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You who is always so appreciative and gracious with your praise... your coaching has unveiled a mosaic in my life of sharp shards that I am coming into relationship with and finding beauty, a torrent of creativity that I have longed for and a connection to source that for whatever reason I have cut myself off from... my feet are in love with the ground, my sense of time transformed... I'm breathing in the blessing ....
It is said that every intimate relationship begins with 6 people in the bed: You, your partner, and all 4 of your parents! Over time, in healthy relationships, only you and your partner remain in the bed. In troubled relationships, only your parents remain. All of us grow up with shadow in our lives, of grief, anger, fear and even suppressed joy.
Relationship brings these shadows into the open. Shadows emerge as you and your partner engage in the dance of intimacy. How do you wrestle with these in a way that allows each of you to heal and your partnership to flourish? If your goal is to find your way to deep intimacy, gain the compassion and tools for healing that will allow your relationship to be a path of spiritual evolution and fulfillment, this may be the opportunity for you.
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FerroActiv consists of a wide range of solid and liquid iron chelates, which include different types of chelating agents and combinations thereof.
The iron chelates included in this range use the following chelating agents: High stability chelates: EDDHA and EDDHSA Medium stability chelates: EDTA
Our solid iron chelates, formulated with SG and DG technology (100% water soluble and dispersible granules) allow for easy and extremely clean handling, given that they do not produce powder. Furthermore, this type of granule does not form lumps easily, thereby making it easier to dissolve.
FerroActiv is also easily assimilated, providing for excellent efficiency and speed in the control of iron chlorosis caused by iron deficiency.
Iron provides certain fruits with their flavour (avocado, apple, pineapple…) It forms part of number enzymes involved in redox reactions, is essential in the formation of chlorophyll and regulates growth mechanisms.
Iron (Fe) deficiency
This is a common problem in calcareous soils with little organic matter, but with high calcium (Ca), carbonate and phosphate content. It can manifest itself both as a result of a lack of iron in the soil, or because it is not found in an assimilable form. The contribution of chelated iron is to make it fully available and 100% assimilable by crops.
- An iron (Fe) deficiency leads to an inadequate supply of chlorophyll, thereby causing leaf chlorosis.
- Although plants need iron (Fe) in small quantities, its deficiency causes failures in their systems, where any anomaly in the leaves produces general disorders in the production of proteins, enzymes and other components essential to their development.
- It is characterised by interveinal colouration of the leaves, which undergo a gradual yellowing.
- It also produces symptoms of the inhibition of respiration in plants.
- In more acute stages, the plant can suffer tissue necrosis and even die.

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MANU Jewellery
"I love the architecture of small forms", Ilse Ebert says, "it makes me happy to see self-concious women wear MANU-jewellery like a dot onthe I". More than twentyfive years ago, she founded MANU-jewellery together with her husband Horst.
Today, Johannes Weege and his team make sure the formula of success is carried on and refined into the next generation.


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2400 Lumens Twin Full Set Bicycle Headlight includes 6400mAh ABS Battery
Packing Contents:
1 X CREE XM-L T6 Light Unit,
1 X Adjustable Headband,
2 X Rubber Ring for Installation,
1 X 8.4v 6400mah Rechargeable Battery,
1 X Battery Packing Bag,
1 X NZ Charger.
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2400Lums Side by Side Light Set
Bike Lights Store NZ Now Stock The T6 2400 Lumens Twin Bicycle Headlight.
Complete with an upgraded ABS6400mAh waterproof rechargeable battery pack
Harness for head or helmet makes this a good and us-full set
Replacements parts service in available in Auckland.
Super Bright High—Power Bicycle Light / Headlight. Using US CREE T6
Light. 100, 000 Hours Lifespan.
Four Settings: Strong, Medium, Low and Flashing.
Hold for 3 Seconds when the light is off Then You Will Have Flashing.
(1) Strong Light: 2800ma Current, High Lumens Brightness
(2) Medium Light: 2300111/1 Current, Medium Lumens Brightness.
(3) Blinker: 2800111/1 Current, Lowest Lumens Brightness
Combined Batteries. Voltage: 8.4v. High Capacity 6400mAh
Continuous Working for 4—9 Hours
Bicycle Headlight
Packing Contents:
1 X CREE XM-L T6 Light Unit,
1 X Adjustable Headband,
2 X Rubber Ring for Installation,
1 X 8.4v 6400mah Rechargeable Battery,
1 X Battery Packing Bag,
1 X Charger.
Best Bike Lights
Cree mountain bike lights are the best bicycle light for the money, voted best bicycle lights 2014, best bicycle lights 2015 and even best bicycle light set over all.
Best bicycle lights 2016 will probably be an cree bike light, as they are the best mountain biking lights and best bicycle light over all, mountain bike helmet lights are very helpful in keeping you safe and having the best bike light set mounted to the Handel bars allows you to see your way forward.
I think it is good idea to have cree bike lights on both helmet and bike, high power bicycle lights will enhance your enjoyment, the questions we get the most here at Bike Lights NZ are what is the best bike light and what are the best bike lights, but what is the best bike light for you might not be the what is the best bike light for me, waterproof bicycle lights are a must, we recommend knowing what you need before selecting your cree led bike light. Do you need a cree bicycle lights with a long throw or a mountain bike front light with a wide flood?


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Picture a Rajput palace, its ochre-washed walls rising sheer from a sandstone outcrop to apartments encrusted with domed cuppolas and pleasure pavilions. Now imagine gazing from one of the courtyards hidden within it across a mass of flat rooftops to a horizon of scrub hills and dried river beds. It's a vision you could encounter a hundred times or more in Rajasthan, literally 'Land of Kings', where India's northern plains segue into the mighty Thar Desert.
Nowhere else in the country boasts such flamboyant architecture. Traditional dress is more prevalent here too than most other regions, with the men wearing bulky turbans dyed vibrant colours, and the women decked from head to toe in embroidered textiles and heavy silver jewellery. Couple all this with some world-class heritage accommodation in converted royal palaces, and you'll understand why Rajasthan offers the perfect recipe for a luxury holiday.
Our tour itineraries will guide you through the state's highlights, from its salmon-coloured capital, Jaipur, to the majestic lake city of Udaipur. But they also include stops at some lesser known gems – such as fort hotels deep in the countryside, and tented camps out in the desert – where you can gain a taste of off-track, rural Rajasthan as few visitors experience it.
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Nudgy Cat is mapped over to GameJolt with trophies and fullscreen options. Hope you get a chance to check it out, there is a free demo download with 16 levels to try! Let me know if you have any feedback! ^_^ Made some small changes to the UI to make it more fun to play on PC versus a smartphone.


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Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2012, helped Knight-Thon raise raised more than $160,000 for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
Miss America's Outstanding Teen Elizabeth Fechtel spent the weekend at the University of Central Florida to participate in the annual Knight-Thon, a fundraising event for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
This year, Elizabeth was invited as a special guest to perform her award-winning dance routine to "I Am What I Am." The all-day dance marathon pulled in nearly 500 students and raised more than $160,000 for CMNH.
To learn more about Elizabeth's travels throughout the year, the Miss America's Outstanding Teen Pageant invites your to read her blog here.
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Miss America's Outstanding Teen is a scholarship-based program offering accomplished teens the opportunity to be awarded funds for college. The program promotes scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for America's teens. In the past five years, the organization has made available more than $4 million in college scholarships.
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Fox Searchlight has released a new trailer for Frances Ha and The Squid and the Whale filmmaker Noah Baumbach's delightful new comedy Mistress America. Written by Baumbach and Greta Gerwig—his Frances Ha co-writer and star—the film follows Tracy (Lola Kirke), a freshman college student who finds friendship and inspiration in her stepsister-to-be, Brooke (Gerwig). I caught the movie at Sundance (click here for my review) and it's a lot of fun. It melds the looseness and playful nature of Frances Ha with the plot-driven aspects of Baumbauch's other 2015 feature, While We're Young. The result is something of a throwback to the character-driven comedies of the 80s, but still wholly Baumbach and Gerwig's. That tone comes off wonderfully in this new trailer, which hopefully will entice folks to check out the film even if they're not huge Baumbach fans. Trust me, this is a good 'un.
Check out the new trailer below, via Yahoo!. The film opens in select theaters on August 14th and also stars Matthew Shear, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Heather Lind, Michael Chernus, Cindy Cheung, Kathryn Erbe and Dean Wareham.
Here's the official synopsis for Mistress America:
In MISTRESS AMERICA, Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a lonely college freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig) – a resident of Times Square and adventurous gal about town – she is rescued from her disappointment and seduced by Brooke's alluringly mad schemes.


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We are proud to extend our long-standing relationship with Andes, and now announce Andes certification of our OVP models for their 32-bit/64-bit CPU cores, as a reference simulator.
Imperas Software
The focus of the Imperas products is to save engineering time in the development of embedded software, primarily achieved by making the engineering process significantly more efficient through the use of high-performance simulation and automated, powerful tooling.
The Imperas Multicore Software Development Kit (M*SDK) is a complete embedded software development environment that operates using virtual platforms and is specifically designed to handle complex multicore related issues. M*SDK contains all the capabilities of the M*DEV product, together with a comprehensive verification, analysis, and profiling (VAP) tool set, plus an advanced 3-dimensional (temporal, spatial and abstraction) debug solution, named 3Debug™, for heterogeneous multicore processor, peripheral, and embedded software debug.
Both the Verification, Analysis and Profiling (VAP) tools, as well as the 3Debug environment contain a range of highly advanced capabilities to handle unusual problems while also enhancing embedded code for multicore designs and complex processor platforms. Custom capability may be easily created to handle specific scenarios. The system uses advanced technology to improve the performance and reliability of the solution, eliminating wasted hours of unnecessary engineering effort.
M*SDK includes all the functionality and is a superset of the M*DEV product.
M*DEV includes all the platform and peripheral model development technology and high-performance simulation system, using this as a basis for the software development kit components. The M*DEV product is described here.
The Imperas Multicore Software Development Kit M*SDK™ includes Verification, Analysis and Profiling (VAP) capabilities for systems running single and multicore embedded software. The Imperas M*SDK boasts a number of unique capabilities designed to improve the quality of the final code base in terms of bug elimination and execution performance, as well as reduce the engineering time required to achieve that quality.
As well as providing a complete user accessible range of standard technology to implement the VAP functionality, the system has been extended with unique capabilities that increase the speed and accuracy of code analysis and profiling. These provided capabilities, known as VAP tools aid in the streamlining of software execution and the optimal use of multi-core processor architectures. The system is also CPU- and OS-aware, allowing different operations based on the system state.
Advanced VAP Tool capability in the M*SDK include the following:
The system uses all the facets of the virtual platform approach and its power over a hardware prototype, for example, the ability to inspect deeply embedded signals and the rapid inspection of shared memory and key registers. In addition, Imperas technology is able to use ToolMorphing™ to 'merge' the debugger operations with the simulator operation so it underneath the embedded software allowing, for example instrumentation free coverage and profiling, and variable and memory inspection dynamically without embedded software code modification or interaction, thus improving accuracy.
Another unique facet of the system is the ability to enable custom features to target company- or even project-specific profiling, analysis, and verification requirements. For example, specialized communication testing functions between cores in multicore devices, targeting memory location tracing, specific code analysis routines, and many other custom capabilities may be created using a specialized API that provides access to internal simulation and environment features.
The verification aspect of the tools is enhanced with a range of controllability and observability functions. Powerful test scenarios may be applied that leverage exceptions created through various means including assertions operating separately to the embedded code, applying programmed scenarios based on multicore processor interactions. It is this level of capability that is easily leveraged on top of more traditional test sets that can be used to ensure correct operation in all circumstances. This is augmented with a range of coverage options working at varied levels of abstraction to ensure that the entire code base has been fully exercised.
The Imperas ToolMorphing™ technology is used to generate code for the sections of the software design kit required for VAP functions called at specific moments. By tying the simulation code generation process with that of the software design kit, inefficiencies inherent in other tool architectures are eliminated, improving the performance of the entire Imperas solution.
In many tool suites, either an apparent bug can be seen to disappear when a debug environment is applied, or a "fake" bug appear when code is run under a debugger (these are often known as Hiesenbugs). The SlipStreamer™ technology, also executed within the code generation process, separates the embedded software under simulation from underlying system code generation, thus ensuring that code-under-test execution is not affected by the tooling processes, and vice versa. This avoids the time consuming problem of tracking down a bug that is not present, or finding one that hides during debugging.
The Imperas M*SDK represents the state-of-the-art in terms of embedded software development technology, and has been proven to shave many days off intensive engineering effort, thus reducing engineering schedules at critical times during the development process.
M*SDK includes a powerful three-dimensional debug solution (Temporal, Spatial, Abstract), named 3Debug™, that provides a range of capabilities over and above standard single core debuggers, such as the GNU Debugger (GDB). The M*SDK debug solution has been specifically designed to deal with the issues surrounding multicore processor debug.
3Debug operates in a familiar, GDB-like, manner and allows the processing of standard GDB commands. It also leverages a TCL input mode, which provides extended scripting capability. TCL scripts may be attached to execution activity in the platform, allowing complex debug operations to be executed based on a sequence of events. The system makes use of user and programmer view modes, allowing ideal use models to be leveraged for platform developers, embedded code developers, or maintenance engineers.
In a multicore scenario 3Debug can be made to focus on specific processors or operate across entire platforms allowing for the debug of all processors and peripheral activity. It can control the specific execution of named processors, freeze all or parts of the platform, and synchronize debugging to particularly execution points across the system. The ability to observe critical signals at important points in time is also improved, for example, watching classic areas of interaction such as shared memory locations which can create many issues during the multicore debug process. Programmable watch scenarios make analyzing memory usage and looking for corrupted locations straightforward.
The 3Debug debugger operates in three dimensions:
This level of debug awareness coupled with the programmable nature of the tool makes this debug environment immensely powerful, which leads to extremely efficient debug operations.
3Debug makes use of the CPU- and OS-aware operational nature (capability to understand and control operating system execution) and has been used to discover and repair complex bug conditions. In one example, a large semiconductor company had been operating a modified version of Linux within delivered products. Using 3Debug, engineers found a rare, but critical, fault condition resulting from overwritten memory locations in an unusual scenario. OS Aware control-ability was used to trap the fault condition, which had not been discovered using regular debug systems even after many hours of testing on hardware prototypes and other virtual platform systems.
3Debug sets a new standard for multicore debugging and has been proven on real designs to locate fault conditions inaccessible to other debug solutions. Its ease of use, execution reliability, and operational efficiency make it an excellent choice for multicore embedded software development.


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The 1st generation Civic was released by Tomica in 1974 in a couple of 3 door hatchback variations – GL and rally. Since then it's appeared in many colors, tampo designs and even wheel designs. The earlier issues were made in Japan and the later ones mostly from China.
The early variations had the vintage 1E wheels. This dark gold variation came in both a US market "Pocket Cars" carded blister and elsewhere in Asia in the traditional black and yellow Tomica JDM model box.
This US issue "rally" Civic was not available outside the US and only came in the Pocket Cars carded blister.
One of the earlier models in orange made in Japan.
A very rare yellow Civic GL that with a specially decaled box custom colored for a department store.
Here's a Rally version with the extra lamps on the front bumper and the roof rack with spare. Made in Japan, the wheels are gold on this one.
A reissue of the Rallye version – this time with a black interior and Made in China. Maintaining the gold wheels, the tampos are a bit deeper blue.
This is the Honda edition of the Civic GL in orange with a black interior and black wheels. Additional painted details include rear badges and lights. Interestingly, it has the Rally front bumper with the extra lamps. It comes in a white Honda checkered box.
Another Honda edition in red with a black interior.
Another Honda issued Civic GL with the extra details in Blue.
A light blue Civic GL with a grey interior from a later Series III lottery box.
A new issue "Aeon" version of the Civic Hatchback in yellow – comes with a road sign in a pink Aeon marked box.
A 2006 issue with details in orange and a black hood.
A yellow detailed version from a Dream Project package that came with an equivalent ChoroQ model.


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Daisy Pumpkin's Elephant Shadow.
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About five thousand, two hundred and forty-six years ago there lived a caveman called Ug the Thug. He lived at the top of a lonely valley, but then everywhere was lonely back then. He had a big club and furry boots and he liked running after things and frightening them best of all. Ug theDisplay
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Portland, OR (July 15, 2019) – What a weekend! The ST Racing team scored a win, multiple podium finishes and clinched the GT4 America SprintX West Championship at Portland International Raceway during the 59th Annual Rose Cup Races event.
The weekend started on Friday when ST Racing welcomed two technicians from the BMW Race Crew Program to be part of the crew for the event. They were joined by other delegates from BMW North America and soon, everyone was busy getting the M4 GT4 race cars ready to hit the track.
Three of the four ST Racing drivers had driven at Portland last year, but Samantha Tan's co-driver Jason Wolfe was discovering the 1.97-mile track for the first time this weekend. "The track is a lot of fun to drive" said Wolfe. "It's a lot faster than I thought, being as short as it is, and has a lot of tight turns." Teammate Harry Gottsacker said it was like "driving on a go-kart track."
Round 7
With perfect weather in the mid-70's, everything seemed to go as planned. The first race of the weekend saw Jon Miller (#28) and Samantha Tan (#38) take the green flag and put on impressive drives going through a hectic Turn 1 among 19 other cars.
"Honestly, I thought I was going to get hit" said Tan. "Luckily I stayed out of the way. I kept with the pack the entire race and I conserved tires for Jason (Wolfe). He had an awesome drive. He made up 9 positions. Put us in Top 5, and 3rd in class. A really good day for us", added the 21-yeara old Canadian.
Wolfe commented in his usual low-key demeanor: "The race was fun. Sam did a good job in her stint, keeping it up as far as she could. When I got in, I was able to put in some consistent laps and slowly work my way up the field, and we ended up 5th overall, 3rd in class."
Jon Miller admitted he was still still learning about the BMW M4 GT4's, the Pirelli PZero tires, and the setups. "Every time we come out, we have to be creative, we have to be on our toes, and be super competitive because of how tight this field is, and how strong our competitors are." During his stint, Miller moved up to 2nd place on a great pass before coming into the pits for the half-time driver change.
"When I came in for the pitstop, the team crushed it. Awesome pitstop!" exclaimed Miller. "I gave the car to Harry (Gottsacker) and he took over the lead. Unfortunately, traffic didn't go our way today, and we ended up 3rd overall, and 2nd in class. A great points day, and one step closer to the Championship" he said confidently.
As soon as Harry Gottsacker went out, it took just a few laps for him to take the lead. Unfortunately, lapped traffic caused havoc, and saw him lose the position.
"It was insanity out there" said the young Texan. "The track got real slick towards the end of that session. My goal from the start was to just keep the car clean and finish the race out front of that Audi, (we're battling for the Championship), and we were able to do that flawlessly. All the guys at ST Racing performed a pitstop insanely perfect. Overall, a great day. The lapped traffic caused me some trouble, and I'm going to have some words with him, and see if we can work it out peacefully."
Round 8
At 2:00 pm on Sunday, the green flag flew for the second GT4 America SprintX race of the weekend. Once again, the perfect weather gave the track good grip and all four ST Racing drivers went out there and did their stuff. Jason Wolfe and Harry Gottsacker took the start in their respective #38 and #28 M4 GT4's. The BMW machines favored the Portland circuit, as they were fast on the straightaways. The cars were perfect and the drivers were on fire. Wolfe and Gottsacker drove flawlessly and held 2nd and 4th positions respectively when they came into the pits at half-time.
When Samantha Tan took over from Wolfe, she showed some skillful driving while holding off the Murillo car right up until the checker flag. The television broadcasters were quick to comment on how Tan had made significant gains in her driving this past year and mentioned her increased focus and fitness.
Meanwhile, Jon Miller jumped into the #28 machine after Harry Gottsacker handed it over, and wasted no time charging up the field. Miller was unstoppable! By the time the race ended, he had built a 3 ½ second lead and captured the overall win, the win in Pro-Am class, and clinched the GT4 America West Championship. When he arrived in the pits at the end of the race, he was greeted by the elated ST Racing crew, the media, and the fans!
"This was a long-awaited dream come true" said Miller as he thanked BMW, everyone at ST Racing, and his talented co-driver Harry Gottsacker.
Here's what they had to say:
Jon Miller (#28 BMW M4 GT4): "I love that word "Champion! Say it again, please. It's a long time coming. And I'm really super proud to do it with this team, my co-driver Harry, and with this brand of car. BMW, St-Racing, Harry, what a combination this year. There's a saying "I love it when a plan comes together" – Man, racing can be so brutal sometimes, but this year, things seem to have just fallen into place, and we've executed the plan pretty much every single time. That's what it takes to win a Championship. And, to get the overall win and win the Championship on the same day is a dream come true."
Harry Gottsacker (#28 BMW M4 GT4): "The race was awesome. I was thinking about it last night, wondering what the start was going to be like, and it went exactly the way I pictured it. Nice clean race. I made up one position, and was able to hold my ground for my stint. I was trying to make sure I could give Jon a really good race car. He did an amazing job, he went straight to the front with a big gap for the finish. I just can't thank everyone at ST Racing and BMW enough for their support. It's been a great season so far and I'm excited for Vegas."
Samantha Tan (#38 BMW M4 GT4): "Jason started the race, kept it out front really well and was doing some really good laps. Halfway through the race, he handed it over to me. I did my best to maintain the pace with the amount of tire I had left. I tried to hold Jon (Miller) a little there, but he got by me in Turn 1. I think I was really consistent for the most part of my stint. At the end, the Murillo car was catching up to me at a fast pace, and in the very last lap, he and I were battling it out through the last corners, and I just stuck to the inside of the corners. We had a drag race right to the finish line. Oh boy, it was so close! I hung on and ended up P2 today. Congrats to Jon and Harry for snagging the first place, so P1, P2 today for ST Racing. Amazing weekend overall. Can't wait for Vegas."
Jason Wolfe (#38 BMW M4 GT4): "Our race was good. We got second place. The start could have been better. We lost some time there, on the Mustang and we weren't able to get it back, but we were running solid the rest of the time. Sam did a great job, she was able to hold off the Mercedes there at the end, and keep second place."
ST Racing Team Principal Kenneth Tan: "It was an unbelievable and amazing weekend for ST Racing. We couldn't ask for better. It was the best results we have had all year. We clinched the Championship, Sam and Jason came in P2, Jon and Harry P1. It was a very exciting race. I can't thank this team enough. They did an awesome job, all of them. Thank you also to Colin, Dusty, Florian, and Victor at BMW Motorsports for all their amazing support."
CBS Sports Network coverage for SprintX races from Portland airs July 28 at 4 pm EDT.
Be sure to join us for the GT4 America season finale on October 18-20 in Las Vegas.
Samantha Tan's race fans can follow her on samanthatanracing.com, Instagram
(@samanthatan_racing) (samanthaatan), Facebook (STRSamantha) and on Twitter (@STR_Samantha).
About ST Racing:
ST Racing was officially launched last October (2016). A Team of highly experienced guys were put together for the 2019 Pirelli GT4 America West season. Both ST Racing drivers, Samantha Tan and Jason Wolfe are driving the BMW M4 GT4 in the GT4 America West SprintX class. Kenneth Tan is the Team Principal, Ben Distaulo the team manager, Alex Dupré, team engineer, and Nic Jonnson as Samantha Tan's coach.


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Religion and Hip-Hop Culture
Rice University
Instead of focusing on how hip-hop and religion clash, Rapper Bun B of the iconic Southern hip-hop duo UGK co-taught this course to unpack the similarities between the two. "We're showing instances where hip-hop and religion have the same goals and ideology in common within the context of the culture," Bun B told HipHopDx.com earlier this year.
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Sampling Soul
Duke University
Grammy Award-winning DJ and producer 9th Wonder put his professorial headphones on with this course he taught with Mark Anthony Neal. Centered on Neal's book, What the Music Said: Black Popular Music and Black Popular Culture, the class touched on all things soul and pop, from intellectual property rights to Nas' 1994 classic, Illmatic.
What's So Great About 'The Wire'?
University of California, Berkeley
Film studies scholar Linda Williams, intrigued by the show's reputation as the best TV show to broadcast in America, compared The Wire to works from classic writers like Charles Dickens, and asked students to consider the reasons behind the show's popularity. Harvard, Syracuse and Washington State University-Spokane are just a few of the schools that have offered courses on the popular TV show.
Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame
University of South Carolina
In this course, students didn't listen to Gaga music or watch her videos, since the focus was less on Lady Gaga the artist and more on the sociology behind her out-of-this-world rise to fame. Professor Mathieu Deflem used the star's celebrity to examine marketing, gay culture, religion, politics, sexuality and New York City.
The N-Word: An Anatomy Lesson
Arizona State University
"I was curious to see if the discussion of one of the most provocative words in the English language could sustain a rigorous intellectual discussion for 15 weeks," said professor Neal Lester. He challenged students to think about the word's "shifting use" in American culture, illustrated in his course by a viewing of a famous Saturday Night Live clip in which Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor spew racial slurs at each other.
Because Dave Chappelle Said So
Vassar University
If you've ever watched Dave Chappelle's Prince skit, you may have noticed that issues around masculinity play an important role in his work. This course took a look at gender politics in black satire, using Chappelle's Show as a lens.
Introduction to Turntablism
Oberlin University
Aspiring DJs at Oberlin University learned the basics of the trade in one semester of this class. Students brushed up on sampling, beatmatching, laptop DJing and scratching. The exciting part? Each DJ-to-be paid $35 toward the purchase of two turntables, which were given to the winners of a DJ battle at the end of the semester.
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History of Electronic Dance Music
From its roots in 1960s soul, electronic dance music has been a staple of popular culture. This class considered it all: the genre's origins, its technological components, club culture and the drugs that create the trippy electro-dance atmosphere.


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ORLANDO | LGBTQ Christians, theologians and allies all gathered to worship and learn about LGBTQ inclusion in the church held by The Reformation Project. The event — the sixth annual LGBTQ Inclusion Conference — was held at the First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando Oct. 18-20.
The Reformation Project is a Bible-based, nonprofit Christian grassroots organization that works to promote the inclusion of LGBTQ people and other marginalized groups in the church. The organization focuses on reforming the church's teachings on sexual orientation and gender identity.


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Ample proof that contemporary need not be cold, and simplicity isn't necessarily stark, our Pure kitchen is modern but with soul and style. Featuring minimalistic lines and monochromatic tones, it's enriched with textural contrasts for added panache.
A good kitchen is designed for practicality – plenty of storage, good proportions and a sensible workflow – a great kitchen is all those and good looking to boot. The Infinite kitchen is a great kitchen which deserves to be called the heart of the home.
The Smart kitchen exemplifies both definitions of its name, having intelligence and elegance in spades. A balance of form and function, this well thought out kitchen is perfect for those with exacting standards and requirements.
Classic never goes out of style, all the more when timeless good looks come with the latest innovations. Our Vintage kitchen is a warm welcoming country style where every detail has been considered and each piece, a conversation starter!
Created to keep pace with hectic city life, everything is within easy reach and compactly designed in the Urban kitchen. Yet the deft mixture of timber, stainless steel and stone counter top creates an oasis of calm and a luxurious dining experience.


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Some of the best ones will be spur of the moment.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Spur of the Moment
Some of the best ones will be spur of the moment.
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So sweet! My husband and I are very much the same way with how we operate in our lives. People are often "concerned" but I couldn't imagine life any other way. I love sharing every moment with my best friend, love, and constant rock of support! Sounds like you two have a wonderful marriage!ReplyDelete
Love & Lollies... Jessa
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Thanks Jessa! I love to hear about others who have such a strong faithful marriage. I just became a GFC follower on your blog. It's too cute! Hope you'll do the same. ^_^Delete
I'd love to work with my husband! Not sure if he'd feel the same :) lol! I'm now a follower!ReplyDelete
I love reading of other people making working with their husbands a joy! My husband and I work at the same church in different departments and I love it. It's a blessing to be able to do lunch together every day, don't you think?ReplyDeleteReplies
Its absolutely wonderful! I love hearing from others that feel the same way. I'm a new GFC follower too!Delete
Laura! I'm so glad my husband and I aren't the only ones :) ... We both teach in rural Alaska and our classrooms have a joining door. We often times have the kiddos do activities together and we do eat lunch together everyday. I have the same feelings as you towards it. How can we not love being with our significant other all hours of the day? I love the verse you gave from Song of Solomon...I'm going to put that on our fridge :) ...Have a great weekend!ReplyDeleteReplies
I love hearing from others who have the same type of marriage as we do. Its not that common. I love that verse as well. My husband bought me coffee mug with this verse and I read it each and every morning. Blessings to you! I just love your blog!Delete
aw! rhat is so adorable that you and your hubby work together! me and mine did the same thing for a few months back when we were working as resident managers and i LOVED IT. literally spending every second of every day together was an absolute blessing!ReplyDelete
happy to have stumbled on your adorable little blog tonight and most definitely count me as a newest follower!
happy saturday!
I wish we had a beach near by. I'd love a picnic there. so fun!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for linking up to Blissful and Domestic Sunday Blog Hop. Hope to see you back tonight.
Thanks for stopping by and following my blog! I already follow you on facebook but I am following via gfc now too.ReplyDelete
I think spur of the moment trips or days can be some of the best kinds!


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OSH-5 Reduce deaths from work-related homicides
About the Data
Description of the data source, numerator, denominator, survey questions, and other relevant details about the national estimate.
Number of deaths due to work-related homicides (BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) code 61)
CFOI uses multiple data sources, including death certificates, workers' compensation reports, reports to various regulatory agencies, police reports, medical examiner records, and newspaper reports, to identify and verify work-related fatalities.
A revised OIICS system will be used for 2011 data. Although there will be changes in the OIICS numbering system and structure, it is anticipated that comparable data will be available in 2011 and later.
An average of 12 workers die each week as a result of workplace homicides in the United States. Being male; aged 65 and over; Black, Hispanic, or Asian; foreign-born; self-employed; and handling money or providing protective services puts workers at increased risk of homicide. The jobs where employees are at risk of being murdered in the workplace share a number of common factors, including interacting with the public, handling exchanges of money, working alone or in small numbers, and working late at night or early morning hours. Workplace factors can be modified to reduce or eliminate the effects of these risk factors.
Additional resources about the objective
- Bureau of Labor Statistics. National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2008. Washington, DC: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, USDL 09-0979, August 20, 2009.
- NIOSH. Workplace violence prevention strategies and research needs. Cincinnati, OH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. NIOSH (DHHS) Pub. No. 2006-144.


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More and more people these days are using their phones for more than just calls – with a smart phone you can plan your life, keep a diary, watch TV use social networking sites. Another thing that you can do is manage your finances too.
There really is an app for everything, and for anyone who wants to get a better grip on their money, manage payments and track their bank balances, here are 4 free apps which will do just that.
Mint.com is of course already a very well known budgeting and personal finance too based online. It is perfect for home users who want to manage what they earn and what they spend in any number of currencies.
It also allows you to view all of your financial information; credit cards, bank statements and bills all in one place. You can then use all of this information to create and track your budgets (via visual graphs if you wish).
For anybody interested in the money, currency or stock markets, Bloomberg is a must. It shows you up to date data, news and graphs which quickly give you financial histories and an indication of how any investment is performing. It is perfect for professional traders or amateurs.
Paypal is becoming increasingly popular and is the standard for secure online transactions. You can now use Paypal on your smart phone to make payments and check your balances.
Not only can you securely make payments, but this app even allows you to instantly deposit funds into your account by taking a photo of a check. You can then of course update your accounts on your Mint app…
Red Laser
Red Laser is a must have app for any true savvy shopper. The app works by reading bar codes – when in a store you simple take a photo of an item's bar code with the camera on your phone and Red Laser reads the bar code, finds that item and shows you everywhere else that you could buy it and at what price; so you instantly find out whether the price you are about to pay is competitive or not.
There are plenty of free and very cheap apps available for smartphones and this is just the tip of the iceberg – it really depends what you want out of your phone and what you want from your finances.


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Beautiful full color illustrations under each letter of this 52-piece wooden educational puzzle make learning easy and fun! Helps children develop their letter and case recognition, manual dexterity and matching skills. Quality wood construction will last a lifetime. Finished puzzle 18"x12".
Melissa & Doug, an award-winning manufacturer, produces high-quality wooden jigsaw puzzles and thick, durable cardboard jigsaw and floor puzzles for all stages of development, for toddlers (3-4 piece fuzzy and jumbo-knob puzzles), pre-school kids (sound puzzles, peg puzzles, floor puzzles and more) all the way to pre-teen kids and beyond (up to 500-piece jigsaw puzzles).
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On March 3rd the Washington Wizards will host the Toronto Raptors at the Verizon Center. Both teams are very close at the Eastern Conference table. The Wizards are 3rd and the Raptors 4th. They have very similar overall team stats, a fact that translates to an expectation for a very close game where the individual players and their condition will make all the difference.
For the Raptors, those players would be their best scorer the shooting guard DeMar DeRozan averaging 27.7 points per game affording him the 5th place on the scorers' table, the point guard Kyle Lowry with an average of 22.8 points and the center Serge Ibaka with 15.2. Especially DeRozan is the one man show that any defense, let alone the Wizards' defense, must pay special attention to.
On the Wizards side, point guard John Wall is the undoubted leader, piling an average of 22.9 points and 10.7 assists per game adding another 21.4 points to the team scoring total. Shooting guard Bradley Beal averaging 22.6 points per game cannot go unmarked, while center Marcin Gortat, small forward Otto Porter and power forward Markieff Morris add double digits in the scoring total per game making it difficult for any defense to stop all of them together.
It is most unfortunate for the Raptors that Kyle Lowry is going to have surgery on his right wrist and is expected to miss the rest of the season at least. His absence must be covered by any means necessary and in such cases the coaches usually look for an extra effort from the bench players. It will not be the first time that someone that no one would have thought of, steps forward and makes an impact either in a single game or in a series of matches. Especially since all the NBA players know that the true season begins with the playoffs and it is at these games that everyone is expected to show what he's got.
Will the home advantage be enough to balance Lowry's absence? Or will it signify an easy win for the Wizards? Or will it be another one man show by DeRozan? Ask your questions, do your homework, look for the best odds at the bookmakers we work with and place your bets. If you're looking for a place to follow the results on a live coverage you can always count on BET-IBC to do so for you. Not to mention of course the ease that you can open an account at the bookmaker of your choice here.


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Jack Russell Terrier dogs and puppies for sale in Florida with emphasis on genetics, temperament, and conformation. Quality is our # 1 goal.
Rustling Oaks Jack Russells is located on the central east coast of Florida. Top English and American bloodlines. All breeding stock is JRTCA Registered, CERF and BAER tested. All PLL DNA Normal. All in the house!
We have been breeding and showing JRT's for 20 years. We strive to produce a versatile and conformationally correct terrier. We place emphasis on movement, structure, temperament and the intelligence needed in the hunt field.
Twin Banyans is a small Jack Russell Terrier kennel located in Miami, Florida. We have owned and loved Jack Russells for 19 years. Check us out to see available puppies!


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Are you ready for class? CREATE YOUR OWN STORIES! Let your imagination run wild in Dr. Panda School! Create and tell your very own stories through exploring and roleplaying with the school, students and any objects you discover along the way! BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE! Tell your story as a teacher, student, cook or even a janitor! Choose who you would like to be by customizing the animal characters with clothes, hats, glasses and more! EXPLORE THE SCHOOL! Discover all the different rooms in Dr. Panda School! Make clay sculptures in the art class, grow your own crops in the playground, take care of Hambo the hamster or teach math in the classroom - there are tons of ways to play! Privacy Policy As a designer of kids' games, we understand how important privacy is in this modern, digital world. You can read our privacy policy here: http://www.drpanda.com/privacy About Dr. Panda Dr. Panda is a developer of games for kids. We develop games with educational values that help kids learn about the world. All of our games are safe and do not contain inappropriate content, in-app purchases or any third-party advertising. If you'd like to know more about us and how we design games for kids, visit our website www.drpanda.com/about. If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com or contact us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/drpandagames) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/drpandagames) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/drpandagames).
- Explore school surroundings through creative role-play
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Guest info
Opening hours Sibelius Hall is open from Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, and on weekends one hour prior to the start of the event. Cloakroom service Cloakroom fee is 3 € / person. Children under 7 years are for free. In children's events the fee for children 7-15 years old is 1
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Guest info
Opening hours
Sibelius Hall is open from Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, and on weekends one hour prior to the start of the event.
Cloakroom service
Cloakroom fee is 3 € / person. Children under 7 years are for free. In children's events the fee for children 7-15 years old is 1 € / child. The payment can be made by cash or credit card. Cloakroom opens an hour before the event.
Taking photos and getting around
At Sibelius Hall, there is free entry to the foyer, Forest Hall, and Restaurant Lastu. During private events, there may be restrictions to these areas also.
Taking photos within Sibelius Hall is permitted for private use only: interviews and public photos must be agreed upon beforehand with marketing and communications
If you need assistance, please contact our attendants
Accesibility in Sibelius Hall
Sibelius Hall serves all guests on an equal basis.
Parking facilities: Three spaces for disabled parking at the hall building next to the inner wall
Automatic doors: The doors of the conference wing open with the button on the wall, and the inner door opens automatically; the conference wing is accessed via a ramp
Accessible lift: The Finlandia-klubi facility, on the second floor, can be reached by lift (max. 25 persons); Finlandia-klubi has a flat floor, and there is access by wheelchair also at the front, by the stage. There is a lift (max. 8 persons) from the foyer to the VIP sauna cabinet (4th floor), Hartman foyer, group rooms, and offices (2nd floor)
Wheelchairs and walkers
All guests using a wheelchair or, for example, a walker are kindly requested to arrive early to the events. This ensures that the Sibelius Hall staff will have sufficient time to assist the person to the hall and to find their seat, if necessary. The entrance area gets crowded once the doors open, and the personnel try to bring in those who need assistance before the rest of the audience.
The 12 wheelchair spaces in the Main Hall of Sibelius Hall are located in the last row (row 23) of the stalls. Access to these seats is directly from the entrance floor through the Forest Hall via the hall doors.
Lift access to the lower stalls is from the right-hand echo chamber.
Lift access to the first and second balcony is available from the back centre of The Forest Hall.
When booking seats to be used in conjunction with a wheelchair, please ensure that the seats are in the designated areas. Access to other seats is difficult on account of stairs. Also, companions should purchase their tickets early to ensure a seat near the person needing assistance.
Sibelius Hall can loan wheelchairs and walkers to assist in getting around for the duration of the event..
Accessible toilets
Accessible toilets are located near the cloakroom: proceed straight down the corridor from the box office, and turn right around the corner. Also around the corner there is a nappy-changing room available.
Assistance dog
Guests using guide dogs or other assistance dogs may attend concerts in the Main Hall and Finlandia-klubi as well as visit the restaurant premises.
Please note that the volume of the music as well as the lights used during the concerts may disturb the dog.
The dog may be left in the designated location in the foyer to wait. The staff will show you this location.
Induction loop
A hearing induction loop is in operation to reduce background noise in the Main Hall of Sibelius Hall. If you notice any disturbance with the operation of the device, please contact a member of staff.
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In the Congress Wing your meeting bursts into life. The conference guest can sense the wood and see water. Every room of the Congress Wing has...
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On "magical" technology
The University recently spent quite a lot of money buying four strands of "dark" fiber optic cable in a vague ring shape around the state, connecting the three campuses in Chicago, Urbana, and Springfield. To put actual networking services on this cable, you need something that can a) optically drive that much fiber so that the light signal is recoverable at the far end, in some cases hundreds of kilometers away; and b) can make best economic use of those very few strands of very expensive fiber.
The solution is a technology called Dense Wavelength-division Multiplexing or DWDM. This allows us to pack up to 40 channels, of up to 10 Gb/s each, onto a single fiber strand, by sending each one on a slightly different wavelength of light. Because the window of transparency of optical fiber is fairly narrow, the different wavelengths or DWDM channels are packed in pretty tightly, less than a nanometer apart. The physics involved in making all this work just boggles my mind.
You need something to break apart the combined signal with all channels on it into separate signals, one for each channel. Since this is just a matter of picking out different wavelengths of light, this is no more mysterious than a prism or diffraction grating. However, picking out a VERY FAINT optical signal out of an optical fiber, sending it through a diffraction grating, and then jamming the VERY PRECISE AND PACKED TOGETHER individual signals each back into their own optical fibers seems pretty amazing.
You need a way to reamplify or boost the signal every 50 kilometers or so. The economical way to do this is to figure out a way to boost the whole thing, all 40 channels at once, on the fly. This is done with something called an Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier or EDFA. A "pump laser" raises the electrons in atoms of the Erbium dopant to a higher energy state; the signal photons flying down the fiber then interact with these energized atoms, stimulating them to emit more photons and thus amplifying the signal.
Finally, different wavelengths of light propagate through glass at different speeds (this is why a prism can break white light up into a spectrum). The narrowband pulses may be less than a nanometer in width, but this is still finite, so this chromatic dispersion will, over enough length of fiber, tend to smear out those pulses into miniature spectra. Eventually the pulses run into each other and the original signal is lost. To compensate for this, special glass is made with a chromatic dispersion coefficient opposite that of the "travel" fiber. So after traveling and smearing out over 70km of fiber or so, the signal is amplified and then sent into "dispersion compenstion fiber", 10km or so of it wound neatly on a spool. This reverses the smearing effect and allows the slow wavelengths to catch up with the faster ones, neatly and magically undoing the dispersion effect.
It's all magic. I can explain it, but to understand it fully requires math and physics that are way beyond me.
Several of us spent four days at Movaz, the company that makes the DWDM equipment we will be using on our dark fiber network. It was incredibly useful and incredibly information-packed. So much so that I felt a little dizzy and spaced out at the end of every day. But now I know an awful lot about their product and DWDM theory, and am confident that, even if I don't have to make this stuff WORK, that I can fix it if it breaks, and exploit it to its fullest potential.
We got to work on live equipment in their lab, and it was a fucking blast. I took a few pictures with my phone. Click for Gallery.


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Lanka Network Operators Group (LKNOG) is a non-profit, community based initiative to bring the network operators and networking professionals in Sri Lanka together in terms of educational, knowledge sharing and collaborative aspects. The objective of this forum is to provide a local & regional platform to discuss operational issues and technologies that interests network operators in Sri Lanka and in South Asia. This initiative also aim to unearth local talent and resource personnel from Sri Lanka who will be keen to contribute towards capacity building and knowledge sharing activities at large.
ISOC Sri Lanka joined LKNOG 2 as the community Partner.


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My name is Carly. I'm still young so I can tell you my age. It's 29. Currently, I live in the city of Liverpool which is a bit strange since my favourite football team is Chelsea. Thanks to my friend Cristina Jones I will be able to post on her blog from time to time. I hope you will like my posts!
Want to know some of my hobbies?
- Reading
- Visiting new villages
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- Baking bread
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Even i haven't tried this release as yet ("new fixed file), so i'm all just copypassing what Dzebb wrote on his site about the browser. Here it is:
Features Added
A1. Dec. 24, 2011:
*"Goto" Shortcut. For quick access Start Page, History and Saved Page.
*Multi-Windows. Create, Manage Windows, to access Multiple websites.
*View Texts on Screen & Page. For copying texts contents.
*Create Search. (Need Fix, not use advised.)
*Minimize. Usefull for s40 phones to minimize app. (Need Fix, Not work after HUI Menu accessed.)
*Direct Download. Directly download unhandled files in opera, likely .Jad and .Jar file extentions.
*Page Cache increased.
*Page History increased.
Dec. 31, 2011:
*Upload .jar1 as .jar.
*Download .jar to ._jar.
*Rename ._jar to .jar.
*Reverse Proxy (IP Hide).
*Night Mode.
*Now when you download unhandled files using Built-in Browser, Opera will not Close. (SE & S60).
*The bug in Link Press ''1'' (Open new Window and Open in background Window) is Fixed.
A2.5: Jan. 4, 2012 - Private Release to Joekerz:
*Bug in Login.
*Templates/Clipboards Fixed.
A3: Jan. 27, 2012 - Private release:
I wrote a simple code to develop the capabilities of bro ykhandlers Multi-Window. Hot Key Windows.
*NEW Hot Key 3 to Switch Window (Soft Press).
*NEW *Hot Key 7 to New Window (Soft Press).
*NEW *Hot Key C to Close Window (Soft Press).
*Minor Fixes: The Hot Key Windows are capable to work even in idle mode (While Connecting.)
Note 1: Custom Server Removed due to Opera TM Restrictions, so use Filter to change Server.
Note 2: For best performance, set Permission to ''Always Ask". esp. when downloading.
Please dont change my name in popup window message. Epal. I'll update this if I have time, so busy at work.
Choose your file: Opera Mini 4.4 Alpha 3 Official Handler Signed.zip
Opera Mini 4.4 Alpha 3 Official Fixed 2 Handler Signed.zip
Read the following if you think it could be usefull for you: How to install a signed jar file on my phone?
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Your new signed opera mini 4.4 handler version is here everybody: Opera Mini 4.4 A35 Handlerui 203:ReplyDelete
Just take it. :jwidesmile
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