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I have recently returned from attending the RC Laser Champion of Nations 2018. The event was without doubt the most memorable sailing event I have attended in 50 years of sailing. The event was hosted by the Paradise Radio Yacht Club on Emerald Lake, Carrara. With a name like that it had a lot to live up to. In hind sight it probably was as close to paradise as you could find for racing the RC Laser.
Emerald lake is a manmade lake next to the Nerang river, some 4 miles from the Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara. The lake has a series of islands with beautiful modern Australian homes. My stay in Carrara included a 9 day stay in one of these houses. Starting the day to a breakfast of local fruit and produce sat on the veranda overlooking the lake was the perfect beginning to the day!
The lake has a curved aspect from North, anticlockwise all the way round to East giving plenty of scope for good start lines. The predominant winds are either hot from the NNE or warm from the SSE. Occasionally the wind comes from the mountains in the West and are very shifty and strong.
Monday started with measurement and inspection of all boats followed by an afternoon of practice races to get people up to speed with the venue. Measurement was a very cursory exercise. All of my sails were spread out on the table together with my boat on its stand. The examiner took 5-10 seconds looking at the collection to then say "Yes, looks like an RC Laser".
With temperatures in the low 30s C, a hat and plenty of sunblock we proceeded to lots of short one lap races. The wind was steady all afternoon from the NNE at about 10-12mph. B rig weather for all with an occasional C rig appearing. About 40 boats were racing so they were split into 2 fleets of 20 each taking it in turn to race. This was all good fun and included lots of friendly banter. After a slow start to the afternoon I finished with a 2nd and 2 x 3rd places.
Tuesday started with a prerace briefing. The course was going to be a simple windward leeward one with a spreader mark at the windward end after a port hand rounding and a choice of 2 marks at the leeward end. 2 laps to be sailed with the finish line to be the start line. One feature of racing that was new to the European sailors was that there was no touching of marks. So if rounding a mark any part of the boat touched, then a 360 degree turn was required. It would also be several umpires watching the racing to adjudicate on whether there was boat on boat contact or boat on mark contact. If 2 boats sail numbers were called out as having touched then one would have to complete a penalty turn. If neither boat completed a turn then both boats would be scored maximum points unless a protest was lodged. The umpires would not be judging for fault during contact however they could be called upon if a protest was lodged.
56 boats were entered and split into 4 fleets for the seeding races. These were selected to try and give an even spread of talent between each fleet. The aim was each fleet would race once. The result would count as the first race in the championship. After these seeding races were complete the first 3 boats in each fleet went into the A fleet. Finishers 4-6 into the B fleet, 7-9 the C fleet and the remainder the D fleet.
The day started with the wind a very light SSE breeze but by the time of the first seeding race the wind was up 10-12mph with B rigs set. The wind continued to build so that by the time of the last seeding race all boats were setting C rigs. The first three seeding races had seen the boats spread all over the lake as the first boat finished. I found my self in the final seeding race that saw much closer racing than the other races. All boats finished within 40 seconds of the first. Sadly this saw me finish 10th and into the D fleet!
The start of the heat races saw 5 boats being promoted to the next tier and 4 boats relegated from the A, B and C fleet. This was only for the first race to bring the core number of boats in the A, B and C fleet to 13. For all subsequent races there were 4 boats promoted and 4 boats relegated. This meant that all of the A, B and C fleet races were sailed with 17 boats.
The racing was straight away dominated by the Australians with the young guns Scott Fleming and Scott Mitchell together with Peter Burford and Malcolm Kampe. The first day of racing saw the completion of the seeding races together with 3 complete sets of heat races. Leading at the end of day 1 was Scott Mitchell of South Australia.
Racing on day 2 was very similar to day one with the same course and wind direction. However in the afternoon the wind increased so that some D rigs started to appear. On the water Scott Fleming from Victoria had a dominant day with 3 firsts and a second from the 4 races completed. After 2 days sailing this gave him a big lead over the chasing pack.
The briefing on day 3 brought a reminder from the PRO that if 2 boats were judged by an umpire as having touched, one has to complete a penalty turn or a boat lodge a protest to avoid both being given maximum points. Following this reminder we saw the only formal protest lodged after the conclusion of the first B fleet race of the day. This was between "yours truly" the troublesome brit and Jurgen Luther of South Australia. As Jurgen had finished 2nd and I had finished 5th the protest had to be heard immediately before the A fleet race.
Interestingly at the protest both Jurgen and I gave identical details of the sequence of events on the water. This still led to a 20min delay for a decision to be reached. The result was Jurgen was relegated to last place and I went up a place to 4th putting me into the A fleet.
The third day of racing also saw the strongest winds so far in the afternoon with winds of 20mph and gusts of much more. This resulted in D rigs all round with just a couple of brave souls with C rigs! Interestingly winds of these strengths and 25 – 30 degrees do not feel as strong as D rig racing in winter at West Lancs!!
The next day was a lay day so sailing continued on Saturday with the final day of racing. As this was Armistice Day and this was to be remembered at 11:00am, sailing started 1 hour earlier at 09:00am. The aim was to compete 4 races so that the results would have 3 discards. As to be expected the winds started at light 5 10mph from the SSE. All fleets were split between A and B rigs but most of the leading boats sailed with B rigs. As with the previous days by lunch time the sails used were mainly C with a small number of B sails. Also by lunch time the overall winner was confirmed as Scott Fleming. His lead was unassailable with 2 races still left to go.
Although Scott had a big lead over Scott Mitchell in 2nd place the racing throughout the fleet was incredibly close. This can be seen from the results with 8 different winners of the 16 heat races. Also only the 2 Scott's remained entirely in the A fleet with all the other competitors spending at least one race in a lower group.
It was interesting to see how different sailors set about sailing their RC Laser. Scott Fleming sailed with a very notable slack leach but was always quick. His setup appeared to give him an edge when tacking in confined space. In contrast Malcolm Kampe has his leach quite tight and his boom well inside his gunwale. When the water was not to rough he was very fast to windward and could outpoint everyone.
Of the European sailors Ulf Neumann of Sweden finished highest in 5th. He was always near the front and very vocal from the shore! His fellow Swede Gunnar Moller finished 14th. He was much more like the rest of us with results from 6th to 38th. Taco Faber from the Netherlands had said he was not used to the strong winds of day 2 and 3. On the final day with the lighter winds he finished with a 1st and a 2nd. This brought his overall score to 18th. In contrast to Taco I loved the breezes of day 2 and 3 which saw me sailing in the A fleet for most of this time. However my results took a dip on the last day and saw me swap places with Taco finishing 20th.
Paradise Radio Yacht Club have to be commended for organising a fantastic championship. The courses were fair to the sailors and expertly changed when the weather forced a change at short notice. It was sailed in wonderful friendly atmosphere with very few signs of dissent. Valenciennes in 2019 for the C of N will have a hard act to follow.


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Parents too are not sure which are the most efficient and appropriate ways to instill discipline in their kids. Keeping kids busy during their school holidays, either by subscribing to online classes such as rincondelvago.com or participating in other events, ensures that they have less idle time on their hands. These help students maintain an acceptable level of discipline even when not in school.
A good number of kids miss school on a daily basis without official permission. According to a study, bad behavior is the leading cause of interruptions at one out of twelve schools. In addition to that, four out of five teens said that some of their peers habitually tried to interrupt studies.
The government, in conjunction with the ministry of education and other relevant authorities, work towards a common goal – raising the standards of education. However, this may prove futile if students miss school and exhibit bad behavior when present. For proper learning at schools, appropriate response and attendance are prerequisites.
Addressing lousy behavior in the classroom in a timely manner, not only helps the teacher teach better but also improves the students' performance. Education is not only about imparting knowledge and skills, but also instilling good ethics in kids. Courtesy, respect, and kindness, for example, are some of the crucial values for founding a civilized community or society.
Let us now discuss the elephant in the room – discipline reforms within schools.
The number of students being expelled or suspended in public school has dropped significantly over the past years. The majority of people who had called for the need of reforms opposed the use of exclusionary discipline.
Stakeholders within the education sector have requested for schools to embrace other forms of discipline; for methods that will keep students in school and preventing them from missing valuable lesson time. They went further ahead to state that school authorities dished out expulsions and suspensions in an unfair manner.
Government agencies, and leaders alike, have backed up the calls for changes in school discipline. Their primary drive is to shift away from exclusionary punishment to alternative forms of correction. Policymakers have spearheaded efforts for revision of education laws, encouraging schools to curb the use of exclusionary punishment and resort to nonpunitive ways of discipline.
The nonpunitive forms of discipline being encouraged include guidance and counseling, both for kids at risk and those who are not. Most schools had adopted this new code of conduct by April 2014.
Across the world, disciplinary forms and policies are shifting from the punitive and exclusionary modes of punishment to alternative ways. Even though the disparities between the effect of suspension and other non-exclusionary forms of punishment are minimal, there is still a dire need for in-depth research on the impact of school discipline reforms and its efficiency.
Further and more rigorous research aimed at the above aspects is required. This should target a better understanding on the repercussions of discipline policy reforms, how they change school climate, understanding interactions among students and teachers, and the academic performance of all kids.

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» More elements from hula's past
A CRISIS almost occurred in the professional hula industry in 1945, when the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Wage Analysis, attempted to establish wage standards for professional hula dancers.
"Class A, Female" dancers were described as "usually a young, but inexperienced worker, (who) through the medium of hula, attempts to portray and interpret portions of the early history of the Hawaiian people. The worker performs barefooted and usually scantily attired. The most common apparel being the ti leaf dress or sarong encircling the shapely trunk with bare skin between top of garb and a band of 6 or more inches wide, which sometimes restricts short migrations of the voluptuous pulchritudinous projections appended to the upper forward side of the worker."
The description goes on to say how the feet are usually placed, how the body turns and how emphasis is placed on hand movements and "whirls" of the hips.
The "Class B, Female" dancer is described as "fully trained, experienced and possessed with intense desire, but due to the accumulated torso bulges, stiffened joints and many Hawaiian moons, the spread has greatly moderated. The worker uses less of the foot-work, knee-bend and rotary movements of the hips, but instead, considerable emphasis is directed on the straight forward and backward pull and push motion which is interspersed with the 'Cuban Grind.' The hands are used, but appear to have forgotten much of the history. Usually fully clothed."
Seering said the plan started as an inter-office joke and somehow appeared in the newspapers. He went on to say that "any Hawaiian knows grading hula girls is impossible -- even though we are seriously advocating a strict scientific job of evaluation."


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'Uda Aida' Title Track will attach you to your roots with perfect blend of entertainment
The song released under the Vehli Janta Records label
Punjabi film industry is flying high with directors ready to experiment with stories and actors looking forward to the roles that challenge them. Viewers are welcoming such films with open arms and enjoy the freshness they offer. The anticipation begins right from the release of the trailer of the film added by the songs that keep the hype alive. One such film is 'Uda Aida'. The trailer of the movie is already winning hearts and now the title track of the song has released taking the excitement to another level.
'Uda Aida' Title Track is sung by Tarsem Jassar who will also be seen as the protagonist of the film. The lyrics of the song are penned down by Tarsem Jassar himself and it is composed by R Guru. The song has released under the Vehli Janta Records label. Uda Aida stars Jassar alongside ace actress Neeru Bajwa.
The film is directed by Ksshitij Chaudhary and the story is written by Naresh Kathooria. The screenplay is written by Naresh Kathooria and Surmeet Maavi. It is being produced jointly by Rrupali Gupta and Deepak Gupta under Friday Rrush Motion Pictures banner and Ksshitij Chaudhary Films and Naresh Kathooria Films.
Singer of the title track Tarsem Jassar said, "We must keep pace with the changing times. That is the only way to stay relevant. However, that does not mean we must forget our roots and culture. Uda Aida is a film that will take a jibe on our generation's craze to send our kids to expensive schools because we consider that this will ensure a successful future for them. The title track resonates this idea. The song is catchy and I am sure it will be loved by the listeners."
Manpreet Johal, the CEO of Vehli Janta Records said, "Music is an essential part of a film's narrative. The songs of a film should always be according to the mood and meaning of the story. Tarsem Jassar's words and his rustic voice add perfection to the message this film is trying to send across. Vehli Janta Records has always tried to stay close to Punjabiyat and our culture through our songs. We do not believe in promoting the flamboyance that has become synonymous to Punjabis these days but always give out songs that bring out the cultural richness of Punjab. We really hope that people will appreciate our efforts just like they always do."
"Uda Aida has a very relevant message for today's times. The film will show us the mirror and the title track is a sneak-peek into the film's entertaining premise. We hope that we, at Friday Rrush Motion Pictures, will keep on making films that will leave an impact on the society with a pinch of comedy and satire. Because our ultimate aim is to entertain our audience", said Rrupali Gupta and Deepak Gupta, the producers of the film.
Uda Aida title track has released on Vehli Janta Records' official YouTube channel today.e


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It's the end of May and early June. Great days for backroads. Greens begin to mature. All's fresh and lush. And the chilrens are still in school.
It so happens these days lie in the middle of a micro season long called Blackberry Winter. Characterized by tumultuous weather and the proliferation of wild blackberry whose peaking flowers make hills and fields look dusted with snow. Especially so this year soaked by unusually generous rainfall.
I love the showy fence lines and should have stopped a hundred times, but did this once. First admiring from a distance, then moving close. Close enough to hear the sensuous hummm from a chorus of bees slurping with a meadow of smiles. Each indifferent to the wealth of dusted snow flakes with cute crinkly petals.
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The Montessori method of teaching, which is child-led, can seem non-intuitive at first. Parents often ask questions like "Why isn't my preschooler learning to say the alphabet?" or "When will my child start to read?" We invite you to learn more about Dr. Maria Montessori, and how her discoveries and education philosophies have created an educational environment where carefully guided children independently develop a deep love and respect for life-long learning. Research has shown that early Montessori students are often ahead of their peers academically in their teens.
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Jeremiah 20 Common English Bible (CEB)
20 When the priest Pashhur, Immer's son, the officer in charge of the Lord's temple, heard Jeremiah prophesying these words, 2 he beat the prophet and detained him in confinement at the upper Benjamin Gate in the Lord's temple. 3 The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from confinement, Jeremiah said to him, "The Lord has changed your name from Pashhur to Panic Lurks Everywhere. 4 The Lord proclaims: I'm going to strike panic into your heart and into the hearts of your friends. You will watch as they fall in battle to their enemies. I will hand over all Judah to the king of Babylon, who will exile some to Babylon and slaughter others. 5 I will hand over all the wealth of this city, all its goods and valuables, including the treasures of the kings of Judah, to their enemies, who will ransack and pillage and carry it all off to Babylon. 6 And you, Pashhur, and all those in your household, will go into captivity. You will be deported to Babylon where you will die. There you will be buried with all your friends to whom you prophesied falsely."
Total despair
7 Lord, you enticed me, and I was taken in.
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I've always wished I was a better dancer. It's not that I'm uncoordinated–I figure skated for eight years, until I was 16 (though I fell a lot, once cutting myself badly enough with my skate blade to have dozens of stiches), I have a brown belt in Shotokan karate … which I haven't practiced in ten years or so, and I haven't broken anything. Yet.
Oh, except for my ribs, but they may have only been cracked. I had this Chevy Blazer, you see. It was back when carburetors were a thing, and I flooded the engine on a regular basis. I got good at taking the lid off the filter and sticking a screwdriver in the top of the carburetor to hold the choke open while I started the engine. One day, I was coming out of my doctor's office and I flooded the engine. So I climbed out with my trusty screwdriver, opened the hood, and stood, as I usually did, on the front bumper of the truck (it was very high) to do my thing. Got it started okay, but when I went to retrieve the screwdriver, my feet slipped off the bumper and down I went on the hood latch. I basically impaled myself. I managed to get down and rolled around on the ground, screaming, until a nice man helped me up and back into the doctor's office.
I learned a lesson that day. Which was, obviously, be careful not to stand over the hood latch.
So anyway, I can't dance. At least not well. Which has absolutely nothing to do with breaking my ribs, but there you go. That's what Stream of Consciousness Saturday is all about … tangents. Hey, I could have called it Tangent Tuesday instead! Feel free to use that.
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WITH the possibility of moving (hopefully) really soon it's Pinterest time! The best part of moving is the decoration part. New furniture, new accessories, going through all of your stuff and get rid of (or donate) the things you don't use anymore.
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A summer clambake is a festive way to get your friends and family together to celebrate while enjoying fresh, off-the-boat, local seafood. From bisque to beer, here is our guide to serving up a tempting menu in your own backyard.
Set the scene
Arrange a beautiful table for your clambake. Select a summery table cloth, such as red gingham or nautical stripe. Add some large seashells to the table for decoration, and some votive candles or lanterns for ambiance, especially in the evening.
Brighten your table with medium-sized buckets filled with cut sunflowers. Don't forget to place attractive matching bowls around the table to collect seafood shells. And be ready for all of your guests to wash the meal down with a wide array of New England Beer offerings, available in Roche Bros.' Downtown Crossing, Marshfield, Sudbury, Westwood, West Roxbury, and Wellesley stores.
Succulent seafood & more
It's not a clambake without fresh, steamed clams. It's easy to steam up the briny, sweet, soft-shelled Maine steaming clams from our fresh fish partner Foley Fish. Toss them in a pot of salty water, let them soak for about 20 minutes, and then steam. Serve with clam broth for dipping.
Complement the steamers with Maine Mussels steamed in white wine and olive oil with garlic, lemon and crushed red pepper for a kick. Add oysters on the half shell, shrimp skewers and crisp coconut shrimp to your seafood spread.
Fresh and wild-caught Live n' Kickin' Maine Lobsters are a special addition to your seafood celebration. If you don't have time to cook them yourself, we would be happy to steam them in the store at our seafood counter. Our Chef Ready Lobster Tails are ready to cook on the grill, or select our fully cooked lobster claws. Serve with melted Sea Gold garlic butter.
Pair the seafood with some tender meat selections, including grilled beef tenderloin, kielbasa and barbecued chicken.
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For a traditional addition to your menu, serve up Our Kitchen's New England Clam Chowder, Haddock Chowder, Seafood Chowder, Lobster Bisque or Maryland Crab Soup. In our seafood department, try the chowders or bisque from Legal Seafood, or bring home our new Bay Shore Lobster Bisque, locally produced with no preservatives.
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2020 Mercedes-Benz E-Class AMG E 53 4MATIC Cabriolet
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2020 Mercedes-Benz E-Class for sale in Surrey, British Columbia
Premium Package, Intelligent Drive Package, Comfort Package, 20 inch AMG Twin 5-Spoke Aero Wheels, Metal Weave Trim! Mercedes-Benz Surrey is the official dealer of Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart and Sprinter for Surrey and White Rock since 1999. The new 2020 E-class offers some technology never before seen in any other production car. The most advanced E-class ever, the 2020 E-class is about to forever change how people interact with their vehicles. Revolutionary technology lets your E-class gather data from other cars, the internet, and the world around it faster than you can realize you need it. If you need a car that has it all, then you need the E-class. This obsidian black metallic convertible has an automatic transmission and is powered by a 3.0L Straight 6 Cylinder Engine. Our E-Class's trim level is AMG E 53 4MATIC Cabriolet. The most affordable in the E-class AMG offerings, this convertible E 53 is anything but a disappointment. A turbocharged engine with an EQ boost integrated starter/generator, AMG enhanced transmission and 4MATIC all wheel-drive, an AMG exhaust system, an AMG dynamic drive mode selector, 4 wheel independent suspension with AMG ride control, dynamic cornering assistance, and AMG sport brakes give you real street cred and you get some AMG styling to set you apart, too. With luxury to match its performance, this E 53 comes equipped with Leather seats, leather heated steering wheel, heated power front seats with memory, power folding side mirrors, brake hold feature, dual zone automatic climate control, wood grain trim, a sunroof, power folding side mirrors, AMG instrumentation with a racetimer, 64 color ambient LED lighting, and a 12.3 inch infotainment display with navigation, Mercedes Benz Concierge virtual assistance, wireless device charging, Bluetooth streaming and hands free control, Linguatronic voice control, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility, SiriusXM and HD radio, 2 USB ports, steering wheel audio control, and an SD card reader. For safety this awesome sedan comes with Car-to-X communication that allows your car to talk to other E-Class vehicles on the road to assess danger with crowd sourced data, LED lighting, rain sensing wipers, adaptive braking, PRE-SAFE technology that prepares the cabin for impending collisions and emits a sound proven to reduce ear damage, and active assistance for braking, attention, crosswind correction, blind spots, traffic sign recognition, and parking. This vehicle has been upgraded with the following features: Premium Package, Intelligent Drive Package, Comfort Package, 20 Inch Amg Twin 5-spoke Aero Wheels, Metal Weave Trim, Amg Performance Steering Wheel. To apply right now for financing use this link : https://www.mbfs.ca/MBFCWeb/cfc/credit-applicationVehicleDealerInfoPrepare.do?language=en Total cash rebate of $5000 is reflected in the price. Incentives expire 2020-06-30. See dealer for details. Mercedes-Benz Surrey is the official dealer of Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart and Sprinter for Surrey and White Rock since 1999. Our state-of-art facility features a stunning new showroom with a wide selection of new and certified pre-owned Mercedes-Benz, smart vehicles and Sprinter Vans. Our service area includes eight service bays, oversized Sprinter bays and factory-trained technicians. With our knowledge and helpful staff, we are always eager to accommodate your concerns and answer any of your questions.Our dedicated sales staff and top-trained technicians are here to make your auto shopping experience fun, easy and financially advantageous. Please visit our various online resources and allow our excellent network of people to put you in your ideal car or SUV today!ll Come by and check out our fleet of 60+ used cars and trucks and 180+ new cars and trucks for sale in Surrey. o~o
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Dragon eggs are bound to produce actual dragons eventually!
On Sunday's gripping season finale of HBO's "Game of Thrones," fans (who have not read George R.R. Martin's books, which the TV series is based on) were amazed to see the arrival of three young dragons – something series star Emilia Clarke hinted at when Access Hollywood spoke to her back in January.
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"It's this amazing thing she has," she said of her character Daenerys Targaryen's three prized dragon eggs, which she placed in the fiery tomb of her late Dothraki warlord husband, Khal Drogo.
"You can't explain her connection to them. It's this whole other level. The way that she sees them, the way that she has this gut, intuitive feeling about these eggs that she's given," she told Access at the time.
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"She's given the eggs on her wedding day and she knows that they symbolize something really huge," the 23-year-old actress explained. "Now dragons haven't been around for thousands and thousands of years. Just the dragon's eggs themselves are a very special, expensive, lavish gift that she has been given. But she has this thing, that I can't quite explain, but it's an intuitive attachment to these eggs from the get go."
Fans will have to wait until spring 2012 to find out if Daenerys' three young dragons help her ascend to the throne, when HBO's "Game of Thrones" returns for Season 2.
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Grand Rapids Football Club is proud to announce another player signing for the 2016 NPSL season. Please help us welcome Anthony Bowie!
Bowie, a forward from Forest Hills Central HS, will be attending Western Michigan University in the Fall of 2016. Anthony will join up with GRFC once he completes his Spring Club season….
Bowie led his FHC team to a 20-0-3 record and a Division 1 State Title this Fall. He ended his senior season with 42 goals and 26 assists. For his efforts, he was named 2015 Michigan Mr. Soccer as the best High School player in the state. He was also named to the NSCAA High School All-American Team.
Bowie on signing for GRFC: "I am excited to play with GRFC, and to represent the city I have grown up in. Playing with this talented group of individuals gives me a great opportunity to learn and grow as a player. I am looking forward to working with my new teammates, coaching staff and getting to play in front of a fantastic fan base".
"Anthony is a very exciting young player who can go as far in this game as he wants" said GRFC President Matt Roberts. "We are ecstatic that he will be playing with us this summer to gain some experience going into his first college season. He has all the athletic abilities and tactical sense to become a top player in the country and we couldn't be happier to have him with us during our first NPSL season".


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The Father says today that the distractions around you will come to nothing. The enemy has made every effort to distract you and discourage you in the midst of great difficulties. His greatest weapon is intimidation and breathing out threats. Know this – as you align yourself with My purpose in your life there will no harm befall you. As I stood by Paul in the night and certified to him his safety even so I will not allow – I will DISALLOW the lies of the enemy and the threats of the enemy against you. Realize that you are not fighting against people. People are not the enemy. People – in the final consideration are neither the answer nor the problem. Look to Me. Expect My hand to be at work!
I will give you favor with those you need to have favor with. I will turn the axis of your situation until the thing meant for your detriment will turn to your blessing. I will give you water from rock and manna on the ground as I walk you out of this dry and difficult time. Take this as your season of resting. Resting and trusting. Knowing that man does not control your fate. I am the master of the waves that are surging around you and My command is "peace be still". As you still the tempest in your own heart, even so the stormy circumstance will suddenly dissipate and you will not even be able to locate all those troublemakers who were pressing upon you so insistently. It's who I am says the Father – it's what I do – as you lean with your whole understanding upon Me.
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Shorter turnaround no issue for us: Hurn
West Coast will be ready for their high-stakes clash with Essendon at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, despite having to contend with a six-day break, according to defender Shannon Hurn.
The Eagles are in hot form, surging back into finals contention with wins over rival top-eight hopefuls Adelaide and Coll- ingwood in the past fortnight.
But the eighth-placed Bombers will be smarting after losing to Richmond and will welcome back inspirational skipper Jobe Watson (hip) after two months and defender Michael Hibberd from a hamstring injury.
Also, Essendon have an eight-day break.
The Bombers have won three of their past five games against the Eagles and enjoyed a narrow win in Perth last year before West Coast turned the tables in round 20 with a 53-point thrashing at Etihad Stadium.
Veteran defender Xavier Ellis is likely to miss the rest of the season after injuring his right AC joint in the Eagles' 60-point demolition of the Magpies, while star forward Mark LeCras (calf) remains in doubt after being a late withdrawal on Sunday.
Ellis wore a sling at the club's recovery session at City Beach yesterday and LeCras, who tormented the Bombers in 2010 with a 12-goal haul, did not appear.
Hurn said the reason for the Eagles' stark turnaround in form was the "million-dollar question", but had no doubt they could maintain the rage.
"I certainly believe we can," he said. "I think that the way we've been training, the way that we've been playing is really good.
"But you see the really good sides, they do it all the time, when they're under pressure and when things aren't going for them, so that's something we're working towards."
Hurn said handling travel and a short break was just a matter of doing the little things right.
The Eagles are 2-2 off six-day turnarounds this season.
"Most players have pulled up pretty well," Hurn said. "It's about doing your recovery well, with hydration, jumping in the pool, getting your massages. That's not so much a secret, that's just doing the basics really well."
Hurn will play his 150th game on Saturday and said he had never considered a return home to South Australia.
In an indication of his standing at the club, Hurn is one of the captaincy contenders for next season. "It would be something great to do because it's such a great club," he said.
"But we've got five or six other players that could do it as well."
"That's not so much a secret, that's just doing the basics really well."" *Shannon Hurn *on the Eagles' recovery period
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text: Taronga Western Plains Zoo has welcomed the arrival of a female calf born in the early hours of Wednesday 17 February 2010 to first-time mother Bakhita. We arrived at work on 17 February to find Bakhita and her newborn calf in excellent health. We estimate the calf to weigh approximately 30kg. We've been giving the mother and calf lots of time to get to know each other. Whilst every birth is special, this calf is particularly so as she represents the second generation born to the Zoo's breeding program. Her mother Bakhita was born at the Zoo in 2002. Both mother and calf will remain off display in behind-the-scenes paddocks over the coming weeks to ensure that Bakhita has time to adapt to her new role as mother and that her calf can familiarise itself with its new surroundings. When mother and calf are ready, most likely at about six weeks of age, they will be moved to the Zoo's Black Rhino exhibit area so visitors can see this special youngster.


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School Accountability Committee (SAC)
Role and Purpose:
The School Accountability Committee (commonly referred to as the SAC) is a representative
advisory committee that serves as a grassroots organization for a school's accountability change process. The primary role of a SAC is to understand all operating procedures within the school, and if needed, make recommendations concerning school improvement, including but not limited to such topics as: spending priorities, academic achievement, facilities, and culture and climate (CRS22-11-402(1)(b)).
Duty of the School:
To provide members of the SAC committee any information which is necessary to maintain ethical transparency of daily operations, school improvement goals and well being and success of stakeholders
Feel free to email your thoughts and questions to: firstname.lastname@example.com
2019-2020 SAC Meetings:
August 29, 2019, 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.:
Back to School Night and 2019-2020 SAC Elections
September 17 2019, 7:50 a.m.-9 a.m.:
SAC Meeting and Agenda Setting
November 13, 2019, 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.:
SAC Meeting and School Program Information Sessions
February 12, 2020, 3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
SAC Meeting
April 21, 2020, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
SAC Meeting and 2020/2021 SAC Elections
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The MACS (Minimal Access Cranial Suspension) facelift, also known as the short scar facelift, allows for the correction of sagging facial features through a short incision, elevating them vertically by suspending them from above. Triple board-certified Houston plastic surgeon, Dr. Henry Mentz finds that for the right patient, the MACS facelift procedure is safer, recovery time is shorter, and patients really appreciate the minimal scarring and the very natural looking results. Placing sutures (surgical stitches) restores the tightness of the skin in the upper and middle neck, which corrects jowling and nasolabial folding and improves the support of the cheek and lower eyelid.
"Second to none! Dr. Mentz is an artist and sought after. Do yourself a favor and read about his experience, expertise and accolades!"- T.W. / Facebook / May 18, 2017
"Rhinoplasty Houston - Houston, TX - Dr. Mentz is simply amazing he made me feel so comfortable and his entire staff was great. Friendly and informative - - I've been wanting a nose job for a while and after looking at photo galleries of Texas surgeons I came across Dr. Mentz in Houston. I scheduled an appointment for a consultation and after reading about all his awards and credentials I was very excited to meet him. We took pictures and I just basically today him I wanted a nicer nose that went with my face."- T. / RealSelf / Jun 02, 2016
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"Continuing New Years Resolution - Currently a post-op patient. After weight loss had a buttock lift performed by Cortez in Houston and after healing top buttock hip crease was lumpy, sagging and also there was still a lot of fat still needing lipo per flank area. Went for consultation afterwards did not feel comfortable with second assessement. Overheard ladies talking about Dr. Mentz at a park and decided to give him a try...."- H. / RealSelf / Mar 24, 2017
"I have been a patient of Dr. MENTZ for more than 15 years. He is an artist...very gifted. He is extremely kind and thoughtful. His staff is conscientious, diligent and very responsive. Choose Dr Mentz and you will be ecstatic with the quality and aesthetics. Also HIGHLY recommend Renee at the spa for fillers, Botox excetera. She is just the best."- L.F. / Yelp / Mar 01, 2017
Surgical Technique
The MACS facelift is performed with the patient under general anesthesia in an accredited surgical facility, usually as an inpatient procedure. The incision is limited to the skin fold in front of the ear and follows the hairline under the sideburn. The zig-zag pattern incision makes the scar blend with the hairline, and it becomes virtually invisible. After making the incision, the skin is lifted from the working and 2 – 3 sutures are woven into the deep facial tissues in order to obtain suspension of the facial features. The number of sutures used is dependent on the patient's needs.
The recovery period for a MACS facelift is usually shorter than a full facelift at around 2 – 3 weeks. Most patients will be able to return to work and normal activities in 1 – 2 weeks. Keeping the head elevated and applying cold compresses will help to minimize pain, swelling, and bruising. Patients should continue to have follow up appointments with Dr. Mentz so he can check on the progress of their recovery.
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- Average Procedure Time
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MACS Facelift FAQs
MACS Vs. Traditional Facelift?
There are many advantages to having a MACS facelift versus a traditional facelift. It uses a shorter scar that is in front of the ear, instead of behind, which is much easier to hide, and the procedure is overall safer because less skin is raised. This means that there is less risk of bleeding, nerve damage and infection. The operation also takes less time than a tradition facelift and requires a shorter recovery period of just 2-3 weeks instead of 3-4 weeks.
Long Lasting Results?
A facelift can erase signs of previous aging, but it cannot protect the face from future aging. The results of a facelift will decrease over time as natural aging and gravity continue, but a good facelift can last over 10 years if the patient is careful about skincare and environmental protections, like sunscreen.
Before Surgery?
For the smoothest surgery and recovery, Dr. Mentz asks all patients to stop smoking at least 6 weeks before their procedure. It is also best to avoid taking aspirin and NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory) medications since these increase bleeding. Patients should also discuss any vitamins or minerals you are taking with Dr. Mentz to determine if they should be cut out of your routine before surgery.


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Too often science makes a so-called breakthrough and we jump on its results. But also too often, we blindly leap, never considering the potential issues of the larger picture.
And here we are again.
In an article in yesterday's Sustainable Pulse, genetic engineering company Oxitec, the company clamoring to release GE mosquitoes to deal with the Zika problem, admitted that reducing one mosquito species could likely lead to a population explosion of the Asian Tiger Mosquito.
Oxitec previously denied that releasing millions of GE Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which is supposed to suppress wild mosquito numbers, would result in increased numbers of the Aedes albopictus species (the Asian Tiger mosquito). This mosquito also transmits also viral tropical diseases such as dengue, and has recently been shown to be a vector of chikungunya, a devastating, sometimes lethal viral disease.
Court documents from the Cayman Islands released last Friday by International Center for Technology Assessment, GeneWatchUK, Food and Water Watch and Friends of the Earth revealed that Oxitec, a subsidiary of Intrexon, applied for trial releases of its GM mosquito, which, according to the new information, would be inefficient and risky. The evidence shows that Oxitec has been aware of a major flaw in its single-species, technological approach to eradicating disease-carrying mosquitoes.
Aedes albopictus is a more invasive species than Aedes aegypti and can be found in every east coast U.S. state from Maine to Florida, all southern states, most Midwestern states and in the states along the US-Mexico border from Texas west to California.
The information that the company knew and disregarded is scary at best and a serious problem should the company be allowed to proceed with their GE bug release.
"Current permits for releases should now be revoked until regulators recognize the downsides of Oxitec's technology and the need to consider all the impacts on the ecosystem," said Dr. Helen Wallace, director of GeneWatch UK. "The consequences of mass releases of GM mosquitoes could be harmful if other disease-carrying mosquito species move in as a result. Risk assessments in Brazil, the Cayman Islands and the USA need to be revised."
When will we learn that every new solution creates new problems? It's critical that irrespective of scientific "breakthroughs" we keep a firm grip on the larger picture and address the problems new technology and new methodology present BEFORE we jump on that bandwagon. We certainly could stave off a lot of disasters – health and otherwise – if we operate that way.
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The relative importance of basic and applied research is the subject of fierce debate in academic circles. The intensity of this debate is, while understandable, somewhat peculiar since researchers of all types tend to agree that science and engineering research ultimately should, and does, benefit society. This being the case, it would seem that the debate should not be about basic research versus applied research, but rather about how, and how fast, the knowledge obtained in basic research should be, and can be, transitioned toward applied research and the development of new technologies and products that benefit society. In other words, the important question is not how much funding basic research receives, but rather "how quickly should we expect these basic research results to be transitioned into products?"; "who should do the transitioning?"; and "what is the most effective way to make this transition?"
Efforts by funding agencies to improve the effectiveness and speed of the transition from basic research to products inevitably take the form of highly structured funding programs designed to connect a basic researcher with an entity (usually a company) interested in taking that one, clearly-defined step needed to move the research into the realm of a product. An example of this is the NSF Small Business Technology Transfer Program which is focused on bridging "…the gap between performance of basic science and commercialization of resulting innovations." This is a laudatory goal, but these programs only provide funding when it is relatively obvious how the basic research will result in a product. This point is typically reached long after the basic research was conducted – viz too long, in our opinion. Such programs also close off avenues of exploration that arise during the conduct of the research/development, but are unrelated to the proposed work. This is a significant limitation, since curiosity is a very significant motivation for the basic researcher (indeed, NSF often refers to basic research as "curiosity-driven research").
We think there is much room for improvement in the speed and effectiveness with which basic research results are transitioned into products. Herein we propose an alternative funding model. The proposed model involves two PIs (or groups of PIs), a basic researcher(s) and an applied researcher(s), in an academic setting. The goal of the proposed program is to: (1) minimize the time between attaining a new basic research result and the development of a product, while (2) expanding the degree of intellectual freedom for both the basic and applied researcher, thereby (3) turning the academic research enterprise into a product development incubator. The hallmark of the proposed program, and we expect the controversial aspect of it, is the absence of a commitment by the PIs to a specific research topic, or to a specific product to be developed, as long as both fall somewhere within the funding agency's portfolio. The PIs would be expected to commit only to the development of new basic knowledge (by the basic researcher), and the development of a technology based on that research (by the applied researcher). This would be done in a co-evolutionary fashion, whereby early results from the basic research are evaluated by the applied researcher and together, both researchers modify (if appropriate) the direction of the research so that a product actually results. A critically important aspect of the proposal is a detailed, well-researched, and thoughtful means for interaction between the applied and basic researcher. Another critically important aspect is an annual workshop/review, wherein funding is withdrawn if satisfactory collaboration between the PIs is not explicitly demonstrated.
The Proposal
Basic and applied researchers both face challenges in justifying their work. Basic researchers must justify spending taxpayer dollars on work that a priori, cannot be guaranteed to result in a useful application. Applied researchers, on the other hand, benefit from being able to explicitly state how their research will benefit society, but in so doing tend to establish the limits of their work. That is, by showing how their research will solve a specific problem, applied researchers limit the scope of their work. In a nutshell, basic research has the potential to transform society, but with low probability and in ways that cannot be predicted, while applied research has a benefit that can be easily predicted, but is almost guaranteed not to be transformative. How can these two types of research be combined to eliminate their respective weaknesses while maintaining their strengths?
As noted above, attempts to address the aforementioned problem typically result in funding programs where researchers who do basic research are expected to partner with those who do applied research or, in some cases, to go it alone and transform their basic research results into something more applied. Sometimes this is in the form of technology transfer, where a basic researcher teams with or forms a startup company. In other cases, funding programs are developed seeking to address a specific problem, and basic researchers are encouraged to apply their knowledge to this problem. Other approaches have been explored as well. However, in our opinion, the weakness of all these programs is the specificity of the research. A specific type of basic research is to be transformed into a specific type of technology. There are milestones, goals and deliverables that are all laid out before a dollar is spent. This, we think, is a problem.
The National Science Foundation has a research portfolio that spans all aspects of science. Research on metallurgy, cancer, and arctic environments all exist within the purview of a single agency. This notwithstanding, there is little cross-fertilization within the NSF. The NSF would almost certainly disagree with this statement and would cite its long list of interdisciplinary programs. However, regardless of the interdisciplinary program, the following remains true: one has to write a proposal with specific deliverables. At first blush this makes nothing but good sense; the NSF is, and should be, committed to good stewardship of taxpayer dollars. However, it seems to us that there is room within the NSF for at least one program where the deliverables need only fall within the overall scope of the agency. The elimination of specific deliverables would eliminate a huge obstacle to true innovation. Accordingly, we propose a new program where a (self-selected) basic and applied researcher team together with the only commitment being that they (1) do research in an area that falls within the domain of the NSF; (2) that important basic research is done; and (3) that the basic research result in intellectual property that is economically viable at the end of the funding period. Such a program would increase the freedom of the basic researcher, but with the restriction that s/he works with an applied researcher in such a way that the research results in something with concrete benefits.
The obvious risk of the proposed program is that, once funded, the two researchers will each head in their own direction, doing what they want to do, but without interacting in any meaningful way. To prevent this from occurring, the proposed program would require attendance of both PIs at an annual workshop run by the program manager. The PIs would be required to make a presentation that focuses on the characteristics of their interaction. Their research would also be presented, but the emphasis of the presentation would be on how they interacted. For example, questions to be addressed would be, "how is each PI's research informing the other?"; and "how has the direction of the research evolved during the funding period?" The presentations would serve to both provide the program management panel with information needed to determine whether to continue funding, as well as to provide lessons-learned for the other attendees of the workshop.
The proposed program would be of three years duration and would include the usual final report. However, a potential fourth year of funding would be included for the top research groups (say the top 25%) who demonstrated exceptional promise at the annual workshops. These groups would be given the fourth year of funding for purposes of patenting and further developing the technology.
Like all funding programs, the one proposed above is imperfect (and incomplete, as many details would need to be added). The aforementioned checks notwithstanding, it is still possible that the PIs will not work together. It is likely that the program itself will have to evolve to develop methods for effectively ensuring that those groups who are not collaborating have their funding eliminated. Other problems may arise. In spite of these risks, we feel that the proposed program, or something similar to it, is worth an attempt. If innovation and technologies are what we hope to obtain from federal dollars, then such a program should be explored.
John R. Saylor, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0921
Joshua D. Summers, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Clemson University
Gregory M. Mocko, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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I now managed to create a SPARQL endpoint for Semantic MediaWiki, in a MediaWiki SpecialPage, based on the ARC2 RDF library for PHP (including its built-in triplestore). See screenshot below, and code in the svn trunk. (I have to say I'm impressed by the ease of working with ARC2!)
Code is still quite ugly and the "Equivalent URI" handling that we talked about is still not implemented. Will turn to that now, while doing some refactoring (more object oriented etc).
A bit of refactoring done now. See code repo for last version and Installation instructions.


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Polansky JR, Titus K, Glantz SA. One year later: Are MPAA's tobacco labels protecting audiences?. UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. San Francisco, CA. 28 May 2008.
Ota A, Akimaru K, Suzuki S, Ono Y. Depictions of smoking in recent high-grossing Japanese movies. Tobacco Control. 2008;17(2):143-144. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.024166. 1 April 2008.
Hanewinkel R, Sargent JD. Exposure to smoking in internationally distributed American movies and youth: Smoking in Germany: A cross-cultural cohort study. Pediatrics. 2008;121(1):e108-e117. doi:10.1542/peds.2007-1201. 1 January 2008.
Sargent JD, Worth KA, Beach ML, Gerrard M, Heatherton TF. Population-based assessment of exposure to risk behaviors in motion pictures. Communication Methods and Measures. 2008;2(1-2):134-151. doi:10.1080/19312450802063404. 1 January 2008.
Titus-Ernstoff LT, Dalton MA, Adachi-Mejia AM, Longacre MR, Beach ML. Longitudinal study of viewing smoking in movies and initiation of smoking by children. Pediatrics. 2008;121(1):15-21. doi:10.1542/peds.2007-0051. 1 January 2008.
Polansky JR, Titus K, Glantz SA. Six months later: Are MPAA's tobacco ratings protecting movie audiences?. UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. San Francisco, CA. 17 December 2007.
St Romain T, Hawley SR, Ablah E, Kabler BS, Molgaard CA. Tobacco use in silent film: precedents of modern-day substance use portrayals. Journal of Community Health. 2007;32(6):413-8. doi:10.1007/s10900-007-9058-4. 1 December 2007.
Kachroo S, Etzel CJ, Wilkinson AV. Do current government policies sufficiently regulate the interaction between viewing smoking in movies and adolescent smoking behavior?. American Journal on Addictions. 2007;16(6):532-3. doi:10.1080/10550490701641694. 1 November 2007.
Song AV, Ling PM, Neilands TB, Glantz SA. Smoking in movies and increased smoking among young adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2007;33(5):396-403. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2007.07.026. 1 November 2007.
Wills TA, Sargent JD, Stoolmiller M, Gibbons FX, Worth KA, Dal Cin S. Movie exposure to smoking cues and adolescent smoking onset: A test for mediation through peer affiliations. Health Psychology. 2007;26(6):769-76. 1 November 2007.
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UFC Fight Night 22 Bonuses: 5 Fighters Earn $40K
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Charles Oliveira kept his perfect record intact, showed flashes of pure brilliance and pocketed a $40,000 "Submission of the Night" bonus, as he coaxed a tapout from Efrain Escudero in a featured lightweight matchup at UFC Fight Night 22 on Wednesday at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
Unbeaten in 14 fights as a professional, Oliveira capitalized on a scramble, took back control on "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 8 winner and cinched the rear-naked choke for the finish 2:25 into round three. The 20-year-old Brazilian has secured 13 of his 14 career victories by knockout, technical knockout or submission.
Oliveira was not the only UFC Fight Night 22 participant to attract "Submission of the Night" honors. American Top Team's Cole Miller earned a $40,000 bonus after he racked Ross Pearson with a left hook, pounced on "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 9 winner and submitted him with a rear-naked choke 1:49 into round two of their lightweight duel.
Meanwhile, Kyle Kingsbury and Jared Hamman banked matching $40,000 "Fight of the Night" bonuses after they engaged in a three-round battle on the undercard. Kingsbury swept the scorecards, earning 29-28 nods from all three judges.
Finally, Brian Foster received a $40,000 "Knockout of the Night" bonus after he stopped Forrest Petz on punches in just 67 seconds. Foster put his foe with a ringing right hand and polished him off with strikes on the ground.


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[GUIDE] Install OpenWrt 18.06 on Onion Omega2 Pro
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I got the Onion Omega2 Pro last month. I like it because:
- The CPU is MIPS architecture, allowing me to gain some experience with this unfamiliar architecture.
- It has 8GB eMMC storage, giving me plenty of space to install packages.
- It has LiPo battery port, USB host port, and pin headers with SPI and I2C, leaving possibility of building battery-powered IoT projects.
However, I'm unhappy with OnionOS. Apart from GUI differences, it uses a custom WiFi driver
wifi-warp-corethat has several flaws. Most notably, my WiFi SSID is
+(a plus sign), and the Onion would not connect to it. I want to replace OnionOS with a standard OpenWrt installation!
I figured out how to do that, and wrote up a guide in case others have the same need:
The outcome would be an Omega2 Pro with normal OpenWrt 18.06 WiFi driver complete with Luci user interface, installed to the 8GB eMMC storage.
Useful article. Thanks for posting.
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Just because I am curious what are the difference with the OnionOS firmware?
Because they are not replying since a while on the forum so I am wondering if it is the case to use another "distro" that has support and works.
I am not an expert but as far as I can see it's basically OpenWrt with some additional Onion packages installed and of course the wi-fi driver. The additional packages generally are to support Onion specific hardware and wed pages for initial setup and Onion apps for the web interface.
For me it is a smart choice. They use a standard OpenWrt build and just add a few things to add the additional functionality required to support their device and peripherals, it's not a complete fork of OpenWrt for some kind of vanity project.
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Thank you for the guide. Received my new Omega2+ today and within 10 mins it was up and running with OpenWrt and Luci.


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The Cummins ISX is an Inline (Straight)-6 diesel engine produced by Cummins for heavy duty trucks and motorcoaches, replacing the N14 in 1998 when emissions laws passed by the EPA made the engine obsolete. Originally called the "Signature" series engine, the ISX uses the "Interact System" (hence the "IS" which is the moniker for the full authority, on highway fuel system Cummins pioneered) to further improve the engine. This engine is widely used in on highway and vocational trucks and is available in power ranging from 430 hp all the way to 600 hp 2050 ft/lbs. The QSX is the off-highway version of the ISX with the Q standing for Quantum. The QSX is used for industrial, marine, oil & gas and other off-highway applications. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummins_ISX)


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Author: Tamara Gill
Original Title: Only A Duke Will Do
Release Year: February 2017
Literary Genre: Historical Romance
Setting: England, Regency
Series: 2nd of To Marry a Rogue
Vote: 8 1/2
I love second chances love stories.
The plot is great, very poignant. The evil friend who, deceiving the hero, who in turn is to be married to the heroine, whom he loves very much, manages to snatch him from her (I hope is clear enough), is a wonderful turning point in a romance. It makes everything that comes after quite sweetly suffered...which generally means also that the happy ending is much more powerful.
I'm all shivering for this type of love stories; if written by a masterful author they are always a winning.
Now. I adored that the hero is so much in love with the heroine and that he doesn't really hide it. I adored that there's a child. I adored that the evil friend/wife is actually evil. I adored the general craving.
I tried to identify the reason why I did not have the feelings I had while reading The Highwayman or The Duke Perfect Wife or Again the Magic (oh my good Lord) and I belive it is the passion. If that between the protagonists of Only a Duke will Do had been stronger, as a reader's perception, and not only as written words, I would have added this to my favourite HR shelf right away.
Nevertheless this is a must read so you really must.
Buona lettura!
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Government has long played a role in education. The Founding Fathers, particularly John Adams, believed public education was necessary for a functional democracy. Somewhere along the way, free education for all transitioned from a benefit to democracy to a right.
Now, 240 years after the country's founding, we have a huge public school infrastructure in America. Unlike most government programs, however, public schooling is largely not centralized in Washington, D.C. Washington does play a role, but for the most part local governments are in charge of education at the grade school level.
Some local governments do an awful job. Others are great. It mostly varies along the lines of income and what a local government can collect in taxes (also interested and involved parents, but that is for another day).
Like education, a more recent development is the sense health care is a right in this country. A lasting consequence of Barack Obama's presidency is the apparent national conviction everyone is entitled to health care, much like education, regardless of income.
That obviously means those who can pay more will have to pay more in order to cover someone who cannot. The "from each according to ability to each according to need" for health care.
The reality is that this system as it is currently constituted is not sustainable.
When Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010, it set in place a mandate requiring Americans to have health insurance or face a penalty. Some would have to pay more than others because under this system, the government would offer you a subsidy based on your income.
Even with all this government interference, the market still reigned supreme. A hybrid government-private health insurance company, Frankenstein creation is simply not feasible.
Some health insurance companies are no longer participating in "Obamacare" in some states and customers no longer have options.
It is time to rethink the role health insurance companies play in our health care system.
What we have learned in the early days of this post-Obama era of government, in which the Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House, is we're never going back to the health care system of pre-March 23, 2010.
We can argue the merits of doing so, but the reality is there is no political will to repeal the law. The sad fact is government is going to play a role in health care for the foreseeable future.
Thus, we are well on our way to some sort of public health care option. But why does it have to be centrally planned? Why not leave it up to the local governments?
Our public education system is not perfect, but it somewhat gets the job done. Why not set up a similar system for health care?
Sure, there will be some disparities. Wealthier places will have better health care, but it is better than no health care, and you could likely cut out the middleman: the insurance company.
Yes, another public bureaucracy is something to make conservatives cringe. But it is much better than a centralized federal bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. The federal government has tried to do it with the Veterans Affairs Hospital system and failed miserably.
Leaving it up to city and county governments would offer more flexibility and accountability. For example, if the Santa Monica, California, health care system wanted to offer sex change operations but the Mobile County system did not, then that would be a possibility.
And it is not to say the country would eliminate a private health insurance market. Individuals still could have private health insurance plans if they wanted them.
Consider our education system, in which private schools are an option.
As an American, you do not have to send your child to the public school offered by your local government. Sure, you will still bear the costs of that public system. But if you so desire, an employer could offer health insurance that could be used at the private hospital of your choice.
The idea here is to have some sort of public health care option for everyone. In some places, it might be the only option but at least local governments would have some skin in the game. If it were centralized like a European socialist system, you would have teams of unaccountable bureaucrats thousands of miles away.
Sure, maybe you could call your congressman, but there is little even a member of Congress can do to take on a bureaucracy on their own.
However, if you had a governing body, like a local school board, in charge instead that was accountable to the local voters, a VA Hospital-type nightmare would be less of a possibility.
If as a society we have decided health care is a right, then it is time to disassociate health care from health insurance and offer a true public option. Whatever the public option is, a localized public option separate from the health insurance-based system might be the least of all evils.
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