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It simmers, boils,
courses through me.
Hands warming my breasts;
caressing my thighs.
Luxuriant oils are
like the life force.
Dancing tongues and roaming fingers.
Exploring uncharted territories.
Gyrations, undulations, and titillations.
Clenching fists and curling toes.
The tide rises;
the water level is ever high.
Together we ride the waves
and discover the prize.
By Raeanne G. Roy. All rights reserved.


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2 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
1 free-range egg yolk
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Nuclear scintigraphy or a "bone scan" involves injecting the horse with a radioactive compound labeled with a bone seeking agent. The agent circulates through the blood and is taken up by the bone. There is a normal distribution throughout the skeletal system, while an injury results in an increase in radiopharmaceutical uptake also known as a "hotspot". The horse stands in front of the gamma camera for imaging. The radioactivity is very safe for the horse, but certain guidelines must be followed, such as limiting client visits on the day of the exam and keeping the horse overnight following the bone scan.
Nuclear scintigraphy has two phases: a soft tissue phase, performed within 20 minutes after injection of the radiopharmaceutical, and a bone phase, done 2 hours after injection. Because of the short time frame the soft tissue phase is available, usually one region of interest is imaged. The bone phase can focus on one area or can image the entire body.


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First, let me preface the title of this post. It's definitely worth seeing if you like action movies with a lot (I mean a lot) of people get killed (partially blown apart), destruction through explosion and other forms and a tonne of gun fire and knife work (which is faster?).
If you're still with me and like that stuff, I think you will enjoy this movie. There's nothing like getting all the older action heroes together in one movie. When they're all in one place, it's crazy to think that Stallone looks the best of Bruce and Arnie. Wow, Arnie is looking old. Politics have definitely aged him. No more action movies for him.
Sly did a great job putting together an entertaining team of mercenaries. From Jet Li to Jason Statham, Terry Crews to Randy Couture and Sly's Rocky nemesis, Dolph Lundgren (who knew he was still around). Plus the one and only Mickey Rourke (acts like a kind of conscious/therapist) and bad guys Steve Austin (Stone Cold) and Eric Roberts.
Sly is a good screenwriter and director. This movie was a great mix of action (more than anything), sarcastic humour and even some emotion. As Sly has said in some interviews, he needed to get this movie made and soon, as all these guys aren't getting any younger. The age card is played up a bit also, which is fun.
There is great chemistry between Sly and Jason. I see more movies together in their future. The supporting characters of Jet, Dolph, Terry and Randy bring their special something to the table. Jet has his "small" issues and has to work harder than everyone else because of his size. Dolph, well he's just that, Dolph. A big galoot. Terry loves the power of a good gun and wow, the gun that he uses is unbelievable. Wait until he shoots that off. Blood sure does fly. Which is a bit disturbing that I found it funny when he did it. One of Randy's best scenes is a meeting of the old and new power in fighting entertainment. Let's just say it's the UFC vs the WWE. Remember Stone Cold Steve Austin is in this movie also.
Now, I know this is no Oscar winning movie, but over the past few weeks I've spent some money going to see the new movies, including Eat Pray Love and Scott Pilgrim and I have to say that this is the best money that I've spent going to see a movie this summer (not including The A-Team, but that was way back in June). I came out of it actually smiling, just like I did out of The A-Team. Maybe I just figured something out about the movies I enjoy in theatres. Rom-Coms are for DVD and action movies are for the theatre. I know, I'm just catching up to the obvious. So check it out if you need a break from the world and just want to see a bunch of older guys blow things up and save the day!
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The Transpurrter (Japanese 転がしニャン次郎) is a Melynx seen living within Yukumo Village.
The Transpurrter has a rather peaceful personality, though speaks in a rough manner.
Not much is really known about the Transpurrter's past. What is known is that he hates stealing, unlike most Melynx. From this, the Transpurrter is considered to be a rarity among them. In society, he transports and delivers a vast variety of items to any who request such from him. He usually transports items belonging to hunters in the field, though can sometimes be a delivery service for not just the Hunter's Guild, but also for some Lynian tribes.
He wears an eyepatch, a blue cape with a bell, and a hat in the shape of a Lynian's parts. The Transpurrter is also known to have a stem in his mouth and to roll around on a small barrel.


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School Visits
Facilitated by experienced educators and docents and offered during the academic school year, Skirball school outreach programs are designed specifically for classes in Pre-K–Grade 12. Learn more...
Private Tours
Groups of 10 or more are invited to book a private, docent-led tour of the Skirball's permanent exhibition Visions and Values: Jewish Life from Antiquity to America and select changing exhibitions throughout the year. Also available are "Spotlight Tours," which focus on a particular theme within Visions and Values. Tours are geared to adults, seniors, and students ages 13 and over. We are currently unable to facilitate tours for children 12 and under.
Currently, the Skirball is accepting private tour requests for the following:
- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tour
- Visions and Values: Jewish Life from Antiquity to America Tour
- Spotlight Tour: Architecture and Gardens
As of September 1, 2018, the per-person fee for a private tour is $12.
- Per-person fees for private tours apply to all members of your group, including Skirball Members.
- All private tours must be booked and pre-paid at least three weeks in advance of the desired visit date, so be sure to plan ahead. All tour dates and times are subject to availability.
- Private tours are conducted during regular Museum hours, when members of the public are welcome in the galleries. For information on booking a gallery for exclusive, after-hours use by your group, please email email@example.com.
- When you request a private tour, you will have a chance to ask about booking a private catered meal for your group. To learn more about group dining options, click on Group Dining below.
- After we receive your private tour request form, a Skirball representative will call to arrange your private tour, plus dining services if requested.
Not coming with a group of 10 or more but still want a guided tour?—On an ongoing basis, the Skirball offers docent-led public tours of Visions and Values and select changing exhibitions during regular Museum hours. These public tours tours are open to all visitors and included with Museum admission, with no reservations necessary and no group minimum required. View the current schedule of docent-led public tours.
Climb aboard Noah's Ark—Groups of 10 or more are welcome to reserve self-guided group visits to Noah's Ark at the Skirball from September through May. These may be booked on Wednesdays and Fridays between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. Please check back in September for more information!
Group Admission
Groups of 10 or more are welcome to explore the Skirball from September through May. All group visits must be booked and pre-paid at least two weeks in advance of the desired visit date, so be sure to plan ahead.
Book a private tour—Groups of 10 or more are invited to book a private, docent-led tour of the Skirball's permanent exhibition Visions and Values: Jewish Life from Antiquity to America and of select changing exhibitions throughout the year. Advance reservations and pre-payment are required. Click on Private Tours above to learn more about booking a private guided tour for your group.
Book a self-guided group visit—Groups of 10 or more who wish to explore the Skirball's permanent exhibition Visions and Values: Jewish Life from Antiquity to America and select changing exhibitions throughout the year without the benefit of a private, assigned docent are welcome to take advantage of group admission discounts. The per-person fees for a self-guided group visit are as follows:
$9 General, Seniors (65 and up), and Full-Time Students with ID
$6 Children 2–12
FREE to Children under 2
- To qualify for the group admission discount, your group must pay for at least 10 group members, regardless of whether any of the 10 is a Skirball Member. Any Skirball Members in your group beyond the minimum of 10 may, however, be admitted for free.
- Group admission discounts may only be redeemed when you book and pre-pay your self-guided group visit at least two weeks in advance of your desired visit date. Group admission discounts may not be redeemed without advance reservation.
- To book your group for a self-guided visit, call (877) SCC-4TIX or (877) 722-4849, Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Climb aboard Noah's Ark—Private, docent-led tours are not available for Noah's Ark at the Skirball™, but groups of 10 or more may reserve self-guided visits to Noah's Ark on Wednesdays and Thursdays at the discounted admission rates indicated above. Learn more…
Group Dining
The Skirball is pleased to offer several options for enjoying lunch with your fellow group members.
Plan a delicious catered meal in a private room—When booking a private guided tour of one of our exhibitions through the online request form (click on Private Tours above to learn more about private tours and to access the online Private Guided Tour Request Form), be sure to indicate your interest in arranging a private catered meal.
Savor lunch at Zeidler's Café—Zeidler's Café is open Tuesday–Saturday, 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., and Sundays, 11:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Beverages and desserts are served until 4:30 p.m. If you wish to dine at Zeidler's Café on the day of your group visit, please indicate so when you fill out your online Private Guided Tour Request form or when you speak with the Skirball representative to book your group visit. He/she will make the café reservation on your behalf, subject to availability.
Grab a bite from Zeidler's Cart—Pick up grab-and-go gourmet sandwiches and salads, as well as an array of tasty sides and snacks, available for purchase at Zeidler's Cart. The cart is open Tuesday–Saturday, 11:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., and Sundays, 11:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Tables and chairs around campus are available—on a first-come, first-served basis only—for visitors to enjoy meals purchased from Zeidler's Cart.
Bring your own lunch—Enjoy food from home while at the Skirball. However, please note that food and beverages are strictly prohibited in the Museum galleries, and that tables and chairs around campus may not always be available and may not be reserved.


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By: Rep. Allen West for Human Events
President Barack Obama has built a foreign policy on trying to appease and make friends with America's enemies, rather than facing them head on with strength and clear consequences for their actions. The president's approach, marked by his belief that he could transition from a community organizer to a global organizer, has been an utter failure. The president has diminished our nation's international influence and stature, and most egregiously, has put the lives of all Americans in peril.
In the days since the attacks on our embassies and consulates on the 11th of September, we have seen a president and his administration demur, deflect, and mislead the American people. Vice President Joe Biden says on the campaign trail that "GM is alive, and Osama is dead." Tragically, so is our Ambassador to Libya.
President Obama's community organizer roots have given him a naïve assumption. He believes he can get everyone in one room and with time, they will all eventually get along. Anyone who studies history and understands the global threat America faces today, understands that in order for "peace, love and happiness," not only do all parties involved need to be willing to try, but they actually have to have the same goal.
America's enemies are emboldened
This president's foreign policy failure has made America's enemies ever more emboldened and our allies feeling even more abandoned. In his recent speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President Obama repeated six times that the recent attacks on Sovereign United States territories across the Islamic world were caused by a Youtube movie. He refused to use the words "terrorist attack" in referring to the events in Benghazi. He also warned to the assembled nations "The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam." He is either incapable or unwilling to acknowledge a radical fundamental Islamist enemy that will stop at nothing to destroy our way of life.
These statements, and others like them, play right into the hands of our enemies. When President Obama infers America deserves blame for unprovoked attacks, our enemies see their horrendous actions justified, making them ever move brazen.
The fact that a U.S. Ambassador was in such a thinly guarded, unsecure facility on Sept. 11 demonstrates an administration completely disengaged from the reality of the world and his own foreign policy. Several attacks leading up to this incident should have provided a last minute warning. Documented reports show Egypt knew an attack was being planned and alerted the Obama Administration days before, yet this President ignored it and looked the other way.


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With the NCAA FB 2nd week of the Regular Season ready to begin we preview the game between the Bulls of South Florida playing at the Seminoles of Florida State with the game being played on the Saturday the 12th of Sept. 2015 at the Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida with kick-off scheduled for 11:30 PM ET and seen on ESPN. The early odds if you Bet on College football have the Seminole favored at -27 ½, and the underdog Bulls at +27 ½ win no early lines for the totals or money line.
In their 1st game FSU was able to rout the Bobcats of Texas State to win their opener in Tallahassee. Fans are wondering will the Seminole make a 2 straight wins with a victory over the Bulls of South Florida.
For the Bulls of South Florida fans, surely you know the Bulls head coach W. Taggart is struggling as his team in 2014 had just 2 wins and some 10 losses. However, the coach had a win this past weekend over the Rattlers of Florida A&M 51-3 and now his hot seat is somewhat cooler.
Now he seeks to upset the Seminole to give more security in his job, which is a huge task, considering a road game against 10th ranked FSU at home. The Bulls in their last 10 games on the road are 7-3 against the spread.
In the game last week against the Rattlers the Bulls showed a offense that was very balanced with 275 yards gained rushing, and 282 yards passing, as starting QB Q. Flowers passed for 2 TD's and accumulated some 142 yards passing. Back-up QB S. Bench also passed for 2 TD's on 127 yards passing. While WR E. Dillon had 128 yards on receptions and scored 1 TD.
Naturally, the Bulls fans can't expect their team to have the same success against FSU, and their defense will have to be at its best if they expect to stay in the game. Also, their secondary that returns 3 starters from 2014 will have to step up their play to limit the FSU strong passing game.
For the football fans of the Seminoles of Florida State, you know the weather in Tallahassee suits the Seminole new starting QB E. Golson as his performance showed in their last Saturdays win over the Bobcats of Texas State, as QB Golson passed for 4 TD's and a total of 304 yards in his 1st start at FSU. Thus QB Golson will seek to continue his hot performance when the Bulls of South Florida visit Tallahassee this coming Saturday the 12th of Sept. 2015.
Not only did the FSU passing game excel, but so did their running game that was led by RB D. Cook who had 158 yards of the Seminoles 268 total yards rushing, plus RG Cook scored 2 TD's. Also RB M. Pender rushed for 90 yards and scored 1 TD.
On defense the Seminole will depend on their defensive unit to limit the Bulls as they did the Bobcats last weekend, allowing the Bulls to gain a total of just 300 yards in total. The Bobcats has only 17-1st downs while the Seminoles had 30-1st downs in that game.
The FSU 'Noles' have a winning streak of 18 games in Tallahassee, and are undefeated at home in the Capitol of Florida since back in the 2013 season. The prediction for this game is that the Seminoles will cover the spread and beat the Bulls of South Florida 42-13.


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During last days I've had high fever (at least +39 C at the moment) for a new iMac. I have a MacBook (not a pro model) now and I am especially longing for a bigger screen. Of course more power and speed would be nice too. I have already decided the possible iMac model too: basic 21.5′ iMac (2.5 GHz i5 processor) with 8 Gb memory plus Magic Trackpad (I've already have a Magic Mouse). I think that quite basic model is just nice for me (all I want) and it will be a big leap forward from my MacBook. It will cost about 1300 euros which is at my limit at the moment.
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Are you sure you want that glossy screen for image editing? The iMac is a great bargain but the screen, while wonderful, is super saturated and reflective.
You also might consider a 13″ MacBook Pro and get a matte screen from a third party. It won't be a thunderbolt screen but maybe that's less important than matte and decent color calibration.


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Union defeats move to subvert Award
A nursing home has failed in a bid to get rid of 13 assistant nurses who refused to give up their monthly rostered day off.
The Nurses Association defeated a move by the Calvary Retirement Community home at Cessnock to abolish the 19-day month and declare the 13 AINs redundant.
The Industrial Relations Commission ruled in favour of the nurses and the Association.
Commission Deputy President Rod Harrison said management had tried to create a 'legal fiction' to subvert the nurses' Award and remove their Award entitlement to a 19-day month by duress.
'The nurses felt it just wasn't fair to take away a right that we had fought for way back, so we decided to stand our ground,' said Bronwyn Downing, president of the NSWNA branch at Calvary.
'The members should be commended for sticking together and winning back what they were entitled to,' she said.
NSWNA General Secretary Brett Holmes said: 'The Commission's decision vindicates the nurses' stand and is damning of the management position.'
Calvary is a 216-bed high-care facility owned by the Little Company of Mary Health Care, which operates health and aged care services in five States and Territories.
The Little Company of Mary bought the home from the Hunter New England Area Health Service in 2002. The sale agreement included transitional funding from the Area Health Service.
Nurses employed at the time of the sale maintained their public sector Award pay rates and conditions under a framework agreement between the Association and the State government.
Transitional funding ceased at the end of last year after Calvary management failed to gain additional funding.
Management then embarked on a cost-cutting exercise to abolish the rostered day off by reducing shift lengths from 8 hours to 7 hours 36 minutes.
As well as losing the RDO nurses would also have lost a tea break and suffered a reduction in handover time and contract hours for permanent part timers.
The NSWNA branch unanimously rejected the cut in hours, saying they were not prepared to sacrifice their Award entitlement to a 19-day month in favour of a 20-day month.
Management then announced that all 8-hour shift positions were 'redundant' and 31 AINs and four RNs were therefore 'surplus to requirements'.
Management said all 33 nurses, who had transferred from Hunter Area Health in 2002, would be involuntarily relocated back to the public sector under the framework agreement – probably to jobs in Newcastle, an hour's drive from Cessnock.
Bronwyn said it was nonsense to claim the nurses were 'surplus to requirements.'
'They were still rostered to work, still needed,' she said. 'And where were management going to find more nurses to replace them?'
She said relocation would have meant major disruption to family life. 'It would have meant driving two hours each day, plus the extra cost of petrol and parking – and some people don't drive or own a car.'
Calvary's senior management admitted during the Commission hearing that nurses were selected for relocation without taking into account their personal circumstances.
Deputy President Harrison noted that management 'acknowledged that the overwhelming majority of employees concerned are women, in their mid to late fifties, who have worked at the Calvary site for many years, live close by, and do not have a driver's licence.'
Under the threat of forced relocation, some AINs accepted the reduction in hours and forfeited their RDO while two quit their jobs.
The four RNs had a reprieve when management announced it would not seek to change their hours of work or relocate them.
The NSWNA filed unfair dismissal claims for the remaining 13 AINs who stood firm and refused to accept the hours cut or relocation.
In his judgement, Deputy President Harrison concluded that identifying staff as surplus under the framework agreement was a strategy to apply pressure on staff and the Area Health Service. The framework agreement could not be used in this way, he said.
'The strategic purpose was to bring the issue of additional funding from the Area Health Service to a head and to force staff to a choice between agreeing to change hours pursuant to the Award or lose their position (at Calvary),' he said.
'The notion that the full time positions are redundant in a new employment structure contemplating only part time positions is no more than a device of convenience in an attempt to create a legal fiction designed to avoid the rights held by the employees pursuant to their award to work a 19 day month.
'The intention of (Calvary) to achieve a 20 day month without agreement of the employees concerned, whether they are employed pursuant to the Public Hospital Nurses (State) Interim Award or the Nursing Homes, &c, Nurses' (State) Award, is an attempt to subvert operation of the industrial instruments and remove entitlements of employees by duress.'
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Heart Safe news: Our weekly update on what's happening in the world of heart safety and noninvasive cardiology
Cardiac Science donates AEDs for national Special Olympics
The Special Olympics USA National Games took place in Lincoln, Nebraska, last week and Cardiac Science was proud to be there.
Through our partnership with the Cornhusker Regional Chapter of the American Red Cross, we placed Powerheart G3 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in all the venues for the games, protecting 2,800 athletes, 1,000 coaches, 15,000 athletes' family members and friends and 30,000 spectators. More than 130 American Red Cross volunteers and staff members from the BryanLGH Health System provided medical services for the Games. The Red Cross recruited and trained volunteers for the Games' First Aid Team all year, providing training in CPR and AED use.
Florida First Coast youth programs get AEDs
The Andrew Cohn AED Project, created in honor of a young Georgia ballplayer who died of sudden cardiac arrest in May, spearheaded the donation of three automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to Georgia youth organizations earlier this month.
The Densmore Athletics Association, the Camden Riverdogs ball team, and Camden County High School each received a Powerheart AED. The defibrillators were donated by the Andrew Cohn Memorial Fund, Cardiac Science, and Rachel Moyer, founder of Parent Heart Watch. Moyer, whose son, Greg, collapsed and died during a baseball game in Pennsylvania 10 years ago, has helped hundreds of communities and schools obtain AEDs.
Moyer heard from friends at Cardiac Science about the project begun by Andrew Cohn's family, and traveled to Georgia to meet them. The recent donations grew out of that meeting.
"This is a rally for Andrew, knowing how he was and that he would want to give back, be a leader for this mission and safeguard his buddies and their families," Harold Cohn, Andrew's father, told FirstCoastNews.com. Read more of their AED donation story.
Boston Med documentary tells story of 6-year-old sudden cardiac arrest survivor
ABC's Boston Med is an eight-part documentary about three top Boston hospitals. Episode 5 includes the story of 6-year-old sudden cardiac arrest survivor Olivia Quigley who arrived at the Massachusetts General Hospital emergency room after suffering sudden cardiac arrest.
Her teachers had begun CPR, and EMTs arrived with a defibrillator to restart her heart. The series follows her from emergency room admission through recovery — which included getting an implantable defibrillator.


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The More We Try Lyrics
Artist: Kenny Loggins
Album: High Adventure
The More We Try
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Some lessons are forever
Never need to change
Write and the word is written
Then we turn the page
But some lessons take forever
Time and time again
Caught in a battle that you can't surrender
And can never win
You tried to make me the boy of your dreams
The ones that you never could find
You thought you saw your face in mine
The more we try, the more we just get lonely
Though you've shown me how
The things you say are true
The lesson learned
Is no concern
If you don't even know me
To need love is all I really learned from you
The more we try, the more we just get lonely
Though you've shown me how
The things you say are true
The lessons learned
Are no concern
Cause you don't even know me
Sure you've done what you can do
But when all our time is through
To be loved is all I ever needed of you
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text: On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, Zeki Mokhtarzada wrote: > When I run sensors (after running sensors-detect) I get the output below. > What am I doing wrong? I am running redhat 7.3 with the latest kernel > from redhat. nothing, except i don't believe any of the sensor packages work on this hardware (even though they seem to detect the appropriate hardware). the working method of using sensors is to install the dell openmanage application which uses the ESM (embedded server management) to access the various sensors via a loadable kernel module. regards, -jason


text: This made m think of my friend Eileen, who's 42 and an elite runner. She was close to the finish of a 10 mile race and a teenage hotshot who was keeping up with her kept worrying that a woman was going to beat him. She promised him she could tell he had the juice to pass her… and that she has a daughter his age. He pulled ahead and won and probably felt a lot better!


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Pictures the Gas Thugs at the Marcellus Shale Operators Crime Committee May Not Want You To See - an album on Flickr
They're the less photogenic, not exactly photographs, shots of the everyday, business as usual crimes against nature and humanity committed across Pennsylvania by the oil and gas industry.
These are not necessarily pictures of the spectacular--the drilling mud spills, the explosions, the truck accidents--and on and on.
Instead these are the pictures of the devastating and irreparable destruction that this psychopathic industry commits every single minute of every single day against the ecologies and their inhabitants, against precious and dwindling resources and the communities that depend on them, against the future of all of our children and theirs.
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The tremendous irony is that the Marcellus Shale Operators Crime Committee exists as a partnership between Pennsylvania law enforcement and the gas thugs.
You've got that right.
As Adam Federman shows, MSOCC is "a little-known intelligence-sharing network that brings together law enforcement, including the FBI, Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security, the oil and gas industry, and private security firms. Established in late 2011 or early 2012, the Marcellus Shale Operators' Crime Committee (MSOCC) is a group of "professionals with a law-enforcement background who are interested in developing working relationships and networking on intelligence issues," according to an email sent to group members by James Hansel, regional security manager for Anadarko Petroleum"(State police documents show intelligence-sharing network between law enforcement and Marcellus Shale drillers | News | Pittsburgh City Paper).
MSOCC's charge, in other words, is to
(a) keep us from exposing the crimes committed by the gas industry via, say pictures,
(b) use the police to intimidate us into silence when we do expose them--effectively criminalizing the exercise of our first amendment rights, and
(c) silence us.
Federman continues, "[t]he MSOCC has taken a keen interest in environmental activists and anti-fracking groups, according to documents obtained through a state Right to Know request. The collaboration raises questions about the increasingly close ties between law enforcement and the natural-gas industry in Pennsylvania, and whether law enforcement has violated the civil liberties of protesters and environmental groups in its effort to protect the state's most controversial industry."
That's putting it mildly.
When an officer like Mike Hutson can show up at the door of an activist who has exercised her or his constitutionally protected rights to freedom of expression, freedom of movement, freedom to travel public roads and document what she or he sees, and when that officer can simply appear without a warrant--there can be no other reason than that he has been co-opted and corrupted by a "partnership" whose reason for being is to suppress civil liberty.
But it's not just that Officer Hutson should be ashamed--as he surely should be. It's that he represents an agency--the Pennsylvania State Police--a state--The Commonwealth--private security firms (a polite name for paid surveillance mercenaries)--and an industry that operate collectively as a repressive regime against the people.
And "regime"is the right term.
The State Police, the state, the private security firms, the industry--are in fact populated by all the same people (virtually all white, virtually all male) who swap places in the ever upward game move of career advance. To say that this is all about money is an understatement.
It is, of course, but that's only because it's all about power and arrogance and entitlement and greed--a lethal cocktail that filters down through to the water table, to our wells, through our pores, into our lungs, tearing up our eyes, infiltrating the placentas of our developing babies--literally.
And yet they dare to call us the criminals.
Theirs' is a new definition of "crime."
From the point of view of power and arrogance and entitlement and greed, "crime" is "telling the truth."
To that crime, I plead guilty.
My pictures tell the truth.
What is that truth?
That the term "industry" is far too polite a name for an enterprise that, like the zombies on The Walking Dead, will eat anything, consume anything without conscience or foresight in order to survive.
These are violent images to be sure.
But they are not one iota more violent than the every day business as usual devastations captured by these pictures.
If only we could see that.
Wendy Lynne Lee


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It's quite fascinating to think that super heroes are real. Sometimes I like to imagine life could be an endless fantasy where anything is possible. Maybe it is, or maybe I am beginning to realize that everything you've been hoping for won't turn out the way you'd expect.
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Maybe I am beginning to lose faith in my dreams?
I've always been a pretty optimistic fellow. But as I age and realize we all have time working against us, sometimes it's just better to be realistic. Sometimes it's just better to enjoy the little things in life. Maybe that's why I love surfing so much. I think I've matured. I think I've realized that sometimes it's just better to keep things simple.
I guess as I age, so does everything and everyone else. I guess what I am trying to say, cherish the present and enjoy the simple things today.
Life can be as grand as you want it to be. Or life can be simple. Sometimes I wish I was a kid again, where I had nothing to worry about other than being a kid. Well, being an adult with a career has it's perks and it's definitely a lot of fun. However, I remember the days when I used to run around with my brother playing cops and robbers with the other boys in the neighborhood. I remember those were the good ol' days, a childhood to remember.
I guess as I age, so does everything and everyone else. I guess what I am trying to say, cherish the present and enjoy the simple things today. One of the reasons why I started this blog.
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This is an easy walk taking you right through the CBD to the scenic Wimmera River. It is able to be completed in your lunch hour to get your 30mins exercise per day.
This walk starts right in the city centre at the Horsham Post Office in Firebrace Street. From here the walk is a straight 2.22 km return along Firebrace Street. Along the way you may see the various shops Horsham has to offer along with some surprise attractions and places of interest. You may like to sit down and enjoy the sights of the river at the end of Firebrace Street or even walk a little further along the river track.
To enable enough time to enjoy your walk there are a few car parking options. In McLachlan Street there are 4hr parks both behind Spotlight and the Horsham Regional Library. If you decide to start your walk at the river, car parking should be freely available and unrestricted.
If not stopping to take in the attractions it should take around 30 mins. If wishing to take in all of the attractions and possibly some shopping along the way, allow a couple of hours.
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Renowned Australian bell sculptor Dr Anton Hassall was involved in the casting of the bell. "Littel Sister Bell" is suspended in the centre and chimes on the hour. Atop sits a corella figurine.
Images on the tiles reference changes in Horsham city life through the seasons. The pictures are children of the five Horsham Primary Schools individual reflections on their culture and environment
Mark Twain stayed here during a visit to Horsham in the 1880's
This environmental work by Michael Shiell was installed as part of the 2009 'Art is...Elemental' Festival. Michael's art practice is deeply seated in an ephemeral environmental response to the site.
One of the local Hotels in Horsham
One of the oldest hotels in town
This Original Horsham Letterbox inspired the design of the Post Office Bell sculpture in Firebrace St.
The outdoor 50m pool was built in 1957 after the Melbourne Olympics, the smaller pool in 1968 and the indoor heated polls in 2006. Also includes gym, Recreation Hall, Creche and cafe
Sir William Guilfoyle planned these gardens between 1873 and 1880. At teh time he was curator of the Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens and planned many rural botanical gardens
This was the original site of the showgrounds from 1879-1897 when a storm wrecked the grandstand and buildings. The site then became a recreational reserve and later city oval.
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300T Corn Drying Tower
This is a complete production line of 300T/D corn drying tower, we show our two Chile clients around the factory.
This is the corn drying tower's overall appearance. It is 26 meters high. On the left side of the three red pipe is hot air blower, the right of the blue part is dedusting equipment. Corn will be shipped up to the top through the green elevator, and then drying from top to bottom. The horizontal conveyor underground is used to transport corn to workshop.
Cleaning machine clean the weeds and dust in corn, then the belt conveyor ship the clean corn to storage bin. The coal stove provides the heat source. At the back of the blue house is sewage treatment pond.
The left is three hot air pipes, it is hierarchical heated. There is a blue cold wind pipe on the left side of the red pipe, it process the high temperature drying corn to normal temperature which is convenient to store. The electric control cabinet controls the stove and air pipes temperature.
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C++ AMP: N-Body Simulation Sample
My name is Bharath, I am an SDET on the C++ AMP team.
I worked on the NBody demo and wanted to share this project with you. You may have seen our PM (Daniel Moth) demonstrate at AMD Fusion Developer Summit and at Microsoft Build Conference (for the NBody demo watch - 0:03:00 through 0:08:00).
I ported the source code from the Microsoft DirectX SDK sample (you can download full DirectX SDK). You can get more information on nbody simulation on Wikipedia.
You can download the project with all sources from the zip file attached to this blog post. Refer to the README.txt for known issues. To build this project you need Visual Studio 11.
In later posts, I will walk you through this code and explain the different implementations used in this demo. Stay tuned.


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IMDB rating: 8.4 Aspect: 4:3; Languages: English; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese; Audio: Mono
Arguably the greatest of American films, Orson Welles's 1941 masterpiece, made when he was only 26, still unfurls like a dream and carries the viewer along the mysterious currents of time and memory to reach a mature (if ambiguous) conclusion: people are the sum of their contradictions, and can't be known easily. Welles plays newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. The result is that every well-meaning or tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event. Written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and photographed by Gregg Toland, the film is the sum of Welles's awesome ambitions as an artist in Hollywood. He pushes the limits of then-available technology to create a true magic show, a visual and aural feast that almost seems to be rising up from a viewer's subconsciousness. As Kane, Welles even ushers in the influence of Bertolt Brecht on film acting. This is truly a one-of-a-kind work, and in many ways is still the most modern of modern films from the 20th century.


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Following on from our early story about the linux.conf.au Regional Delegate Program, we'd like to announce the Victorian winner of the program. Congratulations to Grant "nevyn" Diffey, who beat an excellent field to take out the Victorian section. Congratulations also go to the runners up: Andrew Pam, Jan Smith and Paul Harrison. Grant is off to LCA, most expenses paid, courtesy of Sun Microsystems, who used to provide a room for LUV meetings. We'd like to thank all entrants for their excellent entries (it was very hard to decide), Sun for providing the funding for the RDP, and the linux.conf.au organizers for organizing the conference in the first place. Congratulations Grant!


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Millions of Motorists at Risk - Survey Shows 11% of Vehicles With at Least One Bald Tire
RMA Urge Motorists to Check Tread; Costs Just A Penny
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2009; A survey of more than 7,000 vehicles revealed that more than 11 percent had at least one bald tire, which can increase the risk of a crash, particularly in wet weather conditions that frequently occur during fall and winter months.
According to AAA, an estimated 33.2 million motorists will take to the road for Thanksgiving travel and that means nearly 4 million motorists could be at risk by driving on bald tires.
Additional alarming statistics revealed in a national motorist phone survey earlier this year found that 64% of car owners did not know how to check tread depth and 9% never check tread depth.
The surveys were sponsored by the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA), the national trade association of tire manufacturers in the U.S. RMA is urging motorists to regularly check tire tread depth and replace worn out tires before they become a serious safety risk.
"In this bad economy, drivers may be delaying necessary vehicle maintenance to save costs," said Charles Cannon, RMA president and CEO. "But that delay may cost you more dearly if worn out tires lead to a crash with injuries or fatalities."
According to RMA checking tread depth is simple and only costs a penny. To do the "penny test," take a penny; insert Abe Lincoln's head upside down into the tread. If you can see all of his head, your tire is 2/32nds of an inch deep or less and should be replaced.
Tires also have "wear bars" built into them. These are indicators that appear when you have worn your tread down to the limit. These indicators are raised sections spaced intermittently in the bottom of the tread grooves. When they appear "even" with the outside of the tread, it's time for tire replacement.
"Your tires literally keep your vehicle attached to the road," Cannon said. "Bald tires are dangerous because they cannot grip the road properly, they increase stopping distances and can contribute to skidding or loss of vehicle control."
Under wet weather conditions, bald tires can hydroplane, which can lead to a loss of vehicle control and increase the risk of a crash. When a vehicle hydroplanes, the tire is riding on a film of water.
Not only are too many motorists not paying attention to tread depth, they also are ignoring tire inflation pressure. Under inflated tires also pose a safety risk, wear out faster and increase vehicle fuel consumption.
A similar survey of more than 5,400 vehicles' tire pressure conducted in March-May 2009, RMA found:
-- Only 9% of vehicles had four properly inflated tires. -- 50% of vehicles had at least one under inflated tire. -- 19% of vehicles had at least one tire under inflated by 8 pounds per square inch (psi.)
Tire inflation pressure should be checked every month and before long trips. To properly check tire pressure, motorists should check once each month; check tires when cold -- before the vehicle is driven and; use the vehicle manufacturer's recommended pressure found on a label located on the driver's door or door post or check the owner's manual.
While basic tire maintenance only takes a few minutes each month, many tire retailers nationwide offer tire pressure and tread depth check at no charge.
RMA collected tire tread depth information from more than 7,000 vehicles in 15 states between September 1 and November 3. The data was collected by several tire retailers that participate in RMA's Be Tire Smart -- Play Your PART tire maintenance education program.
The Rubber Manufacturers Association is the national trade association for the rubber products industry. Its members manufacture various rubber products, including tires, hoses, belts, seals, molded goods, and other finished rubber products. All RMA press releases are available at www.rma.org.


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Kelsey's Invisalign Journey – Day One
My name is Kelsey and I am 28 years-old and a second time patient of Dr. Pitner. I had braces for years when I was younger. I got them in the third grade (I was the first of my friends and thought they were the coolest.) This photo of me is days after I Read More
How is Puppy Fur like Baby Teeth?
G'DAY, MATE! Buster here (I'm Dr. Pitner's Australian Labradoodle), and I am so excited for summer to finally begin. I know summer is just around the corner because I've been shedding my puppy coat. Australian labradoodles only shed once in our lives, when we lose our puppy fur and grow our permanent coat. It's kind Read More
New Beginnings – and Tears That Come With Them
I've spent about half of my life in school; 12 years from elementary through high school, four years in college, three years in grad school when I still wanted to go into art history, seven years of dental school, and a few more years of schooling here and there. After all that time, to me, Read More
"My Dentist Told Me I Couldn't Have Invisalign": Busting the Myths about Invisalign
Almost every day I meet someone who says "I'd love to have Invisalign®, but my dentist said I didn't qualify" or "My friend had Invisalign and said it doesn't work." And every time I get to tell them that EVERYONE can choose Invisalign for their orthodontic treatment if that is what they prefer. So why Read More
The Challenge of Patience – April Newsletter
Up Next on Your Reading List … Last month I talked about the value of effort in Angela Duckworth's "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance." It got me thinking about another book I really enjoyed. This one dives into our perception of talent and intelligence and how that influences the value we place on Read More
Is Invisalign right for you?
For some people, the thought of 1-2 years in braces sounds like serving time in teeth prison! If that is you, the great news is that we now have new and better options such as Invisalign. For those who don't know much about Invisalign, here is the "cut to the chase" version. Invisalign is a completely different Read More
A Brand-New Book — 9 Years in the Making – from Dr. Pitner
Happy New Year! I hope 2017 is off to a great start for everyone. I know these first weeks have been very exciting for me. As of this month, I am now a published author, and my book, Improve Your Smile, Transform Your Life: A Guide to Orthodontics for Adults, is now available. Getting my Read More
The Best Kept Secret in Orthodontics – Hidden Lingual Braces
Did you know that you can straighten your teeth invisibly with no aligners to remove or anything covering up your smile? It's true with lingual braces – the best kept secret in orthodontics. Getting a better smile can be your secret with braces that are hidden on the back of your teeth (best known as Read More
The Straight Up Newsletter – November 2016
All the Little Things Several years ago, a friend of mine from England came to visit during Thanksgiving. I went up to meet her in Chicago, and as we drove through the city, you could see that practically every store was closed for the holiday. Of course, they don't have Thanksgiving in Great Britain, so Read More
All The Little Things
Several years ago, a friend of mine from England came to visit during Thanksgiving. I went up to meet her in Chicago, and as we drove through the city, you could see that practically every store was closed for the holiday. Of course, they don't have Thanksgiving in Great Britain, so she was a bit Read More


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ANALYSIS: Attacking Jews remains a radical Islamist guiding motivation
The method used by the terrorist was simple, but the plan was sophisticated, daring and creative, testifying to a meticulous process.
Mail bombs are nothing new. Israeli intelligence used the method in 1956 to assassinate a colonel in Egyptian intelligence in Gaza, and in the 1960s to attack former Nazis and German scientists working in Egypt.
Later, mail bombs were sent to senior figures in the Palestinian terrorist organizations.
These groups retaliated in kind, delivering similar bombs to Israeli diplomats and emigres.
The choice to use two international carriers – Federal Express and UPS – reflects professional planning and a careful choice of material, timing and targets.
The packages were concealed in printer ink cartridges filled with PETN explosives.
One of the explosive charges was meant to be set off with a timing mechanism, another with a cell phone's SIM card.
The timing of the operation was far from coincidental: The bombs were meant to explode near or on Tuesday, the day of the U.S. midterm elections.
The timing and target – Jewish-American communities – seem to indicate that Al-Qaida did it, and the Yemeni origin of the packages appears to show that the group behind it was the so-called Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
Yemenis have been commanders in Al-Qaida ever since Osama bin Laden announced the existence of the organization in a cave in Afghanistan in 1998.
Yemen has also seen a number of terrorist attacks against American targets, including the October 2000 assault on the USS Cole in Aden.
But in recent years, Yemen has become a central operations base for some of the worst attacks.
Radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who preaches from Yemen over the Internet, has been linked by American intelligence to at least six attacks, including the Fort Hood shooting in November 2009 and the attempted Times Square bombing in May 2010.
Three firm conclusions
Three conclusions can be drawn from the attempted attacks of the past week. Radical Islamist terrorism changes shape, but it doesn't disappear. International intelligence cooperation is increasing – the information that undermined these attacks came from Saudi Arabia and was shared with Dubai, the United States and Britain.
Second, it would appear that just as the fundamentalists are setting up terrorism networks, intelligence communities around the globe are establishing counter-networks of agents, informers, handlers and technology.
The third lesson is that although Israel and Jewish targets are not the terror networks' main focus, attacking Jews remains a guiding motivation.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is acting swiftly on its promise to crackdown on a specific kind of illegal workplace behavior. A few weeks ago, the agency announced its plans to focus on pregnancy discrimination violations in the workplace. Late last month, the EEOC settled one related complaint and filed an additional four in a single week.
Five lawsuit actions in a week may not seem like much in the grand scheme of things. But given that the EEOC can only devote itself to prosecuting a fraction of the number of complaints it receives annually, this number represents a significant commitment to the cause of combating pregnancy discrimination in the workplace.
Despite the advances women have made in the workplace over the past several decades, the EEOC has labeled pregnancy discrimination and related pregnancy accommodation challenges as an emerging issue.
In fact, Congressional Democrats are also currently working to address these emerging concerns. They are attempting to pass the "Pregnant Workers Fairness Act," which would "ensure that pregnant women are allowed the same reasonable accommodations currently available to people with disabilities," according to the Huffington Post.
The EEOC's efforts are being praised by civil rights activists, women's rights groups and employment discrimination experts across the country. The sentiment seems to be that by placing the spotlight on pregnancy discrimination, the EEOC will force employers to think twice before discriminating against pregnant employees or applicants. This shift may be especially true in low-wage and other vulnerable employment scenarios.
Source: Huffington Post, "Pregnancy Discrimination In The Workplace Target Of New EEOC Crackdown," Christina Wilkie, Sep. 29, 2012


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With Congress stepping up efforts to reach agreement on dollars to combat the spreading Zika virus, Florida Gov. Rick Scott is spending much of Thursday getting updates from local officials in the fight.
Scott met with Hillsborough County health officials this morning and is slated to huddle this afternoon with their counterparts in Miami-Dade County, which has the state's largest outbreak with 51 travel-related cases.
Scott's also scheduled to end his day with a call to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Syvlia Burwell and Centers for Disease Control Director Tom Frieden.
Palm Beach County has eight cases, all involving people who came to the county after contracting the virus outside the continental U.S.
All told, Florida has 172 cases of the Zika virus, including 38 involving pregnant women. The virus is linked to severe birth defects.
In Washington, Florida Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson filed legislation Thursday aimed at steering an additional $130 million annually to local mosquito control boards to eliminate the the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that carry the virus.
The mosquitoes are common in Florida.
"Until we find a cure, the best way to curb the spread of this virus is to eliminate the insects known to carry it," Nelson said. "As we head into these warmer summer months, Florida's mosquito population is going to rise, and we need to make sure local mosquito-control units have the resources they need to protect their communities."
House and Senate negotiators, including U.S. Reps. Tom Rooney, R-Okeechobee and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, began work this week on settling differences between the two chambers on Zika funding.
The House agreed to $622 million and the Senate $1.1 billion, still short of the $1.9 billion sought in February by the Obama administration.
But the two sides now seem intent on working off the Senate's funding figure.
The more than 600 Zika cases reported in the continental U.S. are believed all to have been contracted in Central and South American and the Caribbean. Experts, though, have said mosquito transmission in the U.S. is expected to occur at least in southern states this summer.


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"So many people, myself included, limit God in the direction we choose to go based on what makes sense or what seems safe and comfortable.
You are putting others first and allowing God to use you, despite what that means for your own personal comfort or convenience."
–A Dear Friend
TJ and I received a long message of encouragement from a very dear friend the other day, at a point when we most needed the words God put on her heart to share. While we have not doubted our call to be missionaries, we are still human and struggle with fear and desire comfort. The LORD recognizes we need reassurance from time-to-time and, over the last week, placed friends in our path who, without prompt or knowing what has been on our hearts, reached out with words of encouragement from The LORD.
I do not share the quotation to raise us up, but share the struggle we have and ask you to continue to pray for us on this journey.
When we were first married we laid out a "five year plan" for our marriage and career goals (what a laugh!), knowing we wanted to live in the Caribbean. For those who don't know, TJ and I have moved roughly every two years from the time we were married. Not by any conscious choice, but rather because of circumstance; having lived in Charleston, Columbia, Richwood (Ohio), and finally back to Charleston before where we are now in the Florida Keys. However, much to my disappointment and excitement, we will not be here for two years before we sail to Belize.
As we have said all along, we feel God has called us to be tentmaker missionaries to avoid the distrust that often befalls missionaries in Belize. Little did we know, this "tent-making" aspect began a little over a year ago for TJ and in January for me. When we arrived in the Keys, I picked up a copy of the local free paper on Christmas Day and they were advertising a need for writers. Without hesitation I sent in my resume to apply for this freelance position. At the beginning of January, the editor called me to set up a brief interview and tell me the job was mine. A dream come true!
I have always loved writing but have never worked as a writer in any professional capacity; however, I have always wanted to try my hand at journalism. After writing for the paper for a few months now, I've come to realize this truly is my dream job and I absolutely love it. The editor assures me often that my writing is exactly what she wants and I am "made" for journalism; it is a "perfect fit" for me, she says.
I've tried desperately to figure out how we could stay in the Keys throughout the summer (re: hurricane season) so I could continue enjoying my dream job but, through much prayer this Lenten season, I know that is not possible. That, the plotting and planning to try to stay, is Satan tempting me in this "wilderness" period. We have been called to something greater than my position as a freelance journalist; we have been called to reach people in hopes that God will change their hearts and save their souls.
The Bible tells us, in the book of Matthew, Jesus called Peter and Andrew to follow him as they were fishing along the shore of the Sea of Galilee. They immediately dropped their nets and followed him. Likewise, when he called Jacob and John they were mending their nets in their boat with their father, and still, they left their father to follow Jesus. I must leave this dream job to follow Jesus.
In other countries around the world, people who choose to follow Jesus are choosing death. Not just death to self in the sense that the Bible calls us to "…consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry" (Col. 3:5) because through Christ we are given new life, but they will be persecuted for their faith and may actually be put to death. In order to follow Jesus we must give up the desires of our heart daily – death to self – to follow Him.
Death to self is painful. We are human and desire so many things in this world – money, security, careers, things, etc. – and yet, what we should truly desire is eternal life through Christ Jesus. Dying to myself and this dream job hasn't come without tears. I realized yesterday I need to let this go so I can fulfill the call God has placed on my heart. I cannot have the desire of my flesh and satisfy my eternal soul.
Leaving our country of birth has never been the painful piece we needed to give up, for TJ and me, it is our careers. He found his "dream job" working in Mexico as captain on a liveaboard dive charter in December 2017. He is giving that up to put all his trust in The LORD and follow the call God has placed on his life; just as I am giving up my "dream job" to do the same.
Sitting in the beautiful prayer garden of St. Columba's in Marathon today, I let some tears fall as I reaffirmed my commitment to follow Jesus and fulfill this call God placed on my life. I want more than anything to serve as a missionary and if that means leaving this short-lived journalism career behind, then I am willing to do it. Sometimes we have to give up something really good for something so much greater.
The opportunity to serve the people of Belize while sharing the love of Jesus Christ and the eternal salvation they have through Him is something so much greater than journalism. It is something so much greater than diving with Great White Sharks in Mexico (I'm speaking for TJ, but I imagine he believes this).
We get one life to serve others in the name of The LORD.
What are you willing to give up to help lead others to Him?
Te Whakapono,


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Recent Gaming
23 March, 2014
I've not kept up with reporting games I've played. Part of the reason for this is because I've only got a camera that is not all that satisfactory. I've taken better photos with my phone than with the small camera I've tried to use. The tripod is broken and can't support the large camera I'd used for my gallery shots.
The other reason I've not been active on the blog is that I've been too busy painting (more in the next post). Anyway, I've played quite a lot recently, and had some very good luck. Here are some photos that aren't too blurry.
- Battlecry, 16 Feb 2014
Last month I got along to Battlecry for a day of demo DBA games. We got a bit of interest and should be running a competition next year as a result of this. We played DBA 2.2, as noted earlier on MEDBAG.
My first game was against Joel, a historical matchup of my Early Seleucids against his Classical Indians.
I should have been in serious trouble as the Indians came around my left flank in large numbers. However, they were obviously unfamiliar with scythed chariots, as mine proceeded to tear them to pieces. I came away with a lucky victory.
Next I faced John, who'd just finished his Celtiberians. I used my Gauls.
I managed to meet his warband with my cavalry and used this to my advantage in a battle on a narrow frontage.
I then faced Mike, who used my Carthaginians. I took my Syracusans. As we are both littoral, this involved a waterway, which ended up to my back. Mike went for a littoral landing.
I hurried to advance to reduce the potential for the littoral landing party to make trouble. I was able to sack his camp (the crucified Syracusan was a provocation!) and used my longer line to outflank his elephants. Another victory.
I think we played some more games that I didn't take pictures of. The last on my camera was my Syracusans against John's Celtiberians. I don't remember for sure if I won, but I think my luck was pretty strong, and I used my advantage in cavalry to compensate for the vulnerability of my spear to his warband.
Unrecorded is our final BBDBA game of Carthaginians and Celtiberians against Romans and Spanish. This was officially a draw, but I'm sure the Romans had the edge when we stopped.
- Auckland City Guard
Since then, I've mostly played DBA 3.0. Joel's visited after work a few times, and I've got to the City Guard again. We've had a lot of fun trying out his Aztec hordes of doom, and we tried out a number of permutations of knights against spear.
From memory the time before last we played: Normans v. Anglo-Danish, Early Crusaders v. Comnenan Byzantines, Aztecs v. Prefeudal Scots and Vikings v. Anglo-Danish. I think there was an Aztec v. Early Crusaders too.
Last weekend I took some photos:
Our first game was his Aztecs against my North Welsh.
The South Welsh cavalry got in the way of his archers and the spearmen got flanked; however, the Welsh had been making progress against the important Aztec elements.
Next we played Ptolemy against Lysymachus. The Ptolemaic army was quite different from what I expected. I tried a littoral landing of three auxilia in a line with side edge contact with the waterway. It seemed legal and threw Lysimachus' plans to meet this treat. I got a narrow victory in this battle.
We then tried Carthaginians against Gauls.
The Carthaginians won in a battle stacked in their favour (though elephants don't quick kill warband any more). Our final battle was the Carthaginians against Aztecs. I didn't take any pictures of this. The Carthaginians took only one elephant, I think. They were lucky in a battle between their two 2LH and the Aztecs two 2Ps. I killed both of them, but had I not, my back was to a wood, and I'd have been very much at a disadvantage.
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23 March, 2014 at 1:21 pm
Great figures with good terrain and I really enjoyed reading your after battle reports…. marvelous!


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San Pedro Sula has the unenviable reputation as the murder capital of the world.
Bellevue, WA (PRWEB) September 23, 2015
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Oct 20, 2012 12:22 AM GMT
I've decided to write a journal for 365 days. In this journal, I record my deepest thoughts and feelings, most of the time in the heat of the moment. Since I'm a very thorough recorder, it normally takes me an hour to write an entry so sometimes I write a little bit and put it under a book I'm reading on the table. Everybody in my house knows I write in this journal. They know it's mine and they know I've been writing in it for 222 days now. My mom very well knows I write in it. So in one of my journal entries I wrote (bc I was very mad at her that I hate her...I didn't mean it cuz obviously I was very upset). Well yesterday, I wrote in my journal but I left it on the table (not open and very much under my book I was reading) when I went to class. When I got back my mom was very upset. She said the cat knocked it down and she happen to read the one phrase I ever mentioned about her it happen to b negative. The journal very much closes by itself when I'm trying to write in it and I KNOW it would close if it fell on the ground and NO WAY could it stay open for her to read that phrase. I know exactly what entry she read and I wrote it all the way in the back. And in order for her to read it the journal would have to defy gravity and not close in on itself like it ALWAYS does. But now she's very upset and kicking me out. Am I in the wrong?!?!


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Monthly Archives: October 2012
We are open today.
We hope everyone is safe and sound, and look forward to seeing everyone today.
Going to try and open up for 10am on 10/30.
Check here again for an update before heading out tomorrow. You should receive a call from the Director as well to confirm any change in schedule from this.
Day care closed 10/29 due to Hurricane Sandy.
Due to the Hurricane, Ulster County is in a State of Emergency, and NPCCC is closed Monday 10/29. We hope everyone stays safe and will let you know if we'll be open on Tuesday as soon as we can make … Continue reading
Thank you SUNY New Paltz Students!
This past weekend SUNY New Paltz students, as part of Make A Difference Day, came to NPCCC to help spruce up the center. The volunteers did a great job: Raking up leaves around the center and in the playground Moving … Continue reading
Halloween Fun Theme – 10-15 through 10-26
This week and next are Halloween Fun themed and we'll be doing projects in all classrooms related to this theme. As always, parents are welcome to join us during the day if there's any activity in particular you'd like to … Continue reading
Friday, October 12th
Fire Safety week has come to a close. Tuesday we were visited by firemen and had a chance to see their Fire Truck first hand. Photos will be posted shortly. All during the week, staff engaged the kids in … Continue reading
Thursday, October 11th from the Infant Room
Today we had fun doing some pumpkin and candy corn projects.


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I love comments. So much at one point in time I tried creating challenges to get more comments on our site and some other sites. Getting into discussions, learning new things about someone, having fun. To keep it all safe from spam I employe a few plugins instead of spending all day deleting spam comments. But what happens when a reader makes comments that you find not very nice?
That's what today's Yakkety Yak is about…respecting authors with your comments. Let's give an example:
We recently had an author on the site for an interview and a review of her book. Nothing new, but we opened our doors to this author and expected her to be a guest here. A reader comes along and writes a very rude, cryptic comment that left me offended and embarrassed that the author was treated this way. I debated long and hard on it. Consulted Sophia Rose and got some background information. Then I decided to delete the comment. Yep, delete it.
So is that a wrong thing to do? Everyone has an opinion, right? Well, I draw the line at being rude and nasty to an author. I don't care if you don't like their book, cover, characters or the dress they are wearing, you keep it respectful. You can word you comments in a way that don't outright attack the author. This is the first time I have outright deleted a comment.
At Delighted Reader we respect authors. We may not like their books, but we don't bash them as a person. We may not like the cover of their book, many times I haven't, but I don't attack the author for not doing a better job. I say what I don't like or what confused me and make it constructive rather than destructive. But but but…I do not go out saying horrible things with a mic drop ending to it (yes, the comment included a mic drop ending). Well, the mic drop is the end of it and I well….deleted the comment. *Mic drop*
Do I feel great about doing this? No, absolutely not, but in the end I will protect the image I want portrayed about my blog. Hint: it's MY BLOG. I feel bad as it was their opinion, but then again, as my mama said "If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything."
So please don't take this that you can't disagree with me, because that is not my intent. I want comments. I want people to disagree with me. I want the discussion. But it has to be civil and in no way a personal attack.
Keep the comments coming! And I will keep responding. We will have wonderful discussions and so much fun!
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Bradley Manning – the US Soldier responsible for leaking over 250,000 classified documents to the whistle-blower site Wikileaks – has been the unsung hero of the entire CableGate fiasco. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been at the center of the international spotlight, while Manning's plight has remained mostly forgotten.
Even here, on this blog, not one of the many Wikileaks posts even mentioned Manning's name, until now. Fortunately, it seems that support for the brave soldier is on the rise.
News of Manning's tortuous conditions, like being placed in solitary confinement without blankets or pillows, has been making headlines. The public is becoming increasingly aware of how the US authorities are using these inhumane tactics to pressure Manning into providing testimony against Assange, to which Manning has not yet complied.
Hopefully he will keep holding strong as the world comes together to lend support. Visit http://www.bradleymanning.org/ to learn more.
Here's a news clip of the story:
Marce Elizeche Lando posted the tweet below about Assange, which is just as applicable (if not more) to Bradley Manning.


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Brendon McCullum bids goodbye with series win2 min read
Brendon McCullum got a fitting farewell on Monday, when he led New Zealand to a thumping victory over Australia in the third and final ODI of the series.
This was the last time McCullum will appear in ODIs for Black Caps. As expected, McCullum gave it a 100 percent in his final ODI, before bidding adieu to the 50-over format of the game on Monday.
McCullum gave New Zealand the kind of start they were looking for, after the home team were put into bat by Australia. His innings of 47 runs from just 27 balls proved to be really crucial. The swashbuckling batsman added 84 runs in just 9.3 overs with Martin Guptill at the top of the order.
McCullum will be remembered for his attacking batting display and the kind of reforms he brought in the New Zealand team. The Kiwis are a completely different side from a few years ago, largely due to McCullum's leadership skills.
McCullum was also given a Guard of Honour by the Australian players when he stepped on to the field to bat for the last time in his ODI career, a career in which he scored 6083 runs.
Gutpill and Grant Elliott scored a half-century each, and while rest of the New Zealand batting lineup did not last for too long, the Kiwis managed a total of 246.
The Australia batsmen looked confident right from the start, until they lost their first wicket in the form of David Warner. Usman Khawaja top scored for the Aussies with 44 runs, but no other batsmen could withstand the pressure exerted by New Zealand bowlers during the third ODI on Monday.
The Aussies were bundled out for a meagre total of 191. Corey Anderson, Matt Henry and Ish Sodhi ran through the Australian batting order.
However, Mitchell Marsh's dismissal sparked a controversy. Marsh tried to hit one off Matt Henry and it hit his boot and bounced back to the bowler. Henry made a half-hearted appeal but the umpire did not give it out until the big screen on the ground showed that it actually hit Marsh's boot, leading to the all-rounder being given out for 41.


text: A thank you goes out to Nick Wastnage, author of twelve crime novels and the blog "just a crime writer and an optimist" . He has been kind enough to feature y1 and my guest post this week. Please check out his site for tidbits on an interesting assortment of crime writers and for a cheeky quote of the day sure to make you chuckle.


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Skydiving Terminology 101: The Gear
Skydiving gear can seem like a confusing magical backpack of joy and wonder, that, if you breathe on it in the wrong way, could kill you. Fortunately, the gear is far more robust and reliable than that. Take a few minutes to see this skydiving equipment list and learn about the system that will take you from the exhilaration of freefall back safely to the ground!
This is part 2 of a 3 part series. If you're looking to learn more skydiving lingo, read our other installments for terminology about the people and the jump.
Container – Holds the main parachute, reserve parachute, and AAD (see below). It looks a lot like a backpack with leg straps.
Rig – Another name for the container, or it's also used to refer to the entire skydiving gear system (container, main parachute, reserve parachute).
AAD – Automatic Activation Device. This is a small gadget that sits in your rig. It detects the altitude and speed of descent. If you're still falling really fast at a certain altitude, indicating that you aren't under your main parachute for some reason, the AAD is designed to fire and open your reserve parachute automatically. Skydivers are taught never to rely on their AAD, but it's there as a last resort.
Three-ring – All modern skydiving containers are three-ring systems. Look on the front shoulder of a rig and you'll see, you guessed it, three rings. An important aspect of your skydiving equipment list, this system was invented by Bill Booth and made skydiving much, much safer than it was previously, because it allows the system to easily release the main parachute and switch to the reserve if needed.
Closing Loop and Closing Pin – The system that holds the container closed. The closing pin slides through the closing loop, keeping the main parachute inside.
Pilot Chute – A tiny parachute attached to the main parachute. A skydiver "pitches" their pilot chute when they are ready to deploy their main parachute. The pilot chute catches the air, and the drag pulls the closing pin out of the closing loop, releasing the main parachute from the rig/container.
Drogue – Another tiny parachute! This one is used by tandems to help stabilize them and slow them down in freefall (two people fall faster than one!).
Main / Canopy – The Canopy is the largest parachute in your rig. In skydiving lingo, it's the main, for "main parachute". Just like cars, mains come in different varieties for different purposes. The tiny fast ones are like sports cars, and should only be flown by experienced pilots. Tandem mains are gigantic and docile, designed to get you back to the ground safely and securely.
Reserve – Short for "reserve parachute". An important part of your skydiving equipment list, every reserve is inspected and packed by an FAA certified rigger every 180 days. If something goes wrong with your main parachute, your reserve parachute is there to save your life. You (or your instructor) will "chop" or "cut away" the malfunctioning main and release the reserve parachute. Reserves are designed to open quickly and be extra stable.
Handles – The handles on the front of a skydiving rig. The right handle cuts away the main parachute if it's having a problem. The left handle activates the reserve parachute.
Cutaway or Chop – Releasing the main parachute by pulling on the right handle, then pulling the left handle to extract the reserve parachute. Conventional wisdom says cutaways happen on average every 500 skydives or so. Some skydivers have more cutaways because of the canopy they are flying or the activity they are doing; other skydivers may jump thousands of times without having a cutaway.
Exit Weight – Your total weight when exiting the aircraft. For a solo skydiver, exit weight includes the jumper, everything they're wearing, and their rig. For a tandem, it's the weight of the student plus the instructor plus all the gear. Exit weight matters because of wingloading (see below).
Wingloading – Exit weight divided by the square footage of the parachute. If your exit weight is 150 and you are jumping a 150 square foot canopy, your wingloading is 1. The higher the wingloading, the faster you will be descending. Tandems and AFF students jump under very large canopies so that their wingloading is low.
What's AFF? Glad you asked! Check out part three about the jump itself. Now that you've seen our skydiving equipment list, catch up on all the skydiving lingo with part one about the people.
Skydiving Terminology 101: The People


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Character Request
From DCAM Wiki
In order to request a character bit on DCAMU*, we have a fairly straight forward process. All you have to do is log in as a guest, and use +pcreate. This will create a character under your desired name.
Please use +chars within the game or check the taken characters wiki page to see which feature characters already have a player. Note that the wiki may not reflect characters currently in the application process.
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