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Tá an chuid seo den suíomh idirlín ar fáil i mBéarla amháin i láthair na huaire.
You cannot claim for any work carried out or paid for after 31 December 2018.
The only exception to this closing date is if planning permission was in place by 31 December 2018. If so, work carried out between 1 January 2019 and 31 March 2019 will qualify for the relief.
The Home Renovation Incentive (HRI) is a relief from Income Tax (IT) for homeowners, landlords and local authority tenants. You can claim the HRI Tax Credit for repairs, renovations and improvements to your home or rental property.
To be eligible for HRI:
The HRI is an online only scheme for homeowners and landlords. If you pay tax through PAYE, use myAccount to claim the HRI Tax Credit. If you pay tax through self-assessment, use Revenue Online Service (ROS) to claim the HRI Tax Credit.
If you are a local authority tenant you should contact your Revenue office.
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With Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), administrators can perform maintenance on Barracuda NextGen Firewall F-Series units and view Event Log messages. Since the IPMI interface works independently of the firewall's firmware, it is accessible even when the firewall is available neither via NextGen Admin nor SSH. Communication between the IPMI module and the user can be established either via the network or through a serial connection. Commands, settings, and Event Logs can easily be set and administered via a platform-independent web interface.
The following functions and information are available via the IPMI interface:
- Reboot
- Shutdown (forced or controlled)
- Power on
- Information on box and CPU fan
- Information on BIOS
Activating IPMI
Before using IPMI for the first time, you must set basic settings on your Barracuda NextGen Firewall F. Follow these steps:
- Go to CONFIGURATION > Configuration Tree > Box > Advanced Configuration > System Settings.
- In the left menu, select IPMI Settings.
- Click Lock.
- To activate the IPMI interface, select either static or dynamic in the Remote access to IPMI functionality menu. To deactivate IPMI, select off.
- static – The IPMI interface must be assigned a static IP address, subnet mask, and a standard gateway in order to be available on the network.
- dynamic – The IPMI interface is automatically assigned an IP address via DHCP.
- If the firewall's serial console should be available via the IPMI interface, select yes in the Enable Serial-over-LAN menu.
- Click Send Changes and Activate.
IPMI User Administration
Access to the IPMI interface can be set for one or more users. The user admin is set by default. If you want to change the password for the user admin or add other users, follow these steps:
- Go to CONFIGURATION > Configuration Tree > Box > Advanced Configuration > System Settings.
- In the left menu, select IPMI Settings.
- Click Lock.
- To change the password for the user admin, enter the new password in the New field and confirm it in the field Confirm.
- To add new users, click + above the IPMI Users table.
- Enter the username in the field Username.
- To set the password for the new user, enter it in the field New and confirm it in the field Confirm.
- Enter the desired authorization settings for this user in the field Permission Level.
- User – Can receive and read parameters. Cannot perform any active commands such as reboot.
- Operator – Full access except for creating and deleting users.
- Administrator – Full access, including creating and deleting users.
Connecting to the IPMI Web Interface
To connect to the IPMI module via the web interface, open a web browser of your choice and connect to the IP address that was configured in the section Activating the IPMI.

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Here are some common questions we generally receive:
How much does flight training cost?
Well, there's a long answer and a short answer. The short answer is that we charge $85 per hour for the aircraft, plus fuel, and $45 per hour for the flight instructor. However, this is like asking Michelangelo what color palette he uses for his paintings; there is so much more to the equation than just that. To accurately answer the question, there are so many variables involved that may increase the cost of flight training, and so many that may decrease the cost. Here is a short list of some of those variables:
- Time commitment
- Skill set
- Dedication to study
- Ability to adapt
- Ability to follow instructions
- Funding
- Drive
Students that place training high on their priority list, study hard, and fly often will earn their Private Pilot's License for close to $5000. Students that do not put very much effort into training or that take long breaks will end up spending thousands of dollars more. Get started today with a Discovery Flight for just $119.
Is flying safe?
Flying is incredibly safe. Both pilots and their aircraft undergo routine in-depth inspections to ensure that they are functioning properly and that their are no hazards to their operation. Pilots receive hours upon hours of training and airplanes are maintained in high condition. Both are trained and designed to function precisely and safely time after time. Flying is infinitely safer than driving. If you want to compare statistics; there were 30,296 fatal traffic accidents in the United States in 2010 while there were only 267 fatal aviation accidents the same year.
What is Warsaw Flying Club's pass rate for students getting their Private Pilot's License?
The professional flight instructors at the Warsaw Flying Club have a pass rate of 100% over the past 10 years! Total pass rate has been a phenomenal 98% pass rate. We have professional flight instructors who have decades of experience so you can be sure that you are learning from the best, and only the best. We are former airline, corporate, and charter pilots, so we have real-world experience to draw upon. We do concede that there are a few other folks around the airport who dabble in aviation and have their instructor rating, but why would you learn to fly from a moonlighter? If you needed eye surgery, would you go hire a plumber?
What time of year is best to learn to fly?
The truth is that each season presents its own challenges and benefits. At the Warsaw Flying Club, we LOVE flying in the winter! The cold, dense air turns any aircraft into a rocket ship, and usually offers smooth, clear days for beautiful flying. Really, the best time to learn to fly is NOW. Get started today with a Discovery Flight for just $119.
Have more questions? Contact us on Facebook or email us and we'll do our best to reply promptly.


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Major airlines have installed the third significant fare increase in as many weeks, according to Rick Seaney, the CEO of Farecompare.com
Yesterday morning, Seaney reports, AirTran "increased airfares by $6 and $10 roundtrip (based on distance) across the bulk of their route system. Shortly thereafter ... American and Delta/Northwest matched on overlapping routes, while Continental took a further step matching on the bulk of their route system."
Last night, "United and US Airways matched across the bulk of their respective route systems. This increase marks what appears to be well on its way to the 6th successful hike of 2009, all since June."
He added, "Holiday travelers did get a bit of a break however today, as mixed in with the airfare increases several legacy carriers filed targeted off-peak "Holiday Airfares" (Turkey Fares), on the off-peak days around Thanksgiving and for Christmas and New Years Day. The widely matched deep discount 3-day off-peak winter sale started this past Tuesday by Southwest Airlines expires tonight, removing a big chunk of winter deals from the marketplace (for the moment).
"The volatility of airfare filings today simply underscores the continual tinkering that domestic airlines are doing as they hone in on price points reflect an uptick in demand but doesn't scare off skittish travelers, and sounds another wakeup call for procrastinating holiday air travelers."
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Trek's Model 950 Nozzle Ionizer provides fast and efficient removal of dust and static charge to help support manufacturing operations requiring a clean room environment. The compact ionizer uses highpressure air flow to neutralize the static charge. It has a built-in high voltage power supply and an abnormal operation detection/warning function. The 950 operates by connecting a compressed air supply and a 24V power supply to the nozzle unit.
Using a high-frequency corona discharge to generate air ions, the 950 quickly eliminates work place electrostatic charge to support a variety of applications. Interchangeable nozzle tips are optionally available and can be quickly interchanged at the work site. The nozzle designs, which include wide-nozzle types and tube types, provide different air flow profiles to accommodate specific application needs. The unit has an LED display and contact output to indicate abnormal conditions. These functions help to quickly identify when the ionizer is operating improperly during critical production line processes.
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Archer School For Girls
5.00 (3 reviews)
11725 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Tel: (310)873-7020
- The Archer School for Girls is an educational community that supports and challenges young women to discover their passions and realize their true potential.
- We provide a rigorous, integrated college preparatory curriculum that fosters critical thinking and intellectual curiosity.
- We create and sustain a collaborative teaching and learning environment that explores and refines the ways girls learn best.
- We help girls to become leaders and life-long learners, strengthening their capacity to contribute positively to their communities.
- We strengthen girls' voices in a diverse and culturally rich environment.
- We embrace possibility, promote challenge-seeking and support risk-taking. We encourage girls to develop meaningful relationships with peers and faculty rooted in honesty, respect and responsibility.
- We graduate courageous, committed and ethical young women who take responsibility for their own physical, financial and emotional well-being.
- Archer instills in students the language of learning and addresses itself to the question of how girls learn best.
Quick Stats (2020)
- Grades: 6-12
- Students: 430 students
- Application Deadline: None / Rolling
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Archer School For Girls places among the top 20% of private schools in California for:
- Category Attribute
- Student Body Largest student body
School Overview
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|National Coalition of Girls
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
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|Grades Offered
|Grades 6-12
Student Body
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|430 students
|Student Body Type
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State avg.: 45%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
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|61 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
Finances and Admission
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|None / Rolling
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- Los Angeles Grades: 7-12 | 533 students
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I really like how the school sounds and I would love if I can get accepted to your school and I would love if I could find my passion here
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Archer School for Girls is a reason to move to LA. Fantastic educational journey from excellent & passionate teachers, administrators and support staff. Our daughter just graduated and loved every minute of her seven years as an Archer panther!
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Archer is a magical place which encourages girls to be fearless when it comes to their education. The most fantastic and unique aspect of the school would be the faculty. The teachers inspire students to be curious and ambitious learners. Students build close relationships with their advisors, mentors, and teachers-- relationships that often continue after graduation. Now that I am in college, I realize how remarkable Archer truly is, and how special the faculty are as well. The majority of my Archer teachers rival the brilliance, passion, and dedication of my college professors, something that makes me miss the school even more.
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Adults need to "do their own work" in order to effectively address issues of bullying
Resource helps adults work effectively with youth to address issues of bullying, from Michigan State University Extension.
Some experts in the areas of social-emotional health, bullying prevention and related areas agree that adults must be willing to dig deep and do their own hard emotional work in order to facilitate programs around these issues effectively with others. It's not necessary to be a mental health professional. However, it is essential for adults who want to work with youth around these issues to begin by engaging in a process of "doing our own work." This involves being willing to self-focus and be reflective about our own histories, perspectives, struggles and realities.
A new Michigan State University Extension resource called Be SAFE: Safe, Affirming and Fair Environments provides adults opportunities to "do their own work" and invites young people and adults into a journey together – one that encourages us to examine our thoughts, feelings, values, beliefs and behaviors. Many of the activities in Be SAFE encourage the adult who is leading the session to model the activity for youth by sharing examples of their own ideas, experiences, identities, cultural backgrounds and other aspects of themselves. This kind of reflection is vital so that we are better positioned to create and present powerful and effective learning opportunities for and with youth. When adults are willing to do their own work and share as openly as they can with youth, they show young people that it's okay to talk about these issues and that we're all in a process of learning, growing and healing. By modeling authenticity and a willingness to share our own stories, we model what we hope others will do – and we cast ourselves in the role of co-learner rather than the roles of expert or specialist.
Young people may be reluctant to share their stores because they feel their situation is unique or shameful. Issues related to shame are often at the heart of bullying issues. When we as adults are willing to be vulnerable and share our own stories about our experiences with challenging situations like bullying, we show young people that there's nothing to be ashamed of. We show them that we can have empathy and understanding for their situations and that we want to listen and be supportive.
Doing our own work and addressing issues of shame are just examples of what adults who work with youth will find helpful through the Be SAFE materials. Be SAFE is designed to help young people aged 11 to 14 and adults that work in partnership to create environments that are physically and emotionally safe. While the primary audiences for Be SAFE are young people and adults involved in out-of-school time settings (such as after-school programs, 4-H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Scouts, Y's, sports programs and faith-based programs), the effort also applies to middle school settings. Be SAFE focuses on education and prevention of bullying, bias, harassment and other hurtful behaviors – as well as provides suggestions for intervening when young people are affected by these issues. It draws from extensive research from a variety of key disciplines – as well as from evidence-based bullying prevention programs.
You can download a free PDF of the 36-page introduction of Be SAFE or order a copy of the 224 page guide at the MSU Extension Bookstore.


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Well I have been busy getting my website updated and working on my color reflections collection. One of the toughest things about this collection is coming up with names for them. Some come easy others take alittle longer and others like this one I have several titles. But I would like it very much if you could help me name this photo. I don't want to tell you my choices, because I would like you to come up with your own without any help of what I might think. I often get several perspectives on this collection and it is always fun to see what other people see. Sometimes it's similar and other times it is way off!
I have added several new photos to my website. Please check them out!


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There's always a lot of hype surrounding the January sales, but they rarely seem to live up to the hype. Although I used to always get some new clothes when they came round, I'm getting less and less interested in them. Perhaps this is a sign of getting old or there potentially being some truth in the idea that people from Scotland are somewhat averse to spending money. Anyway, this week I'm going to share a few reason why I'm less than excited about the chance to grab a few supposed bargains. This cynical attitude towards consumerism may not come as a surprise to people who have read my earlier post Baby 'essentials' – things that you're told you need but could probably do without. It seems that there are more and more sales taking place these days, especially now that 'Black Friday' sales are now being promoted here in the UK despite their origins being connected to an American public holiday. When it comes to the more familiar sales on this side of the pond, there's a sort of predictable and repetitive hype. Certain stores seem to proclaim 'our biggest ever sale' each time they start their annual post-Christmas sale. Somewhat unsurprisingly they appear not to broadcast the message 'this sale is not as big as any of our planned future post-Christmas sales'.
What frustrates me with the Black Friday sales is they come in the run-up to Christmas and often seem to focus on large electrical items. This is something that I have issues with on two levels. Firstly, there are quite a few reasons why I don't see widescreen televisions as fantastic stocking fillers (mainly size and cost). Secondly, these sales seem to be encouraging people to spend money than they would otherwise by buying discounted non-present items at the same time as they are likely to also be buying Christmas presents. When it comes to post-Christmas sales, companies seem to be encouraging people to keep on spending more and more after splashing out on all the presents and entertaining that is a key part of Christmas for so many. Part of the reason I have the sorts of attitudes I've described so far may well be that I'm getting less materialistic as I get older. This year, my wife and I decided not to get each other lots and lots of presents. We both got each other some small presents and agreed that we'd each organise a family day out for each other as a sort of post-Christmas present. Time is something together as a family is something that is particularly precious to us, and something that we were able to enjoy plenty of during the holiday season. With that in mind, one of the Christmas presents we asked for when suggestions were requested by family members was an annual ticket for a local butterfly farm that our son likes visiting.
I'm also a bit cynical about sales because I don't see something that is discounted but not strictly necessary as being a fantastic bargain. This utilitarian attitude may explain why the only things that I've bought so far in the January sales are a filing cabinet and five hours of usage of a parking space. These two purchases were things that I was going to need anyway, and the sales meant that I was able to get them at reduced prices. That said, I ended up getting a refund on the parking space as a family change of plans meant that I ended up travelling to Manchester via train rather than car. Filing cabinets are probably not what you would call a fun or exciting sales purchase. Indeed, few people post pictures of themselves on social media with captions such as 'look at this amazing office furniture than I got in the sales!'. It did cross my mind that doing so would be one way of promoting this post but I'm not sure that I could bring myself to describe a robust and functional filing cabinet as 'amazing' so soon after criticising the hype that goes along with many major sales.
As it happens, our son really likes the filing cabinet we got in the January sales. This isn't because he now uses it to store his ever growing collection of paintings according to date and colour (which would a challenge if he inherited my colourblindness anyway), but rather because it came in a really big cardboard box which has now become a play house. In fact, I think the retailer missed a trick by not advertising the filing cabinet by using the slogan '20% off and comes with a free play house for toddlers'. Despite my cynicism towards certain aspects of marketing, maybe there's a bit of a marketer in me after all. What do you think of the January sales? Do you share my cynicism or are they a good time for getting some bargains? Please feel free to share your views in the comments section below or on the 'Dad's The Way I Like It' pages on Facebook or Google+. Remember that you can also subscribe to this blog by entering your e-mail address in the box on the right of the screen and also follow this blog via BlogLovin. There's also now a Pinterest board for this blog as well, so please feel free to pin this post if you've enjoyed reading it. I've added this post to the following parent blogging link-ups:


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April 26 is World Intellectual Property Day, marking the date when the World Intellectual Property Organization Convention came into force in 1970. World Intellectual Property Day was established in 2000 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a self-funding agency of the United Nations whose "mission is to lead the development of a balanced and effective international intellectual property (IP) system that enables innovation and creativity for the benefit of all." World IP Day offers an opportunity each year to join with others around the globe to celebrate innovation and creativity and how IP fosters and encourages them.
The theme for this year, as announced by WIPO, is "Get up, Stand up. For music," based on the popular reggae song written by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh that has become an anthem for human rights.
Learn more about World IP Day:
WIPO's World IP Day site includes links to a global map of World IP Day activities and to a message about World IP Day from WIPO Director General Francis Gurry.
The United States Copyright Office is partnering with the Copyright Alliance to host a program in recognition of World IP Day on Tuesday, April 28, at 10:30 a.m. in the Montpelier Room (6th Floor, James Madison Memorial Building, Library of Congress). "The presenters will discuss a number of interesting music issues, including how musicians and composers are creating in the modern age, the Copyright Office's recent music licensing study, and novel issues that arise in the registration process for sound recordings and compositions."
Enjoy World IP Day, and stand up for your music!


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We are no longer the United States of America. We have become divided into two major factions. The first believes in the principles of individual liberty and personal responsibility. The other believe that the rights of the people can best be managed by an elite group of bankers, lawyers and politicians.
The progressives believe that individual rights need to be sacrificed for the greater good of the greater number. They believe that the government is the highest authority in the land and that the people are obligated to do as they are told.
Our nation is divided into two factions who are continually at odds with one another. James Madison in the Federalist Papers and George Washington in his Farewell Address warned us of the dangers of factions.
Perhaps rather being one nation divided, we should become two separate nations.
Any of the other states who desired to secede could they join the republic of California or Texas. Any resident unhappy with the political ideology of their new state would be able to free to pack their bags and move to a state where their values were shared by the vast majority of the residents.
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We are not one nation indivisible, we are 50 separate sovereign and independent nations that have banded together for our mutual defense.
We are not one nation indivisible! We aren't even 50 separate sovereign and independent nations!. The Articles of Confederation style of government you speak of was abandoned in 1781 being usurped aka a coup d'etat by the royalist George Washington (who was related to the dutch king .. the ones that own the foreign country, Manhattan Island) and all (but 1) subsequent pResidents were related to Georgie boy which would make our form of a government a Monarchy.
April 1989 it was registered on Dunn & Bradstreet as a RELIGIOUS NON PROFIT! Since when does a corporation !?!, that is a government !?! register as a church?!? Is it the church of Pedophilia? Is it a Satanic church? Is it the church of Baphomet? Is it the church of the Vatican?
The church of The Vatican is the right answer. And the company you speak of owning Manhattan was The East India Trading Co.; the same individuals who still "own" America today.
There are 3,142 counties and each one of them is required to have a republican form of government. We need to rebuilt our country from the bottom up, not from the top down.
Each is guaranteed a Republican form. There's no requirement for them to accept it.
I believe that is exactly what we have now.
Problem is we must pull it off soon. As migrants flee oppressive blue states, like locusts they will, of course, descend on red states where many of them routinely begin to transform their haven into the dystopian state which they fled. And as the conservative underpinnings of the red states dissipate, so goes any opportunity of peaceful secession. The only viable remedy remaining will be rebellion. Have been a member of the Texas Nationalist Movement for many years now. Yes, the handwriting on the wall was painfully obvious way back then. My concern is Texas' vigorous encouragement to blue state folks to settle in TX. But I fear the benefits of this economic strategy are short-lived.
Charles, I am mystified by your comment above. I must be misreading you--I hope.
1. They're not "being sent to Red states"; their difficult economic situation compels them to migrate to Red states because they understand that their migrating to another Blue state merely replicates the shattered economic situation of the Blue state from which they fled.
2.Third World problems can be avoided in Red states if they defend themselves against the importation of Blue state third world economic models and mindsets.
3. Venezuela is the result of what? A Red state defending itself from the nihilistic forces of Blue states? Please. Venezuela is an extreme example of a California or New York wherein the residents are unable to prosper and forced to flee to sane economic models.
4. Patriots' "long-range plan" should entail a commitment to protecting ourselves from being overwhelmed from within or without by alien political and destructive economic models--and, of course, our firm commitment to return to constitutional order which will ensure a continuatin of economic vitality. So long as the newly independent nation doesn't stupidly revert to bone-headed political and economic models which have demonstrated their unworkability in other states, secession would ensure constitutional stability and economic prosperity.


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Our weigh-in for the week is tomorrow but I had to take a picture of my man this morning before he left for work. When we started this lifestyle change, he wore a size 4X shirt. Today, he tried on this 2X shirt and it fits!!! BOOYA~ He's looking so good!
And Looky what else fits.... HIS WEDDING RING! He hasn't worn that for YEARS because it's been too tight on him. I am so happy for him. :)
This week, in honor of St. Patrick's day, I made LIME-COCONUT knox blox. I am not a fan of lime, so adding the coconut flavoring gave it a scrumptious twist. Yum!
This week I also cooked up some very lean ground beef mixed with some lean ground turkey and added some taco seasonings. My husband prefers hamburger to turkey so if I mix the two, he enjoys it better than just the ground turkey. Instead of just putting the meat on top of a lettuce leaf, I chopped up the lettuce & tomatoes & peppers very small and then mixed it all in. I loved eating it this way. I also added (not pictured) a couple tablespoons of salsa (watching the carbs, of course) for a delicious kick. I did the same dish for my hubby, but I only did 4 ounces of meat and added some CHEESE. I wanted all my 6 ounces of meat so I didn't add cheese to mine but that would have been delish too!
It's been a hard week for me, not physically or with eating the right foods - on that account I have NOT WAVERED one BIT - but just with my emotions and feeling down. I know the Adversary is trying to get me to slip back into my old ways of self-loathing and feeling sorrow for the past... BUT I also know the Lord is there uplifting me and showing me the way. I know I have to refuse to believe and dwell on the negative thoughts and turn to Him, even daily and sometimes hourly! I have to do my part. Whenever you are making positive changes in your life, you will always feel opposition! I guess when we stop feeling opposition is when we really should worry!!
Mantra for this week:
"I can do ALL THINGS through CHRIST which STRENGTHENETH me"
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5. I was at Soho Coffee House performing at an open mic night, and per usual I was bombing (it's very hard to get laughs when most people are staring at their laptops and praying for you to shut your filthy, unfunny mouth). I was making fun of Jesus (a staple in my act) or some other aspect of religion which I find stupid and out of date when out of nowhere I started getting yelled at (leave it to a religious nut to get offended by someone making fun of their Savior. WWJD?). He was attacking me verbally and telling me point blank, "You're not funny. Nothing you've said has been funny." Despite it being true, it was still hurtful. So we went back and forth, back and forth until I absolutely lost my cool and started to yell at him. "Who do you think you are, go to hell you stupid sack of shit…" This went on and on. Then I decided to go big and lay the hammer down by saying, "Dude, you should have been an abortion. What a waste you are." That was when he charged the stage and challenged me to fight. I was scared but excited because there were 20 other comics and I'm fairly confident they'd have stepped in. By this time most people had looked up from their laptops and were fully engaged in the accidental drama scene that erupted during a shitty comedy show. Feeling defeated I walked outside to smoke a cigarette and was hailed as a hero by the employees of the coffee shop. The staff had been trying to find a way to kick that guy out of their establishment, but didn't have anything that stuck. This stuck and after that I always had the respect of the employees that worked in there and got free coffee quite frequently, not to mention all of the cigarettes I could bum.
4. Marc Maron screamed at me in the green room of the DC Improv for doing 10 mins instead of 7 mins in a guest set. I did VERY well on stage and got great laughs. However, as soon as I walked off stage, I was treated to a wonderful symphony of screamed laced insults. "Fu**ing Bill Hicks wannabe!" was my favorite insult. Seriously, he was yelling at me so much that I thought it was a joke. I just laughed in his face thinking that he would eventually laugh and say, "I'm just messing with you." That never happened and then he slammed the door to the green room, walked on stage and then made fun of me to 300 strangers. Marc was/is one of my favorite comedians and I love his podcast.
3. I don't remember this but apparently I was doing a benefit show for the ASPCA in Baltimore and I started talking about how much I love dogs and how much I hate cats. According to Jon Mumma, I told the audience how much I love dogs. I really laid it on thick. "They're man's best friend, the are loyal, they play with you, they're happy when you come home…" all of those types of things. THEN…I went into great detail about how I hate cats and how I would like to kill them all. "You put a bunch of kittens in a blender, you run them over in a steam-roller, you could burn them, you could use them as target practice." I thought it would be a funny bit due to the juxtaposition of the crowd and the benefit and all, but no. I died another slow death on stage (I ate it quite frequently in Baltimore. Black people loved me, but white trash hardly ever get sarcasm.).
2. I performed for the Calvert County employees Christmas party in lower Maryland and it was awful. The "party" was in the middle of nowhere in a simple meeting hall/Shriner's Club type of venue. It was not classy and not set-up for comedy. On one side of the room there was a buffet of steamed crabs, corn, potatoes and beer. Then there was the stage and in front of the poorly rigged stage were 100 folding chairs. Those chairs were not comfortable and could have been used in Guantanamo Bay to replace water boarding. I tried to do my act but it wasn't working – they ddn't want to hear jokes. However, I was informed of what they did want to hear because one of the audience members came up on stage and told me to my face, "Hey, I can tell your struggling up here. Have a beer. Listen man, just start making fun of (insert redneck/whore's name here) and this place will go ape shit." The only thing more humilating than an audience member walking on stage and telling you that is when the microphone is lodged in your hand, which is pressed under his mouth due to his unwelcoming embrace. The whole place heard his suggestion and laughed. But then I started to make fun of the whores and the boss and all was well.
1. The first show I ever did at a comedy club was at the Baltimore Comedy Factory and I opened for Angel Salazar (his claim to fame and the credit that he continues to ride is that of being one of Tony Montana's henchmen in the movie Scarface). His big line in the movie was, "Chi Chi, get the yayo!" Yayo means cocaine and I'm pretty sure it's still a part of not only his dialect, but also his diet (I know this because he asked my friend to get high in the bathroom). His comedy is not what you'd call my cup of tea, but if you've never seen it…then you gotta YouTube it. His closing bit involves 4 wigs, 8 costume changes, audience participation, banners, flags, music and karaoke. It's the best/saddest/worst/best again comedy I've ever seen. However, it's the most unbearable thing after the 7th show in a row. It is absolutely soul crushing when you're attempting to tell what you think are clever, well thought out and thought provoking jokes when this little Mexican is bringing down the house with his impression of Tina Turner (full drag, lipstick and a jambox blaring "What's Love Got To Do With It?" The better question is, What's Comedy Got To Do With It?). That was my FIRST experience at a club and it didn't deter me at all. I think I also got to meet George Wendt that week too. You know, the guy who played Norm from Cheers. I can't remember.
There are probably worse stories than the ones I just listed but I can't remember any of them. They come in and out of my mind on whims. Hell, at this point most of them are made of half truths and embellished facts, but that's what makes stories fun to listen to. I mean-most of it is true. I did meet Norm from Cheers and that's the most important part of the story.


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I've always loved science and always seen myself doing something science related as a career! Obviously during the rough times and bad days doing my PhD, I've toyed with the idea that I wouldn't want to be at the lab bench forever and loved the idea of being a scientific writer – although what that actually meant I wasn't completely sure!
So browsing through Twitter I come across a science magazine called Signal to Noise magazine and jumped on the opportunity to actually give writing a science article for the public a go!
The US team were really helpful and after 2 months of pitching, research, writing, emails and editing – the final product is published and I am super proud of the article I have produced.
So if you want to find out what your future trips to the dentist could be like, take a look at my article here.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) Two New Jersey high school baseball teams faced off again Thursday, four weeks after a game between them ended with a lopsided 49-point blowout.
Buena, a defending state champion, defeated Pleasantville 20-2 on Thursday in Atlantic City. Buena had won their last game 52-3.
Buena coach Harry Grose told NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1Q33zi5) that he was worried about the rematch Thursday.
"I don"t want to play the damn game. But it"s on the schedule," Grose said. "I"m a little worried, because I don"t want what happened last time."
He said he had loaded the roster the last game with a lot of junior varsity players, but his JV players scored 20 runs in the third inning of the first game.
Buena used more than 20 players in the game, but Pleasantville"s pitchers gave up about 30 walks.
A 10-run mercy rule for New Jersey high school baseball games doesn"t kick in until the fifth inning.
Pleasantville"s coach, Erick McAllister, told the Press of Atlantic City after the first loss that his team never quit and that the Buena players were gracious winners.
"Throughout each inning and run, they never quit," McAllister told the newspaper. "They had the strength of character to continue to fight and do their best regardless of the score.
"I am proud of my boys" reaction to the loss. They were supportive of one another and chalked it up to a learning experience that they all share. They were gentlemen in the loss as were the players from Buena gentlemen in the win."
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Well, we all agree that mastering number is Preschool though Second Grade in a must!
So have decided to create some cute cards that you can use in your classroom or if you are a homeschooling parent you can also use these as well.
I started out by creating some counting cards.
Then I decided that they can also be good for playing concentration. So I added a set of number cards.
As the process went on I thought why not include some math symbols for those children who are ready.
And finally, I thought why not use them to decompose numbers? So I included a bonding mat.
If you print out two copies of the cards you can play Go Fish!


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Thursday, February 5, 2009
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What is the best Valentine's Day gift you have ever received? Also, how do you celebrate Valentine's Day with your children?
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To understand or know someone or something well enough to anticipate what they will do. That team is impossible to beat—they've had our number since 2006! Oh, don't worry, I've got his number—he's a typical brat.
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If you have someone's number, you understand what kind of person they are, and so you know how to deal with them. Oh, don't worry — I won't let him cheat me. I've got his number.


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Hammer blow! Gael Clichy is out of the side for the next two months, according to Le Boss.
A stress fracture reportedly worsened in the match against Spurs means we're without our best left back for six weeks and upwards, as injuries continue to rob us of key players.
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Vallejo's Pistahan Festival sure appears successful. I say "appears" because I couldn't get in! It took maybe 15 minutes to drive there, then I spent longer than that looking for parking. It didn't help that there were dozens of cars ahead of me, circling block after block and double parking in hopes someone would leave. I finally gave up and went home. My consolation prize was stopping off in Hercules on the way and picking up some Filipino food. Choko's Cuisine had dinuguan today ... not bad!
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C. Liu, U. von Gunten, J.P. Croue
Environmental Science and Technology, 46, 20, 11054-11061, (2012)
Oxidation of bromide
Bromate (BrO3–) in drinking water is traditionally seen as an ozonation byproduct from the oxidation of bromide (Br–),
and its formation during chlorination is usually not significant. This
study shows enhanced bromate formation during chlorination of
bromide-containing waters in the presence of cupric oxide (CuO). CuO was
effective to catalyze hypochlorous acid (HOCl) or hypobromous acid
(HOBr) decay (e.g., at least 104 times enhancement for HOBr at pH 8.6 by 0.2 g L–1
CuO). Significant halate concentrations were formed from a
CuO-catalyzed hypohalite disproportionation pathway. For example, the
chlorate concentration was 2.7 ± 0.2 μM (225.5 ± 16.7 μg L–1) after 90 min for HOCl (Co = 37 μM, 2.6 mg L–1 Cl2) in the presence of 0.2 g L–1 CuO at pH 7.6, and the bromate concentration was 6.6 ± 0.5 μM (844.8 ± 64 μg L–1) after 180 min for HOBr (Co = 35 μM) in the presence of 0.2 g L–1
CuO at pH 8.6. The maximum halate formation was at pHs 7.6 and 8.6 for
HOCl or HOBr, respectively, which are close to their corresponding pKa values. In a HOCl–Br––CuO system, BrO3– formation increases with increasing CuO doses and initial HOCl and Br– concentrations. A molar conversion (Br– to BrO3–) of up to (90 ± 1)% could be achieved in the HOCl–Br––CuO system because of recycling of Br– to HOBr by HOCl, whereas the maximum BrO3– yield in HOBr–CuO is only 26%. Bromate formation is initiated by the formation of a complex between CuO and HOBr/OBr–, which then reacts with HOBr to generate bromite. Bromite is further oxidized to BrO3–
by a second CuO-catalyzed process. These novel findings may have
implications for bromate formation during chlorination of
bromide-containing drinking waters in copper pipes.
DOI: 10.1021/es3021793
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by Bob Sparrow
First of all on this Monday morning, Happy Birthday to my co-writer, good friend and sister, Suzanne! Like a good wine, you're getting better with age, Sis.
Now that I'm not paying 95 cents/minute to access WiF, I decided to extend Suzanne's writing vacation another week with what I believe are some of our more interesting photos from the trip – hope you think so too. I might add that I'm thankful that the trip ended when it did, I was on my last belt notch!
The itinerary: The cruise embarked from Hamburg, Germany and we got off in Edinburgh prior to the ship returning to Hamburg.
A rare moment in Bergen, Norway when all six of us were upright on our Segways.
That one sunny day in Norway when the ship's pools were use.
While cruising out of Reykjavik to Akureyri, Iceland through the Arctic Circle this photograph was taken at sunset. What makes it so unusual is that it was a little past midnight!
About 4 hours after that beautiful sunset was this beautiful sunrise
Double rainbow coming down hole #18 at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland
That's me having a glass of wine and smoking a Cuban cigar in the backyard at our VRBO in St. Andrews with all my friends. Yes, that's a bunker – there were plastic golf balls and sand wedges available to practice how frustrating it is to get out of a St. Andrews sand trap.
The last supper together with all 10 in our group. A pleasure to travel once again with John & Mary Bellham and to meet their friends Steen and Sue, and a really special thank you to Jack & JJ and John & Judy for being such GREAT travel partners.
Thank you to all our blog readers for joining us and hope you're looking forward to the next adventure, wherever that takes us.


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Jul 31, 2014
It's going back to the roots this week as it is just Jeff and Jason in the studio! !While Blake is suspended for a week, Jeff and Jason break down all the latest news that came out of San Diego Comic-Con from Ant-Man to Batman v. Superman to the latest footage from Avengers: Age of Ultron! The guys wonder why Black Panther is not in a movie yet and the future of King Kong and Godzilla! Jason gives Robyn Hood a Hidden Gem while Amy's (from Culture Babble) suggestion for this week's Plotlines stumps the guys! Jeff and Jason debate the Top 5 Worst Comic Book Creators and try to figure out why superheroes have so many pockets!


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Dr. Manfred GerstenfeldThe writer has been a long-term adviser on strategy issues to the boards of several major multinational corporations in Europe and North America.He is board member and former chairman of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and recipient of the LIfetime Achievement Award (2012) of the Journal for the Study of Anti-Semitism.
Anti-Semitism manifests itself in various segments of British society. Politics is a major such area. Incidents in the Labour party are dominant, but far from the only ones. Academia is another place where anti-Semitic incidents occur regularly. These happen in several universities, including leading ones, as well as student organizations.
The Jewish defense organization Community Security Trust wrote in a report concerning 2016 about academia that "in 41 anti-Semitic incidents, the victims were Jewish students, academics or other student bodies, compared to 21 such incidents recorded in 2015. Of the 41 incidents recorded in this sector in 2016, 17 took place on campus, while there were 24 incidents that affected students, academics or student bodies off campus."
In May 2016, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said that Jewish students were faced with a "wall of anti-Zionism, which they feel and know to be Jew hatred" when they go to university. He added that "university heads should be 'ashamed' that 'Zionist-bashing' is happening on their campuses."
Baroness Deech, who held the highest office in the UK dealing with student complaints, stated that many Jewish students believe that Jews should not study at a number of universities because of anti-Semitism. These included SOAS in London, Exeter, Southampton and Manchester. Several of the accused universities denied that this was the case. Baroness Deech stated: "the extreme levels of hostility toward Israel at universities across the country can at times go so far as to equate to anti-Semitism."
Jonathan Arkush, the chairman of the Board of Deputies, the umbrella organization of British Jewry, advised in March 2017 Jewish students not to enroll at the prestigious London School of Economics. He did so after the LSE had invited the American academic Richard Falk, a former United Nations Special Rapporteur to Palestine.
For many years Falk has been inciting against Israel to the extreme. The Simon Wiesenthal Center publishes a list of the world's top ten anti-Semitic/anti-Israel slurs in the world every year. In 2013 Falk came in third place. He had alleged that Israel might be planning a Nazi-like Holocaust, had approved of Palestinian suicide bombings and denied that Hamas was a terrorist organization.
Anti-Semitism on campuses and in politics merged at Oxford University. The public attention to widespread anti-Semitism in the Labour party began when in February 2016 Alex Chalmers, the co-chairman of the Oxford University Labour Club (OULC), resigned because of anti-Semitism in the organization. He wrote in his resignation letter: "Whether it be members of the executive throwing around the term 'Zio' (a term for Jews usually confined to websites run by the Ku Klux Klan), with casual abandon, senior members of the club expressing their 'solidarity' with Hamas and explicitly defending their tactics of indiscriminately murdering civilians."
A year later the National Executive Committee of Labour decided that no action should be taken against OULC students. Baroness Royall, who had written on behalf of Labour a report on anti-Semitism in the OULC said that the decision will confirm "a widely held view that we do not take anti-Semitism seriously."
At the University of Cambridge there were also anti-Semitic incidents. In May 2017, the Master of Christ College admitted that it had caused "dismay and hurt" to Jewish students by a misleading investigation into complaints by two Jewish students who had suffered from anti-Semitic abuse by members of the college's sporting societies The initial university cover up was exposed by the Telegraph daily.
In February 2017, leaflets denying the Holocaust were found in various departments of the University of Cambridge displayed on notice boards and in communal areas. The university's ViceA Chancellor, Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, condemned this and expressed his deep concern. Around the same time, similar leaflets were found at other universities including the University College of London, the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh.
Anti-Semitic incidents of various nature have occurred at the University of Edinburgh also in earlier years. In 2011, an Israeli diplomat, Yishmael Khaldi, was mobbed when he spoke there. In 2012, Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub was disrupted by students chanting and waving Palestinian flags. There were reports of Jewish students leaving their courses at university because of anti-Semitism. Some accused the university Board of neglecting the problem. In 2015, the Edinburg University Student Association (EUSA) scheduled a debate on boycotting Israel on the day before Passover so that many Jewish students could not speak against the BDS resolution. In 2016 a poster was found at the university which said that the Holocaust was a fraud.
Anti-Semitism problems also exist at the National Union of Jewish Students (NUS). The previous president of the Union, Malia Bouattia, was condemned by the Home Select Affairs Committee of the House of Commons for calling Birmingham University a 'Zionist outpost.' A year later there was a new scandal at the NUS when three candidates who held positions on its executive committee or were candidates for them were accused of anti-Semitic comments.
Against this background it is not surprising that the anti-Semitism definition of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance which was adopted by the British government is not liked by antisemites and their allies in the academic world. The IHRA definition has for instance been rejected by the University and Colleges Union, which has 110 000 members and a long history of anti-Israel incitement. The above is only a selection chosen from many more issues.


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While the display maintains favorite light fixtures, it is constantly adding more lights for a new experience in the 3/4-mile drive. Last year, Spanish Fork featured the North Wind blowing hard and changing the fairytale castle into a "Frozen" castle. Because of the popularity of the display, the fixture has returned for the 2016 season.
Every year the festival becomes more brilliant as additional fixtures are refitted with LED Bulbs. There are a myriad of themes throughout the park where you can enjoy Santa's candy cane factory, Dicken's style villagers, cowboys and lots of friendly flying geese, grazing deer, jumping frogs and butting rams. The beautiful pond boasts sea monsters, swans and other aquatic themes.
"We've been bringing our children every year and now our children are bringing our grandchildren," said Clint and Layna Harwood, longtime attendees at the Spanish Fork Festival of Lights. "It's always beautiful and everyone loves the lights and the different fixtures."
"We've been bringing our children every year and now our children are bringing our grandchildren. It's always beautiful and everyone loves the lights and the different fixtures." —Clint and Layna Harwood, annual festival attendees
For an extra dose of holiday spirit, tune into 99.9 FM on the radio while driving through the displays for holiday music to accompany a electrifying light display.
On some nights, the Spanish Fork Festival of Lights even allows viewers double the drive throughs, which means drivers get to loop around a second time. See the blackout days, meaning days cars aren't allowed to drive through a second time, at spanishfork.org. Signs at the end of the route also indicate whether cars are able to drive through multiple times on any particular night.
"As one of the only drive-through Christmas light displays in Utah County, we carry the distinction of being the best deal in the area," says Elaine Hansen, event organizer.
The Spanish Fork Festival of Lights opened on Thanksgiving Day and unplugs after New Year's Day. Each night, the display opens at 6 p.m. and closes at 10 p.m. The starting point is at Canyon View Park, 3300 E. Powerhouse Rd. in Spanish Fork.
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Lesson planning is not an activity usually associated with trash-talking colleagues or a cheering crowd. But at the "Iron Science Teacher" show at the Exploratorium, an interactive science museum in San Francisco, classroom teachers go head- to-head to create science and math lessons before a live audience. The show, simultaneously broadcast on the Internet (at www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science), takes place most Fridays during the summer and periodically throughout the rest of the year and has become a must-view event among the safety-glasses set.
In August, about 100 people shuffle past the museum's termite village and a zealous demonstrator dissecting a cow's eyeball in the exhibit hall to reach the makeshift studio, where the final show of the summer season is about to start.
The audience—families visiting the Exploratorium, educators attending the museum's Teacher Institute, and self-described "Iron Science" groupies—quiets down as a chirpy theme song begins and host Linda Shore, an astrophysicist and director of the Teacher Institute, bellows: "It's time once again for Irrrronnnnn Science Teacheerrrrrrr!"
Seven teacher-contestants jog onto the stage, Rocky Balboa-style. Their task: Teach the audience a little something about science or math using a "secret ingredient" revealed to them by Shore a few days before the program. An audience "clap-o-meter" decides the winner. "Today's secret ingredient was given to me by my dog, Reba," hints Shore. "Oh, whatever could it be? Any ideas?"
"Flea collars!" someone from the audience yells. "Poop," a junior Nobel laureate suggests. A good guess, says Shore, smiling, but the answer is tennis balls. The crowd seems disappointed—just imagine a teacher blowing something up with dog doodie—but as a producer starts the clock, disappointment gives way to curiosity. The teachers are out of the gates, and they're concocting mysterious things.
Sue Pritchard from Washington Middle School in La Habra, California, whirls a piece of tubing above her head and attempts to attach a tennis ball to its end. John Lahr, a seismologist from the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado, slices open his tennis ball and inserts a magnet. Other contestants drill holes in wood blocks, dunk balls in water, and blow up balloons. Linda Sicuranza, a teacher from the Boston area, looks mildly amused as her competitors scramble around while she sits back and does nothing but bounce her ball.
"One minute left," Shore calls out. "Can John Lahr finish in time?" The Jeopardy theme song kicks in. Finally, Shore announces in her best put-down- your-pencils voice, "The construction phase is over." Exploratorium staff whisk the participants backstage, where they wait to present their lessons one by one.
Three years ago, Shore and her colleagues at the Exploratorium stole the idea for "Iron Science Teacher" from Iron Chef, a Japanese television show that gives guest chefs a secret ingredient and one hour to create a five-course meal. "It's a great premise," says Shore, an avid fan of the series, which airs in the United States on the cable Food Network. At the time, the Teacher Institute, which offers year-round workshops for teachers based on the museum's exhibits, had requested space for a studio where teachers could build interactive displays for their classrooms. Officials said that, if Shore and her colleagues would create an interactive activity for museum visitors, they could take over a spot next to the cafeteria. "Iron Science Teacher" was born.
"We never expected to do more than one show," Shore says, but the value of the event was instantly obvious. Kids loved its playful atmosphere and wanted to replicate the experiments at home. Teachers got the chance to perform in front of their peers.
Over the years, "Iron Science" contestants have squeezed educational value out of everything from Marshmallow Peeps and fruitcake to Hanukkah candles. Shore and her colleagues brainstorm possible ingredients a week in advance. She says the ingredient ultimately chosen "sounds most diabolical" yet is still cheap and easily found.
Of course, some have worked better than others. The Christmas fruitcake episode is a favorite: One contestant's presentation revealed that grandma's holiday dessert, no matter how dense or inedible, will float. In another episode, an unruly teacher thrilled the audience with an experiment using metallic sodium, an exciting and frothy compound that's banned from classrooms due to its highly explosive nature. Later, Shore and colleagues realized that kids might dabble with the stuff at home and deleted the experiment from the Web archives.
"The show makes science fun and gives teachers an opportunity to showcase their talents," says Tien Huynh-Dinh, a teacher at the Accelerated School, a K-8 charter school in Los Angeles, who's attended the Teacher Institute since 1993. "I always encourage my kids to go beyond what's comfortable for them, so it's good for us as teachers to do the same."
I n the studio, the pressure is mounting. Washington Middle School's Pritchard and Paul Trudelle, an educator from Woodside Priory School in Portola Valley, California, step up to bat with a demonstration involving the Doppler effect. First, they attempt their best imitations of planes landing and cars zooming to and fro, which the kids dig. "Have you ever been in a car that's going really fast?" Pritchard asks enthusiastically. "Do you remember the kind of sound it makes?" The teachers then explain the phenomenon. When sound waves from a car or plane approach, they bunch up together and emit a high-pitched sound; as they move away, the waves stretch and produce a lower-pitched sound—the Doppler effect. The pair move in for the kill: A Tennis-Ball-Seeking Doppler Radar Cannon, a device inspired by a type of radar that uses the Doppler effect to measure velocity. The kids by now are drooling for something—anything—to catch fire, or at least smolder a little. So, the mention of a cannon has them intrigued.
The "cannon" is a bottle with two nails protruding from each side and a cork sealing the top. The bottle is filled with evaporated alcohol. The plan: While Pritchard throws a tennis ball in a slow arc, Trudelle will apply a source of electricity to the nails. The reaction between the electricity and the alcohol will launch the cork into the air, missile-like. If Trudelle's aim is true, the cork will intercept the tennis ball and bring it to the ground. Finally, the experiment is ready: The cork pops, zings through the air, and misses the ball entirely, but a minor explosion occurs.
While the remaining contestants offer intriguing demonstrations—Sicuranza, the teacher who was oh-so-calm during the construction phase, discusses properties of kinetic and potential energy, and Lahr demonstrates how to measure seismic signals with a laptop and a compass (made out of his tennis ball)—the cannon is hard to beat. In the clap-off, the Doppler duo comes out on top.
Pritchard and Trudelle don't win any prize money, but there are intangible rewards. For a few moments, they stand under the hot lights and face a room full of people happily chanting: "Doppler! Doppler! Doppler!"
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Nokia agrees to acquire Alcatel-Lucent convertible bonds through a private transaction
Nokia CorporationStock Exchange ReleaseMay 12, 2016 at 20:55 (CET +1) Nokia agrees to acquire Alcatel-Lucent convertible bonds through a private transaction Espoo, Finland - On May 12, 2016 Nokia agreed to acquire 72994 133 of the EUR 688 425 000.00 ...
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Nokia agrees to acquire Alcatel-Lucent convertible bonds through a private transaction
Espoo, Finland - On May 12, 2016 Nokia agreed to acquire 72 994 133 of the EUR 688 425 000.00 Alcatel-Lucent bonds convertible into new Alcatel-Lucent shares or exchangeable for existing Alcatel-Lucent shares due on January 30, 2019 (the "2019 OCEANEs") and 19 943 533 of the EUR 460 289 979.90 Alcatel-Lucent bonds convertible into new Alcatel-Lucent shares or exchangeable for existing Alcatel-Lucent shares due on January 30, 2020 (the "2020 OCEANEs" and, together with the 2019 OCEANEs, the "OCEANEs"). Nokia has agreed to acquire the OCEANEs through a privately negotiated transaction in consideration for an aggregate cash payment of EUR 418 949 438.33. The settlement of the transaction is expected to occur on or around May 16, 2016.
Following this transaction Nokia is expected to own 94.64% of the share capital and 94.57% of the voting rights of Alcatel-Lucent, corresponding to 94.17% of the Alcatel-Lucent shares on a fully diluted basis.
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Interview with designer Jun Murata (JM), regarding views on design, and for the award-winning design House For Installation Residence.
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In the fiery heavens
are now two bodies:
one of the resurrection
and one assumed.
In bodies anew
we meet them there,
see face to face,
known and knowing.
Our faith will close,
our hope made whole;
save lasting charity,
in the city of love.
With bright new eyes,
we see their face:
the Virgin immaculate,
her Son still pierced.
With angelic hymns
of incorporeal song,
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The Revelstoke Aquaducks hosted the Okanagan region last weekend for an action-packed competition full of shattered records and personal bests. Winning the girls, boys and combined team scores by approximately 1,000 points was a huge victory for the Aquaducks, who normally struggle to match the numbers of some of the larger clubs in the region, even when hosting. However, this weekend saw 66 Ducks race, which topped any other team attending.
Superior number do not always equate to superior swims; that was accomplished as a result of all the hard work the Aquaducks have been putting into training the last few weeks. Every swimmer on the team improved in at least one swim, and many improved in multiple events.
Beth Granstrom broke her own club record in the Division 4 girls 100 meter backstroke on her way to a first place finish. The boys Division 4 100 meter backstroke record was broken twice — once in prelims and once in finals— and by two different people. James LeBuke used his impressive turns and under-waters to get the touch on Jackson Litke in the morning to go a 1:13.97, two seconds faster than the previous record posted by Graham Gale in 1984. However, that night in finals Litke got the touch on LeBuke to drop the record down another 2 tenths of a second, and consequently broke the meet record as well.
LeBuke found his name replacing another for a 22-year-old meet record in the 200 metre individual medley with his new personal best of 2:42.78, which is less than a second off of another 30-year-old club record set by Gale.
Setting another record was the Aquaduck team, winning more than 20 aggregates between the boys and girls. Madeleine Hobgood won Division 1 Girls bronze aggregate, while Kayln Gale won gold. Division 1 boy Ryder Litke won a silver as did Division 2 girl Devyn Gale and Division 2 boy Tye Hoshizaki.
Hunter Stewardson, who turned 11 on the last day of the meet, won a bronze in the Division 3 girls category, while Stefan Spataro won bronze on the Division 3 boys side and Alex Jay picked up a gold for his spectacular swimming.
Brynn Hoshizaki and Beth Granstrom won silver and gold aggregates for Division 4 girls, and Nolan Gale and James LeBuke were awarded the same on the boys side of Division 4.
Gina Cinelli picked up a silver aggregate in the Division 6 girls category, while Liam McCabe won a bronze for the boys Division 6. Coach Emily Pfeiffer swam her way through a full meet despite coaching as well to win a silver for the Division 7 girls, and the girls Division 8 was swept by Revelstoke, with Nadia Salon winning gold, Eliza McGuire winning silver, and Julia Gow winning bronze.
The boys Division 8 had James Pilla winning gold and Josh Rota winning bronze. In the O2 category, Bryce Molder won a Gold aggregate to round out the amazing weekend here in Revelstoke.
Next weekend the Ducks set their sights on the Kamloops Tsunami competition, where they hope to repeat and win the meet once again this year.


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Believe it or not, it's service pack time for SQL Server 7.0 (see "What's in Service Pack 1," August 1999). Announced in November 1998, but generally available in January 1999, SQL Server 7.0 had logged six months of production use by the time Microsoft announced Service Pack 1 (SP1). SP1 contains 46 bug fixes for SQL Server, including a few for Books Online (BOL) and two fixes for its new OLAP Services. That's surprisingly few fixes, especially when you consider that SQL Server 7.0 was a ground-up product refresh that contained significant new features such as Data Transformation Services (DTS) and OLAP Services. In addition to these fixes, SP1 contains a couple of notable enhancements. OLAP Services now supports cell-level locking, and Microsoft reverted the cursor rollback behavior to how it was in SQL Server 6.5. You can find a list of the specific problems that SP1 addresses on the Web at http://support. microsoft .com/support/ kb/articles/q225/0/ 19.asp.
Because I was an early SQL Server 7.0 user, I knew the product was stable. I used SQL Server 7.0 through three beta cycles. Although the beta code caused a few installation and client-access difficulties, and introduced some interface changes, I've had no real problems with the fundamental SQL Server engine since day one. But SQL Server 7.0 is a complex, feature-laden product, and I expected to see a lot more problems. Although no one can say the SQL Server 7.0 release was early, it was worth the wait. I'd much rather see a late product that's stable and reliable than an early product that's problematic. (I just hope that Windows 2000 fares half as well, but that's another issue.)
Despite the lack of problems in SQL Server 7.0 and the short list of fixes in SP1, I have to admit that from an administrative perspective, I'm not too eager to jump into SP1. I'm running three SQL Server 7.0 systems on my network, and I haven't had any real code problems. When something isn't broken, you just don't want to fix it. But from a marketing perspective, I can see two good reasons for Microsoft to release this service pack. As a technical editor, I'm an early adopter of technology, but many people make it a point never to install and run the first release of any product—ever. They wait for the first service pack, figuring that it will address the problems that often accompany new releases. By releasing SP1, although it is a light service pack, Microsoft will pick up these late adopters. In addition, Microsoft undoubtedly wants to stabilize SQL Server 7.0 and focus development resources on the next SQL Server release—Shiloh.


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5 Easy Ways To Boost The Power of Your Content
Hands up if you've read somewhere that the most effective way of communicating with your audience is through conversational writing?
Now keep your hand up if you have heeded that advice and use the technique in all your marketing copy.
Ah, not so good.
Even though it's a well-known fact that conversational copy works, few businesses are brave enough to use it.
Because they still believe that dry, third person, 'corporate' content is what their readers want. And, learning to write effectively in a conversational style is a faff so it's easier to stick with what they know.
I am about to change that and show you how you can become an active listener, place yourself in the shoes of your reader and write to them in a way that matters to them.
Here we go.
Active listening
Writing natural copy is difficult. You have spent so long in an academic environment writing in the dry, wooden way as demanded by your teachers, it's become engrained in you. That means you have to learn to silence the schoolteacher within you and listen to the conversations happening around you.
It doesn't matter where you are, park, pub or coffee shop, listen to how people communicate with each other. Take note of the phrases and vocabulary they use.
That should become your base language corpus for all your written communications.
You are your customer
This one isn't easy. You know your product or service back to front and inside out, but do you really see it the same way as your customers?
Think about the people who buy from you. Who are they? How old are they? What stage of life are they at? What are their interests? Then look at your marketing materials – are they really appropriate? Do they resonate with them? Do they find it useful? Are you speaking their language or a hideous hybrid of technical jargon and marketing speak?
The world through your eyes
OK, I've talked about being an active listener, now you have to be an active watcher.
This is your excuse to watch loads of TV. Take a look at the adverts. How do the ones you love work? What are they saying that resonates with you? Think about the ones that make you cringe – why are they so bad?
Make a note of what works and what doesn't so you can use the right techniques in your materials.
Become the shopper
This one is vital if you run an ecommerce business. Go to your favourite site and have a poke around. Take note of how you are shepherded through the buying process, the messages you receive at various points and how their content makes you feel.
Then go to your own site. Does your copy really make you want to buy? Does it should about the benefits? Are the benefits real? Is your messaging hitting the mark? Is the process easy to follow?
It might be a good idea to get someone who hasn't used your site before to do this while you watch so they can talk you through any areas they find confusing.
Memory box
Call it a memory box or swipe file, but make sure you keep one. It can be physical or electronic, but it's where you keep samples of content that really pushed your buttons.
If they made you stop and read, the chances are the same techniques will make your audience do the same. Think carefully about how they were written and constructed and use similar techniques.
Make your writing powerful
So what's the secret to powerful writing?
Actively studying the marketing messages you see every day. Learn from the best and employ similar techniques in your own content. Why reinvent the wheel? Use your experiences as a consumer to boost the effectiveness of your copy.
About the author: Sally Ormond is an independent copywriter and owner of Briar Copywriting Ltd. For tips on copywriting, marketing and social media, you can also read her words of wisdom on Briar Copywriting's Blog.


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The art of commentary has changed a good deal in recent decades. Here, for example, is Richie Benaud describing a six in 1981:
"Don't bother looking for that, let alone chasing it. It's gone straight into the confectionery stall and out again."
And here is a commentator describing a six in Mirpur on Thursday:
"Here we go! It's gone to the moon! And it's gone all the way, baby! Ah yes! In some style! Tamim Iqbal! Straight as a die! Got the dancing shoes on! Look at the follow-through. Got the full flourish! With the one-wood. Boom! And it went miles."
Regular cricket watchers will recognise the modus operandi, but for the uninitiated, that was the inexplicable Danny Morrison. Even those who've been on a commentary journey with Danny before can find his style a bit of a jolt, like stepping into a lift in the morning to find the lift attendant shouting at you in between big slurps from a carton of espresso:
"Yeah baby! Look at those doors close! Straight as a metal arrow! Gotta love lift technology! Bang! Press the button! And up she goes! Fifth floor is it, sir? You betcha! This lift is flying! Second floor! Third floor! Fourth floor! This coffee is amazing! Fifth floor! Boom! Open the doors! Ping! See you later, alligator!"
This shout-first-ask-questions-later style, while likely to cause the listener to attempt to pull their own ears off, is quite well-suited to describing the batting of Bangladesh, a collection of batsmen who generally go about their business with the unruffled calm of a boxful of electrified Amazonian tree-frogs in a thunderstorm.
The way of the Tiger is usually straightforward. Take Tamim Iqbal, for example. The method of this particular tiger usually involves rushing headlong into the jungle, roaring, snarling, swinging and swishing. Sometimes it works and he ends up with a mouthful of dinner. Sometimes he bumps into a tree. Yet, for a while on Thursday, he was stealthy tiger Tamim, creeping through the undergrowth in pursuit of a steadily accumulated lunch.
Then something snapped. He charged out to Corey Anderson and managed to play on when such a thing seemed impossible. Soon after, the onset of the batting Powerplay induced more recklessness. Mushfiqur skipped down the pitch as though he had a plan, but it transpired that skipping down the pitch was as far as the plan went. And with that, Bangladesh went down swinging in a flurry of silly.
Yet the game was not done. They may bat like billionaires, but Bangladesh bowl like misers in a recession. If New Zealand could get a good start, they'd be okay. New Zealand did not get a good start, and they weren't okay. When Grant Elliott was out, with the score at 45 for 3, there came a noise from the spectators that is hard to describe, unless you can imagine the sound of a space shuttle crashing into an erupting volcano.
"In this form of game, and in their own backyard in particular, the Bangladeshi Tigers are everything and more."
Even though this was gibberish, we kind of knew what Danny meant. Bangladesh slipped their fingers around the throat of New Zealand's innings with the practised skill of professional stranglers, and like a python's lunch, the tourists found themselves restricted, constricted, and finally asphyxiated. In desperation they lashed at loose deliveries that weren't really loose and chased after phantom singles. Poor Tom Latham's run-out epitomised their struggle. Sent back by Ross Taylor, he executed the manoeuvre with all the sprightly elegance of a giraffe attempting a pirouette in a swamp. When a guilt-ridden Taylor finally holed out, it was all over.
And so is today's blog. I'll be back next Wednesday, and here's Danny Morrison to describe the closing sentences:
"Boom! Yeah baby! A full stop! No, a colon! A double period! He typed that like a donkey headbutting a cabbage on a wet Tuesday in Dunedin! Oh yeah! Gotta love that! Say goodnight, Josephine! Stick a fork in it. This paragraph. Is done!"


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At the fall board of directors meeting of the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA), the board approved moving the 2007 Annual Conference and Exhibition to San Antonio, Texas. The conference and exhibition was scheduled to be held in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The conference and exhibition will be Jan. 17-21, 2007, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. The move was made when conference and exhibit space was released by another group. STMA previously held its conference and exhibition there in 2003.
The board of directors also approved Phoenix, Ariz., for the 2008 conference site and Disney's Coronado Springs Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., for 2010, which is also the site of its 2006 conference. STMA has developed a four-year, east-to-west rotation pattern to make the annual event easily accessible to its members.
Karen Reardon is the new director of communications and public relations for RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment).
Reardon has 10 years experience working on behalf of crop protection and pest management and most recently was internal communications leader for CropLife America. She fills the position left open when Kristin Van Veen moved to Cleveland to join her husband who is in graduate school.
ANLA Board member and past Horticultural Research Institute president Bob Lyons, owner of Sunleaf Nursery, Madison, Ohio, represented the industry at a USDA specialty crop listening session held October 20 and 21 in Washington, D.C. Lyons' statement described how the USDA Agricultural Research Service's Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI) partnership with ANLA, HRI and the Society of American Florists has established a model for research collaboration between government, industry and university researchers. "The nursery and greenhouse industry-ARS partnership is excellent and productive," said Lyons. "We do think this Initiative represents a model for the future … ARS must determine how to back the success and promise of this Initiative by including it in the Administration's annual budget request to Congress" he added. The FNRI has funded cutting-edge research on mechanization, environmental management and the containment and control of serious quarantine pest threats.
The FNRI is currently funded at the level of $6 million, but because funding has been provided only through congressional earmarks, retaining and expanding the base funding requires substantial lobbying efforts each year by ANLA and SAF. Given the growing importance of nursery and greenhouse production as a sector of American agriculture, Lyons urged that funding should be made part of the Administration's base funding request to Congress each year.
In separate testimony, Wanda Gale of International Plant Management spoke on the need for funding to establish a "clean plant network" which would build on existing infrastructure to ensure access to pathogen-tested propagative material for high-pest-risk fruit producing and ornamental plant genera like Malus, Prunus and Vitis.
Finally, ANLA labor consultant Dr. James Holt provided testimony to a separate panel on the emerging labor crisis in labor-intensive agriculture, and policies that USDA should consider to help support a resolution of the crisis. Lyons', Gale's and Holt's testimony were presented at a listening session of the Specialty Crop Committee, on which ANLA serves. The Committee advises the Secretary of Agriculture on matters of importance to the industry.
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When the Chicago Board Options Exchange trading system was knocked out a few weeks ago, investors and customers wanted answers, and they wanted them fast. The CBOE answered, but the outage wasn't a hack as many had guessed – it was a software defect that, by all accounts, the development team was fully aware of before the release.
The cause of this defect was based on poor tracking of requirements that were not met. The CBOE itself stated as the cause, "preliminary staging work related to the planned reconfiguration of our systems in preparation for extended trading hours on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) and eventually CBOE options."
Basically, they didn't meet a necessary requirement that their competitors had met, so they scrambled and ended up releasing a buggy version.
Many development teams can relate to what happened at the CBOE and, with it, the intense pressure to get software out as quickly as possible, which often results in bypassing critical test steps. Of course, the CBOE is liable, and will lose credibility and market position due to this serious technology flaw. But most development teams have done the same thing, albeit on a smaller scale – release it quickly, keep your fingers crossed, and fix the issues later.
That should scare you.
The question "Can we test this?" should never be asked. Yes, you can test it. From the CBOE PDF: "Unfortunately, the nature of a software bug is sometimes only identifiable once the system is operationally ready…" which is something you never want to have to say. Here are three ways you can safeguard your company from falling into this unhealthy routine.
If you are changing code, understand why. What requirement does this fulfill, what user story, what test case? What is being changed and why?
If it's a re-configuration of your system, make sure you have it covered. Repeat your regression tests against the new configuration. Repeat your regression tests against a new build.
Are they complete? What changes are being made that need to be tested? What isn't being changed that needs to be re-tested?
New builds, along with test scripts, will need to be tweaked and all changes captured via source control and test versioning.
A simple Android app may not introduce the same security flaws or liability as the CBOE defect. Think about how many people will use the product and whether this signifies a need for a higher degree of test maintenance. What are the users using the product for? Each user story constitutes a different approach on testing, whether a user is using an application for financials, entertainment, data transfer, etc.
This is why requirements tracking and traceability need to be used as safeguards in projects. With the help of a test management tool – development teams can link their tests to each iteration and then, most importantly, to their requirements. This, in turn, leads to full transparency and leverages your test coverage and defects to the requirements that need to be met.
Another important benefit to traceability with the help of source code control is that it allows software teams to pinpoint defects from a specific build and put out fires quickly. This is also an important way for development teams to improve because they can analyze problem areas that will be apparent after a release.
The risk of releasing defective software is never 0% and, as the CBOE has shown, we are all running too fast sometimes to hit the brakes. Development teams need to spend more time analyzing their requirements and use effective traceability mechanisms in order to increase quality - increasing test coverage is great but will never solve everything. Testers also need to use requirements tracking and traceability to present liability to the whole development team and truly determine if more time needs to be spent on testing.
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New photos of new designs
Here are some new images of my new favour labels, name cards, and table number tags first shown at the Gainsborough Old Hall Wedding Fayre. They can be attached to plant pots, jam jars full of sweets or any other favours you can think of to suit your party or Wedding.
I can alter the text style, size, and words to different names or phrases to suit your event. If you have an idea please get in touch.
Thank you to professional photographer Reg Moore who I met at a Wedding Fayre last weekend, who gave me a little photography 'tip' for taking item photos, and I think these ones are definitely an improvement from my previous images. But there is always room for improvement, so I will keep on practicing…
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