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AndroidOnSteroids.com OverviewThis AndroidOnSteroids.com review is from third-party sources, quality may differ.
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Lebanon: Small City, Big Fun
Lebanon is located in Middle Tennessee, approximately 25 miles east of downtown Nashville, giving you access to all the conveniences of city life in comfortable setting. Lebanon is host to the annual Wilson County fair, which is considered by Busy Bee Trader Magazine to be the best County Fair in Tennessee. Based on its attendance in 2009, 2010, and 2011, it has also been listed as one of the top 50 fairs in North America. Its paid attendance more than doubles that of the Tennessee State Fair. The Nashville Superspeedway is also located in Lebanon. The track, built in 2001, is a concrete oval track that is over a mile. Infrastructure is in place to expand the facility so it will include a short track, drag strip, and road course: a dream for any NASCAR fan. Looking to escape Lebanon for the day? Simply hop on 1-40, which will put you right in the middle of Nashville's non-stop action!

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Remember those amazing 90's and early 2000's tracks? Well, if you're too young to remember or have been too lazy to take a blast to the past, some contemporaries movies have been nice enough to present you with this material. This monday I am presenting you all with one hell of a track. It will make you wanna shake that ass so much you'll shame any Lemur ever seen on the big screen. Here's a little Moombah rendition of how to move it.
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"Confusion" by New Order. At age 8, WiDuh was first introduced into the world of electronic music with this song. Since this early age, he already appreciated the evolving sounds of a growing musical world. Now a DJ and a fully immersed electric lover, he joins the WMC 24/7 team to give everyone a small glimpse into the different artists, sounds and experiences of the most amazing music known to him.
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Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection - latest Issue
Volume 28, Issue 4, January 2013
Tuberculosis continues to be a public health problem in South Africa from diagnosis to treatmentAuthors: Nazir Ismail, Hendrik Koornhof, Nazir Ismail and Hendrik KoornhofSource: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 28 (2013)More Less
The latest Global tuberculosis report 2013 released by the World Health Organization indicates that South Africa, together with other African countries, is unlikely to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set for 2015. The intrinsic impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) control on the burden of tuberculosis is an important confounder for countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The prospects of an improved vaccine becoming available, as part of efforts to control tuberculosis, will take years to come to fruition. The primary strategy for control is likely to continue to rely on early diagnosis and initiation of appropriate treatment.
What is the link between vitamin D and tuberculosis? : reviewAuthors: D. Kibirige, D.S. Kiggundu and W. WorodriaSource: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 28, pp 192 –196 (2013)More Less
Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally. Vitamin D directly influences the body's immunological response to tuberculosis by modulating the production of certain antimicrobial peptides and the release of cytokines. Vitamin D deficiency has been extensively described in patients with tuberculosis. Currently, it is a recognised risk factor for tuberculosis. Genetic polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor may influence host susceptibility to tuberculosis and response to antituberculosis therapy. This review article explores the close association between tuberculosis and vitamin D, with the aim of forming a strong basis for further interventional and genetic studies on patients with active tuberculosis.
Using reusable containers for hospital waste : is there an infection risk? : reviewAuthor T.R. GrimmondSource: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 28, pp 197 –201 (2013)More Less
Reusable waste containers are used to transport healthcare risk waste (sharps and non-sharps) in many countries, and are becoming increasingly common in South Africa. Initially, there may be a perception of risk of pathogen or disease transmission with their introduction. This paper assessed the international literature on reusable waste container infection risk and found there to be negligible to nil risk of pathogen or disease transfer. The literature confirms that disinfection and microbiological monitoring and validation of reusable waste containers is not indicated, and that washing with hot water and detergent, using visual criteria for cleanliness and due diligence with regard to contractor selection, enable reusable containers to be safely used.
The seroprevalence of Bordetella pertussis antibodies in adolescents in the Western Cape : original researchAuthors: M.A. Rensburg, M. Esser and C. De BeerSource: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 28, pp 202 –206 (2013)More Less
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease that can occur in all age groups. Over the past 15 years, an increase in the incidence of reported cases has been observed globally. Local surveillance data have also shown an increase in the number of laboratory-confirmed cases. This raises concerns about waning immunity in adolescents and adults. The aim of this study was to screen for seropositivity against pertussis infection by measuring immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody titers of Bordetella pertussis in an adolescent population in the Western Cape, South Africa. Serum samples were collected from 182 adolescents aged 15-18 years from different racial groups. The SERION ELISA® classic B. pertussis IgG assay was used to detect human antibodies in serum. Twenty-seven subjects (15%) were seronegative and 135 (74%) seropositive for IgG antibodies. Racial breakdown showed that 84% of the black, 74% of the coloured, and 69% of the white subjects were seropositive, while the largest percentage (24%) of sero-negative individuals was in the white population group. This study demonstrated a high percentage of individuals in the adolescent age group with sero-positive antibody levels. However, it is unknown if these antibody levels are functionally protective. A more rigourous surveillance system would assist in defining and understanding the epidemiology of pertussis in South Africa, and could provide evidence of the need for booster vaccinations in adolescence and adulthood.
Phylogeny of Sindbis virus isolates from South Africa : original researchAuthors: N. Storm, J. Weyer, W. Markotter, L.H. Nel, J.T. Paweska, J. Weyer, P.A. Leman, A. Kemp, J.T. Paweska and J.T. PaweskaSource: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 28, pp 207 –214 (2013)More Less
Sindbis virus (SINV), the prototype virus in the genus, Alphavirus, is an arbovirus with an extensive geographical distribution. Birds are the main vertebrate hosts for SINV, while Culex mosquitoes serve as vectors and occasionally transmit the virus to humans, causing a febrile illness with a maculopapular rash and arthritis. Currently, little information exists on the genetic diversity within SINV strains from South Africa. The E2 envelope glycoprotein gene was partially sequenced for a panel of 27 South African and African Sindbis virus isolates derived from a human case and from mosquito pools. A phylogenetic analysis was performed using these sequences, together with 65 partial E2 gene sequences from Sindbis virus isolates from elsewhere in the world. The resulting phylogenetic tree suggested five distinct Sindbis virus genotypes. The South African Sindbis virus isolates were grouped within genotype I, together with isolates from Sweden, Finland, Germany and Norway. The phylogeny of Sindbis virus reflects its geographical distribution and corresponds with the major migratory bird flyways, indicating that birds play a major role in Sindbis virus distribution.
Knowledge and awareness of human papillomavirus and intention with regard to human papillomavirus vaccine uptake by female tertiary students in the Eastern Cape province : original researchAuthors: A. Chikandiwa and B.E. Van WykSource: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 28, pp 215 –220 (2013)More Less
In 2008, two human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, Cervarix® and Gardasil®, were licensed for use in South Africa. Initial models showed that vaccination could lead to an approximate 70% decline in cervical cancer cases. This paper describes the knowledge, awareness and health beliefs about HPV and the HPV vaccine, and the intentions of female tertiary students with respect of being vaccinated with the latter. An observational, descriptive and analytical cross-sectional survey was conducted among 150 female tertiary students at a university in the Eastern Cape province in this regard. Knowledge and awareness of HPV and the HPV vaccine were poor. Only 22.7% of the students were aware of HPV and that an HPV vaccine was available in South Africa. However, most respondents (80%) reported a willingness to be vaccinated. Being aware of the existence of a Papanicolaou smear, higher knowledge of HPV, higher perceived vaccine effectiveness and higher perceived severity of HPV infection were significantly associated with increased willingness to be vaccinated. There is a need for education on HPV and its vaccination in South Africa. An effective vaccine marketing strategy should emphasise the effectiveness of the vaccine, the susceptibility of women to contracting HPV and the severity of being infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
Tuberculosis infection control practices in primary healthcare facilities in three districts of South Africa : original researchAuthors: M.C. Engelbrecht and A.J. Van RensburgSource: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 28, pp 221 –226 (2013)More Less
South Africa has one of the highest incidence of tuberculosis in the world, which can partly be attributed to poor infection control in public healthcare (PHC) facilities. The aim of the study was to explore the extent of tuberculosis and infection control training, as well as facility-level managerial, administrative, environmental and personal protection, infection control measures, at PHC facilities. Cross-sectional surveys were conducted at 127 PHC facilities across three districts of South Africa. Data collection was achieved through interviews with tuberculosis nurses, observations of infection control practices and a review of the clinic records. Univariate analysis was performed using SPSS® version 17. Limited implementation of World Health Organization infection control measures was identified. In terms of facility controls, 43.3% of the clinics did not have an infection control committee and 40.9% did not have a clinic specific infection control plan. In terms of administrative controls, 94.5% of clinics did not have the tuberculosis signs and symptoms screening tool, 48.8% did not separate coughing patients from other patients, and only 35.4% provided coughing patients with masks or tissues. In terms of environmental controls, only 18.9% of the clinics had an open window register. In terms of personal protection, there was a dire shortage of N95 respirators. In addition, only a third of the professional nurses and one in 10 community health workers had received training on infection control practices. Tuberculosis infection control training for PHC clinic staff, as well as the appropriate implementation of simple and inexpensive infection control measures, is required.
Knowledge of, attitudes towards, and practices of contraception in high school pupils in Tswaing subdistrict, North West province : original researchAuthors: I. Govender and J. TumboSource: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 28, pp 227 –232 (2013)More Less
In South Africa, contraceptive use is low in adolescents in the sense that sexual maturation and initiation of sexual activities is taking place at a younger age. This is evident from the high levels of teenage pregnancy that constitute a major health and social problem in South Africa. The risk-taking behaviour of high school pupils who engage in unsafe sexual practices also predisposes them to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and unplanned pregnancies. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2009 among Grade 10-12 high school pupils in 15 schools in the rural Tswaing subdistrict of North West province to determine their contraceptive knowledge, attitudes and practices. Data were collected from 231 pupils using a questionnaire. The mean age for sexual maturation was 14.6 years (a range of 14-15 years). Almost equal numbers of males (88, 50.3%) and females (87,49.7%) indicated that they had engaged in sexual intercourse. The average age of respondents was 14.9 years (males) and 15.4 years (females) when they engaged in sexual intercourse for the first time. One hundred and thirty pupils were reported to have had a previous pregnancy. Of the pupils who used contraception, the most common form used by the females was injectable contraceptives (34/81, 43%), and by the males, condoms (42/54, 77%). A high proportion of respondents knew about, and had awareness of, contraception and STIs, i.e. 83/101 of the males (83%) and 113/130 of the females (86.9%). A high number of pupils (128, 73.1%) indicated that they had used contraceptives when they had sexual intercourse for the first time. Of all of the males, only 32 (36.4%), and of all of the females, only 32 (36.8%) always used contraceptives. Eighty-eight pupils (38.1%) lived with both parents. Pupils in this rural area were familiar with contraception, started sexual intercourse at an early age and were generally inconsistent with their use of contraceptives. The study highlights that knowledge and awareness do not always lead to good practice with regard to contraception. A high level of sexual activity, early sexual initiation and low contraceptive use place these adolescents at risk of pregnancy and STIs, including HIV/AIDS.
Clinical profile of patients diagnosed with primary lung cancer at the Pulmonology Division, Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein, 2010-2011 : original researchAuthors: S.D. Maasdorp, C.E. Snyman, M. Prins, F.C. Van Rooyen and M.C. StruwigSource: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 28, pp 233 –239 (2013)More Less
Lung cancer is regarded by the World Health Organization as a leading cause of death globally. Limited data are available on lung cancer epidemiology in South Africa. This study aimed to determine the profile of patients with lung cancer who were seen at a local pulmonology clinic. A retrospective audit was conducted on patients ≥ 18 years of age who were diagnosed with primary lung cancer at the Universitas Academic Hospital (Pulmonology Division) between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2011. Information was collected with regard to demographic variables, smoking status, performance status, histological subtype and stage of disease. Ninety-two patients' records were included in the study. The median age was 61.2 years (a range of 44-86 years). 57.6% of patients were black, 33.7% white and 8.7% coloured. The male to female ratio was 3:1. The largest group of patients was black men (46.7%). Most patients were current or previous smokers. 45.2% of white patients had a history of ≥ 30 smoking pack years (one pack year of smoking was defined as 20 cigarettes smoked every day for a year), compared to 26.4% of black and 37.5% of coloured patients. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma were diagnosed in 34.8% and 32.6% of patients, respectively. Adenocarcinoma occurred more commonly in white patients (38.7%), while SCC was diagnosed more frequently in black patients (34%). The majority of patients presented with advanced stage of disease. Thorough record-keeping on the epidemiology of lung cancer in South Africa is necessary to enable the planning and implementation of a national strategy with regard to treatment options and prevention.
Reality bites of spider bites : a case report and review of the local epidemiology : original researchAuthors: A. Visser, A. Visser and H.F. VisserSource: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 28, pp 240 –242 (2013)More Less
Spider bites are a frequent complaint, often prompting patients to seek medical attention. However, the diagnosis of a spider bite is frequently inferred by the patient, and a thorough evaluation subsequently reveals an alternate diagnosis. Gertsch et al demonstrated that of 600 consecutive "spider bite" cases, 80% were incorrectly diagnosed. Alternative diagnoses included bites by arthropods other than spiders, bacterial, viral or fungal infections and malignant tumours. In this study, we describe the case of a patient who was initially misdiagnosed as having been bitten by a spider. Later, the patient was demonstrated to have a spontaneous, soft tissue Staphylococcus aureus infection. We further describe the local epidemiology of cases presenting with spider bites and the subsequent microbiological findings.


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August, 2017
How to be a Good Sailor
Being a good sailor means three things, you've got strong legs, you tie good knots, and you know how to communicate effectively. While we can't teach the first two very well, we can help you with your communication problems.
To know where to go on a ship, you need to know how to speak to other members of the ship. With this in mind, you will need to learn directional terms and location terms in 'sailor speak.'
The Directional Terms
Bow – The front of the ship. This is the most important part of the ship since the lateral movements of the ship rely on knowing this. Think about when you bow; your head is facing forward. So the bow is the forward of the ship.
Stern – The stern is the rear of the ship. I don't have any good psychological tips for remembering this. Just remember it's not the bow.
Port – When facing the bow, this will be the left side of the ship.
Starboard – When facing the bow, this will be the right side of the ship. I think this is because when the sun is setting it would be on your right side if you were facing true north.
Sea legs keeps you up and running
Within the Ship
Belowdecks – Below decks is when you are below the decks and in the body of the ship.
Abovedecks – Above decks is similar to on-deck, except it can also mean that you are on the masts or above where the bridge is.
On Deck – On deck is when you are on the deck of the ship, often used when you are reporting that you are present on the ship.
Onboard – Onboard the ship means that you are on the ship in general. This is usually when no one knows where you are but they know you didn't leave.
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The Powder Ridge Rock Festival was scheduled to be held July 31, August 1 and August 2, 1970 at Powder Ridge Ski Area in Middlefield, Connecticut. A legal injunction forced the event to be canceled, keeping the musicians away; but a crowd of 30,000 attendees arrived anyway, to find no food, no entertainment, no adequate plumbing, and at least seventy drug dealers. William Manchester wrote: "Powder Ridge was an accident waiting to happen, and it happened." Volunteer doctor William Abruzzi declared a drug "crisis" on 1 August and said "Woodstock was a pale pot scene. This is a heavy hallucinogens scene."
Tickets were sold by mail at a price of $20 for the whole weekend. The announced line-up of musicians included:
Day 1: Eric Burdon & War, Sly and the Family Stone, Delaney & Bonnie, Fleetwood Mac, Melanie, Mountain, J.F. Murphy and Free Flowing Salt, Allan Nichols, James Taylor
Day 2: Joe Cocker, Allman Brothers, Cactus, Little Richard, Van Morrison, Rhinoceros, Ten Wheel Drive, Jethro Tull, Tony Williams Lifetime, Zephyr
Day 3: Janis Joplin, Chuck Berry, Bloodrock, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack, Grand Funk Railroad, Richie Havens, John B. Sebastian, Spirit, Ten Years After
Robert Santelli stated in Aquarius Rising that an appearance by Led Zeppelin was also planned.
Powder Ridge might have been a legendary hippie music fest had things gone right. In the year following Woodstock, however, things often went wrong for hippie music fests, which went into "a long spiral of decline". Thirty of the forty-eight major festivals planned for 1970 were cancelled, usually due to swiftly materializing local opposition. Powder Ridge, however, made national news because of the arrival of tens of thousands of ticketholders despite the event's cancellation. The New York Times followed its progress in about thirty articles before, during, and after the event.
Middlefield residents, worried about the impact of the crowd on their small town, received an injunction against the festival just days before it began.
When the owner of the ski resort tried to contact the promoters to tell of the injunction, they could not be found. It looked like the event was never going to happen anyway.
Attendees arrive anyway
Local authorities posted warning signs on every highway leading to Middlefield: "Festival Prohibited, turn back".
By 1970, rock festivals were regarded as having a political dimension. Carol Brightman wrote that "Rock shows… such as the Powder Ridge concert… were increasingly being covered by the national media as civil events, one step removed from street demonstrations." The CIA had Powder Ridge, like other rock events, under surveillance, and noted in a July 30 situation report that "hippie-type young people [were] already beginning to assemble in the area."
Promoters, however, kept hinting that there was still a chance that the concert would be held: "It's a total wait and see thing," a spokesman said and, after all, Woodstock had almost been cancelled too.
Approximately 30,000 people came to the site for the weekend. Most of the musicians, however, did not show up. Only Melanie and a few local bands actually performed during the three-day weekend. One of these local bands was "The Mustard Family" who, in the dark of night, hauled their instruments and equipment into the festival, by back roads and trails, and performed for the enthusiastic crowd. The official poster for the festival lists New York band, Haystacks Balboa, as the special opening act on Thursday night. The band's equipment was stopped by the authorities and the musicians gathered at a local cafe to await word as to their performance. After long negotiations, the band's manager advised the band to return home, there was to be no performance.
Drugs were openly sold and commonly consumed at the festival. Rock doctor William Abruzzi (also at Woodstock) was there to treat bad LSD trips, and said there were more bad trips at Powder Ridge per capita than at any other music festival he'd ever worked. He attributed some of the problems to the barrels of "electric water" that were available for free public consumption; people were invited to drop donations of drugs into these barrels, creating drug cocktails of unknown strength and composition.
William Manchester writes:
One of the more sensational scenes, attested to by several witnesses, occurred in a small wood near some homes. A boy and a girl, both naked and approaching from different directions, met under the trees. On impulse they suddenly embraced. She dropped to her knees, he mounted her from behind, and after he had achieved his climax they parted—apparently without exchanging a word.
According to The New York Times, observers who had been at both Woodstock and Powder Ridge were struck by the contrasting moods of the two festivals:
The gentle euphoria—the grins, small smiles, and exchanged "V" signals— of people milling through the muddy fields of Bethel seemed to be missing at Powder Ridge. Instead, last night and this morning, the major pastime here was often shuffling walks along paved roads by grim-faced young men and women who looked remarkably similar to old people moving slowly along the boardwalks of the Rockaways or Atlantic City.
In his autobiography, Nothing's Sacred, comedian Lewis Black claims to have attended the festival with some friends. Black explains in depth his activities of the weekend, including drug experimentation, failing at his appointed parking attendant job, and the downturn the concert took after a fiery speech from a Black Panther of the militant New Haven, Connecticut contingent, which happened to coincide with a thunderstorm. Black theorizes that under the effects of hallucinogens, many attendees probably thought that the Black Panther was actually causing the storm, and many began to experience bad trips.
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What a week for the sport of MMA huh? The UFC heavyweight title fight was on network TV for the very first time and we had you completely covered for that event. We have the usual suspects with our exclusive blog series, but we have a NEW edition and it's geared towards our females readers. MMA veteran and personality Frank Trigg introduces "Ask Trigg", a feature in which women can get their questions about men answered by the man himself. We also provided coverage of the boxing PPV Pacquiao vs. Marquez event that took place last night. Check it all out below:
- If you are a fan of rap music and MMA? You gotta check this video out
- Our Introduction to our exclusive "Ask Trigg' blog
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- Tachi Palace Fights promoter Jeremy Luchau talks about getting fighters for their event next month
- TUF 14 partcipant Steven Siler blogs about episode 8
- UFC President Dana White tells us that Anderson Silva will face Chael Sonnen next
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I didn't try the exposure, because the drift seemed so bad. This
sample isn't different from the other samples I write, which don't
generally have this drifting issue, so maybe it was a bad landing.
There was (I believe) an incorrect (not zero) signal from the faraday
cup on the sample holder too--I don't know if you expect this, or if
it would go along with a bad landing.
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 6:46 PM, James Conway <email@example.com> wrote:
> Hello Kathryn and Raith Users:
> Thank you for your report!
> I checked the LIS stage today and did not measure any significant drift or
> shifting of either the image or the stage SEMing an SOI chip covered with
> Espacer.
> The sample holder may have had a bad landing due to existing issues with the
> T loader transfer arm, or your sample could have been charging.
> How did the EBL exposure come out?
> firstname.lastname@example.com wrote:
> Image was drifting ~.25 microns/sec Monday night after manual load
> procedure.


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Multi-Academy Trust Status
Published on 12 February 2015
The Governing Board of Leventhorpe Trust is currently considering converting from single academy trust to multi-academy trust status and is seeking your views before making a decision. Details of the consultation and how you can share your views can be found here. Please note, the deadline for receiving comments is 3.45pm on 18th March 2015


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K-x Vs K-m (K2000) ISO Measurbation
Here is the full-size test sample gallery for measurbation (by Pentaxian "Devorama" who has both a K2000 and K-x), the background of the test has been briefed in his main page:-
and also with more shooting information told in his post at the DPR:-
I think the dog JPEG shots are not easy to compare as the WB tones are quite different, although they are the only in-camera JPEG shots. The dog shots give us some idea on how the AWB and preset Tungsten WB of the two cameras behave under that lighting condition, though.
As for the RAW shootout for different ISO speeds, I prefer to inspect and compare the converted images with original Pentax software, i.e., Pentax Digital Camera Utility 4. For quicker and easier view and measurbation on those DCU converted pictures, I re-organise and tabulate them as follows:-
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My opinion? It seems both cameras are not bad in IQ and noise control/details retained. I still like the colours of the K-m better but the K-x is not that bad anyway. But one thing is just for sure, both cameras will blow K-7 out of the water so easily or just let the K-7 eating dust in the land as long as IQ is the utmost important thing under concern.
It would be interesting to see how different sensors could affect the IQ performance of different PENTAX DSLR bodies afterall!


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Poster art by Jake Unsworth.
Full info at Leucadia101.com
Poster art by Jake Unsworth.
Full info at Leucadia101.com
For full festival info, please visit Leucadia101.com
The stage is set for the young musicians of Encinitas to compete for a spot at this year's Summer Fun on the 101: Leucadia's Music Festival.
On Sunday May 6th 2018 at Seaweed & Gravel, each band will have twenty minutes on stage to impress the judges and audience. At the end of the concert, our expert panel of judges will choose the winner! The winning band will receive a prize pack and get the opportunity to play at this year's Summer Fun on the 101: Leucadia's Music Festival on Saturday June 23!
If you would like to participate in 2018, pleaase read the following info. includes how to apply and requirements for participants:
If you think you've got what it takes, email BOTH firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com the following information:
– Your band's name, band members' names, ages and school of your band members (at least one member of your band must show proof of living in the City of Encinitas and no band members may be older than high school age).
– An email address, phone number and mailing address so we can contact your band.
– A recording of your band in one of the following formats: a link to a streaming video or recording on the web; an Mp3 or other universal digital format; or a physical CD recording. (These items can also be mailed or hand delivered to the L101 office at 386 N Coast Hwy 101 Encinitas 92024)
– If any band member is in elementary school, please include written consent from a parent or guardian
Please send all the required information and music no later than April 30, 2018 to both: firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com. Please wait one day for confirmation reply.
Info regarding equipment and set times for the day of the event will be sent out to all participating bands on May 1st. Call (760) 436-2320 or email email@example.com if you have any questions regarding the event.
Entries will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. ROOM IS LIMITED, so send us your application materials and details ASAP!
People get ready, Summer Fun is coming!
Due to inclement weather forecast for Sunday, the Battle of the Bands has been moved to UNIV Studio at 1057 S Coast Hwy 101 in downtown Encinitas. We are very grateful to keep the show going at the same time this Sunday May 7th from noon-3. See previous post for schedule.
Don't miss all the good times at our 2017 Battle for the Bands for Summer Fun at Seaweed and Gravel (1144 N coast Hwy 101 Leucadia) this Saturday May 7th from noon-3PM! The judges will choose one young band to play on June 24th at Leucadia Roadside Park. See below for our talent packed schedule.
We'll also be raising money for the Summer Fun Music Scholarship Fund and revealing this year's Summer Fun lineup so grab your cruiser and come check it out!
*Set times subject to change
12-12:15 PM – 5 More Minutes
12:30-12:45 PM – The Elements
1:00-1:15 PM – Lizzie Waters
1:30-2:00 PM – The Unknowns
2:15-2:30 – Synesthesia
2:45-3:00 – The Statistics
Our final day of Summer Fun! Here's a schedule with some short descriptions:
11-6 pm
1:00 pm- Heather Nation baroque folk
2:00 pm- Inspired and the Sleep synth pop
3:00 pm- Mattson 2 surf jazz
4:00 pm- The Gloomies stylish indie rock
5:00PM – Monarch fuzzy scuzzy rock
Vivic mellow EDM between bands
At 454 Tattoo & Body Piercing (454 N. Coast Hwy 101)
11:30 am- Gemini Junction blue grass
12:30pm- Kiki Halliday mellow beach
1:30-2PM – Boaz Roberts avante garde
At Ducky Waddles (414 N. Coast Hwy 101)
11:30 am- The Velvet Flower – surf psych
12:30 pm- Amerikan Bear (Acoustic) psycho psych folk
1:30-2PM – PadreWisdom and Friend mystery rock
At Gold Coast Plaza (466 N. Coast Hwy 101)
11:00 am- Jay Cain maynard folk
12:00 pm- The Friends twee-gaze folk
1:00 pm- The Sham Saints psych folk
At Lou's Records (434 N. Coast Hwy 101) Record Swap 11AM-2PM
11:00 am- Yael and Vlady gypsy folk
12:00 pm- North County Lumber Truck family blues band
1:00 pm- Wish and the Well folky tonk


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Beyond Blue Bouquet
The Flower Factory Beyond Blue Bouquet is a wonderful way to send peaceful wishes to your special recipient. Bringing together gorgeous white Asiatic Lilies, white roses, and white mini carnations accented with blue statice, cream spray roses, and lush greens, this stunning bouquet captivates at every turn. Presented in a dark blue glass vase to contrast with it's bright white blooms, this beautiful flower arrangement will make an excellent thank you, get well, engagement or sympathy gift.
STANDARD bouquet includes 9 stems with vase. Approx. 14"H x 12"W. DELUXE bouquet includes 13 stems with vase. Approx. 16"H x 13"W. PREMIUM bouquet includes 17 stems with vase. Approx. 17"H x 14"W.
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Delta Home And Dwelling
We purchased this home just a few months after we acquired married It's where our children had been born, it's where all the good(and a few dangerous)occurred. On the whole, a house is a everlasting bodily structure, whereas a home is a place to stay. Dwelling gives you a more private connection to the place, whereas home is the more literal way of calling a place your abode or the place the place you stay or reside.
Though House & Dwelling remains on the vanguard of business developments, it was a pleasing surprise for us to find they nonetheless conduct their business the quaint approach. He owned a four-bed room house in Scoresby with his spouse before she went bankrupt they usually cut up after raising three youngsters together.
Sod house: or soddy" was a corollary to the log cabin throughout frontier settlement of Canada and the United States. Common issues of Home & House from August 2014 to the present concern are available for iPhone and iPod Contact devices working iOS 7 and up. Please improve to iOS 7 to best enjoy our issues.
Home & House basically has all of the hardware or cooking supplies that you'd have to setup store whenever you transfer into the world (It's Brooklyn, Duh…) or must replace some devices of your own home. From there the chain grew even more and immediately House & Dwelling boasts greater than 50 massive shops across the nation.
An unassuming Nineteen Seventies house on the outskirts of Melbourne, it holds many special reminiscences. A house is a permanent structure constructed for folks to live in. There are a number of other associated meanings , but that is the primary one.


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The Foo Fighters dominate Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL) from 325 feet in the air.
Man, those guys can pull in a crowd! #ACLFest #aclfestival #ACL2015
Safety Note: The drone was never over ACL, never over the south side of Town Lake and took off and landed in a remote parking lot. The operator (me) had full control and line-of-sight visual at all times.
Reach fo the Sky
Austin, Texas little planet ball at dusk.


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Happy Friday! Today, I would like to share a very simple altered mail art featuring BoBunny. I've created the acetate butterfly to attach to this mail art.
Here are some detail on it.
Below is the step by step tutorial on how to create the butterfly.
1) First use a butterflies die and a sheet of thin plastic or acetate to cut out some butterflies.
2) Then, outline and paint the butterflies with Pentart contour liner
3) Add more colors to the butterflies using Pentart glass paint and later detail them with jewels.
Hope you all like this simple tutorial and have a creative weekend!
Scrapbooking Master Class with Irene Tan. Check it out here!
Sources: Pattern Papers: BoBunny; Paint/Ink: BoBunny, Pentart; Others: BoBunny jewels and dies, acetate, black marker, Beacon and other adhesives.


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Sunday, November 12, 2006
Why we love Lumpy...
You gotta wonder about the internal dialogue the goblin had going on: "Hmmm... Who am I going to try to gank today? I know! Let's go after the guy who held a machinegun shoot at the local range for a political fundraiser!"
6 comments:
- Mulliga said...
Wow. They say many criminals are dumb, but this takes the cake.
I'm glad no one was hurt. I'd be very interested in a first-hand report from Lumpy himself - what were the "signs" that made him uneasy, and how did he outdraw the crook (was the perp carrying in a holster? what kind of setup did Lumpy have?). It should be safe since obviously he's not facing any civil suit or criminal charges.
- 11:01 PM, November 12, 2006
- phlegmfatale said...
Here's to happy a ending bereft of discharge of weaponry. Yet another giggle.
- 7:31 AM, November 13, 2006
- Elmo's aphasiatic twin said...
Yeah, Lumpy. Glad you didn't have to use that .380, however.
- 5:02 PM, November 13, 2006
The KNS got the story from you. A newpaper being scooped by its own blog not only made Instapundit, but earned the vaunted "Heh."
Can "Armed Citizen" be far behind?
- 5:12 PM, November 13, 2006
- Adam said...
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- 9:58 AM, November 14, 2006
- Adam said...
Here's a look at the young wanna-be thief, via his Myspace page:
Even armed robbers have a website these days.
- 10:00 AM, November 14, 2006


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FirePASS Concept
Low oxygen level fire protection to prevent ignition and combustion
The invention of FirePASS® is based on a discovery made during research conducted in the Hypoxic Room System manufactured by Hypoxico Inc. (www.hypoxico.eu) in New York. It was discovered that the processes of ignition and combustion in a normobaric, hypoxic (low oxygen level) environment are far different from the ignition and combustion process that occurs in a hypobaric natural altitude environment with the same partial pressure of oxygen (ie up a mountain). More FirePASS Science
Oxygen reduction for fire protection
A FirePASS® fire protection environment is established by ventilating a room with so-called hypoxic, i.e. oxygen-reduced, air. Hypoxic air is produced by partly filtering out oxygen from ambient atmospheric air, thus typically reducing the oxygen content to 15%, compared to the normal amount of 20.9%. This low oxygen level corresponds to the partial pressure of oxygen at an altitude of around 2.700m (9.000ft). More about oxygen reduction fire prevention
Oxygen reduction for fire suppression
FirePASS®, used in suppression mode, operates in a fashion similar to other inert gas total flooding systems with the goal being to reduce the O2 content of the protected space to the requisite combustion inhibition level. The FirePASS-Suppression system has the ability to extinguish all class A, class B and class C fires while offering added defense against re-ignition even in deep-seated fires. This is all done with a level of respiratory safety unmatched by other systems. More about oxygen reduction fire suppression.


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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Knox Overstreet "Jammer Failed/Coming Around" 7 inch (Abominable Records/2000)
I know... I know... This blog has been greatly neglected the last few months but for those of you have been following Here On This Island you'll be thrilled to know that I have ripped all the last remaining releases that I have planned to share here. Everything should be wrapped up in the coming weeks and from there I shall focus on my new blog which I'll be launching soon as well as some regular posting once again on Away From This Island. Anyhow...in wrapping up some of the discographies that I was promising to complete here is a 7 inch from a band whom I have spoke very highly in this space and whose passing I still lament, no other than Knox Overstreet. They were such a great band and the two songs on this 7 inch, "Jammer Failed" and "Coming Around" are just aces. This two song 7 inch was the second release on Abominable Records who were a short lived label out of Nassau County. Their first release was the It Was Certainly a Grand Piano CD compilation and I believe they had one more release a cd-r from the band HelicopterEjectionSeat. Anyhow back to Knox-once again they played driving melodic indie rock/emo that was a mix between Garden Variety, Indoor Living era Superchunk, Afghan Whigs and even Big Star. The songs were super catchy and none of the instruments were over bearing, Knox Overstreet I have say had one of the most mature and balanced sound out just about any band I have encountered in the local scene over the years. No one was trying to show off or anything like that-it was all about the songs and they were all great. I have know shared the band's entire discography here as well as some live stuff, I can't recommend their music enough.
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BANGKOK - Thailand has sent around 1,300 Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar, a top official said on Thursday, dismaying rights campaigners who warned the minority Muslims faced persecution in the former junta-ruled country.
Thousands of Rohingya, described by the United Nations as among the world's most persecuted minorities, have fled sectarian violence in western Myanmar in rickety boats since 2012, mostly heading for Malaysia.
Many of those who arrived in Thai waters were locked up in overcrowded immigration prisons.
Thai authorities began deporting the Rohingya in September through a border checkpoint in the province of Ranong, national immigration chief Lieutenant General Pharnu Kerdlarpphon told AFP.
"The whole deportation process was completed in early November," he added.
It was the first official news of the deportation.
Rights activists criticised the move to return the Rohingya to Myanmar, where they face travel restrictions, forced labour and limited access to healthcare and education.
"The deportation of Rohingya is a blatant violation of international laws that prohibit sending back refugees and asylum-seekers to a place where they can face danger and persecution," said Mr Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher with New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Rights groups say the Rohingya often fall into the hands of people-traffickers, sometimes after they are deported by Thailand.
Mr Sunai urged the Thai authorities to explain what had happened to the 1,300 Rohingya, saying the foreign ministry did not appear to have been involved in the deportation.
There was no immediate comment from the ministry.
Thailand said last year it was investigating allegations that some army officials in the kingdom were involved in the trafficking of Rohingya.
Roughly 500 Rohingya are believed to remain in detention in Thailand following a raid on a suspected people-trafficking camp last month.
Myanmar views its population of roughly 800,000 Rohingya as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and denies them citizenship.
More than 200 people have been killed and more than 140,000 left homeless in several outbreaks of Buddhist-Muslim violence since June 2012 in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
The United Nations has called on Myanmar to investigate reports - denied by the authorities - that dozens of men, women and children were killed in attacks on Rohingya last month with the alleged involvement of police.


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Our new 851C is a staggeringly complex creation but one with a simple mission: to make your digitally stored music sound sublime. It's a high-end CD player, a state-of-the-art DAC and digital preamp in one highly accomplished package. The 851C has been designed to operate at the very heart of your digital music system, offering incredible functionality and performance. As a high-end solution to the demands of today's multi-format music lover, the 851C is truly capable of enhancing any digital audio that passes through its sophisticated electronics.
Central to the 851C's exceptional performance is a mouth watering collection of advanced technologies, such as our high-specification digital-to-analogue convertors from respected digital processing experts Analog Devices. Together with its on-board ATF2 upsampling technology, the 851C has the ability to improve sound quality regardless of the input format. From MP3 to high res downloads, this player will showcase your music in its best possible light.
With a plethora of connectivity options, you can link up a world of digital source components to the 851C, including: TVs, streamers, digital iPhone/iPad docks and computers of all kinds to maximise their sound quality. The 851C is also capable of accepting the very highest quality music files currently available, via USB: 24-bit/96kHz (and 192kHz) for genuine studio master tape quality. So you really can get closer to the music than ever before.
For the serious audio enthusiast, the 851C also benefits from a number of ,'audiophile' features. Everyone's ears are different and you can select from three filter options which each offer a slightly different presentation.
It's this combination of our own in-house technology, multi-function flexibility and high-end ,'audiophile' components that make the 851C Cambridge Audio's most advanced digital player to date. Its ability to transform the quality of your favourite music, regardless of format, means the 851C is destined to become the heart of your digital music system.
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All incoming audio data, such as CD at 16-bit 44.1kHz CD, is upsampled to 24-bit 192kHz using a high-end 32-bit Analog Devices DSP (Digital Signal Processor). "Polymomial Curve Fitting Interpolation" provides a much more accurate upsampled audio soundwave than traditional upsampling processes. And a unique timing system buffers audio data to almost eradicate digital jitter. Vital – as jitter, common in digital audio devices, loses vital detail, often leaving digital audio sounding flat and lifeless.
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The ENFORCER operates similar to the Basic Mini Firewall. The difference is that the LAN connection is not automatically restored when the modem call is completed. It requires a program to be run (normally a virus scan program) prior to the LAN link being restored.
It is normally used to prevent down loaded viruses from infecting the entire network, by requiring a virus scan program to be run prior to restoring the LAN connection. However, it may also be used to run other more specific analysis or audit type programs.
The Enforcer is supplied with a setup program that allows the system administrator to enter the name of the program that must be completed prior to restoration of the LAN link. The setup program is encrypted and password protected and very difficult for the user to change. An OEM version is also available that allows outside software to be linked to the CPS restore utility.
The Enforcer is available in two platforms; a Stand Alone Box, and a Secure Fire Wall Plate. The Secure Fire Wall Plate does not provide daisy chaining capability.
For more information on the Mini Firewalls, check out the Mini Firewall Family Page Page.
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Physical 1.5" W x 3" D x .75" H, .5 lbs.
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The Ansible community uses a range of tools for working with the Ansible project. This is a list of some of the most popular of these tools.
If you know of any other tools that should be added, this list can be updated by clicking "Edit on GitHub" on the top right of this page.
An open-source, free GUI text editor created and maintained by GitHub. You can keep track of git project changes, commit from the GUI, and see what branch you are on. You can customize the themes for different colors and install syntax highlighting packages for different languages. You can install Atom on Linux, macOS and Windows. Useful Atom plugins include:
A free, open-source text editor and IDE that supports auto-indentation, syntax highlighting and built in terminal shell(among other things).
A full IDE (integrated development environment) for Python software development. It ships with everything you need to write python scripts and complete software, including support for YAML syntax highlighting. It's a little overkill for writing roles/playbooks, but it can be a very useful tool if you write modules and submit code for Ansible. Can be used to debug the Ansible engine.
A closed-source, subscription GUI text editor. You can customize the GUI with themes and install packages for language highlighting and other refinements. You can install Sublime on Linux, macOS and Windows. Useful Sublime plugins include:
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By GEORGE JOHNSON
IN the 12th century A.D., when the Arabic treatise "On the Hindu Art of Reckoning" was translated into Latin, the modern decimal system was bestowed on the Western world — an advance that can best be appreciated by trying to do long division with Roman numerals. The name of the author, the Baghdad scholar Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, was Latinized as Algoritmi, which mutated somehow into algorismus and, in English, algorithm — meaning nothing more than a recipe for solving problems step by step.
It was the Internet that stripped the word of its innocence. Algorithms, as closely guarded as state secrets, buy and sell stocks and mortgage-backed securities, sometimes with a dispassionate zeal that crashes markets. Algorithms promise to find the news that fits you, and even your perfect mate. You can't visit Amazon.com without being confronted with a list of books and other products that the Great Algoritmi recommends.
Its intuitions, of course, are just calculations — given enough time they could be carried out with stones. But when so much data is processed so rapidly, the effect is oracular and almost opaque. Even with a peek at the cybernetic trade secrets, you probably couldn't unwind the computations. As you sit with your eHarmony spouse watching the movies Netflix prescribes, you might as well be an avatar in Second Life. You have been absorbed into the operating system.
Last week, when executives at MySpace told of new algorithms that will mine the information on users' personal pages and summon targeted ads, the news hardly caused a stir. The idea of automating what used to be called judgment has gone from radical to commonplace.
What is spreading through the Web is not exactly artificial intelligence. For all the research that has gone into cognitive and computer science, the brain's most formidable algorithms — those used to recognize images or sounds or understand language — have eluded simulation. The alternative has been to incorporate people, with their special skills, as components of the Net.
Go to Google Image Labeler (images.google.com/imagelabeler) and you are randomly matched with another bored Web surfer — in Korea, maybe, or Omaha — who has agreed to play a game. Google shows you both a series of pictures peeled from the Web — the sun setting over the ocean or a comet streaking through space — and you earn points by typing as many descriptive words as you can. The results are stored and analyzed, and through this human-machine symbiosis, Google's image-searching algorithms are incrementally refined.
The project is still experimental. But the concept is not so different from what happens routinely during a Google search. The network of computers answering your query pays attention to which results you choose to read. You're gathering data from the network while the network is gathering data about you. The result is a statistical accretion of what people — those beings who clack away at the keys — are looking for, a rough sense of what their language means.
In the 1950s William Ross Ashby, a British psychiatrist and cyberneticist, anticipated something like this merger when he wrote about intelligence amplification — human thinking leveraged by machines. But it is both kinds of intelligence, biological and electronic, that are being amplified. Unlike the grinning cyborgs envisioned by science fiction, the splicing is not between hardware and wetware but between software running on two different platforms.
Several years ago, SETI@home became a vehicle for computer owners to donate their spare processing cycles for the intense number-crunching needed to sift radio-telescope data for signs of extraterrestrial life. Now a site run by Amazon.com, the Mechanical Turk (www.mturk.com), asks you to lend your brain. Named for an 18th-century chess-playing automaton that turned out to have a human hidden inside, the Mechanical Turk offers volunteers a chance to search for the missing aviator Steve Fossett by examining satellite photos. Or you can earn a few pennies at a time by performing other chores that flummox computers: categorizing Web sites ("sexually explicit, "arts and entertainment," "automotive"), identifying objects in video frames, summarizing or paraphrasing snippets of text, transcribing audio recordings — specialties at which neural algorithms excel.
(Not all of these Human Intelligence Tasks, or HITs, as Amazon calls them, involve serving as a chip in some entrepreneur's machine. Hoping to draw more traffic to their sites, bloggers are using the Mechanical Turk to solicit comments for their online postings. In some cases you get precisely 2 cents for your opinion.)
In his 1950 paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence," Alan Turing foresaw a day when it would be hard to tell the difference between the responses of a computer and a human being. What he may not have envisioned is how thoroughly the boundary would blur.
How do you categorize Wikipedia, a constantly buzzing mechanism with replaceable human parts? Submit an article or change one and a swarm of warm- and sometimes hot-blooded proofreading routines go to work making corrections and corrections to the corrections.
Or maybe the mercurial encyclopedia is more like an organism with an immune system of human leukocytes guarding its integrity. (Biology too is algorithmic, beginning with the genetic code.) When the objectivity of Wikipedia was threatened by tweaking from special interests — a kind of autoimmune disease — another level of protection evolved: a Web site called WikiScanner that reports the Internet address of the offender. Someone at PepsiCo, for example, removed references about the health effects of its flagship soft drink. With enough computing power the monitoring could be semiautomated — scanning the database constantly and flagging suspicious edits for humans to inspect.
No one but a utopian would have predicted how readily people will work for free. We're cheaper than hardware — a good thing considering how hard we are to duplicate.
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CALL 24 is our free automated phone service offering you access to your credit union accounts around the clock. Whether you are at home or on the go, all it takes is a touch tone phone and your credit union account number. The last four digits of your social security number will be your starting PIN. (Personal Identification Number)
Use CALL 24 to:
- Get all account balances.
- Make a loan payment.
- Make payments on your FCCU Mastercard.
- Verify what checks have cleared.
- Place a Stop Payment on check that has not cleared your account.
- Transfer money within your FCCU accounts.
- Transfer money from/to another FCCU account, with your signed authorization form on file at the Credit Union.
- Verify the amount of your last deposit.
- Request a check withdrawal.
Members living in Palm Beach County simply dial 642-6686, outside the area, call toll free, 1-800-731-3328.
CALL 24 is also available in Spanish by dialing 642-6686 and then pressing 9.


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I love the idea of being creative, taking an idea from start to finish and doing it all myself. My problem is, I'm more mechanically minded. I mean, if you know what you want I can usually figure out how to make it happen but I can't usually come up with the original idea.
I can crochet from a pattern but can't figure out the colors I want to use. I can sew a dress but can't pick the material and accents without someone telling me what to choose. I use to take a friend clothes shopping with me because I couldn't pick out separates from different racks to put an outfit together unless I saw it on a mannequin first. Don't get me wrong, I know what I don't like, I'm just not always sure if what I do like will work.
Now I'll talk about this site. While I did have the original idea for what it was to be it took me about 7 years to get here. I knew where I wanted the site to go, I knew where it had to start but the design itself, I was totally lost. I had to hire someone to create a logo for me which I can say I'm still not happy with but just have no idea what it is I truly want. I want clean, crisp, eye catching and not cartoonish but what's left.
I want to learn graphic design and be able to put my vision on the screen but don't you need an artistic mind first? I've been playing around with a website I found called Logaster where you can design a logo yourself. The site is super easy where you put in your company name, slogan and business type. After that you pick the design you like but you can edit the graphic, colors and font along with adding a drop shadow.
Here's something I created in about 10 minutes but in playing around a bit more I'm seeing that with more time and patience I have my choice of hundreds and hundreds of graphics.
You can download a small (up to 70 px) PNG of the logo for free but if you want a full size logo they have reasonable pricing. For $4.99 a month you can do up to 2 logos a month and for $9.99 you can do up to 5 logos a month. In addition there's no set up fees and you can pay monthly. What I like, you can see how creative you can be for free.
Oh, here's the 70 px of the log I created. Not too bad for a media kit or signature.
Keep your eyes open, you may be seeing yet another change to this site in the near future.
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iPhone / Android App
iPhone / Android App
OVMS is an odd acronyn that sounds too much like "ovum" which is an egg. "Ovums" is grammatically incorrect as "ova" is the plural of ovum. Since eggs have nothing to do with cars or car monitoring it would make more sense to be called Monitoring Open Vehicle System (MOVS) or "moves" for car monitoring.
And, of course, it's 100% hackproof.
Interesting one but the one thing which i did not understood is what do you mean by SMS messaging plan on the SIM card is it type of any special plan or a normal message plan , please can you specify it.
software patents
I wonder when the official version is coming out. Our Roadsters have GSM built in and Tesla has promised an App for our cars for several months (perhaps almost a year by now). So tired of waiting for the official release :(
I believe many people have seen the Roadster app being demo'd and it was promised to make its way to owners sometime in summer 2012. It looks like Tesla has abandoned Roadster owners. None of these promised options have been released.
Very Cool Teck!
What functions of the car will be monitored? Is it a passive system or will the app be able to actually control functions in the car? How long till a beta test version is available?
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Can someone help, please? I downloaded the Model S iPhone app, but I can't get past the password. I've tried all passwords I've used with Tesla, but no joy..."message email/password incorrect". Does anyone know how to set up the mobile app?
Check your browser's stored passwords to be sure the one you used on the app matches the one you used to post here.
If it matches, you'll either have to redownload the app (corrupted maybe?) or get Tesla to clear it up for you.


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In this recipe from Polite Provisions, Imbibe's 2014 Bar of the Year, bourbon, crème de cacao and vanilla prove friendly companions, indeed.
2 oz. bourbon
3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz. crème de cacao (light or dark)
1/2 oz. vanilla syrup
Combine all ingredients and shake with ice. Strain into an ice-filled glass and garnish.
Vanilla Syrup: Combine 1 cup of granulated sugar with 1/2 cup of water over medium-high heat and stir until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, add 1 split vanilla bean and cool to room temperature. Strain into a glass jar and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
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If your firm wants to obtain a GSA contract but does not manufacture the products it sells, then a letter of supply is needed. GSA sometimes also refers to this as a Letter of Supply (LOS), or occasionally a Letter of Commitment. This requirement is noted in Clause I-FSS-644 – Dealers and Suppliers of the Solicitation.
A GSA Letter of Supply serves this purpose:
If you are is a dealer or reseller of a product, you must ask your supplier/manufacturer for a Letter of Supply for each brand offered.
This letter must be
The solicitation contains a Letter of Supply template.
This image is an example of a GSA Letter of Supply / Letter of Commitment
Check your GSA solicitation for a current template. Or see bottom of this page for the text of Letters of Supply.
This is a common question, and quite often, if you asked a GSA contracting officer, they would answer yes. Less experienced CO's would almost certainly respond yes.
Also, GSA solicitations tend to suggest that a GSA LOS is mandatory. Take for example GSA IT Schedule 70. In the solicitation's general proposal instructions, it states that GSA may reject offers that do not include a letter of supply if the firm is not the manufacturer.
Later it states that a LOS is not required for used or refurbished equipment under SIN 133-9, which to many, implies it is necessary in all other cases.
But GSA's actual policy is quite the opposite. A Contracting Officer is required only to determine if your firm has a sufficient source of supply. GSA's policy is that a LOS is not needed so long as other evidence is submitted that substantiates the vendor has an acceptable source of supply.
At the 2012 GSA Expo, Mark Lee, Policy Chief, Office of Acquisition Management in the GSA Federal Acquisition made this point quite clear, as shown in the following brief video clip. The Office of Acquisition Management is responsible for establishing the standards and framework for managing the acquisition workforce under policy established by the GSA Chief Acquisition Officer. The Office of Acquisition Management leads, supports and facilitates the review of Federal Acquisition Service programs and procedures.
Go to the 3 minute mark for the LOS Q&A:
The following is the suggested text for a Letter of Supply for firms seeking to obtain a GSA IT Schedule 70:
GSA Product Supply Letter
(Letter must be on company Letterhead and signed by a corporate officer)
[Company Name]
[Company Address]
[Company Address Line 2]
[City State Zip]
Re: Letter of Supply for FCS Group 70
Solicitation #FCIS-JB-980001B
(Manufacturer's or Other "Uninterrupted Supplier's" Name) agrees that it will supply [Offeror's Name], Inc. with sufficient quantities of the offered product(s) to meet the Government's needs for the duration of the contract period and any extensions thereof.
(Manufacturer's or Other "Uninterrupted Supplier's" Name) certifies that all products proposed for inclusion on the Contract or any subsequent contract modification are newly manufactured products, that are of a type customarily used by the general public or by non-governmental entities for purposes other than governmental purposes, and are sold, leased, or licensed in the course of normal business operations to the general public.
The discount being offered to [Offeror's Name] is _______. [Offeror's Name] is classified as a (insert dealer/distributor type) pursuant to (insert name and date of any agreement between the supplier and reseller).
(Manufacturer's or "Other Uninterrupted Supplier's" Name) hereby states that each end product to be delivered under this contract is aU.S. made end product, a designated country end product, aCaribbeanBasin country end product, a Canadian end product, or a Mexican end product as defined in the FAR clause 52.225-5 TRADE AGREEMENTS (Aug 2009). Any Trade Agreements clauses other than 52.225-5, are not acceptable.
(Manufacturer's or "Other Uninterrupted Supplier's" Name) agrees to notify [Offeror's Name] no less than thirty (30) days before any of the following:
(Manufacturer's or "Other Uninterrupted Supplier's" Name)Dunn and Bradstreet number is _____________________.
(Manufacturer's or "Other Uninterrupted Supplier's" Name)production point for product(s) submitted for this solicitation is:
Manufacturer's Name
City, State, Zip County
Telephone, Fax
Title (Must be signed by a CORPORATE OFFICER)
This is the format for a Letter of Supply for other GSA Products Schedules.
Letter of Supply Template* – Offerors/Contractors – this is the approved GSA format for Letters of Supply – please forward this to your supplier with the appropriate Solicitation number (if this is for a new offer) or contract number (if this is for adding a new product line or an extension)
[Submitted on Supplier Letterhead]
[Date (must be within 12 months of offer submittal)]
[Supplier Name**]
[Supplier Point of Contact (POC)]
Re: Letter of Supply
Dear [Offeror POC],
This Letter of Supply is in reference to the offer that [Offeror Name] submitted in response to the General Services Administration's Solicitation/Contract [enter Solicitation Number if a new offer, or Contract number if an existing contract].
In the event that [Offeror Name] is awarded a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract under the aforementioned solicitation number, [Supplier Name] will assure an uninterrupted source of supply, with sufficient quantities of product, for the duration of the contract period.
[Supplier Name] understands that all products and services that are offered on MAS contracts must be compliant with the Trade Agreements Act (TAA) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) As such, all products supplied by [Supplier Name] to [Offeror Name] will be TAA compliant. You will be notified immediately upon discovery of any changes in the Country of Origin of supplied products.
[Supplier Name] understands that if they certify that the products being supplied meet or exceed the minimum content levels established under the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPGs)*** program then they must furnish [Offeror Name] proof in the form of a copy of the certification from the manufacturer or a copy of the environmental organization's certification in order for [Offeror Name] to be allowed to display the appropriate environmental attributes on their GSA contract. The percentage of the recovered materials and post-consumer materials must also be provided to the offeror/contractor.
[Supplier Name] understands that if no proof of the environmental attributes being claimed is provided then the offeror will not be allowed to display the applicable environmental attribute icon.
The person whose signature appears below is authorized to make the commitments noted above.
[Signed by a company official authorized to make the commitment]
*The above is a mandatory template and will constitute the first page of the Letter of Supply. Although the content of the template is sufficient, Suppliers may attach additional verbiage in subsequent pages as long as the verbiage does not contradict the statements made above.
**Please note that "Supplier" name is synonymous with "Manufacturer" and/or "Distributor."
*** The EPA maintains a list of EPA-designated products in their CPGs to provide Federal agencies purchasing recommendations on specific products in several Recovered Materials Advisory Notices (RMANs). Each RMAN contains recommended recovered and post-consumer material content levels for the specific products designated by EPA (40 CFR part 247 and EO 13423: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management). Visit the CPG web site at http://www.epa.gov/cpg to view the current list of products that must comply with Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPGs). Also, CPG supporting documentations and background information (such as RMANs) can be found at http://epa.gov/cpg/backgrnd.htm.


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Lakes Medical Services Trust
Lakes Medical Services Trust is a registered Charitable Trust that has grown from a small private event based ambulance service called Lakes Event Medic.
Lakes Medical Services Trust offers a wide range of services including but not limited to:
- Event medical cover.
- Training.
- Private Transfers.
As a newly developed trust, Lakes Medical Services has been formed based around seven objectives. These objectives define the focus and services that are closely monitored by a dedicated board of Trustees. This ensures transparency of all transactions all growth is objective based.
Charitable Objects
The objects and purpose of The Trust shall be:
- To provide safe, affordable medical services to clubs, schools, charities and other organisations during their activities with a focus on promoting general safety and well being for all involved.
- To provide quality, affordable recognised first aid training to clubs, schools, charities and small businesses in an attempt to promote safety in their workplace, homes, organisations and community.
- To provide training, experience and encouragement to young persons and the community through volunteer based involvement in events, teaching, transfers and other medical service opportunities thus encouraging personal growth, development and self value for all involved.
- To provide a personalised ambulance based transfer option for those in need, due to disability, illness, or end of life journey. This can be for (but not limited to) appointments, discharges, hospice treatment or transferring a patient closer to home and family.
- To provide professional medical services to those in need without distinction of race, culture, class or religion making medical services more affordable and accessible for all in their time of need.
- To provide consumers and the general public with a choice of supplier as outlined in the Health and Disability Act.
- To provide a service to the community in the event of any disaster or where other services require assistance to respond.
Courses are being planned for groups over 2019. If you or your group would like to book a course please feel free to contact myself via phone or e-mail.
We will make the course to suit your interest / work focus and set the dates together.
Currently we have new courses including a Youth First Aid and On-site First Aid. These are practical based courses aimed at a relaxed practical learning within the school, club or work place.


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These are fun to make (and eat!) They can be used for dipping in salsa or guacamole, or making enchiladas, wraps or quesadillas.
To shape them you can either roll them with a rolling pin or use a tortilla press (I use an Indian Chapati maker *, similar to a tortilla press). For easy removal from the press I place the dough ball between 2 sheets of sturdy plastic food freezer bag ~ (I take one bag and split it open on 3 sides, like a book.)
* Click HERE to see the Chapati maker.
Spinach Tortillas
16 tortillas (I usually halve this recipe)
3/4 cup hot tap water
1/2 10-ounce package no-salt-added froxed spinach, thawed, drained and squeezed
1 cup all-purpose flour (I use whole wheat)
1 cup masa harina (find it along with other flours in the market)
1 tablespoon olive or canola oil
1/4 teaspoon salt (I omit)
Flour for shaping the tortillas (and for flouring the board if you are rolling out with a rolling pin)
In a food processor or blender, puree water and spinach, add remaining ingredients and pulse until a ball forms (add a little more flour if mixture is to wet.) With floured hands form dough into a ball, either leave in processor bowl with lid on, or wrap in plastic. Allow dough to rest for 15 minutes.
With your floured hands on a lightly floured surface roll into a rope shape about 16 inches long. Cut cross-wise into 16 one-inch pieces. With your hands roll each into a ball. Roll each cylinder into a ball.
Preheat a non-stick pan or griddle (or seasoned cast iron pan or griddle) over medium heat.
With a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface, roll each ball into a 6-inch thin round pancake (as close to round as you can make it, it doesn't really matter.) OR, place dough ball between the plastic film as described above, and press in the tortilla press. Remove from plastic carefully to avoid ripping; peeling the plastic from the raw tortilla.
Cook on the griddle or pan for 1 to 2 minutes. Turn tortilla over, pressing down about 10 seconds with a flat spatula, cook for 1 to 2 minutes. As they are done remove tortillas to a plate or cooling rack.
Store in an airtight plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 4 months.
To reheat, wrap tortillas in Aluminum foir and heat in a 350* (F) oven for 5 minutes or until heated through. Or put tortillas on a microwave-safe plate, cover loosely with plastic or damp paper towel and microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute, until heated through.
Yumm! Homemade tortillas!
(Recipe adapted from "The New American Heart Association Cookbook")
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CX Shenanigans:
Despite being tired from a long week, I wanted to get out on the dirt. I wanted the mental space of a ride, and the grins that complex corners and changing surface conditions give. Perhaps I should back back from that language, a ride, even one on dirt, isn't a magic bullet.I didn't roll out the other side of the ride a better human, or with a fresh outlook on life. I got to the end with a few moments of fear, several fun ones, and a need for more coffee.
I do want to give credit to Warrack for not only his commitment to the trails, but to current aesthetic standards. There was every kind of trail surface this morning, sandy, rocky, rooty, dry, slimy, and flat out mud bogs. So when at the furthest point of the ride, Waz was not only still hooking, but doing so on an off camber trail, I was impressed. He hit the big green clay (the slickest kind of clay) and went sideways, I was impressed he showed me the full drive side of his bike. Most people would have been worried about staying upright, he was obviously concerned I might be instagramming, and didnt want it to be a non drive shot.
Strava link.
D: 61.7km
A: 665m
D: 8.2km
A: 27m
PMPW: 86kg


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Your favorite game is BACK! It's time to play our beloved adult version of the schoolyard game duck-duck-goose. You'll speed up and slow down your hot masturbation technique on my command, over and over again, as I prolong your pleasure and tease you with my body…
I'll be stripping off a single item of clothing every time I squeal "goose!" And you'll pump away with all your might until I slow you down again… you better not come until I grant it to you. Now, let's play so you can liberate me from all my clothes this Independence Day!
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The American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) recently hosted it's national conference right in the Queen City. On the first day they hosted a phenomenal high school event called the Youth Energy Academy. It was nothing short of spectacular! In addition to learning more about the Energy Sector, students learned about career paths, participated in demonstrations, had a great lunch, a motivational speaker, a panel discussion and much more. To learn more about this organization and their scholarships visit: American Association for Blacks in Energy – Click Here
First Lady Michelle Obama Visits Wayne State for College Signing Day
It's graduation season and everybody is joining in the excitement. Many students will be heading off to college in the fall. As an Education Consultant I think that's great! However, what's more important is college graduation. Getting into college is not as important as completing college. First Lady Michelle Obama was recently in Detroit, MI to reiterate this point.
What Recent College Grads Are Making
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NCAA Responsibility to students
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Never Say Die! | Goonies Reunion & Sequel Talk
By Dave Campbell | April 29, 2009
Source: Empire
On March 17, 2009, in Hollywood, California all of The Goonies, Mikey (Sean Astin), Brand (Josh Brolin), Chunk (Jeff Cohen), Mouth (Corey Feldman), Data (Jonathan Ke Quan), Andy (Kerri Green), Stef (Martha Plimpton) and including director Richard Donner and producer Steven Spielberg reunited for the first time since they did the commentary for the DVD release over 8 years ago. This time they came together for the Empire 20th birthday issue photo shoot.
Anytime press of any kind interview one or more of The Goonies stars, questions are always asked about a and possibilities or developments on a sequel. This is what they had to say this time…
Richard Donner: "We tried for a long time. Steven and I had many meetings with writers but nothing stuck. It seemed disrespectful."
Corey Feldman: "So I guess the answer about the sequel is that there's always hope."
Donner: "No. No hope."
Sean Astin: "A year from now, ten years from now, 50 years from now, I'm absolutely convinced there'll be one. We'll figure it out. A sequel could be great. It could be shitty. You never know. But the original is the thing it is and no-one can ever change it."
So it looks like talk and nothing more. Why do they tease us like this all the time? It must be mentioned that nobody said die, so who knows if the kids who once searched for One Eyed Willy will end up in another adventure some day now that they are all grown up.
The full interview is in the new issue of Empire. You can also read more on what Corey Feldman had to say on his blog here.
In the meantime check out the portrait from the shoot below:
Now, what the F is Josh Brolin taling about in this interview below from almost 2 years ago?!?
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Pistons hope to stay sharp vs. Pelicans
(SportsNetwork.com) - The Detroit Pistons look to keep trending upward when they host the New Orleans Pelicans Wednesday at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
The Pistons have won two in a row and nine of their last 10 games, including Monday's 114-111 triumph over the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. Brandon Jennings, who is averaging 22.7 points and 7.4 assists in his last nine games, poured in 34 points on 11-of-22 shooting to go with 10 assists.
"Brandon was unbelievable," Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy said. "He just put us on his back and carried us."
Jennings came up with a big steal at the end to prevent a Toronto comeback. The Raptors had a 47-33 lead at one point until the Pistons rallied.
Greg Monroe recorded 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Andre Drummond collected 10 points and 14 boards for Detroit, which used a 22-8 run for a 72-70 lead and has won six in a row on the road.
In his last four games, Monroe is posting 20.0 points and 14.3 rebounds. He has recorded seven straight double-doubles.
Detroit has scored 100 or more points in 11 of the last 13 games and is 5-14 at The Palace of Auburn Hills. It will visit Indiana on Friday.
Meanwhile, the Pelicans have lost five in a row on the road and began a five- game trek with Monday's 108-100 loss to the Boston Celtics.
Anthony Davis was a monster on the floor with 34 points, nine rebounds, four assists and three blocks. Eric Gordon had 21 points and Tyreke Evans added 19 and eight boards for New Orleans, which is 6-14 on the road and lost for the fourth time in the last six tries overall.
"We just have to be better," Pelicans coach Monty Williams said. "We've seen we can play at a high level."
The Pelicans weren't able to build on their previous win over Memphis and they also topped Houston on Jan. 2.
New Orleans will also visit Philadelphia, Toronto and New York on the sojourn, and will play the first of two meetings with Detroit. The Pelicans will host the Pistons on March 4 and took both encounters last season.
Detroit is winless in the last four games in this series. Jennings averaged 26.5 points against the Pelicans last season.


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Dutch blasphemy law to fall and Irish one may follow
Laws criminalising blasphemy are set to be struck down soon in the Netherlands and may disappear in Ireland, but rising tensions in economically battered Greece seem to be reviving pressure to prosecute offences against God.
Blasphemy appears more frequently in headlines from the Muslim world, where countries such as Pakistan or Saudi Arabia readily punish perceived critics of Islam, but a lesser known trend is a general movement in Europe away from such laws.
Cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed and works of art seen as offensive to Islam have angered many Muslims in Europe and beyond in recent years, sometimes sparking violent protests. Yet attacks on religion no longer seem to shock most Europeans.
In the Netherlands, scrapping a 1932 blasphemy law became an issue last year after a court undermined it by acquitting far-right leader Geert Wilders on charges of inciting hatred against Muslims.
Ireland opened a constitutional convention last Saturday to consider a major reform of the political system, including removal of a blasphemy law only passed in 2009.
Greece is a major exception. The producer, director and actors in a play depicting Jesus and his Apostles as gay were charged this month with blasphemy after protests by priests and right-wingers, including deputies from the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party
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