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Tom and Ryan Armitage from nursing and care recruitment agency, 247 Professional Health, paid us a visit to explain why Manchester is a great place to work and some top tips for startups to follow.
Tom and Ryan Armitage – 247 Professional Health
What's your name, position and where do you work?
Tom: My name's Tom Armitage, I'm Head of Sales.
Ryan: I'm Ryan Armitage, I'm Head of Operations at 247 Professional Health.
Describe your business in one sentence.
Ryan: We're a nursing and care recruitment agency. The franchise is a business model.
What separates you from the competition?
Tom: What separates us from the competition is, each franchise is their own director. They've got the personal touch on the business, they want to develop it more so than other franchises that will have a manager in place. They have their own personal touch on the business so they want it to succeed.
What have been the highlights of your company so far?
Ryan: We've had a number of different highlights over the years but a very recent one was the NHS research framework agreement. We became a supplier in the North West of England. We're a Tier One over in Merseyside, but we supply Manchester hospitals for nursing and care staff.
What qualities are needed to succeed in your industry?
Tom: I think you definitely need to be a people person, you need to be able to interview people, fill them with confidence that you've got the right job role for them and that you will find them shifts. Also, be professional, be able to talk to clients, know what you're talking about and, be able to, again, fill them with confidence that you'll get them the right staff.
Why do new businesses choose Manchester?
Ryan: I think new businesses choose Manchester because it's a vibrant city. There's a lot of skilled people in Manchester. Every time we come to recruit in Manchester, there's always people who've got a great skill level, just looking for some extra shifts or some extra work. The clients we've got, they're all diverse clients, great people all pushing to strive the best they can and that's why people choose Manchester, I think.
Who are some local companies you would recommend?
Ryan: Local companies I recommend, there's a charity called Birtenshaw. I've worked with them for a few years, there's just some fantastic individuals involved in that service there. Brilliant.
Who do you think are the most influential people in the local business scene?
Ryan: An influential person that I deal with is a guy called David Reed, the Chief Exec of Birtenshaw. I love talking to David, he's full of knowledge and he's a great person to work alongside with.
Do you have any advice for new businesses in Manchester?
Tom: I'd just say don't start off with any big overheads. Focus on getting business on at the start.
Ryan: Keep your eye on your cash flow.
Tom: Yeah, definitely. I think being a master of your own destiny, do that, work hard and I think everything else will fall into place.
Ryan: But make sure you give yourself a break.
What's the main benefit of working in Manchester?
Tom: I think that the main benefit of working in Manchester is, you know, the businesses, they're all very active businesses. You know, there's a lot of business that goes on, there's a lot of people. There's a lot of stuff going on in Manchester all the time, whether it be on social media, or with business or whether there's a lot of stuff going on in Manchester so a lot of people are used to a fast working environment.
Ryan: We've got some fantastic clients in Manchester with some great services and some great staff. It's a pleasure to deal with everyone and everyone's up for it, you know, proactive.
Where are your favourite places to eat and drink in Manchester?
Tom: I think both of our favourite place to eat is probably San Carlo.
Ryan: Yeah, and I like to have a drink in Epernay cocktails
Tom: Mine's Alchemist, you see.
Have you got any final words?
Ryan: We recently got the NHS Framework agreement so we can supply nursing staff so Band 2s upto Band 9, we're desperate for any nursing staff looking for doing some extra shifts, one shift a week, full time, across the North West of England.
Tom: And to work in the private sector as well, nursing homes, private independent hospitals, out in the community.
Ryan: Support workers as well.
Tom: Thanks for watching my name's Tom Armitage
Ryan: I'm Ryan Armitage.
Tom: We're 247 Professional Health.
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Tonight's Cougar Town was as light as any feather on Mr. Beakington's back. But considering this was an episode overstuffed with story (including a potentially episode-wrecking one about faith), that's a pretty slick accomplishment all the same. I wondered two weeks ago how the show would integrate its revelations about Chick's condition into the overall fabric of the show. The short answer? It hasn't, although the themes of the episodes since have danced around a central one: At what point do you favor change over what's familiar?
To be sure, the show hasn't bogged down into existential crises for all involved. But while "Saving Grace" doesn't explicitly reference Chick's apparently short remaining time on this earth, it does use Jules' nightly recitation of grace as another way for her to look at life beyond wine-drinking and inside jokes. Last week looked at how a tight-knit group can still keep plenty of secrets from one another. This week prodded those deeply entrenched in familiar patterns. Grayson doesn't believe he has to subscribe to Jules' spirituality. Ellie doesn't believe she needs to work to keep Andy attracted to her. And Bobby doesn't believe a tomboy surfer girl can be an acceptable romantic partner. All of them, it turns out, are quite wrong.
Now, to be sure, "Saving Grace" has the same basic problem as "You Tell Me." Each story is too short by at least half, with each worthy of deeper examinations that could have yielded either deeper laughs or deeper insights. But unlike last week, "Saving Grace" has the added strength of all three storylines more or less relating to and commenting upon each other. Earlier this week, Todd VanDerWerff wrote an interesting piece about the problems that Parks and Recreation is having this season. Whether or not you think that's true, both Parks and Cougar Town feature central characters whose main plots, for better or worse, were largely over at the end of last season. That's hardly a crime, but it means the shows don't always have a place to go. Hang-out comedies are awesome. But even they have to actually get up and stretch their legs occasionally. Most shows do this by introducing increasingly outlandish scenarios. But the good ones do it by pushing characters past their comfort zones while keeping their core values intact.
The introduction of Chick's illness actually offers amazing growth potential for Jules' character. (I wrote about the difference between "plot" and "story" here a few weeks ago. In short: "plot" is what happens to someone, and "story" is why that matters.) But so long as the show keeps the Chick story in its back pocket (I'm assuming until the finale, at this point), what remains at present is a woman who successfully maintains a group of friends while also now enjoying a working (yet in-progress) marriage. Sure, each week exhibits conflicts between Jules and Grayson, but these are problems that will work out. There's no real worry about the pair splitting up. And that's fine! But if they are not going to break up, they still need to grow in some fashion. Growth is easier for characters like Bobby, Travis, and Laurie, who still have miles to go (literally and figuratively) to get to the point at which the show's two married couples are. But that doesn't mean those latter four should be static.
I choose to look at the sudden centrality of Jules' spirituality in the same way as her fear of secrets last week. Even if the show isn't explicitly tying those to Chick's health, it's easy to intuit how they might be related. Also, on a fundamental level, Jules isn't worried about converting Grayson so much as making him respect her faith in the first place. That's a much smarter tack for the show to take, one that lets the Cul-de-Sac crew fire off jokes about "New England Catholics" and Laurie's "fountain soda" upbringing while making the entire plotline ultimately center around marital respect. I kept waiting for the show to start referencing The Birds, with its surfeit of seagulls throughout the episode. But ultimately, Mr. Beakington was just a funny running gag that tied in with the show's showpiece: a dodgeball game.
When I saw "dodgeball game" in the promos for this episode, I'll admit it seemed a stunt more than something the crew would organically do. But I also knew it couldn't possibly be any worse than the dodgeball-themed episode Glee pulled off a while back. In the end, because the dodgeball game pushed the characters into making tough decisions or arriving at revelations, it worked quite well. Ellie's slo-mo semi-strip tease for Andy paid off a storyline in which a "25/14" (a girl who looks 25 from the back, but is actually revealed to be 14 when seen from the front) suddenly threatened Ellie's stranglehold over Andy's libido. On one hand, it's a bit strange to see Ellie suddenly start wearing clothes filled with crackers. On the other, she's always taken Andy's affection for granted, and it makes sense that her emotional apathy would eventually turn sartorial in nature. The three-on-three faceoff was weird (except for Jules' greeting, which was laugh-out-loud funny), but this was about the destination more than the slightly awkward journey. More time with this psychotic "25/14" might have made this plotline stronger from start-to-finish. Then again, it was already borderline creepy, so maybe less is more in this case.
The Bobby/Riggs storyline didn't have the epic romantic sweep of season three's "One Story Town," but I do wonder if that's precisely the point. Not only would the show not want to go to the same well again, but it also recognizes that particular Angie-centric well actually ended up working out horribly for Bobby. The idea of a sneak-attack relationship, one already founded on friendship, is a smart move. It's well-established within the show that Bobby cannot talk to women to whom he is attracted. So by having him bond with someone who is asexual, Cougar Town gets to introduce someone who can get Bobby past his current life status towards…whatever it is Bobby is supposed to do. Again, as I noted earlier: He has a great deal of room to move. So far this season, the show has either kept him in place or sent him to Target. I have no idea if we'll ever see Riggs (sorry Lisa) again. But I know I would certainly like to see her again, because I'm extremely interested in who Bobby is with her. Maybe she can help explain to him why it's possible to occasionally see the moon during daylight hours. Stranger things have happened.
Stray observations:
- This week's title card gag: "Welcome to Cougar Town. This episode is funnier if you know that Courteney is terrified of birds."
- Tons of callbacks tonight, with a reference to the beached manatee in "One Story Town," Tom Cruise running, and Travis' throwing yelp being just a few.
- I love the "As Mayor" game, but I think I like the "Come On" variation even more.
- Anyone else think that Lisa's makeover session was only going take place in Andy's head?
- In Jules' mind, Ted Danson judges a reality show called Can't Stop Dancin'.
- While the teenager plot didn't work, Ellie's assertion that the "25/14" was looking for a sugar daddy to take her on a shopping spree at Claire's made me spit out my drink.
- I fully expect all of you to conduct your own "Cartoon Character Smackdown" in the comments below. But I know I'd never bet against Bugs Bunny, even against Grape Ape.
- "I always laugh at dudes in dresses. It's a staple of British comedy!" Bobby Cobb knows his Monty Python!
- "You're dressed like a lady who would do stuff for a little bit of crack." Laurie would know this type of thing.

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BSD Advances the A&E Industry with the Launch of SpecLink Cloud and BIM Integration
SpecLink Cloud will revolutionize the way design professionals work by seamlessly linking BIM models with National Master Specifications, and enhancing collaboration via the cloud.
ATLANTA, May 23, 2018 – Building Systems Design (BSD), a leading provider of specification content and software for the architecture, engineering, construction and owner sectors in the U.S. and Canada, announced today the launch of SpecLink Cloud.
Design professionals will now be able to access Canada's National Master Specifications (NMS) through SpecLink's database-driven platform—a significant advancement from working in word processing files. In addition to SpecLink's intelligent database, automatic updates and intuitive editing tools, SpecLink Cloud will now provide cloud collaboration and BIM integration. "Effective collaboration is key to enhanced productivity, improved efficiency and better project outcomes," said Chris Anderson, President and CEO of BSD. "Easy-to-use tools in SpecLink Cloud provide the trusted specification capabilities our customers value us for, alongside data-rich visual models—all based in the cloud to enable that critical ease of collaboration."Enhanced Collaboration
SpecLink Cloud will dramatically improve communication and collaboration throughout the design and review process. Project teams can easily align their intentions, both internally and externally, by sharing information from a common data environment. Collaborators can view, share and comment on projects from any web-enabled device.Unprecedented Visibility
Specifications and Revit models are now linked within SpecLink. This allows design professionals to view and monitor changes in the model as the design evolves. Users can view embedded BIM object data, and isolate individual objects or layers within the model.
Immersive, 3D virtual walkthroughs can be viewed from anywhere, with no additional Revit licenses required. This enhanced level of integration will dramatically improve coordination, efficiency and accuracy throughout every stage of the design process—without having to rely on manual coordination.BSD's Partnership with Construction Specifications Canada (CSC)
Earlier this year, CSC chose BSD as its exclusive partner to publish NMS through SpecLink's innovative software. The specifications are maintained by Canada's National Research Council (NRC).
"CSC and BSD hold a shared vision that those creating specifications should have access to the best data and software, and that vision is now realized by NMS content being fully integrated into the SpecLink database," said Anderson. "That this coincides with SpecLink now being available in the Cloud, and with the release of our unique BIM integration tools is an added bonus for CSC members, and for SpecLink's rapidly increasing customer base in Canada."
SpecLink is the first database-driven specification-writing platform to offer integrated specification content for both the U.S. and Canada.About Building Systems Design
Founded in 1983, Building Systems Design (BSD) provides advanced specification and interoperability solutions to architects, engineers, specifiers and building owners nationwide. The company is focused on bringing technology to market that drives collaboration, simplifies design and increases efficiency for all stakeholders in the design and construction process. For more information on BSD, visit www.bsdspeclink.com.About Construction Specifications Canada
CSC is a national multi-disciplinary, non-profit association with chapters across Canada. In the construction industry's fast-paced environment, the value and need for CSC bringing together individuals from all segments of the Canadian construction industry is greater than ever. CSC is committed to delivering progressive education, certification, publications and professional networking opportunities for the design + construction community. For more information, visit www.csc-dcc.ca.
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A question that a lot of people ask is…from where I got the name Keiko for my Shih Tzu? The answer is easy, but finding the name was not it easy. This took several weeks like when a couple is going to have a baby and wants a very special name.
We all know the Free Willy movie that was a blockbuster in the 90's that helped to create conscience about orcas in captivity. Well, the orca that stars on the film was named Keiko and this orca was in captivity in a theme park in Mexico City called "Reino Aventura" which all we know now as "Six Flags Mexico City". A group of activists formed The Free Willy Keiko Foundation to remove Keiko from the swimming pool where she lived and take her to a bigger aquarium in Oregon (in the US) where she would be trained to be independent. They hoped to release Keiko to the open sea. The program was successful, but Keiko passed away a few years later from respiratory problems. The Free Willy Keiko Foundation continues working to help other species that are in the same circumstances.
This is why I chose the name Keiko for my Shih Tzu puppy, in honor of the orca who I have always been a big fan of. In addition, the Shih Tzu is a Chinese breed and I wanted an Asian name to go with the breed aspect. Keiko is a Japanese name, but it sounds pretty and I like the meaning, "Happy child". Although in some sites they said it means "Blessed Child", the first option is more convincing. Well, my puppy end up with that name and the truth is that it has fit really well because he is like a blessed happy boy all the time.
More information about Keiko the orca go to http://www.Keiko.com
En este video puedes ver como queda el cabello de Keiko despues de bañarlo y secarlo, claro que aqui todavia le falta su copete para que pueda limpiar el pelo de sus ojos! pronto publicare videos del proceso…bañar,secar,peinar.
In this video you can see how Keiko's hair looks after bathing and drying, here I still need to clean the hair from his eyes so he can see! soon I will publishes videos of the process … wash, dry, comb.
Hola solo les quiero dejar saber que cambie mi nombre de usuario en twitter antes fue @Keiko_ShihTzu lo cambie por uno nuevo pero todos mis seguidores siguen estando conmigo en @KeikoShihTzu asi que no tienen que hacer nada.
Hi just want to let you know that have I change my username on twitter @Keiko_ShihTzu to a new one but all my followers are still with me at @KeikoShihTzu so do not have to do anything.
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Que tal amigos el nuevo look de mi blog? verdad que esta bonito… espero les gusto tanto como a mi ahora con un icon en caricatura de Keiko y su propio Keiko Shih Tzu logo.
No fue facil hacer este diseño me llevo varios meces diseñar el pequeño Keiko en caricatura devido a que sus colores son muy particulares y fue difícil darle los tones que lo representaran a el y no simplemente a un Shih Tzu y para el logo siempre quise hacer algo estilo cupcake, espero les guste.
Hello everyone, is been a while since I started this blog and since then I been working really hard to have the right look that represents Keiko, a Imperial Shih Tzu is more than just a dog and my puppy Keiko need a well designed blog and finally after months of planing the colors and logo here is the final work, with an avatar for Keiko that was really hard to design due to the unique color that Keiko has on his hair and I love his new logo the way I always wanted like a cupcake style logo that's how I called it, so here is I hope you like it has much I do.
Here little Keiko taking his 10hr nap with no worries…
Here I'm sporting my first pigtails.


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Note: SingStar or Logitech microphones required for gameplay. Microphones not included with rental or purchase.
Your assignment: sing your way to stardom in this game based on the hit movie, High School Musical. Packed with characters, sets, and songs from High School Musical and High School Musical 2, High School Musical: Sing It! puts you in the spotlight. You'll have a chance to sing 30 songs from the films, interact with stars from the film, and groove along with dance routines captured straight off the movie screen. Sing through the selections solo or with a partner. You can also go backstage with 30 minute cast interviews and High School Musical bonus footage.


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Corners cut in rush to add troops / Shorter training time, lack of equipment hurt readiness, experts say
Soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division had so little time between deployments to Iraq they had to cram more than a year's worth of training into four months.
Some had only a few days to learn how to fire their new rifles before they deployed to Iraq -- for the third time -- last month. They had no access to the heavily armored vehicles they will be using in Iraq, so they trained on a handful of old military trucks instead. And some soldiers were assigned to the brigade so late that they had no time to train in the United States at all. Instead of the yearlong training recommended prior to deployment, they prepared for war during the two weeks they spent in Kuwait, en route to Anbar, Iraq's deadliest province.
As the Pentagon prepares to boost troop levels in Iraq by 21,500 people, such logistical and training hurdles are emblematic of the struggles besieging a military strained by unexpectedly long and grueling commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"It's happening just about to all the units now," said Lawrence Korb, who oversaw military manpower and logistics as assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration. "No unit is completely combat ready."
Lawmakers consider the situation so serious that they plan to question Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about troop readiness on Wednesday, when the officials are scheduled to testify before the House Armed Services Committee, said a spokeswoman for one of its influential members, Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Texas.
The lack of overall preparedness, in terms of both training and key equipment, is underscored by a recent Pentagon survey, statements by military leaders and interviews with defense experts.
"A typical soldier shows up in Iraq without the knowledge of the language, without the knowledge of the people," said Loren Thompson, defense analyst at the Lexington Institute, a centrist think tank in Arlington, Va. "If he also isn't experienced with his unit or with his weapon, that maximizes the potential for disaster."
A survey conducted by the Defense Department Inspector General's Office last spring found that U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan lack sufficient armored vehicles, heavy weapons such as artillery or large machine guns, devices designed to jam signals used to detonate roadside bombs, and communications equipment. As a result, they are sometimes forced to put off operations while they wait for equipment, according to the classified report, a summary of which the Defense Department made public on Tuesday.
"They don't have enough humvees, they don't have enough (armored) trucks," Ortiz, who chairs the Readiness Subcommittee at the House Armed Services Committee, told The Chronicle. "It's getting to the point when they have to share the equipment."
Instead of the newer, better-protected humvees, for example, the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, Ga., will use the older version of heavily armored humvees left behind by the 1st Armor Division, said Lt. Col. Doug Crissman, commander of the brigade's 2-7 infantry battalion. Ortiz said such protracted use increases the wear and tear on the vehicles and makes them more likely to break down. More troubling, the armor on these older humvees is increasingly unable to withstand the blast of the ever-more powerful bombs employed by insurgents, say military experts. In December, roadside bombs caused about 60 percent of all U.S. casualties in Iraq, the Pentagon reported.
"We are fighting a thinking enemy who is trying very hard to kill us," Marine Brig. Gen. Randolph Alles, head of the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, told a congressional panel last month.
Upgrading humvee armor, which involves shipping the vehicles to the United States, "takes the better part of a year, and meanwhile, the threat has morphed," Thompson said. "We never get ahead of the threat."
But even the new, upgraded humvees are "still not suited for this kind of war," Thompson said.
For example, the flat bottoms of the humvees do not deflect the blasts from roadside bombs and instead direct them into the trucks in a way that maximizes the potential damage from the blast to the troops inside. The military is planning to buy thousands of new armored mine-protected vehicles, known as cougars and buffaloes, whose V-shaped hulls deflect blasts from beneath. Lt. Gen. Stephen Speakes, the Army's top supply officer, told the Baltimore Sun that military commanders in Iraq have asked for at least 6,465 such vehicles. But these vehicles would not reach Iraq until March 2008, military officials told the House Armed Services Committee last month.
The main reason for the equipment crunch is that the Pentagon had not expected the war in Iraq to last so long and was not financially prepared for such a grueling commitment, said Korb, who now is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a senior adviser to the Center for Defense Information.
"They thought they'd be down to 30,000 troops by the end of (2006), so they didn't start accelerating equipment purchases," Korb said.
Not only did the deployment last much longer than the military leaders had expected, but the cost of equipment and training has also skyrocketed. As the conflict continued, the cost of basic equipment -- helmets, rifles and body armor -- more than tripled, from $7,000 in 1999 to $25,000 last year, the Wall Street Journal reported in December. The cost of a humvee, once unarmored, has grown seven-fold, to about $225,000 from $32,000 in 2001. As a result of rising costs, the purchases of basic equipment lagged.
After the Cold War, U.S. military policy -- pushed hard by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's policy of "transformation" -- relied too much on cutting-edge technology and air power and too little on boots on the ground, and further undercut spending on equipment that would protect large ground forces, critics charge. Although this approach worked in Afghanistan -- where two months of U.S. aerial bombardment overwhelmed the ruling Taliban militia -- and helped topple the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, it hinders the U.S. ability to fight the protracted counterinsurgency campaigns that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have since become, some analysts say.
"We had the Air Force moving forward with all the procurement, we had the Navy investing and modernizing every piece," said Carl Conetta, co-director of the Project on Defense Alternatives based in Cambridge, Mass. "You didn't have anything like that in the Army. Nobody foresaw that we would be sitting in the desert for such a long period of time fighting an insurgency."
To compensate for the dearth of equipment and to meet "immediate wartime needs," the military has been borrowing gear from units stationed in the United States, depleting their ability to respond in case of other military threats around the world, Army Chief of Staff Peter Schoomaker told the House Armed Services Committee last month.
"This practice, which we are continuing today, increases risk for our next-to-deploy units and limits our ability to respond to emerging strategic contingencies," Schoomaker said.
It also leaves the troops in the United States to train on equipment that is often completely different from the gear they will be using in Iraq. For example, the 2-7 battalion had to train on obsolete models of humvees that are no longer used in Iraq, said Crissman, the battalion commander.
"We trained with a smaller set of equipment, and I will admit that presented some challenges," Crissman told The Chronicle before his unit left for Iraq.
The 2-7 also had no time to train at Fort Irwin in California's Mojave Desert, where Arabic-speaking role players and trainers simulate conditions of battling Iraqi insurgents. Instead, they conducted a three-week exercise in the forest of towering pines and oaks hung with Spanish moss outside the division's base at Fort Stewart, Ga.
Such deficiencies decrease the level of troop readiness, said Korb.
"There's gonna be more killed and wounded," he said, "because they are just not ready."


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A quick and easy dessert recipe, this Crock-Pot Strawberry Apple Crumble is dairy and soy free and absolutely delicious!
Crock-Pot Strawberry Apple Crumble
I really intended to make a raspberry and apple dessert but as luck would have it my raspberries turned moldy before I had a chance. Blech! Hate when that happens. So I went with the strawberries instead figuring it has to be just as good if not better! I'm calling this a "crumble" because the topping isn't going to 100% cover your fruit and it isn't completely crispy but oh so good. Because we are a dairy free and soy free home (at least for right now) I made this with Earth Balance spread that has no soy and no dairy. You can make it with regular butter or margarine too. Love a dessert like this that I can whip up really quick and it's not full of chemicals and fat!
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- 4 whole Apples granny smith, peeled, cored and diced
- 1/2 pound Fresh Strawberries sliced
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar light or dark
- 1/3 cup Quick Cooking Oats
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/4 cup Coconut Spread Butter Substitute such as Earth's Balance brand, or butter or margarine
- 1/2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 - 3 drops Lemon Juice
Servings: people
- Grease crock-pot with a small bit of Crisco or other shortening if desired.
- Add fruit to bottom of crock-pot.
- Sprinkle with lemon juice and vanilla.
- Mix sugar, oats, cinnamon in small bowl.
- Melt spread or butter and mix in to dry mixture.
- Sprinkle on top of fruit.
- Place 4 or 5 paper towels over top of crock-pot.
- Cover, wedging utensil under crock-pot so air can escape.
- Cook on high for about 2 hours.
- Serve alone or with your favorite dessert topping, ice cream or non-dairy dessert!
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"A good example of a bug is maybe this page was supposed to be blue instead of red."
"An exception would be taking a one and dividing by zero, so the program would crash at that point."
"Users see bugs and those bugs may not result in an actual error, whereas an exception is a hard error."
"The main reason logs are bad is because I as a developer am never going to look at them."
"There's a ton of data and you don't really know what's important. Is that error affecting the most people?"
"You throw that input into a test, you put the expected output (the error), and you just go fix the code."
"How does it affect the bottom line? Either it's a monetary value or it's overall customer happiness."
"More often the errors you're seeing are machine to machine, so the customer would never even report those."
"Some software seems less buggy because they've been allowed to spend a lot of time focusing on tests."
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(CNN) - The Service Employees International Union is out with a new television ad in California hitting GOP gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman for paying an undocumented immigrant to be her housekeeper.
"Whitman attacks undocumented workers to win votes, but an undocumented woman worked in her home for nine years," the narrator of the ad says in Spanish.
The ad comes one day after the housekeeper held a press conference during which she alleged that she had been "exploited, disrespected, humiliated and emotionally and financially abused" by the former eBay CEO.
"Whitman says one thing in Spanish - and something different in English," the ad concludes. "The real Meg Whitman has no shame. She's a two-faced woman."
The SEIU said the ad will air on Spanish language stations in the Los Angeles and Fresno media markets beginning Saturday. It is part of a $5 million ad campaign launched by the organization to turn out Latino voters for Whitman's opponent, Democratic nominee Jerry Brown.
Whitman responded to the ad during a press conference on Thursday, saying the unions are "worried" about her success with Latino voters.
"Jerry Brown is very concerned because my campaign is doing very well with Latinos," she said.
"We have included Latinos in our campaign. We have done Spanish language media. Our website is translated into Spanish. I have been to Spanish communities. Latino communities throughout this state and I have worked very hard to win the vote of Latinos," Whitman said. "And I think they are nervous about it. Their campaign is in trouble. They are worried. They took Latinos for granted."
A Los Angeles Times/USC poll released Monday painted a different picture of the race for Latino votes. The survey gave Brown a 19-point edge over Whitman among registered Latino voters.
According to the same poll, Brown held a 49 to 44 point lead over Whitman among all likely voters; it carried a sampling error of plus or minus five percentage points.
–CNN's Mark Preston and Virginia Nicolaidis contributed to this report
About 99% of you reading this are undocumented aliens from my people's perspective.
Too funny, another 5 million of SEIU working members pension funds squandered by a bunch of Socialist thugs!
She says she is not for any form of amnesty. She is not for a means of road to legalization and thinks she has made in roads tot the Latino community? It's only because she has lied to them in Spanish about what she can do for them.
What she wants tod is put them in her limo and drive them back accross the border.
Oh My God! An illegal housekeeper made almost 50K a year working for Meg Whitman and now she wants to sue?! She should be FREAKING HAPPY as there are a great many LEGAL UNEMPLOYED people, and employed who don't make near that for far more difficult work than "House Keeping".
This is nothing but "dirty politics". Not worth giving any credence to, at all.
Figures... when you can't debate in the arena of ideas... when you can't run on your "accomplishments" because the American public overwhelmingly hates them... when you've got nothing left to run on... you reach up your sleeve and pull out the race card.
This woman admittedly committed social security fraud... a felony, among other crimes. Why should we believe her, or have sympathy for her? She is Lucky Whitman didn't turn her in, a lot of law abiding citizens, although not required, would have sent her packing back to Mexico. If anything, it shows that Whitman sympathizes with her plight. I know a lot of unemployed Americans that would have loved $23 an hour. I am a medical resident right now, and on an hourly basis, I make less than a third of what she made, I am $200k in debt from medical school, and I am a born U.S. citizen. Where is the justice? Where are the Gloria Allerds that can help me?
Tea party cloud over republicans so republicans didn't see its coming
In New York and California republicans didn't do the math right
With the thousands of eBay companies thriving because of Meg Whitman's leadership building eBay, she is one of very few people who have probably created more jobs than the SEIU has members. Oh how they must hate a successful capitalist like her!
This ad is weak and desperate. She is threatening their meal ticket; Jerry Brown in the Governor's mansion again. Jerry, you owe this union Big Time for their help here!!!!
Who really believes that a billionaire gets involved in these petty details? Why is this illegal woman still in the country,just being here she is breaking the law? Who is paying Gloria Allred,she does nothing for free? If the SEIU is against a canidate then that's the one to vote for.
More evidence that it was a political hack job by the left to try and discredit Whitman. The worker should be put in jail for committing fraud with a fake social security number, and fake papers. No one seems to be discussing that part of the story. Sounds to me like Whitman is the victim here, not the worker. Of course Democrats could care less about this law if it was a Democrat candidate that had the same thing happen to them. Such a double standard by the Democrat Party that currently runs this country.
Typical response from Meg Whitman!
She is just looking for votes!..........spend MILLIONS to blanket the air waves and spend MILLIONS more doing Spanish language media.
Meg Whitman ONLY went to the Latino community to look for votes...why NOT just pay them to vote for you?!
Yea, Pooroldguy – blame the housekeeper because she's not greatful?
Dispite what Fox tells you $50K a year in her part of Cali will barely keep a roof over your head.
Repubs are always crying about being the victim of their own crimes.
Mega doesn't want any amnesty – then start with her.
It will be very sad "morning in America" if Califorians let this person buy the election.
Now this is good entertainment. Whitman says she'll do a polygraph. Anyone can beat a polygraph if you're a natural LIAR. Sounds typical of a millionaire/billionaire to hire some cheap labor. It almost reminds me of what's going on nationally. American workers can't find work because the fat cats are outsourcing jobs.
"Oh My God! An illegal housekeeper made almost 50K"
In fact, $23x15hx52w=$17,940
Meg Whitman spend 100 million on ad help for rich people not middle class/ poor people.. what a shame she got
Typical Union attack. And typical political ad because it only shows the point they want you to see.
Completely leave out all the documentation showing the worker presented themselves as a documented worker, the 1099 showing pay, etc. Ignore all facts that don't show your point.
Any the typical replies of those who refuse to look anywhere else to find more of the story than a single point of view.
SEIU = "Suckers – Employed – In – Underhandedness" Doing Obambi's dirty work! This Union of Liberal Thugs is nothing more than Blood Sucking Parasites, funded by hard earned Tax Payer Dollars! They get ridiculous salaries with even more ridiculous Retirements and other benefits.....just so the leaders of the Thugs can squeeze $$$$ to dole out to crooked Liberal Democrats like Brown.....All I can say is you guys better live it up while you can because November is coming and then 2012 is coming and we WILL take our country back. The only way you will get to live in a UK or French social society is to MOVE there. After November I understand there will be discounted "one-way" tickets to you social society of choice.
Typical left wing politics. The woman had "papers" as do a lot of illegals now waiting for amnesty from this administration.
Blaming house keeper easy because she is helpless
Meg is a pathological liar and hypocrite. Her script is attack the Middle Class, blame Teachers, insult Government workers and give her fellow billionaires/millionaires more perks. Finally people are starting to see the REAL Meg. An ego-maniac that shoves her employees and is too cheap to hire an American citizen to be her maid. Then she offers to take a POLYGRAPH re: whether or not she knew the Mexican was an illegal? What a joke Meg.
So the union bosses have sold out the American worker in favor of more illegals coming to this country. And they support Obama and his plans to grant them amnesty.It was the union that bussed in people to protest Arizona's law.Now they have decided to use their and union workers money to go after Whitman.
the repupblican motto: DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO.
"I know a lot of unemployed Americans that would have loved $23 an hour."
How many do you know who woul dlove being told that "even though your agreement says 15 hours per week at $23/hour, I want you working as many hours as I want you to and I'm not paying you for any past the 15 hours we agreed to"...hmmmm? THAT is the accusation. The implication is that Princess Forehead knew she had this woman under her thumb the second she found out she was illegal, so she stopped pretending she had to honor her contract and started abusing her because she knew she had her trapped.
The MORE important part is the alleged letter from the SSA notifying Princess Forehead that the woman's SS# didn;t check out right. That thing hits the evidence table and there's not a thing she can do to excuse her behavior.
*sob* poor Meg has smeared her opponents the entire time and "stands by her ads", even the ones that contradict the previous ones (in the primary she was sending all illegals across the border, now she has Spanish language ads touting here tolerance).
She's a complete liar and fool and is totally unelectable.


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Dr. Gallimore applies human factors and cognitive engineering principles to the design of complex systems. She has worked in the research domains of visualization of information, aviation, unmanned aerial systems, health care systems, petrochemical, and virtual environments to name a few. Dr. Gallimore has published over 60 technical articles and has taught 13 different courses related to human factors engineering.
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- Gallimore J. J., Brannon, N. G., Patterson, F.R., and Nalepka, J.P. (1999). Effects of FOV and aircraft bank on pilot head movement and reversal errors during simulated flight. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 70(12):1152-60.
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- Wesler, M., Lucas, J., Gallimore, J.J. , and Marshak, W.P. (1999). Managing Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Information Employing a Reduced Area / Depth Separated Display. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 43rd Annual Meeting, (pp. In press) Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
- Stanney, K.M., Salvendy, G., Deisigner, J., DiZio, P., Ellis, S., Ellison, E., Fogleman, G., Gallimore, J., Hettinger, L., Kennedy, R., Lackner, J., Lawson, B., Maida, J., Mead, A., Mon-Williams, M., Newman, D., Piantanida, T., Reeves, L., Riedel, O., Singer, M., Stoffregen, T., Wann, J., Welch, R., Wilson, J., Witmer, B. (1998). Aftereffects and sense of presence in virtual environments: Formulation of a research and development agenda. Report sponsored by the Life Sciences Division at NASA Headquarters. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 10(2), 135-187.
- Gallimore, J.J., Brannon, N.G., and Patterson F.R. (1998). The Effects of Field-of-View on Pilot Head Movement During Low Level Flight. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (pp. 6-10).
- Gallimore, J.J., Stouffer, J.M., Brannon, N.G., and McCracken J. (1998). Developing Automatic Luminance Controls for Liquid Crystal Displays in Military Cockpits. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus OH., pp 294-297.
- Patterson F. R., Cacioppo, A. J., Gallimore, J.J., Hinman, G.E., and Nalepka, J.P. (1997). Aviation spatial orientation in relationship to head position and attitude interpretation. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 68(6), 463-471.
- Gallimore, J.J. Chen, J. and Chen, C.L.P.,(1996). Three-Dimensional Visualizations and Interactions for the Design of Large Scale Manufactured Objects. An Application of Computer-Aided Assembly Planning. Final Technical Report for ONR. Department of BHE, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435.
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- Narayanan, S, and Gallimore, J.J. (1996). Computer-based aiding for pruning search space in manufacturing planning. In Manufacturing Agility and Hybrid Automation -I., (R. Koubek and W. Karwowski Eds) p 632-635. Louisville, KY: IEA Press.
- Gallimore, J.J., McCracken, J.R., and Gerace, J. (1995). Hardware and human factors issues for military automatic brightness controls. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (pp. 89-93).
- Brown, M.E. and Gallimore, J.J. (1995). Visualizing of 3-D Structures During Computer-Aided Design. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 7, 37-56.
- Philips C.A., Gallimore, J. J. , and Hendershot, D. M. (1995) Walking while utilizing a sensory feedback systems with an electrical muscle stimulation gait orthosis. Medical Engineering and Physics, 17, 507-513.
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- Gallimore, J.J., Mitta, D. and Gerace, J. (1994). Recognizing the need for human factors in advanced manufacturing. In Proceedings of the 3rd Industrial Engineering Research Conference, May 18-19, 1994, Atlanta, GA, (pp. 360 - 365).
- Gallimore, J. J. (1994). Human factors considerations in the design of an assembly planning system. In Proceedings of the 12th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomic Association, August 15-19, Toronto, Canada. Vol 4, (pp 83-85).
- Gallimore, J.J., and Crabtree, J.(1994). Automatic generation of assembly plans: human factors considerations. In Human Performance in Automated Systems: Current Research and Trends (M. Mouloua and R. Parasuraman Eds). p 282-286. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
- Gallimore, J. J. and Brown M.E. (1993) Visualization of 3-D Computer-Aided Design Objects. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 5, 361-382.
- Gallimore, J.J. and Brown, M.E. (1993) Effectiveness of the C-Sharp: Reducing Ergonomic Problems at VDT Workstations. Applied Ergonomics, 24, 327-336.
- Gallimore, J. J., Farley, W.W., and Snyder, H.L. (1991). Effects of spatial luminance nonuniformities on visual-task performance and subjective uniformity. Displays, 12, 147 - 155.
- Snyder, H.L., Decker, J.J. Lloyd, C.J.C., and Dye, C. (1990) Effect of image polarity on VDT task performance. In Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting (pp. 1447-1451). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors Society.
- Snyder, H.L., Decker, J.J. Lloyd, C.J.C., and Dye, C. (1990) Effect of image polarity on VDT task performance. In Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting (pp. 1447-1451). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors Society.
- Decker, J. J., Dye, C. J., Kurokawa, K., and Lloyd, C. J. C. (1988). Effects of display failures and symbol rotation on visual search using dot-matrix symbols. In Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 32nd Annual Meeting (pp. 1386-1390). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors Society.


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An Olympics tickets alert Twitter feed which tried to fill up thousands of empty seats at Olympic events is up and running again after being shut down by Ticketmaster over the weekend, the Guardian reported.
Ticketmaster had @2012TicketAlert suspended in an attempt to spot and catch potential ticket solicitors who may be going through the website for tickets. The Twitter account was originally set up by web developer Adam Naisbitt so he could get seats to see his fiancee, a gymnast, perform. Thousands of people protested the account being closed, and Naisbitt even appeared on the BBC.
Naisbitt contacted Ticketmaster and the two were able to come up with a solution.
"Once Adam Naisbitt approached Ticketmaster and Locog, and we were able to establish that the activity was legitimate, we discussed with him the best way to re-enable access without compromising the performance of the website or the experience of consumers," a Ticketmaster spokesperson told the Guardian.
@2012TicketAlert now appears under a whitelist and Ticketmasterhas unrestricted the Twitter feed in an effort to sell as many tickets to Olympic events as possible.
The Twitter account gave tens of thousands of people the opportunity to find last-minute tickets to Olympic events; they even have an account set up for the Paralympics. Naisbitt doesn't know exactly how many people have gotten tickets through his alerts, but he has received hundreds of thankful messages.
"I'd really hoped to get opportunity to publicly thank the thousands of people in the Twitter community who stood up to LOCOG and TicketMaster and won out – you guys secured an outstanding win and it just goes to show the power of what used to be the silent majority now they have platform to become the vocal majority," Naisbitt wrote on the 2012 Ticket Alert website. "Many have criticised these games for being about corporations and money – but I think the past two days have really shown they're about the people."
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1. Does Qualcomm Centriq 2400 have sve instruction set? The 2400 is armv8.a.
2. how to know whether an arm cpu support sve instruction set?
3. After which year, does arm cpu support sve instruction set?
Have you asked Qualcom ?
Yes. You can see this pdf https://www.qualcomm.com/documents/qualcomm-centriq-2400-processor. After I read your link, I still don't know whether Qualcom centriq 2400 support sve.
Again, for specific details of specific manufacturer's implementations, you need to ask the manufacturer!
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About 17 Media General broadcast affiliates in 16 markets could
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What should have been a revision of last year's superb simulation instead comes across as a half-baked rehash.
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee is a very smart game with great puzzles, yet there's not enough variety in those puzzles to keep it completely entertaining throughout.
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
Particle Systems has successfully created the type of game that fans of the space sim genre have been waiting for years to play.
Horizons: Empire of Istaria
Unfortunately, Horizons offers little that hasn't already been done--and done better--by many other online role-playing games already on the market.
Sid Meier's Civilization III
Civilization III is a triumphant proclamation that strategy gaming is alive and well and still able to keep you rooted in front of your computer for hours at a time.
Nexagon: Deathmatch
If you can overlook the frustrating controls and a few missing features, you'll find that Nexagon: Deathmatch is actually a decent strategy game.
Le Mans 24 Hours
Le Mans 24 Hours is just as meaty an experience as its predecessors.
Unreal II: The Awakening
It has the look and polish of a great shooter, but the gameplay of a merely good one. It's also a fairly short game with no multiplayer support to speak ...
Test Drive
It's fun for a while, but it's too arcadelike for its own good, and it really only lends itself to short amounts of time spent playing.
Mission: Impossible: Operation Surma
Operation Surma takes no big chances with the stealth genre's rules, but it's a well-made and entertaining game all the same.
Splashdown is a good racing game that--with a few tweaks-- could have easily been one of the greatest.


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I started this morning with the full intention of making a loaf of bread, after a successful loaf made last week, despite over-proofing it; chocolate chip cookies, for part of the cookie-making fat debate I have going on for later publishing; and hard-boiled eggs, because there are a little over three dozen eggs in the fridge, 30 of which are farm fresh and need to be used up. All before I needed to get supper on the table, and tonight's a church night, so I was on a little more of a time limit. I scalded my milk, melted the butter and dissolved sugar while I measured out a cup and a half of bleached flour and three and a half cups of white-wheat flour and mixed it up to warm (I keep flour in the freezer – that may change). I got distracted by stuffing envelopes and sticking address labels (upcoming baby shower), and so when I got back to the milk mixture, the butter had made a skin on top. No big deal – I just warmed it back up to melt, and added my yeast as directed. Last time, I let the yeast sit on top and proof – not this time. This time I got the bright idea to mix it in. I think that may have killed it, because it didn't proof nearly as well this time as last – instead of a foamy yeast head, there were little blobs of yeast floating in butter and milk. Soldiering on.
I slowly added the milk mixture to the flour, thinking the whole time that I would need to add the whole mix because the air was cooler and drier than last week, and I was working with wheat, so I could definitely use the extra moisture in proofing. I even added an extra teaspoon of yeast to the flour and mixed it in, hoping that even though the proofed yeast didn't proof well, the extra yeast would help while the dough was rising. The dough got shaggy, and looked too wet, so I stopped short by several tablespoons, and set the dough out to knead before first rise. Even then, I knew something wasn't right – the dough soaked that "over extra" moisture right up, and felt a little too heavy and rough. Soldiering on.
I oiled my bowl and set my dough inside, turned on my oven light and left the dough, covered, to rise. Timestamp: 1140. First rise is supposed to be two and a half hours. I cleaned up my workspace and washed out my dishes, including the saucepan of milk, sugar and yeast. At the bottom of the saucepan was a thin layer of milky, tan sludge, or what I could only assume was the majority of my yeast. Damn and double damn. Maybe the added yeast to the flour would be enough. Fast forward four hours later, and my dough still hasn't doubled. I'm tired of waiting, so I decide to see what's happened. Punching down the dough ball is unpleasant. It's formed a thin skin that cracks when I push into it, which doesn't improve my feelings on this dough.
Well, if I can't make bread out of this – indeed, I've soldiered on enough to reap the full end product waste of a dough this dense, and it just makes an inedible wheat brick – I'll make something else. Pizza is on the menu later this week; I can make pizza crust! Better roll out a piece and see what it does. 20 minutes in a preheated 375F oven, however, does not yield me a pizza crust. Instead, I get a giant pita! My oven isn't hot enough to get a full puff out of the dough, and I didn't add any steam, but I still have something that will be plenty serviceable as pita chips or flatbread crisps. And at this stage in the game, I can ALWAYS use some snacky-type things.
I didn't get chocolate chip cookies done, or hard-boiled eggs, but supper's in the crockpot and I'm about to start on some fresh cornbread to go with it. And best of all, I didn't waste a four-pound mass of dough; or two cups of milk, a few tablespoons of butter, and five whole cups of flour, just because what I intended to make wasn't what I was ending up with. Sometimes you have to get a little creative.
What about you – what kind of adventures have you embarked upon in the kitchen lately? Something not turn out like you wanted, or just turned out to be a bust altogether? Make something you didn't figure you would? Tell me 'bout it! And if you've got any tips for making hybrid wheat bread, I'm all ears. (Note to self: don't use so much wheat flour next time.. Ease up on your division, there, princess.)


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*Disclaimer: This review is written from the point of view of a beginner who has no prior experience with the Dark Souls series.
Dark Souls III is a highly anticipated game created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and is the fourth game in the Souls series. Developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, Dark Souls III is a third person, action RPG (role playing game), playable across PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC.
In Dark Souls III, players take on the role of the Ashen One, an undead warrior in the Kingdom of Lothric, who is tasked to prevent an approaching apocalypse by destroying the Lords of Cinder. This essentially is the main plot and narrative of the game. Having not played previous iterations of the games in the Souls series, I found myself rather confused and a little lost as to the tasks I needed to complete in order to finish the game.
The narrative and lore of Dark Souls is certainly expansive and having spoken with experienced Dark Souls gamers, I was advised to not be too bothered about the game's story and instead focus on its challenges. Having been slightly overwhelmed with the breakdown of the series' plot, I thought it best to take the advice given to me and enjoy the game as is.
Dark Souls III is tough. In fact, it is by far one of the most difficult games I've ever played. This isn't due to the game's mechanics; Instead this is more due to my unfamiliarity with the game as a whole and with the controls not doing what I wanted it to. For example, in most games, I am able to jump by pressing the 'A' button on the Xbox One controller, or 'X' on the PlayStation 4 controller. There is no such button in Dark Souls III and one can't simply press 'jump' and make it safe and sound. Rather, it takes a good deal of coordination and effective timing in order to do certain moves. This game certainly does not treat players as newbie gamers.
To lessen the difficulty for newbies, there are fiery messages engraved into the ground. Often these messages reveal tips or warnings of what is up ahead. Other times, these messages are there to trick players into making the wrong move or go in the wrong direction. It is up to the player to decide on whether to trust these messages or not.
Wielding weapons requires some getting used to. Players of Dark Souls III are equipped with weapons such as battle axes, dual-wielding swords and fire bombs in order to defeat enemies, as well as defensive equipment such as a variety of shields in order to deflect enemy attacks and sustain less damage. Utilising these weapons and interchanging between attacking and deflecting is important so as to maintain health while defeating enemies. The main purpose of defeating enemies in Dark Souls III is to collect enemies' souls, which in this game acts as currency. The more souls collected, the more upgrades players are able to make to their inventory and/or weaponry.
Whilst the main plot of Dark Souls III indicate the player's goals as defeating the Lords of Cinder, there are several major enemies, or rather, bosses, to destroy prior to facing the Lords. These bosses, no matter how small they appear, are difficult to beat, at least they were for me. Attacking head on certainly does not work. Instead, Dark Souls III compels players to watch an enemy's tactics, learn from their behaviour and attack accordingly. Once again, timing is everything and is crucial to staying alive (though aspects of magic within the game, such as special potions in your inventory, allow players to heal and regain health too, which greatly helps).
One thing that I found the most difficult is that there is no pause button. To save progress or effectively pause, players must find their way to the closest bonfire (Dark Souls III's version of check/save points) or all progress will be lost. Resting at a bonfire allows players to heal and take a break, however, this does not necessarily mean that enemies will cease their attacks. Resting at a bonfire also means that all enemies defeated prior to reaching the bonfire will re-spawn. Having to re-defeat enemies is no walk in the park and involves a good deal of strategy.
I have to admit though, the soundtrack of Dark Souls III is spine tingling and the graphics are top notch. The scenery in the game is so visually beautiful that I found myself forgetting that I was playing a video game and it helped curtail my desire to 'rage quit'. Together with the concept behind the game's narrative, Dark Souls III provides a mystical aura of being back in the dark ages, a period in history that is rather fascinating.
The possibilities in Dark Souls III appear endless as there is much to discover, a variety of enemies to defeat and a rather large learning curve. Whilst challenging for those new to the game, Dark Souls III is the perfect game for those who enjoy the feeling of great satisfaction upon completing hard tasks. The added benefit in this game is the ability to summon other players to assist in defeating bosses or difficult enemies, which, like the messages embedded to the ground, helps to ease the difficulty of the game.
If you enjoy medieval lore, magical creatures and a game that requires thought, strategy and skill, then Dark Souls III is the game for you. If you are like me and get frustrated easily after dying multiple times (and that is putting it lightly), then I would highly recommend giving the first Dark Souls game a try and have a feel for it before advancing further into the series.


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SuperPro 3070 is developed based on IS01 In-System Programmer. It is designed for Agilent Medalist i3070 Mux System .The features are very similar to IS01. The user may create project files with IS01 Software, and then operate the programmer through i3070 Mux System.
Detailed Features
Supports 6796 IC devices from 144 manufacturers and continuing
High speed ARM9 CPU based hardware engine. Programming speed adjustable for complicated application environments brought by user target board.
Supports ISP programming of devices with I2C, SPI, CAN, UART, BDM, MW, JTAG, or any other serial port.
Internal Linux O/S.
Two operation modes: Stand-alone and PC-Host mode.
DLL, API or Virtual Com communication command set available for third party application (Optional).
USB 2.0 interface to PC for data communication and control.
Over-current and ESD protection to protect your equipment.
Comes with one-year free device update request support unless there is no PCB testing (engineering labor) involved
Over-current protection circuit limits power to the target device.
Serial number is written within the built-in flash memory, which will be displayed when powered on.
Hardware Specifications
ISP cable accommodates I2C, SPI, UART, BDM, MON, MW, JTAG, CAN, ICC, RS232 interfaces.
Cable driver circuit supports target voltage level of 1.5-5V and is also ESD protected.
USB 2.0 interface for PC connection and management of project files on SD card.
Software Specifications
Supports 5,000+ serial devices.
Supports Jam and Staple files from ACTEL and ALTERA; Direct C files from ACTEL.
Programming speed is selectable (High, Normal and Low) for compatibility with target environment and cable length
Dynamic buffer function. Application examples include: device serial number, MAC address, frequency or transducer calibration, etc.
File format on SD card: FAT16, FAT32
Functions for IP protection: Project security, SD card security, batch control, administration management, etc.
API and DLL are available for easy integration into customer systems such as ICT or ATE (option).
Multiple unit operation via USB Hub
R&D applications like in-circuit tests and debugging.
Volume production- Devices may be programmed after the board is fully assembled. One example is writing the serial number to an on-board serial device.
Field application- Comes with portability, stand-alone mode, and an SD card. It is suitable for field tests, debugging and data acquisition.


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Beat the flood
When you live in a flood-prone area having somewhere safe to live, which will survive a flood, is important. In this video Ortis Deley looks at how people in Bangladesh have considered the different properties of materials to determine which are the right ones for the job, and how that has changed their lives for the better.
Helping people build safe, flood-proof houses is a good example of technology justice in action. Technology justice is about making sure everybody has access to the technology that is essential for life. For other examples of #techjustice in action please also take a look at these videos:
Marvellous microbes Illustrating how microbes convert kitchen waste into biogas.
Pump it up! Explaining the science behind how a water pump works.
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BOYS SOCCER: McCarthy, Torrington roll to 5-0 win against Derby
TORRINGTON -- In some ways, Torrington's 5-0 win over Derby's visiting boys soccer team was over in 21 minutes Monday afternoon. In others, it was over in two.
"Torrington is the best team we've played so far," said Derby first-year coach Eric McGrath, whose Derby version of Red Raiders are 2-3-2, with wins over Wilby and Sacred Heart; ties against Ansonia and Woodland; and losses to Seymour and Watertown.
Torrington's scoring ended after those first 21 minutes when coach Mike Fritch Jr. pulled most of his starters, already ahead by the final score.
"We have a couple more games this week, so the plan was to score early so we could rest up," said Torrington Red Raider defender John McCarthy, who scored the first goal of his varsity career in the second minute of the game, then added a second goal in the 21st. In between, Shane Walker, Shane Bierfeldt and Jairo Borja found the back of the net with assists from Borja, Craig Peterson, Jaime Tello, Kyle Sanford and Juan Munoz.
The 6-1 Raiders had McGrath with the first hello.
"They're the only team that's taken us apart from the start," he said. "They're organized and impressive all over the field."
Torrington penetrated from the start. Borja had an open shot into the outside of the net in the first minute.
In the second, McCarthy came up in support of a Borja free kick from the top of the keeper's box. Borja's pass curled to McCarthy just outside the left post. The junior defender redirected it into the goal.
In the fifth minute, junior Shane Walker took a long pass to the penalty box from another of Torrington's premier defenders, co-captain Craig Peterson. Walker fired it past Derby goalkeeper Cornelius Harge (10 saves) from 10 yards out.
Shane Bierfeldt worked a give-and-go with Jaime Tello from the right corner for the third goal, in the seventh minute.
Borja took a throw-in from Kyle Sanford for a five-yard goal in the 18th.
A pass from Juan Munoz found McCarthy by the left post again in the 21st.
The praise from McGrath and the ease of the goals against a team that's been shut out just once before this year is heady stuff for fans and players.
"We learned a little more about our place in the league," said Bierfeldt.
"They should have success," said McGrath, whose previous shutout came 1-0 against Watertown.
"If we share the ball and don't get too greedy, we're a pretty good team," said Fritch, cautioning that top echelon teams in the NVL are yet to come.
Derby's worst loss prior to Monday was 6-2 against Seymour. Torrington, 3-1 winners over the Wildcats two weeks ago, looks ahead to games with Naugatuck, Watertown and Holy Cross among the challenges yet to come.
"We're more mature this year," said Fritch. "Having varsity experience is real big. The upper-echelon teams in the NVL and the good teams in the state play the same style we do: we keep the ball on the ground; we don't play kick and run. Then we try to play as quickly as we can."
So far, so very good.