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Hi, I'm a Webdesigner. This is my first time I have to deal with advanced SEO. My client trains people in Tai Chi and Qi Gong and sells licenses to trainers she trained. Included in the license is a website (good for me - I'm selling them). Her pagerank is pretty good. So my idea was to use a subdomain for every trainer with an own webpage so the good ranking from the main domain will apply to the subdomain. Will this work or is it better to get a new domain for every trainer?
The domain ranking will not pass to the subdomain. The subdomain is treated like a separate website. This means that if you get ten backlinks to your main site. The subdomain will still have zero backlinks. I would not create a different website either for your trainers. Your new trainers would start with a domain and page rank of zero. I suggest that you add your trainers to the following:
This way, the trainers will be able to get the domain rank of the main website since it is a subfolder.
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LunchClick is the first dating app that is designed to encourage offline, face-to-face dates. Download it today!
"It pays to be patient."
That's what you repeatedly told yourself when you waited for the moment that would never end, that moment in which you would be consumed by the way she looked at you, her fingers deep in yours …
As much as some will pay for these moments, others never get to have them at all. The careless few who stumbled along the way after thinking of themselves as the timeless, never-to-be-apart Jack and Rose often don't remember how it all started, how that honeymoon phase was so enchanting and yet so short-lived. If you don't want that to be you, here's how you can go about that:
1. Curtail your urges
You know that insatiable longing to be constantly by their side. You know what it's like in those dark moments when her absence alone can cast a shadow over everything. You know what it's like to want to be connected, and to never let go. Yet all that initial attraction and desire will inevitably fade. Having some self-restraint gives you more space apart, and with that, you have more chances to…
2. Continue doing the little things
Remember the time you waited for two hours with her favourite noodles sitting on the stove? Even though what she ate was probably a tad soggy and lukewarm, your surprise made her feel like the most cherished person who ever lived. Keep working on those things! There's no excuse for settling into routine. You have so much time ahead to get extremely comfortable with each other, so take your time and…
3. Leave things to be discovered
Often, it's tempting to pour the sum of your life experiences and ridiculous habits into a nice pint for your lover to down. You may feel like you want to be obsessed with everything from uncovering what she wears to work on Wednesdays and what she did on her 9th birthday. But learning it all too soon will leave nothing to be discovered. Rather than ending up in that rut, keep things exciting and…
4. Upgrade yourself constantly
The most sustainable way to keep things fresh is (of course) to stay fresh! Don't be that predictable and unchanging guy everyone laughs at on television. It won't be so funny to realise that you've become that person. Instead, realise how enriching it is to enrich yourself. In fact, don't just do that. Extend her those opportunities too. That's when serious relationship growth starts, and it's also how you can inspire each other.
The first times are always the sweetest. Let them not come so hastily they end up wasting away and degenerating into tedium just as quickly. Because when there's magic, it's meant to last. And it's up to you to make that happen.
LunchClick is Singapore's first female-centric dating app, developed by the dating experts behind the Lunch Actually Group, the biggest dating agency in South East Asia with over 10 years of proven track record. LunchClick is perfect for serious daters and singles looking to find love – we're SDN (Social Development Network) accredited, and we manually approve all profiles to ensure that you only meet genuine & quality singles. No swiping, no chatting, just offline dates! What are you waiting for? Download the app on the Play Store or App Store today!


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Movie PilotJanuary 29, 2015
by Aaron Hubbard
I have recently been given the awesome opportunity to see pre-screening of the film Supremacy, starring Joe Anderson and Danny Glover, and directed by Deon Taylor. I was also give then opportunity to talk on the phone with actor Joe Anderson himself and got some insightful looks into what he went through making this movie. I must confess that I previously had not heard about this movie until about two weeks ago but it was officially released in select theaters on January 30th, 2015. It was shown a year ago at the LA Film Festival.
But once the pre-screening opportunity was offered to me, I had to go check out the trailer to better understand what type of film I would be watching, especially considering that it is a deviation from my traditional comfort zone of sci-fi/fantasy and superheroes.
So go ahead and take the time to watch the trailer like I did so you can have a better understanding of what this film is about:
Now read the this brief synopsis of the film and then I'll get more in depth with my article:
"A just paroled white supremacist and his ruthless girlfriend kill a cop and take an African American family hostage. Meanwhile, Sobecki, the heavily-tattooed supremacist leader who oversees his criminal empire from behind bars, is not thrilled when he learns of his charge's screw-up. The patriarch of the family, an ornery ex-con himself, must rely on his wit and understanding of the racist mind to find a plan to free his family, but not before he confronts his own brand of bigotry and anger."
Analyzing Deon Taylor's Style
To analyze this film, you really need to go look at director Deon Taylor's previous work like Dead Tone and Chain Letter. That simple fact is what made him a good choice for directing this film and yet it also made it an uneasy film to watch.
You can see that the man has a soft spot for Horror in his films.
For any family, it would be a real-life horror experience to have someone break into your house in the middle of the night waving a gun around. To add to the intense, stressful situation would be to make that intruder a member a racist who hates you for what your color is and all the misguided stereotypes he believe you and "your people" are guilty of.
Seriously, think about it, no matter who you are or what your racial origin is, imagine a hate-filled, racist bigot breaking into your house. Imagine looking down the barrel of the gun as he screams at your family, calls them derogatory names and spouts vulgarity for emphasis.
The Element of Horror
Me, being a daydreamer and mind-wanderer, I often imagine all sorts of hypothetical scenarios in my head.
I think that's what draws me to movies and good stories so much, I place myself in the shoes of the characters on film and imagine how I'd react. In the case of Supremacy, I found myself bubbling with anger and fear.
The anger came from the obvious fact of having my freedom intruded upon, the safety of my family threatened, and the inability to do anything about it.
The fear came from the several of the same reasons: my freedom, my family's safety. But my fear also came from the urge to act. It leaves you in-between a rock and a hard place: "Do I act and risk getting out of this situation alive? or do I remain compliant and risk the possibility of being killed anyway when this dude snaps?"
These are all the emotions that I felt watching Supremacy and they are the emotions of Danny Glover's character, Mr. Walker.
Deon Taylor, with his unfiltered dash of horror added to the film, allowed the watcher to have their hearts race in their chest, their palms become a little clammy from sweat, and their bones to shake in anticipation. Watching this movie, I experienced all of the above, it was a rough film and not an easy one to swallow in one go, it took me several attempts to make it through because of how unfiltered the film was from the intense moments shared between characters.
When speaking Joe Anderson, I asked him about the emotions he felt when reading the script he stated that the way the script was written, it left lots of room for improvisation but stated:
"What struck me the first time was that Garrett Tully was in prison for a very long time. When you're in prison, there's often this condition of segregation: black people hang out with black people and white people hang out with white people. But to see Garrett Tully go full circle and go right back to prison except this time he was now being shunned by white supremacists for not killing the family like he was ordered to."
He also went on to say:
"I wanted to not let him [Garrett Tully] be a one-note character. I wanted to show that there was this human in him so I tried to show that through the acting instead of just the dialogue on the script."
Does the racial tension ever break?
You see, I've compared this film to that of a horror film, and typically, I don't do horror.
As I mentioned above, I had to struggle to finish the movie. But considering that this film was based on a true story and because I've liked movies like American History X, I thought maybe this might be easier to get through. It wasn't.
Every single scene, just about, had me cringing, there was hardly any down time to the film's intense nature and heavy subject matter.
I asked Joe Anderson if there were any difficulties of using such foul language and terrible racial slurs at a legendary actor like Danny Glover and he stated:
"No, not really. There wasn't a whole lot of interacting between me and Danny Glover when we weren't shooting. I don't know if it was just his method of acting but it left me comfortable enough to do what I needed to do as an actor."
He did go on to speak about the hardships this type of role had on him both on and off set:
"On the set there was this boy, a very young boy. And here I am, a white man with swastikas and other Aryan symbols tattooed on his body saying these awful, racist things, that were often improvised due to the script. So as soon as they'd yell 'cut' I'd run and just hug the boy or whoever else I had to improvise my racism at because that's just not who I am. I'm completely anti-racism, anti-classism.
It became so hard, in fact, that even when I was standing in the kitchen with my wife, she try and talk to me and I'd find it difficult, I'd just be blank. Even though I wasn't like that, like Garrett Tully, I had felt like I had done these horrible things. It left a bad taste in my mouth. I had to learn to leave it behind me, otherwise my wife wouldn't have got two words out of me."
But it didn't remain that way for the entirety of the movie, there was a redemption in the end and after hearing so many derogatory names being tossed loosely around by Joe Anderson's character, Garret Tully, enough was enough and Danny Glover's character thought so too.
At the end of the film, Danny Glover gives a speech that is the redeeming quality of the entire film. Read on for spoilers:
Of course, I asked Joe Anderson about this specific scene as well and if he thought this was a completely redeeming moment for Garrett Tully or if he though, going back to prison, he might have regressed. He replied:
"One thing I tried to do was to allow that ideology that Garrett was human sink in even before the third act of the film. I wouldn't say it was a complete redemption but it was definitely something he would never forget."
The question the movie, I feel, leaves the audience asking of all people no matter what color is this:
If you are driven by bigotry and hate, what is that could make you change that and turn away from it all? What would need to take place to bring you to your knees, embracing the ones you used to despise?
Are you brave enough to ask for forgiveness?
If you find yourself victimized by the evil and twisted mindset of those who believe themselves superior to you, do you have it in you to forgive them? Would you be willing to forget the horrors one has caused you if they asked that of you?
Are you brave enough to forgive?


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Once known as Hog Island, Paradise Island is 685 acres of pure bliss connected to Nassau by two 600-foot bridges. In the 1960's Huntington Hartford -- heir to the A&P supermarket fortune -- bought Hog Island which was used primarily for farming, and developed it into the 685 acre Paradise Island. More recent investors have included Merv Griffin and Sol Kerzner who developed Atlantis. The island was developed almost exclusively to delight and accommodate visitors, with resorts, hotels, restaurants, shops, a golf course, an aquarium, and a casino rounding out the amenities.
Paradise Island is world renowned for white sandy beaches, clear turquoise waters, a mild tropical climate and a luxurious lifestyle. It is home to some of the world's most sought-after real estate-properties owned by Bahamians and international investors alike. Rare island beauty and first-class amenities combine with rising property values, low taxes and a long history of political and economic stability. The mythical Atlantis Resort and Casino and the elegant Ocean Club greatly enhance the amenities and investment appeal of this tropical Shangri-La.
Paradise Found
Whether seeking a primary residence, second home, investment property or rental unit, Paradise Island is the idyllic location. Properties range in value from multi-million dollar waterfront luxury to investment apartments starting at $250,000.
There is suddenly a wide variety of options available for a primary or second home on Paradise Island. Unprecedented luxury and amenities are included with the condominium developments on the island and the Ocean Club Estates community. Not to be overlooked, many older properties are receiving facelifts and enjoy excellent returns on the short-term vacation rental market. Spacious floor plans and recent upgrades make these units excellent value for money.
Ocean Club Estates
Ocean Club Estates, located on the eastern tip of well-known Paradise Island, is a Kerzner International development which continues the legacy of elegance and sophistication established at the nearby Ocean Club. This community is very exclusive and attracts a variety of high net worth individuals seeking a relaxed lifestyle with a stunning private golf course and private Beach & Tennis Club. This highly demanded community is comprised of luxury homes situated on the golf course, inland waterway and beaches. In addition, there are four exclusive residential condo buildings located on the harbour side of the community with a full-service marina. While both Ocean Club Estates homeowners and condo owners alike enjoy the beautiful amenities within their private gates, they each also have access to the amenities at Atlantis and in addition, the homeowners enjoy the added privilege of membership at the Ocean Club Resort.
Enjoy peaceful morning walks as the sun drifts lazily over the horizon. Later in the day water sports are available near the resorts, but you will still find a quiet retreat. There are two public access paths.
Several smaller beaches exist where the sand and water are just as gorgeous, and you are likely to find yourself more or less alone. Try Paradise Beach, Honeymoon Cove or Smugglers Beach.


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How to Practice Promote Yourself Online
How to Practice Promote Yourself Online
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Blogging is a great way for you to touch base with your audience. This is really good for people that can write pretty well. If you are not much of a writer, you can always pay someone to create a blog on your behalf. You do not have to be the best writer ever, but it is important that you figure out how to effectively market your business to others through the use of words.
Social networking sites are becoming more popular as days go by, and it would be a big mistake to neglect this fact. You do not want to ignore how far social networking goes to reach everyone in the world. If you open a social networking account, it will give you the opportunity to reach people that you wouldn ' t have been able to get in touch with otherwise. Use your account to show customers that your company has a personality. Doing this will give people a better view of your business, which means more business for you.
Create a newsletter that will keep customers in the loop about what is going on with your business. This newsletter should be very engaging, and it should make people feel as if they are compelled to read it. The best way to get people involved with your newsletter is to send it to them through email. Place a sign – up link for your newsletter on every page of your site.
If you follow the tips given to you in the article above, you can look forward to your company achieving more success. Home businesses tend to rely a lot on the Internet, so do your best to familiarize yourself with it. Before you know it, your business can become one of the hottest things that any of your customers has ever seen. How to Practice Promote Yourself Online


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The latest software version for the iCharger 308Duo, 406Duo, and 4010Duo is version 2.18 released December 23, 2016.
The revision history can be downloaded here:
To update your iCharger download and install the upgrader software (compatible with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, & Windows 8):
Now install the update file for your iCharger using the included USB cable:
• A step-by-step walkthrough of how to update your iCharger. Note: Device driver installation not required for the iCharger 4010Duo, 406Duo, or 308Duo
The latest version of LogView version 22.214.171.1241 (released April 29, 2014) for use in viewing iCharger, CellLog 8S, or PowerLog 6S data is available for download here:


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Hybrid app development solidifies usage ease, capacities and functionalities of native iOS and Android applications as well as the flexibility, adaptability and speed of web apps. Hybrid applications pave the way to JavaScript-based coding in mobile application development, with the same user-experience like Native.
Hybrid app development companies have exceedingly skilled team of developers and programmers who have implemented creative, yet appealing hybrid apps effectively to clients all over the world. Service providers have expertise in various technologies. Furthermore, they endeavor to achieve the business objectives of clients and targets through applying processes, persons and recent technologies.
Hybrid development is introduced as a cutting-edge cross platform, which allows apps for various OS. It shares the same core code for different platforms, making the overall development cheaper and faster. The new features for development of hybrid apps are released for all platforms at the same time, providing users the same experience. Hybrid also offers benefits to enterprise apps too. When users could access the app from their device, they will be more comfortable with the technology and require less tech support in managing the app. And, businesses will run more smoothly.
For hybrid app development requirement, a Hybrid app development company could deploy hybrid apps for various industries. Developers have extensive experience building hybrid solutions that seamlessly work across numerous operating systems as well as device platforms. Whether a smart phone, laptop or tablet running Android, iOS or Windows, hybrid app developers could build a solution to meet business requirements.
Today, organizations support such different devices that they required a way of delivering apps in a more seamless manner. Cross-platform development is a new reality that could help. Employees have come to expect using mobile devices for their daily workflows. Thus, organizations have had to invest in tools for modernizing the apps they've relied on for years. At the same time, tools have emerged, which could drastically simplify the process of building apps that run across numerous OS. Most of all, many of the cross-platform mobile app development tools feature design, development, testing, deployment capabilities with one integrated platform.
The experience of developers also come into play. An organization could have a talented roster of highly skilled and classically trained developers, or a ix of these with semi-professional and inexperienced developers. Fortunately, modern mobile development vendors have witnessed the mix of skills among the clientele and have done well in evolving the tools. They're very much aware that their products should appeal to various kinds of developers with different programming exposure and experience to business productivity apps.
Although products that simplify the app development process continue to emerge, the different approaches also continue evolving, which make it difficult for companies to identify the most appropriate option. It's critical to assess the developer resources of the organization prior to deciding on the app development tools. The organization's device landscape and app user experience requirements, for example, which devices have to be supported and how responsive and fast the apps should be, are just as important as well.
Cross-platform mobile app development tools offer a native look and feel to Android and iOS that companies want. Also, developers could include platform-specific module, like navigation, status bars or access to native elements like contacts and camera. Most products provide a singular development experience and is an ideal option for generic database-reliant applications.
Cross-platform development also could be advantageous to app maintenance, since developers or IT staff who discover bugs in a common code base only has to fix them once. At the same time, the pace in which the mobile OS are evolving could be a complicating factor and need apps to be re-written if an update to the system is not compatible with an existing application.
Finally, web applications rely on third-party platforms as well as plugins to access native features that could complicate the app development process, through requiring developers to rely on more resources. Additionally, web apps and PWAs aren't visible in public app stores, thus companies lose this channel to promote and deliver apps to employees. Still, the cross-platform applications provide several benefits that are comparable to native applications, like offline access as well as the ability of sending push notifications. Support for PWA is strongest on Android, but the iOS capability would improve.
Hybrid app development services are cost-effective, but do not compromise on quality. Developers have expertise in developing cross-platform mobile applications with the right skills.


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General Description:
SR-RU120H is a high performance UHF RFID integrated reader. It is designed with low power dissipation and high integrated RFID chip solution, which has features of long reading distance, high identification speed, multiple interfaces and easy installation. It can be widely appliedin many RFID application systems such as logistics, access control, and anti-counterfeit and industrial production process control system etc.
*Adopt low power dissipation, high performance, long distance RFID module design
*Support EPC global Class1 Gen2/ISO 18000-6C protocol tag
*840~868MHz/902~928MHz frequency band (frequency customization optional)
*FHSS or Fix Frequency transmission
*RF output power up to 30 dBm (1dbm step adjustable)
*Built-in 8dbi circular polarized antenna, effective distance over 10 m
*Support command, Auto and trigger working mode
*Low power dissipation with single +12V DC power supply
*Support RS232, RS485, Wiegand and Trigger interfaces
*RJ45 (TCP/IP, UDP) and WIFI interface are optional
*Support EPC, TID and USER inventory in independently or conjunctively
*Support IAP firmware upgrading
*Support IE Browser parameter configuration
*Provide Windows & Linux demo software and SDK for testing and furtherly development
RFID Reader
Syncotek is one of China RFID manufacturers, has own RFID R&D team, the engineers has more than 11 years of working experience. In order to provide the best service and product to customer, we are in development continuously, we also can provide the whole solution for the project, after-sale service and technology support.
Syncotek has product line which include UHF RFID reader, 13.56MHz HF reader, handheld reader, RFID reader, and module, antenna, cards and tags.
Syncotek Series HF/UHF RIFD reader already used in vehicle management intensively, using environment also include staff management for factory, weight management for warehouse, access control for warehouse and vehicle, clothing management, the tobacco logistics management, intelligent library management, production line identification management, financial escorts management, asset management and other applications.


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Mindshare bags the media account for Craftsvilla.com
This account will be handled from the Mumbai office and will look into the media buying and planning for the brand
Mindshare, the flagship media agency of GroupM has been appointed to manage the media duties for Craftsvilla.com. This account will be handled from the Mumbai office and will look into the media buying and planning for the brand.
Founded in 2011 by Manoj Gupta and Monica Gupta, Mumbai-based Craftsvilla is an online marketplace for ethnic products. The company is funded by venture capital funds including Sequoia Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and GFC.
Commenting on their win, Prasanth Kumar, CEO Mindshare, South Asia said, "The e-commerce industry is growing remarkably which makes this an exciting time for us to be partnering with such a unique brand. Our focus will be to leverage all our assets and tools to create great results. Through our Original Thinking Framework and adaptive approach, we look forward to working with Craftsvilla and taking the brand to the next level."
Manoj Gupta, Founder, Craftsvilla said, "Mindshare's ability on driving ROI based planning through data analytics has played a pivotal role in their appointment. We look forward to this important partnership with Mindshare and their valuable contribution towards making Craftsvilla the largest online Ethnic Store."For more updates, be socially connected with us on
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The App Store's Best RPG
The face of the best yet…
I love RPG's and fantasy adventure games. My first love was the simple, but action-riddled 8-bit Zelda. Later, my love for digital fantasy ( … ) grew to encompass games that more accurately reflected role playing: Ultima, Might and Magic and The Elder Scrolls. After completing several large games, I turned to the Super Nintendo (SNES) and some classic Japanese-style RPG's: Final Fantasy, Gaia, Secret of Mana and Dragon Quest.
Which is best? Well, they all are good, but you have to be right for the game. For the light-hearted adventurer, we have a sub-genre headed up by Zenonia and for the seemy-action slayer, Raven Sword, Aralon, and Dungeon Hunter. For the more callous adventurer role-player, there is The Quest.
Light-Hearted Levelers
This category is loved by people who grew up on consoles where a game's story is king. These RPG's are full of the slaughter of enemies and some side quests, but overall, reach into their plot rather than their game mechanics to keep players interested. The system is a general character scheme where weapons, character stats and enemies collude in simultaneous evolution. Your character will race through the gamut of levels, weapons, armour and items at breakneck speeds and appeal to all ages and genders. There are usually many small towns with basic necessities that advance you, the adventurer toward the plot. In this vein, there are:
Action Hackers
For fans of Blizzard and hack n' slash adventures that bridge the gap between light-hearted role-play and the more hard-core variety are the Diablo clones. While not always, they are often darker, bloody brawls through dungeons or other dreary scenery. While not child-friendly like the above games, they are simple, involve very little role playing, but have a kicking foot in the action. These games are the dark horse of the RPG world as they are more difficult to pin to a system. Often however, their attention to action means that characters will level faster and go through items much faster than hard-core RPG's, however not at the supersonic speed of their light-hearted siblings. Of course, this isn't always the case. The recent Ravensword: The Fallen King, proves that an action hacker can be beautiful and at times, light-hearted.
Classic and Hard-Core Role-Players
Fans of Dungeons and Dragons, GURPS and Rifts will probably be more inclined to play games that seriously try to emulate a role-playing environment. Sadly, their is a dearth of options in the App Store. The iDevice is a console of sorts and will more likely than not, appeal to console gamers who encounter light-hearted RPG's more often than not. In evaluating the options, a simple bit of number crunching will suss out who the majority of gamers are. However, these rare hard-core games feature real character specialisation and customisation, deeper connections between NPC's and the environment and a lot more frustration. Character evaluation and evolution takes the entire game, levels come much more slowly and there is a deep connection between the environment and the player.
The Strategy Role Player
This twist on the genre was popularised with Heroes of Might and Magic, a brilliant, but simple game from 3D0 back in the mid 90's. It combines role playing elements such as leveling, items, and quests, but adds brilliant strategy elements into the gameplay. This game is for the RPG fan who loves to micromanage and direct armies.
The Mutton
Now, as to which game is the best – that is a personal matter, however, which may appeal to a greater number of people is an easy thing to suss out. Among the light-hearted genre, the port Zenonia has stirred up more enthusiasm than any game in the last few weeks and for good reason: it is fun. Though its enthusiastic following belies jagged edges, Zenonia is fun and features a solid leveling system. Music and animations are cute and Gamevil added a great item-based upgrade system for weapons and armour. It is a best-in-its-category at the App Store, but does not have the spark to compete at the level of its console brothers and sisters. Is it for everyone? No. But it comes at the RPG genre with a veritable arsenal of features that has wide appeal.
Dungeon Hunter recently dethroned Underworlds as TMA's favourite hack'n slash adventure RPG. Why? How 'bout more items, better inventory, sharper graphics and an even better navigation engine. Of course, all this gory goodness comes at a price; Dungeon Hunter is 6.99$, but to be honest, is worth all of its pennies. This sort of game would be wonderful as a stage for multiplayer LAN WiFi games and Co-op deathmatches. We are also looking forward to Legion of Amon which may give Dungeon Hunter a run for our money.
The classic and Hardcore RPG niche is expanding. Its first and certainly one of its best entrants is The Quest, another ported game that fits the iPhone very well. It features pixel-perfect graphics (though very little creativity in NPC design), a detailed environment system complete with harvesting of fauna and realistic day-to-night transitions. But, as a hard-core RPG, it is deep. And frustrating. Your character can really be developed to fulfill a role rather than a preferred means to beat the game, but you really need to know how to play that character, or else you will not be able to progress. The spawn system is slower and the game is not completely action-driven. The Quest is a gem not only in the App Store, but among turn-based RPG's. Is it an Elder Scrolls or Ultima killer? No, but it can stand toe-to-toe with some of the more established PC RPG's like Might and Magic.
So, what is the best option now? It is your decision. I have bought and played the major debuts at the App Store and once again confirmed with myself that though I enjoy all RPG's, I prefer games that back up stories with true character-based role playing. For that reason, I will have to reiterate that my preference falls with The Quest. However, for you to enjoy an RPG, you need to know which sort of gamer you are. If you enjoy Final Fantasy, The Quest is probably not for you. Likewise if you crave hard action and seemy scenery, then look for Dungeon Hunter and the upcoming Legion of Amon.


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(J.D McPherson reference!)
Well, I promised a big announcement in January.
First of all, I'll note something that's not really a surprise, it's a question of simple math: I published Welcome to Newtonberg in 2012. So 2017 is the fifth anniversary of that book.
Has it been a success? Financially, no. I mean, I'm certainly not out any money since it cost little to publish it. I did all of the file preparation, design, and editing myself (along with a small group of beta readers looking for both typographical errors and continuity problems). But any profit to speak of is minimal.
However, I've always said the entire process was more about getting the books out there: getting the stories told. And in that respect, it's been successful.
But 2017 doesn't just mark the fifth anniversary of Welcome to Newtonberg: it actually marks 25 years since I wrote the first Newtonberg story. "A Tear for Billy" was written one afternoon in 1992 in the computer lab at Buffalo High School in Buffalo, Texas. It was written on an old IBM PC Jr (remember those?) using whatever word processing program was available (it might have been WordStar, but I honestly can't remember).
"A Tear for Billy" wasn't a great story, but it established the town, and over twenty years later, it served as the springboard for All That Remains. For these reasons, I will always have a soft spot in my heart for it, no matter how pretentious and horrible it may have been.
I can hear you saying to yourself now: "Great. Wonderful. What's the announcement?"
There are two, really:
- Announcement #1: In Fall 2017, I will release a special "25th/5th Anniversary Omnibus Edition" of The Road To Newtonberg, a one-volume collection of all three Newtonberg stories. While there won't be sweeping changes to the content, I will take the opportunity to correct a few errors that I've found, clarify a few plot points, and set everything up for…
- Announcement #2: I am currently outlining/researching my next book. I can't promise it will be published in 2017 as well, but I'll try my hardest.
While not set in Newtonberg, it is connected: it involves Ray Murchison. Who is Ray Murchison? He's Rick Murchison's younger brother, and Stu Murchison's father. I won't give much away in terms of the plot, but let's say it involves first love and a lot of 1980s pop culture references in the small town of Schaefer, Texas (about 75 miles from Newtonberg).
(For those of you have been following this site for a while, you might remember a vampire book in the works at one point. Turns out I don't do supernatural well. While getting the characters established for that book, I found out that the main character, Ray, didn't really want to go fight vampires. He had another story to tell — this is it.)
What's that I just heard? A collective sigh from readers silently complaining to themselves that they've already paid for three separate books and now I'm asking them to pay again for a one-volume edition? Well, actually… no (and yes).
If you downloaded the eBooks, I will also be updating the eBook files on Amazon and SmashWords. So you can go back to those sites, log into your account and download the latest version for free. (In fact, if you bought it from Amazon, you can log into your account and go to "Manage Your Content and Devices". It will let you know there that an updated version is available.)
If you bought the physical books, I'm afraid I can't offer free copies of those. I will be updating the text files at CreateSpace so all subsequent printings will have the same corrections/updates that are in The Road to Newtonberg. However, if you purchased the print books and want to read the corrected versions as eBooks, contact me through my email or Facebook and I'm sure we can work something out.
Still, if you are considering upgrading your collection to the one-volume edition (or if you only bought one or two of the books originally), I plan to offer the print version of The Road To Newtonberg at $14.99 retail, which is only $5 more than one book in the series on its own. The eBook will likely be $3.99, which is only $1 more than Back to Newtonberg on its own, and $1 less than buying All That Remains and Back to Newtonberg individually (since Welcome to Newtonberg is always free for download from SmashWords)
So there you have it: my big announcement for 2017. To quote Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters (the original, good version from 1984 — not the remake):
"I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it! LET'S DO IT!"


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Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - A committee of experts from the Turkish institute of history sponsored the research work of its members in historical archives and libraries in the United States, Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom in order to analyze thousands of historical sources, with the intention of publishing the results of such research in a series of 25 volumes aimed at refuting the accusations made against Turkey concerning the so-called Armenian Genocide.
An official of the Institute - as reported by national press bodies like Akşam - reported that historical research in the various countries focused on original documents dating back to the years 1900 to 1915 found in the archives and libraries of different Countries. From this research, according to the institute's spokesman, what emerged was that some documents were manipulated to accredit the responsibilities of the Turkish leadership in the planning of the anti-Armenian massacres perpetrated in the Anatolian Peninsula in 1915. The official also called into question the responsibilities of Armenian formations in violent actions carried out in those years against the Turkish population.
The editorial initiative, presented as a counter-propaganda operation, is announced while the Armenian community in Turkey is facing problems related to the succession of Mesrob II Mutafyan, the Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople who died on March 8. (GV) (Agenzia Fides, 14/3/2019)


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July 21, 2014 12:31 PM
Thursday night I had dinner with a good friend of my mine and I shared my recent suicide attempt in May. At first I was hesitant to share what exactly happened, but she reassured me that she just wanted to listen and hear me speak. I talked for 2 hours sharing my insight into what led to my decision to take my life and she did an excellent job listening to every word I had to say. Half way through our conversation she noticed a change in my body language: I started to fidget, cry, and talk with my head down. She asked me, "There is something you are not telling me." And she was right. I was hiding something; something huge, something that I have not told anyone but my therapist and psychiatrist. Deep down I was struggling to find the courage to tell her that I know I am not going to live a full life because I know that one day in the future I am going to attempt suicide again and whenever that day and time is, it will mark the end of what could have been a full life.
So I told her; I told her blatantly that I know I am not going to live a full life because I do see another attempt in the future, a successful attempt. I felt a huge relief and a heavy burden lifted off of my shoulder when I said those heartbreaking words. We sat in silence; she reached for my hand and squeezed it tightly and told me, "I am hurt to hear you say that, you truly just broke my heart. What can I do to help?" I cried. She did not cry; she remained strong on my behalf and asked me to tell her why I cannot see myself living a full life. I stopped crying and puckered up and started to speak 80 miles per hour; I poured my heart and soul out on the dinner table sharing something I locked away since my discharge.
I told her the following reasons why I know I am not going to live a full life. She did not judge me; she did not question my decisions, she was very open-minded and listened to me.
- My Depression is Too Much To Handle. Yes I am getting the help I need to control my depression: medication and psychotherapy. Together, both help create a stable mood and stable mentality however, not a day goes by where I do not have a severe depressive episode. It is starting to become overwhelming when I notice the changes in my mood and behavior and start to think suicidal thoughts. It's as if my depression is slowly but surely starting to grow into a much bigger and darker cloud where my mind can no longer present a small ray of sunshine to break the storm. I know that I cannot only rely on the medication and psychotherapy to help alleviate the depression, I , too, must do my part as well. And I am trying so hard to get through those depressive episodes but all I can think of are the following: I am a useless burden on my parents, they are spending so much money on my therapy sessions and medication and I still having suicidal thoughts; everyone around me would be much better off if I was extinct , their life would be better without my presence to deal with a "psycho" like me.
- Hope, Is All Gone. I've lost all hope in myself and for my future. Yes, I do believe in myself and in my hopes and dreams but there is a small part of me that knows there is no hope for me to accomplish the things I want to do without something setting off my triggers or knowing that I cannot get the one thing I want to complete my life and make me whole: love, being in a relationship with a guy that truly loves and appreciates me for who I am despite the fact that I have major depressive disorder and borderline personality disorder. There is no "hope" for me to get married in the future because who in the world wants to date/marry someone like me who swims in depression and suicidal thoughts all the time. No one is going to want to date someone like me. Why? Because I am going to put them through hell if I actually follow through with my actions and take my life. And the last thing I want to do is hurt someone else. Besides being "in love" I honestly lost hope to accomplish my lifelong dream to become a University professor. I no longer have the hope to apply, get accepted into graduate school and earn my Ph.D in a subject area I truly love to study all because my hope is crushed by the severe depression.
- Fear & Frustration. I've had enough of trying to fight through my severe depressive episodes in order to thrive towards success and seeing the positive to live a prosperous life. Every time I try to convince myself the "good" my life has in store for me, something "negative" shows up like "I am not going to get a decent job or internship because my grade point average is well below the mean" or "This guy is not going to ask me out on a date because I am highly sensitive and psychotic." These thoughts come in and out of my head throughout the day and I've come to the point where I just do not know how much longer I can take trying to deal with the unknown. This leaves me being afraid to face the future knowing that I may not be successful or happy because of my mental illness. As I've always said before I do not and will not let my mental illness define me in any shape or form but I am honestly afraid that one day I am going to let it take over my life and drive me to insanity where I want to take my life again. I am afraid that I am going to experience a tremendous heartbreak and the only thing that my soul is going to want to do is commit suicide because I've been hurt.
- Too Many Regrets To Deal With. Regrets are apart of life, however I am one to dwell on regrets from the past and let them consume me. There is a part me that just cannot live and move on from the regrets so I confine myself to the past. Some of my regrets are too much to bear and the only answer to get over those regrets is to simply take my life.
So what exactly am I going to do to try to convince myself that my life is worth living all the way to the end and accomplish my hopes and dreams?
First, the key thing I must have in my life in order to help create a stable outlook for my future is to surround myself with positive, uplifting, and encouraging people. One of my triggers are people who do not believe in the things I want to accomplish; if someone does not believe in me than I do not believe in myself and therefore I tend to withdraw myself from my goals and want to end my life.
I need support, care, and love. I need to be checked-in on whether it is daily, weekly, or monthly. I know I am not 2 years old but due to the current state I am in if no one checks in on me than my mind automatically translates that to "Nobody cares about me so why don't I give them a reason to care by taking my life." This does not make sense right? Exactly. But this is how I process and look at things. I know this is not normal and my therapist is doing an excellent job to help me recognize when those thoughts arise what to do and I am doing my best to fight the urge to take my life.
I have dreams and I have goals too, it is just going to take me a little harder to find the true reason to convince myself that I am normal and have the power just like everyone else to accomplish whatever my heart and soul desires.
If you know a loved one struggling with severe depression or a mental illness, please make sure you check in on them. Yes, everyone has a busy life with work, family, and life in general but you have no idea how much a simple phone call or even a text saying, "Hi, how are you. I just wanted to make sure you are okay today" can change someones demeanor or day in an instant.
My friends and family always say, "You know the phone works both ways." And yes indeed that is true, but when someone, like myself, is severely depressed and going through an episode, we tend to throw all relevant people in our lives out the window and focus on the here and now. I make an effort to reach out to my friends and family when I know I am going through either a good or terrible moment to talk it out and get advice from them.
My goal for each day is to live the present day to the fullest and not to dwell on the fact that I have a mental illness. My goal in life is to be a voice for the ones out there who are struggling and to shed light on a difficult topic to discuss in today's society: suicide.


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Both genders and people of every weight group and age suffer from cellulite. It can cause you to be embarrassed about your body. The advice in this article will help you to tackle your cellulite. They will help you to treat your cellulite.
If you have some trouble spots that have cellulite, then cardiovascular exercises might help. Do exercises that improve the areas where you are noticing cellulite and you'll soon notice results. Activities like biking and running will help rid your buttocks, thighs, hips of unsightly cellulite.
Make moisturizing a part of your daily skin routine. There are numerous reasons why it is a good idea to moisturize your skin. It can do great things to help battle cellulite. As you apply the lotion, gently massage the areas where you think cellulite is occurring. This will break down some fatty deposits which also fights cellulite.
Dietary changes are a potential answer to losing cellulite. Add vegetables and fruits to your diet. Such foods manufacture alkaline ash, which will allow you to look great. Juicing is a smart way to make sure you get enough vegetables and fruits in your day.
Green tea is a great tool in your battle against cellulite. Green tea has some ingredients in it that can help get fatty pockets broken down easier. This translates into less cellulite on your body. For a more potent product, you can purchase capsules of green tea as well.
If nothing helps your cellulite, consider plastic surgery as a last and final resort. This will cost a lot and is dangerous, but is the most effective method. Surgery should be the last option, but only after you've exhausted every method out there.
Eat food that contains healthy oils and always stay hydrated. What makes this so important? Hydrated bodies give off the appearance of less dimpled skin, which can occur due to cellulite. Staying hydrated will cause your skin to fit a little tighter, which smooths out the bumps and dimples of cellulite. This is a very easy way of fighting cellulite.
Reduce the amount of stress that you deal with each day. You may not realize it, but stress actually changes your hormone balance. And that can make your body do strange things, including holding onto fatty deposits. You will be much slimmer when you are less stressed.
Tanning can help to hide cellulite. Tanning won't remove cellulite, but it'll make it harder to notice. Avoid sun exposure and use self tanning lotions. Make sure that you research the brand you buy and how you should apply it to your skin.
Are you interested in a long-term solution to your cellulite problem. A cellulite massage helps to remove the lumps and bumps under the skin. Whether you ask your significant other to give you a massage or you go visit a spa, you will notice a difference following a massage.
You are now well-informed on the subject, and you can do what is necessary to make sure cellulite doesn't rule your life. Make sure that you incorporate the advice that you learned on a daily basis. The more you put into this the more you'll get out of it.


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Just in case anyone has been looking for our Facebook page, it no longer exists. It was felt that it duplicated information on our blog, but also very few members have Facebook accounts and even fewer want to open one. So this blog will now, I hope, have more activity in the coming weeks.
But remember to check our website: http://www.southstreetwi.org.uk for even more. We have a wonderful web designer and he's worked very hard for us. We will now have special editions (in colour, with photos, etc.) of our newsletters on the website as well as other pertinent information.
And please remember that we're always ready to welcome visitors and new members at our monthly meetings. Many of the Women's Institutes (WIs) in this immediate area are oversubscribed. We're not and we have plenty of room, plenty of welcoming smiles, and plenty of activities for everyone. Why not come along and give us a try?
In the near future we have day trips planned (by coaches), a birthday tea (our 60th!), and a craft exhibit, as well as monthly competitions, speakers, activity groups and much more. We're also starting a camera club for informal shutterbugs (fancy gear not required!).
So please watch this space………. Thanks for visiting.


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We had a major thunderstorm last night. It took our power out for a couple of hours. Having the power go out really messes me up. You'll find me stumbling around the house searching for flashlights and candles. We have plenty of them, but I think that they have some secret evil pact in which they hide from me when I actually need them. Plus, there must have been at least a dozen times that I walked into a room and thought to myself "Hey, it's dark in here…I need to turn the light on." And I actually tried turning it on before realizing that…duh…it won't work.
After the rain passed, we grabbed some lawn chairs, a few brewskies, and headed out to watch the storm. We just love watching thunderstorms at night. It was in the distance, so it wasn't that risky. We had some nice conversation and enjoyed the nice breeze. Good times.


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With age and overuse, our knees wear out and we sometimes need an artificial one. The cartilage shock absorber at the ends of our bones simply does not regenerate very well, and this results in large problems when we get older.
Is there an effective way to regenerate cartilage? Stem cells do have the ability to make cartilage, but finding the right stem cell and delivering enough of them to make a difference remains a challenge.
To that end, Tang-Yuan Chu and his colleagues from Tzu Chi University and the Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan have discovered that stem cells from the fat pad that surrounds the knee appear to be one of the best sources of cartilage-making cells for the knee.
The infra-patellar fat pad or IFP contains a stem cell population called infra-patellar fat pad-derived stromal cells or IFPSCs. These IFPSCs were isolated by Chu and his colleagues from patients who were undergoing arthroscopic surgery. When Chu and others grew these cells in culture, the IFPSCs grew robustly for two weeks. The culture protocol was a standard one and no special requirements were required. In fact, after two weeks, the IFPSCs grew to more than 10 million cells on the third passage.
When the ability of IFPSCs to form cartilage-making cells (chondrocytes) were compared with mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow, fat and umbilical cord connective tissue (Wharton's jelly), the IFPSCs showed a clear superiority to these other cells types, and differentiated into chondrocytes quite effectively.
Next, Chu and his crew cultured the IFPSCs on a material called hyaluronic acid (HA). HA is a common component of the synovial fluid that helps lubricate our larger joints and in connective tissue, and basement membranes upon which epithelial cells sit.
When grown on 25% HA, the IFPSCs were better at making bone or fat than IFPSCs grown on no HA. Furthermore, when grown on 25% HA, IFPSCs showed a four-fold increase in their ability to form chondrocytes. The HA also did not affect the ability of the cells to divide.
In conclusions, these IFPSCs seem to possess a strong potential to differentiate into chondrocytes and regenerate cartilage. Also, this ability is augmented in a growth environment of 25% HA. Certainly some preclinical trials with laboratory animal are due. Wouldn't you say?
Source: Dah-Ching Ding; Kun-Chi Wu; Hsiang-Lan Chou; Wei-Ting Hung; Hwan-Wun Liu; Tang-Yuan Chu. Human infra-patellar fat pad-derived stromal cells have more potent differentiation capacity than other mesenchymal cells and can be enhanced by hyaluronan. Cell Transplantation, http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/096368914X681937.


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'We spend too much time looking at the fucking stars… That urge to look to the transcendent. This idea that life is suddenly magical and incredible because of astronomy, the story of where the matter has travelled. Honestly, give me grandeur, give me my feet. Look at your feet, Inspector, at what you stand on. No, really. Forgive me, I'm being serious. I am. Yes, yes, you can laugh. We are generally, I think, so prejudiced when it comes to scale. There is enough in a simple glimpse of the ground. More than enough. The earth surface is an infinite mesh of bio-trails. You work on it, too, at a slightly different scale – of course you do, you inspect it. The mesh of lines is constantly renewing, but so are we. If it were up to me I would spend my whole life digging up the lost civilization of a single vanished person. There would be no end to the project, Inspector. No end to what may be discovered.'
Infinite Ground, p. 112
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|Speak with Tobel Patadash at the Lost Village of Bobick.
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This is part 1 of 5 of the Bristlebane Timeline.
Tobel Patadash claims that he is the true prophet of Bristlebane, The Grand Prankster. He seems pretty miffed that Garby Gingham Gigglegibber is also claiming to be the true "profit" of Bristlebane. In true prankster form, I've agreed to help Tobel prank Garby by giving him a Diabolic Spiced Pumpkin Pie. Tobel advised me to speak with pie maker Roselia Goldencrust on how the pie is made. Roselia has set up shop on the Bobick Village Docks.
- Accept Bristlebane as your deity. (Goto Enchanted Lands and talk to Tobel Patadash)
- Hail Roselia Goldencrust, she can be found near the mailbox on the Bobick Village Docks ( 39, 1, 35 ) /waypoint 39, 1, 35.
- Collect the ingredients for the Diabolic Spiced Pumpkin Pie:
- Gather 5 ginger roots in Butcherblock Mountains.
- Note: These are special harvest nodes called "ginger root" and can be found around the Druid Ring. Can also be found by Griffon Station, the nodes do show up on harvest tracking.
- Note: If you cannot see the roots, adjust graphics to higher resolution or zoom your camera in to 1st Person.
- Note: It may be easier to use the TAB key to target the nodes.
- Buy 1 spicy faypepper from Preston Pepperpicker at ( 530, 71, 295 ) /waypoint 530, 71, 295 Joleena's Restaurant in Kelethin for 6s.
- Harvest 6 Antonican pumpkins at the McQuibble Farm in Antonica ( -1891, -19, -183 ) /waypoint -1890.78, -19.21, -182.68.
- Gather 5 ginger roots in Butcherblock Mountains.
- Return to Roselia Goldencrust in the Enchanted Lands and give her all the ingredients.
- You need to wait for Roselia to finish making the pie. (Now Instant. Just Hail)
- Deliver the "spiced" pie to Garby Gingham Gigglegibber at ( 74, 0, 21 ) /waypoint 74, -0, 21.
- Tell Tobel Patadash that the prank went off perfectly!
- Completing this quest gives +1250 faction with Bristlebane
- Humble Altar of Bristlebane
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If you're stuck looking for a plot idea for your NaNoWriMo novel (since NaNo starts tomorrow), look no further! While googling some logline writing tips, I stumbled upon a random logline generator. Perhaps you can write your NaNo novel about one of these:
A balloonist takes a walk with a psychotic baby in a football stadium.
A kleptomaniac hypnotist, a sword-fighting junkyard owner, and a singer plan a wedding.
The CIA agent mother of a nanny takes care of a baby found at an alligator farm.
Or … maybe not. 😉 While these might not be the most useful plots for NaNo, you may be able to glean some crazy character ideas as well as being very entertained! 🙂


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France Lyon: Police appeal after parcel bomb attack hurts 13
French police have made an appeal for information in their hunt for a man suspected of planting a parcel bomb in Lyon, which injured 13 people.
The device went off outside a bakery on a busy street in the heart of the country's third-biggest city.
Those hurt, including a girl aged eight, appear to have suffered superficial injuries.
Anti-terrorist prosecutors have taken over the investigation and security has been boosted in public places.
Police released a grainy image of the suspect taken from CCTV footage.
They said he was wearing a long-sleeved dark top and light-coloured shorts.
A police source told AFP news agency the suspect appeared to be about 30 and was using a black mountain bike.
What do we know so far?
The device, which was reportedly full of screws, nuts and bolts, exploded around 17:30 local time (15:30 GMT) on Victor-Hugo Street, in the historic city centre, between the Saone and Rhone rivers.
French media quoted a receptionist at a nearby hotel as saying there had been a "deafening blast".
"I saw people running and panicking and heard several cries," Alexis Saillan told BFMTV.
The last time a parcel bomb had exploded in France was in 2007 when a device killed one person and injured another in front of a law office in Paris, AFP news agency reports. Police never found the bomber.
Jihadist gun and bomb attacks have killed more than 250 people in France since 2015 and the country remains on high alert, with military patrols a regular feature of security in cities including Lyon.
The blast in Lyon comes days before France votes in the European elections after a closely fought race.


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IWCS Regional Meeting in St. Louis, MO October 8th, 2005
by Jerry Zipprich (#1238)
The Central States and Great Lakes Region fall meeting was held in St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday, October 8, 2005. Attendance was good, with 55 members coming in from five states. Brianna Roux and Regina Hedge handled the registration.
The meeting took place at Hibdon Hardwood (
), a wholesaler of exotic hardwoods with a St. Louis retail outlet. Hibdon imports logs and uses a large band saw mill to cut them into salable boards. Cutting of a mahogany log was demonstrated.
The Hibdon facility was enjoyed by all. Hibdon's Brian Loy gave tours of the facility, and we were allowed to roam about. Viewing their office area, wood collection, craft collection, logs, stacks and pallets of exotic wood, and machinery was very interesting.
Hibdon also provided one of the gathering's real highlights: IWCS members were given a 10-percent discount on all purchases. The pallet bins of exotic cutoffs at 90 cents a pound seemed to get the most attention. Large sacks were available for filling, and several members were observed dragging heavy bags to the cashier.
Displays were set up for viewing, and Dave McWilliams and Stan King gave turning demonstrations, which many members clearly found interesting. Garry, Shelly, and Brianna Roux made sure that coffee, drinks, and donuts were available. Brianna Roux and Carol Simmons also made cookies for everyone. Lunch was catered by "Two Pots, A Pan, And A Catering Man". It consisted of antipasto trays, pasta, and toasted ravioli, a St. Louis specialty. Before lunch, our new Great Lakes Region Trustee Robert Nunan said grace.
The Roux family and Jerry Zipprich worked the wood and craft auction. Brianna and Shelly Roux did the auction recording.
The auction was quite a success, although we did have some odd items to sell-a large puffball mushroom, chestnuts, sassafras trees, gourds, squash, hedge apples, etc. We cleared $468.25 from the meeting. Proceeds of $117.50 were collected from the sale of wood and books donated by Allen Rodebeck for the Endowment Fund. In all, $585.75 was sent to our Secretary/Treasurer.
Thanks to all who attended and helped to make the memeting a success, especially the Roux family. Special thanks go out to Hibdon for letting us use their facility and for the attention given to us by the Hibdon employees. Also, special thanks are due to emergency truck driver Gary Simmons for hauling the trailer containing the tables and chairs used at the meeting. (The Roux-mobile was almost totaled the Monday before). Thanks also to Tony Labarbera for picking up the donuts, and especially to Dave McWilliams for finding Two Pots, A Pan, and a Catering Man. The food was absolutely fantastic.
One other success is worth noting: Brian Loy has been attending the local planning meetings for the last several months, and he has now become the newest member of IWCS. Below are some photos taken of the meeting.
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The dock ladder can be pivoted up and out of the water when not in use to prevent algae growth and debris from accumulating on the steps.
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A team of MIT researchers has developed a way of making a high-temperature version of a kind of materials called photonic crystals, using metals such as tungsten or tantalum. The new materials — which can operate at temperatures up to 1200 degrees Celsius — could find a wide variety of applications powering portable electronic devices, spacecraft to probe deep space, and new infrared light emitters that could be used as chemical detectors and sensors.
Compared to earlier attempts to make high-temperature photonic crystals, the new approach is "higher performance, simpler, robust and amenable to inexpensive large-scale production," says Ivan Celanovic ScD '06, senior author of a paper describing the work in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper was co-authored by MIT professors John Joannopoulos and Marin Soljačić, graduate students Yi Xiang Yeng and Walker Chen, affiliate Michael Ghebrebrhan and former postdoc Peter Bermel.
These new high-temperature, two-dimensional photonic crystals can be fabricated almost entirely using standard microfabrication techniques and existing equipment for manufacturing computer chips, says Celanovic, a research engineer at MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.
While there are natural photonic crystals — such as opals, whose iridescent colors result from a layered structure with a scale comparable to wavelengths of visible light — the current work involved a nanoengineered material tailored for the infrared range. All photonic crystals have a lattice of one kind of material interspersed with open spaces or a complementary material, so that they selectively allow certain wavelengths of light to pass through while others are absorbed. When used as emitters, they can selectively radiate certain wavelengths while strongly suppressing others.
Photonic crystals that can operate at very high temperatures could open up a suite of potential applications, including devices for solar-thermal conversion or solar-chemical conversion, radioisotope-powered devices, hydrocarbon-powered generators or components to wring energy from waste heat at powerplants or industrial facilities. But there have been many obstacles to creating such materials: The high temperatures can lead to evaporation, diffusion, corrosion, cracking, melting or rapid chemical reactions of the crystals' nanostructures. To overcome these challenges, the MIT team used computationally guided design to create a structure from high-purity tungsten, using a geometry specifically designed to avoid damage when the material is heated.
NASA has taken an interest in the research because of its potential to provide long-term power for deep-space missions that cannot rely on solar power. These missions typically use radioisotope thermal generators (RTGs), which harness the power of a small amount of radioactive material. For example, the new Curiosity rover scheduled to arrive at Mars this summer uses an RTG system; it will be able to operate continuously for many years, unlike solar-powered rovers that have to hunker down for the winter when solar power is insufficient.
Other potential applications include more efficient ways of powering portable electronic devices. Instead of batteries, these devices could run on thermophotovoltaic generators that produce electricity from heat that is chemically generated by microreactors, from a fuel such as butane. For a given weight and size, such systems could allow these devices to run up to 10 times longer than they do with existing batteries, Celanovic says.
Shawn Lin, a professor of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who specializes in future chip-making technology, says that research on thermal radiation at high temperatures "continues to challenge our scientific understanding of the various emission processes at sub-wavelength scales, and our technological capability." Lin, who was not involved in this work, adds, "This particular 2-D tungsten photonic crystal is quite unique, as it is easier to fabricate and also very robust against high-temperature operation. This photonic-crystal design should find important application in solar-thermal energy-conversion systems."
While it's always hard to predict how long it will take for advances in basic science to lead to commercial products, Celanovic says he and his colleagues are already working on system integration and testing applications. There could be products based on this technology in as little as two years, he says, and most likely within five years.
In addition to producing power, the same photonic crystal can be used to produce precisely tuned wavelengths of infrared light. This could enable highly accurate spectroscopic analysis of materials and lead to sensitive chemical detectors, he says.
The research was partly supported by the Army Research Office through the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, NASA and an MIT Energy Initiative seed grant, as well as by TeraGrid resources and the MIT S3TEC Energy Research Frontier Center of the U.S. Department of Energy.
February 3, 2012
In Developing countries huge number of Box Type Air conditioners work. They emit heat outside. Can it be utilised for power generation.
Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore (AP), India
Paul Teather
February 6, 2012
Could The thermophotovoltaic aspect be of use in capturing some of the waste heat energy generate by CPU's and other, similar, small but in tense heat sources? It would seem that Microprocessor plants could easily produce and integrate the lattice. This would be a form of 'dynamic insulation' layer producing (re)usable energy. For PC's and Servers a significant advantage would be the possible removal of cooling fans (more accurately heat dispersal into environments that may include air conditioning).
David Shilkun
February 10, 2012
So the layman asks, "can this reverse entropy?"
I mean you essentially have a thing that absorbs waste heat and turns it into electricity, forgive my ignorance but isn't that like the magical Maxwell's demon who gets something from nothing?
For a less idiotic question, can these be combined with regular solar panels in tropical zones to increase energy density?
David Whitley
March 29, 2012
The net gain would still be less than the energy input.
anurag kumar
April 7, 2012
yes of course but it is costly to produce these types of device like nano structure peltier effect based device
Edward Halls
November 19, 2012
What is the efficiency?
Can this be printed onto or rolled (if you provide printed rolls with "tracks") onto the belly, in between the ridges, of metal roofing?
As it would make for a very easy way to upgrade many existing houses and tie them into the grid. Roofing here in Central America gets hot like a frying pan.
Perhaps it can be used to wrap exhaust pipes in vehicles to supplement charging in hybrids?


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Henry Pierrepoint, the father of the more famous Albert Pierrepoint, was the first of the family to take on the unsual task of being No.1, on the Home Office List of approved executioners. When he stood down, due to ill health in 1921, ( he died in 1922 ) the post was taken up by his brother, Thomas Pierrepoint. Henry left behind a diary of sorts, setting down some of his thoughts and a few details of some " jobs " he had been involved with. Non of them actually liked executing women, but if the state degreed they should hang, the order was carried out. He was in charge at the first execution at Holloway Prison, ( and the only double one ) in 1903, when the two " Baby Farmers " I mentioned, met their fate. One of the women was so distraught, that he had to hold her upright on the drop, as she kept fainting. He saved his sympathy though, for the female prison officers, non of whom had ever expected to witness such an event, and who left the scene in a calm manner. Some of this must have gone through his mind in 1907, when he, and his brother were called to Cardiff, to hang Rhoda Willis. ( see Staffordshire's Hanged Women ) Where as the previous two had murdered far more than the 2 deaths they had been hanged for, ( total monetary gain £55 ) and had turned it into a business, Rhoda Willis had committed the act in desparation. The name on the documents Henry received was Leslie James, she only revealed her real name two days before the execution, and that was because she made a request to see her lover the day before her death. On the day, according to Henry, the sun was shining as he made his way to her cell, his brother at his side. She was at prayer with the Chaplain, when she looked up at him, and he spoke only two words to her. " Be Brave ". The execution shed was a short walk across the prison yard, and as they stepped outside Henry wrote of the event, " The sun shone brilliantly on her auburn hair, just for a moment, a prettier sight no one could wish to see ". Despite a petition, and over 150 letters asking for clemancy, no reprieve was forthcoming, and her history of the head injury were discarded. Even some members of the jury were expecting the verdict to be reduced to Manslaughter. The release of some prisoners was bought forward to 7.00am, which otherwise would have coincided with the event. On that bright sunny morning of 14th August, 1907, her birthday, the attractive 44 year old was " hanged by the neck until dead ". What these deaths bring into stark contrast, is the glaring inconsistencies in the sentencing of the women involved, which goes back over a 100 years, and is still an issue today.
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There are two different ways mold inspectors sample airborne particulates for air sampling mold testing. Both are called impact sampling, because in this type of testing, spores collide with a medium and stick to it.
Culturable Air Sampling Mold Tests
In culturable air sampling mold tests, mold spores are sucked by a vacuum pump into the impactor and trapped directly on the nutrient surface in a petri dish. The covered dish is then placed in an incubator at the lab and allowed to sit for a week to ten days. Only the viable mold spores germinate within and grow, often into identifiable colonies.
One drawback to culturable sampling is that even though there may be many spores of one particular type in an air sample, if they are dead they will not produce any colonies at all, yet the dead spores can still be allergenic. Also, even though they can cause allergy symptoms, most hyphae do not grow into colonies on a petri dish.
Another problem with culturable sampling is that aerosolized spores often are often part of large clusters. But when a cluster lands in a petri dish, no matter how many spores it contains, the resulting growth will appear to be only a single colony. As a result the sample may underestimate the actual concentration of spores and the exposure to allergens.
Culturable sampling also will not tell you whether the spores contain mycotoxins, because in the petri dish, the fungus may not produce toxins. If you suspect that you have been exposed to mold toxins and you really want to know, hire a professional to collect a bulk sample and send it to a lab for mycotoxin analysis, because petri-dish culturing of mold spore samples alone will not suffice.
Many of the do-it-yourself mold testing kits use nutrient petri dishes. This is called settle-plate testing. A petri dish is left open in a room for an hour or so and is then sent off to a lab for analysis. Unfortunately, there are a number of uncertainties with this method. For example, it's difficult to connect the growth that may occur in the petri dish with the sources of the spores, either indoors or outdoors. Also, the settle-plate test is biased toward larger spores, because they settle out of the air faster than smaller spores do. Yet it is the smaller spores that may be more problematic for sensitized individuals. And unlike impact samplers, which use pumps that can be calibrated for airflow, settle-plate testing cannot provide any information regarding the concentration of spores, so this type of sampling is useless in determining exposure levels.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) advises against the use of air sampling and DIY kits. They urge professional testing that follows established analytical methodologies.
Spore-trap Sampling
In spore-trap sampling, air is drawn through a device by a pump and suspended particulates, including both viable and dead spores, as well as hyphae, are trapped on a sticky surface such as tape. The samples can then be stained and examined under a microscope. Spore-trap sampling is usually adequate to determine if there is a mold problem in a building, though any air sampling done indoors, whatever the type, should also include one or two samples of outdoor air for comparison — as controls, unless it is winter and the ground is frozen in which case there are few spores outdoors. Spore traps are a more effective method for air sampling mold tests.


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Let's get something straight. The message of Jesus was one of compassion, love, and inclusivity. It was not the message of division, lies, exclusion that the Republican Party tries to make it out to be. The issue of gay marriage provides particular insight.
I do not believe for one second that Jesus would want homosexuals to be relegated to second-class citizen status simply because of their sexual orientation. Would Jesus think that homosexuality as expressed in a committed, monogamous relationship is a sin? Maybe, maybe not. While we don't know his views on this for certain, we can look at how he dealt with the second-class citizens of his time to get an idea. Did he run away from prostitutes and tax collectors? Did he exclude them from his love and grace because they were "sinners?" No, he didn't. He welcomed them, as they were, into his fellowship. They had full membership in his inner circle. And he didn't say, "First you have to quit collecting taxes or quit being a prostitute before I will welcome you." He welcomed them, fully, as they were. Their decisions to give up tax collecting and prostitution were their own decisions, not ones that Jesus' imposed on them or forced them to make. Looking at this example, I believe that Jesus would have fully welcomed practicing homosexuals into his community. He would not force them to change or give up their homosexuality first. Maybe, later, they would choose to give up their homosexuality (if homosexuality is a choice…I believe research shows otherwise), but I don't believe Jesus would have made that a prerequisite for being in his community.
Denying homosexuals the right to get married and to experience all the legal benefits of married couples (being able to visit their spouse in the hospital, being able to file a joint tax return, being able to reap the benefits of their spouse's life insurance policy) is discrimination based on sexual orientation. And the Gospel accounts reveal that Jesus never would have supported discrimination of any form.
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Distinguished Armenian Entrepreneurs Receive ATN Awards
October 2017– The Armenian Trade Network – Global Armenian Chamber of Commerce held its third Business Forum and fifth General Assembly in Yerevan on September 19 and 20, 2017. These ATN events are organized biennially and aim to strengthen the centuries-old Armenian transnational trade network by establishing new linkages, exchanging knowledge and experiences, and promoting economic development both in Armenia and business communities worldwide.
The third ATN Business Forum was organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Diaspora and the Ministry of International Economic Integration and Reforms within the framework of the 6th ArmeniaDiaspora Conference. The economic section of the second day of the Conference on September 19 consisted of the ATN Business Forum. Close to 300 participants including ATN delegates from Armenia, Argentina, Artsakh, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Iran, Lebanon, Romania, US, as well observers from over 20 Diasporan communities, government officials and numerous private sector and NGO representatives both from Armenia and Diaspora took part and engaged in the dialogue.
The first session of the ATN Business Forum was titled "The Potential of Diasporan Business and Professional Networks." The forum was kicked off with presentations by former Romanian finance minister and current senator Varoujan Vosganian, who talked about the critical role of transnational networks, and the Bank of Sharjah executive director Varouj Nerguizian, who elaborated on global market opportunities for Armenia and Armenians. Other panelists included Armenian Chamber of Commerce CEO Andranik Alexanyan, TUMO director MaryLou Papazian and Children of Armenia Foundation's founder Garo Armen.
The second session focused on the "Promotion of Armenia-Diaspora Economic Cooperation" and featured the president of the Union of Manufacturers and Businesses of Armenia Arsen Ghazaryan who spoke on Armenia's investment environment, Tufenkji Group director Carlo Gaspar on Syrian Armenian investors' experiences, Synopsys director Hovik Moussayelyan on the role of the Diaspora in the success of the IT sector, businessman Tigran Gabrlielyan on Artsakh's investment environment and Deputy Minister of Economic Development Hovhannes Azizyan on Armenia's prospective economic sectors. Lively debates moderated by ATN board member Vahram Pirjanian the president Alec Baghdasaryan took place during both sessions with the participation of a number of discussants from the UK, Portugal, Russia, Spain.
The 5th ATN General Assembly was held for official delegates, new organizations and invited observers on September 20. The first part of the Assembly aimed at re-introducing ATN and exchanging ideas on the significance of global business networking among the Armenians. About 35 official delegates, representatives of business associations and registered observers took part. The latter came from communities where mainly business organizations are not present: Egypt, Georgia, Holland, Iran, Malta, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Syria, UAE and the UK. The Honourable Varujan Vosganian launched the debate urging all communities to rally around ATN as an effective tool for dialogue and joint initiatives in the future.
During the delegates' meeting which followed, organizational and membership issues were tabled and decisions taken. The Assembly decided to focus on the expansion of ATN into new business communities, therefore, expanding the reach of the organization globally. A new executive was elected as follows: Hrach Kaspar (President), Andranik Alexanian (Vice President), Vahram Pirjanian, Alec Baghdassarian, Miguel Haroutiunian, Arsen Ghazarian and Harutyun Hayrapetyan (Adviser). Two new organizations applied for ATN membership, namely the Netherlands Armenia Chamber of Commerce and the Syrian Armenian Business Council.
The third edition of the ATN Awards Ceremony Banquet was held in the presence of Minister Hranoush Hakopyan, honoured guests, business leaders both from Armenia and Diaspora on the evening of September 20, 2017 at the Salon Restaurant in Yerevan. Following the established tradition, ATN awarded distinguished Armenian entrepreneurs in the following categories:
1) Armenia Business Excellence Award………..Mr. Arsen Ghazaryan of Apaven 2) Global Achievement Award………………….Mr. Varouj Nerguizian of the Bank of Sharjah 3) Investor in Armenia Award…………………..Mr. Tony Moroyan of Viasphere 4) Business Person of the Year Award………….Mr. Ralph Yirikian of Vivacell-MTS Armenian media outlets extensively covered the event.
ATN was established in April, 2011 during an inaugural assembly held in Yerevan. It aims to promote linkages within the global Armenian business community by creating a platform for Armenian bilateral chambers of commerce and business organizations all over the world to exchange knowledge and experiences. ATN counts among its members 16 Diaspora and Armenia-based business organizations. —
For further information, contact the ATN Secretariat at email@example.com.