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Strategies for Iron Man in Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Watch ►
Movie courtesy of Capcom
(Can also be used in the air)
• Uni-Beam (Projectile) •
A beam shoots out of Iron Man's chest. The closer you are to your opponent the more times it hits.
• Shoulder Missile •
Travels at a reasonable speed, and it's very easy to do. You can also combo into his Uni-Beam or Proton Cannon (Hyper move) after hitting with a Shoulder Missile.
• Repulsor Blast •
Iron Man creates a laser ball above his head which shoots out beams all over the screen. This move can juggle your opponent multiple times.
(Can also be done in the air)
• Smart Bombs •
Pressing towards or backwards when you press the buttons will cause the bombs to either go further or travel less distance. This makes several bombs shoot out from Iron Man's shoulder area, they start off high and slowly travel downwards.
plus any direction in the air
• Air Dash •
Simply hold in whichever direction you want to fly while jumping, then press the two punch buttons at the same time and you can Air Dash with Iron Man.
(Can also be used in air)
• Flying •
Makes Iron Man fly around for a solid period of time. Good move. You can still use your Uni-Beam, and Smart Bombs while flying as well.
• Proton Cannon •
Your only Hyper Move, but it's a great one. Iron Man grabs a gigantic gun and shoots a huge beam out of it, hitting a bunch of times for a nice amount of damage. The closer you are, the more hits and life it takes off. The damage difference from close range compared to full screen isn't that much though.
(In the air)
• Jumping Hard Punch Beam •
You can control which direction Iron Man shoots this beam, low, medium or high by pressing in the corresponding direction.
(In the air)
• Knee Dive •
(In the air)
• Up Kick •
|Partner Assist
|Variable Counter
|Variable Combination
|Projectile Type
|(L) Uni-Beam
|(L) Uni-Beam
|Proton Cannon
|Anti-air Type
|(H) Repulsor Blast
|(H) Repulsor Blast
|Proton Cannon
|Launcher Type
|Standing Hard Kick
|Standing Hard Kick
|Proton Cannon
@ #10 grow up
PS. Does anyone besides me HATE the music in this game? You'd think they would have changed it after the arcades..


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I was so excited about my alphabet rocks, that I couldn't wait for Monday.
You can read how I made them here.
How else can I use those magnets?
Making words of course!! I tried painting a tree, but it looked horrid. I went instead to my scrapbooking stash of paper and made this tree. I attached it with Mod Podge (I have a big jar) and did a top coat to try to protect it.
But then I was having too much fun with my rocks so I decided to try some numbers. I used puffy paints to dot the blue rocks that were leftover from trying to find enough clear rocks (no real craft stores near-by, long story for another time).
What's on the back of my cookie sheet you ask? Fabric! I got the idea from Amanda Madden here. Now if I can just win a Silhouette Cameo to add cute letters. Maybe I will even make it to the big city and Target, so I can make Amanda's dice containers. Too much to do and not enough time. Back to work (or is it back to play?).


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My trash can is full of my heart,
and my head is full of trash.
n1258May 31, 2010
My trash can is full of my heart,
Long Train.May 16, 2010
My Green FloorMay 16, 2010
look at all these notebooks
I have them scattered out on my green floor.
Weathered and bare in spots
scratches of age and movement.
Dragging and sliding
rubbing and walking.
I'm digging, you see.
through all this paper
and ink
to find something real.
Something that doesn't just scratch
and rub.
Just something other than
Something more than a shadow
of a shadow of a thought.
Something better than letters,
Pens, and these God DAMN SCRATCHES.
The wood is bare
in places.
The paint is lifted
and my green floor is
a motley brown and green
Like a dormant lawn in early spring.
Empty MirrorMay 15, 2010
It's weird when you realize the person you thought you knew best
isn't at all who they said they were,
It's even weirder when that person
is the blank stare in the mirror.
Untitled (11/4/2007)May 15, 2010
Everyone has nice tv's
I don't want a tv.
Everyone has nice cars,
I smashed mine.
So Lets BeMay 10, 2010
are we just the paid slaves
that the industry craves?
Or are we dreamers
who pick at the seams
until we free ourselves?
And dream
until we meet ourselves?
Somewhere beyond the sleeper cells,
and hidden under the blackest sails.
I want to be free, you want to be free, so lets be.
[insert clever title here]May 1, 2010
I've go this secret question maybe,
it's been forever since you made me
say it
made me say it all,
to another dial
You never answer when I call.
I prescribed myself a fix
of things that probably shouldn't mix
but I've found my clarity
in a glassy stare
and an empty bottle
and an empty chair
from me.


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In the previous article on the LIDAR on a Chip, some folks asked if it is possible to run the chip outdoors. Looky here:
This is just a short article on how the test was done.
The LIDAR on a Chip in this article is a VL53L0X from ST Microelectronics. Pololu Robotics & Electronics sells the carrier/breakout board for the VL53L0X that was used in the video.
In the video, the VL53L0X is wired to a Jetson TK1 Development Kit over I2C. The TK1 is running a wireless access point and a web server. The web server posts a web page which displays the current reading of the VL53L0X range in millimeters through a web socket.
A NVIDIA Shield Tablet is shown which connects to the Jetson TK1 through the WAP and connects to the TK1 web server through a web browser. In that way, the Shield shows the current reading of the VL53L0X.
The test was performed at noon on a sunny day in November in Southern California. With sunlight hitting the sensor (but not pointing the sensor directly at the sun of course) it looked as if the sensor could measure objects up to about 350mm. When the sun was not directly hitting the sensor, range increased somewhat. This is what we would expect, almost any light gathering device has some type of hood/lens to shield the sensor from unwanted light. The laser on the chip emits 940nm light, this is usually pretty good for use outdoors.
It appears that with the application of some shielding/hooding over the sensor, range could be increased significantly. Overall, still pretty good for outdoors use if you want close proximity sensing. Certainly worth checking out!


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What does B-stock mean?
We refer to products that are no longer new as 'B-stock'. This could be a product that has been returned by a customer within the 60-day trial period, or it could be a showroom model. In any case, a B-stock product still functions perfectly.
How do I know what a B-stock product has been through?
In the B-stock category on our site, you'll find a complete overview of all the B-stock products in our assortment. If you want to find out more about a specific product, click on the 'B-stock Information' tab on the product page for a detailed description. In case of specific damage, such as visible scratches or damaged packaging, you will see a picture of the current state of the product as well as the original product images.
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Where in New York City are you from?
Bronx, New York
Where do you attend school?
Stephen T. Mather High School
What are your hobbies and/or interests?
Going to the gym and listening to music.
How long have you been involved with Branching Out?
This is my first year in Branching Out
Why did you choose to participate in Branching Out?
It looked like a good opportunity to learn and gain new experiences.
What are your career or educational goals ?
Finishing high school, and going to college.
What are you looking forward to during the Branching Out program this summer?
Learning how to do things I've never done before.
What types of opportunities will Branching Out provide you with?
Experience for the real world.


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The most practical tip for a homeowner installing solar here in the USA is to take an agnostic approach to solar panels. Great deals can be found when you become comfortable with the idea that your panel may not last as long as you were lead to believe when you read the manufacturer's warranty.
I use this example as a teachable moment for solar: Do you remember at Christmas when most families placed strands of Christmas lights on their trees using the large multicolored bulbs as decoration? Those strands of lights were expensive! And then one year the bright white strands that were made in China broke into the US market. And families bought truckloads of them because they were so inexpensive. Now, not only do Christmas trees have lights but the entire house and yard is swimming in layers of strands of lights. When one strand breaks you simply
buy another strand because they are so inexpensive one doesn't think of sending them back to the manufacturer for a replacement. My thinking is that this is rapidly becoming the attitude to take
with solar.
In fact, a similar attitude is what the European Union has adopted and this is where I first heard the term "agnostic" used in relation to solar panels. Homeowners who use this approach should settle on a solar panel that has an element of interchangeability. And if you can tolerate a little more uncertainty, defective panels that do not meet the wattage requirements to carry a brand name may be the panel for you. Let me explain in relation to CdTe panels.
A CdTe panel is produced on a 250-foot long production line. Any speck of dust that adheres to the surface of the glass during the manufacturing process produces a "cool" spot and a corresponding reduction in wattage capability. At the end of the production line, the wattage on the panels are measured and the panels are sorted into wattage categories ranging from premium to basic and the manufacturer places his brand label on the panel. However, panels that do not make it to the basic level of wattage are called defective and cannot receive a brand label. They are then sold on the market as a very inexpensive "off-brand" with a limited warranty. These panels may be perfect for the brave DIY homeowner who wants to go completely off the grid for the least amount of investment.
The same idea works for silicon panels and they are used far more widely in the USA then CdTe panels. If you use silicon panels who will want to remember that silicon degrades over time in high heat and cannot tolerate a wide range of climatic conditions including freezing. In 2011, about 95% of all shipments by U.S. manufacturers to the residential sector were crystalline silicon solar panels. The silicon used in PV takes many forms. The main difference is the purity of the silicon, itself. Silicon purity is measured in terms of molecular alignment. The highest levels of alignment result in the production of greater levels of electricity. The processes used to enhance the purity of silicon are expensive. In fact, satellites in space are powered exclusively by silicon solar panels that have the absolute highest rates of efficiency and energy production. However, they are unaffordable for the average homeowner. Therefore, cost and space considerations need to be the driving factors for families unless you are launching a satellite.


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Wil Maring and Robert Bowlin
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Event Venue:
Event Audience:
Award-winning singer-songwriter Wil Maring and virtuose guitarist/fiddler Robert Bowlin combine their talents, smoothly blending elements from all roots music genres to create an original acoustic music all their own--oldtime and bluegrass, jazz and blues, celtic and country.
Music at the Museum is a monthly concert series produced by Chris Vallillo featuring the best in contemporary and traditional folk and acoustic music of all styles. Concerts are held the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Museum auditorium. Tickets are available at the door. For more information on the featured acts and a full series schedule, visit www.museumconcerts.com.


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Last season, the Seattle Seahawks had a rough road to qualify for the playoffs, in large part to a 0-2 start and a schedule that featured early season games against the Green Bay Packers, Cincinnati Bengals and Carolina Panthers, three of the last four teams to lose a game at the start of the season.
With the first game still seven months away, the 2016 team doesn't look to have any smoother road in an effort to qualify for a fifth consecutive trip to the post-season. According to statisticians at CBSsports.com, the Seahawks will face the fifth toughest schedule of the entire NFL next season.
Based on the regular season records of this past season, next year's Seahawks opponents went 139-117, a winning percentage of .543. Additionally, four of the Seahawks' 2016 opponents – the Panthers, Packers, Arizona Cardinals and New England Patriots – qualified for the NFL playoffs, with all but the Packers advancing to the conference championship games (and, of course, the Panthers advanced to the Super Bowl).
It's not just the Seahawks in the NFC West who face tough tests, as the rest of the division gets the opportunity to play through the AFC North and NFC South divisions. The San Francisco 49ers will face the toughest schedule (.555), the Los Angeles Rams the third-toughest (.551) and the defending divisional champions Cardinals the seventh-toughest (.531).
Who gest the easiest schedule? That would be Aaron Rodgers and the Packers, as every NFC North team gets the benefit of playing through the NFC East and AFC South.
While the dates and times of the Seahawks' 2016 games have not yet been determined, the home and away matchups have been set. The Seahawks will host games with the Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Panthers, Cardinals, 49ers and Rams, while the road schedule includes the New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets, Patriots, Packers, Cardinals, 49ers and Rams.
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I have been dealing with photographing beer, wine, food and other products for over 20 years. Apart from it I focus on photos of exteriors (hotels, banks, enterprises, houses, towns) or interiors (restaurants, hotels, interiors for architects or designer studios..). What is more, for many years I work with photographing reproduction of art pieces for authors and galleries. I do not shoot but I create photographic pictures. My studio equipment fulfils also very challenging projects whether we prefer digital or analogue process.
Peter W.Haas, a Slovak commercial and art photographer, a member of the International Association of Art. He pays attention to commercial, digital and artistic analogue and contact photos as well as noble technique like platinotype and bromoil or kalitype. His works can be found in the collection of artistic, political and business dignitaries from Europe, the USA, Russia and Australia… .
- Israel gallery of olechadas (Israel, 1992)
- Gallery Banská Bystrica (Slovakia, 1997)
- Israeli Cultural Center Prague (Czech republic, 2000)
- Gallery Šalgotarián (Hungary, 2016)
- Gallery Banská Bystrica (Slovakia, 2004)
- Teo Gallery (Banska Bystrica – Slovakia, 2016)
- Gallery Živa, SNG, Rotary Club, (Zvolen – Slovakia, 2007)
- Prolaika Gallery (Bratislava – Slovakia, 2013)
- Zichy's palace – Gallery – Z – Bratislava (Bratislava – Slovakia, 2014)


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While we're in Jakarta, we don't have a proper & comfort studio to do some art & craft activities at home. So we think painting is one of the activities that doable outside with our children. Then we
start looking some nice & cool place, like coffee shop or cafe with big table, big window, good lighting. And we find some good place in Jakarta, like VIN+ in Pondok Indah Mall, LOT 9 in Bintaro sector 9, Yesterday Lounge in Pangeran Antasari, Trafique in Hang Tuah, Anomali Coffee in Menteng and Pipiltin Cocoa in Panglima Polim.
And we start to make the #cafepainter hashtag on Instagram and ask other people to join. Go get your portable painting tools, start painting in your favorite cafe and take the picture of the painting with the hashtag.


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Drew Brees is happy to be back with the Saints and glad that his offseason ended with a lucrative new contract, but he's not happy about everything else that went on this offseason.
Specifically, Brees is unhappy about the NFL's handling of the investigation into the team's bounty program, and he's displeased that the Saints will be playing without their suspended head coach Sean Payton this season.
That's the word from Peter King of Sports Illustrated, who spent an hour or so with Brees at the Saints' camp. Brees told King that the Saints, both the individual players and the organization as a whole, believe strongly that they have been wronged by the NFL.
According to King, Brees says there's a difference between paying a player for performing well in a game and paying a bounty for injuring a player, and what the Saints did was the former, not the latter. And Brees says the Saints view the suspensions of their teammates, coaches and General Manager Mickey Loomis as motivation.
That "us against the world" mentality may prove to be much more effective as motivation than the tactics that Gregg Williams employed.


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My son early on understood the advantages of a good smartphone. Long before I had even thought of getting one for myself, when my husband and I still didn't have internet on our phone (it would have cost us extra and didn't seem all that necessary) he would point to his phone and say:
"Here's my laptop."
Now I just drool over the idea of getting an unlocked Galaxy 7; I don't need the fancier "edge" one. But I want a 64GB memory. Since my son got a phone with 32GB over two years ago, I realize that today I need even more for the phone to stay relevant throughout its lifetime.
But when I look at the prices, even in the states, I almost lose my appetite.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Glamour's annual Women of the Year list always takes in a lot of territory, from noteworthy fashionistas and sports heroes to social justice activists and business leaders.
Enter Bono: The first Man of the Year among the magazine's Women of the Year, all to be honored at a Nov. 14 ceremony in Los Angeles.
"We've talked for years about whether to honor a man at Women of the Year and we've always kind of put the kabash on it. You know, men get a lot of awards and aren't exactly hurting in the celebration and honors department," said Cindi Leive, Glamour's editor-in-chief.
"But it started to seem that that might be an outdated way of looking at things, and there are so many men who really are doing wonderful things for women these days. Some men get it and Bono is one of those guys," Leive said in a recent interview.
And how's that?
Well, not just by talking the talk and wearing a feminist T-shirt, she said. Not that there's anything wrong with that stuff, of course.
Instead, the U2 frontman has turned his attention, his high-volume voice and presence as an activist, squarely on women and girls who need it the most, those in extreme poverty around the world. Last year, Bono and his One campaign launched a "Poverty is Sexist" movement, armed with facts and figures.
Roughly 62 million girls are denied a right to education around the world, according to a One report, and half a billion women can't read.
In a letter to world leaders, Bono and numerous other celebrity signers, from Robert Redford to Shonda Rhimes, called it an outrage that girls account for 74 percent of all new HIV infections among adolescents in Africa.
"The idea that a man who could select any cause in the world to call his own, or no cause at all, is choosing to work, and not just for one night or at a special event, but consistently — day after day and month after month — on behalf of women is incredibly cool and absolutely deserves applause," Leive said, noting Bono's AIDS-fighting Red campaign as well.
So how did the man of the hour take the news? Bono's wife, Ali Hewson, had some thoughts, Leive said.
"Apparently he turned to his wife and broke the news and she told him, eh, I think you still have some work to do," she laughed.
Bono said in a statement Tuesday from Glamour that the battle for gender equality won't be won unless men step up and lead alongside women.
"We're largely responsible for the problem, so we have to be involved in the solutions," he said.
Among Glamour's other 2016 honorees are fashion designer Miuccia Prada, IMF chief Christine Lagarde, ISIS kidnap survivor Nadia Murad, Black Lives Matter activists Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, and model and body activist Ashley Graham.
Glamour will feature them all in the December issue. Rounding out the winners:
SIMONE BILES: At 19, she has 10 world championship gold medals and five medals from the 2016 Olympics. Since Rio, she's been writing her memoir, "Courage to Soar," out this month.
But it hasn't always been easy. She was in foster care when her biological grandparents adopted her. In 2013, her gymnastics confidence crumbled and with the help of a sports psychologist she learned to trust her talent — and enjoy the ride.
GWEN STEFANI: It's been quite a year for this mom of three. There's her work on "The Voice," her divorce from Gavin Rossdale, her romance with Blake Shelton and her first solo album in a decade, "This is What the Truth Feels Like," which is also her first to debut at No. 1.
"Sometimes to be woken up again in life you need to go through some really bad, hard times," she told Glamour. "I feel like I got woken up this year."
Leive said of Stefani, "She's always kind of been like the spirit animal for every girl who just wanted to be herself."
ZENDAYA: Girls, Leive said, "love her, they relate to her." Why? "Because she stands for a forthright approach to life."
The former Disney star has more than 33 million followers on Instagram, using her social media presence to support efforts to end hunger and stop the spread of AIDS. At just 20, she is a strong voice against bullying and a positive one in helping girls embrace their own standards of beauty.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the person who should be beholding that beauty is you," Zendaya told Glamour.
She was propelled further into the spotlight last year after the Oscars when Giuliana Rancic remarked on "Fashion Police" that Zendaya's dreadlocks made her look like she smelled of patchouli oil or weed. Rancic later apologized on air.
EMILY DOE: Former Stanford University athlete Brock Turner was convicted of attacking her while she was passed out near a trash bin on campus in January 2015. Turner's six-month prison sentence sparked national outrage and ignited a debate about campus rape and the criminal justice system.
She has chosen to remain anonymous but wrote an essay about the experience that received wide attention. She has written on the subject again in the December issue of Glamour.
"Her voice literally went around the world," Leive said. "Her words and the eloquence of her writing really made everybody stop in their tracks and pay attention."
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Has everyone in this world done lost their mind?
Um… someone should tell the morons at Glamour that Bono is a man.
Yep. Its official.
The world is 100% loony. Off the charts insane.
A radical, re-transformation is needed. This sort of lunacy is unsustainable – a worldwide collapse is called for and hopefully we can rebuild something better from the ashes.
you mean brucey jenner didn't make it this year? what kind of equal diversity magazine is Glamour becoming?
What a bunch of progressive horse #$@$@
Asian countries for Asians.
Black countries for Blacks.
but White countries for everybody?
That's genocide.
Anti-racist is a codeword for Anti-White
Gag me with a spoon.
The battle for gender equality can't be won until men have wombs and women have male pattern balding.
Further proof that liberalism is a mental disorder. This mag is nothing but trash anyway.
Wait, did he really say the gender equality battle can't be won unless men lead it along?? Sounds pretty anti-feminist to me….
I knew the guy/girl was a light in the loafers tranny…
I see most of you didn't read the article. It clearly states he will be honored as "Man of the Year." Men already won "Women of the Year" with Bruce Jenner last year.
Wait a minute. Are they saying there aren't enough qualified women to make the list? Are they saying that it takes a man to show women how to "make the list?"
I find this really confusing…am I the only one confused by this?
For Fock Sake….
Liberalism is a mental disorder of epic distortion.
Doesn't anyone else see what's going on here? The "liberal elite know-it-all" types are at work again. Having won the gay marriage fight in the USA you would think they would be satisfied, but no! For some reason, these types must have windmills to tilt. It appears that the next target is gender! Not gender bias but getting rid of gender all together. Today the media plays games with gender. In 20 years, giving your child gender specific toys will be considered abuse.
So is queen Hillary on the list?
MAKES PERFECT SENSE. LIBERALS ARE PU$$IES, therefore it is logical that they be referred to as WOMEN. Good job.


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Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu,
Once a Sahabi said:
رضيت بالله ربا وبالاسلام دينا وبمحمد نبيا
Radditu billahi Rabban wa bi Islami Deenan Wa bi Muhammadan Nabiyan
'I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, and with Islam as a Religion and with Muhammad (SAW) as the Nabi."
Ofcourse, this Sahabi said the above from the bottom of his heart and infact, we should all have this one line firm in the veins of our body as we are Muslims, and we should be pleased with being one but if we look around today, first at ourselves, then can we really say that we are pleased with Allah as our Lord, with Islam as our religon and with muhammad (S) as the Last and Final Prophet?
We continue to disobey Allah, we forget that we are His servants, we forget the sacrifices that Muhammad (S) made for us, we forget the times when he bled, once from head to toe, we forget the times when he was abused by the Kuffaar, we forget the beauty of Islam and that it is a way of life, the religion of peace. We forget about the many blessings Allah has bestowed on us. Are we worthy enough to be called His servants?
We need to thank Allah more, we need to be more grateful, and we need to continue our salutation on Nabi (S) to show that we are pleased with Allah as our Lord, with Islam as our religon and with Muhammad (S) as the final Messenger.
May Allah Ta'ala give us the tawfeeq to act upon what has been said, and May He send salutations on Nabiyyil Ummiyyi Muhammad (S).
Please rememeber me in your duas.
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Experience More Uptime with SteelConnect's Shadow Appliances
Part seven of a nine-part series of use cases for SteelConnect
Let's face it. If the IT landscape is increasing in complexity, configuration of systems and devices is not getting easier.
In remote sites, it gets even more complicated—requiring expensive IT experts to travel from site to site and take systems offline. Then the local system redesign and re-configuration need to be tested, validated and approved before any device is deployed. It all adds up to…Downtime. But SteelConnect solves all that.
SteelConnect, Riverbed's next generation SD-WAN product, enables cloud-based, centralized, policy-driven hybrid network management for organizations of all sizes.
SteelConnect eliminates the manual configuration of routers. Instead, it employs a menu-driven simplified design and workflow, centralized management and a single business policy, and automated zero touch deployment that allows IT to build and implement software-defined network overlays – remotely from the management console. The 'touch' required to deploy a SD-WAN or SD-LAN and provision resources (apps, sites, device and policy) can decrease by up to 90% with SteelConnect.
The simple workflow and virtual design uses the concept of shadow appliances as placeholders for physical devices. The shadow appliances can be configured and used in centralized fashion from the cloud-based management console just like physical appliances and can be automatically deployed backed by physical hardware.
Any number of Shadow Appliances can be added to an organization to facilitate planning and configuration before deploying a physical network solution. And changes to the designtake seconds—altering the policy or adding or removing Shadow appliances during the design or after deployment as needs evolve.
The benefit: little or no downtime in branch or remote sites with real-time deployment and provisioning.
Leverage SteelConnect, a software-defined networking solution, today for:
- Ubiquitous and unified connectivity: SteelConnect provides software-defined and application-defined end-to-end connectivity that spans WAN, cloud networks and branch LAN/WLANs. SteelConnect's dynamic native routing over network overlays can reduce reliance on traditional routers and manual coding, thus decreasing complexity.
- Business-aligned orchestration. Apps, Users, Locations, Performance, Security. SteelConnect provides centralized management with unified and integrated visibility and business intent-based policy enabling automation, zero touch provisioning, network QoS, quality-based path selection, security, and application optimization.
- Cloud-oriented workflow: Design first, then Deploy, Change with ease. SteelConnect enables network architects to first virtually design their environments and networks before deploying a single, self-programming piece of hardware to any remote location. Intelligent use of a 'shadow appliance' ensures quick deployment of the actual physical appliance. Single-click cloud deployment seamlessly accelerates cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-datacenter performance.
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Finding a Latino beauty salon can be a challenge in the Boston area. Ours is the best one in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury, MA. You can expect the utmost in quality and service at our salon in Boston, MA.
You might not be used to treating yourself to hair services. After all, it can be a treat that not everyone can afford. However, you should invest in your hair. Understanding how to care for your tresses starts with professional recommendations for products. Also, you need a great cut that suits your lifestyle and your face shape.
Don't be afraid to tell the stylists at our Latino beauty salon a little bit about your life. It will help them determine the type of cut that might work best for you. Styling your hair is an everyday affair, so make sure that you choose a cut that you will want to maintain each day.


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Patek Philippe 5396G-014 Annual Calendar 5396G White Gold Grey Dial (34437)
34437 Patek Philippe 5396G Annual Calendar 5396G-014 5396G014, 18k white gold on a strap with an 18k white gold deployant buckle, automatic Patek caliber 324 S QA LU 24H movement, date at 6 o'clock, moonphase with 24-hour indication at 6 o'clock, day and month windows at 12 o'clock, centered sweep second hand, grey dial with Arabic Breguet-style numerals, 35-45 hours power reserve, sapphire crystal, display back, water resistant, diameter: 38mm, thickness: 11.5mm, Like new with box and papers dated February 2017.SOLD
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This is an 18K white gold Patek Philippe Calatrava Annual Calendar 5396G. The three-body, polished solid case has a wide, sloped, flat bezel, and a snap-on case back with a display sapphire crystal. The dial is sunburst anthracite with applied white gold Breguet hour markers, a dot outer minute track, and feuille hands with a sweep seconds hand. It has a subsidiary 24-hour dial and square windows for the day and month, with a third aperture at 6 o'clock for the date underneath the moon phase dial. It's water resistant
This Patek Philippe Calatrava Annual Calendar 5396G has a mechanical automatic self-winding Patek Philippe caliber 324 S QA LU 24H movement. It's rhodium-plated with fausses cotes embellishment, and the stamp of the Seal of Geneva quality mark. It's constructed with 34 jewels, a straight-line lever escapement, and the patented Gyromax balance that adjusts for cold, heat, isochronism, and for five positions. It has a shock absorber, a 21K gold rotor, and a self-compensating flat balance spring. The case, movement, and dial are all signed; the leather band has a matching 18K white gold deployant clasp. The case, dial, and movement are all signed.
The Patek Philippe Calatrava Annual Calendar 5396G was introduced in 2006. Patek Philippe designed this case after its famous Calatrava reference 96 from 1932. The new annual calendar mechanism actually compensates for the various lengths of each month from March 1 to the end of February, necessitating only one adjustment a year. The Calatrava line continues - timeless with its round case, polished bezel, and distinctive style.


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The Olympic downhill is always eagerly awaited, and in Nagano the sense of anticipation was especially prolonged, as bad weather meant the race was delayed three times and eventually took place five days later than originally scheduled.
Even then, high winds meant the start was delayed for 40 minutes. When the competition finally got under way, the skiers faced a huge challenge – a demanding course that included a particularly tough jump at Gate 7. It had been modified by officials before the start of the race, but was still destined to play a huge part in the outcome.
Crétier went off third. He had never won a World Cup race, and had never won a world championship medal, yet he carried on his shoulders a great burden of expectation, as no Frenchman had won the Olympic downhill since Jean-Claude Killy three decades earlier.
Crétier was 31 years old and a veteran of three previous Winter Games. He hadn't even competed in the downhill in the first two, and had placed 24th in Lillehammer four years earlier. Few expected him to shine in Nagano, but as it turned out he had a clever tactic up his sleeve – caution.
At Gate 7, Crétier slowed a little, making sure he came through in one piece, and then sped up over the rest of the course. He crossed the line in 1 minute 50.11 seconds, which was the quickest time so far, but still not expected to be fast enough to win gold.
However, the course then started catching the other leading contenders out. A succession of skiers crashed at Gate 7, notably the brilliant Hermann Maier, who wiped out in dramatic style. In total, no fewer than 14 competitors saw their race cut short at Gate 7.Getty
Nobody could match Crétier's time. Norway's Lasse Kjus came closest, but even he was a full 0.4 seconds behind. Once the frontrunners had all tried, and failed, to beat his mark it became clear that the unsung Frenchman was going to win gold.
He phoned his young son at home to share the good news, before climbing to the top of the Olympic podium to celebrate his first ever major victory.


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Aosta [hike 3.2]
We have received in the mail this weekend a cd of the pictures taken by our mountain guide Abele Blanc during the hike last week and they are superb, like the one above of the Parnassius Apollo butterfly, which is one of the emblems of the Gran Paradiso National Park and which mostly dwells in Aosta and in the nearby Valais.
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Barbados Maps: Coffee Bean (Hastings)
Barbados: Coffee Bean (Hastings)Popular with local businesspeople and guests at surrounding hotels. Offering hot & cold coffees and teas as well as bagels & croissants, soups, salads, wraps, sandwiches and paninis.
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Many think sailing clubs are just about sailing. Well that's why we join in the first place, and one of the things we enjoy most. But more than that, it's about people. Friends sailing with friends. Friends racing against friends in friendly rivalry and, sometimes, highly completive rivalry. And sometimes friends just chatting. It's whatever you want and however you make it. Thinking of joining?. Click the button at the top for far more information.
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Welcome to Camp Marshall's summer staff!
You will be receiving an employment packet in the mail along with a self address stamped envelope. The necessary forms will need to be filled out, signed and sent back to the Diocesan office.
- W4 Form – 2020 W4 Form
- MW4 Form – required for State of Montana –2020 MW 4 Form
These forms are used to calculate withholding (federal, state and FICA tax). Please list your permanent address (not the camp address) on this form. We will use the address listed to mail your W2 form in January.
• Paychex direct deposit form – Direct Deposit Form
This form is not required but if you wish to have direct deposit, you will need to provide this form and a copy of a voided check or letter from the bank with your account and routing numbers on it. If you do not complete this form, you will receive a paper check.
•I9 Form – click for I-9 Form
Please bring this form and the appropriate documents with you to camp. This form is used to verify citizenship. You may bring one document from list A or one form list B AND list C. You can bring whatever documents you wish to bring but they need to be from one of the lists and cannot be expired. Common documents are passports and driver's license and Social Security card. You need to bring the original documents with you for review.
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"What can I expect in savings from a SigmaNEST investment?" The answer can now be found online, 24/7/365 at: https://www.sigmanest.com/roi-calculator/. Every fabricatiion and manufacturing customer we've ever met asks a version of this question, and rightly so. With over twenty-five years of dependable customer data and feedback, SigmaNEST teams know the ROI value of our solutions, and leveraged existing data to create this ROI tool. Now, prospective new customers can discover their potential ROI online, anytime, based on their unique materials, machines, and other relevant data.
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Call the county's Communicable Disease Control Services Program at 314-615-1630; Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or visit the National CDC website for the most up-to-date information online.
Travel immunizations are available by appointment at both the John C. Murphy Health Center and the South County Health Center. For up-to-the-minute worldwide traveler's information, visit: the National CDC website.
Travelers from the USA may encounter various diseases while visiting foreign countries. A few simple measures will help to protect you.
Residents of developing countries are often infected with microorganisms that are passed on to tourists unintentionally. You must be on guard to protect your own health.
Insects are capable of transmitting diseases through their bites. Mosquitoes that carry malaria bite mostly between sunset and sunrise. Travelers can protect themselves by following simple rules:
Swimming in contaminated water may result in skin, eye, ear and certain intestinal infections.
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NEW DELHI: A lawyer fighting for the right of women to enter Sabarimala temple received a death threat. The threat is a serious thing, observed the Supreme Court. The court said an amicus curiae will be appointed if the advocate withdraws. The court also said people including Harish Salve will be made amicus curiae. A bench led by Justice Deepak Mishra considered the plea today.
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Seattle Children's Research Institute Discovery Portal
Educational Innovation
The Challenge
The purpose behind Seattle Children's Research Institute's new "Discovery Portal" is to educate and inspire guests and potential donors on the important and often groundbreaking scientific research being done in their fight against childhood diseases. It features a historical timeline highlighting the institute's many outstanding accomplishments with a combination of actual medical artifacts and archival photographs. A second series of panels, featuring images of children playing, lights up to reveal additional information about some of the current innovative research being done at the institute.
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By using motion sensors to activate LED lightboxes behind the panels, previously unseen graphics and information are made visible to the viewer. This "reveal" gives the experience a subtle bit of animation, puts the focus on the content being featured and keeps the viewer moving forward through the exhibit.
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Working closely with the Client's design team, our job was to help facilitate smooth coordination of our fabrication efforts with the vendors supplying the graphics and written content for the project. As the part of the team responsible for the actual building of the component pieces, it was our job to manage the schedules and set necessary deadlines to ensure that each fabrication goal was met and the various elements came together seamlessly when it was time for the final installation.
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Join the entire technology community for TechFlash Live on June 15, an evening event that will bring top executives from throughout the region to network and develop business together. Whether you're a CEO, entrepreneur, developer, marketing guru or connected to the tech industry in some other way, you'll make valuable connections during our cocktail hour as well as through our exciting program to follow.
In this first-of-its-kind TechFlash event, we'll explore the creative approaches that entrepreneurs and investors are using to grow their businesses. Startups require capital to become successful, but not nearly as much as they once did in this era of bootstrapping and do-it-yourself entrepreneurial ventures. So what role, if any, should angel investing and venture capital play in this changing landscape, and what's the best way for entrepreneurs to bring their dreams to reality?
We're excited to assemble leading entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists for a first-of-its-kind TechFlash Town Hall Forum at Seattle University. The format of the event will be a little different than our past gatherings, a true Town Hall where a number of speakers will be able to sound off and share the floor. We expect some fireworks for sure, especially given our lineup. They include:
Michael Arrington, founder and publisher of TechCrunch.
Mark Britton, founder and CEO of Avvo.
Bill Bryant, angel investor and venture partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
Hillel Cooperman, founder of Jackson Fish Market.
Ben Elowitz, founder and CEO of Wetpaint.
Geoff Entress, angel investor and venture partner at Voyager Capital.
Richard Fade, partner at Ignition Partners.
Greg Gottesman, managing director at Madrona Venture Group.
Serena Glover, co- founder and former executive at Twango.
Glenn Kelman, president & CEO of Redfin.
Andy Liu, angel investor and co-founder of BuddyTV.
Steve Murch, founder of BigOven.com and former CEO of VacationSpot.com.
Dan Rosen, chairman of the Alliance of Angels.
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If you are thinking of buying new bat rubbers, you need to check the latest list of authorised racket coverings.
Two LARC (List of Authorised Racket Coverings) lists are published each year:-
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13 Traits of 'Orphan Spirit' Leaders
One of the greatest needs in the Body of Christ is to release the spirit of sonship (Read Romans 8:15). Since both the nation of Israel and the church were modeled after the biblical family structure its leaders were supposed to function more as spiritual parents than corporate executives. The apostle Paul said that we only have few fathers even though we have numerous teachers (1 Corinthians 4) those who have not been properly "fathered" in the natural can tend to walk with an "orphan spirit". Unfortunately, many leaders in the church and marketplace still function emotionally with an orphan spirit even though they have been adopted as sons into the family of Father/God. Leaders with orphan spirits are limited in their capacity to make disciples and maximize their Kingdom purpose.
I write this article to shed light on this vital subject so leaders can become more self aware, and go to the Lord and others to be healed.
The following are 10 traits of Orphan spirit leaders:
1. They are hyper sensitive
Those with an orphan spirit walk around with a spirit of rejection. Hence, they are hyper sensitive and have an unconscious assumption that people are against them. Consequently, they are easily offended and overreact to minor infractions and or experience continual misunderstandings when inter-facing with others.
2. They don't know how to be a spiritual parent
Pastors and all mature leaders in the body of Christ should first and foremost function as spiritual fathers that can nurture younger believers (I John 2:12-14). When new people come into the church, they intuitively yearn for spiritual parents who will care for them. Many people are hurt because there is no opportunity presented to them in the church for personal nurture and development.First and foremost, the body of Christ needs their leaders to function as spiritual parents, secondarily preachers and leaders.
3. They are always in competition with other leaders
Those with an orphan spirit have never been affirmed by a father; thus, they are always striving to prove themselves to others. Consequently, in their striving, they find themselves in competition with other gifted leaders (including peers not within their organization).
4. They are driven by a search for significance
Due to the lack of affirmation from a father growing up, those with an orphan spirit are constantly striving to succeed. Hence, they rarely rest but are on a quest to elevate themselves amongst others so they can feel good about themselves. Orphan spirit leaders are driven more by personal ambition than by the Holy Spirit. Hence, it can leave much destruction in their wake as their ambition rather than the Holy Spirit is motivating and directing their work.
5. They don't know how to emotionally connect
Orphan spirit leaders may be very capable at dispensing tasks out to their followers but may by handicapped when it comes to emotional intelligence. Affirmed sons are better able to connect emotionally with other people since they have already experienced (and developed) an intimate relationship with both their heavenly and spiritual father.
6. They do not feel good about themselves
I have observed that even highly accomplished leaders may have low self-esteem. They desperately try to compensate for this self-disdain by their achievements. Some of the most successful people I have ever met were laden with self-hatred. All this is hidden behind looking good physically with a great public persona but it comes out in one or more of the traits mentioned in this article.
7. They do not know how to treat others
Leaders with an orphan spirit often mistreat and or abuse those under their leadership. This comes out sometimes because of the deep subconscious resentment and anger (from being abandoned by their father) embedded in their soul.
8. They do not interpret reality correctly
I have found that those who carry an orphan spirit interpret everything through the lenses of their abandonment, rejection and disappointment. Consequently, they interpret reality differently than other people which causes others they hurt to think these leaders are either liars or delusional.
9. People are objectified to obtain their goals
Leaders with an orphan spirit often use people for their own agenda rather than viewing their leadership assignment as a way to love and empower others.
10. They are always looking for approval and recognition
Those with an orphan spirit have a huge void in their heart that only God can fill. Until and or unless they allow the Lord to heal their woundedness, they will live life seeking the approval of others. Their pain is so great they look for temporary (superficial) relief by getting people to notice them so they can receive their accolades.
11. They do not know how to submit to spiritual authority
Those with an orphan spirit have a very difficult time understanding how to be a son to another father. Hence, they have a difficult time trusting anyone enough to receive correction and truly submit to authority and spiritual leadership. I have found that most "lone rangers" are really people with an orphan spirit.
12. They have a difficult time with their own family
Those with an orphan spirit are so driven they often do not keep boundaries. Consequently, they do not know how to relax and spend quality time with their family. Work and accomplishment are always at the center of their life. Also, because they have never been fathered they do not understand how to be a parent and emotionally connect to their biological and spiritual children. These two issues cause great friction between spouses as well as the alienation of children.
13. They have a difficult time relating to God as their Father
Those with an orphan spirit either view God as a harsh taskmaster or as a distant father who cannot be fully trusted. This is because growing up they experienced abandonment from an authority figure and they transferred this view into their relationship with God. They need to have a spiritual experience with God that permeates their soul and revolutionizes their view of Father God. Also, they need a spiritual father in their life who will represent God to them and restore their soul.
In conclusion, nobody has been fully healed emotionally this side of heaven. Every leader (including me) has deep emotional issues and need continual transformation by God. Hence, there are no perfect marriages, children and leaders. (As well as no perfect churches and or organizations).
May the Lord use teachings like this to open our eyes, help us be self aware, and look for Him to bring people, situations and His word to conform our heart, mind and soul into the image of Jesus the only perfect Son of the Father.
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In the form of fingertip tapping on 12 acupuncture points. Over 20 clinical trials published in peer-reviewed medical and psychology journals have demonstrated that EFT is effective for phobias, anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, pain, and other problems.
The EFT tapping techniques are a series of astoundingly fast and easy processes can help just about anyone to achieve genuine freedom from the emotions that have created problems in their lives. These techniques have been described by some as one of the most important breakthroughs in the area of psychology in this century. They have been used successfully with thousands of people with a broad range of difficulties.
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is becoming known to many amazed users as a "modern miracle." It can dramatically relieve emotional disturbances along with many physical symptoms. It often works in minutes, its results are usually long lasting, and side effects are almost always positive.
EFT is versatile and has been used confidently by hundreds of therapists on thousands of clients with successes on even the most difficult problems, by relieving imbalances in their clients' energy systems.
EFT is a form of counselling intervention that draws on various theories of alternative medicine including acupuncture, neuro-linguistic programming and Thought Field Therapy. During an EFT session, the client will focus on a specific issue while tapping on "end points of the body's energy meridians". It is a powerful self-help method based on research showing that emotional trauma contributes greatly to disease. Clinical trials have shown that EFT is able to rapidly reduce the emotional impact of memories and incidents that trigger emotional distress. Once the distress is reduced or removed, the body can often rebalance itself, and accelerate healing. EFT uses elements of Cognitive Therapy and Exposure Therapy, and combines them with Acupressure,
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So while browsing Guilt Groupe, I ran across a model that was apart of the Manuel de la Cruz show that I helped with. Take a look at this post for a previous reference. She was the only close to African – American looking female in the show, so you can't miss her. LOL!
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Every year the North Dakota Game and Fish Department receives questions from deer hunters who want to clarify rules and regulations. Some common questions are listed below. Hunters with further questions are encouraged to call the Game and Fish Department at (701) 328-6300, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, or access the hunting link at the department's website, gf.nd.gov.
Q. What licenses do I need for deer gun season?
A. A fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate, the general game and habitat stamp or a combination license, and the deer license. Gratis license holders need only the gratis license.
Q. Is camouflage blaze orange acceptable for the deer gun season?
A. No. You must wear both a hat and outer garment above the waistline totaling at least 400 square inches of solid daylight fluorescent orange.
Q. I hunt with a bow. When do I have to wear orange?
A. Only during the regular deer gun season.
Q. Can I use a bow to fill my regular deer gun license?
A. Yes. You may use any legal firearm or bow during the regular deer gun season.
Q. I received a lottery license, and I own land in another unit. Can I hunt on my land in the other unit with my lottery license?
A. Only if the unit in which your land is located adjoins the unit in which you have the lottery license.
Q. I was unsuccessful in filling my mule deer buck license in a restricted unit during the youth season. Can I hunt the remainder of the state during the regular gun season?
A. No. You are restricted to the same unit as during the youth season.
Q. Can I use my gratis license to take a mule deer doe?
A. Yes, except in unit 4A.
Q. Can I hunt road rights-of-way?
A. Do not hunt on road rights-of-way unless you are certain they are open to public use. Most road rights-of-way are easements under control of the adjacent landowner and are closed to hunting when the adjacent land is posted closed to hunting.
Q. Can I hunt on a section line if it is posted on both sides?
A. No. If the land is posted on both sides, the section line is closed to hunting, but is still open for travel.
Q. Can I drive off a trail on private land to retrieve a deer?
A. Unless prohibited by a landowner or operator, you may drive off-trail on private land once a deer has been killed and properly tagged. You must proceed to the carcass by the shortest accessible route and return to the road or trail by the same route. However, off-trail driving is prohibited in all circumstances on state wildlife management areas, Bureau of Land Management lands, national wildlife refuges, national grasslands, federal waterfowl production areas and state school land.
Q. Can I transport someone else's deer?
A. Yes, but you will need a transportation permit from a game warden. The license holder, person transporting the animal, and the carcass must be presented to the game warden before the permit is issued.


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Winter is Relentless in Jackson Hole
Tallying another three feet since Sunday evening, powder fever is in full effect
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My car sounded weird. On every bump there was a ker-chunk and ka-lunk due to so much snow stuck under the wheel well. I can't remember the last time I saw this much snow in downtown Jackson, Wyoming. All the more reason, then, to crank the tunes as I bashed through the three-foot snow bank that had been, once again, pushed in front of my driveway by Mr. Plow. Thanks, partner.
Like many places across the West, the winter in Jackson has been relentless. As in, relentlessly good. While it's not unusual for the Tetons to get pounded by snowfall (Jackson Hole Mountain Resort averages around 450 inches each season), we typically go through our share of dry spells. After the second deepest December on record, when the resort tallied nearly 13 feet of snowfall after a ridiculously dry November, we expected things to slow down. Then the second week of January produced what longtime locals were calling the best day ever. Which brings us to the latest storm, which has produced nearly three feet of new snow over the past few days, including 11 inches last night.
Total snowfall for the year is already 340 inches, with base depths on the upper mountain measuring 116 inches—almost 10 feet and it's not even February.
On Tuesday morning, I hopped on the tram with KGB Productions' Chris Kitchen and Matt Hines, along with skiers Bryce Newcomb and Allie Rood. Powder fever was in full effect, as it happened to be the first day of Jackson Hole's popular Steep Camps. There were some deer-in-the-headlights looks among some of the first-timers, with one guy even walking up to the tram carrying his skis tips down. I feel you, man. We all get nervous sometimes.
Our first run came along the boundary rope far right of Rendezvous Bowl. Completely untracked, the snow felt much deeper thanks to the wind. The snow was so light and dry that we definitely hit bottom, but the face shots were truly delicious. We were first to the Alta 3 chutes, where we found hallways of steep and deep among groves of frosty whitebark pines. The third turn down may have been my best turn of 2017: a little hop into the chute, a slight wiggle to build up speed…and in for the deep plunge as the snow consumed my entire body at the bottom of the turn. We heard the whoops and hollers of the skiers above us on the Sublette chair, delighting in our good fortune. The sound of their voices, combined with the swoosh of fresh powder flying past my ears, certainly put my car to shame.


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Stadium view: Time for Andrew Barr to pull the trigger on funding a new Civic venue
Ricky Stuart is in love with it and Dan McKellar is raving about it. But will stadium No.20-odd on a worldwide tour be the lucky one for ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr?
Canberra's two premier sporting teams got a taste of what life could be like when they played at the $350 million stadium in Parramatta last weekend.
Both games drew modest crowds of more than 12,000, but the atmosphere they generated was a reminder about how far Canberra Stadium has fallen behind the rest of the sporting infrastructure around Australia.
Barr knows it and he got a front-row seat to the ACT Brumbies' win against the NSW Waratahs at the new Parramatta venue on Saturday night.
He has spent almost a decade touring the world looking at stadiums, doing the numbers and trying to find the appropriate land in Civic.
In fact, Barr has been to about 25 stadiums in different countries to try to get the right vibe for reinvigorating Canberra's sporting landscape. The stops have included Dunedin, Melbourne, Adelaide, Singapore and Parramatta among others.
But even now there's still no clear vision for Canberra. There's no timeline. There's no investment. The only thing plainly obvious is Canberra Stadium is out of date and a venue in Civic is the way to go.
The big issues with Canberra Stadium are the lack of undercover seating, the distance from seats to the action and the isolated location.
So maybe it was lucky Barr was sitting next to an architect from the company which designed and built the new venue at Parramatta.
That man was former NSW and Wallabies prop Al Baxter, who knew all the ins and outs of what it took to build the newest stadium in Australia.
It's the blueprint for how a new stadium could be built on the site of the Civic pool. Its steep grandstands suit the small parcel land available in the city.
One option being considered to avoid extra costs of moving Parkes Way is to build up and over the main road. It would also connect the city to Lake Burley Griffin.
Barr is still concerned about the grass, especially if the proposed new stadium has a roof. How will the grass grow without direct sunlight?
Other stadiums around the world use growlights on their grass, and when you're spending close to $400 million you need to make sure every small detail is correct.
The benefit is being able to host marquee rugby league content, potential rugby World Cup games in 2027, the British and Irish Lions tour in 2025, securing an A-League licence, international soccer and concerts.
It's time to pull the trigger and get the project rolling again, especially now that the expensive light rail and Mr Fluffy costs have been accounted for.
If Barr doesn't do so soon, it could be too late for the Canberra Raiders and the Brumbies.
The Raiders have done a brilliant job in creating a new match-day experience at an ageing venue, reconnecting with fans and making the ticket about more than a game.
"I really hope [Barr] he does look fondly upon building this fairly soon. Our fans definitely need it," Stuart said of the new Parramatta stadium.
"I know Andrew Barr's all about Canberra and I really hope the decision is made that we build this stadium very, very soon because I think we deserve it as this nation's capital."
McKellar added: "I second what Ricky said. I think [Parramatta] is a great stadium. I think Andrew Barr was here, hopefully he thinks about that in the future."
The Brumbies will host their last game of the season this weekend hoping to attract enough people to avoid their lowest average crowd in Super Rugby history.
They also privately fear the financial cost of hosting a home semi-final next week given the low crowd numbers. If people don't turn up, it could cost them $100,000.
A new stadium would help ease the concerns both clubs have. At the same time, it's not a silver bullet for problems, especially for the Brumbies.
The once mighty Super Rugby club used to be able to fill Canberra Stadium on the coldest of nights. But Crowds have been disappearing for a decade.
If ever there was a time to jump on the bandwagon, it's now. McKellar has developed a side capable of being a genuine title contender this season. They will be aiming for their seventh consecutive home win when they play the Queensland Reds on Saturday night.
They also have a chance to win six games in a row for the first time since 2007.
Brumbies staff members should spend this week on the phone selling their good news to former members who, for several reasons, walked away over the years.
A new stadium, even if it's just a plan for one, gives them something extra to sell for the future. "The style of stadium at Parramatta is ideal for Canberra," said Brumbies chief executive Phil Thomson.
"We're not getting that nice feel in Canberra. A new stadium would help us in what we're trying to do. It would help the Raiders and a new soccer team. I understand the challenges of a government, but I think for the good of Canberra we need to work together to make it happen."


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In the second year of Dance undergraduate study at Trinity Laban, there is a required component called "Resourcing Performance". Basically, this introduces the students to the role and experiences of the performer through creative practical workshops, studio-based exploration and discussion. We focus on the interaction and clarity of audience/performer, on varied modes of performance (including site-specific performance), and also on issues such as proximity, etc.
On Monday (20 October), we took the whole group to the Old Royal Naval College for an improvised workshop within and around the Music Faculty. We gave the students only three 'bodily poses'; seemingly simple, but very precise in how they were embodied. One was low (a plank), one mid-level (crouch) and one high (standing with the right arm in a wave gesture…weight transferred onto the right leg). They could play with how long to stay 'in them', as well as with how they transferred in and out of them. They could also shift the plane on which they were performed. In between they could also walk or run to various sites.
The duration was one hour, and they had specific locations in and around the Music Faculty to engage with during the improvisation. They were instructed not to converse with the public, but for their gaze to be as open and receptive as possible. The challenge was to stay within the simple (but specific) context of the embodiment, while coping with the unpredictability of the public and other performers.
When we came back to the Laban building after the event, there was some great discourse around a number of issues:
- The 'conflict' of being observed, and the feeling of being treated 'as an object' instead of as a person/performer.
- The interactions between the dancer's body and the landscape of the site.
- The interactions with the public.
- The difference between the inside space of the Music Faculty building and the outdoor open spaces.
- The difficulty and yet pleasure of staying 'in the moment'.
- Not predicting what one should do, but reacting quite intuitively within the parameters.
- Pushing the still moments into longer durations and listening to the activity that occurred around them.
I spoke to a spectator who commented that the performance seemed to be about 'intention'. Others spoke about how even though simple, it revealed a sense of drama, almost political in nature.
Overall, a successful experience!
Susan Sentler
Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Technique


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M-Pesa And GCash: Can 'Lean Regulation' Be A Gamechanger for Financial Innovation?
Guest post by Chris Bishko and Pearl Chan Hang around Silicon Valley long enough, and you will hear about the "Lean Startup Approach," a methodology developed by Steve Blank and popularized by Eric Ries. The Lean Startup Approach emphasizes scientific experimentation, validated learning, iterative product design, and frequent product releases to gain customer feedback soContinue Reading
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Las instituciones de intermediación financiera, incluyendo asociaciones de ahorros y préstamos, podrán contratar desde ahora como subagentes bancarios a centros comerciales de todo el territorio nacional, incluyendo farmacias, ferreterías, centros de telecomunicaciones y otros, a través de los cuales podrán realizar todo tipo de tramitación financiera, como las transferencias de recursos, pagos de préstamos yContinue Reading
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Santa expresses his dilemma about delivering gifts in a chimney-less Mumbai
Chimneys in Mumbai are now obsolete, so what does Santa, traditionally supposed to slide down a chimney, do? Tries to find a chimney in Mumbai
I have been coming to Mumbai for years now
It is getting more difficult, let me tell you how
All the Mumbai mills have become malls
So there is no chimney to slide down at all.
Cartoon: Amit Bandre
First, I dieted my weight away,
To become slimmer. And like they say,
Mumbai nutritionists are pretty pricey
They charge Rs 1,000 a kilo, I'm not being dicey.
I had to lose my paunch in a hurry I got down to that in quite a flurry.
I was told I might get stuck in a chimney, whew!
The fire brigade does not have a tall enough ladder to rescue
Now I have a six-pack like a Bollywood hit hero
I look a little like Bebo who is a size zero
But there are no chimneys at all
The mills are gone and have become malls.
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Disavowed: Secrets of Google's Most Mysterious ToolBlog Post: May 28, 2013
Hi Cyrus,
I'm a newbie to the Moz Blog - the amount of brainpower and effort going into Penguin recovery and manual actions taken is remarkable. Glad that people like you take this stuff on head first...
I'll soon be filing a reconsideration along with a disavow request, and noticed something in this post "When finished, take any links that return a 404 and download these into a spreadsheet. Be sure to include these dead links as "Removed" when you submit your reconsideration request to Google, otherwise they may not know about them." When you say include them as Removed, is this just an FYI to Google, or something to include on the disavow list -- or something else?


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I think my friend Rhonda Rhea (1) has captured the award for "Sick" Humor. Her recent posts on Facebook made me LOL!
Rhonda wrote, "NyQuil and ice cream. Yeah, what could get a person over a cold faster than a NyQuil float?"
She also wrote, "Carpe Diem-e-tapp. Sneeze the Day!"
I've often heard people say that laughter is the best medicine. The Bible says something like that (Proverbs 17:22). A happy, cheerful heart is "good medicine," healing the soul. It diffuses stress, exercises the heart and lungs, increases oxygen consumption, reduces carbon dioxide in the lungs, relaxes muscles, and blesses the body in many other ways.
I read a story about a "humor cart" at Lutheran General Children's Hospital (Park Ridge, Chicago area) that helps sick children laugh. (2)
Wearing a set of bobbing antennae, a retired teacher, Cathy Risberg, pushes the cart laden with toys, coloring books and other silly trinkets, but it's the jokes that make the children smile and giggle… silly jokes that children love, like this one:
"Why did the boy throw the butter out the window?"
"I don't know."
"So he could see a butterfly!"
Melodie Merrick, clinical manager of pediatrics at the hospital said, "Laughter releases endorphins, and that helps us feel better and heal. It decreases anxiety and can mean less pain medicine. It takes a kid away from a fear of the hospital, and that's important to building a trusting relationship."
Because the Bible says there is "a time to laugh" (Ecclesiastes 3:4), we can look for opportunities God gives us. Laughter is coupled to joy ~ especially joy when we observe God's creative works ~ in Psalm 126:2-3.
I have to admit that hearty laughter has pulled me through many stressful seasons of life. And I'm in good company. I read that Abraham Lincoln said he could only handle the stresses of the Civil War by cultivating lightness of heart: "If it hadn't been for laughter," he said, "I could not have made it." Likewise, comedians often say they learned to cope with their problem childhoods by cultivating a sense of humor and helping others laugh more, too.
A Jewish proverb says, "What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul." Yes, I've washed away many gloomy days with a good scrubbing of clean humor, especially since I started cultivating a LOL heart.
The story about the hospital's "humor cart" was sweet, but it was Risberg's final statement that arrested my attention.
"Most of (the children) can smile," she said, "and those who can't, I make sure I'm smiling at them."
Ah… the power of a smile. I thought about all the people ~ and not only children ~ that I encountered just this past week. So many of them were sad, depressed, frustrated, lonely. No smiles there.
But God allowed me to give them a great gift. I could share my smile with them. And sometimes I could add a word of encouragement, a silly joke, or a few moments to pray together. (I have this note near my desk.)
Yes, laughter is the best medicine, but a shared smile is a quick shot in the arm!
(1) Wants some laughs along with wisdom? Read How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change A Person?: Bright Ideas for Delightful Transformation by Rhonda Rhea (New Hope Publishers, 2012)
(2) http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2013617033_weblaugh10.html


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The Matrix Revolutions Wachowski Brothers
Published Apr 01, 2004As the convoluted mess dubbed Revolutions reaches its illogical conclusion, Lock a character not named Neo, Morpheus or Trinity utters the now infamous line: "it doesn't make any sense!" as the machines withdraw from the defeated human city of Zion after being perched upon the precipice of victory. And goddamn if he isn't right. While the original The Matrix was an utterly brilliant, revolutionary sci-fi/action movie that not only brought about technical innovations ("bullet time") but posed philosophical questions on the nature of reality, its subsequent offspring (Reloaded and Revolutions) may have improved on the eye candy, but to paraphrase Lock, they haven't made sense. Revolutions is the worst offender because while Reloaded set up the illogical questions and plot turns (Neo has superpowers in the real world? There have been six Zions? You couldn't come up with a better name than the Keymaker? Everything with the Architect), Revolutions doesn't even try to address them or salvage something intellectual. Instead, Revolutions is all big battles (the battle between the machines and the last free human city; the battle in the computer-generated slave world of the Matrix between the now seemingly omnipotent Agent Smith and Neo, the saviour; the battle between good and evil; the battle between my head merely hurting and exploding from trying to make sense of it all). Sadly, Revolutions eschews the intelligent examination of reality of the first and ignores the heavy-handed positing of the second, content merely to slug it out to the bitter end, cliché dialogue and all (seriously, check out the interaction between Kid and Mifune). Still, while it doesn't make sense, it sure looks good. The siege of Zion especially is awesome just watch in amazement as a quarter-million Sentinel robots battle it out with the city's defences. It's an impressive visual spectacle, as is much of Revolutions, and makes it watchable and somewhat entertaining, but after having your cake and eating it too (action and intelligence), Revolutions is too much Lucas and not enough Jackson. And while the original The Matrix helped spawn the DVD phenomenon with its "must have" status, sadly, despite a second disc for its extras, Revolutions again fails to equal its predecessor. While the notoriously interview shy Wachowskis are again, notoriously interview shy (appearing fleetingly in the periphery of the extras), there are a number of features on the technical aspects of the film (mainly the CGI, effects, fights, etc.). Sure it's fascinating, with a lot less CGI work than you would assume for much of the shots, but it's also infuriating as everyone keeps going on about how awesome the trilogy is, what masters the Wachowskis are and how they're all honoured to be part of this. After the first, I would have agreed. Now, I wonder why they can't see the flaws and what might have been. Maybe I took the blue pill. Plus: timeline, The Matrix on-line, more. (Warner)


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Favorite Phoenix urban hikes: The Loop at Shaw Butte
This summer was one of the hottest on record in Phoenix. When enduring the scorching heat of June, July, August, and even into early September in the Valley of the Sun, it can be easy to forget what's here to enjoy the rest of the year. Fortunately, mid-September rolls around every year and reminds us we have eight to nine months of nearly endless outdoor possibilities in front of us.
For those of us who enjoy hiking and are lucky enough to live here, the urban park system in Phoenix puts hundreds of miles of hiking trails at our disposal. The Summit Trail at Squaw Peak and the trails up Camelback Mountain get most of attention. But there are some gems off the beaten path that are well worth exploring.
I have a personal rule: I won't hike in the morning unless the overnight low is below 80 degrees. It dipped below 80 several times this week, but today was the first morning I didn't have to rush to work. I decided to do one of my two favorite urban hikes, the one I call the Loop at Shaw Butte. It's a roughly five-mile hike, has a lot of changes in elevation, and is relatively uncrowded.
The trailhead — at 12950 North 7th Street in Phoenix — is less than ten minutes from my home. I can usually finish the hike in about 90 minutes, so I sometimes manage to do it before work. Today, though, I hiked the trail a little slower to collect data on my phone for this blog post. Here's an overview of the hike:
If you click the link just below the map, you'll open up a much more detailed, interactive version of the map, with descriptions of each waypoint.
If you decide to try this hike, I'd like to offer a few tips:
- My preference is to start this hike about 20 minutes before sunrise, earlier if the moonlight or twilight allows. If you start then, you get the shade of North Mountain as you hike up the south side of Shaw Butte. You'll also get some shade on the north side as you hike down.
- Carry at least a liter of water. Drink at least a little before you start the hike, but not so much that it's sloshing around when you walk.
- The ground is mostly coarse gravel and can be loose in places. Wear sturdy shoes with good tread. Decent sneakers should do the trick, although I prefer a little more ankle support.
- This should go without saying, but wear good socks. I know someone who tried to hike one of urban trails with no socks. She had to turn back when her feet were all cut up.
- The sun is strong in Phoenix year-round. Wear a wide-brimmed hat. Consider a long-sleeved shirt to cover your arms. If you're hiking in the middle of the day, sunscreen is a must. Consider sunglasses, too.
- Eat a little food before hiking. If you don't, bring something with you. You don't want to be full, but you don't want to be hungry.
- Depending on the time of year, you're likely to see coyotes. Give them a wide berth. Ditto for snakes. You may also see quail and jackrabbits. They're harmless. Usually.
Important! If you're out of shape like I am, you may be a little winded when you get to Waypoint 10 at the top of the saddle. That's okay. On the other hand, if you're completely exhausted, that's not okay. Turn around and go back the way you came. The hike gets considerably more strenuous after this waypoint, and it becomes a lot more challenging to get back to the parking lot if you continue.
If you have a chance to hike this trail during the workweek, do so. The people you encounter during the week are much more pleasant than the rat-racers who descend on the trail on the weekends. Don't let that turn you off from going on the weekends, but your best bet, regardless of the day of the week, is to go early.
If you try or have tried the hike, please let me know how you enjoyed it. If you have more questions, please ask, and I'll use the answers to update this post. Use the comment box below.