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Catherine Hazotte writes a long overdue unauthorized biography about one of the most influential and great personalities of German Punk. Wolfgang Wendland's life is displayed inaccurate with many gaps, some lies and even more untruths. German only. Text.
About the writer.
Catherine Hazotte is a journalist, copywriter and concepter. She currently takes her doctoral degree in digital advertising at the University of Vienna. She writes about the Austrian creative industries and music. She is specialized for creative digital concepts in advertising. Catherine is from Germany and lives in Vienna.
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During my deployment to Afghanistan in 2012, my team was providing security and fire support for a key leader engagement with the local village elders. The mission was uneventful … until it wasn't. The next thing I remember, I felt a massive displacement of heat and overpressure. I had stepped on an improvised explosive device and had lost my right leg. My left leg suffered severe, irreparable damage. In the immediate response, two more IEDs were detonated, which caused 12 of my fellow paratroopers to sustain severe injuries, and killed one.
All I had ever wanted to be was a paratrooper. But now, I had to adapt to my new normal: being a double amputee. I focused on the life-changing physical injuries I sustained, and learned to walk again. Eventually I progressed enough to return to duty. But my recovery wasn't over. Years later, I fell into a dark place, struggling with survivor's guilt and post-traumatic stress disorder. I had never dealt with my invisible injuries. I discovered that PTSD can creep up on you and get worse over time. For me, it involved flashbacks and emotional numbness.
It was around the time of my divorce that I had an emotional breakdown and contemplated taking my own life. But I thought about the guys I served with in the 82nd Airborne Division and said to myself, "How could I be so selfish?" My brothers died on the battlefield, and I lived. I owed it to them to get help.
After that, I started seeing a therapist who specialized in treating PTSD – that treatment continues today. Therapy helps me to process some of what I had compartmentalized and pushed aside, and it gives me a clean slate to process everything.
It was hard to say "I need help," especially because I was an NCO. But I realized that as a leader, I should be setting the example. It was my opportunity to show others that reaching out is all right.
It's important for people to know they're not alone, especially when they find their own dark place. Relying on your support network can be lifesaving. Whether talking to groups or another veteran, I have discovered that sharing my personal struggles with mental health not only helps others, it also helps me.
I've also found the buddy system to be incredibly helpful. Every Friday I call one of my combat veteran buddies to see how they're doing. I can usually tell on the phone if they're okay or not, and just having someone to talk to is crucial. Everyone deals with their personal struggles in their own way, and even though some prefer no contact, it's important to keep trying.
I know I've come a long way, but just like everyone who has experienced the chaos of war, I will always bear the scars. When I feel overwhelmed, I know to call a friend and say, "I need help." When I experience flashbacks, I use a tactic my therapist refers to as "grounding." For me, this means concentrating on something, such as the look and feel of everyday objects around me. That concentration helps bring me back to reality.
Today, I'm working on my inner peace. I attend group PTSD sessions with other combat veterans to learn how to cope with my symptoms. I also attend yoga classes to help me with relaxation methods. Yes, even paratroopers can do yoga – and like it.
A friend came to visit the other day. He lost 28 guys in Vietnam. I asked him when the last time was that he visited Vietnam, and he replied, "2 a.m." That hit me really hard. He said the key to living a happy life is to learn to deal with emotions and to process them in a healthy way. Otherwise the trauma of losing your friends in combat will destroy everything you love. For me, this means letting out emotions that will otherwise haunt me.
I believe the reason I'm still able to serve in uniform – and perhaps the reason I'm alive – is that I asked for help and I got it. It wasn't a one-time thing. I continue to get help and seek healthy ways to deal with my own PTSD. We all have our own paths and methods to cope with struggles. I hope that by sharing my story of recovery, someone will choose to ask for help instead of letting their struggles destroy them.
HR 3219, HAC Report FY 2018, 115-219, Pg. 287-288
S. 3000, SAC Report for FY 2017, 114-263, Pg. 193
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Alzheimer's disease is a condition that affects your memory and thinking and can cause changes in your behavior. The main symptoms of Alzheimer's disease include memory loss that affects your daily life, having poor judgment when making decisions, and changes in your personality, like often becoming upset, suspicious, or anxious.
It is not known exactly what causes Alzheimer's disease. The main things that can influence whether or not you get develop Alzheimer's disease are a combination of your age, your family history, and your genetics.
Researchers have found that there is a link between vitamin D and your brain. Receptors for vitamin D have been found in many parts of the brain, which means that vitamin D is acting in some way in your brain and may have an influence on the way you think, learn, and act.
In general, research from many studies has shown that Alzheimer's disease and dementia is more common in people who have low levels of vitamin D in their body. However, there haven't been many good quality experiments that would be able to show clearly whether low vitamin D levels cause Alzheimer's disease. More research is needed to give a clearer answer about whether taking a vitamin D supplement can help prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease.
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Theen Fida was a male Anx Jedi Padawan who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic in the final decades of the Republic Classic era. The apprentice of Jedi Master Tsui Choi, Padawan Fida was killed during the Yinchorri Uprising of 33 BBY.
A Force-sensitive Anx, Theen Fida entered into the Jedi Order and was trained in the ways of the Force at the Coruscant Jedi Temple. Selected by the diminutive Jedi Master Tsui Choi to become his Padawan, Theen Fida constructed a orange-bladed lightsaber under his master's tutelage and learned much of the Force. When peculiar activity erupted in the Yinchorri system, the Master-Padawan team volunteered to travel to the planet Yitheeth to find the rumored Yinchorri command center.[2]
Alongside his master and Jedi High Council members Adi Gallia and Eeth Koth, Fida survived the crash of their diplomatic cruiser after it was shot down over the watery world of Yitheeth. Swimming to shore, the Jedi commandeered a wavespeeder to enter the capital city in search of the command center. Determining that it was not on the world,[3] the group rendezvoused with Master of the Order, Mace Windu on the planet Yinchorr and led an extraction mission to rescue the other Jedi trapped there. While defending their transport Padawan Fida, along with Jedi Knight Lilit Twoseas, was struck down by the Yinchorri and died of an injury sustained to his abdomen. When the surviving Jedi made it to the cruiser, Fida's master carried his corpse aboard and it was transported back to the Coruscant Temple where it would be cremated per Jedi tradition.[1]
- Jedi Council: Acts of War (First appearance)
- "Order 66: Destroy All Jedi"—Star Wars Insider 87
- "The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Anx"—Star Wars Gamer 7
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The United States of the 19th century and the United States of the 20th century differ a great deal. In most of the 19th century, the US was isolationist and did not get involved much in the affairs of the world. However, by the start of the 20th century, the US began to get involved a greater amount in world affairs. The Spanish-American War (1898) established the United States as a world power and caused the US to follow the path of imperialism.
The Treaty of Paris in 1898, involving Spain and the United States, granted Cuba its freedom and also gave the US the territory-islands of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea and Guam in the Pacific Ocean. The US, as promised in the Teller Amendment, allowed Cuba to be free in 1902, but it kept its sphere of influence with the Platt Amendment, which stated that Cuba could not impair its independence by treaty, the US could intervene with troops if necessary, and the US could use Guantanamo Bay as a naval station.
With the United States now owning territories in the Caribbean and Pacific, it allowed for stronger naval presence and easier trade (due to coal stations on these islands). All these factors led to the establishing the US as a world power.
During the Spanish-American War, the US navy, led by General Dewey, captured the strategically located and sugar-rich Philippine islands in the Pacific. President McKinley, after much difficult deliberation, decided that the United States would keep these islands as territories, despite his claims of not being an imperialist. The United States now began its process of "Americanization" on the brown people of the Philippines. This started a whole new chapter for the United States as an imperialistic nation. It now had a...


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NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Regular Meeting of the Silver Consolidated Schools Board of Education is scheduled for Monday, January 20, 2020, in the Board Room of the Administration Building, 2810 North Swan Street, Silver City, New Mexico, beginning at 6:00 p.m. for the transaction of the following business: approval of minutes and agenda; information/presentations/reports; action items-approval of the consent agenda; future meetings and proposed agenda items; executive session; and such other items as may be included on the regular board meeting agenda.
An agenda for the foregoing meeting may be obtained from the Office of the Superintendent, 2810 N. Swan Street, Silver City, New Mexico, 72 hours prior to the meeting, or online at www.silverschools.org. The Board may elect to go into executive session pursuant to 1978 NMSA, 10-15-1, H 1-9.
If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the meeting, please contact Audie Brown, Superintendent, at 2810 N. Swan St., Silver City, New Mexico, or at 575-956-2000 at least one week prior to the meeting, or as soon as possible.
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When I was first asked by political author E.J. Greenway (here's her book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00986Z9UI/?tag=viewbookat-21) to join her blog challenge to write about matching chocolate to eat with books, my first thought was – but I'm not a writer! Then I thought – chocolate, you say? Chocolate and reading at the same time? Well, unless Jean Dujardin comes knocking at my door (and maybe not even then), you just hit on two of my favourite things. Actually, if it wasn't for the demands of vanity, sanity and that pesky old need to earn a living, I don't mind saying that I would exist entirely on a diet of red wine and Thorntons chocolates.
Talking of earning a living, the books I read these days are almost exclusively those of my simply fabuloso roster of talented clients, so I got to thinking (like Carrie Bradshaw) – what chocolate would go with their work? And here's what I came up with. Shame I'm only allowed 6 books, so I can only talk about a handful of my clients but that just leaves room for Parts Deux, Trois etc! (PS, all the chocolate I describe here is that which I would love to indulge myself with, but refrain from on a daily basis – it's sort of like chocolate porn).
June Kearns
Rose and violet creams – traditional, nostalgic, quintessentially English, much loved by elegant ladies and those who aspire to be so! The first time I ate these chocolates, I couldn't believe there was anything so delicious. The first time I read June's book, I didn't want it to end because I was enjoying it so much.
Wayne Marinovich
Yorkie bar – for real men. Kind of what the gorgeous guy on the cover of Wayne's books would eat, if he ate chocolate, rugged and hunky! Only difference being, Wayne's books are for girls also, especially girls who like an exciting adventure (and hunky men).
Donna Canavan
Hotel Chocolat – let's step into a luxurious world of escapism – a lot like Donna's books. The clothes! The men! The wine! The jewels! The exotic locations!
Arran Bhansal
Neuhaus – like Arran's books, contemporary, stylish, sophisticated, sometimes unexpected, leaves you wanting more!
Charmain Mitchell
Vosges Haut Chocolate – when you read Charmain's books you definitely encounter the unexpected, and sometimes you can be scared of the unknown, but you want to keep going – a bit like Vosges's exotic bacon chocolate, and other chocolate flavours you've never thought of!
Jeremy Laszlo
One of my favourite American authors – I remember the first time I tasted Hershey's Assorted Miniatures, then and now the taste always reminds me of the US. Jeremy serves up assorted delightful, unusual series that you'll want to return to again and again (and share with your friends!)
Well, that's me done for now – hope I've given you a little inspiration, whether it be for reading or confectionary. Enjoy!


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Cheap holiday homes in Amsterdam to be halved in 2019 – as council cracks down on AirBnB-style websites
Amsterdam's local government has announced plans to impose a 30-day limit on letting private homes
BRITS are going to find it a lot tougher to find a cheap holiday flat in Amsterdam from now on.
The city has announced plans to impose a 30-day limit on letting private homes.
The local council wants to curb the amount of days AirBnB –style apartments are let to tourists.
The city council's executive said this week that the current annual 60-day limit for private home rentals will now be halved from 2019, "to stem the negative influence of holiday home rentals".
They added: "During the last few years there has been massive growth in the market of renting out homes to tourists, [with an unwanted] effect on various Amsterdam neighbourhoods."
The Dutch capital now attracts around 17 million tourists a year -- the same number as the whole of the Dutch population - and residents have increasingly complained about rowdy crowds.
One of the most popular lettings websites, AirBnB, as voiced disappointment in Amsterdam's plans to impose a 30-day limit on letting private homes, saying it will harm the local economy.
The company said in a letter sent to Amsterdam council, and shared with AFP: "We have built a responsible home sharing community on Airbnb benefiting the city and its inhabitants."
They said that the 19,000 Airbnb hosts in the Dutch capital were "disappointed by your announcement ... to favour big hotels over local families who occasionally share their homes.
"While Airbnb guests account for just 4.0 percent of visitors to Amsterdam, they have boosted the Amsterdam economy by an estimated 500 million euros in 2016."
Airbnb said legal experts have challenged whether the city's new ruling is tenable, and insisted the company had worked with the council to address its concerns.
Seven out of 10 people booking accommodation through the site stayed outside of the city centre, it said.
There are still plenty of cheap hotels in the city for tourists to bag a bargain break though - this March, inner-city hotels are offering two-night weekend breaks for as little as £60 per person.


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Mick Whelan, general secretary of ASLEF, the train drivers' union, has condemned Chris Grayling and the Conservatiive government ahead of an announcement to be made tomorrow [Wednesday] about his plans for the railway network in Britain.
The plans, leaked by the DfT tonight, will claim that 'The government is expanding the rail network to unlock jobs and growth; restoring capacity lost under British Rail could boost growth around key towns and cities; and plans include government commitment to accelerate the restoration of the rail link between Oxford and Cambridge.'
Mick said: 'Chris Grayling has the temerity to describe them as "bold plans to expand the rail network" which will "boost jobs and housing". They will do nothing of the sort. There is nothing bold about them, and they will do nothing to improve our transport infrastructure, nothing to increase the number of jobs in this country, and nothing to help build the homes young people so desperately need.
'It's a typically vacuous set of proposals from a man who doesn't seem to know what he's doing. All Chris Grayling is doing is reheating a few old proposals. Where is the bold strategic vision for rail – and integrated transport links – in this country? And what has happened to the Tory promises on electrification which he promptly reneged on?
'We would be pleased to see the lines cut by Beeching restored. But we need something more – and someone better – to deliver the railway that people in this country deserve. Any model, whether refining or extending the failed franchising system – for example, by encouraging more open access operators – will only make an already overly-complicated system worse, not better.'
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The dust is settling. The last 5 years have been a whirlwind of life changes. Getting married, buying a house, renovating said house, getting knocked up, having a baby, resigning from my job, Science Guy starting his MBA….just to name a few of the life changes we have experienced. In the process of adjusting to the bevy of life changes, I have lost myself somewhere. I have been living my life in fast forward.
We have struggled to finish any one project in the house. Years have gone by and we have yet to unpack and settle in. We are continuing to live in a house and not a home. We have 4 walls and a roof over our heads but those walls have some half torn wall paper, some missing door trim, some old baseboards that have yet to be replaced with the new ones in the basement. The rooms of this house remain neglected and partially furnished. The rooms of the house are consumed with half hearted possessions that have been handed down to us, leftovers from our move or random items picked up at yard sales. My house has become over run with meaningless possessions. I spend an inordinate amount of time organizing, picking up, rearranging and storing these items. I spend more time taking care of these things than I do myself. Something is wrong with that picture. In an effort to rectify this situation, we are currently involved in a deep purge of this house to discard ourselves of the items that are weighing us down and no longer serving a purpose.
The same can be said of how I spend my time, what little time there is. Most of my waking day is spent with my 1 year old right now. In the fleeting moments of free time, I find myself spending an inordinate amount of that time scrolling through Instagram pictures and Facebook statuses, checking my inbox and subsequently deleting the thousand or so emails that have accrued or reading blog titles and making it half way through a post before having to shut down my laptop or put down my phone. I bookmark things to read and rarely do I return to read them. I open up emails with the intention to reply, promptly become distracted and rarely remember to return to reply. Over the course of the past year, I am sure I intended to read at least 30 books and never made it through one whole book. I am too distracted by the lure of being a stalker and voyeur into the make believe worlds of people on the internet that I call my "friends" on facebook and instagram. Don't even get me started on twitter. Twitter is the worst offender of them all. Twitter gives me a headache. Scrolling through miles of tweets without pictures is painful for me. It requires more concentration than I can currently provide at this time.
The lack of attention and detail is probably most noticeable in how I take care of myself though. One look and you might start to notice the torn cuticles, the bitten nails, the overgrown eyebrows, the roots showing as my hair grows out, the circles and bags under my eyes and the disheveled attire. While I can certainly argue a case that raising my baby trumps long visits to the salon to get my hair done, I can't argue that raising a baby trumps taking care of myself. I am only as good to others as I am to myself.
I am not one for New Year's resolutions and this year is no different. However, I will make some permanent life changes. I will take better care of myself so that I may take better care of those that I love. I will purge our house and our lives of that which weighs us down whether it be possessions, thoughts or relationships. I will always choose quality over quantity. I believe less is more. I believe a house is not a home. I will make our house a home. I believe that some people look for a beautiful place while others look to make a place beautiful.
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and once we start the procrastination it just seems even more daunting to change. but if we go little by little, piece by piece, the overwhelming eventually moves aside. good luck going forward this year. taking care of you is the first (and most important) step.
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Search takes a back seat to Google Assistant at I/O conference
Every year, Google I/O brings together developers from around the world to discuss the latest and greatest advancements in web, mobile, and enterprise applications.
Because the conference typically focuses on new releases and initiatives from Google, it is of significant interest to SEO experts and aficionados.
But this year, search took a back seat to an increasingly important component of Google's strategy – Google Assistant.
In fact, during the two-hour keynote, senior members of Google staff only mentioned search twice in a long-list of announcements.
The ever-present and impressive Google Assistant
Google Assistant is now on 500 million devices, in 80 countries, and will feature 30 languages by the end of 2018.
But that's just the beginning, as Assistant-related advancements at Google I/O included:
- New voices – Along with six new Assistant voices, Google will also release limited voice content from musician John Legend. This could open the door to more celebrity voices and greater customisation for a personal assistant often described as cold when compared to Siri and Alexa.
- Natural conversation – Users should now be able to have more natural conservations with Google Assistant without having to say 'Hey Google' or 'OK Google' every time they speak. The ability to ask follow-up questions without 'wakewords' is something Amazon recently introduced too.
- Custom routines – In an effort to improve smart home living, Google Assistant can now combine tasks (turn on lights, music, TV etc.) into 'custom routines' with unique names. Users will also be able to schedule tasks at specific times throughout the year.
- Smart displays – Google is starting to champion 'smart displays', which can be navigated with voice as well as touch. During I/O, Google promoted video calling and YouTube TV with the help of Assistant.
- Smartphone interaction – Soon after its discussion of smart displays, Google showed how Assistant on smartphones is now a richer visual experience. There was a demo of how you could order food and complete tasks from a simple voice search within Assistant (e.g. adjust a thermostat).
However, perhaps the biggest story to come out of I/O, which has been taking the online world by storm ever since, was Google Assistant's ability to make phone calls and schedule appointments all by itself.
Google Assistant embraces artificial intelligence with Duplex
Duplex is a feature within Google Assistant that harnesses artificial intelligence to call local businesses and schedule appointments without user interaction.
During two demos, a natural-sounding voice spoke to real people over the phone and had multi-step conversations; each of which resulted in a successful appointment being booked.
This is what Google has to say about it:
Today we announce Google Duplex, a new technology for conducting natural conversations to carry out "real world" tasks over the phone… The system makes the conversational experience as natural as possible, allowing people to speak normally, like they would to another person, without having to adapt to a machine.
This could have a knock-on effect for traditional web search, as more and more people start seeking answers to their queries through voice search instead.


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Waiting On Wednesday was created by Jill over at Breaking The Spine. It's a weekly post for you to share what upcoming books you can't wait for!
Mercy by Rebecca Lim
October 28, 2010
An electric combination of angels, mystery and romance, MERCY is the first book in a major new paranormal series.
There's something very wrong with me. I can't remember who I am or how old I am, or even how I got here. All I know is that when I wake up, I could be any one. It is always this way. There's nothing I can keep with me that will stay. It's made me adaptable. I must always re-establish ties. I must tread carefully or give myself away. I must survive.
Mercy doesn't realise it yet, but as she journeys into the darkest places of the human soul, she discovers that she is one of the celestial host exiled with fallen angel, Lucifer. Now she must atone for taking his side. To find her own way back to heaven, Mercy must help a series of humans in crisis and keep the unwary from getting caught up in the games that angels play. Ultimately she must choose between her immortal companion, Lucifer, and a human boy who risks everything for her love. (taken from goodreads.com)
I stumbled across this gem the other day on goodreads. To my delight, I discovered that it comes out tomorrow! How great is that?


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In this blog we have been reporting about the all out campaign in the Spanish state against the so called "minority languages": Euskara (Basque), Catalan (Catalonian) and Galego (Galizan). Strangely enough, we do not see that extreme right philosopher Fernado Savater leading a campaign against the English language that according to this note published at Finanzas should be the main source of concern for the ultra-nationalists in Spain and therefore the primary target:
But for cowards like Savater is way easier to go against anything that may affect the Basque Country.
27% of jobs require languages
English is required in 75% of job vacancies that require languages, followed by French, with 6.84%, and German, with 6.55%, according to Infoempleo.
Language skills are a requirement in 26.64% of skilled employment vacancies, with English being the most demanded language by companies in our country, according to Infoempleo.
Increased worker mobility, globalization of companies and high migration are the factors that have contributed to the gradual increase in demand for language in job vacancies, according to the Infoempleo report.
In relation to this trend, the president of Infoempleo.com, María Benjumea, appreciates that language skill is "an essential part of any professional profile, it is a key differentiator, adds value to the worker and can be key when a company decides to choose between one candidate or another. "
The study also points out that English is present in a total of 74.57% of job vacancies that require their candidates to have language skills, well ahead of French, with 6.84%, and German with 6.55%. For their part, Italian and Portuguese continue being less valued than the previous languages. They show a decline that leaves them each with a stronghold of less than 0.5% in job vacancies that require languages.
Regional languages
In relation to the requirement for regional languages in job vacancies, the Infoempleo report points out the Basque Country and Catalonia as the regions that value local languages skills the most, with 28.8% and 13.2% respectively.
Furthermore, the report shows that Galicia and Valencia have very similar requirements for their regional languages. Galician and Valencian language requirements are present in approximately 10% of job vacancies for each language.
But for cowards like Savater is way easier to go against anything that may affect the Basque Country.
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Hope you have a nice Saturday! About 10pm last night a sore throat seemed to hit me almost instantly. I hope it will go away quickly but I worry I will be down for the count for a while. Y'all drink lots of orange juice and stay healthy!!
Project Materials: Cardstock (California Paper Goods, DCWV); Printed Paper (Basic Grey); Stamps (Magnolia Rubber stamps; Saying- Cat's Pajamas); Flower (Prima); Buttons (O'Scrap); Ink(Versafine, Vivid!); Color (Copic Markers);


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5 Best Sites for Free Halloween Do-It-Yourself Projects
The leaves are starting to change where I am, and the nights grow longer and colder across the plains. The deer are retreating deeper into the woods with furtive glances across the now harvested fields that they recently dined on. The joy of returning to school and seeing friends has quickly sublimated to the normal malaise that children feel about school. Soon, the day will come that makes the coming of winter bearable. Soon, my friends, it will be Hallowe'een!
I know, I know, you've got more than a month! Been to Wal-Mart lately? You'd think the day of the dead was tomorrow.
So let's crawl into our creature factories, into our lairs of laughter and mayhem and get to work on the great work of scaring kids and adults alike! In good fun of course. Here are some of my favourite sites of great free Halloween projects for plans and inspiration!
Monsterlist of Halloween Projects
Not only does this site have the biggest logo, it has to be the most comprehensive list of fiendish files to get your creative juices flowing, or oozing. Currently, they have over 850 active links to peoples' free Halloween projects for you to peruse.
You'll love the fact that they have a key for these projects as well. Beside the link and description, you'll find one or more of the following icons. They'll help you to determine if this project is what you are looking for, or if it may be too complex or *gasp* dangerous!
- denotes a new project link on the list
- shows that the prop is static or doesn't move
- means that the prop DOES move – cool
- represents an advanced project – it may be dangerous to build
- tells you that there are detailed instructions, maybe a schematic and a parts list
- lets you know there are pictures of the project in progress
- shows that there is video of the prop in action, maybe scaring the snickers out of someone
If you can't find an inspiring project here, there's a few more sites I'd like to show you.
With a pleasantly designed website and equally pleasant presentations, ScaryGuys bring you some professional haunted house techniques. A few of the tutorials also have high quality video included.
You may be surprised how simple some of these props are. Yet they can be devastatingly effective! I really like the Dropping Portrait effect. So simple. So excellent! If you really like the results of the free Halloween projects you do from this site, they also offer a few instructional DVD's for sale.
Costume Idea Zone
You've got the front lawn covered in ghouls and gravestones now, but what about you? Are you just going to stand out there in your sansabelt slacks, hush puppies and polo shirt? Kind of kills the mood there, party pooper. You got to get decked out! Costume Idea Zone is a, well, zone with, um, costume ideas. Really, do I have to explain it?
Beyond just costume ideas, there are some thoughts on costume design for couples, teens, groups and other situations. While you're checking this out, check out their sub-site Candid Costume. This hot-or-not style site gives people the opportunity to show off their creations and have you rate them.
There's one small thing missing, isn't there? Hmm, maybe it's the…
As the site says, "Pumpkin carving has been reborn. This time it's a little bit deformed."
You'll find everything you need to know, or maybe didn't need to know, on the nouveau art of the pumpkin, such as using power tools, pyrotechnics (yep, fire and explosions) free patterns and design strategies. My greatest strategy was remembering two eyes, a nose and mouth and not cutting myself.
Even if you're no Rodin, go check out the galleries at the very least. I don't know Art, but I know I likes me some cool pumpkins!
Halloween Recipes 101
What is Halloween really about? Is about the day of the dead? Is it about a pagan festival or celebrating our ancestors? Is it even about being scary and spooky? Heck no! It's the food! Snacks, treats, candy, om nom nom…..
Which is why I present you with Halloween Recipes 101. Most of these recipes appear pretty easy to do, quick to make and they all honour Halloween traditions. You'll find a section devoted to apples and even a home-made candy corn recipe! Seriously retro, thus cool. Of course, you can't give out homemade Halloween candy to kids, but feel free to dish it out at your party.
Now is the time to prepare, my fiends. Halloween doesn't happen overnight! Okay, maybe it does. But getting ready for it doesn't.
Do you have a special recipe or devious plan for your Halloween? Had a particularily spooky experience? Want to show us photos from your scary set-up? Let us know in the comments below. Or maybe we'll be knocking at your door…nothing scary than geek writers at the door. Mwa hahaha ha!
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2.3.3 - Factors affecting enzyme activity - Part 2
- Created by: Joe Bishop
- Created on: 28-12-11 18:31
Cofactors and coenzymes:
- Some enzymes will only work if there is another non-protein substance bound to them. These are called cofactors. Some cofactors are inorganic molecules. They work by helping the enzyme and substrate to bind together. They don't directly participate in the reaction so aren't used up or changed in any way. Some cofactors are organic molecules- these are called coenzymes. They participate in the reaction and are changed by it (like a second substrate). They often act as carriers, moving chemical groups between different enzymes. They are continually recycled in this process.
Enzyme inhibitors:
- Competitive- Have a similar shape to that of the substrate molecules. They compete with the substrate molecules to bind to the active site, but no reaction takes place. Instead, they block the active site so no substrate molecules can fit in. How much the enzyme is inhibited depends on the relative concentrations of the inhibitor and substrate. If there is a high concentration of inhibitor, it will take up nearly all of the active sites and hardly any substrate…
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Following the Pulse nightclub shooting, herbalists with the Florida School of Holistic Living mobilized our network of herbalists around the country to respond to the tragedy by providing love, compassion, and healing herbs to those in trauma through the Orlando Grief Care Project. As weeks passed, other communities such as Twin Cities, Baton Rouge, and Dallas experienced tragedies that captured the national stage. Through these events, we networked with herbalists in these areas to help connect them with organizing resources, guidance, and herbal remedy donors.
In an effort to unite our herbal community and more efficiently and effectively respond to future tragedies around the country, we are launching the herbalACTION network, an alliance of herbalists committed to providing compassionate response to tragedies.
Are you an herbalist willing to mobilize for your community in time of need? Are you a grower or medicine maker willing to donate remedies to other communities in times of crisis?
Submit the form below and let us know who you are, where you are, and what resources you can provide. Through this network, we will reach out to communities on our list when crisis strikes, identify needs on-the-ground, and then promote those calls-to-action through this national network, to quickly coordinate donations and resources getting to where they are needed most.
All information on this form is kept strictly confidential through the herbalACTION network. When a tragedy strikes, we will contact herbalists in the city it occurs to determine what resources are needed. We will then announce a call-to-action through this network, informing individuals what is needed most and where to direct those resources.


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The Mumbai income tax department has surveyed 50-60 companies, including multinational firms, in the past two weeks as part of its driveto identify and bring to book tax deducted at source (TDS) defaulters. The department is mainly focusing on companies that have collected TDS, but not deposited the same with the department.
In the case of MNCs, the department is investigating companies that have not deducted TDS before making payments to Indian entities with whom they have carried out transactions.
PC Chhotray, chief commissioner, income tax, Mumbai, told ET: "Yes, we have been conducting the surveys. I am waiting for the reports from my officers regarding the results of these surveys."
However, it is learnt from reliable sources that most of the MNCs surveyed by the department were contesting the demand for TDS. In many cases, whereas the income tax department thinks that an overseas company is liable to deduct TDS before making payment to an Indian company in a cross-border transaction, the MNCs have taken the line that the transaction does not attract tax in India.
These are similar to the Vodafone case in which the global telecom major has dragged the department to the Bombay High Court, challenging its jurisdiction to demand tax from the company. Such issues generally end up in court, a senior income tax official in Mumbai said.
Tax deducted by employers from salaries of employees constitutes a significant portion of the TDS collected. Here also, there are cases where companies have been found to have defaulted in paying to the tax department despite deducting the tax from employees.
Income tax survey is a milder version of an income tax raid. Under the latter, the officers have the power to seize documents, assets, bank lockers and freeze bank deposits while under a survey, the powers are limited to collecting information and examining the documents.
But survey is an effective tool as it results in disclosure of actual income of the taxpayer. Survey is also an effective deterrent for tax evaders.
TDS collection in April-December 2008 period recorded a 34% increase to Rs 29,000 crore from the same period in the previous fiscal year.
According to sources, the income tax department is on a drive to increase the tax collection from Mumbai, which accounts for 35-40% of the national direct tax collection. The advance tax collection from Mumbai in the current fiscal to December 2008 was way below expectations.
However, even as corporate tax collection fell below the previous years collection, it was the growth in TDS that brought the total collection 6% above the corresponding period last year.


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A couple of weeks ago, I ordered some handmade soap bars and some all-natural laundry soap from an Etsy store called HeartJCreations. I expected to pay between $4 and $5.50 for each bar, so I was pleasantly surprised to see she has a "Save on 7" deal - buy 7 bars, pay $27 USD. That saves between 4 and 8 bucks, depending on which soap you select, so it's a great deal. One pound of laundry soap (scented with essential oils of your choice) was $7. I paid quite a bit in shipping, but it's totally worth it, I think, to support handmade.
In any case, the soaps I ordered were:
-Woodstock '69 x 2
-rosemary peppermint x 2
-cracklin' birch
-spearmint eucalyptus
And the laundry soap I bought was spearmint eucalyptus as well. mmmm.
She also included two little samples in my package: some cherry almond chocolate body butter and a little piece of dragon's blood soap.
I didn't get the package straight away, because for some reason the address changes I made on my Etsy didn't save and so the package went to my parent's place. But that's ok - I got the stuff on Saturday, so that night I cut off a piece of the Rosemary Mint soap to use as face soap (I don't like having the whole bar out).
I'm not sure if you know what's in commercial soaps and face washes, but believe me, it's not ideal. Petrochemicals, parabens, other chemicals...no thanks. Jodi includes the ingredients on each of her soap info pages, and the ingredients she uses in her soaps are:
-cocoa butter;
-coconut oil;
-palm oil;
-shea butter;
-olive oil;
-castor oil;
-spring water;
-lye (for the soap-making process, you don't get soap without lye, but none remains in the soap!); and
-essential oils.
That's it. Some of the soaps have ground herbs in them, like the rosemary mint has bits of rosemary for exfoliation.
The soaps are quite soft, because of all of the fats she uses. Coconut oil has amazing properties, as do most of her other ingredients. I found my skin didn't get itchy after I washed my face, which is a common problem with me. I did use some organic coconut oil as moisturizer afterwards. Coconut oil has antibacterial properties, so helps fight the bacteria that causes zits.
I'm on day 4 as of today, and my face feels and looks great. My skin looks rosier, it's smooth and soft, and not at all dry. I will try some of the Woodstock '69 soap on my face next, because the essential oils in it are fabulous for skin. I'll likely use the rosemary mint for my hair - oh, did I forget to mention the ingredients in her soaps are all things used in solid shampoo bars, too? The castor oil creates nice bubbles, and the palm oil and other fats all help moisturize. Rosemary has great hair health properties - it prevents and combats dandruff (not that I have any), encourages hair growth, stimulates the scalp, and more. You could even use this soap on your dog to prevent fleas, since rosemary is a natural flea repellent.
If you use handmade bar soap, make sure you have a good soap dish and keep your shower soap out of the direct spray of the shower. Let it dry between uses and keep unused soaps out of direct sunlight in a cool place.
Check out Jodi's shop! Let her know BerryMac (Rebecca) sent you.
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Legion team ready to begin 2008 season
The Post 118 American Legion Baseball team is primed to begin its summer season. The squad went 21-10 last year and lost in the district championship to Neosho. This year's squad will try and surpass that accomplishment, and with most of the starters returning, seems to have a good chance.
Five schools are represented on th 2008 Cassville Legion team. The most players are from Cassville with 12 Wildcats on the roster.
Leading that group is Kelby Haynes. This past spring, Haynes was the Cassville baseball team's ace, and he helped lead the 'Cats to a 14-3 record. The senior will likely play short-stop and pitcher for the Legion team. Haynes went 4-2 on the mound with a 2.04 ERA during the spring. He was a leader for the Wildcats in the batter's box, hitting .404 with 17 RBI, a home-run and seven stolen bases.
Jody Cavness could also be a big contributor. Cavness, who can play anywhere in the infield but specializes at catcher, hit .455 this spring for Cassville mainly out of the lead-off spot.
Michael Baker will be another addition to Cassville's line-up and rotation. Baker finished this season 5-1 with a 2.97 ERA on the mound. He also hit for a .360 average and drove in 17 runs.
Jake Nolan also will play two roles with the Legion squad. Nolan, who plays pitcher and third base, went 4-0 for the Wildcats this year with a miniscule 0.87 ERA. Nolan also hit .383 with six RBI and two stolen bases.
Others on the team from Cassville are Trevor Tanner, Ricky Vanderpool, Cody Pierson, Travis Northern, Aaron Brooks, Patric Maher, David Lunsford and Kyle Rhea.
Three players who played for the Southwest Trojans this season will also join Post 118's ranks.
Josh Hartin will lead this group. Hartin will play catcher and in the outfield. During the spring, Hartin also pitched. The sophomore led Southwest with a 3.07 ERA and 34 strikeouts in 27 innings. Hartin finished 1-2 for a 3-8 squad. The sophomore also proved he could hit, batting .536 with 12 runs, 12 RBI, six stolen bases and four home-runs.
Caleb Mitchell will also play for the Legion team. Mitchell, listed as a outfielder and pitcher, also saw action this spring. He batted .400 for the Trojans with three doubles and three stolen bases.
Levi Roberts is the third Trojan on the squad. Roberts will likely play either second base or in the outfield. Roberts hit .303 this spring and had three stolen bases.
Wheaton had one player to make the American Legion team. Jamie Musick, brother of Chris Musick who also played last year, will return to help the squad.
Blue Eye also sends one player to the diamond with Post 118. Tyler Miller, who will play first base, will return to the team. Miller led the team with 25 RBI last season and was part of a state quarter-final team this spring.
Last, but not least, is a player who didn't live in any local town this past spring. Instead Kason Koelsch was playing for Northeast Oklahoma A&M who finished 30-19.
Despite breaking into the college ranks, Koelsch is still eligible because of his young age. Last summer, the college freshman hit .389 for the Legion squad with 36 runs, 22 RBI, 12 stolen bases and nine extra base hits. He will provide more leadership and experience for the team.
The Legion team started their season on Monday, traveling to Mickey Owen Stadium.
The team is coached by Jerry Marple, who is assisted by Jeremy Marple and Roger Brock. The squad will be attempting to accomplish their 10th 20-win season under Jerry Marple.


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The Paddocks Hotel – Ross on Wye
Set in beautiful landscaped gardens surrounded by a tranquil forest and riverbank, The Paddocks Hotel is a perfect location for your special event, wedding reception or a group holiday.
With 26 en-suite bedrooms the hotel is ideal for group bookings and coach parties. Each bedroom is tastefully decorated and offers an en-suite bathroom, TV and tea and coffee making facilities. Some rooms have views of the river Wye or the hotel gardens.
Orka Holiday Resort – Turkey
The hotel is 6 km from Fethiye, which is famous for its historical buildings and magnificent gulf, 700m from the bustling streets of Hisarönü, and 4 km from Turkey's most popular and best known beach, Ölüdeniz. In recent years, Orka Club has become a popular and sought-after location for people of all ages.
The rooms at the renovated Orka Club offer superior comfort and are all air conditioned. Orka Club also has private apartments and villas with their own pool, where you can remain out of sight.
Hotel and Spa Costa Narejos
Costa Narejos Hotel is a 4-star hotel situated 100 metres from the beaches of the Mar Menor sea. The hotel complex has been carefully designed to incorporate spacious lounges, meeting and conference rooms and coffee shop where entertainment takes place.
The hotel offers an extensive and varied buffet service, adult and children's swimming pools and outside jacuzzi, solarium, terrace and gym inside, car park four lifts (one of them to the swimming pool viewing area) and a souvenir shop.


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Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as the drummer for the band The Police and for his film music soundtracks. He has also written various pieces of music for ballet, opera and orchestra. Copeland was ranked by a Rolling Stone magazine reader poll in 2010 as the fifth greatest drummer of all time.
After some success providing the soundtrack to Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish in 1983, Stewart continued to work on various soundtracks including the hit television show The Equalizer which ran from 1985 to 1989. The show's distinctive theme song became a hit and was released in 1987 in this William Orbit remix.
The UK 12″ also added the track "Love Lessons" which had previously appeared on 12″ in 1986, a collaboration between Stewart and Derek Holt (Climax Blues Band), the remix was provided by Arthur Baker and Shep Pettibone.
The Equalizer Busy Equalizing (Extended Mix) 4:57
The Equalizer Busy Equalizing (Edit) 3:59
Love Lessons (with Derek Holt) (Remix) 3:58


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ATTENDANCE OFFICER (985) 474-8811Ms. Wendy Hanna
Attendance policy changes are in effect for the 2016-2017 school year. The minimum attendance requirements for students are as follows:
§Grades 9 -12: Students must attend school 83.5 days per semester, which will allow six (6) days of absences per semester.
EXCEPTIONS TO THE ATTENDANCE REGULATIONS: Exceptions will be the enumerated extenuating circumstances listed below that are verified by the Director of Child Welfare and Attendance or the school principal or his or her designee. For any other circumstances, parents must submit a formal appeal to the Director of Child Welfare and Attendance. (These exempted absences do not apply in determining whether a student meets the minimum minutes of instruction required to receive credit.):
1. Extended personal physical or emotional illness as verified by a physician or nurse practitioner licensed in the state
2. Extended hospital stay as verified by a physician or dentist
3. Extended recuperation from an accident as verified by a physician, dentist, or nurse practitioner licensed in the state
4. Extended contagious disease within a family as verified by a physician or dentist licensed in the state
5. Observance of special, recognized holidays of the student's own faith
6. Visitation with a parent who is a member of the United States Armed Forces or the National Guard when that parent has been called to duty for or is on leave from overseas deployment to a combat zone or combat support posting. Excused absences in this situation shall not exceed five school days per school year.
7. Absences verified by the school principal or designee as follows: 1) prior school system-approved travel for education; 2) death in the immediate family (not to exceed one week); or 3) natural catastrophe or disaster
8. Minors engaged in artistic or creative services.
1. Non-exempted excused absences: absences incurred due to personal illness or serious illness in the family (documented by acceptable excuses, including parent notes) which are not considered for purposes of truancy, but are considered when determining whether or not a student is eligible to make up work and tests, receive credit for work completed, and receive credit for a course and/or school year completed.
2. Exempted excused absences: absences which are not considered for purposes of truancy and which are not considered when determining whether a student is eligible to make up work and tests, receive credit for work completed, and receive credit for a course and/or school year completed.
3. Unexcused absence: any absence not meeting the requirements set forth in the excused absence and extenuating circumstances, including but not limited to absences due to any job unless it is part of an approved instructional program. Students will be given failing grades for those days missed and will not be given an opportunity to make up work.4. Suspension: a non-exempted absence in which a student is allowed to make up his work and is eligible for consideration for credit provided it is completed satisfactorily and in a timely manner. The absence is considered when determining whether a student may or may not be promoted, but is not considered for purposes of truancy. Students absent from school as a result of any suspension will be counted absent.
Above information is from the 2016-2017 TPSS Student and Parent Handbook.


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The Museum of Boulder is located in downtown Boulder at 2205 Broadway – on the corner of Broadway and Pine Street.
Monday 9:00am-5:00pm
Tuesday CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
Wednesday 9:00am-5:00pm
Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm
Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm
Museum of Boulder exhibitions are closed on July 4th, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
The Museum of Boulder is closed to the public every Tuesday.
Adults – $10.00
Seniors – $8.00
College Students – $8.00
Youth (2-17) – $8.00
Under 2 – Free
Museum of Boulder Members – Free


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For those who've lapped up the Crazy Amy series and are hungry for more – have you read my debut novel Never Say Sorry yet? It's a pacy thriller in which a feisty journalist and flaky financier take on Big Pharma crooks to expose a cancer cure conspiracy. As one reader said " it has more twists and turns than a corkscrew". It's free on Amazon right now and I'm sure you'll enjoy it. But don't hang around, the offer must end at 6.30pm EDT (11.30pm BST) tonight.
Here's the link to download http://myBook.to/Never-Say-Sorry and hope you enjoy it!


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"People do not lack strength; they lack will"
-- Victor Hugo
You always hear what people say, "you can do it." Because you must have to. Plenty of sportsman display these attitude as well as in the movies.
The original Karate Kid I, II, and III and amputated athletes who still competes are the best examples of making impossible possible. There is also the movie 46 Hours about an adventurous mountain climber who got caught between bid boulders of stones but his will kept him alive. He stayed in the pit for 46 hours waiting for someone to rescue him until he decided to amputate his arms inorder for him to be released from the stones.


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9 March 2013, 2.50pm AEST
Androids in Amazonia: recording an endangered language
Steven Bird
Associate Professor in Computer Science at University of Melbourne
Steven Bird receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the US National Science Foundation.
The University of Melbourne
Provides funding as a Founding Partner of The Conversation.
Augustine, one of the few remaining speakers of Tembé, recording a story using an Android phone. Steven Bird
The village of Akazu'yw lies in the rainforest, a day's drive from the state capital of Belém, deep in the Brazilian Amazon.
Last week I went to Akazu'yw, carrying a dozen Android phones with a specialised app for recording speech. My students and I had developed the software in Melbourne. How effectively would it work in Amazonia?
The plan was to record and translate the stories of the surviving speakers of Tembé, a critically endangered language of the Amazon, with just 150 speakers left. Continue reading


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Dr. Thomas D. Pappert Center for Performance & Innovation
Take a 360 virtual tour of the Dr. Thomas D. Pappert Center for Performance and Innovation - Click here!
The Dr. Thomas D. Pappert Center for Performance and Innovation provides our students and faculty with a technologically sophisticated and acoustically superb space.
Designed and built for the optimal sound experience, the Pappert Center incorporates visionary thinking in acoustic engineering and is equipped with the latest audio/visual and recording technology. This resource will inspire our students and faculty to achieve the highest levels of creativity and artistry in their musical ventures.
Presentations and performances can be captured digitally, in both high definition video and audio. These captures can be used for finishing a DVD or CD, or for packaging streaming broadcasts for television, radio or the internet.
Instead of a raised stage that limits open space, roughly one-third of the Pappert Center's floor is finished in hardwood, a "stage" that can expand or recede as needed. Theatrical lighting, a variety of seating arrangements and a high-tech audiovisual system, including a 16-foot video projection screen and surround-sound audio, complete the transformation from a rehearsal space to a performance venue that can seat over 150 people.
Overall, this facility is a major accomplishment. It will enhance the experience of those studying state-of-the-art techniques in digital audio, video production and broadcast media.
In addition to its versatility as a performance and recording venue, the Pappert Center also serves as a rehearsal space for several of our large ensembles and can also be adapted to serve as a classroom/lecture space for classes and clinics with larger numbers of students.


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Twitter: addictive for some, egotistical yuppie nonsense for others.. and now research to prove it!
According to new research, 10 percent of users are making a massive 90 percent of tweets. Harvard looked at 300,000 users and found that 40 percent of users stopped making posts after their first day. With sites like @bbcnews or @guardiantech you can use Twitter as a 140 character e-reader to get your daily dose of news.
Not just this though, with research finding that not everyone's engaging in the phenomenon; two-thirds of people follow fewer than ten people and 25 per cent of people don't follow anyone. They also found that twitter users are more likely to follow men and not women, unlike other social networking sites.
According to this technical diagram courtesy of Despair.com, Twitter is the sole social networking site to attract Narcissisistic, Stalking, and ADHD personas.
So for big names such as @Wossy (and a personal favourite @CharltonBrooker) it might be a great way to tell us about socks, the weather and hot pants. Meanwhile for the majority, we either stop tweeting or get addicted. It does seem that once you're hooked through, the somewhat irrelevant nonsense of your day becomes important news.
Now, off to a certain website to tell you all about this lovely blog post I've just written...
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- Reduced angle for improved ergonomics
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- Each grip includes both an extended modular insert to close the gap between the trigger guard and pistol grip, and a smooth modular insert for use with some rifles with larger built in trigger guards. (user can decide which one to install)
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The high point of our short stay in Garda, Italy, along the beautiful lake of the same name, was a surprising dinner at the Trattoria al Graspo. It was almost full and we got the last table on the sidewalk. The other clients were mostly locals, talking and eating and generally having a good time.
Always eat where it's busy, is a rule for safe dining in a strange place, so we sat down and a nice young man asked us if we wanted white or red, warned us that there was no menu and only fish and when we didn't get up to go, they started bringing the plates. One after another until the chef got tired. Let me see if I can remember what was in all these lovely fishy dishes.
Squid with tomatoes and yellow bell peppers – it was dressed with a bit of oil, lemon juice and herbs
Octopus Salsa and Sardines with sweet carmelized onions with grapes
Main courses:
Carpaccio Seabass with raddicio
Tempura with shrimp, calamari, sardines served with lemon
Sea bass with rice and fennel
Mussels in white wine
Anchovies with potato / anchovies filet in lemon juice and shrimp in cocktail sauce
Scallops, cooked shrimp, snail, and raw shrimp on lettuce with a pesto dressing
Pasta with squid and mussels
Polenta with whitefish cream and curried tuna or maybe it was makrell
I actually sighed when they came with this last dish because we were getting really full and had sat there for a couple of hours now. Definitely enjoying our visit, but ready to hit the sack after a long day of driving over the Brenner Pass. The waiter smiled and said "Last one", I guess he was also a little tired of running back and forth to the kitchen.
Cherries, chocolate cake and cookies with double espresso and lemon crème
It was a perfect meal with just a little of everything. As you can see they didn't have a set of matched anything. Our glasses, the plates were mix and match from modern to grandmas cupboard to military aluminum. It worked.
I actually didn't even notice until I looked at the pictures, that it was such a hodge podge.
The chef Luca strikes me as the kind of person you would definitely want to know if you were living in Garda. He came out several times to see if everyone was enjoying themselves. When we left he gave us a bottle of wine with his own lovely picture on it and wished us a nice trip.
I can't even remember how much we paid for the meal, which makes me think that it was so reasonably priced that it didn't call for archiving. Luca's place is located at the top of the walking street in Garda at the round-a-bout which makes for some interesting people watching while you are eating.


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The night after I wrote a post from the sanctuary of my bedroom called 'My First Kiss (One Year On) + Feeling Lonely, I wrote the text which follows:
Yesterday, whilst avoiding the local club and seeking refuge in my room, the thought of whether or not anyone noticed my lacking presence on the dance floor swept through my mind. It was a quick, passing thought but it was there.
Today I found my answer. I ended up at a part of my university that I usually wouldn't have been. I ran out of class and went to a random bathroom a floor below from where I had had my previous lecture which is very unlike me. I took my time and even called my gran for a catch up.
Whilst descending the stairs on the way out of the building, and still on the phone, a face from the step below me looked up. I had seen those eyes before. I quickly told my gran that I'd call her back and hung up. It was Henry, The First Person I Ever Met In Real Life From Tinder. We'd spoken a few times over text and in person since I first met him half-way through last year but nothing other than 3am failed requests for sex has come out of it.
He was ahead of me on the stairs at our university but stopped at the bottom of the next floor and waited for me. He'd hate me writing this, but he didn't look suave and done-up like I'd always seen him on nights out. He looked like he'd gone out the night before and had a few drinks which made sense considering that it was the biggest sports night of the month where all the sports teams head out for a wild night on the town.
"Did you go out last night?" I asked although I didn't really need to. His hungover look told me all I needed to know. "Yeah, it was the first time that I'd gone out in a long time," he responded, lacking his usual cheeky smile.
Out of fear of inflating his already rather large ego, I didn't tell him that I knew he'd become somewhat of a recluse from the social scene. I'd looked out for him on nights out but was always disappointed to see that he wasn't there.
"I wasn't out last night, " I told him. Unexpectedly, he responded "I know".
I think I probably stopped dead in my tracks at this point. Half way between two steps. Someone had answered the very question that had swept through my mind yesterday. Someone had noticed my absence.
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Indies Stand Up To Majors
With more than 30 panels covering topics from booking to international music publishing, Seminar sponsors Tom Silverman, Mark Josephson and Joel Webber claimed a paid attendance of 3,800, although traffic at the meet would suggest the figure was actually lower. Whatever the final tally, the Aug. 5–8 convention at the Hilton Hotel here managed to draw a broad cross-section of participants from virtually every segment of the world-wide music industry.
Starting the agenda off on a volatile note, co-sponsor Josephson used his opening address to call for a breaking down of what he termed "the invidious and racist distinctions" fostered by the industry at large and the major labels in particular.
While Josephson's remarks did not go unanswered —
Josephson's call for change was echoed by keynote speaker Trevor Horn, head of ZTT Records. Suggesting that record companies should be "as liberated as the music they package and market," he urged listeners to fight against the "dry, humorless mass that is the rock industry today."
Terming the need for labels to be as creative as their artists "a dare," Horn added that while the industry is "really corrupt, I can't help getting really excited about its potential. Let's not talk about the future of the music business," he concluded. "Let's talk about the future of the music."
That said, Horn's address was followed by a label presidents' panel which spoke exclusively to the concerns of business without touching music. Reacting to market changes and overcoming resistance to new acts were the chief topics for the panel, with label chiefs citing specific examples of bands that required unique promotion and marketing plans in order to break.
The willingness of a label to make a longterm commitment to an act figured heavily in each case, with IRS Records president Jay Boberg describing a "team building" effort for R.E.M. that focuses on "eventually forcing top 40 to answer the ground-swell." Similarly, Warner Bros. Records president Lenny Waronker said that while Echo & the Bunnymen have yet to make their commercial mark, the label "feels they have the possibility of selling a lot of records." Singling out a lack of AOR acceptance for the band, Waronker said breaking the group is "about educating the marketplace."
The theme of standing by an act was picked up again during the Seminar's a&r panel. "Our policy is to sign artists we can make a longterm commitment to," said Capitol Records' Bruce Garfield. "We want artists that can sell seven- and 12-inch records as well as albums." However, Garfield noted, his label wants to "leave the lion's share of the 12-inch market to the indies," a remark gratefully acknowledged by co-panelist Cory Robbins of Profile Records.
In contrast to the issues faced by American a&r staffers, panelist Simon Potts of Arista Records U.K. said his home market is "much more versatile" because a first-time act can "get to the top of the charts in two or three months." However, he cautioned U.S. labels not to look to developigg British acts as a panacea.
"Don't look to the U.K. for answers to all of the U.S.'s problems," said Potts. "Flooding us with your money will kill the U.K. market, because then the pressure of a quick return is on."
Understanding the characteristics of each overseas market also emerged as the bottom line in the international marketing panel. Moderator Ron Buckle of Britain's Mute/
An artists panel drawn from several segments of the pop and street markets proved a grab-bag of opinions and topics as diverse as its participants.
On the issue of artist responsibility and ticket pricing, James Brown said that if he tours with Afrika Bambaataa, "tickets would be 99 cents for kids."
The issue of relationships between white label owners and black artists was addressed by Bambaataa, who termed the practice "okay because it's helping otherwise unemployed kids and promoting understanding of other cultures," but added, "Don't misuse the young kids."
Panelists generally agreed that artists should take a stand on politics, with Joe Ely going so far as to say, "It's perverse if we don't." Popular causes eliciting sympathy from the performers included voter registration drives, the anti-nuke movement and environment issues.
But the artists best demonstrated why they're perfomers and not speakers when George Clinton and James Brown ended the panel by answering each other's challenges to perform splits for the panel audience.


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Facebook won't design handsets
Facebook sees a promising future in mobile phones but the online social networking star is not building its own handset, the founder said in a TechCrunch interview posted online overnight.
"Our goal is to have Facebook be everywhere and everything be social rather than a specific device," founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was quoted as saying.
"We're not trying to compete with Apple or the Droid (mobile phone from Motorola) or any other hardware manufacturer for that matter."
Facebook arranged for the interview to dispel speculation that the Palo Alto, California, company was working on a mobile phone.
Zuckerberg told TechCrunch that rumours may have resulted from mistaken interpretation of Facebook's efforts to infuse its services and features in the gamut of mobile devices.
"Our goal is to make it so that we can design the best integrations in the widest variety of phones," Zuckerberg said, stressing that Facebook was not building a mobile operating system or hardware "from scratch."
Software can make mobile phones more personalised and social by letting people sign in the way they do to customised homepages at Google, Yahoo! or elsewhere on the internet, according to Zuckerberg.
"Just make it so that you log into your phone once, and then everything that you do on your phone is social," he said.
"I guess maybe Google or Microsoft could log you into the browser, but we can't because we don't build a browser," Zuckerberg continued. "But, that is the basic strategy."
Facebook is trying to be the platform for a "social layer" in all internet-linked devices, according to the founder.
Facebook is investing heavily in weaving its software into iPhones since the Apple smartphones have a commanding presence in the market and has been increasing focus on handsets powered by Google-backed Android software.
"If Windows Phone 7 takes off, I'm sure we'll put resources into that," Zuckerberg said.
Microsoft's latest-generation mobile software platform is to be released next month.
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Transcription Pages 37 Girl and Cat (can be applied to both paintings)
Continuing with my transcription of Paula Rego's 'Snow White and her Stepmother'. Page 37 shows that the image is mostly made from oblongs and triangles.
Page 37 references the t Bathus (b.Paris 1912) 'Girl and Cat' painting. This shows an adolescent girl sitting with her cat, with her feet up, in a gloomy room. It is a bit of a disturbing image as we are not sure if we are looking at an innocent girl or a sophisticated young woman. This is the sort of ambiguity that Rego likes to exploit.
In Rego's picture, the lightest piece of the painting is Snow Whites knickers. The socks are also white, but they are grubby. The light source in this painting is also directed at Snow Whites thighs (as in the Bathus image).
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For a student to be eligible to come to Ballarat Specialist School they need to have a diagnosed Intellectual Disability. This does not preclude other diagnosis such as Autism Spectrum, but they have to be assessed as having a full scale IQ of below 70. Students also need to be able to show a prior history of needing ongoing curriculum support. Students must be between the ages of 5 & 18 to attend Ballarat Specialist School. Our Early learning centre caters for students aged 3-5 and has a different enrolment criterion.
Ballarat Specialist School students have the opportunity to be transported to and from school via department funded school bus.There are currently limited vacancies on these buses please check during the enrolment process to see if a seat is available. Uniforms are not compulsory at Ballarat Specialist School. However we encourage students to wear the school uniform, the uniforms can be purchased from the front office.
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text: The 9th Annual EAS Conference 'East meets West' was successfully held from the 13th – 15th September in Riga hosted by University of Latvia. The programme below contains presentations from several of the attendees, including Bart Ooijen from the European Commission and Tibor Kosla, President of the EAS network. (more…)


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Dancing Without A Floor – "Sooner Or Later A Crash Is Coming… And It May Be Terrific"
Excerpted from John Hussman's Weekly Market Comment,
There's really no point in trying to convert anyone to our viewpoint. Somebody will have to hold stocks over the completion of the present cycle, and encouraging one investor to reduce risk simply means that someone else will have to bear it instead.
But for those who understand the narrative of the recent half-cycle, where our challenges have been, and how we've addressed them, I do encourage reviewing all risk exposures from the standpoint of the losses that have repeatedly occurred over the completion of market cycles that have reached valuations anywhere near current levels (1929, 1972, 1987, 2000, and 2007). The point is not to discourage stock holdings entirely, but rather to ensure that exposure is not so large that a steep market loss would be intolerable. It's important to recognize that the market is not only at a point where unusually rich valuations are already in place, but also where market internals and our measures of trend uniformity have clearly deteriorated. This is the most hostile set of market conditions we identify, and it closely overlaps periods in which the stock market has been vulnerable to abrupt air-pockets, free-falls, and crashes.
As I did in 2000 and 2007, I feel obligated to state an expectation that only seems like a bizarre assertion because the financial memory is just as short as the popular understanding of valuation is superficial: I view the stock market as likely to lose more than half of its value from its recent high to its ultimate low in this market cycle.
At present, however, market conditions couple valuations that are more than double pre-bubble norms (on historically reliable measures) with clear deterioration in market internals and our measures of trend uniformity. None of these factors provide support for the market here. In my view, speculators are dancing without a floor.
A final note: There is a danger in ignoring the concerns of value-conscious investors as a bubble proceeds. The danger is that the longer these concerns are "proven wrong" by further advances, the more severely they are likely to be proven correct by an even deeper loss over the completion of the cycle. Roger Babson offers a useful lesson in that regard. Babson, whose first rule of investing was to "keep speculation and investments separate," is known not only for founding Babson College in Massachusetts, but also for a speech at the National Business Conference on September 5, 1929, at the peak of the market, saying "sooner or later a crash is coming, and it may be terrific."
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Just wonering how you are finding the forum's responsiveness at the new server. Lightning-fast? Zippy? Fast enough? Barely fast enough? Dog-slow?
If you are having trouble loading pages, or slow-loading, i'd like to know when, where you are, and if it's an isolated incident.
Even better would be to upload/attach a traceroute, so we can see exactly what's happening. (Sometimes slowdowns can be caused by your local ISP.)
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Most of the time I would rate it as zippy.
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Thanks, bro. Zippy is good. I've been shooting off sppt tiks any time I think responsiveness is not up to snuff. Have had quite a few conversations with WT sppt on the subject. Any issues I observe are always short-lived, so by the time I can send any traces, the issue has usually passed.
For $10/month with Lunarpages, you kinda expect so-so responsiveness, but for $50/month with WiredTree, I expect more.
They told me page-loading times are a better indicator than traceroutes. It's just than, if my ISP is overloaded, a slow page load might be due to my ISP and not my webhosting provider, or their network, or my particular server.
Rarely does my server see much load.
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Yeah, as we've discussed, traceroutes have their own disadvantages. Page load probably IS a better indicator of the performance of a web server. What you need is a way to compare page load times locally on the server and page load times at different network locations.
Page load times on the server can be logged by running a command like "time curl
; 'time' tells the system to measure how much time the next command takes. 'curl' is a tool to load a remote resources such as a web page (although it can also load other things.) You could have that command run automatically every 30 minutes or so and log the results to a text file. Then all you have to do is look at the text file any time someone reports slowness and you can see if the local page loading time was also affected.
If local page loading time is slow, check resources on the server like load, cpu, and memory to find out what happened. If local page loading time wasn't slow when your remote user reports slowness, the problem is either their computer or the network between, which is where a traceroute MIGHT show you something useful (although, again, you have to take traceroute results with a grain of salt due to the limitations of ICMP.)
Another good thing for a user to do to collect valuable information when they see slowness is to compare page loading time of your site with the page loading time of several other sites - preferable one or two also hosted by WT and one or two not. Yahoo provides good metrics because they are consistent. Google isn't a perfect comparison because they purposely oversimplify their page to decrease page loading time.
With all that said, its been several weeks at least since I've noticed any slowness.
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MILAN (AP) — The Italian chocolate company Ferrero International SA reportedly is not interested in bidding for British candy maker Cadbury PLC, which is the target of a hostile bid by Kraft Foods Inc.
The business daily il Sole 24 Ore reported Wednesday that Ferrero, the maker of Nutella chocolate spread and Tic Tacs, decided after two days of talks with Hershey Co. not to launch a joint counteroffer. It cited unidentified sources close to the family-run Italian chocolate maker. Ferrero had no comment.
Ferrero had said in November that it was considering a possible offer with The Hershey Co. The status of Hershey's interest was unclear.
Shares in Cadbury were barely changed at 778 pence in London.
Kraft has until Feb. 2 to win support from a majority of shareholders for its bid.


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IPS officer Vinay Tiwari heading a police team from Patna probing case related to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death has been "forcibly quarantined" by the municipal authorities in Mumbai, Bihar Director-General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey said.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday said that he has tested negative for Covid-19 and will now be quarantining at home. The 77-year-old actor, who was admitted to Nanavati hospital along with son Abhishek after testing positive for Covid-19 on July 11, expressed his gratitude to well-wishers for their continued support and prayers.
The state government will act only if Sushant Singh Rajput's father demands a CBI probe into his son's suicide case, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar told a TV news channel on Saturday. This came even as Bihar deputy CM Sushil Modi said the Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra was under pressure from the "Congress-funded Bollywood mafia".
The Bihar police on Saturday said actress Rhea Chakraborty was "under watch" in the abetment to suicide case of Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput. A four-member police team from Bihar is in Mumbai since Wednesday to probe the FIR registered in Patna against Rhea Chakraborty and six others including her family members based on the complaint filed by Rajput's father.
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Samsung is in the news again with a new report now claiming that the South Korean device maker is allegedly working on tablets with 12.2-inch and 10-inch displays.
Twitter user @evleaks has revealed the specifications of Samsung SM-P900 and P600 which he claims are the model numbers of tablets featuring a 12.2-inch and 10-inch display, respectively. The tweet by @evleaks said, "Samsung SM-P900: 12.2-inch, Exynos 5 octa, 2560×1600, S-pen; P600: 10-inch, Snapdragon 800, also 2560×1600."
The tweet clearly mentions that the alleged 12.2-inch and 10-inch tablets will boast of a resolution of 2560×1600 pixels and would be powered by Exynos Octa 5 and Snapdragon 800 processor, respectively. The SM-P900 will supposedly support S-Pen, as per @evleaks.
Another technology site, RB Men has also published specifications of the alleged 12.2-inch model variant of the Samsung tablet dubbed as SM-P900. The site suggests that the SM-P900 tablet will run Android 4.2.
We had earlier reported about Samsung developing a 12.2-inch tablet of its own. The report claimed that the displays will be made by Sharp and will be based on IGZO (Indum-Gallium Zinc Oxide) technology. They'll sport a resolution of 2560×1600 pixels and will come with an S Pen stylus, which is usually bundled with devices under the Galaxy Note series. Samsung is likely to launch the tablet in the third quarter of 2013. It's worth mentioning that Apple is also said to be testing a large screen iPadmeasuring slightly less than 13-inches diagonally as per rumours.
Samsung has been launching tablets and phablets in various display sizes, one can fathom so it doesn't really come as a surprise but the tablets appear to be targeted at power users judging by their specifications. The South Korean device maker's list of screen sizes includes devices across 6.3-inch, 7-inch, 8-inch and 10.1-inch screens. The alleged SM-P900 will be the biggest device from the stable of Samsung in terms of screen size. However, there's no official word from the company about the two devices.
Meanwhile, Samsung's next generation Galaxy Note phablet, the Galaxy Note III has also been in the news for quite some time though there's no official word from the company, yet. The latest rumour claims that the alleged Galaxy Note III will feature a 5.7-inch display, 3GB of RAM and the latest Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OS.