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Nightwatch is likely the first Russian-made film to reach U.S. multiplexes. The supernatural thriller is both an obvious and an interesting choice for such a distinction: Its surface flash shrieks box-office, while its morally murky characters promise to gobsmack a mass audience stateside.
The story we're told begins in 1992 -- shorthand for "metaphoric post-Soviet trauma." Fifteen years of Russian arthouse films have confronted the subject already; why should Nightwatch, an amped-up flick about modern-day vampires, be any different?
The protagonist is Anton, a Muscovite shlub who solicits a conjure woman over a soured relationship with his pregnant girlfriend. It's a bad choice that ends with him learning that he's an "other" -- a new recruit into an "eternal war" between the armies of darkness and light.
Anton chooses "light," but both camps are vampires, cast as cops policing the other crew's worst impulses. Then, nightwatchman Anton's self-defense killing of a daywatch miscreant threatens the truce that's existed for Tolkienesque millennia.
Wrap that into an apocalyptic plot involving a seemingly innocent child victim, a virgin unknowingly afflicted with a curse, a Ghostbusters-like vortex over an apartment building and a massive power outage.
To those accustomed to thrillers that are simple and orderly, Nightwatch, directed by Timur Bekmambetov, might look a mess. Its tone careens from cold-hearted bursts of grisly violence to Romantic sentiment, from macabre humor (think American Werewolf in London) to supernatural mumbo-jumbo. The visuals are often striking, complete with copious CGI effects, but story elements materialize out of the ether, and it's halfway through the film before our nominal anti-hero gets a viable sidekick, let alone a personality.
But much of that confusion is likely intentional in a film that's about chaos disguised as order -- a "truce" that merely blesses the lawlessness we've seen depicted in so many post-Soviet films. Two opposing forces struggle for power under guise of keeping order -- but both use blameless humans as "live bait," and as the film goes on they barely become easier to tell apart. (Nightwatchmen tend toward gruff and grizzled, while daywatch types are more plain sleazy.)
Eventually, cued perhaps by actor Konstantin Khabensky's soulful eyes and sensuous lips, we start pulling harder for Anton. But then the film pulls the rug out: He's revealed as another iteration of the bad father, the parent who's betrayed his children. It's a figure that echoes through post-breakup Russian cinema as loudly as the gunshots of gangsters and ruthless new-capital moguls.
Back home, Nightwatch was a record-setting smash. It'll be interesting to see how American audiences react to the moral ambiguity in a film whose pithiest epigram is, "It's easier to destroy the light in yourself than to defeat the darkness all around." In Russian, with subtitles.


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A few days ago I decided to buy Sketch 3. I am not a designer, but since I am about 16 years old I like to play around with Photoshop and Illustrator. I started because back then, making a realistic 3D render was very tricky (we didn't have such a powerful computers), so it was good to tweak the renders afterwards with Photoshop.
Anyway, here I am having fun developing for iOS. And as well as most of you, I also have to mess around designing my interfaces. That is why I bought Sketch 3. I did try Sketch 2 and it was definitely the way to go (lucky me I didn't buy it), so when Sketch 3 was released I just went for it.
However, this is not a post about Sketch 3, I don't think I am the guy who should write about it. Designcode has a brilliant post about everything you need to know using Sketch 3.
The reason of this post is to talk about Skala preview and how well it works with Sketch (or any other). I know Sketch 3 comes with a mirror app, but to be honest… I have already spent quite a lot of money on the software itself, so if I can achieve the same thing for free… I will :)
I don't think I need to explain you how to use it, I believe it's pretty straight forward. I just want to give a couple of tricks I have discovered while working with it.
- Clipboard: if you have Skala preview opened and connect to your device, yo don't need to export your work to a .png and drag it to Skala Preview all the time, just select your artboard and press cmd+c, as simple as that. It will automatically send it to the device.
- If number 1 does not work for you, I have another trick. Export your work to a .png and drag the .png to Skala Preview window. Now, everytime you make a change, export your new work overwriting the previous .png file. Boom! You will automatically have your new image in your device's screen.
- Working with Skala Preview and Photoshop it is even better. This guys have included an automatic refreshing, I guess it's like working with Sketch mirror.
That's all I have for now.
@designers: if you have any more tricks for me, I will really appreciate them :D
PS: a few days ago I also tweeted about Skala Color, "An extraordinary color picker for designers and developers". To me, the best thing about it is the fact that you it integrates in Xcode, making really easy to customise any color in Interface Builder (or storyboards).

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Week 1: Tuesday March 7th, 2016
Sjournee, and I made the tea for the Kombucha and I transferred the SCOBY into the plastic container. We decided not to add apple cider vinegar.
Week 2: Wednesday March 15th 2017
The container is living in my dorm, so I can observe it full time and have noticed more growth than I was expecting in one week. This week the weather got colder so we had the heat up more which I think made the leather grow a bit faster. The SCOBY has grown to cover the entire surface of the container and is ~2/8″ thick in most places, with lots of bubbles varying in size. The leather has started to develop mold in 6 spots that I can see, four of them approximately 3/4″ in diameter (circular spots), and the other two are slightly less than 3/8″. The black tea is a bit more cloudy, and you can see tendrils of the SCOBY floating down from the surface to the bottom of the container. There are LOTS of bubbles covering the entire surface varying greatly in size from 1/8″- ~3″ in diameter at the largest. The bubble forming which is ~3″ in diameter is on the side that I have a light pointing at (for warmth), so I wonder if this is causing the bubble to grow larger than the rest; I flipped the container around so that the other side is facing the light in case this is creating uneven growth in the leather. There is also condensation developing on the inside of the the container. From the current growth, I'm guessing that the leather will grow to be approximately 1/4″ thick over the break, but I will be here during the break, so I can continue to monitor and check in on it daily.
Week 2 Photos:
(Close-up front view of kombucha leather top)
(Top front view of kombucha leather)
(Front view close-up of mold developing on kombucha leather top)
(Right side view of kombucha leather)
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Hubblecast 108 Light: Hubble finds most distant star2 Apr 2018, 15:00 UTC
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Astronomers have used Hubble to make an incredible discovery — they have observed the most distant star ever seen. The bright blue star existed only 4.4 billion years after the Big Bang. This incredible distant star allows astronomers to learn more about the formation and evolution of stars in the early Universe.


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Spilled some beer on my laptop so couldn't share the progress as some buttons weren't working, but now we good to go.
To join two halves together I glued GF brackets to the top half, they will be held together with 6 M2 screws:
Cut some holes for ESC cooling:
As I mentioned I've no full sheet of PET for my vacuum box, so did the windows the old skool way. Using window off-cuts I sculpted forms from clay and with heatgun stretch around a piece of clear plastic. Looks a bit on a rough side but it has to do...


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Hannah Mermaid, the ocean life activist, is in the routine of taking shots of diverse ocean creatures like dolphins, whales, manta rays and sharks for promoting their well-being. She also utilizes to swim like a mermaid using tail for quick spells to have a feel of being inside the ocean in addition to the animals. On behalf of The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, author Cozy Cabin met Hannah Mermaid for an interaction on her ocean activities. Representing human-nature connect , Hannah highlights their shared reliance. Hannah feels," We need to not pollute , do overfishing or kill the fantastic species in the ocean, as they are key to our life."
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H. Nakamura, H.J. Curran, A. D. Polo Córdoba, W. J. Pitz, P. Dagaut, C. Togbé, S. M. Sarathy, M. Mehl, J. Agudelo, F. Bustamante
Combustion and Flame, pp. 1395-1405, (2015)
Ignition delay time, Oxidation, Shock tube, Rapid compression machine, Diethyl carbonate, Jet-stirred reactor
Diethyl carbonate (DEC) is an attractive biofuel that can be used to displace petroleum-derived diesel fuel, thereby reducing CO2 and particulate emissions from diesel engines. A better understanding of DEC combustion characteristics is needed to facilitate its use in internal combustion engines. Toward this goal, ignition delay times for DEC were measured at conditions relevant to internal combustion engines using a rapid compression machine (RCM) and a shock tube. The experimental conditions investigated covered a wide range of temperatures (660–1300 K), a pressure of 30 bar, and equivalence ratios of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 in air. To provide further understanding of the intermediates formed in DEC oxidation, species concentrations were measured in a jet-stirred reactor at 10 atm over a temperature range of 500–1200 K and at equivalence ratios of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0. These experimental measurements were used to aid the development and validation of a chemical kinetic model for DEC.
The experimental results for ignition in the RCM showed near negative temperature coefficient (NTC) behavior. Six-membered alkylperoxy radical (View the MathML sourceRȮ2) isomerizations are conventionally thought to initiate low-temperature branching reactions responsible for NTC behavior, but DEC has no such possible 6- and 7-membered ring isomerizations. However, its molecular structure allows for 5-, 8- and 9-membered ring View the MathML sourceRȮ2 isomerizations. To provide accurate rate constants for these ring structures, ab initio computations for View the MathML sourceRȮ2⇌Q̇OOH isomerization reactions were performed. These new View the MathML sourceRȮ2 isomerization rate constants have been implemented in a chemical kinetic model for DEC oxidation. The model simulations have been compared with ignition delay times measured in the RCM near the NTC region. Results of the simulation were also compared with experimental results for ignition in the high-temperature region and for species concentrations in the jet-stirred reactor. Chemical kinetic insights into the oxidation of DEC were made using these experimental and modeling results.
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2014.11.002
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Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California was unfortunately canceled due to the risks presented to riders, spectators and staff by winter-like weather conditions. Many riders expressed their agreement that the cancellation of stage 1 was the right thing to do. This was further underscored by reports that as many as 6 race marshals may have been involved in an incident or incidents resulting in their motorcycles crashing in the slippery conditions. There are no reported injuries as a result of these crashes.
However, while stage 1 is behind us, there is still risk of potential impact on tomorrow's stage 2.
Current predictions are for a 50% chance of snow at Donner Pass – the highest elevation of the route. At a press conference on Monday following the stage 1 cancellations, officials stated that a plan 'B' was already in place for the second day of racing. Given that the rest of stage 2 is mostly downhill after Donner Summit, this plan B could possibly be a modification of the starting location.
Stage 2 diverts off of the path of Interstate 80 onto CA Highway 20. The descent into the valley continues through Nevada City before finally turning south for the flat run up to Sacramento. The course does a loop around the state capitol building as it has done in past years, and is likely to result in a sprint finish to the line.


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Google Chrome is not just a web browser anymore.
Google plans to release an operating system that boots for 7 seconds compared to the normal 45 seconds boot time that the (claimed) fastest computer can do. It's a system that is focused on just the internet, meaning you don't save anything in your computer and you don't have to worry about any hassles a normal computer has because of the operating system. Watch the video and see what the future of google holds for us.
Features ? What's good about the Google Chrome OS? Here it is.
One word: IMBA! I love it! If i'm going to buy a net book, I'll be sure to install Google Chrome OS in it!


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Letter written by John A. Jackson
January 1, 1865,
addressed to General Thomas, reads in part:
"…I feel that the thanks of every Union loving heart, are due to you this bright New Year's morning, that the 'Stars & Stripes' now float over Tennessee, instead of the piratical banner of Secession. I have never felt deeper interest in our cause, nor greater confidence that a triumph more signal, and glorious even than that before Nashville will soon crown the Union arms, and redeem our beloved South from the filthy pool of Secession in which she has been so long plunging – and clad in clean Union garments she will soon forget the stained and dishonored rags which her leaders for a time have compelled her sons to wear! War is a…terrible school in which we all share – all suffer – the innocent and the guilt but with you Gen'l to wield our armies I shall look soon for a peace – a conquered peace…."
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Our disaster management is a disaster
At Quora, the website which promises to get great answers to our questions, one recent entry caught my eye: "Should Hurricane Sandy hit Mumbai to clean the garbage in the city?
At Quora, the website which promises to get great answers to our questions, one recent entry caught my eye: "Should Hurricane Sandy hit Mumbai to clean the garbage in the city? Mumbai is very untidy, people throw trash on roads, highways, the stations are pathetic. So I guess Hurricane Sandy can at least clean the trash here." Thankfully, the question was tagged as #sarcasm, and has been flagged as needing attention from moderators. "What on earth could possibly make you look at a hurricane as a natural vacuum cleaner?" was the first answer, an instinctive response for most of us.
While this exchange is a telling comment on our civic amenities and municipal services, it also points to our casual approach towards natural disasters.
Not only are the government agencies ill-prepared for disaster management, the public is equally unconcerned about the perils of a natural disaster. Take the example of Mumbai. On July 26, 2005, the city received 994mm of rain, the eighth heaviest ever recorded 24-hour rainfall figure. It resulted in overflows from an already inadequate drainage system.
The overflow failed to drain out to the sea because of the maximum high tide level of 4.48m at that time. The deluge claimed the lives of 900 people and left thousands stranded across the city. A CORFU study blamed damming of upper reaches of the rivers, infilling and levelling of the first and second order streams, constriction of the mouth of Mithi River and Mahim Bay and reclamation of riverine wetlands for the disaster. Siltation and clogging of drainage arteries resulted in reduction of river widths and depths compounding the problem of flooding.
Encroachments inside the riverbed as well as on the banks choked and constricted the water courses, and aggravated flooding risks.
Following the 2005 floods, city authorities drew up an extensive plan to overhaul the storm-water drainage system and develop the Mithi river to create outlets for water. As this newspaper reported on June 29 2012- (7 yrs and crores later, flood control projects still incomplete), although crores of rupees have been spent, none of these projects have been completed. The public doesn't seem to care either. We rarely engage our local representatives on this critical issue. Flood control projects remain incomplete, and the city is as ill-prepared for a deluge as it was seven years ago.
If this is the state of Mumbai's preparedness, imagine the situation in the rest of the country. Southern India was devastated by a tsunami in 2004 leading to a loss of almost 15,000 lives. Following Cyclone Thane in December 2011, Tamil Nadu government created a State Disaster Rescue Force (SDRF). Two SDRF teams, of 35 personnel each, were deployed during the recent Cyclone Nilam. Although an improvement on the past, this is still grossly inadequate.
For one-off disasters like cyclones and tsunamis, the lack of pre-emptive plans, and rescue and relief measures can be fathomed in a developing country like India with limited resources and poor governance. But nothing explains the failure to mitigate the floods which strike Assam, Bihar and Odisha every year. This when the flood damages suffered across the country, between 1953 and 2010, are pegged at Rs 8,12,500 crore, and the government has spent about Rs 1,26,000 crore on flood control (both at 2011 prices).
Here is why. To formulate the Twelfth Plan, Planning Commission constituted a Working Group on flood management. Even when the primary responsibility for flood control lies with the states, their representatives in the working group (principal secretaries of Bihar, Assam, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Kerala) were missing from group's deliberations. The states did not provide information about flood management works or their requirement of funds for flood prevention. There is no credible database with the states on frequency of flooding, duration and depth of inundation.
The Centre is no better. It launched the National Flood Control Programme in 1954 which led to the creation of National Flood Commission in 1976.
Tasked to evolve a coordinated, integrated and scientific approach to flood control and to draw a national plan, the commission submitted the report in 1980. The report was accepted by the government but its recommendations were not implemented. In 2001, the government set up an expert committee to review the implementation of recommendations. The report of the expert committee is still under examination in the Ministry of Water Resources.
Forget plans and policies, we still don't have an accurate assessment of flood affected area in the country. No wonder, the severity of floods and the agony brought out by them still persists.
Sushant K Singh is Fellow for National Security at the Takshashila Institution and editor of Pragati-The Indian National Interest Review
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Big data, people analytics, talent science… it's difficult to read anything online in the human resource industry without running into articles discussing this new wave of change for Talent Management. John Bersin, Principle for the HR arm of Deloitte, stated, "It's like Moneyball for HR, letting you make better decisions and this year it has really peaked." Now, I'm not sure how many baseball fans we have in the audience but the concept still applies. At the most basic level, it's another industry learning to use data to objectively make higher quality decisions about talent. However, the challenge for HR is the breadth and scope of the talent management function; so, where do you begin?
I believe the challenge is even more daunting for small and medium-sized businesses that don't have the resources to focus on this full time. The thought of aggregating data into one mass database and hiring a full time talent scientist is beyond reason. The question that remains is how do I step into this and reap the rewards of these developments? The answer is simpler than you may think.
- Pick low hanging fruit – there are several tools in the marketplace that can be integrated into current HR processes. Today you have recruiting functions, performance evaluations, succession planning, engagement measurements and off-boarding/separations processes. How can you take market-available tools and easily embed them into your processes to dramatically improve your hiring, development, succession, engagement and separation?
- You can't analyze what you don't measure (or something like that) – big data analytics won't be very useful in the future if you have minimal clean data. Talent management is often handled very subjectively and by untrained hiring managers. Make sure your tools and processes have objective measurements to them and can be used in the future as people analytics advances. You must start measuring today to build a timeline into your data for larger analysis.
- You must have consistent and common language – historically as companies try to implement tools for more objective hiring, development or engagement, it is done on an ad-hoc basis and through varying tools. These measures cause inconsistencies of talent management and will not provide accurate, reliable data for future analysis. For example, companies should have a common competency language for positions. This common language can then be used for hiring, onboarding, development, succession, engagement and separation Having consistent and common language for the entire employee life cycle allows for dramatic improvements immediately in talent management but will allow for much stronger data analytics down the road.
I suspect a number of you are saying, "That is a huge project and I'm sure it will cost a fortune." But I would encourage you to investigate a little further. Recent advancements in this arena are providing ways to implement these tools far more easily and at a greatly reduced price point.
Today, I'm challenging you to step up to the plate of talent data analytics. It will be far simpler than you think and the rewards will certainly be far greater.
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Enforcement in August 2017
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By Default, Ubuntu uses apt-get to install packages and updates. Apt-get is a good tool but you can get much faster download speeds using Apt-Fast when downloading and updating your Ubuntu box.
Apt-Fast is a script created by Matt Parnell that allows for up to 26x faster downloads. So how does it work? It is a script which uses Axel, a command line application which accelerates HTTP/FTP downloads. Well, the magic behind this is simple; it opens multiple connections to the server or multiple servers to download from. So basically it works like torrent client, downloading different pieces of the same file from different places simultaneously. Thus, reducing/eliminating the effect of server being overloaded.
To get Apt-Fast on your system, download the file "apt-fast.sh" from the link at the bottom. Once downloaded, open a terminal window to continue from there. Start by navigating to the file's directory and rename it using this easy command:
mv apt-fast.sh apt-fast
Now you need to move the file to "/usr/bin" to make it executable. Do so by using:
mv apt-fast /usr/bin/
One last command to add execution permission to the file:
chmod +x apt-fast
And we are done. Apt-fast is now installed and ready to run. For all future installing and updating operations substitute "apt-get" with "apt-fast" in the command line. For example:
apt-get install chromium
Will be:
apt-fast install chromium
apt-get update
Will be:
apt-fast update
Enjoy your supercharged downloading speeds and don't forget to come back for more interesting Ubuntu stuff.
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The Multiliteracy Centers Test & Data Scanning UNCG Curriculum Guide
Academic Standing
To continue in academic good standing at UNCG, students must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 1.75 for freshmen (0–29 semester hours completed), and 2.0 thereafter (30 or more semester hours completed). Students on academic probation must earn a 2.30 GPA each term including Summer Session until academic good standing is restored. For freshmen a 1.75 cumulative GPA is required for good standing; for sophomores and above, a 2.0 cumulative GPA.
Failure to meet the 2.30 term GPA until good standing is restored will result in academic suspension, if not previously suspended. Students on academic probation after academic suspension or dismissal who fail to meet the 2.30 term GPA will be academically dismissed. UNCG reserves the right to deny enrollment to any student, even though the student has met the minimum grade point average required, if it is apparent from the student's academic record of required courses that the student will not be able to meet graduation requirements.
The Academic Good Standing Policy applies to enrollment during any term, including Summer session. Students may be placed on academic probation, suspended, dismissed, or restored to good standing based on their academic performance during Summer Session. Academic performance for both summer terms is evaluated at the end of Summer Term II. Students may check their academic standing via UNCGenie.


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Friday, December 26, 2008
Molton Brown on Boxing Day
When you head to the mall todayto take advantage of even further markdowns at all your fave stores, stop by your local Molton Brown. They're collecting unused toys to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of America. For each toy donated, you'll get a free travel size product and be eligible to win an even bigger assortment on Molton Brown products. (Limit of 5 toys/sample sizes per customer.) The promotion runs all weekend long, December 26-28. To find a store near you, click here.
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Globally, many children are rendered homeless because of neglect and abuse. At times, the kids get help from well-wishers and organizations that cater to their welfare. In this case, they establish homes that can cater to their needs. In this place, they find foster parents who support them with clothing, food, shelter, and fund their education. However, they have to operate the facilities only if they possess the permit. In this article, you can realize the process to follow when making an application for foster parent licensing home WA.
If you want to become a foster parent, you must follow the correct procedure. In this case, you must begin by filling in the forms available in the ministry of children and youth. The recruiters ensure that the forms are filled correctly. Besides, you have to attach affidavits from a physician and fingerprint as well. The good thing about the application form is that people can fill it easily because it contains information written in several languages.
The next procedure is to pay a visit to the office of the attorney general. In this place, the officers ensure that they check whether you have a certificate of good conduct. Moreover, they ensure that you have never engaged in criminal issues. They support kids welfare and do not allow criminals to deal with children. Hence, they issue a clearance certificate if you do not have any criminal issue concerning kids.
The next thing is to visit a local police department. You have to give out your fingerprints for the search to get conducted. In this matter, the sheriffs will find out if you have been convicted of any crime that involves persons, kids, illegal substance abuse, and weapons. After that, the police will clear the foster parent application if they are clean and law-abiding citizens.
The department of youth and children is another area that you must go for clearance. If you actually have ever committed any wrong to a child or teenager, you cannot succeed in this project. The institution will verify your details and ensure that you do not get the permit if basically you have offended children previously. Therefore, confirm that you have never neglected or abused children in the past before you think of fostering adopted kids.
Further, you have to invite the social workers in this recruiting department to assess the situation of the built home. As such, you have to show them the facilities that you have established in the institution. After the assessment, they can determine if you have the ability to provide care and assistance to the neglected young ones. Hence, they can allow you to acquire a permit.
Also, you have to showcase your ability to deal with fire issues that might arise. Your level of preparedness in handling emergency fire cases can determine whether you will get the license or not. Furthermore, you must get a recommendable report from a health professional indicating your ability to offer healthcare to the kids.
Last, but not least, you have to attend training programs that educate folks on how to deal with neglected children. Until you provide the certificate to the recruiter for foster parent homes, you cannot get a permit. Make sure you follow the outlined procedure if you want to nurture abused or neglected kids in home care facilities.
In order to become familiarized with foster parent licensing home WA folks should first review the information that appears on the Net. For clear and practical advice, don't hesitate to check out this homepage on http://www.fosteringsolutionsllc.com.


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Dinosaur Barbecue began serving barbecued food to bikers at motorcycle festivals in 1983. Since then, the company has opened barbecue joints in four locations and its range of sauces is available from supermarkets throughout the country.
Original Barbecue Sauce
A 2-tbsp. serving of Dinosaur Barbecue's Original Barbecue Sauce provides 28 calories, 7 g of carbohydrate and 6 g of sugar. When following a 2000 calorie per day diet, it contains 7 percent of the recommended daily sodium value, 1 percent of the recommended potassium value and 3 percent of both the recommended Vitamin A and Vitamin C values. The serving contains no fat, fiber, protein or cholesterol.
Mojito Marinade and Dressing
A 1-tbsp. serving of Dinosaur Barbecue's Mojito Marinade and Dressing contains 25 calories. The serving provides 2 g of fat, 1 g of carbohydrate and 1 g of sugar. It also contains 8 percent of the recommended daily sodium value and 2 percent of the daily Vitamin C value. There is no protein in a serving of Mojito Marinade and Dressing.
Chili with Beans
A container of Dinosaur Barbecue's Chili with Beans, seasoned with Gianelli Italian sausage contains 150 calories. The serving provides 6 g of fat, 15 g of carbohydrate, 8 g of fiber, 7 g of sugar and 7 g of protein. Based on a 2000 calorie per day diet, it provides 135 percent of the recommended iron value, 40 percent of the recommended Vitamin C value, 8 percent of the recommended Vitamin A value and 4 percent of the recommended calcium value.
Pulled Pork Barbecue
A container of Dinosaur Barbecue's Pulled Pork Barbecue contains 220 calories. The serving provides 9 g of fat, 8 g of carbohydrate, 6 g of sugar and 26 g of protein. It also offers 30 percent of the recommended Vitamin C value, 10 percent of both the recommended iron and Vitamin A values and 2 percent of the recommended calcium value. The serving does not provide any fiber.
Dinosaur Barbecue Products
Dinosaur Barbecue's Roasted Garlic Honey BBQ Sauce contains 25 calories per 2 tbsp. The Creole Honey Mustard Sauce contains 34 calories per serving and the Wango Tango Habanero Hot BBQ sauce contains 27 calories. The Garlic Chipotle Pepper Sauce, Devil's Duel Pepper Sauce and Cajun Foreplay Spice Rub have no calories.


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I am hyper organized and very driven, yet there are days I feel like I can barely manage being a full-time mom to one kid, a dutiful wife, taking care of our house and cats, and running my own small business. And here is this woman, Sarah Palin, the recently (in 2006) elected governor of Alaska agreeing to take on the role of VP....
There she is, standing beside presumptive GOP presidential nominee John S. McCain, Sarah Palin, a "devoted" and "devout" mother of five (including a baby born with Down Syndrome in April) and self-described "hockey mom," impeccably dressed, coiffed, manicured, and made up -- a fortysomething babe -- (while I sit here at my computer, makeup-less, with chipped nail polish, in a long-sleeved t-shirt and clam diggers) calling all the attention to and lavishing praise on her very hunky husband, Todd, the man she most admires (her words), her beautiful girls standing behind her, her eldest son awaiting troop deployment to Iraq, gazing adoringly at her hero, John McCain, in between sentences...
Republicans, does it get any better than this?
(I bet Bill Clinton would have loved to have had a feisty babe like Palin serve under him -- or on top; and you can bet McCain doesn't object to all that hugging.)
I had a feeling that McCain would pick a woman, though I thought it would be Kay Bailey Huthison or Elizabeth Dole -- though back on June 27 one astute reader of this blog, "Ted," wrote: "Now that we're beyond Hillary, we can look forward to the first female VP, Sarah Palin, to become the first female President of the United States in 4 years!" So tip o' my hat to you, Ted. You were right!
To her credit, Governor Palin of Alaska said ALL the right things in her speech today at the Nutter Center. (Nutter Center?! David Letterman and Jon Stewart are going to have a field day with that one.) She was well spoken, gracious, and seemed to reach out across the proverbial aisle to "all those who love this country" (including the one lone black guy in the Dayton crowd, and his daughter, who were strategically placed right behind McCain and Palin).
While I am all for seemingly intelligent, sassy, petite brunettes (finally someone shorter than McCain!) getting into higher office, as someone who was against going to war in Iraq when the enemy was nowhere near there, who wants this country to get out of Iraq and get off of oil (all oil) ASAP (Palin is all about drilling wherever), and who has seen "devoutness" to one religion or another used as an excuse to kill and mistreat people who are not like them, this GOP ticket has me very nervous.
To paraphrase another petite, sassy, ambitious brunette, Fasten your seat belts, presidential watchers. It's going to be a bumpy 67 days.
(Note: Just after posting this, I discovered a great little post on the Dallas Morning News blog entitled "Five reasons why Sarah Palin is a laugh-out-loud choice for VP," which is well worth a click and a read, as well as Timothy Egan's very good (and short) piece on "Ms. Alaska" in this afternoon's NYtimes.com.)
SPECIAL LABOR DAY EVANGELICAL FAMILY VALUES UPDATE: This just in: Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of "abstinence only" devout Evangelical Christian GOP VP pick Sarah Palin, is FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT! Per a 12:25 p.m. New York Times's "The Caucus" blog post, Bristol "plans" on marrying the father. Plans?! You betcha -- as soon as the McCain camp found out. (Hey, maybe they should have picked Lynne Spears, Jamie Lynn's mom, for VP instead of Palin.) According to The Caucus report, the McCain camp new about Bristol's delicate condition -- yet (increasingly mystifyingly) picked her mom, Sarah, who practically abandoned her baby born with Down Syndrome just three days after giving birth in April to get back to work, anyway. Assuming that's true (and I'm not sold that it is), that's gotta make you seriously question McCain's judgment (if you haven't already).
Those are some family values the Republicans/Evangelicals got. Do as we say, not as we do. (How do you feel about "abstinence only" sex education now, Governor Palin? And lest anyone has forgotten, McCain cheated on his first wife, with Cindy Lou, whom he later married.) All I can say is the McCain camp should be grateful another whirlwind -- Gustav -- is taking up the majority of air time today, greatly shortening the Republican National Convention and leaving them another day to put a positive spin on the Labor Day bombshell.
THE DAY AFTER UPDATE: Just read Elisabeth Bumiller's article from September 1's New York Times article, entitled "Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions on Vetting Process," to hear the latest Palin bombshells.
Btw, I don't care that Bristol Palin is pregnant out of wedlock or that Sarah Palin had her first son, Track, eight months after eloping. I actually feel sorry for Bristol, who, because of her mom's rising political career had/has no choice re this child. What I do care about is that if elected, this woman, Sarah Palin, is going to do her best to make abstinence-only education the only kind of sex education available to our children, a policy that she couldn't even get her flesh and blood to follow and that will have enormous negative and perhaps tragic repercussions.
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Did you think the Olympics 2012 were over?
Inspire LeicesterShire a partnership of the local authorities of Leicester & Leicestershire, working together to create a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Games want to tell you what has been achieved.
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All Hope is Lost NaNoWriMo day 21
All Hope is Lost
The character arc is in shambles. Now, the character is floundering. Ruled by the original lie, the hero can no longer move forward. All hope is lost.
During this moment the protagonist believes he has lost. He has tried everything, and it wasn't enough. His plans have ended in catastrophic failure.
Characteristics of the all hope is lost
- Character reverts to original lie
- Emmet believes he is not special
- Batman believes he is better alone
- Character acts in a self-destructive or self-loathing manner
- Emmet is paralyzed watching Bricksburg's destruction. Since he's convinced he's not special, he believes there is nothing he can do.
- Character abandons quest
- This can be forced by the villain or voluntary
- Joy falls into the Memory Dump (Antagonistic forces)
- Batman abandons his team. (Voluntary)
- This can be forced by the villain or voluntary
- No solution seems possible
- This is the most important aspect for an all hope is lost moment. For this moment to work there can be no obvious solution or any indication that victory is possible. This moment cannot be a bump in the road. The road needs to collapse from a giant earthquake that sucks the car down with it into an inescapable pit of doom. All hope is lost means exactly that-All Hope is Lost.
If you're having trouble keep asking yourself: What else could go wrong?
- What is the worst thing the villain could do?
- What is the worst thing your character could believe?
- What's the worst thing his companions could do?
Keep asking these questions until you have the absolute worst calamity your character could experience. (Keep in mind these calamities must already exist in her world. So if you Pantsers need to go back and add some foreshadowing, make a note somewhere to pick this up in your first round of edits.)
This is not the moment to make any unexplained twists. Plot twists are an alternate explanation of events. They can't come from anywhere.
The All Hope is Lost is your moment to play evil god
This is your character's darkest moment. She needs to believe there is no solution and all her efforts have only made things worse. There is nothing left. All hope is lost.
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Ask for a small king salmon at your fish market. If what's available is too large, use 10 (6 to 8 ounce) fillets and omit the head and tail for the poaching liquid.
How to Make It
Cut head and tail from salmon; set aside.
Cut salmon in half lengthwise; remove pin bones with tweezers or needle-nose pliers. Slice crosswise into 2-inch pieces; cover and set aside.
Place head and tail in a 4-quart saucepan. Cover with 5 cups water; add wine and next 6 ingredients. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes. Pour mixture through wire-mesh strainer into a bowl, discarding solids. Return liquid to pan. Stir salt into liquid.
Pour liquid into a fish poacher*; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer gently. Arrange fish on poacher insert, and place in liquid. Simmer 10 minutes; remove from heat, and let stand 5 minutes.
Remove salmon, and place on serving plates. Top with Cucumber Beurre Blanc and chopped cucumber. Serve with steamed fresh vegetables.
*If you don't have a fish poacher, use a roasting pan large enough to hold the salmon in a single layer. Place salmon in gently simmering water with a metal spatula.


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Well, Mr. President, you did it. Much to the surprise of your opponent and his backing billionaires, you triumphed. So now that your second term is secured, I'd like to speak to you on behalf of your liberal voters.
Many of us who voted for you the first time did so with the knowledge that your actions would be constrained by the requirements of your seeking re-election. In other words, we knew better than to expect big things from you during your first term. We figured the payoff would come during the second.
Needless to say, you accomplished a hell of a lot anyway, especially considering the fact of complete Congressional obstruction; for that we are grateful. Now, however, is the time for a change in strategy.
We have seen you reach your hand "across the aisle" to achieve bipartisan consensus, only to have it spat upon by opponents who despise you more than they actually disagree with you. We have seen you embrace their ideas, contrary to the desires of your base, only to have them disavowed by their proponents. We have seen you give ground at the beginning of negotiations, fully expectant of reciprocal concessions which were never forthcoming. It's time to stop trying to meet them in the middle, because they are far to distant from it.
Do not make the mistake of thinking that the Republicans are suddenly going to become cooperative. They will never do anything that threatens to make you look good. They hate you.
We know that you are a good man in a difficult time who is sincerely doing his best to do right by his country. We know that your are playing what has always been a white man's game and are amazed at and proud of your ascent. You make us proud of our country. You more than make up for the embarrassment caused us by your predecessor.
Sir, we require no more convincing. We know that you tried, we know that your opposition is intractable, and now we just want you to go back there and haul out President Badass. It's time to start dominating.


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About This File
This project is written in C++, using Qt ( So the code is platform independent, and once I reach Beta I plan to release both the source and linux binaries ). Feel free to post your ideas.
This tool is intended to be a modern database editor. The goal I want to achieve is, to provide an ultimate tool to edit (almost) all files of the db folder, with advanced usability, and blur the border between the files ( for example you see at the item tab, what monsters the item dropped by, although it is stored in a different file.)
Usage: File->Open and give it the location of your db folder. ( Only support rAthena, it searches for the dbs in re or pre_re subfolder based on settings. )
- Informative tooltips to help the user
- Item and mob database support
- Script editor for item's scripts.
- Adding, editing, removing database entries
- Read/Write TXT databases, export/import them to/from SQL
- Blur the borders between the files.
- Double clicking an entry loads that entry to edit.
- If you fill the ID field and press return, if such entry exist, it will be loaded and selected.
- Switching between renewal and classic dbs
- Basic sanity checking on save ( for example detecting zeny exploits )
- RegExp based search
Saving behavior:
- Save button save only the entry, use file->save to save the dbs.
- If there is an entry exist with the saved id, it will be overwritten, otherwise appended.
Planned features:
- Add MobSkillDB support
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- Support for editing client side files
- Integrity checks (for example mob droping a nonexistent item)
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What's New in Version 0.1.8 Alpha See changelog
- Upgraded Qt to 5.14, ported to 64 bit
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Over the past 24 hours, Eric Hobsbawm and Barry Commoner died, each at the age of 95. Hobsbawm and Commoner were structuring influences on the fields of (respectively) social history and environmental studies. Both men engaged communities outside of the classroom. Hobsbawm was perhaps the most enduring face of Communism in Great Britain for decades, as well as (with E.P. Thompson) the great historian of the British working class. Commoner was one of the most tenacious environmental activists of the past half century and even ran for president in 1980.
Both men leave behind work that continues to inform the work countless scholars and activists perform today — not least my own. Hobsbawm's The Invention of Tradition is a book environmental activists would do well to read, as he discusses how cultural norms are created and produce powerful buffers against change. Commoner's focus on the dangers of pollution to human and environmental health (as he discussed in The Closing Circle) is an obvious influence on those of us in the history of waste and pollution (and evident in entry upon entry of the Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage).
Both men earned great obituaries, as searches for their names this week will confirm. I'll quote a few choice bits from the New York Times on each man.
Mr. Hobsbawm and his colleagues in the Historians' Study Group of the Communist Party established labor history as an important field of study and in 1952 created an influential journal, Past and Present, as a home base.
The rich dividends from this new approach to writing history were apparent in works like "Primitive Rebels: Studies in Archaic Forms of Social Movement in the 19th and 20th Centuries" (1959), "Laboring Men: Studies in the History of Labor" (1964) and "Industry and Empire," the companion volume to Christopher Hill's "Reformation to Industrial Revolution."
During this period, Mr. Hobsbawm also wrote jazz criticism for The New Statesman and Nation under the pseudonym Francis Newton, a sly reference to the jazz trumpeter Frankie Newton, an avowed Communist. His jazz writing led to a book, "The Jazz Scene," published in 1959.
Dr. Commoner's diagnoses and prescriptions sometimes put him at odds with other environmental leaders. He is rightly remembered as an important figure in the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, a nationwide teach-in conceived by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, and he himself regarded the observance as historically important. But Earth Day also illustrated the growing factionalization of a movement in which "environmentalism" could mean anything from ending the Vietnam War to growing one's own cabbages, and a number of singular, easily grasped agendas were competing for attention and money.
This was the context for the rift between Dr. Commoner and advocates of population control, who saw environmental degradation as a byproduct of overpopulation and who had become a force on the strength of Paul R. Ehrlich's huge best seller "The Population Bomb." Conservationist groups like the Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Federation were strong supporters of Dr. Ehrlich's views.
Dr. Commoner took aim at the "neo-Malthusians." On a scientific panel discussion with Dr. Ehrlich in December 1970, he said it was "a cop-out of the worst kind" to say that "none of our pollution problems can be solved without getting at population first."
He elaborated in his best-known book, "The Closing Circle," published the next year. Reducing population, he wrote, was "equivalent to attempting to save a leaking ship by lightening the load and forcing passengers overboard."
"One is constrained to ask if there isn't something radically wrong with the ship."
Five years shy of a century, Eric Hobsbawm and Barry Commoner produced work that will long survive them and be instructive to people not yet born. Both men were concerned with the consequences of expression and behavior, and I'll close this entry with one more quote from Commoner's obituary:
Dr. Commoner practiced what he preached. In his personal habits he was as frugal as a Yankee farmer, and as common-sensical. He drove or took taxis if the route by public transit took him far out of his way. On the other hand, he saw no need to waste electricity by ironing his shirts.
And when a Times writer once asked his Queens College office to mail some material, it arrived in an old brown envelope with the crossed-out return address of the botany department at Washington University — a place where he had last worked 19 years earlier.


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Located approximately halfway between The White House and the U.S. Capitol Building, at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue (MAP), is the Old Post Office Pavilion, an historic building of the Federal government. Also known as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower, the Romanesque Revival style building is an iconic structure and one of the most recognized buildings in D.C. Built between 1892 to 1899, upon its completion it was used as the U.S. Post Office Department Headquarters and the city's main post office until 1914. It has been used primarily as an office building since then.
At 315 feet tall, the Old Post Office's clock tower ranks third in height among the buildings in the national capital city, behind the nearby Washington Monument and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. From an observation deck at the 270-foot level, the tower offers incredible panoramic views of D.C. and the surrounding area. Beneath the observation deck is the tower clock, which is now more than a century old. Below that, on the tenth floor, are the Bells of Congress. These bells are replicas of those at London's Westminster Abbey, and were a gift from England during the U.S. Bicentennial celebration in 1976, commemorating friendship between the nations. They are rung at the opening and closing of Congress and for national holidays.
At times the building has had a precarious existence, and came close to being torn down on more than one occasion. It has also undergone a number of changes and renovations over the years. In the 1920's the building was nearly demolished during the construction of the Federal Triangle complex. In 1964, the President's Council on Pennsylvania Avenue recommended the demolition of all but the clock tower. The recommendation was subsequently approved by Congress. But as a result, local citizens banded together, and with the help of advocates in Congress, were able to convince Congress to reverse its decision. Helping to ensure its future, the building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is also a contributing property to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site. Despite this, it again faced demise when it was nearly torn down in the 1970s to make way for completion of massive Federal Triangle development project. However, it was once again spared.
Major renovations to the building occurred in 1976 and 1983, with the last renovation resulting in the addition of a food court and retail space on the ground level, and private and government office space in the upper levels. At that time, this mixed-use approach garnered national attention as a innovative approach to historic preservation. Most recently, in 1991, an addition was added to the structure which contained more retail space. However, the biggest change to the Old Post Office Pavilion is yet to come. At the beginning of this year the food court and stores were closed down. And earlier this month the remaining offices in the building and the clock tower closed. This was done to begin the next chapter in the building's life.
In 2013, the U. S. General Services Administration leased the property for the next 60 years to Donald Trump. The Trump Organization said it would develop the property into a 250-plus room luxury hotel, to be named Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. Along with the hotel, the development is slated to include an upscale spa, art gallery, café, bar, three high-end restaurants, a fitness center, library, lounge with fountain, several luxury retail shops, and a large-scale meeting and banquet facility. The company also pledged to create a small museum dedicated to the history of the building, and to maintain the Bells of Congress and the building's historic exterior. The National Park Service will retain control over the clock tower and observation deck and it will keep them open to the public for tours.
It is hoped that the building's next incarnation will help spark an economic renaissance in D.C.'s Downtown neighborhood. But much like the history of the Old Post Office Pavilion itself, only time will tell.
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I was talking to a friend who knows I am still trying to decide on a platform. Today she said to me – "just pick one and move forward". I think she is right, so I hope to do that in the next couple of days (notice any irony here ? ).
According to Bates, it is important to pay attention to the "unique pedagogical features" of text, audio, and video when creating educational content. He suggests taking time and carefully choosing which is best in a given situation to deliver specific content. I have not tried making a screencast before to deliver content, so this week I took on the challenge…
I chose Screencast-O-Matic, which is fairly easy to use and it is free (for the basic package). You can watch the following You Tube video if you want to find out more about it:
It gives you the choice of 3 different options : screen only, webcam only or both together. I created an example of each option as you can see below:
My 'Screen only' example:
My 'Webcam only' example:
My 'Screen and Webcam' example:
I tried a lot of different ways to get these files to play in WordPress. I ended up creating You Tube videos, (which was a another new process). I found a good You Tube video to explain how to upload videos from Screencast – O – Matic to You Tube. You can check out Stephanie Davis' demonstration here if you are interested in trying it yourself.
I feel pretty darn pleased with myself for accomplishing these feats this week. Come to think of it – I think these might classify as Vlogs (that I have heard others talk about). Yay! (now I sound like my students – making a 'little deal' sound like a 'big deal' 🙂
I checked out lots of great blogs from my classmates this week and learned many interesting new things. One thing that really interested me was Ed Puzzle posted by Carla this week, where she explained that you can crop existing videos and then add an audio track or audio notes. She also drew my attention to something called Playposit where you can add text to an exiting video.
There were other things that interested me that I would like to try sometime. Stephanie and Twana talked about using Adobe Spark, which I would like to check out in the future. Also, Benita and Roxanne talked about GoAnimate, which intimidates me but intrigues me at the same time. I am learning lots from my classmates.
If anyone is familiar with Screencast – O – Matic and wants to suggest other ways to transfer screencasts to my wordpress blog – that would be great.


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Ok heres the basic's haha!
I stay in a Block of 6 flats with a buzzer entry system...
Last night or 2 nights ago i recevied a buzz from TVLA...
hello is "name" in.. I said whos this? They said are you a resident to which i said yes
So he goes on to say im from the TVLA can i speak to "name"
I said no but you can speak to me.. He asked if i have a tv licence
To which i replied am i obliged to answer this... He said he couldnt hear me
So i repeated it a further 4/5 times to which eventually led to me saying i dont wish to speak to you.
He left and said ill be back again at somepoint.
Everything was fine... Now today my freeview box has no signal haha! coincidence?
It says database empty...?
Is it just a broke box or have they actually masterd jamming signals haha !
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A few days ago I found the results from google analytics a little low, so i decided to use Goingup analytics on my site along with google. I found that while Google analytics reported my website had only 29 views Goingup analytics said i had over 72. Does anyone know what i can do because i would like accurate results for my website. Thanks for any replies.
Hi Mark,
Be sure not to mistake unique views with views.
I use anaylitics but ive heard people talking about 'get clicky', its meant to be good http://getclicky.com/ -- you could check that out if you want.
Be sure not to mistake unique views with views.
I use anaylitics but ive heard people talking about 'get clicky', its meant to be good http://getclicky.com/ -- you could check that out if you want.
No... google analytics is not accurate whatsoever. Mine (and other people I know... ask billy) was telling me I was getting 100 to 400 pageviews per day which was impossible and 80 to 350 unique visitors per day which was impossible. I switched to get clicky and they indicate I get between 5 and 40 which I know is more accurate.
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After reading this thread last week, I signed up for Clicky and set up my site in no time. (And, this with a fever!) It is simple and gives me exactly the information I need. Thanks for the tip!
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I thought it was me not having set it up properly... been getting 2,000+ people filling in forms over the last two days, with Google reporting a total of 42 visitors!!!!!! Off to check out Clicky right away!


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When I first laid my eyes on Marc by Marc Jacobs' Fall 2013 collection, I instantly fell in love with the 1970s inspired collection. With the perm like hair, bright colors, exciting prints, plaid, and the shaped bags. Everything, just perfect. The shaped bags were definitely a big accessory favorite. Coming in shapes of squares, rectangles, and circles, and in colors of a tangerine, red, tan, black, and some in plaid. Just bringing back such a Chic, vintage vibe that I just really fall for. When I was younger, I used to have a circular suit that was pink and had "Barbie" written all over it in big, white bold letters. So it's just really nice to see the Chic, shaped bags come back in.
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Check out this Fan Video from Calgary EXPO
Ringer Dori sent us this cute video that he and his daughter took at Calgary EXPO of fans, guests, vendors and volunteers dancing. They even got a couple of Dwarves to join in 😉
Ringer Dori sent us this cute video that he and his daughter took at Calgary EXPO of fans, guests, vendors and volunteers dancing. They even got a couple of Dwarves to join in 😉
Last night was indeed a night of special magnificence here in Calgary! Calgary EXPO threw the event 'Middle-earth EXPOsed' – and what an extraordinary event it was. Sir Richard Taylor turned one lucky fan into an orc, applying his make-up on stage whilst the rest of the event took place. Host Mark Ferguson (Gil-galad) led conversations with actors Billy Boyd, Sean Astin, Craig Parker, Jed Brophy, Sadwyn Brophy (Eldarion), Dean O'Gorman, Mark Hadlow and Manu Bennett; special video messages came from Sir Peter Jackson and Richard Armitage; swordmaster Steven McMichael appeared on stage to fight with the gathered cast; songs were sung, hilarious improv acted out, and the audience were treated to two and a half hours of entertainment and laughter.
The fun continues in Calgary today and tomorrow! Don't forget to stop by booth 2007 to say hi to the folks from TheOneRing.net, or to buy one of our con exclusive shirts. Staffer deej hosts a panel today in the Boyce Theatre, at 11.45, with Billy Boyd and Sean Astin; greendragon hosts panels on Sunday at 12noon and 2pm, with Sean Astin and later with the Hobbit cast members. Hope to see you there!Posted in Billy Boyd, Calgary Expo, Conventions, Craig Parker, Dean O'Gorman, Events, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Jed Brophy, Lord of the Rings, LotR Cast News, LotR Movies, Mark Hadlow, Other Cast, Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage, Richard Taylor, Sean Astin, The Hobbit
Recovered from HobbitCon and/or WonderCon yet? Ready to do it all again? We're about to get the party started here in Calgary, where the Calgary EXPO takes place this weekend!
The exhibition floor is open Thursday 4-8pm, Friday 12noon-8pm, Saturday 10am-7pm, and Sunday 10am-5pm. TheOneRing.net will be at Booth 2007 (which is in Halls DE); we're just a few booths down from our good friends at WETA, who will be at Booth 2000. Come by and play trivia, meet some TORn staff, buy a tshirt or a button, and support the website! Our EXCLUSIVE shirt for this convention is 'Keep Calm and Read Tolkien'. Movie titles may be changing all around us, but Tolkien remains constant, and a refuge from the storm of Real Life!Posted in Billy Boyd, Calgary Expo, Clothing, Clothing, Conventions, Dean O'Gorman, Events, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Jed Brophy, LotR Cast News, Mark Hadlow, Merchandise, Sean Astin, Shop, The Hobbit, WETA Workshop


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Education, Tourism, Government, Industry, Enterprise, Reviews / FeaturesIthraa launches new Omani business e-Newsletter
OMAN's inward investment and export promotion organisation Ithraa has launched a new high-end, quarterly e-Newsletter, called Ithraa News.
It contains news, interviews and features to showcase the organisation's role in attracting and winning inward investment and facilitating and promoting the export of Omani non-oil goods and services.
The content aims to tell a compelling business story with high quality words, photographs and layout. Using real-life examples, it will demonstrate a range of ideas of how to penetrate new international markets, design better products, through to leveraging the power of social media to promote business activities.
The first issue has articles on selling overseas, a report on a trade delegation to Italy, carving out new opportunities, Oman's 21st century talent and India's interest in Oman investment. It can be accessed via the link: http://bit.ly/1QPXA2j


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Native Americans were the first people to live in America. Learn more about the Sioux tribe.
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The Sioux, also known as the Dakota or the Lakota, were made up of seven different tribes that lived over a large area in the Great Plains of the United States. Their original territory included Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, and Minnesota. They were nomads, who migrated according to the season and the movement of the buffalo, their main food. The Sioux originally grew crops, but once they moved onto the plains, their primary food became the buffalo. They grew very few crops, and mostly traded weapons and meat with other tribes for corn.
A man in the Sioux tribe would usually be awarded the title of "Chief" as recognition for brave or outstanding behavior. However, the chief did not make decisions for his tribe. Instead, a tribe council, and sometimes even the entire tribe, would vote on what to do in a situation. Women were allowed to vote and owned property in the Sioux tribe. Though men were expected to hunt and fight, women were in charge of the house. Children were considered sacred by the Sioux and were given a lot of attention.
Buffaloes were used as food, clothing, housing, and weapons. Though they mostly ate buffalo, the Sioux also hunted elk and deer. They would tan the hides of these animals and use them as clothing. The women wore dresses, the men pants, breechcloths, and shirts, and all of them wore moccasins. Both men and women also wore their hair long. Sioux tepees, which were almost fifteen feet high, were made of buffalo-hide. Because the Sioux migrated often, their tepees were easily assembled and disassembled. The Sioux used shields, bows and arrows, spears, and clubs while hunting and fighting. Shields and bowstrings were usually made from buffalo.
For the Sioux, war was a major part of their lives, and an initiation rite for young Sioux men included getting a scalp. In addition to beadwork, quillwork, and pottery, the Sioux created buffalo-hide paintings, which most Sioux women wore. The Sioux told many legends to explain the world around them and to teach their children. They were also animistic, which meant that they believed in the power of nature. For this reason, they performed many tribal dances in honor of the sun and other parts of their environment. The Sioux also believed that white buffaloes were the most sacred animals in the world, and therefore never hunted them.
When French settlers first arrived, the Sioux were forced to move further west onto the plains, where they split into seven different clans. Later, gold was found in the Black Hills, leading to a gold rush in Sioux territory. Led by brave chiefs (including the famous chiefs Sitting Bull and Red Cloud), the Sioux resisted American attempts to take their land. At first, the Americans tried to convince the Sioux to sell their land. When this failed, they decided to take the land by force.
This led to many violent encounters such as the Battle of Little Big Horn (a.k.a. Custer's Last Stand) and the Battle of Wounded Knee. The Battle of Little Big Horn was a famous Native American victory, but despite winning the battle, the Native Americans lost many of their tribe members, including women and children, to the settlers' attacks. Eventually, the Sioux were defeated and forced onto reservations throughout the northern United States, where most of them live today. However, a few tribes managed to escape to Canada during the war and continue to practice their culture in the North.


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Judith began basket weaving in 2011 in a class taught by two expert weavers at the Oak Island Senior Center. The weekly companionship of a wonderful group of women allows her to learn and create in a positive and uplifting environment. Judith strives to continually expand the quality and range of her baskets by learning and using new techniques.
Each basket speaks to her through its beauty and function. She wants each person who buys her baskets to love it as much as she does, often making it difficult to part with some of her creations. She is always looking for new ideas and designs to add variety to her line of work. She says, "For me, the challenge of weaving each basket is to make it irresistible.


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On Being a Satisfied, Small Blogger
I was listening to a podcast the other day over at How They Blog (hosted by my favorite "podcaster", Kat Lee. Moms, check out her podcast at Inspired to Action!). Kat was interviewing Erin Odom from The Humbled Homemaker blog and as I was listening, I was struck by the fact that I have been blogging for the same amount of time as Erin has~ 3 years. While she has had enormous success in the blogging world, I am still considered a "smaller" blogger. My stats are insignificant by Google's standards.
It raised some questions for me. Have I not been working hard enough? Should I be promoting my work more? Do I need to network in a different way? These are the tempting questions that come into my head and heart when I start to compare.
I had to shut those thoughts down! Instead of trying to figure out an answer to all of those questions, I started to think about the path my life has taken over the past three years. In that time, our family has moved between states, my husband changed positions from associate pastor to senior pastor, I was blessed with a surprise pregnancy, we welcomed our fourth child into our family, and my Daddy passed away. I could write an entire book about each of those things, but suffice it to say, it has been a busy, blessed and bittersweet three years.
A part of me would love to be able to tell you that I have achieved my blogging goals, that my blog has grown by leaps and bounds and that I am able to generate an income from my blog, but this is not the case.
And so I am asking myself different questions instead. Am I putting effort into the things that God has for me right now? Do I believe that God is the one who determines my steps? Am I being faithful to the relationships God has brought into my life (friends, family, our congregation, fellow bloggers, mastermind groups, private facebook groups)?
The answer to all of these questions is YES which means I am a success!
As I have been listening to friends who have succeeded in the blogging/book writing world, I am hearing a similar theme. It is not all it is cracked up to be! Gone are the days of being able to interact with readers. Critics are as prevalent as fans. The book may be published, but the sales are low due to a lack of promotion.
I am fully convinced that my God knows what is best for me. And so, I will trust Him to continue to direct my paths and I will follow where He leads. In His time, in His plan!
Linking with one of the communities that is teaching me that it is not the size that matters, but the length of your post might!
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Kirsten OliphantJune 11, 2014
I think that's the hard thing in life (but also esp in blogging): comparison. I feel the same way sometimes when I see people who have been doing this a year and are making thousands of dollars a month and supporting their family on a BLOG. And the thing is that you can follow all the rules and suggestions, but there is not enough room for every blogger to become big and famous and make fistfuls of cash. It just doesn't work like that. I def struggle with these thoughts sometimes, and I have a lot of drive to be successful, but what does that mean? And in what realm? So it's good to stop and ask the questions and think not about what you COULD be achieving, but where God has you and wants you. Glad to know I'm not alone in struggling with this sometimes!
amandaconquersJune 11, 2014
You know, as I have been allowing God to order my steps in my writing… to surrender really… I am finding just how much I love being a small blogger. And I see growth–almost like God's way of saying, yes, daughter, keep at it–but it's growth in depth rather than width. It has been such a blessing getting to know a handful of people really well. And the chance to encourage and point to Jesus and have people do it back, to see that everyone matters, every story matters. It's humbling and it's priceless. Anyways, I fear I am starting to ramble. 🙂
I treasure you and this "small" blog Becky. And I do believe you are sowing seeds, ones that spring up life in the hearts of those you reach, and ones that in due season God might just spring up multiplied just for you. Do keep sowing!
PriscillaJune 11, 2014
I've lately been re-evaluating my life and priorities, and I discovered that a lot of what I was focused on wasn't where my heart was. My blog is small, very small, and I wanted to grow my readership too, but I'm becoming more aware that my priorities are slightly different than maybe growing my blog. God has a plan and I'm trying to follow along in it. "hug" Your blog is lovely.
Rachel HaltiwangerJune 12, 2014
I think in blogging especially, it's important to think and pray about what "success" looks like for you. If your goal is to foster community on your blog, that's great! If it's to reach people with a certain message, that's great too. But I don't think blogging success should ever be measured in page views or ad sales, because then it's really easy to sell out to cheap ways of getting views like striking up petty arguments. I agree with Priscilla: your blog is lovely.
Anita OjedaJune 13, 2014
Ah, yes! It's so hard to just hang on and let God do his thing. But such good things happen (the things he wants) when we do. Of course, it's hard for ME to remember this ;). Thank you for the encouragement!
KatieJune 14, 2014
Yeah, I definitely can relate. It was helpful for me a few months ago to step back and think about what my goals really were. I realized that I had never wanted to be a big famous blogger, just wanted to share my story well with a few people. But I had gotten swept up in the twitterverse and checking my stats every day simply because it seemed like that's what everyone else was doing. Personally, I have settled into the idea that depth of impact could be just as important as breadth. My blog has opened up some opportunities for me to re-connect with old friends, or connect with people who felt marginalized, or talk about faith with someone who is not a Christian. Those opportunities make it worthwhile for me. We all have different goals in our writing, and I so agree with Kiki that most of all we need to avoid comparison and figure out what WE want to be!
KatieJune 14, 2014
And I love your questions about faithfulness and effort. Much more worthwhile 🙂
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Students for Justice in Palestine protesters at a mock checkpoint in Berkeley
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An American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) branch has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education addressing what the civil liberties group calls "constitutional red flags" contained in a civil rights complaint against the University of California, Berkeley. The July complaint against Berkeley alleges that the university has allowed a "hostile environment" for Jews on campus that results from Palestine solidarity activism like mock checkpoints and Israeli Apartheid Week.
"The allegations of this Title VI complaint reflect either a profound misunderstanding of the First Amendment, or an attempt to persuade the government to use its power to restrict speech based on its content and political viewpoint," the letter from the ACLU reads. Title VI is contained in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and prohibits discrimination at places that are federally funded.
The U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into the complaint in October, though they emphasized that opening an inquiry into the matter "in no way implies that [the office] has made a determination with regard to its merits." But the ACLU of Northern California remains concerned about the complaint, which they say targets political speech and could have a chilling effect on activism on campus in the future.
The letter, authored by ACLU Northern California legal director Alan L. Schlosser, was sent to the Department of Education on December 10. Beyond the content of the letter, it is significant that the ACLU is taking a stand on the issue.
The legal matter Schlosser addresses dates back to July, when two attorneys filed a complaint with the Department of Education. It alleges that Palestine solidarity activism creates "a disturbing echo of incitement, intimidation, harassment and violence carried out under the Nazi regime and those of its allies in Europe against Jewish students and scholars … during the turbulent years leading up to and including the Holocaust." The Berkeley alumni behind the complaint are Jessica Felber and Brian Maissy, two former members of Tikvah for Israel. Felber is currently West Coast director for JerusalemOnlineU.com, an Israel advocacy site run by an anti-Muslim activist behind a number of Islamophobic films, Raphael Shore.
Student solidarity activists have rejected Felber's and Maissy's claims, and say that the complaint is part of a larger effort to suppress Palestine solidarity activism on campus. The ACLU letter also addresses the claim made in the complaint that physical violence has been carried out on campus against Jewish students. "While these are cause for legitimate civil rights concern…it should be kept in mind that they appear to be isolated incidents and/or carried out by unknown persons. They are not part the expressive activities of the SJP and MSA, like Apartheid Week, which are the primary focus and concern of this Complaint."
More importantly, the ACLU addresses what it says are threats to constitutionally protected activities, like speech and protest in favor of Palestinian rights. Schlosser rejects what he says are the two main premises of the complaint: that opposition to Israel or Zionism is anti-Semitic, and that the university or the Education Department can prohibit political messaging that is offensive to a group of students. "Speech that criticizes the State of Israel and its policies and actions, or even questions its right to exist as a Jewish State in the region, cannot constitute the basis for government restriction or regulation," writes Schlosser. The letter also emphasizes that activities like mock checkpoints, or Israeli Apartheid Week, is political speech and is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Furthermore, the letter urges the Department of Education to quickly conduct its investigation due to the possibility that government scrutiny of student activism could chill future action on the issue. "Students who feel strongly about these issues, and shared the views being expressed by the organizers of Apartheid Week, might have serious second thoughts about getting involved with next year's Apartheid Week, or similar SJP and MSA activities, while there are pending charges that these activities are part of a federal law violation," the letter reads.
Felber and Maissy had previously filed a federal complaint against Berkeley last year, but dropped it after reaching a settlement. But the court they filed the complaint in stated that "a very substantial portion of the conduct to which plaintiffs object represents pure political speech and expressive conduct, in a public setting, regarding matters of public concern, which is entitled to special protection under the First Amendment."
The activities contained in this current complaint are similar to the activities that Felber and Maissy complained about in their dropped suit last year.
This article's headline has been corrected to read "Complaint" instead of "Lawsuit."


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Morgan is passionate about wildlife and aspires to be a vet when he is older. His Starlight Wish was to touch and feed whales, dolphins and rays. After everything the family has been through, the once-in-a-lifetime trip to Florida was a magical experience for Morgan and his family.