not born in the country he would eventually rule over. Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria but did not face the difficulties of language that Napoleon did with Austria being a German speaking country.
In later life when both rose to power, the similarities are impossible to miss. Hitler ignited a Second World War in 1939 quickly achieving victories with his German army until by 1941 he was the de facto ruler of Europe. In Napoleon's time, the revolutionary wars ended with France being the dominant superpower in Europe as Napoleon skilfully manoeuvred his way into power, eventually declaring himself emperor of France and, like Hitler, master of Europe by 1812. The only nation that defied Hitler and Napoleon's rule was Great Britain. Protected by the seas and its Royal Navy, the sturdy island nation proved to be a constant hindrance to both leaders in their never ending pursuit of power.
In 1807, following the French victory in the war of the fourth coalition, Napoleon had completely charmed the Russian Tsar and had been able to sign a peace treaty leading to an Alliance between the two countries. The main purpose of the alliance was for Russia to join the 'Continental System', designed by Napoleon, it was intended as a solution to defeat the British. The 'Continental System' effectively stopped any trade with Britain by any nation in Europe. With a huge power like Russia joining this system, Napoleon hoped it would hurt Britain even further and leading to Britain coming to the negotiating table with him. But the alliance with Napoleon, who before the alliance had been slated as being the Antichrist in Russia, was highly unpopular, eventually the Tsar had to concede to the Russian nobles and neutral ships began arriving at Russian ports for trade. Seeing his 'Continental System' threatened, Napoleon knew he needed to intervene militarily to force Alexander's hand.
Like Napoleon, Hitler had also signed an alliance with Russia, or the Soviet Union as it was then called. The Molotov – Ribbentrop pact had brought both rival ideologies of National Socialism and Communism together, an act which stunned the world. The main intention was to give Hitler a free hand in the West dealing the British and French without any worry for a war in the East for the time being. Hitler made quick work of the Allies, taking Poland in September of 1939, then Norway and France in 1940. Veering south he next took the Balkans with Yugoslavia and Greece falling. By 1941 Hitler had defeated every major enemy on the European continent. But like the conundrum Napoleon was in, Hitler was unable to force Britain to her knees. Here is where things start to differ between the two men. Napoleon only invaded Russia reluctantly in order to drag Russian back into the alliance and into his cherished 'continental system', Britain being the main enemy in Napoleon's eyes. But for Hitler, defeating Russia was much more personal. He detested the Soviet Union and everything it stood for, especially communism. He believed his invasion was to be a war of extinction against the 'Slavs' in the East and his 'Aryan' Germans and was clear on his intentions of destroying the population in the East, developing horrific ideas such as the plan to systematically starve millions of people once a victory had been achieved over the Soviet Union. Hitler was able to convince his generals of the invasion by reasoning that if the Soviet Union also fell, then Britain must surely come to terms in understanding that they could never defeat Nazi Germany alone.
For an invasion of a country as vast and powerful as Russia the two leaders knew that they needed a colossal army. Napoleon's Grande Armée was the largest of its time. Whilst it was led by French generals, it would have been more appropriate to have called it 'L'Armée de l'Europe'. It included soldiers from all over the continent, the main body being Frenchmen and others from the French empire such as Dutch, Swiss, Italians and Belgians. The second largest in number were Poles, then came the Italians, Germans, Austrians, Croats and Spanish, just to name a few. The actual number of the troops involved has been widely debated, but it was somewhere between 550,000 to 600,000, along with over 160,000 horses gathered from all over the continent to be used as cavalry or transportation. Hitler's army of 1941 dwarfed Napoleon's, but then again it was over 100 years after Napoleon's time. Hitler had positioned 3,050,000 German troops along the border to the Soviet Union. They were joined by troops from their Axis allies bringing the total to nearly four million soldiers. Hitler also had his famous Blitzkrieg weapons in the form of tanks and armoured cars that would race behind the Russian lines, but along with this army came 600,000 horses used to tow ambulances, ration wagons, guns and used for other forms of transportation. Although modern technology allowed for motorized vehicles to speed up certain units, the majority of troops were on foot, just like Napoleons soldiers.
On 24th June 1812 Napoleon and his army crossed the Niemen river to start its invasion of Russia, almost 129 years later on the 22nd June 1941, German and axis troops began entering the Soviet Union, only 2 days before the Grande Armée had set off. For Napoleon the invasion went relatively well. The Grande Armée swiftly pushed through the countryside as the Russian armies retreated further and further towards Moscow. The Russian generals preferred to fall back and let attrition take its toll on the Grande Armée rather than take on Napoleon whose military genius was greatly feared. Many times the Russian general Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly attempted to create a strong defensive position in order to fight the Grande Armée in a decisive battle, but the French advance was too rapid for the Russians who continued to retreat. Eventually Barclay de Tolly was removed due to his refusal to give battle. His replacement was Mikhail Illarionovic Kutuzov. Like his predecessor, he soon realised that if he were to give battle to Napoleon he would surely lose, his only hope was to fight whilst in a strong defensive position and so he continued in the same way as Barclay de Tolly had. He eventually was able to stop in Borodino, a village a mere 70 miles or so from Moscow. He set up defensive positions and awaited the Grande Armée.
The German armies in 1941 had managed to catch the Soviets by complete surprise and quickly engulfed entire armies in vast encircling manoeuvres with the panzer troops racing behind the Soviet lines. Just 5 days after the invasion, two panzer groups had met at Minsk, some 200 miles behind the Soviet front line and had managed to encircle more than 300,000 Red Army troops along with 2,500 tanks that were either destroyed or captured. In 3 weeks the Red Army had lost 3,500 tanks, over 6,000 aircraft and around 2 million men. For Hitler victory seemed close as his troops continued to roll forward crushing any Soviet armies that lay in their way. Whilst the Germans began to reach Moscow in the centre and Leningrad in the north, they soon learned how extensive the Soviet Union's manpower really was. Hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers were rushed into the front line only to be killed or captured by the Germans, but no matter how many Soviets they killed, more kept appearing on the horizon. As they approached Moscow the weather was beginning to turn for the worst. To the German soldier the situation was certainly unsettling. The optimism following the early victories had been ground away by the countless number of Red Army soldiers they continued to face. Victory only seemed possible if they got to Moscow, but the weather was getting colder.
As Napoleon stood on a hill overlooking the battlefield at Borodino, with Moscow in the background, the weather was still in good condition. His forces finally faced the Russian army, a battle he had been waiting for since the beginning of the invasion. The battle commenced involving more than 250,000 troops, it was to be one of the bloodiest days in European military history until the battle of the Somme in 1916. Although Napoleon's performance in the battle was possibly his worst as a general, he still came out the victor, though not without losses. The Russians suffered around 45,000 casualties whilst the Grande Armée's losses came to around 28,ooo. The damage to the Russian army was crippling and so it began to limp back further into Russia for a much needed rest and to await reinforcements. The Russian general Kutuzov knew he could not give battle again until his army had recovered, but this meant losing Moscow, the old capital of Russia. The French losses were not as severe, however Napoleon had all but destroyed his cavalry.Yet the Grande Armée marched on towards Moscow capturing the city on the 14th September. When the Russians fled the city, a fire had started which devastated large areas before the French had arrived. With a burnt out city at its feet, the Grande Armée needed a more suited camp to face the Russian winter and so in the middle of October Napoleon began moving his troops back westwards. Greatly underestimating the Russian climate the French manoeuvre soon became a full scale retreat as its supply lines came under attacks from Russian units in the French rear. With the army marching in freezing conditions out in the open the losses began to rise. Just to make things worse the Russian army, back up to strength after its period of rest, began chasing the Grande Armée as it fled westwards. The Russians had used Moscow as a trap to lure the Grande Armée into Russia until winter hit which they knew would destroy the French army. Napoleon had no option but to retreat as best he could knowing the cost to his army would be disastrous.
In October 1941, the Germans had Moscow on the horizon, being tantalizingly close to achieving a possible victory. With fresh units arriving from Siberia in the far East, the Soviets launched a massive counter offensive smashing apart the German armies at the front. After months of continuous marching and fighting the German armies were in no condition to withstand the attack. For the first time in the war the German army had been halted decisively. Now troops began to panic and German generals called for retreat. Before the invasion many German generals had read accounts of Napoleons invasion of Russia and the subsequent retreat, above all they feared a similar situation for their own army. Hitler had forbidden any winter clothing to be issued to his troops, believing it to be possible that his army could defeat the Soviets before winter set in. But he massively miscalculated as his troops began to freeze on the front lines whilst being attacked by Soviet troops. It was at this moment that Hitler called for a halt. Not wishing to replicate Napoleons retreat of 1812, he forbid any units to fall back and ordered them to create strong points to stop the Soviets. Huddled together in make shift foxholes in the freezing cold, the Germans held their positions as the Soviets pushed against them hard.
The Grande Armée on the other hand crawled its way back through western Russia, being constantly harassed by the Russians, losing thousands of men to the Russian cavalry hacking at their rear. The further the men marched, the worse the weather got with men and horses dying on a tremendous scale, many freezing to death. In late January, after almost 3 months of retreating and fighting their way back through Russian armies, the Grande Armée entered the relative safety of Poland. But here Napoleon was able to see the true scale of the disaster which had befallen his army. It is impossible to give an exact figure of the losses, but starting the invasion Napoleon had somewhere between 550,000 to 600,000 soldiers. In January 1813 only around 120,000 came out of Russia. Thus it can be roughly assumed that as many as 400,000 soldiers died, only a quarter of them from battle. The rest were killed by the Russian winter. This was the beginning of the end for Napoleon. His first real defeat allowed his enemies to rally behind Russia and rise up against him. First the Prussians and then the Austrians declared war on France joining Russia in pushing him back to the borders of France. By March 1814 Paris capitulated and Napoleon was defeated.
Hitler's downfall went differently. His freezing army was able to hold on against the Soviets who were unable to keep up the pressure in their offensive. When the weather improved in mid 1942 his troops were able to launch another assault pushing even further into Russia, but whilst Napoleon's end began in the city of Moscow, Hitler's began in the city of Stalingrad. In early 1943 the Germans lost nearly 800,000 troops to the Soviets in the battle for the city which bore Stalin's name and they were never able to regain the initiative. Over the next 2 years they were gradually pushed back until Soviet artillery shells began landing on the street above Hitler's bunker in Berlin. Preferring to commit suicide rather than face a trial for his war crimes, Hitler shot himself on 30th April 1945. Germany surrendered shortly afterwards.
For all their similarities, Napoleon and Hitler were two very different people. Hitler's desired war of annihilation against the Soviet Union resulted in nearly 20 million Soviet deaths during the war. Included in the figure are soldiers and citizens. Napoleon did not harbour any racist or ideological hatred against the Russians, nor did he ever consider it a war of annihilation. Yet Hitler was hell bent on destroying the Soviets from the outset. It is true that even Napoleon's war brought with it death and destruction which can be blamed on Napoleon himself, but he often forbid his troops to loot local civilians and had no insane ambitions to kill all 'Slavs' like Hitler did. Also Napoleon truly was a military genius, none can doubt it. His control on the battlefield led to countless victories for France, yet whilst Hitler claimed he was responsible for the great German victories, his generals were often the ones who should receive credit, Hitler made a habit of claiming their ideas for his own. The only possible exception for this would be Hitler's order to halt outside the gates of Moscow during the Russian offensive, but whether this decision helped save the German army is still widely debated to this day.
The consequences of both wars were felt all over Europe. Napoleon had conquered Europe, making France the dominant superpower in the world, only being hampered by the British Navy which kept it restricted to the continent. In truth whenever the French and Russians faced each other in battle, even during the dreadful conditions of the retreat when the French army was starved and freezing, the soldiers of the Grande Armée significantly beat the Russians every time. But with all of Europe rising up against French rule there was no way Napoleon could hold onto his dream of French hegemony over Europe. Instead a new Europe emerged out of the ashes of French defeat and two nations rose to become the new dominant forces. Russia, enjoying the prestige of defeating Napoleon and freeing Europe from Napoleonic rule was of course one. The other was Prussia which after Napoleon's defeat received many German lands leading it to become the dominant German state. In 1870 Prussia would unite the German states to become the Empire of Germany. These two nations who had once fought side by side against the French would soon be engaged in two of the worst wars that the world had ever seen.
For all their similarities both men are remembered in different ways. Napoleon is remembered for his victories. Even in defeat he still holds fame as one of the greatest military commanders who ever lived. Many rightly point out that this man was responsible for dragging all of Europe to war causing thousands of casualties. But more importantly he brought the ideas of the French revolution to the rest of Europe. The Napoleonic Code which made such laws as forbidding any privileges based on birth and allowed freedom of religion has lasted for far longer than Napoleon was alive. Hitler though is remembered for the horrors that came with Nazism. The deaths that can be directly attributed to Nazism, with its ideological beliefs of a war of annihilation against 'lesser' races have never before been encountered on such a scale as carried out by the Nazis. We can surely be thankful that Hitler made that fateful decision to turn East and invade the country that even the military genius Napoleon could not conquer.
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ENCINITAS — The man who came forward in connection with the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist on April 10 in Encinitas has been released from jail, after no charges were filed.
Joseph Ricardo Fernandez, 46, contacted Carlsbad police April 11 and mentioned that he was possibly involved in a collision.
Police determined that his vehicle, a Dodge Ram 1500, was similar to the truck that was involved in the fatal bicycle collision on North Coast Highway 101.
Fernandez was arrested for a felony hit and run and held in the Vista jail on $50,000 bail, but instead of being arraigned in Vista Superior Court, he was released on April 14.
"When you arrest someone, you have 72 hours to arraign them," said sheriff's Sgt. Mark O'Connor.
The sheriff's department said it's a complicated case because they must prove that the vehicle at the crime lab is the one involved.
Both the bicycle and the vehicle are at the lab.
O'Connor said the district attorney wants the department to finish a thorough investigation.
"We can only file charges once we can prove something beyond a reasonable doubt," said Steve Walker, spokesman for the San Diego County District Attorney's office.
He said they are continuing to review the investigation.
"It doesn't mean we're not going to file. Right now we're not comfortable filing those charges," he said.
James Steven Swarzman, 47, of Encino, was taking a late-night ride with several friends when he was struck from behind about 1 a.m., in the 1200 block of North Coast Highway 101, according to authorities.
He and a group of cyclists had been riding near the beach in the Encinitas area when the fatal accident occurred.
According to the Medical Examiner's Office, Swarzman died at a hospital at 4 a.m.
A sheriff's detective and a deputy from the Encinitas station arrived at the residence where Fernandez was staying after he called authorities.
According to the sheriff's department, Fernandez voluntarily returned with the detective and deputy to the station to be interviewed; his truck was also impounded.
In previous reports, O'Connor said that damage to the truck was consistent with evidence at the scene.
He said that a headlight assembly was found at the accident site.
He also said that drinking might have been a factor.
No charges filed yet in fatal bicyclist hit and run
ENCINITAS — The man who came forward in connection with the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist on April 10 in Encinitas has been released from jail, after no charges were filed.


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As the ICD-10 deadline approaches, you might be wondering how your practice is following up on denied and rejected claims. According to CMS, 1 in 5 practices will see Medicare denials double for 6 months after October 1, 2015. Understanding how your practice is following up on denied and rejected claims now is critical to the success of your revenue cycle. Investing time into your denial management strategy can minimize the impact of ICD-10 on your practice.
If you're wondering where to start, you need to first understand what denied and rejected claims are and common errors that cause them.
1. What are denied insurance claims?
Denied claims have been deemed unpayable by an insurance company. Usually, insurers explain why a claim was denied in the explanation of benefits (EOB) statement associated with the claim. Missing information, billing errors, and questions about patient coverage are some of the main reasons claims are denied. However, denied claims can be appealed successfully in some cases. Clearly it is better to avoid them in the first place, though.
2. What are rejected insurance claims?
Rejected claims are sent back because of errors, not because the insurer concluded they were unpayable. For example, if your medical billing software provides incorrect information that your billing staff doesn't catch, the claim will be rejected. Correcting errors and resubmitting rejected claims is common, but as with denied insurance claims, preventing claim rejections in the first place is the preferable option.
3. What are the common errors with denials and rejections?
Something as simple as incorrect medical provider information can result in a rejected claim, as can incorrect patient information. When an incorrect diagnosis or point-of-service code is entered into medical billing software, a claim can end up with errors. Also, treatment and diagnosis codes that don't match properly can result in claim rejections or denials. Insurers are exacting about their requirements, and medical billing software that can work with the demands of different insurers can provide a measurable return on investment by increasing clean claims.
4. How can my practice discover and correct errors quickly?
Good communication between medical billing and coding staff and clinicians is essential to ensuring the right codes are put on claim forms. Keeping the lines of communication between the practice and insurers can be effective, too. Verifying patient coverage when an appointment is made, or at least during patient sign-in, can prevent errors caused by patient contact information changes or changes in insurance coverage. Vigilance at every step, from appointment booking through claims submission is necessary to hold down error rates.
5. Why should I monitor denials and rejections for trends?
If there is an unexpected uptick in denials and rejections, taking the time to assess what's going on and see if there are trends is important. You may find, for example, that claims with one particular insurer are rejected more often. Or you may find that a particular diagnosis code leads to more rejections. A simple change in insurer requirements that goes unnoticed could be responsible for an increase in rejected claims, and uncovering that reason can help you quickly and substantially increase your clean claims rate.
How Your Medical Billing Software Can Help
The best medical billing software for your practice works with your established workflows and integrated with your EMR. It should accelerate the billing process while providing accurate information for insurance claims and patient out-of-pocket charges. Even if your medical billing software is known for being easy to use, investing in training is still wise, so staff members can learn to use all the helpful features and make the most of the investment. Exceptional medical billing software, combined with training and a conscientious staff can go a long way to reducing the number of denied and rejected claims your practice deals with.
Denied and rejected claims are a major cause of lost revenue for medical practices. Maintaining a high clean claims rate requires attention to detail at every step of the patient journey, and having good medical billing software can also make a clear, positive difference.
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Ashley Redelman
St. Charles Place
Downieville, California
"Ashley Redelman"
My husband and I have lived in St Charles for 5 years and FINALLY made it to St Charles Place. Honestly, I set my expectations low and was expecting a mediocre dining experience. But we LOVED it! The dining area has a unique and charming ambiance.. vintage meets old school meets cozy. We were lucky enough to land a table near the fireplace. Our meals were delicious and prepared very well. Very tender and juicy filet ?? Our server was busy with several tables (including ours, typical Saturday night) but he was very friendly and upbeat. The owner made his way to our table and thanked us for coming in and engaged in a brief conversation with us. We felt like appreciated customers and overall, we absolutely recommend St Charles Place! We will certainly be back!


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"Phantom" brought in slightly more than four million dollars over the weekend past, earning it the number 11 position in top-grossing films. Top honors went to Robert De Niro's "Hide and Seek," which earned $22 million at the box office. Others in the top ten include "Are We There Yet?," "Million Dollar Baby," "Coach Carter," "Meet the Fockers," "The Aviator," "Sideways," "In Good Company," "Racing Stripes" and "Assault on Precinct 13." To date "The Phantom of the Opera" has earned $38,891,000 domestically and $55,217,613 overseas for a worldwide total of $94,108,613. Its production costs are reported to be $70 million, mostly shouldered by Lloyd Webber's production company, Really Useful.
Joel Schumacher's version of the Tony-winning Andrew Lloyd Webber musical opened nationwide Jan. 21. The film stars Gerard Butler in the title role with Emmy Rossum as Christine and Patrick Wilson as Raoul.


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Big touch screen with a fun interface. 5-megapixel camera. Syncs easily with PCs.
No individual feature is best in breed. Web browser is very basic and T-Mobile doesn't allow Java apps.
Bottom Line
The Samsung Behold SGH-T919 offers lots of features, including a 5-megapixel camera, at a low price in a fun, touch-screen form factor.
Samsung's Behold SGH-T919 brings a mix of fun multimedia features to T-Mobile's new 3G network. If you're looking for some 'wow' without springing for a smartphone, the Behold's big touch screen, fun and unusual interface, and 5-megapixel camera might just fill the bill. Just be aware that better versions of each of its individual features can be found other handsetsjust not all on a single phone.
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The Samsung Behold looks and works a lot like Sprint's Samsung Instinct or Verizon's LG Dare. All three are feature phones with extra bells and whistles; they look and feel a little like smartphones, but aren't as expandable or complex. The 3.9-ounce Behold is a 4.1 by 2.1 by 0.5 inch (HWD) black slab with an attractive plastic back that looks like brushed metal. On the front of the handset, there's a big, 3.1-inch, 240 by 400-pixel touch screen above the Pick Up, Hang Up, and Back buttons. Camera, Lock and Volume buttons reside on the sides of the phone, and a whopping 5-megapixel, autofocus camera lives on the back. One sour design note: the MicroSD card slot is tucked under the battery, which makes getting at it a challenge.
Samsung's TouchWiz interface makes using the Behold fun. Like on the LG Dare, the home screen is highly customizable. You can drag various icons for apps including the music player, the photo viewer, the IM client, and the Web browser from a sidebar and plop them anywhere you'd like on the home screen. I found the touch screen and accelerometer to be responsive.
As a voice phone, the Behold isn't bad, as long as you don't venture into areas with a lot of background noise. Since this is a 3G phone (T-Mobile 3G only, but global EDGE), I experienced the richer tones of a 3G call, without the hiss I hear on a lot of 2G T-Mobile calls. Indoors or in a quiet area, the earpiece volume was fine, and a lot of in-ear feedback made talking pleasant. But outdoors, the earpiece had trouble triumphing over very noisy areas, and a lot of background noise came through the microphone. The speakerphone was loud, if tinny, and also transmitted a lot of background noise. The phone comes with a wired headset for its oddball, proprietary Samsung jack. It also worked fine with our Plantronics Voyager 520 mono and Motorola S9 stereo headsets, including activating the excellent Nuance voice dialing system. Battery life was very good for a 3G phone, at 5 hours and 10 minutes of talk time.
As the carrier typically does, T-Mobile has locked down this phone, prohibiting you from installing your own apps; in all fairness, though, the Behold isn't a smartphone. But this means you're stuck with a mediocre browser, and underwhelming e-mail and IM programs. The IM app handles AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! and Windows Live messenger; the e-mail program supports AOL, Gmail, Yahoo!, and a few other ISPs, but not generic POP/IMAP e-mail. The browser is the popular NetFront 3.4, but with a twist: T-Mobile passes all pages through a WAP-translation portal which makes it easy to read the basic text content from Web pages, but it also mangles their layout. It's safest to stick with mobile-formatted pages on this phone.
The 5-megapixel camera doesn't quite measure up to the one in the Motorola ZN5, still it's a lot better than the 2-megapixel shooters you get on many feature phones. The Behold's camera captured about 25 percent fewer lines than the ZN5's, resulting in fuzzier images. Also, the LED flash is very weak compared to the ZN5's Xenon flash, and shutter lag was disappointing at 1.93 seconds (compared to a snappy 0.45 seconds on the ZN5.) On the positive side, using the Imatest testing suite, the Behold showed low amounts of noise at all light levels, and pictures had cooler tones than the ZN5's. And the Behold has a better movie mode than the ZN5 does, capturing relatively smooth 320 by 240 videos at 15 frames per second. You can store your pictures in the phone's roomy 200MB of onboard memory or on a MicroSD card up to 16GB.
Using the included USB cable or Bluetooth, the Behold syncs with Samsung's free PC Studio 3.1.2 software for Windows Vista. You can also transfer files to and from Macs or PCs with Bluetooth; file transfers were unusually fast for a phone, at around 1 megabit per second, but PC Studio is much rougher than either Nokia's or Sony Ericsson's PC suites. You can copy single contacts, calendar entries, tasks, and notes from Outlook or just type them in on your PC, but you can't select a range of entries or folders to copy. The program imploded when I tried to copy all of my calendar entries back to 2004. PC Studio also lets you copy music and video files over to your phone, but it doesn't transcode them into the right formats for on-the-go viewing.
MP3, AAC, and WMA music files are supported, and you can use your own songs as ringtones. The music player is very attractive, displays album art, and supports the typical sorting options. In my video tests, the Behold played a 320 by 240, 30-frame-per-second MPEG4 movie file smoothly in landscape mode, but an H.264 video stuttered badly. You also get TeleNav GPS driving directions software. But since the phone is satellite-only and not Assisted GPS, it had trouble locking on and finding a location when we tried it in two different boroughs of New York City.
The Samsung Behold isn't the best at any one thing, but it offers up a lot on a single device. On T-Mobile, the Motorola ZN5 is a better camera phone, the T-Mobile G1 delivers far superior Web experience, and the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 offers free Wi-Fi calling and syncs with iTunes. But the Behold balances a little of this, and a little of that in a fun device that just might make it worth your $200.
PJ Jacobowitz contributed to this review.
Benchmark Test Results
Continuous talk time: 5 hours 10 minutes
JBenchmark System: 90
JBenchmark Business: 247
JBenchmark Multimedia: 155
JBenchmark 2D Gaming: 270
JBenchmark 3D Gaming: 196
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
No More Blood
Here is my final artwork for the film No More Blood I posted earlier.
There are a few behind the scenes shots of the film on my blog.
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Congratulations, Woody! A truly fantastic job! It strikes just the right tone, I really love the characters, the retro-quality and the slightly muted palette. First-rate!ReplyDelete
This is a favorite of your work. Excellent color and composition!ReplyDelete
Nice composition, Woody. And I like the 80s, posterized semi-flatness of the tones.ReplyDelete
But - sigh - "no more blood" never ends up being true, does it?
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Another one of my staycations was at Soma Vineyard. The two-day trip was basically a chance to try the wines of this amazing vineyard built by Mr. Pradeep Pach Patil. The 7 BHK Villa with a private pool was a thing to behold. The excitement and curiosity were started immediately in Mumbai from where I intended to start my travels to this majestic vineyard.
The first day was started when I left from Mumbai through a road trip to Nashik. To honor tradition we had breakfast at McDonald's which was situated on the highway. The rest of the trip to Soma was fulfilled and very exciting.
We reached the beautiful Soma by 1 pm and the fun was just about to begin. The visit to the vineyard was first on our agenda and it is there when we met with Mr. Pradeep Pach Patil. Mr. Patil is the owner of the Soma wines and is a man of experience and many fascinating tales and stories. The interaction was unsurprisingly very pleasant and a fun evening was experienced through Mr. Patil's company.
Soma Vine Village is something other than a picturesque property. The pleasant property houses three manors, a winery, two multi-cooking eateries, two meeting lobbies Somras and the White Room and Madeira, a private feasting ignoring the rich green vineyards.
The winery is situated behind the eatery complex and this is the place Soma wines are made and safeguarded. Soma Vine Village offers an interesting perspective of the grand vineyard where one can entertain yourself with the peace and serenity of the surroundings alongside some incredible wines.
The property is very huge and the rooms are luxurious with Vineyard view and Garden facing. Also, the 3BHK and 7 BHK Villas are very spacious with a private pool making your holiday dream come in true style.
The second day was our fun day. Cheese and wine tasting was on our checklist initially and we fully exercised our right by attending the tastings. We then attended a workshop where I learnt wine pairing. Wine pairing is basically the art of knowing which food goes well with what kind of wine.
One of the best wines I, and I'm sure that many others, have tastes was the award winning Rosse Dessert wine. Its luscious taste simply grasps its drinker and does not let go. A rich taste combined with an articulate blend makes it a must buy for wine enthusiasts all over the world.
There wines are carefully assembled by their winemaker, Mr. Pradeep Pach Patil and evaluated for unprecedented esteem. In 2006, he assembled a farmhouse on a 10 hectare arrive with a private pool. This was when proposals began pouring into lease the place to voyagers who might want to spend a day or two near the vineyards.
Finally, it was time to say our goodbyes and we left for Mumbai in the evening with a heavy heart but filled with an unforgettable time.


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The following are 7 beats by 7 different producers that I found while on a YouTube rabbit hole looking for more beats. You Know. The usual.
I search through thousands of beats so you don't have to! The following list of beats are unique, artistic, and waiting for a rapper to come by and give them the finishing touches they need. All of the following beats are untagged as well so if you end up recording on one, please make sure to credit the producer!


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The Intramural Sports at Finger Lakes Community College is designed to provide an opportunity for all students, faculty, and staff to participate in organized recreational competition. The goal is to provide all students a positive experience through a diverse selection of activities that will fit their athletic and fitness needs while providing a safe and healthy environment. We are committed to developing safe quality programming that will encourage student learning beyond the classroom setting.
The FLCC Intramurals Program wants its participants to know that they have the right to expect a fair opportunity to participate while maintaining a high level of sportsmanship and respect for the overall intramural program. Each participant should also be aware of the inherent risks, rules, guidelines, procedures, and policies of the intramural sport or activity they are participating in. Failure to abide by any guidelines set forth by the FLCC Intramural Program may result in removal or dismissal from the sport/activity or the entire intramural program. All participants are responsible for their own actions and will be held responsible for them.
All current FLCC students, faculty, and staff are eligible to participate. All FLCC students who are currently participating in an NJCAA Athletic Sport are not eligible to participate in that related intramural sport (example - member of FLCC Basketball Team NOT ELIGIBLE to play in 3 on 3 Tournament or in the 5 on 5 Basketball League). All participants will need to have a College I.D. Card to show that they are currently enrolled at FLCC in order to participate.
For more information, please contact Jeff Weaver, the intramural coordinator.
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Latest news
Tesco's delivers more than shopping this Christmas
It was a wintery day when Southampton Hospital Charity took the call that the Tesco Distribution Centre would be sending Santa's sleigh to Southampton General Hospital to visit the children!
A festive sleigh was set up on the children's ward and brought great cheer to the children. There were hundreds of toys and games donated by the supermarket.
Fiona Delement, Play Specialist, said: "Events like this really help improve the children's moods as Christmas is a hard time for anyone to be in hospital, but for children it is so much harder. At Southampton General Hospital we look after children from 1 day old to 17 years, so we are very grateful to Tesco for donating presents for all ages. They really helped to bring a bit of magic to the wards!"
"The distribution centre also has the store in West Quay and the hospital is grateful for the amount of time the story put into the visit. A special thanks goes to James Murphy for making the sleigh during his breaks – it was amazing!"
If you would like to donate please contact the Southampton Hospitals Charity on 023 8120 8881.
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Take the poll and share your reactions: which were the most significant themes addressed tonight? Job creation strategies, alternative energy (including new nuclear and clean coal), budget freeze beginning in 2011, the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and a brief mention of immigration reform–we break down President Obama's State of the Union address with lawmakers and policy experts. How successful will his proposed policies be? Is there any hope for health care? What did you like–or dislike–about the President's message? Was his criticism of the Washington political process appropriate or disingenuous?
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New Monday Sizzler RITE Company Profile
MineralRite Corp.
RITE - Business Overview
Website - http://www.mineralrite.com
MineralRite Corporation is a development stage Company in the business
of mineral processing, certification and sales of precious metals. Based
on current trends in the mining industry including recovery, processing
and spot pricing, MineralRite will specialize in the extraction of
precious metals from ore bodies.
MineralRite's primary focus
in the natural resource sector is gold. Using its advanced metals
extraction technology, MineralRite is well positioned to meet the large
demand for clean processing of precious metals including gold, platinum,
rare earths and silver. The MineralRite process reduces the carbon
footprint of traditional precious metals processing and recycles,
reactivates and allows for the reuse of activated carbon for precious
metals recovery.
RITE - Process and Facility
MineralRite has developed technology advancements in nano-deposition
layering metals and the usage of catalytic metals (Platinum, Palladium,
Iridium and Rhodium), which are able to outperform the industrial base
metals in many applications. This is particularly applicable in the area
of energy production.
There is significant movement by
society toward the usage of fuel cells, electrolysis cells, anode and
cathode configurations, and catalytic reactor plates. All of these can
be considered sustainable fuel technologies that will benefit from the
technology advancements in catalytic metals, which is a key aspect of
the company's success.
RITE - Business Units
In March 2013, MineralRite completed the acquisition and took over operations of Goldfield International Inc.
About Goldfield International, Inc.
Website - http://www.goldfieldint.com
The Goldfield brand of mechanical separation equipment has been in
production since 1996 and has been shipped been shipped to customers in
32 countries on 6 continents over the years. Goldfield headquarters and
manufacturing facility entails over 40,000 sq feet of space at 55 South
Geneva Road In Lindon, Utah.
With this acquisition MineralRite headquarters has been moved to the location in Lindon, Utah.
MineralRite's new Goldfield brand equipment line has has numerous
enquires and sales in the month of March and the new management in place
at the fabrication facility successfully completed,sold and shipped
multiple units worldwide.
The company has two core business
units to service the vast and expanding mineral industry, MRG
(MineralRite Recovery Group) and MSG (MineralRite Sales Group).
MineralRite Recovery Group (MRG) is our operating group which
utilizes,among other stated factors, its proprietary technology for the
extraction of precious metals from ore bodies, reclaimed mine tailings
and High Value Concentrate material. Our process isolates and recovers
precious minerals like gold, silver, platinum, palladium and rare earth
We are a mineral processing and certification company
with an objective of using our expertise and proprietary methods in
mineral enhancement technologies to add extra value services to the
mining industry for the benefit of our shareholders. Our primary mineral
focus in the natural resource sector is gold.
Management has a track record of identifying undervalued mineral and
precious metal reserves on 3 continents, and therefore MineralRite Sales
Group (MSG) will focus on identification, certification and sale of
undervalued mineral assets throughout the world. The purpose of the
Company is use its management's experience to engage in the business of
mineral processing, certification and sales.
MineralRite Corporation is a fully reporting, publicly traded company on the OTC Market under the symbol, "RITE",
and within the OTC-QB market tier. As such, Business, Operational, and
Financial information on MineralRite Corporation is available to public
Visit: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/RITE/company-info to see complete details.
MineralRite Corporation is Active on the Nevada Secretary of State site:
A/S: 510 Million
O/S: 53 million - as of April 16, 2013 - per 10-K
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on a daily basis. Contact the Company or Transfer Agent to get the
most current information.)
Their latest 10-K Annual Report:
Filed on 4/16/13 - For the period ending 12/31/12
Incorporated In: Nevada in 2012
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50 W. Liberty St. - Suite 880
Reno, NV 89501
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Category: Matthew
This children's hymn focuses on the Star of Bethlehem, wondering what kind of special person the baby will be. It underscores children's well-being.
A song for children that describes how Jesus would be a gift to the world in many ways.
A hymn written especially for the celebration of infant and adult baptisms. All are called to sacred tasks. Three verses.
Celebrating a congregation's anniversary, this hymn proclaims its historic missions: to welcome strangers, teach, offer care, and do social justice work.
In five verses, this hymn portrays Jesus inviting all persons to join him in the journey of discipleship.
Three versions describe different ways of becoming and supporting friends, especially to oppose bullying. One describes Christian witnessing.
A song, with a beautiful tune, recounting Jesus' sending his disciples, his friends, to spread the good news of God's accepting yet demanding love.
This hymn urges all, but especially young people, to make the most of the time they have to make a difference.
The text and dance-like tune emphasize Jesus' table is open to all, underscored by the refrain's paired opposites.
The song recalls Jesus' imperative to visit those in prison, then proposes we, like Paul, free others from various prisons.
The hymn images how frightened disciples were comforted by Christ in the upper room with the Last Supper experience.
Each verse of this post-Easter hymn makes a reference to post-resurrection appearances of the risen Christ.
For Pentecost, Palm Sunday or other Sundays when those confirmed affirm their baptismal vows and as disciples, bring "salt and light" to others.


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Too often when we work with our clients, we find that their shoulder limits their ability to unleash their swing. We often find that our athletes with shoulder discomfort are unstable and/or have limited range of motion in their shoulders. Sometimes this is due to injuries from the past still lingering; sometimes this is due to repeated motion with poor mechanics and/or posture. Whatever the reason, shoulder health is very important to playing your best, pain-free golf. Statistically speaking, your shoulder is one of the most common areas for an injury to occur. In fact, according to statistics, a shoulder injury is the third most likely injury for a golfer to develop. At AMPD Golf Fitness, we move beyond simple pain management and look at why these injuries occur. We are able to prevent shoulder injuries before they even happen by testing movement and range of motion before training. This helps us build custom programs and address the inefficiencies before they become overuse injuries.
First, it is important to understand how the shoulder works and what is optimal movement for golf. The shoulder moves in all directions but when it comes to golf, internal and external rotation is the most important movements needed to play golf at a high level. Optimal internal rotation should be 70 degrees and 90 degrees externally. Anytime there are limitations in these numbers there is a routine protocol that our coaches will take the athlete through to restore movement, which reduces the risk of injury around the shoulder and surrounding joints. The muscles that most commonly contribute to limited internal or external rotation are the pectoral minors and lats. Restoring proper elasticity to those muscles will have a very positive effect on shoulder range of motion.
What does all of this mean for your swing? Limited mobility of your shoulder restricts your ability to properly load the golf club at the top of the backswing as well as release the club through impact without manipulation. As you swing, your trail shoulder loads into external rotation and then violently thrusts the club through impact into internal rotation. At the same time, the lead shoulder internally rotates during the backswing and violently passes through impact into external rotation. When you are not able to rotate your shoulders properly, your elbow juts out from underneath the club in what we commonly call the flying elbow in the backswing or a chicken wing in the follow through. Realize the limitations can lead to these swing characteristics but they are not absolutes. Some very successgul golfers have those swing characteristics as a part of their iconic swings and they choose to be in those positions. However, if you experience discomfort in your swing, feel like you are losing a lot of power and/or are trying to work away from these swing characteristics, it is important to understand why your body's current movement inefficiencies could be causing you to be in the positions.
On top of power reduction, a flying elbow can also lead to more than one injury. When you cannot properly rotate, you are putting unnecessary stress on your lead elbow. Over time, this stress can develop into an injury, and eventually this stress can turn into tennis elbow. Additionally, when you cannot rotate your shoulders properly, you are also putting pressure on your spine, as good scapular rotation is necessary in order to maintain an ideal spine angle. Not rotating enough will alter your posture and increase instability. When one portion of the machine is broken, other parts will suffer. The main areas that take on that unwanted stress eventually break down and pain becomes present. These injuries can be prevented by listening to your body and seeking out a golf performance specialist.
If you are suffering from shoulder pain and want to move beyond pain management to pain solutions, it's time to contact AMPD Golf Fitness. Our team will carefully analyze your swing, your range of motion, and key areas to increase stability throughout your swing and minimize your risk of injury. Even if shoulder pain is not a problem for you right now, chances are that eventually you will develop a shoulder injury, as it is one of the most common problems in golf. Join Team AMPD today and minimize your risk of injuries in the future.


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For a long time I remember how people talked about how this was impossible, then I remembered one day something about how they finally figured it out... so I did some searching and it turns out current editions of VisualBoyAdvance do just that!
All you have to do is uncheck the Emulator--->pause when focus lost (or whoever it says) and start two copies... set the joypad input for player 1 differently for each one and go from there!
I fired up a 2 player game of Double Dragon Advance on my home PC (nice to finally be able to play 2 player on a single computer!), and did the same with Final Fight One (though if you have the arcade version, there isn't much point in playing this one, as it has the annoying music and censorship).
The only trouble is I tried to record a movie of it and it is a real pain in the butt to do so... you have to create a saved game and load both from the same saved game, and record the movie (of the input) then record the AVI of it, but it desynchs very easily.
Still, this puts me one step closer to realizing my dream of playing DDA with two players on a regular size TV (rather than having to buy a second copy of the cartridge and a gameboy player and gamecube, in addition to a gba!)!
Since VBA supports regular gameboy, super gameboy and gameboy color, that covers the old school nintendo portables. Now they just need to do the same for the Game Gear and Atari Lynx (and probably the Neo Geo pocket/color as well since I assume it also had a link cable), and we're set!
I wonder if a similar technique of running two instances of the emulator could be utilized for other link using consoles and arcade games? (granted, that's twice the stress on every pc running the games but still).
There is a LAN and wi fi compatible mode as well for VisualBoyAdvance, so it's not just for playing on a single PC.


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19 March (Part 2) - Shops in Bexleyheath feel the squeeze
regeneration of Bexleyheath has made it look considerably smarter than before but
the smaller shops are still too often closing only to be replaced by the modern
equivalent of pawn shops. A two year old report from marketing consultants CACI
may shed a little light on what the underlying problem might be.
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Even 35 MORE Tip Sheets for School Based Therapists is a download of 35 tips sheets on a variety of topics to distribute to teachers and parents.
Product Details:
E-Book: 40 pages
Language: English
Delivered electronically in PDF format immediately following payment
Summary: These 35 MORE Tip Sheets for School Based Occupational and Physical Therapists are jammed packed with information to distribute to teachers and parents. This electronic document includes one to two-page hand outs on the following topics:
3 Steps to Help Children Improve Focus and Self Control
3 Strategies to Help Children Initiate and Plan Motor Skills
3 Strategies to Help Children with Anxiety
5 Endurance Activities for School or Home
5 Evidence Based Factors That Affect Handwriting Speed
5 Gross Motor Activities to Improve Postural Control
5 Suggestions to Reduce Stress in the Classroom
5 Tips for Healthy Sleep Habits
6 Tips to Decrease Anxiety While Writing
6 Ways to Help Children Grade Their Movements
7 Features of Effective Classroom Rules
8 Tips for Inclusive Sports Participation
8 Ways to Modify Playtime for Children with Disabilities
10 Activities for Kids to Work on Shoulder Strengthening
10 Apps to Get Kids Moving
10 Calming Vestibular Activities for the Classroom
10 Classroom Jobs that Require Physical Activity
10 Everyday Core Strengthening Activities for Children
10 Finger Games to Play
10 Fun Games to Practice Self Regulation Skills
10 Fun Ways to Play Catch with a Friend
10 Games to Practice Crossing Midline
10 Quick Tips to Improve a Student's Handwriting
10 Reasons Why Children Should Exercise
10 Sensory Quick Fixes to Increase Attention Span
10 Tips for Written Expression for Students with Deficits in Working Memory
10 Tips to Help Students with Organization Skills
10 Ways to Increase Student Participation
Benefits of Peer-Mediated Interventions
Evidence Based Reasons to Incorporate Movement in the Classroom
How to Establish a Brain Break Routine
Proper Positioning for Computer Use
Teaching Handwriting to Children With Learning Disabilities
Tips to Increase Peer Interactions During Playtime
What is a Growth Mindset?
If you like these tip sheets be sure to check out the others in this series:
25 Tip Sheets for School Based Therapists


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Of all the trees in the enchanted field, there was one that was more magical than most. Have you ever wanted to make a fairy door for a tree in the garden? This video tutorial explains how to make a fairy door with natural materials and polymer clay. Enjoy!
Disclosure: Post contains affiliate links
- 1/8″ or 1/4″ plywood (from your local hardware shop)
- craft sticks
- polymer clay (gray & black)
- Liquid Nails
- Craft Paint (exterior craft paint for a garden fairy door)
- thinset mortar (available at hardware stores. If it's for the garden, get exterior thinset mortar)
- sanded grout (again, make sure to get the kind for exterior use if you're planning to keep it outside).
- some sort of masking tape (to protect door while grouting)
- flat stones (nature walk, or check Etsy.com)
For an exterior fairy door, you will also need:
- 1/4″ cement board (I used Hardiebacker, which should be readily available at a hardware shop)
- exterior window and door caulk
- grout sealer
- Varathane (I found a smaller can at Menards. Note the finish.)
*Note* Amazon and Blick links are affiliate links. The product prices are the same for you, whether or not you use the links. I only suggest what I personally use and love myself, so I hope my suggestions will be of value to you.
1. Cut the boards.
If you want to make a fairy door for the garden, you'll want a 1/8″ or 1/4″ piece of plywood and a 1/4″ piece of cement board. I found it easiest to cut the cement board with a very sharp utility knife. I had to score it a billion times. At least a billion. Seriously. But once you've scored it till you're blue in the face, it does snap where you want it relatively easily. There is also a way to cut plywood with a utility knife, though you may want to break out the old jigsaw.
Score the craft sticks and 'stick' in place with Liquid Nails (see what I did there?).
2. Glue
Glue the cement board to the plywood board with Liquid Nails. If you're planning to keep your fairy door inside, there is no need for the cement board. You can either put your stones right on the base plywood (the one with craft sticks are as well), or you can cut another plywood board to glue on top of the base plywood board. The benefit of having another plywood board on top the base is that the door will have a nice recessed look. Up to you, King Friday.
3. Make the Polymer Clay Embellishments
I used a mixture of gray and black polymer clay to make the door embellishments. About the decorative bar on the door… You can kind of wrap the polymer around the edges of the craft stick to make the polymer stay in place. I used a leaf imprint to get an easy leaf look. Bake it (yes, the craft stick can go in the oven no problemo). And then sand it to get a pretty aged look.
I made a separate tutorial on making polymer clay look like stone. You'll want to watch that one, and add those supplies to your shopping list, if you want to go for the carved stone look on your fairy door.
4. Paint
I used black outdoor craft paint first, covering almost all the raw wood, including the back. I left just a little bit unpainted because I wanted the glue to stick right onto the wood, instead of the on the painted wood. Perhaps that doesn't matter much though.
After that dried, I used a sage color of outdoor acrylic craft paint and dry brushed so I could see the black through the cracks. Love this step.
There was a bit of a gap on the back of the piece where the cement board met with the plywood, so I filled it with exterior grade caulk.
5. Mortar
Watch a few videos about how to mortar, read the directions on the bag, and then just go for it. I used thinset mortar by Mapei, for interior or exterior use. There is a polymer additive in the mortar that gives it flexibility. You can get mortar at any hardware store. Let it dry 24 hours, and you can't cheat on that dry time. I looked that up and they really want you to wait 24 hours before you put the grout on.
6. Grout
Again, watch some how to grout videos, read the directions on the bag, and, get dirty. I used sanded grout by Mapei, for interior or exterior use. I found it easiest to use my hands to work the grout between the stones, but you may want to try using a putty knife. I taped the door before grouting just to reduce some of the mess. Let that dry according to your bag's directions. The door may need some touching up with the craft paint.
7. Varnish & Seal
- Varnish the painted wood. If you're planning to keep the door outside, you'll want to varnish. I suggest Varathane in the video because I know it works well with polymer clay. You don't need to varnish the polymer clay. Polymer clay is plastic; it is very weather proof. I still suggest Varathane, though, because you may accidentally get the varnish on the polymer clay embellishments as you are brushing varnish on the door. If you can kind of avoid the polymer clay embellishments while varnishing the painted wood, then any varnish made for outdoor furniture should do just fine.
- Seal the grout. Use a grout sealer and brush it over the grout. Here's a helpful video on sealing grout. I wouldn't spray the sealer all over, but brushing it into the grout is definitely a great idea.
Some additional points to consider:
- You can add a wire hanger to the back and hang it on your wall… really dresses up a room quickly.
- If you're wondering why you'd buy all these supplies in bulk when you're just planning to make one little fairy door ($11 for a 10 lb bag of mortar, $11 for a 10 lb bag of grout, $19 for grout sealer, etc), I applaud you and I agree with your practicality. I knew I wanted to try a number of projects with grout and mortar so I splurged a bit on bulky supplies. I found a hobbyist mosaic supply shop, and I saw some smaller sized products intended for the hobbyist, but the prices were so similar to the hardware store, you might as well just get the larger bags.
If you're anything like me, you're always thinking of new artsy projects, and a 10 lb bag of mortar on your craft supply shelf is an OK thing. You have visions of fairy garden patios, dollhouse kitchen floors, another fairy door design, and on and on. We never stop dreaming, do we?


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