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Residential radon mitigation is a procedure that is conducted in many residential and commercial areas in Fort Mill South Carolina. Radon testing should be performed by a professional testing company to determine your indoor radon levels in the air that enters your house. A radon test is quite necessary so, that you can address any air quality issues and ensure that the right actions are taken to secure the health of you and your families health by reducing toxic radon levels in your home in Fort Mill South Carolina. It may even be necessary to install radon detectors in your house so that the levels can be observed and maintained at the lowest levels possible over time. Any amount of radon gas is toxic and will affect the health of you and your loved ones.
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A high quality radon test should be done in Fort Mill South Carolina, for your commercial setting as soon as possible to assure you don't need to address any radon issues. Commercial radon mitigation will provide a good healthy environment for you and your employees. Not only is it healthy to test for radon it's financially wise if you ever want to ensure your business health and longevity. Many people who never we're informed about the consequences of high radon levels and the health affects quickly change their approach on the matter. Radon testing in Fort Mill South Carolina is not just important for you and your family but also your workers, yourself, and your business.
Fort Mill South Carolina real estate radon mitigation should be of concern to real estate developers and real estate professionals in all areas nationwide. Real Estate radon mitigation can be achieved through proper ventilation plans of buildings to reduce concentration of radon in the air and to ultimately address any indoor radon levels. Most real estate developers are urged by key industry players, from the state to home buyers, to incorporate radon mitigation systems in their development plans and in some states may even be mandatory. This includes inspecting for radon levels in areas. Radon can be managed through radon mitigation practices and through radon testing and monitoring in Fort Mill South Carolina.
Radon gas is radioactive gas that emanates from the breakdown of uranium in soil into the natural air of the environment. The gas is common in many buildings around the United States and mostly finds its way up into the air from the ground through holes and cracks in the foundation of a building. The gas has been found to be cancer-causing and poses high risks of lung cancer even though it cannot be smelled, seen or tasted.
Real estate developers and real estate agents in Fort Mill South Carolina are recommended to conduct a radon test as part of real estate radon mitigation in their development areas. This will allow them to seek for radon reduction options and increase radon mitigation efforts. Real estate developers and real estate agents in Fort Mill South Carolina are now learning to keep the radon test results for the purposes of showing them to potential clients who may ask for the test results in the future.
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Fort Mill South Carolina Waterborne radon occurs naturally and it's colorless, tasteless, odorless and radioactive. It also comes from the decay of uranium in soil and water and it is considered a health risk. It's found everywhere in the world in the air we breathe and usually comes in two ways: water and airborne. It is known as the silent killer and provides an open door for cancer. Radon gas and other various radon levels originate in water wells that are drilled into bedrock that contain uranium and radon gas. These wells can be private or wells that are used in a public systems in Fort Mill South Carolina. Ergo, if you have public water and have a concern about your water supplies, a radon test and future radon testing could insure the concentration in surface waters. A radon test is inexpensive, and knowing about radon levels in your area can ease your mind with a simple radon test in Fort Mill South Carolina.
One important factor about waterborne radon mitigation is that it works and can ensure that you keep yourself and your family safe from radon in water. The collection of radon in water keeps your homes or business buildings from having issues with your water supply, when radon mitigation is implemented. Radon mitigation is crucial since radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer; second only to smoking. That said you can see how valuable radon reduction methods in Fort Mill South Carolina are of the utmost importance. So, now you know that radon mitigation can target not only air based but, also water based sources by filtering out the waterborne radon by using carbon granule filtration systems. The ionized radon bonds with carbon and quickly reduces the levels in the water. Note: It's EPA estimated that 1 in 15 homes in the United States have elevated radon levels and in Fort Mill South Carolina waterborne radon issues should be addressed as well.
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Fort Mills South Carolina is a quaint suburb Of Charlotte North Carolina that is growing in size, but hasn't lost its small town appeal. Fort Mill South Carolina is located in the northern part of the state off the I77 corridor.
Fort Mill South Carolina has several outdoor activates that will appeal to a wide range. The Anne Springs Close Greenway has several hiking and walking trails. Carowinds is a sixteen coaster amusement park that has a water park called Boomerang Bay and a brand new mega coaster called Fury 325. It will speed it's riders ninety-five miles an hour and is set to be the fifth tallest coaster.
Fort Mill South Carolina has several festivities during the year to entice you to visit. Fort Mill History Days sponsored by the Fort Mill Museum and Fort Mill South Carolina is a weekend of reenactments, history demonstrations and of course food.
Fort Mill South Carolina has one claim to fame and that is the Strawberry festival. It is in May every year and has such events as Race for the Berries, a pageant to crown Strawberry Queen, a classic car show, and Pic-N-Flic, which starts as picking strawberries, then goes to food, rides, games and ends in a blanket and a movie. The Strawberry Festival has several eating contests, strawberry shortcake of course is one, and you can test your skill against the best strawberry jam makers in the state. Fort Mill South Carolina and the Strawberry festival has been recognized several years in a row as the what to do in the state.
Fort Mill South Carolina best place to be is it's small town Main St. Get out and meander the local shops. Local Dish is a state renown restaurant that has pushed the farm to table experience. Enjoy the quiet and slower pace. Enjoy Fort Mill South Carolina.


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Power Tour Chassis Dyno session: Sunday at Muskegon
The Lucas Oil/E3 Spark Plugs-sponsored mobile dyno has been a popular attraction at Power Tour. The guys from Dyno Tune Performance have run more hot rods on the rollers than we've ever seen at a mobile dyno event and a few have put up some huge numbers.
Our favorite test subject to watch though was Dave Roberts' Chevy C10 pickup. It wasn't because it blitzed the rollers with massive torque but rather the Dayton, Ohio resident smashed into Bambi at 60 mph between Detroit and Muskegon and still strapped the six-speed equipped banana to the dyno to find out how see how much steam she makes.
A tow strap hooked to a Chevy S10 pulled the core support forward enough to fix the radiator. He plans to finish the tour and it gets better; a local hot rodder offered up his choice of three factory hoods sitting in his yard just a few miles away from the show!

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It's been 11 years since Alkaline Trio released their first full-length album, 'Goddamnit.' In that time, they've been signed to three different labels and expanded their sound beyond their original straight-ahead punk style, incorporating more melody and production. Now, with the pending release of their seventh album on their newly formed Heart & Skull label — a joint venture with Epitaph — the Chicago rockers are heading back to their roots.
"This record is a rock record but our punk rock upbringing definitely shines through, more so than our last few records," singer/guitarist Matt Skiba tells Spinner. "The vibe is similar to our humble beginnings. It's a step forward but I also think it has glimmers of our past in it."
To recapture the sound of the early days, Skiba says the band took a simpler approach to recording the album, which will feature 11 tracks and be released in February. While Skiba says there's a little bit of synth on the record and one trumpet solo in the style of Neutral Milk Hotel, not ska-punk, the band mainly kept things straightforward. "We went with a less-is-more approach on this record. A lot of it is just one guitar rather than overdubs or three or four guitars," he says. "We wanted a record that we could easily play live. For the most part, it's pretty bare bones while still sounding full and big."
But that's not the only way Alkaline Trio is getting back to their origins. "Another thing that makes it resemble our earlier records, especially our first record, is that it's really personal," Skiba says. "A couple of us have gone through some pretty serious life changes. We had a good friend of ours pass away since the last record. There's a song on the record, 'Dorothy,' that was really influenced by the film 'Blue Velvet' but it's a metaphor for someone and something else. Everything on the record is stuff that definitely hits close to home for us and we tried to communicate that in the songs."
That said, Skiba also takes on politics, though it's still within the traditional dark themes of Alkaline's best work. "There is a song on the record called 'The American Scream' that is political," he says. "For a long time we were afraid to write overtly political songs but I read this article about a US soldier that came back from a tour of duty in Afghanistan and blew his head off on his mother's grave and I wrote a song about that."
Skiba is currently approving the final artwork for the album — the title of which is still being kept under wraps — and says he can't wait for fans to hear it. "We're really excited to get back on the road and see everybody. We've been playing some of these songs live but most of them nobody's heard so we're really excited," he says. "We're very, very proud of the record and we hope that everybody digs it."


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Vodafone up 10% due to smartphone data use
The increase in popularity of smartphones has been revealed as a major contributor to Vodafone's rise in annual profits. The telecommunications company announced that its revenue has risen 3.2 per cent to £45.9bn and profits for the last financial year were £9.5bn. These figures are higher than had been forecast as the profit increased by nearly ten per cent from £8.7bn the previous year.
Emerging market performance had also been a cause for their success. However, revenue from data services sales had risen by 26 per cent, putting the company in a strong position for the new financial year.
Everyone wants a smartphone
Mobile phone users are seeing the attractiveness of having a smartphone. Users can access the internet, social networks and emails while on the move. These selling points mean that more people are using data services and opting for phone packages with high download limits. Furthermore, the emergence of better technology means that smartphones are now available on a range of budgets - the iPhone is no longer the only opinion.
Manufacturers are also seeing benefits from the increased popularity of smartphones, together with data service providers. Vodafone is hoping to expand into the market further, launching its own smartphone this summer.


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Just something about me buying auctions for gloves seems to create drama.
When I first bought some noble gaunts from Asper in an auction, I did it by correctly reading that there was a snipe rule in said auction. Soooooooo, I just set the palm pilot with an alarm for about 15 minutes or so, logged in, made a snipe bid and won them. That was the start of my issue with Gibbon_Raver (Berek Heartthew in-game), who (shock!) it seems was exposed as an evader, lol.
Fast forward to tonight. Those noble gaunts I won? I stuck a quickness gem in them. So, +12, not +15. I've always kept my eye open for major quickness covenant gaunts. They were auctioned off last night. So I bid.
And waited.
I noticed that another person outbid me on them later, but that the auction wasn't ending until about 9pm EST. Soooooo, I made another tactical decision -- I set the palm, and went on about my day (evening).
Then bid around 8:50pm.
1+ hour passes, and the guy realizes he's been sniped. Oops. O=)
Of course, he's crying over the fact that I outbid him by 1 MMD, but it's just patently obvious sour grapes over losing.
These aren't ringed sing keys -- these are MMDs, and they come in ANY amount. I'm not rich, but I do on occasion, make a good business decision. It's called, "Buy low, sell high."
Maybe I'll offer him the gaunts for twice what I paid for them. =P


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To invoke the senses, to probe sensibilities, to encapsulate the nature of man - Park Tae Dong endeavors to bring to life the cherished recesses of human desire. Inspired by the transition of a stone into a representation of pricelessness, the artist brings forth his muse as a symbol of all that is precious - of the journey and will of man; he brings to us, the timeless gemstone. Born in 1961 in Seoul, Korea, Park Tae Dong completed his Bachelor in Fine Art in 1988, and his Masters in Fine Art in 1991 from Seoul National University. Representative of the human spirit and all that it holds dear, Park Tae Dong's unusual subjects add instant elegance and a primitive awe to their surroundings. Having gathered much acclaim, the artist's works have been widely exhibited and are part of many prestigious collections - both private and public.
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Joint Emergency Management Oversight Committee
Representative John Faircloth, Vice Chair
Senator Ronald Rabin, Vice Chair
February 21, 2018
Dear Representative Faircloth and Senator Rabin:
This is a follow up to a phone call to your offices on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 regarding the date, time, and location for the next Joint Emergency Management Oversight Committee meeting in March. I also would like to know if it is possible to address the Committee regarding giving school personnel the tools they need to protect children from mass murderers and ridding ourselves of gun free zones, – killing zones. Also, can a group come to address your Committee?
Children and school personnel should be protected and given a fighting chance to survive a school shooting. When prevention and intervention fail, and confrontation is the only option, well trained and armed school personnel become the last line of defense to save lives and better, they can prevent such incidents from occurring in the first place.
I am a retired teacher of 33 years. I currently substitute in the high schools in Henderson County. I do not feel safe in any of them, even with School Resource Officers in the building. They cannot be everywhere. There is little to no security. I have to beg for a key to a classroom.
I am organizing a School Safety Committee in Henderson County for the purpose of bringing this issue to our School Board and the our legislature. There must be a political will to bring about positive change locally and at the state level. I do believe this has to be a joint community and law enforcement effort. There must be a political will to bring about these needed changes. We protect government buildings, airports, and the Oscars, but we can't protect our children?
There are sheriffs, legislators, and other school districts across the country who are formulating plans and legislation to finally address the insanity of gun free zones on school campuses. Some of them are listed below, including Speaker Tim Moore's new committee to study school safety and Rep Larry Pittman's welcomed suggestion to train school personnel – teachers – to protect children.
I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your time and any assistance. And, Thank You for your service to our state.
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CC: Rep. Cody Henson, Rep. Larry Pittman, Rep. Michael Speciale, Speaker Tim Moore
Fox and Friends: Video: Sheriff Richard Jones, Butler County, OH: Offers free concealed carry for teachers.
Fox News: Video Sheriff Grady Judd, Polk County, Fl: 'Game Changer' If Some Teachers Trained to Carry Guns
The Ledger: Polk Sheriff Grady Judd to Fla. Legislature: Act now to prevent school shootings
NPR: Kentucky Weighs Proposal To Allow School Staff To Carry Guns
Fox 8: Alabama lawmaker proposes bill allowing teachers to carry guns at school
Raleigh News and Observer: North Carolina lawmaker suggests letting teachers have guns
WLOS: North Carolina House leader creating school safety panel
Carolina Journal: UNC campuses training to respond to mass shootings
KXAN: North Texas Schools have been arming teachers without incident.
The Blaze: Over 98% of mass shootings occurred on gun-free zones, research shows
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This is my hand.
My hand – what this lovely giraffe named Charlie Bell used for a breakfast plate. It's part of the new Giraffe Encounter at the Phoenix Zoo, where every morning from 9 – 10 a.m., you can feed a giraffe either a pellet (for adults), or a piece of lettuce (for the kiddos).
For three dollars (and kids under 2 are free), you step right up and one of the professionals shows you exactly what to do. Notice the assistance I received.
Waiting there right before it opened, the giraffes intuitively made their way over to the Encounter deck, which is just a few feet lower than where their heads reach. They all start to get hungry for the goodness we are about to feed them, and each person feeds them once. My nephew fed the lettuce, and was surprised by the big black tongue!
I think it's a great way to get the kids and adults (let's not kid ourselves) to get up close to some of the most magnificent animals. The area where you feed them also has ostrichs and tons of other animals in the safari area all together.
While you're at the zoo, which Travel + Leisure named one of the top five in the country, check out these not-so-native animals:
It's a very cool experience – literally. There are splash "caves" and water play areas everywhere, a lot of the exhibits are shaded by huge tropical trees, and the best part – there are SnoCones galore for sale throughout the zoo.
Just do me this favor – when you go, say hello to my near and dear friend, Charlie Bell.
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okay i have high defense and when i'm fighting an enemy and only taking like 1 damage or 2 say for example green slimes can't do more than 2 damage then all of a sudden my hp drops by 30 points while i'm fighting what's up with that ? i apologize in advance if this has been brought up before but i looked. Granted i am human so i do make mistakes.
perhaps the enemy made a critical hit (critical hits ignore the defence).
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I don't know this, but I have a hunch that in RO protocol the critical hits send a "show critical hit gfx" signal to the client, our client doesn't react to that afaik. Just as we don't have anything for showing "multiple hits collective damage" the double hit skill or multibolt spells in RO do.
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Great Old Broads for Wilderness is a national grassroots organization, led by women, that engages and inspires activism to preserve and protect wilderness and wild lands.
Conceived by older women who love wilderness, Broads gives voice to the millions of Americans who want to protect their public lands as Wilderness for this and future generations.
As a women led organization, we bring knowledge, leadership, and humor to the conservation movement to protect our last wild places on earth.
Wild public lands are treasured for their intrinsic values and protected for current and future generations.
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Wilderness and public lands are for everyone; they are the heritage of all and a gift to future generations. Wild places, once destroyed, may be gone forever.


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Actor Kevin Spacey, 59, is being sued for allegedly sexually assaulting a masseur.
According to a Friday report from TMZ, the male masseuse who asked to file as a John Doe was called in by a third party to meet the now 59-year-old actor at his home in Malibu before he was lead into a room to set up a massage table.
The accuser claims he had asked Spacey to lay face down on the table but the actor insisted on facing up.
The documents obtained by TMZ state that Doe had said Spacey had told him he was having pain on his 'groin area' before grabbing his hand and pushing it onto the testicles.
Doe said that he had pulled away but Space stood up naked and moved toward him before saying 'you have such beautiful eyes.'
According to the documents, the masseur believed that Spacey was trying to kiss him and Doe attempted to back away but Spacey grabbed his genitals and said seemingly said something about performing oral sex on him.
Doe said that he proceeded to grab his massage table before fleeing the residence.
He is now suing the former House Of Cards star for sexual battery, battery, assault, and false imprisonment.
The actor, who was dropped from Netflix's House of Cards in 2017 following previous accusations of sexual harassment is currently being investigated for the alleged acts in the U.S and in England.


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At long last, Spell Catcher X version 10.2 is now available! There's a lot of new stuff in there, we're sure you'll like it. See what's new!
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It's back and it's badder than ever, VideoLAN.org has officially released the next major iteration of its multi-platform video player software, VLC 2.0.
The new software has gone through a major re-skinning, with specific note to the Mac OS X implementation, however the changes don't stop there. Video output has been rewritten, allowing for improved GPU acceleration with support for OpenGL shaders, enabling colour-space conversion and sub-picture blending to be performed on the GPU, including for 10-bit video.
Decoding has also been enhanced with new multi-threaded codecs for popular H.264, MPEG-4/Xvid and WebM formats, along with support for OpenMAX in Android, enabling hardware decoding on portables. Experimental support for the BluRay format is now present, though AACS and BD+ DRM libraries and keys are not shipped with the player due to the legal limitations behind these content protection systems, which at this stage limits the possible uses for the new feature.
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Within the newly renovated and redesigned Museum of the Works of the Duomo in Florence is a gallery which stuns most visitors; the gallery of Michelangelo's Deposition Pieta, also called the Nicodemus Pieta. The new space replaces the previous location of the work – a landing on the main staircase of the 'old' museum. In its new location it shines and fills a room five times the size of the stair landing.
A quick summary of the design: The highest figure of the four is said to be Nicodemus, in reality a self portrait of Michelangelo in his later years. The figure to the left of Christ deposed, as you stand before the work, is Mary Magdalen. The figure to the right of Christ is Mary, his mother.
Michelangelo left the figures of Mary, Christ and Nicodemus unfinished. It is widely believed that Tiberio Calcagni, a sculptor of some note, finished the Mary Magdalen after Michelangelo's death.
The story of this gorgeous work is a long and complicated one. Here is what most historians believe: Michelangelo began work on the Pieta in 1556, eight years before his death. In the course of the work, he became increasingly frustrated with the quality of the marble, the position of the figures and the constant pressure he felt to 'get it done'. The master eventually broke away several sections of the work (for reasons we do not understand) and eventually gave the main marble block and pieces to his servant, Antonio. The servant then sold the work to Calcagni.
Calcagni replaced the pieces on the main block of marble and then completed the figure of Mary Magdalen. Somehow, in the course of the work, movement of pieces and repair, Christ's left leg went missing.
As you study the work today, it is difficult to see in the balance and beauty of the piece that anything is missing. It is believed that Michelangelo intended for Christ's left leg to rest on his mother, Mary's, thigh; perhaps too strong an implied relationship between mother and son – pressure from the church – caused him to remove the leg.
Below is a close up of the pin "hole" where Christ's left leg would have been attached. To this day, no one knows what happened to that piece of marble.
Even with its provenance in question, the piece of marble, back lit and highlighted in the gallery of the Museo del Opera del Duomo still fascinates us. How Buonarotti could turn marble to flesh remains as mysterious as the story of the Deposition Pieta.
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Concept after Concept: Before Normal
Concept after Concept: Before Normal is an international group exhibition revolving around past and present conceptual art.
The exhibition shows examples on the variety of conceptual art, which arose as a criticism of the images and institutions of art. As the perhaps most essential reference for contemporary art it is important to examine what conceptual art is, from where it has its origin and how it has been processed by new generations aorund the world. Thus the exhibition Concept after Concept: Before Normal presents international conceptual art from the 1960's until today.
The exhibition is curated by post.doc. Lars Bang Larsen.
Art and Language (UK), John Baldessari (US), Björnligan (SE), Andrea Büttner (DE), Anna Bella Geiger (BR), General Idea (CAN), Henriette Heise (DK), Henry 8 Wives (DE/UK/NO), Inspection Medical Hermeneutics (RUS), Kristine Kemp (DK), Koncern (DK), Louise Lawler (US), Emil Lykkegaard (DK), Albert Mertz (DK), Présence Panchounette (FR), Kirsten Pieroth (D), Michael Portnoy (US), Lasse Schmidt Hansen (DK)
A researchbased exhibition
The thesis behind the exhibition is that art history's comprehension of conceptual art is insufficient in that it regards it as an art form driven by reason and criticism. The project claims an aesthetic experience is no less important.
Museum Director Sanne Kofod Olsen contributes to the research which will be presented in a book.


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Eleanor is a qualified florist, and has been in the florist and wedding flower business for twenty years, the last ten based in her shop at Ivy Terrace in the heart on Tralee. In her time in Kerry Eleanor has undertaken over 2,000 weddings.
There are a thousand and one web sites offering all kind of flower services for your wedding and it can be baffling and very difficult to start planning for your big day. Best to break it down into smaller, easily managed chunks.
Eleanor suggests you download Eleanor's Wedding Flower Check List. It can help you decide on the elements of your floral needs.
As you go through the list bear in mind your colour schemes (bridal gown and such) and the time of year.
You should also visit our wedding site at www.eleanorswedding.com.
Your budget is a big consideration since the Celtic Tiger passed away. Beautiful flowers and arrangements for your wedding does not have to mean big money. Check out Eleanor's Wedding Price List for an idea regarding prices.
Because Eleanor has undertaken weddings in many of the Kerry churches and Hotels, she is able to advise you on the layout and make suggestions for your wedding, both the ceremony and the reception. Some churches have strict flower rules, believe it or not!
In the launch issue of Franc Wedding Secrets, you will see Eleanor's flowers at one of our weddings. Go to the Real Life Weddings—Lynore Deady and Jay Connelly. Eleanor's flowers were part of the 'Dreamteam' - "amazing flowers" is the quote.
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Edit out Obama's name and image, and you might be excused for thinking a lot of the "national security" news in the press these days is two years old or more.
For example, who among the Change enthusiasts on David Plouffe's email list a couple years ago would have expected to see Obama's name in conjunction with a story on the "plenary presidential right to assassinate?" That's what the Obama administration claimed last spring: The right to assassinate any American citizen, anywhere in the world outside the United States, if the president summarily judges they're supporting terrorism in some (unspecified) way.
National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair tried to reassure the American people by pointing out that any U.S. operatives assassinating American citizens overseas would "follow a set of defined policy and legal procedures that are very carefully observed." You'll have to take his word for it, because the administration refuses to disclose the actual legal standards used to put anyone on the target list. "National security would be compromised" if they described the actual criteria used. So they claim to be doing everything by the book -- but the book's classified. And of course they can always rewrite the book without telling you.
In the past few days, the administration argued in federal court that its power to assassinate American citizens, as one of the national security prerogatives of the executive, is beyond judicial oversight.
But don't worry. You really think the government would do crooked stuff and lie about it, just because its officials can do anything they want with no risk of getting caught? Shame on you. Surely you don't think the government would falsely accuse someone it wanted out of the way for questionable political reasons. If somebody's accused of something they must be guilty, just like Nancy Grace says -- that's why we didn't clutter up the Bill of Rights with a bunch of pinko "due process of law" stuff.
But at least Obama's in the process of maybe, someday, sort of closing down Gitmo, right? Or headed vaguely in that direction, anyway? Well, yeah -- and he's got executive orders in place for shutting down the CIA's worldwide network of torture sites, as well.
Only he's expanded the "Black Jail" at Bagram, a sort of Gitmo in Afghanistan. That's under less oversight than Gitmo because it's not technically on American soil, so the spooks can do anything they want there. Namely, according to the Open Society Institute, "holding detainees in cold cells, forced nudity, physical abuse, detaining individuals in isolation cells for longer than 30 days," and refusing access to the Red Cross.
And he's refused to rule out "extraordinary rendition" in principle.
But hey, it's a lot less embarrassing to have the torture happening on the other side of the world, instead of right next door to Miami (although even at Gitmo military judges, on orders from Obama, heard testimony extracted from a 15-year-old under threat of gang rape and death).
Here at home, where -- theoretically at least -- the government doesn't yet claim plenary authority to assassinate American citizens on their own soil, federal law enforcement engages in the somewhat less alarming activity of spying on American citizens who exercise their right of protest. You know, like J. Edgar Hoover did to Martin Luther King. The FBI, pursuant to an ongoing Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation, in late September raided the offices and homes of anti-war activists in Minneapolis. One such activist, who had protested U.S. military aid under Plan Colombia, was allegedly suspected of ties to FARC. Which, in the unlikely event she actually was, is a Bad Thing because, you know, only the U.S. government should be deciding which terrorist organizations to support in Colombia.
I know what you're thinking: Somehow, the U.S. still isn't quite enough like East Germany. But fret no more! Thanks to the Suspicious Activity Reporting program, you too can turn your neighbors in to the Stasi! And the beauty of it is, you don't have to limit yourself to reporting actual criminal behavior -- just "suspicious activity," like stuff that's perfectly legal but might or might not indicate intent to commit a crime. Because you can never be too careful about rounding people up based on stuff they might be planning to do!
Seriously: Do you ever wonder whether Yoo and Gonzales were secretly funding the Obama campaign in hopes of a "Nixon to China" thing?
C4SS Research Associate Kevin Carson is a contemporary mutualist author and individualist anarchist whose written work includes "Studies in Mutualist Political Economy," "Organization Theory: An Individualist Anarchist Perspective," and "The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low-Overhead Manifesto," all of which are freely available online.


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Riverside Hometown Heroes Honor Run to Support Fallen Police Officers
Officer Andrew Tachias, a former UCR student-athlete who was wounded in a February shooting, is the inspiration behind the 5K and 10K runs
Andrew Tachias, a UCR grad and member of the Riverside Police Department, is the inspiration for the inaugural Riverside Hometown Heroes Honor Run on Saturday, October 12.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Several hundred runners are expected to take to the streets around the Arlington Heights Sports Park in Riverside on Saturday, October 12, 2013 for the inaugural Hometown Heroes Honor Run. All proceeds from the 5K and 10K races will go to the Riverside Police Officers' Assistance Fund, which supports Riverside police officers who have been injured or killed in the line of duty and their families.
Sponsored by the Riverside Police Officers Association, the Honor Run 5K race will begin at 7 a.m. and the 10K race at 8 a.m., with prizes for the top finishers. The day will also feature the Hometown Heroes True Blue Community Fair featuring information and product booths, live music and fitness demonstrations.To register or for more information, visit their website
A PDF of the Honor Run information card is also available for download.
The inspiration for the run is UC Riverside alumnus and current Riverside Police Officer Andrew Tachias. A distance runner on the UCR cross country and track and field teams during his undergraduate years, Tachias was on patrol with Training Officer Michael Crain on February 7th, 2013 when they were fired on by Christopher Dorner, a disgruntled former Los Angeles Police Department officer. Crain was killed in the attack and Tachias was hit eight times, suffering injuries, including nerve damage, to both arms.
"We wanted an event that could show Andrew how much support he had in the community and at the same time raise funds to assist him and others officers in the future," said Riverside Police Detective and Riverside Police Officers' Association Vice President Aurelio Melendrez, who is race director for the Honor Run.
"With his background as a runner, holding a race as a fundraiser seemed like a no-brainer," agreed UCR Associate Head Track and Field and Cross Country Coach Nate Browne, one of Tachias' former college coaches who also served on the Honor Run's organizing committee.
Tachias, who graduated from UC Riverside in 2009, attended the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Academy and worked for the Inglewood Police Department before joining the Riverside Police Department in 2012, said he was thankful for the support that he has received during his recovery and rehabilitation of nerve damage in his hands.
"There has been an overwhelming amount of support from the Riverside Police Department, UC Riverside Athletics Department, UCR Police Department, the City of Riverside, all the sponsors and the community," he said. "I could never thank them enough."
Tachias added that while he feels "undeserving of something so great," as the Honor Run that "it's an awesome feeling to have a race in the honor of Officer Crain."
"I grew up loving to run," he said. "A lot of the symbolism and character that the sport creates defines the person I am today."
The Honor Run will also carry a great personal significance for many participants, including Detective John Enriquez, a 2006 graduate of UCR who is one of three members of the UCR Police Department currently signed up to participate. Enriquez worked with Tachias as a community service officer while they were both students and was friends with Crain after they worked a joint UCR-Riverside police patrol together for three years. Finally, Enriquez was dating Nikki Bonaminio, the sister of Riverside Police Officer Ryan Bonaminio who was shot and killed while chasing a suspect on Nov. 7, 2010. The couple were married on September 15, 2013.
"I am doing the Hometown Heroes Honor Run because it's important to support injured officers as well as fallen officers," Enriquez said. "They are real life heroes, not Hollywood actors."
Melendrez said that about 200 runners are currently registered, but that they have space for as many as 3,000 participants.
"That may be ambitious for a first year event," he said. "But this community has never been short on support for our officers."
He added that organizers hope to have a large turnout of law enforcement personnel at the Honor Run.
"I would love to see half of those attending be from law enforcement," he said. "The response from the law enforcement community has been great, each day and night it seems I am fielding calls from local police associations who want to get involved and help or sponsor the event. It is a wonderful feeling to be a part of such a special community such as law enforcement."
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Encyclopedia Dubuque
"Encyclopedia Dubuque is the online authority for all things Dubuque, written by the people who know the city best."
Marshall Cohen—researcher and producer, CNN
Affiliated with the Local History Network of the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Iowa Museum Association.
SCHRUP, William D.
SCHRUP, William D. (Dubuque, IA, June 26, 1955--Iowa City, IA, July 2, 1997). The son of Charles and Marjorie (Trenkle) Schrup, William graduated from WAHLERT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL in 1973, University of Santa Clara (CA) in 1977, and The Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988. (1)
From 1977 to 1982, he worked for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at several locations including Bend, Oregon. In 1982, he returned to Dubuque to work at AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK as the executive vice president in the Commercial Loan Division. (2)
Schrup was a member and former president of the Stonehill Care Center Board and Stonehill Strategic Planning Committee member. He was the chairperson of the 1997 Mercy Health Center Annual Giving Program and the Mercy Fund Development Committee. Schrup was a member of the Clarke College Development Council, University of Dubuque Board of Finance Committee, treasurer and director of DUBUQUE IN-FUTURO, former board member of the DUBUQUE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, vice-present and president-elect of the 990 Club of the DUBUQUE SHOOTING SOCIETY, and member of the board of directors of American Trust and Savings Bank. (3)
He was the inspiration of the first Dubuque Bone Marrow Donor Drive, a organization for which he served as chairperson. Schrup had battled leukemia since 1993 and had recently undergone his second bone marrow transplant. His family and friends organized fund-drives and recruitment efforts to add names to the national bone marrow donor registry. The group realized $50,000 in donations and registered more than 750 names. (4)
1. Obituaries. Telegraph Herald, July 5, 1997, p. 4B. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19970705&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
2. Gwiasda, Susan B. "Bill Schrup Dies After Second Marrow Transplant," Telegraph Herald, July 4, 1997, p. 3A. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19970704&printsec=frontpage&hl=en


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Canon PowerShot SD10 Digital Elph
Canon PowerShot SD10 Digital Elph
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As much a fashion statement as it is the smallest camera in our roundup, the slim, elegant Canon PowerShot SD10 Digital Elph delivers good image quality and a fast burst mode. But it lacks an optical zoom lens and an optical viewfinder.
Although you can't focus manually or set f-stop or shutter speed, the SD10 offers various image adjustment options, such as sharpening and vivid color, and several program modes, including an easy-to-follow panorama guide. You can customize the camera by changing setup defaults— even sounds.
Designed for one-handed operation, the SD10 has minimal controls. Selecting settings is somewhat confusing, because both buttons on the back bring up menus, with only icons and single words for identification.
Boot and recycle times are fair, though burst mode is quite peppy. Image quality is good, with sufficient detail and sharpness. Our daylight test shot had pleasing color but was dull and slightly underexposed. The flash image was a bit overexposed.
Style-conscious consumers will like the SD10's size and elegance. But if you want more power, look elsewhere.
Summary: The SD10 is an attractive piece of jewelry with a solid feel, but it has no zoom lens and is only average in ease of use, performance, and image quality.


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The faculty and staff of the Center for Canadian-American are drawn from many parts of campus. Together, we constitute an enthusiastic and dedicated community of educators working to incorporate Canadian content into courses at Western.
Daniel Boxberger
Professor, Anthropology
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Topics: ethnohistory, methods & theory, Indigenous rights, Northwest Coast
Sarah Campbell
Professor, Anthropology
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Topics: Pacific Northwest prehistory, hunter-gatherer adaptations, archaeological methods and theory
James Loucky
Professor, Anthropology
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Topics: human rights, immigration and border policies, political ecology, community wellbeing, intercultural education
Art History
Julia Sapin
Professor, Art History
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Topics: Indigenous arts of the Pacific Northwest
Center for International Business
Steve Globerman
Professor, Business and Economics
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Topics: international business, economics, international trade, management
Steve Henson
Professor, Economics
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Topics: applied microeconomics, environmental resources, economics of higher education, faculty labor markets, healthcare, and environmental policy
Hart Hodges
Associate Professor, Economics
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Topics: natural resource and environmental economics, applied business economics
Nancy Pagh
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Topics: Poetry, creative writing, literature, and cultural studies
Theresa Warburton
Assistant Professor, English
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Topics: Feminist theory, women's literature, Native literature, transnational and multiethnic literature, memoir, and anarchist studies
Lee Guylas
Senior Instructor, English
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Topics: Literary nonfiction, literary journalism, poetry and poetics, Canadian literature, and social justice
Environmental Sciences
James Helfield
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Topics: Pacific Northwest salmon habitat, riparian, keystone interactions
Wayne Landis
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Topics: Population ecology, wildlife ecology, and conservation biology
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Troy Abel
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Topics: Environmental policy, Cascadian transboundary resource management
Patrick Buckley
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Topics: Geography, GIS, borderlands, Pacific Northwest borderlands
Aquila Flower
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Topics: Physical geography, GIS, climactic variability
Jean Melious
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Topics: Environmental law, land use
David Rossiter
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Topics: Cultural, historical, and political geography
Nick Stanger
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Topics: Environmental education, Redfish School of Change, climate change adaptation
Phil Van Huizen
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Topics: Canadian-US Relations, environmental history, energy history
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Topics: Pacific Northwest History, Indigenous peoples
Jared Hardesty
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Topics: Colonial America, Atlantic World, history of slavery
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Thomas Roehl
Professor, Management
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Topics: International Business, Asian business, foreign investment
Modern and Classical Languages
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Topics: French, Modern and Classical Languages
Cecile Hanania
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Christina Keppie
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Topics: French, Acadian linguistics
Political Science
Amir Abedi
Professor, Political Science
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Topics: Comparative parties and party systems, comparative European politics
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Professor, Political Science
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Topics: Political science, international relations, ethnic and civic conflicts, terrorism, and diaspora politics
Cynthia Horne
Associate Professor, Political Science
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Topics: International and comparative political economy
Butch Kamena
Senior instructor, Political Science
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Topics: Comparative Canadian and American politics
Sara Singleton
Associate Professor, Political Science
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Building a Primary Care Workforce in Rural America
Topic Overview
Graduate medical education (GME) plays a key role in the U.S. health care workforce, defining overall size and specialty distribution, and profoundly influencing practice locations. Approximately 20 percent of the United States populations live in rural areas, a population older than the national average. However, despite $10 billion in annual Medicare funding support, only 5% of graduates from the nation's residency (GME) training system are entering rural areas on the eve of national insurance expansion. In this forum, an expert panel will review what is known about the challenges facing rural access to care, and the outcomes of ongoing training experiments such as Rural Training Tracks designed to meet the demands of rural access.
Tedd Epperly, MD, FAAFP
Tedd Epperly, MD, FAAFP, is President and CEO at Family Residency of Idaho.
Panel Presentation: Building a Primary Care Workforce in Rural America(12 page PDF)
Amy Elizondo, MPH
Amy Elizondo, MPH, is Vice President of Program Services at the National Rural Health Association.
Panel Presentation: Rural Primary Care Workforce: A National Perspective(13 page PDF)
Randall Longnecker, MD
Randall Longnecker, MD, is Executive Director at The RTT Collaborative and Assistant Dean of the Rural and Underserved Programs and Professor of Family Medicine at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Panel Presentation: Rural Training Tracks: A Way Forward(21 page PDF)


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What is Blue Energy?
The Blue Energy Factory of the Future has a blue energy corner in GreenBridge; Ostend is denoted as the area where the development of renewable energy by Blue Energy takes place.
- Offshore wind energy
- Wind energy is energy generated by the kinetic energy of air (wind) into a useful form, such as in electricity. Wind energy is the most developed part of renewable energy. Offshore means that the installation is located at some distance from the coast.
- Wave energy
- Wave energy is an emerging source of energy with a potential estimated at 3.7TW. Different road maps indicate that by 2020, about 3.5GW will be installed in Europe. It is expected that this will increase to about 180GW in 2050. Currently, the wave energy market is not at all consolidated, with lots of concepts and devices still in the race. The big challenges include: what type of concept to use in which conditions, how to increase the energy yield, how to increase robustness, how to operate devices in a farm layout … (source: UGent SET)
- Tidal energy
- Tidal energy is energy which is recovered by using the difference in water level between low and high tide. On the open ocean, this is only a few decimeters, but due to the specific form of some coasts where large funnel-shaped inlets exist, the water level can rise sufficiently at high tide to absorb high water behind a dam and at low water to let it run back through turbines coupled to generators. (Source: Wikipedia)
Learn more in the Blue Energy corner
As part of the demonstration area within GreenBridge (with more than 2,500 visitors a year), the Blue Energy corner acts as the showcase and catalyst of the Blue Energy Factory for the Future. The Blue Energy corner put together by GreenBridge, in collaboration with Ghent University Power-Link, aims to increase the visibility and awareness of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy. Within this framework, GreenBridge (co)organizes various workshops and networking events, and we accommodate demos of projects or companies that are directly or indirectly linked with offshore wind, wave and/or tidal energy.
Target audience:
- Blue Energy Professionals
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Brett Hendrickson serves as the Music and Creative Arts Pastor. He and his wife Julie are both graduates of Evangel University in Springfield, MO, where they earned degrees in Music Education. Julie currently teaches middle school music for the Johnston School District. They have three children: Drew, Joshua & Lauren.
Hobbies: I enjoy hunting with my boys, golf, volleyball, family movie nights, singing with my wife, playing guitar and piano
Favorite Music: Gateway, Hillsong, Tenth Avenue North, Mercy Me, and Bing Crosby
Favorite Restaurant: Iowa Machine Shed, Cheesecake Factory, Tasty Tacos, and Jethro's BBQ
Favorite Sports Teams: Nebraska Corn Huskers
Dream Vacation: Tuscany, Italy


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Sony Japan's promotional dancing headphone girls – or Headphone Joshi as they're known in Japan – have been with us for over a week now, whirling around and wowing us with both their dance moves and über cuteness.
As part of a promotion for its new line of "extra bass" headphones, Sony put together a YouTube page of its own featuring one girl from each of the 47 prefectures in Japan dancing before a camera to Avril Lavigne (why?) while listening to music through the new headphones. We can't say that the videos made us want to buy Sony's new tech any more than the next brand, but it certainly made us appreciate just how cute girls in headphones are.
We've long been fans of girls in glasses, Chinese dresses, mini skirts and school uniforms, so deciding which of the girls in Sony's promotional videos was the true queen of cute, style and rhythm was no easy task. But, being the dedicated troopers that we are, we took a break from debating which of Beethoven's symphonies best accompanies a glass of Beaujolais nouveau and sat down with a notepad and pen to watch those girls dance.
A couple of hours and many, many replays later, the RocketNews24 team had finally reached a consensus…
We're sure you all have your own opinions, and you're welcome to put your own Best Five Headphone Joshi forward in the comments section below, but for now, in worrying detail, we'd like to present RocketNews24's Top Five headphone-wearing cuties in order:
5. Cheerleader Headphone Girl, Miyagi prefecture
It probably comes as no surprise that a girl in a cheerleader outfit should find her way into our top five, but hear us out!
Cheerleader Headphone Girl (we're past real names here- she shall forever be known as this or simply "CHG"), is absolutely brimming with energy and has flexibility that we, slumped over our computers all day and cracking our backs, can only dream of. Those high kicks and lightning-fast turns left us open-mouthed, not to mention thinking we should join a gym. If you're looking for pep and energy, Cheerleader Headphone Girl has got it in stacks!
4. Chinese Dress Headphone Girl, Kanagawa prefecture
Come on, who doesn't like a nice Chinese dress? Simple, stylish, showing a little leg… And best of all, she's holding a nikuman steamed meat bun! Dancing while holding a savoury snack; now that's what we like to see!
3. Belly Dancing Headphone Girl, Shimane prefecture
She rocked our socks so much last week that we (<cough> I…) chose her for our title image when we introduced Sony's new campaign for the first time, and she rocked them completely anew this time.
Since Belly Dancing Headphone Girl is slightly older than some of the other entrants, we feel mildly less creepy watching the video and adding her to our top five. And just look at that stomach! Ho-ly Christmas… If we're giving additional awards, Belly Dancing Headphone Girl definitely wins the prize for "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy", and not in a Mr. Sato kind of way, either…
2. T-shirt and Miniskirt Headphone Girl, Nagano prefecture
One of the simpler entries, this young lady from Nagano has a definite cuteness all of her own, but she won us over just for being so natural, if a little awkward during her self introduction. But when the apple's been put down and she's stopped talking about soba, she can really move. She's going to break hearts…
1. Highschool Headphone Girl, Aichi prefecture
We all saw it coming. She might have a weird stuffed animal sticking out of her pocket, but she puts some of those AKB48 girls to shame with those dance moves. And just to show that we're not basing this on some creepy schoolgirl fetish, the female members of the team all cried "kawaiiii!" (cuuuuute!) at least once while watching the video.
See you on TV soon, Highschool Headphone Girl!
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The iPhone 5 has already nabbed the gold in the rumour Olympics this year, but that hasn't stopped the iRumour mill from continuing to tease us all with more juicy morsels of speculation.
The latest iRumour centres around the shrinking of the existing 32 pin dock connector to a smaller 8 pin one, which would make even the previously rumoured 19 pin connector look chunky in comparison.
According to iLounge's anonymous source, the new 8 pin dock connector will play nice with docks and cables in either orientation, which will be a godsend for weak-sighted and inebriated gadgeteers alike.
As for your horde of iDocks and accessories? Well, there's a good chance they'll end up being redundant unless they're AirPlay or Bluetooth enabled, but you can't have progress without change we suppose.
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Debra and I were recently in Pasadena, California. While there we visited The Old Whistle Stop model train store - 1987 was the last time I was there.
It's a great store, and when I finally wandered to the back where there is an extensive selection of railroad related books, the first one I saw was the one shown in the opening photo. It was at eye level, staring me right in the face. There was my family name in bright red letters associated with some mountain. Electric trolleys. Open vistas. I wasn't leaving the store without this.
I didn't, and when I had a chance to read a few pages I found the story to be weirder than I had imagined. Well, at least from a coincidence point-of-view.
Here's what I know so far. There was a man named Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, born in 1832, who was the imagination and money behind an alpine scenic electric trolley line called - naturally enough - the Mount Lowe Railway that started operations in California's San Gabriel mountains near Pasadena in July 1893. There was an inclined railway, trolley lines, hotels, observatory, overlooks, incredible views, and a grade changing circular bridge, among other things. It appears to have had both a spectacular and troubled history and eventually completely closed down in 1936. So, cool trolley line, so far so good, but, there's more.
Turns out that Thaddeus Lowe made his name long before developing his railway as one of the earliest experimenters in lighter-than-air flight. And for some reason he made a number of experimental flights here in Ottawa in 1858. But, apparently, he is most famous for his work in the Union Army's Balloon Corps where he flew balloons - around 3,000 flights in all - during the American Civil War making observations, taking photos and performing ariel surveys. It struck me as an odd coincidence that this gentleman with whom I share a last name did work with lighter-than-air flight, as I also dabbled in - albeit in a minor way - early in my working life, and some of that was done in Ottawa, Canada, which is where the airship company I worked for was located and where I now live. So, there seemed like a lot of coincidences: last name, trollies, airships, Ottawa. As William Shatner might say, is that weird or what?
Debra also found a book in the store called Mount Lowe Railway which contains a collection of historical photos of scenes and locations from the railway and compares them to recent photos of the same locations. It's an excellent collection.
From my cursory look through these two books I can imagine a rather nice little tabletop mini-layout that could be built that extracts some key features of the prototype - possibly the horseshoe curve and circular bridge - along with some mountainous western US scenery. I've long admired small Japanese tabletop layouts, and this might give me a chance to try to build something in that style. It would be in HO scale, but because the rolling stock would be 4-wheel trollies, the curves could be tight. I'll have to think about this some more.
{The trailhead is on the far right to the gates of the Cobb Estate}The staff at the Original Whistle Stop were quite friendly and one gentleman told us there isn't anything left of the old railway, and this was confirmed by the books. Apparently all that remains is a hiking trail along the old roadbed.
{This covered bench is to the left of the estate gates. It seemed to me to be very similar to the relic streetcar stops in Ottawa.}The trailhead is at the end of Lake Street in Altadena at the Cobb Estate. I'm told it's a steep trail and about a 10km round trip - something I hope to attempt if I'm ever back there.
Post script
Debra, the Chief Editorial Officer here at the 30 Squares media empire, reminded me that I shouldn't make this post without mentioning three important things.
First, she bought me the two books mentioned in the post. Many thanks again!
Second, she pointed out that she had told me there was a place called Lowe mountain near Pasadena around a year ago, but all I had to say was a firm meh. Although we didn't know about the trolley and airship aspect at that time, in retrospect, that was not one of my finest moments.
Third, what was becoming a difficult trip was made a lot better once we relocated to the Pasadena Inn. It's clean, cheerful, has nice rooms, a friendly staff, lots of parking, very reasonable rates, and is conveniently located near a Whole Foods, restaurants, a comic book store, and the Del Mar light rail station (more on this in a future post).


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In this second part of Communication is the key to keeping your relationship a relationship, what I'm sharing isn't rocket science. It's really quite easy and believe me…if you practice nothing else, these are MUSTS to having a mature relationship. Truthfully, they can also be among the hardest to do.
Society Doesn't Matter
Do not let people judge your life and your decisions. Do not fall prey to their traps and their wishes. You have your own life to live and your own problems to deal with. No one knows what you're going through and they don't need to know. Be happy with who you are and be happy with the person you're with, without asking for any acceptance from anyone else. No one will truly understand the ups or downs of your relationship other than the two of you. The two of you matter and how you handle things with each other matters. No one is walking in your shoes but you.
I Forgive You
Let go of the negativity. Forgiveness is one of the most precious gifts you can give to someone. If they made a mistake and promise to not make it again, forgive them. You won't be stupid for forgiving them, you'll only be the bigger person. But NEVER say it if you don't mean it, only say it if you can truly forgive them with all of your heart. Also, and this is the hard part, are you listening… FORGIVE YOURSELF! No one is perfect and we all have moments when we do things that we perhaps shouldn't have done. Self-forgiveness is simply saying that you could have handled things differently, but things happen. Stop beating yourself up over it. Forgive yourself, don't keep it bottled up and don't do it again. OK?!
I Love Myself
Love who you are, not what youcan be or wantto be. There is nothing more than a newly engaged woman's first words that really anger me. What are they.. "I needto loose weight to fit into my wedding dress." ARGH!! Look, the person who just proposed knows what you look like. They proposed right, so they must love you Just The Way You Are. WHY do you now feel that you have to change your look? Just because some bridal magazine says so? Because society says that you won't be beautiful if you're not 'thin'? If you are losing weight for better health fine, but not for a wedding. LOVE Yourself. The person you are right now is exactly the person you should love and respect. It's not possible to love someone when you don't love and respect yourself enough.
I Respect You
Respect is a two-way street; you need to give it to earn it. Always tell your partner you respect them, that's why you love them and that's why you're with them. You love and respect them for who they are and the decisions they make and the personality they carry. Now, do something scary…ask your partner the question. Do you respect me? Remember just because you are in a relationship, doesn't mean that you are being respected in that relationship. This means they are being truthful, there isn't anything 'hidden', you feel like you can tell them anything and you won't be judged. So ask. It's scary and they might look at you like you're nuts, but there is nothing like looking into their eyes when they say yes and, you feel it in your heart.
I Like You
Are you friends? I often tell people I love my parents, because they are – well, my parents. BUT, I really like them. They are funny, a great team together, have each other's back and hold hands. I adore them. I remember the first time I asked my BF if he liked me. He questioned why I would ask such a thing and then said "Of course, I like you." I simply explained that loving him was easy but I wanted to make sure that during what ever possible future difficult times (which would surely come) that he liked me as a person, had my back and would always hold my hand.
I LOVE You
Last but definitely not the least, tell them you love them. These three little words have the power to turn a frown into a smile. Even if they know it already, doesn't matter. Reassure them everyday, not because you fall in love with them everyday, but because you ARE in love with them! Also, I think I have a problem with the notion of "falling in love". As one who has 'fallen' before, I know the devastating heartache, when you fall, hit rock bottom. IT sucks!! What I have learned and continue to learn is that love grows…love blossoms…love blooms…love shines. So don't fall, don't even trip, but plant the seed and watch it grow. Rise in love.
Hopefully these will help your relationship. I promise you in Real Talk, I won't write anything that I'm not practicing myself. If you have any suggestions and/or questions for us, about anything relationship related, let us know. We're gonna keep it really real.
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This is the old deprecated documentation for Mutable. Please visit https://work.anticto.com for the latest release.¶
Basic Concepts¶
- Basic Concepts
The following diagram shows the elements involved in a project with customizable objects using Mutable:
Mutable Assets¶
Mutable for Unreal Engine 4 brings two new type of assets to the engine.
Customizable Object¶
This asset represents an object that can be customized. It includes all the possible variations that can be applied, and defines the parameters that can be controlled at run-time (by the player, or by game code), and how they affect the final objects.
There is a special tool calle Customizable Object Editor inside the Unreal Editor to show and edit this kind of asset. It looks like this:
To create a Customizable Object in the Content Browser, you can click in the 'Add New' button and select 'Customizable Object'.
In the Content Browser, a Customizable Object looks like this:
A Customizable Object will define several parameters. The parameters are what the game or application (so probably the player) will be able to modify at runtime. There are several types of parameters, and they can be created by several nodes:
- Slider parameters: numeric parameters with decimals, ranging between 0.0 and 1.0. These are usually created explicitely by a Float Parameter Node, and used for continuous effects like texture effects, or mesh morphs.
- Enumeration parameters: they represent an option in a predefined set of options. These are created by Object Group Node, to select a child object.
- Checkbox parameters: they only have two possibilities (enabled or disabled). These are created by Object Group Node when the group type is "Toggle Each".
- Projecto parameters: they represent a projector with a position that will be modified at runtime. They are created with the Projector Parameter Node.
Customizable Object Instance¶
This asset represents an instance of a CustomizableObject, so it is a "customized object". It simply contains a set of values for the parameters of an object. It can be used by game actors to create their in-game meshes and materials.
Again, there is a special tool to handle these assets in the Unreal Editor:
To create an instance from a Customizable Object, you can right-click the Customizable Object in the Content Browser and select 'Create New Instance'.
A Customizable Object Instance looks like this in the Content Browser:
Feature Status¶
Mutable has many features, but not all are at the same level of maturity. Please check the following table. If you require improvements in one specific feature, don't hesitate to contact us.
|Mesh merging
|Mesh removal of hidden parts
|Mesh texture layout packing
|Texture layer blending
|Texture projectors
|Hierarchical object system
|Object interaction variations
|Data driven user-interface
|Object States optimization
|LOD Support
|Data streaming
Platform Support¶
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|Windows 32 bit
|Linux 64 bit
|Linux 32 bit
|XBox One
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Hierarchycal Object System¶
Mutable organizes the data for each Customizable Object in a hierarchy of parts. Each object has a root object node that can define a base mesh and materials with some parameters. This object can have any number of child objects that can:
- add new materials to the final object
- extend the mesh used by a material in the parent object
- remove part of the mesh in the parent object
- patch the textures of a material in the parent object
- activate user-defined Tags that can be use in sibling objects to apply different effects.
At the same time, child objects can chave thier own child objects in an unlimited hierarchy.
The children of an object can be organized in Groups. The Groups define the logic between the object and its parent in regard of how are the children activated. For instance, all t-shirt children can be grouped with an object parameter that only lets the users select one of them at a time, or none.
Two Child Objects directly connected to the parent (they are not a selectable option in the Preview Instance Viewport):
Two Child Objects grouped. The Group type is 'toggle', so the child objects appear as toggleable options in the Viewport:
Two Child Objects grouped. The Group type is set as 'One'. Only one child object can be selected in the viewport:
Twi Child Objects grouped. The Group type is 'One or none'. In the viewport, the child objects can be selected or not:
Multiple Assets¶
A big CustomizableObject can be split into several assets. This is very important when multiple users work in the same data and also for version control. There are 2 features to assist with this:
- Child Objects can select as parent an Object Group in a different asset, instad of directly connecting them in a graph.
- There 2 special diagram nodes to export and import connections from the graph in other assets.
This is useful for editor data, but it has nothing to do with data streaming in packaged games. Data streaming for packaged games will happen regardless the CustomizableObject is split in multiple assets or not.
Object Interactions¶
Mutable has several features to handle object interactions. The most basic one is the Object Groups, which create instance parameters that select only one child object from a set, so it is not possible to add more than one of them. An example of this is a group for character hats, that will let you select one har or none, but never two hats.
Additionally, Mutable has a system to create different variations of an object based on what other objects are added to an instance. For example, you may have a character with several hair styles, and optionally hats. You may want to create variations for some of the hairstyles to be used when a type of hat is also present in the character. You can use the Material Variations for this.
Another example of object interaction is the selective removal of mesh fragments. This can be seen in the section Remove unseen mesh parts.
These two types of object interactions use the Tag system. You can define your own Tags and they are enabled when an object is active in an instance. The Material Node is the place where you can add the tags which are just text labels. Then, there are several nodes that will act differently based on what tags are enabled in a particular instance, like the Material Variation Node, or the Clip Mesh With Mesh Node.
Texture Layouts¶
Object States¶
When an application uses complex Customizable Objects with many parameters, updating the instances may be a costly process that takes many milliseconds. However there are some usage scenarios for games that these updates need to be interactive, and big delays are not acceptable. In order to optimize your data to solve these problem, Mutable has the concept of States.
A State represents a specific use case of the Customizable Object in your game. For example, at some point during character creation you may want to let the player customize the face and hair of a character. During this stage, you show a close up camera of the character head and display a user interface for the related parameters: hair colour, nose size, hair style, etc. During this stage, you will not be modifying other parameters, like t-shirt colour, torso tattoos, etc. In order for Mutable to provide maximum performance, you can create a State in your Customizable Object, indicating that the subset of parameters that you will modify in these stage, and the system will generate an optimised version of the data that updates faster.
States also give you more options in order to optimise the instance construction time. For instance, in the previous example of the head customization stage, your game may have more graphic resources available because instead of being inside a level, you are in a smaller lobby scene. This means that you can afford to temporarily use more memory for your character. For each individual State Mutable gives you these optimisation options:
- List of parameters that may be modified.
- Option to avoid texture compression for textures that may change in this state.
- Option to generate only LOD 0 of the object.
States are created in any Base Object Node. If no state is created, a default state with no optimized parameters and sensible optimisation options will be automatically created.
A normal game will want to create a "default" state to create customizable objects to be used in-game (no optimized parameters), and then several states to create and update objects in the different in-game customization scenarios.
The editor user interface for preview instances has the object state selection combobox at the top.


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Internment is the forcible confinement or detention of a person during wartime. Large-scale internment operations were carried out by the Canadian government during the First World War and Second World War. In both cases, the War Measures Act was invoked, which gave the government the authority to deny people's civil liberties, notably habeas corpus (the right to a fair trial before detention), and to hold them in camps across the country. More than 8,500 people were interned during the First World War and as many as 24,000 during the Second World War — including some 22,000 Japanese Canadians.


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I just barely joined this site and its amazing so far! My girlfriend and I are planning on taking a trip to Thailand through Vietnam and my question doesn't really concern traveling, but i dont know where else to ask so if this is offtopic, i apologize.
I have a pretty good sized tattoo of Ganesha on my forearm (visible in other words) and I was wondering how the cultures felt about religious figures being tattooed on people. I really do not want to offend anyone, and i was just wondering if it would be a good idea to try and hide it for the majority of the trip. I'm 18 and my girlfriend is 19 and we dont have much travel experience so any help is greatly appreciated!
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