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Friday, October 29, 2004
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
When I think about the fact that most people's first sexual experience was playing with themselves, it makes me see the whole idea of sexual orientation in a different light. Most of us first learned to love ourselves, to achieve sexual satisfaction manipulating our own parts. It feels natural and good to touch oneself. So in a way that makes most everyone a participant in homoeroticism.
I also do not ascribe phallic representations solely to the realm of men. For instance, I take great pleasure in having those who submit to be my sluts first prove their devotion and submission through oral worship of my strap-on -- not because I am trying to push one into gayness, but because this charged act is such a highly symbolic power play. One that is both an erotic surrender and a broadening of one's sexual perspective.
Though I do not believe, as I've heard some say, that men who desire to be receptively stimulated are "in denial" about their orientation. If being the bottom for receptive play equals being gay, then wouldn't that make virtually all women lesbians? Obviously, this is not the case.
That we are each born with the physical parts necessary to be receptive is a wonderful thing. Really, a leveling of the playing field which is underutilized by most men. And with the simplest technology, anyone can be the insertive partner -- a fact which is underutilized by many women. It may sound a bit silly, but imagine if every woman knew how to use and have fun with a strap-on. And every man experienced taking it as well as giving sexually. Perhaps there'd be less talk of men being from one planet and women being from another.
Speaking of strap-ons, I remember being at a play party a while ago. It was a fairly vanilla event, so I had been wielding my strap-on on some sexy young ladies who were game to spice things up. One in particular was intrigued by this device, the likes of which she had apparently never seen or even imagined before. She laughed nervously about it, trading jabs with me as I dared her to try it on. She reminded me of of me not so long ago, when I was barely past virginity but ready to call anyone's bluff, with more than enough bravado to make up for lack of experience. Impulsively, she grabbed the strap-on from me as I cast if off my body, pulling it up her brown legs and tightening it around her slender hips. The self-satisfied smirk on her face changed as she looked down and saw her "cock", the smile twisting into an expression of uncertainty, then finally to slight revulsion. "Ugh!," she exclaimed. "Oh no. I don't know if I like that," she said as she looked down at herself, transfixed. I let out a wicked laugh. I couldn't help but enjoy the moment. Planting seeds. . .
Me and My Wicked Strap-On.
Monday, October 25, 2004
While at the VIP booth getting our tickets, I ran into Cat from Spectator magazine. She was with an entourage that included Sunset Thomas of the KitKat Ranch in Nevada. Speaking of porn stars, I later spied Tera Patrick being whisked through the main ballroom surrounded by tattooed biker guys. She's strikingly tall in person, and was wearing what looked like a latex green dress. The ladies of the PleasureZone also looked super hot in little Chinese dresses that showed off their thong-clad bottoms. All in all, it made for a fun evening. **A special note of appreciation to R for the VIP passes.**
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
As for roleplaying, I get a kick out of acting out creative scenarios as a starting point for a scene. Yet what I find typically happens is the scene eventually evolves out of the specific roleplay and back into the overarching Mistress-slave dynamic. For me, this is the fundamental and defining force which underlies all of my interactions with my submissives.
Wednesday, October 6, 2004
I especially got a kick out of the dildo ring toss, which was a real crowd pleaser. I spent the whole time walking from one end of the fair to the other -- there was so much to see and so many kinky friends to run into. JD of the Knotty Boys doing a rope suspension demonstration. The Mister/Madam S crew manning their booth. My favorite cross-dressers hanging out at Cat's Alley Bar & Grill. And of course, my fellow Gates ladies made a big splash dressed up as sassy showgirls. Sadly, I missed meeting up with them, what with all the commotion at this jam-packed fair.
I was so content simply making my way through the throng of people this year that I didn't take a single picture. Ah well. Sometimes it makes sense to just enjoy the experience directly rather than stepping out into documentary mode.
Me at Folsom Street Fair


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Wood drying technology is an important means of wood drying in wood dryer. It directly affects the quality of wood and reduces the loss of wood. At present, the common drying technologies in China are conventional drying, high temperature drying, dehumidification drying, solar drying, vacuum drying, high frequency microwave drying and flue gas drying.
In the above drying process. Traditional drying technology is commonly used in dryers, and has a long history, mature drying technology. It can ensure the quality of each drying, and can achieve large-scale industrial drying. This is also one of the reasons why traditional drying technology has been widely used.
1. 传统的干燥过程
1. Traditional drying process
Traditional drying process uses atmospheric humid air as drying medium and steam, hot water, furnace gas or hot oil as heating medium to indirectly heat air. Air dries wood by convection heating. Steam heating is the main heating method. Also known as steam drying. This drying process is commonly used in dryers on the market.
High temperature drying method
The difference between high temperature drying and conventional drying is mainly reflected in the drying medium of wood dryer. The high temperature drying temperature is much higher than the conventional drying temperature. The drying medium may be wet air or superheated steam. High temperature drying has the advantages of fast drying speed, good dimensional stability and short cycle, but high temperature drying is prone to produce drying defects, material color is deep, surface hardening, and difficult to process.
Solar drying process
Solar drying is the use of solar radiation of heat to heat the air, the use of hot air between the collector and chimney cycle drying wood. There are two types of solar drying: greenhouse type and collector type. The former combines the collector with drying chamber, and the latter separates the collector from drying chamber. The solar drying chamber of collector type has flexible layout and large heat collecting area, and the corresponding capacity of drying chamber is larger than that of greenhouse type. Although solar energy is a clean and inexpensive energy source, its promotion is limited because of its long drying cycle and large investment per unit volume.
Vacuum drying is wood drying under atmospheric pressure. The drying medium can be wet air, but most of it is superheated steam. In the process of vacuum drying, the water vapor pressure difference between inside and outside of wood increases, which accelerates the water transfer speed inside wood. Therefore, the drying speed is obviously higher than that of conventional drying, usually 3-7 times faster than that of conventional drying. At the same time, due to the low boiling point of water in vacuum, higher drying speed, shorter drying cycle and better drying quality can be achieved at lower drying temperature. Because of the complexity of vacuum drying system, large investment, high power consumption, vacuum drying capacity is generally small, otherwise it is difficult to maintain vacuum.
High Frequency Drying Technology and Microwave Drying Technology
High frequency drying and microwave drying both use wet wood as medium. Under the action of alternating electromagnetic field, water molecules in wood rotate at high speed and frequently. Friction between water molecules produces heat, heating and drying wood from inside to outside at the same time. These two drying methods have the characteristics of fast drying speed, uniform internal temperature field, small residual stress and good drying quality. The difference between high frequency drying and microwave drying is that high frequency drying has the characteristics of low frequency, long wavelength and strong wood permeability, which is suitable for drying large cross-section thick wood. Microwave drying frequency is higher than high frequency (also known as uhf), but the wavelength is shorter, drying efficiency is higher than high frequency, but the penetration depth of wood is lower than high frequency drying.
In addition to the above drying process, there are other drying processes, such as waxing process in mahogany industry. Strictly speaking, this is not a drying process. It is a technology for stabilizing wood properties and preventing wood from drying and cracking. Not every kind of wood needs to be boiled with paraffin. Paraffin boxes are different and can play a role in wood drying. However, due to the different thickness and density of the dried wood, the demand for storage tanks is also different, so the cost may be higher in the use process. At present, it is applied in the field of solid wood. Because of its relatively high technical difficulty, it is still in the process of continuous improvement.

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Transition into Year 7
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Transition Programme 2020/21
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Our aims
- To reassure Year 6 students about their transition to Thomas Clarkson Academy and to prepare them for academy life
- To support parents and provide them with all the information they need throughout the transition process
- To gather relevant information from all our feeder primary schools about each student joining Thomas Clarkson Academy in September.
We feel that in order to achieve a positive transition, parents should be fully informed about the process; therefore, we have put together a timetable of the process below.
|2nd March 2020
|National Offer Day
You will receive an email from your local authority with the offer of a place for your child(ren) or alternatively you can check online yourself within the application portal
Please contact Thomas Clarkson Academy to accept your child's place - 01945 585237.
You can also accept your child's place online via the Citizen Portal.
If you wish to decline your place you must do this in writing to your Local Authority, please also email firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you applied for a place on paper, then your Local Authority are aiming for you to receive your confirmation letter on this date.
LINK: Cambridgeshire County Council
|Week Commencing 2nd March 2020
|Welcome letter from TCA
We will be sending out letters to all parents of year 6 children who have been offered places at TCA for September.
This will confirm your offer of a place with us and give you details of how to accept.
|Cambridgeshire - 31st March 2020/ Norfolk – 20th March 2020
|Deadline for appeal application
Final dates for appeal applications, please ensure you get the correct date for the local authority area you live in.
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Norfolk County Council
|May 2020
|Transition Team visits to primary schools
The Transition team at TCA will be visiting all catchment primary schools to discuss all students who will be joining TCA that September. They will be handing out Stepping Up to TCA booklets (example: Stepping Up to TCA) which pupils will be asked to complete by July 11th, along with Parent Action packs.
|June 2020
|Invitation to Transition Evening and Days
A letter will be sent to all parents who have accepted a place for their child at TCA inviting them to our Transition Evening and providing information about Transition Days.
This will also include other crucial information that will be required such as:
Data Collection Form
Uniform Policy and Ordering Process
This letter will also let you know which Community and Tutor Group your child has been placed in for September.
Transport information
Those families who live outside of the Waterlees area will be contacted by Cambridgeshire County Council with regards to school transport.
For those living within the Waterlees area, we will be sending letters regarding the bus service and information on how to apply for a bus pass. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that all students will receive a bus pass.
School transport
Free school meals application
|7th July 2020
|Transition evening
Parents and students will have the opportunity to find out more about life at TCA and meet their Raising Standards Leader (Head of Year 7) and tutors prior to starting in September.
|9th and 10th July 2020
|Transition days
These transition days give students the opportunity to find their way around TCA, experience a variety of different academy subject lessons and make friends with their fellow year 7s.
Please ensure students return their Stepping Up booklet and Parent Action packs by July 10th.
|9th and 20th July 2019, 3pm - 5pm
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A range of uniform items will be available for new students to try on before parents place their orders.
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|September 2020
|Additional transition days
TCA aims to give every student a positive transition experience so they look forward to their start with us in September 2019. These additional transition days will be aimed at students who may find the transition process more challenging than others. We will discuss with primary schools which students may benefit from these additional days and contact parents/carers separately if we feel there is a need for their child to attend.
|Monday 7th September 2020
|First day of term
This is the first day of the new academic year.
Students should bring their PE kit with them in anticipation of their new timetable which will be issued to them at the start of the day.
Structure of the school day
Term dates
|October 2020 - date TBC
|Year 7 Tutor Evening
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The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) is a group-administered K–12 assessment intended to estimate students' learned reasoning and problem solving abilities through a battery of verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal test items. The test purports to assess students' acquired reasoning abilities while also predicting achievement scores when administered with the co-normed Iowa Tests. The author of the test is David F. Lohman, professor emeritus at the University of Iowa. *
The CogAT is one of several tests used in the United States to help school systems make student placement decisions for gifted education programs.*
The most recent (seventh) edition of the CogAT was designed to be appropriate for non-native English speakers, and independent reviews indicate that the test's creators have been mostly successful in this. *
The Batteries or Test sections are as follows:
|Picture/Verbal Analogies
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When fifteen-year-old Cleopatra (yes, THAT Cleopatra) finds a mysterious tablet that zaps her to the far, REALLY far future, she learns of an ancient prophecy that says she is destined to save the galaxy from the tyrannical rule of the evil Xaius Octavian. She enrolls in Yasiro Academy, a high-tech school with classes like algebra, biology, and alien languages (which Cleo could do without), and combat training (which is more Cleo's style). With help from her teacher Khensu, Cleo learns what it takes to be a great leader, while trying to figure out how she's going to get her homework done, make friends, avoid detention, and do everything else that comes with being the future queen of the universe!
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Principal's Mihi
Ko te mihi tuatahi ki to tatou Matua nui i te rangi, nana te timatanga, nana hoki te whakatutukitanga o ngā mea katoa. Ko te mihi tuarua ki ngā mate, ngā tini aitua kua wheturangitia, haere, haere, haere atu ra. Ki a tatou ngā hunga ora, a tatou whanau o te kura, nei ra te mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa. Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa.
We are already halfway through this term and the school is already so busy with activities in and around the school. We have just finished our School-wide Swimming Sports, which was a great success with lots of whanau support; Kapa Haka Noho has began; Basketball and Volleyball competitions have began; and we have just had another successful Whanau Day (Academic Counselling Day) at the school. I would like to mihi to all our whanau who have been in and out of the school supporting our tamariki to succeed. I would also like to welcome our new students: Rewa Harris, Year 9; Finn Waipouri Axe, Year 7; Tiheiwa Waikato, Year 10; and Beau and JJ Herbert, Year 6 – Nau mai, haere mai.
Up and Coming
Week 5:
5th of March: Whanau Day / Academic Day
6th of March: Year 7-13 Girls Volleyball
7th of March: Year 7-13 Boys Volleyball
8th-10th of March: Kapa Haka Noho 2
14th of March: ICT Cassandra visit
14th of March: Gateway Course: Team Work, 2 days, 10 Level 3 credits
15th-17th of March: Kapa Haka Noho 3
Junior School
North Hokianga A&P Show
A number of students across Years 0-6 achieved prizes for their Literacy and Arts & Crafts entries at the 2019 North Hokianga A&P Show recently. From Years 0-3 they included: Jaan Kumar, Cooper Proctor, Don-Tae Ritchie Mcewen, Jahkyah Messina-Selwyn, Julius Kumar, Te Huia Maika and Emma Little. A big thanks to Whaea Ngaire Morey, Whaea Gaye Semenoff and Terese Morey for helping students to prepare their work for the show.
Thank You – Whānau Support
A warm thanks to Sonya Broughton who has volunteered to support reading with Years 0-3 once a week. Students have warmed to her interest in helping them to read.
Student Assessments
Student assessments are underway. This will help to identify what students know about reading, mathematics, writing and how to plan for their future learning.
New student
Nau mai, haere mai to Jazmine Pirini (Year 2 student).
We welcome you into our classroom and hope that
you enjoy learning at Broadwood Area School.
Possums helping with Education
Who would have thought that anything good can come from a possum? The Papa Atawhai Hub seniors are dedicated to catch possums and humanely dispose of them. The seniors pluck the dead possums and keep the fur in a freezer until they have accumulated one kilogram of fur to sell. There is a great market for possum fur products. The Year 7&8 Science students were lucky to get two dead possums from the seniors to be dissected. We always use dissecting equipment and heavy duty gloves. All dissections are always done under the watchful eyes of Matua Carl. (fltr: in the photo: Faith, Sarah and Zaria)
HAIKU: a Japanese Poetic Art-form
"Haiku" is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a "Haiku" have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme.
The fresh air seems nice
Teachers growling in class
Goats make terrible voices
By Taipari
Squawking in the bush
Splashing in the swimming pool
Birds singing out loud
By Anataia
Birds singing loudly
And the green cicadas too
Intake the fresh air
By Jordon
Senior School
HEAD BOY at BAS 2019
Ko Māmari Te waka; Ko Ongarō Te Maunga; Ko Rotokākahi Te Awa; Ko Whangapē Te Moana; Ko Mōrehu Te marae; Ko Te uri o tai Te Hapu; Ko Te Aupouri Te Iwi; No Pawarenga Ahau.
Kia ora. My name is Hone Adams and I was recently elected to be the new head boy of Te Kura Takiwa O Manganuiowae, AKA Broadwood Area School. I am seventeen years old and I come from the heart of the Hokianga, i.e. a small place called Pawarenga. I am currently a Year 13 student and my interests are Sport and Hospitality. I wish to pursue a career in the Hospitality Industry and I am planning to study at QRC in Pahia. The subjects I am taking at the moment include: Papa Atawhai, Hospitality, P.E. and Te Reo Maori. I love being Maori and BAS has been great at educating me to appreciate my beautiful culture. My vision as the new head boy is to inspire all the tamariki at our school to reach for their greatest potential.
Tena Koutou, Katoa
HEAD GIRL at BAS 2019
Ko Ngatokimatawhaorua toku waka
Ko Pakeretu toku awa, Ko Whakapiki toku maunga, Ko Pikiparia toku marae, Ko Ngapuhi toku iwi
Ko Te Ihutai toku hapu
Kia Ora,
Ko Tia Roberts toku ingoa,
No Pikiparia ahau
I am 17 years old and currently a Year 13 student at Broadwood Area School. I am a manukura at our school and was appointed to be the Head Girl for 2019. As a possible future career pathway, I aspire to go to Otago University to hopefully study Film and Media or Philosophy, after I had finished my last year at school. The subjects I take are Mathematics, English, Papa Atawhai, Hospitality, Physical Education and Te Reo Maori. I am participating in our current Kapa Haka roopu. I have been doing Kapa Haka since I was in Year 7. My main interest is playing all types of sport. I am in our school Netball team, Basketball team and Volleyball team. As a student leader, I enjoy bonding with all of the students at our school.
YES – Can Do…
The acronym, "YES" stands for "Young Enterprise for Students". This initiative teaches students how to manage a business. Students first have to think of a possible enterprise. Allow me to explain via example. Daniel is an amazing barber (men's hair cutting expert). Under normal circumstances I would not have allowed him to cut boys' hair in the Science Laboratory. However, he convinced me that cutting boys' hair is his choice of initiating a YES-business. The next thing that Daniel has to do is to draft a Business Plan. Daniel's business plan will starts with a Vision: "To provide affordable haircuts to our boys who normally do not have access to barbers in the bigger towns". Daniel's business plan will continue with identifying possible barriers and how to overcome those barriers, i.e. Barrier One: "Where will I cut the boys' hair?" Possible Solution to Barrier One: "I will ask Matua Carl if I can cut the boys' hair in the Science Lab." Reason for Possible Solution to Barrier One: "The Science Lab has a tile floor, which is easy to clean." Barrier Questions, like: "What will I do with the hair that falls to the ground?" or "How will I disinfect my equipment?" or "When am I allowed to be in the Science Lab?" or "How will I make bookings?" or "How much should I charge?" and FINALLY: "How can I expand my business so that others can do the work, so that I can just oversee and do the quality control?" are all questions that need to be answered. Matua Carl is committed to take students, like Daniel through the whole process of starting and developing a business. The end result will be NCEA CREDITS and more importantly, the ability to start viable businesses in the future. We believe in the whakatauki that says: "As long as you work with your hands, you will never be rich" and "Rather utilise one percent of a hundred people's effort, than a hundred percent of your own" . The YES-programme will be run via the Papa Atawhai Hub. The kaupapa of the Papa Atawhai Hub is to promote businesses that are related to CONSERVATION, however, students will have the freedom to "cherry-pick" their own business interests. Furthermore, students of other Hubs, may join in as well.
Whanaungatanga via haircuts…
Growing up as the second eldest of seven brothers, at the age of fourteen, I was given a pair of clippers by a family friend who owned a few hair salons in Sydney. From then on I was always cutting my own hair and then moved on to cut my younger brothers' hair and also my friends' hair. This skill of cutting hair has helped me to engage better with my relations and it helped to build closer bonds. When you cut someone's hair you are forced to pay attention to one another. As the years passed, I was able to mentor my younger siblings to excel in their schooling, help them to develop leadership qualities and to help them to identify the desires they wish to pursue in the future. Since then, I have seen many of them receive various awards such as Principals' Awards for various subjects including English, Engineering, Science and PE. Moreover, some of them got awards from institutions like Engineers Australia and Australian Nuclear & Science Technology Organisation (ANSTO) for outstanding academic achievements, etc. I grew up with humble beginnings and my schooling days did not live up to its full potential. This motivated me to find ways in which I could mentor my younger siblings, close relatives and friends to achieve at their highest. As a youth services coach I wish to inspire and assist many others to achieve their greatest potential. On Tuesday 26 February 2019, I started my social services at BAS with a few hair cuts. Daniel, seated at the right, has become my protege in hair-cutting and the lucky guy receiving this brilliant cut is Thomas Topia.
Nga Mihi, Tame Taufa, Youth Services Coach, Kaitaia, Matauranga Whanui
Sports News
Broadwood Area School had its annual Swimming Sports on Friday, 1 March, 2019. As usual, we had great fun and many whanau members came to support.
Our house leaders started off with a great leadership momentum during our first school-wide sport event for 2019. The leaders are FLTR: Tangaroa – Arianna and Paora; Kiwa – Tamina and Hone; Warehenga – Francesca and Daniel; and Mangopare – Tia and Logan.
General School-Wide Notices
School Stationery Fees: Whanau, please ensure that your child's stationery fees are paid as soon as possible at the main office.
Years 0-6: $30.00 for the year
Years 7-8: $20.00 for stationery, $20.00 for Technology fees for the year
Years 9-10: $30.00 for stationery, $20.00 for Technology fees for the year
Years 11-13: $30.00 for stationery, NCEA-Fees (vary for each whanau)
Uniform Policy: All students are expected to wear our school uniform every day: i.e. Plain black shoes; black socks; black pants, skirts, or shorts; school polo-shirt; and school jumper/school jacket. Students may not represent the school without a full uniform.
management was approached by senior students to have a number one uniform; a school blazer; dress black pants; and dress black shoes for travel and special occasions. The school will look into the prices and then get back to the whanau.


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It's Sunday night and the time is right, for watching NFL on your sofa!
Our first game sees the Chicago Bears host the San Francisco 49ers. Both of these teams will want the season to end quickly, with the Bears on a four-game losing streak and the 49ers having won just one in 11. We'll take the home team to win, mainly by running the ball, giving the visitors a 3 point advantage.
Our second match sees the New York Jets host the Kansas City Chiefs. We have previously been sweet on the Chiefs but they have seemingly hit a wall, losing five out of their last six games. Now the Jets aren't any great shakes, but in what looks like being a low scoring game we'll take the home side with a 3.5 point advantage.
The final game sees the Tampa Bay Buccaneers travel to the Green Bay Packers. The Packers' season looked to be over when star quarterback went down with a collarbone injury early in the season. However, they remain in the playoff chase, and now welcome a Tampa side three games under .500. We'll take the Pack to overcome a 2.5 point handicap.
Recommendations: Bears, Jets and Packers all to win as a treble, 1 pt, at 6/1, Paddy Power
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Gameplay and Prizes
To start playing this slot gambling the player places a bet, firstly. The bet can be changed with the +/- button. The next step is to start the game using the Spin button. There are 5 x 3 reels and 9 paylines. The gamer can change payline number in order to make the game easier if he/she is a beginner. The Autoplay more helps to have free hands while lunchtime or something.
The Max Bet function is good for venturous people, who can put everything on a stake and don't afraid to stay with nothing. Also there is no downloading and no registration, so it's good because the player should concentrate on the gameplay only. Winning combination are two or more symbols on needed payline. It's great, the player enlarges ones chances to win.
The payouts are rather big that can please gamers. For example, a jellyfish is the least valuable in this online game, but it can give 1000 payouts maximum and it's a lot.
The biggest payout we can expect from a starfish, it gives 10000 credits maximum. There are two extra symbols that make the game easier. The Wild icon is a dangerous shark that replaces other icons to help the player win more prizes. Scatter is a king Poseidon that can enlarge your credits easily.
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To vary the gameplay creators add three interesting features: Wild – shark, Scatter – Poseidon in cooperation with the multiplier. The Wild symbol not only replaces icons, but doubles the player's wins. The Scatter one promises good multiplies from x2 up to x32. There is a huge jackpot in the online game, it's even bigger then a starfish can propose you. The player can get 200000 payouts from one right hit.


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Taint. n.s. [teinte, Fr. from the verb.]
- A tincture; a stain.
- An insect.
There is found in the Summer a spider called a taint, of a red colour, and so little that ten of the largest will hardly outweigh a grain. Brown's Vulgar Errours, b. iii.
As killing as the canker to the rose,
Or taint worm to the weaning herds that graze. Milton.
- Infection.
A father that breeds his son at home, can keep him better from the taint of servants than abroad. Locke on Education.
But is no rank, no station, no degree,
From this contagious taint of sorrow free. Prior.
- A spot; a soil; a blemish.
Her offence
Must be of such unnatural degree,
That monsters it; or your forevouch'd affection
Fall'n into taint. Shakespeare's King Lear.
Now I
Unspeak mine own detraction; here abjure
The taints and blames I laid upon myself. Shakespeare.
My hellhounds shall lick up the draff and filth,
Which man's polluting sin with taint hath shed
On what was pure. Milton.


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Are you a university student looking for tips on how to survive your lectures and revision sessions? Then, you have arrived at the right place. I have just finished my first week back at university (second-year) and I thought that it would be a great idea to share with you the most important things you need for university. This is an honest post of everything that I use to help me focus, study and to excel in all my modules. Of course, it does depend on your degree and what is required of you. I am currently studying Education Studies and Drama. So, without further ado… let's move on!
- Pens – You are probably thinking, well, of course you need pens, but you would be surprised at the number of times I forgot to bring one to my lectures last year. I would suggest buying 3 different colour pens or a pen that allows you to write with a different colour, such as; black, blue and red. These are very useful especially for jotting down different topics or information needed for different things. I often write quotes in blue, lecture notes in black and references in red. This makes it very easy to identify which information is what and is perfect for essay writing. If you are like me and have a whole pencil case full of pens, colouring pencils and wacky stationery then you are well and truly sorted.
- Highlighters – 100% ARE A MUST! You WILL be given readings to do and most of the time, you are required to print them out and make notes. Highlighters make is easy to select text and also to categorise the text into sections if it is slightly random. Most of my essays last year were based off a piece of text and using highlighters really helped me to understand them by breaking them down.
- Notebook or Laptop/Tablet – You WILL always need something to take notes on. It just depends on what you prefer. Some people like to take their laptops to be able to download the lecture notes, so that they can add their additional notes next to it. However, some people like to write the KEY information down in their notebooks and then look back at the lecture notes afterwards. This really depends on how you learn best and what works well for you. I suggest that you try a couple of methods to see what you find beneficial. Personally, I prefer writing down useful information as well as saving the lecturers power-point on my tablet. It is a good way to follow what is being said in the lecture and perfect for those learners who understand by noting it down multiple times. I do this for every module I take and so far I am doing reasonably well.
Useful Tools For Revision
- Sticky Notes – These are AMAZING!!!! I often use these to save pages in books, as well as adding little notes of text on them, especially if it is a random thought or a piece of additional information. You can get these really cheap and are great for revision. I sometimes use these to map out an essay. I would write on each one the different topics followed by a few keywords, quotes or information I don't want to miss out.
- Revision/Cue Cards – These are useful, but not really essential. I only used these twice last year. These are perfect if you are revising for an exam as you can write a heading with a Q&A and ask someone to help you revise. As well as this, you could use them for presentations. I used a couple for a power point presentation that I had to do. I didn't want to write all the text on the slide as that isn't fun or great to look at from an audience's perspective. I used them as a prompt. I wrote a few words on the card to ensure that I mentioned everything that I had to include. If you get nervous or are very forgetful, these are honestly YOUR BEST FRIEND! It makes it easier for you to remember what you want to talk about as well as ensuring you are looking at your audience giving them eye contact. You don't want to just read off your presentations.
- Wipe Board – Literally the best thing ever. I use this to write on my weekly schedule as well as use it to brainstorm ideas for when I am writing an essay.
These are just some of my essentials for university and I love them all so much. You can get each of these very cheap and most places offers a student discount. I do highly recommend taking plenty of food and water with you to your lectures. All of my lectures are 3 hours long which is why I advise you to do this. You are allowed to drink and eat throughout as long as you are quiet. You will, of course, have a break at some point during your lecture and I normally use this time to eat as much as I can LOL. I hope you enjoyed this little post. If you liked it please give it a like and comment your thoughts below. If you would like to see more posts like this then please let me know!


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The Frugal Guide to 24×24 Carport Plans
24×24 Carport Plans – A carport is not simply a location to park your vehicle however when you provide some believed to the preparing and style the outcome can be a gorgeous, resilient and at the exact same time practical enhancement to your house. While a carport won't offer the overall security from a garage this will, nonetheless, safeguard your vehicle from ecological aspects such as rainfall, wind and snow. A well developed carport will be quickly available and practical while being a possession to your home.
Carports can be develop as a stand alone framework or connected to your home. In either situation this offers extra garage and performance just like a garage. A well developed carport will be quickly available and practical while being a possession to your home.
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You've a couple of choices for the carport flooring which will be identified, in big component, by your budget plan. The simplest and the very least costly this simply to leave this as dust. Various other options consist of crushed rock, concrete, and even asphalt.
One of the most typical setup for a carport roofing system is either a gable or gambrel style. The gable is the simplest to build, nevertheless, the gambrel has the included advantage from offering above storage space area. If your carport will be connected to your home after that the roofing system will be a solitary airplane slanting far from the structure where it's connected. The roof shingles from the carport ought to suit those from your the home of preserve uniformity in both frameworks. If you've a great established from carport strategies you ought to have no difficulty building any one of these.
Previously you start any building job ensure you consult your regional structure inspector as you'll require a structure license. You'll likewise wish to know any building regulations that would put on your place.
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Trump fires US navy chief over tackling of SEAL case.
Trump fires US navy chief over tackling of SEAL case.
I no longer share the same understanding with the Commander in Chief who made me, in regards to the essential principles of good order and discipline,' Spencer said in a stinging letter published by US media.' I hereby acknowledge my termination.' The dispute centers on the fate of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher who had been accused of war crimes in a high-profile situation however had been found guilty. On November 15, Trump — the US military's commander-in-chief — reversed Gallagher was handed down to by the demotion.
Trump tweeted Sunday that Gallagher was'treated quite poorly' from the navy, which Spencer was asked to resign over the issue and over his alleged failure to handle budget overruns. The president stated Gallagher would not be expelled from the elite force. 'Eddie will retire with all of the honors that he has got,' Trump tweeted. Defense Secretary Mark Esper stated he'd inquired for Spencer's resignation'after losing confidence and trust in him seeing his lack of candor over discussions with the White House,' that the Department of Defense said in a statement.
Esper said he was'deeply troubled by this conduct.' Even the US Navy had launched a discipline procedure which could involve strip Gallagher along with three other members of his unit of their prestigious'Trident pins' effectively booting them by the SEAL induce but the intervention of Trump appeared to cut brief that procedure.
Trump this month also disregarded another degree murder conviction against Army First Lieutenant Clint Lorance, who had been six years into a 19-year term for ordering soldiers 2012 to fire three unarmed Afghan men on a motorcycle, two of whom died and he granted clemency to West Point grad Matt Golsteyn, an ex-member of the elite US Army Green Berets, charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of an alleged Taliban bomb-maker at 2010.
In Julyhe was acquitted of charges but had been convicted of posing with the body in a group picture together with other SEALs of all the slain fighter.
Because of this, he was demoted one position, to officer first class from chief officer. Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, Gallagher accused of acting in retaliation after he lodged a complaint, the navy. 'they're trying to take it following the president.'Read More


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Diversity is a strength – especially in management teams – but it can also lead to tension, misunderstandings and all the challenges that can appear when two people are very different and don't "get" each other.
Years ago it was popular to hire expensive consultants – often called coaches – to work with executive teams and help them form tight bonds and appreciate one another but having been put through that type of coaching several times in my career at different companies I am now a great believer in the home grown use of personality based team building to develop an appreciation of the differences.
The method I advocate is going through Myers-Briggs Type testing as a team and sharing and talking about the results.
First step is everyone takes the test – online and together in a room – you can take the test here.
Next I explain (in lay terms) what the Myers-Briggs Type Indicators are – what they mean and what they indicate about each personality and how it influences and decision making. I'll walk through the 4 dimensions and I use simple anecdotes to explain the differences – as I show here. (Each is a scale where you get a percentage along the scale to one end or the other as a measure of your personality type along that dimension.)
Note a healthy dose of humor and self depreciation at this stage breaks the ice and gets the team to relax.
Extroverted vs. Introverted: what energizes you – being with people or being alone? To make a decision do you go and talk to other people or go for a walk? Are parties exciting or a bit of a chore?
Sensing vs. Intuiting: Do you gather data and then make a decision – or do you intuitively make a decision and then use data to validate or invalidate your decision?
Thinking vs. Feeling: Do you decide with your head or with your heart? Where are you in your body as you work through tough decisions.
Judging vs Perceiving: This is a desire for structure – do you make lists, organize into spreadsheets, like operational process or do you prefer being open ended? Do you take a list to the grocery store or buy as the mood takes you? Do you plan your vacation down to the hour, or get in the car and just drive?
This is a layman's view – Wikipedia has a much better description here.
And then – it's time to share. I look for the extroverts in the team to start to talk – to share their type and talk about what it means and how it affects them in the team.
At this point I am at the white board and draw the chart (below) – and start putting names into the boxes so everyone can see where they fit – and how they are like, or unlike other people in the team. It's really important at this point to make sure everyone understands there is no right or wrong, no one type is any better than any other – and that the strength lies in diversity. It's much better in a team to have some P some J, some E some I , some N and some S. If you can leverage each other you can quite simply make better decisions because you can cover each others blind spots and biases.
I ran this process with our whole US team a month ago – and then our India management team last week. It was great fun both times. Lots of laughter (led by the Es) and some very insightful discussions about where the tension comes from. For example – a strong J can really annoy a strong P. J's often state opinion as fact – they are putting structure on the opinion and testing the idea – but for a P this can seem arrogant and over constraining.
So how did my team come out? As you can see from this diagram we have a strong collection of leaders in the ENJ – they are extroverted, very intuitive and operational. Surprisingly this is not at all representative of the population at large. 63% of FR management are NJ, and yet only 7.8% of the population are NJ. So we have a very unusual concentration – and I think this is characteristic of the type of people who enjoy high growth, hurly burly opportunities where they can make decisions fast, based on intuition, and operationalize the execution.
If you are my competitor and you are reading this you may be able to figure out our inherent blind spot… except that I am not an NJ. My personality type is ESFJ. Very strong E (I like people a lot) and am a slight S, but I will challenge intuition by talking with customers and prospects. Knowing I am an ESFJ you can probably understand why I like to talk to customers every single day. That's both where my energy comes from, and how I gather the input to steer the ship.
The end result of this exercise was very positive, especially within the executive team. We talked through some of the times when we don't work as well together, and what triggers it – and it is personality related. Just reflecting together and reviewing tough conversations has now been very powerful to defuse the tension the next time it happened. I have the M-B chart on the wall in the office with everyone's name on it and any of us can refer to it an any time to help understand a team mate – and the only rule is that we all have to remember to use it with a smile – it is just pop psychology after all.
I had the opportunity to speak at the Montgomery Technology conference in Santa Monica yesterday and, as often happens, the experience of presenting FirstRain every half hour for hours was exhilarating.
The conference is run by the specialist investment bank – designed for investors to talk with companies – and it attracted about 1,100 people this year. As a small company the reason to participate is to raise awareness of what we are doing and network with other CEOs, business development people from the Forture 1000 and, of course, talk with potential investors.
Since it is now so easy to quickly show the value of FirstRain I decided not to use any slides but just show it in every meeting. Having a light MacBook Air, wireless and fast fingers I had fun showing the product off in every discussion – in the general coffee area, in a suite, in a meeting room and eventually in my presentation. Now I did use a few slides when I was presenting to the room – but even then just a few and I quickly switched over to the product since seeing is believing with FirstRain.
And the result was a double edged sword. Everyone I spoke to was very impressed – "that's really impressive" always sounds good to a CEO – and every potential investor I spoke with wanted to understand our stage and whether we were a good fit for them to invest in based on their approach (they were mostly PE or late stage VCs). And I had to disappoint every one. We closed a round of financing 2 weeks ago for $7.2M and so we are not in a position to take additional investment now.
So I took another path to bring them value. Almost everyone I met with is currently a Capital IQ user and so I showed them how to use FirstRain for their research and advised them to just call their Capital IQ sales person and ask for FirstRain through them since they are now one of our reseller partners. It was such fun to be selling, hand-to-hand selling. I love it! And I am glad to say I made a couple of connections with potential partners too.
We've been hearing from an increasing number of customers and prospects that they are not only trying to reduce their budget, but specifically trying to reduce their Bloomberg costs or replace Bloomberg altogether and I'm curious as to what's really going on behind this.
Bloomberg has the premier platform today. It's known for the deepest quality of data, having the best sales force, being the hardest to use, but also being the hardest to give up. The terminal has cachet. User's have told us they feel as if their firm thinks less of them if they don't have a Bloomberg terminal and it's their link into their IM network. And yet for many of the users in our target market – we're talking fundamental equity research guys – they only use a fraction of the functionality and in many cases they only use Bloomberg news.
The Bloomberg business model is very simple and consistent with a premier brand. One product, one non-negotiable fee of $1500-$1800 per month and for major accounts services are provided at no additional cost provided the total terminal fees are high enough. And they sell 2 year contracts and won't cancel them even if the users have left. Makes good business sense.
So what's a firm to do that has reduced the number of users and wants to dramatically reduce platform costs? What we are seeing is that as firm's contracts with major high-end (i.e. expensive) vendors are rolling off they are looking at ways to swap the platforms and services out for less expensive ones. This risk/phenomenon is well captured in the Silicon Alley Insider's The Bloomberg Terminal Stands On The Precipice.
And what it means for FirstRain is we are in an astounding number of conversations now, either alone or with one of our partners, with customers who are looking to replace Bloomberg. Because of the simplicity, and yet rigidity, of the Bloomberg model they are looking to replace it with a less expensive solution, especially when the users are only using it for news, and we help our partners provide a very rich news platform by mining the web for alternative research.
That said, we are careful to be respectful of everyone and not get between two large players because in the end what we offer is different and complimentary to all the platforms today – it's a sales balancing act!
We are announcing an exciting extension to our Capital IQ partnership today. We started this partnership almost 2 years ago – with this announcement – and over the last two years we have both grown our service to Capital IQ's end clients and grown our relationship with the excellent team there. My guys really enjoy working with them and we're delighted they want to include our service in their offering.
And so today we have announced that Capital IQ is now reselling FirstRain to their clients. We have embedded a FirstRain window into the Capital IQ platform that looks like this (with annotations):
and is a very similar integration to the approach we took with FactSet except that in addition to linking through to the search results of the research engine, Capital IQ has chosen to provide quick links directly into key pages like the management turnover page for a company – like this analytic on Pfizer:
This expansion of our relationship is good for both companies. It allows Capital IQ to add the rich experience of business intelligent search into their users research process, and it provides us with access to a new market. Capital IQ is widely used through the banking world, private equity and venture capital, as well as in many small investment firms.
As Randy Winn, executive managing director of Capital IQ said: "Over the past two years we have partnered with FirstRain to bring the most powerful business and financial intelligence to Capital IQ clients. FirstRain's ability to identify, synthesize and rank critical business information that is scattered across the web provides a competitive advantage to our customers. We are pleased to extend our partnership and to be able to deliver the full range of FirstRain search and analytics to our end users."


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We devise apps which would engage users and give high return on investment to our clients.
We ensure every app is updated according to the latest technology and maintained appropriately.
We have been in the business of iOS app development since a number of years. We assess the specific needs of particular business to create visually appealing and functional IOS apps.
We research, strategize and come up with the most reliable and successful model of IOS app for your business. Our competence combined with technological advancement is the right fit for giving you an edge over your competitors.
Our expertise in the area of IOS is not limited to development. We are skilled at push notification,Social APIs Integration and in-app purchases etc.
Our team develops IOS apps with a responsive design technique that is able to seamlessly adapt to different Apple devices. We help to develop robust and innovative apps that would increase user engagement for your business. Our digital solution for IOS extends to different Apple devices such as:


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The contributions are expected to deal with instrumentation and measurement in the following topics:
Fundamental physics
Fusion diagnostics and technology
Nuclear power reactors monitoring and control
Research reactors
Nuclear fuel cycle
Decommissioning, dismantling and remote handling
Safeguards, homeland security
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Environmental and medical sciences
Education, training and outreach
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The federal government has invested no new money in health care delivery, despite the fact 86 per cent of Canadians identified health care as their top priority for this budget.
Hiding behind its five-year agreement signed with the provinces in September 2000, the federal government continues to rack up huge surpluses without earmarking any new funding to strengthen acute care, expand home care and community care, including long-term care, or launch a national pharmacare program.
Provincial governments of every political stripe have been calling on Martin to return federal transfers to the level they were before his first budget in 1994. By ignoring their pleas, Martin is fuelling the revolt underway in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta where public health care is being sabotaged by for-profit ventures.


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I guess it's a good time as any for me to start writing up a list of reasons as to why I think everyone should subscribe to email lists:
1) One Day Food Deals
Did you know that today is National Burger Day, and that Jack In The Box is having a buy-one-get-one-free deal today?
UPDATE (August 30, 2016): The module is now called User Login Logout Messages, which displays a message when users log in as well as log out. It works flawlessly on Mediography.by, my media tech startup. I'm so jazzed! :D
I've been waiting patiently during the past few years for a stable version of a Drupal module called Flag Lists to come out. So when a developer finally came forward recently to get the job done, I jumped at the chance to become the main beta-tester. So what is Flag Lists and what sets it apart from similar modules such as Entityqueue & Flag? Read on to find out:
I wrote a blog post a few months ago about why you should subscribe to email lists. Now I'll write about why you should also subscribe to mobile text message lists via SMS:
I just got a text message from Chipotle for a link (which actually just redirects to the game's website) to play a 60 second game and automatically win a buy-one-get-one-free deal.
9/1/14: This blog post has now been updated for DrupalCampLA 2014.
Today & tomorrow I'll be attending SANDcamp 2014, and will again be one of the presenters just like last year! My presentation will be called "How I Built Mediography.by (Site Demo & Teardown)", and it will be on Saturday from 4 - 5pm. This blog post will serve as the permanent link for the presentation, and I will update it throughout the night (this was a last minute submission as the site is not yet live)...
I hate getting my car smogged. If you live in California, you'll hate it too every time you do it (which is once every two years unless your car is less than six year old). This is because it's a locally added expense that takes time and it's not cheap. Depending where you do it, it'll cost you around $50 - $75. The place where I went to, Quarter Note Smog, had a regular price of $55:
Last month I showed you guys how to show the Pinterest Pin It button's pin count for any image, and talked about a limitation with Colorbox / Lightbox. In today's blog post, I will show you guys how to show the Pinterest Pin It button when hovering over any image, including one that shows up via Colorbox / Lightbox.
Today I'll show you guys a few tricks that'll help you become a master Drupal sitebuilder. I'll use Views PHP as an example, a module that gave me a lot of headaches. The following blog post is a reminder that it's the little things that sometimes make all the difference in the world.
Basically, I had to figure out how to make the following piece of code to display correctly:
To get this module working, I focused on two issue queues:
I recently made the decision to switch from Facebook Comments and exclusively use Disqus on all of my websites. If any of you are thinking about integrating either of these products into your website, read on to see why I made my decision:
1) Disqus - Advantages:
It's Halloween weekend! If you want to watch a movie after coming home from partying, you probably want to watch a scary one. Now if you're sick and tired of all the typical slasher flicks and want to watch something different but need some help choosing, try the following:
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Grey Antique Heart Creole Earrings
These cute and trendy drop earrings feature shimmering symmetrical shaped hearts each tilted to one side. Simple yet feminine in design, these are ideal for a younger audience or simply one young at heart. They are wearable anytime.
Product Information
The components are hand made from our unique resin colour range with antiqued silverleaf effect.
Each component measures approx. W2cm x H2cm x D0.6cm and is suspended from creole earring hooks which fasten with a scroll clasp. The total length of the earring including the component and earring hook is 3cm. All the jewellery components are both nickel free and hypo-allergenic.
All orders are dispatched within 2-3 business days. See our Delivery page for more information. Jewellery is gift wrapped in an organza bag.
All measurements quoted in product descriptions are approximate. Due to the handmade nature of the jewellery and accessories, slight variations in the size and colour may occur.


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IT WAS the product that wasn't meant to be. Designed to rival Apple's phenomenally successful iPad, Hewlett Packard's TouchPad was launched exactly two months ago, and met with the sort of reception of which retail nightmares are made.
A mere 12,000 were sold in the first month of European release, a figure which fell even further in the weeks that followed. After seven weeks, it was announced that the TouchPad would be discontinued -- a humiliating retreat by an already ailing company.
But when retailers were told they could sell the remaining tablets at a quarter of the original price -- $99 (€71), instead of the iPad price-matching $399 and $499 -- TouchPad's fortunes began to magically turn around. The sum was not enough to cover manufacturing costs, but was sufficient to prompt a buying bonanza. Cut-price TouchPads flew off the shelves, with lengthy queues forming outside stockists and websites experiencing frenzied demand.
So it was that Hewlett Packard yesterday found itself performing yet another U-turn. In an entry posted on the company's blog, it announced that after being "pleasantly surprised" by sales of the cut-price tablet, it would be returning the TouchPad to the market on a temporary basis.
"The speed at which it disappeared from inventory has been stunning," the statement explained. "We have decided to produce one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand." The run will be limited to North American retailers only.
As technology bloggers have pointed out, the $99 TouchPads may be popular, but they're still not going to be profitable. Hewlett Packard is thought to be losing some $200 on every device sold.
Why it has decided to embrace the loss-making product is the subject of some speculation. Reports from Taiwan indicate that it may have to do with surplus parts held by manufacturers, while others have suggested the move is an attempt to garner a few positive headlines after months of negative press.
Critics have described it as "a triumph of madness over common sense", arguing that it adds to its reputation for indecision. (© Independent News Service)
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Our New York Office has an immediate opening for a Construction Administrator/Architect.
In this position, the ideal candidate will:
- Be the prime liaison between CMs/general contractors, client/owner and AE teams
- Review and interpret construction documents.
- Process, review and answer Request for Information and submittals
- Resolve problems which arise on the jobsite, coordinate bulletins to the contract documents, make recommendations, and consult client / owner on all issues related to the project.
- Monitor, review and process closeout submittals and perform periodic QA/QC construction site visits, including substantial presence at the construction site.
- Write regular field reports and distribute them to the team.
- Conduct regular progress meetings
- Write meeting minutes and track issues
- Maintain RFI, ASI and submittal logs
- Review and comment on change orders
- Maintain BIM model
- Maintain the quality and design intent of the design architects
- 5+ years of experience in construction administration experience
- Bachelors in Architecture (licensed architect preferred)
- Experience in large-scale residential, office and mixed-use projects
- Excellent interpersonal skills, strong client communication, collaboration and conflict resolution skills required
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(Cohoes, NY) Aquatic Development Group announces that an ADG Mountain Coaster is under development at Purgatory Resort in Durango, CO. This is ADG's second mountain coaster project in Colorado to be undertaken this year.
Read more: ANOTHER ADG MOUNTAIN COASTER IS MAKING TRACKS IN THE US
Cohoes, NY. Aquatic Development Group (ADG) is proud to announce for the third year in a row, the receipt of the World Waterpark Association's (WWA) Leading Edge Award. This year, ADG has received the award for their innovative take on the traditional wave pool, Twin TidesTM. The award was presented today during the General Opening Session at this year's WWA Show in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Read more: ADG WINS WWA'S LEADING EDGE AWARD FOR TWIN TIDES DUAL ENTRY WAVE POOL WATER RIDE ATTRACTION.
Cohoes, NY. Aquatic Development Group (ADG) is proud to announce the WWA's most recent inductee to the Hall of Fame, Ken Ellis. This prestigious honor is awarded to individuals who have had a substantial impact and contribution to our industry and Ken Ellis certainly fits that bill.
Read more: AQUATIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP'S PRESIDENT AND CEO, KEN ELLIS, IS INDUCTED INTO THE WORLD WATERPARK...
Good morning!
Two mountains are open for snow riding, Timberline & Arapahoe Basin, Loveland will be soon. If you haven't seen a picture of the lift line at A-Basin on Friday, it is on the CHS Snowmakers Facebook page. It is a great example of supply versus demand and makes all of the money spent on snowmaking well worth it.
Here is a quick update about CHS Snowmakers.
Read more: Two mountains are open for snow riding, Timberline & Arapahoe Basin, Loveland will be soon
Even though we're branching out in the content we cover, SnowOps will still be your only North American publication dedicated to bringing you the snow grooming information you want to know. You'll still find grooming stories, the latest technology, volunteer experiences and more in SnowOps. Now, you'll be getting all that and more.


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Happy Medium Celebrates 8thAnniversary
Happy Medium Celebrates 8thAnniversary by Announcing the Promotion of
Kristen Sabin to Chief Operating Officer and Christine Polson to Director of Client Experience
Des Moines, Iowa (March 1, 2018) – Happy Medium, an award-winning full-service web and media agency based in Des Moines, Iowa has reached a significant milestone as the company celebrates its eighth anniversary. Happy Medium provides web development, traditional and digital media buying, social media marketing and management, as well as user experience (UX) design to a diverse portfolio of clients. To commemorate this occasion, the company is pleased to announce the promotion of Kristen Sabin to chief operating officer and Christine Polson to director of client experience.
Since its inception in 2011, founder and CEO Katie Patterson has expanded Happy Medium from one-woman providing media buying to one client, to a team of twenty-five full-time employees providing creative services to more than 100 clients in twelve states. Over the past eight years, Happy Medium has received dozens of awards including recognition from Ad Age, Inc. Magazine, The Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, Business Record, American Advertising Awards, Des Moines Social Media Club and the Greater Des Moines Partnership. In addition, the organization has had multiple appearances on the Inc. 5000 list—an award for the fastest growing companies in the U.S. Happy Medium has also been honored as Best Workplace for Young Professionals by the Greater Des Moines Partnership and named a Business with a Bright Future by the Business Record.
Katie Patterson reflected on her company turning eight-years-old by saying, "We work in a fast-paced industry, one that is constantly evolving. I founded Happy Medium with the philosophy of executing distinctive work and making client relationships thrive by going above and beyond. Kristen Sabin and Christine Polson are two key members of my team who epitomize what it means to go above and beyond for not only our clients but for our entire Happy Medium family."
Kristen Sabin joined Happy Medium in 2012 as an account coordinator and was promoted to director of client experience in 2017. In this role, Kristen led the accounts team in building and sustaining client relationships. In her new role as chief operating officer, Sabin will provide day-to-day leadership and oversee the development, communication, and execution of the company's strategic initiatives. Kristen is the first Happy Medium team member to hold a c-suite position, other than founder Katie Patterson.
"I am thrilled to announce the promotion of Kristen Sabin to chief operating officer. For the past seven years, Kristen has been an integral member of my team and has significantly contributed to growing our portfolio of clients while pushing our internal team to be more creative and innovative. I am thrilled to have her serve alongside me as we continue to grow our agency for years to come," says Patterson.
Christine Polson has been with Happy Medium for the past year as an account director where she spent her time working with clients to ensure work was on task, on time and within scope. In her new position as director of client experience, Polson will expand her role by serving as the lead for the Happy Medium accounts team and providing strategic vision for the organization's robust portfolio of clients.
"As I look back on the past eight years, I am extremely proud of how Happy Medium has evolved. I'm excited about our future as the company continues to thrive on developing user-focused products and technology for our clients while adhering to our guiding principle of providing a supportive work environment for the staff to flourish," says Patterson.
About Happy Medium
Happy Medium was founded in March 2011 specializing in providing companies web development, traditional and digital media buying, social media marketing and management, as well as user experience (UX) design. While operating as a full-service web and media firm, it also thrives on the development of cutting-edge products and technology. Happy Medium implements the same strategies for its clients that it does for itself. Happy Medium has had repeat appearances on the Inc. 5000 list, awarded to the fastest growing companies in the United States. It has also been awarded Best Workplace for Young Professionals by the Greater Des Moines Partnership, Business with a Bright Future by the Business Record, Best Social Media Company and much more. Company culture is a priority to the agency which is demonstrated in the unique benefits, competitive pay and founding principles: Curiosity, Happiness, Integrity, and Teamwork.


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Are you ready to challenge every day? Join the Technology team at American Express as a summer intern and you'll influence and strengthen the core businesses across the organization. Use your digital knowledge and problem-solving skills to help plan, design, develop and implement the next generation of innovative solutions.
Technology intern opportunities are available in
Phoenix, AZ, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and New York, NY.
Join the team and make an impact right away:
• Write code with one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, .NET)
• Function as a core member of an agile team working on API specs, conducting code reviews and testing in ongoing sprints, or doing proof of concepts/automation tools
• Design and develop new customer-facing applications on multiple channels like native iOS, Android, web, social integration and Java services/APIs
• Design and implement web-enabled systems for data collection
Minimum Qualifications
We have the know-how, technology and global reach to make nearly any idea a reality. All that's missing is you! Do you meet the below requirements?
• Passion for coding
• Ability to identify opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
• Hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working software
• Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners
Educational Requirements
Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical discipline
Students must have a graduation date between December 2021 and June 2023
American Express' heritage was built on service and has been sustained by innovation. Through our evolution from an express mail business in 1850, to one of the world's largest card issuers by purchasing volume and a digital innovator, we've never been afraid to explore new possibilities and embrace the changing marketplace.
From our high employee Satisfaction ratings to our many workplace awards, American Express is consistently recognized as a great place to work by people around the world. We offer talented individuals challenging work with purpose by embracing both innovation and tradition. As our company has grown and evolved, sometimes reinventing our business outright, we have never strayed from the customer-service ethos and values on which the company was built –trust, security, integrity, quality, good citizenship, respect and customer commitment.
Learn more about our Technology group at American Express by visiting https://careers.americanexpress.com/students/.
Why American Express?
There's a difference between having a job and making a difference.
American Express has been making a difference in people's lives for over 160 years, backing them in moments big and small, granting access, tools, and resources to take on their biggest challenges and reap the greatest rewards.
We've also made a difference in the lives of our people, providing a culture of learning and collaboration, and helping them with what they need to succeed and thrive. We have their backs as they grow their skills, conquer new challenges, or even take time to spend with their family or community. And when they're ready to take on a new career path, we're right there with them, giving them the guidance and momentum into the best future they envision.
Because we believe that the best way to back our customers is to back our people.
The powerful backing of American Express.
Our team will review completed
applications on a rolling basis. We appreciate your patience while we consider
your application and will be in contact with you by April 30th.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
Tags: PA-12100, USTech, Handshake UNV-12520
ReqID: 20001627
Schedule (Full-Time/Part-Time): Full-time
Date Posted: Jan 30, 2020, 1:00:57 PM


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Middle Eastern dairy trends are ripe with opportunity. Harvest the potential with our whey-based inspiration.
Dairy companies are regularly challenged by high milk prices or raw material waste. And, if there is one key to continuing sales, then it's the ability to solve those challenges without compromising taste and texture.
That's the test facing the Middle Eastern dairy industry right now, where rising inflation is pressuring manufacturers to reduce prices so consumers can continue to afford their products.
At Arla Foods Ingredients, we've taken the challenge to heart and developed whey-based solutions that optimise cheese and yoghurt production and improve quality. Our inspirational concepts demonstrate the possibilities – developed to regional consumer preferences and including options for recombined dairy production.
Smooth labneh cheese with 100% yield
Achieve the distinctive taste and texture of traditional labneh cheese with no acid whey side-stream. Our special process and whey protein ensure 100% yield from your dairy raw materials.
Click here to see the video.
Affordable white cheese with less protein
Our white cheese concept has a reduced protein content and is designed for consumers in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
Greek-style yoghurt without investment
All you need is a standard yoghurt line to make indulgent Greek-style yoghurt. Using our process and protein solution, there is no need for expensive separation equipment.
Download our handouts for more information, and ask us for samples, recipes or application support.


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Last May I received a Macbook Pro 15″ for graduation and to this day it is my favorite gift ever. Switching from a PC to a Mac was seamless for me and I would never go back. One of my favorite aspects is the Dashboard and more specifically, the post-it note. On this cute virtual pink post-it I keep a running list of everything I desire. From purses to shoes to dresses. It keeps my eye on the prize. I thought it might be nice to start sharing what is "First on my Post-it" aka the current item I feel I just need and can't live without.
Whenever I am lusting over something it always remind of the scene in Napoleon Dynamite when Uncle Rico tells the couple he will throw in a free gift (a replica of a large sail boat) and the woman says "I want that". A simple memory but one that constantly replays in my mind. Recently that voice has been replaying in my head every time I see a Foley + Corinna Mid City Tote. At first I just liked the bag but the more I see it the more I find myself saying "I want that".
The bag comes in many different colors and textures and I can picture each one working for a different occasion. Maybe I am just trying to talk myself into it but the more I think about it the more I think it is a necessity.
My number one instinct choice: Mid City Tote in Rose Nubuck (pictured above)
My number one practical choice: Mid City Tote in Tawny (pictured first)
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Dodge City Harley-Davidson and Davis Electric are giving Dodge City Legend season ticket holders an opportunity to win a Harley Davidson motorcycle in a promotion that will continue throughout the 2003 United States Basketball League season.
Any person who purchases a Legend season ticket for the 2003 regular season will have the opportunity to win a 100th Anniversary Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic Electra Glide motorcycle. The value of the bike is approximately $24,000.
"This is a huge year for the Dodge City Legend and we are trying to sell 1500 season tickets." Legend general manager Tom Nelson said. "Having Darren Rhoten from Dodge City Harley-Davidson and Rodger Davis from Davis Electric step up to provide this kind of prize for our biggest fans is a great boost for our organization."
Legend season tickets begin at $90 for a General Admission package. Mezzanine/Balcony Reserved packages are $135, Premier Reserved are $180, Floor Reserved are $225, Courtside Reserved are $375 and Coach's Row Reserved tickets are $750.
Each individual season ticket will be eligible to win the Harley. The drawing will be held at the final home game of the 2003 season at the Dodge City Civic Center.
"Because of a limited number of season tickets that can be sold, a person's odds of winning the Harley are increased." Nelson said. "Not only do you get 15 exciting pro basketball games, but one fan will get a very big surprise."
For more information, contact Dodge City Harley-Davidson at (620) 227-6000, Davis Electric at (620) 855-2379, or the Dodge City Legend at (620) 227-2222. Tickets can be purchased at the Dodge City Tourist Information building at Third and Wyatt Earp Blvd. in Dodge City, or by calling 1-800 OLD WEST.