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You can read all the previous episodes HERE, or from the 'IDENTICAL' page above, or select 'Identical' from the 'Categories' widget over there to the right. (they're in the order I posted them so for the story to make sense you'll have to start with the first entry at the bottom of the page)
This one's for Timethief and Mabel-who-is-on-her-way-home-again
What Has Gone Before:
In the Nicola Valley, British Columbia, Ciska, a 'pentiment switcher' meets Meg, whose exact duplicate is found dead in her car.
Following her mother Jane Lightsmith's orders Tamsin Lightsmith, of the RCMP, deletes all references to 'dead Meg' from the records. 'Live' Meg realizes she doesn't belong in this pentiment'.
Ciska tells Meg and Tamsin her true age and Jane Lightsmith arrives unexpectedly to challenge Ciska's version of what is happening to the pentiments.
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All the players are in town, but the rules don't make sense. Just exactly what is going on
Mary Connelly looked up from her book as Silv's ratty old truck sped by her front gate spilling dust over her dried out patch of lawn and veranda.
Using her thumb as a bookmark she closed her book and watched the truck, or at least it's plume, disappear behind a slight hill. A backfire announced that Silv had reached her destination, Megs house.
Now, what would Silv want to be doing with Meg's house?
Mary settled her generous derriere back into the comfy old rocking chair Wilf had made for her years ago when they were newlyweds with a house full of dreams. She opened her book again and read the same sentence three times. Apart from not having seen Silv go anywhere near Meg's house ever before, which was mysterious enough in itself, something else about the truck bothered her.
Mary gave up on her book, she'd figured out 'who done it' several chapters previously, and closed her eyes. In her mind's eye she replayed the brief moment she had a clear line of sight into the truck cabin.
Silv wasn't driving! She couldn't drive that precisely to save her life, so, who else was …?
Mary wasn't prone to moving fast unless she needed to, but she made it into her bedroom in record time and stopped in front of her dresser mirror. What she contemplated would show her hand but recognizing the second woman in Silv's truck proved these were irrevocable times.
She felt behind one corner of the mirror, held down a switch and reached through the mirror with her other hand. The mirror represented technology not possible in this pentiment, and the contents of the small case she withdrew from the hidden cache behind it were equally impossible. The irony of using one of Jane's own devices, that Jane herself recreated from one of Ciska's early sketches, brought a grim smile to Mary's lips.
She released the switch and her mirror became just a mirror again.
Mary hiked along the fence that ran from her back paddock to the rear of Meg's property, all the while trying to convince herself that she'd been mistaken, that she wouldn't have to take such drastic measures. She'd come to love her life in this little country town as the 'village gossip,' and was far from ready to give it up.
The untended orchard in Meg's yard allowed Mary to approach the back door of the house unnoticed. She ignored the old wooden stairs because even if they'd never ever squeaked before in their entire existence, of course they'd squeak the minute she stepped on them, and hoisted herself onto the veranda using the handrail closer to the house.
She ducked under the kitchen window and tiptoed inside through the open back door, thanking the weather for delivering yet another scorcher of a day.
After a quick glimpse into the kitchen to see where everyone sat, she pulled back into the shadow of the tiny hallway and waited for Ciska to finish explaining about the fall of the pentiments.
Ciska pulled her leather bag out of her pocket and scattered the disparate contents on the table. She assembled the eccentric sculpture and gathered her thoughts.
"Most thunderclaps vibrate at around one hundred megahertz," she began. "If the vibration is a little lower then I switch. All I have to do is stay away from storms and I can live out my time as I choose. Sooner or later though, I'll be caught, my biological clock will reset to my age the first time I switched, and I'll be … elsewhere. A place that is, almost, exactly the same. Sometimes the differences will be on a scale that I can't perceive, or crop up on the other side of the world. There was this one time I …"
Ciska stopped herself. Even if it was a great story, this wasn't the time or the place. She glanced at Jane. Nor the audience I'd choose to tell it to.
"Anyway, every now and then I'd come across others who had this ability, but we'd avoid forming any of long term connections. What would be the point? After a switch, who knew what, and who, would remain the same and what would change? Some though, thought they were gods and set themselves up as such, according to the superstitions of the era. I must confess, I tried it once, but found godhood to be a rather bland existence after a while." Not exactly one of my finer moments either. Although I did set some interesting precedents.
"About two centuries ago, I took refuge from the Napoleonic wars in a little seaside town on the border between France and Spain. In a fit of literary insanity I committed all my theories and experiments to paper. Not to publish them, who would believe me? But to clarify my thoughts, come to some conclusions.
"Then, as technology allowed, I constructed instruments to measure the switching phenomenon. The Age of Electronics baffled me for a time because I would fry any circuitry I came near, perhaps as a result of being close to lightning strikes far too often. But, with enough time, attention, and innovation I was able to enter the modern era the majority of pentiments close to this one currently exist in.
"One of the biggest mysteries I needed to solve was, 'why me?' Why me, and not the person standing next to me exposed to the exact same thunder? Was it luck? Clean living? Genetics? The Great Pumpkin?"
Everyone laughed or at least smiled at Ciska's little joke. Everyone but Jane. Ciska wasn't surprised. She and Jane had vastly differing theories about the conclusion of her story.
"As I said earlier this morning, the answer is genetics. The only child of only children, for generations, probably since the beginning, concentrated the ability, the anomaly, into a relatively few individuals who knowingly or unknowingly shifted."
"I left France after …" Ciska saw a flash of, was it fear, in Jane's eyes? "… after I completed my notes, and made my way steadily east. I started to notice 'disturbances in the force', subtle changes in each pentiment that couldn't simply be attributed to switching from one to the next. Being a witness to one's own transformations for thousands of years gives one a certain sensitivity to such things.
"I decided to seek out some of the others like me to see if they experienced anything similar. As soon as I made contact with them, they'd disappear. Only to turn up dead, in this pentiment and others. Worse still, they stayed dead. Which is an impossibility for switchers. Sooner or later a thunderstorm comes along and there we are, alive again."
Tamsin held up a hand to stop Ciska, "Wait a minute. If you're dead in one pentiment, why don't you stay dead in all of them."
"Suppose you were a switcher and I shot you. You'd be dead." Ciska answered. "But if in another pentiment I missed, or you disarmed me, then you'd be alive, therefore you'd have to be alive in all pentiments, for all time."
"Except me," Meg said so quietly that only Ciska heard her. She gently squeezed Meg's hand, then released it a heartbeat before Meg pulled away.
"It's horrible," Silv said, as she returned from the bathroom and slumped into the chair across from Ciska, although as far away from Jane as she could get. "Must've been something I ate."
"Oh, I don't know, you get used to it after a while," Jane said, willfully misunderstanding Silv. "And immortality does have it's advantages."
The kitchen seemed to fall away from Ciska, and for a moment only she and Jane existed. "I do believe there is a way to make sure someone stays dead, everywhere. I just haven't found it yet."
Jane leaned in and spoke with the same intensity. "You just don't have what it takes to do the job properly."
Meg subtly nudged Ciska, enough to break the tableau between her and Jane, and laughed. "I understand the desire to kill Jane, she's the most annoying person I know, but are you telling us that you've actually done it? Killed her?"
"On a couple of occasions," Ciska said as she slowly released the sculpture. The pieces fell apart. She gathered them up and started again. She seemed distracted, for which Meg felt grateful. She didn't want Jane and Ciska going head-to-head in her kitchen.
Tamsin turned pale at Ciska's admission, except for two bright patches of color on her cheeks. Meg caught her eye and shook her head. There was too much happening that neither of them knew enough about for Tamsin to challenge Ciska now. Tamsin looked down and leaned back in her chair again. Meg sighed. Another confrontation averted.
"Why?" Meg asked, although it seemed like every answer she got only raised more questions, but she persevered anyway. Some questions needed answers whatever the cost.
"You've met her," Ciska said. "She's the most annoying person I've ever met too. At first it was because she did me a great wrong, and I was a vengeful person back then … and then, it became … a game? … a science experiment? … " The pieces of sculpture clicked into place and Ciska placed it in the middle of the table. Meg cautiously picked it up, and a feeling of horror at the casual way Ciska talked about death threatened to overwhelm her.
"Sideways." Ciska said obliquely.
Meg glanced across at Tamsin again and saw that she'd caught the inference. They'd both witnessed Ciska's precognitive, or side-cognitive ability before. Something was happening, something else Meg was sure she didn't want happening in her kitchen.
Jane Lightsmith looked steadily at the three women sitting across from her. She actually felt relieved that yet another inevitable confrontation between her and Ciska had been averted, they were getting tiresome. She ignored Silv.
"To cut a long boring story short," Jane said. "Ciska believes the pentiments are getting closer together and they'll eventually crush each other out of existence. I on the other hand …"
"How is that possible?" Meg asked Ciska.
Jane was almost sure the interruption was deliberate. She seethed. Meg was really starting to tick her off, but she supposed they did deserve an answer. She glanced down at her very expensive watch, that did a great deal more than tell time, and decided she could let things slide for a few more minutes.
"Picture it like this," Ciska said. "You have a whole bunch of bubbles. The smaller ones join up and create bigger ones, that then merge with other bigger ones. The only problem is, whatever they're made out of, soapy water for instance, gets stretched thinner with each merger. You're left with one giant bubble that eventually pops."
"Then what?" Tamsin asked in a small voice.
Jane knew her daughter wasn't the most imaginative woman in the room, Silv didn't count, but she saw that Ciska's colorful imagery had spooked her. She huffed in mock exasperation and cut in.
"Apparently it's the end of everything, the universe, time, every pentiment, all gone. I on the other hand, believe that there's only so much energy available to drive the pentiments and what's happening is … well I suppose you could call it 'natural selection'. When a specific number of pentiments or 'bubbles' has been reached the whole system stabilizes. Remember, in the grand scheme of things switchers have only been jumping pentiments for a very short period of time. There was bound to be some adjustments. Unfortunately your counterpart," Jane gestured to Meg. "The 'dead Meg' as Tamsin has dubbed it, was simply a casualty of the merger."
Ciska looked up from contemplating her sculpture and smiled so coldly that Jane felt a frisson of fear lift the hairs on the back of her neck.
"Perhaps Mary could add something to the conversation at this point," Ciska said maintaining her eye-lock with Jane.
"Don't mind if I do," Mary said, and moved swiftly into the room, aiming the device in her hands squarely at Jane.
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From around the world to South Australia, the Lambert Estate story is a family love story - for each other, for wine, and for the Barossa. When Jim Lambert's business travels brought him to Australia in the 1990's, he realised his love of wine and beautiful places could mark out a new future for him and Pam, his wife. This dream was realised when they discovered the vineyards in the Barossa hills that would become Lambert Estate.
Their son Kirk joined Jim and Pam on their journey from Wisconsin in the USA to the Barossa. Kirk studied wine making at the University of Adelaide and it was there that he met and fell in love with fellow student Vanesa. Now married, it's Kirk and Vanesa who fuse their American and Peruvian backgrounds with their expertise in wine making. It's a fusion that brings their flair and individuality into every bottle of multiple award winning Lambert Estate wine.
Lambert Estate's 100 acres of land features 17 different soil types and a variety of distinctive microclimates that emerge from each block's elevation and position. That means they're able to create a range of premium hand crafted estate-grown wines that take full advantage of what nature has blessed them with. Their wines will complement your palate and your choice of cuisine too.
You can see more at www.lambertestate.com
The Barossa Valley has a legendary reputation for its wine, and in particular for its generous, intensely flavored Shiraz. But there is so much more. This not only includes other grape varieties, but also a host of artisan specialities such as cheese, bread, cured meats, pickles and jams that have been proudly preserved from their European heritage.
A growing band of small and artisan winemakers mix easily with the larger producers, the common goal of the strong community being the pursuit of excellence.
Located in South Australia, approximately 70 kilometers northeast of Adelaide, the Barossa Valley enjoys a vital culture of generational winemaking, pioneering European influence, gastronomic excellence and strong community spirit. It is a dynamic place, full of confidence about its future, its history and culture proudly displayed wherever you look.


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Dear Youngest Child,
I get why there are so many pictures of you. You see, my child Ben is my youngest and all of a sudden, I feel an urge to capture all kinds of moments on film and video. Because it's likely for it to be the last time I see a child of mine:
- Give that pouty, frowny little face that only babies can make.
- Wear certain outfits. Especially for us since my boys wore hand-me-downs, so I've seen a lot of our outfits worn by all 4 of them.
- Hear the thump, thump, thump sound that only a crawler makes as they rush across the kitchen floor.
- See a bunch of baby teeth come in all at once. Seeing a tooth-less grin replaced by a tooth-y one.
- Bop up and down to the music of a push toy. Dancing as best as you can.
- Mimicking your brothers – particularly around clapping to "If You're Happy And You Know It".
It's adorable and bittersweet – trying to eat up the last of these baby days before Ben moves from a crawler to a walker (aka: toddler-ville).


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He jumped up and down.
He swung his new belt over his head like a lasso.
He danced around in circles.
He assumed the "Rocky" pose (I didn't even know he knew who "Rocky" was.)
All from the back row of the class, while little lines of white soldiers stood solemnly, exchanging their old belts for new, and hanging their old belts around their necks. Finally his instructor had pity and went back to calm him down and help him with his new belt.
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In addition to the recently announced sale, where you can buy such highly-popular projects as GTA V on PC, Mortal Kombat X, Metro Redux, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell and many others, our partner - Green Man Gaming online store - announced another one! This time, you can purchase more video games for very pleasant prices.
First of all, the new offer will be interesting for the fans of Telltale games studio. Starting from today and till April 20th, you can buy:
- Back to the Future game for $6.25;
- Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series costs $22.49;
- Jurassic Park: The Game - $7.50;
- Tales from the Borderlands is priced at $18.74;
- Tales of Monkey Island - $8.75;
- The Walking Dead for $6.25;
- The Walking Dead: 400 Days costs only $1.25;
- The Walking Dead Season 2 can be purchased for $8.50;
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- Telltale Games Collection - $90.00.
Also, Green Man Gaming store offers some special deals for several projects in the Deus Ex series, which expire tomorrow - on April 18th:
- Deus Ex Collection costs only $8.25;
- Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition is being sold for $1.75;
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut is priced at $5.00;
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link - $1.75;
- Deus Ex: Invisible War for $1.75;
- Deus Ex: The Fall costs $2.50.
Please don't forget that the listed prices for the North American region can vary a bit.
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Uglyworld #1719 - Chilliers Front Approacherings - (Project TW - Image 297-366), a photo by www.bazpics.com on Flickr.
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"Whats, reallies...!!!"
I is sures you all knows the feelings, sometimes you hears something and you wonders to yourselfer, "Did I really hears that, or justs dreamer it?".
Tonight was a primers exampler, I was justs minderings my own businesses, watcherings the telemavision, as you does, and the weathers forecaster comes on.
Now you has to realisers that we has hads betweens 20 and 25 centimagrades here in the lasts coupler of days, so when the craziers woman who lives insiders of the telemavision tellereds the world that it would goes below freezerings tomorrow nights and thats there is evens a chancer of snows this weekender, all I could says in responsers was "whats, reallies...!!!"
After pincherings myself to makes sure that I wasn't dreamerings, I thinkereds to myself that with this chilliers front approacherings I has comforters in knowings that the wooliers jumper Mireille knittereds for me over in Scotlands is ready and waiterings, so I went and tryereds it on to makes sure it still fittereds me perfectlies.
"Come ons earliers winter weathers, does your worsts, I is readies for you!!!"
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text: Updated Camera Raw 3.4 Plug-in Now Supports Over 120 Camera Models With Eight New Cameras from Canon, Epson, Leaf, Olympus, Pentax and SamsungSAN JOSE, Calif. - May 8, 2006 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced an update to the Camera Raw plug-in for Adobe(r) Photoshop(r) CS2, extending raw file support to eight additional digital camera models. Available as a free download from the Adobe Web site, the Camera Raw 3.4 plug-in builds on Photoshop CS2 raw file support for digital cameras from leading manufacturers such as Canon, Epson, Leaf, Olympus, Pentax and Samsung.The Adobe Camera Raw architecture allows for frequent updates whenever new camera models are introduced to the market. Demonstrating comprehensive raw file support across its product line, Adobe covers a wide breadth of manufacturers with support for more than 120 different camera models. Camera Raw 3.4 allows professional photographers to easily manipulate raw files without sacrificing image quality. Professional photographers can more quickly and easily import and manipulate raw data, saving time while increasing artistic control and flexibility.New cameras supported by Adobe Camera Raw 3.4 plug-in and DNG Converter include Canon EOS 30D, Epson R-D1s, Leaf Aptus 65 and Aptus 75, Olympus EVOLT E-330 and SP-320, Pentax *ist DL2 and Samsung GX-1S.AvailabilityThe Adobe Camera Raw 3.4 plug-in requires Photoshop CS2, Photoshop Elements 3.0 or Photoshop Elements 4.0 (Macintosh or Windows) and can be downloaded for free by going to the Adobe Web site at www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html.


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In The Beginning Was The Plot.....And The Plot Thickened! Adventures on a Lancashire Allotment & Miscellaneous Musings.
08 November 2006
Winter Work
We've sent off our seed guardian seeds down to the HSL and some pictures of our heritage crops for use in their catalogue. There was mangold, achocha, asparagus kale, blue queen dwarf beans, caseknife, grass pea cicerchia. We got a nice e mail back to say they were very happy with both the seeds and the photographs. Now looking forward to receiving the HSL catalogue after Christmas to plan next years gardening adventures.
If you missed out on GG's very good recipe for using the mangolds then here it is again. I hope a few readers can be persuaded to give mangolds a try out...they are yummy.
Parboil mangold, small turnip, parsnip, carrot; fry small onion with crushed garlic and place with bare covering of vegetable stock & majoram in roasting dish, (at this point the colours are exquisite - marbled butter-cup yellow in the mangold, orange of carrot, white of turnip,cream of parsnip and dark red of onion), top with mixture of wholemeal breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese and parsley and dot with butter. Bake for 40 minutes. Delicious.
Work goes on clearing and manuring and this year I'd like to collect masses of leafmould to cover the bare plots as we haven't got round to sowing any green manures.
Should do a bit of shed maintenance too really. Maybe I could just ring Alizon for that :-)....she owes us.
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Very impressed with the sound of the mangolds - and tempted to grow them next year myself.
- 11:20 pm
- Misshathorn said...
I am interested in trying mangolds. I've been put off by catalogues which suggest that they are best used as livestock feed. Is the taste similar to beetroot? You can see the results of my beetroot blind taste test on my fledgling site - http://mustardplaster.blogspot.com/2006/10/blind-taste-test.html
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- clodhopper said...
Hi allotment lady.....I'm sure you'll love them. Set to become a regular on our plot I think.
Hi misshathorn....I think I am 'livestock'. Not quite like beetroot...different somehow. Sorry, that's not very helpful is it?
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I am about to grow some achocha this year and have a few questions I need answered on it and noticed that you are a seed guardian for it! As it is so prolific I plan to grow just one plant over an arch a foot wide and 78" tall. I understand you can eat them raw when young and cook the older ones and have a recipe for an indian vegetable dish using them. Would love further ideas. Also is it easy to save the seed? Should I grow another plant for that or can I just take some fruits from the same plant for seeds?
Thanks in advance
p.s. Could you email me via my web site or post on the Allotment UK forum (I am Tangent) as I will not know if you have replied here.
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Sorry - Here is a link to my organic plot website
There is a link to the forum on the left.
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GASP, the Graphics API for Students of Python, is a procedural API for beginning programmers. It is built on the PyCairo library, which, though full-featured, is too complicated for beginners to easily learn. GASP provides a fun and easy way to write games and other programs using colors, shapes, text, pictures, sounds, and movement. GASP Core Code is the essential components of GASP needed to run all games, lessons, and tutorials built on GASP.
The best way to help is by giving us your feedback. Comments, questions, feature requests, tutorials, and anything else can be sent to gasp-dev@
If you want to help out with testing the code, developing GASP, or writing documentation, join the Launchpad group and pitch in!
Project information
- Part of:
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- Licence:
- GNU GPL v2, GNU GPL v3
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All questions Latest questions
GASP error in Linux Ubuntu Netbook edition
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end_graphics() fails to close window
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installing gasp (ImportError: No module named glib)
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Where is the documentation?
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python-gasp source package in Xenial
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python-gasp source package in Trusty
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python-gasp source package in Squeeze
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Bug #1818894: Gdk-ERROR
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Bug #1696798: GASP Installation Issue on Mac OS X
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Unify api.py and backend.py into one file to aid readability
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Using pypy to get GASP to work in a browser
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Add the simple tygger phisics engine to tha gasp tools
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Welcome to Advanced Precalculus
The contents of the course
Welcome to our advanced precalculus course. We will be considering some basic elements of high school mathematics:
- Exponentials and logarithms;
- Trigonometry;
- Some solid and plane geometry;
- Equations and inequalities with exponentials, logarithms and trigonometric functions.
This course is a sequel to our "Precalculus: the Mathematics of Numbers, Functions and Equations". Nevertheless it can be followed independently by those who remember some basic mathematics like numbers, equalities and inequalities, power functions, square roots, elementary algebra.
The course is designed to be taken over four weeks; each week is subdivided into several subtopics. In each subtopic you will encounter several steps:
- Francis explaining the theoretical content of the topic (video and related PDF)
- Alberto and Carlo suggesting and solving some exercises (video and related PDFs of the texts and the solutions)
- Quizzes with multiple-choice answers (each problem is solved in detail)
Francesco and Valentina are moderating this course and are happy to respond to your questions and comments.
How to follow the course
We suggest the following approach:
Theory: watch the video by Francis, possibly more than once for the parts that might be unclear to you at first. Study the associated PDF, taking notes. Then look at it once again.
Exercises: for complete understanding, going through some difficulty is often necessary. Try to solve the exercises yourself (or perhaps in a group). Look at the solution only when you think you have reached the right conclusion, or if you are really stuck.
Quizzes: quizzes are exercises with the feature that the answer appears among the multiple choices. Proceed as in the exercises!
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Unlimited access to the course: Go at your own pace with unlimited access to the course for as long as it exists on FutureLearn.
Access to tests: Ensure you've mastered the material with access to tests on the course.
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No live British racing in Coral, Ladbrokes and Betfred shops
Punters visiting Coral, Ladbrokes and Betfred shops on Monday will not be able to enjoy any live racing from Britain as the dispute over media rights between the bookmakers and The Racing Partnership rumbles on.
TRP, which comprises all 15 Arena Racing Company tracks as well as seven independent racecourses, is yet to reach an agreement with Ladbrokes-Coral plc or Betfred over a deal that would allow racing from the courses in question to be broadcast in their shops.
From January 1, Doncaster, Lingfield, Southwell, Windsor, Wolverhampton and Worcester moved from SIS to TRP, with the remaining racecourses following suit in 2018.
While the impasse has been ongoing, Monday represents the first day that racing comes exclusively from courses falling under TRP's banner, meaning there will be no live televised racing from Britain on offer to customers in Coral, Ladbrokes or Betfred shops.
There was no sign of progress on a deal on Sunday and unless an accord can be struck on Monday, the blackout will continue into Tuesday, when racing comes from Lingfield, Southwell and Wolverhampton.
In the absence of a deal, the 48 hours in question will be studied closely by all concerned, with the cost of media rights having become an increasingly contentious topic in recent years.
Many firms have argued that the price of being able to screen live racing has become excessive. Any data that suggests the lack of images does not have a negative impact on business will only bolster that position.
The three firms found themselves at the centre of the most recent dispute of this kind when, along with William Hill, they locked horns with the fledgling TurfTV in 2007.
On that occasion it was Coral who blinked first, breaking ranks to come to an agreement with the provider.
TRP was set up by Arc to sell pictures directly to bookmakers and cut out the 'leakage' of income to intermediaries such as SIS and TurfTV.
A statement from Ladbrokes said: "We're continuing to work hard to provide alternative content and extra value throughout our estate to ensure customers are able to enjoy a quality betting shop experience. We're still in commercial discussions about the overall situation."


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GTA V "60 Frames Per Second" PC Trailer
In two weeks, PC gamers finally get GTA V. Despite two years since initial launch and numerous other delays, enthusiasm for the latest entry in the GTA series on PC hasn't wavered.
In the trailer above, we get to see how good the game will look and, more importantly, how smooth the game will run on the PC. I mean, the trailer is titled "60 Frames per Second." Enjoy and get that hype level up one last time!
GTA V releases on April 14.
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Lama Karma Samten was born in 1947 in West Tibet, at Gertse. His parents were originally from East Tibet, but whilst on pilgrimage to Mt. Kailash they decided to settle there. When Lama Samten was five, he went to live with one of his uncles at a Sakya monastery. It was here where he first took refuge, and spent five years with his uncle who was his first teacher. Lama Samten was ten when the Communist army invaded Tibet. He managed to escape with his family, the journey being very long and arduous; many people died on the way.
Lama Samten and his family arrived in Nepal along with thousands of other refugees escaping from Tibet. Lama Samten's family were among the many refugees that became very sick as a result of the journey and living in a different climate. Most of them died, and out of Lama Samten's thirteen family members, only three survived the flight from Tibet. By the age of thirteen Lama Samten's father had died, so he had now lost his entire family.
At the age of twenty-one Lama Samten took ordination from Khyabje Kalu Rinpoche and entered the traditional three year retreat, which he completed twice in succession. Following this, he spent a further three years in solitary retreat. Lama Samten had hoped to spend the rest of his life in retreat, but at the request of His Holiness The Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa he went to New Zealand with Lama Shedrup to be a resident teacher at Karma Choeling Buddhist Monastery north of Auckland. For more than twenty years, Lama Samten has taught Tibetan Buddhist principles and practice in plain English to a growing number of students in Australasia. In 2002 he published a book, Living with Death and Dying, and visited the United States for the first time.


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Stockton & Darlington Railway Stamps
These Post Office stamps were affixed to specially designed envelopes and postmarked on the first day that the stamps were issued.
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Valid for 100 days with any starting day. Valid from 00:00 midnight on the indicated day (but from the time of purchase at the earliest) until 02:00 on the 100th day following within the administrative boundaries of Budapest on lines 1-99, 101-299, 900-999, City-trolleybus, M1, M2, M3, M4, H5, H6, H7, H8, H9, D14; on designated commute services of MÁV national railways and VOLÁN regional bus lines. On boat services D2, D11 and D12 valid on workdays only. To be used together with a valid pensioner pass ID only. Please provide the pass ID number at the time of purchase as it will be printed onto the slip. Valid with linked original photo ID only. The pass is non-transferable. If the pass gets damaged or the ID number has changed, the pass will be exchanged for the same type of pass with the same validity in return for a handling fee at the designated locations. Please present and hand your pass over if requested by the inspector.
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Erin McCoy had an amazing time during her last year as a Bulldog. She will forever cherish the memories made in these halls and is especially grateful for the impact The Watchdog has left on her. She is so proud of how far the staff has come and will always reflect on the work they produced together. Outside of the newspaper, McCoy was an active member in an array of clubs and sports including field hockey and lacrosse. She will be attending Virginia Commonwealth University in the fall to major in biology on a pre-med track, minoring in international studies. She hopes to one day help those in less developed countries. She is excited to see what the future has in store for everyone.
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Northern Ireland Food Companies Seek US Licensing Deals
Eight local food companies are being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to grow their business by means of licensing deals in the US.
Six of the eight companies will be in the US from 31st March to 4th April for a series of one-to-one meetings with food processors there seeking to penetrate the huge European marketplace. The remaining two Northern Ireland companies will be travelling to the US at a later date to meet with potential partners.
Invest NI has lined up meetings with US food businesses for each participating company. Most of the meetings will take place in New York, with conference calls and flying visits if necessary to companies based further afield.
Maynard Mawhinney, Invest NI's Food Director, commenting on the initiative, says: "The objective is to introduce our food processing companies to US businesses interested in selling licenses to manufacture their products, or a license for a unique process, in Europe or the UK/Ireland.
"Such arrangements offer the US companies a low risk market entry channel into Europe by means of an established and successful processing business in Northern Ireland. In return our Northern Ireland companies can get a new product or process with a much faster speed to market than if they were to go through the product development process themselves.
"This could potentially introduce a number of new products/processes to Northern Ireland and encourage our companies to focus on new product development. All the participating companies have significant manufacturing capability and experience that could produce tangible benefits for US businesses.
"This is a new initiative in our drive to encourage and assist many more of our food processing companies to do better business by exploring opportunities to develop new products either in-house or by means of forming external partnerships in the US and other markets.
"Such partnerships enable them to pool resources and knowledge to develop opportunities in wider markets.
"We've been encouraged by the response to this initiative from a broad cross-section of the local food processing industry. Most sectors are represented in the group going to the US, reflecting the growing recognition of the need to look at new products and processes that could bring greater success in export markets.
"It also makes the link between marketing, trade and innovation and is one of a series of key initiatives designed to add value to the food sector," he adds.
Northern Ireland companies taking part in the US business development initiative
Antrim Hills, Ballyclare – spring water
C&J Meats, Armagh – chilled and frozen beef
Dale Farm Dairies, Belfast – dairy products and ingredients
Evron Foods, Craigavon – chilled and part baked breads
Kestrel Foods, Craigavon – snack nuts, dried fruits and seeds
McCann's Apples, Craigavon – apples and juices
Millar Savoury Foods, Eglinton – convenience foods
Tenderlean, Derrylin – beef, lamb and pizzas


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July 16, 2019
ThreatMetrix Honored as Bronze Winner in the 4th Annual 2012 Golden Bridge Awards For Best New Products and Services
Posted October 9, 2012
The ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Defender Platform Recognized as a Top Security Software
San Jose, CA – October 9, 2012 – ThreatMetrix™, the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions, today announced that it has earned the prestigious Bronze status for Best New Products and Services – Security (Software) – in the 2012 Golden Bridge Awards for the ThreatMetrix™ Cybercrime Defender Platform. The annual Golden Bridge Awards program encompasses the world's best in organizational performance, innovations, products and services, among other categories, from every major industry in the world. Organizations from all over the world are eligible to submit nominations, including public and private, for-profit and non-profit, largest to smallest and new start-ups.
The ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Defender Platform integrates device identification technologies and malware detection to create the most comprehensive online fraud protection and cybercrime prevention solution available. Rather than piecing together multiple solutions and silos of data, the platform provides a unified view of users and devices, backed by global intelligence. Delivered in one platform from the cloud, it's the most cost-effective and complete solution available in the market.
"The recently updated ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Defender Platform is the only online fraud prevention solution in the market that provides virtual private network and phishing detection with advanced device identification and malware protection," said Reed Taussig, CEO, ThreatMetrix. "Winning a Golden Bridge Award for this platform is a testament to ThreatMetrix's ongoing commitment to staying at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation."
More than 40 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2012 Golden Bridge Business Awards winners. ThreatMetrix was honored during the awards dinner and presentation on October 2, 2012 in San Francisco.
About the Golden Bridge Awards
Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards are an annual industry and peers recognition program honoring best companies in every major industry from large to small and new start-ups in North America, Europe, Middle-East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin-America, Best New Products and Services, Best Innovations, Management and Teams, Women in Business and the Professions, Case Studies, Customer Satisfaction, and PR and Marketing Campaigns from all over the world. Learn more about The Golden Bridge Awards at www.goldenbridgeawards.com.
About ThreatMetrix
ThreatMetrix®, The Digital Identity Company®, is the market-leading cloud solution for authenticating digital personas and transactions on the Internet. Verifying more than 20 billion annual transactions supporting 30,000 websites and 4,000 customers globally through the ThreatMetrix Digital Identity Network®, ThreatMetrix secures businesses and end users against account takeover, payment fraud and fraudulent account registrations resulting from malware and data breaches. Key benefits include an improved customer experience, reduced friction, revenue gain and lower fraud and operational costs. The ThreatMetrix solution is deployed across a variety of industries, including financial services, e-commerce, payments and lending, media, government and insurance.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Deck the halls with boughs of Cha-lee!
4 comments:
- AnonymousDecember 23, 2010 at 9:48 PM
Have a naughty Xmas, Kingwho!ReplyDelete
Regarding your cold, my Chinese doctor's advice is even simpler: drink lots of water, it's the best medicine.
Best wishes for 2011!
Best wishes and enjoy the holidays Kingwho. OMG That is quite a picture you managed to come up with there, hope you have something equally unusual planned for New year!ReplyDelete
Dave, thank you for the advice on my cold. I have had enough water and Chinese soup in the past week to last 10 lifetimes =P I hope you have a naughty Xmas too! Cheers!ReplyDelete
AHND, thanks so much. Right back at you, buddy. Thanks for the link on your blog. I really appreciate it! =)
I'm not sure what my New year's post will be? Maybe some naughty subtitles? Something quick, easy, and dirty! =P
- AnonymousDecember 31, 2010 at 5:23 PM
a bit late but i hope you had a great christmasReplyDelete


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East Campus community programmes
The wonderful facilities at UWCSEA East are also in use for community weekday and weekend programmes. Open to the entire community, our community programmes offer an opportunity for students to pursue sports and drama activities and develop friendships in the wider community. Pre-registration is required, see each activity below for the registration process and contact.
Current community partners and offerings
UWCSEA East's current sport offerings and community partners include:
Badminton - Dragons Badminton Club
Basketball - FastBreak
Cricket - Dragons Cricket
Netball - Dragonets
Rugby - Dragons Rugby
Swimming - Total Swimming
Swimming - SwimDolphia
Volleyball - International Kakis
To view the schedule of offerings, contacts and registration information, please click here.
Please note the following:
- children must be pre-registered and payment settled in advance of attending the programme
- most courses need a minimum number to run. If this is not reached we will inform you and return your checque
- refunds are given only when a course is cancelled by the College
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What are the Benefits of Drinking Water?
Author: ANCP Date Posted:26 May 2016
We bathe in it, wash our cars with it and "water" our gardens with it. We can live weeks without food, yet we can only survive 3 days without water. Water has a multitude of health benefits and really is essential to life.
Let's take a look at why water is so good for you.
Other benefits of water:
Digestive Health
Water helps you stay regular, reducing the likelihood of constipation and haemorrhoids. If you're dehydrated, your body absorbs all the water from your colon, leaving a hard stool that is difficult to pass. Water helps dissolve waste matter and flushes the body of toxins, promoting overall health and wellbeing.
Cardiovascular Health
Water is a component of blood and influences its thickness. If you get enough water your heart doesn't have to work as hard to pump blood around the body. That's good news for your heart!
Healthy Brain and Nervous System
Did you know that 85% of brain tissue is water? Water also transports hormones and neurotransmitters (body chemicals) around the body, including the brain and spinal cord, so for optimal brain and nervous system function drink water. Dehydration also increases sensitivity to nerve pain, so ensure that you stay well hydrated.
Urinary System Health
Water helps reduce the risk of kidney stones by flushing out salts and minerals in your urine. Being dehydrated means these substances can form solid crystals known as kidney stones, so reduce your risk by drinking plenty of water. As a component of urine, water also helps flush out bacteria that may cause urinary tract infections.
Joint Relief
The buoyancy of water eases the pressure on our joints and reduces stress on the body. For individuals unable to exercise on land, try aqua-aerobics or even swimming laps and you'll be supporting your emotional and mental wellbeing as well.
Weight Loss & Management
Try drinking a glass of water next time you're hungry. Often we mistake hunger pains for thirst. Drinking a glass of water helps you feel full and can even promote healthy weight. Water is also zero calories! Have you ever noticed how sapped you feel in hotter weather or when you've forgotten to drink your eight glasses? Staying hydrated assists with energy and means that you can exercise for longer.
Keeps you Looking Younger for Longer
Water is essential for healthy looking skin. Fine lines and wrinkles actually appear deeper when you're dehydrated. Drinking water hydrates skin cells, plumping them up, and helps your skin stay soft, moist and young-looking. Water also flushes our impurities and improves blood flow, leaving your skin clear and glowing. Plus, water is used to make tears and saliva, is found in the synovial fluid of joints to stop bones grating together and helps regulate body temperature.


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At Orel career possibilities are limitless because we're not defined by rigid career paths. Each journey through orel is different – you can truly make your mark. We're looking for those who dare to be different, this could be the perfect career opportunity. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!
" We're always looking for you in these fields "
Learn the success stories of our employees.
I was just an audit trainee who came to do the auditing, but I was invited to be on board in the Orient Holdings and started the career as an Accountant and got the opportunity to grow as a multi-disciplinary professional. When the company faced profound challenges such as "Clipsal" to "Orange conversion, I was able to be a member of that team which gave me the great exposure to strengthen myself immensely. The innovative & out of box thinking culture along with the freedom to work give me, further courage continuously to stand as an exceptional character, who can undertake any challenge today. I am humbly proud to be a member of the Orange Family.
Finance Director
"Being a Junior Marketing Executive in OrangeIT was the finest decision I made to begin my career life under OREL Corporation. With more qualifications which the position required, it was not about the title but the company I concerned. Research & Development department in Orange Electric kept the trust on me to be their project manager to start their innovation center in Trace City. Projects and deadlines made the life hard yet I managed to fulfill the responsibilities in a way best with a set of mechanical & electronic engineers. Not only fulfilling my duties but also being supportive in any task which required my assistance; the top management wanted me to take the responsibility of the functions in Trace City branch, being the Relationship Manager in Human Resources Department. Marketing department gave me the opportunity to expand my duties through adding marketing functions to my list of duties. Currently I am fortunate to work as the Relationship Manager in both HR & Marketing departments. OREL treats the employees in the best way where being honest & working hard will never be a waste."
Relationship Manager
"In 2011 I joined Orange Electric as an internship trainee in Research & Development Department and I was lucky enough to be on board as a management trainee in R&D after graduating with a first class degree in mechatronics. In January 2014 I got promoted as the assistant manager of R&D and in March 2014 I was promoted as the General Manger Innovation Centre. Orange being the largest electrical manufacturer in Sri Lanka I'm really honored to drive 5 key departments in this prestigious organization namely Research and Development, Quality assurance, Toolroom, Rapid quality improvement team (RQIT) and Merlin (a sales SBU). Since then to date 2.5 years I'm working as the General Manager Innovation. I'm really passionate about my scope of work and I really love what I'm doing. For my growth at Orange Electric my age, previous work experience were never a scale and Orange Electric is a lovely place where the talent and hard work get recognized always. I'm glad where I'm today and highly appreciate Orange Electric for making a better product out of me."
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Q107 FM launched on April 15, 1982 is a classic rock station that operates in Calgary, Alberta. Corus Entertainment is the owner of the Q 107.3 FM while siblings include CHQR and CKRY-FM. The initial name upon the launch of the CFGQ-FM (brand name) was CKIK-FM while it hosted adult album rock format. Upon its launch, popular then by the name of 101 KIK FM and then Rock 107, Q107 broadcasted a variety of Rock music. The channel was faced with some difficulties in its beginning till 1985 when Harvey Glatt also the founder of CHEZ-FM took over the Q107 and invested in 75% of the total share; he held the interest until 1995. The channel was evolved and renamed as Power 107 and The Peak 107.3 in 1997 and 2002 before getting the on-air call sign of Q107 in 2004.
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Great hits of the day and classical music charts from past featuring artists and bands like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, David Bowie, Prince, Jimi Hendrix Elvis Presley, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Pretenders, Queen, Van Halen, U2, Van Morrison, Kiss, Cold Play and others are played in the Morning Shows, Midday and afternoon shows. Beside hosting music and entertaining stuff the listeners can find headline news and latest developments on the national issues and disasters like Fort McMurray Fires. Calgary Traffic and weather forecast are also part of the programming. Q107 according to the estimates of BBM Canada was ranked as the 7th most listened station in the Calgary market. Great Hits and Real Classic Rock is the slogan of the Q107 specialized in Classical Rock. Q107 playlists, music downloads, rock news, concerts, events, weather, general news, photos, videos and blogs are hosted on the official site. Fans can connect with the FM through mobiles using android and iOS apps and can also follow the channel via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Soundcloud. Here is the website: CFGQ-FM Q107 FM.
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Estee Lauder launches 'Mad Men' collection
Now "Mad Men" fans have the appropriate cosmetics to stow inside their Banana Republic for Mad Men bags. Estee Lauder is the latest brand to tap into the '60s vibe of the popular show, with a new beauty collection that is set to launch in March.
The Estee Lauder Mad Men collection features a satin finish lipstick in a cherry hue ($25) and a cream rouge in a color called evening rose ($40), both packaged in gold-colored cases and boxes inspired by Estee Lauder designs from the '60s.
So, if you've ever admired Joan Holloway's perfectly pink cheeks and crimson pout, now is your chance to try out the look for yourself.
The collection is to be available at Bloomingdales and at www.esteelauder.com for a limited time.
-- Melissa Magsaysay
"Mad Men" shares a lesson on beauty
Banana Republic launches "Mad Men"-inspired collection
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Hi, I'm Nathan. I love everything.
Okay, not really everything. I hate hangnails, for instance.
But mostly everything.
Okay, not really everything. I hate hangnails, for instance.
But mostly everything.
In May of 2016 I graduated from Baylor University, where I studied in the Honors College as part of the Honors, BIC and Business Fellows programs. I was born and raised in Austin, Texas, where I graduated from a TINY private school in a class of four people. I love studying so many subjects, and have discovered student affairs as the passion for my life's work. I am always energetic, always adventurous, and the WORST person to rely on for directions and scheduling. People tell me that I'm a great person to talk to, but a terrible driver. I love God with my life because He saved and changed me.
And I love Baylor.
I love to try new things, meet new people, and explore new places.
If you love any of the following, then we should be friends:
If you love any of the following, then we should be friends:
- Line Camp. This forever changed my life, when I learned that I could make friends and truly love God with others in my new home. I've been a Line Camp Leader in 2013, 2014, and 2015, sharing the greatest moments that with my greatest friends.
- Hip-Hop Dance. My favorite genre to dance to is dubstep, but I will dance to anything, for goofy or "serious" reasons. As a naïve freshman with no experience in dance, I decided to give the Poppers, Lockers, and Breakers a shot. It was one of the best decisions I made.
- The Baylor Interdisciplinary Core (BIC). Filled with tough reads, great conversations, and the starts of many friendships, this was exactly what I looked for in my liberal arts background. The photos you see may or may not correspond to a Flash Mob I conducted my freshman year, or a Ryan Gosling Photo Shoot that spring.
- Producing Music. I have about 3,000 hours of experience in audio editing, so I love to help others record their music and publish it on the iTunes and Spotify markets! I've loved making music for my friends Megan, Matt, Emily, and others, but my favorite project was "That Good Old Baylor Line," a collection of 15 instrumental tracks based on the personalities of my closest friends.
- Poetry and Freestyle Rap. As a freshman I entered in the After Dark talent show, but had nothing prepared for the audition. I chose to improvise a serenade to the judge, and they decided to put me in the show! I love writing and sharing poetry, some of which is improvisational and some of which is form-based.
- College Football. End of story. Never a sports fan when I was young, now I can rattle off stats about our team and its players. My love of sports is vastly superseded by my hope that the disciplinary behavior of the Baylor Athletics Departments will receive an overhaul this year, but I still love watching this great sport.
- Baylor Basketball. I've always enjoyed the sport, but Scott Drew and Kim Mulkey take it to the next LEVEL. Watching the Elite Eight and Sweet Sixteen runs of the men and ogling over the women's 40-0 Championship, I've found my home.
- Dressing Up. I may be the lowest-maintenance guy you'll ever meet ("why can't we just use our leftover paper towels for our toilet paper?"), but I enjoy donning a tux and bow tie for any occasion. Above is the first-annual Mr. Green and Gold male pageant I competed in as a sophomore. It was some of the most fun I've ever had (and earned me the prize of emceeing the ladies' pageant (and directing and publishing their music video). Yep, you heard that right.
- Late, Deep, Hard Conversations. Pick any subject. Show me passion behind what you say. And we'll talk for as long as we please. It's in those waning hours of the night that we sometimes discover the most incredible things about ourselves. I'm a big fan of the late-night chat.
- The Whatever. This club is the culmination of everything above and more. I founded this student organization in January of 2015 with the intent of having amazing adventures where everyone is accepted, loved, and challenged to reach beyond themselves at Baylor. With the craziest adventures and a true family-vibe, we seek to change the way that colleges look at the student experience.
- Taking The Leap. Life is an incredible adventure, and sometimes you have to do the stupid, adventurous, or thoughtful thing to discover your greatest memories lying in wait. Like fighting a pack of wild zombies with nerf guns. Like going homeless for two days to discover your passion in ministry. Like hosting a fake art gala in the Baylor library with mustaches and miniature exhibits. Like scaling and jumping off the Waco Suspension Bridge (ok, maybe not that kind of leap).
During my time at Baylor, I did my best to see it all. To love everyone. And to help others experience the same. My hope is that from my stupid, adventurous spirit you may find some thoughts that can help you along your journey - specifically, the things you SHOULD do and the things you SHOULDN'T.
Though I have moved on to start work at Syracuse University and earn my Master's Degree, I am always up for a conversation with someone new. If you have questions, comments, or just want to hang out, then find me on Facebook or text me at 512-705-7989.
Though I have moved on to start work at Syracuse University and earn my Master's Degree, I am always up for a conversation with someone new. If you have questions, comments, or just want to hang out, then find me on Facebook or text me at 512-705-7989.
Hi, I'm Nathan. Someday I hope to learn more about you.
Sic 'em.
Sic 'em.


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Strong development in ferry traffic
"13 million gross tonnes of cargo were handled at Rostock overseas port in the first six months of this year, i.e. 800,000 tonnes less than in the same period last year. Wheeled cargo in ferry and ro-ro traffic notched up a seven percent increase compared to the first half of 2017: 8.7 million tonnes were hoisted over the side at the ferry and ro-ro terminal from January to June 2018. In the first half of the year the ferry and ro-ro goods accounted for 67 percent of overall handling at the all-purpose port of Rostock. This strong growth was not enough to fully compensate for the losses in high-tonnage areas such as grain, coal and cement. One third of total handling or 4.3 million tonnes were achieved by handling dry bulk, liquid and general cargo. The number of ferry passengers carried to and from Northern Europe increased by 50,000 to 1.05 million", says Dr. Gernot Tesch, Managing Director of ROSTOCK PORT GmbH.
Rostock overseas port recorded 3,650 calls by ferry, ro-ro, cargo and cruise vessels in the first six months of the year, 2,905 of which were port calls by ferries and ro-ro vessels.
Wheeled cargo
210,098 trucks (escorted units) were carried on the three ferry and three ro-ro services to and from Denmark, Sweden and Finland, an impressive increase of nine percent. Handling of unescorted units declined slightly with 65, 446 trailers having been loaded and unloaded (minus one percent). In addition 8,002 railway wagons were carried by sea in the first half of 2018. This was 565 wagons more than in the same period last year. The number of cars carried also increased by four percent to 189,150.
The 416,000 tonnes of paper rolls handled in the first half of 2018 lead us to expect a new record by the end of the year. In 2017 a total of 706,000 tonnes of paper rolls were handled.
37 intermodal transport trains run between Rostock and Verona (14), Hamburg (5), Karlsruhe (5), Brno (6), Wuppertal (3), Halle-Schkopau (2) and Treviso (2) every week. During the first six months of 2018 the number of units handled at the intermodal terminal decreased from 43,066 in the same period last year to 38,695 load units this year and thus by ten percent. "The development in intermodal transport is determined by increased competition for intermodal transport connections among the ports. We continue to work with all our partners to resist this trend, to intensify individual services and to establish new intermodal transport connections", says Dr. Gernot Tesch.
Bulk goods and general cargo
The handling of liquid goods during the first six months of 2018 showed a clear decline by 24 percent. On the whole 1.1 million tonnes, especially gas oil and naphtha, were pumped across the edge of the quay.
There was also a marked decline in the handling of dry bulk to three million tonnes, one quarter less than during the same period last year. In the first six months of 2018 400,000 tonnes less of wheat and barley were handled, 370,000 tonnes less of coal, 135,000 tonnes less of rapeseed and just under 100,000 tonnes less of cement. The only notable increase was in the handling of split gravel (plus 100,000 tonnes).
In the general cargo division the amounts handled, at 268,000 tonnes and thus 19 percent less, were also below those of the same period last year. Above all there were fewer rotor blades for wind power plants to handle, but more pipes.
Projects and investments of ROSTOCK PORT GmbH
"In the first six months of 2018 ROSTOCK PORT GmbH invested just under four million Euro in the infrastructure and the improvement of processes at the port", says Jens A. Scharner, Managing Director of ROSTOCK PORT GmbH. In August 2018 ROSTOCK PORT will have created all preconditions for the new partial junction between the motorway and the eastern seaport.
The federal government is still going to conduct a formal plan approval procedure for the direct access and exit road sections of the partial junction to the A19 motorway. The planning for permission to build these was completed in the spring of this year. At the latest in 2019 the federal government is to start construction of the partial junction to the A19.
As planned the new building of the dry bulk berth 23 on the eastern side of port basin B was begun, which will require a total investment of about 20 million Euro. The new building of the more than 50-year-old quay facility at berth 23 with a length of 270 metres is part of the dry bulk terminal on pier 3. The dry bulk terminal at berths 23 and 24 is mainly used for importing hard coal for the nearby power station. "In order to enable us to service larger bulk carriers and thus increase the handling efficiency the draught at berth 23 must be increased. Since the existing quay structure is in need of reconditioning and it is impossible to increase the draught here for technical reasons we are setting about the new building of berth 23. At the same time we are going to increase the load-bearing capacity of the quay facility from two to five tonnes per square metre", explains Jens A. Scharner. The thorough repairs of berths 21 and 22 at port basin B were completed in 2017.
As a statutory compensation measure for infrastructure projects at the port, ROSTOCK PORT has been investing in the creation of an area of woods and meadows of around 20 hectares east of Werftallee in Gross Klein since last year. This area is being improved into a nature experience and recreation area until the end of 2018.
Furthermore ROSTOCK PORT has successfully completed the nature protection project for the ecological improvement of the Diedrichshäger Moor (bog) near Warnemünde. This measure was approved and granted planning permission in 2009. It will be available to the port as potential compensation in nature protection for future extensions at the existing special-purpose area of the port via an eco-account.
A project to upgrade berth 15 for heavy loads was begun. After completion of the work this quay will be able to carry a crane facility weighing approx. 7,000 tonnes. Another upgrade for heavy loads was begun at berth 10 which is to improve the ro-ro loading of extra-heavy components.
The invitations to tender and start of construction of two large port construction measures are still planned for the summer of 2018. The improvement of berths 62/63 with ramps is to allow ferry and ro-ro vessels over 230 metres in length to be accommodated after completion in 2019.
The new building of berth 50 with two additional new ro-ro ramps at port basin A will follow immediately afterwards. EU-wide invitations to tender are being prepared for both projects. After the implementation of both measures the port of Rostock will be well prepared for accommodating the increasing number of longer vessels.
After the completion of the planning permission procedure initiated in February 2018 for the extension of the "Information and Organisation Centre for Maritime Tourism" ROSTOCK PORT plans to start construction of a roofed complex of buildings at berth P8 in Warnemünde in autumn 2018. The building is to have a total length of 186 metres and a width of 30 metres. The height will be similar to that of the Warnemünde Cruise Center at berth P7. The gross floor area will amount to approximately 3,400 square metres. The foundation work for the complex of buildings is planned for the winter half-year of 2018/19 while the building construction itself will be implemented in the 2019/2020 winter half-year.
Successful cruise season
A total of 207 port calls by 45 cruise liners are expected on 122 days of this year. 183 times the vessels are berthing in Warnemünde and 24 times at the overseas port. Three port calls by the passenger vessel Albatros of Phoenix Reisen have been notified for December so that the 2018 cruise season in Warnemünde will only end shortly before Christmas.
For further information please visit www.rostock-port.de