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"Just Be You" has been written and performed by members of Go Girls, which is jointly run by Bron Afon Community Housing and Charter Housing.
Suzy Sorby, youth engagement and support officer, Bron Afon, said: "All the young women involved have a passion for singing and expressing themselves through music.
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New or experienced security managers and executives; security practitioners and consultants; business managers and executives with security program oversight; instructors of and students in security programs
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Part 1: The Skills Needed for Successful Security Leadership
Chapter 1. The Art of Leadership
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1.2 What Knowledge, Skills, and Characteristics do you Need?
1.3 Where Can you Get those Skills?
1.4 Can Leadership be Learned?
Chapter 2. Be the Great Motivator
2.1 It's Not Always Easy
2.2 Learn as You Go
Chapter 3. Becoming a Business Leader
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Chapter 6. Understanding Your Corporate Culture
Chapter 7. Rebuilding Influence after Corporate Restructuring
Chapter 8. Managing Expectations
Chapter 9. Running Security Like a Business
Chapter 10. Becoming a Next Generation Security Leader
10.1 Assess to Find the Best Executive Development Resources
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Chapter 11. Developing Meaningful Security Metrics
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11.2 Do any of your Metrics Show Value by Reliably Measuring Avoided Costs?
11.3 Do you Collect both Forward-Looking and Backward-Looking Metrics?
11.4 Do Metrics Measure Direct and Indirect Impacts?
11.5 Are you Creating Metrics in a Vacuum or Soliciting the help of other Functions?
11.6 Do your Metrics Tell a Story?
Chapter 12. Setting Realistic Goals That Align with Business Interests
Chapter 13. The New Security Assessment
Chapter 14. Expect the Best: Evaluating Your Security Staff
Chapter 15. Business Evolution Requires Active Security Alignment
Chapter 16. Emerging Issue Awareness
16.1 Challenges to Emerging Issue Awareness
16.2 Tips for Staying Aware
Chapter 17. Planning for Change
17.1 Stronger Influence and Better Security
17.2 Align, Align, Align
17.3 Security as a Nimble Function
17.4 Efficiency vs. Flexibility
Chapter 18. Reinventing Security
18.1 Common Circumstances of Reinvention
18.2 Milestones to Reach
18.3 How to Lead Reinvention
Part 3: Looking Forward
Chapter 19. Security's Role in Corporate Social Responsibility
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19.2 What's in it for you?
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Chapter 20. Advances and Stalemates in Security
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Chapter 21. Addressing the Knowledge Transfer Gap
21.1 Seven Characteristics of a Knowledge-Sharing Program
Chapter 22. Eleven Ways to Encourage Strategic Thinking
Chapter 23. Risk at High Velocity
Chapter 24. What Will Security Look Like in 2020?
24.1 How should Security Evolve to Excel in this Environment?
24.2 What Security 2020 Could Be: A Case Study
24.3 Elements of 2020 Security
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Today's guest is Andrew Askins. Andrew is the founder of Krit, a startup turned app design and development studio that helps other startups turn their ideas into realities.
While still in school at University of South Carolina, Andrew had an opportunity to join an accelerator program for his SaaS app. Though he was able to get it off the ground and attract a few thousand users, he starting burning out.
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Piezoresistive strain gauge is one of the most popular and widely accepted sensors for strain measurement An analytical modeling is carried out for the gauge on the rectangular membrane called as substrate which includes resistivity of the plezoresistive material. Pro ENGINEER and ANSYS Multi physics software are used for the design and analysis respectively. Finite element analysis is used to find maximum strain sensitive area on the substrate. This helps to design the gauge with desired orientation to achieve maximum sensitivity. Polyimide is chosen as a substrate for strain gauge design among Polystrene and Silicon. Constantan is used as a gauge material for strain gauge design since its high peel strength makes the gauge less sensitive to mechanical damage during installation. A force sensor is designed on thin rectangular plate using the strain gauge which Is designed by ANSYS simulation. Temperature is one of the Important factor that affects the sensor performance. Hence the effect of temperature on the strain gauge and force sensor is considered In this research. A solution is given at sensor level in this research to do temperature compensation. Four-channel active element signal conditioner is developed that overcomes the drawbacks of passive element Wheatstone bridge. The hardware is developed on the printed circuit board (PCB) with its own dual power supply. EASYPC software and UV exposure, wet etching technique is used to design and fabricate the PCB. A temperature compensated force sensor is developed to verify the active element Signal conditioner linearity. The data acquisition board with 16-bit simultaneous sampling rate analog to digital converter (AOC) Is used to support real-time sensor data processing. MATIAS platform and its data acquisition toolboxes are used to process the real-time sensor data. The developed signal conditioner would suit for all kinds of sensor applications. A high gain of 93.9dB, a CMRR of 89.73dB, a delay of 25µsec, and a rise time of 150µsec are achieved by this signal conditioner. The self temperature compensating force sensor sensitivity Is 0.01MΩ/N and a resolution is 0.15 mN. The sensitivity of the strain gauge designed by ANSYS is 0.425 µɛ/mPa.
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I want to share all my 2004 City idsl repairs and fixes over the years so all City owners can watch out for similar things on their car.
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1)engine tuk tuk sound / mild jerk when climbing hill (from new) - ensure use Honda CVTF and not any ATF
2)low grinding noise coming from front wheel after hitting pot hole on the road (twice) - change the bearing. Can be done at any car/tire repair shop.
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9)engine/dashboard have harsh drop going through pot hole or road bumps at low speed (13th year mark) - change the engine front and side mountings to restore the ride like new . 3 pcs Honda SC
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Alex Janssens gives his staff the freedom they need to decide themselves how they want to achieve the goals set. He doesn't have a great deal of free time, but at the weekend he likes to be in the kitchen preparing delicious, healthy family meals. He also enjoys watching football matches when his son is called in as referee.
He studied commercial sciences at the European College in Brussels. Just after that, he became a controller at Mazda and in 1998 he was given a major promotion in the accounts department. From 2002 until April 2006, he got to know more about logistics and from 2006 to 2013 he headed the European Financial Services department. Since March 2013, he has been CIO. When Jorgen Olesen retired in March, Alex took over Jorgen's tasks for Parts Supply & Logistics as well.
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It's difficult to single out just one trend. It's mainly the speed at which it is all happening that is unprecedented. It's about creating the right mindset and using the new developments as well as possible.
I prefer a flexible working system wherever possible. Our managers arrange that as they wish. There must be room to meet and work at the office, but also for concentrated work in the most suitable location.
One magazine is the Proximus B2B magazine for CIOs and IT professionals in large and medium-sized organisations.


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Notice there is no holiday theme to this handout, Rhythm in the Grid with Eighth Notes? That's because I thought I posted it back in the summer. I can only find the one I made with 16th notes so I'm posting this now. Maybe if you have a student who has trouble understanding dotted quarters, this graphic will help. Sometimes you have to try different ways to explain things because everyone learns differently. [Edited: This file now includes two pages, both the 8th note and the 16th note visual.]
There have been many helpful hints posted in the comments section. For cutting the Rhythm Pizza on foam board, kitchen shears has been suggested. Another teacher saves on printing by putting worksheets in a clear sheet protector and using a dry erase marker. It can be erased and used over and over. Thanks for the great ideas.


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Beard Balm
Beard Balm is a styling aid that provides hold, control, volume and superior conditioning.
Our beard balm is specially formulated with African Mafura butter, Mango butter and Avocado butter which have a remarkable conditioning and moisturizing effect on hair. It helps to restore the vitality of lifeless hair and strengthens dry, brittle and damaged hair.


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Found an interesting pic today with digg, redditm facebook, twitter, myspace, 4chan, deviantart, youtube, google and wikimedia personified. The artist (unknown) is quite a genius.
Category Archives: Design
Comcast Town
Love the graphics in this website. You can navigate through the amazingly detailed town and even build your own room. The UI design is intuitive and the transitions between the many context menus are smooth and polished.
The Spread of Walmart
BMW Gina
A car with flexible skin and movable metal structures beneath. Theoratically, you an better customize the look of your car, it is scratch resistant and it probably costs less to change the entire "cover" too. But the best part is that it also consumes much less energy to manufacture these compared to full metal casings. Safety is not an issue because crash damping and structural integrity is handled by the frame. Love the lights.
Kinetic Sculpture
The Kinetic Sculpture is a metaphorical translation of the process of form-finding in art and design. 714 metal spheres, hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually-controlled stepper motors and covering the area of six square meters, animate a seven minute long mechatronic narrative. In the beginning, moving chaotically, then evolving to several competing forms that eventually resolve to the finished object, the Kinetic Sculpture creates an artistic visualisation of the process of form-finding in different variations.
via artcom
Random Typo Information
via Concept n Design
960 Grid System
A handy tool to help you generate a layout based on the 960 grid system. Good as a starting point for most layout projects.
Sixth Sense by Pranav Mistry
What's fascinating about this project is less of the technology than the new form of user interaction that takes advantage of the unique capabilities of this wearable device. The later half of the talk gives a preview of some of these gestures Pranav have designed.
TED Talk
Website: http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/
Lego CL!CK – Find Your Inspiration
Interesting site presenting social media news in the form of interactive lego blocks.
The Eco Zoo
Online 3d has always been mired by long loading times or unresponsive interface. The thing that caught me was how the author of this site, Masayuki Kido, has taken that apparent limitation and used it to his advantage by combining low poly models with a beautiful cut out style. The illustrations, character designs and witty dialog are are wonderful too, leaving me wanting for more after exploring all the sections. Of course, expect nothing less from the winner of the FWA Site of the year 2008.
Check it out at http://ecodazoo.com/


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Washington state law requires that the City of Anacortes review and update its Shoreline Master Program (SMP) every 8 years in accordance with the Shoreline Management Act (SMA) and its current guidelines and legislative rules to attain state approval. The City's timeline includes completing this periodic update by June 30, 2020.


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Cyber security threats continue to grow. This evolution is seen in the sheer numbers of attacks, as well as the sophistication and complexity of attacks. Hackers are better funded and armed with more tools than ever. Hacking tools used for high-level security breaches, data theft and corruption, ransomware, and the infiltration of malware are readily available to hackers on the Dark Web. Shouldn't your security tools be just as advanced, comprehensive, and powerful?
IT professionals often toss around the term 'visibility'. Better visibility into the network, better visibility of systems and applications, better visibility of the end users and their devices, etc. But visibility should mean far more than simply the ability to see what's going on in your network right now. It ought to mean visibility into the past, present, and even the future of your network and systems. Here's what a comprehensive, fully-visible, network monitoring tool can do for your IT infrastructure.
What Has Happened in the Past
'Leaving the past behind' isn't the best course of action when it comes to network security. You need to understand what happened in order to build better measures to stop similar events in the future.
Usually, a network that has been hacked once is likely to be hacked again. Once a vulnerability has been discovered, hackers will exploit it repeatedly, sometimes to get more information from an easily accessible source and other times simply for the fun of it. That's why it's important to have 100 percent visibility into what has already happened. Exactly what vulnerabilities were exploited? What can be done to close those network security gaps? Explore areas like software and firmware that wasn't kept updated, user training issues, whether an inadequate mobile use policy played a part in the attack, and other potential lapses in network security.
What Could Happen in the Future
'What could happen' is why IT invests so much in firewalls, antivirus and antimalware protection, and other preventative measures. These are your preventative maintenance tools that stand in the way of overt and predictable attacks. The problem is depending on these tools to prevent all attacks, instead of continually assessing your vulnerabilities when it comes to sophisticated hacking tools and techniques that know how to subvert modern protective measures.
What is Happening Right Now
Network monitoring allows you to gain visibility into network traffic so that you can detect and stop any intruders that have manged to make their way around your security measures.
There's a cat-and-mouse game that has played out between the 'good guys' and the 'bad guys' for millennia. The good guys get better protective weapons, then the bad guys get better attack weapons, forcing the good guys to up their game once again. It played out in the days of train robbers, during the Cold War, and it's happening again in the arena of cyber security. That's why strong network monitoring tools are so essential. Antivirus software and firewalls are like locks on your doors — these tools prevent someone waltzing in without much effort, but they don't stop those willing to put forth the effort to get around those barriers. Network monitoring is how you catch the savvier villains once they've made their way past your gates and locks.
What Happens Following a Network Security Breach
"After action" is as critical as anything you do before an attack. An after-action plan is multifaceted. It includes cleaning up the mess left behind after an attack, but it also focuses on collecting forensic evidence of the attack. That forensic evidence can be used to help stop future attacks, but might also be crucial for bringing the hackers responsible to justice.
Do you truly have visibility into your network, including what has happened, what may happen, and what's happening right now? Learn more about the modern era of multifaceted network monitoring and security when you download The Big Book of Network Flows for Security.


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Like the Ombre hair color? and now try the Ombre lip color trend or two-toned lip color. The two-toned lip trend got it's popularity a few years ago, and now it is back in the trend and it is being hugely used by the fashion designers, models, celebrities, and for everyday looks. Ombre lips are basically gradation of colors, same color but fading from dark to light from outer lip to the inner lip or vice versa. Sure, it seems like a tricky makeup trend, but surprisingly it is very easy to follow. And the looks will be totally different, if try with the pink-orange shades then the lip will look like the stains we get after eating a popsicle.
The first step is the color selection. To decide the colors, I like to pick one color that will be my main lip color. Then I choose a color that is either lighter than my base color or darker than my base color. But it has to be similar in hue.
The main technique to do this lip trend is to use the gradient from outer most edge to the innermost part of the lips or even going horizontally across such that one corner of the mouth is lighter in color than the other corner.
The simplest form of ombre lips is to use the lighter shade on one lip and the darker shade on the other lip and then blending them in at the inner side of the lips. This technique is hugely popular on the runway shows.
Another technique of using the colors is to line the lips with a lip liner that is one shade darker than the base lipstick color. First, use the dark shades little thicker on the corners and gradually making thinner to the curves of lips. Then apply the base lipstick to the lips leaving out the innermost part of the lips. Finally, use the lighter lipstick and top off with clear gloss to even it all out.
Many brands have already launched some beautiful shades of two-toned lipsticks. I have tried the Laneige Two-toned lipstick, I am really impressed, it is a glossy one, and it gives me a bright stained lip.


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Huntsville woman impersonated reporter to see Apollo 11 launch
Article Excerpt: "... determined to see the moon launch up close, so she broke the rules. "I was Chris MacGill with The Associated Press for that one day," she said. MacGill, who was the real reporter that day, missed the deadline to pick up the required Kennedy Space Center press pass for July 16, 1969, so Hereford took it instead ..."
Reference: www.wsfa.com


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Experts speaking at our Early Childhood Education Symposium have told us that humility is one of the most important traits a parent can teach a child. Upper School Director John Thornburg recently shared his view on humility with his parents. We share it today with a wider audience.
By John Thornburg
I always admired my father's ability to play hockey. As a young boy, growing up in Minnesota, hockey was an important part of our culture. We had season tickets to the Minnesota North Stars (the professional hockey team at the time), I spent hours during the winter at the local pond playing hockey with friends, and sat in large ice arenas with my sister watching my dad play in the Old Timer's League. He was masterful on the ice and I wanted to be just like him.
The problem was I inherited my ankles from my mother's side of the family. Sure, I could ice skate okay, but didn't have the strength to perform as my father could. No matter how many different pairs of skates and how much practice, I was subpar and struggled to become a decent ice skater. After an hour or so playing with friends my ankles would tire, I would end up taking my skates off and running around on the ice in my winter boots. Truth be told, I was much better on the ice in my boots than my skates.
During my first year of teaching I earned extra money by driving our school's hockey team to practice after school. I'd watch the boys play and was envious of their ability. It was difficult to be just a bus driver and to be the one to help the kids to lace their skates before going out on the ice. I wished that I could play with them. It was about this time I had a dream of wearing my dad's hockey gear and suddenly having the ability to skate like him. I decided to ask him to mail his gear (he had retired from playing) to me so I could join the students. Surely a young man like myself with hockey ability would be able to rise to the occasion. I received his gear the next week.
The day I attempted to play real hockey is still etched in my mind very clearly. I came out on the ice in my father's gear (out of date by a decade) and began to skate. Skating back and forth on the ice, stick in hand (helps me with my balance), looks normal to most. The students were immediately impressed their bus driver/teacher could actually skate. The puck was dropped and the practice scrimmage ensued. I raced down the ice to defend as the coach, who was also playing, came towards me with the puck. Without the ability to deftly maneuver on the ice (my father's gear not helpful at all), I careened into the unexpected coach. Fortunately, he had fifty or more pounds on me so the collision threw me into the boards, as he continued on. He came back after the play was over to tell me, "You're just good enough to be a nuisance." That was the end of my hockey career.
Humility is an interesting character trait to consider. It is related to the term humus (earth) and literally means to be grounded. The word attempts to convey a state or condition where we have a modest opinion of ourselves. We know who we are, have a grasp of our skills and talents, yet have a realistic view of our place and purpose. If we take being humble too far, we are in danger of having a low self-esteem or sense of worthlessness. If we aren't humble enough, we can develop a superior opinion of ourselves and think we are better than others. Practicing true humility means staying between these two extremes. It means staying on what seems a fairly small mark which is why I think humility is a very difficult character trait to master. We need to know our place on the ice, so to speak.
Our goal is to find that place where true humility resonates through our being. We all have gifts and talents. We all can do things better than the next person and someone out there can do it better than us. Each of us is a designed mixture of abilities and aptitudes not found in anyone else. Comparing ourselves to others, as hard as it is not to do so, isn't an effective measure of who we are since no one else is like us. Striving to develop a talent or to reach an accomplishment, as a way to bring self-worth, is not long lasting since we already have this worth within us. What we accomplish is a reflection of who we are and does not make us someone else. Each of us has great potential and worth so the ability to be great at something should not surprise us. It shouldn't be a surprise that we aren't as proficient at some things, even if we are wearing our father's hockey gear. We can't be someone else.
Humility is elusive because it demands we value ourselves for who we are and temper this understanding with the belief we are to bring our gifts and talents for something larger than ourselves. We are part of a bigger plan. Our interactions with others, the tasks we accomplish and our drive to belong and be significant all stem from this purpose. To practice true humility means to be at peace with ourselves, with others and with God. It means to know our place and align with others so we are in the best position to be a blessing as well as to receive blessings.
After my hockey debut, the coach asked if I would skate on the other rink with the eighth grade manager. The young boy was an up and coming skater and needed someone to practice with since he wasn't allowed to practice with the high school team. So for several weeks a 5-foot3 middle student used me as fodder as we played one on one. He beat me every day, but we both became better and I even scored a few times. It was good to find my place on the ice.
Learn more:
• How to start an Unselfie revolution: Michele Borba, Ed.D., educational psychologist, former classroom teacher, parenting expert and best-selling author, talks about why empathetic kids are more successful in an all-about-me world.
• What matters most in teaching our children: American psychologist Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D. says teaching character is what really matters
• 10 ways to teach your child humility
About the Author
John Thornburg is the Upper School Director at The Summit Country Day School. He has a passion to facilitate student growth in all facets of their lives. A student's spiritual formation, coupled with an excellent educational program, guides his leadership.


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CIC to export rice to France
A first for Sri Lankan agriculture sector:
Specialty Rice is being exported to France for the first time in the
Sri Lankan agriculture history. CIC Agri Businesses has taken the
initiative in this regard.
CIC Agri Businesses Director and CEO Keerthi Kotagama said they
started exporting Red Basmathi to France recently and the response was
very good.
In addition to France, they are also exporting CIC specialty rice to
USA, UK, Australia New Zealand and Canada.
"We are looking at new markets," he said.
The rice is being prepared at CIC's modern rice mill in Maho which
was given to the company in 2007. CIC converted this former fertilizer
facility to a modern rice mill installing state -of-the- art machinery
imported from Japan.
The CIC research centre and Laboratory in Pelwehera designed a
special variety of rice, Red Basmati, which helps control diabetes and
some other ailments.
"This product is highly in demand," he said. In addition traditional
Sri Lankan rice such as Suwedel, Keeri Samba and Kalu Heenati are also
The new plant has the capability to grind, polish rice, sort out,
pack in different weights and it even has the ability to trace the
origin of the paddy field where the packeted rice was grown, which is a
first for the region.
The total investment for the plant was Rs 120 million.
Kotagama added that they are marketing the rice with both the CI Agri
Businesses Exports Pvt Ltd, trade mark and the Made in Sri Lanka' tag.
He said they have over 1,000 farmer outgrowers who supply this
specialty paddy to the mill and there is a minimum certified price of Rs
"With the government decision to provide fertilizer at Rs 350 per bag
and with the government certified price tag the farmers are now rightly
yielding high returns," Kotagama said.
He said their total specialty rice exports were 850 million metric
tonnes and they are looking at passing the three digit mark this year.
"We have set a target of 1500 tonnes for 2012".
He said they market rice both locally and overseas in KG 1, 2 and 5
Commenting on the overall paddy market in Sri Lanka he said Sri Lanka
will have to look for export markets soon as the country is reaching
self sufficiency in rice soon.
One reason for this was the ending of the war which has enabled to
cultivate 200,000 acres of additional land and for paddy adding 120,000
metric tonnes. "In addition the fertilizer subsidy and the certified
price have also encouraged more to take into growing paddy as profits
have increased fourfold," he said.
Prior to the war Sri Lanka produced around three million tons of
paddy which is equivalent to two million tonnes of rice for both
seasons. The per capita consumption of rice in Sri Lanka is around 115
kilograms and the country needs 2.3 million tonnes each year. The wheat
flour per capita consumption is 35 kg per person per year.
Last year Sri Lanka imported 300,000 tonnes of rice and very soon
this would stop and Sri Lanka should have a plan to export rice since
there will be an excess which would result in many problems to the
"I predict around 700, 000 metric ton of excess rice soon," he said.


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Products and Services We Provide
Cliché Limited manufactures metal components, press tools, and grading/packaging
While some products are repeatedly produced for general use, some are specifically produced for
particular applications, per the customers specifications.
This explains why the company employs both batch and tool shop methods of production in ensuring
timely product delivery.
Some of the standardized products for general use include produce seals, strapping seals, coding
tools, seal pliers, forestry hammers, metal components/accessories, uniform accessories, and press
tools and dies.
Produce Seals
This is made from flat metal sheet (tin plate or mild steel), with thickness ranging from 0.15mm to 0.28mm.
Such Seals are used for securing produce jute bags after inspection by produce officers. This process
must be completed for a consignment to pass official inspection exercise.
Forestry Hammers
Property and pass hammers are used for the grading or marking of logs, as well as regulation of harvest of
logs from government forest reserves.
Coding Tools and Seal Pliers
Coding tools are used for applying pre-designed codes on seals; while seal press/ pliers are used to close
(fold) circular seals after the code number has been impressed on them. Once closed the seals cannot be
opened except by total destruction.
Packaging Seals
Packaging seals are used in holding firm and in proper position, two ends of strapping wire (Metal or ETP).
They come in different dimensions, depending on the use they are being put to. The sizes range from
6mm to 22mm; and the material thickness vary from 0.20mm to.70mm.
The materials used are mild steel, galvanized steel, and alu-zinc.
Metal Components/Accessories
The versatility inherent in precision stamping allows for design and production of various products to
customers' specifications. However, the product samples must come in shapes and sizes that can fit
within the work-tables of the power press and forming machines.
It then follows that a wide range of metal components and accessories, including those used as first
stage material by other manufacturing companies; which can be formed from flat sheets and metal
wires of acceptable thickness and diameters can be produced by the company.
Products under this group include: can components, mosquito coil stands; felt washers; bucket
handles; dress hangers; bed hinges; electrical socket boxes; shoe, belt, and bag accessories; rivets;
vehicle parts; cable clips; among others.
Tools and Dies Production
The company can also design and manufacture press tools and dies, in line with customers'
specifications and applications.
Uniform Accessories
With it's metal stamping and finishing facilities the company is well equipped to undertake production
of uniform accoutrement (metal) for both military and para-military forces. The accessories include
buttons; cap badges; letter tablets; badges of rank; pips; shoulder bars; etc.
Produce Grading Tools and
Metal Seals
Crown Stamps
Coding Tools
Seal Pliers
- Moisture Meters
Forestry Hammers
Pass Hammers
Timber Marks
Strapping Seals
Uniform Accoutrements
Buttons and Badges
of Ranks for Military
and Para-Military Forces
Metal Accessories
Car Accessories
- Phone Accessories
Electrical parts
Accessories for Shoes,
Bags, Belts, etc
Press Tools and Dies
Card Industry Services
- Machinery
Paper Card
Plastic Card
Cliche Limited


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Cathe Swanson
Writing and living creatively for the Glory of God.
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All is Bright
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Merry and Dashing by Kari Trumbo
Merry hates Christmas corporate greed. Jacob loves finding the perfect gift for everyone. When Scrooge and Santa volunteer at a local thrift store together, will the mix be Holly Jolly?
I'll Be Home by Toni Shiloh
What could be worse than being laid off right before the holidays? For Starr Lewis that would include returning home jobless, single, and, oh yeah, just in time to attend her sister's wedding on Christmas Eve… to Starr's ex-boyfriend. In the midst of it all, her brother's best friend soon has her wondering if she can take another chance on love.
The 12 Dates of Christmas by Chautona Havig
When Reagan runs into Alex, her high school nemesis, he is stunned to discover that's how she saw him. It'll take twelve dates and a lot of forgiveness on both sides to even hope for a Christmassy-ever-after.
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Charlea Evans was a flower child on Serenity Hill when her hippie mother joined the Jesus People movement, changing their world forever. Thirty years later, Charlea's a widow with a college-age daughter, finally building a respectable career for herself. When a house fire forces her to return to the old commune, she finds herself reluctantly milking goats and caring for a greenhouse full of poinsettias, trying to persuade her incorrigible mother to sell the farm and retire.
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The SEQR law gives each and every individual in New York State the opportunity to individually comment on SEQR issues before, during and after the study has been published. In fact, this was done in New York State as a draft scoping document was sent out for public review in October 2008 and public scoping sessions were held in six venues in the Southern Tier and Catskills. A total of 188 comments were received at these sessions, together with 2,770 written comments regarding the proposed scope of the SEQR review. On September 30, 2009, a draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DSGEIS) was released for public review and four public hearings were held. 425 people attended these public hearings and more that 200 verbal comments were delivered. In addition, 15,000 written comments were also received by the DEC. The revised draft SGEIS was published in June of 2011, and public comments on the revisions are being accepted until January 11, 2012. In the meantime, a moratorium has been imposed on permits for high volume hydraulic fracturing in New York State. It is anticipated that a final SGEIS will be published sometime in 2012, which will incorporate all the volumes of the 1992 GEIS. Use this link http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/76838.html to make your comments by January 11, 2012.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
New York State Approach to Permitting
New York State's approach to hydraulic fracturing permitting appears to differ from the approach other states have taken. As of this date, we are well aware of the reported incidents involving natural gas exploration using hydraulic fracturing in other states such as Pennsylvania,Texas and Colorado, as well as others. Hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling as a technique is new, but these other states issue permits based upon the knowledge base and experience accumulated from vertical well drilling. New York State, however, has the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR), which required a full analysis of the horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing of the deep, low permeability shale found in the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations. This review of the science and current knowledge base related to horizontal drilling prior to issuing drilling permits gives New York State an opportunity to prevent accidental spills, evaluate risks and propose mitigations to minimizing risks before issuing permits.
My Background
I am an attorney admitted to practice in New York State and I began representing landowners in the late 1980s with respect to oil and gas lease negotiations. Land owners from across New York State began to call me to negotiate their leases for oil and gas exploration. I was doing so much leasing work that I authored an article entitled "Should You Lease Your Land?" which appeared in the January/February 2001 issue of Forest Owner, the New York Forest Owners Association's magazine. For the first 20 years of negotiating oil and gas leases, I primarily concentrated on leases that concerned vertical wells in the Medina, Theresa, and Trenton-Black River formations.
In early 2009, word began to spread that high volume hydraulic fracturing was a proven stimulation technique that greatly increased the ability to extract natural gas from very tight rock. This combined with horizontal drilling and a multi-well pad development increased production of domestic natural gas reserves from deep underground shale deposits. This has dramatically altered the future energy supply projections and has the promise of lowering the cost for users and purchasers of this energy commodity. This news was accompanied by geological maps indicating that large portions of the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale formations were located within New York State borders. In fact, each shale formation is names after a New York State municipality. I began to field inquiries on leasing opportunities in the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations and formed the Western New York Oil and Gas Coalition of landowners wishing to aggregate their acres available to lease to increase their bargaining power.
Purpose of This Blog
This blog will examine the conclusions published in the 2011 updated Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSGEIS). I will focus my comments and attention primarily to areas of change identified by the DEC in the 2011 DSGEIS from the 2009 DSGEIS and try to correlate those changes to how they impact drilling in the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale formations that cover so much of New York State. I will also focus on topical issues, industry trends, scientific findings, relevant commentary and market activity related to the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale explorations efforts in New York State and any issues related thereto. Please feel free to comment on any subject raised as my intent is to relay factual, relevant, supportable information to the general public to provide them with solid information.
What Does the DSGEIS Mean to a Landowner?
It is hard to summarize the most salient features of a report that runs 1100 pages in length. Based on my extensive experience in negotiating oil and gas leases for landowners, I intend to focus on the major issues that I have dealt with in representing landowners and how they are addressed in the DSGEIS. If the reader feels that the DSGEIS has not addressed any subject adequately they can make an appropriate comment to the DEC before January 11, 2012.


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Two months before the World Cup the Japanese Football Association did the unthinkable and sacked their coach, replacing him with the man who oversaw the sacking. Pete Hall speaks to those in the know to assess the effect the decision will have at a crucial moment in Japanese footballing history.
Tuesday's international friendly will see Iran host four-time Asian Cup champions Japan in Tehran.
After finally returning to winning ways, Japan will be out to kick-start their World Cup qualifying campaign.
Japan's fans were justified in booing Vahid Halilhodzic's side, Keisuke Honda declared after the match.


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Some credit card issuers offer credit cards with a temporary 0% APR option. This feature happens to be a fantastic deal, particularly if you are planning to combine large balances from other credit accounts. Regrettably, though, a credit card company often charges a balance transfer fee for the privilege of transferring money into the account. The fee is generally three to four percent of the balance transfer, which could be significant, if you are working with voluminous levels of existing debt to be transferred!
The following list details quality No Balance Transfer Fee Credit Cards to consider when shopping for the best no balance transfer fee credit cards in today's marketplace.
Imagine how a sizable balance transfer fee erodes away at the value of the very benefit you selected the card in the first place. For those who seek to avoid this balance transfer fee, you are encouraged to research the many available credit card offers to without a balance transfer fee.
Check out BusinessFinancingHub.com, the financing portal that helps you compare available credit card offers. Our website helps to weed out the credit cards that won't work and narrows it down to those that do. You can even apply right on our website when you've found the credit card that meets your needs.


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This One Pot Summer Tomato Pasta is the perfect way to use up all your summer tomatoes. Even the pasta cooks directly in the sauce!
Saying I have a slight obsession with pasta would be a severe understatement. It's all I eat. It's all-consuming. It's something I could never live without and the bane of my existence at the same time. I'm sure I'd be about five pounds lighter –give or take –if I just laid off it a little bit, but alas, it can't be done. If you don't believe, just take a look at the archives of this site, but some of my favorites to date would be this Beer and Balsamic Cavatappi, this Easy Lobster Scampi with Linguine and this Five Ingredient Cherry Tomato and Ricotta Pasta.
Growing up, I'd had pasta at home countless times, but I think my real love of pasta started when I was just a wee little tyke and inhaled my first bowl of fettuccine alfredo at the Olive Garden – love at first bite of carbs, cream, butter and cheese. A few short years later, I discovered that not all pasta comes from a box, dried and drowned in cream, when I had my first taste of freshly made pasta at Lidia's in Kansas City. Both encounters were pivotal in developing my love of all the different variations of pasta in this world, but fresh pasta officially holds the ultimate place in my heart.
Around ten or so years old, I asked for my very first pasta machine, and since then, I've been cranking out fettuccine, spaghetti, ravioli, agnolotti and all sorts of other fun pasta shapes. I've pretty much got the whole thing down to a science, but it still takes a good hour to make the pasta, and that's before you even do anything with it – not exactly weekday worthy.
When I' in a pinch and I don't want anything to do with dried pasta, I sometimes reach for those freshly made pastas in the refrigerator section of the grocery store. They lack that bite I love from freshly made pasta, but otherwise, the texture mimics homemade pretty accurately.
Those store-bought pastas are also perfect for ridiculously easy one-pot pasta meals – like today's tomato pasta for example…
My grocery store has been brimming with locally grown farmer's market tomatoes, and I just can't help but to snatch up pounds and pounds at a time since I know they're only here for a fleeting amount of time. I'm so used to making tomato sauces from canned San Marzano tomatoes that I often forget you can even make a tomato sauce with fresh tomatoes – cook fail.
Although now, I may have done a slight disservice to myself, because I'm not sure I can go back to the canned tomato sauce. The taste of freshly cooked tomatoes laced throughout silky noodles is literally summery heaven in one perfect bite.
Whole tomatoes are roughly chopped (skins, seeds, juices and all) and thrown into a giant pot with some olive oil, garlic, salt, sugar and basil. The mixture is brought to a boil and then reduced to a simmer for about 30-35 minutes until the tomatoes are concentrated and reduced. I then add in some water, bring it back to a simmer and add fresh angel hair pasta in. The lid goes on, the pasta gets cooked for a few minutes, the lid is taken off and the sauce is reduced.
A final sprinkle of basil and parmesan cheese finishes the whole thing off.
While the ingredients are rather humble, I promise the flavor is anything but – it's simplicity at its finest.
For more tomato pasta recipes, check out these posts:
Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta Bake: Half Baked Harvest
Gnocchi with Sausage and Tomatoes: Circle B Kitchen
Baked Caprese Gnocchi: Simply Delicious
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3½ pounds ripe tomatoes (any kind will do), roughly chopped
- ½ cup basil leaves
- 4 garlic cloves, sliced very thin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1½ cups water
- 9 ounces fresh angel hair pasta (MUST BE FRESH!)
- ½ cup parmesan cheese
- In a large pot heat olive oil over a medium heat.
- Add tomatoes, basil, garlic, salt and sugar. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cover and cook for 30-35 minutes or until the tomatoes have broken down and reduced.
- Add water, bring to a simmer. Add pasta. Cover and cook another 2-3 minutes until the pasta has soaked up the water. If it's still watery, cook with the lid off for another minute. Add in parmesan cheese. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve with extra parmesan cheese.